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HHlUME LV., NUMBER 52. NEWBERRY, S. C., TUSEDAY, JULV 1, 1919. TWICE A WEEK, $1.50 A YEAR
^mFreaty for Wo
V Sigm
V. History Making Ceremony Occv
B ing, Smuts. Protests?-Gerau
Bfift Ratify Document to Sta
Versailles, June*28.?(By the Asso<
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J^ixndar circumstances which somewha
| who had worked and fought during^,
gotiations for its achievement.
The absence of the Chinese delega"
" .able to reconcile themselves to the S
ern empire outside the formal purvie1
note in the assembly. A written pre
lodged with his signature was anothe]
t.rpatv.
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But, bulking larger was the attituc
potentiaries, which left them, as evk
day and from the expression of M. C]
conciliation and made actual restor;
course with the allied nations depen*
liminaries of peace" today but upon
To M. Clemceau's stern warning in
r be expected, and held, too, to serve 1
pletely, the German delegates, throug
after returning to the hotel that had
-a different status after signing than 1
their separate exit before the geners
* would have signed.
| Under the circumstances the genen
ting was one rather of relief at the u
of complete and unalloyed satisfa otic
\. The ceremony came to a dramatic
\ n matic pitch?with the wild enthusias
Clemenceau and Mr. hloyd Georafe t
ignored or disregarded the min^Aisc
; ' statesmen from their escorts/anValn
. ress through the chateau g^ouncs, to
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pszx OX tiltc J/lV^XOlu nutvw . j
of all the 4kjA^entia^es,
At M J^/rsaillefi.
German J Killied and asstf?
ciated pomfl Rhe peace terms
I here todaJ^^^^^fte imperial haS
: >.T; .Tirtiw theV^HHA humhled the
kit Jtimb 48 x'v years
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This iorjB^^ended the world
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A than j*^ years. Today, the day of
x *'peace,^ the fifth anniversary of-the
' '?*- -s'Lit-iliiAw'? JESm?a;?
tr1"
a at Sarajevo. .The
ceremony of siting thft peace
terms was b^ef. Premier Clemen?ean
calledsession to order in
the h^ll "of mirrors of *&e. h$te?u of
Versailles at 3 :10 o'clock. The signing
bagan when Dr. Herman Mueller
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* and Jonannes j?eu, coe uenowi
p natories, affixed their names. Hen
Mueller signed at 3:12 o'clock and
Herr Bell at 3:13 o'clock. President
Wilson, first of the allies' delegates,
signed a minute late*. At ZAi
4 " o'clock the momentous document was
i . <otich*dedr^
^ , All the diplomats and members of
the;r parties wore conventional civil(
ian clothes. There was..a marked
lack of gold lace.^ and pageantry.
There were few of the fanciful uniforms
of the Middle Ages, whose
traditions and practices are so stern*
ly condemned in the great, seal-covered
document signed today.
? A spot of color was made against
the sombre background, by the
French guards. A few selected members
of the guard were resplendent
in their red-plumed silver ^helmets
and red, white and blue uniforms.
XAs a contrast with the FrancoGerman
peace session of 1871, Vield
in the same hall, there were present
today grizzled French veterans of tne
-rv ; rpi. J
^BTanCO-rrUSSian war. xj irsy xcptaw^
ea the Prussian guardsmen of the
previous ceremony and the Frenchmen
today watched the ceremony
% with grim satisfaction.
The conditions of 1871 were exactly
reversed. Today the disciples of
Bismarck sat in the seats of the lowly
while the white marble statue of
Etfinerva, goddess of war, looked on.
Overhead on the frescoed ceiling,
wpre scenes from France's ancient
P wars.
Three Incidents Come.
Three incidents were emphasized
. by the smoothness with which the
. ceremony was conducted. The first
of these was the failure of the Chinese
delegation to sign. The seeond
was the protest submitted by Gen.
Phristian Smuts, who declared
v- the peace unsatisfactory . The thrid,
unknown to the general public, came
from*the Germans. When the program
for the ceremony was shown
to the German delegation, Herr von
Haimhausen of the German delegate
ram* frt Wenri. French liais
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on officer, and protested. He said:
"We can not admit that the Ger
I
rid Peace ;
id at Versailles
I
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ipies Little Time?Chinese Miss- j
m National Assembly Must !
irt Process of Recovery. ,
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ciated Press)?World peace was sign- 0
irrors at Versailles this afternoon, but
v
,t dimmed the expectations of those
1 ? ~ ? "r<- nnrl rwnntKc nf TIP- ^
LUIli? y Cct Id Ui wax cviiu liiviiviM v*
tes, who at the last moment were un- ^
hantung settlement and left the east- 1
w of peace, struck the first discordant t
>test which Gen. Jan Christian Smuts rc
disappointment to the makers of the
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le of Germany and the German pieni- *
lent from the official pro -ram of the c
temenceau, still outside anj. formal re-!
ation to regular relations ^nd inter- *
ient, not upon the signature of "pre- J
ratification by the national assembly. *
I his opening remarks/that they would *
the treaty'provisions'legally and com- *
;h Dr. Haniel voniAaimhausen, replied i1
they known th^^^ould be treated on ^
:he allied renj^^Ktatives, as -shown by !(
il body^^^^Mponference, they never. ?
*1 ton^^^HRiment in the historic sit- |C
ncoj^^tible end of hostilities than |
close illt, reached its highest dra-, <
tic rece]^Hi of President wnson, m. ?
>y the cr^Bs outside the palace, who 1
iords of tSfcay. They tore the three *
lost carrie^^tm bodily in their prog- J
watch the^^fcring of the fountains a* 1
plannd as a^Htified state processional i
jmafi delegates should enter the hall t
by a different door than the entente <
delegates, nor that military honors 1
5^uld be jw&he!d. Had we known 3
t&i^vould v be such arrangements '
befor^the delegates would not have <
|*\ .Affcef a conference with th^ i
r French' foreign" ministry, it was 1
Icided as a compromise, to render i
'military honors as the Germans left. 1
.Otherwise the program . was, not ^
jchanged. x"> ,1
* ,\Aft hour' before the signing oif the
treaty, those assembled in tha- haH^
. h^d been urged to take their seats, 1
|but their eagerness to see the his- /
f+rkin>?' /vremnnv gia: so .keen thev re- *
? fused to keep their seats, and erowd-j
jedtOWardthe center ot the iiall, i
j which is so long that a good view 1
(Was impossbile from the d^aace. i
. Even with opera glasses ,the corre- i
jspondenis and others were unable to <
\observe satisfactorily. The seats
; were in no way elevated, consequent- j
ily there was a general scramble for ]
J standing room. ]
i Throufh Great Crowd. ,
j Secretary Lansing was the'first of j
rUstincniishpd diplomats to ar- 1
rive. He was followed shortly by M. S
Clemenceau and General Bliss. Few ]
of the spectators recognized any of .
the diplomats as they came in, and ]
i there were no demonstrations.
j
I The delegates of the minor powers i
;made their way with difficulty!
! through the crowd to their places at I
the table. Officers and civilians lin'
I * '
ed the walls and filled the aisles, i
I President Wilson's arrival ten min'utes
before the hour for signing was ^
greeted by a faint burst of applause ,
from the few persons wjpo were able j
to see him. |
The German c <.?>Tespondents were ;(
v ushered into the hali shortly before I
^3 o'clock and were given standing'
| a window at the rear of the ,
: co^BH^^tot's section.
} When I^Bnier Lloyd George ar- *
j rived many of the delegates sought
frn?Yi + Vio msmKprs ftf flip
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!council of four,*p.nd then busied
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themselves signing copies of the offijcial
program until the Germans en- j
tered tlie room.
At 3^clock a hush fell over the
hall antWhe crowds shouted for the C
officials who were standing to sit
idown, so as not to block the view. J
iThe'delegates showed some surprise .
| at tfce disorder which did not cease j1
until all the spectators either had j
seated themselves or found places'
j against the wall.
At seven minutes past 3 Dr. Her- :8
mann Mueller, the Germa-a secretary ;c
'for foreign affairs, and Dr Bell, the;
!colonial secretary, were shewn into:*
[the hall, and quietly took thsir seats *
!at the left end of the U-shaped table. *
I They showed composure and maninnna
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CAPITAL NEWS
(By Jon K
Ipecial to The Herald and News. .c
'Columbia, June,30.?The libel suitjp
f Andrew Jackson Bethea, former ;c
leutenant governor of South Caro- :a
ina, against/the Columbia Record'c
Mblishing company and R. Charlton !t
Vright^editor and publisher of the \
tecord/resulting Saturday afternoon i
n a .verdict of $8,000 for the plain-";]
iff'/ was or.e of the most interestirej ?
ases, from several standpoints, in* c
he recent legal annals of the State, i
Beginning on Tuesday morning*
he trial of the case consumed five 1
lays of the court.
Bethea chargedNthat the Record had '<
ibelled him in articles published in i
February charging that the authori- j
:ies at Camp Jackson had called him i
;o camp, and there forced him to c
ake off his niajor's uniform, which j
t was contended he was wearing 1
vithout authority and that the arti- j (
rles, in their statements and the j
nanner of their publication, were <
:alse, and held him up to scorn, ridi-^
:ule, etc. js
. .
The former lieutenant governor j?
vent to a training school during the .<
;arly part of November of last year, !<
shortly before the signing of the j1
irmistice, and at the conclusion of1
:he course left the training school as 1
i private, for the reason, he stated, ,1
Jiat no commissions were then be-^
ing issued in the chemical warfare j 1
service. Later, in January, he was |
^iven a commission as major in the j
ordnance branch, resrve corps. It *
was contended at the trial that Mr. J
Bethea, never having been in active
service as a major,, had no right to
ion an officer's uniform, and this po- ;<
utlon was upheld by the presiding /
judge. However, having been disiharged
as a private, it appeared ;<
thai' under the regulations he would g
save had a right to wear a private's *
zniform for a reasonable time, not'thrc*
months, within]'
tehich to procure Civilian clothing, i
wrhereaa the Record said, with consid- ['
srable embellishment, that he had 1
^disrobed," and '.fhad no right o wear >
my uniform at all."
Aa to his being "disrobed" at
Camp Jackson, the officers testified"
that they had requested him to re-]1
move his major's uniform, out tnatj
it had not been removed at the |
?mp.
The Record, in its issue of Sunday* (
February 9, displayed the matter in
big headlines across the entire first .
page of the paper, and followed it
with other displayed articles, and ^
Mr. Bethea contended that the pub- '
iications, both in the statements.
.1
which they contained and in the man-1
tier of their presentation, were false j
and malicious. The jury, after a'
- - ? t i t
tiard fought legal Dattie, iook nis
riew of the matter, with the result
stated.
The whole law of libel, together
svith the statutes governing the <
irmy, and the various rules and reg- <
alations of the war department as to 1
;he wearing of the uhiform, were in- 1
solved in the trial, and a number of 1
l,
legal propositions, as well as a huge, J
mass of testimony, came before th^jj
lourt and the jury.
Mr. Bethea was secretar^fc?~Gov- i
imor Ansel, iat^r co^e^commissionir;
then lieutenant-governor for two
fears, and was last summer a candi- 1
late for governor. The Record I
ihargad that during all -the hostili- ^
;ies he had stayed out of the service
mtil shortly before the armistice
vas signed, but Bethea presented a 1
etter which he wrote the president,; i
md a reply thereto, at the beginning j*
)f hostilities, offering his services j
vhile he was then lieutenant gover- t
lor, and said he had tried to get into t
TniT?ir?cr s/>hnnis hefnrp hp HiH p*et *
nto the one which he attended. I
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When the articles in the Record ic
|
irst appeared, they created a con
iderable sensation here, and the iT
:ourse of the matter has been watchtd
with a great deal of interest. The 1
publications were scathing in their]
enor, and were shortly followed by j i
he filing of the suit for $100,000. Ii
Several army officers were offered |
is witnesses by the defendant, and |1
>nfe of these created a near-scene in i
ourt on Friday. The plaintiff's S
AND GOSSIP
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ounsel was asking Mr. Bethea if
leople in Columbia had received
ommissions without any service at
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Hi, Or W1U1UUI/ gUillg UV uaiiimg
amp, when objection was made on I
he ground that the commissions |
vould be the best -evidence of that
'act. Former Attorney General
liyon, of counsel for Bethea, in arcuing
the point, said that that court
ourt didn't khcw that either of the.
najors sitting in court were majors
jxcept by word of mouth, that they
lad produced no commissions.
Major Marchetti arose," and adIressing
the court, said that the oficers
were not present for the pur)ose
of being ridiculed, that- he
fc'ould confess ?he was somewhat ex
:ited and that this thing had to stop.
Judge Townsend told the major if
le was excited he could go on out of
;ourt, that he didn't have to stay.
The major said he was an attorney
md kneyv his rights, and demanded
;hat "these gentlemen, if they are
such, will address us with ths proper
;itle, or else we will see that it is
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rarriea "ul m me iutuic. .n.o ?. oilier,
he contended that he was not
inder the jurisdiction of the court.
The court ruled that the major
lad submitted himself to the jurisdiction
of the court when he came into
lourt, and requested that the major
behave himself.
Mr. Lyon said the threats of a maior
would not intimidate him in the
lightest. The major left the court
room. v ^
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Governor Cooper has made an excellent
selection in the appointment
rf Mr. John M. Kinard of Newberry
is a ijxember of the new state bureau
jf -e*ftor$s and marketing, along
svith ). Iff. Mixon of Charleston and
I* Ull'TjWWU Ul r ivivucv* au*
Kin&rd is knowih throughout the
State asr one of the best posted- fitQancier3
and business men in Sooth
Carolina* ancLhere in Columbia he
has a reputation in banking circles
second to none* ,
Practically every day there are
recorded the brief details of some fa->
fcal motor car accident. There seem
to be plenty of laws on the subject,
but the laxity of enforcement, both
in the towns and rural districts, is
taking a fearful toll. Even when a
driver is. careful he is likely to receive
injury from the reckless driving
of somebody .else, to say nothing
of the pedestrians and the drivers of
horses, whose rights appear not to be
respected at all. The killing of a
child and the injury of several other
children on the Greenville-Hndersonville
road is an example. The truck,
if is stated, was being driven carefully,
with its precious freight of little
ones, but in order to avoid, a collision
with a car coming at high rate
around one of the curves so frequent
in that road, it was forced tottd
edge of the highway and^fld^H
over the embankment.
that the owners oi^^^^Hppieres
themselves would tal?JPWrtatter in
[land a^^Iemand -Observances of the
iawg^^^Rss somthing is done there
come a stringency of law,
HpRy public sentiment, which
nay react severely upon all alike.
There"' has been a rush to Baltinore
and other points lately, just
jrior to the war-time prohibition, effective
July 1. Reports are that oficers
are busy searching baggage on
;rains, and a member of the Columjia
police force was given thirty days
n jail in Baltimore for attempting
;o bring too much liquor back home.
The news from Washington is that
;he president will not act now, but
;hat as soon as demobilization is
romplete, he will so declare in a
proclamation, which would allow
ight wines and beers, at least, until
institutional prohibition becomes
iffective, which would probably mean
vines and beers for the time be
ween the beginning of the fall and
lext January.
The Columbia State, in a recent
ssue, published the following dis>atch
from Greenville: 1
"A tremendous increase in the ilicit
distilling of whiskey, which is
tlready noticeable, is expected in |
>cutb Carolina according to a state
Welcome Horn*
Newberry,
All World War Soldiers and Sa
ot IN ew berry county?nverj
quested to Wea
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PROGR
11:30 A. M.?Address of Welcoi
' Response, Private
1:00 P. M.?Free barbecue for
War zn the gymnai
1:00 P. M.?Open air basket j
pus grounds.
3:00 to 4:90 P. M.?Band concert
4:00 to 6:00 P. PJ.?Picture show
j.Aft i. T.nft d n/* t? i
lU i iuu ? . Ifi,?uauu i.u:?.ci i
7:00 to 11:00 P. M.?Open air da
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The friends from the country are
the day, and all the functions are to
be a full dress affair. The idea is to
1 hp at. ease. Anv one who should undc
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1 will be very odd- and very much cut o
| dhy. Thankful that so many of the t
{that the world is again at peace.* T1
j Thankful that you live in a land of j
i her duty to see that every one else is
'as fas tas it is possible. ?
Order of P
Assemble at 10:30.
1. Whitmire band.
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! 2. Citizens.
3. Newberry band.
4. Boy and Girl Scouts. *
5. Red Cross.
6. Camp Jackson ba^d. ,
7. Soldiers and sailors.
Units Will Fqi
Band No. 1 at corner, Mayes Dru$jr
Citizens on Nance street between-^
Bov and Girl Scouts on Bovce stre
House. ' ?
Bed Cross immediately, behind Boy
Band No. 2 on lawn on. north side
<wi JBoy Scouts. 1'/. |
j Band No. 3 to assemble on cornfcz
store and march in front of soldiers a
Soldiers and sailors on public squa
The; tine of march; will be from the
?a rVilfocr* atrAet tn the Collece.
Marshal* in. Charge
Citizens?W. A. Hill, W. IJ,, Harde
.. Boy and Girl Scoots?Ned Purcell t
Bed Cross?T. E.. Davis and H. 1*. I
Soldiers and Sailors?B. V. Chapmi
Marshal-in-Chief?K. H. Wright,
Committee .Chain
Entertainments?Geo. W. Summer.,,
: Parade?It. H. Wright.
Beetle?Mrs. R. D. Wrights
Amusements-Mrs. F. R. Hunter.
Place and Arrangement?H. ,W. Sc
Barbecue?Otto Klettner.v .
?Mm Moru TTant. Mum Sad
The Red Cross committee asks the
are to take part in the parade, to as&
9:30 o'clock Wednesday morning.
(* The women will wear white dre^
| The men will wear white bands^Hj
T-f -fiirfhor
PRern District
. Illicit distilleries
BBp^rcung up over all this section,
^TrTLyon said, where before the business
of making whiskey was practiced
almost exclusively by the moun
jtaineers.
j "In order to more fully enforce
the prohibition law after July 1 a
new man, Mr. Wannamaker, has
| been added to the local revenue
j force,. making six men employed in |
the work of running , down distilleries.
So great has been the activity
fViio contiAn tliot fVlo lnnnl TPVPTIMP i
ill VU1?> OWV1VAA V1AMV V4*V vv.. ? ? , ^ ^
men have been unable to operate in
any but four counties, Grenville, Anderson,
Pickens and Oconee, al- j
though the territory in this district
includes 18 counties. It is possible
that the force will have to be increased
after July 1."
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law officers of the State to a con-1
ference, at which the enforcement |
of all laws will be discussed.
Death of Mrs. Anna Coleman.
Mrs. Anna Coleman died at the
Coleman homestead in Saluda county j
.last Thursday night about 11 o'clock
land was buried- at the Coleman
burying ground the following day.
She is survived by several children,
At ? -?r_ 1/ a ?
among uiem iur. in. xx. wicuutu, auu
many relatives. She was 79 years
old.
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i Celebration
S. C. July 2nd
Jlors Honor Guests of Citizens
r Soldiers and Sailor is Rer
His Uniform.
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ne, Dr. George B. Cromer.
John W. Wood.
soldiers and sailors of the World
sium, Newberry college.
sicnic for civilians on the camon
college campus.
free to soldiers and sailors,
on public square.
nee on the public square.
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expected to come prepared to s^end ,
be informal, and none of them isrWNa^
make yourself comfortable. And to
;rtake to rig out in full evening attire
>f place. .This is iq be a thanksgiving
>oys are home once more. Thankful
lankful that the terrible war is over.
A? T rMolrfl l-f \\ia AT*
JlcXILy. JJCt CVC iy VUC iiic^sv^ X* iXitf V*.
made to feel comfortable and at ease
'arade. " j
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St.nrp . t. A !v J
peiji House. a?d Mayes corner. A
et.letween National bank and Opera fl
and Girl ScOuts on Boyce street.
of old court bouseto march in front- j
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' of Wm. Johnson & Son's hardware fl
nd sailors. '
re in front of old court house..
point of organization on Main street
of Diff?r?at Units. . flj
man, H. W. Lominick. .
md 6. E. Feagle. fl
Joulware. '' . _ H
in, W. R. Watson, !?. $? Sfcerrard. H|
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men Assignments.
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Cross, communicate
PROF. L. C. SULLIVAN
PHYSICAL TRAINING TEACHER
L. C. Sullivan of Georgetown, Ky., %
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' nas accepted me pusiuuu ux jjuyarctu
training in Newberry college' and
will come to Newberry September
1st.
Mr. Sullivan is a graduate with*
the degree of A. B. in Georgetown
college. He made a very high record
in his academic work, and was a star
athlete, being considered one of the
best baseball Ditchers in Kentucky.
He was assistant coach there, and
was athletic director of his battalion
during the war. / - t
He is recommended by President
Adams of Georgetown as a fine
scholar and splendid young man of ,
clean life and high ideals. M
WARNIING IS ISSUED
AGAINST WAR BOOKS 1
Washington, June 27.?The war >
department today issued a warning
to the public against "solicitors of
so-called historical books and publi
cations of no historical value, and
published solely for commercial purposes."
The department has been,
informed that in many parts of the
country agents were calling upon
parents of soldiers, offering, for
various sums, to publish photo*
graphs and service records of the
soldiers in books, covering a single
county or city. Most of these books
have been found to possess no value.
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