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? H ^S '' | VOIXME LY? M7MJIER 24: NEWBERRY, S. C? TI ESDAV. MAKCtf ir,i?>. * TWICE A WEEK, $U0 A YEAB ' ?. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS F PROSPEROUS PROSPERITY. Prosperity. 31arch 24.?Saturday I morning Mr. J. Benuett Dominick came near meeting with a fatal accident I-1 whirh hf> was r^v iiio aaavsw* W* -wk ??? driving, was struck by a freight train on the C., X & L. track at Eoyd s crossing. Mr. Dominick jumped and was uninjured, while h*'s motor truck was damaged considerably. The school improvement association gave an entertainment at the town haU on Friday evening. The first part was from the opera "Mika rdo" rendered by the faculty. The second part was a little play called "The Peddler's Parade" by the high ~ " * * ? W SCIIOOI. ine receipts uum mis *-n.1 tertainment amounted to $100.00. Mrs. C. T. Wyche left Friday for ' RtKrk Hill to be present at a cantata given by W:nthrop girls in which Mass Cairo Wyclie has the leading part. Miss Rosa Mae Mitchell of Water loo was home for the week-end. Miss Marie Sing ley is visiting in b. Orangeburg. M C. Morris, Jr.. of Bailey Institute is home for a few days. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Werts have gone to ^omaria to visit their daughter, S .MVs. J. B. Bedenbaugh. Miss Lora Nates was taken to the Columbia hospital Friday for treatment. Mrs. H. P. Wicker and Mrs. Joe ?-'4- ^ valotU'oa in riraonvnru] C1U TiSHCU iciavovo V>*w?? .. ... ^during the past week. Mliss Mary DeWailt Hunter spent Friday in Columbia Dr. and Mrs. u. W. Harmon and Miss Rebecca Harmon spent Sunday Ot|n Ninety-Six. nc Mrs. Karl Marks of Atlanta arrived "Xc Thursday for a visit to Mrs. Olin " Bobb. Miiss Gertrude Bobb of Lone Star is home for a few days. Mrs. Ophelia Bowers has returned from Columbia. Mr. George Brown spent several days last week in Columbia. Mrs. Hunter Caldwell of Sligh's has been visiting at the home of her father, Mr. G. D. Brown. ^ Miss Julia Ward is visiting in Columbia. Mrs. Minnie Curlee has returned to Winnsboro after a visit to her daugh^ ter, Mrst. J. S. Wheeler. Mr. and Mrs. Tom P. Wicker of Newberry were guests Friday of iMrs. A. G. Wise. Tin And \Tr? Jnhn Ijanerford of Swansea are guests of Messrs D. M. and P. L. Langfcrd. Mr. and Mrs. Pat Mitchell of Whitmire were visitors to our town last Friday. Mrs. Will Sheaiy and Mi'ss Elberta Sease of Little Mountain spent Fri irith rplativA?; Messrs Lre Boozer C ri! Milh of Saluda have been visiting Mrs. -T. U. Crosson. Mr. Eoozer has just returned from Newport News where he was stationed during the war. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Philips of Columbia, Mr. and Mrs. Will Taylor ol Lexington, were ?ruests Sunday ef Mrs. Carrie Leaphardt. Misses Margurite Wi.se and Knotts of the Columbia hospital were weekend visitors of Mrs. J. L. Wise. 'Mrs. Eoggs and little son have re ^ turned to Charleston after a visit to ; Mrs. Godfrey Harman. Mrs. E. Y. Morris of Jacksonville, Fla., is visiting Mrs. M. C. Morris Mr. J. S. Wheeler of Ridge Springs y spent Saturday and Sunday with the home folks. Mrs. Clyde Ward has returned fronj a visit to Newberry. Mij. and (Mirs. G. D. Bedenbaugh spent Sunday in iPomaria. Mr. Pierce Scott has returned from a visit to Charleston and Pacolet. Miss Duckett of Whitmire is v*sitvntr at the home X)f Rev. Z. W. Bed enbaugfcL Miss Mayme Swtttenburg has as hot guest for the week-end Miss Gentry of Sumter. Miss Celeste Smgley of Columbia was home for Saturday and Sunday Mrs. DeHeyne ha3 returned to Columbia after a visit to her sister, Mrs John Sease. Dr. A. G. Voigt of Columbia is spending a few days with his daughter, Mrs. C. J- Shealy. Hon. C. C. Featherstone of Greenwood lectured at the 'Methodist church / GENERAL SESSIONS COI RT. Juries Were Discharged on Friday. Number of Cases Disposed of. Several Murder Trials. The criminal court closed on Saturday. The last jury trial for tb.-? week was on Friday afternoon a:ul the juries were discharged. There were several murder casej tried during the week but no electro. cu lions. Only one conviction Ot i I murder and that was with recommeni (lotion to mercy. I Spencer Werts and Henry Scurry r were tried for the murder of | Clinton Sims at a colored Knight of Pythias meeting i:: IMG. This ca?o ! took nearly two days, both were acquitted. The verdict was rendered Thursday afternoon after the paper went 10 press. The next case taken up wis that of Drayton Dates charged with bein^ | in violation of the emigrant laws of ! the State. He was represented Geo. B. Cromer. The jury said he vas grudltyv. He was not present Judge Prince left a sealed sentence for him. He will not likely return 1 to find out what the sentence is. probably not navmg suiucient curiosity. His bond will be forfeited. He 1 was down in the county trying to secure hauds for the Southern rai!| way and the railway will probably > pay the bond. Odell Suber was put on trial Friday morning charged with murder in ; that he killed one Otis Jones in a house on [Mr. J. B. Amick's place in 'No. 6 township a short time ago. His i plea was sett-d -tfense. Not being able . to employ counsel Judge Prince ap I Tomw C TCinarH tn ren I |J\J * At l-VU ??* A . %M i* AA4VW V ' . > >*? M ?w . ^ iT resent biru. Th?s was the maiden effort of Mr. Kinard and every one who heard him in the conduct* of the caso speaks in the highest terms of his \ management and his maiden speee'-i | was very fine. It was a hard caso 4 but he made the best of n that w is possible and secured a verdict with J a recommendation to mercy which 1. saves the negro from the electric " i chair. Mr. Kinard made a motion for | a new trial which was refused b.it lit is likelv that he will anneal the 'case to the supreme court. Pannp. William* wa? tried for murI der but the jury said she was not guilty as charged. She was represented by Please and Blea-se. ! W. M. Propes was tried in his ab f sence on the charge of violating the prohibition law. and was declared guilty. A sealed sentence awaits his fmnin? A Mile Tieero by the name of 'Means was found ?ilty of stealing wa'ch and was sentenced to HO days or pay $25. He paid. Oil tlie Death < ? tfargarel Standis.i Seheiick. ."uarcii IS, .1919. The gentle spirit whose fate was to i ! rr<1,i:-'4 The weary years of eea-o'ev; stress A arrt pain. For which nipr*'?! art and tendance sought in vain TV* minipfor on ontulntn rtr PI1TO } U (All UllVtUVbV VI x/v.? v, is given at !a<;t release both full and i surf* From all the ills that mortal life > annoy. 'And taken to that life where evermore ' Her lot shall be nil health, ami : strength, and jov. We '-anno* fail to mourn our los-*. and miss The fair, swp^t soul we loved and ehprished here. Yet we shall keep in mind the perfect bliss The lv"hprated a^d blp^t <?o'H th?ro. - - - - lit. _ Arruci the host, or pure neari nne urc own. Who chnnt. their praises around the ffreat white throne. J. P. J. Caldwell. 'I I j Sunday afternoon on "The Reconi structive Service." Mr. and Mrs. Grant of Saluda spent Sunday with Mrs. J. B. Stockman. . j Mr. Henry Fellers and Mies Odell ; have returned to Silverstreet after a | visit to Mr. S. L. Fellers. j Miss Annie Laurie Lester of Co I lumbia was home for Sunday. Miss May Long of Summer land was i home for the week-end. ! COCKSE DIVERTED v FOK TROOP SHIP* j I ; South Carolina Port to Receive A1 j *H)ld Hickory" Rghtcrs Except I Sick and Hounded. I < j Washington. March 20.?All tram; ports bringing home units of th< , Tijrtieth i'0!d Hickory") Divisio: j win go to Charleston. ?. C., unle.* they carry sick and wounde< ' soldiers, for whom there are no fa lix-ities at the South Carolina port. ! In addition to ihe transport tMcr icuiy, the war department announce; olncially late today that the trans ports Pocahontas, Motawaska an< Konigen der .Xedcrlander, all wit' ? : units of the Thirtieth aboard, ha< Liien diverted from Newport .\ew ! sad would land their men at Char ley ton. J 1 Special to The State. j Charleston, March 20?Official nev.": was received here this morning Ir j the Southeastern Department head quarters that the U. S. S. Pocahonta.' : which sailed from St. Nazaire 01 Aiarch 16 for Newport News, has beei diverted to Charleston and expect ed to arrive March 30 with nearl: 3^0C"0 ofiicers and men of the 30tl i ^ ^ ^ ; division, bringing me luuai liUiUUC ! of troops scheduled to debark hen j within four days up to about 8,000 The present expectations are that tfc< Koningin der Xederlanden will arri". on March 27, the .Mercury on Marc! 29 and the Pocahontas on March 3C which means that the debarkation of i ficers will be called upon to hand!' - ?mirmhprr of trOODS ij j H uiu\/u witjw m?? ? _ ! one week than was originally - ex pected. Th?re is a report curren which is not as yet officially confirm ed, that two other vessels are al3' bound for Charleston. The following units are aboard th j Pocahontas: Of the One Hundred an1 K'ghteenth Infantry. First and Thin Battalions, medical headquarters dt tachment, Companies A, B, C, D. ] and M. in all 24 officers and 790 mer Of the One Hundred and Seventeentl Infantry are headquarters and stal headquarters of the First Battalion orc'nance nnd sainitary detachmenl First and Second Battalion headquar j tor.-. Machine Gun and Supply com J panies.A to F, inclusive, totalling 5 .'officers and 2,027 men. There are alsi .'aboard special casual company Xo. ( j ten discharged, one officer and 2 j men; also two casual officers of th I air service and one civilian, the tota ! number aboard being 2.918. I j As with the troops of the first tw< - *-- - > ' , . , transports tne unus wm scm v i Camp Jackson where they will b ; discharged or sent to camps nenres 'their home towns. The casual officer will be handled here. I Due to the fact that the transpor j Mercury is a somewhat faster shi; than the Koninjim der Xederlander I the two ships bound for this por l with nearly r?.CCO boys of the Thirti eth Division, many of them Charles ; tonians or South Carolinians, 01 ! board, the local entertainment com j mittee working with Mayor Hyde i j endeavoring to arrange if possibJ j for the transports to enter Charlestoi l harbor together for the sake of com I 'billing the city's greeting and facili | tating arrangements generally. It ? not known whether this can be done K appeared practically certain todr that there would be 110 opportunit for the troops to parade here upo: ; landing, as their trains will be withii | a very short distance of their shir and Charleston is eight miles or s from the port terminals. A meetin at city hall today of the mayor's com jmittee about completed all details fo ; the citywide greeting to be extende | the soldiers. The people will line th waterfront when the transports pro i ceed up the Cooper ri'ver, whistle ! and bells will ring, a' signal will b | sounded to appraise the public of th i ahin's anoroach. bands of music wil play at vantage points along th wharves, and there will be a genera display of flags with the lid off as t cheering. Official committee boat will meet and escort the hoys in fror ! the ocean. Red Cross workers w*1 ? supply them wjith refreshments a their landing place and on the train going to Columbia. Mr. W. H. Eddy spent the week end in Columbia with his son Henr and daughter, Miss Dora. WIRELESS TELEPHONE fFl * SHOWS GREAT WORTH. I President Wilson Could Have Been ('; Reached at Any Time on Board | . Ship. TI Washington, March 20.?Should oc3 ca: 'on have demanded it, officials ir* fu ' " * - ? ? A - 11- - J /\V i tins country couia nave lamea uuw.. ci ;> ly to President Wilson by wireless Si i telephone at any time /While he was ra .returning to France on the American -A I j transport George Washington. e; j Lieut. Com. S. C. Hooper, chief of th I the radio division of the navy depart. X - i irem's bureau of steam engineering. i said tonight that wireless telephone i me?sages were sent daily to the ship sa 1 from the New Brunswick high power (s-: ? ; sending station and that the voice of j -1 the speaker could be heard plainly on i be j board the transport even aft*-.' it ar-je\ 1 iii 'Prrr?' ; p.j j As the George Washington was not, st s; equipped witn apparatus powerful j to ir'et:o^:h to -send telephone messaged j jn -;Ivng distances, the communication fo i ; jf om Xew Brunswick were acknowl- v.-, i' edged by wireless. Commander Hoop-j n i. er stated. j Gi .! The messa; s were sent only as an er f experiment, h* -aid, and the use of el 11 iiie wireless telephone over su-ch a b r distance, he said, did not constitute a ]a p record. pi 1 | !?t. 5 CAMP JACKSON al 2 , v" MADE PERMANENT fe i bj ' Plans>Not Mad? Publle But Govern. ar ment Majr Bay Lands*?Mlot and ith 5 flatter Talk. te i; - in i - r I ' SpecraJ The Stated (a t Washington, March 20.?Former ~ I Senator Christie Benet tonight an m 0 nounced that Camp Jackson would he ir ; made permanent. He has had this ^ e matter up with the war department * "n)?A tJmo ond tft/lav rcrpivpH C 1U1 OUIUC Utile auu vwmj ? WW WM ^ siirances from Benedict Crowell, <ict F' - ing secretary of war, saying this f * - would be done. The size of the camp f" u j in future is not stated, but that it t'1 k will be made permanent will be good 1}^ news to Columbia. 01 ' j P. H. MoGowan. 1' : L oi *1 EXPECTS EMBARGO m 'I TO BE TAKEN OFF. b ^ j cl ~r ^ Senator Smith (Sees Better Day 111 ' i Dawning. b u i i B! The State. 21st. A] 1 pr Senator L. D. Smith came to Coj lumbia yesterday morning to address ?!a meeting of farmers at the Richian'J ^ :)kounty court house on the questioi. Cm fO K : of acreage reduction. 1 Senator Smith expects the pear-e ,J s; terms to be so near within the no t In ! few weeks that the embargo in cot 1 t \ ton can be lifted to the central em- 11 P pireL*. His argument, was that wifh 1.1 the embargo lifted and farmers cuti #17 titinir their acreage and holding what ' i ie -j cotton they now have on hand, the -[price will be limited only by the siz.1 H ii | of the purse of the purchaser. Cotton m j sold at unprecedented figures follow u s ! ing the War Beiw.een the States. ''We n' - J are not demanding such price as that m " ' * ?Ki-t rl n U") 111 oil VP 'I ! LOT UUl V-UII.V11, true UU I r V ^.. . _ ? i* can get," Senator Smith, said. 1 Tables of statistics were read. v* sj showing that the surplus supply o- SI i I cotton had been exhausted. With the y j signing of the armistice cotton went 01 y! down. The 'ifting the embargo on gi a cotton was not a proviso in :ne arm- th a istice terms. Hence the farmers w ). j would be compelled to wait a L'ttle *c - - th o j while longer. i: j Senator Smith was reminded during 01 - the course of his speech that a report Y* r wass current, charging him with hiv- cc :i ing been associated with cotton spec- ed e ulators. Senator Smith was denun- ti< ciatory in his denial of this, and be s. vcourts investigation of Jiis record, th e either in Washington or elsewhere, at e Nothing could be more abominably os 11 false, he said. Sc e BP Harris, commissioner of agri- of .1 milture. also sooke. The farmers were ni o winning the fight, ,Mr. Harris said a 8 but the fight could be won only by cc n cooperation and diversification. Just [I so long as a farmer in this State & t bought a bushel of corn for himself rr s and his stock; just so long as he 01 bought one pound of meat; just so lvng as he bought one mule or horse, m which he himself could raise, just so fi y long was there need in South Caro- p j lina to reduce the acreage of cotton, o! i I'LL ATTENDANCE URGED BY COOPER ills on Bankers to Meet With the Farmers. be State, 21st. Governor Cooper yesterday urged a 11 attendance of merchants, bank* i ? s, farmers ana ou-siness men oi luc ate on the big Statewide cotton! lly to be held in Columbia April 3. J t this meeting 20 delegates will be j ected to represent South Carolina at j le Southern meeting to be held in i cw Orleans May 14. "The 20 men lected by this convention will carry tremendous responsibility and duty" \ .ys the governor. The statement is-1 :ed by the governor follows: i "A public meeting of merchants.: inkers, farmers and business men *>f! ery cotton growing State is being .lied by the governors of the various j ,ates. This meeting is being called! discuss plans lor banking, financ- ] g and stabilizing of cotton prices. | r the exporting, marketing and i I arehousing of cotton, tor tne per | i.ment organization of the Cotton1 ? I rowers' Association throughout the itire cotton belt. Each State will j ect 20 delegates whose duties it will i to subdivide the work and formu-| / , te the most feasible and practical j ans for putting the same into oper- i ion. These 20 delegates will meet i . New Orleans May 14. The most asible and practical plans offerel r the various States will be selected! id put into operation. As result of e New Orleans convention, the mat. r of banking, financing and stabilizg of cotton prices, that is naming minimum price, exporting and ware >using and the forming of a peranent cotton -association will be put tto effect. The result of the New ; leans convention will be f?.r reach, r. It Will result in a new comraeral life for the South. Our best >sted t i sin ess men unhesitatingly nte. 'our commercial life will dat2 on? 1010. The business interests c? !e Sorth will he revolutionized, old e'horls ard customs which have lom,r ;t!ivcd their usefulness will be related to the junk pile. The resuit : this movement has exceeded the o.st sanguine expectations. New :siness methods will bring commeral freedom, will mean the savins: of illions In fact, will mean a vast mefit for endless years to come.' j "I urge that the meeting called for pril 3 be attended by farmers, back's, merchants, business men. I fur er urge mai uie various coinmuitjco )lA CfV V) ~?p' -1 ('<)' t *? ?1 * %/ " >_ )n use every effort to complete the Lnvass of their counties in time '.o p r tpt wit - *'" " '"r v"*:". ittee before the meeting on April 3. . -i? - e ^ ^ ^? , v. . * CUIiSiat'I 11 UI Wl'J.l lllJJJUi'Utlll't; Liltt ie meeting on April 3. after fully scussing the various matters outned above, select '20 of their best id ablest citizens, making such section from farmers, merchants, ankers, business andl professional en, to make this selection from a ew of obtaining men best fitted to indie these great problems which ean so much to South Carolina and ^+,-re Southland. .,011 selected by this conmtion will carry a tremendous re:onsibility and duty. I urge that lis committee of 20 promptly meet. rganize, subdivide their work and ve their very careful attention to ie solving of these questions. Ii ill necessitate untiring study, serve and effort to properly handle iese questions which have retarded ir development and growth for man> >ars. The work of the New Orleans invention should be largely develop! before the meeting of the eonvenm. While every State :i the co'r.on ! 'It through its comnrtt?e hnve srivn-> e most careful attention to solving id proper handling of these propitious, at the same time I feel that >uth Carolina will retain her record being a leader and that the com fttee from South Carolina will play prominent part in the New Orleans invention. "After giving these matters careful >nsideration I concur in the judgent and decision of leading men not ily from our State, but from various ctions of the cotton belt, that the^e latters are of v:i?l importance to 01"* lture progress, development and rosperitv, and I feel that it is a duty C our citizens, as a matter of service, REED ASKEI) TO RESIGN FOR OPPOSING LEAGUE Inquest for Resignation Made at Con. ference of Fifty of the Sixty-Seven liemocranc jiemoers 01 jussouu j Legislature. Jefferson City, Ma, March 20.? James A. Reed, United States senator from -Missouri, was called upon to resign his seat in the senate In Uesolutions adopted here by a conference of fifty of the sixty | seven democratic members of the j house of representatives. The acJ tion was taken, conference leaders announced, as a result of Senator Reed's address to the legislature yesterday in which he attacked the ! proposed league of nations I Text of Resolution. ! Thp tpvt nf the resolution fol | lows: Resolved by the Democrats of the house of representatives in conference that we do hereby denounce the distinguished senator as not entitled to claim any title or standing as a democrat in the ?lemocracic nartv from Missouri and s.iggest to him that if he is so confirmed in his opinions that the democracy of Missouri as well as the people thereof are not advised and ha?re no couvictions upon the subject of the ! league of nations, and are not jn harmony with the leadership of President Wilson, that he resign his position as senator and agitin submit himself as a candidate for the high position which he now occupies to {the entire satisfaction of liie party which nominated and elocled him, and again submit himself as a candidate to fill the vacancy which would be occasioned by his resignation, and be it further I "Resolved that we deplore the fact that Missouri should have had in the senate of the United States a member thereof who has so consistently and persistently for the last two years, prompted, as we believe, by feelings of personal hate and jealousy, at- ' * tempted to thwart and defeat the purposes of Presidenl Wilson, not only in matters of peace, but in matter* oi war, when individual opinion and Individual "pride should have been surrendered to the express will o! the majority so that unity could hav* mevailed. and be it further j "Resolved, that we ag.iir; exj:;4 our confidence in the courage, pau iotiiiii and wisdom of our president, Woodrow Wilson, and express the intention of following him in the settlement and adjustment of all questions growing out of the recent war, until we are convinced by the judgment of fairer-minded men. prompted by higher motives and elcaner purpose than the Honorable .lames A. Reed, that the president of the United States i's wrong and that his policy should no longer be pursued, and that he should no longer be followed." Friends of Senator Reed who attended the conference said tonight that they were given 110 opportunity to defend him and that the resolutions were r ;shed to adoption before they were given an opportunity to vote. i Mr. and .Mr?. ]j. M. Fellers have re ceived a message from their yo:;n?est son, Sergt. Johnnie H. Fellers o:' Co K, llSth infantry, 30th division, telling them that he would not be able to return with his division as he was held in :f hospital in France, where he has French fever, the disease having settled m his leg. He i.still unable to walk. His maiiv fo?. his ?r?eedv re VYJJI nu| is.. 1 , _ ^ ? covery so thata he may soon return to the States for which he as "done his bit." FOR SALE?Cleveland big boll cotton seed. Grown, ginned and recleaned on my own farm. Do not * ^ oaa? on.*? p?n' for puDiic. vxei gwu O^U wu?* make big' yield. Phone 4411. 0. j R Lane. 3-25 3t j ' as well as a matter of self interest, to render every assistance possible to make the work of the South Carolina Association, as outlined above, a success. | "The meeting at Memphis on March 24 does not in any way conflict with the meeting in New Orleans on May 14." * * Subsoibo to TJv Herald and New*