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? / _ VOLUME LV? NUMBER 85. " NEWBERRY, S. C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1919. TWICE A WEEK, $2.00 A YEAR t t 1 MANY IMPROVEMENTS UNDER WAY AT WHITMIRE to New Houses and Churches?Poor Paj of Teachers Illustrated?Dr. r Hilton Moves to Atlanta. j?V ' . Whitmire, Oct. .23.?As we sit ir the home we can hear the merrj knock, knock, knock of the ham mer on each side of us. To th< Tight Mr. S. L. Spray is putting up the house of Mr. T. W. Abrams "He intends having it ready for then to move in and have plenty of tim< to plan the Christmas dinner; mayb< it will be finished in time for th< Thanksgiving turkey. On the other side, just back oJ Mr. J. W. Hipp and facing the nev street near Mr. E. E. Child's resi dence, Mr. Robert Wright is build ing a pretty cottage for Mr. Roberi Duckett. Just back of us.the larg< ~Jwill Vimisp t.lif v WWUCH UUliUlllg vuuv ntu ??? ? moving picture show for the coloret people and perhaps the negro school the brick church for the colorec people and a large number of A1 laddin houses for them are nearin| completion. '* We note with pleasure the progress fceing made in the Long Lam school. We were a teacher in this -school for five years and this move . jnent is of especial interest to ui as some of our pupils are leaders ir it. Benjamin Franklin says some thing like this, "To ampty youi pucse in your head pays the best in ierest." Just now manual labor is greatly in demand and what seems to us exorbitant prices are being paid for it. A few months sine* while encouraging a sixteen year ole gki to stay in the high school she ^ gave me this answer, "Why I car quit now and go to work in the mill and get a better salary than you ar? " getting." What she said was true but it doesn't make the saying ol I'TaiJKim iaise, ior tne interest acuu' ing from an investment in educatior is not in dollars and cents alone, bu1 gives to the. world social standing culture, health and happiness. Upor ^ education as the foundation stone w* have builded this wonderful, progressive, scientific age in which w? live. Mr. T. P. Scott has been visiting relatives in Charlotte and Spartan burg for the past ten days. Mr. L. H. Chandler and Rev. Boland and family were visitors in oui town last week. \ Mr. J. Kitchings who has beer working near Charleston spent sevwifli V?ici siaf.Ar. Mrs. Johr WW 4??W - Lee. He went from here to visit his parents near Santuc. Mr. l? B. Hudson and aunt, Mrs Mary Wilson of Bishopville spent a -day of last week with Mr. and Mrs .Jno. L. Miller. Rev. and Mrs. A. H. Best visitec IVIr. E. C. Jeter* and family recently Little Miss Lydie Davis of Clintor came down for a short stay with hei ^ father, Mr. Jno. Davis. Mr. J. W. Hipp and children have returned from Chester. Two of tht little ones, Mildred and William, ha* their tonsils removed. Rev. Simpson from the Presby terian Seminary in Columbia preach ed to a large and attentive audienct in the Presbyterian church Sundaj morning. Mr. C. H. Peake of Union was z visitor to our town last week. Mr. Robert Beaty and bride hav< arrived from their bridal tour am will be at home to their many friend: at their pretty country home. Messrs. J. J. Langford and Metti . Fant of Newberry were in town at tending to some business matter " Monday. . Rev. C. W. Salter of Newberr; occupied the pulpit at the Baptis church Sunday and preached a fin< sermon on "Sowing and Reaping." _ Dr..*P. B. Hilton, we understand "has secured a house in Atlanta an< he and Mrs. Hilton are packing up Dr. and Mrs. Hilton have made thei friends here, who regret to see ther " leave; but we wish them success ii their new home. The doctor will se] automobiles in Atlanta. Mr. Wm. Rasor was in town las week. Mrs. .Henry Tidmarsh has -bee visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Majoi They all went over to Atlanta todaj Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Watson spen yesterday with their daughtei Dorothy, at Winthrop college. Mr. Walter Suber of Wofford coi lege spent Sunday with his parents ... VARIOUS AND ALL ABOUT. I Cotton was bringing 35 1-2 cents here Thursday. r Dr. C. D. Weeks declines to be a candidate for alderman from Ward 2. Mr. R. C. Sligh is announced as a candidate for alderman from Ward 2. x Automobile runners ought not to . wait until they get right on a fellow to sound the alarm' j There will be service in St. Luke's r Episcopal church on Sunday afternoon at five o'clock. j Mr. Harry W. Dominick is an> nounced as a candidate for reelection i ? j as commissioner of public works. ' * * ? x i > I The sale of the personal property | of the late M. M. Long, to be held at f f his late residence will be at 2 o'clock j r in the afternoon. There will be a' special service at Cross Roads church on Sunday after- J f. noon at 4 o'clock, fast time. A full i i Attendance is desired. j That was another nice little shower j j thankfully received on Wednesday! j midnight, being somewhat better than ; j | the-previous showers. i The reDorter never saw a boll j r weevil until he was shown one by j Mr. E. C. Boyleston. The weevilj 5 looks "sorter" like a "doodle." i ? The Ladies' Aid society of the 3! Church of -the Redeemer will meet iwith Mrs. C. R. Wise on Monday 3 (afternoon, October 27, at 4 o'clock. 1 A Hallowe'en party will be given . by Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Leavell at r their residence in Harrington street ~uv;Wqt7 the Slat inst. . 1/11 ll^At A A 1UM^ ^ j The school teachers will not over- J 5 look the importance of attending the j r meeting of the county association on j > Saturday morning at the high school. I It would.be a disgraceful shame ? for anyone to refuse to 'contribute t to dead soldiers' memorial fund, if I such an one is able to give anything 5 at, all. ' Shoe Prices to Drop.?Headline in t f Mondav's State, which paper quoted I . I a manufacturer to say that leather l had fallen twenty per cent. Almost t too good to be true. The boll weevil is spreading over i Newberry county. We hear* of it ? from all directions. Some people re. I gard him as a curse; others welcome 5 him as a blessing in disguise. In the absence of Rev. Mr. Fulenr wider the pulpit of the Church of . the Redeemer will be occupied on Sunday morning by Rev. Prof. Got. wald. Preaching at 11 o'clock. We must double teachers' and | preachers' salaries.?Progressive Far? * - ? ? j ! i mer. You must. The teacners ana | . preachers in Newberry city and couni ty deserve and ought to have it. > If some girls had to mail,a hun! dred letters each they would get one .: cent stamps intead of two. They i seem to like to lick stamps. It must . be a fad. And that's all there is to it. I! A public health nurse for Newr berry is needed. This and other imi Dortant matters are to be decided at ' | the meeting of the Red Cross chapi ? -- -4-1-~ Vt/M-ico rm SnnHav af- ! ler in utc tuuik uvuuv w. ? ternoon at four o'clock. ? It is to be Hoped that the voting I visitors to Hiram Speers, Laws Paysinger and Jim Bowers on Novem ber 11?the first anniversary of the - signing of the armistice?will roll up > | a large majority in favor of bonds. j j Williams Cash grocery has been j handling some mighty fine beef rei! cently and home raised. The other | day they had a fine stall fed steer 3 1 weighing over 500 pounds and as fine 1 ' a beef as you would care to see or s ' to eat. Let the citizens think' over the ims ! portant matter of the special elec-1 tions for the purpose of refunding s ! the opera house bonds and for issu| ing bonds to procure fire equipment j and apparatus; to be held on the 11th t j of November. e I That is a fine and handsome i tror?fnr Mr. H. B. Wells received on I [,! Thursday from the agent, Mr. R. M. j j Lominack. It is the Moline "Uni1.1. r Mr. and Mrs. Z. H. Suber. n Misses Lula and Annie May n Donnan spent the week end with their 11 parents at Tylersville, Laurens county. j it The skating rink is the center of! attraction here now. Some have big J n bruises on the cheek, some the whole i r. top cut out of the shoe and other r. signs of suffering are in evidence, it j but this does not dampen the ardor r, of these pleasure seekers. There is j such demand for room that certain I- sets are assigned to certain days. , r "Neta." st versa!" make, 18 horse power, fo ploughing, threshing and other wor on the farm. It is a beauty. Monday will bring "The Light o Western Stars," which you may see a the opera house. Dustin Farnum wi] lead in the production from th celebrated Zane Grey's greates story, a magnificent picturization o a thrilling romance of the Southwest ern border. The W. M. U. organizer of th Reedy River association will visit i behalf of the 75,000,000 campaig the Saluda W. M. S. at Saluda churc at Chappells on Friday, October 24tl ,at 4:30 p. m. All the women an girls of both Saluda and Cross Road are urged to be present. We were shown on Tuesday by Mi H. P. Baker an old 50 cent silve coin from th? mint of 1832. It i still in a good state of preservatior having only some of the letterin somewhat indistinct. Eighty-seve years ago a half dollar must hav bought a great deal more than it ca buy now. * Three small white' boys wer charged in the -recorder's cout Wednesday morning with damagin the property of the Speers stree school. They were fined $5 each an damkges, The fines were paid. Th damans ffiay amount to a great dea tyiatp Rovs will learn that it doesn' pay to damage property. So great was the demand fo tickets to the "Pretty Baby" shott after the supply had^een exhausted that Manager Wells went to work t have a special matinee for the accow modation of his numerous patrons o the opera house. He succeeded am the matinee is arranged for Frida; afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. Another great crowd will be at th opera house to see "Pretty Baby" 01 Friday night. People were lined u; at Gilder & Weeks' store just afte the tickets were put on sale like folk waiting for a circus ncKei, waguu ?,. open, and the reserved seats wer sold out in a half hour. The show i thought to be a "humdinger." Next Sunday morning at 2 o'clock new time, will be the official time fo the running of the clock back orf hour to the old time. If you don' want to wait until then, turn baci the hands of your clocks and watche before going to bed on Saturda; night, so that you may get up "oi time" Sunday morning and go t church. Some persons are thoughtles enough to put their heads close to gether at the opera house and thu obstruct the view of the picture t< those in the rear. Please sit straigh and look at the picture, with you arms at your side and not on the bad of the chair. And there ought t be a special cage or something se aside for people who feel that t'ue; are just obliged to eat pear,uts. Let everybody help to swell th memorial fund. Give mucn or mwt acco*{ling to your means; but giv something. Mr. B. C. Matthews, wh< has charge of the movement in thi county, is proving himself to be th right man in the right place. H is working hard through a spiri Solely of patriotism, with those o his associates in his bank, and wit an unselfish disposition is placing th funds in other banks of the cit} ~ ~ " " " 11? ?1_ A. "Bud" Matthews is an ngnu An interesting railroad case was i the hands of the recorder on Wee nesday. Conductor G. C. Tollison o Laurens was up for failing; to hav a flagman at the O'Neall street cross ing while shifting his C. N. & L. trai the 15th instant, when it struck a ?i-.+/Nrv.rkV>ilo in which were Mr. an aUbUltlVMXAv --- Mrs. L. H. Kohn. Their car was onl slightly damaged, however, fortunate ly no serious mishap occurring, Mr; Kohn having jumped from the ca unhurt. Conductor Tollison paid fine of $25. A colored trio?George Cannoi Lee Gary and Cells Worthy, pleade Kofnro Magistrate Charle gUUbj vw.. o I Douglass on Tuesday to the charg ; of pistol toting on Sunday. Deput Sheriff William Dorroh had arreste them and brought them in from th country. Each paid the fine of $5< Magistrate Douglass is making good effort to break up the practic of pistol toting in JNewoerry. j anyone is brought before hirn for th offense the guilty person will have t pay for it. That was fine cotton Mr. Jno. W Kibler raised on Mrs. T. C. Pool plixe in Harrington street. We ha\ been enjoying the sight, of the opej I'/.**!*: v v ? ^ . r FRENCH DEMAND I k FOR MUCH COTTON f One Million Tons Needed in Year. 11J Atlantic City, N. J., Oct. 21.? e ; French cotton requirements for the it next year will total 1.,000,000 tons, f of which 700,000 or 800,000 tons must come from the American crop, American textile men were told today e by Arthur Waddington, of the French n delegation to the International Trade j n conference here. He pointed out h that the reconstruction of French , factories and the reconstruction of (j her machinery, all of which is prog vided for by the government, and is to be paid from the German indemni, ties, will enable her mills to resume r 100 per cent, prewar production in - 1 1920. i * j John Lawrence of Boston, speaker j ing for ths American committee, exn i plaining that rainy weather and labor j e j conditions in the south would be re- j ^! sponsible for a production below the I 1 world's requirements. Italian im- i g! porters told American food delegates J ^ that Italy's present wheat tii'op *81 ^ 500,000 tons less than last yeSf* when lt she imported 3,000,000 tonst of ^ cereal . America, they said, should e furnish two-thirds of Italy's cereal requirements and she could obtain thp from Afcentina. Other t ? Italian food requirements were r frozen and canned meats which the r Americans said they could furnish, l' 4(1,000 tons of sugar, edible oils and, 0' dairy products. _ Creation of a permanent internaf tional organization of business men 4 whose membership shall be limited y to countries represented in the league of nations was unanimously voted toe night by 350 delegates, representing j 1 ' ?e | n 40 SUDCOmmuieea ui uic tviucicuw. p This plan will be put before the gen- I r eral conference of 2,000 delegates I s probably on Friday and its acceptance j 0 by that body was considered by the ! e leaders <;f all allied missions tonight j s as a foregone conclusion. LITTLE MOUNTAIN COMING EINE ON LUTHERAN DRIVE r Rev. John J. Long wa sin the city ; * on Wednesday and he is enthusiastic j concerning the Lutheran drive for ' s Newberry and Summerland colleges, j ^ He says that his congregation at J a Little Mountain will go over the ap- | 0 nortionment of $6,000 and that an j . JE~ 1 enthusiastic meeting was held at ' s I^cedonia Lutheran church on Sun-1 day afternoon which church is also s served by him, and that this congre- i 0 gation will also come over the top. That is the news from practically all ? of the churches and the success is assured. 0 ?1 t ing bolls in passing to and fro. It is ; y beautiful cotton, five-lock variety,*! long-short staple, with big bolls, easy j e to pick. With the cotton looming thick from the bolls, it made one of e the prettiest fields ever seen by the TT "I I 1 o reporter. Mr. iMDier rms <muwci s such field at his home place. This e cotton yields two bales to the acre, e Jno. W. Kibler is a good farmer as t well as business man. f Mrs. William Johnson and her i h daughter, Mrs. Odalite Wallace, e made a narrow escape from being r. bitten by a highland moccasin Tuesday night while returning home from n the pictui^ show. They were near 1- the Presbyterian church when the! f j snake darted out and struck at Mrs. | ej Johnson's ankle and chased Mrs.! 5-1 Wallace, who picked up a large and I - ? . i i n heavy rock and let it tail on tne | n snake's head, mashing it. Hearing! d the commotion Messrs. I. H. Hunt I y and J. N. McCaughrin ran out and J s- finished killing the reptile, which Mr. ( 5. Johnson says was about three feet r long and an inch wide. a The first boll weevil in this county was discovered on Mr. Welch Wil1, < bur's farm. It might not have been d khown that the weevil was here until ss it had done much damage had it noti ;e been for the fact that Prof. Stokes J ;y, of Ciemson college was at Mr. wud bur's on Thursday of last week, and e while looking at some cotton in the ). fields on the place discovered a a weevil. The next place the weevil :e was heard from was on Mr. J. D. [f Nance's place. Since then he?or is rather she?the weevil has spread ;o fast. Prof. S. J. Derrick, the obser" ?r\-P V nnrKo rr x r pnlloorp vmg preaiucia wj. ntnuvnj J. says he saw the weevils at work on 's a twenty-acre field in Georgia, and re j that for rapid and thorough action [i- the boll weevil has no equal. i MEETING AMERICAN LEGION POSTPONED Meeting of the American Legion which was to be held on Friday night at the court house has been postponed until a later date. Initial meeting will be held after fair week at which time officers will be elected and^steps will be taken towards forming an active post in this county. Plans are being made for a club room where legion members can meet and discuss topics of the day, find papers and magazines and writing material. In other words there will be a home At._ ; I or uie eA-3civitcj|iicii. , The membership of the local post grows daily. With a bare handfull of members to start with it has now grown in a half hundred and each day sees new names on the roster. Eventually it is hoped to have every ex-service man as a member. The Newberry county post will be represented at the State Convention which me^ts on next Tuesday at Columbia. At this msetfng many things of importance to ivery soldier will come up for consideration. Al- j though delegates are sent from each post any member of the legion is i welcome to attend the meetings. , j L. H. Kohn, l A>?/*n o-nr* UUUUIJ Vlgauiavi. Death of Mr. J. A. Mitchell. Mr. James A. Mitchell died at his home in aluda on last Friday at the j age of 73 years. He was a Confed- j prate veteran. The burial took place on Saturday afternoon at Sardis. Mr. Mitchell leaves a widow, foiyr sons and one daughter to mourn the loss; of a good husband and father, and; Saluda county loses a worthy citizei^ who was true to his country ii\ war and in peace. Besides his other surviving relatives there are three brothers-in-law living in Newberry. R. T., M. B. and J. A. Caldwell. Among those attending the funeral were Mr. R. T. Caldwell and family, and Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Caldwell. On account of having just recently re- j t- J fV)a VinQrutfll Mr. M. B. j l/Ui iiCU 11 VIU V11V ? _ Caldwell was unable to attend. Vaughnville fair The colored citizens of Vaughnville section extend an invitation to the people of Newberry and adjacent counties to attend the great community fair which is to be held in the new school building on Friday and Saturday, November 14th and 15th. A large variety of farm products will be on exhibition, also live stock, poultry, etc. Send in som^ of your best and win a premium. Special care will be given to all exhibits and everything will be promptly returned. Vaughnville Colored Fair Assn. Teachers to Meet. The county teachers will meet Saturday and organize. Officers will be elected and delegates to the State Association in Columbia November 27-29. Mr. Wessinger, school attendance kq nro?dnt- and exolain UUICC1, win kj jthe teachers part of the compulsory attendance law. s Miss Sadie Goggans will give a short talk on the proper lighting, heating and ventilation of the rural school. Every teacher is expected to be present as better conditions of pay, equipment, and comfort of teachers depend upon their organization. Meeting of Knights Templar. Newberry commandery, No. 6, Knights Templar, held a commandery meeting on Tuesday night and con 1 ^ nwioro nn ninp randidates leueu mc viuviu ...... as follows: P. D. Johnson and T. P. Wicker of Newberry, W. B. Owens of Clinton, B. M. Wise of Little Mountain and the following from Saluda: S. C. Blease, S. E. Foy, J. M. Eleazer, Joe H. White and Luther E. Wheeler. Past Commander Geo. T. Bryan of Greenville was present, in company with D. H. Hays and L. R. Stone of Clinton, A. H. Shealy of Little Mountain, E. M. Suber of Whitmire, W. E. Craver of Spartanburg and these from Saluda: C. J. Ramage, T. E. Barnes, G. H. Able, JJ. P. Lindler, W. A. Crouch, J. E. Smith, 0. C. Gunter, J. W. Pitts, F. O. Black ana R. L. Ramey. A banquet was served daring the evening by the Calvin Crozier Chapter, U. D. C., and the Sir Knights said the ladies deserved great credit for the fine spread. V U ?.v. ... .. . , _ ANNUAL MEETING NEWBERRY RED CROSS CHAPTER Will be Held in Court House Sunday Afternoon?Talks by Lt. Osce Coleman and Capt. J. B. Setzler. The annual meeting of the Newberry Red Cross Chapter will be held in the court house Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Talks will be made by Captain ? John B. Setzler and Lieutenant Osce Coleman. Officers will be elected for the ensuing year. A special committee will be ready to report on a "Peace Program," which is a very important matter and one that concerns the entire county; the employment of a public health nurse and a home service secretary will be recommended. Everybody is invited. s, ^ 1 i-: x? rnis is not LO ue a meeting ioi tiic purpose of raising funds, so you may leave your check book at home and come out and give the organization your encouragement by your presence. The Newberry chapter will not be called upon to contribute an^ more towards the war work, the chapter having already met its quota. So let this be a rousing meeting to greet and hear the two returned officers who are to talk to the people. V. ? COTTON GRADER'S VALUE. ^ Investigation Causes Anderson Farmers To Be Paid More for Staple. Clemson College, Oct. 17.?A significant story conges from Anderson county as to the service which a cotton classer can render a community. Anderson is jne of the seven counties in which the extension service of Clemson college cooperating / with the federal bureau of markets "has recently placed an official grader, ~ " ' 1 x1 < " u.jian'f- v"V K. (J. banKs, anci me cuuni/ji C. S. Patrick, made an investigational trip to Hartwell, Ga., where cotton has been selling from 1 to 2 cents above the Anderson market. "The reason given for this difference by the local buyers," says Mr. Patrick, "is that a better grade of cotton is grown around Hartwell than around Anderson, but the investigation showed that Anderson county cotton, when hauled across the river to Hartwell, sells for the same price on the Hartwell market as does the / cotton grown around Hartwell. All of which means that Anderson county farmers will hereafter get better prices for their cotton." i ' Editor Herald and News: I noticed the above in The State of Saturday October 18. Will you be so kind as to publish it in your paper fpr the benefit of the farmers of Newberry county. It ought to do them Tf it doesn't it is their 2>U UIC vvi? , _ own fault, because they don't demand it. When a cotton buyer tells a farmer that 35 cents or 34 cents is the top, we farmers, "u., tail" and all, swallow* If we can strain the buyer to give 1-16 or 1-8 above 34 or 35 cents, so to speak, strain, we go around and brag that we got 1-13 or 1-8 above the "top," when we have . # only got the middling price pius me 1-16 or 1-8. when that bale was strict middling, or good middling, wj ought to have received, well, I won't say. There are thirteen grades, six grades above middling and six grades below middling so middling is half way between. Have you ever got anything for your strict and good middling cotton above the "top." f j What about your off grades, below middling, low middling, strict low middling and dog tail. How much riiH knife vou for last fall, 800 V44V* * ? to 1,500 points. What are you get- , ting for your good cotton this year? ' j They have driven their knives in you 1 good and deep and have them drawn over you this year. Are you going to let the knife come down? They have slapped you on the right cheek, and you have turned them the left cheek. Now, brother farmer, draw back your old rusty fist, wind up three or four times, then let her go. Hit the bear square between the eyes. Every man must stand up for his rights. Let us farmers demand our rights, stand up and fight for them. ' 1 ? u.,4. We will not nurx any ime, uu^ help everybody. The world is look- j ing with a bright lantern for an honest man. Are you honest? J. F. Stephens. y 1 - &$?& &?, .. jj