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jpppppi^ ~?* ~ > VOLUME LV., NUMBER 50. NEWBERRY, S. C., TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 1919. TWICE A WEEK, $1.50 A YEAR The Boys Who To Have Co Free Barbecue and Pic Band of Music and Everyi "Wednesday, July 2, is the time j when the white people of Newberry county, men, women and children, < ? i will assemble on the college campus . to welcome our white boys who are J now home after serving our country ! in the world "War. A free barbecue 3 . dinner will be provided for the sol- ! diers and an address of welcome ] will be made by Dr. Geo. B. Cromer. - -- it When our boys left we gave tnem j every assurance of our interest, our ! gratitude and our love, and in our ! hearts and on our lips we promised | them a great welcome when they J came home bearing victory with them. Many o? them?not all?are at home. They brought victory with ' ? them. It .would be a denial of our 1 nromises. a forgetfulness of the |< debt we owe them, to fail to get to- J' gether in the greatest crowd New- j' berry ever saw and with the greatest enthusiasm New"berry ever felt. It is proposed to have an immense parade with several bands playing, > * from town over to the college cam- 1 pus. Civilians will enjoy a pichic 1 dinner on the grounds. Every con- : venience possible will be ^provided by ' the committees appointed for that purpose. Every soldier is asked to wear his 1 unifo.rm. Tuesdayv June 24, a meeting pf., the committee? from .the various school districts in the new court . house at 10 a. m. will be held. At this meeting plans for this great casion will be finally completed. : v {l The celebration in h$nop-ef the f colored soldiers will Held in Hele-j] na jtify 4.' This wiU-be anoccasion |1 of great rejoicing by our colored j] friends. Their committees are act- : ively at work making the necessary ; arrangements. * . jl COMMITTEES TO MEET r COURT HOUSE TUESDAY AT 10 ^ The following committees have l>een named to have charge of the i entertainment for the soldiers and 1 sailors who have been in the service, All aalra^ +r? mppf this ! I > All Ui UiCUl axv uaavu vv u4??> Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock at the court house to complete and perfect arrangements for the entertainment of the soldier boys on next Wednes- 1 day, July 2. This is going to big a big day in i the annals of Newberry county and < there should be the heartiest good 1 will and the best of cooperation on ; the part of every one to make the i * day a happy occasion for all. It < I should be a day of thankfulness that . V so many of our boys who went over ' are able to come back and be with m* and that the awful struesrle did ii not last any longer than it did. General Entertainmnt:?Mr. Geo. W. Summer, chairman; Mr. E. E. 1 Child, Mr. Thos. W. Keitt, Mr. Geo. P. Hill, Mr. Jno. M. Kinard, Mr. H. , H. Blease, Mr. B. C. Matthews, Col. E. H. Aull, Dr. W. C. Brown, Mr. W. T. Brown Mr. T. M. Sanders, Mr. J. L. Burns, Mr. Jno. W. Earhardt, Mr. O. W. Douglass, Dr. Geo. Y. Hunter, < ^ " m r T^;_1 HT? i> WT i)p. ?. u. nentz, Mr. 1. j. uiguy, i*n. j] W. D. Stillwell, Mr. J. Y. Jones, Mr. , J._ D. Quattlebaum, Mr. W. A. < r Counts, Dr. Z. T. Pinner, Mr. Jno. C. i Aull, Mr. W. D. Rutherford, Mr. W. j, I J. Duncan, Dr. J. W. Folk, Mr. A. P. f Coleman, Mr. G. W. Johnson, Dr. W. |. J. Holloway, Mr. H. O. Long, Mr. W. I. Herbert, Mr. J. A. Schroeder, Mr. Jno. Stockman, Mr. W. T. Hunter, Mr. Geo. A. Counts. Place and Arrangement:?Mr. H. j W. Schumpert, chairman; Mr. J. H. ji j Wicker, Mr. J. B. Hunter, Mr. H. D. j j Whittaker, Mr. J. J. Langford, Mr. j j W. W. Cromer, Mr. R. C. Boylston, i ' Mr. Geo. C. Hipp, Mr. Wilson Brown, Mr. W. P. Lominick, Mr. J. H. Chap- j pell. , Parade:?Mr. K. H. Wright, chair- i > man; Mr. W. A. Hill, Mr. W. H. | Hardeman, Mr. B. V. Chapman, Mr. ( Davis, Mr. Ned Purcell, Mr. H. j< f L. Boulware, Mr. W. M. Sherard, Mr. j W. R. Watson. Mr. H. W. Lominick, ] I Are Back rdial Welcomej .nic Next Wednesday. a Good Time for. \tody Mr. E. B. Feagle. Amusement:?Mrs. F. R. Hunter, chairman; Miss Florence Bowman,' Miss Trent Keitt, Mrs. J. M. Major, | Mrs. T. P. Scott, Mrs. Clarence i Smith, Mrs. R. H. Hipp, Mr. J. Y.I McFall, Mr. I. H. Hunt, Mr. R. C.I Sligh, Mr. T. K./-3ohnstone, Dr. E. H. Kibler. I Booth:?Mrs. R. D. Wright, chair-' man; Mrs. E. B. Setzler, Miss Lucyj Speers, Mrs. J. T. McCrackin, Mrs. I E. H. Kibler, Mrs. T. H. Pope, Mrs. I W. A. Andrews, Mrs. J. P. Setzler, I Mrs. Jas. Keith, Miss Rosa Belle j Ham. | ^ DttUKA 1L. v $> <e> s> <$><?> <?> <$> 3> & <?> < ?> ^ <?> <& I call upon everybody to decorate Hipir homes and offices and stores J next week while we welcome our boys home. Let us all catch the spirit of this occasion and make the town look gay with flags and bunting, etc. \ Z. F. Wright, ? Mayor. BIG THINGS BEING DONE AT GLEN-LQWRY MILL. ** ? ??j.*-- "UL... u??J new ? . a- - ?Planning fpr Fourth July.?Im- . proveniat# pn Y. M. C. A. Special to The Herald and News/ -WfeiteKreV June .. 20.?We v have Here in the Glenn-Lowry Manufacturing -company one of the cleanest plants in the country arid we are running full time. The officiate re-! port that we are getting no;v the nfftHnation in the history of the UVUW w company. There are : no vacant houses and many are on the waiting:; list. New rooms are being added to i many of the houses and some new houses are to be built. A large boarding house is being built which will help to relieve the congested condition. This will be the third liarge boarding house that the company has furnished. For the Fourth of July we are planning big things and among the many attractions will be a barbecue,! baseball games, music by our own; band, and various field events such as foot races, greasy pole climbing, sack races, and others of this nature. This will be one of the biggest events in the history of Whitmire as most of our soldier boys will have returned by that time and it will be an occasion to give them a glad welcome home. Work on the second story addition to our Y. M. C. .A. is progressing rapidly and in a few more weeks we will have the best "Y" in the country. Equipment is being ordered to make it very complete in its work and in a very short time our people Ko oninvlriff advantages such as Will viijvj Q _ very few manufacturing communities have. We have a baseball team made up of boys who work in our mill that is having a very successful season. Last week the Aragon mills at Rock Hill sent a team over here composed of some *f the best players in the State , and the-, results for the three games were: Aragon 5, Glenn-Lowfry 5; Aragon 3, Glenn-Lowry 2; Aragon Glenn-Lowrv 6. Our team is to ! ? 7 v play three games in Rock Hill next j sveek with this same team and we ! want to win about two of the three Blames. The fast Clinton mill team I was defeated here this week 9 to 3 and yesterday our team went to Union and won a game from the Union mill team 6 to 0. Many games are being scheduled and our people are j getting to see some good ball play- ' ing. The games here are called at r ?i k nil ran p-efc to see them.1 <S ?X V ?JV V4tMV WW. ^ Our Glenn-Lowry Y. M. C. A. concert band is coming out now in the snowy white summer uniform and is giving us some wonderful entertainment in the way of good music. CAPITAL NEW! (By Jon I Columbia, June 22.?There is con- ( siderable uneasiness in regard to the j National Guard situation in South | Carolina, thpre seeminc to be an al- ! most complete lack of response to j the efforts of the State officials to | secure eight companies which have | been authorized for a battalion. With the coming of peace, the reserve mi-! litia automatically passes out, and unless there is a National Guard for- j mation there will be no troops sub- j ject to call of the governor in case of emergency. Ordinarily the civil authorities are amnlv able to handle and situation which arises in this part of the gountry, but there have I been times in the past, and there is no certainty that they may not arise | at any moment in the future, when military companies were necessary to preserve order and to protect life and property. Adjutant General Moore has recently been out on a tour of inspection of proposed companies, and 'found not a single organization with jthe required strength. The assistjant adjutant general's efforts have I also met with like lack of success. Governor Cooper has addressed a j letter to the adjutant general/s office in which he strongly urges tne necessity for a National Guard, saying that "a ^:iitary force is a necessary safer *d iO the homes of this Stat, H v Pn- vhe. .drafting of the National Guard into the military service of the United States, there, were two regiments in South Carolina. Form-1 erly ther? were three, forming a brigade,, .but; Governor Manning held the force- dawn to two regiments during his administration, for various reasons which Jie gave. . Under the present military laws of the State .and jiation. it would seem [teat ?n enlistment in the National Guard is . practically tantamount to enlistment in the Regular Army, in case the necessity should arise, and at the close of the great war the disposition among the young men who would be qualified seems to be to devote their entire time and attention to civil pursuits. It is a situation which will probably work itself out, but it may require some further legislative enactment, both federal and State. It is a matter of great importance, for, as Gov. Cooper has pointed out, while a condition that jthe civil authorities cannot handle is jnot anticipated, "still, there is aljw^ys a possibility that such a condition will arise, and should it arise | South Carolina will be helpless unless we have a National Guard." * The State superintendent of edu-J-' 1?? ?n en rv?rvtnr nro_ ! cacion nab uunmcu <x ouimuvi j??? I gram of schools with a view to decreasing "illiteracy." There has been ! considerable talk of "illiteracy" in South Carolina for some years past, 'and that there is too, much of it goes ! without saying. The compulsory education law passed by the last general assembly will be tried out at the I next school terms, and its results will be watched with a great deal of interest.' It is the right of every child jto have an education which will prepare it for life, and it is the duty of ithe parent to give it to him, and the rinfrv nf thp State to see that he gets | it. Better school conditions must come, however, with living salaries for teachers, if the State is to perform its whole duty in this matter of prime importance. The present niggardly salaries are absurd. J After next Monday legal liquor j will be a thing of the past in South ^ - i i Carolina, vv ar-time pronioniun, effective July 1, preceding national constitutional prohibition, effective next January, says that liquor must go. Not even for medicinal purposes can the people get it any more, rules the attorney general's office, construing the ruling of the federal internal revenue department. A little wine may be had for sacramental purposes, under the most rigid re-, strictions, but if a fellow is sick he must look for some other kind of medicine. True, under restrictions, such as the giving: of bonds, etc., etc., alcohol may still be used in medi-' cines. but in South Carolina such I ' f SAND GOSSIP ! i C. AulL) I i ---. ! medicines are gradually being out- j lawed. Since the quart-a-month law went into effect, under which the monthly pittance could be secured for "medicinal purposes," there have been lots of sick people in South Carolina, and lots who feared that sickness might overtake them at any ! moment; but now, if liquor was the i' only cure, they must either get well, j* or die, or move to some other coun- '* [try?and .William Jennings sryan ' M says he is going to have a "saloon- j' less world." The source of income j1 from anti-saloon work in this coun- 1 try having been cut off, no doubt he j * and a great many others will now make tHeir "labors" international. 1 j In trie meantime, the newspapers '* are publishing reports every day that stills are flourishing, including the i coffee-pot and ice cream churn va- < .riety. What the final outcome will '< ,be remajins to be seen but there can't.] be any fick any more that- there isn't ; plenty cjf law. |j i jj The telephone and telegraph strike situation in Columbia remains prac- < jtically Unchanged. The operators'* (are stilly on strike but the wire companies $re operating. There have ,been several arrest J>y federal au-1 thorities under the act against interIfereiice yith wire companies, and the j 'defendants have been placed under | bond to appear at the fall term of.j' !the United States court here. i Although this in an off-year in. State politics, fences are being built 1 jand deep-laid plans are being formed ? jto get through others' barbed wire ( lines. Some time ago Capt. J. J.. iMcSwain, of Greenville, announced ( I that* he was after the political scalp ^ jo? Congressman Sam J. Nicholls, of j?he-?oi}rtb district. There Tias been [ some intimation that Mr. Nxcholls I might not be a candidate for re-eiec|trk>n, but he has. given out no state- : jment committing' himself one way or j jthe other. J j There are certain activities notice- ,J 'able in the third district, which have ' 'all the appearance of being directed ' towards grooming a candidate to 1 place in the field against Congressman Dominick next summer. | Both Mr. Dominick and Mr. Nich- 1 (olls are on the job, both in Washing- 1 i ton and at home, and no doubt have !an eye on the situation. .1 I In this morning's newspapers it was stated that Capt. A. H. Marchant of Orangeburg, was being "urged" : to run for the office of adjutant general next summer. It would seem to be mighty early for political announcements, but pol-} j itical manoeuvers are always in orjder nTSouth Carolina. i > IREV. J. EDWARD HARMS ! GIVEN HONORARY DEGREE I 11 The friends of the Rev. J. Edward ; Harms will be pleased to know that he has beeri honored. Thfe honorary . f decree of doctor of divinity was con- . jferred upon him by the trustees of ' the Susquehanna UniTersity at a re- , cent meeting. Dr. Harms is an j alumnus of Newberry college and a , | brother of Dr. J. Henry karms for j j several years the beloved president' iof Newberry college. I The following notice is taken from ! the Weekly Globe, Hagerstown, Md., . I | of June 19: 'j Rev. J. Edward Harms, pastor of j St. John's Lutheran church, had the j honorary decree of Doctor of Divin- ( itv (D. D.) conferred upon him by Susquehanna University, Selings Grove, Pa., during the commence- j ment exercises held there this we?k. J Rev. Harms was the commencement orator at the University exercises held Thursday morning. He is a graduate of Newberry college, S. C., and Gettysburg, Semi, i ary. ] "Where shall I drop you?" ab- < sentmindedly asked the owner of < an air limousine who was taking a ( ) : friend out for a little ride. I< ! 'I ''Jog on a few hundred miles fur-.< i i ther," said the friend. "We're over i the Atlantic ocean now."?Birminsr- i i ham Age-Kerald i Assembly At \ Votes n r- ? ti ti/ will tie dignea i nts w< Body on Record J Doci Berlin, June 22.?Germany will >ign the peace treaty of the allied ind associated powers. The national assembly this afternoon by a vote of 237 to 138 decided to sign. The assembly also voted confidence in the new government of Herr Bauer, 236 bo 89. Sixty-eight members abstained from voting. On the question of signing the treaty five members of the assembly abstained from voting. Before the vote of confidence was taken, Herr Bauer, the new premier, declared that the government would sign the treaty, but without acknowledging the responsibility of the Ger man people for the war and without accepting the obligations contained in Articles 227 to 230 in the treaty relating to the trial of the former emperor and the extradition of other German personages. Weimar, June 2|.?In announcing " ' < - ? i. tne decision 01 tne government t,u 3ign the peace terms, Premier Bauer said before the national assembly today: "The allied and associated powers cannot expect the German people to igree from inner conviction to a ???? nrViaroKw TrifVlAnt iiuuumctii/ TTiivivwj the populations being consult**} Jiving members are severed from tfye German empire, German sovereignty permanently violated and unbearable MAnAMw and firjnnnial burdens im . * # !( ?- 7 -j posed upon the German people/' Paris, June 22.?Communications Prom the Germans to the council of Cour^ relating to the vote of the assembly at Weimar, reached President Wilson at 7:45 o'clock this evening and ?r<? now bein? considered by the council; One of the .communications is understood to announce that the assembly voted in favor of signing the treaty with certain reservations. It is known what the reservations are, beyond a declination to admit the guilt of Germany in starting the war and to give up the former emperor for trial. ? ?- <1 * Paris, June 22.?The council 01 four has definitely rejected the German suggestion that further alterations be made in the peace treaty. The council received four notes from the Germans, which are supposed to have been prepared in advnnrp and were held to await advices from Weimar on the result of the meeting of the assembly. President Wilson went at once to the residence of Premier Lloyd-George, where the council took up consideration of the notes. One of these, from the new Ger man government, declared that Germany was ready to sign peace if the clauses making Germany responsible for the war and calling for the trial of the former emperor were elimi UMVVUI The council of four remained in session until 8 o'clock in the evening and then adjourned for dinner The council met again at 9 o'clock and after brief further consideration took its decision to reject the Germon ro/moct iiian i vv^v*vwv. GERMANS SINK PART OF FLEET Mutinous Crews on the Surrendered PIaw .^inlr r ICCl dl ivn the Fleet. London, June 21.?Commenting >n the sinking of the German ships it Scapa Flow, Admiral Sir Cyprian Bridges said tonight: "This piece of gratuitous iniquity shows that the German is exactly the >ame as ever, with no sense of honor )r decency. There is not the slightest doubt that orders for the sinking - ~ ~~ ~ ? J n AnMA^Ivr >f tlie snips were receivcu scticnj from Germany, and that the time vas carefully chosen when the Germans were considering signing the Veimar to Sign Treaty sek.---German National lc ffnilrkYi ncr Pp/7/*p lO M MW( m iment ?? peace treaty. The whole affair is ^frankly dishonorable." London, June 21.?Nine dreadnoughts, five battle cruisers, five light cruisers and twenty-seven destroyers of the German fleet surrendered to the allies were sunk by mutinous German crews at their moorings in Scapa Flow in the Orkneys this afternoon. Seeing the Germans hoisting the old imperial colors on the German | vessels, British warships anchored nearby signalled the Germans to stop i their operations. They refused, iwViprpnnon the British oDened fire. x.___ .... | killing some of the mutiners and (wounding several others. | The German rear admiral and jmost of the crews were taken into (custody. j Three of the light cruisers and 18 iof the destroyers were' beacher by j the British after their seacocks had [been opened by the Germans. Four !<vf fV?t? Hpatrnvprs remained afloat. rt * The German fleet of 71 vessels Was surrendered just seven months ago off the Firth or Forth. The warships were taken to Scapa Flow where they have remained ever since | pending decision by the allies as to 'their ultimate disposition. Skeleton ' ' *' V ' r ' German crews were permitted to remain fn board as caretakers and - . without guard. BRITAIN MUST ACCOUNT FOR THE LOSS London, June 21.?The sinking of the German fleet in Scapa Flow may ? ? J?J AS muofaot inf DWB I DC rtJgiWUCU AO VHC ,gi^c?^V9v kawv*AM* tional bank robbery in history, what- " ever its minor aspects may be. Brit- , am must account to the allies for/ ' whatever loss may have been suffered, because she was the self-appointed receiver of the-fleet. Disposition j of the former kaiser's armada has .'never been definitely determined by I the allies, although various suggestjions have been advanced, inclding ?x niKA apportionment among uie am^ aim sinking of the whole fleet at sea. Only the barest details grudgingly admitted by the admiralty have been given to the public so far, but it is safe to predict that an uproar and demand for a parliamentary investiw?ll -fnllow nnhlir.ation of the l^atXV/il FT AAA AV*?V ft J- ? i full news. Not only is British pride fearfully hurt by this twelfth-hour German i laugh, but the national conscience is [stung because of the responsibility j assumed as curator of the German (fleet. Although it is an embarrassing contrast to the joy paeans raised over the ignominious surrender on November 22 last. So far as detailed news of the af fair is concerned the world is at the mercy of the British admiralty, because, in addition to its extreme re,moteness Scapa Flow is completely 'isolated from the rest of the world lv?ir o^mi-rnlt-.v restrictions. jKIJ [ Scathing comments are to be expected from the French press, inasjmuch as France had counted on ! acquiring some of the German ships 'to build up her own fleet and has 'rigidly opposed the >, suggestion on I sinking the fleet at sea. "This tardy scuttling of the dishonored German fleet will not add j lustre to the German reputation," I says the Express. "It is doubtful if 'any one is to blame." Fond Mamma?What have you in your apron? Daughter (breathlessly) ? Oh, mamma,, such good luck! Clara Gray's cat had six kittens, and her j mamma would only let her keep one, jso she gave me the other five.? 'judge. Hook?Oldboy is the most melancholy fellow I know. J Crook?You're right. He proposed to a girl once by asking her how she !would like to become his widsw.?? 'i v ?