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% ' * 4 ' - ' > I II ' I. I 0 , .. . I I _ I I ?????????????? ?????. ?OMME LV., NUMBER 23. ' NEWBERRY, S. C., Friday, MARCH 21,1919. Twir* .* HKKK. *?..? ? ? ?r ** * ?????_??______?__???_?__?___._??-__ i C RIMINAL COURT DISPOSES L OF NUMBER OF CASES. B The sessions court has had a busy W. week and a number of cases have been di loosed of. Judge Prince and Solicitor Blackwell have been moving things along. There has been no If court here in practically a year and * of course there is au accumulation of cases. The grand jury passed-on all bills handed to them kand made presentment on "Wednesday afternoon and was ixiboiicti gcu iui uic wi | Tiie court was engaged Wednesday ! and Thursday in the trial of Spencer j Werts and Henry Scurry, charged j with murder committed in 1916. The 1 J homicide was committed at a meeting of a colored Knight of Pythias j lodge and there seems to be no direct testimony as to who shot the fatal j shot, but the two defendants are x- held on circumstantial evidence. The solicitor was assisted in the prosecu j tion by B. V. Chapman and Werts; was represented by, Geo. B. Cromer and Scurry by Blease and Blease ' K. Clinton Sims is tiie name of the negro killed. All heard the shot and <s<aw the flash and the dead man, but r.o one seems to know who fired the shot j Wf The following cases have been dis| posed of: I Morgan Boyd and Will Williams,! murder, carrying concealed weapons, j Represented by N. W. Workman and Blease and Blease. Continued owing to4 the absence of Mr. "Workman who i? nwr seas. Hattie Davis, arson. Guilty with j recommendation^ to mercy. Sentenced IV to the county home for 15 months. 9 Represented by Blease and Blease. f Sampson Nichols, John Bowers, Bishop Hutchison, malicious damage, j | Not guilty. Mr. Nichols died several j A months ago. Represented by Blease j ana mease. * J. 0> Bates, Sam Montgomery, Ellis | Robinson, notation prohibition law Nol pros to Bates. Continued as to Robdnson who was absent. Montgomery pleaded guilty. Sentenced tn eix months and pay a fine of $100 Sentence: suspended on condition. :* Henry Weston Chappell, soliciting N ^ li a emigrants, uonunuea. Lalta. Johnson, assault and battery with intent to kilt Guilty of assault and battery of aggravated nature. Sentence $150 or six .months. Walter Jackson, assault and bat* * - tcry with intent to kill. Nol pros. X Represented by Blease and Blease. Levi Green 4 obstructing 'highway i Continued Thos. Sheppard and Nathaniel Pitts violation prohibition law, pleaded guilty Sentence one year. Suspended on condition. J. J. KresseU, violation prohibition law, tried in absence. Guilty. Sealed , sentence. Ernest Lindsay, Carwile Lands-ay, i violation prohibition law. Plead j ^ g-uiKy. Sentence one year. Suspend ed on condition. Represented by Blease and Blease. (Geo. Harris, James Watts,* house breaking and larceny. Continued as to Watts Harris pleaded guilty. Sentence one year. ~ *- -I A : ? ?V. jntanf jUDiie jac&sun, vidiciuis wim wiwu to steal. Nol pros H. D. Havird, murder, not guilty. Represented by Blease and Blease. John Wesley Gray, murder. Not guilty. Represented by Blease and ^ j Blease. Presentment of the Grand Jury. To His Honor Judge Geo. E. Prince, (Presiding: j We, the grand jurors of Newberry % county, at the spring term of -court wish to make the following presentation of such matters as have come be. fore us for consideration. We desire to express our appreciation of the lucid charge given by h?.3 bonor and assure him that every effort will be made to carry out his in- j structions and recommendations. - ? ii 1 c_.i We nave visiiea xae jau unu uuu : the same to be in excellent condi- j ? tion; and the care of persons con* fined therein to be such as to warrant the appreciation of all. We also desire to express our approval of the faithful conduct of the Jailer in charge of same. The following committees have been appointed, viz: Public Highways?W. M. Suber, J. E. Ren wick, J. W. Suber, S. J. Shan- j non, M. P. Davis for the northern '' '* section of the county. J. W. Long L. S. Long, R. B. Shealy for tlie j c.nnthern section. J. W. 'Alewine, J T. Xorris, J. F. Lominack for the eastern section. D L. Ram-. R C. Xeol, L. 1 i I. Eptmg for the western section. i For the County Home?J. T. Nor - J Iris, L. I. Epting, J. F. Lominack. For County Offices?J. X. McCaugh- | rip. L. I. Epting. G. B. Summer, L l\I. Graham. i All of which committees are desired j to examine such portions of public! matter as are entrusted to them and render accurate reports regarding i -*?- ?at .* Same to tne proper auiuurmcs. ; The bridge on Big Creek (near Harmon's quarter) is in a dangerous condition and we instruct the supervisor to attend to the repair of same al once. The flat and windlas at Hollev's ferry is also in unsafe condition. . i The fill on the Appalachian high-} way near'the thirteen mile post (ouj Indian Creek) should be raised fowrj or five feet higher so as to enable j persons so desiring to cross said' creek wrt-h safety. This raise of the j fill should extend from hill to hill j at said crossing. j ! The bridges on the Long Lane road are aJl in unsafe condition and should be repaired at once. The butcher pen on the ' eastern i side of the town conducted by Hamp-, i ton Cousins is reported to be in aj1 very unsanitary condition, so much; so as to make it a nuisance to persons occupying houses near same, apd we recommend its removal to a place further from inhabited houses. The matter reported to he grand jury at the fail term of the court De cember 5, 1917, regarding the occupa. tiOn by negroes and whites of the same house, situated near Johnstone Academy, has been again reported to us, and we desire that the proper steps be taken at once for the abolition of such conditions. Parties named in said complaint being Mrs Maggie Wicker (white) and Ernest Hasfcell Wicker (colored.) . We ask tiat our clerk be paid the usual fee. ; ' -Respectfully, K. C. Neel, Foreman. OLD FIRST LEAVES FRANCE FOR HOME, Famous Fighting Unit of Thirtieth Difision to Be Demobilized at Camp Jackson. Specal to The State. Green-ville, March 17.?A cablegram was received tonight by J. Newt Watkins from his son-in-law/ Maj. Wil-{ liam D. Workman of the One Hundred i ana nagnieenm miantry, imnieui Division, stating that this re<riment was sailing from France on Sunday, he 16th, and will debark at Charleston. The One Hundred and Eighteenth formerly the * First South Carolina j Regiment, is composed of old National} Guardv companies from cities and J towhs of South Carolina, mainly from 1* A T)i n/vAfi AW A vl/) # V\ AAn A LUC ricuiuuui atrviiuu, ami ims "ecu ?ii the tl^ick of the fighting overseas, losing a number of men and suffering many casualties Word comes from Anderson that4 \ ( Mrs. P. K. McCully, wife of the com-, manding colonel, and Mrs. R. L. j Ramer, wife of the '-'omnfandJng cap-; tain of the regiment's machine gun j J company, uave uucu icceiveu uiiuitrgrams from their husbands that thev had sailed Saturday. The regiment Is to be demobilized at Camp Jackson, Columbia. j i Raid on Alcoholic Stuff. j I Several boxes hauled to the city from "Wihitmire Monday attracted at tention on their way to the jail for storage. They contained 1200 pounds ; of bay rum extracts and patent medicines (?) having in their compounds : alcohol ranging from 21 to 81 per cent. Sheriff Blease got wind of what j Vvras going on at Whitmire in the sale of these "beverages" and sent Deputy Dorroh there. The deputy confiscate'! the stuff as above related and arrested TV. M. Propes after raiding his place, assisted by OonstaVe Holder of i that community. Mr. Propes gave! boni for his appearance in court. Letters From Letter U> Mrs. II. C. Lake. A. P. 0., Palmes Sur-ieine. trance. Feb. 23, 1919. My Dear Mother: ? Just a few lines to let you know that I am well, and hope you all aie enjoying the best of health. You said that all the people around Siiverstreet had the flu and so many had pneumonia. Oh. how I wish thai you all could get the treatment for a preventative of pneumonia, l tool: it about two weeks ago, it is something similar to that of typhoid fever onH will mqto viti fppl VPTv Hfl H for " iii / VU J ? a few days. They say it .'s good for 5 years. Well, I heard this morning that we are to sail for America July 24th That seems^ like a long time, but I v.-ill be glad to start then. Two of our boys in my company received their discharges last weel* and will sail for home in a few days. One of the boys' father lost one hand in a nlnninc mill and his mother DUt in for a discbarge for him, and the other was a witness in court and the governor asked for a discharge for him. Believe me they were happy boys. Several of the company put in for discharges but, were all refused, because it was asked for over here; they said that some of their relatives or friends had to ask for them i?i America^ I went out to see the remains of an Italian airplane that the Germans shot down two week before the armistice was signed; believe me it certainly was a mess. Well, mother, I will have to close for this time as it is almost time for TTTx f /\ VnirA n r*Qtl' preciUIlIIlg, YY e 4X1 C CV7 Ticv Y ^ a. XI** chaplain this morning, he is from the Hdqrs. Co., 81 Divisional. Love to all the family, Your son, H. T, Lake. P.. S. Enclose will find a handkerchief, souvenirs are scarce at this place. Letter From Willie Wicker. Camp De Souge, France, Tuesdav. Feb. 25. 1919. Dearest mother, sisters and brothers how are you all enjoying life? I hope these few lines will find everybody at home well and happy these beautiful warm days. This leaves me weil and enjoying life to the fullest extent. Tell mamma not to worry about me for i ieei sure mat i am coming uuuiv? some time ncrw soon.. I am having a grand old time playing ball and goin^ to the moving picture show at the Y. M. C. A. / We left Camp Stuart October 23, 1918, 3 o'clock and marched silently through the streets of Newport News, Va.. with the silvery moon for our guide. We arrived at the B. S. O. piers about 9 o'clock on a chilly October morning. We were marched rm h/vsirvr thp Prvwhatan n twin screw vessel which was the former German line Hamburg. There were about 30 transports, cnusers, battleships and torpedo destroyers in our convoy. We had one encounter with a submarine on our eight days out but it did not get any ol us. On the 9th <laV we were in a t o Tl'/v very- severe siunu ivi j.o m/uia,. *> c saw many wonderful sights on our voyage across the pond. We landed at Brest, France, on the afternoon of November 10th, 191S. After 13 days oi' seeing nothing but shi'ps and water we all were certainly glad to put our feet on mother earth once more. We marched through Brest which has about 100,000 population on to what is called Pontina<ren barracks, which are all built of stone. Pontmagen barracks war once occupied by Napoleon troops, when he, like- Kaiser Bill, also tried to conquer the world. There was plenty of wonderful .sights in that historic old town for one to view. On Monday morning, November 11, 1918. at 11 o'clock all the bells, whistles, steamer horns and many guns also fell in to tell the wonderful news. In a few minutes (airplanes, bombing machines and balloons were all in the air and we soon heard the glad news that hostilities had ceased. We made onr stay very short 1V1 Brest. On the morning of November "Over There" ' lit, t:?lS. we started our journey i:i French Pullmans, which are llks American Ireight cars, for a destiha' i.on unknown to us. - After two days ' and nights we landed at Camp Hunt. vvjucii w.ts aoout 4t> nLies soutn ol i I-ordeaux. We saw some of the most beautiful scenery that I ever saw Camp Hunt was formerly used by the Russians and French to train men for the great war. We stayed at Camp Hunt from November 21, 1918, till Febiuary 6, 1H19. and it rained every day while we were there except 11. We left Camp Hunt February 6th, at 12:30 and landed at Camp De Souga Feb. 7th, at 3 o'clock. We are about^ ! 17 miles from Bordeaux now. It is ^ very sandy here. Camp de Souge is also a French camp. The American I girls are better looking than. the j j French to me. I have not seen any, that looked as good as me oia soma Carolina to me yet. . j Tell Heiiry and his girls not to talk so I can hear them in Prance. I J I am] in the 10th casual Co., which is composed of South Carolinians only. I have seen very few boys thai j 1 know since I landed in * ranee. There are a few Newberry toys here with me: Tomrnie Hair, Will Ale| wine'and myself from Newberry; Heu | Sease and Colie Cook from Prosperity. Hugh Hentz from Pomai\a. , I will have many wonderful things j to tell you all when I get home, j Well,. my time is growing short I sure would like to tell you all more about my trip. The fairy land I have longed to see is home, sweet home. j I will close with best wishes to you i aH. Hoping soon to be at home with you all. Bye, bye, mamma. - * j j From your loving son and brother, ( ' Willie Wicker. 1 ' Letters to Mrs. C. IL Alewine. Camp de iSouge, France, | ' J Feb. IS, 1919. .Dear Sister: ? I Received your letter a few days a^c 'which was dated Jan. 17. Was glad to know you all were getting along ;fine. Well, I don't know what to write, as usual, but will try to 1 ell you something of the camp where I am stationed, and what we arp doing. We have three Y. M. C. A. buildingSj. Eaclr of these has a picture show, and you see it is some pleas| ure to sit down and watch the pictures. We also have a Knights oi Columbus hall, which has a show in" it too. We enjoy very much attend-; ine these Dlaces and ero as often as we feel like it There is some wine ! shops near our camp, but of course ' I don't spend any time there. We have plenty of work to do in this | camp, as there is about 4,000 horses and mules, so you can imagine it j takes some men to care for them.. I 1 was at the stables today, the first Sunday I have had to work for some ; time, but I am not worrying as every O O if O 111T M ' i/Uiiiyaiij JLU1& iv; nuin. cu? a\*j comes. So some other company will have to next Sunday. | It has been raining for the past ' few days, but it Is fair today. We have cold nighis and cool days, so I von see the weather is fine j i : My friend Sease has "mumps" now, has been in the hospital for a week, j II am feeling fine at present. i Will close for this time, wishing i lyou a success in your school work. ! With love to all. j Dixon. P. -S.?I am sending you aa little handkerchief , as a souvenir from France. Brest, France, Feb. 21, 1919. j Dear Home-folks:? Will try and write you all a few lines today, as I am just back from Paris. I had a 7-day leave. Adams and two more boys and I went to-;' aether. "We sure had a time. We saw some of the grandest sights in the world. On Monday we went out to get tickets for Verdun, and at Bar de-Duke we had to change cars. Some soldiers told us we could catch an: | army truck and get there quicker ' i So we got on one and rode about 40 | miles, and then found out it wasn't ! going to Verdun at all but the driver : told- us where to catch another one. [JEWISH WAR RELIEF C DAYS PROCLAIMED. Columbia, March 17.?Governor , Cooper issued the following procla- I ! mation: i I I "For long centurie the great ma-j j jcrity of Jewish peoples have been t ! oppressed politically, and in other j ways hare been harassed. They ha^e 1 ! had no nation and 110 home, except J under the dominion of other people-*. 1 jBut the Jews have not allowed the?;* 1 | race to be lost, despite autocracy ani ; the unfriendly attitude of^many of j ' their European rulers. Palestine j i their ancient home, has Ions: been! (under the heel of the cruel Turk; old) ; Russia, where approximately half o? | the fourteen million Jews of the world ! | resided, was none too kind to them. ! Atuocratic Austria-Hungary, .where < ! another million lived, gave them small j opportunity for self-assertion. Rela-j I lively few Jews have enjoyed the I freedom of England or France, ard ; only some three to four millions en- t joy the freedom of the United States j "The Jews have subsisted in the i hope of a better day. The dawn of that day is at hand, for rights of the ] smaller peoples have been written in. j to international ethics. But Jews of Europe cannot see nor atain the goal t if they are to be left starving and in j rags. Their plight in Poland is c pitiatle, as !>'t is in other parts of old. Russia; neither do those residing Ui old Austria-Hungary .enjoy full opportunity. "Ha.riPT' ven i*enerous?y to various war funds, and having fought wei] 1 in the battle line*, the Jews of America now ask their gentile fellow .citizens to come to their assistance., They cannot alone rescue" their broth | ers in fturope. Their appeal to the' poplace as a whole is a worthy appeal. The world owes much to the j Jew of old, and to the Jqw of today. > l "Therefore, I, R. A. Cooper, govern-} or of South Carolina, do designate I I J i^pril ?, 8 and 9, as Jewish war relief ! days in this state, and do call upon j the people to lend an attentive ear to 1 the cries of distress from the Jews in 1 Europe. * "In testimony ' whereof, I hav*J hereounto set my hand and seal this 17th day of -March, in the year of our 1 Lord, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen. ? ' J Jr!. A. Cooper, j W. Banks Dove, Secretary of State, j1 We started on a hike across the j country to another town named Chilly but got lost and walked on until we ! reached and army camp. It was night 1 and the soldiers begged us to spend i the night with them, or take supper, anyway, so we decided to . eat sup- j per and then go on to Chilly. We j Went up and ate supper and as we were coming out some one said "Hey ' there Lang," and I looked around i and there stood William Wendt It | was several minutes before either of us could say any more, v I was so 2 shocked and so was he. He was: goins in for super, but said he didn't I want any then. I don't think I was j ever so glacl to see a boy in my life; as I was to see him. He insisted on j our spending the night with him and J we did, so we sure had a time that i night. He told us all about his fight- | fAMmnwri U A In n A CATTIA 1 Jug Llic vrcimaiis, axe uau juuj^ uuv , but never got a scratch. He said be j 1 felt so sorry for Clarence L., when he * was shot. ! < Next morning1 we left for Ver-11 dun, spent the night there. Next day j we spent looking over the place. \ Everything is shot to pieces, not aj-' whole house standing. It is terrible ' * to see the ruins Qf war.' Next mom-} ing we went on almost to Sedan. You know that is where they stopped fighting. We went over the hill they call "Dead Man's Hill," and through 'Crown Prince TunneL', It is somo I sight to see. He had railroads, elec-' j trie lights, and everything in it It . must be a mile or more long. I can't j begin to describe it by writing, bat p will tell you when I see you how it is. | T We came back by way of Chattean' ] Thierry and saw the edge of "Bella { wood" as you remember these place3 j f are where they did the greatest part ] of the fighting. t Well, I could write a whole hook and still have lots to tell hut as I am so nervous from riding so much t ard' scarcely sleeping any during the;l week, w*H close. j 2 Langford. e HELPING THE FRENCH ORPHANS Newberry County Was Asked to Support Forty and Already is Suppolling Fiity->.me. Again Xewberry has gone over the .up. $2,153.50 has been ledged by the town and county for the suppou of French orphans and a great part has be&n paid in full. Tiie allotment for the county was forty orphans and the following list will show fifty nine idopted: Newberry Hfeh SchooL 10th and 9 th grades one. 9th grade one. 8th grade section A boys one. 8th grade section A g-rls one. 0*1. ). n .1^1. j oLii grauv svcuuii a 1:111? auu DD . Speers Street *SchooL 7th grade one, Miss jpearl West, teacher. 6th grade one, Miss Bess Burton,, AA /kin All nth grade one, Miss Corrie Lei Havrd, teacher. 1st, 2d, 3rd and 4th grades one, Miss. Forney, teacher. Id Boundary Street School. 6th grade one, MJss Sadie-Goggans> ;eacher. 1st, 2d, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 7th grades. >ne. West End school one. Newberr* Commandery two. Woman's Club Newberry one?., King's Daughters one. Ladies Aid Society, Aveleigh Pres^ jyterian Church one. Mr. and lWs. Herman Wright one. Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Clary one* .N^woerry posiot'fit^one. >fr. Alan Johnstone one. $Uiss L?ucy iuquaugnrin one. M!ss Fann:e McCaughrin one. Miss, Luciie Wilson one. Mrs. A. J. S. Langford one. Mrs. S. F. Grizzard one. Miss Caroline Weeks one. Miss Eugenia Epps one. Prosperity. Grade 10 one, Miiss -'r Swittenberg,. teacher. . ? Grade 9 one, Miss Thome, teacher. Grade 8 one, Miss Maybin, teacher. Grades 6 and 7 one. Miss Singlerfc Grade 5 one, Miss Burton, teacher. Grade 4 one, Miiss Burton, teacher Primary department one, Mrs. Mor?. is, teacher. 'Henry Lee Wheeler one. - . Florence Wheeler* one. Ralph and Virginia Black one. Rebecca Harmon and Elizabeth Browne one. Helen Bedenbaugh one. iMyra Hunter one. Eoy Scouts of Prosperity one. William'Lester chapter U. D. C. one * Rev' C. J. Sliealy S. S. class one T. L. Shealy S. class one. Prosperity Masonic lodge one. Prosperity Oil Mill one. 21 A m v TTT? oV>(n Va rttJU V/1US3 AUAWlttl J/ tviTUi^uiy ?-v ! one. Little Mountain school one, Miss, lizzie Neel, teacher. Silverstreet two! Tranwood Red Cross auxiliary one; Trinity Red Cross auxiliary /tone. Methodist Sunday School of.Whitnire five. The first payment is 10 be made ;hrough me. All other payments to^ do made to Mr. S. T. Carter, ColumDia, S. C. The reponse to this i worthy jause has been generous and in the iame of the orphans you have helped ' thank you. o* are others needing your asstance 3nd I would be glad to hear rrom any other friends who desire to lelp. Minnie C. Gist, County Chairman. Death of Mr. Skinner. Mr. Robert Lonnie Skinner died Of ^right's disease Tuesday afternoon it 6 o'clock, at his home near thefarmers' Oil mill, and was buried in CVTest End cemetery Thursday afterloon, service at the house at 3 o'clock. Mr. Skinner was 58 years old anc^ was w.'ce married, his second wife being ;he widow Ammons, who survives 21m, with two of his daughters by he first marriage. The King's Daughters will hoI& .heir regular monthly meeting at the lome of Mrs. H. W. Schumpert, March list, at 4 o'clock. Miss Fannie Ramige is the leader for the afternoon. '