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* ^ ' VOLUME LT, M'MBER * " 3fEWBERBY, S. Cm n I^lv > DAT /AM A III 11 10 !8. ^ TWICE A Y?"EEK, $1.^0 A YEAR. ??????? ?'?- 11 ' " ?* - ' " ' a T ' " **" 1 ^ ?, <->.. I , I ? / ! ! I ?- !*> I ' XMMUM ? ? til ? M I ! rail II aw* m . t i Stubborn Fight p Nation W . The House Judiciary Comm .Proposition of Amending t i the Liquor I Columbia, Jan. 10. i u A stubborn fight in the/bouse K ?gainst ratification of the prohibition amendment to the constitution of the Hi l7nited States was presaged last night vhen the house judiciary committee submitted a faborable rep?rt upon the joinfiresolution by the bare majority of one . Seven members of the I committee, it was learned, voted for F the favorable report, and six for the unfavorable. Opponents of the amendement urge that the regulation To Move To Xewebrry. l Aaderson Tribune, 8th. B. T. Anderson, the genial proprieffP tor of The Anderson Dry Goods company. announces that he will begin Friday a closing out sale. He ex pects to return to his old home at Newberry where he will open up business as soon as he closes out here. V Mr Anderson lias made many warm friends during his stay here who will regret to part with him, as veil as Mrs. Anderson, who is an Anderson lady, being miss Pickle before her marriage to Mr. Anderson a few monins ago. t Bring Us We are in the kinds of ^ i Tim Pin ^ | A IAV A Wtl I To the I .Plea, aci *cere thanks ^appreciation acts of kindnt v patronage ex . I during the pa L |> We solicit < J ? of the same B yoirto serve ; | ana to the I. ability. T o ciuring 1918 ^ J mg of money ??rir- & '- '?."II * ?Vr -iifn r ^ Presaged On ide Prohibition lijee Evenly Die ide J on t he he Federal Constitution on I ' Qaesrion. i of tbe liquor traffic is a police power which belongs to the state and that the prohiblionists can urge nothing but sentiment in its favor, as the States now have ample power, which they ought aot to surrender, to control the liquor ti^ffic. In both houses ; bills have bean introduced to refer the matter to the people. Tbe house killed the two-cent passenger rate by an aye and nay vote cf 59 to 26. JnoT K. Aull ? I I - ?JUJ m mv SX^XVT-.vr* Anne 0. Ruff & Co. The Wholesale Cipr Store j i 1 I We carry a line of Cigars that will please your trade | and repeat. Acne 0. Ruff & Company : BBmnm Your Peas market for ail field peas. rr.ell Co. cept ~our sin- 1 and heartfelt 1 for the many I 3ssand libera) 1 tended to us i st year. 1 si continuance 1 and promise 1 you faithfully g best of crur I trade with us 8 I means a sav- | ' to you. I 1 a IlMl 1 h r, POASTMASTER BOJYEKS RESIN'S. After Faithful Service of Nearly Waif (.eutary Voluntarily Retire* Town Has Had Only two Postmasters in History. I Prosperity, Jan 10?Since Prosperity 1 ? A ^ A-V* /\??/s U/v^rA Vv/NATT A?l? nac oeen a iuvvxz uicxc ua?c uccu wui? two postmasters. First, Mr. David Kibler, then our prejent postmaster, >Ir. L. S. Bowers, who has served con} tinuously for 40 years, being appoint' er by President Grant ! j It goes without the tilling that Mr. Bowers has been a popular and efficient postmaster as he has been rexppointed by each successive adinistration. Mr. Bowers has sent in his resignation to take effect as soon as his J successor is appointed. I Mr. Bowers lias the distinction of ! holding this position the longest in the State if not also in the I'nite'i j States, and Prosperity regrets his re1 tirir.ent fromm business. Mr . Francis <Bobb Prosperity's i eldest merchant is very ill v.ith pneuj monia. j; The v Winthrop girls returned to I ' nlipQ-p frr'iv Misses Wheeler (Cairo \ Vvche, Susan Quattlebaum, 1 Grace Sease, Lazette Counts, Mary j DeWalt Hunter, Ruth Hunter, Ellen Wheeler, Moss FelJers, Susie Langforn, Josephine May. Misses Doris Kohn -and Katie Mae Xance left today for Columbia college. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Taylor or Bates| burg are spending awhile with Mr. A. G. "Wise. i Dr. and Mrs. 0. B. Simpson are home from Salisbury, Md.^ where they spent several weeks with Mrs. Simp* ' son's mother. ! ??_ j *? t ? v j .3T. ana XVJT-*j u, ?. JliiVt* i visiting relatives in Fairfax maki*s ' the trip in thier now Piedmont car. Misses Dennis of Xe-vVbe-,"?*v. | of Winnshoro and Dixcn of Florence ! r.-ill resume their work in the Pros! perity school. ; Mr. T. A. Dominick has ron;> to Columbia to attend the legislature. E. 0. Counts, Jr., of Camp Sevier . has hcen home on a short furlough. I Misses Willie Mae Wise and EtTiel i Counts our efficient county canning AilnVk ^ornftnatirstnrc ore tijlrin!? 5L special coi.rse at Winttnop. j Mi?s -Xoraee Cousins of ?Cewben7 jhoc; bepTi visiting Miss Ruby Mae i Merchant. i Mr and Mrs A. G. Wise and Mr. A. H. Hawkins were business visitOM to Columbia Wednesday. ! PRESIDENT WILSON'S PLAN FDR WOJGLTV WIDE PEACH (Br The Associated Press.) ! Washic'ton, Jan. 8.?President WHcon 1 p'Mre^sipg Congress delivered a re-statement of war aims *- nirree^-~*t t^e re^e^t declara tion by the British premier, DaT< IJov/l George. The president present1 ed <3efin.~:'"? r^ fo-** eoTitaminir fourteen specific considera^ tions. Thp president presented the following as necessary elements ?f : world peace. I 1?Open convenants of peace wilhj out private internationals inlersiand; ings. ! 2?Absolute freedom of the seas j , in peace or war except as they may ! bp closed by international action. 3?Removal of all economic bar! Hers and establishment of equality 1 of trade conditions. a^o71^ consenting ot peace and associate themself'^ for maintei^n' e 4?Guarantees for the reduction of national p"?*maT? m thn point consistnt with domestic safety. 5?Impart'al adjustn-eit or' all colonial claims based upon the princinle that the people concerned have equal weight with the interest of the gov eminent. \J 6?Evacuation of nil Russian terri[ftody and opportunity for Russias % political development. 7?Evacuation of Belgium without any attempt to limit, her sovereignty. <S?All French territory to be free! and rectorPd. and reparations for the 9?Readjustment of Italy's from taking of Alsace-Lorraine. j t;ers and on clearly re^oTnizahle lines ' of nationality 10?Freo~t opportunity for auto j irono"? rleyo70'",crr*vr,t of tho rrorIn<5 | of Austrian !-7rnp:nry. "P}v?*'MT>f'"~n fp I? fv- rn ^ ^n~'~ ! and ?.Tonfmo.?ro with accss to : | ' < -\ C " "1 fO7* Ol'l ] 1 <">* > 'J 1 guarantees* cf economic and ix>'.iuca,l I 'iiitlepenue^re cnl territory integrity. ' ol the Balkan states. 12? Secure sovcriguy for Turkey's i portion of the Ottoman empire but j with other nationalities under Turk-; ish rule assured security of life and | opporl-:- ity for automonous develop-1 ment With the Dardanelles perman- ; j ently opened to all nations. 13?Establishment of an indepen- j dent Polish state, inclulin? territories | inhabited indisputably Polish popula- j tos with fre?* access to the sea and | political and economic independence ^ by international eonvenant. I1?General pssoria-tion of nations} under specific covenants for mutual i * guarantees of political inderendence 1 r and terretorrials isteirrity guarantee i j a small states alike. ! "For such arrangements and coven-; ^ ants" said tlie president in conclusion : ^ "we are willing to fight and continu? ^ to fight unfil they are achieved; but only because we wish the right to pre- ^ vail and desire a just and stable .? 1 peace. ! ? I S Such a program, he said, removea ? chief provocations for the war. ! + i * "The moral climax of this, the a culminating and final war for human < liberty has come," said the president ? in ending his address, "and they, i ready to put their own strength, their j11 (people of the United States) are own1 highest purpose, their own inte-. r grity and devotion to the test." j \ -8B3? j . I ' Mr. Francis Bobb I i Mr. Francis Bobb, the oldest mer-! < 'Tiant at Prosperity, died at his home t there on Wednesday night after a < brief illness of pneumonia. He was i buried at Prosperity Thursday \ afternoon. t STATED of 1 Decer Loans and Investmei Liberty Bonds, Overdrafts Secured ? Cash on hand and in Jr Surplus and Profits, Dividend No. 41, du Bills Payable, Deposits, i I ! OVER Our resources hav above statement sho cur County will be g iion dollar Bank in T cur people enable sis appreciate very muc | Wa realize*tltfi adi wbiclf we will emp;o enterprise and Inem? ter equipped fcr SE. pleasure to serve ?( ! Wishin^ you a He ! HP'X f #||^ i C&Tl O i r 1 ne hark k ?... -.- --^..t^/.-.itt'..u.liw.-A.-.,.w-a* ~..:.->".:.v. .X. Consider i ( t Would Raise an Unplccsan Matter of Members Holding olution is Noi 'olumbia Tan. 9] : : i , A resolntiofl proposed by Mr. J .0. 1 Cell3r, of Darilnc>ton, in the house of i eprosentatives today to declare vacnt. the seat of his colleague, Mr. | . 'ictor E. Rec-tor, on the eround that (! [, Tr. Rector >.olc]s a professorship in ; ' * * o. i-U 1 ? n- ? ? 1 he l niversiiv ox souui v aiuuua, ejected bv the housp without diss^at^ irT vote. The resolution, intimation or!^ \*hich was given by Mr. Kelly yes'erlav_ created somewhat of a mild scn~ *li - ViAiioa Tf wae in. rTrpfl ifciLiUJI I LI tin* I'UKdt,. a*, ..uo . - By request." The sneaker was about ( o refer it to the judiciary commutes , *'her? Mr. Rector urged that it he onsiden-d immediately, and Mr. i tfoise of Sumter, moved that the louse refuse to receive the resolution. ? ( T- -v/[o*v0,.7 resolution was adopted,, ' vhich ended the matter. The Kelly esohit'on contended that "by holding >ot.h nositions Mr. Rector was vio- ! ating the constitution of the State. | M~. Rector, in asking for immediate ^on?;ideration of the resolution, said hat when was elected professor >f agriculture in the university, noth- ; ng had occurred to him but to resign, r >ut that Speaker Hovt had volunteered ;he information to him that the conjENTOFCONDm mmercic ilCWUCiS k-fo nber 31st, J RESOURCES its, $968,278.6 47,950.0 and Unsecured, i Banks, LIABILITIES m m m ansa e January 1, 1918 m m m m % MILLION POL a mi llinn C LliV ws. We feel sure tl 'ratified to know tha dewberry. The ind ; to make this annou h. ded responsibility pi; v to advance and fc 90 try in Newberry Coi R VICE than ever b< 3U. Call or write i: tppy and Prospered * ? J & } u'.? vL .*. A *?. ? >. - o "If*"v? -? ?- r? 1 f!ex 5 " V" ' ,?J i ixa r % ises to ' * he Proposition t Subject to Bring Up the { p Two Offices,--The Resi n _ > f t : itecewea -a ?titution did not require his resignation. "I took the mater up immediately with the university authorities then," * said Mr. Rector, "stating that I had found no experience in my life any more pleasant, and I felt that I \ had a measure of success in the house, j and if the university felt that I could be of service here to let me kn&w, and ? if they would let me arrange my work i?> as attend the ses^on I would be glad. I am here through no chicanery f ~ " nnrt r>1n ad \Tr T?APtnT UI LllU&Ci J) "and would like for the matter to be settled ;by a vote of the house." . ' thoT K. Aull v ?('HrRClfoTjthe REDEEMER r Rev. Edward Fulwinder, Pastor. The following will be the program of divine service, at the Lutheran * church of the Redeemer* ijext wSnday. 10:15 A. M. Sunday schoo^* r 11:15 A. M. The morning ?kl^ice and holy communion. ReptJfP^r treasurer, and committees. Being" the* annual congugational meeting thera^ will be an election of elders. Every member of the church is urged to be present. Come and worship with us. ONOF J Bank L917 / 4 >0 $1,016,228.64 12,586.94 58,338.62 OQ7 1 C/l 9n (|l i jUO 5 ) X i>*T.4dV $ 50,000.00 78,667.81 3,000.00 90,000.00 - 865,486.39 $1,087,154.20 LARS dollar mark, as the bat the people of it they hatfe a milustry and thrift of ncement, which we aced in cur hands tster every worthy unty. We are betliore. ~ It will be a is. r-New Year. J IS * ~ I Yen Right" e *K