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Jpr ipoi ou; gem f Btttered it the Postoffice at New-\ & &&, S. C., as 2nd class matter, i K. fi. AULL, EDITOR. Tuesday, July 3, 1917. j ?rT-,-m v/i 4 rp TUJi fKtW illtniifw ax BEAUTIFUL BEAUFORT I want first to apologize to my j young firend, Capt. S. H. Rodgers, forj c&ying in a public meeting at the j Press Association on Thursday eveni ing that he was the only one present j " ttere who was present wken the as-j sociation met there last, and that he tha ^flri^prs I do not find I ?TCW> VUC VI lug _ __ bis name recorded as a member of j the association that far back. Of J course I should have known better iban to say such a thing. The last f association held in Beaufort before the one last week was in May, 1881. The only newspaper man who was present at that meeting and wlio is Jiving today so far as the record fibows is Col. Hugh Wilson, then of i **.? Dtvicc and Rajvner of Abbeville. | And Maj. J. C. Hemphill who wrote! . ?p the meeting for the News and; Coirier. The officers elected at that meeting] i were: T. B. Crews of the Laurens-j Tille Herald, president; J. B. Lucas of the Merchant and Farmer, 1st vicepresident; M. B. McSweeney of the Hampton Guardian, second; S. R. Msllichampe of the Orangeburg Times, ; tftird; Hugh Wilson ?* the Abbeville: Press and Banner, fourth; Chas. Pet-j ty of the Carolina Spartan, fifth; j Thos. J. Adams of the Edgefield Ad-j vertiser, corresponding secretary; A. j S. Todd of the Andersdn Journal,; -secretary; T. F. Greneker of thei Newberry Herald, treasurer. -0- I There were only about twenty members of the association present! at this meeting and# Maj. Hemphill says they were met at the depot Dyi a committee and a "train of buggies ' and carriages drawn by high spirited j horses was in waiting, and the strangers were conveyed to the Sea Island hotel where comfortable quarters had ^ been provided for them." That road from the depot "to the hotel was a toll ^ road then and over the toll gate a - banner was raised and the words j " Welcome" and the "Pen is migh- j tier than the sword" were written; thereon. The supper was served and j the trip down the river in the PilotBoy was taken. It seems to me that j I saw that name on a boat there the^ other day. Maj. Hemphill says "tnej scenery along the river is most en-: chanting. An old Spanish fort near Beaufort, which was built in the 16th century, is pointed out with evident pride by those who love romance and j antiquity, and the ruins of a deserted house on the river bank are still standing, in which some years ago was found, hung u]>on a stout nail % driven in the wall, a bag containing the fragments of a human body." The remains of the fort are there but the house must be gone and the mystery the human body still unsolved. f But I must hasten 'because if I get] * reminiscent I wih never get to this1 meeting of last wef.k. President Banks and Secretary Sparks and the rest did "well when they decided to hold this meeting in Beaufort. Everyone who' traveled any at all over the State kpows of the unbounded hospitality of tfee people of our coast counties and a meeting held in Beaufort could v not have been other than -pleasant. But there has been such wonderful j development in this section that thej people among the hills should be j told about it The people do not de-! J ** nnd fiqh for a subsist-| peuu ujjvu i ence nor for the mony which they! spend. And then the mobilization of; oar troops there made the visit doub-j ly interesting and instructive. Thej only draw hack is the time it takes! to get there from this section and! the time it takes to come home. But the trip going was made pleasant by the fact that the party traveled together and even with a wait at Allendale it was not tires^ me. And then i at Allendale the committee from Beau-J fort composed of a bevy of pretty girls j handsome men boarded our spe- f cial and served a most delightful! lunch and made the trip njuch short-! er and much more pleasant. The committee was in charge of Mr. W. E. j Richardson, cashier of the Beaufort : bank, and the following ladies <TSl the; serving: Mrs. E. E. Lengnick, Misses : Louise Cunningham, Edna and Estellej Lawton, Dorothy Home, Inez Lorn-1 berg. And by the way. Miss Lomberg' is the editor of the Beaufort Gazette; and she has one jcd the most delight- i * t have ever i IU1 ^ seen.. I When tfce p^rty arrived at Bea*- j fort there was EOt a l&e of buggies j m * _ a.:iU carriages and spirited horses, but a line of automobiles and good chauffeurs and soon we had been taken to the private home of the good people of the city where we were made to feei perfectly at home. 1 was taken the first night to the hospitable home or Mr. and Mrs. Bailey fronting right on the river and 1 had a most delightful room. The next day, however, my young friend, Hon. R. R. Legare, with whom I served in the legislature a few years ago, came around and insisted that I should spend the rest of the time with him, which I did, <tnd he and his good wife spared- no pains to make the stay pleasant, auu I do not know whea I have had a more delightful sojourn at any place. Mr. J. E. Kerr of the Aiken .Journal and Review was also entertained in this home. It was the old time hospi~ ~ - ""vfH'no ton tality, which i rear IS aC(.uuB scarce in this day. I want to thank j these good people for a great deal of! the pleasure of the trip to Beaufort.; attentions and kindnesses will linger: for many days. ! ?0? { I am not goii/g to write of the pro- j ceedings except incidentally. They were devoted mostly to hearing oth-; ers present claims for which it was' desired to enlist the services of the editors. Mr. D. R. Coker of the de- j fense board was to have been present to outline that work, but on account c?; 1 " ^a ?wnl"d not Of illness in ais lamu; ^ ? come. Mrs. Rembert was there to taik about her work with the board of; health in removing tuberculosis. Mrs.' Duncan was there from the woman's clubs to 'present the illiteracy question and enlist the aid of the press in removing it. Gov. Manning wrote a letter regretting his absence. I do not know what he was to talk about. 1 "* 4 ^/v%v?A Vk-Mf General wooa couia not vurnc, is.il. Admiral Beatty was there to talk about tthe army and navy. And Mr. J. K. Breedin sent a letter asking that national prohibition be endorsed. ?0? These are all good causes, but I am not so sure that it is the purpose of the association to tackle all of them in their meetings. We have all helped as best we could in exterminating tuberculosis and in driving out illiteracy from the land. As, to nation wide prohibition there is a amerence of opinion and it is a political question with which as an association we should have nothing to do. I enjoyed the talks of the two good women and also their presence at the meeting and hope to see them often. The prohibition resolution requested by Mr. Breedin was laid on the table. There was a proposition to sena a telegram to President Wilson endorsing whatever he did, but if it ever came before the meeting I did not hear of it. We did pass a resolution which I offered to ask our representatives in congress to see if something could be done to give the federal trade commission authority to break up the news print paper trust. But I want to write about Beaufort. The press party was given a drive on Thursday aYernoon down to Port Royal and out to some of the trucking farms. Those shell roads are fine, but the sand is something else. It was a little out of season to see the growing truck but some of the results of these farmers read like fairy tales. We drove out to the farm of Mr. "W. R. Eve who has only recently engaged "in the business. He I "" Make This Business WE DON'T V Our Officers believe in en saving habit an divide our pr< customers by A PF.R fFNT rOMPOIINf BUY ONE OR MOKE LI ( Exchang \ The Bank of has a beautiful place out on the river bank and it is stated that he paid $30,000 for his farm and made the money clear in 90 days on his lettuce crop. And others are doing the same thing. Potatoes and cucumbers ani tomatoes are the money crops this year. This country is just beginning its development. The city of Beau fort has two elegant banK Duuumgs and the banks are prospering. T found my friends, W. J. Thomas and W. E. Richardson, president and cashier respectively of the Bank of nfnrt and hv their courtesy I had the pleasure of going through the building. It is handsomely fitted up and the report which has just come out shows that they had something ' like $300,000 in cash in their vaults. And making money for the stockholders. And by the way, my host, Mr. t .omm ,i? vioe-Drfesident of the bank. rwo ? *_o_ ! T met Mr. and Mrs. M." S. Epstin and Dave Mittte, 2,11 farmer Newberry citizens. Mr. JCpstin has the handsomest store in the city. The trip down the bay on Friday to the government training station was a very interesting trip. By permission of Secretary Daniels our par% * ? ?1 j tv was permitted to lana ana gu through the grounds. There are now about 8,000 boys th^re, in training, the flower of'our young manhood. It makes me Just a little sad to view these training stations. Somehow I can't help having a feeling that it Is a terrible thing to take our best man hood and our best resources to fight war with, and I have a feeling that our -civilization is still a failure when it has to be maintained by the sword. These boys are from all over the .United States and are getting ready to go abroad to engage in the war. The wooden barracks are being built with all the conveniences and com' forts that are possible in such a place. : v.?,to cowpr and the bat'jS 1 urv na>c wv uv < v. ? j and the sanitary kitchens and about i i , all the modern conveniences, but all this is but the development of the physical and the human that is in our j nature. Admiral Beatty said that the marines were now the best arm of the service. And the? are a fine looking body of men and seem to be , getting the training. - We also went i to the target practice and I was told that this practice place has the record : for good shots. ?O? j The climax of the meeting from tha I pleasure standpoint, however, was the j reception at the home of Mrs. A. j H. Christensen. The old time mani sion is in the midst of one of the most | beautiful flower gardens that (he eye j could behold. It is a draem of beauI ty and comfort and luxury and when ! lis-hted un with all the lanterns and j electric lights that adorned the place | that evening it was surely like unto j a fairy land. There is a laurel drive that skirts the garden and with the flower garden and the magnificent old trees it makes one feel that he has entered some elysium where there j is perpetual youth. | At thn. meeting on Friday on this j beautiful lawn Admiral Beatty spoke of the Red Cross and stated that he i wanted to start a movement by i which all smokers and chewing gum fiends and ice cream and soft drink ; habitues would agree to cut down the allowance in one half and put the j other half in the fund. He also sug Bank Your ? Home. ^ v / VANT IT ALL and Directors ^1_ . couragmg me id are glad to ofits with our allowing them ) INTEREST ON SAVINGS BERTY BONDS TODAY [e Bank : the People" : jested that the ladies who played cards would have a "kitty"' and every time a game was played each one put a nickle in the "kitty" to go to the j Ked Cross. And he also suggested ' that the poker players turn.the "kitty" i over to the Ked Cross. He took hand primaries and his propositions and ! the vote was prettv eeneml. ?ft? I ! Maj. Kilburne, Gen. Woods aide, spoke of the army and told some . very plain facts which it would be I well for all t"he people to hear. He j said this country was now up against i a real fighting machine and we had I lu ipi cyaie a uigger ana more emi cient machine to go up against it if | we wanted to win. He said we would i win but we just as well face the | facts that it was some war. He feared i just what was before them. ?o? j It was- altogether a very enjoyable , meeting?and I am sure all the mem| bers had a most delightful as well as ,a most instructive and inspiring1 trip i to the old town of Beaufort. But ! somehow I can't get rid of the idea | that we as members of the associaI tion get more benefit from a meeting j when it is held in a resort hotel I where all the members live at the j same place. But the people of Beau! fort WPTP iintlr'*Ticr in thoir /-? .. _ _ w <,44^ 4 44 VUVH WUVl CO C make the members have a good time. It took all day for us to get home. We left Beaufort at 7 in the morning and reached home at 7 in the even| ing. E. H. A. Over in Greenville where they have some good roads they are having I , Better R ; 1 i i ?. I ! A VAQT C n t nu a jl | sand million < Act of Congr ing and busin THIS FUND is SYSTEM of whk ables us better th MERS with the c: ducing crops and ORGANIZED m: IF YOU are no OUR DEPOSITC HELPS YOU. / ? COND THE NATION From Report to the Com] c RESOURCES '1 \ 1 i^oaiis ana discounts Liberty Loan BondsJ(Installmi U. S. Bonds Banking House Cash and due from Banks and j II. S. Treasurer. I i I I TUa Nahnv i uc nauui I B. C. MATTHEWS, T. President Send for Bookk [ some trouble in dealing with the speed , lovers, f With this new arrangement j i ! of having only a State number it is j very difficult to locate a car and the police have been unable to stop the j | speeder. He just moves on and you ! j can t locate him. But the Greenville1 police have a plan which stops them.! They send one man ahead and when! the speeder refuses to stop the man I ahead just throws some planks with! spikes in them across the road and, the speeder is forced to stop. It is a strange thing to us that, in this Christian age and the age of i law and order that there should be: so much wilful violation of the law; and that men should have so little re- ] gard for the rights of the other fel- i low. The machinery of human na- j ture is running wrong somewhere. Itneeds oiling up and adjusting anl maybe that is what this world war is j for, to call a halt and get the ma-1 c-Jiinerv urooerlv adiusted once more.' "Red blooded men will be accepted; ;ts volunteer^ by iU. S. army now.! Slackers come later. Which are you?" | This is the wording on a'poster ?n; tiie postofoce calling for volunteers' ;o'.- the army. This seems to us to be f I ? a ? j r< ' umui tuuiiLciy wui ueu. ouiny me; authorities do not mean by this thatj all those who do not volunteer are lo be termed slackers. Especially when the authorities were so bent on pass ing a selective draft measure. A.nd certainly it could not be meant that those who are drawn in the selective draft are slackers. Sorry ws saw it. The volunteer call was a failure, but i aiiiiuo % UND now aggre dollars has been 'ess to stand bac % . 4* . ess interests of t / ; the FEDERAL RES] h WE ARE A MEM an. ever before tofsu red it and currency tl to PROTECT THE i arkets. >t linked up with this )RS come in and let i 1844 ENSfcD S1AI fcMfcl AL BANK OF Newberry, South Carolina stroller of the Currency. Sb !lose of Business June 20 191' ...$547,910.73 Capital Stock, ents) .. .50c.00 Surplus and U .... 100,000.00 Circulation... 12,000.00 Deposits Rediscount wil 78,228.61 Bills Payable. ?738.630.34 II lal Bank of K. JOHNSTONE, H. T. CANIS Cashier Asst'C t "HOW DOES 11 . i :r would not ha. e been so groat a fail- | ure if the selective draft measure had not been passed. Many who would have volunteered are now waiting to be selected and drawn. a ? i Lord Xorthcliffe says that the war has just begun. And that it is only bv an absolute mobilization of man M power and machine power that it can ' be won. Maj. Kilburn said it would not bp won hv braverv or da shine. but that the allies were up against -A the most powerful and best organized fighting machine that the worfd had ever seen, and it would be necessary fm to bring against the machine a better 9 machine and a more powerful ma chine. Mr. Xorthcliffe is also against this country making the mistake that England made by its censorship of 1 the press and the suppression of the facts We just as well face the facts, them there Germans are not yet whipped. Neither are they starved. And that in order to win the war the United States has got to furnish the money, the munitions, th? food and the men. In fact she has got .g to do about the whale job, and the * ersnnpr e-et through with, the job the sooner the war will be over.? No. 666 This It prescription prepared etptdtBj tor MALARIA or CHILLS & FEVER. Five or six dotes will break any case, cad if taken then as a tonic tie Fever will not return. It acts on the liver better than Calomel and does not gripe or sicken. ^5c ^ rvice forr . gating a thouassembled by 9 k of the farmhe country. ER VE BANKING IBER, and it enpp]v OUR FARtey need [for pro1M against DIS system as o$e of ^ us tell you how it i : 1 MT OF NEWBERRY I f lowing Condition at the 7. LIABILITIES . i ...$100,000.00 rndivided Profits 24,018.95 100,000.00 I* 42i'237.27 I . th Fed. Reserve Bk. .43,383.12 Lrffl 50,000.00 jj| $738,639-34 ItB Newberry fON, |W. W. CROMER. I ashier Asst. Cashier BENEFIT ME" \ y