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VOICMK I V. SUMBEB Si NEWBERRY, & C, FRIDAY, OCTOBER IS, 1918. TWICE A WEEK, 31.50 A YEAB
MANY RUMOI
OF GERMi
t
f Stories Emanating From D
Tell of Capitulation of
r.f Kaiser
Uxwawi.v/u v
to Drive Huns
Unconfirmed rumors are in the air
that Germany has capitulated and that
Emperor William has abdicated. The
rumors emanated from Dutch and
Swiss sources, but as yet the German
frovernment has not officially inform
^d either the Washington or London
governments of its intention to concede
in their entirety the conditions
lor a cessation of hostilities as laid
down by President Wilson.
Meanwhile hostilities are proceeding
without cessation and as in days
past the forces of the allies everywhere
are defeating the enemy. In
Belgium Flanders, the British, Belgian
and French troops untfer King Albert
are sweeping forward for further
* 1,1 n# dWV
k material gams m ti|tj ui.
I Ing the invaders from Belgian soil, on
r the front in France, the British,
French and Americans are hanj after
the Germans and are making progess.
although slowly, notwithstanding the .
strenuous defense which is being of- i
fered. *
^ a A iVvovtt ^ f Isq nn_ 1
iHOtn in oeroia ana ^luama vuc ,
tente troops are ridding the invaded*
districts of the AustroJHungarian and
German contingents in Albania being I
well to the north of D^razzo on the
Adriatic Sea and in Serbia, a consid- j
eraible distance beyond Nish with the |
enemy falling "back toward the frontier
of Austria-^Hungary.
kin the Palestine theater the iBritisIi
cavalry lias driven far to the north j
and northwest of Damascus, having i
Teached Troipoli, near the Mediterranean
cosat, 45 miles north of Beirut,
and iHoms 25 miles north of Damascus.
By this maneuver there seemingly
is created for the Ottoman forces :
nit; uieiiate yi a.smu vuu^ui, uv
tvvcsn Genera! Allenby's armies and
crushed as was the case in the early
days of the offensive in the region
north of Jerusalem. The meneuver
also may forecast a new drive by the
* . British from the Bagdad region to
form a junction with General Allenbv
at Aleppo and thus take the Holy
Land in its entirety from the Turks i
The great wedge of the allies in
Flanders is being gradually extended
eastward all along the front of attack.
Thorout. at the head of the
rcilv/av leading to Bruges and numer- I
?311 -> omi + Vi Vioru <ViAon
IJUS VllUJK^S to tile ouulu ua< v WVM 1
taken, -while Courtrai, the junction j
point of the railway to Ghent, is almost
entirely surrounded. Large num
fcers of prisoners and many additional
gun3 have been caotured ibv the Belgian,
Frneh and -British troops who
are carrying out the operation.
To the south of this region the Brit
ish continue successfully their maneuver
which has its main objective the
capture of Douai and Lille and the
blotting out of the bio; salient which is
barring the way to Valenciennes and
the German defense line in that vicinity.
Here the Germans are continuing
to withdraw, closely followed 'by the
British who are within two and half
miles and three and three-quarter
miles of Lille, respectively, southwest
and west of the city.
In th Champagne region where the
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French and Americans are unviug ,
tbeir way northward further goo-1 j
sains have been made notwithstand- j
Ing the fuiaus efforts of the Germans j
tc hold thir line.
Rethel, the important junction point!
for the railways running to iMeziere-?
and other points insida the enemv
held territory, is all but captured br
the French. Eastward the American? j
also have again pressed slightly for-1
ward.
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[ONE 8POON, PLEASE.
Make one spoon of sugar
Do the work of two.
Keep the program going g
jj Until the war is through. jj j
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<S IN AIR
\N COLLAPSE
utch and Swiss Sources
Government andAb?Allies
Continue
1 TJ? 1 1
oacK in rieia.
PRUNE COMES INTO ITS OWN i
j
Has Won Official Recognition as Con- , ,
fection Worthy of Being Served
to Fighting Men.
In the .piping times of peace the!.
prune was the butt of cheap wits and I
the bane of the boarder. Now when :
the acid test of utility and -palatabil- i1
ity is applied the despised prune steps 1
Into the preferred class?at least on ; <
the American army bill of fare. It ! <
^fts won its way solely on its own ?
merit The counts in its favor are ^
food value, tonic value and value as a :
confection. It nourishes, stimulates, 1
and delights. ;*<
- OFTYir !
J.Iie surgeuu geuviai ui mc utu^ .
airaself testifies to the loyal and helpful
support of the once belittled fruit ; t
He has added his recommendation to
the approving report of the subsist- "
ence divisioij. Thi* report tells us that 1
out of the 1917 cropv20,000,000 pounds !
of prunes have been consumed by our o
fighting men. Based on size fifty-five, <
which is the trade designation of the
average prune, the total number consumed
would be 1,100,000,000. Placed ! ^
Nide by side it is quite possible that
this total of Drunes wouldn't reach .'
from the American trenches to Berlin, j
but each prune, no doubt, is doing its s
best to help the Yankee fighters cover . j
the distance. j.
There would be a sort of poetical,
justice In the circumstance if the
cheerful idiot and the other boarders ;
whose table wit lingered longest about 1
she patient prune could meet it over t
there in Flanders and in Picardy and 1
find it honored and extolled as the
i
food of fighting men. j;
WAGE WAR ON GRASSHOPPERS j
0 S
California Authorities Devising Ways
and Means to Protect Agriculture t]
ai Lands From Pest
i i
County horticultural, commissioners (
throughout California have been asked j i
to forward information on the grass- '
hopper pest reported prevalent in a
number of districts, particularly in
nn?fhai<n Poli-Tni-nlll tf? CrPOPPP "FT. t
ilUHUCI 11 \^U1AV^?AA?A| wv 0 ^
Hecke, state horticultural commis- *
sioner. * (
Fragmentary reports received at ]
Hecke's office have indicated that ;
large swarms of grasshoppers have
infested agricultural districts in Sut-;'
to?, Modoc Lassen, Butte and other ?
counties and have caused considerable t
damage to crops. \ i (
One of the best methods of exterm- j
ination, an official said, is the spread- t
ing of poisoned bran mash, which the .
hoppers devour quickly. Burning of
the grass also is sax effective means,
but -the fire mer.ace at this season ,*
necessitates the exercise of greatest
caution. 1
Harrowing, by which means the
eggs of the hoppers are brought to the }
surface to be eater, by ants or other 1
insocts and Hooding the ground also
are advocated to prevent hatching.
The enforcement of laws for the 1
curbing of pe&ts is nested in the coun- *
ty horticultural commissioners, but in s
cases where the menace to crops is ,
extensive the state commission co-op- 1
erates in a concerted campaign of ex-',
termination, as was done this spring
when tfie state-wide rodent drive was
conducted. ,1
Cyclist in Spectacular Feat
An army motorcyclist at one of the (
training camps recently averted the
death of a young lieutenant by a most
extraordinary feat of heroism, says
n Voirn 7(no '
rUpUiltr iuaguoiuv(
at high speed across rough ground, he?5
drove his machine into a runaway 1
parachute that was dragging the offi- j \
cer to his death. The latter had made ?
a practice parachute jump of 2,000. (
feet from an observation balloon. A
high wind had carried him a consider- i(
able distance, and In landing he be-1
came hopelessly entangled in the cord- j1
age. The parachute was caught by a ; s
strong air current and blown at terrific j <
speed acress the field, ptilling its help-;
less prisoner with it. At the same in- j
stant the cyclist, .passing along a near- ,
by motor road, saw the officer's plight..
He swerved his machine into the field
on/j tftn sneed sauarely into i
the middle of the bellied parachute.!1
The ropes fouled the machine and the ,
weight of the latter anchored the dere- j
Lot against further movement.
t'HS HEKAL.D ANL' NEWS. ON* ;
YT Uf ONLY *2.50.
iiTOCRACY MUST GO
DECLARES PRESIDEM.
Vricisfiee Can Not Be Thought o?
While Germans Continue Atrocities
on Land and Sea.?If Move is to be
Made Terms of Cessation Will be
Dictated by Soldiers.
Washington, Oct. 14.?President
Wilson has answered Germany's peace
proposal with a decsion which not
Daly fulfills the expectations of supporters
of his diplomacy hut also dispels
the fears of those who predicted
would substitute victories at arms
ivith feats at diplomacy.
No peace with kaiserism, autocracy
must go, no armistice can ever be
bought of while Germany continues
;ier atrocities en land and sea, one
?an not be considered unless it is
tally dictated by the allied commanders
in the field in such terms as absolutely
provide safeguards and guarmtees
that Germany's part will not
ae a scrap of paper.
This in a few words is the Presilent's
answer.
If it does not bring a capitulation
ivhich may be more than an uncondional
surrender, allied diplomats and
American officials believe it may causa
i revolution in Germany.
Beyond question it speaks for the
>?>tente allies as well as the United
States.
The dispatch of the president's rer?Iy
was followed by the issue of this
!ormal statement at the White House
3y Secretary Tumulty:
"The government will continue to
jend over 250,000 men with their sup_
?lies every month and there will be
?n relaxation of anv kind."
Quite outside of the formal phrases
3f a diplomatic document* that was
President Wilson's word to the world
Vt he had no thought of stopping the
ighting at this stage.
The senate chamber rang with the
ipplause of senators as the president's
answer was read a few minutes
ifter it had 'been announced at he
State department. Senator Lodee, the
president's chief critic in his course
A ', - -1 * - ftitomant DYnrp?S.
T.Tii touay. isucu a otai^iuvui ^^~?
n<r his gratification at the president'?
Jcision. Opinion at the capitol and
hrcirsrhout official Washington was
nanimously in approval.
The official note which will convey
;be president's answer to the German
rovernment and more important, the
1 ? j^ll ?f A^O"7
.Terman peopje, was ueuveicu lwuc<,.t
jv Secretray Lansing to the charge
>f the Swiss legation who has t>een
n+ing as the intermediary. It was
?:ven out publicly by iMr. Lansing at
^e State department at 6 o'clock this
'fternoon, in full. It follows:
"Sir: In reply to the communica-"on
of the German government dated
he 12th instant, which you handed me
c'iv, I nive tne nonor iu roiuesi.
o transmit the following answer:
text of the president's answer
follows:
'The unqualified acceptance by the
jre^ent German government and "by a
larre majority of the. reichstag cf the
ermp ipifl down by the president of
he United !?tates of America In his
iddress to thte congress of the United
f>tafes on the 18th of January, 191*.
md in his subsequent aanresses
':pr t^e president in making a frank
*nd direct statement of his decision
^vith regard to the communications of
he German government of the 8th and
12th of October, 1918.
"It must be clearly understood that
he process of evacuation and the con
litious of an armistice are matters
rhVh must "be left to the judgment and
idvice-cf the military advisers of the
government, of the United States and
:he allies' governnents and the presrient
feels it his duty to say that no
arrangement can he accepted by the
rovernment of the United States which
:!oes not provide absolutely satisiacorv
safeguard and euarantees of the
maintenance of the present military
supremacy of the armies of the .Tnited
?t?+?s and the allies in the field.
"He feels confident that ho can safetv
assume that tlrs "will also te th-*
I '^rnent and d^iaion of the .allies'
governments.
"The nr-^M ' "??!<? that it-is also
hie- sr - * ? h.-j* nei:her the gov
E.irV^-1 f*!4 ( >* '~*r. C! + j-.toc nor, ^ie
>." ' - - vr with
5V-.;.v -.? ft- ^ United
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o -cng - 1 ec of Ger
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MR SHEALY ADVANCES.
Becomes Assistant Superintendent of
Education,
The State.
W. A. Shealy, superintendent of the
Olympia Mill school has been appointed
assistant State superntendent of
education to succeed J. A. Stoddard,
who recently resigned to accept the
pi oiessorsnip oi stscuuucuj cuui-auuu
at the University of i?outh Carolina.
For seven years Mr. Shealy has done
:ou. l'uCiiv^ work in the Olympia mill
s'hc?l. A better building and well
snipped ?lny.-rcund, an interested
class in domestic* science and an enlarged
attention to health and sanitation
and every form of community co)
operation?these are some of the activities
ne has energetiaally supported
Mr. Shealy is a native of Newberry
county, a graduate of "Newberry col1
o f go/%Via>? nf 10-n or onH qll p
ClliU Q> ICftV/llcl u1 AVilQ v4.aJ.va ?-< v. w
cesFful service in country schools, in
high schools and in mill schools. .T.
E. Swearingen, State superintendent,
is much gratified at Mr. Shealy's acceptance
of this new position, following
iMr. Stoddard's resignation. The
board of trustees of Olympia promoted
Miss Frances iPruitt to the principalship
cf the Olympia school.
Mr. Alvin W Wright has returned
from Anderson a!!ter a vist to his wife
who has been seriously ill at her
rormer home 'here. Mvs. V/right, we
are glad to say, is much better.
many continue the illegal and inhumane
practices which they still per
sist in.
"At the very time that the German
<rovernment approaches the government
of the United States with proposals
of peace its submarines are
engaged in sinking passenger ship.-,
3 4Vv/-> oViiirvr. olrmo hilt
'd. i S'del clll U uui iuc ouij/s u'uuv/, ? ?v
The*very beats in which their passengers
and crews seek to make their
way to safety, and in their present
enforred withdrawal from F'anders
and France the German armies are
pursuing a course of wanton destruction
which has always been regarded
as in direct violation of the rules and
practices of civilized warfare. Cities
and villages, if not destroyed, are being
stripped of all they contain, rot
only, but often of tneir very innauuants.
"The nations associated against Germany
can not be expected to agree
to a^cessation of war while acts of
I nil u inanity, spoilation and desolation
are being continued which they justly
o>k rpoii with horror and with burning
hearts.
?.
"It is necessary, also m oraer mat
there may be no possibility of misunderstanding
that the president
should very solemnly call the attention
of the government of Germany
'o the language and plain intent of
one of the terms of peace which the
Oerman povernmerit has now accept
ed.. It is contained in the address of
the president delivered at Mount
Vernon on the Fourth of July, last.
"It is as follows:
"The destruction of every arbitrary
power anywhere that can separately,
secretly and of its single cnoice, aistMrb
thQ paace cf the world, or if it
can not be presently destroyed, at
least its reduction to virtual impotency."
"The power which has hitherto controlled
the German nation is of the
Fort here described. It is within the
choice of the German nation to alter
it. The president's words just quoted
naturally constitute a condition precedent
o peace, if peace is to com?
by the action of the German people
themselves. The president feels
bound to say that the whole process
of peace will, in his judgment, depend
upon the definiteness and the satisfactor
character of the guarantees
which can 'be given in this fundament
al matter. It is indispensible that the
j governments associated against Germany
should know "beyond a peradverfnre
with whom they are dealing
"The president will make a sepa
rate reply to the royal and imperial
government of Austria-Hungary.
! "Accept, sir. the renewed assurances
of my hisrh consideration."
J,k T.^neinp' "
ISKIltfUl HUUCIl
Frederick Odelin
Charge d'-Affairss, ad interim, in
charge of German interests in the
United States.
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GREAT EVEN!
SHADOWS I
RULE OF KAISER
Persistent Statements Mac
Has Ab<
Washington Oct. 16.?Tonight's
news of Germany is everywhere regarded
her as the shadow of great
events "being cast before them.
There is in Washington no official
?,-a !-viot the imicor has abdicated: or ?
W Ui u LllUb kiiv iiv??WVA _
that he has been overthrown; or that :
Germany is ready to accept all of
President Wilson's terms. Officials !
and diplomatists, cautious and conservative
by nature and practice regard
with incredulity the intimations
that one or all of these things has
happened. Of course, they all hope
they have; they all know that one or
all of them are inevitable.
The official opinion in the capital
tonight is that coming of these things
is timed only by the unknown degree
to which the German military power
has been broken. There may be more
information on that point in the chan. I
cellories of England, France and Italy
than there is in Washington.
When President Wilson's reply to
the German peace proffer went forth
?~ npbHlntoil here
tvionaay ni^ai n was v
that if it did not bring a complete and
unconditional surrender of the military
autocracy the German people
themselves would force one. President
Wilson's words were a plain invitation
to the German people to take
such a step and intimated that there
would be'no peace with kaiseri3m.
The coming hours will show how the
le-aven has v;orked. The- intimations
in today's dispatches from London,
Paris and Holland suggest the progress
of the ferment Most significant
of all is regarded the report from ,
Holland by way of London that Germany
will immed'ately reply to President
Wilson accepting all his terms
and asking only guarantees for the
interests of Germany and the German
people. When the reply does not
come President Wilson's cnlv course
will be to forward it to the belligerents.
The guarantees fcr the interests
of Germany and the German people
do not intervene as an obstacle :f
guarantees are thought of in sincere
terms. If they are put forth as another
vehicle for a qufbble, an opportunity
for diplomatic evasion and
trickery, or a negotiated peace they
will mee only one reply.
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PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS
PROSPEROUS PROSPERITY
Prosperity, Oct. 17 ?"W'n. Virgil, the
infant son of -Mr. and Mrs. iV. E. Konr,
d?ed Monday nijj-ht after several weeks
illness. The burial took place at the ;
Prosperity cemetery, being conducted j
by Rev. C. J. Shealy.
Miss Lucy Lake attended the funeral
of her aunt, Mrs. JVliller, at Peak Tuesday.
Miss Rosa Mae Mitchell is home;
from her school on account of the in- j
fluenza.
Miss Ruby Wheeler of Enoree is .
with her parents for a few weeks.
Miss Annie Fellers of Lancaster is '
visiting her father, G. C. Fellers.
McFall Wise, U. S. N.f Savannah, j
has been home on a short furlough.
'Miss Johnnie Raw! of SoluniDia, ic ,
.
the guest of her sister, Mrs. M. C 1
Morris.
Mrs. G. C. Leonard has gone to
Kershaw to visit her brother, Dr. L.
D. Simpson.
iMr. C. M. Simpson of Charlotte has j
ioined Mrs Simpson for a visit to <
their parents. . i
Prof. J. S. Wheeler is home from
Ridsre -Springs. 1
-Miss Jean Adams expects to return
to Pelzer Saturday.
George Wise, Curtis Pugh and
Homer Wheeler of Clemson college I
?re home on a short furlough.
^Ticc iRii-hv Thorn is "visiting her |
mother at Kingstree. !
J. C. Taylor has returned to Wal-,
halia after a visit to Mrs. Taylor and j
the. two little "boys.
Miss Elizabeth (McWaters of Ooluro- j
bia spent the week-end with her '
mother, Mrs. Carrie McWaters.
i
S CASTING
IE FORE THEM
1AY HAVE ENDED
le That German Emperor
iicated.
HELP TO SAVE OUR
SOLDIERS IS FRANCE
The Red Cross is carrying on a nation
wide campaign to collect materials
out of which to manufacture car
bon to protect our men against iioioun
gas.
You are asked to gather peach seeds
plum seeds, apricot seeds, prune seeds
olive seeds, date seeds, cherry seeds,
Brazil nut shells, walnut shells, (English
or native), hickory nut shell?,
butter nut shells. This is very important.
Deliver the materials at my store
in Newberry, or to some one in your
nearest branch or auxiliary of the Red .
Cross.
Wm Johnson
Chairman of Conservation Committee.
B. T. C. Hunter
Newberry, Oct. 14.?R. T. C. Hunter,
a prominent farmer of the Prosperity
section of this county, died at a Coinmhiil
hnsnifal toriav iHe wftp oner
ated on about a week ago, and was
doing well apparently, and his wife
who had been with him came home.
He was taken suddenly worse and
passed away quickly.
Mr. Hunter was about 75 years old
He was a Confederate veteran, and
was a member of the'legislature In
1888. He was much interested in agrl
l
culture and was a good farmer. "Hi*
widow, seven sons and one daughter
survive him.
R. T. f. Hnnter.
T> IK T>V.? rtf
rruijpci u^, A J,*?\ uv uyuj **
Robert Thompson Carmichael Hunter
Confederate veteran, was buried in tho *
Prosperity Cemetery this afterncon af
5 o'clock, the body having arrived
from Columbia on the 2:30 Southern
train. Mr. Hunter went to a Columbia
hospital ten days ago for treatment ' /and
died there October 14. He was a
native of Newberry County; born
March 14, 1S45. He married Rebecca
J Boozer in 1866 and to them ten chll
dren were born. At the age of 16 Mr.
Hunter entered the Confederate army
as a member of Company H, Holcombe
Legion. He was wounded twice during
the war. Before the war closed he
was in prison at Point Lookout for
five months. He has been an active
nf thA st t^iIca's communltv
iui vi va?V __
since the war closed. He was a mem
her of the legislature in 1888-89.
was also a member of the pension
board in Newberry County for year?
In 1865 he united with St. Luke's
Lutheran church, near Prospeity, ar-'
for years he was an active member of
the church council. For the lay
four years he had been a member o".
Grace Lutheran church of Prosperity
He was the president, of the Farmerr'
Mutual Insurance ompany of New
berry County and was one of the oldest
members of -Prosperity lodge,
115 of Masons. The Masons escorte-"
the body from the home of his nephew
Dr G Y Hunter, to the cemetery whe^
brief service was held by the Rev. C
J. Shealy, his pastor, after which tb"?
Masons conducted the committal service
Past Grand Master Georjre f
Mower of Newberry having charge r*
the service.
Mr. Hunter is survived Iby his wide*
the following children and 19 gran*'
children: James B. Hunter of Newberry,
Prof. Joseph E. Hunter
Clemson college, L. Lafayette Hunte"
o..mfar Thnmns rw Hiinter of New
Wl OH
ark, XJ., W. Thaddeus Hunter, Kobe"
C. Hunter and Allen C. Hunter r'
Prosperity, and "Mrs. Carrie Hnnt" *
Zeigler of Jamison. S. C. The gra^
was -was covered -with floral offerings
Pat Wise has returned to Charleston.
T>r and Mrs. C. T. Wyche spent tb *
week-end in Greenville with their sor.
G. C. Wye-hp.
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