The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, January 03, 1919, Page FOUR, Image 4
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R H. AULL* EDITOR. i
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Friday, January 3, 1919.
DEWBERRY COTTON MILLS
MADE BIG MONEY LAST YEAR
The way the cotton mills made
money the past year it would seen j
that the demand of the farmers fora
miuimum of 35 cents for their cot-j
ton was not unreasonable. Every;
one is glad that the mills have made
money. All should desire to see the;
farmer get a fair and reasonable price!
for his cotton, somewhat ini propor-i
tion to what the mills have been and
are getting for the manufactured coy- i
i a (ktrlfin.,-,. nf nrAfit wnilid
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not be unreasonable. " ;1
The Newberry mills is the oldest in I
the county and has always been a J
good money maker for the sharehold-;
'* era. It has just concluded a very J
prosperous year. Inj addition to ?ts j
usual semi-annual dividend of 5 per:
cent it has paid an extra cash divi- j
dend of 20 per cent and a stock divi
np on rwir npnt therebv increa3- j
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ing the capital to $600,000. / j
The Mollohon Manufacturing com-jl
pany ia addition to its usual semi-jl
annual dividend of 5 per cent has paid
an extra cash dividend of 10 per centj^
and a stock "dividend of 33 1-3 per I
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cent thereby increasing its capital to)
$454,300 jn
e:
The Oakland mill is the youngest .
of the mills buMt too has had a pros- '
b<
perous year. In addition' to its customary
semi-annual dividend of 4 . j
per cent it has paid an extra cash div- w
idend of 5 per cent.
-reruns mine have nrosnered thev a.
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have been generous with the help by j tj
giving increased pay and the opera-j
* tives have thus shared in the general j
prosperity. a]
The banks too, have made money a]
and all of them have good cash bal-i^
ances and good surplus and the de-j a]
posits have increased. bi
The 'National bank has pai'd a semi- C(
anual dividend of 4 per cent on a fa]
capital of $100,000. !w
The Commercial bank on a capital j a:
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of $50,000 pays a semi-au-iiuo.! Ui V lUCau | k,\
of 6 per cenj. \
The Exhange bank pays a 4 per ol
.cent semi-anual dividend on> $50,000.
The Savings bank a semi-annual
dividend of 3 per cent on $50,000.
The Peoples National bank of Pros'
peritj pays a semi-annual dividend of
4 per cent on $25,000.
The Bank of 'Prosperity pays a
semi-annual dividend of 4 per cent ^
on $25,000.
The Bank of Poraaria pays an an- *
nual dividend of 6 per cent on $25,000 ^
The Farmers and Merchants bank *(
of Little Mountain a semi-annual div- *
idend of 4 per cent on $20,000. c
The thing for the farmers to do .'s
to hold their cotton that they now 11
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have and plant less next ^cai??>iw?,
plenty of food and they will be on j ^
easy street with tbe balance of the Ic
people. k
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Harry Dominick Promoted. h
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Mr. Harry W. Dominick, for a n'um. a
ber of years casbier of the Southern
Cotton! Oil company, this City, has t<
b?eni made assistant manager of the V
local mill, of which Mr. L. W. Floyd
Is; manager. Mr. Dominick assumed
his new duties on the first of January,
being succeeded as cashier by Lieut.
Richard C. Floyd, who returned to
dewberry several weeks a^o after be- r
ing discharged from the army service, p
Prior to his enlistment in the army j
shortly after the entry of the United p
States into the war. Lieut. Floyd ^
was assistant cashier of the local ^
branch of the Southern1 Cotton Oil ^
company. The Newberry public welcomes
his return: home and to his new ?
and higher position in: this successful
industrial enterprise under the man- ^
agement of his father and gives the A
glad hand to Mr. Dominick, whose
rise to his responsible position is the!
natural result of faithfulness and c
thoroughness in the discharge of duty
to the benefit of the company and the g
agreeableness of the community. j.
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MAYOR WRIGHT SUGGESTS v
WELCOME TO RETURNING BOYS'
December 29, 1918. *
Mr. Editor:
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Our boys are now coming back, and
" * 4-? ""ma tt-o+n show I
We 3.11 warn., m oumt. " .
our appreciation for their services,!
and welcome them back home. We j
would like to meet each one of them'
as soon as he reaches home, but not j ^
knowing when they are coming, this! "
would be impossible.
I suggest that we now begin to!v
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Opera House Monday
(A Big Musical Comedy.) 1 a
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The folowing notice has been maild
to each subscriber whose time has
xpired and we want to say that the
ist will be corrected this week and
re will take off all who do not answer
Newberry, S. C
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Your subscriptic
y
News expired
If there is misl
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tion date as we m
pleased to make the
attention is called
Under the ruling
Department we canno
scriptions. We wo
have you renew. If
you at once we wi
from the mailing li
paper.
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Wishing you a pr
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tise a fund with which tp defray the
Kperises of a big welcome celebration
l honor of the brave boys of Newarrv
pnnntv who served their coun
^XA,J VVU-v^
y so well, and of whom we are justr
proud. And let us not forget those
ho made the supreme sacrifice.
The time for this celebration to be
stermined at a later day, when all
le boys have reached home.
In order to get this matter started
suggest that Mr. Paul Anderson be
ppbinted treasurer of this fund, and
11 who wish to make a contribution
lay do so Dy nanaing n iu mm. ?
[so suggest that the two newspapers
s requested to publish a list of the
mtributors from week to week, and
[so to publish any other matter that
ill help to keep the people iiJormed
5 to this celebration. I very gladly
jntribute $25.00 to this fund.
Let's make this celebration worthy
C our Newberry county boys.
Yours truly,
Z. F. Wright.
RESIDENT JNO. M KINARD
ENDORSES SUGGESTIONS.
Iditor Herald and News:?
I am greatly pleased with the times''
and patriotic suggestion of Mayor
Fright to provide a suitable welcome j
)r all the boys of Newberry county'
rho are returning home from the.
amps and from the trenches.
We can never repay these soldiers
i full for the sacrifices they have
lade and the hardships they have
orne so cheerfully for ns and for our
ountry, but we can at least let them
now that we appreciate what they
ave done bv extending to them a
earty welcome on their return1?a I
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relcome in which each of us can take
part.
It gives me pleasure to add $25.00
3 the contribution! made by Mayor
Fright.
John M. Kinard.
PERSONALS.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Addy visited i
elatives in* Newberry last week.?
larvey Thomas of Newberry visited
- R. L. Rinehart last week.?Rev. W.
r. Dutton is spending a few days at
Lev. W. A. Dutton's.?Miss Mae Bell
'ulmer of Little Mountain returned to
er home yesterday after spending a j
ew days with her friends Misses Ida I
nd Mamie Lee Riser.?The people cf
his section were sorry to' hear of the
eath of A. R. San ford of Newberry.
Ir. Sanford was formerly of ttiis secion
and had a number of friends
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nd relatives nere.?rieasain ???/ .,
or Saluda Standard, 2d.
'Mr. J. Lurey and family will go to j
Ipartanburg the first of February to |
ive. They have sold their house in
lollege street to Mr. Brooks Reeder
rho will move in on the first.
Mr. Chas. Dudley, "he of the "Dollar
town" reputation, who is now travelog
for the Republic Truck company
rith headquarters in' Charleston, is
>n a business proposition' to Newberry
Southern Power Company Employee
)onald White of "Union1 was a New
rear caller in Xewberrv.
rur.~? T "VT "Ditto little flsillfilter I
*V11 il > 'in* *i/to unu v?woq???
uinie of Silverstreet Route 1 were
iere Tuesday.?W. M. Turner of Sil erstreet
1 was in town Monday.?
5en' Crouch of Newberry spent; Tuesav
in ;Saluda.?Standard.
Miss Troxelle Wright of Xewberry
i:d James Hayne Davis, Glenn Davis
the notice. We shall regret to do this
and we hope you will let us hear from
you at once so that we will not have
the trouble of taking off and putting"
on because we know that you are going
to remain with us during this
good year of 1919.
Jan. 1, 1919.
m to The Herald &
191....
;ake in the expira
ive it we will be
correction if our
. to it.
; of the Postoffice
t oarry unpaid subuld
be pleased to
we do not hear from
11 take your name
st after the next
osperous year,I am,
Sincerely,
E. H. AULL.
and Weir Davis, all of Clinton, are
guests this week of Miss Laura Emily
Dial at the home of Dr. and Mrs. A
J. Christopher.?Laurens Advertiser
Messrs. Lee and Eldridge McSwainof
Columbia, who have been guests of
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Webb, returned to
their home last night.?Greenwood
Journal, 1st.
Mr. I. B. Mann of Columbia paid a
New Year's call to Newberry.
Miss LouVse Melton of Helena is
visiting her sister, Mrs. W. A. McDonald.?Hodges
cor Greenwood
Journal, 1st.
Mr. W. G. Peterson and familywere
in' a party of 16 Pertersons at a
turkey dinner in- Greenwood Wednesday.
Rev. E. D. Kerr spent Christmas
with relatives near Charlotte.
Mr. C. T. Cromer has changed from
/%???** "D/vnf a ? rr% Pninfa Q
?\ t; W UCl l y uuuic y iu avvsui.^ u.
Mr. X. P. Mitchell, medical student
at the University of Virginia, is spending
a vacation in Newberry.
Express Messenger Richard G.
Julien has lately been transferred to
a bigger run?Charlotte to Atlanta.
Ensign Ward Simmons, who has
made good in the U. S. navy, having
risen to the position of chief engineer,
with the rank of ensign, .3signment
on ,the Teal, spent from
Monday to Thursday at his former
home in Newberry. It is always a
pleasure to us to note the advancement
of the boys from this city and
county.
Otto Gregory came in Monday from
Great Lakes, 111., but his furlough was
verv brief, as he had to leave Tues
day night to report back for duty.
Misses Rosa and Ann.e Amick speDt
a few days of the past week at Batesburg
and Leesville.
Miss Banr.a Green spent the wee?
end i:j Newberry.?The Greenwood
Journal.
Misses Sue Ella a::d Elise Peterson
of Newberry are the guests of Miss
Elizabeth Peterson in. ^amwrjagu
street.?Greenwood Journal, 30th.
L.t. T B. Greneker, who is now stationed
at Camp Wadsworth was a visitor
in the c.'ty this morning en route
to Edgefield where he will spend several
days with his mother. He hopes
to be discharged from the army at an
early date. Lt. Greneker stated that
he expected to locate in. Greenwood
for the practice of law.-^Greenwood
Journal, 30th.
A run of good pictures is being enjoyed
by large crowds at the opera
house, accompanied by fine music.
^ latolv arrivinfi'
A CUIU1CU OUXU1V/JL iucv^ v*. , .?0
from England was in Newberry from
Tuesday to Saturday last week. He
is a former Newberry county boy,
Thomas Caldwell, now living in Augusta,
Ga., and was a member of the
47th company, 12th battalion, 157th
Depot brigade. He left London the
20th of November and reached his
home the 21st of December. Private
Caldwell's papers show that he was
honorably discharged from the service
with his character marked good.
To show what a turkey loses in
dressing we state you that Dr. E. H.
Bowman bought a whopper of a
Christmas bird weighing 26 pounds.
When dressed its weight was 211-2
pounds without the liver and gizzard.
A snowfall tried to arrive at Newberry
Saturday morning but it made
a most miserable failure.
The peanut and popcorn parcher is
still running and turning out the
goods. That little explosion only
made Harry Campsen all the more de-J
termined to please the populace in his i
line of trade.
If a Newberrian had been; absent'
from the city a number of years and
l""* "irrli* r\f riOAnlfl Qn/1 off air 1 hprp .
lUdl VI uuu .
and were to drop in unawares *ow!
without consulting about conditions
he would think that Howard Franklin j
was still on the police force. But it j
is the new man, Mr. H. L. Tobias.
We hear talk of another sky scraper
for Newberry. Let it be built. Speak- j
irg of building, certain places "*ear j
the court house ought to be torn down j
and new houses erected co be better'
j company for the handsome Exchange:
j bank and ^ersnmg noiei eamces. j
j TVen there are other places in the j
city that should be accorded the same
treatment.
A big musical comedy will be herei.
Monday.
By reference to ad it will be seen
that Mr. L. I. Blalock has bought the
business of the billiard parlors, in
con:>ection with the sale of cigars,
cigarets and soft drinks, heretofore
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conducted by Mr. Claude H. Williams,
who will go into the grocery business, j
Mr. Blalock will run the billiard room
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etc., irr connectio* with his tailori*g I
| business and invites a co*ti*ua*c of ^
the patronage of the public.
January starts off' all right like a!
lamb, but old February has to come
along shortly a~d it mav be different..
It looks good to see 1919.
Miss Rawl's school will open on. j
j Monday, January 6th. New pupils are
requested to begin work as early in?*
the term as possible.
The Woman's home and (Foreign
Missionary iSocietv of the -Church of
i the Redeemer will meet Monday alterj
noon, Jan. 6, at 4 o'ch'ck at the par-.
I socage. ? j
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FARR-COUNTS. j
On December 25, 1918, at the Mt.
, Tabor Lutheran parsonage, Mr. C. B.
jFarr and Miss Lola Counts, both of
i Little Mountain, were married by the
jRev. J. B. Harman.
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THE MOST ABUSED ORGAN
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ING 13 THE EYE.
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Wheni it does need help it is wise
i to heed the warning.
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If YOU are having trouble from
| that source, it is imperative that
! your eyes be attended to now.
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I We are equipped to g've your
' sight every possible care and at- !
: tenticn. * j
Those who wear two pairs of
' -e i .Mulnltnn
glasses win una a ie?cMuuu cv/
i have
f^RYPTOK" !
IV GLASSES IV
THE INVISIBLE BIFOCALS
! which give perfect near and far
| visions in one pair of glasses and
which can be worn all the time.
Broken Glasses Promptly
Duplicated.
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I G. C. COOPER
OPTOMETRIST
Next to Exhange Bank.
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L L BLALOCK
Having bought the billiard
parlor opposite the
Newberry hotel, will con|
tinue the business there,
in connection with his
tailoring business in the
; front part of the build
i ing. He has had every|
thing remodeled and put
| in good shape. Will al|
so continue the sale of
cigars, cigarettes and
soft drinks, and will be
glad to have his friends
call.
HIPP-HARMAN.
Mr. Arthur T. Hipp of Newberry and
Miss Anna Julia Harman of Little
Mountain were married on December
26, 1918, by the bride's father, Rev.
J. B. Harman, at the Mt. Tabor parsonage.
CABBAGE PLANTS.
Millions Hardy Cabbage Plants from
selected seed. Any variety, mow. until
May. $2.50 per 1,000. 10,000, $2
per 1,000. Prompt delivery. Eijter
prise Truck Farm, Georgetown, S. C.
CITY LICENSE.
Get your License at once. License
for 191# now due and must be paid at
once. By order of city c uncil.
J. W. Chapman,
1-3 9t. Clerk and Treas.
BIDS FOR MjLXUBE.
Bids for the manure from the street
sweepings, from the fire house (two
horses) and from the town barn (7
mules) for year 1919. will be received
and opened at meeting of council
January 14, 1919.
Payable quarterly in advance. Send
bids to
J. W. Chapman*,
1-3 4t. Clerk and Treas
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ceipt Books. :
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and Friends?
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| We hope the New
our best wishes a n
will be continued,
crreat Haooiness a
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For your favor in
appreciation and t
may merit its cont
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OPERA HOUSE PROGRAM.
Friday, January 3
ALICE BRADY
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"AT THE MERCY OF ME>7*
-Saturday, January U
SHORTY HAMILTON "
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aHIS PIPPIE EYES.*
(Western Reels.)
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SUNSHINE COMEDY jM
STRAND COMEDY ^
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Monday, January 6. *
BIG "MUSICAL COMEDY
"THE LOYE MILL."
THE LOYE MIL "
Opera House Monday
(A Big Musical Comedy.)
Owing to the condition of our machine
we are having most of our type
<-wnf nt and until wp CTPt. thl*
OCt VUt U1 wwnii. .. w -?aew
machine installed we will bo
unable to handle up-to-date matter a
and get out a real newspaper. We ^
hope it Will not he many days before
fefee machine is here,
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nth a new set of books. . 1
dgers, Journals, Cash j
Memorandums and Re- I
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Year thioughout which *
d efforts for your welfare
may have in store for you
nd Prosperity. ^
the past we tender our ,
hanks and trust that we
inuance.
terry, S. C.
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king eye examinalable
me to serve
lan I have in the
> see me at my new
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EZELL
and Optician ^
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