Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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??WM ? ? fc^??????? ? ??? I ???? ?MW^M?M? ??I??W??i?MMWWW?M?? ? TOLUJCE LT, JfUMBEE 71. - NEWBEEBr, S. C, FBIDAT, SEPTEMBER 6, 1918. TWICE A WEEK, ?1J>0 A TEAK - ____________ ? ? ? y LETTER FROM A SOLDIER so TO ONE OF HIS UN CLES ^ re Lt. T. B. Greneker of the 118th Infantry, 30th Division, American Ex- 0 p- peditionary Forces, Writes His sl *UneIe Dick" a Yery Interesting f Letter. Yv K August 2nd. J ^ ft Dear Uncle Dick: , 't Have Intended writing you for a B }ong time, .but time in France is not C( your own and you have to take ad- 01 ||f vantage of every opportunity. X W would like to tell you where I am. ibut there are two reasons why I tl can't; one, it is against orders and the other is I don't know where we s< are. If every American unit moves m around as much as the "old First s jl 'South Carolina" every American will n soon get to know more' geography 11 than our teachers could ever 'beat g < Into our heads at school. However, 1 / I have no objection to moving around A as some of the country is too'pretty ^ to describe and entirely too pretty 3 to ever Aet the kaiser lay his hands a on. The port -where I landed w&3 ^ one of the most beautiful places I ^ have ever seen, and then when we e - d were coming through France to our various destinations it seemed that the country became more and more beautiful, and why such a country has tl 1 \ to be all torn to pieces by war is b more than I can understand. But ^ then when you get up near the froaj. t< everything changes from -beautiful b green hills and fields to desolate fields t] where a few English sparrows and a - the sound of big guns are the only f m- f'1 v. signs oi me. On one occasion while I was at ? the front I was in one of the anost ' famous cities of Europe, and now in- > -stead of beautiful (buildings and T homes there are only parts of walls ti left standing, and where there should * T)e crowds of children playing, you b find little "white crosses" with the r names of some noble fellows who t gave their lives up next to the great- a * - * ->11- of>ondj a a this f 6SI W3.y OX ciix# ou'iu ??. are more than words can describe and t if some men and people in our Stato . could see them, I think they would r be more capable of saying whether i or not 'America should have kept out. c of the war. Just the other day I was x talking to a young soldier who has t not seen his wife or son in over four years. The i-cwn in which he lived i was captJrsd bv the Boche, and I i * ' 1-JiWl hia T suppose ms son Wits miiw auu wife irnt the same fate that ours in I Amer'ca would suffer is the Hun ever a B put h's fr>ot on American soil. s B You ha *e ' sen picturs of the ally owr T alk.'ng about, ibut ths F p'ctr e- don't "ell half the story and 1 no o-:? -vho >.a; not been here can t " * - *- x nnj r eve* rnn eive ot vrna mis war 10 v ho*" the penle c! America should \ th-"1': Be'Tiun, Enjca-id, Franca and i th? \tlan'.:c ->cean fr;* toeing between r the United Spates and the C3un. You f "hear some things about the war a v*\ic> ar?> n~A. tr"? ar* "others are l trie, but I saw with my own eyes a \ Tttle toy who had Ms tongue split c by the Germans and his mother had t been killed at the same time. And yet befors I left hDine I was askad why c k I did not wait awhile 'before I enlistW ed. (Honestly, I know some fellows j in our State that I would give anyW thing in the world to have ask me -v f that now, just 'to get a chance to see c how hard I could hit them. Of course i there may be two sides to it, -but this ? is Just the way i feel about the whole a thing and I believe most of the t Americans over here feel the same t XTQV "" J, * %AtJ m I think that the thing in France a that appeals to you more than any ^ other is the little French children. I I iMost of them where the British have / been can speak a little English and s j you hardly ever see one who can,' not c jr say "hello." I think some of them r f never saw chewing gum before and \ once they have tasted it you may be \ sure the next time they will want c the sasme thing. But it seems to be i the greatest pleasure of every soldier f to see bow much he can give tho \ \ little ones. If I ever could (be a mil- * lionaire this is the time I would like , to be one. t One day in p, certain part of France t I, with a young lieutenant from f Texas, had a bunch out for a hike, c and we stopped along one of the fam- ( ous rivers for a rest, and while there I we saw an old man sitting over in i the edge of the woods. He looked r< i lonely that we went over ?o speak F3 him, and found that he was a ifugee and had left his home in the mds of the iBoche about a week be- j re. Just by his side his wife was j eeping with only a little grass for j ^ .bed and an old sack for cover, j "\il3 we were talking she waked up ! id evidently we were the first : sc mericans she had seen. Neither of i l'rr* u ?? ? J n a lem coma speait >?*ngusu s.uu uwin I us could speak French, but we )uld understand them enough to find sj( it where they were from and that gA ley had four sons in the war, two C whom had already been killed, and j Sa le most wonderful thing of all was ' rat neither the old father or mother j K iemed to feel that they had done any ! ^ tore than their share. How do yon J appose some of our people .back j ai ome who even take their sons and ( S * ananioHotc t/"? t T*V In usoauas iu w ^ ? M et a certificate saying they were iyj unfit physically/' would stand this? 0| s long as I live I can never forget ^ lat picture of the okl man sitting S( nd watching while bis wife slept, j nd experiences like this can not help w at go straight to the bottom of your eart and make you realize that what p( eer you have to suffer, you are not ^ oing all of it. i <jj You can't help but feel rather blue t? rhen you see all the bad side, but. lere is always a good side and the est cf all is the "American spirit" , * " .Viovo Tt searnc ? 1 men 2a1 i our* ?v* ?v ?^ ^ ^ 3 ime that our regiment has the finest unch of men I ever saw. Every day hey get .better in a thousand ways , nd each seems to !be the others' o riends. There ara_boys from all over D he State, and jtiSt to say they are b. rom our State should be enough for ir tie kaiser. There are a s-ood many lewberry boys, among whom is ' lumber* An 11, and be bas now gone o a training camr. I suppose yori ^ now hi>m and frojjj what I know 01 c< im he doesn't "say much and seems ather timid, but I imagine he would ^ >e just the kipd of man to lead ^ gainst the kaiser's pet "Prussian ^ Juard,' whom some of the Americans , tave already beat the devil out of. :. r>ur state should be proud of her egiment and I 'believe that we can * jy mprove the record and reputation an?J V d :arry its good name wherever and.- ^ wherever we are sent against anyhing the kaiser 'has. i I haven't seen ^Pete" yet but he a s not very far from cne and I sups >ose we will meet sometime soon, t is pretty hard to find where any- ' c :ody is and as a result I haven't seen _ ? my of the Edgefield bovs? but I know . ^ ;ame of them have 'been in the thick- ;,' .... , b !3t Of It. c I don't nkow whether I ever wrote Q Lunt Carrie about one of my trips at ^ h he front but anyway it was such a :;ose call and so funny I can't hel^ ? >ut laugh every time I think about \ One night just about 2:30 I wa3 * oming through a field with two ofi'-ei'S of one" of the allied countries md all at once we saw a certain " ight go up from the Boche lines vhich meant trouble. Both of these ^ >fficers had recently won their naion's medal for foraveryj but this ^QTl thp,-rt frr.m running, and - Ji l> _ ' course I had business up the road I^o. It was well we did run -because I ust a few seconds aftr.-wards a shell Iropped right on the cross roads y vrhere we were and threw dirt all ^ >ver us. All the time we were "burn- n ng the wind," but evidently we were a ;oing the same way as the shells and r .nother dropped right behind us. No- "w ice the word behind. A third proved "w " " - J v a o :be a gas shell ana me umer id- ~ ows shouted "gas.'' I will have to 6 .dmit that I was scared to death .but T ras keeping up my wonderful speed, s: :y this time everybody was laughing a ^ be" fellows because if one lowed down the next one of the thers would pass. Between our run- , ling, ducking, falling and laughing ve never did get our masks all the Q '.'ay on. but we did get to our bead- ^ ?nfplv and the colonel com- p Iu?* nanding said he never heard as much j uss in his life. The whole time I e ras there this was always a subject ^ or a good laugh. t T get your paper every now and ^ hen and it is certainly mighty fin? z o know something about what is roing on. Was very -sorry to learn r* i.U ^ >f Senator Tillonan's deatn, as jmjui-: Carolina's most able man has gone, s ! will always appreciate the lessor. -, a te taught me while I was wit'2 hie?1. lGII all f-10 iD'.Ilv .vOSPEJIITY GRADED AND HIGH HOOL OPENS SEPTE>TBER 16th. rong Faculty Secured?Many 'Pupils Expected?No Tuition for Pupils Outside the District Tliii Prosperity graded a ad high hool will open Monday, September th at 9 o'clock. Interesting openg exercises have been arranged. The teachers for the 1918-19 seson are as follows: Miss Mayme vittenberg, principal and teacher of gh school mathematics. iMi.sa Teresl Mayibin, Latin and science in gh school. Miss Ruby Thorn , uf ingstree, S. C. history and English.i iss Rosine Singley, sixth and seven- ! i grades. Miss Goode Burton, fourth id fifth grades. Miss Clara Brown, scond and third grades. Mrs. M. C. orris, first grade. Mrs. Browne and rs. Quattlebaum will have charge ' the music department and Miss rillie Mae Wise will teach domestic :ience. Any pupils from outside districts ho wish to come In to ine vrrosjrity school will be welcomed. Prosirity high school is a (State aided igh school and pupils from outside istricts do not have to pay any tition. * Popular Columbia Girl v. oluinbia Record Aug. 29th. Yesterday morning at 11:30 o'cloc'i t the home of the brde's father id handon, Miss Anne Davis, daughter E Mr. B. B. 'Dads and Mr. Andrew ott?a Tr.ntinjr fnrmerlv of Newberry, c*> ? IU tf v*mO> " ? ? v nt now of this city, were united in larriage :by the iRev. C. A. Freed of le Ebenezer Lutheran church pastor f the bride and groom. The house ras beautifully decorated in shrubery and lovely summer flowers. The *remcny was _ performed in a bay rindow massed^ftl roses and fern3. nly the immediate family and a few itimate friends were present, the ride had only one attendant, her sis2r, Miss Ora Davis, who was dressed 1 pink georgette and carried an armill of pink roses. Another sister, liss 'Myrtle Davis, played the weding march. Mr. Epting was attended y -Mr. John Davis, a brother of the ride. The ibride wore a lovely gown f gray beaded geogette crepe, w::th ccessories to match and carried a hower bouquet of bride's roses. After the ceremony ice cream and ake were served, then Mr. and Mrs. Iptino; left for Asheville.X. C., whura bey will spend two weeks. Both the ride and groom are well known in lolumbia as well as throughout the tate, Mrs. Epaing has spent most of er life here and is a young worna^1. f much personality and charm cind as taught several terms in the citv chcols and Columbians are very*glad hat &er marriage will not take tier way from them. Mr. Epting is a ntive of dewberry, hut has made Co umbia his home for the past i'ew eys. He is a pharmacist at Wiagu eld's drug store and is very highly bought of by his associates. Death of Mr. /acob A. Shealy. Mr. Jacob Abner Shealv, aged 3? ears, died at his home at Little Iountain early Thursday night, imle-diately after being stricken with poplexy. He was apparently well ntil the moment of the fatal stroke hich so suddenly took him off. He ras buried at Holy Trinity cemeter^ t Little iMountain 'Friday evening at o'clock, services iby the Revs. J. S. nrt. J. R. Farman and J. C. Wesinger. Mr. Shealy leaves a widow * nd several children. Meeting at Hoge School. On Friday, 'September 6th at 3:00 'clock. All students who were con - ' - -t itioned and failed to ma?.e men ^des are asked to be present at loge school. Also all of the teacbrs of said school, trustees and memers cf the parent-teachers associaion. Prof. O. B. Cannan, city superatendent, will be present at the leetinj* J. M. Johnson, Principal. end the tooys just a3 many papers s they can. With love to Aunt Carrie and all, Tom. \ \ HEALTH MEETINGS AT CHAPPELLS There will be two meetings in the interest of the public health at the Chappells school house on Friday, the 6th. That for white people will be at 4 p. to., and that for colored at 9 p. m. There will be speakers qualified to speak on topics related to the public health and a full attsndance is desired. Other announcements have al ready been made and it is hoped that all will realize the importance of this campaign and act accordingly. G. R. Pettigrew. Card of Thanks. As I can not see each of the 1470 men who voted for me, I now thank each one of you many times, for you have conferred an honor on an old Jalapa farmer to send him to the legislature. To St Philipp, Whitmire, Long Lane extra thanks, for you went over the top. To the 65 soldier votes I thank you, one thousand time* each of you, for I was just about exhausted and you pulled me over, making my nomination sire. I wili cheerfully vacate my seat to any ore of you, upon you-- return. as 70^. will wItj the war All j? us are U'OO per cent Americans. I propose for you a continuous 6 days feast, the 7t.h day religious services, of every man, woman and child gathered together in one place as a celebration for your gallantry and sacrifices. J. Win. Folk. Death of 3Ir. Jas. A. Summer. Toe AnHrftw Summer died alii* u l*w, about noon Tuesday at the home of his daughter-in-law, Mrs. (Minpie Summer, near Peak, and wa? fouried on Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock a Capers Chapel church, service by the Rev. Mr. Strickland. Mr. Slimmer was nearly 93 years old and, was r. brother of Mrs. Pc^gy Ejiting, who was 95 when s>>.e dred. He leaves two sons and four daughters and his living grand and gre&t-grand children together number 67. Pension Board. Township representatives of * Confederate veterans met in the opera house Tuesday morning and elected W. G-. Peterson as chairman and pension commissioner with the following bo^rd: P.. T C. , 'Hunter, W. Y. Fair. R. Y. Leavell jand.-?>r. W. G. Houseal. ; ; ?r The meeting now in progress a' t^e A. R. P. church is well attended and the congregations. $re enjoying some good preaching. J Next Tuesday "will be settlement day between Peeples &nd 'Pollock and a couple others. T"e people will punctuate Peep'es' political periscope i with Pollock "pebbles'' or penetrate pollock's pellucid oe^asus with Peei pies pointed "pellets'?all in the j s^ape of -ballots, i v' ! Divine worship will- be held at St. Luke's 'Episcopal church, next SunA tl^A iT?aTT , day afternoon, y-t o w uiuun, tu^ ?. | W. -S. Holmes having returned to j Laurens from his vacation, which he ' and his family spent at Sapphire, N. C. ! The children will again take notice i that the schools will toe ready for t 4 them next Monday. j It was made warm in cities for j *ho=e who rode in automobiles, last Sunday. The number disregarding the request will be smaller next Sunday. * - ** Hon. C C Featnersione 01 uiceuTvood soent Wednesday night in Newberry with IMr. F. Z. .Wilson. \Ticq .PfipTia R^eder will again teach | the Oakdale school in Lexington 1 county, the next session beginning the 16th. Misses H^len Longshore and Alva Woters have gone to Columbia to do stenographic work. Mr. L. Fred Paysinger will now begin reading these little paragraphs at his post of duty in Co A, 4th Provisional refiment, lo6 Depot brigade, Camp Jackson. I THE HERALD AND NEWS ON*" J YT VP OM.V i REGISTRANTS FOR LIMITED MILITARY SESlYICE. The following registrants were qualified for limited military service 1 only, and were sent to Camp Greenleaf, Lytle, Georgia on September 5th, 1918, by the local board: William Heese Lake Richard Eugene Cole joe Brabham Connelly Lonnie William Franklin JL*eroy (j. uoozer * I John Eddie Harris Grover Cleveland Goss William Brock Jacob James Johnson Jesse James Guin. Under a special induction order the board sent to Camp Sevier, on Sept. 4t.h. 1918, the following registrants qualified for limited military service: ! V. C. Oxner I Hugh Astley Feagle | Oscar Raymond Summer. I ? i Mrs. Jared B. Johnson is with Mr. I and Mrs. W. B. Johnson. Sergt. Jared j was transferred from Camp Wheeler, Macon, Ga., to Camp Jackson for special artillery training. It is quite a pleasure for him to spend the weekend with loved ones in his old home town. Mr. A. P. Aferams, on his way from the navy yard in Beaumont, Texas, after spending several days in Newberry with his sister, Miss Anne O. -Ruff, has gone to the navy yard in Charleston. Mr. T- S Roberston, of the Y. M. C A. at Camn Jackson, spent Tuesday night at the home of (Mr. W. S. Mann. Mrs. Bert 'Neelan d children have returned from Spartanburg and a visit to Cedar Spings institute. Mrs. D. S. iHull, after an extended visit to relatives in Union and othe: places, has returned home to the res. idence of her daughter, Ms. S. E Dunbar. % Mr. and 'Mrs. J. J. Langford anc Miss Hulda Longshore motored tc C^inaon college Saturday evening tc see Herman. Mr. Langford returnee on Sunday, Mrs. Langford and Mis; T ons^hore to spend the week a< Clemson. Postmaster W. A. Hill has been reannotated to the office 'by Presidenl Wilson. Lieutenants .Shaw of iNew York Stebbins of Boston, Starnes of Texas and Swatout of 'Baltimore, came uf from Camp Jackson and spent th> ^eek-end pleasantly with friends ir Newberry. Rev. W. R. 'Pouknight has returnee from Ninety Six after having conducted a meeting there last week con. tinning thronsrh Sundav (He received nine new members into the' church. He will begin now preparing himseli for conference. Miss Sara Halfacre is up from Co* TunrWMa cmO'ndinjr a little VECatiOll Witt her mother, Mrs. T. E. "Wicker. Capt. GVT. M. -fcJuford is sptjmmig c couple cf days in Columbia. Prof. G Denny Oxner, an honoi man of the class of 1917 and a successful superintendent of schools i since, has accepted a position on the faculty of -Newberry college. T. S. Food Administration. 01' Br'er Rabbit better mal:e hl~>se'f mighty skeerce en not go projickin' roun' whar dere'3 cooiiln' goin' on, 'cause a rabbit in a pot is er goin' ter look mighty good to mos' eunybody 'fo' long 'count er f.>lkn havin' ter save on meat. 'Sid?s folks'll kinder have +er save do wheat flour fer comp'ny en oat bread made oaten dis yere "substitute" flour. Dat wise ol' ov/I done sc.y c::;t i to win de war you got ter feed uo i sojer boys dat's doin* de figb.Un". ( Dat's w'at's takin' de wheat c.: 1:. i ? * ? _ COLLEGE SETT* v t President Derrick will be away from home the rest of the week. Those who may wish to consult $ome one concerning college affairs will please call on Dr. E. B. Setzler of the college faculty. \ Girls As UsuaL The rumor is going around that / girls will not bo accepted as students in iNewberry college this year. This | is a mistake. Girls will be accepted, | and more than the usual number will I attend. | \ S. J. Derrick. ....... ' ? GI5NDTG. ~ ' It has come to the attention of the Food Administraion that some of the ?* ATI nrotorhta ?lHU r?5 ili'tJ Viidi ^1x15 vu ?? - ? I which include the weight of bagging and ties. The prices announced were for net lint cotton. Bagging and ties weight twenty-five pounds. Therefore, ginners imust not harge in excess ot the $3.50 per bale, unless the weight of the bale, including bagging and ties, is more than 525 pounds. For the eycess over han weight at the rat? of seventy cents per hundred pounds of lint cotton is the proper charge. r William Elliott, ! Food Admr for South Carolina. * ' September is all right "sept" the , mosquitoes. - ... A.. i -1 j. J It is mignty quiei nere auout mo meatless and wheatless days now. ,.v On the same day (last Tuesday) that the Farmers' Oil IMill ginned the ' first bale of new cotton for Mr. C. J. Zobel and also ginned the fir^l bale " that was sold by Mr. A OP. Werts? \ ' the Georgia Primus Jones of Newberry?iMr. W."L. Graham brought a. , bale that he had ginned by Mr. Mur. ray Kinard at Pomaria. "Robt. McC. ? HoLmes bought the cotton. Mr. Gra 11 ham got $185.61' for the bale ana tne Mrs. W. F. Wright, after a pleasant visit of two weeks to her sister, Miss Carrie Greneker, was called to her ^ ^lome in Laurens county Tuesday evening on account of the illness of her d'uighter, Miss Hallie Wright, . the reelected teacher cf Central , school, Pomaria. ) Mr. J. Y. McFall and family and J Miss Margaret 'Burton spent Wednes L I day in Greenville. . -v| iMr. and Mrs. W. J. iSwittenberg, ' Mrs. George C. Hipp and -Miss Mayme Swittenberg returned on Wednesday evening from a pleasant motoring 1 trip from Saturday to Abbeville, An deison and Greenwood. i Mr. J. W. Smith, of the Carolina Auto Co., delivered a Chalmers tour Ing car each to Messrs. John Bach i and Will Bedenbaugh of Pomaria. Even the dolls ,in the Jno. B. iMayes i book and variety store seem to have smiles on their faces since the advent - T - T-, T I of little ten-pounci |no, t>. 01 f 1UVUday night. But maybe it ip only the " bright reflection from the happy 1 countenance of the proprietor. ' f Miss Mattie Adams is now with G. C Cooper, the jeweler, and will be pleased to have her friends call. - ?wommrn I >OTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT. I will make a final settlement of ~ "*"* ' til A the estate of uavia u. Oiicaij iu Probate Court for Newberry county, 3. C\. on Friday the 4th day of Octobv, 1913, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon and will immediately thereafter ask for my discharge as guardian of said estate. Jast L. Ruff, Guardian. Xeyberry, iS. C., Sept. 5th, 1918. ;?i ? ? ? ?j--?-xxa^4 *' MORE FRUIT and LESS 8UQAP * * * How? * More Lest "A Canned Fruit Jam * j Dried Fruit Jelly * Fruit Butter Preserves * Fresh Fruit Sweet Pickles * j * * * *** *''