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i " I - ??? _? 7 " ' ' VOLUME LV., NUMBER 60. NEWBERRY, S. C., TUESDAY, JULY 29, 1919. TWICE A WEEK, $1.50 A YEAR PROSPERITY TOWN HAS GONE WET TEMPORARILY * ^ They Poured it on the Ground.?The Still Held as a Souvenir?Guests ? n 1 pi,? naici -JLIVUUM ? WW V Prosperity, July 28.?Prosperity is ^ not only wet by a seige of rain but our thorough going chief of police, J. C. Duncan, on Saturday morning discovered something to wet the whistle with. Kenny Sheppard, colored, v&s making illicit whiskey on ? U/v?m/n i -r\ a stove in ins uwuc uguv >u nuv amidst of Prosperity. Chief Duncan by his keen sense of smell located ^ the still from the fumes, one and a half gallons of whiskey and a quantity of mash was found. The negro fled and is still at large. The whiskey was assigned to unappreciative mother earth, while the still is on exhibit at the town hall. Winn Blanton returned Saturday to Orangeburg, after a months' stay with his grandfather, A. A. Nates. He was accompanied home by his cousin, Miss Nannie Lee Young. Mrs. Nora Wheeler of Concord, N. U., is the guest oi Mrs. jame neagm. , * Mrs. Nancy Wheeler and little Miss Frences Wheeler are spending a few days in Newberry with Mrs. H. H. Rikard. Robert Counts spent the week-end I in Columbia. Miss Ella Merchant of Saluda is the house-guest of Miss Mamie Lee Merchant. Miss Statia Philips spent Friday with Mrs. Hr ter Caldwell at Slighs. Mrs. Fair^ ' s returned to Orange 1>urg after u visit to her daughter, -Mrs. Jaris Black. f Miss Grace Wheeler is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Granville Wyche of Greenville. Miss Moss Fellers has returned from Newberry. , "Messrs. Levi Wheeler, Wm. Der* ^rick, Geo. Dreher and W. L. Black attended the reunion of the old veterans in Greenwood during the past week. Co. E. H. Aull of Newberry was in town on Thursday shaking hands with . his many friends. The Rev. James McKeown leaves Tuesday for Iva, S. C., where he will hold a series of meetings. On account -of the absence of the pastor, there will be no service Sabbath, August 3, at the A. R. P. church. W. H. Brown has returned to Newport News where he had been order* ed to report after enlisting in the navy. During the present war Prosperity had the honor of claiming the first son to volunteer in Newberry county?which was W. H. Brown. On receiving his honorable discharge from the army, Brown reenlisted in the navy. Mr. Campbell Lake spent Thursday in Columbia. Mrs. J. B. Stockman and daughter, Miss Ruth, were shoppers to Columbia on Monday. i Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Tallavast leave Tuesday for their future home ?Florence. Mr. Pearl Rikard of Atlanta is visiting at the home of Mr. A. M. Counts. J. C. Duncan, policeman, has re? ? ? I m turned from a month's stay m Tennessee and North Carolina. Mrs. H. P. Wicker and Mrs. Joe Sitz visited relatives in Columbia during the past week. Mr. W. E. Mcseley of Jacksonville arrived Sunday and is visiting his uncle, Mr. F. E. Schumpert. Mrs. Alma Nance has received a telegram telling of the safe arrival of her son, Lt. Leonard Nance, in " .New York, from over seas. Dr. and Mrs. G. W. Harmon and Viovn rotnrnoH frftTYl A tftH Ciiliuicu uaib ivuui.uvu days' stay in the mountains of North Carolina. Mrs, W. F. Adams left Monday for Wilmington, N. C. The Rev. Walter Reiser and wife en route to Springfield, Ga., after having spent their honey-moon in North Carolina, are the guests of the Matter's brother, the Rev. Chas. J. r Shealy. Mr. A. H. Hawkins spent Thursday in Columbia. * VI Hines McWaters is visiung ms .grandfather in Atlanta. Miss Ollie Counts and Mrs. Pearl Rikard are at the Columbia hospital with little Miss Sara Mae Rikard. Mr. and Mrs. Evans Bowers are spending the week in Columbia. Dr. J. I. Bedenbaugh made a professional visit to Columbia on Mon day, taking with him his patient, Mrs. Sallie Boozer. Mrs. Hunter Caldwell and little son have returned to Slighs after a visit to Miss Clara Brown. Mrs. 0. S. Miller and two daughters, little Frances and Madge, left Saturday for several weeks' stay to ? Tnyvinlo HMO 1 V/UAU* Mrs. Clyde Ward and Miss Lydia Kinard visited friends in Newberry on Tuesday. Miss Ruby Russell and Misses Ellen and Florence Wheeler left Saturday for a visit to Mrs. W. L. Fincher of Cartersville, Ga., Miss Sara Haynes is attending a j house party in Atlanta. Miss Mary Neel Baker of Greenwood is the guest of her aunt, Mrs. E. W. Werts. Miss Susie Langford left Thursday 1UX' H Vl&ll IV 11 miiouuiu. Mrs. L. L. Davis returned on Friday to Altavista, Va. She was accompanied home by her sisters, Misses Bessie and Kitty Mathis. The Misses Mathis while away will visit Washington, Baltimore and Philadelphia. Mrs. E. 0. Counts has gone to Spencer, N. C., for a visit to her sister, Mrs. T. L. Brown. Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Shealy of Co lumbia spent the week-end with relatives. Mr. J. N. Stribling has returned from a short visit to the home folks at Walhalla. Master Henry Lee Wheeler leaves this week for a visit to his grandmother at Winnsboro. Price Harman has returned from overseas and is with his sister, Mrs. J. M. Bedenbaugh. Miss Elizabeth McWaters of Columbia was home for the week-end. On account-of the high waters and bad roads the following have been guests at the Wise hotel during the past week: Prof, and Mrs. Henry and son of Clemson College, Miss Sadler of Rock Hill, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Atler and son of St. Matthews, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Smith of Goldsboro, N. C.; Major and Mrs. Mills of Florida. Miss Ethel Wessinger and Mr. Horace West of Holly's Ferry were married Thursday afternoon at the Lutheran parsonage by the Rev. C. I J. Shaely. Miss Sarah Black of Lexington is the guest of Miss Virginia Black. Mr. Malcolm Cook of Birmingham, has joined Mrs. Cook and they are visiting relatives in and around Prosperity. Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Hope, Mr. and Mrs. Spots have come by automobile from York, Pa., for a visit to Mrs. Ralph Ward at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Ward. Mrs. J. L. Wise and Miss Tena Wise will arrive Wednesday from a month's visit to Mrs. Frank Capers of Washington. They will be accorr* panied home by Miss Mary capers. Ray Gibson of Columbia was home for the week-end. B. T. Barnes and Mrs. Barnes of Charleston arrived Sunday and are visiting at the home of Mrs. J. H. Bowers. Mr. Barnes has given up his position at the navy yard in Charleston. Mrs. Lee Sligh of Columbia ia spending a while with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Fellers. Mrs. J. Bl Bedenbaugh and children cf Pomaria are with Mrs. J. M. Werts for a few days' stay. "vt:?RnkK ic vKitinu j 1U1&S UCltluuc uuuu | Mrs. Karl Markt of Atlanta. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Hunter left j Sunday for Asheville. ; Mf. C. C. Jordan spent the week| end in Greenwood. j Mr. F. N. Calmes of Newberry is i visiting at the home of Mrs. J. L. Wise. Mr. V. E. Kohn has returned from a short business trip to Columbia. On Sunday, August 3, Rev. Chas. J. Shealy will deliver his sermon on "The Lord's Day Observance." All wamKore arA nr<red to be dresent and 1I1^1UI/VXW V?*w ? Q 4the public is cordially invited. Services begin at 11:30. On Sunday afternoon Major Allen Lester lectured to the Young Peoples' Society. His talk was enjoyed by a large audience, many of them being his boyhood schoolmates, The New Nomenclation. Louisville Courier-Journal. "You seem utterly worthless. You > 4-XQTHn '' 11IU31 L/C a iiamy> j "They uster call us tramps, mum, Now they'd call us inefficiency experts." [the sunshine has fr returned after the rain c a Just like we told you the clouds a would roll away and the sunshine would appear again. The sun was i shining all the time behind the * ? * . i 1 _ clouds. Saturday it was ciear ana > Sunday was clear and hot, but the t .pleasure riders were out in their \ limousines and Packards and Fords t and all day long they chased up and s down Boundary street, a favorite ! c ! street for all the motorists, and we \ sat on the front porch and enjoyed ! 3 watching them pass by as much as j i J A \ >-? T?trarnr nrvw I uiey enjv.veu tuc numg. nV?. and again the chills would creep be- i cause we would see one car headed ? up Nance and one or may be two i coming in opposite directions along s ; Boundary, and all three about sched- < uled to come together at the inter- I section of Nance with Boundary, but c so far there has been no serious ac- a cident at this place, though two cars did come together there a few weeks i lago, but only slight damage to the c cars was the result. ;c If all the drivers would keep to the * right there would not be so much t danger, but invariably the driviers 1 turning into Nance from West Boun-!1 dary will veer just as near the left j] side as possiible, almost running on j' the sidewalk sometimes, and there is ' absolutely no regard paid to the requirement to keep to the right. But * that is true all over the town. Of 1 course, when you meet a car the rule 1 to take the right is observed, that '' is if the fellow grives you any of the ] road at all. But we are glad to see ! the people enjoy themselves, and that so many are able to own handsome 1 cars and also able to keep them go- '' ing, because it means' that they are < prospering and that is good for the community. v ^ 1 ( Speaking about Boundary street and the motorists driving out that way, it has for many years been a favorite driveway, even back when ' we had only buggies and hacks, the j young man who took his girl buggy driving away back in the other days invariably used Boundary as one of the roads over whicih he drove. In j fact it is a mighty fine street any ! j way, it just needs a little attention in ^ I some places. . , DRIVE TO START AGAINST < ADULT ILLITERACY. J There has been a good deal to say j about the illiteracy among the white people of South Carolina especially , since the enrollment of voters in the . primary a few years ago when so many made their mark instead of signing their own names. We never ; I t-hnf. was ,1 fair index to the I UXU VliittXk VKMW ?. , I i illiteracy of the people, and that [ there was more made of it than was < warranted, but the situation is bad enough, and much worse than it ] should be. ( For the past several years there . have been conducted in various places , in the State what are termed night ^ schools, and the teachers did the work without pay and much good < was accomplished and many adult ] j persons were made to be able to read ( ' * * 1 7 - - - A lnf and sign tneir names a.uu wnuc icir , ters> According to the census of 1910 1 there were 276,980 persons in this 1 j State over ten years of age who were 1 termed illiterate. Of these 50,245 1 iwere white and 226,242 negroes, < ! That percentage no doubt has been j i greatly reduced since that census was !taken. The census is to be taken in i : i i . I 11920, arid it is desired that the per- . jcentage shall show a much less num- ^ i ber. In the counties with large ne!gro population the percentage is I much larger than in the counties with large white population. The largest ] percentage of illiterates was in Lee j county with 37.8 with Berkeley close j behind with 37.7. In Newberry coun- i L i ty ths percentage was 19.6, with the 1 lj negroes showing 30.6 per cent. The ; ' j illiteracy among the whites was only ? 13.7 ner cent. ] It is proposed to have a drive in 11 ' the counties of the State beginning! the first of August to be known as , : lay by schools. The campaign in this county is in charge of Miss Ola Brown who will be assisted by Miss Sadie Goggans. They will begin work of organization this week and i j wherever a class of ten adults can be | secured a teacher will go and teach .jeither at night or in the afternoon. - It is proposed to make the school a I social centre as well as ? school anil * nake it attractive and create a omnranity interest. There will be i course of 24 1 in each school Lnd more if desired. There is no excuse for any person n this day not being ableto read and vrite if he desires to read and to vrite. If any one by any chance has >een permitted to grow to manhood vithout the advantages of the school here should be 'no reason why he ihould not take advantage of this >pportunity to be able to read and to vrite, at least, and when he gets that far he can pursue the course and educate himself. The last legislature provided a rund to pay the teachers and the organizers for their work, and the effort of those in charge of the work should have the hearty cooperation >f all the people. The Herald and slews is ready and willing to aid in my way that it may be able in this vork. mi _ L L mere was an enori, tu nave a. neeting of the trustees of the schools )f the county on Saturday to talk >ver the plans of organization and to ind out where the people would be ;he most interested. There were representatives of only seven or eight of the schools present but there was much interest manifested by these and the work will move forward at once. All persons who would be below ;he third grade may enrol to make lp the minimum class of ten, and then any others who may desire may attend the school. And one teacher may be able to teach more thaft one 3chool. The classes could meet in the late afternoon and unite a picnic once in a while with the school, and the soijal intercourse would5 be helpful. What you get in the books is not [>y any means all of an education, but 5very citizen should at least be able to read and write and have a sufficient education of that sort to be able to attend to his own business and transact the ordinary affairs of business. But education is a great ieal more than that. Every- white adult in this county tvho can not read and write his own name should be glad of the opportunity to be taught, and should burn; up :he school and attend regularly, and f they will do this we should he able :o show in the next census n very small percentage of illiteracy in New berry county. Certain centers on which to work Tor adult schools have been chosen. A.t those schools moonlight picnics will be held from 7:30 until 9 p. m. as follows: * Tuesday?Mt. Bethel-Garmany, St. Lukes, Mt. Pilgrim, Trinity, Union, Hunter-DeWalt. Wednesday?St. Phillips, O'Neall, Monticeilo, Jalapa, Bush River, Slighs. invitpH to c.ome and X lie |/ UUA1W AM . .??? - ? bring well filled baskets. During the evening speakers will arrive who will address the crowd on "Lay-By" schools. After this the names of those who will join will be taken. The trustees of Wheeland and rabernacle have made their canvas nobly and their schools may open at 3nce. Mt. Pleasant will be organized later by Mrs. J. W. Caldwell. A c"-" ?~?nViAAlo will Ko nflrmii-f LCW II1UXC OtilUVIO VT14A UV |/V4.Aft4AWW\* ?. trustees will let it be known that their community wants such schools. The following teachers have offered their services: Misses Sara Wallace, Sara Caldwell, Mattie Cromer, Elberta Sease, Louise Best, Annette Long and Mrs. J. W. Caldwell. An institute for teachers will be held at 3:30 p. m. Tuesday, court house. All teachers are invited. Henry H. Chapman. Mr. Henry H. Chapman of near Peak died on Saturday night after an illness of several weeks with dropsy and was buried Sunday afternoon at 5:30 at St. Johns Lutheran church, the service being conducted by the Rev. Carpenter and Rev. J. C. Wessinger. Mr. Chapmna is survived by his widow and two daughters and e nrna 77 TTQO rc O Cftl UVe SUI19. lie nao ? jvuig vx Mr. John Henry Baxter who conducted the funeral says it took him until 1 o'clock Sunday night to make the return trip home with his hearse. He did not use his auto hearse as he was told the -roads were too bad to undertake it, but he says h2 could have made it and saved much time. Discontent is the want of self-reiiance; it is infirmity of will.?Emerson. NEGRO EX-SOLDIER INSULTS LITTLE WHITE GIRL. Saved From a Summary Punishment by the Prompt Action of Sheriff Blease.?Taken to Penitentiary. On last Thursday about nobn a negro ex-soldier, but recently returned from France, insulted a little wVii+p crirl ahotit 14 or 15 vears of asre as she was walking along the street on her way to town. She ran and gave the alarm and the negro was arrested by the officers and identified by the girl and lodged in jail. As soon as it became known the i people began to discuss the matter and about 5 o'clock in the afternoon la crowd very quietly got togeiner, (not a large crowd, but determined, jand decided to go to the jail and I take the negro and give him sumjmary justice. There was no excite| ment. In fact, it was not generally j known that anything had gone wrong in the town. The negro's name is Elisha Harper, a son of the Rev. T. F. Harper, a very good and quiet citizen who has lived in Newberry for many years and bears a good reputation among all the people. Elisha is about 25 years old and has been in the army for some time, and was in the service over seas. When searched at the jail it was found that he had in his possession a number of pictures, and most of them white women, but none of the indecent character. These probably were brought by him from over sea. Sheriff Blease came in the 4:00 o'clock train, having been at the inquest at Pomaria. As soon as he arrived he heard of the arrest and got an intimation of what was under way ; as to the negro, and immediately | made arrangements to take the negTO in his automobile and .get, him out of town, and so quietly was it done that those who were arranging to make a raid on the jail Knew nothing of it. j When they arrived at the jail a | few moments after the sheriff had j gone Jailer Sanders promptly offer- j | ed to open the jail for them, but his j I willingness to let them in convinced ] them that what they were looking for | had departed, and they did not take i up the offer of the jailer to go in. j Even if they had been given the j keys it would have been next to im! possible for them to get in the jail, but the sheriff thought the best thing to do was to get the negro out of town, and it was. When the crowd found that the j prisoner had departed with the sher- \ j iff they concluded that he would j scarcely undertake to go through the country to Columbia in the condition of the roads, but here again they were mistaken. But they went to 1 11 ? *? Crt fft-nn rr tliinHnff i XTUbpcntyy dui/uu *j\j oui\jj ithat the sheriff would undertake to I board the train there with the prisj oner, but at that time he was very Inear to Columbia. Sheriff Blease was accompanied by : Deputy Sheriff W. M. Dorroh and Rastus Eison. They went around by Prosperity and Leesville and reached Columbia about 10 o'clock. Then they had to get a commitment from i Gov. Cooper before the authorities j | at the penitentiary would receive j Harper. j Sheriff Blease says the roaas are ; | fearful, and they must be, when it! j takes him five hours to drive to Co-! | lumbia even around by Batesburg. , He left his car in Columbia. | It is well that he got the negro | out of the way, because if the ne:groes had undertaken to defend j Harper there would probably have i been trouble in Newberry. It is not ] likely that the colo^d people of this 1 * 1 L- 1-- X community would unaenaKe to up-1 hold a man who is guilty of this of-1 fense, but would let him take the j consequences of his wrong doing. This should be a lesson, not only to the ex-soldiers who are returning, but to all others. The good women and girls of this Southland will be j protected, and one who does aught) to offend or insult must know what I the fate will be. I The best thing that these return- j ing negro ex-soldiers can do is to get them a job and go to work as soon as they return. Then they will be more j likely to remain out of trouble. But j if they undertake to get out of the : place- which to them rigktly belongs i t- * . . j . , ' ? there will be sure to be trouble in the old town. The white people of this section are the best friends the negro has, but he must not presume too much. There is a mark which he must not cross without danger to himself. One came in here on Friday without letting his people know that he was coming, as he wanted to surprise ,them, and there was no one here to i Tin coj/^ Vi a Vi i if meet iiHiit iic miu in. home, and he was going back to the ! place he left on Mr. Charley Suber's [plantation, and he was going right to ! work. If that be true, it is the rieht th'ng to do, and the great thing ic keep from getting in trouble. < > <$ ' $ & <? -$>> \<*> & < > ATTENTION oGLDi^X^. <s> ^ n # * /> -5> <? ^ : ; : *. \ ?? -\ .i. q, An earnest e'iorz is i?:~. r.i ?c to fret a permanent record of every ; n who liit'j Icr; > -*.0 "*' 23 army cr r { .. l\rc*.v .v? < < _ y. The cou.v y hr.vixl;-;-j it r?cor<* V-;!.-:... c.:. se, and the Red Cross is paying for the work. This is to urge every man. J who has been in the service to send his discharge papers to Mr. John C. i ' ^ ? ?'*?'? fVio nAnrt Mow- j | iruggaiis, uci& ui \,n\i WM1.V, . ' berry, S. C., as early as possible. j Mr. Goggans will become responsible for these papers and will return them j promptly as soon as they are record- * ed. 1 It is very desirable to have thia record on the part of the county as future generations will want to A know what part we took in this me- f morable struggle. It is equally de- : sirable for the man as the discharge I 1 A J M/I^WAVTA^ OTI/1 f papers may de iosi, ui ucbuvjcu, auu it is vety difficult to have them duplicated. This record will be permanent, authoritative, and easy of I access. The work is being done with- f out expense to the soldiers, and they / are urged to send their discharge pa- ? pers while there is arrangement for ? recording them. f Please give this matter your im- * mediate attention. 1 J. W. Carson, J />1 * TT ? /x rvP ? I ^nairman xiuuic ocivx^c k/wuvii ?#?. t} | the Red Cross. ?* RACE RIOT BREAKS ? IN CITY OF CHICAGO ? Trouble Begins With Petty Quarrel* *. ing at 29th Street Beach in < Negro District. e j Chicago, July 27.?A series of riots * in the negro district late today re- u suited in the drowning of one negro, 'j the reported drowning of a white man, probably fatal injury of anoth- i | er negro, the wounding of a police- I ; man and injury to a score of whites \ | and blacks by bullets or missiles. * Police tonight said that they had the situation well in hand. The trouble started at the Twentyninth street beach, where whites and blacks are segregated, and sooii . spread to State street, the main thor- " oughfare in the heart of the negro district, which extends about five miles. Shooting started near ? the * beach and there was also some shoot- } ing in the vicinity of State street. " } j Origin of Trouble. . ^ I Although ill feeling between whites ^ | and blacks on the South Side has exi tended over a period of months, em j phasized by bomb explosions, some shooting and numerous fights, today's j riots seem to have had th 4ir start in | petty quarreling at the beach. Re- $ ports that negroes wandered across the dividing line to the white section of the beach, and that^ the whites amused themselves by throwing small * stones at negro bathers appeared th8 most plausible cause. Soon after the $ fighting started a negro fled, pursued ! by a number of whites. He to5k ! shelter behind a building and began r j shooting at a policeman who had join- I ed in the pursuit, and who returned g the fire. The negro finally aurrendered. ? COMMUNITY MEETING I AT MT BETHEL GARMANY jP i There will be a moonlight picnic and community meeting at Mt Bethel- i . Garmany this Tuesday afternoon iTom 7:30 to 9:30 for the purpose of organizing a lay by school in the com- j " ' t munity. Dr. W. C. Brown and E. H. Auil have been asked to make shori; ; talks on the lay by school and botii. i have promised to be present. .. < . ; I . J * ir t ' . ' .....J