Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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' C -. *. * . i .. ' v ? - - ?' . g^pOLl'ME IT, XUKBEB 66. , KEWBEBRT, 8. C, FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 1?18. TWICE A WEEK, IU0 A YEAB . PLASOTHER REGISTRATION WILL I BE HELD AUGUST 84TH, 1918. j ^ A registration of all young men ! who have come of age since June 5th, J T918, and will come of age on or beiofe August 24th, 1918, will be held at the new court house, iN'ewberry, S. Annmct 1Q1R frnm 7:00 ' V ? Uil AU&UOb o'clock a m., to 9:00 o'clock p. m. i There will be only one place for tha young men of Newberry county to register and that will be at the new court court house, Newberry, S. All patriotic citizens are requested and urged ' to inform all young men in their community liable to this registration of , the time and place of same. The at-; tention of all young men subject to \ this registration is called to the fact j f/v i>ooiafai> flt thlS > tUttl LaiiUiC tu i **v . / time will subject them to heavy pen/ alties. Remember the date, August. ^ 24th, 1918, from " o'clock a. m. to 9 | K c'colck p. mM and the olace, new court I"; house, Newberry, S. C. F A WAR MEASURE. L The South Carolina Council of Defense August 13, 1918. B To the Trustees, Teachers, and MinX isters, Newberry County, S. C: s Many of the doctors of the county ^"'11 be drafted for war service; there- ; fore, we will likely have a shortage of medical service in the county. <3<-o+e Cc'^c'l of Defense has j ^ -asked each county to put on a saniV tarv campaign to instruct the people , "* how to evade some of the preventable [ ' diseases. Especially do they desire to keep the school children healthy It is very important that every trustee, teacher, minister and doctor of ii" the county attend a central meeting fc to be held at Xewberry court house, JLususJL-21 st, #? 11^ m., for the. purpose of receiving instructions and planning a bounty-wide campaign. ? t , tume: Xi*crjrwuj. * Expert physicians and speakers will "be he?-e to start the movement to combat tynhoid, tuberculosis^ dysentery. ?nd the venereal diseases. This is educational and e^ery school trustee should be present. Dr. Choree Y. Hunter; K Chairman Council of Defence. T. M. Mills, 'ecretarv Council of Defence. <?lemson. Wilson, x 1 ? ?-!?J?_* -C An ut X.uumuuu, WRECORD BELONGS TO SIRIUS Small Vessel Was the First to Cross the Atlantic Wholly Under Its Own Steam. This spring marks the eightieth anniversary of an important event in modern history?the voyage from Cork to New York of the Sirius, the first vessel to cross the Atlantic wholly nn Ik der its owm steam. All that remains | of that stanch little craft is a number of brass paper-weights made from the j metal work after it was wrecked in 1 Ballycotton bay in 1847. Captain Rob- j ortsi, commander of the 412-ton Sirius j on Its maiden trip, was late* trans- j ferred to the President, which went ! down with all on board. Thus both j the Sirius and her master met with a j tragic end. fc* The Sirius made the voyage from j y Cork in 19 days, reaching New York | I only a few hours before the Great ^ Western, another steamship which had sailed from Bristol. The latter '4 made the best time, crossing the f ocean in 15 days. The Sirius had a passenger list of seven on its initial 1 voyage, the youngest of whom was ; Vincent E. Ransome, then four years ! old, who was reported living a few j years ago in Wiltshire, England, where he was long the rectoN of a parish church. J.HC OI11UA >Y?? tl atiivuuci-i j ship and was 178 feet over all, with a beam of 25 feet and a depth of 18 feet \ i 1 Electricity on the Farm. It is apparent from the fact that ' 200,000 horse ctwer in electric motors is now act JLlly being: used on the farm that the pjirase "Electricity on ( tbe Farm" does i*ot constitute an idle i^rpnm nnv remarks the Gen Electric Review. Although 160,r ^Cj fiorse power (,>f this fs used for irrigation and reclamation purposes (a pc" "? "?<?' cnntinne^ cunanry 01 seinx.uiu ow . remainder, or 40,000 horse power, is ^ actually being used for miscellaneous farm purposes, such as driving the cream separator, butter churn, and so I* on. The only tftiAg that we are not * doing with electricity on any scale is plowing and cultivating, and this now bids fair to be A comment! reality in the very near finture.?ScBfatfic American. ) FOUR REGISTRANTS SENT TO CAMP JACKSON WEDNESDAY The following four registrants were sent to Camp Jackson cn Wednesday' to fill in places that were vacated by - * ? -?" r*c\ m r\ ' additional exammauuu <11 LilC vamp Tom Clark Neel Sam Gossett Geo. Elkin Dsorris James Leo Richardson. I. M. Smith, Jr., under an induction order was sent to Camp Wadsworth to the quartermaster department. A* Morions Growth. 'Mr. Pat Bo land of the lower section of the county brought to the office on Wedsnesday a curious growth in the shape of a cluster of flowers growing from a watermelon vine ond where the watermelon was due to have grown. He would be flad to have some horticulturist explain to him how it aH happened. The union service Sunday night will will be at the Church of the Redeemer, as Mr. Fulenwider will be back from his trip to conduct the service Speaking of brag patches the three acres of bottom land on Scoti's creek rented by P. F. Baxter and Sen yielded 52 bushels and a peek of wheat. The old McCoy house at Helena, owned by Mr. C. J. Zobol, the landlord of the town, and occvjv.ed by Rorv ("Sweedie") Sligh, colored was completely destroyed by tire f unknown fig'rr Wsdrssday ncoti. Ni one vas . 1il the house ..Sli-a List nil his household effects, and there w?>s no insurance on the building uf any of the contends, ALL PREPARED FOR MEASLES Indianapoirs Newspaper i recis movent of Disease as Something of Which to Make a Jest. Have you had the measles yet? Well, just be patient. It is only a matter of time. A physician was asked how he accounted for the great number of cases of measles this year, and he smiled and said "that the old germs were all frozen during the very cold weather and that they were trying out the new supply. Professional men have such charming manners, which invariably accompany those evasive answers. One never knows whether they are afraid of disclosing state secrets or whether the sweet smile and . -aceful bow are serving in an^aniiv ;al capacity. So, if you awaken some moving and your forehead is a mass of little patches of carmine and your throat feels dry and your head feels hot, don't be alarmed. It simply means that you have been chosen to become a member of the Ancient Accepted Order of Measleites, and that the initiation has begun. A five days' vacation is about to be thrust on you, which you will enjoy, more or less, probahly less, particularly if you have the "Hun" variety, which is as treacherous as the name implies. Of course, if you are pressed for time, there is a 24-hour Kma wmcn is very good. It has fill the appearances of the genuine article without any of the disagreeable features. The doctors call it "Duke's disease," but it belongs to the nieasle family, and you will be perfectly safe (and considerably more comfortable) in selecting that kind.?Indianapolis News. S. S. ConYeiition >os. 2 and 3. The township Sunday school convention for Xos. 2 and 3 townships, will be held at Unity church on Sunday. August 18. The following program will he observed: ? How to Make Bible Study Attractive and Delightful.?Dr. A. J. Bowers and 0. 'B. Cannon. How to Get the Men Into the Sunday School.??P. B. Mitchell, Rev L. P. Boland and B. V. Chapman. The Bible the Text Book of t.h* Sunday School.?Rev. W. R. Bouknight, B. H. Caldwell and Mrs. T. E. '""handler. , What i* ;Repulsive to Membership ;n tho Svnr'av School.?Mrs. J- C. Duncan, Miss O1*. Brown and Margaret Renwick. S0 .1 > V iAfc?.ii;... _ k .v.iV * * Old Folk's Day * * * ?> < > <,%> <& 3> <$ 4> <j> <$> <$> <$> <$> 3> <?> <?> j ^vxtday, August 18. will be ob-i | served at St. Paul's church as Old Folk's Day The sermon in the morn. ' ing will preached by Or. Jno. W. ; Horine, of Columbia, editor of the Lutheran Church Visitor. There will t)e . dinner on the grounds. There will be i service in the afternoon. A cordial in- , i vitation is extended to the public. 0. P Koon, Pastor j. MYSTERY HOVERS OVER LAKE Body of Water In Central Africa Has Most Curious Effect on Minds of Travelers. Cold and gray are the waters which Lake Tchad spreads over the lowlands of central Africa. The traveler in ! Africa finds the mystery of the dark continent more haunting and unfathomable here than in the baffling mazes of the jungle or in the silent smile of the sphrnx. Heavy winds toss the shallow waters about and whisper ttr'.r secrets through the reeds. Jsnr rue lake makes no answering confidences. It stretches on and on, measuring its miles of surface in sweeping wave lengths. As far as the eye can see ahead are the reeds and rushes reaching up through the water in tangled masses. Here and there the line of the gray expanse is broken by slender islands bearing up a few round-topned native huts, outlined dimly against tlie sky line. The effect is that nf a painting seen through gray glasses, reducing the whole to a Iqw key. It is in the grayaess that the lake's effect of mystery lies, the grayness that hovers dull and cheerless over waving reeds. The traveler gazing across Lake Tchad for the first time feels the thriB of discovery. The knowledge that he Is not the first to stand upon the banks .. does not dispel the feeling of entering / the most shut-off place in central Africa. t Another "Scrap of Paper." ' Twenty-seven years ago settlers at Olympia, Wash., made a treaty with the Indians allowing them to fish any where and at any time, sqys Commerce and Finance. Now the state game laws prohibit them from the sport during the closed season. Saluskin, tig chief of the Ya!;Imas, with a number of other Indians, after protesting in vain to the local game wardens, went to the city to protest against the violation of their rights. Imagine a chieftain. 00 yenrs 6traight as an arrow, yet half blind and enfeebled, entering a court room in a modern city. This man h:id seen the victory of civilization in its struggle against the wilderness. He hnd seen his race pass control of the land to-the white race. Still bolievin? in the honor of the white man, he came . to protest against the infringement of a treaty made a quarter of a century before. I Saluskin was informed by an interpreter that the district attorney could not chnnge the state game laws, i r?? ,vn? bis onlv comment. Can't Even Have "Near-Beer." Germany's brewers hoped this year ! j to produce a beer substitute that j i should really resemble beer, but the j I Prussian minister of finance has is- ; ] sued a decree that puts an end to the < j dream of the foaming stein. j A new process has been patented ! j by which near-beer was to be made from beetroot, hoy:, yeast and wa- ; | ter. Many breweries had already in- j - j ? au ^ i stalled machinery required unuer me j patent. The minister of finance has decided j that the sucrar of the beetroot, upon j which the substitute depends for ??co- j , hoi; cannot be spared for beer. F^ets, ! he says, arp badly needed for manufac- i ture of sugar, dilution of jam and making of coffee substitutes. Woman Frozen to Ground. During a cold snap last winter ! Mrs. John Baker of Downsville took i ' 1 * '-C *?***. r-r-r. onH VXTOfl t Intf) ! J1 DUl'SCL Ui. IlV'l n.uci uuu i> vu>. . the yard to clean the concrete pavement. She splashed the water around and used the broom vigorously, when suddenly she realized she could not move. She made determined efforts to move her feet, and experienced a fearful cold chill as tfrou^hts of paralysis 1 flashed into her mind. She screamed loudly for hr>!p, and her husband, who came running, found her shoes were frozen to the pavement. With a vigorous jerk he yanked her loosi.., : ".float pulllnj*' iitof i:cr j shoos. It was a thankful wife he led j iuto the house to Trn.rm her fo^t. ! J I < KED CKOSS WORK. * ? The surgical dressing room will not be opened for work on 'Mondays, on account of church meetings on this day. Tuesday, and every day through the we?k, these rooms will be open; hours 10 to 12:30, 5 to 7. It is hoped that there will be more volunteers ror tms wont, aa nour ur so a day can be profitably spent in the work rooms at all times. The work is not difficult, and there" is much to be done by many fingers. The dressings are made under the supervision of women who have taken the course, but it is not necessary to take the course in surgical dressings to work in the rooms, as some seem to think Some may stay away on account of the heat, remember patriotic women, it is also warm on the firing line, and your neglecting to make a pad may ve t>e cause of some soldier losing his life. The following women who worked this week in surgical dressings rooms are registered at headquarters: Wearing the blue veil, -Mrs. J. P Fant, Mrs. W. G. Houseal, Mrs. Leland Surfer, Mrs. C. D. Weeks. Weiring the sray veil: Mrs. L. W. Floyd, Mrs. Hal Kohn, Miss A<rnes Coalman, Mrs. T?cvd [acobs. Volunteer workers: Mesdame* Herman Wright (4), F. E. Dibble (3), " 7. Wilson (2), J. W. Smith, Jr., (2), r.. n Weeks. L. W. Floyd, W. H. Hunt. J. P. Fant, H. H. Abrams, C. B. Martin, J. 'M Workman, A. T. Brown. Mipses P^by Oosrsans (2), Lila Summer, Fannie Ramage. T$ vour name cn this list? If not, why not. RECOGNIZE VALUE OF WHEAT Shortage Hat Shown Us the WfftdeN ful ipd Unique Qualities Contained ? in the Grain. ^ As dbfeence makes the heart grow fonder, so uoes scarcity of wheat IdTite attention to its wonderful and unique qualities as food. We have been eating wheat products all these years as a matter of course, and it never oc CTirrea 10 us uim we imgui cvci uc called on to go without tliem. Now that it is necessary to use wheat substitutes, we have discovered that useful as they are there is nothing that really takes the p!ace of wheat Hour. The magic of the wheat lies in its gluten?what the baker refers to as the "binder." lie must have a certain proportion of wheat flour to furnish the binder, or his oatmeal bread or his ? - i.? 1.1? rr*i rice pastry crumuies. jLiit; suusumu-o have the same nourishment as the wheat. But they lack the quality of the wheat flour crust. There is nothing in them to imorison the gases liberated by yeast, and so they refuse to rise like wheat dough. Broad made of the substitutes is heavy and soggy unless there is enough wheat dough mixed in to give it life. Without wheat we go without bread, without cake, without pie, without strawberry shortcake. No affection for corn pone can make it a substitute for all these stand-bys of the table. If it is necessary for the sake of the war, we shall cheerfully go without. Any deprivation we may feel is as nothing to what our associates in arms already have undergone. But we shall look forward to the liappy days An +1^ /\??a ti -1 1 1 .a n r? n Knn/ln n/?a A^ w iic~ii uni u*j nn u uuuvi.<xuv xz \j.a. wheat once more.?Kansas City Star. Used Stamps Valueless. The Red Cross wishes to make it known, as widely as possible, that the report that used postage stamps have any value through the extraction of the dyes contained in them is absolutely false. This false report has al ready resulted in the reccip'c by the post office department of many stamps collected by misguided patriots who sought thus to do something to help win the war.?The Outlook. Boy's Remark Got Results. Bob had been downtown with his mother shopping and was tired when they boarded a homeward bound street ear. Every seat was occupied. Xfter a few minutes' silent survey Bob leaned up against his mother with a tired sigh and said: "Well, mother, I guess tft*s is seatless day for us." Even neAvspsT-cT camouflage couldn't resist this. Severai seats were quickly vacated. / THE TELEPHONES. The Constitution, Atlanta, Ga., Aug 8, 1918. The announcement of Postmaster General Burleson that in the federal administration of the telephone companies it will be his policy to retain, m J EPPS BKOWX. I ______________ I / ?3 far as possible, the service of the administrative and traffic heads in charge of general ana departmental affairs of the companies at the time the government took them over, will "'oat TiTith cronDm 1 armroval. In so far as this applies to the Cumberland and the Southern Bell companies, the people of this part of the rountry will be particularly pleased, for either of these companies without W. T. Gentry, as the administrative head, and J. Epps Brown in charge of the tremendous responsibilities cenfei 1 in the office of vice president ypu fc'Mieral manager, would pot seem the sa^- to the people of the Jouth. Mr. Gentry has been with the Southern Bell since its organization?located in Atlanta most of the time, first a3 local manager with a handful of telephones, his auhority constantly extending until now as president of both the Southern Bell and the Cum berland companies, it covers all that vast section reaching from the Ohio rive** to the iSouth Atlantic on cne ?lde. and the guif on the other. 'Whether or not under the new condition he ' will be identified with the government operation of the lines, or will he re t?rned as the corporate head of thes'j two great organizations, has no' as ^et been announced; but it is certain that his connection will continue in one capacity or the other. Certainly ??y.er so long and so honorable a servi ice nothing else could be expected. That J. Epps Brown will become the foriI operating head of both com( ^nnies seems to be assured by all re; ports of the rapidly developing situj -""on in which the government is tak: ing firm hold of the lines just as it j ri-'f' with the railroads. i Mr. Brown has only recently return! -ri o conference with the officials ' at Washington who are to be the final ' * ^ Aft? o n/^ j ?"rnori'y Jn *ieiepKuiie maucii), aun while he makes no statement of what haDpened it is generally conceded that . it is to him that the government will tu-n 'n centering all operating responsibilities into the hands cf one man who will direct the affairof this division. The selection of Mr. OBrown for this "'-TPorfcamt duty will create no surprise fT it has hr>en ^erenl'y accepted that his wonderful career in *he telephone sp^vW th^ logical Tr?n for the place. . . In all of the great eoroor?t: this country there are few ofloe-* ^ greater natural executive ability hm that possessed bv. Mr. Brown I His nower for organization and for producing efficient service is so ke^n:t-" developed as to make him a genius in thai line. Scarcely less marked is his power to "bring his corporations and their numberless thousands of pa_ ;^to cordial personal relations, and even in the days when it was cus. lcmary for *he ratrons of most ^or^ -rra^'o^s fo hold themselves at arms length in their business relations over Oi'bl^C T^at^C7*?. ^'DrP v.n exceptional attitude of amity and "or^dence between the Southern Bel! Trf *bo Cumberland and thei>* patrons. 7f Tove^nment operation of the telephone service in this part of the country is to successful no one can -^nrtc-r ^renter service to that end J. Etitss Brown. p.na ine peupie 1-)f tv's fs^ftion who have watched the wcrdsrf;;! developments of the greaf ? - - . J : * - . ; ; * Governor Blease to vSpeak. * * ; Ex-Governor Blease will address a meeting in the new court house Monday night at 9 o'clock. He will speak on the important issues of the day. This distinguished Newberrian and South Carolinian of nationwide reputation will attract a gr^at audience Mopday night. PROOF THAT WORLD MOVES Simple Little Experiment Will Can*i? eir?n?u?i Fact Prettv VinC6 IllC Vriw^kivwi ?, . _ ? m Generally Conceded. Take a good-sized bowl, fill It nearly fall of water and place it upon the floor of a room which is not exposed to shaking or jarring from the street. Sprinkle over the surface of the water, a coating of lycopodium powder. Then npon the surface of this coating of powder make, with powdered charcoal, a straight black line, say, an inch or two in length. Having made this little mark with the charcoal powder on the sunace ~ *" Lt-~ fVio hnwl lnv nnon 01 lilt; I'UUICUIO Ul nib uv..., y _v the floor close to the b^w. a stick or some other straight object, so that it will be exactly parallel with the mark. If the line happens to be parallel with a crack in the floor or with any stationary object in the room,% this will serve as well. < Leave the bowl undisturbed for a few hours and then observe the position of the black mark with reference. to the object with which it was parallel. It will be found to have moved in the direction opposite to the move nient of the earth on its axis. The earth in simply revolving has carried the water and everything else in the bowl around with it, but the powder on the surface has been left behind a: little. /' The line will always be found to have moved from east to west, which is perfectly good proof that everything else has moved the other way. 1 ... _ in and out. There is some talk among a number of the women folk of Woodruff place of organizing *a club to be known as "The Ins and Outs." Not that they wish to be marked as gad-abouts or anything of the sort. The proposed club title refers solely to a recent pamphlet issued by the authorities of "the town within a city," which contains the directory of the 1,800 inhabitants. The booklet is neatly arranged, is embellished with pictures of the town's beauty spots and contains plenty of advertisements as all good directories should. But somehow in the course from census taker to printer the names of about twenty-five of t&e good wives of the town were omitted. The little club idea has been proposed with one requirement for membership, which is that the member shall be "in* the town and "out" of the directory.? Indianapolis News. Scholarships Newberry College. The 01v;n Crozier chapter give three scholarships to. Newberry college. This year there is one vacancy. Applications fcr this scholardship must be sent in by September 1st. Requirements of applicants are as follows: 1. Applicants must be residents of Xewberry county. 2. 'Must be not less than 16 years of a<re. 3. Must give suitable proof of inabilitv to Dav for their education 4. Must present a testimonial of work done, scholarship and deportment, signed by applicant's last teacher. Must be able to enter Frashmaa class. 6. In case of equal attainments preference will be given to decendents of Confederate veterans. 7. Tne H01Q6T CJI UiC avui/:oi""*c must take the full A. B. course and reports of work must be sent to the chapter. Mary Wright, Ruby Goggans, President. Secretary. organization wh?s3 operating he?.d he has been for so many years, will highly gratified ac the L'tfi-ftolizaVou of the report thit. ve jp ?y fhe ^ecutive officer of 'he government in if.s opera' :r>n rf 'he tel^ohone 75 es # "f this recticn for t.ho pe.-icd *:f 'he war. : a i