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THE GREAT ILBEET PI CMC SOMETHING OF ITS HISTORY York, July 27.?Senator Benjamin R. Tillman may be rightfully called called the "daddy" of the Filbert picnic, an annual York county affair of considerable Dolitical and social im portance which is to be held next j Thursday, August 2. Great crowds i from all sections of South Carolina i come to Filbert each year on ac- j count of the picnic, and the disting-j ^ nished statesmen Invited this year asj well as other attractions, are calcu-j 3ated to draw the largest crowd thatj has ever gathered there to listen to; " a anH an airing cerYia iurcuoii; v/< uwv?, _ i of views on issues in the nation and! state. Congresswoman Janette Ran-j kin of Montana; Congressman Hef-j lin of Alabama; McKeown of Oklahoma and Stevenson of South Carolina; Governor anning, ex-Governor Cole L. Belase; ex-Warehouse Com* * t. Mr>T^nrin and! missioner juuu j~j. I Mayor Olin Sawyer of Georgetown are,; invited to be present next Thursday.! R and the folks up Filbertway are con-j mr -fidently expecting them all. j P But to get back to the origin of thej ft Filbert picnic and the evidence that; *- +v,? The first (Senator niimau 19 UXV VkV>w picnic ever held there was in 1901.: It was merely a community gathering; the only features being lots of; corn liquor and several knock-down, drag out fights. In 1902-03-04-05 picnics were held at Filbert but they continued to be only small affairs. Along about 1905 Hon. J. S. rsrice of * 11 r\ AS 3, r York county Degau LU IUVU1 v-y formidable foe to Senator Tillman's ."great moral institution," the State dispensary system. The Yorkville Enquirer had for years been hammering st the system and had crystallized a | st/ong sentiment in York county I gainst it. Since The Enquirer would the stump and it's editor would Ienator Tillman had no way to ck at if, and he concentrated his 1 Mr. Brice. Down at Tirzah i occasion, the fire flew during : debate between them. 1906 certain citizens living in ricinity of Filbert who were personal and political friends &tor Tillman, invited him to Iiere and deliver a speech, a? him that they were with him atever he said would go. Well, e on v'le 13th of August and rery section of York county * - ir<v. came people to hear mm. uie [ quirer and Mr. Brice. He called them pretty nearly every name- that is in 9k the dictionary and many that are not there. The crovrd was "with him. Tbey ww whooned and hollered and shouted and rolled and many of them loaded tip on the fiery liquor that could be obtained from any one of the sever* *? *;?*!(. fy>o + al of "the great morai ms'i-.uwus j^Bkvrere located in the county of York Pfrhat crowd would have gone to YorkK vilje and ridden the editor of The Enquirer and Mr. Brice on rails that day if Senator Tillm^T] had given tho word. I mean they would have tried k * v n-n ti.ot nr>r>as*"on the Filbert folk*-* vu u.v V a were baptized in politics and each j\_.year from every section of the county and State return there to seek reconsecration and at Filbret today ^ stands the highest altar of a politics-worshipping people. The population of the county of York takes even its most purely personal politics at white heat, relying upon politics in general for its interest, pleasure ^ and entertainment. The same is true B of the vpc-t numbers* people who HL come there annually from other cnunties of the State. n-orv statesman and 1 - politician i- Sc:th Carolina has spo"k1 en at Filb:* some t'r^ since 1906 * and the nat'^nal figures will be brought to the little vT~?:e next Thurs^r ' in doubtless f?v7 a "*>rger crov 1 of sure enough inter^-te noliticr > ;'o!kr. than they ^ *r ad<* "is^?d in their own rcspe:::/e ba""v.icks. ' '?r\ ortniai faatiirp of the Filbert x owiti* avv?vv.. _ [ pic is always as interesting and v entertaining as the political side. Hundred" of folks who care nothing for poli'ics so there annually for a i re-unio" T:ith their friends *rom L other f tions as well as for the purW pose of seeing and beinc seen. | As is always the case there will be plen*;.- of dinner for everybody V who -com os nexf Thursday. Every B York county family always brings a ~ " " * "? j Fwell filled basket; nunareas ui wnu bring two. There are never less than 5,000 people at a Filbert picnic. If Ufc there ar^ 100.000 this year the Filbert folks will be delighted an 1 they will mm take care of them too! JAS. D. GIST. Wr FIXE CONDITION OF THF W NE^BFRKY COUNTY SCHOOLS I The following was made *:p from I the annual report of the county Su1 perintendent of education to the state F euperintendent and was given The ftk Herald and News some time ago. It I I was our purpose to go a little more in detail into some 01 the' schools of the county is the reason that this item has not been printed but we have had no time to do thevwork and so, we are printing this as it was given. Mr. Barre in retiring left the schools: in fine shape and only one district! with a smali overdraft whLh v.I] uj[ i amply taken care of with the next col-j lection of taxes. i Balance 1916-17 $4,666.97; Balance 1917-18 5,507.72 ^ Deficit 1916-17 1,035.15, Deficit 1917-18 336.38 Deficit 1915-16 2,180.64 Total revenue 1916-17 69,151.81 j Total revenue 1915-16 69.129.59. i i State appropriation 1916-17. 9,774.00 Expended for white teachers' i salaries '17 $48,596.85 Expended for negro teachers' j | salaries '17 8,369.72 I ??_ | Total for both races $56,966.58 i Total expended for all pur- j poses,, white $56,026.10 j Total expended for all pur- ! O OO 4 D7 i poses, negro o,o*/-x.w? j Schools and Enrollments in the fonnty. Total white schools in county.. 4 Total negro schools in county .. 64 Total white enrollment 1917 3,600 Total negro enrollment 1917 6,510 i i Total for county 10,110 | Total white average attendance 2,616 Total negro average attendance 4,119 ! Total for county 6,735 White Teachers in County Men with 1st grade certificates.. 14 1 Women with 1st grade certificates 102 J Women with 2nd grade certificates 5 . Women with 3rd grade certificates 4 nn ?- T-% ^ f ^ + oo <->V> ore 125 ' iUlttl nuil^ *wr _ j ???ro Teachers in County. i Men with 1st grade certificates.. IS j Men with 2nd grade certificates 2 (Women with 1st grade certificates 30 j Women with 2nd grade certificates 14 | Women with 3rd grade certificates :) Total negro teachers .. f 70 j Pupils Going- Three Miles t School. i Xo. pupils who go 3 milefe; or more, white \ 31 Xo. pupils who go 3 miles or more, negro 221 Value of Schoolltonses and Furniture. Total value of school houses, white $137,705.00 Total value of school houses, negro 13.485.00 Total value of furniture and apparatus, white 17,515.00 Total value of furniture and i apparatus, negro 2,136.00 | Xo. districts levying a special tax 39 ^ - ? irAirn } IH.'ll WILL ISlti.Mi ntMir, MEN W HO FAIL IN WAR Plans <:f Phfladelphians to Embalm Heroes Approved by (iovermnent, Philadelphia Record. Untiring efforts of two Philadelrhians have made it possible for the brinning back to this country, for buj rial, soliders and marines who may i 'o<?e their - lives while fighting in France. Following the war, every man who is killed abroad will be sent to this country and placed at the dis| pcsal of his '^relatives or friends for interment. Even should the conflict continue for several years it will be possible, at that time, under the present plan, to recognize the bodies of * V* ^ ao /-J ' "h nvnoc! LUC U.UC1V4 Memory of the horrible condition of the bodies sfent home for burial following the clash between American bluejackets and Mexicans in Yera Cruz several years ago. caused Dr. Howard S. Eckels of Wyncote and Dr. Jav H. Mowbray of Swarthmore to devise a plan for caring for bodies of the soldiers and marines killed in Europe. Accordingly, a few weeks ago the American Purple Cross Association was formed and incorporated under the laws of the District of Columbia. Dr. Eckels was named director general; M\jor General J. Lewis Good, treasurer and Dr. Mowbray, field di rector. The association's active membership is "limited to those v/ho have made care of bodies their life profession and to those affiliated industries." The trustees and other officers are prominent men of the country, including Governors and millionaire officials of large manufacturing plants. Government Indorses Plan. Discovering that no modern system had been devised by Government otficials for taking care of the soldierdead in France, officials of the American Purple Cross association immediately held a conference with Secretary of War Baker and preesnted a plan that promises to revolutionize and remove one of the most grewsome features from modern warfare. It was suggested that the American Purple Cross Association should j bear the same relation to the Quarj termaster General's Department as I the Red Cross does to the medical de r ( partment. Major Generrl Henry G. Sharpe, quartermaster geenrai of I United States army, greeted the plan,' with enthusiasm and a series of conferences. covering the best part of a week, were held in his Washington offices. I i Dr. Eckels and Dr. Mowbray made^ the following offer to the Government, j Offer to Finance Plan. "We will furnish such number of; embalmers for the preservation of the bodies of soldiers killed in battle. or dying in hospitals as you may deem.' necessary for the purpose. "We will divide these into such ... t units as you may direct. "We will equip and train the;;e men.! "We will furnish such number of" automobile ambulances as will be necessary for this seivice. "We will pay all expenses incident to their equipment, training, transpor-j tation and maintenance. "These will be available for all san- ( itary work, asking only that thess' I may be allowed to keep their own in- j HivMiiai formation. ! "If it will be your wish that we be. : incorporated in the army organization,; j we will arrange to be enlisted as in-j r dividuals and assigned as you may direct." j Plan Was Kept Secret, j Major General Sharp reported favj orably upon the recommendations, and shortly afterward the following let-; * ? Vf. T3r?<yorlior TJ-Anpra 1 TT. p. I It I j 9i^)UCU U V JlJ a x^uui vi v< v w? v>? ? . j ! McClain. adjutant of the army, wasj i received by the officers of the Ameri-1 can Purple Cross association: i "The secretary of war directs me! : to inform you that the subject matter 1 : of your several communications in j : regard to an expert body of mortuary j specialists for service v/ith our mili-; tarv forces abroad has been given | careful consideration, it nas dchii | tided that a suitable organization for! ; i ' this force shall be adopted for service in the quartermasters corps. The de-j partment is deeply appreciative of your i generous and patriotic interest." . j ' The plan of the association has nowj j been accepted and tomorrow Dr. Mow-1 bray and Dr. Eckles will go to Wash- j ington fo ranother conference with; i War Department officials, when, it is ' : expected, a bill will be drawn up for j | presentation to Congress for the ac-! 1 ^ i i ceptance of the American Purple * i Cross Association as an auxiliary n ( the quartermaster General's depart ment. ! Although no official announcement. I has been made, it is said that the pres-j i idency of the organization will be offered President Wil?on; that Se^reta-j : ry Baker and Secretary Daniels will' , be named vice presidents, and that' either the treasurer of. the United ; States or some other hi^h governmeat; I official will be selected as treasurer.; | who will handle all funds. To Embalm on Battlefield. . i Right now we have more than $lr?0,? I i 000 pledged for carrying forward our j plan," declared Dr. Mowbray yester-j day, "and we can easily raise $10,- r 000,000 as soon as Congress places \ the stamp of approval upon our plan." J i "The bodies will be embalmed in j ; the first line trenches or as close to; j them as possible. Tney win men oe ' taken from the battle line and interred until after the war. By our up-todate process they will be recognizable | for years and will be ii a splendid i state of preservation when brought to j ; this country." J j The American Purple Cross move ment has received nation-wide in. dorsement. Both "branches of the i ' i i ||fe Take iIBf z# ?ne I I^^T' 7 Pain Pill, I Knr then? / TaK? ( Kv " I V, Easy. To Head-Off a Headache Nothing is Better than Dr. Miles' Anti-Pain Pills They Gire Relief Without Bad After-Effects. "I can say that Dr. Miles' Remedies have been a godsend to me iand mv family. I used to have . such terrible headaches I -would almost be n-Ild for days at a time. I v using1 Dr. Miles' Anti-Pain I j Piils and never have those headI ] iji-iu-s iiny more. I can speak highly ' ? <-f It. Mills' Nervine also for it j I enroll on*1 of my children of a terrible 1 ? ? ? t /-? > r-v al HIUO UI.-VIUW. i ,.^j - , j J sor:.?k a good ivord for your Rem ? * snd have recommended them ' j a good m..r:y o f my friends who J h:i\'0 been wc*Jl j.l.v>sed with them." MRS. GEO. H. PRY AN, j: ? Janesville, IowaFor Sa!e by All Druggists. 25 Doses, 25 Cents. j \ MILES MEDICAL CO., Elkhart, Ind. I ; i Pennsylvania legislature have unanimously passed lesolutions calling upon the war department to accept the offer, at least as far as it may apply j to troops enlisted in or furnished by j the State of Pennsylvania. Personal assurances, letters andtel-j egrams have been reecived from the' governors of a. dozen States, indorsing | this work. The governor of Missouri has personally written to the secretary of war urging the vital importance of this work, has offered to resign his governorship and go to France if it be the judgment of the president! that he could be of greater service' there than in his present office. SOTMERLAM) COLLIDE FOR WOME> AtV/irc TWco nJiOriOr 1 ! Vll^A O X JV/ kJUpVA i'l .iu ?<4b?a?vi^ | An ample and capable faculty. Genuine interest in the individual student, .Modern buildinge splendidly equipped. Ideal location. "Summerland" is healthful as well as beautiful for situation. Fine air and pure water?all thf conditions conducive to good health. < A Christian atmosphere and posi- i tive Christian teaching. Moderate terms in order to place these advantages within the reach of as many as possible. Next session uegin September 2(tth. Catalogue furnished on application. Tnrmirie<i should be addressed to REV. Pc E. MONROE., President j Leesville. S. C. NOTICE TO CREDITORS. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF NEWBERRY. In the Probate Court. Louvenia Fair, Admin' itratrix of the personal estate of Reuben Mayes, rW-pnspr^ and .Tolm Wililams, as the Administrator of the personal estate of Eller. Mayes, deceased, and in their own rights. Plaintiffs, >gainst Charlotte A.vbury, Susie Snowden, Lois DeWait and Marion Jones, Defendants. The creditors of the said Reuben Maves, deceased, and the said Ellen Mayes, deecased, are required by an order in the above entitled action, passed by me on the 2nd day of July, 1917, to render in and establish their claims and demands before this Court on or before the 7th day of August, 1017, and said creditors are by said Order enjoined and restrained fro:n prosecuting the collection/ of their claims in any other manner or Court. Notice is further given that the administratrix and administrator, of the estates of Reuben MayesT deceased, and Ellen Mayes, deecased, respectively, will make a final settlement as sueli administratrix and administrator in the Probate Court 'for Newberry County, South Carolina, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon on the said TtA day of August, 1017," and immediotely thereafter will apply for a discharge as such administratrix and administrator. W. F. EWART, Tn^era frw Vpivhprrv County. South Carolina. Dated: July 2nd, 1917. matm SOTICE OF IXCSEASE 0^ CAllTAL STOCK. Pursuant to a resolution adopted by - ? tt j the directors of tne Aewoerry naruware Co., a corporation under and by the laws of the State of South Carolina, with its principal place of business at Newberry, S. C., a meeting of the stockholders of said corporation is hereby called to be he! J on Tuesday, the 2Sth day of August, 1917, at 10 o'clock a. m., at the office of said company in the town of Newhnvrv s r fnr the nurnose of con sidering and disposing of a resolution : ) inf-rmrp the capital stock of said from $10,000 to v^.").ono. divided into 2.10 shares of $100 each. W. W. WATT. J. L. WELLING. L. G. ESKRIDGE. x Directors. -W^JIKM >. OF SALE. ^ STATE OF SOT'TH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF NEWBERKY. j In the Probate Court. Louvenia Fair, Administratrix of the personal estate of Beuben Mayes, deceased, and John Wililams, as the Administrator of the personal estate of Ellen Mayes, deceased, and in their own rights, "Dlointiffst X. lUiiiV'uw) against Charlotte Asbury, Susie Snowden, Lois DeWalt and Marion Jones, Defendants. By order of this Court herein, I will sell to the highest bidder, before the Court House at Newberry, South Carolina, within the legal hours of sale, on salesday, in August, 1917. All that tract, piece or parcel of land, lying, being and situate within the corporate limits of the town of Newberry, in that part commonly called "Graveltown," containing onefourth acre, more or less, and boundJ r I ed by the lands, now or formerly, of | E. A. Griflin, Southern Oil Mill Company, Farmers' Oil Mill Company, Frances Andrews (colored) and Hunter Street, the same being the identical lot of land conveyed to ReubenMayes and Ellen Mayes jointly bvj deed of T. C. Pool on the 15th day of | September, 1904. TERMS OF SALE: All of the purchase price to be paid in cash, and the rmrChaser tn nav fr>r all nerpcsarv papers in the conveyance. As an evidence of god faith, the purchaser shall deposit with the Probate Judge, immediately upon the premises being sold to him, Fifty ($50.00) Dollars,! / / // / / / ^^<5 ///////f World's C / / / / / / ^ Non Stoj j Car |||sj I^Excursion Fare^ I way system rrom Lake Junaluska < m r II. V/. I Account Chautauqua Period ers' Conference, Board of Miss ou sale July 15, 16, 17, 21, 22, 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18 and 19, 1; Nashville, T Account Peabody College St: I JTltl2 II, 12, 13. 14. 21, 22, Jtl days from date of sale. IBiack Mountain $5. Account Various Religious i3 31, June 1, 11, 12, 13, 21, 22, J! 27, 30, August 1, 6, 10, 14, 17 ig of sale. i H Athens, ( I Account Summer School Un 30, July 1, 2, 3, 9, 10, 16, 17, from date of sale. | M frroporuanaieijr i <= points. Call on local age; tion or address S. H. McL S. C. ic. i . I ^tuoesits j II IBIBI I ' ' -"* I Enlist For Colinj IP Newberry College offers e^urs I logy, Bible, French, Spanish, < Religion, Economics, Latin, G: and History. It offers a course in Military 1 with credit. ' It prepares for Law, Med I Teaching ana business. General Wood says: "The w young men TO FINISH THE! Secretary Baker says: "We 3 food; third, EDUCATED MEN. Write for catalogue and descr College. Session begins Septenil President J. Henr Newberr ffli M m and in event of said purchaser falling:. to do so, tlie Probate Judge shall "vithoul further notice resell said land at the risk of the defaulting purchaser,. fither on the same salesday or oil- i some subsequent saleedav. and if" the purchaser fail to comply in full with ihe terms of the sale by the 12thday of August. 1917, the said Fifty ($50.00) Dollars shall be forfeited and said land resold as hereafter directed by this Court, upon the same terms in the Order of this Court herein. W. F. EWART, Probate Judge for Newberry County; South Carolina. Dated: July 2nd, 1917. !har/ipio^^\^\ If wl\\ 1 (Ml# High Grade S I j I I I Complete ///'// 1 tomcbile- M i ll .j CAROLINA AbTO CO. PHOXE 172. J ft WJ5ERRT, SOUTH CAROLINA f fia Southern Rail- B i Newberry, S. C. jg *nd Waynesville, 1 $5.45 I , Sunday School Board, Workions, Epworth League, tickets 23, 24, 25, August 2, 3, 5/ imited 17 days from date of jp erm. $13.80 i iminer School, tickets on sale |3f ly 20, 21, 26. final limit 15 I* . 10 1 Lssemblies, tickets on sale'May. m 27, 28, July 5, 6, 13, 19, 20, Ij ,, final limit 17 days from date || ja. $3.95 ' | - EI iversity, tickets 011 sale June ||j 30, with finalMimit 15 days m duced fares from other || mts for further informa- 1 EAN, D. P. A., Columbia, J| maamtaasmmmmm Attention! i m mtm vm* ? ? je in September I ;es in Chemistry, Physics, Bio- I >rmfln. English. Philosoohv. B ^ 7 O / A - / K reek, Electricity, Mathematics B 'raining, three hours a week, icine, Theology, Hngineering, I ar promises to be long. Urge j mv A T\T/>\T ) J ft leed first, munitions; second/ B iptive literature of Newberry B ber 20th. y Harms, D. D., % y, S. C. |j