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VOLUME IT, SUMBEB C. NEWBERRY, S. C? TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1918 TWICE A WEEK, $1.50 A YEAB WHITE REGISTRANTS CALLED FOR AUGUST 29. The local board has called the following white registrants to report for military duty on Thursday, August 2?, , 191-8, at 5 o'clock p. m. These young L mp-n will be sent to CaniD Jackson on August 30, 1918, leaving iXewberry on the C., N. & L. at 9:53 a. m: A. J. Bowers, Jr. Holland L. Sligh. Herman Willie Vaughn Beaureguard Thomasson Walter Gus Franklin Thomas Leroy Cromer ^ Leiand Epps 'Rikard William David Shealy L. Fred Paysinger t Clarence Eugene Perkins Thomas Aiken Hair John Henry Boozer John Archie Long George Bearden William Alvin (Rawls {R. Sammie Nobles Luther Seymore T7!nr\c Porrv Kirtar/? ' Otis iSampson Lindler George Wilbur Hawkins Francis Leroy Suber George V. Shealy Matthew Stock Fulmer i ^ Morse Buford Dominick j Tames L&vi Dennis Arthur Elmer Derrick Thomas Jefferson Davenport, Jr. Shirley Pomeroy Daniels ?Baba Thomas Ollie Lee Shealy Lor.nie M. Mills Claude Johnson Thomas Otho Sease ' .Tames Arthur Grant James Launcelot Swindler - j Attend Sanitary Campaign. Please make notice in your paper that Reevrend Hugh JR. Murchison, _ Field Agent of the State Council of Defense, and Dr. Aiken of Columbia ?m ?n^^T.aceoc tr? tha VP whPfTV Will ILL dive CJ.UU1 w - . - ? , county Council of Defense and citizens next "Wednesday morning, August 21, at 11 o'clock in the court house. All j public spirited citizens are urged to attend this meeting. We desire to j plan a Sanitary campaign in Newberry county and wish to work out a sched- ! ule of meetings at this central meet- ! ing. Everybody is invied to attend the : meetinw. T .M. Mills, Sec'y Council of 'Defense of Newberry County. Ridge Spring Club. The Ridge Spring Home Demonstration club will meet Thursday after- I noon, August 22nd, at the school* house at 4:30 o'clock. Willie Mae Wise, County Agent.' Walter Crapps is on the submarine chaser Anniston and has had some : th-rini-nfr ?-x:T>eriences, but has not yet i . caught a submarine. He sends his j mother a picture of his ship and also of a shark which they caught. The _ shark was 14 feet long ?nd ?s a r:an- j gerous looking animal. He also sends ' a picture of the boys on board, and only throe frcm South O.rolirn.. He j is a son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Crapps of the Beth Eden community and vol- | unteered when only 19 years of age. He saj's he like it nfie and is enjoying I the best of health. k Dr. TV. F. Pi^'loy who is somewhere ( W in France sends the editor of The Herald and Xews a copy cf The Stars and Stripes of date July 28. It is , published weekly and is the official - ?.i? +U/\ A DvTloH 1 _ newspaper <ji m:iun.uu tionary forces and contains much valuable "matter as to the war op2atiens. Learn to Get AIo r It has been done befor< fined sugar was unknown. ( you can use honey also. Be natural sugars of fruits, will v~,, curies U-gu. J.UU Will ycu ai way. The Allies do it now. war used more sugar than per head a month now; Fra ; and Italy only one. Show y and use less than your ratio] fice as compared with ali tha yourself.' i K \ REGISTRATION 1>AT U GUST 24TH 1918. All :oung men who have come of age since June 5th, 1918, and who wiix come of age on or before August 24th, 191S, mut appear before the local ? board at tne new court nuuse, dewberry, S. C., on August 24th, 1918, between 7 o'clock a. m. and 9 o'clock p. m. to register. There will be only one place for registation in the county and that is the new court house. Any young man who is absent fi;om his home on that date ust appear before he nearest local board before that '"me, fill out his registration card and mail it to this local board so as to " J ? ' ? ~~ 1 ?J V,? A ll cru ct 94t?! :eacn mib iuu<n uucti u uv Th;'s must not confused with the anticipated general regisartion from 18 to 45. Only oung men who have come cf agesin ce June 5th, and who will come of age before August 24th are required to register. COLORED REGISTRANTS CALLED FOR AUGUST 21 The local board has called the following colored registrants to report for military duty cn Wednesday, August 21st, at 5 o'clock' p. m. These men will be sent to Camp Jackson on -v < 1 P August Z_nu, leaving .xenucuj w?u w, X. & L. at 9:53, a. m: William Holmes fames johnson James Xance Oscar Stephens j Dock Burgess Belt Burton j .Tames Keitt Willie Maybin f Lat Gary | Coly Kineaid C~rl Suber Ilcbsrt "'v.n Ldu I addio Wheeler Claud Swittenberg Henry Hutcherson Henry Suber Eddie Gallman Willie Eigner Tommie Henderson Henry Suber Finkney Sanders William Swittenfcerg Emry smiin Elmurrv Jackson Henry Lindsey Luther Spearman Geroge Chai>lin Jimrcie Shelton Eddie Frank Dean James Arthur Glenn Pies Reed Nathan Gaffney Sammie Sheely Henry Cannon' Fed Anderson Dorroh Williams Jobnie. Goree ^fayer Benson Ben Duckett Mr. ana Mrs. A. B. Harman and little Frowes Caroline, Mrs. Annie P. Oxner r'nd son W. B. Oxner, all of Columbia, ct)eni the week-end with Mrs. G. W. Larson, mother of Mesdames Oxner and Karman. * * MORE FRUIT and LESS SUGAR * * How? * More Less -A -A- Tnm A ? V-UUUCU 11UH UUUU r Dried Fruit Jelly -A Fruit Butter Preserves * Fresh Fruit Sweet Pickles * * Hon. Geo S. Mower has received notice from his son, Dr. Frank D. :o\ver, that he has arrived safely over j-"cas. ng Without Sugar 3. A hundred years ago re)ur ancestors used honey and sides there are syrups. The serve today as they did cen1 the sugar you need in this England, which before the we did, has but two pounds ,nce one ana a nan pounds, ourself a patriotic American i. This is but a slight sacri,t the Allies are doing. Do it ?< WH.SON SAYS BELEASE IS NOT A?,' ADMINISTRATION FRIEND In Lciier Replying" to Inqniry the rresident Says That He Has Not tiip Least Fear That South Carolina Will Belieye Blease to be a Real ? - 1 At Iff F:*:'?nd to tiie Administration.?ins Record Stands. Sparlanburg Herald. Washington, D. C., Aug. 15.?The president, just before leaving Washington late last night for a visit to Colonel House in Massachusetts, sent the following letter to the Herald correspondent: The President's Letter. "My Dear Mr. Daniel: Replying to your letter of August 12th, let me say that I have perfect confidence that the people of South Carolina will judge rightfy in the senatorial con est and I have not t^e-least tear tnar ! they will believe that 'Mr. Blease is . or can be a friend to the administration. The record of his opinions is already written and it is a little late to expunge it. Sincerely yours, "Woodrow Wilson. AVas Reply to Daniel. The president's letter was in reply to one from The Herald's correspondent riatpri isst. Mondav. as follows: "My Dear Mr. President: I have ; noted much satisfaction in letting the people know your desire that a cer!:r"n little band of wilful men be not re-elected to the senate and house of i ; representatives because of their ob^ <= ruetionist tactics on maters of vital importance in the conduct of the war Blease-s Record. j "While I feel confident of the defeat J of Cole L. Blease for the senate to j succeed the late Senator Tillman, I ; fppi that an exDression from you for I ihe benefit of the people of 'South Car) olina would help to make his defeat. ; overwhelming. You are doubtless ! aware of the savage attacks made by ' Elease upon you and upon the admin| fstration, several months after Amer| i'a entered the war in which, among ; other things he declared that the blood j of every American soldier killed on ! foreign soil would be an unwarranted sacrifice of American manhood charge! able to you. He is now telling his . ' -n-? + V.? ic l'n f^irnr nf a thil'd I lUllUVVCiS LI_lfct,L UC " i.1* f yji VA. 1- _ j te^m for you, that he will loyally supj port you if he is elected and is making i r?*>?r similar statements that are at I absolute variance with his wfiole cai \ I reer and his wholfe record in and out i of office. Even as late as June of this j year in a public speech he dared the ! f?deral government to take the bridal . off during the months of July and August and allow a free discussion af I the war and its causes. j "I should be very glad if you couid ! find it consistent and convenient to j favor me with an expression for pub : lication as to the desirabilities of the (!e^?t of Blease. His opponent, 'Mr. riTl, is a loyal and patriotic citizen of '! rr.y home city of 'Laurens and will ! make a worthy successor of Senator j Tillman in the senate. ! ' With the highest respect ?vnd esI teem, I am "Very truly yours, "Thomas H. Daniel," It is apparent from the president's letter that he is entirely familiar with the utterances cf MP. Blease, whi<^h are mderstood to have been closely watched by the agents of the departj of justice. - rnmmtrn 1 ! Mesa Thompson, the aged colored j citizen who is so well known in Xewve-ry, lost his wife Martha, who died !i~t Thursday morning, at the age of a'^c"* PO years. She bQro a good rcp ' afion p.r.d had lots of friends also j among the white people, whom she served is various capacities during the many years of her life >Mose and Martha married in slavery times, and lived to see more anniversaries ?r f -heir wedding day than falls .o the j lot rf wedded couples. Mose says be j was about 16 years old at the breaking i i out of the war with Mexico. ' It. Osce Co-eman has had to under-; ro anipu*at?on of the left hand jus* j abrve the wrist, resulting from d wound received -n r^ccnr fighting in. Tron~e. Lt. Coleman's nt.rse vvrote his parents tba* he improving fr.d v.'-s arxious ro get back 'o -he trenches. FreMder.f 0^. W. Sumr,0r of th? Mcllohon !viapri'actur:iiz company re'urrod SnVrday from a business trip o y.cxv York. ! BLEASE'S EVEN TEMPER UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURPRISES HIS ENEMIES. Evokes Wild Enthusiasm From 10,000 People In His Two Days Speaking Tour in the Most Populous County in the State.?Not Once Does He Ever Show That the Malice of His Enemies Has Affected Him. Spartanburg, Aug. 17.?Again today ... :'U. u g poi.ivd out lcc enthusiasm for Clease at four meetings, thus demonstrating in ten meetings yesterday and today that this, the biggest voting county of the State, is solidly for him and the Reform ticket, and nothing can take it away. It is a safe estimate that he will carry the county by at least 1,500 votes. I'nder all the circumstances many expected that Governor Blease might today or yesterday lose his temper, hitting back at those who have succeeded in wringing out of the president at the last minute the evidently reluctant and tame letter addressed to Mr. Daniel, correspondent of a lccal paper. Probably the old fire-eating Blease would have "come back strong," more, perhaps, to the delight of any of his friends, but nevertheless of doubtful ? ? + T>,i f iroro OitViOT clir J JI Up! iCt > . OUt tuc)' ?? ^v%* poised or disappointed. Blease kept ;ho even tenor of his way, and quoted to one of his friends something to the effe; t that "he that keepjtli his temper is greater than one who ruleth over o. nation," not an exact quotation, but puite an appropriate paraphrase or* S. ri?)t!:re. Blease said that he was keeping his temper, and was leaving to the president, his proper function of ruling the nation. Moreover, Blease said in private anil public that ;:ndoubtedly the president had heard nothing but bad about him, c-Lher fabrications out of the whole cloth or distortions or partial quotationfc squeezed out of the endless speeches he has made. 'However, he r> rrre dif'c-^r* wi'! be i'ormed on both sides when he goe? to Washington. At each of his meetings he reiterated what he first said at Wagner: "Whatever I may have said, or whatever I may ha\*? done, the people of South Carolina know that I have never made them a promise mat 1 have not fulfilled. I have never said that I would do a thing that I did not -'o it: I have never said that I would not do a thing and then go on and do it. That everybody knows. I "And I want to say this: Tha* when I am elected to the United States sena"'" am going to President Wiihi ell him that here is an Amer. ^ ->r tor, and, whatever is neces?a^ /in this war, I am with him to the rinish. i ' If ir be r.ecessaryV in order to win the war, to break the precedent set by President Washington, in reference to a third term, I shall tell President Wilson that I will support him for a third term and make speeches for him in any part of the American continent ! o which he may wish me to go. "I go yet still further and will say to him that I will raise a regiment now, or at any time in the future, if he deem necessary, of as true South Carolinians as ever went on a field of battle, and resign my seat in the senafe and lead the regiment for the right of the American people." ^limnaugh Hps j'.'st returned from the north0..r where he bought for the "?r>of ra^h' the largest and most seasonable stock of merchandise that he " h?d and the goods are coming every day. Xow is' the time to t"1n o^-^rjfoo-rk pf tV,q that llO is offering. He is also selling all midsummer *oods at great reductions to room frr the seasonable fa 1! goods now arriving. i Miss Ella Watson of Whitmire ar.d .Mr. C. B. Eison cf 'Union county wer-3 married at Whitmire on the 11th instant by the Rev. D. W. Garvin. Miss Mary Duncan and Mr. M. 0. .T. Kreps. Jr., of Columbia, were mar~i r "r. Columbia on the 17th instan'. i.T. r>rv v 0 , Kreps. : ! Privates Sam Xeai and Otis LorM the ^Drm?~ Of '1 ] < >rv _ ! 'ce 3rd the lr>t;*pf do^n1 h?*i^c '-* j it Camp Tackson, spent the week-er ; *?. .ve'.vvo"rv LETTER FROM OUR BOY. We have been printing letters from the soldier boys over there, and we believe the people like to >?ad them We know that we are interested sufficiently to enjoy the reading of any lpt.f.pr from anv of the bovs. and es "?':ially frrm those whom we know Of course they are not permitted to write anything about what they are doing, but even what they write is interesting We have been receiving regularly field cards, they are called, from our boy, and they give one great satisfaction to know that he is well and setting on fine. In fact, all the letters have the same sprit of good cheer and hopefulness, and that means much for the success of our arms. Our boy requests that we do not ?1 nftn. in full jKnf aftPr I pi 1JLI t IllO lClLCi 111 jlua*9 uui/ tAfcvw* > - ?v*- j ing it we do not see where there is ' any objection to the printing any part j of it, and feeling that he has some j friends who would be interested in I reading a letter from him we arr? j printing it just as he wrote it, with i 'i->e pretention cf some purely person- ! al reference We feel like he does, that if we j fore *n hi"5 place that we would rather remain with our company as first orgeat, or even as a private, than b? p p-cr. I'entenant in some other com- ' r.trv penpfiallv when we had been vjf w{*h the hoys for two years and all of them were fond of us, but his spirit is fine, that if duty calls him elserr*?ere he goes. We had a letter from Captain Van(" :v"r ccrre time n<ro tellins: us that he hr?r7 recierned his commission as pp^t.v'n a^d was on his way to join his old company as a private, and for ? <? tell Humbert he was coming. We know he will be disappointed when he does not find Humbert with the company, but we hope he may find him somewhere and that they will meet. i-'ve the spirit also which makes the bovs feel that theirs is the best company over there. That is the ?"irit of loyalty which means much. All the boys seem to think that they have already won the war and that the fighting is about over. "We hope they are correct, but they must know that we over here are going right along with preparations as if the war was to last for several years, ana mat is$the right thing to do. Let the enemy know and realize that we mean Vi<-ir,ec;c: and that we are going to Mftan rp the rarch while we are at *4- , July 23, 1918. My Dear Papa: ? Received your letter two days ago, nrd I sure was glad to hear from you. as that is the first letter that has reached me from you. I have received about six papers since I left home, so you see how slew second ciass mail comes. If there is any thing that happens that you think I would be interested in either er.f it out and send it in a letter or register that paper and maybe I will get it. I almost had tr> fight, when the old Herald and News arrived in camp as the boys were 20 to see them. Every t*:rre th?^ mail comes in they will always ask me if my paper came and when I ten them no you will always see a look of rV'^n"^ointment on their faces. T ha"?*e ^e^e'v^d n "f letter** from Pa?il Vandiver and the last or.o " ?+ j ?was <V"*tp o^r,>v i'<?.rr> Tre :rt Co Ij, l?3t.h T*if and is - -?~ivptp. J ani rnder the impression that when he resigned and reenlisted, that he enlisted with the first division coming across with the understanding that he could transfer to his old Co. T don't guess I will be here when he comes, if he does, as I am to go to an offers training school on the first of this month. The ro'-r-:e. I und^s^and is to last 3 months. I am going but it is against my will for I would rather stay with my old Co., bv the way, which is the best Co. over here, than to ba a first Lieut., in some other Co. I told I ie-^. Anderson after h-^ told me that he had recommended mo that T would rather not go but he said he thought that it was my duty, that officers were very much in demand ? T ?? on/? Tnn OA Tl HOTlnt iiere. i am l:^uuu ?uu ?? on me doing my best. \ The weather over here is very peculiar. Wh?n it starts to rain it rains for weeks without letting up. The r<isrhfs n v<*~v <"nol. hut *t is verv in <!av-:me. T'?e rs-trTrt" ?n the srnr/nett'me only have about WORLD SHORTAGE IN BEET SUGAR Crnns Are dO Per Cent. Less Thaa Pre-War Average?Central Powers Hit Hardest. CANE SUGAR IS ISOLATED. Allied Beet Production Falls One-third in Rigid War Economy Practiced. The world today is producing forty per cent, less beet sugar than the prewar av^racre. Counting the American, Allied and German-Austrian crops, as well as the neutrals, the U. S. Food Administration has estimated that the world shortage created by the light crop of 1917-1918 is at least three and a half million tons. That the 1917-1918 crop of cane sugj ar was two million tons in excess of the previous year does not relieve the general shortage. Cuba and Java produce one-half of the world cane crop, and the Java sugar is too far removed from America to transport when shipping is badly needed to transport and maintain the millmrv forces in France. Ill Java a large part of the old sugar crop is still awaiting shipment. Since it requires 1.".0 to 160 days for each boat that is sent to Java, the possibilities of obtaining adequate shipments of Java sugar this season are remote. Allies' Production Falls. Taking the Allied nations as a group, official reports show that beet sugar production is less by one-third than the pre-war average. French beet sugar industry has suffered'most by the war. The French yield of beet sugar is now only 29.1 per cent, of the pre-war average. 1 ?*A.i i n or Altf fOI" Lilt? Live ,v ru i ^ yi mv* vuv i break of hostilities in Europe, Frajpce produced an average of 752,542 tons of Sugar each year. For 1917-18 the French production was 219,416 tons. With 61 factories operating, as compared with more than 200 that were in existence before the war and before the general campaign of destructive* ness launched by the German armies, . France nevertheless managed to manufacture more beet sugar in 1917-18 than In 1916-17, when the total output was 202,415 tons. Italy in 1917-18 produced 100,800 tons of beet sugar, which was 56,000 tons less than the previous year and 110,250 less than the annual output of sugar for the five year pre-war period. . ~*A* ^ ! One of the great difficulties expori1 ence3 in Italy's beet sugar Industry was finding sufficient labor to handle the crop. Thousands of men usually employed in beet sugar production were called for military service. The ' yield per acre amounted to approximately half of the usual quantity ot beets harvested. " "* ** Tranwood Red Cross. Therg will be a meeting of Tran " " in -4 ? 1 V, 1 WOOfl Kea t^ross auxiliary at cue house Thursday afternoon, August 22, at 6 a'clock. Important business to be transacted. Every member urged to be present, those wishing to join please meet with us. I have an application blnnk for the junior organization. All children that want to be a member of the Red Cress, come and bring your 25c ar.d get your button. Mrs. C. A. Matthews, Chairman. five hours of darkness. All of the jilting and work of any kind on the line is done at night, and of course what little sleep you get is in the morning. There is a lots that I would like to tell you about, for I have seen and have been, but as you know thera is very little of any interest that gets by. I gue?s I had hotter close as it is getting late and about time for me to get busy Dor.'t worry about me for I am getting along fine, getting plenty to eat, and believe me I am coming back to the dear old U. A. I hon estly believe that this war, almost a business now, vill come to a close thi* yenr. Write me at loas^ rnce a week for you have ro id?'? r.cw 've!co*v.o a I^ter is. If I dorTr Ci I will rond you one of those Field Po.-/ C^rds once a week. Ysu Vn^rv that saying that "no news is gv~cd new-." Please don't ' worry. Your devoted ?on, Humbert. "j