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/ 4 * > f I VOLUME LV., NUMBER 86. NEWBERRY, S. C., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1919. TWICE A WEEK, $2.00 A YEAR ___ : _ GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH RAISES HER QUOTA - I Rev. Chas. J. Shealy Goes as Delegate to Georgia Synod?Major Lester Addresses the School. ~ ^ -1 C Prosperity, Uct. z i?urace cnurcn ?i c allotment of ten thousand dollars in I the $300,000 educational drive has been subscribed in full by the con- ^ gregation. Pastor Shealy deserves ^ credit, for through his untiring effort Grace church went over the top. ^ Don't forget the Hallowe'en party ^ which is given by the Prosperity high school Friday night October 31. See ^ the add in today's paper. ^ V. E. Kohn has returned from a v hog sale in Georgia. The fine hogs bought will follow by express. b J. N. Stribbling leaves Wednes- J day for Walhalla to attend the r Stribblihg-Wallace wedding. Mrs. Ernest Morrow of Croone, b - Florida, Mrs. Agnes Faysoux and h Miss Eliza Curlee of Winnsboro and J Cornwell Jennings of Columbia are the guests of Mrs. J. S. Wheeler. ^ Dr. and Mrs. G. W.. Harmon, Mr. ^ and Mrs. Harry Hebble, Mr. and ^ Mrs. W. J. Wise, Mrs. A. G. Wise, r Mrs. L. W. Harmon, Misses Rebecca ^ v Barmen, Elizabeth Browne motored to Batesburg Sunday to visit Mrs. G J. C. Taylor. S Mrs. J. B. Bedenbaugh of Pomaria n is spending the week with her mother, Mrs. J. M. Werts. Boy Gibson of Columbia was home for Sunday. Johnnie Langfora of Camden spent w Sunday with the home folks. v Mr. Olin Shealy has returned from ^ ; the Columbia hospital with four of ^ his children who had the Trocoma h; 4 operation. Misses Mabel McWaters and Annie Ward of Slighs were home for the week-end. ^ Mrs. M. C. Morris spent Saturday and Sunday in Columbia. F Major Allen Lester has been trans- ^ ferred from Camp Jackson to Atlanta. En route to his new post he paid a short visit to his mother, Mrs. Rosa ^ Lester. While here he visited the ^ high school and in his usual happy j manner made a short but interesting talk on education. c, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hebble, Mesdames G. W. and L. \V. Harmon ^ motored to Columbia Monday, w * Miss Sarah Haynes attended the dance in Clinton on Tuesday night. ^ En route home she visited Mrs. Octie p Griffin of Newberry. y Mrs. L. W. Bedenbaugh is visiting g friends in Columbia. Mrs. Addie Hodges spent last week , with Mrs. Bessie Lane of the St. J Luke's section. k The Rev. Chas. J. Shealy leaves -* 1? nonron'ji. as the soaay iur vgicwvi^v, v.w.e?, ? ? fraternal delegate from r the South y Carolina Synod to the Georgia Synod. . The Oglethorpe church was Rev. ^ ^hpalv's first charge and his message n ?? - will be enjoyed by his many friends t( there. Miss Ethel Counts, demonstration jy agezt of Oconee county en route to ^ the State fair paid a short visit to ^ lier parents, Prof, and Mrs. E. 0. ^ Counts. Mrs. H. H. Rikard of Newberry has been visiting her mother, Mrs. Nancy Wheeler. ^ Mrs. V. E. Kohn has returned from q Columbia where she had her tonsils ^ removed. jMrs. Maxcy Bedenbaugh visited "*"? ^ r'rtlnrviKia hnsnital Her son, Jtvuy m> uic wiuiuv>? o during the past week. Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Wise spent ^ Wednesday in Columbia. ' Mrs. Mary Livingston of New- ^ berry is the guest of Mrs. F. E. Schumpert. Mr. T. M. Mills and Miss Willie ? Mae Wise our county demonstration agents left Friday to complete ^ arrangements for their booths at the state fair. Mrs. T. L. Wheeler has gone to the -Columbia hospital for an operation. . Mr. Willie Hunter is under treat- _ ment at the Columbia hospital for rheumatism. ]< Miss Grace Reagin has returned from Columbia. t< Mrs. Billie Fulmer, accompanied ^ by her physician, Dr. J. I. Bedenbaugh, went to the Columbia hospi- d tal on Thursday for an operation. o Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Boozer spent Sunday in Columbia. S Ellis Wheeler went to Lynchburg, Va., last Wednesday and returned ti home with two new Piedmont cars. C PURELY PERSONAL. lie Movements of Many People, Newberrians, and Those Who Visit Newberry. Mr. Folger of Gaffney made a Sunday visit to his daughters, Mrs. v " T T I?Alrrnr v. iL. JLieaveil miu iuido Juauio r j Miss Lucy Mae White of Hamp- l on, Va., is visiting at the home of i ier uncle, Mr. Jno. T. Norris. j Capt. J. Roland Dickert of Colum- ( >ia came to Newberry Saturday on a < usiness visit. ? Miss Grace Summer went to * 'olumbia on Monday to resume her 1 )hicora college studies, after a two- 1 reeks visit home. , 'c Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Bickley of New- ^ erry, who have b6en visiting Mrs. s . M. Foster in Richland street, have eturned home.?The .State. c Mrs. A. M. Garlington of New- c erry is here to spend the winter with je er daughter, Mrs. Earle Smith.? * ohnson cor. Edgefield Chronicle. ? Mrs. Harry Price and little daugh- c er, Anne of Spartanburg are visiting js Irs. Price's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. |c lann. !r ? -! v Mr. and Mrs. Berley Harman ot | * lolumbia were Sunday visitors at the ome of Mrs. Harman's mother, Mrs. L W. Pearson. Mrs. D. L. Hamm represented the v ilverstreet Lutheran church at the e lissionary meeting in Lone Star last t reek. j Mr. Alfred ('Pete") Matthews, j ssistant cashier of the Firsfr Nation- n I bank of Barnwell, spent the brief e 'eek-end with his parents, Mr. and <j [rs. B. C. Matthews. E > Mr. J. J., formerly of New- % erry but lately of Athens, Georgia, i, as relocated in this city as an insur- 0 fice agent. His family is in Green- t 6od. s Mrs. White Fant has returned from c le Roosevelt hospital in New York, J 0 ccompanied by her husband. Mrs.'j ? ant's many friends will be glad to 8 now that she is here again. t] Mr. W. R. Reid, Jr., of Newberry c )ent a few hours in the city today c hile en route to Clemson for the p :>otball game.?Greenwood Index j. ournal, 25th. ^ Miss Annie Mae Donnan of Laurens p ounty, teaching school at Whitmire, t ttending the teachers' meeting in 11 [ewberry on Saturday, spent the I \ reek-end with friends in thfe city. 11 Miss Nannie Bowie has gone to I r fewberry where she ha saccepted a 2 osition in the office of Census Super- t isor E. H. Aull.?Abbeville Medium, e 4th. B Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Price have as uests Mr. Price's mother, Mrs. W. P. s rice of Belwood, N. C., and his s rother,- Mr. J. A. Price and family s f Lenoir, N. C. t Mr. Brooks, superintendent of the t /hitmire schools, spent the week-end 1 Prosperity with his wiTe and baby," ley returning with him to Whitmire ^ n Sunday afternoon, after a visit 0 > relatives at Prosperity. g Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Caldwell and a Eiss Carolyn, Mrs. C. B. Martin, Mrs. l. T. Brown, Mr A. J. Bowers, Miss t 'lorence Bowman and Mrs. W. T. ^ Srown were also visitors in Greenille during the shrine meeting last j t I V reek. Mrs. C. B. Spinks and Mrs. Earle ^ lullock were the delegates from the v Ihurch of the Redeemer to the State ^ Voman's Missionary convention at 5 ,one Star last week. After the ^ leeting Mrs. Spinks went to Floi-ence n a visit to relatives in that city. Captain and Mrs. Guy Brown reurned to Greenville on Monday after e Sunday visit to his mother, Mrs. A. s Brown, they motored here with Mr. 0 nd Mrs. Kellers Mitchell, who were ^ n their way to the former home of n Irs. Mitchell in Lexington. c Mrs. H. L. Parr, while at the- State V. C. T. U. convention in Marion 8 lade the responsk to the greetings " n Friday evening of the meeting, ^ onducted the devotions on Saturday lorning and presented the medals for F " a " - r* o- /?/*!_ + 1V11SS uracc ocasc ui ?? uiwuu^ *,v?- i, jge was home for the week end. d Mrs. Hayne Hair and two daughters of Columbia spent the week-end t rith Mrs. B. B. Hair. h Mrs. Willie Long was carried Sun- h ay to the Columbia hospital for an b peration. t Olin Bobb of Greenville spent I unday with the home folk3. c Master Andrew Shealy is under \ a reatment ta the Baptist hospital, j I lolumbia. ' ; t CAPITAL NEWS (By John F Columbia, Oct. 26.?The State }1 :air begins tomorrow. Already people 11 lave begun to arrive for this annual eunion of South Carolinians, and the < :air grounds have been put in shape. : Donsiderable live stock was already >n the grounds Saturday. Big crowds i - " ? ? J- ? J J (- ,,Ti11 V ire anucipaieu, auu cvciy cuuu muu >e ^nade to entertain them. For the s )ast few years .Columbia has nor- ' nally been crowded, but the people |: ittending the fair will have the best i he city has, and they will enjoy them- . lelves,. J There have been rumors of a strike i >f electrical workers here during the i :oming week, but information glean- i d today after a meeting held by them 1 ast night is that there;is no danger of 1 in immediate strike. The men are lemanding -increased pay to an imount of ten per cent. A strike i luring fair week would be a serious ( natter. Ah arbitration board has >een named, however, and it is hoped hat the contentions may be adjusted. , i , The people of Columbia, along | i pith the whole country, are interest- j f dly watching developments in the < hreatened strike of bituminous coal > i timers. The statement issued by i Resident Wilson, as carried in the t morning papers, is one 6f the strongst and clearest utterances by a presi- t [ent in recent years. A strike of the ' ainers on the eve of the winter, with 1 he coal bins of the nation running ) ow, would be a calamity the results e f which it would be very hard to es- < ? - * ' ? it l"f imate. That there would De untoia . uffering, particularly of women and < hildren, goes without saying. The i perators and miners having failed < o agree, President Wilson from his f ick bed, stating that "this is one of t lie gravest steps e^er proposed in this 3 ountry," gives warning that "the ( ountry is confronted with this pros- 1 1 - J- ? J-i ? T nrno iteol^ I X iect at a ume wueu mc vyoi ncvu 3 still a fact, when the world is still i 7 ^ n suspense as to negotiations for 1 eace, when our troops are still being 1 ransported and when their means of i ransport is in urgent need of fuel." Vithout going into merits of the conroversy, the president served definite ( lotice "that the law will be enforced r rd the means will be found to pro-. ( ect the interests of the nation in any c mergency that may arise out of this ? inhappy business." , To all intents and purposes, the r -?4- Via nraci^orif CPPm? tfl tCtlClIICilb V/l |/iv0iuviiv www*?, , ound a note of warning that the trong arm of the nation will he used o prevent the suffering which this.* hreatened strike would impose, i ?_ Judge Moore in court here yester[ay granted a new trial in the case ( >f John M. Graham against the Itate of South Carolina, for damages ? .lleged to have been incurred by ( he declamation contest by girls and t >oys on Saturday evening. I Miss Susie Dent of Newberry re- t urned Thursday to her home, after isiting relatives and friends here.? f Lfter a delightful stay of several 1 * ' ? ht: reeks here visiting relatives, 1*1 iss 11 Lnna Cable of Newberry returned | j resterday to her home.?Charleston | c American, 26th. \ Dr. Frank D. Mower, at the meet- 1 ng of the new Shrine, Knights Temp- ( ar, in Greenville last week, 'was t lected a member of the medical r taff. This gives two of the officers f the order from Newberry, Mr. Thomas. P. Johnson, as has been lentioned, having been chosen second 1 eremonial master. c Mr. Ralph Jenkins of Newberry is \ Al liat>a fnr fair. 5 ,mong uie vionuio ucic ? ?Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Culbreath of c "happells are among the visitors in i he city today.?Mr. Earle Child, a i irominent mill man of Whitmire, was t rnong the business visitors here for z he fair yesterday.?Greenwood In- \ lex-Journal, 24th. * \ Mr. Pone Wicker has returned from J i he Columbia hospital after visiting,J1 lis mother, Mrs. L. P. Wicker, and s ier brother-in-law, Mr. Will Wicker, t >oth of whom have undergone opera- j ions, and are improving. Mr. Claude \ )ominick, who also underwent a 3 light operation at the hospital, is s " 1 A TT_ IA Iso getting along an rignt. ne a::u . l Irs. Bcmir.ick are expected hor*.e j f his week. j c f % <-^:4. ,Vji-" . ; AND GOSSIP L Aull.) Graham when the legislature abolishA ^ wv 411 ttrifVtm fll A ? TITO 11C cu tilt; Hi/Did. y 111111 wituni uiv *??*? of the State penitentiary. Graham's contract still had two years and three months to run, and he was suing for $24,300. The case has been triec three times in the circuit court, and las been in the supreme court once on a. matter of law. In the circuit court, the first and second trials resulted in mistrials, and the third trial resulted in a verdict for the State. Judge Moore held that under the Act enabling Graham to sue, and under his uncontradicted testimony as to his damages, that the jury weftt contrary to the evidence when they did not return a verdict for some amount in his favor. . Cotton was selling in Lancaster on EiVday for forty cents a pound, and ^AwimicciAnar R TTarris nf t.VlA State JU1J1U11001V11VX Jk/? AAM4AAW; -w? ? iepartment of agriculture, who has lust returned from a day spent in 3hesterfield county, says he found jotton-selling there at forty cents for nch staple, and 38 1-2 cents for shorter staple. Mr. Harris says that lotton is worth fifty cents a pound, ivhich he contends should be the mininum price, and urges the farmers to luit selling at the present prices. "The farmers must use common lense and good judgment," he says. They have the situation in their lands if they will hold it. Again I epeat my last winter slogan: Sit steady in the boat. Cotton would be ;heap at 50 cents. Mark my words. Fhe time to start to fixing the price >f the 1920 crop is today. Get ready to plant plenty of wheat and >ats and barley and other grains, and ?et a reasonable amount of live stock - 4 O start inc year, men wuav lviwu rou plant will be a surplus and you :an market it as you wish. Next ilay cotton will be bringing?oh, veil, I am afraid to say what I think :or fear that I will be misunderstood. 3ut, mark my words, cotton will jring the price it should have?and :or the first time in cotton history." The State fair will be the occasion >f a number of gatherings of business nen in Columbia for the purpose of >rganization, of annual meeting, and >ther matters. Automobiles and acces 5ory dealers will meet on Thursday iftiernoon. Other gatherings of this lature will be held during the week. At St. Paul's Lutheran church ;his morning, Dr. H. A. McCullough, ;the pastor, announced that the ihurch has gone beyond its quota in ;he Newberry-Summerland college ' "II wonnrfc nnf VPt in T)l* ll'IYt, Willi ail MVV JW _ McCullough was extremely gratified it the showing made, not only by his church, but by the synod, and there vas a note of thanksgiving in the ex;remely excellent sermon which he jreached on the difference between ;he- form and the substance. Dr. McCullough is a strong and orceful preacher, and a pastor who las the love of one of the most thrivng congregations in the city. He has mt. his heart into this drive, and his :ongregation rejoiced with him, as veil as with Newberry and Summerand colleges and the cause of Christian education, in the cheering ;idings which he brought them this norning. Fine Pecans. lr T T Qiluorotrflot IVir tl X* ridwrvmo v/x uxitviovivw eft on the editor's desk oil Saturiay as fine a bunch of pecans as you vould care to look at. There are leven large well grown pecans on >ne prong that does not look that it s strong enough to bear the weight. V few acres of trees fruited like ;his prong would certainly produce in abundance of nuts. What variety ve do not know, but the only fault ve could possibly find with the nuts '-1 - *- ?-? mAfA tham S inBl mtrc aic nvit iiivsxw vjl Ui4v*u* rhey say that all the trees this year ire well fruited, and only if some of is who are so fond of trees had >lanted some of this variety when ve were setting out trees in the rears gone, but it is not too late yet, md even if you think you are too old o live to enjoy the fruit plant them or the benefit of those who are to ome after. -L & ' i | ANNUAL MEETING RED CROSS i | Report of Treasurer?Election of Officers?Community Nurse Recommended. Red Cross Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of the Red 5 Cross chapter of Newberry county } was held in the court house on Sunj day afternoon. While a very good [ crowd was in attendance, there were I not as many citizens present as there should have been, cpnsidering the importance of and the necessity for the work of this organization. > J t Dr. Geo. B. Cromer presided, j After the singing of the hymn, "How! , Firm a Foundation,"x prayer was j offered by Rev. Dr. Gotwald of the . faculty of Newberry college. ' # i I Tiion thp rpnorta of commit- ! ' tees, first by Chairman Z. F. Wright ; cf the executive committee, followed by Mr. J. B. Hunter, member of the .home service committee. Treasurer T. K. Johnstone submitted his report as follows: Cash on hand Oct. 31, 1918, $5,258.69 Membership fees paid .... 1,919.25 ! Contributions received 722.49. Received from war fund (25 per cent, amount collected) 358.68 i Received from home nursing class ... 16.85 Received from sale of but tons and magazines. .. 35.00 $8,310.96 Disbursements from Oct. 31, 1918 to Oct. 25, 1919: Amount paid for material , and supplies ,. 753.23 Amount paid for scrips, home service, office... 1,279.58 Amount paid for class fees. *12.70 Amount paid for buttons and magazines 31.50 Amount remitted Atlanta 50 per cent, member-ship fees 1,674.50 ! Return to Atlanta-of part of war fund ....... 3,000.00 Cash on hand Oct. 25> 1919, war fund 846.4" Cash on hand Oct. 25, 1919, chapter fund 712.98 1,559.40 j ' ' i - $8,310.i)6! Next was the report of the soecial committee on the peace program, through its chairman, Mr. Z. F. Wright, which recommended the pro| curing of at least one trained comj munity nurse and the continuation J of the work of the chapter. At this | ! noint in the interesting Droceedines I Dr. Cromer introduced Miss May Murphy of Columbia, a trained nijrse who had seen service overseas, and is now assistant supervisor public health j nursing. She made an impressive | talk, showing the benefit and value j of these trained nurses in com-! munities. Senator Alan Johnstone, Dr. Geo. Y. Hunter and Professor S. J. Derrick in turn succeeded Miss Murphy, by well timed and approDriate remarks aloner these lines. mt ? j On motion the recommendations of! the committee were adopted. Newberry must keep up the work of the fled Cross. Then followed another fine report, that of the chapter history, by Miss j Sadie Goggans, the proficient and efficient secretary. These excellent reports will be given publicity more in detail later. I Two speeches had been arranged i for the occasion, Lieut. Osce Cole- j man, who was to have been one of the speakers, who is now in Washington to the% regret of the audience. But to the delight of the audience Dr. (Capt.) Jno. B. Setzler, Newberry's popular ove'rseas representative, who j did noble duty in the army hospital j near Paris du ag the war and in! Russian hospitals after the close, was | present and addressed the meeting. I He made a splendid little talk and held the close attention of his j hearers. Dr. Setzler very feelingly . spoke of the great and good work of j j the Red Cross order. The election of officers occurred at J this juncture, as follows: Chairman, I t?. T> . i Ur. JI1U< JD. oci/iici, vitc-tuaumait) | Mr. L. S. Floyd; secretary, Miss j ( Sadie Goggans; Treasurer, Thos. K. j Johnstone; executive committee, Z. F. . Wright, chairman; Prof. 0. B. Can-,< non, Miss Minnie Gist, Miss Kate 1 Summer. Mr. F. N. Martin, who has charge 1 of the roll call, was then called on j I ! for a few remarks. He briefly em- > j phasized the importance of keeping ] t <? # it ' j up the jorgani^uon ana 01 rojuowmg j jac. - .jsiskii-wOfca. VARIOUS AND ALL ABOUT. Cotton was quoted at 36 cent3 in Newberry Monday. Mr. Harry H. Blease is being urged by friends to become a candidate for mayor. Dodging automobiles keeps a fellow on the lookout here now when he wants to cross corners. Rock sand has been put in some places in the city. Wish they'd place some of it in Friend street. Rev. Ralph Taylor, State superintendent, will preach at Reddick's Chappell on Thursday night. Sparks circus is scheduled to appear here on the 17th of next month. It is a two-ring and platform show. The great crowds in the city Satur day would appear to indicate that NJpwherrv is crowinc in DODUlation. Magistrate Chas. W. Douglass imposed a fine of $75 dollars against Jess Kinard, colored, on Thursday, for assault and battery. Mr. W. Ed. Wallace was in the city Saturday after recovering from a long and severe illness. His many friends were glad to see him. It was a sight last Friday night to see ?he public square below the old court house parked and packed with automobiles while the people were crowded into the opera house. The ladies walking along Calhoun in the neighborhood of Ave wv&vvw ? ? O ? leigh church need not be* afraid of the mate of the snake killed there last Tuesday night; the mate has also been killed by a colored man. We hope the whole family met with tW same fate. You will have "One of the Finest" at the opera house Tuesday. That. well liked Tom Moore will be the feature of the picture play. The j "Shadows" will fall there on Wednea/lav with the celebrated Geraldine y Farrar featured. On Thursday "Too Fat to Fight" will come on; this'being a Rex Beach play. A telegram to Chief Rodelsperger from Texas on Monday stated that , Joe Wilbut was there dead. It was answered by wire that if the dead man had a large birthmark on his face to embalm the body and ship to Newberry. The name Wilbut is evi-> dentlv a mistake for Wilbur, as Joe Wilbur left home about two weeks ago. . _ A horse kicked Mr. Hamp Hiller in the stomach on Sunday and rendered him unconscious for some time, injuring him seriously. Drs. Thomas W. Smith and Robert L. Mayes were called in and are attending the unfortunate man. He had regained consciousness and was better on Monday morning when we heard from him. He is a son of the court house janitor, Mr. G. W. Killer. mora cVi nix-rt nn 8-foot cotton I! K/ T? vi W*av ww ?. stalk from the 3-acre field by Col. M. M. Buford. The stalk was loaded with green bolls, as the cotton was planted late and not in time to mature. Colonel Buford got the seed from the North Carolina State farm at Raleigh. It is the early Simpkins Ideal. The colonel says it is the earliest cotton growing, wun mie fruitage, and will fruit fully whether it matures at 6 inches or 8 feet. He also says it is the kind to fight the boll weevil with. The "Pretty Baby" at the Opera House. * -j- -*-1- - ?"cv;_ A good crowd at uie Uiauwc *-*?day and a crowded house Friday night greeted the "Pretty Baby' musical ^comedy. Some of those present did not think much of it, perhaps expecting too much as many of us often do; some thought it "pretty ' good," while large numbers were satisfied with it and pronounced it good, except that they objected to one or two little "episodes" on the stage, thinking the thing a little overdone in spots It beat "Bringing Up Father." The singipg by the chorus was of a better class than is generally brought here, and the leading voices were of a higher order. The costumes were attractive and of many changes, and the members of the company all seemed to be young5 * 1 J"'? ? ?1? trnntjcfnl at leasx tnc gills a}/[/caicu jvituuw and pretty on the stage. But of course everybody there took the comedian to be the "whole show." out the recommendations and suggestions of the service committee. After a rising vote of thanks to Dr. n P Pvnmor onrl TWT<5 W TT Runt VJ JL/? VI ViliVi (*uu ?? the retiring chairman and vice-chairman, which was given on motion of Mr. Jno, C. Goggans, Sr.,. the meeting adjourned. . v| - ..v - - -jA'-w..*