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/ V , \ Wrt.OfE LV. MiTTBEK ts \f'-~ 1CEWBEKKY, 8. C, TUESDAY, MAY 13, 1919. TWICE A WEEK, ?U? A YE AH TT-^MTO^?^M~H~r~?^^^?,???^?????T? ??^i^? ; r 1 v ' MEMORIAL PAY WAS ! w BEAUTIFULLY OBSERVED h is Large Crowds Attended the Speaking p? and the Services at the Opera House ai ?Major H. C. Tillman Delivers Fin? te Address. 01 fc, ? N |A Friday was av fine day for the me- j h; morial exercises. The shower* had v< i _ j come and the dust was not in eviaenca; ? and the flowers were fresh and pretty j c< The people came from all directions Sl & and early in the morning they were S K here and the old vets were in groups j <3 telling over and over the story of^the tl long ago. {a The thin grey line is getting thin- j ft Y' ' *er every year. jjflany of the familiar h faces that we have seen present on v these memorial days for many ye&rs a i were not here. They had answered s ~ "" ? ? il* A C the last tattoo and had gone over uc - river to be with the comrades who had t! already passed. We published the a \ roll of the dead a few issues back, jc > ^ At the exercises at.the opera house t( three names were read whose name? P I did not appear in that list. D. 13 j Lever who was a member of th. v James D. Nance camp and A. P. Dom.' p inick and Godfrey Harman, both Con- jij federate veterans, who had died, but! ^ who were not members of the camp, j At the conclusion of the call or tne I I roll of the dead taps sounded out clear 0 j^H on the bugle, the lights were out and 11 R ihose whose names.had been caller ed had retired to their last sleep. Iz -will not "be many years before, in tne course of human events, there will be ^ no more Confederate reunions on this side of the\iver, but so long as re, ? mains one of the old vets the South* land should not fail to do him tionor. A $ and Spanish wpr and world war veterans should not he permitted to place them in the background. We should keep their memory fresh. That was a touching story told by Major Tillman of the pilgrimage of 4 that old veteran who had made an an - e nnal journey to Lexington to pay tribute to Geil; Lee? and when he had . < made his last trip he could not keep ^ I the tears front filling his eyes and it hut expressed in ' feeble manner the v love and devotion to duty of these old soldiers. ^ The school children and the old vets and the citizens, and there should have been a place for the SpanishAmerican soldiers, met. at the court | 1-ouse and marched in a body to the opera house where the exercises vere held# y v On the platform sat the choir and r the commandant and the adjutant and the color bearers and the speaker. Maj. Caldwell is commandant and - orfintant flnl Win. Y. " ^(tpvam jjuiviu ?* " > Pair carried a flag which has been left t - vith Captain Buford by Gen. Carr of r North Carolina. It is a beautiful t flag and was given by Gen. Carr as 1 the flag of Army of Northern Virginia 1 and 'bears the names of the States 1 comprising this division. They are * the District of Columbia, West Vir- c 1 fi ginia, -Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina. On the other epd of the rostrum sat Mr. JR. T. Caldwell who bore the flag of the James , D. Nance camp. V " Some beautiful songs were rendered by the select choir and Maj. Caldwell i spoke of the beautiful entertainment provided by the ladies for the veter-j ans and extended a welcome to the; sailors and soldiers of the world war and said that the old vets took some credit for the valor and courage and fine soldiering of the young men just! i I returned from the world war, because titey had the example set for them by f their forbears. Scripture was read and prayer off fered by Rev. E. V. Babb. A'beautiful welcome was extended L by Miss Marion Jones followed by 2. j r reading by Miss Abbie Gaillard. % Maj. Caldwell then introduced Maj. H. C. Tillman, the orator of the occasion. Maj. Tillman delivered a very appropriate and inspiring address and P gave the reasons for the war of the ^ sixties giving the lie to the claim in 0 some of the histories that it was a * kwar to preserve the system of g slavery. 0 Dinner was served in the store room recently occupied by G. B. Sum- u mer and Son as a furniture store ani, 11 ra more convenient place could, not r have been found. Tickets were issued i to the xl-nner including only Confeder&ie veicrsnis aad soldierg of the oriel war and the S. A. T. C. It ad been announced that the Spanih-American veterans would be exacted to participate in the dinner ad personal invitations had been ex- i ?nded to some of them. In The State < [ Friday was a statement from the j ewberry correspondent that "they i ad invited the Spanish-American war < eterans and the veterans of the world > ar, including all S. A. T. C. in the)" ounty," but for some reason i: ] eems that the invitation to the.i ' A panish-American veterans was wiia- i rawn. This we feel was a mistake on < lie part of some one, because there : re not many of these veterans here nd the ladies certainly had plenty of ash and bread to serve them, and it rould have made better feeling all round not to( have given such. a light to these soldiers, not that they ared especially for the dinner, but bey can not but help feel that it was slight. Not intended we hope, beause we want now above all things o have^good will among all our eople. After the dinner was over there * i.fi ?_,i vere several pois 01 uasn icit anu lenty of bread. The hash was readly sold at 75 cents the quart. Pnbllc School Libraries. The following rural schools have lade additions to their libraries durng the year: Maybinton^ No. 3, enlargement $5.00 Long Lane, !No. 4, enlargement $5.00 MrtTnll/Miorh Vn r\ oatfl.hltfehniPht.' AUVV/V/ii^V -v^ \/s/ v%% ? -v>~ - ? -~w10.00. Cromer, No. 6, establishment $10.00 Hartford, No. 11, supp. readers $iU Prosperity, No. 14, supp readers $20 Broad River, No. 24, supp readers 1500. Union, No. 32, establishment $10.00 Smyrna, No. 44, supp readers $10.00 Jalapa, Xo. 48, supp readers $10.00 Flint Hill,.Ko. 51, enlargement $5.00 Mollohon, No. 53, enlargement $5.00 Silverstreet,- So. 58, supp readers Pressley. No. 5S, establishment $10 Hunter-DeWalt, No. 33, enlargement 10.00. i. Total, $149.00. MIL DISCUSS FREEDOM OF SEAS Charles Zeublin Selects Timely Topic for Chautauqua Address. : Authority on National and Internationak Problems Wilt Alto Appear j in Government Ownership Debate. Every American should be interested n tjuch vital topics as the freedom or he seas and government ownership of ailroads, which will be discussed at he coming Redpath Chautauqua, rhese are questions which must be horoughly considered if we are to \ uake a wise decision as to future K)licy. | Charles Zueblin has spent a lifetime 1 itudying national and international ij iii c CHARLES ZEUBLIN. 8 roblems. He will be a principal in t he debate on government ownership j n the fourth night of the Chautauqua nd on tlfV? fourth afternoon he will ecture on "The Great Highway," a \ tudy of the freedom of the seas, and ther timely questions. MV 7cmKlin'a nhiinsnr?hv of life is ^ mcompromisingiy set forth. He be ^ ieves absolutely in the masses ol c he people, unorganized and inartlcJate, but potential in possibilities fr. Zueblin is a constructive, eloquent uthoritattre speaker. E - 1 PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS ? PROSPEROUS PROSPERITY. Prosperity, May 12.?The memorial exercises held in Grace Lutheran v church Friday, (May 9th, under the s auspices of the William Lester chap- I ter lU. D. C. were an inspiration and levelopment to all present. t The address was made by Gov. R. A. c Cooper, who delighted every one, ej- r pec'aUy the veterans, with hts'defense s of the Confederacy and eulogy of t thc/se who made it. His reference to r o\ir recent glorious victory, attribut- c ing its cause to the blessed heritage left by the Confederacy,, courago. t bravery and true patriotism, made r his plea for the Fifth Liberty Loan wonderfully effective. The music was inspiring?the school children furnishing the patriotic songs i and Misses Burton and Maybin, Dr. i Wheeler and Mr. Quattlebaum the i quarette, "Garland Their Graves." 1 One of the pleasantest features o? 1 the ho^r was the presentation cf a 5 basket of beautiful flowers to Miss Lena Lester, returned Red Cross nurse 1 by Govrnor Coopfer, in behalf of the ] chapter. Miss Lester responded in a '' few well chosen words expressing her appreciation of the work the "stay at homes" are doing and have dono fcr victory. Dr. G. Y. Hunter presided over the meeting in his usual graceful manner, the pastors of the town, Revs. McKeown, Shealy and Griffin, furnish ii\g me uevuumiai paxi tu iuc cac cises. Although the success of the hour 1 was wonderful, yet we note with sadness that there were fewer "old vets" than heretofore, finding comfort [ ] however, in the thought that their ^ "foot-prfnt3 on the sands of time" are j j meaning victory and peace to the , world. .j ?Miss Lena Lester was again honored on Friday when the Newberry chapter U. D. C. invited her to be present at their memorial exercises. Mrs. P. E. Schumpert was hostess to the William Lester chapter U. i). C. t*n Tnefrfav afternoon Durinsr the business session plans were perfected ftnr memorial exercises on Friday Since the last meeting .Miss Lora ' Nates, one of the members had passed away and a committee was appointed to draw up appropriate resolutions. A very interesting; ,and timely program was led by tMrsi J. A Counts, which consisted of the following: Dixie?by the chapter. 'Tribute to Memorial Day?Mrs. A. N" Crosson. The Veterans?^Mrs. E. W. Werts. Origin of Memorial Day?Miss Willie Mae Wise. The Southern Cross?'Miss Effie Hawkins.1 Memorial Altars ? Miss Ethel Counts. The Battle Hymn?by the chapter. < Mrs. Schumpert assisted by her little son, Harry, delighted her guests by serving ice cream and old fashion pound cake. Misses Mayme Swittenburg and Ruby Thorn were shoppers toColum- , ria on Saturday. ' i Dr. and Mrs. G. W_ Harmon and 1 Vliss Rebecca Harmon motored to Coiumba on Sunday. Mr. a^d Mrs. J. B." Bedenbaugh of Pomaria were in town Friday for ( memorial exersices. j Miss Lena Lester has returned from I )ver seas where she has been '< engaged as a Red Cross nurse since last September and is visiting her ( nother, Mrs. A. M. Lester at the home j )f Mr. J. D. Quayiebaum. Miss Lester as stationed first at Camp Johnson. f Jacksonville. Fla. She was a member i t )( unit No. 54 and saw service at the s argest base center in France, near < fever's. During her leave she tour- ( id quite a bit of the country. .Mrs. Annie Millan, Robert IMillan t ind Miss Mary Turniander of Colum- j >ia motored to Prosperity Tuesday i ind spent the day with Mrs. A. G. ^ Vise. 1 t WHY? Why is it that a man uses a raiser t vhen he is attempting to curtail the t growth of his beard? George Walsh t iffers a decidedly profitable reason ia * lis latest William Fox comedy-drama, Help! (Help! Police!" which will be bown at the opera house, "Wednesday, Jay 21. iEWBERRY (OIXTY UOES OVER [J TiiE TOP I> LIBERTY LOAN. As in all other drives of the war 1 vork Newberry county has oversubcribed her allotment in * the fifth ,ibrty Loan drive. At 11 o'clock Saturday night when i he additions had been completed Chairman Kinard phoned State Chair_ , nan Barron that Newberry had sub- 1 icribed or bought $547,200 or me ( )cnds for the fifth loan, being $300 i nore than the allotment for this < :ountjr. And from the daily papers we learn J hat South Carolina has also taken nore than Her allotment of the bonds. ( _ ( Internal Revenue Stamps. ] A nivinll oiiKnln Q TO I" 95 1 A dlliaii ouppi J Vi VSJSt 4V/IU.A V.. , internal revenue stamps have been -eceived by the local post office and ire new on sale. Persons or firms within the delivery of other post of- j ices in Xewberry county should maksl application for these stamps to taeir local postmasters, who may obtain :he necessary supply of these stamps [rom the Newberry office in accord' ance with the P. L. & R. R. G. Parks, Acting Postmaster. / A Play at PSmnria School^ Everybody come and enjoy the play "The Old Oa!ken Bucket," to be given Pnmorii Fridav nicht M?V 16, at 9 o'clock. Admission 25 and l^c | Card of Thanks. ! \ The Confederate organizations wish to express publicly their deep appreciation for the generous help given J in \ ar cus ways by men and women j not connected with the Sons or the Daughters of the Confederacy. This kindne&s and generosity contributed very greatly to the successful carry-' ing out of the plans for memorial day,: UNITED STATES GOT BARGAIN . ri?: j. ip rtfrendse ot rionud rrom opctin tut } $6,000,000 Was Decidedly Good Stroke of Business. More than $6,000,000 was paid by;1 tfee-United States to Spain one bun- j' dre(! years ngr for P'lorfda. In 1819, on the anniversary of thej birth of the nation's first president, there was concluded between John; Quincy Adams, then secretary of state, and Luis De Onis, minister plempoten-; tiary of the king of Spain, an agreement and treaty whereby the United States became owner of what were ' then known as the provinces of East j and West Florida. ;i This territory included not only all j. of the present state of Florida, but j part or -mat is now lieorgia ana ai-; abaina, and It was bought for $5,000, 000 and the settlement of some claims i which amounted to $1,024,741.44, a, total of $0,024,741.44. ! ! The language of the remarkable , document between the two nations is; clear and precise and differs from' other treaties to a marked extent. The ' two men. who drew it up were past; masters in statesmanship, politics and diplomacy; also, each was the most advanced thinker of the country he represented.. Spain wanted to get rid of her American possessions before they were taken away from her. She was proud, but recognized the fact that she was in no position to wage a long and possibly unsuccessful warfare to hold her colonies. America wanted the land in this continent held by Spain, but was willing to acquire it by purchase rather ;han conquest, and with both sides lbly represented by the best talent, it tvas not long before a satisfactory conclusion was reached. i i ; O! A r*\*r~,yA I CtlllUUO VIU I A rvl II VIUO^Ui The rising tide of prohibition has swept away another ancient hostelry, i he Blue Anchor, at Front and Dock streets, Philadelphia, claimed to be the . >ldest tavern in Pennsylvania, and ! >ne of the two or three oldest in Amer-; ca. | The Bine Anchor is one of the landnarks of the city. Its walls bear the ( nscription that the inn was founded , n 1682, shortly a^ter the landing ot | JVilliam Penn, when Dock street was 3ock creek. As a tavern and bfir , he building on this site has. been op- ( Tarea continuously ior ?$i years. Chroniclers of Dock street say that he original building was burned in he later years of the eighteenth cenury, and that the present building lates from about 1789. The Inn was ong known for its fish dinners. ar Ctra li Sfcnek just received. G. ? I TT: * C 19 1 f I W. JRJuara, v-x* ^ m H'DGE J. T. JOHNSON ENDS LONG C'AREEI Distinguished South Carolinian ii Hons? of Representatives Sixteen l'ears. Spocial to The State. . ( Spartanburg, May 8.?Joseph Travis Johnson. L'nited States judge for th< Western district of South Carolina lied at his residence 011 Xorth Fair riew avenue tonight at 8:30 o'clock >nly a brief time after his son, Josepl r. Johnson, Jr., reached his bedsid< from his far away home in Wisconsin Judge Johnson was taken sick Sun lay evening. April 27, and 11 days lat er breathed his last, surrounded b: tiis stricken family and every aid an< comfort that medical skill could em ploy and that kind h?'.ads could ad minister. His death was due to ; complication of diseases, resulting frnm a nrotractod attack of SDanis influenza which seized him early i last December and which held on fo a little more than two mouths. Thi disease left him sorely weakened, an when he was taken sick a little over week ago his condition was grav from the first. Judge Johnson is survived by hi wife and the following children Joseph T. Johnson, Jr., Miss Mar Johnson. Darvey W. Johnson, Lauren Johncon, Benjamin 0. Johnsoi Charles E. Johnson and Elizabet Johnson; a sister, Mrs. E. J. Allen c Greenville, and a brother. W. H Johnson of Halifax, Novia Scotia als survive him. Joseph Travis Johnson was born a Brewerton, T^aurens county, on a fan 61 years ago. the date of his birth b? ing February 26. He was graduate from Erskine college with the clas of 1879. Subsequently he finished hi education with a post graduate cours at Vanderbilt university. He was ad mitted to the practice of law in all th courts of South Carolina on May 31 1S83. After successful practicing lai for a number of years, at Laurens h moved with his family to Spartanbur some 20 years ago. Shortly afte ^ocating In this city he w^s elected t congress, succeeding. Standarne Wil son. Judge Johnson was sworn in. as member of the Fifty-seventh' congtos and for 16 successive years he abl] faithfully and conscientiously reprc sented the fourth bjutli Carolina dia trict in the house of representative Eie had been elected for another tera when the federal court for the Wes tern district of South Carolina wa created and he was chosen the judg of that district, having the indorse raent of the entire South Carolin delegation in Washington. On Apri i. 1915, he was sworn in as Unitei States judge and immediately assum ed his judicial duties. Novel Use for a Periscope. Turning the sword into a plowshar* Is a figure of speech, but using th< periscope to direct the players in s pantomime has actually come to pass This peaceful adaptation of the mean? whereby the submarine commandei has watched the ocean, to the purposes of a musical director watching a stage took place at the first performance of a pantomime, in New York. The coin poser of the music had come froic Chicago to direct the orchestra, anc found his seat in the orchestra pit sc far below the stage level that only a npr'k- like flint of Alice In Wonderland after she had eaten the mushroom, would have let him look over the footlights. So the management installed a periscope. It was probahlv some little time before the whole audience had guessed what the thing was, and that a musical director down below was periscoping the players on the stage while he beat time for his orchestra. Coffee Instead of Booze. If the dope of Mr. Manuel Gorzyl la correct coffee will supplant booze and coffee houses will stand where the wet drinks once held forth. Mr. Gorzyl, who by the way is from Porto Rico, bases his predictions upon what already has happened in his own cotmtry, which recently went dry. From statistics, he says Porto Ricans are drinking 75 per cent more coffee now lhan before prohibition, went into effect "There is no demand for the socalled soft drinks." declared Mr. Gor cyl, "and there will be no increased demand for such drinks !n your own rountry. Coffee will become the faro rite drink between meals as it Is aow at meals. Coffee shops will take Ac place ef toner saloons." \ MEMBERS MMH GRADE I EXTERTAIX TE>TH GRADE i Twelve members of the 9th grada entertained the members of the 10th. grade very delightfully at a reception Thursday night at the home of Elia Dunn. Attractive score cards marked, / , the successive dances of the evening. ) > A very interesting "cloth ^contest" was participated in by the various youag * \ boys and girls. Later in the evening delicious block cream and cake were j j serv#^. Those enjoying the pleasures j of the entertainment were: Misses Fredna Sfchumpert, Mary Alice Suber, Alliene Dunn, Mary Frances Jone3, Claudia Wheeler, Janie Paysinge". Frances Caldwell, 'Mabel Jones, Mabel , Eleazer, Ella Dunn and Messrs. Harry I I _ _ Epting, Clark Floyd, AuDrey liiiey, Carroll Summer, John Chappell, Earle a Chandler, Everett Hipp, Harold Hipp. Irwin Leavell, Sam Beam, Fulmor . Wells, Olin "Hentz, Calle-Boyd Parr, h -- . ~ ~ . Murray LYLcmtosn, fTanK uaveupuf., Edwin Setzler, James Wallace, r _J Jasper Chapter D. A. R. will meet with Mrs. J. M. <x K.oler Friday afternoon at 6 o'clock, 6 Elizabeth Dominick, Secretary. is . : DtPEW MIXED IN HIS FACTS y . ".*> 13 Venerable New York Statesman a if Little Ahead of Time in Use h of Term "Highbrow." Who were "the highbrows of forty 0 years ago." of whom Chauncey SL Depew spoke in giving his recollec Itions of Theodore Roosevelt at the Methodist preachers' conference? n The venerable ex-senator, * relating 5- the circumstances of Mr. Roosevelt's d political debut in 1880, quoted "a Republican district leader" as suggesting to him the ;nol?iriation of the young > p Harvard graduate for assemblyman to e placate the element in his district I- "which t&e boys call 'high brow/ live ing along Fifth avenue." " . , ), Was there "any sich. animal" - at J that time?, It was foutf years before tjje appearance of the mugwump, who, though a highbrow according to his 8 lights was not the simon-pure article. r Hit was not "a superior attitude ? toward the generality of mankind/' - but only toward certain political representatives of it. The real highbrow was yet to come. Was Will Irwin his Inventor? Ers curfcions into the origins of words are r' always hazards; "even in the case of contemporary coinage, bat it appears i- to be sufficiently well authenticated s that highbrow is a more recent prodQ net than Mr. Depew would have us j suppose. Indeed, highball got into the diction aries before highbrow, which is not e cited in the Century of 1911 or the - Webster of 1910, though it appears a in the New Standard of 1913. il An octogenarian memory, though it A Is a marvelous storehouse of events, may at times deceive its possessor. What the district leader probably said was "silk stockings." Mr. Depew has apparently merely confuted the period at which the growing indulgence of the proletariat in f silk stockings caused the term to be > superseded by "highbrows." ? New , York World. j PROVING THAT "WOMAN PAYS" ? Tragedy or War None the Less Pitiful Because Not Expressed in Blood and Fire. 1 Upstairs in the big hospital a young woman was greeting her soldier fiance ' hack from Flanders, badly wounded. ? 1 In the waiting room the Woman Who Saw tried to kill time by writing a let' ter. ' Suddenly ttye page grew blurred, and the pen stopped. Willy-nilly, she was listening to one of war's tragedies, albeit this was not expressed in blood ami fire. For the sergeant with the bandaged arm was telling the girl who cr> f An fhn c/*ifo fliof ha nA r?cit urrjiur iiiiu vn uiv. OVJ.U ?.uai uv/ uv longer cared for her. Like the stroke of a bludgeon came his words, carrying clearly to the listener, who could not 1 stop her ears. "I'm sorry, but I care for her more, that's all. Perhaps If I'd never seen her we'd have got along all right But I did, and as soon as.I can send for her I'm going to marry her. I was billeted with her mother, and we got acquainted, and It just happened. Sorry, but it can't be helped. Her name's Marie," he concluded. And then silence fell heavily. Not a word spoke the rather plain-fooking girl beside him. Nor did she cry. After a little she took from her hand a ring, trifh cnnVi o tinr atnno nnri thmsf It* fit him. "Give it to her," she said. And without a backward glance she left the roe jo.?Loadon Kail. i