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A> INTERESTING LETTER ...VlTIiECIATED BY IS The following fine and important letter is appreciated bv The Herald 1 ; and Xews because we know that the i riocorvo? pvprv word of it: ? CV J yil ..I ^ _ "Greenville, S. C., "Nov. 12th. 11)17. i ''My Dear Mr. Ezell: "It gave me a great deal of pleas-! nre to learn a few days ago of the, results of the recent examinations in I Ostometry in Columbia. Do you know i that your percentage was second on ; the list? '^Permit me to offer my heartiest i congratulations. "I trust that the good people of; your town will awake to 'he realiza- f i tion of what they owe to one of your! calibre, and that your high-class work will be appreciated. j "Trusting I may have the pleasure; of seeing you in the near future, I am. "Vin wa varv rMO^Ctfully, "Fred. W. Nicholson.! The December American Magazine. Dr. Frank Crane, the famous editorial writer, has written for the De-? cember American Magazine an article called "If I Were Twenty-One the Things I Would Do.*' Every young man in America should read it. Hoi -e -."U worthy Hall begins a series oi snun stories with "Straight From Headquarters."Getting Next to People" will help you to do so: "The Book That Helped Me Most'' is full of good things: and "Russett and Golid." a love story by William Dudley Pelly. will hold you from first to last. t mvic k "G<v*retf. the famous drug store man. has written an article filled ^ith good suggestions for business men; Marguerite Clark tells about her experience on the stage and in th^ r^ones: and "Detroit'' is the second city to be'dealt with in "The Flavor of the Cities.'' H. C. Witwer has a funny story in this number, and with the other articles and stories, an excellent number is completed. How Liggett Sells His Goods Louis K. Liggett, of the Liggett t\ >,oe ar) ar{jcje f0r iurU'5 cwico, uu? <..? >? the December American Magazine in which he says: "We have given a great deal of thought to the item of color alone, to find what kind of ribbon on candy boxes, for instance, and what color in various other wrappings will attract the largest number of buyers. In selling candy we have to keep it constantly in mind, too, that while women are the candy eaters, men are apt to be the candy buyers?especially when it ?+/% tho hi^her-uriced goods. VULUC3 ?o ^ _ Tht v buy for gift purposes. And a man will, of course, pay more for a box of candy to take to his sweetheart than she would pay if she were buying it for herself. <rWe make it a point in our stores to have what might be called suggestive grouping of articles. When a man comes up to buy a safety razor, he finds various other toilet accessories? shaving soap, talcum powder and the like?in the same case, or near by, where his eye may easily take note of them. If he needs any such articles he r>f the fact and. perhaps, Ii3 1 V. ask5; for them. Our clerks are Instructed to make tactful suggestions about other articles the customer might need, but are careful not to make this offensive.*' Things the War Cannot Destroy The December Woman's Home Companion says: j "The war, with all its changing effort. and need and sorrow ard sacrifice. and massive endeavor, will pass by at last, and new problems will con-' front us: but the old human glories and immortalities?love, brotherhood, devotion. kindness, understanding. gentle wisdom, self-forgetfulness, and . high endeavor?these will remain on.. permanent and full of promi: : to the soul. It is these T would ask you not to forget or ignore in planning for your soldiers' Christmas, no. nor in J spending your own Christmas ho-^ -it: home; some gift and salutation fo" th >' i spirit, and some generous spending of | t>ur own spirits, some giving, on our own part, of the very things our men liave many of them given, for our j sakes. and so generously. j "iAlways i take a look each year at the unchanging Christmas stars: the same through so many, manv chang-! mg aees, shining like symbols of the j lorelv things of the spirit that endure: J but it seems to me they will mean more to me this Christmas than ever j tfcey have meant before, when T shall - - - i remember?as haw. indeed, coiiin \\v; foreet?the thousands upon thousands | of soldiers vho under wlmt changed i and chansring conditions are maintaining the old and lovely things that en| iure, and who are perhaps looking up fit the Christmas stars, also.'' GIANT TASK OF REnitNSTRUCTION! BEFORE MEXICO I i Country Is War-Worn, Hungry j and Nearly Bankrupt I WANT AMERICANS TO RETURN Government Urges Foreigners to Reopen Mines and Restore Industries ?People Making Sincere Effort to Return to Peace and Prosperity? ilia's Haunt Is Still Isolated. Northern Mexico again is safe in spots, and almost sane. Banditry no longer is proniaoie. xowns ana rancues; have been looted and relooted until there Is nothing left worth taking. Foreigners, eoccept the Germans, who were driven there for safety, have abandoned the country to its fate and starvation faces the whole people. Unable to get food from the United States, Mexico now has begun to raise Its own food. Order has been restored ! in many parrs or me repuonc, mure especially in the states of the north, and men who for six years have given no thought to peaceful vocation now are working in fields, mines or factories and are contributing their labor to the efforts of the government to restore normal conditions in the\COuntry. World conditions make the task of j rehabilitating Mexico a gigantic one. | The country has no finances, and be- j onuse of the war cannot borrow where j formerly money was easy to obtain, j The Carranza government, failing in j every effort to float a loan, has ap-1 1 ?1 *- ~ 4.1*^ Mi. ftm V V* r* nflnnKi ^ pt'itltJU IU lilt? pati ivixaui Ul Hie ; and has started & campaign for a ' popular loan which all classes are' supposed to help raise, workers by I giving a portion of their wages, soi-1 diers by relinquishing one day's pay i each month and mining and ranching j companies, merchants, manufacturers j and bankers by submitting to increased ! taxation. Progress Is Still Slow. Apparently a sincere effort is being | made by Mexicans generally to return I to peace and prosperity, but the difficulties are admittedly great, and re- j ports from interior stares show that ; ? f Ar?4- V> o nrli- I progress IS SiUW. Aiic gitru-tcoi. uauui- j cap is the refusal of American and j British mine owners to reopen their properties. Despite claims set forth j by the Mexican government's publicity i department that all American-owned i mines in Chihuahua have resumed ac- j tivity, most of the American raining i men who formerly were in Mexico now j are in Arizona, New Mexico or on the ' border, operating mines on the Ameri- : can side or waiting for Mexico to lift ; the heavy burden of taxation which j has been placed upon foreign-owned mines by the Carranza government, i The cry of Mexicans for a "Mexico , for Mexicans" has been answered. ! There are few foreigners in Mexico, although now there is apparently a disposition by some former foreign residents of the republic to return there. # i Americans who have returned from trips of Inspection into the interior say anti-American feeling appears to have subsided and that in its place now is a desire to get the American money which once made Mexicans prosperous. i The states of Chihuahua and Sonora always largely dependent upon foreign money and foreign energy to carry on their industrial activity are bidding now for a return of the Americans. In Sonora the notorious Camera de los Obreros or labor council ?v i ^ T'rwiiHlocorno tn 4 ItlPT \Y I11VJII |HU>CU SU uvuuivuuiuv ican mining men by its demands has been abolished by Gov. C. G. Soriano in an edict just issued at Hermosillo. In place of the obnoxious council has been substituted a committee of conciliation appointed by the state government which has none of the arbitrary powers of the former council. Sonora mines, notably the Cananea properties the largest in the state, show 110 signs yet of resumption, but Mexican officials say they have been encouraged to believe that a general nf mining is shortlv to be ICSUIllJ^lluu vi * 0 v expected. In Chihuahua and Durango, the principal mining states of the republic. few foreign-owned mines are operating, and the great Chihuahua smelter of the Guggenheims still is Idle, officials of that company saying there is no present intention of reopening the plant, which normally _i *- s ftOft man in Qmpl gives employment tu ^jvw uu^u ter and mines. , Villa's Haunt Still Cut Off. Durango, where is Francisco Villa, the bandit leader, with the remnant of his forces, still is closed to either foreign or native efforts at restoration. Although believed to have but a few men left, Villa still is feared and his presence io the mountains of Durango, where raids upon villages, ranches and mines are bein^ made, makes Americans chary of returning there, and native Mexicans, except those enjoying immunity through former affiliation. continue to give Villa and his men a wide berth. In border Mexican cities fiestas and public entertainments of various kinds, with gambling as a leading attraction, are being given to raise mon?y for th< < government. Already Chihuahua Citj ; lias contributed nearly one hundred vthousand pesos n this way, and Juarea in one kermess gathered in 2r>,t?A pesos, mostly from Americans \vh< went there from El Paso to participate in the festivities and contribute to th? gambling profits. Another kermess b planned in Juarez which is expecte< to increase by ">0,000 pesos the populai fund. Invitations to this kermess sa> "Bring Your Money With You." am there is no attempt to hide the pur pose, which is to get all the Americar money that possibly can be gathers in. Hunger Tames Revolutionists. There is no element of humor ir Mexico's efforts to drag itself fron the state of helplessness which revo infirm nnd banditry have cast th< country into. Hunger stalks through out the land and the efforts of the peo pie to win back prosperity is pitiful All the fight has been driven from th< masses. Americans returning from former seats of revolutionary activity say the spirit of the people is brokei and no man could start a revolution The people are hungry and crave onl] food. German agents who have per sistently tried to arouse feeling agalns the United States find that the Meii cans will accept their money and spent It, but that there is no inclinatior among them to resume a hostile atti tude. Only from Americans can JSiexi cans hope for aid now, and they freely admit that they have no feeling agalns "Gringoes." From reports reaching border Amer ican towns it is learned that agricul tural activity gradually is being re sumed throughout central Mexico, an( with good seasons there is promise oi food crops sufficient to relieve press J l AT7i tV, mrn ?nH hpnn< Illg llUU&ci. mill ...... available, Americans believe the Mexl cans will make petter progress to ware a return cO normal conditions. Th< passing of banditry also is regardec as a hopeful sign. Skeptical About Carranza Rule. Neither Mexicans, as a whole, noi foreigners look upon the present Car ranza government as the kind needec in Mexico now, but it Is better than th< lack of any government, and there ap pears a disposition among most Mexi cans to give what aid they can to th< government In its efforts to save th< country from total ruin. The Carranzt effort to raise 1">0,000.000 pesos by pop ular subscriptions is regarded gener ally as a failure from the start. t>ul It is appealing to the patriotism of tin natives and is expected to exert a goot influence, which later may prove 8 di rect and material blessing. One of the hopeful signs in northerr Mexico is the attention being given b> the government to restoring the prin cipal highways connecting the cities With little money available, the wort is difficult, but already eleven high ways have undergone improvement which makes them at least capable 01 bearing traffic. Railroad service als( is being restored in a measure, uu the wrecked condition of practically every railroad in the republic makes the service uncertain and meager Restoration of telegraph lines is undei way, but it, too, is handicapped by th( lack of funds with which to obtain ma Serial and pay workmen. Largest Mines Remain Idle. Summed up, Americans interested ir Mexico say the country, while in bet ter shape as regards the safety of for eigners,. is not a good place jet foi Americans, and few Americans hav< any idea of returning to their prop erties there. American-owned prop erties, such as the Alvurdo Mining company at Parral, the Corrigari-Mc Kinney properties, the Greene-Cananef properties in Sonora, the Cusihuriachi< properties and the mines and ranch ing properties owned by foreigners ir Durango, Coahuila, Aguas Caliente; and San Luis Potosi still are idle Smelflers of the American Smelting ant Kefining company at Monterey, Aguas Calientes and Matehuala are being op erated in a small way, but they ar< the only properties showing any ac v.? -r nocnmn tjvity or any promise ui can; iwu^ tion. Germans are operating mines, mill; and ranches in many of the interioi states and are said to be receiving every encouragement from the Mexieai government, but they are not numer ous enough to aid materially in restor ing the industrial stability of the coun try. TWO AMERICANS WIN CROSS FOR BRAVERY jjg Mr. Keys and Mr. Agar of the Amer ican {ir.oulance service, who hav< been decorated with the Croix d< Guerre for bravery under fire. J ' THE S(K1AL SIDE > OF BILLY SIMM V ) . Just as Earnest as When Before th<i Footlights, l?uf With Simple Dignity He Preached 1 Jane Dixon in Atlanta Journal. 15i 11 v Sundav. looking a.s tho'iiah ii^ I i .1 j hat1 ja'U stepped oi-t of page two of the Proper-Attire-For-Men section,! : style book for 1917. "broke in-o'' At-j i lanta society Thursday morning. i The occasion was the first of tho J meetings tor society women which j ' members of the Sunday party will J conduct vi Atlanta on certain mem- ! ins:s durir ? every week of the cam-j ? r>9 icrn - f- *o~ , i , "pjip ''r*t r>cc!!' red 3t the ^^ri^ion on i ' Pear-^rr-e Street, with Gov. and Mrs. j H'i?h M r'-?**sev the hosts, and ?bout| 7 r.ft o*- <*0 people presert by special cardj - invitation. t Most of them were women. ranging j from deb^t^rt#^ and subdebs to ma-j tronly branch dames and <>randmother=j i who were bel\es in the '6-Os. all more j . n- less prominent in Atlanta's social, 7 "-oWd. Onlv a handful of men were i . i c nrp^ent?Governor Dorsey. Ex-Gov. | Joseph M, Brown, Dr. E. L. Connally, i Walter P. Andrews, Frank Callaway J . and a few others. 1 Thev came in electrics and limou-} ? finae Hnod un alnnf* Pparhtrpe Street in front of the mansion as though j * some brilliant reception were in pro-! j srress. Governor and Mrs. Dorsey "re? reived" at the door, the guests taking 1 seats in the three rooms opening onto the reception hall in special chairs provided. Billy, Mrs. Sunday, Rody and George I Brewster arrived on time. As predicL? ed in advance by Charlie Outlaw, Billy, - was groomed to a hair. He wore the ? niot arw! ra7.nv creased IlUV.l\ VWUI wmi i trousers that lie did on his first morn' :nz in .Atlanta, black and white fourin-hand with jeweled scarpin, patent t :'y Reasons! M kj| Why you should use ggiL ' * ffjhl Cardui, the woman's " tonic, for your troubles, . ^ ' k | have been shown in ? kM thousands of letters from r? I C actual users of this medi- ; > K T cine, who speak from g&w t personal experience. If pS; " the results obtained by L ^ ' ^ | other women for so many 5, W years have been so uni ' formly good, why not L ^ P ^ ' give Cardui a trial? Sky Take <pt nnvif l>ri H JUII1! I I ^ The Woman's Tonic "' ^rs* J* *rv*n' of 1 r' wj Cullen, Va., writes: F& - - kv^l "About ^ years ago, I * i ?|y suffered untold misery |?w , ^ with female trouble, bear- j -, ing-down pains, head- : i | ache, numbness ... I PR i 3 would go for three weeks L | ! almost bent double ... pm 1 ^ My husband went to Dr. 1 ^ ^ fcfrj *or Cardui . . . Ilk ~ i After taking about two bottles I began going gk . ^jUI around and when I took v^j three bottles I could do jL ^ 5 fey ^ my work." E-SO ] CHANGES OF SCHEDULE OX SOUTHERN RAILWAYj | | ^ Herewith statement showing chang-j cs in the Southern Passenger trams , ! at Newberry, S. C., effective November ; : 11th. 1917 as follows: ; * No. 15 Sou. train due at Newberry j S:4S a. m; no changes. No. IS, Sou. train due at Newberry! 12:20 p. m; 5 minutes later. No 17 Sou. train due at Newberry j 2:55 p. m.: 5 minutes later. No. 1G Sou. train due at New-berry; 8:2." p. m: 31 minutes later. No changes on C. N. & L. R. R. T. S. Lefler, T. A. j Newberry, Nov. 6, 1917. ! NOTICE OF JURY DRAWING ! I Notice is hereby given that we, the; I i:mlersigned Jury Commissioners fori j Newberry County, S. C., will at the office of the Clerk of Court for New-! j berry County at nine oVl^-1- * m. No-j " ^ " - nnA V VOmf}?r J bill. II i , UpC.ii> aim uv*4^v I draw the names of thirty-six f36> men.! who shall serve as Petit Jurors at the Court of General Sessions which will convene at Newberry Court House, December 3rd. 1917. and will continue for one week. r C. C.. Schump.-rt. ; i .7. B. Halfarce. .Tno. C. Goffgans. j g J:?ry Commissioner for 3' Newoeerry County, S. C. Noyember 5, 1917. leather shoes, himself shavpt! to the quick. Kody. too, was in black frock coat, win?; eollr.r. I.ick tio. The others were in keeping with the event. While Billy stoo i by a marble toplei table in the hall, looking over the notes bo alawys carries in a little leather boun i loose leaf book. Rody lod th ns?c:.:bly in several hymns, "vept for ,,?ri;xhten the Corner Where You Are " they were not or' the is/ai tajernacie ?i};e. dl:i in-' o.a .'" yarns we ail love?"Rock of Ages'' and "Jesus, Lover or* My Soul." Some of the women had brought heir knitting with them. They knif.ied while they sang and I kept my eye one womnn who knitted her way in the door, knitted all the time sh? -as there, and knitted her way out into her automobile. * 't.AT * '-"o^o by Rody, "My Wonderful D-e^m.'* Billy prayed. Again the quieter note, suitable to the occasion. struck, for Billy did not be?in his rraver with his usual abrupt, <sSay, Je^us." but pronounced a reverent. "Unr jr-tier m neaven. That, to me was tbe ntost nWsintf part of the meetin??that while Billy ore societv clothes to talk to society women, and while he did not wax vehement or acrobatic, but was nnfet anrl more sobered than usual, i-ot never once did he seem not a^nuine . Pefo"^ tbe meeting: T ^ad heard a lot of t/>Tk about, polish and plush that oave me the wron^ impression of what T might expect. At these society affairs T was given to understand that Piilv w~s the suave and smooth eccles inst^al tvr>e, and that his conversation won Id all about Ruskin and Brown-, in'- and high brow subjects. ivell. be did not jump up on the i? '> ?I > ronped table, nor take off his' his collar. But he was just , r,,K] pn^psjf ;,nr| sincere as ],-> iias ] port nt many of his quieter co?rons ?t tb?^ tabernacle. And he toR-pri ^tbincr but the ol-l time reH?-ion .T'*sus Christ. God and saiva- ' tion. A-"1 t ?jjiad 1>e 'I'd* Tt ?*1 f f ' '11 ' v v - - . bv^ociti1 "nr p fo^V i*v1 1*' -' " . T>oi t^ipt <s'tp-?1p Chri0'1 ' ** can -b(? ff mnoh in place at a society retention ps in a savdust strewn tab' <.vnpoie. with the li"hr<? blazing and <^-e~vbody booming "Sail On! Sail On!" ' I i His whole sermon was built around , Henry Van Dyke's story "The Lost Word/' which you may remember. tells of Hermos of Antioch, who rei nounced Jesus when the ragan priest offered him in exchange pleasure, riches, success, fame. Billy Sunday t^ok that story; he told it simply, ana be. raado the case of Hermos of Antioch analogous to the case of any of us today who trade Jesus Christ for. j ?' rnmmmsm rBRIGHlE^ T Flood the room with me Strong enough to illumina tirely free from uncomfor RAYO LAMPS light IfljH the gallery and touch a m. ive in design, they are a No cheap filigree work to If vour dealer doesn't ] nearest station. Aladdin Security Oil satisfactory results from 1 ; / STANDARD O! ? Washington, D. G. (New Je n^ Norfolk,Va. BALTIMO Richmond. V*. the things of the world. "Ah." said Billy, "you can have ,:iin'T this old world c:.:i give you. my iriends. but you'll find that it's froth when you coins* to dritt out with the tide unless yoj hav;? "esus. You take tne world if you want to, hi*r ?:ive me Christ.'' KETAILEKS TAKE NOTICE riONM'MEKS TAKE NOTICE I'NCI.E SAM 'tViLL (iET YOI D. R< Coker, food administrator, has received a telegram from the food administration. Washington, of which the tollowing is an extract: "Statute expressly forbids contracts for thf purchase of any food commodity in excess of purchaser's reason able requirements. This is to be determined according to custom in normal times and general practice or other persons similarly situated. Dealers should not sell to persons who are buying beyond their reasonable requirements. Twelve cents is far too much for retailers to charge for sugar. Their action constitutes violation of section 4 whether they are licensed or not. We can not fix to cents or any other price in terms of. figures, but no retailer should obtain more profit than he has normally enjcyed or sugar without benefit speculative advances. Please warn all wholesalers that they must not sell ' r> ivhn flro * Hie \ lOlatlnl* I:?n. See general rule 17.' Section 4 roads as follows: "The licenses shall feell sugar at not more than a reasonable advance over the actual purchase price of the particular goods sold without regard to the market or replacement value at the time of such sale.'' General rule 17 reads as follows:' ^ 1! , ? ? A a ^^1 1 l'n ATT'ITI Cr 1 r oftll 1 lit? licensee Mian ii*/L ov.** > any food commodities to any person engaged in the business of se ling sueli commodity, who shall, after this regulation goes into effect, violate the provisions of the act of congress approved August. 10. 1917. by making any imreasonable rate or charge in sellin e or otherwise handling or dealing '* > such commodity or by holding, con' or-tina: for or arranging for a quaintitv thereof in excess of the reasonable requirements of his happiness for use or sale by him for a reasonable time FOI? MLK?<i??d Pine and Oak wcod on the Stump 6 miles, Newberry, S. C. 0. Klettner. 1120-4tp 1 Ir TKESP.VSS NOTICE?All persons are hereby warned and forbidden ?.o trespass by hunting, fishing, moving or cutting down timber, or in any manner whatever, upon the lands of the undersigned unaer penalty of the law, J, L. Bowers. ll-20-4tp HE CORNERS Mm How, usable Rayo light. 11 ite a lar^e room?yet enlike a gas jet. Just raise atch. Simple and attract- |||lH n ornament in any room. keep you busy cleaning. Mm ffi liave them, write to our V