The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, January 11, 1918, Image 1
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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 \
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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
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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
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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
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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"
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