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TALEN7INE PARTY AM) MISCELLANEOUS SHOWEK Mrs. Win. Johnson, assisted by her daughters, Mrs. R. B. Wallace and Mrs. T. P. Johnson, delightfully entertained Thursday afternoon at a Valentine party and a miscellaneous shower in honor of her niece, Miss Annie Fox Kibler, whose marriage will take place this month. For the lirst hour of the afternoon the <rame of hearts was enioved, the score cards being artistic hand painted red and white hearts bearing the initials K. W. in gold. After the games, the quests were invited into the living room where little Odalite Wallace presented the bride to be with a :basket decorated with red and white, filled with gifts for the bride. After the gifts were opened and passect around by Miss Kibler, daintv hand painted hearts were sriven each guest as a souvenir of the occasion. A sweet course consisting of red and white ice cream and cake carrying out the idea of St. Valentine's Day was served by Misses Cornelia, Mary and Odalite Wallace. Those enjoying Mrs. Johnson's hospitality were: Miss Kibler, Mrs. Kibler, Mrs. Chapman, Mrs. S. B. Jones, Mrs. F. C. Sligh, Mrs. R. D. Smith, Sr., Mrs. Root. Hanna of Cheraw, Mrs. Wino<field lWebster of i Atlanta, Mrs. Ralph Baker, Mrs. Homer SchumDert Mrs. R. B. Wallace, Mrs. T. P. Johnson. Misses Rosalvn Hipp, Margaret Burton, Julia Johnstone, Ruby Goggans, Gena Wheeler. Trent Keitt. Margaret Moore, Ruth Seymore. Frances Forney, VIeta De Loach, Louise Sullivan, Kate Summer, Leila Dennis, Octie Griffin, Carolyn Caldwell, Woodie Bowman, Marian Jones, Sara Williamson, Cornelia Mayer and Maude Epting. 7HE PRAYER WEEK SERVICES AI iHIS IIIIKIH Ut K?i;i!,?Jl?jK The Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary society of the Church o? the Redeemer will hold their services for the week of prayer at the parsonage beginning Monday, Feb. 18. with the following program : Monday: Topic, "Penitence and Humiliation"?Mrs. J. H. Harms in charge. Tuesday: Topic. "The 'Supreme Need of the World.''?Mrs. E. B. Setzler in charge. IVvlednesday: Topic, Peace.?"God Hath Called Us to Peace"?Mrs. Homer Schumpert in charge. Thursday: Topic, "Home Missions" ?Mrs. Frank Davis in charge. Friday: Topic, "Foreign Missions" * ?the Young Peoples society in charge. Sunday evening, Feb. 24th. at 8 o'clock a public meeting will be held In the church with the program "The Conquering Cross," prepared by Mrs. j M. O. J. Kreps. The envelopes con. i taining self-denial offerings .should be brought in at this service. All members are urgently requested to come and bring others with them. Mrs. Leland Summer, President. Mrs. Arthur Kibler, Secretary. Red Cross Xotes. j7T*or/inf vflriiMcfo O nftTrinrr f T*rvrvi V/I^vUl CC1 ^ 11V/A1I headquarters in Atlanta for comfort pillows, and the Supplies committee would aooreciate very much if every "woman who is a member of the Newberry county chanter, and; who is not working on surgical dressings, would make one of these. The pillows are made n? anv substantial wThite mate rial. 12x18 inches, when finished and stuffed with feathers, cotton or any j light colored soft material cut up into verv small pieces. j St. Philips school has the distinction of organizing the first 'unior School auxiliary in the countv. Misses Ola Brown and Frances Caldwell are the teachers. Their first work was to send a check for ?21 towards buying supplies for the county chapter. Funds'are very low in ti e chapter treasury and any contributions for surgical dressings and sunnlieg in general will "be most acceptable. Elosie W. Wrisrht. i j Chairman Publicity Committee. "TWIN REDS.* FAtfOFS fOWEDY. 00*1X0.: i The opera house announces a 1 laughing festival on Wednesday, March f>. when Salisbury Field and Margaret Mayo's merriest of all comedie?. "Twin Beds," will have its TocnT Presentation under the di- ; rection of A. S. Stern and Comnany. j the noted New York producers. Hearty tributes to the irresitfble drollery of this- plav were recorded ; bv the critics of New York, where it broke all records in a solid year's run at the Hs-ris Theatre. The same testimony was evoked in London., where it bas already reached . its second year and is still flavin?, and * .in Australia, where it bas to its cre&t j?tf AKE 7 HE KAISER HAND iiiS . 1 S SWORD TO >V001)ROW WILSON | ! AND ALLIES?OLL IE JAMES I : Kentucklan Defends the President? In Ringing Speech Chamberlain and Other Critics Are Answered in Senate. ! ' Washington, Feb. 14.?"President Wilson is walking a tight rope. Don't shake the rope I" cried Senator Ollie james, of Kentucky this afternoon in the senate. , 1 T T T 1 1- A ~ - ? 1 /-w.4- f T> A O ! n tie liU-U UtJtiH SUlCv.ICll uy uic uuuiiu* istration a? its "ace" to answer the charge made by Senator Chamberlain of Oregon, that the militay establish j ment had "fallen down." ; His speech recited the achievements of the war and navy departments in preparing the national defense, and i proclaimed that all who attacked the ( commander-in-chief gave joy and comfort to the enemy. Senator Chum- ! berlain, he broadly intimated, had , hepr? one of these. j ! At the end of his speech the galler- ] j ies broke into applause. j j "The president walks a tight rope," ; ! declared the Kentuckian "It stetches ! i across sea with its wreck and dead. He holds in his hands the richest! treasure ever lodged in the keeping of j one man. The treasure is our very j ; life, our liberty, our institutions, our ; j j homes, our firesides, our all. I "Gentlemen, let me plead with you; j i j do not shake the rope on which the j j president treads. Do not badger him., ! Do not heckle him Do not annov him j ; He will make the journey safely over j , this ocean of blood and peril. Keep j silent. Hold your tongue.'* (Without delay (Senator James launched into a rebuke of Senator < i Chamberlain. .Chamberlain Forgot Wilson.. "In time of war," said he, "those ! in high positions should be careful of i their utterances. No matter how good i j their intention, some utterances not; ! properly weighed may be of far-reach | i ing and disastrous in effect. The senj ator from Oregon spoke not only to | tho?? gathered about him, but to the! j world. | j He paid tribute to Eliliu Root and , i to Theodore Roosevelt, but not one j v.'oijd to Wood row Wilson. Of course, j I recognize the surroundings. The . ; king of the jungle, the discoverer of ( {the River o? Douht, was there, and : although the senator has told us on j I the floor that he fears not God, man j nor tne devil. ne must at least nave } ! been given aphasia by Colonel Roose- j I velt. and was unable to remember the ! name of the president of the United ; States." | The galleries were well filled to' | hear Senator James speak. The presi dents secretary, Joseph P. Tumulty, was present, accompanied by friends, j "President Wilson sent Mr. Root i abroad" continued Senator James. "If ( he had sent Mr. Bryan this chamber 1 -.111. ' wuaiu icvcrucittit; uuw witu \yiluuoius . that he had sent an orator and not a ; nation-builder. j "We must look to measure the ef- ; feet of;the speech bv the senator from \ Oregon. At that time the fire of rev- j olution began to blaze in Austria,! [ half a million men walked German ' | streets crying for peace without an- j ! nexations. We ran measure the force of the senator's utterances in the hands of the kaiser?red lined upon every newspaper. Who said it? The j : chairman of the senate military af- ; ! fairs committee. Who can say what , might influence this utterance had in I auietine the revolution strvnnlne- the i strike. I can hear the kaiser say. j i'Trust me a little longer, and Ger, : many will triumph over the world.'" , j Senator James cited the achieve- ! j ments of the draft, and then passed. to the historic letters read by Senator Chamberlain, telling of abuses to dead | and dyinsr soldiers. "I don't believe that was the way ! to handle a -Question like that." said | he. "The names should have been giv-j en to the secretary of war. So far as j 11 know he has never been able to se- ! ! cure the name. The letter created an j impression that that was the rule in 1 cantonments rather than the excep- j ion. -Tt distracted mothers: !t damp- j i ened the ardor of fathers. I received such a letter. T did not read it oi the floor. T tonk it to the secretary and said that T demanded a court- ' i martial." i Chamberlain Interrupts. "I merely want to sav." interrupted , Senator Chamberlain, "that the names | were given to the secretary or war. 1 The senator from Kentucky said the overcoat shortage had been rem- , edied. Alluding to Senator Hitchcock's speech, he said there would have been onniltrli oKino r?/-\u? if +V?o o Vi! n mir_ I iiv n *1 ^yui chase bill of 1915 had been passed, j "I betray no confidence," he de- j I clared, "but at a dinner given to Mar- j shal Joffre I heard him say that the most soldiers he need frorc us in France was thirty thousand. He wanted them there to inspire France j -What are the fatts? We- have sent Dot the hut many times 100,000. Has a military establishment that, did that fallen down?" I Senator James read a letter fro: the shipping board stating that rc pairs on 6S German ships and tli purchase of 7 Austrian vessel amounted to $6,131,231. Exclusive c the Anstrians, said the letter. 729.00 deadweight tonnage had been secur< In speaking of the work of the nav in repairing the damaged derma liners, the senator cried: "Ae rx-a mnrlr* tho Herman f>nn mander take off his hat to tTie Amer enn mechanic so we are going r make the kaiser hand his sword i Woodrow Wilson and the allies. \V have not fallen down. | 4,T sent word to the brave boy somewhere in France that if the have been discouraged by my frien Chamberlain's speech, that Americ has not fallen down." TT? cnnlrn r>f thn wnrl* nf }7io nnv H V'hat American is not proud of it' he queried. "But the same warfar that is being: waged today upon Sot j retary of War Baker was wa<red lint recently upon Secretarv of the Xav Daniels. As late as July. 1917, th navy was attacked upon the floo AnyDoay can pick misiaKes. kut if t>s not lose sight of the elephant b looking for the chip under his foot. .Our Relations With France. . One of the most "unfortunate things in the Chamberlr.n speecli. asserted Senator James, "was th remark about France being 'ble white.' " T noil imoffinn nnfliintf TtlrtT'S liJ I n M J J.'i asjiitr; HV?VW*?H "uvi g **"' fortunate nor unjustified." he saic "France b^ed whitrt: Ame^an impos in2: upon her; that if? a Oer,v>r>n ex nression. She is not hied white: sh holds 560 miles of that bloody west ern front at this hour. "You would think from the sena ator's speech that we trafficked wit Prance as to whether we would g into this war. that thp condition wa that she would furnish us ordanc* lioht and heavy artillery. We wen into it from the highest ideals. T re sent the insinuation that we traffic'* ed with France. Franco came to m Sh^ had the ammunition factorie readv. Tf we had 'refused this nlv we would have been criticised here And nov we are attacked here n this floor and asked 'Did Fra*>r>e d that to invito us into the war?"' Incidental^ statin? that Senato Pharaherla-'n had been forced to with draw hi- oharces. Senator James rea; f?-om <?tatenientc bv Andrew Tardien the Fr^nrh hieh commissioner, an; Lord Xort.hcliffe. ^pplaudins Ameri can progress in war preparations "T submit to th*a gentlemen Who ari such willing critics of the nresident ' resumed the senator, "that thev ha< ?>/\/% J iV rt 1% f A n uciicr rt5i.ii trie v tJi un- iwuu ?-f and Xhev will find that Amerlc.; has never yet and never will deser the commander-in-chief of the arm; and navy-" The Kentuckian closed his sneecl with a peroration which he likenei the critics of President Wilson to th' critics of Washington and Lincoln. "Take courage, von critics," he pro ceeded. "I can stand you upon eacl Oth*: s sho'tilder^ and Wilson wll rower above you all like WashTns: fen's monument towers above th foundations upon which its granit Dase is tain. "The day will come in the provi dence of God when our victoriou; army', with America back of them will come home intriumnh and marc! /own this great, avenue panopliei with flowers and love, and love an< tears. They will come in review he fore Woodrow Wilson, the man whon lot only America, but the civilizec world trusts. Liberty will be safean< Americanism will be secure." WHOT/RSATFR RF1GT7TR.FT) TO GIVE UP EXCESS PROFIT* Sold Sugar at JTore Than tlie GoTern ment Rate and is Required Dy Food Adminfetratiou to Give -Check for $450 to Red Cross Society. The Red 'Cross headquarters got : surprise yesterday when Food Admin istrator "William Elliot turned over ? eheck for to the treasury, Thi: check was the proceeds or exces; charges on suirar made by a wholesal: dealer in this iState. hut his name wa: not disclosed to the Red Cross for th< reason that the food administrator was uncertain as to the wilfulness o: the excess charge, since the whole saier stated that he had never Knowr of the rule limiting the wholesale profit on sugar to 2."? cents a hundred nnnndc Tha s*lrmrtiaf7*ciHrm tied the matter "by suggesting to hiir that if he would give his excess profits to the "Red Cross the mattei would be dismissed and that his name would not "be -published. Otherwise hi.' license would have been revoked. Thn wholesaler gladly accepted the opportv-nit-v.and promptly sent in >i^s chec:-; and the proceeds were paid to the Red Cross. I Wliitmire. S. ('. 11 Mill News. !_ ! I-ast summer as you knov,\ Mr. Wm. i e Coleman resigned as president of is Glenn-Lowry mill here to take up-less ; )f : strenuous occupations, much to tho :j ' regret and wishes of many friends. , b. Mr. Coleman has a heart of goid and ; v j to 'know him, is to love and admire him. ''V'o are fortunate in having his | ] lace filled by Mi*. Llex Long, a man thoroughly informed in textile wor!; i_ : and every inch a gentleman. His (> i name is appropriate, for lie is long In 0 ! his business, lorn* in {he interest lie '. ? takes in the thousands under h:s siu j pervision. being president of three o1 four mills in Rock Hill and Chester. ^ 1 He has installed new machinery, du?* ' new wells, erected water tanks,open, i ed a free night school and partially 3. developed a park worthy of the most expert landscape gardener. Fie is most x i fortunate in having as assistant, Vice " | President E. E. Child. c ' "The workers die but the work goes on." The yard men who were <1 is-; ^ | pbced in the mill, have all gotten po-! v j potions in other places. Mr. A. T. j lP-; Brown if; now superintendent: a JiT*o i ir j wi-e. a bundle of ''get ur> and i Jt I and knows his business well. He has I y , in a short, time rone from sweeper in ; ' j cotton mills to superintendent. The genius nresiding over tho ' * i It'AOt'A i?ooro T) A C T V\-> r-* n 1 j ? ^ 1 > C IWUJU IS AV. A. (I JnlVftK a. ** , giant ami n giant weave** . The clot11 J o matfo bv vi might aptlv be termed i 1 j ; "woven wind." f ara getting together j s hank of spider webs which Mr 1 ! Sims is to weave into fascinators for j | grass widows. Mr. Rims is the risrht. , 'man in the right rdace. verv popular i w:th his heln and al! who know him. ! ft ] The sninrine: room is r-onducted hy ' | Mr. W. P Castleherrv. who is perfect, j I Iv at home in the third story of the i mill. He can sr.in a varn. a ton or : . the best thread thnt e^er made cloth, i' a j 1 ! T dare sav he can snin one thread . o ! FtT-onjr enough to hancr the Kaiser and s s th"q end the war. ^ P. L. Howe does the carding. It ?s ^nid he can card sawdust into thread from which khaiki uniforms are made! . just the right colo.\ you know, s Tn t^e' s^ool room you'll find Tot ; t We?t. as hoss N?ne-tenths of the help , I j ? i in sai^ ror^rt of the feminine gen- | n ; dp- "W?t efiT-o to sav. West has a ! o full 'bp""' of red hair and no scratch- i e> on his fa^e. -Toe ^arr'es a rah^'t, ? font HP'1 hp?? file n? Jo1"* ( Tf }<? Pf?fr? lip dl-O fp^"v?*tc; + 0 fyf [ rl Ananias whpn the sisters make it too ( warm for him. 7 In the cloth room is J. C. C. Humphries. Mr. Humphries, too has the ! suffragettes to contend with "bnt when i r?. ^oit rf <Mr?th leases his ro^^ It 1:> ! * I ,, rpqdv to ^e worn to a fancv hall. Mr. ^ Wnmnhries is htehlv ;n his ; ( ipnf-t-ront prifi 1S a most excellent j _ Christian man. _ I a. t Smyrna Society Or^anftzetf. I met with the Ladies Aid (Society j , in Smyrna community and talked to i i ^ tve ladies on Food Concervatlon and ; ^ ]\!iss Counts talked on Food Produc- j tion. at which time the ladies mani- ? foerfn-i r> very nafiotio spirit. After telling them of the plans and work i ^ of the Home Demonstration Club for , * women a verv enthusiastic club was i * o^eani^ed. officers ejected for the ft year. It was decided to meet Friday 12 before the third Sunday which will he February 1r>th. -4n invitation is - p-nennecj to everv ianv m tnis com- j s munity and surrounding communities ' i, to come to these meetings and help J i to make them a snec ess. } Willie Mae Wise. ! I i Co. Home Dem Aoent. j ? i TO ALL WOMEN ! WHO ARE ILL , ? i This Woman Recommend* I Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege- ' fable Compound?Her Personal Experience, I i I McLean, Neb.?"I want to recom ; ' mend Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable ' j Compound to all: |)[|MJ|||| j j women who suffer v : from any functional: W" ? disturbance, as it 5 ~ 3! has done me more 3 \WI$% : sf ' good than all the I I uuttvi cj iijeuicuic. Wrn^^M Since taking it I have a fine healthy baby girl and have 1 Wm0^M gained in health and f ^ strength. My husv'% band and I both i praise your med1 j ^ ?????' icine to all suffering : > ; women."?Mrs. John Koppelmann, R. j j No. 1, McLean, Nebraska. I This famous root and herb remedy, I 'I Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com! j pound, has been restoring women of j ; ! America to health for more than forty j . i years and it will well pay any woman j who suffers from displacements, in5 flammation, ulceration, irregularities, : backache, headaches, nervousness or' * ; "the blues" to give this successful j, remedy a trial. For special suggestions in regard to : your ailmer? write Lydia E. Pinkham 1 Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass. The result: j of its long experience is at your service, ' VAnil SIIAOLS CASES SETTLED OUT OF COIRT 3I?ii:y Damage Suits Against Power '"onipany Satfsfactrioly Adicsl?d It is indeed very gratifying news that a majority of Parr Shoals law suits have been settled and will no longer clog the dockets of the courts, i Satisfactory compromise:- hove been effe tc-d with the plaintiffs in these case.-, the Parr Shoa's company pay. I ir.g reasonable sums ior damages j , , , can: ! i y the dam. i ne settlement ; was concluded here Friday by the j following attorneys: Please & Please, j P. T>. Parron. of Union and Mower tc j Bynrm. representing the plaintinffs. j the Parr Shoals company being re> resented by Elliott and Herbert, of i Colnfbia and Hnnt. Hunter and ! Knnier. There were 23 of these cases j undercoinsr settlement Teavlnc oniv i eierht or nine more unsettled, those j represented <by Thompson and Kim- J ball, of Columbia for the plaintiffs and Elliott and Herbert for trie company. BIRTHDAY PAK7T 3IISS SOPHIE BLEASE. f A pretty event of last Sunday after -; noon, was a supper given by Mr. and J Mrs. A. H. Blease in celebration of! their youngest daughter's birthday. | Miss Sophie Blease. The table was ' beautifully arranged with a p:nk iced 1 cake in the center. It holding twenty pink and lavender lighted candles. Delicious refreshments and a Dounti- : ful supper was served, about 20 guests enjoying the evening and remembered j Miss Sophie with dainty gifts in honor ci tlie occasion, which she graceruiiy i received. Among some of those present were J her most charming sister, .Miss Lena j Blease, of Atlanta, Ga., also Mr. and i Mrs. 0. W. Wood, Misses Addie Mae Maw, Lila Horne, Lillian Mclntire, Margaret MdCutchen, Ernie McCutchD/ L DIUHK For Blank Boot nr\r\v uv/v/jv Ledgers, Journ; Cash Books, ] Record Books, and Memorand .Start flip New Year Wi ViVU li UAV * 1W ll m v?u > The House of a 1 Bring Us1 We are in the i kinds of f The Pur * I SAVE e | bynblsm'ingta I SERVE IND'ViC IA pound Mlp48 c I 'olcls tia iluil Ihcrc is th< V from one-third i C, : # ' ^ en. Messrs. Joe Moats, Eeachn-is i Mclntire, Leiand Wood, Efl^ar Ji Connell ami Robert Please and iisv. W. it. Bouknight. TAX RETURNS FOR. IMS 7 or an authorized a^e^t will be the following places namei below, lor tiie purpose of taking tax returns of both real and personal property for fiscal year 1918. Ani in the Auditors office ia the Courthouse until Feb. the 20th after which date .>0 per cent penalty wiB be naded. The law requires a tax on all notes mortgages and moneys, al- M so Income tax on incomes ever $2- || There is a captation tax on ?.V. ^j|j of fifty cents. ^ All male persons betyeen the a?es ot J 21 ml fO are iiable to pay a po?tax of $1.00 unless otherwise exempt. All persons owning property in ^ r.-.ore than one School Distrk-t wil? be required to make returns for each District, as the Tax BooVs "will be rrade nn br School Districts instead of Townships in 1918. J. B. Ralfacfc. County Auditor. 7HE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA* County of Newberry. Rv W. F. Ewart Tudsre of Prfrba^. WHEREAS, Mrs.' Dora A. Julia* made suit t* me to grant her Letters of Administration of the Estate and effects of E B. Julian. These are. therefore, to cite and admonish all ard singular the Kindred and Creditors of the said p E. Julian deceased, that they be and appear before me. in the Court of Probate, fc?"? \ be held at Newberry on Tuesday. Feby. the 19th. next, after publication hereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon. to show cause, if any they have, wkr ^ the said Administration should not granted. Given under my hand this 4tli day ^of Feby, anno Domini, 1918. W. P. Ewart, J. P., N. i ' I Books [s Come to the 1 STORE lis, Day Books, Receipt Books, j lime Books, J ums. ithfa New Blank Book )ok Store 1 fhousand Things I r r I [our reas | q Tiarket for all I ield peas. j __11 P. 1 ceii \^o. i ^ ^^ ^ _ ) much io each person iZ iA \ nA HTIAXTO fl *U/iL' ruiU iUlNp.j? mc-thini ounce piccjj' I vc learned :m f I as I waste j 1 ounce picccs. jl a