The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, August 27, 1918, Image 4

Newspaper Page Text% ' jllf %tUS? |pi j Entered at the Postoffice at Xevr*wtj, S? Cn as 2nd class matter. * ; E. H. AULL, EDITOR, mmmmmmm ; Tuesday, August 27,% 1918. I f THE WAR NEARER HOME. I The death of the three 'Xewherry boys near Fernandina the other day ; when the 'boat on which they were ; ! serving the government was ship- i .wrecked in the storm, brings the war j nearer to our own doors, and makes J ns realize the more what it means j When we read column after column of names of those who have been . either wounded or killed in battle, i or are missing, and we do not know ; any of them, it does not strike us so forcibly that there is really a war in progress, because we do not know them and we read it as a passing item. Of course, feeling a tinsje of sorrow I ? " 'Viiwr- tVir\ TnAfhort anrl" WUCU WC Ciliixn. other relatives. But when those young men whom we know personally and who have gone in and out among j us from their youth up are stricken, j then we know and realize t&at the , war is raging. i ' Prof. Jacob O'Merle Singley, one of the young men who lost his life in the ship wreck the other day, * is' >*o Ae IMf arsS Mrs. T f!al SinfflGv 4 OVU VI dUi # WI.4AV* V* N/w. ??W y f of near Prosperity, and was a teacher before entering the service of his country, and an excellent young man. j He has a brother who is in the navy, j And is survived by his father and mother and several brothers and sisters. It is sad to be thus stricken in eariy manhood. Mr. William Sample, another victim of the wreck, is^ the young son of Supervisor and Mrs. j. c. sampie or Newiberry ar.d was not quite IS years old. In fact we did not know that Mr. Sample had a son is the service until we saw his name among thr> list of those who were missing. He was under the draft age but wanted to go into the service of his country , Only a short time ago he was home on a short furlough. Both families have the deep and tender sympathy of their many friends j in the county. It is sad to be cut down so young, but many of the flower of our young manhood will go before the terrible conflict is over. It could not be otherwise, for war means kill and be lofted. True these young men did not lose their lives in battle, and yet it was part of the war same. These young men have given their life for their country just \ es much as if they had .been in the front line trenches when the summons came to them. They were doing their duty as directed by tnose who are m authority. "God keep our iboys? Home's soldiers, over sea, In freedom's fight To make the wide world free! And if home-coming hope the fight destroys, "God keep our boys!" ' ^ . We did not know Mr. {Suddeth but he is reported from 'Newberry also and he was in the same service and the sympathetic heart of the community goes out to him and his dear' ones as well. Sinre writino- the above we learn from the Greenville paper that Mr. j Suddeth is from Greenville. We trust that the election today may result in a quiet and orderly ex-; pression of the free choice of th?) of fhr. and that a!I -trici/iuiaic vi i.u& ? , _ f parties to the contest will accept thej result in good faith. It should bef the voluntary expression of the peo-? pie's choice. That is the wu/pose or I ' i the primary system^ -? ? i We hope now that we may have Jes3 talke of disployalty and support of I President "Wilson or lack of support j without specifying. "We are all sup- j porting President Wilson and all of j us are loyal. The per centage of J th5se who are not loyal in this section of the country is so small that it would take but a short time to make the count. All politics. The election today should be an end to all this strife among ourselves and we should cease abuse of one another. ii i m C03TE H03TE TO TOTE. 1 guess I closed my vacattion this week. It was not altogether satisfactory but the best I could do. I am goincr to have something to say i afcout mv last effort in the next issue, i I spent part of Sunday way down in old Edgefield couny, in a section of which I had heard a great deal from xny youth up ibut had -never had the pleasure cf visiting. But of that later. ?o? I have seen so much in the daily papers lately calling upon the people to vcte, and the duty of all good cit izens coming home to vote, that I felt it my duty to bring my two American fooys home so that they might cast their ballots today for the men of their choice. The oldest one says he is going to vote for ?lease and Dominick, and that is as far as he goes. The other one has not yer. given expression to his choice but no V/V *tt> 11 TL'lf Q TMOrVlt UUUUt lie TVili i ibuv. ?0? I had the pleasure of attending a family reunion and a picnic dinner on Sunday after the preaching service. There are 8 sons and two sons-in-law in the family. Of course this near to an election it was natural that at least part of the conversation should turn to politics even on Sunday. Seven of he eiirht brothers and one of the brothers-in-law were outspoken for Blease. One of the brothers was outspoken against him and the other broher-in-law is against 'both Blease ?nd Dial and will probably not vote. That is a pretty good proportion of one family. And this in oN Edgefield. E. H. A. How about the speed laws. It It seems to us tha we published something about the enforcing of some law on the books against speeding in the city. The way some cars turn some corners we are looking for some serious accident in the near future. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS PROSPEROUS PROSPERITY Prosperity, Aug. 26.?The first of Prosperity's sons to make the supreme sacrifice in the world war was J. GMerele Singley, who was lost on the Montank last Wednesday. As yet the tbody has not been recovered. He was the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Cal Singley. About six weeks agp Mr, Singley enlisted in the navy and bis untimely deith came as a shoe1" to his relatives and friends. Mrs. Thornwell Haynes and Miss Sarah are home from spending the summeer at Clemson college. Mrs. Duncan of Erwin, Tenn., is the guest of'Mrs. IVirgil Kohn. Mr. Phil Rawle of Lexington spent the week-end with Mrs. Olin 'Bobb. Wilbur Taylor of IT. S. N. is home on a urlou^h. Mr. 2nd Mrs. T. B. iStackmore and children, and Mrs. B. B. Schumpert motored to 'Saluda Monday. Rev. and Mrs. Chas, T. Shealy have returned from Springfield, Ga. ueam or nr. ethiis. Dr. Oliver Butler Evans died on last Thursday at his home at Kinards. in the fi6th year of his age, after a lingering illness of paralysis since the third stroke of this fatal malady. He was buried at Rosemont cemetery Friday afternoon at 6 o'clock. Dr. Evans is survived "by his widow and one son, <Mr. Samuel B. Evans, and th^ee stpneons, '"Rev. J. W. iSoeaRe, fas. B. Speake, and George Speake, ?nd one stepdaughter, Miss Margaret Soeake, and also by three brothers-^ Won <H. H. Evans. Mr. E. 'M. Evans, of vewberrv, and S. J. Evans of San Francisco, Cal. tMrs. Charles S. Granger of Wil mington, N. C., on her way home from Greenville, spent the week-end in Xewfberry with her uncle, 'Mr. John Danielsen, and other relatives. Mrs. W. F. Wright of Laurens county is spending1 a week or two here with relatives. She was accompanied to \ewberry by her nephew, Rich. ard Julien. f Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Caughman motored to New York for the week-end, where they were the guests of Mrs. Caughman's parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Hutchinson.?Greenville News The mistake in that is it was Xehprrv instead of New York. Books of Registration. x- The members of the board of registration will be at the following places at the following dates: Little 'Mountain, Tuesday, 10th of September, from 10 to 1:30 o'clock Pomaria, Tuesday, 10th of September from 2 to 5 o'clock. Chappells, Wednesday, 11th of September, from 3:30 to 6:30 o'clock. Prosperity, Thursday, September 12th from 10:30 to 6:00 o'clock. Will have books for 8, 9 and 10 townships. Silverstreet. 13th {September, from 10 to 1:00 o'clock. Longshore, 13th September, from 1:30 to 5:00 o'clock. /ilTTmrwiTIa 1?fh Kpntpmher from 10 | VJiJ Uljy * * WXA ?? ? 7 - - - 110 1:00 o'cloc. i Mt. Bethel] loth September, from 2:30 to ii:00 o'cloc. R. . Sligh, Member of Board. ED? 4 _ i WOULD HANG ON TO QUARTER Negro Was Determined to Have Something by Which He Could Remember President's Gift. It occurred when Mr. Taft was pres' ident. He was in Augusta. Ga.. and a barbecue was to be given in his honor j ; at Mr. C. S. Bohler's country place, i ; Mr. Taft-was expected to be on hand ! at a certain hour. The roads wore misleading, and fearing to be late he j bade the chauffeur stop and inquire ! directions of an old negro man ?vho | ! trudged along. "Can you tell me where j Mr. Bohler's place is?" - asked the j president. ? I "Yes, sir. I kin, cayse I works dar j myself." The way as pointed out was j somewnat vague, so air. rait torn me i old man to jump in by the side of the chauffeur and act as guide. Upon arriving at Mr. Bohler's home, Mr. Taft gave the old man a 50-cent piece. Mr. Bohler, afterward hearing of the | incident, called the recipient, saying: j "Uncle Tom, I hear the president j gave you fifty cents. You ought to ! | prize that and keep it always as a sou! venir." "I sho will do dat," the old negro ! repiien. j A few weeks later Mr. Bohler inJ quired of Uncle Tom if he still had j the 50 cents. "I tell you how it was, boss." answered the o?d negro. "I got in a tight place and I had to git dat mom ? changed. I spent one quarter, but I'm a gwine to keep dat udder Quarter sho as I live." WHAT GREAT WARS HAVE COST ? Expenditures That In the Aggregate Amount to Sum Sufficient to "Stagger Humanity^" | Recently the congress of the United States passed, almost without debate, i the greatest budget in the history of | the world, making available for Uncle Sam $7,000,000,000 in order to carry on the war on a scale commensurate with its greatness. It is interesting, therej fore, to compare with this the cost of nthar n-orc TVi a Yn nnlpnni^1 xvnTS. i which raged over Europe from 1793 to 1815. cost approximately^>7,000,000.000, or the same amount that congress provided for the United States to enter into the conflict, and that was only a beginning. The Mexican wnr co^t the United States about $100,000,000, a comparatively! trifling sum- The Civil war, | however, was a very expensive affair, ? ? J!J ^-P <?0 AAA . entailing rne expeuuuuir m .c,o,wv, 000.000 from 1801 to I860. The FrancoPrussian war cost the two nations engaged about $3,500,000,000. The second South African war. from 1900 to 1902, cost ?1,500.000,000, the conflict between Russia and Japan consumed almost $4,000,000,000, while the United States got off very cheaply In the SpanishAmerican war with an expenditure of $175,000,000. The estimates on the outj lay for the present war up to October 1 of this year were $98.814,875,000.? Rocky Mountain News. Warship Repairs. Over and above the great activity * the British yards in building new warships, particularly destroyers, and the construction of merchant ships, an enormous amount of time and labor has to be devoted to repairs. In a recent speech Sir Eric Geddes said: "During one month the number of Avar vessels which needed repairs was nearly 1,000?that Is, in addition to the i inn marnhflnt shins?and that was by 1,1W UUV/A t no means an abnormal month. Since the beginning of the war SlIOOO war vessels, including patrol craft and mine sweepers, have been docked or placed on the ways, and these figures j do nrt include repair work done to the vessels of our allies." Add to this the arming of the vast fleet of British merchant vessels, and we have some conception of the enormous task of shipbuilding, equipping ' -- ? -*-1- ~ D?if|ch I and repairing cameu on u.v mc X>1 XllOU | admiralty. Tractors for Cultivation of Rice. The French government of Cochin China has become interested- in the employment of caterpillar tractors for the cultivation of rice. On September 29, 1917. a 45 horse power track machine valued at more than $5,900 Unit ed States currency, was purcftasea telegraphically. If the experiment is successful, larger orders will follow. Everything depends upon whether the i tractor can operate in the soft rice-pad| dy fields of Cochin China. Tokyo Grows in Impo^ance. The prosperity of Greater Tokyo city is shown by the increased taxes over last year, the average being 37 per cent. In the eight tax-collection *?* Atoi ooo ooo Qistncis me ivnu ? , yen ($49,500,000) ; the rates of increase vary from 9% per cent in the Yotsuya district to 50 per cent in the Ryogoku and 72 per cent in the Yeitai districts, where the offices and resl " ~ oro Innntpd aences ul uai mm ~ ?. Why He Was Short "This man says yon owe him money, Sam," said the judge. "Dat's right, judge, I does." "Well, why don't you pay him?" "Why, I hain't got nothin* V pay him wiv, judge." "W<\1, why haven't you?" "To tell de hones' truf, judge, 'spects ray wife has felled down on de ! job!" No Wonder. j "I called Smith a hard name just now." "IIo doesn't seem to be displeased." "Why should he be? I told him he was a brick." f LSKE HiS IMPERIAL MASTER j Vcn 5uc-!cwt the Wings cf the German Eagle, Typical as of IllOmen to Mankind. From Brand Wliitlock's story of Oer man oppression in Belgium in liverybody's Magazine, we take the following account of a single incident that oci curred in May, 1014, just before the i war. Mr. Whitlock, with other diplo- ! ! mats, was the dinner guest of Mr. Von j Buelow, the German minister to Bel- i ( glum. j | | "We were standing by a table in the j i corner of the room, and trom amoug ; j the objets d'art, the various trinkets, !j the signed photographs in silver ; frames, with which it was loaded, he drew forward a silver bowl that he t i used as a cendrier. As I dropped the || | ash of my cigar into it, I noticed that j it was pierced on one side near the rim j by a perfectly round hole, the jagged , ; edges of which were thrust inward: | plainly a bullet hole; doubtless it had j a history. I asked him. "'Yes, a bullet hole,' he said. 'In': China" it stood on my desk, and one day during the riots a bullet came j through the window and went right j j through It.' I! j "Several of the guests pressed up to ! se, . such a bowl with Its jagged bullet hole and a history was an excellent 1 subject for conversation: the German j minister had to recount the circum- j , stances several times. M 'I have never had a post,' he said. I 'where there has not been trouble; m | Turkey it was the revolution ; in China it was the Boxers. I am a bird of illomen.' " . MAKE LIGHT OF ALL RISKS j | British Aviators Think Little of Dan- j fler When There Is a Chance j to Hurt the Enemy. I I ' - The daringly low flights of English airmen at the front are shown in the official notes to awards of the military cross: ' Lieut. Richard Avelirre Maybery, Lan- | cers and R. F. C? after attacking two j airdromes in succession at very low altitudes and inflicting considerable damage, attacked and dispersed a number of mounted men and then attacked a freight train. He next attacked and shot down a hostile machine at 5(X) feet, and f/efore returning attacked a passenger train. Secon i Lieut. Walbanke. A. Pritt, | R. F. CM in attacking a hostile airdrome dropped bombs from a very low altitude and attacked and destroyed two enemy machines almost as soon as they had left the ground. A machine gun then opened upon him from the airdrome, which he immediately at- j tacked. Both on his outward and j homeward journey he was under very | heavy fire. Once he attacked a mo- ' torcar and shot one of the occupants from about fifty feet, afterward attacking infantry on the march and inflicting severe casualties upon them. I Second Lieut. Alexander A. N. Pentj land, R. F. C.. descended to within J twenty feet of the ground and fired into eight hostile machines. On his return journey he attacked a train with considerable effect fromjow altitude. He < has always shown fearlessness and de -i-? Kn). votion to duty in atrncKiug euciu.y galloons and troops on the ground. Finland's New Flag. The Russian revolution will probably result In lengthening the list of the world's flags by several additions. Fin- 1 land, which, since March, has ceased to be a grand duchy and has declared her independence and status as a republic, has now decided on her national colors. She will have three different standards: the national flag, the flag of the merchant service, and that of the pilot and customs services. The national colors are those which were acclaimed at the time of the revolution, the yellow lion of Finland surrounded by nine white roses on a red * rrM - ? ~ ~ a mor/>h?nf ground. me uufc wi ?.* ? v. service will have a yellow perpendicu- ( ! lar cross on a red ground and in the top right-hand corner, nine white roses set symmetrically in three rows. The ! pilot and customs services flag will be the same; except that It will carry the ! vellow of Finland instead of the white j I ! roses. ? Fought With Owl. I An employee of the Helena Land and Lumber company near Perkins, a short distance, norrh of Escanaba. Mieh., had a desperate encounter with a huge owl i while walking through the woods late ! at night. 1 His first warning of the attack was when he was struck the head and ' his fur cap pulled off. The great claws of the bird next were fastened to his , skull and his face. j After a desperate fight in the dark J ! the man SUCCCtJUtru iu Acvuuug a gwvt ' hold on the owl and killed it by dash- i i in? its head against a tree. The owl ! j is on exhibition at the camp and is j j said to be the largest ever killed in that J j vieinjty. j $500,000 for Muskrat Skins. The annual January fur auction I closed at St. Louis jj^ith sales totaling j aproximately $3,350,000. a lot of 710,000 muskrats brought , $500,000. Many of the skins brought I $1.50 each, an average price for good ! pelts being 75 cents. A few years ago ! rauskrat skins sold on the market at ! | low as five cents each. A collection j i of beaver brought $25 per skin and the I j small lot of martin from Alaska set a ! ! f^r?nrd nrice of $57 each. Extraordinarily high prices paid this j ! year were said to be due to the high I quality .>t' the furs. More than 3-~0 buyers from all parts ' Jf the world attended the_sale. I -r'T' ' i O 1 1 u/viiisUA I ^ ??=fc-a j School opens I Now is the tin |. books. Don't \ g uay diiu uc ux&ap I them. If you hs to be exchanged, as 1 will not hav< books on opening charged or sent < be paid for before Service I have at last beei Flags of all sizes, fror one in front of your I you are thinking of y< I When you need s your boys, come to tli a la*CTP sfnrlc to select IU AM* ? ? Mayes' B The House of a PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS PROSPEROUS PROSPERITY Prosperity, Aug. 23.?Master Allen Wise Taylor of Walhalla has been visiting his grandfather, Mr- A. G- Wis<5. Miss Rebecca Harmon returned with him to Walhalla'to visit her aunt^Mrs. J. C. Taylor. Mr. S. S. Bir^e has gone to Denmark to visit Mrs. Kennedy Mayfield. He is expected home in a few days, accompanied by his niece, Miss Willie T3i*7>cro rwf .Austin Tf>xaS. 'Mrs. Bowles and Mrs, Ella Julian of Greenwood are guests of Miss Edna Fellers. blisses Willie iMae Wise and Ollie Counts and Mrs. J. L. Wise motored Sunday to Clinton. Misses Willie Mae and Tena Wise and Ethel Counts leave Saturday for ten day's stay in the mountains of North Carolina. Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Brown of Spencer, X. C., are the guests of the latter's sister, Mrs. E. O. Counts. Mr. L. A. Black is home from the Northern markets. Mrs. J. F. Browne lias returned from a month's- stay in Walhalla with her sister, iMrs. J. C. Taylor. vMr. D. fM. Langford has received notice from his son, Lt. Herbert Langford, that he has arrived safely in France. ^Trs. Curlee of Winns.boro, and Mrs Morrow of Croom, Fla., are visitn^ ot thft nf Dr ,T !? _ Wheeler Ci C- tug A. 4 1 w . ?. Mrs. H. H. Rikard and Miss Fay Rikard of Xewberrv spent the weekend with Mrs. Nancy Wheeler. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Schumpert after a* visit to the former's mother have returned to Augusta. iMr. and iMrs. Howard Schumpert of -trici+iner f"\TrS Fannie ivuania., are uoiuu6 ? w Schumpert. Miss Susie Langford has accepted work at Bethlehem, Pa. Mrs. Carter of Bowman is visiting Rev. and Mrs. J. L. Stokes. Miss Lavinia Kinard of Rock Hill is visiting Misses Ellen Wheeler and JtJota tni. rftmm l illiuiumv ivi vvu>m H. T. MORRISOXA farmer and business man vhc of his community and the State. I? jl & a V on Sept 9th : J ne to buy your >JH vait till the last pointed in getting I ^ ive any old books I | bring them now, j z time to take old ; % day. No books j >ut. Books must \ leaving the store. ;i > 1 k' \ ; Flags I i able to get Service n 25c to $6.00. Put -louse and show that 2 . * our Boy. ? I i iculonery to write to | ie Book Store. I have | t from. 1 P. : . I OOK otorei^ Thousand Things I Ruth Hunter. # Mrs. O. C. Leonard and little daughter spent the week-end in Columbia. Mrs. Leonard spoke to the Luther League of St. Paul's church on Sunday evening. j On Tuesday Mrs. Leonard left for T^j i Abbeville where she was to address a rresoyrenan congregauun. The ii'rospericy high school will be- ^ g;in its 1918-1919 session September l?th. 1 1 KfcV. and Mrs. E. W. Leslie of Lone . Star are visiting friends in and arounrt Prosperity. 1 Mrs. J. S. Wheeler is visiting inWashington. 'Mrs. Joe Hariman and son Evertoo: . left Sunday for several weeks' stay to i Erwin, Tenn. i Miss Grace Burton Reason has accepted a government position irt Washington. . Mrs. H. J. Rawl and sister, Miss Le^gett left Tuesday for IScotlandf Neck, N. C. Mesdames Tim Hunt and Willie _ Hunt spent Tuesday in Columbia. Mrs Vary Barre has returned to Columbia after a short visit to Mrs. E_ W. Werts. Mrs. R. Y. Leavell has returned from a visit to her former home at Johnston, after visiting Tier sister,. m Mrs. G. G. Waters. ! -Mr. J. Partlow Xeal has takf . the place caused by the resignation of Mr. Frank C. Sligh at the store of | the iNewbery Hardware company. I . where he will be pleased to see his | many friends in the city and county ! and surrounding territory vstfhenever i they are in need of anything kept in ' ! a hardware store. j Mrs. S. J. Derrick has returned from t a pleasant visit y her sister, Mrs., ' D. F. Efird, in Lexington Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Payne ac<i children of Charlotte are visiting Mr. ' R. L. Tarrant and family. Mrs. Payne is M. Tarrant's sister. She is please antly remembered as Miss AnnieLaurie Tarrant, the daughter of the | late Mr. and Mrs. W- T. Tarrant. I tissioner of Agriculture. McCIellanville, S. C. ? has always worked t^r the upbuilding \ \ . -agt \ K / A

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