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' \ ' ^l'^' " _ _ _____ / VOL[ 31 ? LIV, JililBEii 67. , XEWBEKBI, S. C. FRIDAI, AHUST 31, 1317. TWlCi A ttit A. YKaM. " ^ : 1 ' ? : ? k - n PRESIDENT WILSON REJECTS | POPE'S PEACE PROPOSAL^ f Reply Says Plans Proposed Would Allow Prussians Time to Recuperate and Take up CudgelAgahi Washington, Aug. 28.?President Wilson has rejected the Pope's peace proposals. In a note dispatched last night and made public here tonight the President says that while every heart not blinded and hardened by the terrible war must fee touched by the moving appeal of His Holiness, it would be folly to take the patl* of peace he joints out if it does not in fact lead to the goal he proposes. To deal with such a power as the i present rulers of Germany upon Pope ^ -Al- ? * +1* tSGIl?Ql<7C" S yia.il, ueuiai es iuc i iwi1 dent, would involve a recuperation of the strength and renewal of the world domination policp of that powr?r, now balked, but not defeated after sweeping a continent with the blood of innocent women and children and the helpless poor, as well as oI q, soldiers. X j Permanent peace must be based upon the faith of all of ttie peoples ana upon justice and fairness, and the common rights of mankind, he adds, and "we cannot take the word of the "resent rulers of Germany as a guarantee of anything that is to endure, unless explicitly supported by such conclusive evidence of the will and - " - ^ purpose 01 tne ixenaan pwpxe wcu'selves, as the other peoples of the t world woul4 be justified in accepting.'* i The $$xt if. ?e. note f^llpws: - nrrv- vi. ^ V. fi iv iii^ xiyime^a? .js I ''Benec^ctji XV*Pppe:' "nl acltodw.j?dgeoj|M?t ofotkje communication oi ycra^ Holiness to . the belKgerent peopjes,. dated *Vugttst,f, 1917, the Pre^4e.nt^ W thi United States requests ?ne to transmit the following reply: , / & President's Kepiy ; / "Every heart "ifiat has not bcfen Iblinded and hardened by this teVrible war must be touched by this moving appeal of his Holiness, the Pope, must feej the dignity and force of the " J nrttiAli curoane ana gtuitivus mumca, ?mtu prompted it, and must fervently wish that we might take the path of peace, lie so persausively points out. Brrt it would be folly to take it, if it does not in fact lead to the goal he proposes. Our response must be based upon the stern facts and upon nothing else. It is not a mere cessation or arms ne desires; it is a stable and enduring peace. This agony must not be gon<3 through with again and it must be a matter of very sober judgment what -arm insnrp ?c against- it Pope's Proposals "His Holiness in stubstasce proposes that we return to the status quo ante belluib. and that there then be a general condonation, disarmament and* ?^?oncert of nations based upon an acceptance of the principle of arbitration; that by a similar concert freedom of the seas be established; and that the territorial claims of France and Italy, the perplexing problems of the Balkan States, and the restitution of Poland be left to such conciliator?" adjustments as may be possible of trie peoples whose political fortunes an3 affiliations will be involved. ' Objects of War "It is manifest that no part of the program can be successfully carried V-v Af fllA afoK. out ULUCSS -Ut ivomu uv>u VI lUb mm us quo ante furnishes a firm and satsfactony basis fcr it. The object of this war is to deliver the free peoples of the world from the menace and the actual power of a vaat military establishment controlled by an irresponsible government "which having secretly planned to dominate the world, proceeded to carry the plan out without regard either to the sa ered obligations of treaty or the lon=; C-Vi o.r1 nro/>tiAafl and Inner nhftT TT? Mb U1XOUVU |/* MVWAWW k ishd principles of international! action L and honor; which chose its own time f tor the war; delivered its blow fiercely and suddenly; stopped at no barrier either of law or of mercy; swep? a whole continent within the tide of "blood?not the blood of soldiers only, but the blood of innocent women and children also, and of the helpless poor; and now stands balked hut not defeated, th4> enemy of four-fifths of the world. This power is not the German people. It is the ruthless master of the German people. It is no * \ \ . r 7 busines of ours how that great peopio came under its control or submitted \ with temporary zest to the domination $ | 4 ot its purposes; but it is our business; J to see to it that the history of the rest, j of the world is no longer left to its 2 handling. J Time to Recuperate i j "To deal with such a power by way j j of peace upon the plan proposed b# j 4 his Holiness the Pope would, so far a a, ' we can see, involve a recuperatin or j j : its strength and a renewal of its pol-1 } j icy; would make it necessary to create ! ! a permanent hostile combination of j 1 i nations against the German people, j j I result in abandoning the new born <3 Russia to the intrigue, the manifold j , subtile interference and the certain 2 ' counter revolution which would be at- j ^ tempted by all the malign influences, ^ to which the German Government has ; 4 Ufa incnofnmofl tVlo ?*nr*lH Hail i J VI awuo^viuvu tuv *? VI ?V4. ; VJ peace be based upon a restitution of j j its power or upon any word of honor; <j it could pledge in a treaty of settle- i ^ ! ment and accommodation." ^ Intolerable Wrongs 2 "Responsible statement must now ? | everywhere see, if they never saw be- 3 fore, that no peace can rest securely j i upon political or economic restrictions J ! meant, to benefit some nations and j cripple or embarrass others, upon Yin- 3 dictive action or any action of any j sort, or any kind of revenge or de- <j | liberate injury. The American people j have suffered intolerable wrongs at 4 the hands of the Imperial German ? i Government, but they desire no re- jj prisal upon the Germaa people, who i have themselves suffered all things in j this war, wirtoh they did not choose. J A They behave that peace should rest j j upon the rights of peoples, not the i I rights of governments?the rights o? <S ! peoples great or small, weak or pow- 2 i errul, their #Qual ^right to freedom 1j and security and self-government and ^ to a participation upon'fair term? In j j*the ? economic, opportunities of the i j world?the German people, Of course j ' included, -Jf they will accept equality j j i , . . ' , _ J ! Ana not seeK domination. ' f ? 3 . * ^ *" 1 I A Test of Peace Plans ' 4 "The test, therefore, <5T every plan of peace is this: Is it bas?d>pon tne1^ faith of all the peoples" invplv^jfc-fl^J j merely upon the word of a"n ambitious ^ and intriguing government, oft the [ 1 one hand, and of a group 6f tree^ ! peoples on the other? This is af test.; j which goes to the roofof the matfer; f | and it is the test which must be.a^- L^ ; plied. \3T- , y y j Tne purpose of the United states * tin this ,war.*are known to the /fcrhole I world?to every people to whom- the truth %as been permuted *o come. ;t I They do not nee! to be lately agS*i 1 ? | We seek notJ?ateri"3l advangiage u? 1 j any" kiucl ^Vre believg- thai the in-! S tolerabfe^Wrongs done fn this war Dy\ S the 'furiouj and brutal powpr of vilue * Tmnoriol dotmti <?r flnrarn m /MicrTif- r iui uvi uiuu uvr y> uiu^ui. i ??to be rep^i^ck but^iot at the expe?o>:^ of the sovereignty of any people*| rather a vindication of tlje sov9rei2;n- * ty both of those tha^t are wpajv >nd. i of those that are strong. Puni(iv?*J ; damages," the dltipem&Qreci of em:^ ! pires, ^ establishment of selfish afif^l ^exclusive* e^on^mic y&ague we* ?eem^ j inexpedient aftS in* the end1 worse thgfu/Jfutile, no .proper >asiSifor a peaco, * of any kithT, least4 of all for an % en > during ?peace^* Thsrf must be haseg 5 upon ju^Viceand f&irness and the coin-*!*1 mon rigbts o? mankind. ** \ j r Let the jfeople Speak ^ | "We cannot #taW -thei word* of- th^i present rulers of Gepmany-, as av guar- j t j antee of anything-that is to endur^' ^ ' unless explicitly supported by >- -?.r. t .-I, ^ conclusive evidence, 01 tae win ao^; purpose of the i o^qa^n people* thei|-L* selves as the ojh^ peoples of ther/ | world would be justified in accepjgig.jf* 'Without such guarantees**,treaties of 1 settlement, agreements Jfor disarma-12 ment, covenants to. set sp arbitration i in the place of force, territorial ! justments, reconstitution of small lift-; i ' tions, if made with the (xerman Go^ i I ernment, no man, no nation could j ! now depend on. We must awajt some t ! new evidence of the purposes of the ] ! great peoples of the Central powers. | ? ! Oort en-ant. it mav be sriven soon and c ' in a way to restore the conSd^pce* of j rM peoples everywhere :n th?-?aUfi of nations and the possibitttyj^'a covenanted peace. ' Robert T>afts!$g, | < | "Secretary of State of, t^e .Unite-1 I States of America.'' i 1 ! Next Sunday S I . For Pray > > f Beginning September 5, ? Carolinians will be called f > Army. The National Gua ready in the federal service. ; that some recognition should that our men in arms are me fighting for our* country, for tlie defense of the lives and - - - / t zens and for the cause ot ftu I liberty. It is our duty to d I of the National Army are to y j; tude of being forced to fight I ment has been fixed, by w ^ <T>1 ' . 1 f _ ? service. 1 nere is, inerero J* jj respect to the members of tli I been drafted, as well as to tl j? their services. A solemn duty devolves s 1 --~11 ko nriinlocrofl f-Vl k WHU WUI lflW Wt pi aw u who are in cordial sympathy j" these men are to fight. I We recognize the sacrif jj either as non-combatants or > bearing arms, who are leav I . ones in response to the call t their country may be called \ sacrifice. ? ... j We are a God-fearing j dependence on Him and we I mJ I therefore call upon all k / n nation, members & all the c] L *" * jv ^tlly, to unite in making Sunt I ^vhich all patriotic citizens a f? f er fervently and solemnly, fc * t -arms, and for those who are ^ "^their families and loved one [V- RICHARD I Lf i^UNION OF THE LIVINSTOTi >S FA3T1LY k % Pn last Saturday the children, ?i&ndchillrea andgTea grandchildren Levi Livingston, deceased, met n k family Reunion for the nrss ifc&e at the home of Airs. Mattie >t6ne in the Jolly Street community. &is family is somewhat scattered. Some members of it live in the Jolly Street community, some in the SC ?aul's section, some in Newberry, bme in the Mt. Olivet community tome in the St. Phillips* community md some near Leesville. However. fcere were 154 members of the ramly present and 19 visitors, maKins assembly of 173 people. The day vas Vf^nt in a very pleasant and hapry manner and no doubt much good v&s accomplished. At noon a boun:e..r Ainnar* n.-aa <!Arvpd Oil a. nice tSi 1X111 ULUUtl nuu _ >le under a large shade tree in the -ard. During the afternoon family worrtiift^was conducted by the Rev. S. p. Coon, pastor of the St. Paul's charge rhe place was specially fitted for he service. The minister stood on he shady porch, and just in front V* | >fthim two large, beoutiful oaks furu&hed comfortable shade for the peojle. , '? IV/ul T.tv. After tne Bervicv, mi . X* X VU JLC4 * ngston explained how the reunion lad been gotten up, and asked if an>ther reunion was desired next year, t was unanimously decided to how mother reunion next year. The following persons constitutel h? original family of Mr. Levi Liv-. ngston and his wife Francis; Mrs. 3ettie Richardson, Mrs. Mattie Stone, Hr. George Livingston, Mrs. Joe iVerts, Mr. Ham Livinston and Mrs. tfaggie Koon. Mr. Ham Livingston md Mrs. Maggie Koon iiave depart ;d this ute. Mack-Y arboronerli Married, by tne Rev. B. L. Knight >n Saturday, Miss Louise .Mack and VIr. G- W. Yarbofough, both of Mo!ohon mill village. : . . .. / . V*. I et Apart I er For Soldiers v I <$> thousands of young South f j or service in the National -J Parftlinfl 1* a!. f 1U UI k/VUH* ? It seems to me fitting * f. I be made ?of the sacrifices | iking, and are to make, in V defense of our honor, for rif Amoriran rifi. ^ 1 [JIU^l VJ VI X^AAAVA Y man freedom and of human * f ispel the idea that the men | be looked upon in the atti- f. The policy of the govern- * rhich men are selected for ^ re, nothiug but honor and <? te national army who have lose who have volunteered % & x t upon the citizens generally f temselves to bear arms, but % I r with the purposes for which f.! <S> f fl . - > i ices that are ahead of u?, <?> as soldiers, and that those % ing their homes and loved * of duty and patriotism to * upon to make the supreme j i people. We realize our % trust in His sustaining arm. | f ministers of every denomi- J (lurches, and citizens gener- & <&> lay, September 2, a day <tn ? re called upon to offer pray- ^ | >r the i men who are under *> i to be called to arms and for ^ i 8 A .MANNING | Governor. A friend of ours, who is now in service 'Nsome where in France," writes i!s that the French (lassies were fully up to his expectations.?Greenwood Index. A young man* in Newberry s^ys tell it to Pershing. The young man, Harry Wimberly, j who was married last Sunday after-; noon in Spartanburg, is a nephew of. Mrs. W. H. Zeigler, of Newberry, and attended college here. An account of the marriage appears in another column. The community singing club held its first meeting in the Y. M. C. A. assembly hall last night at 8 o'clock. The meeting was well attended by; i civilians and soldiers ana was a most enthusiastic one.?Spartanburg Journal, 28th. It must he grand to havi a community singing club. Mrs. Clarence Matthews beg* also the pariotic women of No. 5 Township to meetrwith her at Jalapa school house Saturday afternoon, September ! 1, at 4 o'clock, for the purpose oi joining the Women's- Committee, Council of National Defense. I / KEEL-GRIFFIN Grenwood Journal, 28th. Mr. Herbert E. Griffin of the Oregon Pharmacy surprised his many friends here by 'being married last Thursday as noon at Savannah, Ga., to Miss Margaret Neel. Miss Neel is the charming daughter ' * 3 "* * T VaaI r\rxr A f or Mr. ana ivirs. j. r. .itci u.\.< Savannah, Ga., but until recently residents 6f Newberry. j I i Mr. and Mrs. Griffin returned to | Greenwood Saturday evening and aro; | at home with Mr. J. H. P. Griffin on j South Main street. Mr. H. E. Gnmn nas Deen wnu ui^ j Oregon Pharmacy for the past three j j vcars in which time he has won tne i I esteem and confidence of every one i who came in contact with him. His' . many friends here wish them long ?.nd happy married life j i * . ? v NEWBERRY'S FIRST CALL FOR ' MOBILIZATION' IS KLEVE3 Under the call for five per cent o" the first draft on September 5, New- j ( berry's quota is eleven. The local: board has certified to the district board 168. Just how many we will I < receive credit for on the list of forty- j five that did not answer, tne T*oard * does not yet know. Of tnat list quite a number have enlisted and are now in the service. Of course Newberry will get credit for them. But just how many the departmen has not ye? notified the board. The district board has certified back to the lr>cal board only five names.They are: John Hillary Dawkins (white), j Prosperity. , j Arthur Miller Brgle fwhite), Pomaria. "Ernest H Wicker (colored), New-; -^erry. R. F. D. 5. J Terov ^. Booker (white's Chappells. P F. D. 1. Thomas Turner (colored). Kinards, R. F. D. Ol'B BA-CHMAJf CHAPEL COR. 1AKE8 VACATION v If there ever was a time for an old farmer to eniov a little outing and recreation I believe it is when ne nnishes laying by his crops. We ha7e always felt this way and while we are not very much *in the crop Business yet we still feel when August comes we deserve a little vacation. Now, Mr. Editor, we nave stolen away a limited time of the present month, not only for the beneat ofc?njoying the -pleasure that the foritfV gives t? u?, but iu order also that we mi?ht enjoy some spiritual uplifting /Mir arwitl Vi ViU C7VM4. 1 A f Yes, the first few days we spent at the S. S. Lutheran Normal whic? 1 was held, in the Holland Hali of the | Newberry college fr<jm the 11 to tne | 17 of August. To be foTief we wil say I it was just a pity for so. many or our j Christian Sunday School workers not ./ I excepting our pastors to miss auun a grand store of new ideas and soul stirring inspirations which we:? taught every day by sucli anie .teachers as Dr. F. C. Longacre, Dr < Henry Harms, Dr. Bert Smith, Mrs j E. C. Cronk, Dt. A. G. Voigt, Dr. E. C. Cronk and others which I fail j to call to mind, but I must pass on ana ! say long live such noble teachers f that they yet may be able to inluso new spiritual life throughout tile f world. ! Then on Saturday 18th following | came, our international township S. s. I convention- at Cannon's Creek A. if. P. church which I believe is on? 01 the oldest Christian organizations that stands in Newberry county. This was a good meeting, all the discussions were pointed and full of interest, but the same trouble exis:ed there as a? the Lutheran Normal, not enough clergy members present. Then 23 and 24 following comes our county interdenomination Sunday school convention which was held at Zion Methodist church on Thursday.' Th-e. church which looks to nave a seating capacity of over 500 was aifnll hnt FVidav the old Sol-; UlViSb lull, vmv v** ? ??? diers' reunion at Young's Grove took a large portion of the crowd and the congregation was small. Most excei- j ! lent speeches were made by Dr. Geo. j j B. Cromer. Rev. J. fW5. Carson, Mrs. | S. P. Moore of Alabama, Mr. R. D. ! "Webb, general secretary and Miss Milwep Davis of Laurens. I wish ail! of our preachers could have beenj there on Friday evening near the close of the convention to h*ar what John Neel said about the Shepherds running off on their summer vacations ! and letting the sheep have their own .way. When John cracks his whip he hits them hard. I haven't saiy any-, thing about the music but in a few words it was simply grand and so'!! stirring, and such hospdtality as waa shown us all the way round made us j feel That it was good to be there. Bu? : T must he brief except I mafte this 1 i j article too long. j On Friday I made a long jump rrom Zion to t'v. Long Lane section a dia-! I tance of 2."> miles. But joy be to the, wir!d I picV-rl up old Mrs. W. on; this route end we landed* risrht at j A. Ri^arrls aVv?t spn down. If j laughing is good n^li?ipe all you so*. to Ho n-rr^-ir l T.Cflg I/VPS 3. while Sam Rikard is known as the car- j % \ ? > '. J - ? .t - v -v ? ^ Tia MISS ETHEL tULJTS COUNTY CONSERVATION AGENT - / With the passage of the food production and conservation bill tH? United States Department of Agriculture cooperating with Winthrop college has appointed Emergency Assistant county agents in the Home Dem onstration work in a number of conn' ties. Newberry county v, as rortunate in being selected amon r number. Mis? IC'.Vil t"!uunts a uate of Winthrop col*<eic? 1 -viiiv rc*ceivel the appointment. It does not niecn' less work 'or *!i? i.i'itv ason*, v but will he a la?*<r( ie'tJ overtd. e> ery town and rural r'.ot i>eing reached ly the Demonstration work. The Young People's M'ssion Saner of the 'Church of the Redeemer will have a regular meeting Sunday afternoon at f> o'clock. A full attendance ' is desired as it is time for the elec- v tion of officers and there will oo other important business. Services will be held at St. Luke's Episcopal church next Sunday morning at 11 o'clock and in the afternoon at 5:30. by the Rev. W. S. Holmes, who will return to Laurens thia week from Sapphire, N. C., where he has been spending his vacation with his family. City council at its regular c- setaig Tuesday night granted' the suit of .Mrs. Alice Thompson against the. city, agreeing to pay her $500 and the doctor's bill. It will be remembered' fehajl Mrs. Thompson was tripped soeie time ago on a foot, bridge and had her arm broken, sjnce which time she has never recovered 'its use. Commenting upon the appotatsaeiut of David. R. Coker of HartBnlle ,3* food administrator of South Carolina, The Newberry Herald and News says: "^omo tt-vTI H*il and' Crtmo "cciM hn^l The hailers and the howlers ought to ' get together for the good of the country." "That is just what ought to be done."?Greenvi'le N~ews. A colored man was up before Magistrate Douglas Tuesday for cruelty to his own child, and pleaded guilt/ to the charge. John 'Vance beat his young son unmercifully, as w helps on the boy's back plainly showed wne* examined by the magist/ite. He paw the fine of $15, else Supervisor Sampie would have had charge cf him for 30 days. \ ? ' 1 pet bag of fun. But pou see trie joy Bells were not done ringing Sam loaded us up in his John Henry on Saturday morning and carried us over to a picnic reunion at our cousin's Mrs. Margaret Wicker's Home, wmca is about 5 miles on tli:s siae or Whitmire. This family reunion was made in honor of Mr. D. W. IvieCullough. His daughter, Josie, little son Weldon, and husband W E. Jackson of Arkansas who were visiting relatives of the county for the past 10 days, besides those the families present including their families and grand children, were: W. P. McCcllough, T. W. McCullough, 'W1. T. Baker, C. T. Baker, C. K. Baker, J B. Ba*er. Others invited were Mrs. J. T. Adams, J. W. Suber, John D?c\ert, Bennie Griffin, S. A. Rikard and H. i\ Counts, Mrs. T. L. B. Epp3. S. H. Me*ts, W. B. Franklin, I. Wilson, H. E. Wilson, D C. Wilson. Geo. r, Ki>nard. In all about a handled and fifty (150) people ?/ere present and among them were <;8 children unfter the age of 15 years. The little one* were well behaved and showed tfra* there had been a parental watchfulness over them. Abouft 12:30 we were all called to a table which had been arranged in the shade in rront of the house, and my, oh, such a spread of good things was too numerous kv mention and just about the time we were winding up on some fine h&sfc Edc ohtinda-ntlv li&TPi cotops Henry Counts with a dish, of "coot?r" stew, I said "poor old stoirftch., you will have to suffer. In short was too tempting to refuse, in short we wiJl say the little gathermg was all that could have been asked ror pn?! will he long remembered by this old scribe, T. J. W. Mr. J. N. Epps of Greenville is visiting q. Jew days in Newberry an?cn& .. relatives. Miss Marie Rikard is spending t!>3 we^k with us.