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WILSON AT MANCHESTER ? GIVEN GREAT WELCOME * President Spends One of Busiest Days of His Career in English City.. *' N Manchester, Dec, 30 (By the Associated Press).?The people of Man- ] Chester made President Wilson a free man of their city today. They did! more than that; they made him atj home. It seemed as though all the, men, women and children of the town,! and many from Lancashire at large, J cheered the president at some stage of the crowded five hours in which he' i made a sort of democratic royal pro-j gram from one point of interest to an- j other, which was strenuous enough j and vast enough to exhaust even the; hardest political campaigner. The general atmosphere of all the; proceedings was intimate and friend-i ly; often the people got near enough j to shake hands. Even the ceremony of conferring the freedom of the cityj had a tone of homely simplicity, and seemed more like a college commence-; ment than a formally staged ritual. The assembly sang "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow," which could hardly have occurred at a state banquet or in < the Guildhall. j It was a happy inspiration that led the aldermen to throw open the larg-. est hall in the city, instead of follow-1 ing custom by holding the ceremony! in the municipal chamber. This by no! means reduced the effect of the im- j portant speech the president delir-j ered. His most important pronouncement! perhaps to Englishmen, the most im- j portant he has made in England, that ! the United States would make no! covenant with any powers except one with all the powers, was not lost upon his hearers. No other audience during his European appearance has absorbed the president's utterances so eagerly, so. understanding^, and has! so quickly responded to every important point. No other audience ha3 resembled so noticeably the character and types of people of whom the presii dent has beeq accustomed to speak at J &ome. Perhaps this was because Lancas-j lire has contributed so many citizens; to the United States and has such | close industrial connections and fol-( lows American affairs with keener in-' terest than most English counties.! The first item in the day's program, was a drive to the famous docks which1 have made Manchester an inland port, j Here the shipping extended a beflag-' ged and yociferous greeting to the president, while the workmen from all j the big warehouses and factories1 around hung from the windows and: stood on the roofs. Part of the drive! was through the poorer districts,! where a few of the children were too ; poolr even to have bought American' flags to wave. Later the president made a brief appearance in the balcony in the Royal Exchange, where he spoke. Finally he-took. lunch with 200 prominent men in the Midland Hotel, where he made an acknowledgment of Manchester's hospitality. The weather was unfriendly today. It -was gray and thick, witli intervals af rain, but that is typical of the seasons in the midlands, and it kept nobody indoors. Merchants, workmen, farmers, soldiers, with countless thousans of women and children stood in the streets and rushed from point to point for a glimpse of the president from another angle. Shaking hands with the lord mayor and the chief constable on parting, the president said: "Gentlemen, I congratulate you both. In all my travels I have not J known arrangements to go on\ so1 smoothly. You have given me a happy time. My only regret is that it was not longer." The last Manchester saw of the president he stood on the platform of the royal train, hat in hand, with his military aide holding the dark blue presidential flag which had been presented by the people of France. The band played "The Star Spangled Banner." the red robed lord mayor and the blue and silver bedecked chief constable were in the foreground with an American guard of honor in the background and there came a final tribute of cheers, stirring the flags which hung from the arches of the station. The president was the recipient of ovations for many miles along the railway from Manchester. The people had gathered along the line and cheered vigorously as the train passed. In a telegram regretting his inability to visit Southampton and receive the freedom of the city, the president expressed his cordial thanks for the honor and said: "It would have been a great pleasure but it is ab-i solutely necessary for me to return to ?France on Thursday." The luncheon bv the municinalitv of Manchester today to President Wilson was held in the ball room of the Midland Hotel. The room was decorated simply with palms standing against the white and gold walls. The j tables were arranged in the form of a gridiron. The president sat in the j center of a long table on the right of the lord mayor. American and Brit- < ish flags were draped on the walls be- | hind them. On the right of the president were the wife of the lord mayor, Lord 1 Herschell, American Ambassador Davis, Sir Charles Cust, Mrs. Davis, Vice Admiral Sims, Major General Biddle, Rear Admiral Grayson, Miss Benham ^ and Brigadier General Harts. Mrs. Wilson sat at the left of the lord mayor and beyond her were Lord Shuttleworth, the city recorder, Miss Rachel Shuttleworth, American Consul Holla- i day, General Snow, the bishop of Manchester, Lord Sheffield, the i&shop ofr Salforth and Lord Colwyn. The guests numbered 200. Prayer was offered by the bishop :&t Manchester. The arrangements for the luncheon were simple. The service was by waitresses dressed in plain black with white aprons. After coffee was served the lord mayor's announcer, standing with a wanri hphin/J thp mnvnr's called for silence. The mayor then offered a toast to the king and cane to the president. The toasts having <been 1 drunk, the lord mayor announced: j "Gentlemen, you may smoke." In proposing "to the president of 1 the United States," the lord mayor i gave a short eulogistic speech and ex- * pressed appreciation of the compli- J ment which the president had paid 1 Manchester by bringing Mrs. Wilson with him. This caused a round of i ^ cheers. The president said he thanked Man- < Chester for the hospitality shown him.! j He referred to Mrs, Wilson as his : partner. At the conclusion of the I < president's speech the official party! left the hotel to board the train for; 1 London. \ 3 WILSON AND CLEMENCEAU ' ARE NOT IN ACCORD . j 1 President and Premier Far Apart on . Question of Balance of Power. j Problem to Settle. i i ! Paris, Dec.. 31.?The declaration made by President Wilson in his speech at Manchester Monday against; balance of power among the nations is regarded in high American quarters here as a direct rejoinder to the; speech of Premier Clemenceau in the! chamber of deputies in which he de-| clared his support of the "balance of power" idea and his purpose to make! it his guiding thought in the peace! negotiations. ' I Whether it was intended to be so,' i is not known, but the president's j speech, coming within 24 hours after J that of the premier has led to a con-; trast between the two declarations as j sharply defining two opposing view-! points on the subject of the balance of power among the nations. The textual codv of the nremier's 1 speech on Sunday night is now available and gives the following reference on this subject: ' "There is an old system which appears condemned today and to which j I do not fear to say that I remain; faithful at this moment. Countries! have organized the defense of their i frontiers with the necessary elements! I and the balance of power." j Great disorder broke out in the; chamber at this point and Pierre Prizon, a Socialist deputy, exclaimed: "This is the system which has gone into bankruptcy." Premier Clemenceau continued, saying: "This system appears to be con- ] demned by some very high authori- , ties. Nevertheless, I will remark that j if such a balance had preceded the < war?that if America, England, France and Italy had got together in j declaring that whoever attacked one of them must expect to see the three others take up the common defense?" 1 The premier was interrupted here by applause and disorder in the cham ber, but later resumed: "There is in this system of alliances wrich I do not renounce, say < it most distinctly, my guiding thought at the conference, if your body permit's me to go there, and I believe that nothing should separate after the war the four great nations, that the war has united. To this entente I will make all sacrifices." The statement of the French premier is looked upon as foreign to the statement made a few hours later at Manchester by President Wilson when the president said: "If the future had nothing for us but a new attempt to keep the world at a right poise by a balance of power the United States would take no interest, because she would join no combination of power which is not a combination of all of us." I The French papers have refrained from discussing the difference of the viewpoints, resulting from M. Clemenceau's speech, except the Socialist organ Humanite which says: " A o + A niamanoaan V?o ronn/liatoc XXO tv JUU VU VWM U AAV AVj^/UVftAMivvw with tranquility the Wilsonian con- j ceptions. Tomorrow it will be neces- < sary to arm again, to construct fort- 4 resses and cannon and forge alii- ] ances against third powers. To the i society of nations there is not even a ! discreet bow." , 1 SET WRITING GRAZE fankee Fighters Heap Troubles on the Censor. l/k.. ft..* A# ?U. Ua ?T?lt? Iw 11VII Wb VI ' fcllW vuvtiwv I IV VMV 'Em About It" in Reams and Reams. Paris.?The letter-writing craze has struck the American army. Just as soon as he gets out of the Tenches the doughboy washes up, jcurries around for pen and paper and sits down to tell 'em all about it And le tells 'em in reams and reams. "Well, let's see," he says, as he meditatively kicks his sieei ueimei ander his cot "I've got to write ?to ma ind pa, Kittie and Johnny Boggs over it Canton, O. Then, I owe Nell Johnson a letter. And I've got to scribble i few lines to Uncle Abe and Aunt Minnie. After that I'll answer those letters of Bill and Tom." Writing materials?paper and envelopes?are not always plentiful svhere the doughboy is stationed, and Cor a while it was doubtful whether the last of his correspondence list svould receive their letters, for the 3upply in the small town stores was soon exhausted. But the Y. M. C. A., learning of this scarcity, soon ar ranged to snpply all contingents. It sent out seven million sheets of writing paper and some 3,500,000 envelopes i month. With the tremendous growth of the expeditionary force, orders have been Increased and the estimate for next pear is 120,000,000 sheets of paper and 50,000,000 envelopes. This means that the Yanks will nse about 720 tons of writing materials? 720 tons of news and comfort for the folks at home. And when the censor officers stop to consider it they grow weak, for it is their duty, along with everything else, to censor the letters and see to it that the soldier uses discretion and doesn't mention things of military importance. $11 111 1111 | PLACARD WARFARE GOT | I THE GOAT OF BOCHES % s I T With the American Army in * * France.?It was a quiet week | * on one of our Lorraine sectors, 4 4* where American and German * J trenches run close together. The * 4? sun came up one morning on a J| J huge placard hoisted from the 4 4* German front line and bearing * this in English: 4 m "Welcome, xanKees, or uie 4 ! j Blankety-Blank divlston. Did you 5 ; j* bring coffins with you?" 2 !! A couple of hours later this 4 ; j sign, in German went up on our | !* front line: j j "No, but we brought a lot of 3 it Hell." 3 The next morning the Ger- 3 * mans opened with this one: j! I! "Yankees, spend the day In 3 prayer. We kill you tonight" j | J And this was the answer from * our trenches: . 3 i "Pnimano OIOA vrtny Ttoaftfi 4 I f VJC1 HWIiiQy gl J V JVU& MVU* w ^ ? and souls to Jesus, because ! ! J we've got your goats." [ |; Something about this sign an ? gered the Boches. They riddled J | 1 it with rifle bnllets and therenp I on the placard warfare was off. j | j ?i i t 11 > i y y HWW FIND SUPERMAN IN GYPSY Englishman Unflinchingly Withstand! Electric Shocks of Varying Degrees. London.?The military authorities have discovered a superman in the art or "swinging tne ieaa. ixaman ween, gypsy, has been crawling about Reading barracks in a doubled up condition on two sticks. Twelve doctors have examined him and declared him fit and specialists have subjected him to electric shocks of varying degrees. These he withstood unflinchingly; and the specialists have indorsed the doctors' opinion. Green, however, has refused tc hold himself erect and was drafted to Ireland. He continued in his doubled-up condition and so rode while his comrades walked to the sta-; tion. TWO CHAMPIONS ARE WED Best Dishwasher and Best Cook Oughl to Make Useful Combination. Kansas City, Kan.?Two Kansas champions, the best pastry cook in th? state and the best dishwasher in the state, were married here recently. Francis A. Davis, seventy, a veteran oi the Civil war and chief pastry cook al the Soldiers' home at Leavenworth,} Kan., and Mrs. Ida N. Wilson, forty-1 nine, a widow employed as a dishwasher at the home were the parties. WIT /WIT CD1TC nilDIAIf* U/AD UUI uu I rnnig uunuiu nnti Fraternity Houses and Clubs at Syracuse to Be Used as Barracks. Syracuse, N. Y.?Fraternal life at Syracuse university will cease for the duration of the war. Frathouses and clubhouses will be converted into barracks for the members of the students' army training corps. It is expected the j 3tudents will be too busily engaged in i their studies to give attention to "rushing," "pledging" and "initiation.* . ????i^?mm SCORE BURLESON. , Postmaster General Again Under Fire.! Hitchcock in Game. Washington, Dec. 30?Criticism of Postmaster General Burleson for tak-> ins over the marine cables after the ! 'signing of the armistice was renewed! j today in the senate. Senator Hitch| cock -of Nebraska, chairman of the foreign relations committee, precipitated the discussion after presenting a letter from Postmaster General Burleson i : in which the postmaster general de-; iiied he had exceeded his authority I and asserted that the order taking j over the cables had been signed by the president November 2. Senator Hitchcock said the postmas'ter general had come very close to j breaking the faith of congress and he wn<a r?nf -fnstifiprt in talrintr nvor the | cables after hostilities ceased. He also, accused Mr. Burleson of suppressing; :the order for sometime. j j Senator Watson. Republican from | Indiana, charged that the date of the | order originally had been fixed at i November 14 but because of the sign-j ing of the armistice sooner than had j expected was changed to November 2. | i wnen tne oraer was maae saia sena- j tor Watson, "the date was first put; down as November 14, the armistice 1 having been signed on the 11th of that ' month. Afterwards the date was j erased and November 2 was inserted. I have every reason to believe that that fact is susceptible of proof. The object of it is apparent without comment." j Senator Kellogg of Minnesota, Republican, said he had been informed the order was signed by the president i on November 2 but it was not countersigned by the secretary of state and it was never published or exhibited to anyone until after the war had closed and the armistice had been signed." "Even the date when it was exhibited one of the telegraph companies was blank and the order was never made before the signing of the armistice," Senator Kellogg declareu. Shareholders Meeting. , t The regular annual meeting of the 'shareholders of the Peoples National Bank of Prosperity, S. C., will be held in the president's office on Tuesday, January 14, 1919, at 1 o'clock p. m., for the election of directors and such other business as may come before said meeting. i L. W. Bedenbaugh, Cashier. ' Conde The Natioi Newb From report Showing Conditio] RESOURCES \ x Loais and Iiyestmcnts . . . liberty Bonds ajmI Treasury Certificates of Indebtedness . . United States Bonds .... Cash and due from Banks and United States Treasury . - . THE NAUONA B. C. MATTHEWS, President. State, Coun Membei , i WIFE HAPPY OVER HIS BIG APPETITE. Mrs. Rogers Appreciates Hnsbad's Compliment to Her Cooking.?Once Suffered Mneh.?Xr. Rogers Suffered Long With Stomach Trouble But *" ?c _ T) A- * i m * _ _ v?as itesrorea uy laniac. "My fine appetite certainly pleases my wife, for she is a good cook and likes to see me enjoy my meals," said H. M. Rogers of 105 Budd St., Elmirs. X. Y., in: a story for men. and wo men, too, who have a finicky appetite and can not eat the fine, nourishing meals that are set before him. "For a while," Mr. Rogers explained. "I couldn't eat any solid food. I was continually bothered with ga3 and bloating that made me feel as if i 1 WCIC SulF:t> LiJ UlC<lLii would come short and I would have a stuffed up, suffocating feeling. Ii* seemed to affect my heart My stomach ^'as so sore I could hardly touch it. I kept doctoring and trying remedies, but got worse instead of better. While I was suffering so I kept hearing of a new medicine, Tanlac, and commenced to take it. I didn't get any relief from the first bottle, and I said to myself, 'stung again', but peonle toM mft to cive it * fair trial, and i so I kept on. In a little while I he- j gan to improve. After my fourth, bottle I felt fine. The old appetite came back; I did not have any more gas or bloating or suffocating spells, and my stomach and whole system were toned right up. "That is all true," declared Mrs. Rogers. "Tanlac worked wonders for him, and we are glad to tell our experience to everyone. It is no use to doubt this Tanlac; it does the work." Tanlac is the master medicine for ailments of stomach, liver and kidneys and catarrhal affections, which go often makes good after other medicines have failed. Gilder Sr. Weeks, Newt*trry, S. C., Prosperity Dru? Co., Prosperity, Little Mountain Drug Co., Little Mountain, S. C.f "W. C. Holloway, Chappells, S. C., Whitmire Pharmacy, Whitmire, S. C. 666 contains no alcohol, arsenic no? other poisonous drur j. 8-5 11 If yo? have oralis to repair, call Rt Hallman'a Barber Shop. M. C. Hallman 12-1? H 666 cures cnjons ^"ever. 8-b tf I , 1844 nsed Stat OF nal Bank of erry, South Ca . AL_ r* i_-.ll ? j.1 . to uie comptroller or it a at the Close of Busi $ 764,495.55 Capital Stock . Svplis aad Hsdii Cffadatioa 182,110.00 Dividends Unpaid 100,000.00 Deposits . . Bilk Payable (se Bonds) 146,426.17 R4&c#Mb ^ $1,133,031.72 4 t nimttr ap itni l m w m T. K. JOHNSTONE, Cashier. ty and City r Federal Reserve . SJLLE OF TWO VALUABLE LOTS El " CITY OF NEWBERRY. } /Under and by authority of the last 'i will and testament of Mrs. Harriet Y. Lane, deceased, now on file in Pack- 2 I age No. 552, and recorded in Will "j | Book No. 6 at pages 194 and 195, in I the office of the Judge of Probate f?r Newberry county, S. C., I will sell the two following describe^* lots of . land, to the highest bidder, before tfee court house at Newberry, S, C., cb Monday, salesday, January 6?h, 1919'v immediately after the judicial sales: All that piece, parcel or lot of laadf lying and being situate in the towa of Newberry, county of Newberry State of South Carolina, fronting forty-three and one-half (43 1-2) feet, morf or less, on Main, or Pratt street and run- i ning back therefrom, sams width, ninety-five (J-5) feet, more or lessr J and bounded o.n the north by Main, or Pratt street, or. the east by lot 3 Otto Klettner, on the south by an aljey which separates it from the lot herea Ji j n. ? i iv 'u.J "1 maiter aescr?o^a epc. on i,ne west ot ] lot of J. W. i'mith. j Also, all that other piece, parcel or M lot of land lying' and being siiu&tc I the town of Newbevr/, county o' New- I berry, State of South Carolina, front ing seventy (70) feet, more or lees? H on Friend street and running ba?k H therefrom, 3&me width, ninty.tivc and V five twelfth (95 5-12) feet, mor? or fl less, and bounded on the north by a* I alley which separates it from the lot ;3j hereinbefore described; on the ttst by lot of Otto Klettner, on the sovtk j by Friend street and on the west by an alley which separates It from lot of George S. .Mower and John M. Kinard, A two story residence is e? this lot. r A plat of said lots is now on recor|? and may he seen, In the office of theclerk of conrt for Newberry couaty, in Plat Book ff>, at page 292. M Terms of sale: One-half cash an* fl the balance in twelve months, with m> terest from day of sale at the rate of eight per cent per annum to be secure# H by a mortgage of the premises soM. V Purchaser, or purchasers to pay Hr fl papers and stamps. , H John M. Kinard, fl As Executor of the last will and testa. H ment of Harriet Y. Lane, deceased. H WANTED?A cottage; or four or five-H rooms. Desirable location and gar- H den. Possession wanted as soon flj can be given. Address Father, care-1 Herald and News. ViiT H > ement 9 ; ' Newberry I ruiinci | ie Currency I iness Nov. 1,1918 < / - | LIABILITIES % $100,000.00 I rided Prtfe . . 18.80410 I 98,860.00 ^ 56.00 | 4 79^31 no J cared by Liberty I 101,000.00 I Federal Bank . 21,060.42 . :| $1,133,031.72 i I fBERRY, S. C. W. W. CROMER J Assistant Cashier. I I Depository j System |