The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, January 15, 1918, Image 1
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VOLUME LT.5 NUMBER ? ?gg?^j ^ . , >EWCEKRV, S. C? Tuesday, .Iannary l.">, l<}!5. TWICE A WEEK, $1.50 A YEAR,
^ PERSONALS PARAGRAPHS
SF PROSPEROUS PROSPERITY
Prosperity, Jan 14?One by on<
our soidirs of the sixtis are passing
over the river. On ?>Vednesday after
noon the call came to Mr. Francis
Bobb who had been ill for a weei
with pneumonia. Mr. Bobb had beei
merchandising since 1872, and wa:
the oldest merchant in our town. H<
was an active member of Grac<
^ church, having served as elder am
R deacon.
" *" * ? ?? 1 WQVfl hl<
1 HQ nonorcU j yai:uca:cio nvte
ffik comrades of the Confederate war, be
pR>ittg A. A. iNates, J. M. Werts, R. I
Stoudemayer, G. P. Griffin.( L. S
Bowers, John Taylor. He is survivec
by one daughter, Miss Gertrude Bobb
one son, Olin Bobb, and one stepson
S. J. Kohn, and a host of relatives
and friends who mourn his death.
The senior member, Mr. B. B
Schumpert, of the B. B. Schumper
company retired from active business
on January 1. Mr. Schumpert was
always courteous and pleasant to hi?
friends and will be missed as a taer
twr Tuiian Prine has succeedec
>lu>* J ?
Schumpert.
!Mf:1 Miss Elizabeth Hawkins returnee
iM?nday to her school at Marion.
Ipj^^ Cadets Henry Quattlesbjaum;. *Ge<
"Wise^ isomer Wheeler, Curtis Pugh
J Nicholis Merchant and Carrol Mills
rotnrriAri tr% Climson college
uu * \s ? _
?W>e hear that. Clide Ward one of ouj
Prosperity boys, a wireless operator
is on the high seas chasing the sub
marines. ^ v
Mrs. C. M. Simps?on and little son o
Charlotte are guests of Mrs. Simpson'!
^ parents Prof, and Mr. J. S. Wheeler
|| Mis Elizabeth Bearden of SaludJ
lias returned home, after a pisit U
IjW l>r. H. JL. i^utner.
The severe storm which struck oui
BIB town Friday night blew off part o
Hflr thp smoke stack of the Prosperity oi
W mill. No other damage has been re
ported except most people were awak<
all night.
A great number of farmers cami
to town Saturday and all are app
rehensive that the cold wave has des
^ troyed the oat crop.
Miss Willie Mae Wise attended Sat
Hjk^ urday the linen shower given by Mis;
BV Elberta Sease of" Little Mountain ii
honor of M^ss Quinette Dantzler o
Orangeburg who will be marriet
Em January 2S to Mr. Berley Bedenbaugl
j|||& ?f Kiblers Bridge.
n Hiss Katie Mae Nance spent a fev
days during the past week in Columb
la.
[Mr. S. 8, feerge has gone to Georgu
?n busime#.
f: Mrs. A. H. Kohn and Mr. Hart Kohl
f Columbia and Mrs. Karl Markt o
Atlanta were here for the funeral o
Mr. Franci? Bobb.
Mrs. Julian Price spent Saturday
in Columbia.
Cadet Mower Sin^iev and Fran!
t ^
'J Earl Schumpert haye returned to Bal
ley institute.
The William Lester Chapter U. D
C. Will meet with Mrs. E. "W. werii
on Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock
.Add to Prosrperity letter
^
L "The Helena postoffice is being man
ft -aged by Richard Julien until othe
jk arrangements are made.
LAnne 0. Ruff & Co
jHllie Wholesale Cigar Ston
I We carry a line of
Cigars that will
I please your trade
k and repeat.
Rv Anne 0. Ruff & Compsn
[ Bring Us
I : We are in ih
p kinds or
r" I The Pu
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\>Y 31 ORE STALE ITEMS
1 SOME OF WHICH HOLD GOOD.
2 These entire two cohimns and nror
s were prepared for Friday's issue, but
- were unable to be handled after be>
ino; released by the reporter.
i This from Easley Progress so- 4s
i quite natural: "On account of trou.
I
s! with the'linotype machine we are one
i j day late this week."
i. The seventh snow cf the season
11 in three weeks met the atonished gaz
J .
I nf thp neonle Wednesday morning.
>; It was an "evaporated" snow, very
-1 light and soft, disappearing rapidly.
.! One man who was up late Tuesdav
. night said the sky was clear and stars
1 shining at 1:30 a. m. when he went
,; to bed. Hence his surprise. But it is
9! well not to be surprised at anything
> i these days, or nights.
Since the fire so badly damaged the
. \ barber shop of J. L. Nobles Mr. Nobles
t: will be. on hand at J. W Taylor's in
j j Caldwell street, between the Purcell
>; company and T. M. Rogers on the
>' corner of Friend.
- i In ^the transmissal of the list of
I appointments by Speaker Corthran
j yesterday afternoon, the name or
1 Jas H. Evans of Newberry, who was
! reappointed as bill clerk of the house.
) was inadvertently omitiea. :vir. r.vaui,
,! who is the son of H. H. Evans, rep51
resentative from Newberry, is serving
J his second year as bill clerk and is
r very efficient in the position which
he holds.?Columbia cor. News and
-: Courier,' under date of January 9.
! Visit "Pat" Wise for more "of the
;: same sort" of mules. He is now hand$:
ling his eighth carload.
j Abner Kinley had to pay $10.75 in
i the recorder's court Thursday on the
j charge of "injury to ^property."
I A deserter, Limel McMorris. colored,
- j was delivered to the authorities ai
f! Cam-p Jackson by Deppty Henry D.
1 ! Havird, who went with his prisoner to
-1 Columbia Tuesday.
_ i
& Patrons of the picture shows are
? 'hp?r the music a^ain. It was
3 j knocked, out awhile by the zero wea-'
- ther. j
Knere is one comforting thought.
. >lr. Burleson will be postmaster.
- general after the fourth of ^farch? ;
3 Anderson Mail. Hope you're right. I
i See Havird and Lane for new mules, j
f! They are good dealei j and have enter1
ed the arena.
! The coal shortage is another short- j
age that has been snortenea in i\ew-<
r berry. Several carloads of coal arrived
. Wednesday, two for Summer Bros; j
company. We the people have learned
L how to appreciate sitting by & good;
coal fire with sugar to go in the cups
^ of nice coffee. j
r A kind-hearted citizen reading The j
j Observer's plea to feed the birds while j
the ground is covered with snow, ate
one of his biscuits and crumbled up t
the other and put it on the window '
i
sill where the ibirds could get it.?The i
c Observer. We bet the man who did i
- that had a very small supply of i:hing3 \
in the house amd in the yard. It. is the j
. man or woman, generally, having a j
5 hard time of it who thinks of other* |
. suffering creatures. '
All who are interested in the "Door |
of Hope" in Columbia are requested i
- to send clothing, money, groceries, j
r etc., to the rest room, where a box is j
ht?ino> TMLPJcpd. rpadv for shipment not I
later than January 15. Isa. 58-7.
Little Charles (by this time everybody
knows who little Charles is)
saw the navy recruiting officer ta the
'postoffice Monday and stepping up to
g him looked him in the eye and asked:
'"Is you German or is you American?"
z The officer laughed to the explosion
point. Charles is all right and grows |
"righter" every day. j
J Probate Judge Ewart married a
i white couple at his office Wednesday
| morning. The parties were Miss Janie
_ j Eller Mr. Chris Alexander, hoth
j of Clinton.
V j Lt. E. E. Stuck, of the American
J | Expeditionary Force, has sent the
Your Peas
J
5 market for all ;
field peas.
i l\ k .$rft
reporter some French money?fiv
francs Also a copy of The Ohio Rain
bcw Reville, official organ 166tl
Infantry. It is ^ bright little semi
we kly of only two small pages. Th
' ^ ** -? ** ? /\ ? f~* ^ V* f V? l'nmi a r\ f f Vl
cupj \> t; lJcive i? tiie um isbu; UI m
1st volume. One of its editorials con
tains the following sentences: "Th
dominant fact of today is war. T
think war and to talk war throug
th{> working hours spells efficiency
To go byond that is folly, Th
relaxation, tlie reconstruction and th
development to be had of though
from other realms is inestimable. T
a soldier and a man is the goal to b
desired. To attain this end let us no
neglect the reflections of homo an'
loved one3, the visits we can taK
into the realms of fiction, of natur
and, best of all, of Holy Writ."
A paragrapher is not always res
ponsible for some of the horrid thinohis
paper may say. Occasionally th
linotype operator and proof reade
assiicie complete charge of the under
taking. --Spartanburg .Journal.
In this week's issue of the Associat
Reformed Prebyterian we no^e tha
the Second Presbytery, at its las
? - * ' ? * ? A a/1 til
meeting in Auauiai
invitation to meet in Newberry nex
spring. The thanks of tN< presbyter
were extended to thp Rev. ,T. W. Car
son for his services in raising $1,18
for the purpose of ,building an A. F
P. church in Greenville, when tti
amount of only $1,000 was asked foi
The congregations were commende
for their cooperation with Mr. Carsor
The death of Issac Williams of Cha!
pells is reported by General Pershin
in France, the death having oceure
on the 4th instant.
Mannager Wells is paying th
government about $300' a month a
war taxes.
The Mollohon Manufacturing com
pany-ifcs?placed an order for '3C
automatic looms to replace the old
type looms, and 4.000 additional spiii
dies, the total outlay approximate
$110,000. The installation of this ne1
equipment will make 620 automati
looms and 40,060 spindles, makin
the Mollohon one of the bost equippe
cotton mills in the South.
The well informed and up-to-dat
Newberry correspondent of the Char
leston American tells his paper thz
there is a gTeat deal of cotton yt
to be picked in Newberry county, on
large farmer reporting tliat he ha
quite a large acreage from which nc
a boll had not as yet been gathere<
(January 8.) The same condition, h
adds, exists in various sections of th
countj' due to the scarcity of labc
on the farms.
Miss Catherine Garlington has r<
tvrnecl to her music teaching i
Johnston.
"Jack" 'Smith has been heard froi
in Frarce
\
M,jss Ethel Bow rs has returned \
her school teaching in Goldsboro, N. (
Messers W. W. Farrow and T.
Parks went to Greenwood Thursda
morning to attend the hurial of M
Thos. D. Mosley. who was the hrothei
in-law of Mr. Parks and the nncle b
marriage of Mr. Farrow. Mr. Mosele
died W-ednesday morning 'and wf
buried Thursday afternoon. His wif
who was Mip^ Fannie Parks, die
in 1902. The Greenwood Journal says
"Mr. Moseley was a splended citize
and a man of high ideals and splindi
character. He did a public serv!(
work in Greenwora for many yeai
an made friends of aH clases <
people who will be deeply grieved 1
learn of his death."
Mrt K T. CronK, m oraing i :c
ress of the paper changed to Co. C, J
Ens. American Expeditionary Force
| says he enjoys Newberry news vei
| much and wants it "over there." I
I add; "Tn the recent list of men ;
service I noted mv name not being c
! it. I was a citizen of Newberry coun'
for four years and registered ther
The 21.st or Orphant regiment,
! attached to tbp division and eve
j Sta'e in the union is represented 1
picked men."
Mr. A. C. Wheeler of Little Moun
j ain wo^ in Vewherry Wednesday.
Dr. and Mrs. E H KiKler and litt
| son E TT Jr. left Thursday for Crvst
i Rivor. E'n.. to he rone two weeks
| Mr. J. C. DMn<^n of Kinards 2 w;
j in fiio rit" Wednesday,
i ir.mn-f* G. Tan^for
j J
T. T?. \?o-o arrl Timm
A "> <* j> r.^ f p of 4 f> ^?T?
>tr5f " O^! r" f*V'% ^ ^vf^o^n Pnvnr POT
I "? ?-" r f * -> or >? o tm y
, r. i. -, n - Pc'-to:] f'.'on f'-e ^"e^rv.'o*
yr ir>rr1 rn Pool, a former memo
e of the coast artillery, is another New- i
- berrian whose c-opi< s of the Herald j
h and News have been ordered to his
- new address, Eatery B, 61st artillery, ;
e MoultrieviMe.
e Miss Eunice Smith has returned
- from a visit to Miss Bertha Crooks
e at Pomaria.
%
o Misses Eugenia and Lucy Ep?ps have
ti moved to apartments at the residence
r. of Mr. and Mrs. John .Nance, the Jno.
e K. Auil house at the corner of Bounde
ary and Nance streets.
t Miss Dolly Smith is visiting Miss
o Agnes Adams at Blairs.
e Mr. and Mrs J. B. Chandler spent
several days in Newberry last week
r* with the latter's sister. Mrs. Gregory.
e -Celestia . ^nlwia St;in-!.:r!
.T. W. Wheeler and family o; Xe-vj
berry spent last week with his mother*
~ Mrs . r.V'heeler.?Cool Springs cor
s Saluda Standard.
e Mr. Jno. A. Caldwell has moved to
r t.he Epps house in Newberry.
MrJj^K. Baker went to Newberry
this lrmrrJng -Cir'^i'.woM I-nrnal.
Mr. A. C. Thomason has moved his
1 sawmill from Dyson to Helena to
saw^timber from the acres bought by
c
' Lansrford and Wicker from the Clin^
estate.
y
Miss Bertha May Gallman has reg
turned from tXewberry, where she
, spent the holiday season with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. T W Gallman.
r Miss Gallman, who is a student at
Chicora, is spending the winter with
t Mr. and Mrs. S T Gallman in Oak
p Street.?The State.
g J. L. Welling of the Adluh Milling
3 company of Columbia, after spending
; some time with his family at the home
e. of his motherinlaw Mrs. O. Wells
s has returned to Columbia.
Mrs. W. E.^Johnson and children of
l- Laurens are-visiting her fattier, Mr.
$ J. "Will
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A 11V
:i of
;j Dec?
{Liberty Bonds,
Overdrafts Secured
? ? * -n i
Cash on hand and 1
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ry Capital Stock, ^
^ Surplus and Profits,
> Dividend No, 41, di
e8 Bills Payable,
!d Deposits, -
in
id
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to ============Our
resources ha
* above statement sh<
> our County will be
* lion dollar Bank in
our people enable u
* appreciate very mu
H We realize the a*
? - ? v i j
which we will emp;<
1 enterprise and indu
ter equipped for SI
pleasure to serve Y
Wishing you a H
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?- S m -<f>
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er "The Bank
i NITRATE of SOD A j
| All parties who have given me an
order for Nitrate of Soda will please '
j maet me at .the court house next j
| Saturday, January 19 at 11 a m. This
is important if you desire to make i
sure of getting tl:e Xirrate ^ou have
i i
; ordered.
[ "W. C. Brown, j
I _
HENRY-ALBRIGHT.
Miss Helen Lenore Henry of Cranesville,,
W. Va., and Mr. Floyd Vernon .
Albright of Terra Alta, W. Vaj. were j
married on Wednesday, December 26tb,;
; at 7:30 o'clock, by Rev. Shtiltz, at;
Oakland, Md.
Miss Henry is pleasantly remember-'
| erl in Newberry where she has a host i
j of friends won by her lovely dispo
I sition. She also taught in South Car- j
, olina five years.
j Mr. Albright is a graduate of the i
University of Virginia, a planter, of
i
j sterling character and prominent in ;
: community life.
I
' i
1I0W DR. HARMS APPEARS
IN CHARLESTON, j
i Prepared for Former Issue,
j In announcing that Dr. Harms was
to make an address in that city the ,
next day the News and Courier ofj
'last Saturdav said: "To those who'
?
know Dr. Harms an address of inter- j
i
: est is assured. To those who have |
, never had the pleasure of hearing J
him. an opportunity will be missed '
foil in Via rvr^aont rm this onca- i
' 11 LUC," j.aii LU yg 1J * ^UV?*V _
sion. For a number of years he has J
been an annual visitor to Charleston j
to speak at one of these meting, and
is always received with pleasure and
i profit by those who hear him. As
president of Newberry college he is |
recognized by the educational insti- j
~t"utions of the State as one of the
i
men roF condFt;
'initial VU
Newberry, S.
mber 31st,
RESOURCES
?nts, $968,278.6
47,950.C
and Unsecured,
n Banks,
I
\
LIABILITIES
m m m m
-
le January 1, 1918
MILLION"DOT
ve passed tho million
nws. We fee! sure t
gratified to know th<
Newberry. The inc3
is to make this annoi
ch.
ided responsibility pi
oy to advance and f<
stry in Newberry Co
ZR VICE than ever b
OU. Call or write \
appy and Prcsperou!
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if* C**
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u h / *. rr f. ? " 7 r?? v? ~. ?"*i C * "
leaders. During the last few years Dr.
Harms has had under him hundred*
of young men from South Carolina
and! other (Sta |js. The meeting tomorrow
promises to be one o? the best
held so far this season."
The Charleston American of the
same date said: "Foi a number of
years Dr. Harms has been a popular
and efficient president of Newberry
college. It is a Lutheran institution
and Dr. Harms is reconizea as one of
the leaders of this denomination in
the State, mis coming to unariesiuu
has always occasioned a large gathering
of men to hear him. His messages
are thoroughly interesting an indicate
a?%a:o tioughr r'cng whatever line
he speaker'."
/AMES D. NANCE
CAMP U. C. T.
Will meet in the court house the
first Monday in Feburary at 12 o'clock
~ T n rr\ rnnMC.jfO'1 t A nflV
IlUUtl. ,?lcmi/Cia aicvib^uujwu c?j
their dues. By order of the commaander,
J. F. j. Caldwell. -1
M. M. Buford, Adjuant.
The total number of bales of cotton
ginned in Newberry from the 1917
crop up to January 1? 1918, was 32,
484 as against 30,360 for the same
time the previous year.
The civic league will meet with
Miss Fannie McCaughrin at the res
idence of Mrs. W. H. Hunt Thursday
afternoon at 4 o'clock
The 14th episode of the fighting
Trail which should have been run
on Saturday will be shown on Wednesday
in connection with the other
features.
Emily Stevens will be shown in
"Outwitted" Wednesday at the opera
house, and Clarie McDowell in ine
Ship of Doom" Thursday.
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iON OF , .
>1 Ranlr
M>& JL&GLAbii AAli
C '
1917
S
14 /
10 $1,016,228.64
12,586.94
58.338.62
$1,087,154.20
t
$ 50,000.00
78,667.81
3,000.00
on nnn Aft
i/V/^UWiW
- 865,486.39
$1,087,154.20
.LARS
""" %
i dollar mark, as the
"" " ^-pr """ 0
hat the people of
it they have a millustry
and thrift of
mcement, which we
aced in cur hands_
jster every worthy
unty. We are betefore.
It will be a
is.
s New Year.
You Right"