The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, July 03, 1917, Page FOUR, Image 5
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K. fi. AULL, EDITOR.
Tuesday, July 3, 1917. j
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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
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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]
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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.
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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
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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
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seen.. I
When tfce p^rty arrived at Bea*- j
fort there was EOt a l&e of buggies j
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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. !
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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.
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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
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Make This
Business
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Our Officers
believe in en
saving habit an
divide our pr<
customers by
A PF.R fFNT rOMPOIINf
BUY ONE OR MOKE LI
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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%
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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
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, 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.
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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
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VANT IT ALL
and Directors
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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.
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! 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.
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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 /-?
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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
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Cash and due from Banks and
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B. C. MATTHEWS, T.
President
Send for Bookk
[ some trouble in dealing with the speed
, lovers, f With this new arrangement
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! 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
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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
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AL BANK OF
Newberry, South Carolina
stroller of the Currency. Sb
!lose of Business June 20 191'
...$547,910.73 Capital Stock,
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.... 100,000.00 Circulation...
12,000.00 Deposits
Rediscount wil
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:r would not ha. e been so groat a fail- |
ure if the selective draft measure had
not been passed. Many who would
have volunteered are now waiting to
be selected and drawn. a
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Lord Xorthcliffe says that the war
has just begun. And that it is only
bv an absolute mobilization of man M
power and machine power that it can '
be won. Maj. Kilburn said it would
not bp won hv braverv or da shine.
but that the allies were up against -A
the most powerful and best organized
fighting machine that the worfd had
ever seen, and it would be necessary fm
to bring against the machine a better 9
machine and a more powerful ma
chine. Mr. Xorthcliffe is also against
this country making the mistake that
England made by its censorship of 1
the press and the suppression of the
facts We just as well face the
facts, them there Germans are not
yet whipped. Neither are they starved.
And that in order to win the war
the United States has got to furnish
the money, the munitions, th? food
and the men. In fact she has got .g
to do about the whale job, and the *
ersnnpr e-et through with, the job
the sooner the war will be over.?
No. 666
This It prescription prepared etptdtBj
tor MALARIA or CHILLS & FEVER.
Five or six dotes will break any case, cad
if taken then as a tonic tie Fever will not
return. It acts on the liver better than
Calomel and does not gripe or sicken. ^5c
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gating a thouassembled
by 9
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country.
ER VE BANKING
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OUR FARtey
need [for pro1M
against DIS
system as o$e of ^
us tell you how it
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LIABILITIES . i
...$100,000.00
rndivided Profits 24,018.95
100,000.00 I*
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th Fed. Reserve Bk. .43,383.12 Lrffl
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$738,639-34 ItB
Newberry
fON, |W. W. CROMER. I
ashier Asst. Cashier
BENEFIT ME" \
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