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!|it jtralD Jons. Entered at the Postoifice at Jfew? ierry, S. Cn as 3nd class matter. E. H. AFLL, EDITOR. Tuesday, March 12, 1918. The State council of defense has aiado no mistake in securing Rev. Hugh R. Murchison as field agent. Mr. Murchison is a fine gentleman and knows how to meet the public and to mingle with the people. atfBEBK* M. C Shealy of the Freshman class and J. H. Bedenbaugh. '16, wha wad teaching school in the lower part of J me aiatt;, wuie uiancu auu berry Saturday for Camp "Jackson.? Newberry College cor. The State. Dr. J. H. Harms has returned from New York where he has been in the interest of the college. Seed Irish Potatoes?Let ns supply you with genuine Maine grown see?.l. Now is the time to plant. Summer Bros. Co. 3-12 It. COMING Screen Sensation DRAFT 258 Metro's Successor to THE SLACKER OPERA HOUSE, TUESDAY, MARCH 12 Prices Matinee and Night 10c and 20c Auspices Calvin Crozier Chapter I < % N - The Seasons Newest Designs A large variety of patterns to select from. two^SQJ tit PIECE iiJUl 1 Made to Order; Perfect Fit Guaranteed THREE Of TIT* PIECE DUi 1 .17" About two hundred strictly all woo! patterns on display. The values are exceptional. Black Dry Goods Co. Prosperity, S. C. (METRO'S DF I Starring jty nPCRA 14 f Prices: Mi X V. <<?> "$><?<?> <$> ' <5> ' * ] * THE IDLER \* i <$> : ' <^<^<$?<?>^^,,$>'^<^^><S>^>'^^><?><S>^r i I have been reading the March American Magazine, and there are 1 several articles in that number which I wish every one could have the op-| ; pcrtunily of reading. The one on '*v\hy We Come Smiling Out of Hell/' by Private Teat, as he calls himself, I. is particularly interesting at this i time. Then Surgeon General f'orgas' has some very interesting facts a~o-:t j the dangers and the casualties and j the death rate in this great world! war. and he says the health of the j ; f soldiers is good, and one thing that i i struck me is the statement that there I ' it? .nrflpfipallv nr> tnhftrfMiTrvens :fl ; France. I had heard to the con- j i trary. nut tben he should know. But j ! in this article I want to quote from j Private Peat. He writes on what ho j calls. "Why We Come Smiling Out J of Hell." ?o? The opening paragraph of this, ar- ! ticle is: "One thing that has been j said about me seems to surprise people: It is said that I have been 'two { years in hell' and 'am back with a j smile.'" He says he is not the only i fellow that does it. There are hun- ! dreds of thousands of them doing it ( today. And they are smiling not "be-1 cause "we have got out of hell, but j because we have been there. It is 1 the fellow who doesn't go who won't; be .smiling much." "If you had taken j the highest oDportunity life ever he'd i out to a man, wouldn't you smile If j you had gone down into hell for the j sake of peonle who were there al- { ready, wouldn't you ccme back?:? j you were lucky enoush to get back j ?with a smile?" "Talk about find-j ^pg yourself. We find more than our- j selves. We find God. You wouldn't:. think so if you heard some of us talk- ! ong. The language of the trenchcs j isn t fit to print. Men who never swore in their lives curse till the air !s blue. Pray? T never knew but ! one fellow that prayed in the trenrh-!, I e<?. and he wac a damn hvprocritc. j Pack *n re?t b!llets he swpre as well . | as. or better than, the next man. We , don't nrav. but everv mothe1"'^ son | of us *t at. neare with God " He savs ; thp slat'1 ha1? hf?en win#*d ^lean bv; : what thev at*e doin<*. "Ml the Titt1*, | , ppttv wei>hin?" of rieM and wn>ra:;, ! has ,9-one hv. It's as simple as white j 9tu1 b^ck: and what we aro doin? is ! < i wnir.e. ne says caev neneve tnai > God understands. They have become j j as little children and all responsibil- j 1 ity is gone except such as belongs to ! j a child who trusts. There is a new . religion and it is practical and' straightforward and honest. He be- j lieves there are worse things than; i i 1 war in the world. It is bitter hard t.o j send your son away to fight, but it.. is going to give him a post-graduate course in the very things you have 1, tried to teach him and maybe when . you understand that it won't be so , hard. The things that you tried to ( ( teach him are courage, and loyalty, i obedience, self-sacrifice, honesty, and , trust in God?and these are the ; things he will learn in the trenches.! ?0? To show how the fellow feeling i and kindly sympathy are supreme ; among the men, he relates an inci- J 11 dent which he says is the most ten-! < der and gentle thing he ever saw a S ( soldier do. And he might have ad- ', 1 ded any one else. "After the first j gas attack at Ypres, in April'. 1915, I' ( was knocked out for a while and was in the clearing station at Mer-', ! ville. One day when I was lying j there on a stretcher a poor miserable 1 , soldier came in. He was covered with < ( mud and blood. He was minus his , , overcoat and his tunic was torn by , shrapnel. He was soaked to the . bone, for it was raining, and he was > ( shivering with cold and pain. The : nurse hurried to him and asked him < what had become of his overcoat, j 7 "Oh," he said, his teeth chattering, j ( "my pal was killed back there, and { he looked so cold, lying there in the ^ rain, T took off my coat and put it . over him." 1 "Tf the men in the trenches, with HE COUNTRY LIKE A PF SENSATIONAL PATRIOTIC SPI Without Battle Scenes * AFT 21 Directed by Wm. Christy Cabanne The Man Who Made "The Slacker" 7 Astonishing Acts IARFI. TAMAF OUSE TUES., rices Calvin Crozier Cha itinee and Night, 10 ( their dirt and their filth, their swear. ing and fighting, can show such ten- i cerness and unselfishness and sacri- < fice, are you here at home going to fall below them in nobility of spirit? I don't believe you are." ?o? I don't like to write about war or , i to think about it, but I reckon Private Post io -rifrht fhprp nrp snmo things ! . ? j worse than war, as horrible as it is.' It is worse to be a coward or a hype.* crite. And for those who get out j will prove a wonderful school, a great post-graduate university. And lots j of 'em are coming back to us. And j it won't be so long before they corns. I ?o? But another point 1 want to make j is, that if the boys over there can j make the sacrifice they are making.; .1 3 * -U _ il,.? ? ami eiiuuit; mc iiciiu?niiJs mey i.-.enduring, and with it all bo unselfish j and generous as that fellow 4vas who i covered the body of his pal with hi1? j overcoat because he looked so cold j and went shivering and bleeding and j muddy himself, can't we do more and i sacrifice more and do it with less complaining and a more cheerful spirit. Yes, and the first thino;'that we should do is to send the profiteers and bia: salaried and bomn nroof fellows who are living in the lap ef luxury and sending out appeals to us, poor devils who are already suffering, to save and buy thrlit stamp*? yes, send these fellows to the stockade and make them work and stint a little themselves. Did you read the testimony in the investigation of the graft at Hoy; Island? And by the way, it is properly named if what 5s true that has been said of the way they did. Paving men $24,000 a voar and a bonus of six thousand. Twica what they received from the corporations for the same job. And to do j nothing. Not much patriotism in that sort of grafting, and not much sacrifice. Yet the government permits it and then pays a lot of stenographers and clerks to send out liter- ji ature?that's what they call it?but! not much literature to it, to tell us j poor devils who scarcely have corr. || ? ? ., . I Dreaa ana nacon, tnat we must con-!] serve and save and buy thrift stamps |i and liberty bonds in order to win thejj war. It seems to me that we are j saving that these fellows may harp big pay and get rich on our savlil5 If it' went to help our boys, or ?.o make them more comfortable, all o? us would do the thing with a great deal more grace and pleasure. But to help the government permit such i stealing it does not go down well. Phe government ought to send these , profiteers down to hell a while, ard maybe they would come back smiling a different sort of smile?provided they got back. ?o? But as Private Peat says, the war has taught us and will teach us ~ broader vision of things, and will ?ive us the elbow touch with the nations of the world, and when we get through there will be a broader an3 f* deerter sympathy among the nations of earth. It will teach us love r>f fvv-ntry. love of humanity, and trust in God, and maybe will not bs 1._ 1 _ _!1 i.1 s;> : :<u alter an ilie sacmice. THE IDLER. Rev. and Mrs. P. E. Shealy are pending some time at Prosperity, lia^fing recently arrived from Chicago where Mr. Shealy has been since last September taking a post-gradua.'e course at the Lutheran Theological seminary in that city. We have one of the best mill presidents in the State, Colonel W. H. Hunt. He is "all wool and a yard cvide." Mr. J. N. McCaughrin, secretary. is also a fine man, who is always ready and willing to do what h3 ?an for us. Tnon tftere is our ijooa ij superintendent, Mr. T. f. Digby, <i j nan who works for his Lord, also for h the interests of his help.?Oakland || cor. Mill News. Frank W. Hipp, former agent of the Southeastern Life Insurance company in Spartanburg, has moved to | 3ree. ille and is to engage in the J ?tock and bond business. Mr. HioP s known by a number or people here DRAFT 258 OPERA HOUSE TUESDAY, MARCH 11 tAIRIE FIREDBBH CTACLE 1 58 I ERRO I MARCH 12 | pter If c and 20c. - ---- . " II who will gladly welcome him to tho commercial and social life of the city.?Greenville News. Miss Ella Duncan, Mr. and Mrs. James Pitts, of Whitmire were visitors in the city today?Miss Ellen Lake of Whitmire is visiting at. the home of Mrs. S. L. Lake in soutft Church street.?Union Times. 7th. Mrs. H. A. Workman of Newberry, one of the prominent suffragists of th's State, was in Columbia yesterday on her way home from Washington. .Mrs. J'.Yiorkma nsavs that Washington suffragists are confident that the nation:'1 amendment far woman suffrage will pass the senate am' that it will l)e brought up far the Vote at. an early date.?The State. Sth. Mrs. Luln. Smith, who nas <>eon visam/1.-. ?'? ? 4-"U /.iff 1r, JLltlft Hl^ii ltd 111 lliC v 1C.> I uui. a^u vj her home in Newberry Ibis morn ins. ?Greenwood Journal, Tth. 4t Ci?ati?ii for Letters of A flm in'Oration THE STATE OF SO TTH CAROLINA, County of Newberry. By Jno. C. Goggans, C. C. C. P., acting Probate Judge: Whereas, Mrs. Dollie C. Caldwell made suit to me to grant her Letters of Administration of the Estate anu effects of James Caldwell. These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and^incrnlar the Kindred and Creditors of the said fames Caldwell, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate. to be held at -Xewberrv. S. C., on Wednesday, March 27th, 191S, next after publication hereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if anyx they have, whv the said Administration should not he granted. Given under n>y hand this 11th day of March. Anno Domini. 1-9'S. Jno. C. Gorgans, C. 0. C. P. Act in? Pro^atf .ludse, Newberry County. I SEE WHAT HAPPENS To oh Son, the Brother the Sweetheart Drawn for the National Army DRAFT 253 METRO'S Big Spectacle Succeeding "The Slacker" OPERA HOUSE, TUESDAY. MARCH 12 Aus_ :ces Calvin Crozier Chapter Prices Matinee and Night 10c ar.d 20c IMeet Me?Meet HA11 I Advance ! it's Sprint The New 1 \ T t r% y iMi uic a the balance < knowledge oi Spring Suits Ii Coal Suits, Coat Coats, Coats?Pri -Dresses, Dresses, styles and materials. P $22.50, $27.50 Coi to * rj Don't fail to vi you will find it o tions in the head Meet Me at the Store of HAL1 Phone 4-0 1 -J Of ? > J ."/ ] ' - : j DRAFT 2oS OPERA HOI SE TUESDAY, MARCH !2 We have a small stock of Ford Inner Tubes we will sell cheap. The Purcell Co. 3-8 2t I ? I mm mm in rp line iennessi I Better Get If you want c 1*1 A ?r* 4" VA < | iiiuic: at icai I see us. A Good Mule < 'Save money I these mules n Ibles before th< Newber Me-?Meet Me i Week at? Showing of Sprint [ Time Now at Styles Predominate ?. ' pparel section >f the week an f the new fashio , Coats, Dresse\ Blouses. Suits?Prices range from ces range from $7.50 t Dr. sse??We have ihem rices Si 2.50. $16.50, , $30.00, S35.00 :ne and look them oi ULLJNER isitour millinery de verflowing with the gear line. Style and Quality, the Stron ? Treated Right 7Wan 1216 to 1220 Main St. 5. T. HUTCHISON,. Mana | Silrerlace Wyandot Eggs for sals, $1.50 for sotting of 15. Fine breed all around. Best I have ever seen i Mrs. |. I). Wheeler. 3-8 tf. I j ; DRAFT 258 OPERA HOUSE TUESDAY, MARCH 12. sLnd MLxMhJ? | of Those Good ? . Be Muies Left I Yours Now j i good cotton I sonable price, ? 4 it anil im I I " "if 1 I >y looking over I ow at our sta-1 ey are all gone. J ry, S. C. J ?BB?I MwnMMUfciiww^^mi ivery Day This i J lER'S r t r * I Fashions This Store Throughout Fuesday and J d acquire a I >ns. 1 . s, Skirts and I $20 to $35 and ap I o $30.00 and op g ! in all the ? very latest j , $18.75, $20.00 I , and up to /50.00 I /er? ' I f Y 1 partment where I very latest crea- I ; where Yon Wili be GERS Newberry, S. L. I r *+.. . ;'J: J O*' . ^ . .?* ...CCv k * V*V lUl