Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Jbe ?iTaii) affi? gem. \ v?' -5T*' Efttered at the Postoffice at >'e^fcwy, S. C., as Slid class matter. E H. A I LL, EDITOR. r i ~^ i !? ! nmmnn?rrt im-^?? Friday, June 21, 1918. | 803IE SIMPLE QUESTIONS. | We have been a little curious to l know just how those who met in con-: ference and urged Mr. Lgver to make the race for the senate, and who: openly took the position that Senator Tillman was mentally and physically unfit to serve any longer, and who a/Jt .4V? rv fn V? r?Aoif iAn 4-V? o 4* i f xi'O ' vuuw iuu aua iuw yvoitivu tuat aw n u-o . necessary to have tlie people of the 1 State informed as to the war, and to defend before them the administration, can now square themselves with j their new position that Mr. Lever: should remain in congress. Maybe j they are like Gov. planning seems to j be since Senator Tillman too1.! him! by the nape of the neck and threw j him down and stamped him, who is; somewhat in the position of the boy j the calf ran over, "I ain't got nuthin' i to say." Senator Tillman is no stronge" i mentally or physically than he was a few weeks ago when these senator makers for the people of South Carolina took the job of making a sena tor to suit themselves, without consulting the people, and if they could not vote for him then how can they square their di\ty with themselves and their state in voting for him now If it was "imperative" that Blease ' be inet in debate at every meeting so as to keep the true and vital issues of the war and loyalty to our country and government before tlie people," only a few weeks ago, is it not just as "vital*' now. These aro questions it seems to us upon which they should enlighten the people, especially in view of their efforts to ir.aike a senator for the people. But they say that President Wilson wants Mr. Lever to remain in congress and at the head of the committee on agriculture. Was not Mr., Wilson of that opinion before they j asked Mr. Lever to throw down tha ' job and go after the senatorshi^*. j Why did they not consult Mr. Wilson ' before they put Mr. Lever in the | awkward position in which he now ! finds himself? 'Mr. Wilson's letter to Mr. Lever reads to us very much like he was urgently beseeched and begged by cnmo i-ino tr\ writo it Tt r?noc nnt roarl Ifke a voluntary outburst of his view? i though we do net question it'express-! es his honest conviction, the pity i? he did not write it before Mr. Lever was led astray by -tfflttia be friends who do not care a snap of r him.'! And besides we have seen no letter from Mr. Wilson urging the return o? Senator Tillman. In fact we were un-' der the impression that Mr. Wilson took the position that the administrattAn Tirmil/J ho Viando rvff PYOAnt ft 1 might 'be that it was necessary to defeat an enemy of the administration, and there is no such person in South Carolina seeking office, and Mr. Wil. I son practically, s<r states in his letter to Mr. Lever. And in Mr. Lever's! district all the candidates express loyalty to the administration. If we were in Mr. Lever's district i we would vote for him. because we! said when the talk first started I about his entering the race for the' senate just what President Wilson ; says, that his place for the best ser vice1 to his State and his country is in congress where he is, Put his ' wo'ild-he friends persuaded him that | it was not a^d that he was necessary to defeat Blease?that was the crux. in their pleading.5? to get him to run? j rnd he yielded in a moment of weak-! ness induced by a laudable ambition ; to be a senator. It is a laudable am- \ bition, but in these times we shouli be willing to .work where our ser -1 vices will <-nunt the most. In our opinion it is very doubtful if Mr.' Lever will carry his district under the present conditions, though he ir.av If it is unpatriotic to oppose Mr. Lever why is it patriotic to oppose Mr. Ninchols and Mr. Byrnes. They I favored the war and have upheld the adminstration. And why oppose Mr. Dominiok. He voted against war and a lot of good men did not agree on that subject, out it is now an obsolete . cyiesticn and should not figure in an eleciion. The main question now is lnvaitv to the government and the effort to dj everything possible to win ue war and bring the horrible thin.-; 1 to a speedy conclusion. Mr. Dominick has been loyal and a strong supporter of the administration in all of* its war measures. No, the great trouble with us down here is we talk about cooperation and I loyalty and all that, hut each fellow wants you to cooperate with him and , do as he says and if you do not then j . you are not right. We just can't rise j above factional politics and snial. things, and each one thinks the oilier fellow who does not agr^e with him is entirely wrong. We need to get a vision and to be able to see out and beyond our noble selves and to rise so the point where we can give the otiier fellow, who does not agree with all we may want, credit for having a small modicum of partiotism and ..U _ A ^ /-.U /n?. 1 i 1 ^ 4-V* r\ T1 illHyue <25 ur ct utie mure mai* we h^ve. This is a time for cooperation and a working altogether with every one else for the main purpose of bringing this war to a successful conclusion. Nothing can be gained by Questioning the motives of those who may not agree with everything that we say or do. The Herald and Xews is not in politics but it is going to speak the truth as it sees it. It has given all it had to the service of its country and is doing what it can to help here at home, and we do not like to see any set or class claiming to foe the oniy true 'blue patriots. It is> due the people that these would-be senator makers tell the -people why they have changed their views so suddenly. WHY SHOULD I BIT W. S. S.T The Herald and iXews is printing , in this issue the essay which won the ! Aull essay medal at Whitmire on this ' subject. It is written by a youn? i lady who finished the tenth grade ir ! this school, and we think the firs I ! sentence of the essay is about the \ best and most complete answer to tn< i question that we have seen, and it i; i simple and covers the whole matter j "I must buy War Savinas Stamp: ; that American may win the war.' ; There you have the whole thing. Xo ! as an investment, not as a gift, no ! as a contribution, 'but as a patriot!' I duty. What higher ground could i1 : v.a wioWa r\n Pnljimn aftsr columr j ^ 1CC V. U11. v- * ?. ; and windjamminir and more of II i could not express it more truly o: more forcefully or more eloquenth or more patriotically. There you have | the whole thing. What more need be said. * The apportionment for Xewberr:. county to pi,r~hase of the War Savings Stamr v3 $340,000 and nol $360,000 as stated by The Herald and News and that should <be an easy matter. These are 'put on sale so that every one, even the cnnaren, migm show their patriotism by purchasing No one is permitted to buy over $1,pOO and in some counties .they have organized what they call limit clubs that is members who will buy to th^ limit. At present South Carolina i?= at the bottom in the purchase of these stamps and the drive that is now oc is to bring her over the top and Newberry county is expected to do her part and in this she will not fail. * 4\ We were just thinking tne same thing when we read the warlike utterances of Candidate Bethea which Candidate -McLaurin gives utterancf to when he says that Mr. Bethea would look good in khaki and he is unmarried and could go to the front so easily. 'But he says he has tried. Maybe he only tried for a soft position and not one on the firing line and in the ranks with our boys over there. There is a difference we imag. ine. -%*r? rrvrpjc Wirpnnp i W A T. J1A? Ii?l T JLlk >J (TIXXll/Xl'.l IT .^jug There if. not much to he said about ;t. The Kerald and News predicted it on Friday. We are very sorry, as we have said several times, that Mr. Lever permitted himself to follow those who .pretended to be his friends instead of taking into his counsel his real friends. We can not see how those who insisted that it was absolutely necessary for some one to go on the stump to defend the administration can re concile themselves with their present attitude and how they can now vote for Mr. Tillman if he was too old and feeble before. It is rather an awkward position in which they have placed themselves. Certainly Mr. Tillman is no younger and no stronger than he was some two or three weeks a^o when Mr. Lever was induced to enter the senatorial race, and we can not see just how President Wilson now figures it out that the support of the administration is now assured if he could not do so when Mr. Lever was induced to entei the race for that purpose. Certainly there have been no changes in thfe candidates or their attitude. There, never was any question of the loyalty of any of the candidates or of the people of South Carolina to the gov ernment, and all that talk was political, and there never was any need for anyone to go on the stump Ao defend the government or the adminis tration or to inform the* people ov the war. As a rule the people are as well informed as any of the candidates as to the war. Now, it looks to us that the letter ci President Wiiscn is not a volun tary request to Mr. Lever to ente the race for congress, but he has bee; appealed to by those who sot th whole thing mussed up to come t their help and request Mr. Lever t make this race for reelection, an we would not be surprised if tli people resent this effort to dictate t them whom they shall elect. If w were in Mr. Lever's district we woul ; rote for him, but there are many peo pie who will conclude that /Mr. Leve should have known his own mind, an should not have been playing with hi . senatorial ambition, and feel that h can control the. voters of his distric I on qq tn nprmit him tn nlav an, | And the candidates who hav ' already entered taike the position tha ' the office belongs to the people an the office of congressman should nc be dished out in Washington. That i ^ the way it appears to us. I We omitted the name of D. B. Trax ler as one* of the candidates for con gress from the fourth district. I .1 was not mentioned. j Hon. T. A. Dominick breaks the ic j and enters the ring for reelection t. I the legislature. Come right alonj 1 ^ V* ri enrimminor iu flnn n At + ^ a?1 ? cut; o tt xiii mi li "iic auu it v-USLS* win ; five dollars to put your name in Th Herald and News. ! Some weeks ago Mr. L. C. Livings ton (brought us the llargest sprin turnip that he have ever seen, grew from some government see' . which Hon. Fr?d H. Domirrick sei him. It measured more than si inches in diameter. i we prim two essays ion ay on " wr I Should Buy a Thrift Stamp," or , written by Miss Flossie Spray, wfc ' was awarded the medal and one I ? Thomas Herbert "Watson, who wj f f given honorable mention, in tbe coi test bv the members of the tent I grade at the Whitmire high sc-hoi * for the Aull essav modal. Thev a: both good papers and we would li? for you to read them, and we ^re sa isfied these young writers will mal< ' it plain to you whrt you should d We are playing them both up on tli first page, because just at this tiro the main thing for us to do is to bu inntt stamps. i ; Sign the pledge for War Saving ' i Stamps. Newberry must come ove ' the top in this drive which is now oi ' j Every one can buy at least one c ' j these. They were made in-small d( '; nomination so that every one migl have the opportunity to do somethin ' substantial. ; j BED CROSS. 1J Chappells "Old Maids' Convention L "Fririav .Tnnp 2>lst at 8-20 nm in th J J " *^-V? W.ww f *44 I school adutiorium. Admission, aduli ' 25 cents, children 10 cents. Come and laugh. | Mrs. G. T. Reid, 5 Chairman. Shot At Running Xegro. ' | Sam Downing came very near b< ' i ing plugged with pistol balls lat ' , Tuesday afternoon at the hands c ', Mr. P. E. Scott. Mr. and Mrs. Scoi '. had been missing money from th l house from time to time, and finall had their suspicions aroused again: Downing, who was familiar with th -i:- a.1 surrouuuiiigs owing it> ine ma I I jfjl? 1 j :v,|j "If ever one co J fam 99 in 100 Mill Standard :l t EVEN tires made side b in mileage enormous! t? a. c ru may run uclwccu may fail under 1,000. Not so with Miller. By ridding tires of "human variables" 99 in 100 wear practically uniform under like conditions. Today less than one per cent ever call for adjustment. Tens FOR S P. E. Wa < Phone 15S N I : . his wife worked for .Mrs. Sc >tf. Last Tuesday afternoon more money was \ missesd and a trap was laid for Sam e He walked into it and seeing Mr. o Scott, he broke and ran. Mr. Scctt af;> tor him with his pistol. Two shots d were fired without effect when the o weapon snapped and ;Mr. Scott, threw o it at the fleeinpr negro, hitting him o between the shoulders. The thief is d still at large. . r* ^ ' /.r tli/i nailticmar ! s j Rev. iEwd!. Fullen wider, Pastor. { m e i There will be services at the Lu- j ' theran Church of the Redeemer next | ^ 5 Sunday as follows: 31 -10:30 a. m. Sunday school. All j ' | officers, teachers, and scholars are ; ^ j urged to be present. * j' 11:30 a. m. The morning service, j ' Sermon hv the pastor on the subject: I I I j "Power for Service." Every memiber ; ! is requested to be present. : The public is cordially invited to all i t ' these services. I | e ! NOTICE OF SCHOOL ELECTION I\ o I >TT. BETHEL-GARX .4XY SCHOOL ] DISTRICT NO. 2 & 27. 1" v i ? ; i e J Whereas, one-third of the resided j | ' electors and a like proportion of t'.;e ! j 5- resident free-holders of the a^e )* j ; ? twenty-one years, in the <Mt. Bothc'-; j rt Gartnany School District No. 2 a; i ' rl 27 of the county of Newberry. Sta '? ' it of So"th Carolina, have filed a pe"- ; i:< ti^n with the County Board of Ed : ! I cation of Newberry county, ?ou':) ! ; 1 Carolina, petitioning and reireitij:?; ; that an ele^t'on be held in the sa:rl , ie School District on the Question of: ir' levying a special tax of four (4) mills ! I ' v on the taxable property within the f l" said district. 1 'ti Xow. therefore, we the undersign-: ' \ n ed. composing the county board of i education for Xewberrv county. Stat'*, f ~ of So'itM Carolina, do hereby order \ 8 ^ the board of trustees of the Mt. Beth- | el-Garmany School District No. 2 and E 0 27 to hold an elect: in on the sai l i ? question of levying a special tax of jg ! four (4) mills to be collected on the I :jis 10 p*rtv *1 ir e school | iI ^ district, which said election shall be1 ;| i I held at the new site in front of Hugh , g Wilson's residence, in the said schoo! , '' district Xo. 2 and 27, on 'Saturday. ! the 29th day of June, 1918, at which | said election the polls shall be opened ! j| > at 7 a. m. and closed at 4 p. m. ^ The members of the hoard of trus- | ;C _ tees of the said school district shall i ' j ' , act as managers of said election. Only j I such electors as reside in the said! school district and return real or j >? personal property for taxation, and ; e who exhibit their tax receeipts and ! I registration certificates as required in ! I general elections, shall .h? niiAwn/* ! i vote. 'Electors favoring- the levy of j 1 , such tax shall cast a iballot contain- j j i ing the word "Yes" written or print; | | | ed thereon, and each elector opposed 1 to such' tax cast a ballot containing j. the word "No" written or printed e thereon. )f Given under our hands and seals j tt this the 19th day of 'June, 1918. e C. M. Wilson, OL. S.) j y 0. B. Cannon, (L. S.) ;t J. M. Bedenbaugh, OL. S.J e County Board of Education for New- i ll wsiry i;uunty, Sr. U. ? I er Tires Outrun | Guarantees ! y side in the same factory differ y. If you get a "lucky tire" it )0 and 10,000 miles. The next of thousands of records furnish conclusive proof. Get a set today. Try them on opposite wheels. After that test of uniformity you'll never again trust to luck. ALE BY j T\ y, EWBERRY, S. C. Who said your Car coi v ? 1 1 t < <% * Iook iiKG ncv/; Listen! Men from M. trouble to .us We'll sho1* THE PAINT ; EUGENE ( 1014 rrierd bt. newbern mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmammmmmmmmam Attend Auc Saturday 4 o'clock in fro J. H. Chappe <ST<&1 H black Insect P . . Kills 3 New Shipment J. Better Get You i /"* !. i n if? GC "Over th I With Arthur ( Hims< OPERA I Thursday Night Friday, June 21 VA JV A Saturday Morni Price 25c j Don't Mis // Hail Inst We insure growing cro $2.50 per "acre, and Corn and damage by Hail. Protect loss by taking a policy in THE HOME COlifpAm Largest Fire and Hail Coi Assets Forty-four M Security Loan & I NEWBERRY ?-T?7- ^ lid not be to :5SOuri! Brin? your w you 5ARY.} SHOr MAN K 5. C. Phone 190 m C-! uun oaie i ntOid Court House I __ I 11, Auctioneer 1 Flag j owder I * Em . . 9 I ist Received. IS srs at Once. Jfl T ? e 1 op iuy Empey a slf |f ' riAirnr H fiUUDt 11 , June 20. , Matinee & Night. I ng, June 22. I and 50c h s This L irance ps of Cotton, 50c to r Grain against toss and 7*? yourself against such I | ? 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