The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, May 15, 1917, Image 1
TOLU3LE L1Y., XOIBEE 37.
3EWBEHKY, S. i
*0?DSTITFS RISE
AS COTTON FULLS
Pointing out the intimate relation
tetween the prices of foodstuffs and
of cotton recently, with cottonralling
*nd food products advancing, D. K.
Coker rhairman nf the South Caro
lina commission for civic prepared
ness, has issued another appeal to
the farmers of South. Carolina to
plant moi% food crops.
Says the appeal:
"The South Carolina commission
for civic preparedness wishes to call
the attention of the farmers to the
fact that foodstuffs have recently
continued their steady and rapid ad
vance, and that cotton has recenrry
declined.
"Many supply merchants are fur
, nishing practically nothing except
foodstuffs to their customers and ary
goods merchants are beginning to re
port a severe diminution in the vol
ume of their trade.
"Large government war orders are
temporarily supporting the cotton
and cotton goods market, but the re
duction of the dry goods trade must
^ eventually have its effect. We are
confronted also with the serious
probability that a continuation of the
rapid sinking of vessels by German
submarines will leave no ocean ton
Tiapp available for carrvin? cotton
this fall, as every available ship ma7
and probably will be needed to carrj
* foodstuffs and munitions to the allies.
"No one can accurately predict tne
future but we suggest that the all
cotton farmer consider'the situation
in which he will find hiaiself thia
fall should foodstuffs remain at 1am
ine prices and cotton decline serious
ly from present prices.
"It is becoming more and more
evident that the production and con
densation of foodstuffs and their
transportation to England and France
are the problems upon whose solution
the war will principally depend. *
"The men, women and children 01
v this nation who are aiding in these
matters are rendering just the ser
vice which is required of them
this emergency.
""What shall w? say of those wlic
will not heed the S. 0. S. call or 0*1
president?
"David R. Coker,
"Chairman South Carolina Commis
sion for Civic Preparedness foi
War." .
LOYE OF HIS KIND ALL
HE HAP TO LEAY?
\
Justice Walter Lloyd Smith, pre
siding over the third department ol
the appellate divsion of the su
preme court, read, at a recent meet
ing of the New York University la*
school alumni association, the follow
ing very interesting and remarkable
document, the last will ana testament
of Charles 'Lounsbury, who died In
the Cook county asylum at Dunning
111.:
"I, Charles Lounsbury, being o!
sound mind and disposing memory,
do hereby make and publish this, my
last will and testament, in order as
justly as may be to distribute my in
terest in the world among succeea
Ni<? mark
"That part of my interest which
-is known in law and recognized Id
the sheep-bound volumes as my
property, being insonsiderable and ol
no account, I make no disposal of in
this my will.
"My right to live, being but a life
estate, is not at my disposal, bui
these things excepted all else in the
world I now proceed to devise ana
bequeath?
"Item: I give to good fathers and
mothers, in trust for their children,
all good little words of praise ana
encouragement, u.uu an quamt
names and endearments, and I charge
said parents to use them justly ana
generously, as the needs of their chil
dren may require.
"Item: I leave to children inclu
sively, but'only for the term of their
childhood, all and every, the flowers
of the fields, and the blossoms of the
woods, with the right to play among
them freely according to the customs
of children, warning them at the same
time against thistles and thorns. And
I devise to children the banks of the
brooks, and the golden sands beneath
the waters thereof, and the odors of
the willows that dip therein, and the
white clouds that float high over the
giant ticos. And I leave the chil
dren the long, long days to be merry
in, in a thousand ways, and the night
and the moon and the train of the
Milky Way to wonder at, but subject
nevertheless to the rights hereinaf
ter given to lovers.
"Item: I device to boys jointly all
the useful idle fields and commons
where ball may be played; all pleas
ant water where one may swim; all
snowclad hills where one may coast,
and all streams and ponds where one
*-^ay fish, or where, when grim win
ter comes, one may skate; to have
and to noia me same lor tne penou
of their boyhood. lAnd all meadows
with the clover blossoms and butter
flies thereof, the woods and their ap
purtenances, the squirrels and birds
and echoes and strange noises, ana
all distant places which may be visit
ed, together with the adventures
there found. And I give to said boys
ch his own place at the flresiao
at s^Sht, with all pictures \that may
THE CHAUTAUQUA
STILL 15 THE I/EAD |
j
| The Redpath chautauquah con-;
tinues to hold its firm place in the'
heart of Newberry. Everything is'
"Chautauqua," "chautauqua."' Ana?
. tv?ck inHifatinna arp if thp war famine ,
i or other dire calamity don't knock;
i it up, which we hope they won't, next!
year there will have to be a bigger i
, tent in Newberry. Since the last is
; sue of The Herald and News there
! have been several very interesting
programs to add to those already!
noted.
j We did not have the opportunity ot.
hearing on Thursday afternoon( press,
! day) the lecture by Mr. B. F. Mc- [
j Donald of Newark, Ohio, on "Moon-;
' shine."' Some who heard it say It
was fine. Of course it was, otherwise'
it could not have a place in the chau
lauqua programs, .dux. we ueaiu tue i
oratorio artists Thursday night. The!
1 members of the company are Myrtle:
Thdrnburgh, soprano; Nevada Van:
Der Veer, contralto; Reed Miller,I
tenor, and Frederick Wheeler, bari-j
tone. It was fine quartette singing!
and each solo was also of superior,1
i quality. .Newoerry people were j
mostly interested in Reed Miller, i
. he is a native South Carolinian ana1
"known to many personally in New-!
berry. If the entire audience did no:.
enjoy the rare treat an overwhelming j
majority did.
The next attraction witnessed by j
! The Herald and News representative j
was the concert Friday night by tne|
1 celebrated Sala Trio, who favored the!
' audience with choice selections of!
Spanish music. They are cultivates
musicians. During the evening
had the pleasure of seeing and hear
ing Fraulein Marie Mayer of Oberam
mergau. She captivated her audience1
by her charming reference to ouri
| country and our flag, which she loves
L as she lov?3 her own. Then there |
was the gifted and versatile Princess j
WatahwAso in her real Indian sonsrs.
legends and dances. This was easily
among'the best attractions of the
happy season. Princess Watahwaso
won the hearts of all, from the may-i
or'down to the reporter.
i The attraction Saturday afternoon
| and night was the famous Gilbert and
Sullivan Opera company. One of the
| largest crowds of the season packed
j the tent at night and witnessed 'The
Mikado." There may have been two
! or perhaps three of that audience
i who were not In harmonious accord
j with the whole in intense enjoyment
. i of the beautiful and entertaining, and
; at times highly amusing prsentatlon.
. It certainly took well and the peoprw
.; of Newberry pronounced each mem-.
- i ber of the troupe to be star in his and
. her line.
' Monday was another press day,
; keeping The Herald and News ^nen
L away from the afternoon show and
? we go to press before the night per
! formance.
' | This afternoon and tonight New
I j berry will have the lifetime oppor
! tunity of hearing the great Creatore
1; and his great hand. Go early or yon
' j will not get a seat.
; TEN MILLION MEN
IN BRA IT LOUTS
' i Washington, May 12.?Ten million
men in the United States will he sub
ject to the selective conscription on
: July 1, within the ages agreed upon
' j ia the conference report on the war
! j army bill, Director Rogers of the cen
1 sus bureau announced today. This
number of men between the ages of
21 and 50. innlusivft. ret>resents very
-I nearly 10 per cent, of the total es
j timated population of between 10#,
'j 000,000 and 104,000.00 on July 1,
!| 1917. Of these conscription eligibies
the bureau estimates Alabama will
have 209,900, Arkansas 156,600, Flor
ida 95,300, Georgia 255,400, Kentucky
202,200, Louisiana 171.0W), Maryla\i
- 121/500, Mississippi 175,1?0, North
j Carolina 194,400, South Carolina 137,
i! 000, Tennessee 195,080, Texas 420,200,
Virginia 186,400.
be seen in the burning wood, to en
i joy without let or hindrance and with
uut ttiij iiiuuuiuiauw ui vaic,
"Item: To lovers, I devise their
imaginary world, with whatever they
| may need; as the stars of the sky;
the red roses by the wall; the bloom
of the hawthorn; the sweet strains
of music, and aught else by which
they may desire to figure to eacn
t other the lastingness and beauty of
j their love.
I "Item: To young men jointly, ij
! devise and bequeath all boisterous,
; inspiring aports of rivalry, and I give I
| to them the disdain of weakness and
j undaunted confidence in their own
j strength, though they are- rude; i
! give them the power to make lasrt
| ing friendships, and of possessing
j companions, and to them exclusively
j I give all merry songs and brave
j choruses, to sing witn lusiy voices.
"Item: And to those who are 110
I longer children, or youths, or lovers,
I leave memory and bequeath to them
the volumes of the poems of Burna
and SMkespeare and of other poets,
if the~e he others, to the end that
they ir*y live over the old days
a?a!n. freely and fully, without tithe
or domination. *
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS
FROM PROSPERITY TO>V>
Prosperity, May 14.?Prof. Gilbert
Voigt of Newberry college spent the
week-end with his sister, Mrs. C. ).
Shealy.
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Buzhardt of
\'MVhArrv vfsitp/5 \Tr T. L. Shpalv tile
latter part of lact week.
Mrs. A. E. Tinsley, after a month's
stay with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
P. L. Langford, has returned to her
home in Spartanburg.
Prof. John Taylor, who has been j
sick for some time in Austin. Texas, !
reached home Sunday.
Mr. A. H. Hawkins has gone to j
Florence to inspect the reformatory ;
for white boys.
Mrs. Julian Price has returnee: |
from Saluda, accompanied home Dy j
her cousin. Miss Vera Parrott.
Mr. Byrd Gibson is visiting in 3a
luda.
Mr. C. S. Patrick, Dr. and Mrs. ?.
A. Hunt returned to Saluda Sunday,'
after a visit to relatives ana friends.,;
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil 'Wyche of Spar-;
tanburg spent last week with Dr. ana
Mrs. C. T. Wyclie.
Rev. and Mrs. George S. Bearaen:
: have moved to Saluda, where Mr.
Bearden has accepted the pastorate
of the Lutheran church.
I . Mrs. Virgil Kohn has returned from ;
thp fnliimhia hnsniffll
Mrs. Mark Bedenbaugh was oper
ated on at the Columbia hospital last'
Friday and is reported doing nicely.
Misses Anna, Julia and Clio Har
mon spent the week-end in Newber
ry with the Misses Amick.
Mrs. T. L. Wheeler, after spending
a week with her daughter, Mrs. J. 1.1
Bedenbaugh, has returned to her
home near Excelsior.
The Memorial Droeram was well
: rendered on Friday. Dr. James P.j
Kinand made a most excellentf talk
j to a large and. appreciative audience,
j After the meeting the Daughters with
[ wreaths and the school childrefl with
! United States flags marched to the
cemetery where the graves of the
veterans were decorated. i
Mrs. J. B. Stockman is in Columbia
having her tonsils removed.
Miss Bess Bowers is home from
Florence and Bishopville. !
j Miss Lucile Counts of Pomaria is
j spending the week with Miss Grace!
Burton Reagin.
Messrs. Elmer Long, Leslie Sing-!
ley and Willie M. Lester left Sunday
for Fort Oglethorpe to enter the ot-j
ficers' reserve corps.
Mesdames Browne and Quattie
baum gave a joint reception to their
music pupils at the school building
Friday afternoon. Ice cream was
served.
Miss Sudella Shealy is visiting
1? oua ; t t
irieuus ill vi wu w uuu. one nui.
turn home in a few days.
Old Town Letter.
TV>?? T? irl ctc* Snrin cr ar>hr\nl Bosqinn
A. UV/ iViUJjV w
1916 and 1917 was brought to the
close of a most successful term 011
Friday, having been taught by .Miss;
Azile Maybin as principal and so ably
assi&ted by Miss Lilly Johnson. On
Friday evening the closing exercises
u. die ociiooi were held, consisting or
songs, dialogues and two excellent'
drills, a special favorKe * as the pan
tomime of a "Bunch of Daisies." Miss
Ruby Feilers being the only graduate
J it Hi rrru* .-.V.; 1 I
ieau a wen wriueu essav. u c v-mi
dren reflected much credit on their
I teachers and themselves. A Victroia
I furnished by Air. LeRoy Salter or
! Xewbefry added greatly to the even-'
! ing's enjoyment.
Quit-e a number of people enjoyed!
| the school picnic in Mr. H. T. Fellers';
| pasture on Saturday. In the morning;
the clouds were heavy, indicating
rain for sure, but as the day wore on
the sun came out and a very pleas
ant day was spent.
A large audience was charmingly1
entertained on Saturday evening at!
the school house by Misses Ad-deliej
Fellers, Azile Maybin and Elsie Pitta,!
Messrs. Ryon Matthews, E. N. Living-1
ston aad James Werts, Johnnie San-j
ders, acting as the various charac- <
ters in an excellent play, "The Noble!
Outcast" They all proved them-j
selves to be talented and well tram-i
ed. Several persons expressed them-|
selves as being surprised at so mucn i
local talent being among us. Miss
I Mildred Abrams recited two selec- j
tions between acts which were great-1
ly enjoyed.
Mr. Paul McElree of Morristown, |
Misses Loree and LfOuise Smith of I
Greenwood, Misses Ida Fellers and j
Mildred Abrams of dewberry spent
the week-end at Mr. H. T. Fellers'.
Miss Beatrice Livingston ol Po
maria viaited Miss Elsie Pitts.
j Mr. Davis of Ninety-Six came down ;
I fo* the play Saturday evening, visit
ing his friend, Mr. E. N. Livingston.
Miss Lilly Johnson left for her
home in Nesmith on Sunday, stopping
over for a few days with Miss Ethel
Seybt in Pomaria. Miss Maybin will
visit friends near New-berry before
going to her home in Richburg. We
are sorry to see these young ladies!
leave our midst. They have mace'1
many friends during their stay here
and we wish for them a pleasant va-,
cation.
FOOD { ONTROL BILL DOES
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Washington. May 11.?On the heel3
of the announcement that plans are
being laid by President Wilson and
experts of food production for the
naming of a food dictator, Senator
Gore late today introduced in the sen
ate the administration's lirst food con
trol bill.
The bill, designed to bring an in
in the nroduction of food and
to conserve the present supply, has
been worked on by administration offi
cials ever since the beginning of the
war with Germany.
wido nowers are given the depart
ment of agriculture. They include:
First, a national survey of food on
hand and in prospect to be conducted
by the department of agriculture.
Second, the fixing o standard grades
and classification of foodstuffs espec
ially wheat and corn flour, to be done
by the war department of agriculture.
Third, to give the secretary of agri
culture power to promulgate regula
tions suspending the pure food laws
so a3 to permit the mixing of wheat,
corn and other cereaLs in making
flour.
Fourth, drastic punishment for per
sons or corporations conviciea ol at
tempts to hoard or corner any food
supply of the nation.
Fifth, appropriating $1,500,000 for
carrying out the provisions of the
measure.
Authority for the government to
regulate prices, uisuiuuuuu auu o?.v^x
age of foodstuffs which the adminis
tration will seek was not contained
in the measure. These provisions will
be introduced in the form of a sep
arate measure.
COLORE DPEOPLE HOLD
PREPAREDNESS MEETING
On Tuesday evening at 8:30 o'clock
-T W. Butler called a meeting of col
ored people at Elisha church. Meet
ing was called to order by H. B. But
ler, opened with prayer by John Rob
erson, after which J. W. Butler read
the proclamation issued to thevpeople
of South Carolina by the national
government and the State govern
ment on preparedness for the war;
after which a motion by B. L. Samuel
that we would respond was adopted.
There were white gentlemen pres
i ent.
- Mr. O. iW1. Long was called on.
I He gave an interesting talk ? drying
| the people to raise all the foodsturr
| they coulld. Mr. G. P. Boulware g? e
an interesting talk on the condition
I of the time. Each of these talks was
j highly appreciated by all the peopr*.
I Other talks were made by colored
j citizens, after which the forming or
clubs was agreed upon as follows:
Club on Corn?J. W. Butler, John
Williams, J. R. Nelson.
Club on Peas?H. B. Butler.
Club on Cane?W. H. Floyd, Clin
ton Jefferson, Willie Butler.
Club on Peanuts?Sam Tribble,
Willie Moore, ?j. i. nuju.
Club on Cabbages?Nancy Tribble,
1 Ida Floyd, M. E. Butler.
Club on Tomatoes?M. A. Lindsay,
M. S. Williams, Lila Moore.
Club on Cattle?B. L. Samuel.
Club on Potatoes?J. R. Butler, F.
L. Lindsay, H. B. Butler, Jr., L. Sin
gleton, B. L. Samuel, Jr.
J. R. Butler,'Sec.
COLORED CITIZENS TRTN7TY
HOLD PREPAKEli^ tss jitiiiiiim
i
On Thursday at 4 o'clock a large
' crowd of colored people met at Trin
ity A. M. E. church, about seven
miles west of NeWberry, to receive
instructions for preparation of the
ovioic Thp Rev. T. C. Croker,
VUUllllg lOiO.
pastor of Smyrna church, was the
first speaker. He made a timely ad
dress, the necessity of raising more
foodstuffs. Valuable information was
given on canning beans and -raising
chickens. In his closing remarks ne
said: "Let the white and colored peo
ple stand shoulder to shoulder in the
face of the greatest crisis the world
has ever witnessed."
The Rev. W. R. Bougnight was the
next speaker, who spoke on high cost
of living and high cost of food and
manv other valuable things. He said
that the United States -wag the
smokehouse of the world. A short
talk was made by Mr. Hendrix, a citi
zen of that section. Addresses were
also made by Sam Nance, United
States farm agent, colored, and U. S.
Gallman, colored school supervisor.
Talks were made also by J. S. Smith
and Jim Boozer, leaders of the local
nrpnaredness campaign. It is believ
ed that this meeting will mean much
to the people of that section and they
are preparing to raise foodstuffs as
never before. Another meeting is ex
pected soon.
Death of An Elderly Lady.
Mrs. Louisa Frances Koon died at
her home near Peak on Thursday
morning and was buried at the fam
ily graveyard Friday morning at 10
o'clock, P. F. Baxler & Son, funeral
directors, jvirs. jyuuii ***? oo /?..?
old.
Death of dn Infant
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. P.
W. Stribble of Mollohon died Thurs
day night and was buried Friday
evening at 6 o'clock at Rosemontj
cemetery, service by the Rev. JV. R. j
Boukzight. ' I
ii E COL LECTIO NS OF A PICNIC
FORTY-FOCR YEARS AGO
i '
The abundant rain of Monday re-'
call-s a similar condition of the weatn
er which occurred in Newberry forty
- "M1HJ o crr\ f n-QO tho firstf Til Am
1.UU1 J M" O X L, >1 uo u> ? ?
uay in May, 1873, that the Newberry
' Female Academy had set for its an- <
| nual picnic. The clouds on Monday
j looked ominous and foreboding for the
: next day was one of pleasure to the
large number of young women wiiose
tutelage was presided over so faith
: fully by the late Capt. A. P. Pifer.
j Tuesday morning the clouds rolled
| up from a never-ending stream from
J the southeastern horizon. The wa
! gons and the baskets and the girls?
not least important in fhe programme,
i er can testify as to girls of those
: days who are now matrons of New- j
berry?all had been assembled at the
academy, prepared to make the trip
[ to Mendenliail's mill on Bush river.'
But no sooner than the time had ar
rived for the trip than the rain De
i gan to descend. One series of cloud3
! would roll by. the sun would dawn
i out in. dazzling splendor and hope
j would be kindled in the hearts of the
I young men?plenty of them had been
j invited?and the girls, when bigger
and bigger clouds with an ever-in
j creasing downpour of rain would
I emerge from the horizon.
! The writer had been invited to be
I one of the party. He had no sisters
going to school, but?well, a "boy
would have a poor showing at a pic
| nic with no sister if he did not have
; some other boy's sister to look at
even if he ventured no further?yet
he could not go, for it was publlca- ?
trion day in the Herald office. He had
a good point of observation?for '
clouds, girls, wagons, baskets, from
j the rear window of the Herald office,
i which was then located in the sec
| oad story of the wooden Dunaing
j which after the fire of March, 1877,
gave place to the Mower building at ;
I the corner of Main and College (Ad-/
ams) streets.
The front of the Academv building
(now the residence of Mr. Jos. Mann)
seemed like a beehive of activity,
as the girls and young men would
swarm in and out of the building .*s
the showers would descend and cease.
It was evident as the day sd^*
along, that it would be impossible to
hold the nicnic. and it had to be post
poned.
So with the exception of the first
week in May, 1S91, the rainfall for
similar periods has never been ex
j ceeded since 1873. The rainfall here
in Columbia last Monday was 2.06
VaUVi nw V? n a U Konn OA
I IIIUIIC3. ^ClUULCl uao iW ov w U
j in May during similar period?. In
j May 1891, the centennial anniversary
! of Columbia was celebrated and all
who participated in the celebration
will well remember tne muddy condi
tion of Main street for the military
! parade. '
The above recollections are intro
| ductcry to a personal incident which
, o.?.nrrred :'n the Herald offi-ce. The
i writer wrs an apprentice and haa
! Lee:: the printer's devil about four
1 months. The late Thomas F. Grene
j ker was tue editor and proprietor ot
! ine tieraia ana ae vraa iiiaftmg a. iauu
able effort to get a scoop on his neign
bor of The Progressive Age as to the
outcome of the picnic. A~ picnic In
those days was a?well, it was a pic
nic?none of your three-couples af
fairs, but it presented all the people
I from pater familias on down to the
J two-year old. Everybody went?was
j exepcted to go and take along hamp
! ers of fried chicken and pies and ]
snch things. The H. C. L. was not j
' in it?nobody cared anything about
| anybody or anything -with snch "In
trimmings" in those hal-cyon days.
The hour for going to press was
imminent?12 o'clock noon. Capt.
Pifer wasn't a weather prophet even
if the writer had been one of his most
adorable pupils before he left the
j boys in the fall of 1869 and decided
I Vy r\ r\ fVva r> o OWC/im Cif tTl Q VoW- !
' ' ' ucwmc utu?^v/^uv/ v*. wmv * |
berry girls. He had a strenuous;
time trying to control -the girls from
taking the risk of the clouds and hold- i
ing the picnic at all hazards.
At last the venerable editor?he
was not so old then, but he always
appeared venerable to the printers' j
boy?decided on the cast which he
would give to the Herald's account:
of the rncnic. It was a desperate,
I case. He seized the first scrap of i
! paper at hand and dashed off?no,
he didn't do it that way; it was not!
modern days then in country print-j
ing offices. He just took from his1
desk on the right hand side of the
room next to the passage way which
1 separated tne neraia omce irom uie
j adjoining building?I can see yhfan
' now at the desk by the window open- ,
ling on the passage way?an envel-;
ope whi-ch had come with a letter
through the mail and carefully, with '
the most painstaking care wrote an
imaginary account of the discussion'
going on at the assembly of students;
at the academy, whether or not the
picnic should be held. He said a'
"chairman'' presided.
wnen ne naa nnmnea tne toiuposi- :
tion of the item for the printer, he J
handed it to the foreman, the late J. i !
H. M. Kinard. The foreman's face1
took on a look puzzling between hnm-j <
or and anxiety. He was preparing
i the type foms for the,press.-an<i.Md J
! no time to put the picnic item in'type
himself. He had one Journeyman i
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,V GOOD 0>E OX THE EDITOK
OF THE HERALD AND SEWS
Our local reporter always alert to
say something good about Newberry
people, or to copy anythmg good ttiat
is said by any of our cotemporariea
of Newberry people, copied a few is
sues back a very nice notice apout a
piano rectial at the Columbia college
by Miss Julia M. Daniel, and went
on to say that she was a daugnter of
Dr. W W. Daniel, who is well and
favorably remembered in Newberry,
and further to say that she is a neica
of the editor of The Herald and News.
That was all very nice, -out In due
course a copy of The Herald and
News was sent to the sister of the
eu.ior, -vira. v\. to. i/amci, auu a. j.g?*
days ago we received a latter from
Mrs. Daniel from which we are going
to make a few extracts.
The story was all right and was
true in the main, and we do not re
gret that it was printed, hut it seems
that there are two Miss Julia Daniels,
? -3 4o Hio mnai/viari i<a
dJLiU ILLU VJ11C yyj.lv/ 10 vuv, u
the daughter of the Rev. Dr. J. W.
Daniel, a "brother of Dr. ?W. W. Daniel,
but he is also well ana ravorably
kno**n in Newberry and a graduate of
Newberry college, but his daughter 13
not a neice of the editor.
Our sister writes that she very
much appreciates our good intentions
(you know what they say about good
intentions) giving "prominent and
favorable notice to a /ecital you
thought was given by my Julia. But
there are two Julias and Julia M.
js a daughter of J. Walter Daniel.
She graduates In June. My Julia Is
just a freshman and like her sister
does not take kindly to the 'accom
plishments' offered in a girls' school.
I tried ail tne 'extras vn rvuuc \ttjh
lie i3 her older daughter); she spe
cialized in English. I tried art and
music on Julia; she ha3 dropped both.
But she has done B. A. and B. 9.
work this year which grves her two
extra studies in science and I don't
think her average has ianen De.ow
90. The English teacher sent me two
of her compositions last week that he
thought clever; the one on "Queer
People" was specially interesting to
me. So you may feel a pride in your
neice just the same though she does
no 'star' on the stage."
Then she goes on to talk about the
war. Her only boy who is eligible,
just like our boy, has gone to join
the army and not waited to be con
scripted, and of course she is sad,
nf rnnrse -we are sad. and yet we
can't help feeling just a little proud
of our boy, and now that our nephew
has gone, we feel proud of him. The?
do not float and display flags and
rhout and hurrah, but they do things.
It is in the blood and they can't fceip
it. The same as to the girls. .They
dklu't take to the frills and flounces,
but took to tiie are sub
stantial, and we are proud of them,
ft is 'r. fhr> hlooi. and they cant heir*
it. Just the same we are prouct ot
them. And now lr mere are iiiuso
who do not like to see this' they may
just skip it over and not read it. We
notice- that the big Wowers hereabuot
in regard to the war and the dnty of
every one to answer the call of his
country are still hollering, though
maybe not quite so loud, and they
have not yet heard the call of their
country. Possibly the conscript or
icer will be an expert on ears and
can help to remedy the aereci m
hearing.
ard of Thanks.
T take this method of returning
thanks to neighbors and friends f">r
their great kindness showi to us m
the last illness and death pf our lit
tle daughter, Lily May. ?<1 to our
er?od uhvsician. Dr. ?. H. Moor<*. for
his faithful and untiring ministra
tions to the little one. May tne good
Lord bless them all.
Mr. and Mrs. 'WVJD. Cromer.
A Small Fire.
rtru- tt-qtif in Mnndnv nff
1 Ut: arc aictim n vuu iu
ernocn at 4 o'clock and the depart
ment responded promptly. The auto
mobiles went to the fire In full force
and at high speed hut every one gave
them the right of way. It was a
negro house on the railroad in Grar
eltown.
(full-fledged compositor) besides him
self and two apprentices. The fore
man passed the "copy'' around, first
to the journeyman, then to the ap
prentices. My turn was last All
the others expressed their inability
to read it. When I finished its com
position it measured three inches in
small type (leaded minion). In man
uscript it about filled one-half of the
flap of a six-inch envelope. I kept
tnat envelope as a treasureu ujtjuj
ento of my apprentice days as well
as the most remarkably small piec?
of "copy" I have seen up to that time
or that I have ever seen since which
when put in type filled up so much
space in the paper. The envelope
in^t -m m-ovine: in 1889 to the
hXse in which I lived when I mov
ed^ to Columbia. The present editor
of TUb pp-r-^n ?-p* Newg will find the
Picnic Vn^'n^tnro in the Herald of the
tyijSt T^J^y in <2873.
^V'Tiiam P. Houseal.
Columbia, ITay 9.