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V* ^ ^VOLUME LV., NUMBER 87. NEWBERRY, S. C.? FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1919. TWICE A WEEK, $2.00 A YEAR HENRY L. DOMINICK f KILLED BY AUTO G. H. Bolt of Laurens was Driving " Machine to Columbia?Jury Says ^ Accident Unavoidable. The State, 30th. Henry L. Dominick, 41 years old, prominent farmer living near Prosperity, died last night at the Columi :x_! , ? via iiuspii/ai xi um mjuiica ictcivcu on the Newberry road about 17 > miles from Columbia. Mr. Dominick was struck by a motor car being driven by G. H. Bolt of Laurens county as he stooped over in the road to pick up a knife. The blow caused a r - fracture of the skull. Mr. Bolt was on his way to. the ? _? nr.. t-v ; ? j iair ana ivir. uommicK, (tccuiupauicu by his wife and son, were returning home from the fair. The Dominick party stopped by the roadside for} water, and Mr. Dominick left his machine to pick up a knife. Mr. Bolt was coming down the road and "his machine struck Mr. .Dominick as 'he stooped over on the road. Coronor Scott was notified of the i .Heath nf Mr. Dominick and summon F <ed a jury to hold an inquiry at 10 io'clock last night. Testimony was taken and the jury returned a verdict to the effect "That H. L. Domi^jiick came to his death by being P struck by an automobile driven by G. H. Bolt through an unavoidable ' accident." John W. Knight testified that he lived at Laurens, S. C., and left that point yesterday at 1 oclock with G. H. Bolt. When about 17 miles from Columbia on the Newberry road he sighted a car that stopped on the road and when about 14 feet from the car a man left the machine and P stooped over in the road. We were going about 20 miles or less an hour at the time and the car driven by Mr. Bolt struck Mr. Dominick. We ran about 40 feet and returned to the T*TV?oT??k tVio v?n11isi<vn occurred. We brought Mr. Dominick to Columbia and carried him to the hospital. He did not hear Mr. Dominick * speak after he was hit by the car. The sun was shining at the time of +V10 Qf?nirlont /AAV S. D. Stockman said he lived three miles from Prosperity and was in the Dominick car going home. The car was stopped on the road for water from a spring on the side of the road, Mr. Dominick left the car and Mrs. Dominick said, "Yonder is a knife in the road." The witness said he saw a car coming and said, "Look out, there comes a car." Mr. Dominick did not seem to hear the call. He stooped over and was hit by the moving machine. Bolt's car was making about 20 miles an hour. i?irs. H. L. Dominick said they had visited her mother at a hospital and left Columbia for home. They wanted some water and the car stop ped. Mr. Dominick left the machine and she and her son, Cecil spoke ^ about the same time, saying, "YonP tier, there is a knife in the road." [ She saw the other car coming and f before :he could speak it had hit Mr. L Dominick, who was stooping over the knife. Witness said she did not think Mr. Dominick saw the other car. She tried to get Mr. Dominick to speak after he was hit, but he never uttered a word. ' Cecil Dominick, young son of H. L. Dominick, gave the same testimony offered by his mother. He thought & Mr. Bolt's car was making about 15 or 20 miles an hour at the time of the accident. G. H. Bolt said he lived a short * T ?TOC distance ironi j-auicii? anu ->? ing to Columbia in his Hanson car. When about 17 miles from Cclnivf-Ia he noticed a car that had stopped in the road. He was running about 15 or 20 miles an hour when he saw .n leave the car and go toward the middle of the road. He was driving, and was about 14 feet away when Mr. Dominick stooped over to pick up something. He did all he could to stop the car, but it rolled on and struck Mr. Dominick. Mr. Bolt said he thought the left fender ' ' mViool Viif fhp Of MUD On ICil At Villi nuvvt 111V vuv man. He had no idea eny person would leave the car and get on the road. He did everything possible to avoid the collision. He came on to the hospital with Mr. Dominick. Mr. Bolt and Mr. Dominick are well known in their respective communities. Congressman Fred Dominick is a cousin to H. L. Dominick. The remains of Mr. Dominick will r 'illegality of move will be established i I Attorney General Says Proposed Strike of Coal Miners Will Be Shown Beyond Pale of Law Without Impairing Right to Strike. i ! Washington, Oct. 29.?The govemI ment will establish the "illegality" of , the strike of coal miners "without in ! any way impairing mc gcucia* ngui< to strike" as the "general right to strike is not an issue in any sense whatever in the present situation," it was declared in a statement issued tonight after a conference in the office of Attorney General Palmer at which he discussed the situation with | Secretary Wilson, Director General Hines, Secretary Tumulty and Assistant Attorneys General Ames and Garvan. The statement, which it was said lUUJ' lcpicscnw tuc aii/iiuvic uv j government, declared that the impending coal strike "was ordered in j a manner, for a purpose and with a j ; necessary effect, which taken to-1 gether, put it outside the pale of the j law." The government will act in the j strike under the provisions of the , Lever food control act, enacted as a war measure but still in force. The position of the government in 1 the imDendiner coal strike was an nounced tonight by Attorney General Palmer as follows: "There can be no doubt that the government has the power in the public interest, under the law, to deal j with the projected strike of the bitu- l* minous coal miners, without infring- i ing upon the recognized right of men j in any line of industry to work j' where they please and quit work }1 wh$n they please. The illegality of j1 this strike can and will be established without in any way impairing the 1 general right to strike, and the gen- 1 eral right to strike is not an issue in any sense whatever in the present i situation. This is true because the !; circumstances differentiate this case i < from the case of any other strike that < has ever taken place in this country. # Every Strike Not Lawful. "It does not follow that every strike is lawful merely because the ] right to strike is recognized to exist, i Every case must stand upon its own 1J l>? V?ir ifo nnrn UUll/UIII ctllU UC guvcuicu uj iw vim i facts. Therefore when the president j said in his statement last Saturday 1: that 'such a strike in such circum-1 stances' is not only unjustifiable but unlawful reference was had onfy to the conditions in the impending situation. "The proposed strike was ordered in a manner, for a purpose and with a necessary effect, which taken to gether, put it outside the pale of the law. After the war began, the prol duction of fuel was regarded as one of the subjects to justify a special statutory enactment. The fuel administration was created to supervise the subject and matters of wages as well as prices were considered and sanctioned by the fuel administration. After the cessation of hostilities the fuel administration ' ~ 5 ?* ? - ? A- <? AM Jama suspended certain ui it? wucia uu,v did not terminate them, and they are subject to reinstatement at any time upon the president's order and the statute under which the orders were made is still in full force. "With this situation existing the convention of United Mine Workers' at Cleveland, last September, decided to annul all wage contracts on November 1 and took the unprecedented step of deciding in advance of any opportunity for consultation either with the government or with the coal operators, to strike on November 1, unless satisfactory new arrangeshould be made." CAMPAIGN RALLY AT CROSS ROADS There will be an all-day campaign rally at Cross Roads church on next Sunday for Mt. JZion, Cross Roads and Saluda churches. The services will open at 10:30 a. m. Adjourn for dinner on the grounds and close with afternoon meeting. ? be carried to his home this morning for interment. > Coronor Scott examined the wit nesses at the inquest and the follow ing composed the jury: J. E. Smoak, W. M. Bowers, G. E. Belle, 0. K. [ Jenkins. J. L. Sims and W. M. Jones. STIRRING APPEAL ! CHAIRMAN J. B. SETZLER Calls Upon People of Newberry to Maintain Fine Record of Leader? - - ? ship in Ked Cross woric. To the members of the Newberry J County Chapter of American Red j Cross: In taking up the duties as chairman of this chapter I find encouragement in knowing that the people of Newberry county are thoroughly in sympathy with the work of the Red Cross, and can be counted upon to respond readily to its appeals. However, I feel very keenly my limitations. No one realizes more T rv>?? ir.oKilitv fr? mPSSllTP ! JL Lilly LliCllX JL llljr UiUMtiii'; w up to the high standard of efficiency in directing the affairs of this organization set by our retiring chairman. Indeed, I was constrained to decline the nomination, and would have done so, perhaps, had I not felt that such action on my part would have simulated very closely that of the "slacker." Then, too, since the memory of the splendid service that the Red Cross performed for us "Over There" is still fresh in my mind, I could not help but feel, that a failure on my part to help carry forward r\-f fliie in flTIV tllC Jti UIXV \JJL I/XllO J way possible,, would: be the basest sort of ingratitude. Therefore I have accepted the nomination. And I plead most earnestly for a continnance of your ' hearty support to its appeals. We are all proud, of the fine record that this county made during the ' world war. So heartily did she respond to> the Qalls^ made upon her ; that she will not be called upon to j contribute to the $15,000i00jQv fundi) aelrai for. in connection with the j' third roll call, for the completion of the Red Gross war work. Newberry J was one of the few counties to get on the Honor Roll. I feel sure that all oi the. members-, of this chapter feel that it would be j4 a great; pity to let such an. efficient j organization as this has proven to. be | die down, or even take a vacation. J But in order that it may be kept!1 alive it must be given work to do. j Realizing this a committee was ap- j pointed to recommend a peace pro- \1 gram for the chapter to. be sub- 1 mitted at the annual meeting October 26. This committee madfe the fol- ( towing recommendation and it was;1 adopted by the chapter-: "We therefore recommend as a j peace program for the chapter a pub-!' he health campaign for the counfy j' and in order to carry out same the 1: employment of at least one trained : nurse who shall be furnished a car and office, all'expenses of operation j' and maintainance of car and c.lee J to be paid by the chapter." "The home service office and j tary to be continued as long as. exe- j cutive committee deems advisable." Is the program outlined above worthy of our consideration and can it be financed successfully by our chapter? With Newberry county's record still fresh in -mind I answer most emphatically, yes! Not one time has she failed to reach her objective. In the Third Roll Call of the Ameri? " 1 nil ! can Ked Cross iMovemoer i-n, dewberry county's quota is $6,920. Can our chapter enroll that many members? Never has this chapter failed j to go "over the top" in any of the calls that have been made on it. And j 1 am not afraid of results this time. What does it mean if 7,000 members are secured for the Red Cross in this county? I believe I can promise you instead of one tra;ned nurse, a county health unit for this * * i I county. This unit consist 01 a pnysician, an inspector and a nurse who give their whole time to the work. Does Newberry county need such an unit? Can you estimate what a health unit would have meant to our county during the great influenza. epidemic last fall? or do you know that many thousands of dollars are i- !n MomKorrv ffllintv spent ainiuan^ m ? on malaria alone?a wholly preventable disease? And what shall we say with regard to the number in this county who are suffering from the great "white plague"?tuberculosis? Recall to mind the number of your own acquaintances who are afflicted with this disease. And who can estimate the number of unknown cases. The very* fact that they are unknown vrvikino- them all the more a mer.ace I to your healtH and to mine? But! # ADMITS STEEL STRIKE IS LOST ARMY IS RESPONSIBLE But Fitzpatrick Declares it Is Won in Sense That Men Have Learned Their Power to Tie Up Industry. t Chicago, Oct. 28.?Following a < ' ii /v? j_ i.1 i. i.1 _j. ^ statement to tne eneeci tnai ine sieei workers had lost the strike, made to military leaders in Gary by L. E. Titus, a member of the steel workers' council there, John Fitzpatrick, chairman of the national committee directing the strike, said: in nn 1T10++01- wUtlf 1 lit! StlllVC ID VVVllj iiu niatwjL vfitwv the outcome may be." "There is no use pretending," Titus h^d said to Col. W. S. Maples, commanding the regular troops. "The men are going back to work. The ' strike is lost and the army is re- 1 sonsible." < In explaining his statement, Mr. Fitzpatrick said: ] "Strikes may be won even though they are lost. This struggle is only laying the groundwork for future 1 battles. "The steel worker may be starved ' into getting back to work, but he has learned this: i i "He knows that the steel corpora- J tion is not bigger than the vill of the men: working for it. He knows now that he can close down the entire works. Knowing1 this he vrffl never again submit sheep-like to the conditions under which be has Iaboced for years. N "For twenty or more years the steel: worker- has been of the opinion < that the United: States Steel' Corpor- ( ation was the biggest thing on earth. ^ lie believed that its power was even i greater than that of the United | States Government. He did not ( know that the worker is the greatest power; Now he knows that he can tie-up the plants: He has done it. ^ The next time: he tries he will tie it j: up even more effectually than- he hats j j done on this occasfoih" ; Burial of Miitt Nina M. CHappeU. The buriafcof Miss Nina Maud , ChappelTj. whose death was recorded j in our last issue, was attended by a , large gathering on Tuesday morning, ( the following young men acting as pall bearers: James Henderson,. Ned j Purcell', Herman Langford, Willie j Cromer,. Thomas Hayes and Walter j, Craps.. The floral offerings were! j many and beautiful, placed by loving j j hands upon the grave of this young j < girl.' who has left us. "Safe in the j? i J arms of Jesus," and "Shall we gather at the river?" were sung by Mrs. P. C. Gaillard and Mrs. Minnie Merchant, tenderly and toucMngly, j and the Rev. T. C. Croker spoke feelingly and beautifully of the devoted mother wiping the tears from the . cheeks of her dying daughter during j the long illness before the#departing j spirit passed the portals beyond which | there shall be no more . tears, for "God shall wipe away all tears from j their eyes, and there shall be no more rtpath. neither sorrow* nor crying,. ' neither shall there be any more pain; 11 for the former things have passed 1 away," She, who had a "right to the ] tree of life," has entered "in through ' the gates into the city/' Meeting Postponed. The Dickert-Schumpert chapter, Children of the confederacy, will not hold its regular meeting Saturday on of the fair. The meeting has been postponed until Saturday, November 8, 1919. Abbie Gaillard, Recording Secretary. Susie Davenport, President. why speak further. Truly the need is here. Seven counties in the state already have health units established.* Reports from these counties show that they ' n onlon/1i/1 copvipp ff\V I are penumnng, a cijiv.?u1u , the public. Think it over and if the proposition of having a health unit for this county appeals to you talk it over with your neighbor and get him interested. Then, constitute yoursslf a committee of one to secure members for the Red Cross. For upon the outcome of this membership campaign will depend the success of our peace program. May I depend upon your cooperation? John B. Setzler, M. D., Chairman Newberry County Chapter, A. C. I PRESIDENT TO ANNUL WAR PROHIBITION Dry Leaders Plainly Disturfuu^ Over White House Announcement of President's Decision. \ Washington, Oct. 28.?The Senate passed the prohibition enforcement act over the President's veto today } and made immediately effective machinery for preventing sale of beverages containing more than onehalf of 1 per cent alcohol. The vote was 65 to 20, or eight more than the necessary two-third ivioiftviH' U1UJVX1VJ . While there was a wrangle over taking up the measure in place of the peace treaty, which had the right of way, there never was doubt as to how the Senate stood. It was overwhelmingly "dry," like the | House, which repassed the bill with- j in-three hours after the President had i, 1 > vetoed it. I Before Congress at 3:40 o'clock J finally clinched enactment of the en- { forcement law, despite Presidential j. >bjection to linking wartime and | ( constitutional prohibition acts; there j came from the White House the j, announcement tftat tne wartime law , 4 tvhich was put into effect after the , cessation of hostilities?would be an- 1 lulled the moment the Senate for- ^ nally ratified the German peace ] ;reaty. Death of Mr. W. H. Hiller. 1 Mr. William Hampton Hiller, who aras fatally kicked by a horse on last Sunday morning and carried to the ;. Columbia hospital Monday, died at j ;he hospital on Tuesday morning at , 1:15 o'clock. The body was brought J :o Newberry, and buried in West End :eraetery Wednesday morning, funer il service conducted in Mayer Memorial chureh at 11 o'clock by his pas- ' lor, the Rev. W. H. Dutton. The 1 following were the pall bearers: C. G. Blease, S. T. Matthews, J. D. Kinard, W. V. Bledsoe, W. G. Rister and Robert Taylor. Mr. Hiller was 43 years old. He . sras the son of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Hiller of West End. He leaves a aridow, formerly Miss Corrie Shealy; ihree daughters. Mrs. Walter Frasier , jf near Prosperity, Misses Grace and Mary, and three sons, James, Leon . md Roy of West End. He is also survived by four sisters and two brothers, as follows: Mrs. John Rnro-lp. Mrs. John Livingstone, Mrs. , Dswald Cook, Mrs, Berley Shealy and ( Messrs. Sam and Edgar Hiller, all di West End. ( The death of Mr. Hiller was . peculiarly and distressingly sad. He , lad been out driving on Sunday - ( norning and while trying to untangle >ne of the lines the horse kicked him in the stomach, from which he be-. , ;ame unconscious and remained in:hat condition for some time, finally regaining consciousness under the creatment of Drs. Thos. W. Smith ami Robert L. Mayes and seemed to be I'mnvftvoH Knt. after his; re 3UIX1C VY11C1U 11II^I1.VT VU) moval to the hospital it wa&= ?ound that his stomach had been tearfully mashed and lacerated. His? brother,. Mr. Sam Hiller, and his; brother-inlaw, Mr. J. J. Eargle,. were at his bedside when he died'. His large family connection, and many other relatives and friends, are shocked at his untimely death. The bereaved widow and children, the father and mother and all have the deep sympathies of the community in their terrible affliction. MARRIED PEOPLE SHOULD SEE THIS "The Better Wife," a Select Picture with Clara Kimball Young and Her Own company will present at the opera house Monday, is a delightful love, story of England and the continent. Miss Young has the part ftf Charmian Page, a young Ameri can girl who is touring Europe with her father. One day while she is visiting her friend Helen Kingdon in England she becomes acquainted with Sir Richard Beverly, whose wife, Lady Beverly is killed while racing in a car to meet her lover. Charmian falls in love with Sir Richard's son, Little Dick, and becomes practically a mother to him. Charmian is also in love with Sir Richard, but the Baronet hesitates to speak of his love because of the sacred memory of his wife. He does not know until later that someone else would have made a better wife. JOE WILBUR MET DEATH BY TRAIN IN TEXAS Tuesday's issue contained a brief statement of the death of Mr. Joe Wilbur in Texas. No particulars were known. The news came as a shock to his relatives and friends, * 1 -? -J? t.*_ ? who diet not Know 01 ms wucicauuuw until the receipt of the message. Not much more is known now of the urrfortunate and sad accident, except that he was killed by a train at Premont, Texas, and that his body whicfe was identified, had been shipped to Newberry. Upon its arrival1 here it will be taken to the home of his cousin, Mrs. Robt D. Wright, and thence conveyed to the cemeterv. It is not known when the body will arrive. Premont is about 75 miles from San Antonio, near Corpus Christi on the gulf. The death? of this young man, the son of Mrs. Sibbie Wilbur and the brother of Mr. Welch Wilbur, is a heart rending blow to his devoted ' > mother and "brother, and the sympathy of the entire community goes out to the bereaved ones. Joe Wilbur was an industrious citizen, of a quiet and retiring nature, modestly attending to his ovta business;. He ivas unmarried; His1 sudden and . untimely death; so grevious to the " 1 1 1L family, is deeply mournea Dy m? large circle of relatives and friends. RALLY DAY EXERCISES A K P: CHROCH Rally Day exercises of the A. R. P. Sibbatfr: school; feok tile ptece of the regular morning service October 26. The Forward Bfbvement was the theme. After the devotional exercises, which consisted" of songs and responsive Scriptttre^ reading- of the old. and new testament; beatitudes, Miss Marion Jones told: 'The Story of Nehemiah^ the* Builder," emphasizing the call to the b'uiliiers of the Sabbath school:- . -?The several' departments responded to this call: . Mrs.. Face represented the cradle roll. Dr.. J.6nes, . tfte beginners,, primary and junior departments. Mr. Callie Soytf Parr, the yoang people,. Mrs. I: H. Hunt, the womec. Mt. F. N*. Martin, the men's class. Seventeen cradle roll certificates were given out along with promotion certificates. The recitation by the children of Scripture wliicft had been memorized is a part of cheir supplementary work showed carefu-f training ort the part of'tile teachers and diligence on the part of the pupils. HALLOWE'EN PARTY AT ST. PHILLIPS SCHOOL ___ There will be a Hallowe'en party at St. Phillips school this Friday evening for the benefit of the school and the pleasure and enjoyment of people of the community and the friends of the school. There will be ? fishing and all sorts of amusements for the young folks and the older ' ones will be furnished something to amuse them as well. Let them all go and spend a pleasant evening together. It will do all of them great good and encourage the young teachers who are doing so much for the community. THANKSGIVING MEETING TO BE HELD MOiVUAY The #Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary society of the Church of the Redeemer, will hold its Thanksgiving meeting Monday, November 3, at 5 p. m., at the cfeurch. The program prepared by direction of the literature committee of the United Lut&sran church promises to be of mor$ than usual interest, made up of music, impersonations, recitation^ etc. All the ladies of the congregation are invited to attend. Mrs. A. J. Bowers, Press Reporter. ' --'5 ?m f* ? ??! nf Than If* We desire through The Herald and News to give expression of our heartfelt appreciation and unstinted, thanks to our friends who extended every aid and comfort to us in our sad bereavement. May God's richest ' ^ .J?.? a ^ a! ^ f Diessinj^ uuiuc nini tuv.ui. Mrs. W. H. Hiller and Family. j ? -M % S5S8 ??