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YOLUME LY., >TMBEK ?0. 3fI5YFJBEjBfcBI? 55. C, Fj?jI>.?Y, MAiftil >, - T.'rtlCE A WLEh", ?l?>0 A YEAR, ?? ?1 ? ? ? . ...la i I , ... . ri _a | |M| | 1 ... , - . | , i 111? i ii i - 11 - i rr 'i- nmwi n i ri'i THE FLOPS CEXSPS I E-NDS MARCH 10t!i. - 1 ) c Mr. fvV\m. Elliott, State Food Ad- j Sninistrator, has wired that the flov.r j "census would end March itfth. "This ; is a census and not a plan of confis- ; " c?TI'U-_ ...ritfan ronrtrto HT& ! '^ttuuu, w nen ? mien 1 filed the persons making them will i be relieved from charge of hoarding I , i or other unpatriotic act. F. N. Martin, i Food Adm. N. C. ENTERTAINMENT FKIDA1 AT ST. PHILLIPS SCHOOL. ?! The -St. Phillips school will give an i entertainment Friday evening at 8' ' o'colck, March 8. Admission ten 1 f i <cents. ? *jijj ?: j! ! * After the program the young peo- | . pie will enjoy a "box party.'* The program is as follows: Son:??Bonnie Blue Flag.p Recitation. ^ 7 ^ Song?Yankee Doodle. Rectation. """i^'"T}j Song?Columbia, Gem of the Ocean. I - Recitation. Song of Our Flag. Song?Tenting Tonight. v Soldier drill?Boys. Song?Tramp. Tramp. r Soldier Drill-<5irls. " " ~V Pantomime?Just Before the Battle ' Rpcitation. ' - tj j P Tableau?Uncle Sain and Liberty'; " Recitation?Our Flag. . j Tableau?Pride of Our Country ( I-ong Ago and Now. - j * Song?Dixie." ENTERTAINMENT TRINITY SCHOOL FRIDAY NIGHT. ? ) The entertainment at the Trinity - * 1 ^ X ~ I! 3 TI scnooi ursv auveruseu iu? rnuaj j night has been changed again anl j will be given on Friday night, March } 'S. It wafSbfound that all the partly >; ipantsycould he present on Friday j night ansi that is fcnore suitable hence j the change back to Friday. It will; be< worth your while to go. L Killed bv the Seaboard at Whitm*re. j ? #iim?oroner F- M. Lindsay was called ; |:^^^^Whitmire last Monday to hold an ; ^ inquest over the ?ody of an old col- j ored man who had been killed on the railroad at that place. He was a , shoemaker of iWhitmire, named Ma- j jor Johnson. The accident was wit- j r ... nessed by a number of persons at the station there where the Seaboard pas- ! sender engine ra nover the unfortun- j ate old man. It appears that John- j son was dazed at the approach of tho j locomotive, standing in the middle of j the track until the engine was nearly j upon him. Hesitating in his uncer- j tainty as to which way to go, seem- t ?r? ctItt nr?o f a V* irr> onlf i*? i IjLL?> IJ uuauiu IU UCV-1UC LKJl ULILUOKZIL iSJL , his abject terror, he finally started to turn aside; but it was too late. The testimony at the inquest, held ' Monday afternoon, was as follows: Will Chick testified:?Major John- ! f -ston came up and walked across the j Tailroad. The big engine was stand- 1 ixg there; he stood there a few minu- ; tes and turned off as though he was J cominsr back across railroad. I walk- t ed away about 25 or 30 feet from him I heard the train blow three of four short blows. I looked back and saw Major Johnston near one side of the track and Mr. Reeves was grabbing at him. but I don't know whether he got hold of him or notr^ut the engine struck him, and knocked him about fopr. feet in the air. > Joe Vanderford and L. E. Yarbor- 5 > ough testified practically the same. ri The verdict of the coroner's jurv was that the-deceased came to his j * death by ebing accidentally struck bv | the engine of train No. 30 o? the Sea board Air Line raVtbzfi | There was a collision of automo. J i biles on the public square Weanes- I day afternoon between the cars of J Messrs. C. L. Leitzsey and W. H. ! Sanders, both from Silverstreet. Thev j collided while both parties were try- ! insr to get out of each other's way. ) There was no great damage done, i the car of Sanders getting the worst i of it. The cars were not mo vine- faaf- i at the time and the accident was un- I * avoidable as each party was careful. I but it is a wonder that there are not j many and seriou? smashupg in New- j berry. - < .! , ) ' i THE HERALD AN~E> NEW3 ONE T HAS FOR ONLY $1.6* ' k r V I - , / I. farm tiakdemmj clii5 to uk organized i\ >*e>ykeju? "Wss Willie Mae Wise, the hon demonstration a^ent tor Xewber and Mr. T. M. Mills, the farm demoi strator for the county, are going ' make an effort to organize a hon garden club in Newberry. With th en l in view .there will be a meetir in the high school buliding on 'Satu day in connection with the meeting i A __ -\ fnictop Ultf I'UUUl) ctiiu t i Mr. Geo. P. Hoffman of t.? sion division of horticulture or Clen son college and Miss Christine Sou of the home demonstration force < Winthrop college will be in atten ance rand will make addresses. Xewberry has been selected' as 01 of ten cities in South Carolina f; this work and it is desired to ha' - <" :i: ?u^ as many 01 uie uuucus ui mc men and women, to attend this mee ing on Saturday as possible. It an important work. By the organ! ation it may be able to devise son means by which the town gardener or those who desire to garden, nu Ve able to get their gardens plowe At present the man who has a ?ard< and no mule or plow has a time s;et his garden plowed so that he m< begin work. 1* There should be a good attendam at this meeting. This a time wh? there should be cooperation. WAR GARDENS HELP SOLVE TRAFFIC PROBLE The "winter of I017-191S broug! the most serious traffic congestion ti United States has even seen. Tb condition has no meaning'more si nificant than that the gardens of th year must do even more than tho of 1917 in freeing the overburden* railroads from the need of transpor ing food products. With food shor age threatening the allied nations ai with railroad 'congests as an add* factor, the Svar garden results of ti coming season must be several tim sreater even than the vast yield & last ye&r. /Newberry has been selected as 01 of ten cities in South Carolina to p on garden campaigns, the purpose which is to make every garden ai vacant lot produce food. This car paign will begin In Newberry in tl near future. Watch the papers f the time and place. Neutrality on the food question as impossible as neutrality in tl war itself. In the great conflict v shall win or lose according: to 01 solution of the food problem. Let us plant gardens as never fc fore ant] grow munitions at home help win the war. Willie Mae Wise, Ethel L. Counts. Home Dem. Ageni T. M. Mills. Farm Agent. (OFXTY TEACHERS TO tfEET 0> SATUKDA The next meeting of the Tqachei Association^ will be held in the Hi! School building next Saturday, J\Iar< 9, at 11 o'clock. The Trustees' Ass ciation will also hold their annu meeting on thLs same date in ti Hioh School buildisg. Victor E. Rector, a member of tJ house of representatives from Dai ington county, professor of rural e ucation and agriculture of the Ui versity of South Carolina, will a dress these two associations joint! Prof. Rector is the author of hill pr viding for the teaching of agricultu in the rural schools of South Car lina. He is also the champion of ? cause of industrial education recer ly before the legislature. The domestic'science department il-- 1- - ? I- - -1 7 Ml ^ ,r/xntr A iue iiiern scnwi vwji senc a u lightful luncheon to .those presei Special music consisting of voc quartets will be rendered thru Mi Marpraret Burton's department music. This will be an open meeting ai all interested in education are invite After the addresses the teachers ai trustees will hold their business mec insrs separately. The trustees of tl county are Urged to ccine as impo tant changes have been made in tl law as to their appointment ai term of office by special act of tl Xewberry delegation. DEAFT 258 OPEEA HOUSE TUESDAY, 5TAR0H ^ \>sr? (OLK.tfAV A V HEKO !> FJMM'E. le Hcl.ieved Ho Was One of .Men I)ecoy, r?ite?1 for Kravery?William ' Coleman <>i Charleston in the * t? Army. 10 at Greenwood Journal. ?g There seems to lie little doubt no?v! r- of the correctness' of the report that of Osce Coleman, a former Greenwood j is. boy, was decorated last Sunday by j n- Premier Clemencau of Franco for j i- bravery on the battlefield. The As- ; Hi POfMflterl hnllet.in iiiihHsh(*(] bv ' + * } of The Daily .Journal yesterday after- , d- noon stated that Lieut. William Cole. ' man. of Charleston, had been -deco- \ is rated, but an investigation shows that' 3r young man of this name is in the ce army, the nearest approach to it be-1 n, ing Walker .Coleman, who is said to t- be at Fort Oglethrope. As sOon ?as is the bulletin was received yesterday z- afternoon the journal tried to locate 19' someone in Greenwood who ?might 'S, have known the Charleston bov, but iy all of those, people who ha^*e ac. ! d. quaintances in Charleston, could not ;n recall a William Coleman. Xo effort to was -made to connect Osoe Coleman i?7 with the name in view of the fact _ that the address was given as Char- . ze leston. ! ;a': This mornining's papers hovneverj. : including the two Charleston iJSpers, j state that no William Coleman of th^t . ?city has enlisted in the army all the papers agree in the belief lhat | Osce Coleman, who attended the^iit- i b* ; adel two or three years, is tfte po v ,2 wxiu nzis ueeu sijrnauy nunorea. r it,; ,jS is possible that the mistake a?*s to hir. \ home was marie through the fact that ; 23 he attended the military school in j se Charleston. His full names ik "^:i!- j ; liam Osce Coleman. \ j S Osce Coleman went to thai JirSt?: t_ | training camp at Fort id 3*oiiied the regular armjT%?f!^ *3 4here. H^ing been.^girejjp a commis- . ha* si on. H? first served"*m th6 ej3 artillery.'and w?,r in this branch of I 0f the service when he wrote to Mrs. J. j P. Abney several weeks ago (The ! Qa' Journal published this letter,) but it; u* is understood that recently he has j 0f been promoted and sent hack of the j lines, according to a letter written j h:'s parents, Mr and Mrs. Pope Cole^ man. of Chappells. Until he went to the training camn Mr. Coleman was j .hook-keeper at the Bank of Greenes wood. w According to tlie Associated Press tTq this morning the men decorated by j ar t>e Premier will be awarded the new j j American medals for bravery. Mr | s_: Coleman's feat which won him sucli i t0 hiirh distinction was the capture 1 ; single-handed of a German in the j | raid made last Friday in the Ton;: sector. .. ts. I -Osf,e Coleman's friends here have j i rnorl irilli arao f ^r?f ArApf ^r?/1 ^ A fV?/v ? I 1 ' <v\i ?? ?iu <-> I 4111^1 auu 1UC IU-3 j j reoort that he has been decorated and j j they are prepared to believe it \3 ? I ?r correct. * -I ? ; ,jt Special^ Services. 3' I ;*i j There will be two interesting serv i ices at the Lutheran Church of the ! aj; Redeemer next (Sunday. The follow., j is tue piuoiaai. | 10:15 a. m.?Sunday school. All . ^ r officers. teachers and scholars are; j urged to be present ^ J 11:15 a. m.?Special service. 1st j | L'?ut. Chaplain Edwin F. Keever. D. ; D.. of Camp Watls worth, will be pres;y ; ent and will make the address. 0*|rhaplain Keever comes directly from; re; the camp where hundreds of our j o-1 ^oys are> an(* have a message i ; that will touch all hearts. He is a ; lf_ j f Tie speaker. There will be other j short addresses by laymen of the j 0? ; church. The honor roll of our soldier j e_ ! nnd sailor boys will be called, and j ^ | t^e service fla^r presented to the j aj1 church. s-5 j Our part of the $750,-000:00 will be ! of raised at this sen-ice for our boys ? AH members of the church are urged i i | Td to be present. i d.j S:^0 p m.?Bemc tbe close of the 1 ad . week of prayer the Woman's Home i ?t- j and Foreign Missionary Society will be | have charge of the service. The r- j sermon will be preached by Rev. bie | Chas. J. Shealy of Prosperity. There id j will be an offering for missions. 1 T^A nvKWn ?a "" l-nxrifArl f"f\ ! J all the services. I m ! i *~ ! iBISAFT 258 OPERA HOrSE \ ' IS, | TPK90AT, MARCn 14.1 U<M. ISLAM) A Bltt'ASZA OF THE WAIL Pjleiirivers Are Paid Twenty Times As 31 no!i There hj' the Government iis Jlen Are in the Trenches. Washington, ?.Ia~ch ?Hag Island shipyard, the largest in the world, will ne taken over and operated by the Tinted Stales aner the war, Chairman Fletcher, of the senate commerce committee declared this afternoon. His statement was made to officials of the American International Shipbilding corporation, who appeared before the committee to tell their side of events which led up to President Wilson's order of a criminal inquiry. Dwight P. Robinson, president of the company, was subjected to sharp questioning by Senator? Johnson, of California. Xolson of Minnesota, and Vardaman, of Mississippi. He was on the stand all the afternoon and will continue tomorrow. Ho? Island's ?w Phaser A score of new phases were brought out. Robinson was introduced not only as the man who "knew how" but 33 the man who would "put it through." He-, objected to the term "profit," insisting on compensation. He said the corporation did no work at Hoe Island which it could hire done for it; its watchword, he said, was "control and direction." Chairman Fletcher's statement wao made <^s a result of an explanation by Robinson, of why the company had an incentive to keep costs of construction dijwn. His statement was that the company had a contract to buy the yard from the government ?.i the end the war if the govern^ care to keep iLfov^de2bl ^?rauojb* # F , Robi^so^ said, it fnusk oft ot>vious that the company wo^d ^Jit to keeii cosfs down so thaf^fcl^isiii^ity possible option. it could buy the plant at : ma1' cos'". "T would not worry about that possibility." said Senator Fletcher. "The yard, in my opinion, will never gi back to private ownership. ' It will be owned and operated by the government to upbuilding a great nation al merchant marine." A general assent came from around tbe committee table. Exorbitant Salaries Paid. The committee probed closelv into a statement by Robinson that all salary raises were the same as would have boen oiven the employes if thev had stayed with the company in private work. Robinson said the general manager of the work had received $18.0M last year, and this year wis raised to $25,000. This, he sai^J ws><3 On thp t.liAorv t!iai vash rpsnnnt;).. Mlities would be placed upon him at Hog TslanU. TTnder cross examination by Sena^ tor Johnson. "Robinson admitted that the manager's 1917 salary was $12,000 '-his a f*5.000 bonus. and that this rear it would be S2-"),000 regular, plus the usual bonus. "What you have really done, then.5' said Johnson, "is to double, yes more than double this man's salary the minute ho went on government work ?" "Yon might say/' said Robinson "that he got $1S.OOO last year and about $30,000 this year." "Cutting- off bonuses in both years which as you say, are dependent on i . the company s general earnings, he ?e I assured of more than twice as murl" ; by the government as he ever earnec before in his life." Mr. Robinson said this was so, but | that nevertheless, the manager was worth all he was paid. Pfjfd to hp Patriotic. Senator Nelson received a lettei from 3 Minnesota hanker saying tha' | it has become difficult to sell wai ^avi^frs stamns b^ause the public believed the money was >"going tc | feather some bi<r man's nest." "Can't you help us reduce big sal i ares," asked Nelson i I "The only way T know,'' said Robinson. "to speed the work is to gel big men and pay them well." "Cannot they he persuaded to work for patriotic motives," Nelson asked 1 "Our men are patriotic, many ol them have enlisted in the army." "None apparently has enlisted is this work except for bigger pay than he ever jrot before in his life. The ^ ? ij t-Xsn-n moral eueut on uie ptioyie is mat uitv fCOUNTY MARKS LOAN" V THE COJDfERCIAL BANK I Under authority from the legisla- I ture the county has borrowed $6,000 from the Sinking Fund Commission at a rate o; five per ccnt and that ? loan has been made from the Commercial Rank for $45,OJO at a rate c of 4 3-4, making the total loan for a $olt000. The Commercial Bank had' t the money ready as soon as the note? ~ ~ ^ i. j wsie sigucu. . j i TWENTY-FOUR WHITE >FKX L TO LEAVE SATURDAY. c The 24 young white registrants will p meet in the court house Saturday at P 11 o'clock to enroll for entrainmer.t o I at 3:3S. Col. W. H. Hunt will spealt ii j to the voung soldiers. ? i Ti.o recorder had i peculiar case before Mm TUursdav, waicn ought I t ? b >\t. happened in th:* time '>1 S<-i : omon. Jim Childs, colored, was up b j on t? .? charge of crueU* '.<> niit.&.s. a j in that he whipped, or baat, a mule, h i The whole force is down on such J j conduct. The recorder punishes c | cruel persons for unmerciful tre^t- o j ment of dumb creatures. But' the fi owner of this mule, H. D. Whit taker, F said the mule was so stubborn and t! contrary that it deserved the whip- n ping. It was :\s awful mule to make ! J go hi one direction wnen it seis its ? j head to go another way. The re- d I corder was sorrfewhat puzzled, but u ; he put the fine at $5, which was paid, a Tf people are expected to^h^Lp ' the war by planting foota?Cte^N^ow X /can they raise futfle-f^tfev* f , : get thfu Av<60^ne| ^T^r is * ; j nwiij'j- 5^ * S'^tACwhiw.js* a seril J . j o^s (V^ijC* ajitf^lrain oi/^eyhouto*fr < at largo t^a^d^ is th*th^pel^sorr c of >r*-tfcr /o^et. any ^plowing"^0115} c i Thi^# beH|? tihe* case it s^ms t# ? that the best thing to do' is to ha^o t . carK closing so^thnt t^a^fmorchants and clerks and sriJm- business men 4. j may put in time working at their a gardens. If the ladies knew that th3 c , ; stores would be closer! at a certain t , early hour for the srood of the country r' j they would govern themselves ac- t . | cordingly with their household, kitc-h- i . i en and millinery buying. Everybody a | lend a helning hand for the interest ! j of the community. r V ' Speaking of cats and hens Secrei ^ f ft rtr P UAO l + K Rno C C nininin^r ^ ; Lea V ui jjuam I 9 I ham tells the reporter of an unusual | occurrence in henandcatology. A ^ hen had been laying her high-priced 1 eggs in a flower pot on the porch, i Conies a mother cat with her littla ! kits transferred from other quarters | to said pot where the soft earth was " j warm and comfortable in the cozy re- f j treat. , Makes no difference to hen. c I She gets on nest all the same think- r inK t<y hatch, but the people of the t I house don't want hen hatching there. ? i Cat p? '*s no attention to hen. but a I gets under old chicken and lets kit- t i ties draw their rations Removing s i -v , j hen from would-be nest on the next t I rounds party discovers cat and i"a;u- 5 S ' ily right under spread wins* of do- a ^ mestic female fowl. "S i ???" t Though thou be destined to live s three thousand years and as many t ? myraids besides, yet remember that ' no other man loesth other life than | that which he liveth, nor liveth other ?| than that which lie loseth.?Marcus I Aurelins. j ! t II 1 I! must skimp and save and send their 1 j sons at $30 a month to the trenches, i k ! whilA hio- mAn must hp naiH to b? ( >' patriotic, is bad." j ( "I can only say, Senator," replied J ( j Robinson, " that is the only way we 1 * j know to get the work done." Wage Scale Cannot be Reduced ( r Under the new wage scale, adopted - by the government on the eve of the r ? -shipyard strike two weeks ago, skilled i laborers?riveters, hoisting engineers 1 pile-driving men?will make fron $5,00-0 to $5,000 a year, Robinson said j j They are to be paid on a piece basis t} which cannot be reduced. Senator Johnson produced a tele- 1 : ejram from the company received to- ' day by all Washington corespondent f urging them to give publicity to thf company's explanation of Its trouble? < i "What <io you mean by^this prone i j ?ar.da?" he demanded of Robinson. ?! "Simply getting our side heard," tV< > l witness 'answered. ; VILSOX UPHELD IX X. T. ELECTIONS* "our Added to House Democrats, Women Vote in Surprising Numbers. New York*. March 5.?The Demorats won all of the four consression1 seats voted for in a special elecion here today. They won them all by decisive maDrities for which they have to thank be women who today cast their bai1-vfc^ frvr fha fr-nct tima in thio ctafp ?CiV CO 1V/1 ViiU tllliVy AAA - ?w ongressional candidates. , The women polled practically 50 er cent of the entire vote cast. They >ut themselves almost solidly on recrd in support of the administration n its war policies. '-BOATS SI NK AS FAST AS BUILT. London, SMarch 5.?Germany's Uoats are now sunk as fast as they re built. Sir Eric- Gedde.s toH the ouse of commons today. Thic offWfivp rrmrtftr ramDaicm ondueted v/ith the full and vital coperation of the American navy, the rst lord of the admiralty added, re repeated his recent statement hat "the menace is held, but not lastered." Germany; he asserted, is greatly xaggeratin<r allied shipping losses * ue to submarine warfare. Tn one lonth, he added, this exaggeration mounted to T^per cent A *r'1 x> \t .4 fA jmMO'dls r^mijtces CH , reiurmu^ o^ft^e/jforth ^tlyi^ic^'the chaniei4 jpf thJ^N^rth Sea, Are one in four ^gtS, Sir dgclarred. 1 coor^rdtion' betwe^ji the llRetfif-an ;ah'(J British n5yte3 is^as tea** perfect as possible. American ^ ffif'ers are working ^rVver^section , ^^e adfniralp- personnel. A& ranfc? lave earned/the respect* and grati- ^ ude cf all. '^y ' The naval xvarfare is increasingly l^nr favor. ?TW; have established - i franc r?V???rmpl cnrforo "harr^ac^* tft tbstruct submarines, employing mors han' 100 patrol boats in this work." 'he admiralty "head said a court marial investigation had beep ordered nto the recent German destroyer id on Dover. He admitted that the anti-submaine campaign in the Mediterranean ras fraught with difficulties an<f, herefore. not as successful as fr? >t.ner waters. tTETRO'S "DRAFT 258" IS PICTORIAL RET IE W OF NATION'S HISTORT. Metro's special production de luxa. Draft 258," starring Mabel Taliaerro. which will shown at. the >pera house Tuesday, March 12, is a ?atriotic pageant of great scenes ?n he history of the United States. From the Battle of Bunker Hill to , lawn fete of the present day for he benefit of the Red Cross, stirring cenes follow each other, in this picure. the logical successor to "The Slacker." written and directed by the iiitlior-director of "The Slacker," William Christy Cahanne. The Bat -* - ttmi j_ IC 01 sail juu.ii nni is picenfed. with regular cavalry men of he army charging in the re-enacting >f these scenes. The battle of the Uamo. in the Mexican war, is shown n reproduction. With exactness of ietoil. the signing of the Declaration )f Independence is pictured, with all be "original signers" portrayed by slavers chosen for their likeness to the"; different part/ In connection, ivith "Draft 258," a motion picture camera was planted for the first time >n BedJoe's Island for the purpose >f taking pictures of th<T Statue of Liberty. "Draft 258'' is a pictorial review )f great events in American history. riie Newberry Co-Opcratfte "Cannery cvill be prepared to do. a much larger )usine?s the coming season than last. Fhev will pay the highest prices for fruits and vegetables?especially tenatoes and beans. Those who exDect to grow these for market can 'earn the prices the cannery will pay ">v referring with either J. W. John-on of J. W. Kibler. They can also get tomato seeq at yost. 3-8 tf. -BAFT 259 OPERA BOtfSK THESDAT, MARCH 12.