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Hg?$' I " m V .. > ^ VOLUME LT? 5UMBEB 102. ^ " NEWBEBBY, S. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1918. ^ TVTICE A WEEK, $L50 A YEAB . * ' ; MT. BETHEL-GAR3LOY. \ Celebration in Horor of the Consoli ? datjon of Districts and on Completion Handsome New Build> i t Mt. Bethel and Garmany school dis L tricts some time durirg the past yea r decided to consolidate, and in' th cbNia^Jidation a portion of . McCrar clstric was included. A beautiful sit on the public road was secured ard "handsome two-story modern; buildin lias been completed acd the school ha "been conducted there for some tim; The trustes have decided that 1 would be well to invite all the patron and friends of the school to join wit them in gathering at building t enjoy with them a feast of rejoicw v on the good work thaat has been* ac complished by the united effort an labor of the people of the communit in* the building of such a moh:i ment to the#community spirit, whic! lias been! manifest, and to see fo themselves the community centr* arid so it has been decided that thi event shall take place January 1st a the school house at 2:30 c'clock i the afternoon,?all the patronis an< nf thp school are eXDected t \ -ie on hand promptly. The following program has been ar ranged and will be carried out: ^^-'Dr.W C. Brown5, chairman of th ^ "board presiding? Prayer by the Rev. J. W. Carson. ; Address by C. M. Wilsac. county su perintenderit of education^ Address by O. B. Cannon, super irJtendent of Newberry schools* Address by E. H. Aull. Address by Luceo Gunter, super yisor of ruraal schools for the Stat< Benediction- by the Rev Clarkson. After the school exercises are ove there -will be a meeting of the farmer t of the community to discuss the que* V tion of holding cotton A11 farmers ar expected to attend this meeting. Miss Anna Jones of the Savanna) ligh school faculty arrived bom Christmas eve to spend the happy se? son here. Miss Julia and Grace Summer an Hattie Mary Buford came home froi Chicora college' to spend Christmas. ^^flSpSdSSjjMN. '&*E?!E*fri3r Gordon-Oxner. V Mr. B. W. Oxner of Kinards an ; Miss Mir e Gordon of Andrews wer married December 24, 1918, at t.h itome of the bride at Andrews, th Rev. G. E. Ford officiating. They wil reside at Kinards. L.. , , ATTENTION PEXSIONEKS. L I will be at the Clerk of Court's o! A. Una o9f?>i R-atnrrlav ire .Tanuarv to nre fl|^are - pension applications iXo ol ^^^Rersioners need apply. W. G. Peterson, UA Pension- Commissions JHTarria^es in Holiday Season. Miss Dorothy Smith of the count and Mr. R. I. Ruff of Poraan'a wer married on Thursday at the A. R. r '4 parsonage by the Rev. J. W. Carsor Miss Ola Reighlev and Mr. W. I3Rfeer, Jr.. both of the courity, wer married by the Rev. J. W. Carson a the A. R. P. parsonage Sunday. At the parsonage of the First Bap tist church Sunday evening at 6:3 fet o'clock, by the Rev. E. V. Babb, Mis Es telle Caldwell and Mr. J. Richar B^lary, both of Newberry. Happy New Year to al!. There ma; ^HBtave been and doubtless were others I Pbut we cant mention those reportei mm to us. IV B Subsciibe to The Herald and New* r YEAJR ?>R ONL.Y 31.1* PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS PROSPEROUS PROSPERITY, i Prosperity, Dec. 30 ?Lt. Hunter Fellers spent, the week-end in Spartanburg. Miss Margurite Wise of the Colum bia hospital spent Christmas day at r home. e Master Karl Babb has gone to Co? lumbia for treatment. . t c Mr.#ard Mrs. A. B. Wise spent z Monday in Columbia ? Prof. Gilbert Voigt of Columbia was 3 a visitor .to oui^ towni last week. * Rev. and Mrs. C. J. Shealy spent the holidays with Mrs. Shealy's parent' 3 in Columbia. ^ Mr. J. C. Duncan< and Mrs. Virgil 0 Kohn have returned from Blacksburg 3 Lt. Leslie Singley has been: honor ably discharged and is spending a while with his parents Mr. and Mrs y J. C. Singley. M'ss Barres of Augusta is the guest of Miss Doris Kohn. r Miss Annie Lowie Lester and Dr '' G. Caughman of Columbia were guest? 3 Christmas day of Mrs. J. D. Quattle* banm. ' Prof. J. S. Wheeler has returned fo his school at Ridge Springs. 3 Miss Annie Lee Langford has returned to i?T>arta:'hure after snend " ing Christmas ta home Mrs. Clancy Wheeler visited her e daughter, Mrs. H. H. Riltard of Xew berry last week. Mrs. B. L Wheeler left Saturday * for her home in Columbia after spending Christmas with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Counts. Rev. a~d Mrs. C J. Shealy wer.? surprised on Christmas when Grace ~ corgregation gave them a generous pounding. Rev. Shealy is the beloved } pastor of Grace cnurcn ara tms r pounding was a small tokens of the s h]>h esteem ipj which he is held. Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Shealv of Po^tse mouth, JVa., are visiting relatives xin and arourd Prosperity. Ensign. Robert K. Wise of Harvard k university is home on- a furlough. e j Miss Nell Kohn of Columbia spent l" {the week-end with Mrs. A. G Wise. Mr ard Mrs. E. W. Luther and fam. ^ ilv of Columbia. Mr. Robert Luther ~f Q ' Charleston and Mr. Wa-tso Luther of Columbia have been the house guest*; of Dr. and Mrs. R. 1,. Luther for several days. M'ss- Elizabeth McWaters after ?nendi-g the week with he** mother. has returned to her work In Columbia. Dr. and Mrs O. Y. Hunter speut the week-end at Clemso-: rollesre. Mrs. Wilson of Columbia is visiting Mrs. F. E. "Schumpert. Arhur Lee Wheeler of Hot Springs, f Ark., has been! honorably discharge! f"om the army and is with his mother J. S. Wheeler. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Cai on have retrrned to Columbia after several davs Mrs. M !Hi Boozer. ? - ? ? TT .1 !Jr. Mrs. <j. VV. nanuuu <i"u Mrs. Oxford are spending a few days i" Ninety Six. Misses Thorn of K/ngstree, Sweet^ ?nb?iro\ Mayhin and Burto of New* berry hve returned to their school e duties. e M^s. J. I. Oxford of Rock Mont. G?.. * ** visitirg her daughter, Mrs. G. W Hprmon Mr. and Mrs. Li^dsey Fellers have returned from Winnsboro. L. M. Wise of U. S. N. Savannah, 1 x? J mfAAlr *rnfV* Tltcs WAfhai* come IU bpeilU a ncca *r uu uig wui^i'i * Mrs. Laura Wise. 3 C. E. Fellers of Sava-nah is vis.'^*ng at the home of his father, S. D. Fellers. Dr. D M. Crosson of Leesville ha? been the guest of his brq^her, Mr. John Crosson. Mr. and Mrs. O'Merle Lorick were y. Christmas visitors of Mr. W. J. Wise e 1 m * Death of a hJl<L|. ? T. Willie Altha, the 6-year-old daugh e ter of Mrs. G. R. Peterson, died or ,t pellagra ori the afternoon of Christmas eve at 3 o'clock, at the home, 117 f- Rivers street, and was buried on the 0 ifteri ooa of Christmas day at 3:00 ? o'clock in West End cemetery; service J by the Rev. G. F. Clarksorv. yr Mrs. C. T. Julien of Greenwood is spending the holidays in Newberry 1 with relatives of her husband, Lt. Julien, who is in the base hospital at Camp Jackson with eye trouble. Mrs. Kate Boozer is in Columbia visiting her brother, Mr. J. Q. Miller. NTERESTING LETTER FROM CLYDE EPTING. Nov. 24, 1918, 306 Division, Supply Tr., U. S. A., P. O. No. 791. Dear Dad: Today has .been pro claimed by General fersnmg "gainer's Day" and we are all requested by th^ general to write to our fathers. Some of the strict rules regarding censorship during fighting period have been moderated, so now I am able to j tell you most anything I know. ! Will just give you a few details ,pf J our trip from the time we arrived in | Liverpool, as you know Liverpool is j the largest cotton exchange market; in the world and has got the largest dry dock in the world; this accounts for us going to Liverpool as we sailed on the largest and fastest and former* ' ' ^ * ?- ? ly me nnesi .passenger amy aiiucii, uic Aquitania, sister ship to the Lusitania, ' which was sunk by submarine and was eventually one of the causes of our participation in the war. . After lingering in Liverpool a day i or two we crossed England in perfectly good passenger cars to Southampton on the English Channel; there we rested a few days more. I believe I have already described the . scenes of England, so will not dwell on that. We left Southampton on the beauti*-- > ~"J. ? A 1'C T ??r j IU1 ailemuuil U1 Auguai J.U. a oo.r beautiful afternoon because the sun was just setting, going down the historic Southampton'river. A large hydroplane plant, with hydroplanes float. ing all around us, and the beautiful scenes, tends to make a most wonder ful landscape. Added to this, wa*> meeting, coming out of the Southampton harbor our largest ship, the Olym' pic, flying the Stare and Stripes, loaded with some ten thousand of our boys. We crossed over the channel : without nnnirienf. to the French port ; of Cherbourg. We rested again for i about three days at a camp out of Cherbourg. Then by rail to the train! ing area around Tonnaiye. We were not right in Tonnaire, but oui> headquarters were there. We were stationed and billeted in a? suburb of j Ervv, in the State of Aube, France. I ; liked this locality fin?, the people very hospitable, and the country level and beautiful, and the most fertile part of France. ' After being around Ervy for about antvninn/^ fftr RpilVDroC UliC JU1U1I U1 VTr ca? i aiuV'VA JLV/X XIX UJ VA within twenty miles of the front, located in the Cascade mountains, a branch of the original Alps. After ten days stay at Bruyeres we left in big motor trucks for Roan-Le-Etape, six i miles from St. Die, both of these cities were in German hands but were recap. tured by French before we entered the war. Raon-Le-Etape, is only three miles from the actual fighting front. Our infantry fought there then, but the supply train always stays back at , some rail head. I didn't get any nearer the front this this, at this place. J Raon-Le-Etape is on the extreme southern end of the battle line, down : near the Swiss border. This was con' sidered a quiet sector, very little fighti ing going on there. The mountainous ' section preventing much hard fighting. These mountains are the Vosges, also a branch of the Alps. These mountains are not so high, but a continuous range, they make a beautiful scene and you may go' out on these mountains and kill wild hogs and deer. We didn't lose any men scarcely on this front, in fact our division was not yet considered fighting any, but just getting a little experience in the front line trenches. I worked pretty hard there, in fact we led the division in doing dental work. We extract J l-i- -r * *1~ c 4-1 T-< V. eu lots ui lecLii iox cue ncuui w?"ians. We could hear the guns and see the flashes of fire from the bbmb and artillery, the prettiest sight is to see an aeroplane battle, something exciting. j After staying at Raon-Le-Etape for a month we were moved by trucks to Rambervillers, just about 20 miles from Raon-Le-Etape, for a few days rest. We remained in Rambervillers one week. Then by truck we moved (the entire division) ud the battle front for about 130 miles to where the real fighting went on, up into what is known as the Verdun sector, in the Argonne forest, for a drive toward Metz. The hardest fighting of- the entire war was in this sector; the hardest fiehtinc of the war our men (fld and we held the hardest sector of the allies. We are now and were when the armistice was signed, at a place jailed Dieve, a place blown all to \ ,, -k I pieces, no people living here at all. This place is just eight miles from Verdun and only 12 miles from the front line trenches where our infan- ( try was. But I am going a little too ] fast Gn our way to this place we ( spent the night at Toul, or right out ( i of Toul. It was Halowe'en night. ] ! 1 T * 1 t.xi. O TT ^ C i naa a iener iroiu nugn a. iew i J ago and he was at Toul. I don't know | if he was, there when I passed through ? or not. is not over 50 or 60 miles from 1 here. We had been at Dieve only a week when the armistice was signed, t Our infantry in this division was -in 1 the final drive and their good work j 1 helped to bring about this armistice. A few days ago, when our infantry 11 was returning from the front, I saw! j F. A. Wise, my lawyer friend from ; ( McC". Only had time to say a few j words. He said he had been catching; j it up in the trenches, and that he j went over the top i three times and , j didn't get a scratch. He was sure, ^ jubilant the war was over. j t Yesterday I paid a visit to Verdun. 1 It is up the Meuse river from Dieve!1 Ai/rtif milAn TVIA noMirtonp riorl ^ JUdl ClKlil UI11CO. l uu uti uuaxio tiiV/u t to take Verdun before we got into the war. They seiged the city for eight 1 months and lost many thousand men | but the city was so fortified and the * French defended it so valiantly that it ( couldn't be taken. It is the third i strongest fortified place in the world. 1 Metz and Gibraltar are considered the < strongest forts of the world. Verdun i is a wonderful place, although blown j all to pieces there is lots to be seen 3 around there. We went down into the .? citadel itself, a real underground city,. a theatre, cathedral, barracks, large t dining hall, bakeries, and everything 1 imaginable, all under the ground. A wonderful* piece of engineering. |) The dathedral is another historical ] site one must not miss when visiting ^ Verdun, a wonderful piece of archic tecture, though shells have crashed . parts of it, you can still see the mag- j nificence of it. It's nearly 800 years old, built in 1120. I got several souvenirs while up there. I have a Ger-:, J man helmet I am going to send a girl friend. I have a German rifle also, ( French bayonet and other little souve- , jiirs, more than a can carry along, i j i Tomorrow we move from this place. 1 We don't go any farther forward, the < regular army is going into Germany i ? * ? 1 n a ?:ii ?i ana tne oia i\auonaz vruaru wm waiuu the Rhine. We are moving to the in- i terior of France where supplies will be convenient and we will have better J places to stay. We are going to 1 Chaumont. This is General Pershing's 1 headquarters and a large city. Chau- 1 mont is not far from Tonnaire, where we first stopped in France. ? j Now the next guess is when will ^ we be home? What's the use of taking us back into the middle of France j not far from port if we are not getting ready to sail for home. It has already been decided that three di visions will parade in New Yor'.c I Christmas day. I wonder if this division is one of the three? So you see , we don't know what will happen next. ' , We do know it's all over. We do know , ' this division is not going to Germany,? it's not going any further forward, but \ j going back, so my belief is we will be . home anyway between now and February 1st, if not sooner. Hugh is in, ! the second array corps and it will pos- , i sibly be spring before he can get back. ! . We are in the first army corps. I , I don't thing Hugh will get to go to Ger: many either. I am crazy to get home ( , but too, I would like to have gone into , | Germany to see the country while I j , am over here, may never get back , i ' i again. ;, j We have nothing to do now but | wait on time and rejoice. There sure ' has been some wonderful celebrations ! though I suppose there is greater eel- j J ebration over there. Wish I was there j to take part. Well I will close. Will; continue to write regular as before, j' You all do the same. Love to all. i{ i ? Devotedly, ' | J Clyde. 1 1 Buried In Saluda County. . j Mr Alleni Rufus Sanford. aged 27. (j died of pneumonia at 1309 Poplar street early Thursday morndng and J J was buried from Sardis church Friday, j afternoon at 1 o'clock. He left a j < widow with ani infant. Mr. Sa?ford was among the lare:e number recov- \f ering from an attack of the flu dur- J ing the recent epidemic of that Span- '? ish disease. i PERSONAL'S. Sergt. E. T. McSwain was presiding jfficer o* the occasion and acquitted ( limself like a veteran.?From an ac- a iount of a farewell dining by Mrs. A. b 2. Haltiwanger, matron of the college hoarding hall, in honor of the S. A. h r. C. students. ; Miss Nellie Adams from Goldville spent the Christmas holidays with the s lome people. Sergt. Marvin Summer has returned D :o his business in this city, having P seen given his honorable discharge f i'om Camp Gordon. a Mrs. Otto Williams died in Colum3ia Sunday night. The message telF- ^ ng of her death was received in this p ;ity early Monday morning. jj Lieut. William Halfacre, late of the' $ Plattsburg training school, where he! eceived his commission, has returned 1 e ;rom the college of the city of New I "V fork, after giving the students there E heir military training and completing p lis war work.' His sister, Miss Sara t: Salfacre, suspended her duties in Co- tl umbia for Christmas to spend the t< ime with him at the home of their p nother, Mrs. T. E. Wicker. jg W. G. Houseal, Jr., is home from s rohns Hopkins university for the holi- & D lays. Lieut. J. N. Martin has received his;r lonorable discharge from the aviation 0 :orps at Fort Leaver.worth, Texas, and j eturned home in time for Christmas. * Calvin Culbreath, who has been in n dewberry, is also-at his home here.? 0 Johnston cor. Edgefield Advertiser, j * Lieut. T. B. Greneker has been 5 :ranierred from Camp Sevier to Camp a ft'adsworth. ' ! f Miss Irene Wright, school teacher at j t \Teeses, was joined in Newberry Sat-! t irday by her sister-in-law, Mrs. F. G. j Wright, for a holiday visit to the for- a mer's home in Laurens county. (I Capt. and Mrs. Guy Brown arrived s Friday from Camp Merritt, N. J., Cap- I tain Brown having received his hon- j arable discharge from the service. <3 Mr. and Mrs. Bullock have heard 1 from both sons since The Herald and J N7ews mentioned the receipt of The ( Christmas card from a nurse over-' [ 3eas. Both were well. Anyone read-: t ing the card would infer that "the.T % 1 boy," who was "being taken good care ; t jf," was either sick or wounded. The! r I 1 message of the lady is not under-;: stood. But we are all glad of the last j ^ messages. Corp. Callie L. Duncan of Newberry ! c md Pvt. James Chalmers of Newber- i ^ ry, No. 3, were reported in Saturday's t publication 01 tne casuaiiy usi summs t :he wounded slightly. j. Miss Laura Folger of Gaffney is on a, Christmas visit to her sister, Mrs.; R. E. Leavell. 1 ^ Misses Ethel and Clara Bowers.1. i: school teachers respectively from; Groldsboro, N. C., and Richburg, S. C., r are at home for the holidays. I Mr. R. H. Whitlock returned to New- j , v [>erry yesterday.?Greenwood Journal, L9th. j iT Friends of Mrs. F .C. Sligh, who has * been sick for several days, will be glad to know that she is better.?Green-. i wood Journal, 19th. i Levi Wheeler of Prosperity spent 3everal days iast week with his broth- i er-in-Jaw, Ho. George ?. Drafts.? c Lexington Dispatch-News. * I have frequently felt I owed it to J you to say a word of appreciation for t the Wallace articles in the Advocate. I They are great papers and deserve the j t widest publicity.?J. T. Coleman of j c Charleston in Southern Christian Ad- 3 vocate. So we say. I Miss Lola Taylor, who is taking a c course of telegraphy in Columbia, j c spent the holidays at home. jj Pvt. William Jj. Davenport of Kin- r ards, Route 1, was reported wounded severely as published in the casualty list Friday; Pvt. Ernest Johnson of Prosperity 2, Pvt.. Robert Vance of 1 Helena and Pvt. Lester Jones of Leesville 6, wounded slightly. Pvt. Colie r C. Brooks of Leesville, previously re- ^ ported died of disease was wounded c '"" "I" T nni4o A# Whitmiro as - severely, v^ijruc uouuo ut ??a******.-*, . grounded severely, in the list on Sun- j * lay. jc Misses Marie and Ruth Long will j o spend their Christmas with relatives in Camden. z Mr. W. M. Perdue has changed from n Prosperity, Route 5, to Newberry 7. C Lieut. Day Wright, late of the avia- l tion branch of the service, is at home. \ Mrs. A. C. Jones o? .S|>artanburg is f spending Christmas season here with p ier daughter, Mrs. W. C. Schenck. fl She is accompanied by -Miss Louise i Jones. ' s YAKIOUS AXD ALL ABOUT Bush River Red Cross Auxiliarycolored) sent in a donation of $11.15 nd two adult and four junior memers. A farmer told us last Thursday that a oour now nnttnn .hloomS in the elds. By neglecting to put two cent tamps on post cards cau"ses a bijr de ly in the handling of this part of lail work. The boiler of Mr. Harry Campsen's eanut parcher blew up Saturday, but ortunately there were no casualties, s the steam pressure was low. We mentioned that Mrs. Pearson ad realized $42 from the sale of ecans grown on her two trees at ome. Since that publication she sold 4 worth, all she had left. ocrviue CtL ill? UWU i/UUlV/U picitui- ^ d the reporter from attending the Vhite Christmas Service at the First taptist church. Sunday evening. Those resent report it as having been beauiful and beautifully rendered under tie supervision of Miss Mary L. Buron. Avpleasing feature not on the rogram was the presentation of a ift to Col. W. H. Hunt, the retiring lunday school superintendent, who as served in that capacity during the ast quarter of a century. Col. Hunt i . J jf?12 1? it.^ esponaea ieeimgiy, to iue eujvjjLucm, f the large congregation. At the request of Congressman! F I. Dominick the postoffice departaent at Washington' has issued ac rder that the rural carriers from the Jewberry office shall leave in the lornirg at 9:30 instead of 10:30 as ,t present. This will be a great thirg or the carriers permitting them to go heir rourds and get back .earlser in he afternoon. Another citizen told us several days go about cotton blooms in the fields, le brought a bloom to the office and Vn pfior* monv mnro whlph aiu 11c 11 a.vi uiuuj .. ike it had escaped the frost. ^ A copy of The Stars and Stripes. lated France, Friday, December 6, 918, has been handed us by Mr. D. L Livingston, sent him by his son, )orporal Duane A. Livingston. The >ublication is the official newspaper of he American Expeditionary Forces. v The number before us is filled with ineresting reading, matters important, athetic and humorous. In it among ttlier things we read of cootieless men leparting from France. You didn't get Friday's paper beause there was no paper printed Frilay. We say this for the benefit of hose .subscribers who did not know hat fact, arid who were looking for h?t issue. It was not the fault of the arriers this time. The population will have the pleasire Wednesday of writing double 19 a dating letters for the new year. Hoping our subscribers and other eaders and advertisers and other riends had a merry Christmas, here's fishing for them a happy New Year, rhile the year is young and until it jrows old. Death of Mr Holsonback. Mr. John William Holspr.foack, wh? 'or the past four or five years wa>verseer of Mr. Jno. W. Kibler's farmnig interests, died at his late home ?ope street, this city, Monday nigh' he 23rd instant, at 10 o'clock, of meumonia after "flu." and w?~ uried Christmas morning at 11 >'clock in Rosemont cemetery tfasoric honors and ser/ve by t> lev. B. V. Babb. He was 46 years )Id and leaves a widow and sever:' '.hildreriL besides a brother, Mrs. J. C lolsonback, in Newberry, and other elatives. Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Dominick o? lear Colony church, had with the^ Christmas, their son., John M. Dom?lick, of Camp Jackson, Mrs. Dor ^atts and Mrs. J. M. Wilson of LV ?-?A? *f- T?i?o ??lr T n n aunty. :vir. uuu wis. * ?<?i:a. m>ho?v.. ilr ad Mrs J. H. Shealv of Bate; >urg, Mrs. A. R. Boozer and *twhildren, Hayne and Pauline Booz?" f Newberry. Mrs. W. G. Pearson had as Christaas guests Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Ha**aan and little daughter Frances r" Jolumbia, Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Hart ' Jnion and Mrs. Annie Oxner and sr V. M. of Clinton, all branches of h' amily being present except Willia' * 'earson Oxner, who is down with i uenza in Atlanta. Mrs. Oxner le" mirsaay tor Auania to see uei ^ on. j>