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?? _____ ^ ?*? ???? " TOIEXE IT, SCXBEB i". - WWBEEBX, " <!? TCESDAT, APittti. WIS. TWICE A WEEK, %U? A TEAK. * ? ' ' * _ _ ' ' * 1 .ii .i ^ ? l , , j ? i " " " PROSPERITY PREPARING FOR BIG RALLY FRIDAY. Patriotic Parade and Patriotic Speakimer? School JChrlldren t# Take ; n 1 mi.. TT^. T?>/v Afi)ln/>V I Jfflrt xlit" avur j,nv v v<v^?. " ! l' Prosperity, April 1.?One of the Diggest and most enthusiastic meet-j ings ever undertaken in Prosperity will be held Friday at 2 o'clock. This j k "is to be a patriotic rally and is anj opportune time for the people to I come to the rescue of their country, j V All schools from the lower part of j P the county will join our school and I march to the Lutheran church where Dr. Cromer will be the principal 1 ? ; speaker. i Not only children but every person L should make a special effort to be Ik present as Dr. Cromer is always very ^Lfine and since his heart is in this |||;fcoause you may expect him to say the ^^Hri2;ht thing. S'f-B Miss Katie Mae Nsfnce has return-j Hd to Columbia college after spend- j the week-end with her mother. ? ,3p?*Miss Nance has been chosen queen inf th? "Easter Festivities" at Colum- ! s. college. Prosperity feels honored BUBp having one of her daughters chosen SwC'?ft of a large number of girls. ?P?Prof. and Mrs. L. A. 3ease, Mrs.: m Be Hunter and children of Clemsor. j HS motored down for the Easter ^^^Moliday. Mr. and Mrs. Merchant and little Mary Kohn of Saluda spent Sunday with Mr. J15. siocKmau. Mrs. Thornwell Havnes and Mis? L Sara Mae are spending the week in x Columbia. Miss A&aie Fellers of Go van was home for the week-end. Miss Liza Bell Curlee visited her To-othor i<s Winnsboro last week. Miss Doris Kohn of Columbia college was home for Easter. Mrs. J. B. Bedenbaugh and children of Pomaria are spending the week with Mrs. J. M. Werts. Presiding Elder Dr. -T. W. Kilgo o? Greenwood was here and held quar- J terly meeting Saturday at Zion. Rev. J. M. White has returned from a visit to his father at York. ^.Miss Elizabeth Hawkins of Marion - *ent the week-end at the home of *? ar father. Mr. S. B. Hawkins. j Mr. and Mrs. Sam Cannon of Co.. lumbia are the quests of Mrs. M. H."Boozer. j The Summerland girls. Misses Gladys Miller, Annette Long and Vanie I f*e were home for Easter. j Mr. Tra Nates has returned to his work In Columbia. ! (Mrs. Georsre Bearden of Saluda ra? "here la^t week visiting her paTents, Dr. and Mrs. Luther. Mr. W. T. Gibson .has returned from a visit to Byrd at Camp .Tackson. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Philips of C6- ' inmhin nr? visitinsr Mr. and Mrs. Leo "Bradley. Miss Foline Wheeler has gone to Columbia hospital where she has enterpd for training. Misses Rosalie and Helen Wheeler of Fountain Inn were homp' lor tho Easter holidays. Little rharlie Boland. the ten-year- ; old son of Jlr. and Mrs. R. ?>. Poland flied Sunday at the Columbia hospital. 1 The remains were brought to Pros- , k r>erity and interment too"k place Mon- ! ^ dav at thf Prosperity cemetery. H. X. Snyder will talk on "TmI^Kmiled America" at the town hall on fMlay m?nt at o ciociv ah are ||wd to be present and help a good , .V as well as hear a good lecture. | Fproceeds are for the benefit of fe Red Cross. Admission 35 and 2?) ents. i AX EASTER EGG HUNT boundary street neighborhood children enjoyed an Easter egg hunt Saturday afternoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hagood Clary, the following "being present and taking part in th3 hunt. Winston Babb. Duncan Johnson, Criffin Langford. Minnie Morris, Lad?? 3 _ titm t son JCiSKria^e, w usou \^-uiry, u?cu Clary, James Clary, "Ruth Clary. Ruby Clary, Pauline Xesley, rvirginia Neslev Bland Timmerman, Clara Schumpert. Helen Schumpert. Claude Bushardt. Evelyn Burns. Martha Vance Elleson. Manie Maynard. fohn3on w Hagood Clary, Pauline Clary, Bennett Clary. Roy Houseal Clary L MASS MEETING On the Public Square April the oth. 1918, Two O'clock. P. M. BACK IP UNCLE SAM OR PAY THE KAISEB. Show your loyalty to our ^-overnment and your determination to back ? niiinc hv offo-ndinp- thp natri up l?Ul a L14UO !/, uvi.vu<....0 - t otic meeting at Newberry court house or Prosperity next Friday the 5th of April at 2 o'clock, p. m. The following are urgently requested to join the big parade which will form on the new court house square at 2 o'clock. Band will lead. A?Confederate Veterans. B?State Guards. 1?\;onege vaucw. D?High. School. E?School Children from City and County. Programme. First?Invocation?Rev. J. W. Car. son. - * Second?Son??America. Third?Reading of Patriotic Resolution?Py Prof. S. J. Derrick. Chairman-of the War Roard. Fnnrfh?Address?Rev. F. E. Dibble. Band Selection. Fifth?Song?Vocal Quartette. Sixth?Song?Red White and BlueSeventh?Address?Dr. H. N. Snyder. Pres. of Wofford College. Eight?Song?Star Spangled Ban ner. Benediction. I?PAPT * \T ITPFTrVfi ir ** ? .< a v?( | Mr. Editor: Ttt^ase prtblish this jh both issues oifibissJiveek V, ,M The jrrand jyprors of Newberry county are called to meet^Jn the co'Jri hon^e. Saturday. April 6th, at el?v?n o'clock. We also request our V - o* ?enator. Alsn Tohnstone. or.r hous* j rtelesation, T. A. DominiCK. h. ?. Fvans. W. B. Boiuest. our supervisor, James C. Sample, sub ^supervisors, j Silas Cromer and 'Charlton Livingsf A mnaf iritli 11c lA/nc L\; uivct yy ^vu UM* T. H. Wicker, Foreman. ? ? * KKD CROSS NOTES. * The drive for clothing last week for the needy French and Belgians was most successful. 200ft durable garments being the result The secretary lias the necessary blanks for Junior School Auxiliaries, ana uiese sue win oe siaa 10 .sivc i.v> chairmen . Duplicates must he filed at headauarters in Atlanta before the auxiliary can be recognized. There is much work being done by children over tne countrv m rnesp organisations. as outlined in Red Cross briefs, con'es of which may be had from the secretary. Our neighbor. Clinton, has a florrishins: auxiliary, and when their sr-boo^s flos?. two War Certificates are to be given to the teacher who secures the Inr.crest number of Junior members. These are siven by individuals as an incentive to the teachers upon whom the success of the .I:ir,?or Red Cross work denends. The second "Red Cross War Fund campaign has been scheduled for May oa.97 T'he amount to be raised is $10,000,000, of which sum the Southern Division is to raise $3,000.-000. Of course the division will do it ani N'p\vberry county will do her part gladly, cheerfully, just as has been ??oue in everv r-a.li that has come to us for war relief. The chairman of everv auxiliary. *own and county is urged to attend the open conference on Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock at the new <-onrt house, with a report of worlc done since Christmas. Bad weather and the quarantine have prevented hose conferences bein<_r held. tSELLING WAK SWIXi STAMPS: Postmaster J. A. Dominick and the rural carriers from Kinards have been doing thing's selling war savings stamos. They sokl last week $542.50. Mr. T J. Oxner buying one for $100. Meeting Crozler ('halter. | The Caliene Coozier chapter will n:eet Tuesday afternoon at 5:30 at; the home of Mrs. ^irn* Thos-? who have not on id tb^ir dues will please bnr:>> send th*?in te the I Vy-f C' ?e. ! ALLIES ABE HOLDING GERMANS WELL IN CHECK. j Columbia. April 1, 3:39 p. m.?Xo j important developments on Western j Front today. Dispatches indicate that the Allies are holding the Germans | well in check at present. : ^ i | AMERICANS ON THER WAY TO THE BATTLE LIVE. The morning papers carry the ! storv that the American forces are ; * ? on the way to the battle lines. j NEVER CAN TELL. J : There was a time in our experience | 'n tlio newspaper game when we coui^ ] in some small degree estimate abo^t : how much the copy would run. also the advertisements, so that we , V. . mio-ht make up a balanced sheet. . that good old day seems to he a tlKjfcr ^ ;ilr>n<r with a <?reat manv others oftth-3 I ' I' I good and glorious past. And w^> do 1 not generally make ready eitherlside i '-A of the paper in dvanoe of thoifinal 1 ' \ printing. In our Tuesday paty^ svo j'{id not mal-e ready the first siti4 that j v.o oi'.rt (you know we country print' ers have to print one side of tips sheet at" a time) until about noon 9^ Mon- ' | day ^ : 1 ? i>/? v?A fn'A trAnl/' l\n clu? mill n C ?? UU1U ?'r, \ on typo. 1'i.t somehow the advertisei ments ran out more than expectj ed. and then we had to leave out at i lcy*t a : age th# Vtf* coul^lave rury j an^thaf hnii.s our heart^wrorsethan j^ertea otnv - K-mrv j ear!** on tlft fla-c.^V1 print*.*ftfct h\.y* V?,y. advQ'Rjsemenh "we wd?d* hpve * \&? ( .urn Men somewhat make-a^bal? ' t I pneed pare:. but you can never tell. ; / | The result on T iesday was that we W* rut niactically all the local matte:* that our local man wrote and we h??i; in *vpe. ard then he pets out of sorts because it is crowded out and nc on? car; censure him for it. because be takes a pride in getting up t!ir? ?i?iv.p <Vi-r liic ilona rtmPnt anrl V>Pk i bates to work to get it and have it !corrioti over. And then our editorial ! column was blank. But in these stren-. nous times, as we have said afore. \ time, we must take care of the ads ; as best we can for without them the ! ghost could not walk on Saturday a?~ i I ternoon. and if ho falls then thpr*1 ?s j sure enough trouble. We tried to give i the war news of the jyreat. battle then in progress, because we felt that j many of o:ir readers would not see ja daily paper and that it was oi .miJ preme importance and should have : the right of way. So we are printing fimIov* manv fhrtt hnrf tn rp"- ) | ried over tlu.t we had in type for the | last issue. ! j And then this rush on press day j gets everything out of joint. We get ; late and miss some of our mail, beI ' 1 cause the mail does not wait or. . I closing even thirty seconds beyond ! I t the minute fixed for the closing. and 1 j we do not balme the mail clerk be.! ; cause when his time is out he should shut down, and then this thing has been happening with us too frequent- ; j ly to expect that he would hold over , j even a few minutes or seconds. It j is all our fault and mainly becausc w??; can never tell. It mav ne that we! i j can not get accustomed to the new: order of things in this day in which ; $:e live. Or we may be out of .I^int j with the times or out of tune. There , j is something the matter and we can never tell, except that, we do the best; I we can and what we conceive to 00 our duty in the circumstances^and ; can do no more nor no lesa. J .. ? i The above was written and in type 1 for the last issue, but is just as ap-j plicable for this one. You never can tell what is coming: -vour way or is | ixoing the other way. We are goin? I to try to accommodate ourselves to i-this - new time -ana new sonectuiet >YV lM.yHDE-VS. j <lsnr& C The^ will meetin^of those inter'atied '-n ttie war gardens in the ! coujKfc Court H^U^^cui Thursday1 af-j ternoon nt 4 (/clock. -^riv^lofFman of CleAcon College* will oe l^re to make a jy^- v'seeretaryj/Misft Minnie GiftT requests 'Th% Heiqjd and News to-^rge full* this nfetiyg. * ** ' ' p m Kqa*] League. | Jr - /'" /f ' ' "VThe iCquaV Suft'r^e ^epfcer^'will , 3^eLJWe*ne&flajf.'' Ar.ril ->4^ o'clock, ^.K?ni hiiil/linir wLrherrv PQ^hm Ufrlls > .^Opening ^mteotui^. '. ' **"* * * | r Wi? G?n.r<ftfja-^frji'. J. M. Worfcmaa ' "Slacking"-?*1 *. *J. M. Davis. +. ? Knittmg?jf.aura Henderson. [ Vly?.Boyst \x^Jk Trenches?^3*1 Av?or,?|^vD ai eleofjpn rfe* ?twj^? f^j- an^rrjr year.-J, I Ate ,gg|^^rhon^^^*> Se<^# j ^ CH5^'' T " | The ^hi-' sale at i- is ! still* $n full swa^\and Jo*? HutclSi&r. sav?. (be goods g$in? because the lnrliQfyhavo found' out thaf/this is the place at which' fo get bargaiijp in seasonable ancLiresti goods. ? [ . ? ?1 ' -- i ! Miss Apnes AdaYns of Blairsv 13 1 amonsvN^e bright and beautiful East- i i er week visitors in X^vberry. Ia>1p Taylor, Susie Maude' Ay ilson and Mav*?i|p Thomasson spent the " week-end *111 J?g?umbia. t Mico "VTo Goodman o? ' I ir^Lit" i?no?-> ^ C'olnmbi^" ifc visiting Aier grandmother. Mrs"."!. X- Ta/n^f; in*Newberry. j i i \.. hj -- / ; i ^ Baseball ,(Jnme. / ' / The boys of $'est End pte^-ed ball "l^gi^av xftern?n. the boys of Wright street, piayedjBne boys of O'Neal I street(ffTd tiAboys of Wright street* won with the ^>re 2 to nothing.'- i ? { Miss Rose Hamm of Newberry college went to Silverstreet to spend her Easter with "the folks at home," sweetening the circle as a fragrant flower in a garden' of buds and blooms. I Possum Lathan, .Tames Bowers and , Walter Denning spent Friday in Columbia. Mr. Preston Cannon has received the cheering word that his son Slier-; wood had arrived safely in France. Mrs. 0. McR Holmes received the glad tidincs from her son. Owen, ia a letter from him written the Tt.h of -?t ti-o0 nrif] well at :vjai ? u i licit. uc ? > o Aix Des Bain. 350 miles from Paris : towards Switzerland. Ca^in Toole !ns received a choc'-: for $300 from "County Supervisor ! Sample, the portion appropriated "by 1 the l?st 1 -eicilature in the supply bill for the Xewberry Guards. South Car. olina Reserve Militia. The company will have the ucual drill Tuesday Til 0-V? t A dollar won't buy three pounds o! cotton now. Tt brought 3o cents in i Newberry Monday. The number of bales of cotton gin- j in tho conntv for 1017 was 3", 499. against 30.899 in 191 6. A good bit of .local matter and J other live news may be foimd on what! some people call the inside pages. I but as we have said aforetime you i i must read all the pages of The Herald ; and News to find out what is in the j paper. We try to make all the pages ; intprestinz and up-to-date with good reading. i which are the result, but we car j never tell what we can do. The only | thing we know is that we are going tn r*n the best we can under the cir- j cumstances. and the consequences j ".'ill have to take care of themselves. | We like the change in the schedule?" j 011 the trains which is the result of i moving up the clock, and we know j I it will suit Newberry much better, and I n-oujd hav-p boen a crond thing for j the railroads even if the clocks had I not been moved up for them fo have j shoved up their schedules. SUBSCRIBE TO THE HBR^LF; AST rcFvrs. ' , NOTICE To the Coal Consumers of Newberry County: I The coal dealers of the county have been supplied with order blanks for the year ending March 31, 1919. The Fuel Administration regulations re quire that each consumer file with his dealer a written order and statement of his annual requirements before de- | livery can be made by the dealer, j Consumers are cautioned that unles3 j oraers art? uieu witii me ucaici^ uui- j ing the spring and summer and in : ample time for deliveries to be made ; before the next winter begins that it j is not unreasonable to expect that j &oal will not be available on orders | placed after that time except in ex-; Iremo emergency cases. |. ivicuau<rnrni, v^jQ&iruuni. , ^ Fuei Com. for Newberry County.: QFARJ3TISE NOTICE. , J By authority of the State Board of ; Health, all churches, schools, socie- ' tine nrl nil nnhlif meetings of any "**?' ' -kind of the negro population in New- ' berry county are hereby ordered CLOSED ; ' not to reopen until ! further notice. ~ * "* # : This order is issuer! on account of a new case of rnen inprUis. , Cannon G. Blcase. Sheriff. # / PERSONALS. I Miss Doris Kohn of Prosperity ha? been appointed as one of the mail? to Miss Kate May?Xanco. Muf^n :u Raster week nr^Columbia for the students of "the South Carolina university r "Mr. Alvin NT. Wright, of the linotype force of the Columb^ Record/; cn^e to Newberry Sunday to meet .Mrs. Wright, on her way from Andet'soEuyo join her hsubarui 1 here, they both had the pleasure of a beautiful Easter visit. Mrs. Freda^*&a)rd and children left 1 + iiinvninfr fnr \o\vhorrv U'llP!*? I they will make their home.?Green- ; wood Journal, 28th. Mr. Donald had preceded them to this city, having, accepted a position in the freight of- j fice of the C.. X. & L. railroad. ' lames Singleton. Calhoun and Otto j Kinard. Newberry, were names in a j list of persons granted marriage j licenses in Columbia last week as printed in the State. Maybe J "tate's linotype sot things mixed, ' but that's the way it read. < Hallie Wright, teacher of i Central school. Pomaria. on her wa; ] to jsnond Easter at home in Laurens i county, accompanied by one of her I smaller pupils, little Miss Margaret; Seybt. spent from Thursday after- ! noon to Friday afternoon in the city with ber aunt. Miss Carrie Grpnelier. j Miss Hose Herbert of Columbia and I her brother. Lieutenant Worth Her- ! i bert of Camp Jackson, came up for Easter with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Herbert. Their sister. Miss Annie, who is 'undergoing treatment in Columbia, is improving, her many friends will be glad to learn. Mrs. Chapman received a "ah I eg? am Friday from her husband. F?r '.i r ;ei enart F. TV. Chapman, date:! Pars. March 29. stating that he was safe r?nd well. This good news was not only a great relief to Mrs. Coapman r.-<! T io"t..:-iant Chapman's reK..-fvo?. iv .< ? , nr>fira oftmmnnit Mrs. -Tno. A. Lindsay ret'jrnpd frorn Atlanta Stmdny ni^ht. after a vis?* to hor ?ons in that city. Mt. Oliver Lindsav. u*hf> Vi?s h^en ^n^agrod ther? with his brother, Mr. Maxie Lindsay, in tho Atlanta Tre and Ocal company. }>n? l>epn transferred to Jacksonville Fla.. P^d is now in business for the nAr>-?nonv in that ritv I. Ullljjmi.. ? 11 . Mrs. Thos. P. Johnson ^ visitinp} her parents at Waxhaw. X. 0. S?h? ' v*9s pofomnanied bv Mr. T?hn?on Mr. and Mrs. "Wm. Johnson Tulius Boozer as far a? Whitmire. motrir,"n^ th^re ^ndav. Whitmire ?? a n?re little eit.v. a<^ordine: to t.hd o*?thnstast;o words of Mr. William Johnson who had never been thero. t?.wIT s^nnpf] hr P;v*pr to ChflT??n. j Miss Fdrsa Richardson died n + tlie home ot her inothor. ZT Mont"^rap'v '"p'1 AT^lohon village, earl? " " ?dT^^vcf,'>',' ,^orriir?"' Aftpr a line^eriTJ? :,-Tiess of ?fceen months. The hod? was skipped Thursday morning to j Chapiii for }>uriai at Spring Hi!!. PERSISTENT Rl'MOR DENIED BY LEVEE. No Troth In Statement That He Would Not Become Candidate for Senate^ The State. Washington, 29.?Rumors which were current here today that Representative Lever would tomorrow issue a statement to the Democratic voters of South Carolina to the effect that he would not become a candidata for the United States senate this year were emphatically denied today by him. These rumors have been going tha V rounds here "with what appeared to be more or less reliability for the last week, but today they were started again and it was noised around thft capitol that Mr. Lever would not run. ^ "When he was asked for a statement Mordinnr tVi^ mnttpr hp renlied as follows: "You may say for me that I am here attending to my duties. The rumor3 that I will issue a statement tomorrow and announce that I will not be a candidate for the senate are with* out the least foundation and are fabrications pure and simple. There is absolutely nothing to tnem." What further announcements he would make bearing on the situation 3fr. Lever did not say P. H. McGowac. ? NITRATE SOD.l i Those interested in the purchase of i j nitrate of soda from the government are notified that a shipment was I made from Charleston 011 last Friday and is expected at any time. Any further information may be had by phoning Mr. W. R. Reid, Phone 3S7. ILOOK! $1 Sfl.WIF.FHI!,Vn tjj X mlJJJ " UJUlii i MIMU I VI FOUNTAIN PEN + ALMOST FRFPf I SOI & 2 I1 W ,'V m Cut out this Coupon evenly j around the bonier line, put j f9 your name and addresss I - "** '" <!>?? Wnw. and I |tak<* it and 49c. to the ad- 1 wrtising demonstration at ] NEWBERRY DRUG CO >ew berry S. C. * ' BETWEEN THE HOURS OF ! 3 P. M. AfCO G- P. Rfl. ONE DAY ONLY ! Wednesday, April 3rd. and got a $1.50 self-filling f Fouutain Pen, guaranteed jj to give one year's service. 5. 7 lie Fountain Pen lias jj come to l>e an earmark of jj the progressive, efficient jj I man, who want3 a writing instrument always ready. j| School hoys and girls ; always look forward to own- ) ing a real Fountain Pen. jl This is an ideal pen for ] school work, and every ? child should have one. Your fl soldier would like one. too. a ^*1--~ -.O mrt I ?111!} pcii un xui^yi v?vv? self-filler, one of the simJSp^S plest and most practical self-filling Fountain Pens ; t?W w on t'ie market. Igflpfi This offer is positively ; ?Xm good for five hours only on jjjBg the above date. Only one pen sold to each person. f 1 Manufactured by Kev f' _ I stone Fountain Pen Com ypanv, 21-23 Anu Street, New York. Nairn* Address Sign and bring this Coupon. Y?;u j must have a Coupon to got a pen. Mail orders given prompt attention, ru ^ n?nts. Send siatnos. 1 - - WE RECOMMEM) TORLf LE>S. /,- //, When your eye? trouble you think of P. C. Jeans, the Optometrist, who will give yoa satisfaction or your money refunded. P? . AN? COMPAW, Optometrists and Jewelers.