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'? j? >. * . _ .. _ . r _ ... - ...... . . ? ? VOLUME IV KU3IBMS 21. JEYV-BEliBY, $. C* Ti ESI) AY, 3IATXH 1-. 1018. i ?u(E A YVELK, ^I^>0 A YLAL? . Vi- *' *" ENTHUSIASTIC MEE REMOV JThe Railroad Commissioner ty at Prosperity to D\ * S \ ^ ^ crossings.? The h In response to a call from the supervisor and county commissioners to meet the railroad commission ai Prosperity Friday to take up the consideration of the removal of * the ?~ ~ r><5 rtimila rlv hpfwpor graue viuooiujo, jia. v - Prosperity and Newberry, there was a good meeting, full of enthusiasm held in the town hall at Prosperity on Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock. The commission came up on tho k ?C. <N. & L. train at 12:30, and drove up the public road to look over th? crossings, and after returning held 1 a meeting with the citizens to find out the sentiment, and 'to talk the matter over. President Livingston of the 0. N. & L. who has done much in removing some of the dangerous crossings on his road, and who is enthusiastic in his efforts to have all grade crossings removed, was also present. There were a numAf ft>nni VotphorrV thoffl L iJXsi V/l *,* VF4JUL 4*v T? MVi t J v**v? k and from the surrounding country, "because this is a road that is travelfffjft ed by people from all sections of the IliLcounty, and is the main highway AW the low country to the mouctains, and every one is interested. fj| H? There are 8 of these grade cross, ings between the two towns and the distance is only 7 miles and most of them are parallel with the road which makes them all the more dan ?erous. It is understood that there is some opposition to a change in the location of the public road by some of the people who live along the way, , for one reason or another, but mainly probably because the road has been where it is since they can remember, and they can see no reason k for changing it. After it is done they Ik will wonder why they could have been 1 opposed to it, so much better for iilA tfeem and all concerned will it be. iflk It should be stated that all eight PPR>f the crossings are within a distance W of about three miles, so that the change of road bed would cover only about three miles, and It would take ^mit all crossings of the C. N. & L., 'and there would be only the one crossing of the Southern near Pros/ TW*ritv rv**v The meeting was held in the town hall and was called to order by Dr G. Y. Hunter who called on several of the gentlemen present to express their views on the subject. Dr. Hunter* said it was a matter of vital importance and he was glad that Supervisor 'Sample had talten the mat. xer up. That it had been talked about for several years Tmt somehow nothing had ever be*n done- He un derstood that the supervisor had a plan upon which all parties hail > agreed as to the mode of proceedura and the cost of the undertaking, an3 he called upon the supervisor, but h<? said he would like to hear from the people present* Dr. Hunter then called upon Mr. John M. Kinard. Mr. Kinard said that he felt that remarks were unnecessary as all persons v?fco had ever traveled the road were agreed that the crossings should be removed. He felt that ther*" was no one who would deny the necessity for making the cnange In ih<= road. By having a ^ood highway bek tween Prosperity and Newberry, wit's P. the danger of road crossings taken out, would make the two cities nearer to each other, and would naturalI > ly create closer relations between them and the entire county. In fact it was in the interest o! the whcl?= county to have the crossings removed. He hoped it would not be necessar? to resort to drastic measures in se? curins: the read bed and in making the chance, but that everv one would see the absolute necessity of such a move, and that, it would be the un animous consensus of the meeting and of the citizenship of the entire county. Hon. H. H. Evans said this roac was the direct h^bway irom Angusta 41 and Charleston and the low countrj to the mountains, and it wa? an absolute necessity to have these grad< crossings removed, and he hoped thai 1t would be done at once. Chairman Hunter called ou E. H TING FA VORS IL GRADE CROSSINGS 3 Meet Citizens of the CcunIscuss Removal Grade fleeting Unanimous .: Aull to say something. He had come ; to the meeting to report it, he said, : and he expected to be able to report . all the people in favor of removing ? the crossings. He-said that his posii; tion on this question was well known, ;: that he had been advocating the re , movai ot tne graue crussmgs 101 a : long time and he hoped that it would be done. That he would be glad if i the people who lived along the way s .would agree to it and would cooper ate with the others in changing- the ! I road bed, that it would be' of benefit [: to them and to their property to have > ihe crosings taken out, that he had ; talked with Commissioner Shealy i about the matter some two or three .! years ago. He thought if a plan had ; been worked out it should be sub, 1 mitted and - then the meeting would , i have something before it. ? j Hon.- J. G. Richards, chairman ">f the commission, said that he- wante.1 to congratulate the supervisor and I the citizens upon the efforts which thev 'were making to have these i grade crossings removed, and he>saM ; that he felt he was speaking for his . ?x- ? It a cmiA whflt T>P> ; tin Lirt; uuaJ U n ucit omu .. ~ ^ ? ? ] did. The commission went to the 1; legislature and asked for authority; . to regulate these matters. The leg- ] . islatare gave the authority to the I commission to require the railroads ! to remove the crossings, but did not ': <rive the power to, pro rate the cost ' Mr. Livingston of the C. N. & I.. is . in favor of removing these crossings [and is willing to bear his share of - *----1 ? it ?^,v, ? tne expense, qui iae ouumeuu sccu?3 slow to act. The supervisor has sub] mitted a plan that the county will . pay one-third of the cost and that each road bear one-third. If the rounty wants it done we can order the* Southern railway to remove the i prade crossing, but we want to be j fair and have an understanding and 1 have the work done with as little fric- j 1 . tion as possible. j ; Hon. T. A. Dominick said he under stood, that the railroads crossed the highways and the roads were there before the railroads and the railroads . : should change the public road. He ' said the legislature had provided $31._ j *>00 for road work and chain gang,' and that the federal government would contribute $9,000, and that the money would have to be snont thio ; year and under the direction of the State highway commission, and that the supervisor and the commission had decided that this road should be one on which this work was to ba done, andthat before anything is done the questiOii of the crossings should be decided. Tt h*ad been estimated that the cost of building the thrco i miles of new road would be $2700, not. including the cost of rights of way. He hoped the meeting would u decide to make the change and ref move the crossings. ! President Livingston of the C. M ; . & L. said that he was ready and will- ' in<r to pay his one-third of the cost .' for the removal of these crossings, , and for some more below, and would be willing to join in any movement ! that was right and fair and honest. I He believed that the people who own- j ed the land on which the new road I i was to be built should be paid for it; i a reasonable price but that they j . should not be exorbitant, but that . matter could be left to a board of ap;; praisers to be appointed by the rail- j 1 l-nnda fVn-v clmnrl'lCAr QT>r? fho nfionls . i i uano, nic cup.i < I.JU. ?- j_ x > | interested, if it was thought the own-: er^ were u n reason oh le in their de mands. But in any eventy the should be compensated for the 'and and the ; damage if there was any, and he was | [ ' eady and willing to cooperate in any , l way that he could. Upon motion of Mr. Dominick the : meeting voted unanimously to request ' the railrdad commission to have the | grade crossings between ;\ewuerrv , [ tnd Prosperity removed, and the com- : i mission promises to have the orde^* j r ??sued at once. We regret that there was no e%- , * session from the reople. Mong the t way whose land will have to be used to make the new road. If any of . them were present ;n the meeting wa-. SEVERAL iX FOIST AST MEETiXtiS ilKi.i) O.N SATt'ilDAx. Saturday was a busy day in New. i.erry so far as public meetings goes, c It is difficult in these days for a twice c week paper to keop up with all tlio ;? meetings and other publicity that the ]: government is asking to get to the c people, and at the same time give any t war news, and also be anie to make j the ghost walk at thg business office f on Saturday afternoon. And it is ex- j s pectod that you do all these things < and smile and be pleasant and agree- ? able. Well, we are going to do thi c latter even if we have to neglect some of the other things. 'r> The teachers and the trustees and the garden club and the heme demonstration club girls and the county demonstration agent all had meetings scheduled to be held on Satur- ' day, and at the same time the war -: board had a meeting at which Co? Hunt delivered an address to the ' young men who left for the camp. r Mr. Victor Rector was here to speak and Mr. Geo. P. Hoffman from Clemson college was here to talk about - the gardens and Miss South from a Winthrop was here to talk about * garden clubs along with the Clem- * son man. Mr. Rector we believe is 5 professor of agriculture at the uni- jc versity of South Carolina and also a s member of the legislature from Darl- 1 v, infftnn. 11 Mr. Wilson introduced us to Mr. t Rector but somehow he did not seem , in a good humor and did not give u~ 's an opportunity to say more than good a morning, but he made a good flaming! speech which the people who heard ; v him were pleased with. His was fcjjj plea for the average boy and ? for a broader sympg^jfelr^tong all the people. He^aidW^4^e teach- J ^ ers s^duMjjfcdk preparet^tb" teach the i s boys Tiow to live. Should j teaol^^kem about the air thev breathe ! ^ !t and theK water they drink and tn-2 I r plants-life and about nature gene^Uy. j Air. Rector comes from the mountains !r and knows what, it mean? to have , l! Rood air and plenty of fresh water j and has himself studied nature and j o nature's laws and what a knowledge , t; of them means to a proper living, j r v Mr. Hoffman from Clemson college 7-' ? spoke of the garden proposition, and i a particularly the town garden, as that! was the purpose of the meeting on Saturday, to see what could be done toward the organization of the town 1 garden club. He said tftat there ! should be a director and a good gar- j dener in each ward with good assist- I ants and an executive committee to j consist of the ward leaders and the it; director. There could be three crops i d gathered,'stored, dried and'preserved, jd Miss South from Winthrop stress- {ii ed the importance of garden,, work j h and advised the growing mainly of' non-perishable vegetables. Increase j ii your poultry and conserve your food, i > and particularly did she .stress the j importance of the cooperation of the ! srhool teachers 5ri this work. The j ' teachers can help by disseminating : knowledge of house economics and j teaching sanitation and also garden- ! in^r- They can organize boys and' * ; ? Sirls clubs and in many ways create j an enthusiasm in the work of the j I a warden. And she also advised the; j rj ladies to wear silk and cotton and ,' spvp the wool for the soldiers. ' The town ?9"den was organ. ' i?pd by the ejection of tTie til")wing ; ^ officers and directors: J r R f tfV>c>TOa nrocidtnt ' a Mis? Minnie Gist, vice-president.. .i ! Prof. 0. B. Cannon, city director. ) ' "V F^brd 1 leader?Miss Lucy Sneers, i ' e Ward 2 leader?Miss Elizabeth ; 4, i . j r. did net see them, but we hope that j r> they too will cooperate ia removing j f this danger to the traveling public,; t a part of which they are. Private : T crossings will have to be made in a , ? few places so as to sret to the resi- | r deuces of those who will be left on r the opnosite side of the road, but it a will also take out some private cross- j in.es of tVicse who now live on the or>- ; posite side of the road, so that it will , t he about an even up. j r With the great amount of travel ir that is now on this road the wonder j'' is that there have not been more ac- j t cidents and the travel will increase, because the cry now is not to travel ' on the trains and that will naturally j r inpreice the travel hv \r.d we r ?ati?fied that whon the thing ( ? every one will 1 e that ^ i3 done. i ;i)YV\;a> DAVIS u'Li.^ APrOISTMENT A53AP0LI3 i Co!. !. Mar: on Davis, superintend- ' cit of the Newberry cotton mills, re:eived a telegram on Saturday from ! Congressman Dominick stating that; lis son Edward Davis has passed the , sxaniination and had been admitted, o Annapolis. * Young Mr. Davis was recommended j or appointment by Mr. Dominick | ome time aso. but had to stand the , i entrance examination to the naval icademv which he has just done sue-' :essfully. ? rwusvri? vrmif * vinmrw k a v ? U i iit/.fi l .1 I tlljli TO HIS DAUGHTER. "3m )eaj$J Editor of The Herald and News: PI#>se allow* nie the privilege to na$e some pnbiic expression of my irolfen spirit. I not going to complain with Sodlr dealings for his goodness and nercy endureth forever. "Oh, death where is thy sting?" The stin<r of death came into my amiiy on the night of February 23, nd took away my oldest daughter, rlary,- "t*io became the wife of L,. A. Scbb> a little more than 22 years ago. She leaves behind a husband and four hildren, three boys and one girl, on<* istes' and six brothers, and this old athef whom God has seen fit to leave ^ere -a little more than four score j*. m , ears. . __T I Het mother nre^eded iier to tha pirii .land..A little less than 27 years go. | I can only sit by my fireside and Peep-, and ?ray to my God tio?* lead fetb the "Rock that tis higher than J* * | I gaJ# her to God during her child- \ ood iV baptism and at an early as? | he was conrirn^ a^member of the ^utheran churcfc hi which faith she ied? hoWing her ^nembership at ; 'achmari Chapel church which lace in that cemetery her body now ests awaiting the resurrection morn-! | While thp infirmity of my body j oars down uncn me, yet I look up o my Goi1 w^Ti an eye of faith and , ejoince in the blessed hope that my ; [>ss is (ier eternal gain and our sep- j ration will not be long. ? ? t i Lord thcu.rh tnou bend my spirit 1 , Love or.Jv veil! I Lee, 'he verv har.ri that strike* the blow. Was v-.nded o!:ce fqr me." M. M. Lone- | Mrs. M. E. Hitt was called to Four- j ain Inn Sunday on account of theJ eath of her sister. Mrs. T. Y. Hen- | erson. who died there Sunday mom- , rig. Mrs. Hitt was accompanied hr ! er daughter-in-law. Mrs. .T. J. Hitt. j Mrs. G. W. Connor left this morn- j nc for a visit to her mother in ' dewberry .?Greenwood Index, 8th. j )ominick. Ward 3 leader?Mrs. L W Flovd. ' - " 1 ward 4 leader?Mrs. ?. M. Workman : Ward 5 leader?Mrs. Cary Booth. i Committee ' n fertilizer. Z. F. bright and T. M. Mills. / ! T^e home and fnrm demonstration ; jrent.s are to promote the work \ mong the negroes i If the directors and the ward com - : lift Aftf r\ r> <t A TV* ii ? wvr? v. i ictcvwu; ^ iji ai i an.su i"-* ! ray by which somp of us who" have j own gardens may be able to get the \ (lowing done when it should be, at j reasonable charge for the work,} hoy wiT] serve a sood purpose. We i rould like to have our garden plow-j d now and then maybe we could get j be work done nfter the planting pro-J ess was over, but not having a mule, j nd it being too expensive to buy one j or a small garden, unless we can get ( he rrou"^ plowed we do not see how ^ rp mar bp ahln to hnvp much of a t rarden. "We hone some good will; ) ome out of the agitation and th#> or. j Nation ?o** some town gardens, i i ind -not he all talk I ? 1 I There was a ?ood attendance at the J rustees meeting. 53 trustees being j >re?ent. Mr. T. M. Smith was elected ?residont of the association and the i liscussions of school matters was in- j eresting. j I Miss Meta DeLoach with her do- j nestie science class serve>cl a very j l?1??ht.fi!] !"nohrt.oT,1 to the trustee-. | Julia Tohnstone sang two solo* i -it-v sweetly anrl a delightful meet- j n? was -closed. : " \ .-v." ."T'-s*. ^?~r*r"piw .. - IXTKLRAS CONGREGATION JIAISES 800 DOLLARS. \ ? ! The Lutheran church in America j started a drive a short time time ago j to raise $750,000 for the purpose of i supporting pastois for the Lutherans j in the army and to assist in tlie mor- ( ai and Christian work among the soldiers. , The portion asked from the Lutli- j erar.s of South Carolina was $10,"00. ; It is stated that from a partial canvas of 21 of the more than SO congregations in the State that more than ?7,COO has already been raised and it was thought that fully $20,000 wou'J I be the result from the canvas when p'l the congregations had been heari from. At a meeting of the congregation | of the. Church of the Fedeemer on Sunday SS00 was contributed and it was stated that the apportionment of j tnis ^congregation was $4UU. fcix j members gave ?50 each and S gave ?2r? each and the remainder was in ten and five dollar subscriptions and smaller amounts. At this meeting on Sunday Lieutenant Chaplain Keever of Camp Wadsworth delivered an address on the work of the chaplain, and gave some insight into camp life and what it means to be in the army. And the needs of the army chaplain and the work that it is necessary to be done, and what it takes properly to equip an hrmy chaplain. We will not undertake to give a synopsis of the address, but we desire to mention one thing he said which has often occurred to us. He asked if any one had e^r undertaken to define the psychology of war. and had thought about it seriously. The main purpose of war is to kill, and that is what they teach the 3oli d?er. They tell him when he meet3 iat* man in a $>vurn cuixiuai. us | must sword the man and not a tree, ?n?J when he is training with his gun it for the purpose to teaching him to kill. And the fundamental doetrine or principle in the code of the Bible is bein<? violated, so the arrnr 1 * I chaplain must teach and tell the men it is wrong to steal and to lie and to cheat and do the other things that arp forbidden in the Book, hut he can not ?a.v anything: ahout killing or ^ak?ng human life. Well, that's what war means. This meeting was also arranged have a service flag presented show inrr the. nnmhiir nf mon frnm fho rnr; ETresation now in the service, and to j have the names read. The flag had J not come, hut Dr. J. M. Kibler ?. ' member of the county war hoard read the nnmes and made a good talk. Mr. Otto Klettenr was also called on an^ made a talk. Dr. Kihler paid that the list com prised the men who had volunteered. Two of them in the list had the pleasure of hearing the honor roll read. Mr. D. A. Livingston who was home on a brief furlough being present, and another who is -still in Newberry but is 'awaiting orders.. The purpose was to have the relatives or friends who may have been present to answer and g;ve the oamps in which the men are now but very few answers were made and we e?.n not give the addresses. The following is the list as read by Dr. Kibler: Humbert Mayer Aull .T. C. Hinn. Tr.. Forrest Simmer Gracfy Gosrs:an? Horace Swittenberg Bertie Burn T. Farle Hipp Henrv Mayer Koof Carl .Ti:lior? Siln<? J. Klettner TTon?ton Lone: Pernie M Maves George Slisrh Trvrin M. ?atterwhite Robert Slis"b Mi;rr?v Pikarri Dr. T. T*. Setzler "r>upne A. Livingston Beale Cromer Olande 0. Slieh Kmrnet Counts Henrv Shp.nl y C.has. Paschal "Rarre Frank W. Chapman ShiHev Houston Lovell H. E. Mover T-Tnrv ^urnrrer Clause C Srffth Da-?nrt A. Caldwell A .J Tower5?. Jr W> rV, mt n?roe to the statement that "we sometimes hear that It Is nec WILL BE IN NEWBERRY TO ASSIST IN MAKING RETURNS Mr. Joseph H. Hunter will be in. Xewberry the week beginning March IS to assist persons who are liable t3 the income tax to make their returns. He may be found at the office ?.. ? Dr. Mower during1 the week and those' who have not made their income returns had better call on him. and let him assist them in making' out the return. After April 1 a heavy penalty will attach to those who fail to make the return. He states also that partnerships are liable to this tax. The corporation tax is a separate thing. Annual ?Tarch Debafe. i The annual March debate by the literary societies o? Newberry college is always anticipated with great pleasure by the community, as it is an important event in the history of the college as well as of the city and county. The 1918 debate will be held Friday night at the opera house, beginninu at S: 30, with an exceptionally fine program, the speaking and de bate to be interspersed with good music. The exercises will be under the management of President N. P. Mitchell. After the invocation the Phrenakosmian orator, A. H. Slice, will speak on "A Vision "Through Smoked Glasses." The debate: Resolved, That the Railroads qf the United States should be owned and operated by the Federal Government, will be presented in the affirmative by C. B. Caughman snd R. K. Frick of the Phrenakosmi;n society, C. N. Oates, captain, and the negative by W. J. Metzger ana - ^ H. W. Boozer of the Excelsior, W. H. S'healy, captain. The Philomathian essayist, Miss Teressa Maybin, will gife "The Trail of the Painted Posts/' and the Excelsior orator, H. M. Kyser, will speak "To the Strains of Martial Music." COTTON 3L4EXET Newberry. Cotton 33 Seed 1.06 1-2 Prosperity Cotton 33 Seed 1.06 1-2 Pomarla Cotton 3S Seed 1.08 Little tfonutain Cotton 33 Seed 1,12 1-2 <liappell? Cotton ' 33 Seed 1.06 1-2 Whitmlre Cotton 33 Seed 1.17 . Mr. and Mrs. Will (Wlaldrop and children of Laurens spent yesterday here with Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Waldrop in 'New Market street.--Greenwood Index, 8th. essary f-.r tns Lutherans or the Lutheran church of American to defend its attitude 'n t> is war. Even those whe were against a declaration of war. now that the country is in tne war are just as loyal and are doing as much or more than some who were louder in this protestations for war. We do not believe the per centa^e of disloyals among the Lutherans is any greater than it is among any n+hoT- r>iac;<5 nf the citizen's. In fact. the per centage of disloyals Is infinitsimal any way. There are men in the Lutheran church in this country who were born in Germany and who have near and close relatives in the German army who are just as loyal as any other American citizens, and who are supporting with their means and their sons the American army ana government. These matters of who was for or against declaration of war are now academic questions. We are all now "100 per cent American,** arid what we should all do is not to discuss the questions that are battled, but cooperate in every way possible to bring the horrible war to a speedy close and thus save as mar.v as possible of the lives of the voun^ manhood of the world. It is stated on reliable authority that 35 ner cent of the young men of the Lutheran church are now in the service. Th?t is sufficient answer and needs no farther defense. TUESDAY, MARCH It, I>EAFT 25$ OPERA HOUSE