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k lerad qq0 Ilmi Bmtered at the Postoffice at New ; S. C., as 2nd ciass matter. E. H. AULL. EDITOR. Tuesday, April 10, 1917. Plant plenty of corn and food stuff* is good advice to the farmer. There was fine opportunity the past week for some good work with the split log drag on the roads, just after the rain when it was too wet to plow. "Wonder if there was any dragging. But, now, honest, Brother Aull; didn't what you said about Ed DeCamp look like cussin'??Pickens Sentinel. Well, now, maybe so. And we for give you. We notice "by a telegram in the News and Courier from Washington! that Congressman Dominick will vote against the war resolution. In do-[ ing so he will he representing a ma jority of his constituents and if we were there we would vote the same way. WThen war is declared, as itj will he, then that will end all con-; troversy. We published in the last issue the J act providing for the erection of aj new jail. Our local reporter suggest-; ed the corner of Harrington and Col-! lege streets, northeast, would be a. good place for the jail. We think.1 about the best plac* for the jail is where the jail now stands. And the commission will probably select the present site for the new jail. "We see that the officers in Oconee j county have destroyed seven stills and, in addition to a whole lot of mash, they destroyed some two thous and gallons of beer. What a pity."? iNewberry Hefald and News. What's' the pity, Elbert? Did you want the.' officers to save it for yourself, or for dary Hiott??Gaffney Ledger. No, not exactly that, but didn't you' see the other day where some fellow! "* - 5 J-- A -fVio* olv?<Vh/\1 le. ahso- { jaau uiscovci cu wiitii. lutely essential to the making of mu-J nitions of war and that he charged that some one had sinister motives against the government by getting all! the country to vote prohibition? Yon should keep better posted. While the city is passing ordinances why not pass one requiring all driv-j ers of vehicles of any kind to keep' to the right? There would be less] " ~ ' 1 ? nrD danger of aceiueuis. ui WU1 tv v have not yet had any serious collis-: ions but they will come. And whyi not take down the slow down to "fourj miles an hour" signs and repeal the' ordinance if there is one. Then every ' one would know that he had to look1 out for himself, and not have him expecting protection from this sign? One big car ran into another big car at one of these crossings a few days ago. Fortunately no serious dam-! age resulted. But driving on any I side and at 20 to 40 miles the hour around these corners, the fellow who, is careful is in danger. j1 We notice that Col. Wm. Banks, president of the State Press associa tion, has issued an address to the newspapers of the State to do their part in a campaign of economic pre paredness. and suggests * that they will. And of course they will. He says: The success of this propaganda will; depend very largely upon the news-1 papers of the State. Without their! helD verv little could be done. It is impossible for the newspaper men ot, the State to shoulder arms for their i country, but they are permitted to do, their bit, and this appears to me toj "be one way of aiding our country.'"! Now we do not know just why it; is "impossible for the newspaper men to shoulder arms" for their, country,1 but the statement is in keeping with what we have said all along, that those who were urging war were go-' ing to be the last to "shoulder arms" and fight the battles. It is like Mr. Kitchin said: "It takes neither mor-' al nor physical courage to declare war for others to fight." iWIe have offered our services io uie piesiuem to be wherever and in whatever ca pacity he may be able to use us. ana we did not favor war and would have voted against it if we had had a vote. We did not know it was "impossible'' for the newspaper men to do this. We' would not like to be sent to the trenches across the seas, but if so well and good. "Me and Bryan" are the only two really big men in private life that we have heard of who have' offer 2d to serve in any capacity tnai i the president may be able to use us.' If it is "impossible" for newspaper! men to shoulder arms why then we cannot be used, and Mr. Buryan will; have to go alone. BIG TALKERS NOT GOOD FIGHT-' ERS. As a rule the most belligerent are not the men who are the best "fighters when fhe real test comes. They are - > -L iV. 1 i 1 * _ ?V. 1 J auoui me icusl itnuws lu buuuiuci their shooting irons and march to the front. The writer remembers a man who when the war between the States was coming on was the great est war lord in that part of the coun try. He was the first man to turn up the side of his hat and fasten on it what was called a cockade. He was for fighting the Yankees and whipping them rieht now. He was the man who above all others was for no concessions. He talked and showed signs of fight until the real crisis came. The day that the row sxarxeu, aim r?ri ouiuier was uicu upon he was still in for war bnt as time wore on, and things became more serious lie gradually quieted down. Others went to the front, but he remained at home. In some way i he mi . i flict. He suddenly became too infirm or his age stood in the way. The real men 10 depend upon are; the men who look at the situation seriously, and who are anxious to avoid a conflict, but when they see; that it is unadvoidable they are ready j to get down to business. There is | no shirking of duty by these kind j of men. We are going to find in the j present crisis, that the war makers1 are not the real men to count upon;| they will be found in the ranks or j those who did not want war, if it! were possible to avoid it. They are! the sober, sturdy men wno are m-; ways ready for action when the time \ comes for action. We are sure that j we have millions of these kind of j men who will be on the firing line: when the call comes for them to de- | fend their country.?Greenwood Jour- j nal. The above is well said and very true. Those who did not favor war j are among as good citizens as this I country has, and now that war is on will be found doing their duty wher ever duty calls. And they have not -1 ? n-Vin ag-ree With I I aUUbtJQ tUUOC nuu vi?v? 0 ! them as some of the loudmouthed I criers for war have abused those who! did not agree with them. We read in one of our exchanges where the editor was going to give trouble toj the fellow who was not in favor of' war, and in another paragraph in the same paper where the same editor said in the event of war he would i 'offer his phonograph to the govern-! ment. And that is about the way it! goes. And about what some of them; will offer. We regret the country has decided to go to war, and yet now that it is going, we are ready to do our duty; whatever that may De anu m au> v?a- j pacity in which we may be placed, i We do not believe that the people; wanted war, and the slowness with | which volunteers have come is evi-1 dence that there certainly was no1 clamoring for war. If there was it; was with the expectation that the other fellow would do the fighting, j The governor by proclamation has! set apart Tuesday as enlistment day| for the navy. Let the volunteers come along now and show their faith by! their works and prove their protes-l tations for war by their acts. This1 is the opportunity for the loud talk-i ers and those who abuse those who were not clamoring for war, to act ; and lead. And ior an uujci a, iuu, It took real courage and genuine | manhood of an exalted type for Con-J gressman Kitchin to make the speech he did in congress when debating the,1 war resolution, and yet the jingoes j and the jingo press will ridicule and abuse him for it, and when the test comes the president may count more! on men like him than on a great many of the loud talkers, who were clam-1 oring for war. More real moral cour- j age to oppose the resolution than to drift with the crowd in its support. j Somehow we still believe that Mr. Wilson is going to be instrumental in j leadinsr the nations of the world to a ] world peace and that the war will not last long. At least we hope so. And that he will lead in the build ing of a new world. This thing of war is a serious busi-. ness and no child's plaything. We hope there will be no effort to send our boys across the seas. They have' more men over there now than they can feed. WTiat they want is food and munitions of war. It takes men,j munitions and food to carry on war.; There are those of course who are criticising Fred Dominick for his vote | aprainst the war resolution. The Greenville News says it does not be lieve that this vote represents a ma jority of the voters of the third dis trict, and that it was a party meas- j ure and should have been supported' by the party, and there are others | who say that the congressman should i have voted with the president. It is not a party measure because republicans and democrats voted for J it and members of both parties voted! against it. As we have stated about Congressman Kitchin, it took more moral courage and more real manhood j to vote against the resolution than it' did to follow the crowd and vote for, it, and we honor the man who had; the courage to vote his honest con- * victions in the face of the criticism which he knew would follow, more than we do the man who voted for it because of fear of this very criti cism and we are satisfied that such was the case with a number of votes , that were cast. They were swept with the hurricane of emotion. There are a few very small calibre people who are saying that Mr. Dom inick voted that way because of Bleaseism and because it was against , the position of Gov. Manning. This , sort of talk is not worthy of notice. , What did the other forty-nine who ; voted against the resolution know , about Manning or Blease? As to the sentiment of the third - district, of course, we have no way of knowing what that is, but we be lieve if a referendum had been taken before the resolution was adopted that at least 75 per cent of the votes would have been against war. Now that the die is cast it might be dif ferent, because there are always a lot of people who like to drift with the stream and who follow the way of least resistance. And besides, the thing now is done. And all of us will stand by the government and the president. And yet we have seen or heard of no great rush in the matter of enlistment for the fight. That h what is wanted now. It looks as if there will have to be conscription to wiioA fKo it v Tf tho <5PTitiment had i aiou luv ai mj . Ai. bwv ?w.? -?- ? been so strong in favor of war it does seem that there would have been more enlistments. Wednesday, April 11, has been pro claimed by the governor as recruit ing day for the navy. This is the op portunily for you to show your loy alty and demonstrate your eager ness by enlisting. This is to be the real thine: and not simply a sightsee expedition around tee m>rl&. A correspondent from Greenwood r t speaking of the meeting held tiier^ j. says if Congressman Dominick had been there he would have been con- ^ vinced that the people of that section ; j are satisfied of the righteousness of' c the war. He might not have been, (j convinced of the righteousness of the't war, but we are sure that now that j { this country is in war he will do as I much as any other citizen to defend i the country and to uphold the hand* j of the president. All of us will do | that now. The time for argument has I * pas.sed. It is like the boy spoken of i c by Congressman j\iu;neii. ne uiu - all he could to keep his father out j c of the fight but once he went in he I shucked off his coat and gave tny! ^ enemy the best that was in him. That! e is what ail of us who were opposeu' t to war will do. And we will be founa j 3 doing it as vigorously as those wn<j! * were clamoring for war. And while j 1 we have had no talk with Congress- t man Dominick we are sure the coun- ? try ana tne president wm ua?c nui stauncher supporter than Mr. l>omin-j? ick, i1 The Greenwood Index says it ai-j ways did think Congressman Kitchm j F a "small bore" man, and now it knows j * he io. Well, there is a difference ol j * opinion. We think Mr. Kitchen made \ * a great speech and said a whole lot ^ in a few minutes and did not abuse i onv nnp who did not agree with him,' s c;. ~o him 0f small bore size. | n One of the war measures proposed/' is to issue bonds to the amount of five! r billion dollars and that two billion | be lent to France at her own terms1 c and without interest. That is give I her that sum to help her carry on the war. e Gov. Manning has notified the sher- D iffs of the State that he will give a' C reward of $50 for the arrest of a~y j "V labor agents who are enticing tn?; i negro labor to leave the State. I ^ He also advises the sheriffs to re-1 ^ port auy act ox aisiuyanj iu me xcv*-| eral or State governments by an> ; citizen. There is no danger of any j ? disloyalty in this State. j j < Secretary of iWIar Baker is in favor! of conscripting for the army. li! looks like that is going to be the only j way to get the required number or men- j * Food and money is what the allies a want. They have more men now ei than they have food supplies. It is1 important that our farmers prepare a: to raise sometning 10 eai. mt u ernment may take over the farming. | a: 1 ? h. NEGRO'S SUDDEN DEATH j n BLIND TIGER DRINKER d< , b< Last .Thursday evening while Mag- j m istrate Constable Henry D. Havird was riding by the Johnstone woods 01 ilong Johnstone street he saw a man il< lying on his back on the sidewalk. ^ tfe jumped from his buggy and went ^ :o assist the man, who was Abnerj *? 3eWialt, colored. Mr. Havird got1 iorre boys to turn uewait on ms s*uc ind then sent for Dr. F. K. Shealy, )ut the man died before Dr. Shealy :ould be of assistance. That was the substance of the con-j stable's testimony at the inquest heldj Thursday night by Coroner Lindsay j it the undertaking establishment of ?. F. Baxter and Son, where the body vas taken for the inquest and to be prepared for burial. Upon the autop sy of the dead body Drs. F. K. Shealy md P. G. Ellesor found that "death j was caused by edema of lungs seo jndary to heart disease." In accordance with the evidence of the witness and the certificate of the1 physicians the jury found that death! was due to natural causes. The foi-j lowing were the members of the! jury: Dr. ?. E. iWiay, Htenry Play-| er, E. A. Dickert, P. C. Jeans, H. D. Havird, Jno. H Baxter. DeWalt was subject to spells and was foaming at the mouth when he died. It is said he was a heavy drink-i er and would drink the meanest son of blind tiger liquor, which is enough to kill a^y man. SEVERAL NOTABLE FEATCRES 0> DEWBERRY'S BIG PROGRAM The announcement of the big Red-j path programme for our city, which opens May 8th, will create much in terest in Newberry and vicinity. The big features on the program all point to an even higher standard of excel lence than the high calibre of attrac tions presented in former years on j this Redpath de luxe circuit, whicn contains 120 of the best and largest cities from Jacksonville, Fla., to Chi o-roflt pr^atore and his UCl&U. X UV ?> A VMW V ? band; Mikado Light Opera company,!| an all star cast of thirty people, with Miss Vay iValentine, director of the orchestra; Oratorio Aitfists with Reed Miller, America's well known tenor, a South Carolina boy; Charles E. Galagher, eminent basso of New York city, in song recital. The above mentioned are but a few of the big attractions. Two numbers that de serve special mention for their un usualness as well as their merit, are Princess Watahwaso and (Fraulein Marie Mayer. The one tells of the sea, the woods, and peaceful winding streams. She tells of the hunt, and the camp fire around which were re-' lated the beautiful weira taies mat for a haunting chasm give the In dian legends a place occupied by no other literature. Princess Watahwaso is a true Indian princess, the daugh ter of the chief of the Penobscot tribe of Maine. The other tells of the snow-capped' alps, mad rushing torrents, and shad owy valleys. She describes the quaint little village of Oberammergau, where in solitude and quiet the citizens have learned to know God even as the red man knew his Great Spirit. As the Wary Magdalene of the 1910 Passion Play, Miss Mayer held the highest Dberammergai}. icipant in the Passion Play to ap ;ear before the American public. William 3 j'A'.right. first advance aan of the Redpath Chautauqua, was lere last Friday, met with the lu al committee, delivered the tickets, liscussed the program and started he advertising compaisn for the big program opening here on May Sth. Field Day Dinner City Schools Dinner on Field day, April 13th. will te served at 1 n. m. on the f-nllpe^ ampus. Banners from the respective chools will indicate where these hildren are to go for dinner. The arents of all children who are to eat [inner with the schools are expeci td to send baskets. Baskets should ie marked with the names of owners nd school. They may be placed li/ he gymnasium where commitees from he respective schools will receive iieiii uy iij u ciuck. 1 an conege oeu vill give the signal for serving din ter. The children will be served [rst. Special committees will see hat this is done. Dinner committees for city schools: Xewberry High School?Mrs. J. B. 'ox. chairman; Mesdames W. G. iouseal, Jas. P. Kinard, J. B. Mayes, E. JB. Setzler, w. G. Peterson; Messrs. \ H. Hunter. W G. Maves. W. A. IcSwain. Boundary Street?Mrs. P. G. Elie or, chairman; Mesdames C. H. Can ion, J. M. Kinard, R. L. Tarrant, D. Burns, Henry Adams; Messrs. .1. M Wicker, P. G. Ellesor, L. G. Esk idge. Speers Street?Mrs. Ben Buzhardt, hairmanj Mesdames J. H. Harms, E. I. Kibler, C. D. Weeks, R. E. Leav II, Arthur ,Kibler; Messrs. Arthur [ibler. M. L. Spearman, G. S. Mower. West End?Mrs. J. Y. Jones, chair lanffi Mesdames Charley West, D. D. :handler, W. H. Hardeman; Messrs. V. H. Hardeman, J. Y. Jones. Mollohon?Mrs. W. T. Brown, chair Ian; Mesda^nes. Charley 'West, D. B. V'ood, A. H. Blease; Mr. W. D. Stii rell. Oakland?Mrs. T. J. Digby, chair ian; Mesdames J. T. Thompson, [enry Jones; Mr. T. J. Digby. UBA ESTERS FIGHT BESIDE BIG FRIEND Habana, April 7.?Cuba, not yet out f her 'teens as a republic, is at war ith Germany?the first of the Latin-; merican countries to range herself I longside the United States, her Ite rator and protector. At 7:16 tonight President Menocai fixed his signature to the joint reso- j ition passed unanimously late this: fternoon by both the senate and! ouse without a dissenting voice being lised, thus putting into effect the j eclaration that a state of war exists i etween Cuba and he imperial Ger- j an government. The joint committees appointed' ily yesterday by the senate ana! >use agreed early this afternoon on I le phraseology of the resolution to! 3 presented and the stage was sei r quick action before either branch | congress convened. The senate acted with extreme lemnity. The resolution was read. \ Ricardo Dolz, Conservative leader, 10 took the floor and made a short, The mar lttuntry ' fear ad> nor po\ ilppSi '^JBSssarasi Vi*. Poverty in OLD A spends all he earns and d While you have Ei book will be a guiding li{ You onlv need to OPEN i Try it We pay"4 per B. C. MATTHEWS, T. ? President Mi ; impressive speech in favor of the rea l olution. Xo amendments were offereu | and the 17 senators present voted ; "aye" when the motion was put. j There was no applause or excitement I following the vote. BIDS FOR COUNTY SUPPLIES i i The County Board of Commission | ers solicits sealed bids, based on da liverv at Xewberrv. S. C.. to be filed with the undersigned not later than ' 10 o'clock, a. m., April JS, 1917, for I the following supplies, the board re- I serving the right to reject any and ' I all bids. Bids to be made on said . j supplies as a whole. The supplies I to be called for at any time within I three months from April lSth. 10 lbs. Brown Mule tobacco. 4 pairs of plow handles. i L' ri A 1 Vv r* /vIt * 1 UVV 1U3. iilL UflVft. ! 7 barrels first patent flour. 225 lbs. sugar. u.**'" 30 lbs. coffee. To lbs. rice. To lbs. grits. 1 case octagon soap. 1 1 ! 1 case soda. G 5c boxes black pepper. 12 boxes lye. 15 boxes washing powder. 24 gals, syrup. Go gals, kerosene. 3 sacks salt. 'J _ > 1 doz. boxes Matches. | 4-5 lbs. Butter beans. 45 cans tomatoes. 1 doz. hamestrings. 1 doz. plow shovels. ' 8 heel bolts. i 8 heel sweeps. ' . ! y- : 8 devise and pins. 12 pairs traces. "" 'r ' 8 hoes. ' 200 lbs. nails. < 1 cotton planter. , 14 pairs overalls. 14 work shirts. | 1 doz. spools thread. 1 card ri-ce buttons. 59 yards ginghams. 49 yards white homespun. 1 case axle grease. Separate bids for the following: 80 suits for convicts (coats and pants). 80 suits of underwear (shirts and drawers). J. C. SAMPLE, County Supervisor. Ap9-12-16. PE WAN SEE 1 Summe GE slowly but surely appro< Irifts into merciless DEBT. \RNING POWER open a b*nl rfif which will steer you awa \ bank account; piling up mom it YOUR money in OUR bank, interest. i ty i r lal bank or JOHNSTONE, H. T. CANN( v^asnier assii mber Federal Reserve System HANM.Mi (?KTS IN BE HIM) DISLOYALTY Columbia. April 7.?Governor Man ning today instructed all South Caro lina sheriffs to report immediately any cases of disloyalty. The governor also offered a reward $f?0 in each case for the apprehen sion and conviction of agents wiio are enticing negroes to leave the State. So orders have been received con cerning the mobilization of the Na tion Guards. NOTICE. City Council will receive sealed bids for 36 bushels Corn, 50 bushels Ffc-ea Oats, one-half ton Molasses Feed, z sacks shorts?for delivery Tuesday, 10th, to city as needed. Bids to be in by 12 o'clock Tuesday, the 10th. J. W. CHAPMAN, r: Clerk. ?- .. It. STOCKHOLDERS MEETING. The annual meeting of the stock holders of the Newberry Cotton Mills will be held at Newberry, S. C., the second day of May, 1917, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon. GEO. S. MOWER, Secretary, i-10-ft. NOTICE. In compliance with an ordinance passed by the City Council of New berry, S. C, March 27th, 1917, in ref erence to washer women I will be at police headquarters on the 18th day of April, 1917, from 8 a. m. to 6 P m. for the purpose of accepting ap plications for permits to do washing. Have your street, name and number as this is necessary in making appli cation L. M. PLAYER. Health Officer, Newberry, S. C. 4-10-2t. NOTICE. The John M. Kinard Camp Sons of Confederate Veterans will hold their in i"vf nrociHont annual meeting in vi. pi of Commercial bank at six o'clock next Thursday afternoon, April 12, 1917. A full meeting of all the mem bers is urged as matters of impor tance are to be transacted. F. EWART, Commander. L. A. BOOZER, Adjutant. A O TED US r Bros. iches every man who z account. Your bank y from a life failure. ? *ii .1 i_ t Ok win men dc easy* / Newberry )N, [W. W. CROMER Bhier Asst. Cashier