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* VOLUME LV., NUMBER 84. NEWBERRY, S. C., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1919. TWICE A WEEK, $2.00 A YEAR .v ' , 9 V PROSPERITY LUTHERANS RESPOND COLLEGE CALLS Able Addresses?Grace Lutheran Will Oversubscribe?Literary Sorosis Holds Meeting. Special to The Herald and News. Prosperity, Oct. 20.?Mrs. George 1 J- A - iU. T Unn ) W. Harmon was nostess tu me linct.ary Sorosis on Friday afternoon. Grecian arts was the study and the following gave- interesting talks: Philosophers?Miss Thorn. . Poets?Mrs. T. A. Dominick. Dramatists and Orators?Mrs. 0. S. Miller. Historian?The club. itfi'cc firono RiiW-.nn Reasrin was WC VI&MW ^ "welcomed as a new member. Mrs. j Harmon assisted by her sister, Mrs.' Hebble of Asheville, served a tempting salad course. On Thursday evening the mem-1 bers of Grace church heard two strong campaign addresses. Every member went away rejoicing in the iri/?trkTv fnr t.ViP $300,000 VX VtVVVAj AV*. T , educational fund campaign. The church heartily accepted its quota, and will take up the task of raising their part. Dr. C. A. Freed of Ebenezer, Columbia, and Rev. S. L. Blomgren, Charleston, were the principal speakers. Miss Willie Taylor and Mr. Tench Hawkins of the St. Lukes section " ^ C!..? J?.? A-ff n?*n Arvr> Kw were iiiamtru ounua^ axbciuwu Rev. James McKeown, pastor of the A. R. P. church. Mrs. Hawkins is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wylie Taylor. Mr. Hawkins is a progressive young farmer. We wish for this young couple much happiness and prosperity. Mrs. J. A. Counts and Miss Tena Wise will go as delegates to the Woman's Missionary convention at Lone Star this week. The first day of the $300,000 edur national drive in Grace church was -very encouraging: indeed. Nine thousand one hundred and seventy-five dollars was subscribed out of the allotment of ten thousand. Grace church will go over the top. Mr. E. T. Long of the O'Neall section had the misfortune to lose by fire on Thursday night, his barn and all other out buildings except his buggy house. At least two-thirds of his corn was lost and all of the rough TVva nr>imn /vf firP IS UTt 1CCU> J- ill. Ull^lU V4 ?UV .... known. Miss Willie Mae Wise attended the community fair at Kirksey on Friday. Mrs. B. B. Schumpert has returned from a visit to Mrs. J. A. Hunt of Saluda. Misses Ruth Hunter and Helen Sease left Sunday for Winthrop college, after having been called home on account of the death of their grandfather, Capt. John L. Hunter. Air- nnH Mrs. L_ A. Black. Mr. and! Mrs. Jake Singley attended the Black family reunion at Wards on (Wednesday. Mrs. Tom Johnson of Newberry spent Tuesday with Mrs. P. D. Simpson. Mrs. Maxcv Bedenbaugh is spending a few days with her son, Ray, at the Columbia hospital. Prof. Edward Shealy of Trenton high school spent the week-end with relatives. x Mrs. P. E. Kunkle spent Thursday in Columbia. W. B. Taylor oi JLexmgton nas i been the guest of Mrs. Carrie Leaphardt. Mrs. M. C. Morris spent the weekend in Columbia. Miss Edna Fellers has returned from a short visit to Columbia. Mrs. J. A. Price and Mrs. Eric Black visited Mrs. Sallie Black of j Columbia on Wednesday. Little Misses Mary and Katherine "Werts have returned from the Columbia hospital after having had their tonsils removed. Mr. Wm. Singley of Texas has vicitim* Mrs. Xancv Wheeler, i SJW 14 ? . v Mrs. Chas. J. Shealy and children have gone on a visit to Dr. and Mrs. A. G. Voigt of Eau Claire. ?Jrs. W. P. Wicker spent "Wednesday in Columbia. Mrs. T. L. Shealy took her son, Hayne to Columbia on Friday to have his tonsils removed. Mr. A. li. Kohn has returned tc Columbia after a business visit tc our town. Rev. Jones McKeown attended the Presbytery in Bradley during the ^ past week. \T4ec Warv FVWalt Hunter return ed Sunday to Lake City. Major Allen Lester and Mrs. G. C. Caughman of Columbia spent the week-end with their mother, Mrs. Rosa Lester. The St. Lukes school opened Monday. Miss Pearl Lominick of New* ! ? berry and the Misses Epting of Lit- j tie Mountain are the teachers. ^ Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Epting of t Lexington are visiting the latter's j parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Gibson, i Messrs. James Chapman and Bach- ^ man Black of Wards were guests j during the past week of Mr. L. A. ^ Black. | -- - ? > j tti Mr. J. ?>. atocKimui aiiu wi, uvai.; ^ Stockman motored to Columbia lastj Tuesday. } t Mrs. J. G. Price of Columbia spent several days last week with Mrs. F. ' E. Schumpert. j Prof. J. C. Brooks of Whitmire I spent the week-end with Mrs. Brooks, who is spending several weeks with j her mother, Mrs. Enos Counts. j Mrs. L. A. Sease has returned to ! r Clemson College. |. Miss Elizabeth McWaters of Co- r lumbia was home for Sunday. j Miss Moss Fellers has returned to i j. Lake City after a short visit to the j . * It home folks. ^ F. N. Calmes of Newberry spent' ^ Sunday with Mrs. J. L. Wise. Mr. and Mrs. Hal Kohn of New-1 berry were guests Sunday of Mrs. , A. G.* Wise. j Mr. M. R. Singley and Miss Marie Singley spent several days last week ^ in Columbia. J t RED CROSS NOTES. f I . # i Home Service Field Representative ^ 17 Annual L in IMevr&erry v?uu? .. t Meeting of Chapter October 26. ? i A joint meeting of the executive ( committee of the Newberry chapter t and the home service committee was held in the secretary's office on Friday evening, when Miss Annie Doty, home service field representative of the Southern Division, made a practical and instructive talk on the im- J portance of continuing and expanding the work of the home service. 1 Miss Doty said, "The information * service was one of the most unusual and broadly useful things which * c the home service did during the war, in assisting soldiers and their fam- j( ilies in adjusting the insurance, al-j lotments and other business with the ! 1 government. The future plan is to : I develop a home service section now i: devoted to the care of the families i of soldiers and sailors to an organi- j zation devoted to the care and social! needs of the entire community. The ! plan presupposes trained workers, i who will find the weak and ragged j spots in the community life, the j r health impairing, the disease, ignor- j. ance, the morals impairing, and, j joining hands with other workers,! make common cause in mending and J j strengthening them, to the end that our communities may be made safer 1 -fnr the living of and D611CI" pjatvo J.V<. - useful, normal lives." The enlargement of the home J service work along with the secur- < ing of a public health nurse for 1 Newberry county will be discussed 1 and decided at the annual meeting J of the chapter on next Sunday, Oc- ] tober 26, at 4 o'clock in the court house. Officers will be elected at j j this time. All members of the Red j; Cross and any others who are inter-11 ested are asked to attend this meet- j | j ing. The branches and auxiliaries 1 < are urged to send representatives. 1 This is everybody's Red Cross meeting. You are expected. , mnm (MISSIONARY SOCIETY I HOLDS MEETING I I ^ The Woman's Missionary society of Mt. Zion church held th?r month- , ly meeting on Friday af' .1, October 17, with Mrs. C d< F >y. rihe meeting was op*. Mrs.} Carrie E. Foy. Topic, "x . Power 1 of the Cross." Two selection were , read by the members, viz., "Millions | for the Master" by Mrs. John Jl. ' Spearman; "Winning the Young! Woman" by Mrs. G. W. Suber. 1 mom hers were present. The j I--W minutes were read. The nexL meet- j :nr>; will be held or. Friday after- i noon before the third Sunday in j .\ovember with Mrs. John R. Spear-1 r-ipn. After ail business was trans acted fruit salad, crackers and iced | cea were served. The "meeting was | enjoyed by ail present. '# " ; - 1" ..v,. j CAPITAL NEWS (By John K Columbia, Oct. 19.?The State g von out before a jury in courtr here 11 he past week, in the suit brought by) F fohn M. Graham, as a result of the j ibolition of the hosiery mill within. he walls of the State penitentiary, I v n 1913, during the administration of v Governor Blease, after a long and t tubborn fight by the governor for ^ he abolition of the mill, which he1 e lenominated a "tuberculosis incuba- r or," saying if the legislature did not ibolish it he would parole the con- j v ricts out of it. At the time of the J g ibolition of the mill, on the first day i a >f November, 1913, Mr. Graham had j c i contract with the State for the J a easing to him of a certain number j ^ if convicts for the operation of the nill, and his five-year contract still ^ lad two years and three months to xin. The legislature granted him >ermission to sue the State. He jrouarht suit for $24,300, stating , * hat he had been damaged some- J' vhere in the neighborhood of $50,- ^ >00, but that he had agreed with the _ nembers of the legislature, if pernitted to bring suit, that he would! imit his claim to the $24,300 which?c le brought suit for. His claim of, ? lamages was based on the difference 1 >etween the price which he had to >ay the State for convict labor, and 1 lie price at which he could have se- 1 :ured labor on the open market dur- v ng the remaining period of the conTact. The case was tried three \c ;imes, resulting twice in a mistrial,! * md at this term in a verdict for the | * State. It also went to the supreme * ;ourt during the progress of the I rials. .-i- _ '"f A motion for a new trial will be 5 irgued before Judge Moore. Mr. Graham held a previous c ;wenty-year contract with the State, ^ 10 that the length of time that he lad worked the State's convict labor, ( mder his two contracts, mounted up c n twentv-two vears and nine months. " " ? - - tr v According to the testimony, Mr. t Graham had been making a consid- ( ible amount out of his contract ; ;ach year. ; { The plaintiff was represented by' g Messrs. Lyles & Lyles, of the Co- i umbia bar, and the State by Attor:cy Cer.eral Sam M. Wolfe and For.ner Governor Blease. ^ | Mr. Blease has recently been made e chairman of the judiciary committee i >f the great council Improved Order \ )f Red Men of the United States. J This is one of the highest pos.i.ons ] n the order. Mr. Blease has bce:i a | ( nember of the committee, and was j s nade chairman at a meeting lately t leld in Chicago. ? \ There is a considerable stir in / Anderson, according to reports , reaching here, in regard to certain 1 charges against Sheriff Sanders, of ^ ;hat county. Mr. W. J. Cormack, ( :he Columbia correspondent of the 1 Sfews and Courier, thus writes his paper in regard to the -matter: "As a result of a sensational story published in an Anderson newspaper yesterday, charges of a serious nature against the conduct cf J. Olin Sanders, sheriff of Anderson county, < were referred to Governor Cooper 1 this morning. < "Governor Cooper immediately J communicated with T. Frank Wat- 1 kins, senator from Anderson county, I ] and reauested him to have Sheriff {( Sanders file a statement with the 1 governor relative to the allegations. "Sanders was appointed by Gov- ] error Cooper as sheriff of Anderson 1 county January 29 to succeed Joe Ivl. H. Ashley, upon the resignation : of the latter. The appointment was < made on ihe recommendation of j Senator Wat kins, and Sheriff S.m-J dors has made a first-class pea-e of-m .. _ i liCCi I i t;U Is thought here that, Lhculd! < ihe allegations against the : ':v ;>c- j iounaecl on taci, governor v >*>pev' -mi ...... This is ! Wlil i;_K ivi mo --the only way that he can be gotten | out cf dike without the procedure < laid down in the constitution, us the , ""ni. iv/* nrr-'* ir; fTio f"SO 01 I CU...*' SU;.Mv. 1: _ ? ,y. . the State of South Carolina against! ; V. TV. Huckabec, late sheriff of Ker-! shaw county, stated the rule that lite ; \ AND GOSSIP .. Aull.) ;overnor could not dismiss a constiutional officer elected by the peo>le." Mr. W. P. Houseal, the "Dutch weather prophet," has predicted cold weather for the State fair, and a litle cool weather will be welcomed >y the big crowds which are expectd to be in attendance. The railoads have granted cheap rates, and very indication is that the crowds srill exceed those of past years. A Teat deal of cotton is being sold at nd around 35 cents per pound?37 ents in Lancaster the other day? md the general prosperity is exlected to be reflected by the crowds zhich will come here in annual re inion. With the newspapers this morning eporting a probable strike of half a trillion bituminous coal miners, to ?e called on the 1st of November, he people are not over-anxious, towever, for much cold weather, i'he serious times of winter before ast, when it was impossible to seure coal?and in Columbia imposible to secure much of any kind of uel that one could burn?are vividy recalled, and a coal miner's strike, mless based upon the very best of -11 easons, is nor going 10 sii, very v*cn vith the American people. And, ifter all, public sentiment is what :ontrols and determines strikes and >ractically everything else of a na,ure affecting the public. There is i: shortage of sugar here now, which s causing considerable inconvenence/but this inconvenience is very ffnallj indeed, in comparison with the iutfering which would "be caused by i shortage of coal, especially in the :ities, where women and children vould suffer for the lack of warmth. It is passing strange that in this rountry of plenty there should be io many "shortages." Maybe when :ongress gets through fussing over he league of nations covenant and he treaty of peace, and acts one vay or the other, it will get down to ;he domestic affairs of the country, (nd afford the people some relief :rom the burdens of prosperity. The campaign to raise $300,000 or Newberry and Summerland coleges began in earnest' today, with ivery indication of an over-subscrip;ion. The note of confidence was roiced in a statement issued here by 3r. H. A. McCullough, pastor of St. " 1 v 1 r\-f r'ctui s cnurcn, <mu. cuauman ui vuv :ampaign committee, in which he said that "the canvass opens under -he most auspicious circumstances," ma that "from reports we have in land we are of the belief that every ;hurch in the synod will reach its luota and we believe that many of ;hem will exceed theirs." "Every Lutheran is expected to do his Jii+iT ? savs. and he exnects "the '/"J ? J -7 iext ten days to be glorious days lot only for the cause of Newberry and Summerland colleges, but for ;he cause of Christian education in )ur State in general." Governor Cooper says that the consensus of opinion of those with ivhoni he talked at the world cotton i-onferonce in New Orleans "and among the speakers, is' that cotton ivill be hjgher in price before the present crop is disposed of." It was sstimated by some of those at the jonference, said the governor, that *1-- u within a few years me www wm need 40,000,000 bales of cotton annually. A great deal of cotton is being marketed now, however.- It is stated that in Gaffney yesterday there was a string of wagons some four blocks long at one time, disposing of i;00 bales, at an average price, including the seed, of two hundred Cellars a bale. There continues to he a "rent !on? of uneasiness in regard u) vhe boll weevil, but in the sections of :he South which have been visited by the weevil tne larmers aiu 1:1^..^ more money than ever before, having diversified their crops, and the News and Courier of today prints a very suggestive picture of some fine hogs, with the statement that "the ^ ' - - v..-,-.:-jeri,.-Si... LOCAL POST AMERICAN j LEGION MEETS FRIDAY i Address by Gov. Cooper and Others Meeting at Court House?Plans to Be Outlined. i The first meeting of the local post ! of the American Legion will be held ; on Friday night at 8:30 P. M. at the | Court House. At this initial meeting all members of the Legion are urged to be present as well as all wno were in service. This will be a sort of 1 get together affair and those whc have not had an opportunity to join | the County Post are cordially invited to attend. There will be several short speeches by prominent speakers, including the Governor of South Carolina and Dr. George B. Cromer of this city. Plans and purposes of the Lesion will be outlined, officers will i 7 be elected and 5 delegates selected to represent this Post at the State ? ^ i ? T7l_ ^1. Convention on ruesaay 01 rair wee*. Application blanks will be given to all who attend who have not had a chance to join but no one will be urged to make application unless ! they feel that the" Legion stands for the things which they are in ' favor of and for 100 per cei.t. Ameri: canism. The fee is very small, be | ing only one dollar the year, while Legion button is furnished at cost i which is 25 cents. i Every ex-service man owes. it tc himself and to his Comrades to come and see what the American Legior strives for, to see what this association of World War veterans intends to do. Remember; this is the onlj association of veterans which has tht backing of the Government, the onlj one which makes an annual reporl to Congress of their activities. While !the Government backs up the Legior : it is in no respect a military organ ! ization. A buck private ranks ai Thigh as a major general. Attend th< meeting Friday night. I L. H. Kohn, ! County Organizer. ! i Death of Mrs. H. W. Davis. ; Mrs. Henry W. Davis died at th< ! Baptist hospital in Columbia on Fri i day morning at 7 o'clock and hei remains were brought to Newbern \ 0 * on the 6:10 train the same evening and conveyed to the home of hei father-in-law, Mr. Reuben Davis, ir Wright street^the burial taking piac< : at 2 o'clock on Saturday afternooi : at Baxter's Memorial cemetery, fun eral conducted by the Rev. Mr. Cog | burn. Mrs. Davis was formerly i Miss Stuck of near Peak, and livec | at Irmo. She was 37 years old anc ; leaves a husband and six children | a number of sisters and other rela i tives. I ^ j School Opening. j Mt. Bethel-Garmany school wil j open Monday morning, October 27 ! at 9 o'clock. Compulsory attend ! ance will be enforced with the be ; ginning of the term. The patrons ' are cordially invited. | Death of a Little Girl. Nancy, the three-year-old daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Matthew; of No. 7 township, died on Wednes day and was buried- at Mountvill< j on Thursday. J At the First Baptist church oi : Sunday morning, before a large an( ; interested congregation, the Rev. Dr j William Hayne Leavell, former U 1S. minister to Guatemala, preachec j a good sermon to the enjoyment anc ! eclificaton of his hearers. By th< i or?/4 K\r his eloauent an< | SCX illV/ll uitu mj _A | touching remarks at the memoria ! meeting in the afternoon, this dis : tinguished son of old Newberry ha: ! made his present visit to his forme: j home most pleasant and enjoyable. weevil can't hurt these." ! ; The Charleston mayoralty eontes 1 is to be argued in the supreme cour on Tuesday. Jc was to have beei heard en last. Tuesday, but a pest ; noremcnt of a week was granted ? upon motion of the Hyde faction, ii order to allow thorn to study the re ; turns submitted by the Grace faction. The executive committee ha: declared Mr. Grace the nominee, am ; the Ii"de people are contesting th< j election. The decision of the su ! /^nri- will h? awaited with ; i ClliO VV U k v f( t?* ,, _ [ great deal of interest by the peopl< i of the State, who have followed th< i contest closely since its inception. I . ..- . ...... - IN HONOR FALLEN HEROES OF THE WORLD WAR ? Memorial Meeting to Raise Funds. Liberal Subscriptions?More Needed. / The memorial meeting in honor of the Newberry county soldiers and sailors who made the supreme sacrifice in the world war was held in the court house on Sunday afternoon. President B. C. Matthews of f j the National bank of Newberry, pre11 sided gracefully and happily, and an ij impromptu choir sang the hymns on ! the program sweetly and effectively, j The meeting was npt as largely at; j tended as it ought to have been, ow j ing somewhat probably to the threat : ening weather and to other meetings ' j in the county. !! The audience rose as those of the I. war survivors present came in and 1; took their seats. !! After the reading of the 37th ! Psalm by Rev. Mr. Kerr, there was 1; prayer by Rev. Mr. Peele. I j President Matthews then, with brief but feeling words, read the roll call of those of Newberry's boys ; who gave thei^ lives for their counII try. Following are the honored and ; sacred names: , i Olin W. Bundrick, Otis Lawton ! Crooks, Haskell Briggs Cromer, Edi TioL-ofloo-r T.t TTprlp Rnazman. | iUUUU i^vav vxvma j MM. r ,! Walter Calvin Brooks, Ernest Digby, 51 Thomas Owens Duncan, Bennie {j James Folk, Clide Mize, Lonnie M. . | Mills, J. W. M. Simmons, William A j i Leslie Sample, J. O'Mearle Singley, T J. R. Livingston, Colie Stephens, , i Ernest McHardy Longshore, Grady r j Howard, J. B. Smith, Jr. t ' At the conclusion of the solemn ? reading of the immortal roll call the i deep silence was broken by the -1 sounding of "taps" on the bugle, by 3; Mr. H. R. Busch of the college stu'? 1 A- 1 1-. 2 aeni Duuy. After the last prayer by Rev. Mr. Peele and the last hymn, Rev. Dr. Wm. Hayne Leavell addressed the audience eloquently and touchingly. Then came the responses to the , 1 calls for the raising of the memorial funds, pledges to the rise of $3,000 r being subscribed. I Manv prominent citizens of the r various professions were absent at p meetings in the county. ? ,, j Those who were not present and > some who were must contribute to . this noble cause. Give, if you can't give more than one dollar each. County Teachers. 1 The Teachers' association of New1 berry county will hold its first meet, ing next Saturday, October 25, at 11 - o'clock at the Newberry high school. After organizing the teachers will hear an address on some school subject to be arranged by the commit* tee. The teacher and the compulsory ?; attendance law will be fully explain" i ed and all questions pertaining thereto will be answered in open dis5 cussion. St. Lukes Opens. - J The St. Lukes school opened Mon3 day morning with 89 pupils. The - teachers are Misses Eula Epting, / i Chloe Epting and Pearl Lominick, Rev. J. B. Harmaii and C. M. Y/ilson were present and made talks. 1 The enrollment will reach 110 * next Monday, the 27th, when the j compulsory attendance will begin. * | An effort to put on a foruth teacner * j will be made. The State will guar*! antee fouT teachers to the St. Lukes 5 j school if the taxpayers put on 4 1 * ! mills more. The equalizing law will 1 allow $105.00 per month and $60.00 " for assistants for a term of seven 3 months. The requirement is that r each teacher instruct 25 pupils. This is a great law for communities such as St. Lukes where there are manychildren and a low assessed valuation *" x ?Sf PH ill ins. j. j of district propeitj. r_, j. i Hunter-DeWalt and Little Mountain 1 operate under this law. i _ " j You can't keep a good man down. > i i; Paul J.a Rue, "big boss," of the -' Northwestern logging camps, proves -; rbi3 to the sa'.is.'uwv.on cf many and s j the hatred of few in his latest Select .1 drama, "Faith of the Strong," comlit * i inir to the opera house Tuesday. A - story of hard fists and tender hearts 1 brimming with the picturesque ro5 mance that belongs to the open 2 . stretches of the great Northwest. | Featuring Mitchell Lewis.