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L VOi.mE LIT, NCSBE891 SKWBEBIU, S. C. KRlnA Y, NOVEMBER iX I#K. TWICE A WEEK, fUl A T1H. B BRITISH ADVANCE TO W THIRD i/INE GERMAN f TRENCHES IN TWO DAYS J Penetrate Thirty-Five Mile Line in Some Places as Much as Fire Miles I .. ?Five Thousand Prisoners and \ Many Guns Taken?Complete Snr- a prise to Germans?Si&nal Triumph t I for Gen. Byng, British Commander. v I WAR SUMMARY. \ B British cut 30-mile gash into Hind- ' R enburg line, penetrating to a depth of , ^ B between four and five miles. Take j ^ Bf more than 5,000 prisoners and score ! t f of guns. Berlin admits but minimized j r defeat. Italians hold firm all along Piave ^ and mountain fronts. Berlin reports ' a i no new gains. Battle reaches its cli- j ? iUi&A Ui iuij. , r I !? i;| . Chaos continues in Russia. Nearly , Whalf million Russian troops leave j trenches. Ukrainians declare inde- s pendence, leaving front open a | ? v British advance to within nine miles ^ r nf Jerusalem. ?0 ??????i? ? RED CROSS GARMENTS : ' TO BE BROl'SHT 1> V d The Red Cross supply committee re ^ quests the return of all hospital shirts ^ distributed during the summer and r early fall, whether finished or unfin- ' g ished. to the headquartrrs in the old .. vourthouse. by Wednesday, Nov. 28. \ L Any finished garrrents, either pa-. I jamas, hospital shirts, or other artiI cles of recent distribution, can also. be brought in by that date and packed it-*. > 111 LUIS , g p Thanking you for your co-operation. { ' j Miss Fannie McCaughrin, j a , / ' Chairman, j Miss Carolyn Cromer, Mrs. Homer Schumpert, : ^ Mrs. 'P. E Scott. c Mr. Paul E Anderson. i v Mr. T. Roy Summer, | Supply Committee. ^ - I -V Wicker-Long. On last Sunday Mr. . G. Wicker and : g Aliss -Rossell Long, both of Pomaria. ; -were married at St. Pawl's parsonage. v l the Rev. S. P. Koon officiating. p ENTERTAINMENT FRIDAY I AT S1LVERSTREET SCHOOL r I ;d The Ladies Improvement associa- C f tion will give a Turkey Supper at the T ? -1?~Rnildin? iSilvci an cci v-i k . _ Friday night Nov. 30. 1917. b I' Price 2"> and r>0 cents. Proceeds t Jor benefit of school. s ft There will be other amusements We promise you a good time. Come! h In the court of common pleas at Laurens last week the two cases of L. W. C. Blalock against P. M Pitts . and A. B. Blakely for the possession t of some mules over wincn a;j me auo gants held mortgages resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff. Mrs. Helen IF E. Sullivan won her suit against the , Southern Power company for alleged h damages to plaintiff's land by reason ^ of back water caused by the building of a dam across Reedy river. The suit was for $2,000. The verdict was $800. . d ir> n COTTOX .tfAKKET }c I Newberry 'h I Cotton 29 . s Seed . 1.08 w Prosperity S Cotton 28 3 4 Seed 1-08 Llltle Mountain s r - Cotton 29 o ' Seed 1.12 1 2 o fhappelis ti Cotton 29 ii Seed 1.14 'I Ktnards ti Cotton 28 1 2 o Seed * 1.06 cj Pomaria e: Cotton 29 1 8 sj Seed 1.09 1 2 t>. TVhitmire T Cotton zx * 4 Seed 1.05 h SiKer street it Cot tou 28 3 4 a . Seed 1.08 "1 r PROSPERITY CORRESPONDENT OX COMMUNITY FAIR already Preparing for the Next One ?Expects it to Surpass the One this Year. s fOnr ProsDerity correspondent sent . letter on the community fair with he list of blue ribbon winners but re could not get it in type and for his issue the The Observer has kinrly loaned us the list if printed whicr re take it is the same but we print lerewith what our own correspondent lad to say in the introductory aboat he fair.) i I Prosperity, Nov. 19.?The second antual Community Fair of^os. 9 and 0 Townships was held at Prosperity chool building on Thursday and iYiday. The exhibits were excellent he quality of everytning an impruveaent oyer last year. The first prize ras won by the Prosperity Communty Booth and was worthy of the tudy of everybody present. It was ppropriately planned?representing a hip of supplies for our boys in Yanee containing everything necesary for their welfare and comfort; vhile an exhibit of war breads, war akes, dried products and plenty of winter vegetables showed we are home oing our best to win the war. Big !reek booth came second and well ieserved the place. For it was well danned and very instructively placcrded. Here, too, were "war winning'' iroducts. Saluda community, came i for third place with plenty of eatbles, farm products, and canned oods. St. Lukes and Mt. Pilgrim .rere given honorable mention, and isrhtlv the judgfes said "They all de erve mention as excellent booths.'' The exhibit of live stock, cattle nd poultry showed what the people re doing with pure breds. At the same time the exhibit of the firls Canning clubs and Boys Corn lubs were held, and the excellent cork of these boys and girls undtfr he leadership of Misses Willie Mae Vise and Ethel Counts and T. M. fills was manifested. It is hoped that everybody will bein work right now to make next ear's Fair surpass this one. 7 Miss Jennie Rrth Courts T Brooks were quietly married Nov. 7 at the Lutheran Parsonage by Rev. .T. Shealv. Mrs. Brooks is the only - <? -ytv^ T? n augnter. 01 -vii. auu .uio. ^. 'ounts and was one of the leaders of 'rosrerity younger set. Mr. Brooks is a graduate of Newp-ry College and now holds a posiion at Xew Broohland as Supt. of the chool. Another Pitinful Accident. While bird hunting in the nei'jhborood of Mr. Bernard Carlisle's pla'e t the country Monday morning Xichlas Holies, who was alone a* the ime, met with a very painful accident n wheeling around suddenly he twis% "* * 1 ~ /) i,. o ?-?/-I V? <* rl f r\ r*7*11 W1 It niS KlieC lit;* iia>> v.? . bout a mile b 'fore he could reach a bene. Dr .1 K. Gilder is attending im and Xiok is doing as well as could e expected. His many friends sympathize with him in his unfortunate lishap. The abo\e w?-. written for T;;esay's paper. Sinre th^n tbp young ian has been able to walk out in the ity by the aid of his walking cane, is knee being stiff. His friends were lad to see him out. The accident as the result of his foot getting w ~ded where he was standing. We see by our exchanges that 'pos11ms are beino- caught in the streets f other cities besides Newberry. The ther night Dr. Robert Mayes was reirning home Wfcen he saw something 1 the street. He had heard of the >ossum Xed Purcell caught some me ago and no douht had also heard f the one the courthouse janitor^ ^Oftvninor o ft or onnth. iugm nit; uluci mvji iinife U.4.VW u?v/v.^r had been caught recently in the ime place, so he got out and capircd the thin?, after a little skirmish, he next morning he got his brother, Dr. Billie," to go with him to see is " 'possum.'* When Dr. Billie sa"<" he said: "This is no 'possum: it's muskrat.'' That's a good one on Dr. Bob." | V ALL THE OLD OFFICIALS RENOMINATED IN PRIMA. The city democratic executive co mittee met on Wednesday morning tabulate the vote and declare the suit of the primary held on Tuesc for mayor and aldermen had sch< trustees. There was no protest on contt The following is the result: There was only one candidate mayor, Z. F. Wright, and his vote v Ward 1, 80; Ward 2, 43; Ward 3, 1, 20; Ward 3, Xo. 2, 9; Ward 4, 1< Ward 5, 139. J. J. Langford recen one vote in Ward 2. In Ward one there were two can dates. P. F. Baxter received 49 a C. H. Williams 37. Baxter's major 12. In Waid 3 T. K. Johnstone was < only candidate and he received votes. Tri Tlrn * /! O P "P Cfnmmcr Tvac 1 A1HL Tf CI 1 VI O V> f A., K/UiAJ-uivt only candidate and he received votes at Club No. 1 and 9 votes Club Xo. 2. In Ward 4 J. A. Senn received votes and J. 0. Havird 55. Sen majority 13. Is Ward 5 W. H. \Hardeman ceived 136 votes and <}$. C. Carter Hardeman's majority 110. For school trustees L. G. Eskric from Ward 4 and J Y. .lones t'r W?rd 5 were nominated without < position. \ The candidates receiving the r joritv vote were declared nominate The expenses of the election w< paici ana wnai was jeit was ?iven the newspapers for advertising a printing tickets, and that did not qu pay the bills, but the newspapers v take it. A resolution was adopted extendi thanks t$ Chairman 0. B. Mayor s Vice-Chairman O. Klettner for th interest and efficient service. E. H. ATTLL, Secretary November 21, 1917 Tlln ro An T>! no o l i i*r \ vixiuxvii i. <\ uui i Court convened Monday, with Juc Man)din presiding and Stenosrapl Perrin at his desk. The visiting torrevs pre Messrs Herbert, Ran and Sutherlin, Mr. Herbert for 1 Parr Shoals company and Mr. Barr assisted by Mr. Sutherlin. for " Hentz. .The first case taken up v that of W' .T. Henttz against the P; Shoals company, suit for $20,000. T is the tenth time this case has h( docketed, and is the fifth ^trial. Thi have been three mistrials and < verdict for ?3.-"00. It will be recal that the company nppeale:: fr?m ' verdict and thero was another in trial, which made the third. The c; ii in progress as we go to press, o: a few witnesses having been exai ncd. The judge has ordered that ' jury on this case be kept under giu 1 il. . 2.^! ^ 1 _ -1 ^ niu uie inai is enuett. The following jurors were excus< J L. Shealv. H. L. Sligh. J. D. Sei FT. T. Onnuon arid .T. 0. C. Humphri T1e pbove wns prepared for o r I issue. The following jurors w< drawn in the places of those excus< R D. Smith. .T. T. Dennis. .T. White, .1. H. Clary, J. R Roozer. The court was engaged in the He: case up to the hour of recess. 1: o'clock. Thursday afternoon, when ffivon tr> +>io Siirv r?Vi cirio T" been allowed an hour and three qu; tors Thursday morning which t! was occupied by the arguments of I attorneys and the judge's charge, t plaintiff being represented by Mess Presslv P.. Barren and Eugene Rlease and the defendant by Mess R. Reverlv Herbert and W. H. Hun There are 79 cas^s congested in 1 common pleas here, about 3n of th( being against the Parr Shoals co pany. and the Hentz case alono costing this county lots of money. The jury at 4:2.r? o'clock returned verdict for Mr. Hentz in the sum J?,000. The jurors took a part of t three hours for dinner at the hotel The court is now engaged on o of the Tno D. Crooks' cases. A CARD T desire to express my thanks to t friends who voted for me in the reoc primary. T appreciate their kindly trest. I will gladly cooperate v.ir the successful candidates. C. H. Williams. ; CONGRESSMAN DOMINICK KV VISITS AT COLUMBIA m- v'ol nabia. Nov. 20. Hon Fred H. to Dominick, member of the national re- house of repersentatives, brought a lay full-sized congressional sneeze to 001 town l.nia luuruili^ ironi ;iis uuuit: at Xewberrv. He was looking into some ist. public matters in anticipation of a re, turn to Washington in two weeks for for the meeting of congress. "I am do?as iug very little talking/' he said beSTo. tween gasps of that bad cold, "and if / 36; you will excuse me I'm going in out *ed of the wet right back to Newberry . where the sunshines alike upon the idi- , godly and ungodly, and vhere hot md mustard footbaths and other good old 'ity South Carolina remedies can be found , for people "who contract these winter the colds."1 44 To t'riends Congressman Dominick ; said in addition to war legislation the oncoming session of the house and senate would see the introduction of at many bills of domestic concern to adjust the country to the new economic and social conditions forced on n s the people by war and war's preparations. re- mia t r< i t> n .1 t-lili'. i *Se To t^e Democratic Voters of Ward om 4. Newberry, South Carolina: ?P" I am profoundly rra refill to tbrswho supoorted me for Alderman at na~ the primary election on Tuesday. Nod vemher 20th. last. I desire to state er to all the Democratic voters that I have no feeling of bitterness toward md 0f you who voted against me. iite Now. ha vine been defeated, I am. as always heretofore, ready to offer ana render my services, to the best of ing my ability, to you for the upbuilding. in(* progress and elevation of our Ward. eir Municipality, County. State and N'a: tion. ' j Respectfully. J 0. Harvid. i ? i Haig and Hoover are giving muuvuJ O-p burg Sherman. ^er The barn of Mert Bedenbaugh o{ of. Prosperity route 4 v;as burned one ?n night iast week. The fiirb is supposed the to have been started by an incendiary. 0n' ?Tndirr fr' ek cor. Saluda Standard. \lWe also went over to the Parr Shoals power plant about six miles a,< away and saw the immense dam and his rond r?r the first time sine-* it h?.s * >?i been finished.?Delmar. cor. Leesvillc sre News describing a visit in and )n-> around Pomaria. Some dam and led pond isn t it? Juries frc>m the Xsv*_ the br-rrv courts have been visiting there lisfor the past three years, along with ise father -oo"!'.a !11 v There will he the ruglar service at ni?t. Ltihe's Eniscona! chnrch in this the , "itv Snndav afternoon at. 4:00 oV-oI'-'k iru by the rector, The Rev. TV. S Holmes A of T.aurens ^ } i: ^ T'irlc^vs were*5elling in Xetvherrv nn. Thursday at 2"> cents a. nound. and G^, some cotton brought rent; while as: eotton seed stood at Sl.OS. nro. Miss Pess Herbert of Xewberrv is ?d: visitins: Rev. and Mrs. W. T. Herneri. W. ?Greenwood Journal. Mrs. McHardv Mower. Mrs Cannon niz Please and Miss Maitie AcTams o\ 3ft Newberry were in the city vesterdav. ^ ?Greenwood Journal. 21st. iad ^ev. Kdw. Fulenwider, as a nresiar dent of the S. C Synod, will install me fhn Rpv. W. A. Reiser as pastor of St. ^0 Luke's Lutheran church at SummerIhe Sunday morning, after which he rs> will go to Charleston to install the - ?- - - ~ O C*4 S ; Rev. A. M. Huffman as paster in 01. rs Barnabas church in that city Sunday it. | ni*?ht. ^he Mrs. A. .C. Matthews of Newberry err, spent a few days in the city last weer: m_> with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. L. G. is ' Richardson.?Barnwell People. i Mrs. J A. Henderson is visiting friends in Laurens. [ a ! Louis Lurey and Wade Hamilton re^ 0( turned Thursday from Jacksonville! j10 ; Fla., where they had been on a wild j koosc chase. no Miss Janie Howe, after visiting her viother in Jackson, Ala., is visiting ! 1 er aunt. Mrs. J. R. Hunter, i.i Xew( berry, where she is so pleasantly he ; known. ;nt ' The voire of the silver-tongued orl in- | tor. Lawyer Eugene S. Blease. is ii j : ~ain heard ringing in the court j house, to the pleasure of the manv j friends of in the city and county. (y ' >< > <$> <0> ?> ' / - < ' # \ | ?? <?> !< THE IDLER " i ^?> <$- > > < > J- i '? -. / <.?> *' ; 1 ! J T!.e oditrr teils me that a good lady a j of this town, who is a native to the v I manver bcrn. savs she wonders why i t] I do not write some more and tell. ti | some Things that should be done in | t1 this town, ana mat sne is jum uus- , v ting'" to tell them, but she wants; ii me to "bast" for her at the' t job. She thinks it is a great mis-! p j fortune that this town seems so well! p ! satisfied with its noble self until j v it is really taking the dry rot, ami; ^ j needs to be stirred up from center; v i to centre and from centre to eireum-1 t , ference and so on and so on to the g ; end. She has travvlley some in her d ! time and knows some things, because ' *? 1 ? a A<-' man rv sne nas ueen <1 nuse ui?ci * ci ui mui <j and things, and women tco, I reckon, t , from what the editor says cf her, but t ! why she wants me to "bust" for her c I do not exactly and correctly under- a stand. t o- 11 Well, to tell the downright trutl), :-s I always do when T can, there ^re a great many things that might i be donp for the betterment of this ' community, and that should be done, (i and yet. taken all in all and alto- 1 :ethe" with all things considered, it [ is a pretty good sort of a community, 1 and a pretty good place to live in. that is. if you just want to live and stay here, and that is about all any of us can do. We are not as social * and as public spirited'as we might be. F sometimes think myself, and we are lacking a little?yes. a great big littie?in public spirit. But when the show down comes and we are put c f to the test we generally come across >retty well. We do not get together r in a social wav enough That is. the men of the community. The women, J bless their dear souls, havp more sort of clubs than almost any other community I ever read about, and I often : .Yonder how those who belong to all of them ever manage to do anv housekeeping or o-ive the kids ana the old man any of their time. But I reckon thev do. * -o- c This lack of the social feature among the men is a .rood breeder of f,plfi?,hness which is the bane of any community, and does more to retard progress than anything you coulfl hink of in a. whole dav of real hard s n thinking It keeDs us from seeing i ourselves as others see us. and we only see through a glass very darkly. c rnd the more selfish we g<'t the more 1 cloudy becomes the glass. We should j stand on the corner occasionally and 0 watch onr noble selves go by. anl ^ hoar the remarks tbafc an- made of Q ff would do us arood and maybe _ a * * ^ ^ r r?ke out some 01 inai m.j i v..m . r taken possession of the little bri 0 ore-"; of the community. And yet. and t( ve?1 T reckon it's i;i! ri^'it o" it j. -r.;-!'Vt be. ' -0- v Rut really I wonder what this good I lady was wanting me to "bust" in her I . place about I break out sometimes, o and while I think I am really making t :> grent big noise, it does not seem h -? * * a a * _ r_ to be making a rustic or trie nine u leaves everu You know, as I have re- C marked aforetime, this is really a verymaterial and commercial age in whicn we are living, and the chants are t i being.wrung so fast that one to make s n very great noise, even if in the very " ' act of "busting/' he must have the e : "dough." or no one in thp community t ; will hear the rustle of the breeze, ji f reckon that is a gc-od expression, a j any way let it so at ^hat. von know v what T mean. I never was much of tl ' a money holder. If T had the stuff, tl T think 1 could be a eood spender, tl | There are really some people in this C i (Id, town who have a little money? z " none of them arc rich?and I really e feel sorry for them, for wliftt little v : they have worries them very much, t 5 , beca-i.se thcv do not know how to f< ! , spend it. and I wish r could have a k little of it sometimes just to show t1 , them how to enjoy life. Nov.'. don't c ' J 1 _ j,.. ^nnnln/liinr T ; Pli.-illill!ei'SIII 11(1 Ilie l)} iV/iuui;ih " ? ! would spend it in riotous living or b in self-indulgences, not that, no, no. a hut I would go abou;: making other I p? o ;le happy by helpfno: those who ' r.c >d help without letting them \ EWBKRKY FItfHTS ERSKI\E TOBA* Today at 3:3u o'clock things y hum up college way. The rack?$ nd noise will already be well on th*-f? rav, and twenty-two fighting, wellrained warriors will be in their pfcsi ion opposite eac hother waiting f*>r he thud of the first kick off. Tbrr*. .ill be taut nerves, tense faces poking hearts, as the whistle btiows. an* hen in a flash these there will be ilaced by determination, gritty wit* lower, and a fight to the finish. All for fhat? To see which team can win? res, in one way But in another, to see t'hich team is the iramcr, the grittiev he better instilled with that never :ive-up spirit, ror ine ixjuer iw?oes not always win. Today the Indians wind dp a wee* f steady, strenuous practice whit hey expect to be a well-earned vicory. Under the guidance of the new oach things have been moving at an mazing rate, for when Bob PfofcS akes charge of something it literally turns. The team has been rearransrefl nd the line-up shifted, so that it now ooks like an entirely different fool >all machine. mere is an uuucc >unch and drive to the present Italian aggregation that has not "bee* here before. And it's a safe bet that hat punch and drive will not dim?sh any as the battle proceeds. Erskine and Newberry tip t!*icales at about the same weight, >oth are li<rht, speedy teams. A raw reat is in store for sport enthusiast* his afternoon, both in speedy foot>all and clean Play. Mr. VanMetre, Columbia, whorls well known to Ncw)errv supporters, will regulate prts:eedings, and fhat is all need be sai# or the officiating. So whatever the outcome, just rtnember that those who represent Ujc scarlet and Gray are fighting. an4 'JV ighting hard. Take yourself towart College Park today and see how Nemjerry fights! W. 0. W. Meeting The members of Newberry Cans* Co. 542 are requested to meet at GClettner's Hall Monday night, ? >'clock. Nov. 26. 1917. Businpss ot nueh importance. F. H. Campson. Clerk. Box Party. There will be a box party at Foy'r ehcol-house Friday- night. Nov. 23r<8 " here will be enjoyments for aE .Tie proceeds will go for the hen< fe? if the school. The public is c.ordia?*? nvited. now I was helping them, and I vsoall ive a lot of fellows?good feJJo'^s? hat 1 know in this community, a hance to do something worth nd I would not. make them fe,') hey were under any obligations ?? ny one. T>':t these fellcws nr.. goisg d hold what they got until the engle queals, and then ~k- :r:J ' o rarrie# ver to Rcteemont n : : .cr^eboi'y e)s? /ill quarrel over what they leave 4d make folks happy, that's whatf 'd do, and I wouldn't crush the life f the men who arc really making he little money that these felloes, ave. Nothing personal in this. 1 iave no one in particular in mini. ), you know what f mean. -o Really, Mr. Editor, excuse' me tbi* imp and tell the good lady, whoever he may be. that I am willing bust" for her. and T will make the ffort the next time I can fim! tirae o write. I am exceedingly bnsj List now doing nothing but thiwVra? bout this awful war in which rJie :orld is engaged, and 1 am ?nVr hinkinsr quiVtly and not saying aayhing. You know, it is a terrlMte hing even to think, with all of oar 'hristianity and our boasted rtV?<r atior^ anr! progress, uiai a?; v?> nergies and resources should be *eoted to making engines of destrseion. and that the people should er for something to eat and iv.^ pep them warm and all that, awl hat peace and liberty should hare t# onie by force of arms and murder !ut I reckon it is right or it woatdirt e. Out of suffering and tribnlatSnt m\ travail come life and hapj?irte*s. lut I don't think aloud, you kn?nr. Tore next time. The I 5