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: ' VOLUME LV., NUMBER 62. NEWBERRY, S. C., TUESDAY, AUGUST S, 1919. TWICE A WEEK, *1.50 A YEAR \ | * PROSPERITY NEWS FOR HERALD AND NEWS READERS ) Tfce Bowers Family Hold Reunion. Fine Hogs of V. E. Kohn?A \ ' Lovely Rook Party. Special to The Herald and News. Prosperity, Aug. . 4.?A lovely morning affair was the rook party ^iven Wednesday morning by Mrs. E. W. Werts in honor of her niece, Miss Mary Baker of Greenwood. The porch was made cozy with ferns, and y;ut flowers, where four tables of roolc were played. Miss Lazette - Counts won first prize, a box of stationery/while the consolation fell to Miss Ella Merchant. A pleasant * morning was made more pleasant by the service of ices and cake by little Miss Mary Barre and Catherine Werts. The Young People's society of -Grace church had a most enjoyable outing on Tuesday afternoon when they motored to Brown's grove on a ; picnic. Rev. and Mrs. Chas. J. l # Shealy were the honor guests. K The annual Bowers reunion was L held Wednesday at the old home I place now owned by J. Lindsey " Bowers. The following families > were present: J. Lindsey Bowers and family, N. E. Bowers and family, Mrs. Sammie Bowers and family, v Mr. Pierce Bowers and family, Mr. <jeorge Bowers of Plains, Ga. These with the grandchildren and great grandchildren made a total of 94 present. - The honor guest was Rev. Chas. J. Shealy. A most bountiful and ^elightful picnic dinner was served tinder the spreading oaks. Prof, and Mrs. L. A. sease 01 Clemson College are visiting Dr. G. Y. Huftter. % Mr. V. E. Kohn left Saturday for Columbia to complete arrangements for the Hampshire hog sale which he holds at the State fair grounds on "Wednesday. Mr. Kohn shipped two car loads of Hampshires for this sale, which he raised on his farm about two miles from town. There is one hog in' the lot which will bring around $500. Mr. S. J. Kohn, father of this prosperous' young '* * farmer, will leave Monday for Columbia to be present at the sale. Miss Mira Hunter has returned from Clemson College. Her cousin, P Miss Helen Sease, came home with ' *.her. * Miss Ruby Wheeler reached home Thursday after having attended the summer school at Charlottesville, Va. The annual Aull reunion will be held Tuesday, August 5, at Young's grove. J. C. Taylor and Mrs. Taylor spent Monday with Mrs. A. G. Wise. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Taylor have rooms in the Bowers house new oc * * r t n rr cupied by Mr. ana Mrs. j. r>. x. Scott. Mrs. Jacob S. Wheeler has as her guests her sisters," Mrs. Morrow of JFlotada, Mrs. Agnes Fayssoux and Miss Liza Bell Curlee and her mother, Mrs. Curlee of Winnsboro. Dr. 0. B. Simpson made a professional visit to Columbia on Saturday. Dr. and Mrs. G. A. Pugh and chil dren of Columbia college are visiting the former's mother, Mrs. Caroline Pugh. Mrs. Carrie McWaters left Satur' day for Washington where she will take a special course at a corset mj school. From Washington she will R go or to New York for a visit to ber p brother, Mr. William Kinard. I Miss Mary DeWalt Hunter has gone North for several weeks' stay. A. R. Kohn of Columbia visited his parents last Friday and Saturday. The Newberry college reunion at Little Mountain was weli attended by people from Prosperity and the surrounding country. Mrs. J. 0. Hipp and children of Charlotte are visiting Mrs. George Taylor. / Mr. and Mrs. Jake Amick and * daughter of Chappells are the guests of Mrs. Harriet Harman. Miss Grace Reagin is spending the week in Newberry with Miss Sudie Dennis. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Schumpert of Youngs Island arrived Friday for a visit to relatives. Miss Marguerite Wise of the Columbia hospital is spending her vacation with her mother, Mrs. Rosa Les/ ter. Dr. and Mi*. Rinehardt of Pinewood, en route to Saluda, spent Wedo ' ' v ' v" ' -:>:, i nesday here with friends. Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Wise have returned from a short stay to Columbia. 4 Messrs. B. T. Young, Johnie Hawkins, W. J. Wise and-J. A. Counts - * ~ ' * * TTT . J 1 motored to uoiumDia on weunesuay. j Mr. J. B. Stockman and family have returned from Columbia. While i there Miss-Ruth Stockman had her 1 tonsils removed. ] Mrs. Isadore Ruff has returned to 1 I Florida after a visit to her son, Mr. 1 Will Ruff. i Miss Gladys Hiers returned on 1 Tuesday to Georgetown, accompan- \ | ied by Miss Doris Kohn. i j J? -j? T> : J j Miss rneima ijaaay ui dc?huci i ; City, N. C., is the guest of Mrs. Vir- 1 gil Kohn. 1 Master Allen Wise Taylor of J Batesburg, en route to Walhalla, < spent Tuesday with his grandfather, ] Mr. A. G. Wise. Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Morris spent Tuesday in Columbia. 1 Messrs. Georgie Merchant of Mayesville and Pauline Counts of ? Greenwood are the house guests of ] Miss Alma Gibson. ( Miss Annie Laurie Lester and ? - * i i ^ 1 Maj. Allen Lester spent several aays i during the past week in Columbia I with their sister, Miss Lena Lester. Mrs. Nellie Hunt has returned from Franklin, N. C. B. T. Barnes and Mrs. Barnes are visiting in Little Mountain. Miss Rebecca Harmon is visiting her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W. P. B. Harmon of Ninety-Six. Day Werts has returned from a short visit to his aunt, Mrs. J. B. Bedenbaugh of Poauiro. Miss Eunice Long spent Wednesday in Columbia. Mrs. F. E. Schumpert is spending the ,week-end in Columbia. Dr. E. N,-. Kibler has returned < from a month's stay to Glenn J Springs. i Mr. and Mrs. Omerle Lorick of Columbia are the guests of Mrs. Walter Wise. i Misses Mary DeWalt and Ruth 1 Hunter have returned from several 1 days in Columbia with Mrs. Hunter i ! at the Columbia hospital. J Miss Bess Bowers left Thursday for Columbia for the mastoid opera- i tion. I _ ^ Mrs. J. A. Counts spent Tftursaay ? and F>iday in Columbia. 1 Ex-Gov. R. I. Manning, Mrs. Man- ] ning and son of Sumter were guests < at the Wise hotel on Friday. Mr. J. K. Mayfield has returned to Denmark after a short visit to Mr. ' S. S. Birge. * ] Miss Erin Taylor of Bachman j j Chapel is visiting Mrs. Lois Domi- J i ni^c. j Ernest Dominick has returned ! from several weeks' stay to Saluda. < | Mr. E. L. Luther and family re- ] turned on Saturday to their home in Columbia. * j Mrs. J. F. Browne will reach home this week after a month's stay in Vir- i ginia and North Carolina. j ] j Mrs. Ralph Ward returned to York, Pa., with her parents, Mr. and : Mrs. D. L. Hake. Mr. George Merchant of Mayes- < ville is spending a while with his ] daughter, Mrs. Ira Gibson. , Mr. and Mrs. Hoke, Ruth Hoke of ] Rockton spent the week-end with j Mrs. J. L. May. LeRoy Fellers of Columbia was ] ! home for Sunday. 1 ! Lieut. Luther Bowers reached I j home Wednesday after having .seen i j service over seas. ! Miss Annie Redford of Clemson ! < College is visiting Miss Sara Haynes. j i Mr. and Mrs. Karl Markt and i < | Mr. R. L. White arrived Sunday, by j automobile from Atlanta for a visit ] to their many relatives and friends. Mrs. J. I. Oxford of Rock Mount, i Ga, and her soft, Vernon Wallace of < New York are the guests of Mrs. ] | George W. Harmon. < j Mr. F. N. Calmes left Saturday for j \ several days stay to Laurens. (1 J Mr. Pierce Scott, en route to Newberry. from Goldsboro, N. C., stop- < ped over for a short visit to his father, Mr. J. B. T. Scott. i - " ? * /"* 1 i_ ^ _ i Miss Elizabeth May 01 uoiumoia j spent the week-end at home. Dr. and Mrs. J. I. Bedenbaugh and Mr. J. A. Price left Sunday for Lynchburg, Va., where Dr. Bedenbaugh will visit the Piedmont Motor car factory. Mr. C. M. Simpson has returned to | Richmond after a visit to Mrs. simp- > ( | son at the home of Mrs. J. Sidney j ?Wheeler. ' ( i J .j. . 'is?is r-.t-:-:' - 5WEARINGEN TELLLS OF THE CAMPAIGN On the Outcome of Which Depends Whether South Carolina Shall or Not Be Illiterate. \ Is South Carolina to be literate or illiterate? Is the blight of ignorance ;o be lifted from our people? Is the. progressive and enlightened Chrisnan citizenship of the State content to tolerate long an environment of illiteracy or near illiteracy? Shall there remain among us so large a jroup of forgotten and unlettered men and women, shall these folk be taught the rudiments o? education that should have been given them in * l -iji JO oi__n iu. cneir cnnanoou : onuu, uic nnaiatvco and omissions of the past stapd uncorrected or shall these errors be remedied now so far as possible? Let the teachers, preachers, editors, physicians, club women and f other thoughtful leaders answer. The hour has struck for action. An aroused public conscience has recognized the evil. Every consideration j. of unselfish Christian service as well as of State pride warns against further procrastination and urges to immediate efforts. Words enough have been spoken and written. The work not only invites but challenges every man and woman who can lend a hand and become a worker. Adult schools for illiterates and night schools for near illiterates ruitrht to he unnecessary in democ - -- racy. If the State's educational system were properly organized, financed and operated, even the illiterate cKild ought to be impossible. But the correction of these public school weaknesses concerns only the youiig. Drdinarily, the invitation of the public .'school reaches the growing generation. Its opportunities seldom belong to men and women who come to maturity without mastering the tools and the rudiments of knowledge. Ihese improvements must come before South Carolina's educational sys tem can accomplish its full work. But to wait for these improvements now is to condemn thousands to continued illiteracy and to fasten upon the State the blight and the reproach of ignorance. The Statewide compulsory attendance law of 1919 is the first step in :he right direction. The illiteracy appropriation of $25,000 should prove equally helpful in reaching adults. TVjfv. CinVinivinarf nf Dflllaa ini. r i tu w va. Texas, is visiting his brothers, Messrs. P. E. and J. C. Schumpert. Mrs. Frank Merchant and Miss Ruby Mae Merchant of Newberry ire visiting Mrs. John Crosson. Mrs. Warren of Sailsburg, Md., is spending a while with her daughter, Mrs. 0. B. Simpson. Alvin Bedenbaugh spent Sunday n Greenwood. Mr. Hampton Boozer has returned :o Ninety-Six after a visit to Mrs. J. B. Stockman. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Grant of Saluda *rp visitinp- relatives here. ' * o ? Mr. W. B. Wise of Little Mountain spent the week-end with his brother, Mr. A. G. Wise. Mrs. V. E. Kohn and her guest Miss Gaddy are spending a few days n Columbia. Mrs. Sam Spence of Columbia and Miss Ellie Cameron of Saluda spent ;he week-end with Mrs. Jim Hunt. Mr. J. N. Stribling spent Sunday vith friends in Clinton. Mr. S. S. Birge is spending a few iays in Columbia. IVTv T n Hunt hns crnnp t.n Ker shaw on business. All members are requested to be present at the August meeting of the William Lester chapter U. D. C., which meets Tuesday afternoon at 5 o'clock with Mrs. J. H. Crosson. Major Allen Lester who is a direct iescendant of Col. William Lester, for whom the chapter is named, will make an address. No services will be held in Grace church during the month of August. George Lyles, one of Prosperity's nost respected negroes, died Tuesdayit the State hospital, Columbia, af:er several months' illness. Lyies ivas a leader among his race, and before losing his health was town barker, ran an undertaking business and >wned land in Prosperity and a farm near here. The funeral was held at Shilo Methodist church on Wednesiay afternoon. Many floral offerngs were sent by the white friends >f the deceased. Nevertheless, the prime need is not money, but men and women who will be ashamed not 'only to make their own mark, but to have around them fellow beings who are forced to make their mark. The stigma of a cross after the name of any democratic voter should make him resolve to learn to write his signature before 1920. The records of the draft act show hundreds of South Carolina boys who wholly untaught and hopelessly ignorant could not render de j sirable and expected service to their ! country in the hour of peril. Should j not these men be taught? The danj gers to the State and to society which I lurk in their groping blindness are j clearly seen in the shipwreck and j torture of Russian. The colleges, the ! schools, the churches and the press j have pledged their support" to the ini tensive campaign to be conducted -fr-nm Jnlv 1Q1Q tVironp-h June. 1920. I i.4V?4 V j 0.. | i The lay by schools in August are ofj fered to the farmers because August j is our holiday month. The State dej partment/ of education is seeking to | teach 10,000 men and women to i write their names before September. ! 1st. This can be accomplished only j through the individual personal help i of an army of workers. The camI paign may be conducted in the kitchen, in the nursery, in the barnyard, in the work shop, in the store. The Tvrnoat anri T.pvitp mav not see from the distant side of the road and may pass ofc. The Good Samaritan will not have to travel far to find his illiterate neighbor and to lend a hand. Who among us loves the cause and I loves South Carolina enough to help? J. E. Swearingen. COTTON CONDITION IS GIVEN AS 67.1; 11,016,000 BALES P Washington, Aug. 1.?A^ cotton production of 11,016,066 bales this year was forecast today by the department of agriculture, basing its estimate on the condition of the crop! July 25, which it announced as 67.1 per cent of a normal. A forecast of 10,986,000 bales was made last month on conditions existing June 25. Last year's crop was 12,040,532 bales. The condition of the crop June 25 was 70.0 per cent, of a normal and on July 25 a year ago it was 73.6, while the ten-year July 25 average is 76.1. /Condition July 25, by States, follows: Virginia 80 North Carolina 76 South Carolina 71 Georgia 67 Florida 50 Alabama 64 Mississippi 63 Louisiana 52 ' Texas 67 Arkansas 63 > Tennessee 67 Missouri 67 Oklahoma 70 California 100 Arizona 93 TRIBUTE TO LEVER FROM BOTH PARTIES Republican and Democratic Leaders Express Regret Over His Departure. Lewis Wood in Columbia Record. Washington, Aug. 1.?Regret- is expressed by Republican as well as Democratic leaders that Representative Lever is soon to leave his seat in the house. "Mr. Lever is one of the most industrious, conscientious, efficient and useful legislators in the entire House," said Mr. Gillett, the Repub- j lican speaker to the Record correspondent today. "Personally he is exceedingly a greeable and courteous. He has achieved for himself unusual 1 ?-111 U/> <n.A?fliT mieco/1 mnuence, ana wm uc gicavij by both sides of the house." Claude Kitchin, the former Democratic leader was quite as sincere in his praise of Mr. Lever. "Everybody in the house is sorry to see him go," he said. "He has been one of the hardest and most untiring workers that has ever come to congress, and one of the pleasantest to deal with. He is a credit to his party, 1 * > i i tt ana to tne nouse . Mr. Lever expects to leave the house about August 3. The Eskimo is the name of a magazine published at Nome, Alaska, for the Eskimos of Uncle,Sam's settlements. i SAYS COMBINATION AGAINST FARMERS Wanna marker Says He Has Startling Information. J. Skottowe Wannamaker, president of the American Cotton Association issued the following yesterday: ? i i ii _ i "We see a great aeai m me papers about the great packers. True, with the information before us, we realize that it is necessary to enact laws to curb their power: that neither the producer nor the consumer are geti ting a square deal. These great pack- j ers are an illustration of the power J of wealth. "However, this is only a note that j we are so much excited over. The j mighty beam we overlook. The great- : est combination of wealth; the greatest interlocking of mighty; corporations; the most powerful trust j and combination in the wflrld today is : used against the cotton producer. I! am not given to idle words. I speak j with' facts in my possession. "ttti . j. 1 i-U ? ! ^ WHO COHLI'Ol LUC cumpctooco . i Wlm connection is there between j the compresses and railroads? What j interlocking of firms and individuals j of the great cotton brokers is there in New York? True the cotton producer is "between the devil and the deep blue sea"?the New England and foreign spinner on one hand; the combine of mighty wealth and the interlocking of powerful firms and individuals in their business dealings on the other. | "Through this campaign I have secured information that is a revelation j to me. Strange to say much of this . information is given me in the strict-, est confidence. . The men who give it refuse to permit the use of their names; although they realize fully the damning results of these com- j bines. They realize fully that it has j caused the producer to be robbed of j millions; that it has resulted in those | who formed these combin profiteer- j ing upon the miseries of the producer j for, lo, these many years; that it has | chained down the prosperity of the South; that it has resulted in bringing great wealth to other sections. | * " 'Oh for a tongue to curse the slave,! Whose rteason, like a deadly blight, ! Comes o'er the councils of he brake, j And blasts them in their hour of j nigftt.' i i "With informatoin before me I beg ! my countrymen to organize. It is their only salvation. With a strong and thorough organization we can cope with this mighty combine. Other j producers have done it. Some day j some men will be found with manhood, courage and devotion enough ' to reveal this iniquity. Had it not j been for this combine the South!. would today be in a far different con- j dition. Men, women and children I who. have struggled, toiled and mere- j ly existed; who have been laid to rest j without the necessities, to say noth- j ing of the comforts, of life; branded | with illiteracy; cursed with poverty; would have enjoyed the prosperity --J ino+lir sllio flldm ctilu ncaiut juovij uuw v.w... ^ " 'Truth crushed to earth shall rise j again; The eternal years of God are hers: But error, wounded, writhes with pain, And dies among his worshippers.' " "J. S. Wannamaker, "President American Cotton Associa-, tion." . j. I 10,000 PERSONS SHOULD BE TAUGHT THIS YEAR Teachers Asked to Give Time at the 1 Season When Farm Work is Slack , and People Have Time to Attend the Schools. I r I By Wil Lou Gray. Since many of the best teachers are available now and since August 1 is a vacation month, the State depart- 1 ment of education is recommending j that "lay-by7* schools for taecnmg adults to read and write be established throughout the State. The j 1920 census will soon be taken. It is i hoped that this campaign will reduce our illiteracy by at least 10,000, the i quota of each county being 218. j These schools may be taught any < hour during the day at any place, 1 such as school house, church, porch, j or out of doors. The time and place t shpjilji ke by the neejis i of the locality and the preference ot the people. Emphasis will be placed on teaching beginners to read, write and figure. No work above the third grade will be given during the session for beginners, for they should have the , undivided attention of the teacher. If a group wishes more advanced work a separate class taught at dif- , J? x i _i 1j iereni nuurs snuuiu uc uigau^cu. Any teacher holding a valid certificate or any person recommended to the State department of education in writing by the county superintendent of education may organize a school. An adult can be taught the rudiments of writing in twelve lessons, fTiorofnrp twplvA IpSSOflS of not IcSS than one and a half hours each will be considered a men! ha wo ~k. Schools may be held on const ut ve or alternate uays. At the close of twelve c:.y / y::::'^n teachers may ccr-inv*; v.--; r,o into another community as ccr.d:t. .is ^ determine. The fcliowir.s bccl's r e "o:: nrner.decl for u.-c: * ^ Miss Con. Witoa 3:;n;d's "Country Life-Reader," Book 1. B. F. Johnson Publishing Co., Richmond, V^. Price 30cV The Camp Arithmetic. (Roehm & Buchanan). National war woric Council; Y. M. C. A., Atlanta, Ga.* | Price 10c. , i Hunt's Speller, R. L. Bryan Co., Columbia, S. C. Each teacher should have a copy of the Camp Reader from the National War Work Council, Atlanta, as an aid for teaching phonics. In addition to the "three R's" the teacher shpuld discuss current events with the pupils. Once a week there should be an especially prepared civics lesson dealing with the common profc' f *i- i_ lems 01 ciuzeusuip. Teachers will be paid not more than one dollar per hour and not less than one dollar per daily session by the State, provided the enrollment is ten, and an average attendance of 50 per cent is maintained. If the enrollment is less than ten the pay will be in proportion. A teacher may teach five hours per day, but may not teach any one section more than two and a half hours. The time should be divided between morning afternoon and evening classes. Pupils must attend three nights to be enrolled. Day pupils under four* +j,a teen are not permitteu tu wuic iv n.0 adult schools. All others will be wel- 4 1 corned. , \ Two copies of all reports relative to the schools should be filed, one with the county superintendent and one with the State supervisor of J adult schools. The above plan makes it possible j. for a teacher to select two good cen- L . ters for work. If two classes of ten 4*. pupils each are taught at each center three days a week for one month j the salary should amount to $96. . Two prizes, each consisting of i a thousand mile railroad ticket will V be given to the teacher teaching the largest number of adults to read and write. For further information write thd l - ? * j~t t _ ^ supervisor of adult scftoois, uoiura- ^ bia, S. C. .. i; itHe Knew About It. ? Columbus Dispatch. \ The other evening while doing home work the small son of a minis- f ter was arguing and trying to con- ?. vince himself that "congregate" and i "collect" meant the same thing, for f that was what his teacher had told r him. Into the argument, which the minister father could not help but over- * hear, the said father broke: ; "What's that you are saying? That congregate and collect are the same \ word?" "That's what teacher said." I "Quite wrong," replied the father. ( "You tell the teacher she "is quite ?11 /4t^ararii>o in A ivrong. i nere 15 2111 tif^ Uixxd vir?/v ??* ^ the world between a 'congregation' ind a 'collection.'" < They Couldn't Help It. Two friends met in the Strand the' norning after an airplane raid. "Any damage done your way?" the irst asked. ' Damage. Rather,' answered tit* >ther. "Father and mother were jlown clean out of the window. The isighbors say it's the first time ( ;hey've been seen to leave the bj>jis? ^gather fti 17 &&&" . ., ....