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Newberry Cc Liberally WILL PR0BABL1 The result of our campaign u $2,509; unpaid pledges $4,793. will be made tonight, Monda statement; but the total is n confident that it will be mor did record for Newberry. It ceeded our quota, for others fa we want South Carolina to mak To the Newberry Observer a: to the captains of teams s committees, to all contributors 1 all who aided the campaign by tender this word of most heart} i to all tbe patriotic people of Ne grat illations. George B. Cromer, Z. G. W. Summer, C. June 25th, 1917. j # r001> FOB ZIOJf METHODIST OF NUMBER 9 TOWNSHII The Zion Methodist congregation ii Ko. 9 township, Rev. J. C. Taylo] pastor, has raised more than $300 To: I the Red "Cross fund. The total ap portionment for the township was only $1,000 and one county coi^re^a tion raises more than one-third ol A that amount. i There was a good meeting then on last Sunday. The morning service Tva? cevoted Ao this caa^e. And it -could not ha^l been better used/ I there is one tiling that su<rtild ap.w? 0 ' to tfce people ia the great world wai it should be the work of the- Rec Cross In its service to the soldiei "boys when they get to the firing line It will be a grekt thing for them tc feel that thf pedple back at home ?ji ' 5? x1?? fhinlcins interested m ujjwii OUU CM , about them jnd trying to do some t thing to aaleviate the hardships anc ^sufferings incident to war. V The Rev. Taylor, the editor of,Th< Herald and News and Dr. C. T. ?Wych< iriade speeches to the p&s^l? and thej (the people) were deeply interested Taylor passed tile cards arounc the close of the service and ais< took up a collection for the cause. To gether with what had already beei subscribed the amount went consid ejpably over $300. *Ttws is a fine community and th< pe^pl^j have always been a fruga j ii?j ? + v.rt-mq and mad( - nvtu ai UVu>v ? ' -what ti$ey ^needed on the farn^ anc ?they havev iil&e comfortable homes an< Irca;we?f? >^w?ts our pleasure to tafc< dinner Tom Bedenbaugh anc famil^a^ we .^'enjoyed the day ttjough the^* weather was slightly ^4 vs . Tire'^rops are loqjaag well and es -penally fl?^here a goN* prospect fo: a fine corn crop arid *there is lots o it planted. * , road to the rower steel Dnag< which was put in good condition witJ -J dressing sometime ago needs tt bare more regular attention to keej "l gdotl. It is covered with nttu stones which makes it rough ani thei it is washed up in some places, bu as roads go in this section it woul< be te'rmed a good road. Build road and then provide for their mainte nance should be the slogan of thi section. We need them and we nee< to maintain them. An Elaborate System "You're managing to wake up ear lier these mornings." "Yes, I've just bought a parrot." ."T-nctead of an alarm clock?" already had an alarm clock, bu I-^ot so I didn't pay any attention t< ^ow 1 ^ang the Parrot's cage ii my teem and put the alarm clock un der-.it When the alarm goes off i staples the parrot, and what tha *Oar?t. says would v. ake anybody up." .^ e^York Sun. /1*:* mnt-v (lives ' Mf t to /?ec/ Cross I 4 ' REACH $10,000 jj 4 t ;p to Saturday night was cash jj Total $7,293 Our final report 2 .y, and cannot De incmaea in tnis ow moie than $8,000, a"d we are e than $y,ooj. This is a splen is fortunate that we have ex 11 hplmv thf?ir annortionrrient and :e a creditable showing. nd the Newberry Herald & News, md the members of teams and to the Red Cross Fund, and to sympathy and cooperation, we j thanks and appreciation; and :wberry County our sincere con F. Wright, Tk W. H. Huat, A _?T U. VV cctk.3, AilUUl XVlUICi, ^ 5 Executive Committee $ 5 <S J | THE NEWBEKBT CHAPTER ?' OF TBS Rfin f!ROS? \ A public meetigg will be held li the Court House next Tuesday night July 3, at half past eight o'clock, tc organizing the Newberry chapter ol the Red Cross. The work Is 6f th? greatest importance and everybody is urgently requested to be present and take part in the meeting. Officers "will be elected, committees appointed, and I the work organized. Those who have not already joined the Red Cross and I wish tn hwmnf* members before th meeting Tuesday nighty may hand feir names an<I the membership fee "| of $1.00 to any of the following per Ijsons: Mrs. P. E. Scott, Mrs. F. D Mower, Mrs. W. H. Hunt, Mrs. L. W Floyd, Miss Carolyn Cromer, Z. F Wjci^ht, A. S. Rae, W. H. Wallace ^""rge B. Cromer. ?j The program of the meeting will b< ' i announced later. | SUBSCRIPTIONS *0 LIBERTY H iA) A ICS 5tk FEDERAL DISTRICl *^%Maryland, gross subscriptions, $37, rj 018, ToO^S*. per cent paid, $692,821; , subscriptions ovfyr $100, full paid, $1, 1 735,6?^ subail^tions, $50 and $100 ' iuii paid, T District of Columbia, gross sub 1 scriptions, $19,261,400, 2 per cent paid *,$2^,923; subscriptions over $100 | full paid, $4,593,200; subscriptions 51 $50 t^$100, full paid, $1,772,050. 1 Lowest Virginia, gross subscriptions 5j $12,147,700; 2 per cent paid, $223,9.84; * i subscriptions over $100, full * paid * S6fU.2r.0- subsr.rintions $">ft and S100 full paid, $287,250. Virginia, gross subscriptions, $25, 928,050; 2 per cent paid, $469,888 subscriptions over $100, full paid, $1, 944,450; subscriptions $50 and $100 full naid. S489.2M. pI North Carolina, gross subscriptions ? $9,413,900^2 per cent paid, $177,930 j sul>scription8 over $100, full paid g! $416,800; subscriptions $50 and $100 i' full paid, $100,600. ' South Carolina, stoss subscriDtions p $5,986,550; 2 per cent paid, $109,647 3 subscriptions orer $100, full paid i! $263,100; subscriptions, $50 and $100 t full paid, $223,109. \ V ji, Gross subscriptions?$10!?738,&p. s Two per cent paid?$I$32,IS?3. J Subscriptions over $100. full pald s 1 $9,614,450. Subscriptions, $50 and $100, ful I paid?$3,514,250. Modesty ForMds | "Wbo is the smartest boy in you: ~ class, Bobby?" aSked bis nncIe. j j. u use lu teu yuu, iuxswei^ju jduu ' by. modestly, "only father says I inus not boast."?American Boy. 0 Two Plorals a "What is the pl-ural of man, 'Willis? " aefced the teacher of a small pupil. * "Men/' answered Willie. t "And the plural of child?" "Twins," was the unexpected vre ply."'?Exchange. j *\><> SHORTAGE IN MR. \ JNO. L. EPPS ACCOUNTS 3Ir. VT. W. Bradley, of State Bank Ex amiziers uince rmas trrui, ItVbieh, When Corrected, Leave >o Shortage. (Special to The Herald and News.) Columbia, June 24.?A recheck of the books of the late County Treasur er John L. Epps, of Newberry, made by Assistant State Bank Examiner W. W. Bradley, practically eliminates the alleged shortage vvvhich was charg ed up to Treasurer Epps after his death, and for which the bonding company paid the county of Newberry tne sum 01 ^>^,10^.10. At the time of the apparent short age, following a checking of the late Treasurer Epps' books after his death more than a year ago, those who .had known Treasurer Epps were abso-. Iutely confident that there had been no wrong doing on ms pan, anu men belief has teen justified by the report filed by Assistant Bank Examiner Bradley. Mr. Bradley was in New berry checking the county officers generally, at the request cf the grand jury, and while engaged in this work took occasion to go back into the ac counts of Mr. Epps. "The time I spent in Newberry would have been ample to nave covered every uclchi ui mc > current fiscal year's work in every > department," says Mr. Bradley, "if | I had not utilized the greater part o' \ it in reconciling the final settlement of John L. Epps, deceased, late county treasurer. I had kown the late treas j urer for some years, and, knowing i him, I felt that it was unfair to his {1 n^g^9fcyf?r tbe county to leave a I stigma upon his good name when all ' i T?;?rhf-+hinkiTi2- neoDle believe that he died an honest man. This statement is made as an explanation of why I had to hurry through with my work there for the current year, which, un I i explained, would probably be misun derstood. I may add, lV>wever, that my examination w*as absolutely thor ough touching the receipt and dis I - . k 1 bursement of public funds througii Ij the county offices named. k "Attached hereto, marked Exhibit B,' will be found a statement whicn practically eliminates the shortage I charged up to the late Treasurer ' Epps. I feel sure that if Treasurer Epps had lived to help make up this j i last settlement, tne anegea suui-iagc. ' would never have been charged up. I To settle the affairs of a dead man who has handled hundreds of thou-; sands of dollars of public funds, and1 do so accurately, is a difficult matter.' j Those who made the settlement doubt-1 ': less acted with all the lights before them, and no blame should attach to! i them, but l feel sure that there is no! i man in the county -of Newberry who will not justify the audit that in effect i locates and explains practically all: ! oi the alleged shortages." "Exhibit B" attached to Mr. Brad ley's report mciuues wnunu items: Shortage charged against ex Treasurer Jno. L. Epps Epps. in annual settlement " June 30, 1916 $2,162. Deduct correction as follows: Note, . Germani abank Charleston, paid by part of check No. 1953, dated March 18, 1916, Newberry Savings Bank, but not credited to county treasurer i? 1 (lUUUctl SCUlCiu&Ub June 30, 1916, or otherwise, so far : as thes-e records show .....$1,605 . Error in charge tax executions 1913, over-cnarge ou.w Error in charge tax executions 1914, over-charge .. .. 190.94?1,818.34 Balance unaccounted for $343.81 I With regard to his general exam | ination of the county offices, Mr. Brad-; 1 lev says: I t "I have examined ail county offices; t' ri: collect ftmds to be paid into the countv treasury, to with, the offices of " the clerk of court, probate judge,! sheriff, superintendent of education,' and county supervisor, and find that < all piiblicfunds collected through these ' j offices have been properly accounted . V \\^ s THE GRAIN ELEVATOR MAN PAYS IT TO THE FARMER THE MERCHANT PAYS IT TO THE CARPENTER THE PC Consider the POWER It is like MAGIC. It CIR It creates BUSINESS and ten dollar bill that is sent i OUR town. It becomes D as OUR town is concerned. POWER to the money we ment is that POWER-MO] for and turned over to the county treasurer. The county treasurer In turn has fully accounted for ail in | his hands, as will be seen from ai-j tached statement" { As to magistrates' reports, Assls-! tant State Bank Examiner Bradley; i savs: i "I find that magistrates of Newber-j ry county generally speaking do not j make report of the funds collected byj them promptly to the county auditor,.' as required by law to do. The wis-! -1 ~nrrtvi<?inn of the law IS plain, inasmuch as the auditor's of fice is the immediate check on the county treasurer's office, I respect fully suggest that the law be com plied with in this respect and that the grand jury for the fall term of reouire all magistrates to pre seat their books at the court house to have them checked with the books of the county auditor and the county treasurer by a committee of the grand jury. "While taking account of those funds in which the county is imme diately interested, I likewise audited the office of probate judge, touching j the funds for which he is accountable,' as public guardian. I find that all funds in his hands are fully account ed ior, ei'.her as cash in bank or m t securities." I J. K. A. Where Bobbie Fell Down "We dined out last night. Bobbie1 dis^racea us as usual.'' > "How was that?" ' i "He got to the end of the dinner with < three forks and two spoons still un- < used."?The Delineator. ?Tmwi One on Mother i j Aunt Mary (horrified)?Good gra- ] cious, Harold, what would your mother < say if she saw you smoking cigarettes? - Harold (camlv)?She's have a fit. they're her cigarettes.?Puck. : : THE FARMER DEPOSITS IT IN THE BANK THE CARPENTER SPENDS IT AT THE GROCERY )WER OF A TEN DOLL of a Ten Dollar Bill whe CULATES. It pays of! puts people to WORK in < iway to the out-of-town 1 EAD to US. It is out of . We NEVER see it ag; SPEND. Let us rememb NEY that we spend at HC FIRST REGIME XT W|LL WOBOLIZE ilT ?EEEtiVIL Special to Herald and News. Columbia, June 25.?.In accordai with orders from the department the Southeast at Charleston the Fi Regiment National Guard will mo lize at Greenville for intensive tra ing. Orders have been issued calli them in from the different cam where they have been guardi bridges and they will be in camp Greenville it is expected within 1 next ten days. D. A. K. Chapter. The Jasper cnapter u. a., jr.. w have a call meeting at the residei of Mrs. L. W. Jones Wednesday mo: ing at 10 o'clock. All the Hiemtx are urged to be preesnt. MRS. J. L. KEITT. Regent ard of Thanks. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Summer w: to acknowledge with grateful app: Nation the kindness of their ma firends during: their recent sorrow the death of their baby. STILL LIKE A WAGON BED Officers Arrest Prominent Citize of Richland County. Wadesboro Ansonian. About 12 o'clock Monday Shei H. D. Baldwin and his deputies arn ted -Will Ingram, a prominent citiz Df Richmond county, C. M. Brady a Charlie Goodwin at the old Shal An Tn<rram'<; farm. Ingram w in the act of setting down a 11 pound of sugar when the sheriff call lira. Brady was also carrying avsa 3f sugar, and Quite appropriate Will Lowe had a two-gallon jug of wines. A cheap 'oox still wos fcr :ogeiher with a'.o^i ;'x h^rdr^ i y THE MERCHANT RECEIVES IT FROM THE BANK THE GROCE.R RETURNS IT TO THE BANK AR BILL n it is spent AT HOME, a HUNDRED obligations. :>ur, community. But the louse does NOTHING for commission forever as far ain. Let US, then, give sr that our BEST invest >ME. Ions of beer, a large stand of molasses LE and one of sugar, being prepared for - distillation. The still was in the shape of a wagon body, made of wood and 1 bottomed with sheet iron. The of5 ice cers also took charge of Ingram'# of automobile and shotgun and carried rS? tne tnree men to oncKingnam waew they were each required 10 give - a $200 bond for appearance before fed in- eral officers at a hearing to be held 1 soon. The officers went to the place ! about 4 o'clock Monday morning and , waited until about 12 in broaa daylight :ps when Ingram and his party came up in lag an automobile. Will Lowe made a at break when he saw the officers ant r?e succeeded in getting away. i mm His Testimony. Jim Webster v^as being tried for ... trying to bribe a colored witness, ! Sam John sing, to testify falsely. ; You say this defendant offered ytWL ra- a bribe of ten dollars to testify im his 3rs behalf," said Lawyer Gouge to Joha sing. "Yes, sah." "Now repeat precisely what heeaid using his own words." "He said he would give me ten dol lars if I " iSjj "He can't have used those words. He didn't speak as a third person." r 1 "No, sah; he tuck good keer dat dar fvas no third pusson present. Dar in was only two, ns two. De defendant cm too smart ter hab anybody list'nm* \rhen he am talking about his own reskelity." | "I know that well enough, but he kTic s<poke to you in the first person, hor? *1 was de first pusson myself." ' "You don't understand me. When iff he was talking to you, did he use the os_; words 'I will pay you ten dollars'?" i "No, boss; he didn't say nuffin' n(j about you payin' me ten dollars. Yore I name wasn't mentioned, 'ceptin' dat \ e he tole me ef I ?her got ointo a scrape rctS 50_i Gat you was tie utrsL utwyci lii uis Eed town to fool fie judge and juiy.* hi .oJv fac\ you was tie best lawyer in de ly, town for ?overin' up any kind o* ree " ielity." ad, 1 "Von -may step down."?Case aati !- Comment.