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fettered it the Postoffice at New fefcif, S. C, as 2nd class matter. K. H. AULL, EDITOR. Tuesday, May 29, 1917. We are glad that the Columbi; Record has found out who Mr. 0 Klettner is. We think it was thi paper that asked a couple of year: ago in a rather derisive manner"wh< is O. Klettner anyhow? It is important to the success o TL-ar thaf vnn buv a Liberty loat bond. We heard a banker say th* other day that the people around her< did not evidence much enthusiasm ir the purchase of these bonds and tha' they were not selling very fast. We would like for the farmer t< Tead the statement of Mr. Watson aj to the supply of foodstuffs in thi? State at this time and the amount w< nifwliiw! as compared with what w( consume. .Mr. (Watson has just mad< a food survey of the State and it ha? been thoroughly made. He says thai an examination of the stocks carried hi the stores shows that all of 21 practically is imported from withoui N the State, and that if there should bt interference with railroads so as t< shut off imports there would not tw sufficient food to last the people mor< than a few days. Then we had bet ter plant something that we can eat if we would continue to eat. Gov. Manning has returned th< name of Mr. A. A. Richardson whc was a second time nominated by th< A*dubon society for appointment o game warden for the State. The gov ernor could not nave uuue vmtci without stultifying himself, and th< . society might have known that h< would do as he has done. The so ciety vould have been stronger anc the position of Mr. Richardson wouk have been stronger If the name of Mr Richardson had not been sent in foi another time. The Herald and News * n rrr\ +V>0+ fhp SUY suggested some iuhc ? ? ciety should suggest another nam* than either Richardson or Gibbes and yet those two are the only ones on which a vote was taken. It begins to lock if both the society and the governor are playing politics with the office. If the Richardson forces Controlled the society it might have frtimd a eood clean man who is a friend politically and personally oJ l&r. Richardson and sent his name ir and then it would have been up tc the governor squarely. If the Audubon society is going tc do as President Adams suggests lei the governor select several names from which the society will recom mend a man for appointment just ai ^ well let the governor name the man. We see where another Nationa Guardsman has been killed by a train i It does seem that the boys shoul( kaow enough to keep off the railroa( tracks, or if they do not keep off tha a train would kill if it struck. An; if you remain on the track and j train comes along the probability ii that it will strike you. The correspondence of Congress man Dominick with Col. Graham an< fee war department in re the rejec Hon of N. iW. Workman for the train ing camp at Oglethorpe is interestini and yet we can not see why Col Graham would want to withhold th< or even evade the in ^uiry as to the rejection. Why shouh h-e tell Mr. Workman that his physi cal examination was perfect and thei Col. Graham wire that the cause o rejection is not of record, and thei finally the record come up t'na Workman weighs much for hi height and that his h ilse is t<x> fasl It would seem that it would not tak long or any delay to ascertain thes thiuers. and they should have bee: known the day he was examined. An< if those were the reasons we cai see no good excuse for Capt. Grahar not telling Workman at once th trouble. Dr. E. E. Stuck had some thing like the same experience, bu he bundled up his papers and sen them right on to Congressman Leve and the next thing he knew he sai in the papers the list of those wh were going from this State and hi name appeared and lie went. Th details of the case we do not know. Since writing the above paragrap we have heard a little more about th Workman case which adds more in terest vto the situation. On Sunda morning as soon as Mr. Workma: read in the Charleston American th statement from Washington that th war department had finally found ou why he was turned down, in the fac ?f the statement that he nnderstoo^ from the examining board that hi had passed a perfect physical ex amination, he went immediately to hi pfcysician, Dr. W. G. HouseaJ, aad re f quested him to make an examination. | And asked Dr. Houseal to write a | letter to Congressman DominicX giv | ing the facts of the result of sucli j an examination. The department re I port of the reason for turning down I his application for appointment to the ] training camp is that he is too heavj j for his height and that his pulse was = j 110. The department reports his weight 195 pounds and his height 5 ' i feet S inches. s! The following is a copy of the let ter that Dr. Houseal wrote to Mr, 3, Dominict: "Newberry, S. C., May 27, 1917. I "?" -r-? J TT rv* ? V* /" fVV?a cVl. | "Won. JPT Q n. Lrtjuuuiun, JM. Ks., ington. D. C. I "Dear Sir: I examined Mr. Neal W. I Workman tihs morning. I weighed .j and measured him on a standard scales. His weight is 195 pounds. His ' * L " e OIO SnAjioo in TllC i. neigai ib 3 icct c x-^ ? t! stocking feet. His pulse was 84 and I he was somewhat excited. I have J been his physician since he has lived ! in this city, since *913. I have re > garded him as sound physically as 5>: have never discovered any organic j disease. { "Very truly your?. "W. G. Houseal, M. D." ?! It is the federal law now mat every J male citizen between the ages of 21 t'and 33 years must present himself at I: one of the places for registering on l Tuesday, June 5, and register. The l penalty for failure to do so is one ?' year in the federal prison and then >' registered rnd placed in the firing J line. This iircludes all citzens of J whatever race or nationality. .'l *' ; Rii* a T.ihprtv loan bond. A4r. Ed 'j win W. Robertson of Columbia is ; chairman of the Liberty loan commit > tee for South Carolina and he has ap r } pointed Mr. John M. Kinard of Ne^ j berry chairman of the committee for C Newberry county with the request J that he appoint a com/nittee of four i others to cooperate with him in the j1 sale of the bonds. Mr. Kinard has . named as the other four members of the committee from Newberry county Charles E. Summer, I. H. Hunt and T. K. Johnstone. Mr Robertson says ; that South Carolina is expected to dis ' pose of eight and a half million dol : lars. Somebody will have to get busy ' to sell them. >0 INTEREST IX CREATING BUSINESS ORGANIZATION j Several efforts have been made re ? cently to form some sort of a business organization for this town and com l,munity, but it seems that the .effort J is going to fail. Two or three meet > ings liave been held, but the few who t are attending and trying to organize ( are lawyers, bookkeepers and clerks L mainly, and none of the business men i seem to take any interest or to care ? anything about it. The last meeting was held on last ' Friday evening and there were just ) 17 persons present and not a mer t chant, large or small, there. Finally 5 one did come in, but the meeting was then about adjourned. *i Another effort is goiD? to be made, but so far as we can see it, if the j liien of the comiliunity do not feel the ' necessity of a business organization what's the use for those who are sim 1 ply working on salaries to spend their time and their money to help along the business of the community. We have a good town and a good county and we suppose we can get along just j as we have from the beginning ol time, and if the rest cf the communi 1 ty is satisfied why should any one 3 worry. Surely we are not going to j worry. j It was decided, however, to drag - along for a time and s?e if there was j any desire in this community for a business organization and if there " ! should be symptoms then the chair - man of the last meeting is authorized ?1? mootincr and see what 7 IU lSii.ll aiiuia^i iuw?*ue ? , ; can be done. "i B FOOD BILL AGAIN ATTACKED IN HOUS1 I i Washington, May 2 .?The adminis tration food bill *as attacked agair today in the house. Its friends "had . hoped that it would be completed bj a this evening, but it is not possible t now to complete it before A-Ionday. " ? r^o n Tinn rpnpwec j r oruier opcan&i his fight on the b!ll, saying it was j merely the forerunner of anothei e measure proposing a food dictator e'The present bill only contemplates s ' food survey and a stimulated produc tion. ( "Let's be autocratic all the way,' said Uncle Joe. "If you're going ic have a food dictator, let us have ar autocratic government all along th< line." : Another bitter critic of the measun was Dies of Texas, who cried: "I^et the farmer alone and qui talking about these foolish laws. I: 1 you do that the farmer will feed th< ; country, and the allies too. Stop talk iny about fixing prices of farm pro , - ? o s ducts. There is nothing tljat stimu e lates production like high prices an< i nothing cuts it down like low prices.' j Campbell of Kansas said the bil k. meant nothing but a useless inquiry e and "a chance for 7,000 jobs." J "Persons are asking for food an( you give them an investigation cost j ing about $18,000,000/' he said. "The: a seek bread and are met by a foot e survey which can be of no use whei 1 <rnnn in ? it is compieieu. i uu ocuu i,wv J vestigators out to exploit their theo ! ries and that is all the purpose th( ej bill will serve." ij Lever of South Carolina predicted 9' that the bill, when amended, w.oulc _ j carry an appropriation of about $14, | 000,000, and this sum would he usee 3 in various ways to help the farm?' aad ihe public, A IK EX THJKI) SELECTION FOR CAMPS I> CAROLINA Columbia and Greenville Also Included in List of Sites for Training Di visions in This State?May Be Concentration of Forces. The State. Charleston, May 26.?Columbia, Greenville, Aiken, Macon, Augusta and Atlanta were the six cities an nounced today by Maj. Gen. Wood as j practically assured of getting training . camps for the new army forces, while ?hattanooga already has under course 'j of construction a cantonment for one j division, and may get one or two {more. Gen. Wood also stated that ' Charleston and Savannah unquestion j ably would be points of important ac tivity for troops of the Southeastern department. Pert Royal and Wil mington, N. C., will be investigated as to their availability. Gen. (Wood's announcement as to training camp locations is regarded as virtually a selection of the seven cities named. j If two or three 'divisions are placed at Chattanooga and more than one . at any of the other cities on the list, J this will mean, of course, that the 12 i -Jiriot/inQi pjiTnns will be located at UI T r j fewer than 12 cities, but Gen. Wood stated today that the list of sites is not yet completed. The department is now devotiEf most of its time to finally determining on the best camp sites. j Gen. Wood said today there was lit vioitincr "him in tie MS? Ol ayiesduuuo iMnwb person to advance the claims of their cities for training camps, as plats and other data would suffice, if mailed him, and would receive the utmost i consideration, because the department \ was just as anxious as the propon ents of "ideal sites" were of having them selected. Gen. Wood will re main at headquarters several days, and his next tour of inspection will be to the training camps for reserve ; officers, including on his next trip that at Fort Logan H. Roots, Arkan sas. REPORT KING'S DAUGHTERS FOR FIRST YEAR, 1916-1917 i The King's Daughters was organ ized in the Methodist church of Xew fcery April 8. 1916, with a paid up enrollment or 26. Miss Minnie Gist was made presi dent, Mrs. .4. J. Bowers, secretary; Mrs. E. R. Hipp, treasurer. ' The name given the organizaum "Nancy Carper Circle of Kind's \ Daughters of Newberry." A voluntary offering is taken each month at the monthly meetings held at the various churches. Milk was furnished sick lady at Newberry cotton mill for several weeks uhtil her death. Ice for mill woman to tho art .Hint ( l $1.40, and S5 given for her treatment at the hos pital. Also $-5 given tor operauuu vu colored woman at hospitai; $1 a year pledged to the Margaret Bottome Me morial in New York; $25 pledged yearly for community nurse, in case one is secured; obligated ourselves tc give 50 cents a week towards a help for sick mill woman; a letter of con dolenec was sent community nurse on death of her mother; flowers sent to Mrs. J. H. Summer's funeral; a "colored woman was sent to the Co lambia hospital for cancer;- $5 or ' more if .necessary tow^ds sending Miss Leach of Mollohon mill to Co * "i'nlo n crroor} lumbia hospnai. uur to give $30 towards furnishing a room and $5 monthly towards current ex , penses for a rented building to be | used as a hospital here. One lady ; agreed to give to-boot a second hand bureau and bedstead, with springs. ThWper, of the 30 members have given a dime each to have their names [ written in indelble ink on quilt square ' for the Door of Hope. ! The babv and hicycle parade clear ; ed $35.50. " J Receipts from parcel post sale. Val ! entine day, $20.11; at the silver tea > held at Mrs. E. R. Hipp's, $7.80 . This . silver tea was commemorating the an [ niversarv o? our circle. A short but ; pretty musical program and the so cial feature tfai much enjoyed. A ! most inspiring address was made by Mrs. M. 0. J. Kreps to a large and ;' appreciative audience. ; Realized from entertainments, etc., $81.61: paid for charity and helping hand other tnan cnariiv, ooo.w, iucs i ent enrollment. 30. Beautiful flora! r design sent to Miss Eva Gary's ( funeral. 'j Respectfully submitted. ^ Mrs. A. J. Bowers. .! Secretary. P. S. Our motto is "Forward." ' j Our Scripture text is: "Speak to the ' people that they go forward." 1 *{ Mrs. Miranda from Columbia gave a , most helpful address on "Social Ser vice versus Society Service for the l College Girl." Her little six year old j boy was made a member of the order, "j The president presented him grace 4 fully, "urging him to obedience as the first (pinning on badge) law for chil dren, with more good things to 101 low. Florence laid itself out to see that we had a good time. Dinner was served Wednesday by the IT. D. C. and the D. A. R. and Thursday by the City Federation. Both days it was elaborate, followed by dessert and souvenirs. The first day's souvenir fhp second nostcard v> (13 j;unoiuo, *.?w views of the city. Wednesday even , ing a most delightful auto drive was _i given by the City union to their club . house, where living pictures with liv 1 ing songs and refreshments of cake , and block ice cream were served. Mrs. j Kreps and myself visited the refor "j matory for boys. One hundred and * ? Thov seventy ooys tire nuuscu mu c. 'l are busy now making the two kinds .1 of uniform; for the regular army, .. khaki, and for the navy, light blue I with brass buttons. We visited their .~j school room and the teacher invited j Mrs. Kreps to make them a talk. Pic tures graced the walls and she took of Christ, which hung where all eyes V1 ouid be first attracted to it. In convention a motion was carried to send committee to legislature to ask that law be enacted for building a home with school for the feeble minded. The next conventon will be held at Columbia. Closed with-Circle's hymn. Circle's prayer and Mizpah benediction in con cert. followed by benediction from pastor of convention church, the Rev. Thomas Herbert. Respertfully submitted, Mrs. A. J. Bowers. COLORED CITIZENS HOLD PREPAREDNESS MEETING MT. ZIO ' On Wednesday evening. May 23, X. C. Duckett called the colored people of that section together to learn of me cnucai conditions ana prepare for ; the war. The meeting was opened by singing hymn, "Equip Me for the War," after which paryer was offered by Gus Can non. 1 Then the Rev. Sam Nance, United States farm demonstration agert, was introduced, who spoke on the sub ject, "Safe Farming." He stressed the necessity of raising everything along the food jwoduct line. J U. S. Galiman. colored school su-i pervisor, spoke on the necessity of or ganizing the boys and girls as well as the older people into clubs of dif ferent kinds, such as canning, etc., also the duty the colored man owes to this country. T. A. Williams, county chairman of the civic preparedness compaign, made an interesting talk along dif fert clubs of farming and explained the necessity of every male citizen from 21 to 30 years of age registering. He said it was a government com mand and must be obeyed. This is the third meeting held in this section and the people have or ganized themselves Into clubs and cti c iuaniiig pi cpai aiivu^ lkj \ \j 51 cat work. NEWBERRY COLLEGE AJTNUAL SOW READY FOR DELIVERY The 1917 Newberrian, the 1917 col ; lege annual, came from the press on ; Saturday. It is complete in every ! form and is the reward of some hard work by the editors. The annual is ! of special interest to the alumni since it contains Dictures and writeuDs of : old and new buildings, a complete list of the alumni, including class of 191/, also the' board of trustees and all former presidents. Any one desirng I an issue of the book can get same : by seeing 0. B. Mayer, Jr., R. M. Pool or (V. C. Oxner. : The Newberry concert band will leave here Saturday is a private Pull man on the Southern. They are goins to the reunion in Washington and will leave Washington on the return trip iWednesday afternoon. Mr. W. H. Hardeman, who is in charge of the trip, says tha.t h? has one or two ; berths left which" he could let to some other congenial party who is desirous of taking fie I rip. If you i rt'ft <n f 4 a rrr\ + /s WTr> Vi i rt Cr+ r\ri llii? i'o 1 n cllll tu gu tu tt aoiuugiuu ciiio -ao ** fine opportunity. The Feder with its thous stands back o sists them in 1 their deposito Our memb< special faciliti im i ntnn nil f L.A1N 1, UAI CROPS. The next ti and let us tel eimuicd ud iu The Natioi B. C. MATTHEWS, T. President Send for Bookl Hampy Moore of Pennsylvania con-! j tinues to get plenty of advertisement,; ( ; but as usual it's the wrong kind. NOTICE TO CREDITORS. i Estate o<* I). Walter Rarre. Deceased.; By authority of an order of "Court in! j the case of Mtt W. Barre against5 : I Nancy C. Barre, individuallv and as; 1 administratrix and others, the credi-, < : tors of the estate of D. Walter Barre,! < i deceased, are notified to render aj i j statement of their claims, duly attest-j < ' ed, to me, on or before June 15, 3917; j ! i and by the terms of the said order! ! they are enjoined from prosecuting \ i and establishing their claims other-: : wise than in this case- j < H. H. RIKARD, Master for Newberry County, j1 May 23, 1917. 5-22-td. J 1 j NOTICE <>? ELECTION I>T ST. ; T.rifFS ernrnAT. uisTwirT xn is. i Whereas, one-third of the resident! < electors and a like proportion of the)1 resident freeholders of the age of, 5 twenty-one years in St. Lukes School | i District, No. 13, of the county | < of Newberry, State of South Caro-jl lina, have filed a petition with the 1 : v>oumy riuara ui .r^uucauuii ui j berry County, State of South Caro lina, petitioning and requesting that, 1 ' an election be held in said school dis-j i trict on the question of levying an: additonal special tax of four (4) mills to be collected on all the taxable prop-, ( I erty within the said school district. I V _ t - The Prosperit; Mill to Will pay $1.00 p ton seed until We May 30, 1917. B< your seed in before want that price. We will not be them after that da Prosperity Cotton I ' H. J. RAWL Prosperity, :: nking Sysl al Reserve Ban and million doll; f its member ba taking care of t r s. ership in this sys es for enabling FHFR AND ST< me you come to vnti finw this k J ~ ~ ~ - help you. lal Bank of K. JOHNSTONE, H. T. CANN Cashier Asst'C. ;t "HO W DOES IT Now, therefore, we the undersign 2d, composing the County Board of Education for .Newberry County, State Df South Carolina, do hereby ord<|* the Board of Trustees of the St. Lukes School District, Xo. 13, to hold an election :>n the said question of levying an additional special tax ~>V y (wiiHc t A hp 1 ed on the property located in said school district, which said election shall be held at the St. Lukes school house, ' in said School District, No. 13, on Saturday, the 9th day of June, 1917, at which said election the polls shall be open ed at 7 A. M. and closed at 4 P. M. The members of the Board of Trus tees of said school district shall act is managers of said election. Only such electors as reside in said School District and return real or personal property fer taxation, and who ex hibit their tax receipts and registra tion certificates as required in gen eral elections, shall be allowed to rote. Electors favoring the levy of ing the word "yes'* written or print id thereon, and each elector opposed :o such levy shall cast a ballot con fining the word "No'' written or printed thereon. Given under our hands and seals :his the 23rd day of May, 1917. CHAS. P. aAKKJfi, (L.. a.) 0. B. CANNON, (L. S.) JAS. P. KINARD, (L. S.) bounty Board of Education for New berry County. f Cotton Oil mnonu iiipunj >er bushel for cot idnesday evening e sure and bring ; that time if you -Ll_ i- 1 II auie iu uauuic te. 00 Mill Company 4 >, manager South Carolina ip New em V V iking System ars resources nks and as he needs of tem gives us farmers TO ORE THEIR town stop in new system ON, |W. W. CROMER ishier Asst. Cashier