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X \ , I - - - ^ , , , - 1 * ' " - ' ??? ? '? > ^ * '\ VOLUME LV., NUMBER 89. * y NEWBERRY, S. C., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1919. TWICE A WEEK, $2.00 A YEAR ? - ? ? 1 ; ?- - r W THE NEWS OF WHITMIRE. Biographical Club Holds Interesting B Meet?A Bright Little Girl Lost and foood?Literary Society Officers. m Whitmire, Nov. 6.?The Whitmire r Biographical club held its regular monthly meeting Thursday afternoon with" Mrs. A. H. Best. The subject for study was Andrew Jackson. Mrs. J. B. Pitts read of his ancestry, early w traits, education, marriage, capability as a lawyer, delegate to the constitutional convention, military career 1 ? _* to : j_ j^ana governor ox riuriua. ( J Mrs. T. P. ?cott had a very interP eating paper telling of Jackson'3 , political views, presidential election, inauguration', life in retirement, declining health and death. Mis. S. A. Jeter led the discussion bringing out. an account of the famous Eaton affair -^ whieh shook > social Washington in Jackson's time. When you, have passed through a very trying experience and -come out -without loss of limb,life or property is well to tell it to your friends H^nd all see the ridiculous in it and ^ lave a good laugh ; that is what we It -did about Minnie's getting lost. Yes, last Thursday Mrs. Belle Suber, ^JJmmett, Minnie, Bill, Mrs. Fannie gflketts and Lucy Metts'all'went down to Columbia to the fair. 0 Now Minnie is one of our quick, W >irrsrht. intelligent, pretty little girls, a great favorite with us all. She -had never seen so many people, automobiles or other wonders as were at the. lair on this day and Minnie failed | to walk in her mother's footsteps as other girls have failed to do; but ^ent along wonder goring an 1 soon jehe was lost She walked the fair * J ?*?*{?* nn Wa mtatv. Jff jjruuuu UVCX pocyui^ uy uwv V. V.J J body's faces, he cried gently at first and then aloud. Bye and bye she / anet a handsome Scout, who true to to Scout pledge came to Minnie's aid. He, with her help found her mothers car and placed her in it, telling her to wait there until the folks came to go home. After three hours of real suffering mother and child met again and 1 doubt if Joseph and Mary were any . happier when they found Jesus. " Unllntrrn'on norhr (riuon hv the 1UC UWWIIV VU yiuvj e> * " X" ?? , 1m Whitmire high school on last Friday J ^ evening was a grand success* and r much-enjoyed by all who attended. T The proceeds received by charging a ; small admission fee amounted to more ? j^han thirty dollars. This will be K^used in purchasing some additional V seats for tjie auditorium. W - At a recent meeting of the Literary society of the Whitmire high school, the following class officers were elected for the year 1919-20: ? President-?Clarice Dillard. ' yke President?Gracie Stroud. Prophet?John Shannon. / Historian?Nellie >Holt. Poet?John Jeter. ^ loea P.nlrkTC "PinV &T*#i white. t v/acw90 wwavaw * ?? _ iflass Flower?Pink carnation. JFhe second number of the Piedmont Lyceum was here Tuesday -^evening. It was represented by the ? XnowJton Glee and Banjo club, who burnished splendid intertaifiment for their audience. * Mrs. Nannie Sims died at the home ' of her daughter, Mrs. T. C. Sims last Friday of acute indigestion. Her husband, Mr. Lee Sims, preceded | her to the grave some ten years ago. I Mrs. Sims is survived by the f olfcjrfowing children: Mrs. F. W. Andrews, HFColumbia; Mrs. L. C. Brown, | m -Greenville; Mrs. T. C. Sim3, Whit| mire and Mrs. B. H. Hennies, Colum- ( - - - ~ . i $? J>ia. One sister, iVLrs. ?1. toieman j Travelers Rest and a brother, Mr. i I Barney Garmany of Texas.. F - The funeral services were held inj "the Whitmire Methodist church and; -^the body was consigned to rest in the cemetery at Mt. Tabor, Rev. A. H. Best conducting the services. A large concourse of relatives and friends attended these services and the floral tribute was beautiful, j , Mrs. Sims, who was Miss Nannie Vio-r onrlv vpars in the \jaruiauy opcuv uv* ?~.v ? ? town of Newberry and since then has lived in or near Whitmire where she has many friends and admirers. Dr. and Mrs. Hilton and the children have returned from a visit to "his parents near Camden. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Hipp spent a day in Newberry last week. "Hr Tlaher of SDartanbuwr was in j Whitmire recently. ^Irs. R. R. Jeter has returned from ^a short visit to Chester. A large number of our citizens j . attended the fair in Columbia last j PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS LITTLE MOUNTAIN Little Mountain, Nov. 5.?The South Carolina synod is now holding the 95th annual convention here. The opening session was held Monday night. Meetings will be held 1 - -1- A. each morning, afternoon ana iugru through Thursday. Officers of the synod are: The Rev. H. J. Black, Charleston, president; the Rev. H. A. McCullough, Columbia, vice president; the Rev. W, B. Aull, Walhal- J la, secretary; and W. A. Counts, Little Mountain, treasurer. There are enrolled about 75 preachers and delegates. The homes of the congregation were opened to the entertainment of the synod, dinner being served on the church grounds. This is said to be the best meeting of the synod ever. / The members of Holy Trinity church are glad to say that they have ?onn nnn ' gone "over tne top m uic ^uwjwv . campaign for Newberry and Summerland colleges. Owing to the holiday given to the Little Mountain high school on last Friday, the Hallowe'en party was postponed until Friday night, November 7. Everybody is invited. Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Shealy, Jr., and children have returned to their: . r,. _ AL ?I home in JNinety-six, aicer spcumug . several days witli Mr. antf Mrs. J. H. Stockman. Misses Elizabeth, Nell and Henry Fliedner of the Thoniwell Orphanage of Clinton, spent Friday with their mother, Mrs. Annie Fliedner. W. B. Shealy spent Tuesday in Columbia. Mr. and Mrs. Leland Shealy of Newberry spent Sunday with Mr. and 1 Mrs. D. E. Epting.' Mr. Joe Epting and son, Dewey of ?- v r ?V.?nlv ; ncwoerry visiwcu v. . . Mrs. J. & Stockman is visiting her j daughter, Mrs. A. C. Summers' in Columbia. V. 0. Shealy accompained by Misses Wright and Hamm of Silverstreet spent Sunday in Laurens. Mrs. Irabelle Wyatte of Virginia is visiting relatives in town. . Mrs. Francis Wessinger of Ballentine is visiting her sister, Mrs. J. A. Sfceaiy. Col. E. H. Aull was a business ] visitor in town on Tuesday. C. T. Huffman spent Saturday and | Sunday in Columbia. j ; Misses Vanie Lake, Pauline Boozer j and Narvis Rae Setzler spent the week-end in Columbia. Miss Lizzie Neel spent the weekend in Newberry. W. B. Wise is spending several days iri Charleston. Miss Zula Stockman visited her sister, Mrs. A. C. Summer, while attending the fair last week. B. M. and J. H. Wise, Jr., spent several days in Columbia last week. Miss Mayebelle Fulmer visited in Columbia last week. i " ^ w T trioi+o/l relatives! Mrs. V/. r. uatiiau V AOXVVVk ? J here on Wednesday. LARGE COTTON SALE. A very large transaction in cotton took place in Newberry on Wednesday when Mr. C. J. Purcell, one of the most prominent and active dealer in the state, sold 1,300 bales at 40 cents a pound, the buyer being Mr. Nat Gist for the Newberry Cotton mills. The amount involved is j approximately $250,000. Mr. Pur- j Vioc -cpveral hundred more bales! V^Cll X1UW wv V*. still on hand. On the same day, to the same | buyer, Mr. R. C. Boyleston sold 100 j Dales at 40 cents. These sales are big affairs of veryI great importance to the town and j county of Newberry and shows that j the men an the deals are doing some- j thing for the community as well as for themselves. i week and quite as many have gone to Clinton to the circus today. Mrs. C. H. Shannon and children spent Sunday with Mr. J. C. Abrams and family. Mr. I. H. Hunt was in town Sunday. Rev. Simpson of the Presbyterian j Seminary preached in the Presby- j terian church here Sunday. While j i here he was the guest of Mr. and ! I Mrs. Jno. L. Miller. | Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Jeter and Miss! I Frances Jeter spent a short while j with Mr. and Mrs. KoDert isearcy. recently. ? "Nita." ! PURELY PERSONAL. The Movements of Many People, Newberrians, and Those Who Visit Newberry. Mr. G. H. Koon has changed from Jn 4*^ T AACTTTIIIA T? Allfo 9 oaiuua i/u jjccovmt) *?vuw ? , Rev. J. W. Carson has been in Due West for several days. Little Miss Mary Balle of Laurens is visiting her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Jno. C. Goggans. Dr. Jno. B. Setzler and Mr. Wilbur Long attended the Lutheran synod at Little Mountain. ' Mr. Walter Ruff, an old Newberry boy but now of Columbia, has been on a visit to his old home. Col. Elbert H. Aull, supervisor of the ceusus, spent last night in the city.?Greenwood Index-Journal, 5th. Mr. S. S. Curry of Orangeburg is visiting his daughter, Mrs. John Swittenberg. Messrs Walter Hunt and Roy Summer were business visitors to Columbia on Wednesday. Lt. Governor Andrew J. Bethea of Columbia was a visitor in town on Tuesday. ^ . Dr. L. A. Riser of Columbia was in Newberry Thursday attending the Red Cross meeting here. ' j Mr. W. R. Watson, cashier of the bank of Whitmire, was in Union Monday.?Progress. Mr. D. B.. Werts of Newberry visited his daughter, Mrs. R. S. Latimer, a day or two last week. State Insurance Commissioner W. A. McSwain of Columbia was in the city on Tuesday. Mr. W. A. Webb of Cfeppells is in the city today.?Greenwood IndexJournal, 4th. ?? si - ? j- C,'lra?afMaf mrs. UUIUXllg U1 uuitiavi vvu arrived yesterday for a visit to her aunt, Mrs. Shillito. " Mr. Fletcher Boyd of Johnston was a visitor in Newberry this week. Fletcher is well and favorably known in Newberry. Mrs. J. Y. Milam and children have ! been spending a few days with rela- j tives in Newberry.?.Laurens a aver- i tiser. Mrs. Fritz Stork and children and | Mr.~ Jim Spence spent Sunday in | Newberry with their aunt, Mrs. T. W. j Hutchinson in Cline street. | Mr. Julius B. Boozer attended the i meeting of the Metropolitan Insur- j ance agents in convention at Colum- j bia Tuesday. | Mr. Will T. Buford arrived last ^rivliiy from Morristown and White 1 Pine, Tennessee, where he went j after another carload of fine cattle, j which followed on Saturday. Miss Maude Gilliam left last week I for Bennettsville, to accept a position | as stenographer for J. L. Powers.! Her many friends wish her much sue- j cess. - j Misses Bertha Lee Cook and Lizzie Cook of Columbia and Mr.. H. C. Nunnamaker and sister Ethel of j Virginia spent Sunday with Miss Mary Hutchinson in Cline street . Mrs. W. H. Hunt and Miss Bess Burton were the delegates from the First Baptist church to the Woman's Missionary union in Sumter this week. Mrs. O. McR. Holmes has returned from Hickory, N. C., whither she had been called on account of the illness of Ler sister, Miss AdaASehneck, who, her many friends will be glad to learn, is improving. Rev. A. D. R. Hancher, superintendent of home missions for the Southern district of the Lutheran church, stopped over in Newberry with Mr. H. H. Blease and family on his way to synod at Little Mountain. Mr. J. Monroe Swindler, travaling soliciting agent of the Southern Cul* ' * * r* ? rr.nnr!. tivator 01 Auaiiia, \jra., an^i oyvmu ing a week here at his former home, will Return this week-end to his /headquarters in Columbia. His territory is from Columbia to Augusta. County Organizer Hal. Kohn tells us that he now has 74 members in the county post of the American Legion. It's a fine organization, and nothing can prevent it from becoming a great factor in the welfare of our nation. Mr. A. H. Kohn was in town on Friday. Arthur has lots of friends in Newberry county who are always glad to see him. Wonder why he doesn't write us some more "Dutch Fork" history. Everyone enjoyed his writings. Rev. E. V. Babb is on the South Carolina Baptist History committee of the South Carolina Baptist State conversion?\vhich meets in Columbia .? , . ( s Mondays Mr. I. H. Hunt is on the < j Laymen% Movement committee, and : Mr. R. V. Leavell the committee on * | obituarits. i Rev. i. W. Carson has been a very ! busy pefrson lately. Besides being chairman of the A. R. P. forward Uo?/^linrF flin VlO J HLKJ V CillClib axiu iiaaiuiing vuv jluuuw mv , has been editing the Associate Re! formed Presbyterian at Due West, j He is a good leader and worker. | Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Bickley of New- ( j berry spent several days last weyek ; I with Mrs. J. R. Foster in Richland < I street.?Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Foster 1 and two children, Myrtle and William, speflt the last week-end in I' j Newberry with Mr. and Mi^. J. S. j1 ! Bickley.?Columbia State. | Mr. W. H. Zeigler and family have j 1 1 moved from Caldwell street to! I Glenn, near the corner of Johnstone j1 ! street, occupying the house owned j ] j by Miss Anne 0. Ruff and recently * J * 1 HIT- 171 L O ? /-I < . vacated Dy mr. ILiriiesi, ou'inaci <?uu | i ! family, when they moved to their j new home in East Main street. \1 - Mr. E. T. Carlson, the well known j and expert tailor, will move on Mon-; < day to the residence, corner Calhoun j < and Harrington streets, and the*house j < he is to vacate, having recently been J bought, by Mr. Richard Floyd, will ? now be overhauled and enlarged as ! 1 his residence. Mr.;Tom Chalmers and family J1 have moved from Pope street to the ] hodse in Caldwell street just vacated by Mr. W. H. Zeigler and family, i County Supervisor J. C. Sample and 1 family will mcve from Brown street i to the house vacated by Mr. Chal- ] mers. Mr. and Mrs. M. D. ^Bennett, the j i parents of Mrs. E. V. Babb, Mr. and j < Mrs. R; T. Bennett, Mrs. Babb's! 3 brother and sister-in-law, and Mrs. : Fairchild, all of New York, afteft* ; spending & week here with Rev. and I Mrs. Babfej will leave in a few days for Tampa, Fla., to spend the winter < there.. ] Mr. John M. Qhappefl (better j known as Jack) went "over the top" j. 1 i+ traq r\nf- in "Nfl ! | 2i^UUlt X iiio wiiuv xu ft mm mwv ?? ? - ? j . I Man's Land/' but while taking a spin < in an automobile. Going over rough spots in the road hitting the high ; places and getting bounced up Jack's * i head came in contact with the wind- : shield. Anyone looking at the bandages on his face would think he had . been over the top again. j; Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Miller and little j \ son, Jim, who have been visiting Mrs. j 1 J. A. Summer, have returned to their j ' i : | home at JNewDerry.?miss y cilia | j Summer of the Mayesville graded , ! school faculty spent two days at j I home last week. Two other sisters, j I Misses Minnie Lee and Helen Sum-!? ( I I mer, students at Newberry college, j ! spent several days at home with; ] , their mother, Mrs. J. A. Summer, in i ! Taylor street.?Columbia State, j Mr. Frank P. McGowan, Jr., of j j Laurens, has been selected as the j! I oni^nior frnnv South Carolina. | iVIIUUCO auivuu x.v... _ j Mr. McGowan is an alumnus of the j | State university. The scholarship ' j means two years residence at Oxford |4 I university, England. Mr.' McGowan j j has a number of friends in this coun- ' I'ty who will be highly pleased to note . that he has received the award.? -? Greenwood Index-Journal. The Herald | ' and News reporter spent six years in j j Laurens when young McGowan was ; j but a "kid," and remembers the lad I as a very bright little fellow who ! gave promise of a brighter future, j ; ' j VARIOUS AND ALL ABOUT. \ ;' The forthcoming mayor's race is | beginning to create some interest. Two things not to be neglected? ! the Memorial fund and the Red Cross.; i The circus tents will be pitched in j Wells' fields near the Oakland mill, j \ The local cotton market was I quoted at 28 1-2 cents, with seed | $1.32. 1 Trr- aaa fViaf Mr. Claude W e arc giau w ow | Dominick is able to be at his post-; j office post again. j j There was a slight frost seen by j early risers on Thursday morning. \ No damage done. j The Dutch weather prophet ex- j plains that the cold wave started but j was "split up" on its way here. For school trustees Messrs L. G. j Eskridge and J. Y. Jones are an-j I nounced from their respective wards,! ' A onH K I "* i The small boy is tickled to know that Sparks circus will be here on j i the 18th. , So is more than one old j guy. \ I In his icourt on last Monday, Magistrate 1 Charley Douglass drew a , fine of ?1# from Will Franklin, ! t colored for malicious mischief. ! In trying to give us autumn the j weather has been bluffing. Maybe j we will have fall along about Christ- i mas time. The attention of candidates for mayor, etc., is called to the fact that assessments must be paid on or before the 14th instant, and pledges filed. The Ladies' Aid society of the Church of the Redeemer will meet with Mrs. John Swittenberg, Monday afternoon, November 10, at 4 o'clock. When J. Langford and J. B. Fridy build their new garage next to where Jim G. Brown operates they will intall a laundry in the back of the building. As will be seen by notice from Clerk of Court Goggans, the lawyers have decided that one week is sufficient for the term of civil court, beginning on the. 17th instant. Commissioner Harris says cotton will be fifty cents next year. Charley Purcell knew what he was talking about some time ago when he pre- j dieted a high rise in the price of | cotton. Headline| in the Greenwood IndexJournal of last Monday on cotton said that the price in December would j rea^h the highest level since the civil cvar. Good news for a great many people. The colored fair will be held on the former Jeff J. Lane's grounds off the east end of Harrington street, adjoining the home place' of Dr. Boyd Jacobs. The Ladies' Missionary society of j the Associalfe Reformed Presbyterian j church will have a rummage sale on! next Saturday in the vacant storeroom on the corner of Caldwell and Boyce streets, next to the National bank. Doctor of medicine and love doctor, and she was tiuffy-hairea ana pretty, but she had brains. That ,was what someone who knew said of Bessie Barriscaie as seen in "Kitty Kelly, M. D." See the picture Friday. In the Connie Maxwell Baptist publication for October, among: the orphanage receipts and gifts, we notice the following: Mrs. H. B. Wells, Newberry, two suits clothes; Bush River Sunday school, $37.83; First Newberry Sunday school, $25 ;j J: R. Leavell's class (Greenwood), two items, $10 and $45. Don't fail to see William Farnum in "The Last of the Duanes," Monday. It is a Zane Grey sto?y, a dashing romance of Texas in the fighting days. Forced to kill his man, "Buck" Duane flees, a hunted thing, until the girl takes a hand. You j know whenever a girl takes a hand there is something doing. It is pleasing to watch that busy man Julius J.. Langford superintending the grading for the garages to be built in the upper business portion of Main street. Keep your eyes on J. J. Langford and J. B. Fridy and watch the town grow among a nest of garages. In doing his part of the work in "moving the world," or "removing the earth," J. J. is transferring the dirt, and a whole lot of it is, to the J.' W. Smith, Jr., "fill." * Under the heading, Will Citadel run wild over Newberry gridirons or play safe? the Charleston American of Wednesday held this paragraph: "One of the biggest football games will be staged Saturday afternoon at Hampton park, when * Citadel and " ' -1 ivi+orocf IS JNewDerry ciasn. xji6 XlXWVi. VWV Mr attached to this game, as it is on the eve of the biggest game of the season, with Clemson at the Orangeburg fair the\ following Thursday." Notwithstanding that some of the large audience seeing "Parlor, Bedroom and Bath" Wednesday night are knocking the show, after knowing what to expect before going, still it is a matter of fact that the lively farce was well acted by every member of the company, and it seemed to please the crowd, judging by the laughter it created. But of ccurse it was a silly, nonsensical thing, with snme features that pleased. See how you like "I Love You" tonight, Thursday. Next Sunday morning there will be special services at Fairview at 11 a. m., and Whitmire at 4 p. m., in the interest of the Baptist campaign. King Alfonso is said to be in bad health. In the event of his death Spain may decide to go out of the King'business. : ' .'v GOMPERS URGES MOVE TO PEACE Think* Coal Strike Can Be Settled? Talk* of Blunder. I ? Washington, Nov. 4.?Withdrawal of the injunction obtained by the government will open the way for settlement of tife coal strike, Samuel Gcfmpers, president of the American Federation of Labor, declared in a statement tonight. Charging that the injunction was a grave wrong and gross blunder, Mr. | Gompers said if it were vacated and | miners and operators invited to furither conference by the department j of labor he had "an abiding faith" ; that a mutually honorable adjustment i could be negotiated and ettectea j "whereby the coal strike can be i brought to an end." Mr. Gompers' statement was issued j after his return here from New York j and in, response to numerous requests f for an expression as to chances of | bringing the strike to a speedy end. GREAT DAY AT CROSS ROADS % ,i i I. < Large Crowd Hears Fine Addresses On Baptist 75 Million Campaign. * ' / Sunday was a day long to be re| membered at Old Cross Roads church. I The Baptist clans gathered there from far and near, 'the meeting being in the nature of a .campaign rally for Mt. Zion, Cross Roads and Saluida churches, though there were visitors also from. Newberry and elsewhere. Jhere were morning and afternoon services with dinner in between. A dinner that made one happily unconscious of the sugar shortage, till he got back home. The speakers of the day were: Rev. n TftnoQ ftf Columbia. Rev. QttSiUl U JLF* VVMVkr w?> wT, ? . . , E. V. Babb and Dr. W. H. Hunt, and each of them laid the great campaign upon the hearts of the people with power. There was also a separate meeting for the women, addressed by Mrs. Hunt in her heart-to-heart style. The day itself was fine, the addresses were fine, the dinner was fine, the responsiveness was fine, insomuch that one felt compelled to echo the words of Tiny Tim, "God bless us every one." When thoserwho were resolved to do their part in the campaign were asked to stand, it presented the appearance of a corigrega tion rising for the benediction?and it was a benediction, gureiy, theBaptist who remains aloof from this mighty movement that is southwide in its origin and worldwide in its scope and purpose will be as a man without a country?an alien and an exile among his own brethren. Cross Roads church is the "sceond oldest" church in the Reedy River association. Just one hundred years before the Kaiser drew his sword and declared war on civilzation, in the year 1814, when another war was drawing to a close, this historic old church was planted. For half a century the negro slaves were shipped in its spacious galleries while their mas? ;?I nairs Until ters occupicu wc , ? the war between the states put an end to thjp fraternal custom. But the rugged and dignified old edifice still stands like a memorial of the past and a promise for the future. A fitting place this for a meeting so meaningful and so inspiring, and should the three churches represented vie with one another Victory Week for the honor of being "first and furthest over," who shall say wjiich will win the prize.? NEXT FOOT BALL GAME COLLEGE PARK, NOV. 14. The next same to be played on th^ local field will be between the fast B. M. I. team and the Indians. Bailey's team, by the latest dope* expects to give the Indians a royal battle. The Indians on the other hand expect to be in the best of condition. The team from B, M. I. have had j quite a successful season. While the v I Indians have been handicapped all the season by sickness and injuries. The last couple of games played with almost all of the regular backfield x ?vna/ifad fn I men out. out au mc ca^wwu ?v J be in this game. So the patrons can I be sure, of seeing a real foot ball ! game. | The day, November 14, the place, college park, the time, 4 o'clock. So come crfri arid see the Indian^ hit tha ,*?r path. ' ' ' ' . -