Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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f ^ LITTLE WILLIE'S * f <? COMPOSITIONS. <S> $ & By Judson W. Chapman. *> Q $> 4i> ?><& 0> c_ Customers, accent on the cuss, are 1 people who want to see everything but buy nothing. They are found in ail parts of the civilized world where i merchants operate stores. They are j as fickle as the winds and as transient as a summer's day. A customer, j 'for instance, walks into a drug store; and sauntering over-to the soda foun-j tain, inquires:. "Got any buttermilk, feu. todav?" "Yen." "I'll take a Chero- i f Cola." There's no more use for that j | extra inquiry than there is for a man ! to try to sell pet pole cats, but it's! just their nature. If a customer get*; mk a bargain in a store he tells everybody j except the store-keeper. One store-{ A keeper has said that it should be cus*i Mtomary for customers to accustom' ? themselves to general cussedness.! IBCustomers have the art of getting: jfMsomething for nothing down pat;! BBthey buy a hat, weai- it a day and then j ?return it and expect their kale to be 1 +/-W nftQTl tTlPV have I IVJ lucrui. vivvu V? the poor clerk lay out everything in the store on the counter and then end j up by purchasing a spool of thread and asking for a glass of water. Thev are necessary evils to merch-j ants; without them merchants would die and with them merchants almost (do the same. Customers have a moutli llMfull of "gimme" and a hand full of j^P'much oblige". Those that know jVfrow to say thank you when a favor is accorded them are few and far be^Hween and, sad to say. this is sometrue vice versa for the clerk Rtimes looks as if he had just J M?jpB.lowed a car-load of green per- ' Kti- ' Bnons. The day of the impolite I is past and one who is impolite ! HIM bo more chance nowadays than !iloid ball in a fiery furnace. A i >i some account, the bookkeeper,' i who always has to do. "with aers for the customers always! do him and he is kept busy! g out bills at the first of the . -.Customers are capable of di5 everyone's business better, be man who operates the bu3i- j especially the Ship of State, and, statesman had taken the advice corner advisory committee, the 'ould have hit bottom long ago. I CHIEF GAME WARDEN SITUATION KNOTT I' Columbia, July 5.?Governor Manning has written Dr. C. W. Barron, [vice president of the Audubon society of South Carolina, requesting that he [call a meeting of the society for the; purpose of sending the governor a rec- i jommendation for the appointment of a chief game warden. President E. C. L. Adams is out of tne state, oecBBretary Funderburk wrote the gover- ! Hnor that Dr. Adams had been unex^ pectedly called away on business, and Mr hat the governor's request for an \ fMtttaj^meeting would have Dr. Adams j HHpention immediately upon his returL.j -* I The "governor, nowever, nas lajven uxc natter up with the vice president r Dr., Barron is out of the city toay and what action he will tak is ot known. The governor in his letter to Dr. terron says that a number of com1 - mAioHrtnc rwf tVio eramp laws IVI viviauuiia v* wuv ?w - . ^Bare being received by him and tna: it Bs necessary to name a chief game ^Rvarden at the earliest practicable dais. S The upshot of the matter will probjg&'bly be that the situation will be^p|fc^e more involved if that be possir PASSES Mr. John J. Purcell died Tuesday evening at 9:15 o'clock, after an illness of four weeks. The cause of lifcjj ft death wa3 high iblood pressure. He li.had, up to four weeks preceding his Stdeatii, been actively engaged in busiUness here. I Mr. Purcell moved to Union from l Augusta, Ga., 39 years ago. He is survived by three brothers and three sisters, his wife and 10 children. His ihildren are: Misses Alice Puircell, s'ellie Purcell, Louise Purcell, Eliza)eth Purcell, Catherine Purcell and \ Margaret Purcell, all of Union. His ions are: James Purcel1, Charles 5urcell, Johnnie Purcell and Edward II Mr. Purcell was a member of the) Catholic church, and the burial was bonducted *by Father Tobin of Greenrille, S. C., at Rosemont cemetery Wednesday afternon at 5 o'clock. The bereaved family have the sympathy of the entire community in this * hour of their sad distress. > the herald and news one | YSAR FOR *T *<3. < i COAST ARTILLERY j IS SERTICE 80OX j 1 Fire Companies of South Carolina Will Be ( ailed Oat hi Ten Oajs? j From the .?th Instant, j cnaneston, jmy o.? iue u?c panies of cca^t artillery National ; Guard in Soj*'i Carolina, commanded j j by Major William F. Robertson, o! Greenville, will be called into federal --- '. V.xv.. service 111 aoout ten uaj?s. m i b"? the Third division of this State's j . ,ional Guard to be called as the j First regiment was mobolized early j in April, and some of the engineer-! ing companies have been mobilized \ SiXICtr luai uub. fWiiile the Wc/ Department has not j made a definite announcement as to the plans for the coast artillery af- 1 ter it is drafted, the chancds are that! the companies will not be sent to the same concentration camps as other J arms of the guard. -After they are j assembled, the companies will be held! in their armories for about two j 1 - ? oniiAiinpomprit I \\ C6KS, 2.CCU1 Uiilg IV CL-li aiiuv/uuvvuavm?. recntly by the War Department. After the expiration of the two weeks' period it is probable that the1 volunteer coast artillerymen will be! sent to the various coast artillery posts on the seacoasts of the country, j While all of the companies have been ! trained as infantry, as well as artilj -ery being sent abroad as heavy mobile artillery has been discusesd by 1 nvnai-ts fmm time to time.! <ai HI ? cAubiu w . I j However, inasmuch as the regular es| tablishment of coast artillery has re cently been largely increased, and as' its officers and enlisted personnel are j more highly trained than the guard1 units, it is more than likely-that any : heavy artillery composed of coast ar-j tillery companies will be taken from: the regulars. Tf it ic dfv-ided to send regular , coast artillerymen to France, the' places left vacant in this country's j coast defenses hy_ the transfer of the units for foreign service can be fill -1 ed by the National Guard companies.' | which have had considerable train- J j ing, but are far from the standard of, ; the regular troops. The coasts of this1 | country are not seriously menaced, noar ftitnre. and the National ILL mvw , _ Guard compaines can be brought to a: state of efficiency in a comparatively | brief time. i The - probability of coast artillerymen being used to man heavy mobile! 1 artillery batteries in Europe has been. | much discussed, because in their reg-! 1 ular training at coast fortifications, | ? tne omcers ana men uaumc | in handling guns from the three-inch; to the fourteen-inch, and their work j along these lines fits them for heavy j | artillery better even than the regular: training of field artillerymen, i In South. Carolina, there are five j Companies of National Guard coast j i artillery being located at Greenville, j f I Spartanburg, Gaffney, Greenwood and j j Jones ville, respectively. In various Southern States recent* ' ly, army officials have sought to en- J courage the formation of units of Na-! tional Guard coast artillery, but these Hut in thp main, have not been j j W , VMV - ? , successful. I I v OAKLAND MILL JfEWS. Mills News, 15th. J. T. Thompson, overseer of spinning. and tiis family are enjoying thej use of his new car. The mill company'3 vegetable farm i is now furnishing some good eating. at reasonable prices; cabbage at 6 j cents a bead, beans 5 cents a gallon1 and other things at correspending i rates. I There was an ice cream festival i given for the benefit of the Oakland! ball team aSturday night. All of thej cream was sold and a satisfactory! ~trtf mnnpv made to buy. aiuuuwb v/i. -- balls, bat3 and gloves for the team, j The Oakland team plr.yed Mollohoa, on Mollohon diamond on the 23rd. and j the score was 6 to 3 in favor of the Oakland team. I I UK ' Let's Hope for the Best. Yorlrville Enquirer. Now that congress has given the president authority to talve over an1 operate public utilities, it is to be hoped that he will do just that. Unless the coal mines, for instance, arej taken over and operated by the gov-, ernment there is going to be a terri-j ble lot of suffering among all the >orer people of the country this winter. ~-3? Jfo Thiiijars Worse. Yorkville Enquirer. Ms.ybe there are things worse than j allowing a few people to steal thr> substance of the many people; but we do not know what those things are. It is up to the people of this country to see that their representatives and others in authority protect them from, being robbed. / i Heart D13 ease Almost Fatal to Young Giri "My daushtrr. when thirteen y1,*rs j o!d. v.*as str!r!;rn wilh heart tro::Mr. j She was so bad we had t<"> pines I.-T ' b*d near a window j 10 s',e ' j v?\f'*' bre;'h. (? <* | m doctor siid, ,r'o^r Mmml uV%::.rz M tlrna' A ! tO Cl; S' j ^ day. a fat rosy J /-?Vi /\.-klr ?*rl cirl "Vr\ Ano ,-?o r? i TV. f* :Ti P. t* t i\& : confM^nce I have in Dr. Mills' Heart j Remedy." A. R. CANON. Worth, Mo. The unbounded confidence Mr. j Canon has in Dr. Miles' Heart Rem- j ? < J t-- i.i ! cay is snareu oy inuujduuj vi | others who know its value from J experience. Many heart disorders j yield to treatment, if the treatment j is right. If you are bothered with j short breath, fainting spells, swelling of feet or ankles, pains about the heart and shoulder blades, palpitation, A-eak and hungry spells, you should begin using Dr. Miles' I Heart Remedy at once. Profit by | the experience of others while you j may. * Dr. Miles' Heart Remedy is sold and guaranteed by aU druggists. MILES ME&.m CO., Elkhart, In*. A NEW SPIRIT IN i CITIC BETTERMENT * (Noble Foster Hoggson, President Hoggson Brothers, New York City.) j Civin improvements should not ne cessarily mean the enchantment of a city's scheme of beautification' through, govermental action. It might-be quite the contrary. The effort of the indi-j vidual ought to signify as mu-ch inj spirit, at least, as the concerted ef-j fort of a community.. It is the indi-; vidual spirit that is important. Let1 that spirit be given expression andj its effect should be of real value. Iti shows the need and leads the way. . The point however, is this: Efforts following along this line of least resistance, though highly laudable in themselves, most often are so thoroughly individual and disconnected ?little n/i rolatirtnahin ulcll icauita iuhc vj uv > between older buildings afid new, structures erected, or between the new, structures themselves. And of course there is no unity of the whole. The defect has been lack of cooper-j ation;'the failure to bring about concerted action of property owners in. the improvements and beautification of their own holdings to harmonize withtheir surroundings. Certain Euro-j pean countries in an effort to solve; i this problem, have created commissions not unlike our Building Departments. but which have broader scope an-d power, whose function it is to look the aesthetic as well as the practical phrases of any proposed improvement in its larger relationship to ths neighboring setting and surroundings. Here in America many of the larger cities have created Town Planning, \ . I bodies. This move, at least, is con-; struetive. That it is too late to undo; much of the harm already suffered j only adds emphais to the need. Thej problem now Is not so much to correct past mistakes of others?that! cannot be done?as it is to soften -he j ugly scarifications, and plan for fu-1 ture growth. These organizations are! concerned, for the inost paTt, with J the nreservation of park areas and, ~ - - , the creation of new parks, drives andoccasionally new civic centres. It is the smaller and suburban towns that present the greater opportunities. TT~-~ *1*/* ln?irar> oanorfa />on .TlA Prtrisid ncro luu uo|/vv>wk/ w?u ?w ^?-r? ered. They have not sinned ibeyond redemption. Still better, they want to be saved. The altered attitude of the last ten or fifteen years in regard to taxation imposed for civic improvements of a municipality to expend any fair sum of money on parks, for instance, was met with most violent opposition. This is particularly true in one city in the Middle West that nox j boasts of the finest system or parKs and drives in this country. Here the opposition at first was vitriolic. At the same time the downtown section of that city is about as ugly ^~^ "nottroni-ivo s?c anv nf the numer ClilU UHOUlUVy^*> V j ous ugly and unattractive business districts in most American cities. No attention was paid to establishing a small park or breathing spot anywhere 1 near the heart of the town, nor was j any necessity seen for a civic centre. | There has been and still is woeful t lack of constructive imagination in j connection with consistent and united! and comprehensive civic improve- j merit. Tt is not that we lack vision J alor.e?to let the ideal picture in our! minds .satisfv our sense of need,1 * rather than take action to transform; ' it :::to an actuality. I HIDE HAS MANNING TO ' TRANSFER CHIEF DUNCAN? O'f State Constabulary <ia?e Oat Interesting Statement in Regard to ! (href Black Some Time Aeo to j Charleston American. I Charleston American. Chief State Constable S. M. Duncan' who has been in charge of the cousta-: hnia rv in Charleston for the past 18 months, was yesterday ordered to sur-j render his office to Sheriff Martin. Mr. Duncan s order, it was reported, came Irom Governor Manning and he is only being removed from Charles-1 ton. He is to be sent :o some other ;art of the state, it was, stated. It is generally believed, however,1 that Chief Duncan is being removed! ' * * fr 3 _ ^ ! at tlie request; or ;\iayor tiyae, ue-f cause of several statements that Chief Duncan gave The Charleston Ameri-i can and were published. These state- j ments attacked Chief of Police Black,' who Chief Duncan alleged had inter-' fered with his work. While Chief Duncan and his men were state con-! stables and armed with the right to, work in any part of the state by an J order of Governor Manning, they had been instructed not to make raids; in the city, as the police department would handle the enforcement of pro-i hibition laws in the city limits. 1 It was rumored on the streets yesterday that J. L. Poppenheim, a member of the constabulary, is acting' chief; that the force is under tne| instructions of Sheriff Martin, to whom ' I Chief Duncan has turned over the' office, automobile and paraphernalia' of the force. Chief Duncan refused to discuss the! report that he had been ordered re-. movecl irom unariesiorr. ne tusu re fused to deny it. He stated, however,! that he expected to go to Columbia i Sunday and will be back next week. J As head of the staff Chief Duncan; has earned a reputation for his hon-j esty and fairness. He was known as j the blind tigers' enemy. His enforce- j merit of the law made him an enemy,; but the fatt that he played no favor-j ites and was always known as "hon-| est and square as they make 'em," j held the respect of those engaged in] the whiskey business. As chief of the constables in fharieston he made a success of it1 ~ 1 and was on the job day and night. He j was well liked by the members of hi3 j staff and also by hundreds of people1 wlio came, to know him in the 18; months that he was chief here. Chief Duncan assumed charge of his office December 9. 1915. and probably; has made one of the best records of any other chief of the Charleston, squad in a similar length of time. His j records show that he had seized $20,-1 000 worth of contraband and not a j drop of it seized in the city, at the request of the governor. He also! seized automobiles, trunks and other j equipment. His record for 1916 shows that hej seized $13,429.25 v,x>rth of intoxicants j oin^o tho fir_cr of thp vear he has ?UU OIUVV WUV MAIVV w* confiscated contraband valued at $6.-j 159.25. He also has on hand a quan-' tity of booze yet to be poured into the sewer. It is being held as evidence in cases. In connection with his brilliant record as an officer to enforce the prohibition law it might be stated that he also has figured personally in the large raids in various *vr*w+o hie yCLl CO VI iltu utwrwa Chief Duncan was formerly chief of police of Newberry, his home. Parcel Pout Fee?. York News. Reports that all C. 0. D parcel post packages will require an additional fee as a result of the new rules relative to this branch of the mail that be-; came effective July 1 are misleading,] according to a statement issued by the postoffice department. "Hereto-, fore." says the statement, "the fee was ten cents for collecting charges on a parcel amounting to $100, with, an insurance valuation limit of only; $50. Under the new arrangement the fees will be ten cents for $50 and 25 cents for $100. While there is an in- j crease of fees on packages valued from j $50 to $100 it gives the advantage of; insurance to the extent of $100, not; h?r?tofore allowed under the regula j tions." Dr. Isadore Schayer Resigns. "Rr Tsadore Schayer. officer in the medical corps of the South Carolina; National Guard, with the rank of cap j tain, has resigned his commission in' the Second regiment, it is stated, and j will soon apply for service in another j branch of the army, probably outside! of the State. Dr. Schaver has given a number of years to the service and is perhaps one of the most successful physicians and diagnosticians in the | State. His Laurens friends will wish him mighty well wherever his line of duty falls. L?aurensville Herald. So do his Newberry friends. i ' Subscribe to The Herald and News. I THE NEXT LrBERTT LOAN. Chicago Tribune. The government has just floated a $2,000,000,000 loan. It was oversubscribed by more than $1.000,UOO.OOO, i and therefore may be considered a successful venture. But it required : an extraordinary publicity campaign and substntial support from the! banks to make it successful. The ner-essitv fnr these efforts kii"T- ' gests that a different program should be laid out for the next $2,000,000,000j or $3,000,000,000 loan. German editors j may exhaust the supply of ink in try-; ing to convince the world the Liberty j loan was not a popular sucess, but: they cannot alter the essential fact; that the United States can successfully ! float bond issues with almost no lim-! it, provided the proper procedure is i adopted. When it comes time to appeal for i more funds the government will do J well to consider the suggestions of-! fered Prof. R. A. Seligman of Har- j vard at a recent meeting of the Western Economic society. r> c n-i: ? ,v ^ : ? 1 rrui. oengTna.il ueneves iudi. tne interest rate on the first loan was too low and that the bonds should not be made tax exempt. The two things are interrelated. The low rato failed to appeal to many small investors, while the exemption from taxes caused the ^ rich to hesitate for fear of being call- j ed tax dodgers. It is also suggested j \ that the exemDtion involves serious! social dangers. Another important criticism made' by Prof. Seligman was that congress | had failed to lay out a moderate, I statesmanlike war revenue policy prior to the sale of the bonds. The fact is that just at the time the loan campaign was at its height the house was passing an inequitablle and unscientific tax bill that caused the greatest Irritation throughout the country. A business man is loath to put his money into government bonds if^he fears' the government is on the point of destroyJllBiBWWiUBBipi Hi i mmuum mum V / / ^ ^on Sto; \ \ , Illlj I Excursion Fares A wa v Svstpm from I Lake Junaluska ? N. C I Account Chautauqua Period ers? Conference, Board of Miss on sale July 15, 16, 17, 21, 2?, io, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18 and 19, li sale. I Nashville, T Account Peabodj College So Jqqs ii, 12, 13, 14. 21, 22, J#1 days from date of sale. Black Mountain $5. IAceotint Various Religious A 31, June 1, 11, 12, 13, 21, 22, 127, 30, August 1, 6, 10, 14, 17 of sale. Aflipn? i Accutmt Summer School Ui I 30, July i? 2, 3, 9, 10, 16, 17, B from date of saie. I Prep?rtianately [r< points. Call on local age !i| tion or address S. H. McJ | S. C. 1 Aft, ' MS \ : ing bis business. ! We believe Prof. Seligman's crt^ I cisms are sound. We think it will be a i misfortune if the administration does | not take advantage of them in launcfaI ing he next Liberty loan. Prinurrs Need Help of Bojs Fro* Cfty. I Official Bulletin. Farmers ar" ?' '?:*ng over their old prejudices and now admit that they prefer* city biy< tr the kind of help on which ihey huv-? been obliged to depend during the harvest season in nrpv.iniit; vpars. This wa3 the state ment made by William E. Hall, national director of the United States Boys' Working reserve, who declared that the demand for the boys on the farms was in many places greater than can be filled. In many sections of the country farmers had to piclz up whatever unskilled labor they could find lying idle around towns. This year the farmer is beginning t?> realize fully that good, clean, healthy young men who are willing to work ' 1 - - ~ * ana nave a sense 01 Tespoiieiouitjr v are far "better than cheap, uncertain, and irresponsible labor on whicHi he formerly depended. According to reports received here the farmers in New York state atone desire the help of 22,000 boys. The recent census of farm help in New York state shows that there are 16,000 less hired men on the farms this year than last. In addition, 44,179 sons and 43.130 daughters of farmers : have left the farms for towns and citi es. The reason why the farmers in | New York and other states are SndI ing city boys desirable, according to Mr. Hall, is because the boys are mating good. RUB-MY-TISMi Will cure Rheumatism, Neuj ralgia, Headaches, Cramps, Colic | Sprains, Bruises, Cuts, Burns, Old i Sores, Tetter, Ring-Worm, Ecj zema, etc. Antiseptic Anodyne, i ! used internally or externally. 25c i ? |f \/|\\ j* Higfh Grade 8 I Complete S I 3 tomcbiie- J jj jj j Jl CAROLINA AUTO CO, ? i PHONE 172. ft VBEfiBT, SOUTH CAROLTSA S> I /ia Southern Rail- I i Newberry, S. C. I J ind Waynesviile, I $5.45 I T , Sunday School Board, Workions, Epworth League, tickets 23, 24, 25, August 2, 3, 5, imited 17 days from date of enn. $13.80 I mmer School, tickets on" sale \yj2*} 21, 26. final limit ,15 Ridgecrest, N. C. I 10 1 assemblies, tickets oil salejl^ay 27, 28, July 5, 6, 13, 19, 20, ,, final Mmit 17 days from date ja. $3.95 i lirersrty, tickets on sale June 30, with final limit 13 days iduced fares from other snts for further informaLEAN, D. P. A., Columbia, . .- " '