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1 * |- - i 1 ii - - - ?r-ii -i- i?nnifin-wiiTn-im VOLUME LV., NUMBER 72. NEWBERRY, S. C., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER -9, 1919. TWICE A WEEK, $1.50 A YEAR PROSPERITY NEWS FOR HERALD AND NEWS READERS Many Social Events?Appreciate Pastor Shealy?Happy Marriage ?People Coming and Going. / Prosperity, Sept. 8.?The Septem- j " i* # a1 - TTTill T i oer meeting 01 ine w imam jjesuei chapter, U. D. C., was held with Mrs. M. C. Morris on Tuesday afternoon. During the busniess hour an enter esting letter was read from the President general relative to the convention to be held at Tampa. Two new j members, Mrs. J. A. Price and Mrs. ; T. L. Shealy, were enrolled. Miss j 4 Clara Brown, the leader for the af- j iernoon, had charge of the following program: Song?Star Spangle Banner. The Woman of the Old South? Mrs. F. E. Schumpert. Duet?"Carry Me Back to Old ' Virginny"?Mrs. Morris, Miss Wheel-. er. Heroines of the Confederacy?! Miss Elizabeth Hawkins? j ~ TV- _ | song?JL/ixie. j Ice cream and cake were served , by the hostess, assisted by Miss Wise ] and Miss Hawkins. The first meeting of the Literary > Sorosis after having disbanded for j the summer was held on Friday af-! ternoon with Mrs. J. Frank Brownie ( as hostess. Burns was the study for the afternoon. Mrs. J. C. Taylor of Batesburg was the honor guest. This pleasant meeting was made more pleasant by the serving of an ice course followed by mints by two tiny tots,; Martha Harmon and Allen Wise! iayior. v . The climax to Prosperity social events for the week came on Friday night when Miss Nellie Wise complimented her sister, Miss Margurite Wise, of the Columbia hospital, with, ?a tacky party." This was surely an i evening of laughter and fun, for the j costumes and make ups out rivaled j * the latest fashions from Paris. Miss j Ellen Wheeler and Mr. Johnnie ( Fellers won the prize?old fashioned red striped stick candy. During the evening punch and cake were served on the veranda by Miss Tena Wise. At a recent meeting of the church council of Grace Lutheran church the salarv of the Rev. Chas. J. Shealy J was increased to a marked degree. Mr. Shealy has proven himself a servant of the Master, one worthy of . his hire, and this is a token of the appreciation of the work he has done. Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Havird of j Silverstreet are the guests of Mrs. ! J. P. Wheeler. Mrs. Carrie Leaphart and Mrs. Hassie Hendrix have gone to Ninety- j Six to visit relatives. Miss Jessie Chapman of Columbia ! is visiting Miss Grace Sease. Misses Lottie Metts and Ruth Can- j non leave Friday for Wmtnrop college. Mrs. Fannie Major is visiting her brother, Mr. Herbert Boulware of Utopia. Dr. James Crosson, Mr. A. N. Crosson and Miss Victoria Crosson spent Monday with Mrs. Lizzie Cromer of near Newberry. Miss Grace Wheeler is home from Greenville. Miss Ruby Wheeler left Thursday | -Pnr fj-rp/vnville. where she will teach ! in the .city schools. Mr. Leonond Sease after a visit to j his mother, Mrs. Alma Nance, left! Friday for Jacksonville. Miss Nannie Simpson has gone to ! Pelion where she is principal of the . Pelion cshool. Miss Annie Fellers is teaching at the Epworth orphanage, Columbia. Miss Susan Quattlebaum and a party of friends motored to Columbia on Monday. A. B. Wise and Mrs. Wise and Mrs. J. C. Taylor spent Thursday in I Columbia. Misses Moss Fellers and Mary DeWalt Hunter leave Monday for Pineville, where they will teach this ses- j sion. Mr. M. C. Morris has accepted a position with Lorick Hardware Co., of Columbia. Mrs. J. A. Price spent Thursday m j Columbia. Mrs. John B. Bedenbaugh of*Pomaria visited her parents during the past week. Misses Mayme Swittenberg ana j Goode Barton of Newberry and Ruby PROSPERITY HIGH SCHOOL \l HAS FINE OPENING Enrollment Around 250?Large 10th Grade?All* Teachers Present ] But One.' 5 ] The Prosperity high school had a i fine opening on Monday morning, i The exercises were held in the large s and handsome auditorium at the i school house. Miss Mayme Switten- 1 berg the efficient principal was sin 1 charge. Devotional exercises were i conducted by the Revs. C. J. Shealy i and J. C. Griffin. Miss Swittenberg then presented 1 Dr. Geo. B. Cromer who delivered 1 an address that was full of sound and i healthful example and advice to the < boys and girls. Col. E. H. Aull who 1 woe nwcAnt. was also asked to make 1 a few remarks which he did. < It is always a pleasure for us to ^ attend the opening exercises t>r the j1 closing exercises of this school, and 1i we rarely permit an opportunity 1 to pass without being present. f Miss Swittenberg said they had the < largest tenth grade that they have s ever had and there is also a large i ninth grade. 1 The total enrollment will be more ] than 200 and will reach 250. The building is as neat and cozy looking i as any school house you would want i to see. Everything clean and neat * and that is part and an important i ^ part of the education of the child, to have neat and clean and sanitary environment. This school took the prize last year for sanitary neatness y and if the pace set at the opening is j kept up it will be entitled to a prize r this year. s The followng are the teachers for j the session: / j First grade?Mrs. M. C. Morris; f 1 ?? J rreo/lail Mica riflWl 1 seconu auu wnu ^tauvo-? ? Brown; fourth and fifth grades? 1 Miss Goode Burton; sixth and seventh grades?Miss Rosine Singley. 1 High school?Miss Mayme Switten- ] berg, mathematics and Latin; Miss t Rubie Thorn, English and history. Miss Amy Werts was to teach science t but on Saturday she was married to s Horace Swittenberg, the proper j thing for her to do, and while the < trustees have selected a teacher to i take her place they did not care to c announce it yet. Mrs. Browne and Mrs. Quattlebaum will teach music. The school starts off well and the compulsory attendance .begins with the opening of the school. Thorn of Kingstree have arrived and will begin their school work on Monday. Mrs. Nancy Wheeler has been visiting in Newberry. Miss Evelyn Wise of Little Moun- j tain, visited Miss Ethel Saner Thurs- j day and Friday. i Miss Margurite Wise returns to- ; day to the Columbia hospital where j ? i.i?~ sue is m training, aiter a. uucc wccm j vacation with her mother, Mrs. J. L. { Wise. , s Mrs. Leaphart of Charleston is 1 visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. < Gregg Wise. # ] Misses Goodman and McHugh of ( Clemson college have returned home J after a visit to Mrs. S. L. Boozer. 1 R. K., and G. S. Wise visited Mrs. 1 A. H. Kohn of Columbia on Thurs- ^ day. . J * Miss Eula Joiner has returned 2 from several months vacation to ( ? r Helena, Ga., and is book-keeper fork the Prosperity Oil Mill again this ( season. 1 Mrs. Thornwell iiaynes is visiung her daughter, S. B. Bowers of Fitz- J gerald, Ga. Mr. Campbell I^ake is superintend- J ent of the high school of Kershaw, 1 and left Friday for his new home. 2 Mr. Robert Counts has returned * from Walhalla. * The Clemson boys leave today, 1 which includes: George S. Wise, 1 Carroll Mills, Curtis Pugh and Boyce 11 Mill* jc Mrs. S. J. Kohn has returned to * the Colurfibia hospital to be with Mr. Kohn who is slowly recovering from ' his recent operation. Mr. and Mrs. Omerle Lorick of Columbia have been the guests of Mrs. Walter Wise. r Mr. James Ducenberry of Ander- ^ son has been a recent visitor to our j * ja town. Mrs. C. C. Jordan and children of j s Atlanta are visiting Mr. Jordan at jr (o (Continued on Page Five.) ji SPECIAL SCHOOL TAX VOTED I) NEWBERRY SCHOOL DISTRICT The special school tax of two mills i for the maintenance of the city schools was voted almost unanimousy on last Saturday, though the vote vas exceedingly small. It stood 47 !ot the tax and two against it. There ;' seemed to be practically no interest 1 n theV&ection, and yet that was not 1 :he case. The fact is, every one 1 :ook it for granted that the tax i vould be voted and it was not worth while to go to the trouble of voting. ] rhat is a very dangerous position 1 ;o take. Some time in the future i ;here might be an awakening that j j jvould be bad, by following such a | ] course. In this case we had not |, leard of any one who was opposed to j, ;he taxe, and the better maintenance I ( )f the schools, but out of the 49 ^ rotes cast there were two against it. i Well, it is carried and the trustees ^ will be able to pay the teachers a 1 >etter salary and thus encourage ;hem in a substantial way to put new energy in their work. Prof. Cannon j >ays he^ has the best teachers in the ( State and we are pleased that the ;rustees wlil be able to pay them , 11 nore money. The next move for the schools is ^ for better physical equipment and more room. That will require an ict of the legislature which no doubt j will be passed at the next session. I ' Testing the New Fir^ Engine. , The Herald anci News stated last ^ veek feat the new fire engine bought . yy the town would be / shipped last 1 ruesday. It was just a misunder- , standing. The statement should have i jeen that it was expected to arrive j n Newberry that day. Neither jtatement would have been correct. , [t was expected to arrive TuesdayIj :>ut did come durng the week. Chief Wells and the department lad the engine out in Main street on Monday at one of the dead ends foi' ;he purpose of testing the pressure. It was found that the pressure at ;his dead end at the end of Main street was without the pump at the )owerxhouse and without the engine >nly 25 pounds. With the use of the lew fire engine the pressure was in- f ireased to 100 pounds. With the sower house pump at work without ! ;he use of the fire engine the press- 1 ire was 70 pounds. With the power ' louse pump and the fipe engine both 1 ;he pressure was raised to 200 ' pounds. This insures a much better ' protection against fire to those who ' ive on the extreme end of town and ' lear what is called a dead end of the ripe line. These tests were made _ ;hrough a 1 1-8 inch nozzle. < ~?^__? / 1 Richardson Family Reunion. On last Wednesday, Septembe- 3, :he descendants of Mr. T. B. R'?.*h- . irdson and his wife Nancy held thair family reunion at the home of Mr. Albert Richardson. The day was J ?ood. However, there were two persons absent who have generally been present, Mr. Jacob Richardson, the eldest son, was sick and unable to be ] present, Mrs. Lizzie Boinest, a friend , >f the family, was suffering from in- ] iuries received in a fall and could \ lot come. The following friends ( vere present: Rev. and Mrs. S. P. ( ECoon and family. With the excep- j ;ion of the family of Mr. Ben Rich- ] irdson, the Rev. Koon is the pastor ^ >f the entire Kicharason iamny. , The following physicians were pres- ] mt: Drs. J. L. Bowers, T. H. Wed- ] iman and Z. T. Pinner. These physicians practic in the family. Mr. W. ] 3. Boinest, Mr. Lee Troutman, Mr. ] Tab Werts, Mr. W. B. Boinest, Jr., ( VIr. Oscar Troutman, and Mrs. Amel- j a Wicker, friends of the family were ( ilso present. The Richardson family las grown to be large and prosper>us and nearly all the members live n easy reach of each other. At noon 1 t nice barbecue dinner was served on j i table under the shadte trees, ine* 3 lay was spent in a very happy and ] 'riendly manner. z ( iliss Carry Kilgore Will C Speak at Utopia Sunday ? Miss Carry Kilgore a returned s nissionary will make an address at *ew Chapel Methodist church near Jtopia next Sunday, September 14 f 19. nVWk noon. Dinner will be s erved on the grounds. In the after- I loon there will be preaching at 3 r 'clock by the Rev. G. F. Clarkson. I Everybody is invited to come. j NEWBERRY TO HAVE ^ A MAJOR CLINIC Newberry to Have One of the Eight Major Clinics m4he State?Dr. P. - COMPULSORY ATTENDANCE DISCUSSED WITH TRUSTEES Trustees Recommend Compulsory Date be Left to Each Local Board. The State compulsory attendance law goes into effect with the opening of the schools this fall. We have | not a copy of the act before us, but ! we understand that it provides for j the attendance of all the children bej tween the ages of 8 and 14 years i upon the public schools for four conj secutive months, or 80 days, and i that when the compulsory attendance | shall begin is left to ,ihe county board i of Education. There is provided an -G. E lies onr ..Local Physician. The Herald and News stated in last Tuesday's paper that Newberry had been selected as one of the 8 counties in the State in which there would be established a clinic for the treatment of venerial diseases. The federal, State, county and city health authorities will cooperate in this work. And the combined authorities will wage a fight on venerial diseases. The establishment in Newberry of a permanent major clinic for the free treatment of all /enerially infected persons has been decided upon, and Dr. G. E. Neat'of the State and federal boards of health is now in Newberry perfecting the arrangements for the opening of the clinic. In this great public health measure ample Quarters will be selected and the clinic will be thoroughly and modsrnly equipped and arranged. The :linic will be operated daily, holding three periods of two hours each* morning, afternoon and night, thereby giving hours to suit the ceuvenisnce of all persons. A competent and registered raxrse will be secured. One clinic physician and one or two" local physicians will be connected wifii the clinic. It has the support ?fpall the local physicians and drug gists. The city board and county authorities endorse the movement ananimously. Newberry is one of the Bight cities of the State selected by tfke federal and State authorities for the operation of a major clinic. It will be opened to the public not later than the 10th of the current month. Dr. G. E. Neal representing :he U. & public health service of the State board of health has been in the city making definite arrangements for the opening of the clinic. The exnenses of th^ treatment lave been beyond the means of the ordinary individual and it is deemed so important that the government las taken hold of the treatment and ivill place it within the reach of all. The army authorities have opened ;he eyes of the country to the alarming prevalence of the infection of the iisease throughout the country and ihe bad results following, and it is iesired to see if something can be ione not only for the present generation but for those who ar? to come after and who are yet unborn. Dr. G. E. Neal who is connected Krith this department as field agent for South Carolina will devote his entire time to the Newberry clinic for the next 30 or 60 days. Four rooms have been secured for the clinic in the Exchange Bank building. Dr. P. G. Ellesor will be in charge in Newberry and there will probably b6 appointed later another physician. * Death of Mrs. E. L. Half acre. Mrs. E. L. Halfacre died at her home in the St. Phillips community on Saturday morning after a long illness in the 37th year of her age. Interment wah had at St. Phillips cemetery on Sunday, the services being ' ' '1 - T? O T> jonductea Dy tne xvev. o. x. i^uuu, pastor of the church. There was a large congregation present testifying :o th^ esteem in which the deceased was held and sympathizing with the 3ereaved husband, father and children. Mrs. Halfacre was the daughter -of Mr. J. A. C. Kibler and is survived jy her father, husband and four children. The sympathy of many friends goes >ut to those who mourn. Death of Mr. Paul Eargle. Mr. Paul Eargle of Peak died at lis home there on Friday, August 29, j ifter a long illness. He was 66 fears old and a brother of Mr. J. J. Sargle of Newberry. He was buried it Little Mountain cemetery Satur- j lay following, the service being con- j iucted by the Rev. W. H. Dutton md the Rev.'J. J. Long. Mr. Eargle is survived by his wife md three sons. How to Keep Your Boys at Home. Next week we will publish a little i tory "How to Keep Your Boys at lome." Written by-'one who has nade a success of it, and knows. )on't fail to read it. You may save rour bey. j attendance officer whose duty it is ! to see that all the children are in the . schools as provided by the law.. And : there is a penalty provided if the pa! rent refuses or neglects to send the children. j State Superintendent Swearingen , was present and delivered an address ; at the meeting of the trustees and i teachers called to consider the quesf tion at the court house on Saturday. | Mr. Swearingen said the new law | was a step in the way of progress j and rrhile it may have defects it was I n/-?f the nnrnnsp to discuss these de iiVW ttiv MA WW'M ??- ? _ fects, but to get the best results from the law that we could, and for *rvery one to cooperate in the enforcement of the law and aid in reducing illiteracy in the State. He believed in strict construction of the law, and not in making an effort to find out what was in the mind of the legislature when the law was enactA?? cfofnfo cVimilH rpnressnt I CU. Alljr gvMvuvv ? crystalized. public opinion. Under this law'the county board is to fix the time when the cq^ipulsory attendance shall begin. The trustees fix the time when the school shall open. The State board rpcommends {putting the law in operation when the school' opens. There Fere two things that were necessary in our school system, and they are, a better j wage scale for the teachers and the I abolition of child labor. So far as the negro is concerned he should have what is right, but the two questions of social equality and political equality had been settled, and the negro who fools with them is playing 1 wi'tVi fire. The best cure for illiter | acy is prevention, said the superinj tendent. j Mr. Wilson stated that 35 school districts out of 56 were represented at the meeting, and the board wanted to have the truste'es discuss tlie matter and recommend to the board when the compulsory attendance should begin in this county. He asked Prof. W. C. Bynum who was present and who is a member of the county board of Georgetown how they had proceeded in that county. Mr. Bynum said they had left the matter to the local boards of trustees. nf-firer for this county, Mr. N. L. Wessinger, was absent, and it was stated that he had just married and had gone off on a trip. Mr. B. B. Leitzsey moved that the compulsory attendance begin with the opening of each school and continue consecutively for the 80 days. This brought forth considerable discussion and there was very great divergence of opinion. The teachers who were present were unanimous j in support of Mr. Leitzsey's motion. | But there was so much opposition j that Mr. Leitzsey withdrew his moI t.inn. j Mr. H. M. Wv ^er moved that the I matter of the owning or rather the time when the compulsory attendance should begin be left with the trustees of each district, and this motion prevailed. The matter is left with the countyboard by the act, as we understand, but not doubt the board will be governed by the action of vhis meeting and adopt the recommendation made. Mr. Swearingen said we should not ?low Knf CnilCl^C Hie laim uuv In the first place the legislature should have settled that matter in the act itself, and then there would j have been no confusion and the people would have gone along as a mat| ter of course and followed the law, even those who are opposed to it. The legislature having delegated the matter to the county board, it should have gone ahead and settled it, without raising a question and having such details discussed. The danger is that the whole thing will result in confusion, and maybe in ? ' - : disagreements among trustees, and then among patrons, whereas if the law had settled it even those who are opposed to the law would have accept ed it as a matter of course. We believe in the democracy of the school law, but there are some things in CUllIieCUiUIl W ll/ll lb mail iu nvuiu uv, better to have settled without submitting them to the people. We advocated a compulsory attendance law on the stump in this county the first time we were elected j to the legislature, and introduced a ' bill some 16 years ago which was de| feated, but we have all the time*been j an advocate of compulsory attendiance and would be glad to see the | experiment succeed. Of course there must not be too much force at the 1 T- ? i. Un J 4-/V VioTTA 4*AA OGginillllJi", UUt ll> IS uau iw ,'an, uwu . much regulating about the details of , enforcemeiSk If the other children can go vhen : the school opens we do not see why ; all of them can not. And then the ; law provides that where there is urgent reason the child* may be excused ! and come in later. It would have j been much better, as we Stee it, to | have settled the matter in the law. j itself, and that not being done should have been settled by the county board without asking any advice *, aoout it. And the compulsory atj tendance should begin with the open| ing of the school term. Otherwise there will be no end to the confusion j that is possible; And that is the recommendation of the State board. I There was a good meeting and i much interest taken by the trustees | and the teadhers who were present. This is a very important matter and we hope that the law will operate smoothly and well. In the Newberry schools the compulsory attendance begins with the ppening of the schools and the same we understand is the case at Prosperity. That is unless the county board should make a different ruling.. . < . / AWAITING ORDERS l ^ . , V Gosnell Will Not be Taken to Atlanta Until Further Instructions. The State. Greenville, Sept. 4.?Jake Gosnell, who is charged with the killing of Sheriff Hendrix Rector and is now a prisoner in the county jail, will not be removed to Atlanta unless specific m 5itp rpppived from IUJLUCIO IV uv ww mow . the United States department of jus^ tice. ? Death of Mrs. T. L. Epting. Mrs. T. Jj. Epting died suddenly at her home in Abbott, Texas, Friday, September 5. Before her marriage she was Miss Gussie Kinard and married Captain T. L. Epting. They are both well known in Newberry county. Besides her husband, she leaves two brothers, R. M. Kin , m ?j nr n 1 ard oi MinsDoro, lexas, aim *?. ?*. Kinard of Pomaria, S. C., and two sisters, Mrs. R. C. Sligh of Newberry, S. C., and Mrs. William Hayes of Hillsboro, Texas. Dunbar-Parker The following announcement has been received in Newberry and will be read with interest: ^ Mrs. Sarah Dunbar announces the marriage of h ~r daughter Josephine Gordon to Mr. Lewis Thomas Parker on Tuesday September the fourth ninofppn hundred and nineteen Columbia, outh Carolina At home after September twenty-fifth McColl, South Carolina "The Gray Horizon." "The Gray Horizon," the latest Haworth production starring Sessue Hayakawa, distributed by Exhibitors Mutual, is remarkable for its artistic phoptography. Aside from the story, which is intensely dramatic, the unusual lightj ing effects, rich interiors and the ' - - ' _;n splendor 01 tne mountain snuw, win hold the observer with their beauty and artistry. The mountain stuff ^as taken far up in the Sierra-Nevada mountains. The vista of mountain ranges and j the beautiful cloud effects taken at j this location are gems of artistry and j photography, at the opera house Fri! day, September 12. j