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' ? f \ ! ' 1 * J . : ; - - -VAp* r ^ ^ I't %, ' * VOLUME LV? NUMBER 95. NEWBERRY, S. C., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1919. TWICE A WEEK, $2.00 A YEAR ^ " ^ -r--? ? i ii ? r, . CAPITAL NEWS (By John K Columbia, Nov. 25.?Organizations i are now being perfected for the en- I forecent of the prohibition law J throughout the country, and in South i Carolina Prof. J. G. Clinkscales, of t Wofford college, has been made state I * j TPi- n T Qnrfe nf i cnairoicixi, ctnu xjl* v* u? v* Columbia, vice chairman. The cam- 1 y paign to be waged will be in co- < operation, with the efforts of the i government. It is pointed out with s a great deal of force that "the hardest fight for prohibition is just f -ahead, and that the enforcement of > prohibition will be more difficult than its enactment into law." The whole i country is catacombed with illicit t distilleries, judging by the number t - * * ^? -? ' J ! I that are Deing DroKen up, aim tXIC | 1 number of defendants at each term of the United States court,- and there have been several deaths in the i state from the drinking of wood i alcohol or concotions used as substi- t tutes for liquor. It is going to be t very hard to enforce the law, and it i p is very doubtful if in this generation t it will ever be completely enforced. ] The Florida Times-Union in a recent s editorial pointed out the rather 1 anomalous election recently held in < Ohio: State-wide prohibition wonji says that paper in summing up the f i situaton, by a considerable vote, ^id 1 the law providing for enforcement 1 * .of nrohihition was defeated; the" ( people to the number of half a mil- 1 lion voted against the ratification of the constitutional amendment, while i a few hundred less voted, to confirm i the action of the legislature. The j voters itlso defeated the bill " to i allow the sale of 2.75 per cent, beer, < "and so the story is told. But what it means can only be conjectured." j THIS newspaper gvcs uu iu pvim, out: with a great deal of force that * primarily the majority of the million voters in Ohio have evidently rebuked the congress of the United < States for invading the states to i regulate matters which have always i "beeji held to be police regulations, i ancWfesured to the several states and i sections for their own control. < Ilut prohibition, by federal enact- i t m9t in the way of amendment to 1 the constitution, will be an assured ' fact next January, and there is no 1 use to speculate upon the reasons i - - . ji _ why. The big question now is tne j enforcement of the law. I 1 That the people of the country are * getting very, very tired of the 1 wrangle in the United States senate 1 over the peace treaty, playing poli- ? tics while the profiteers are taking J the. country, radicalism is running 1 rampant, and strikes are threatening ( the industrial life of the nation, is J evident from expressions heard from 1 .? 1 one end of the country to the other. 1 A group of some six or seven travel- ' ing men, from as many states scat- ' tered over the Union, were telling of conditions in their home states in 1 & South Carolina hotel several nights 1 ago, and they painted a gloomy 1 picture. Prices of the necessaries of 1 life are getting beyond the reach .of 1 the average wage earner, and if the ( nation runs short of coal, as it has ' already run out of sugar, the suffer- ' ing will be something fearful to con- 1 template. The fighting in the great 1 war ceased more than a year ago, and { the people are demanding that the senate settle the treaty one way or the other, and turn its attention to I domestic problems. Sugar was sell- i ing here yesterday at twenty-five 1 cents a pound, and one could get < little more than enough to sweeten a 1 cup of coffee, even at that price. Several days ago it couldn't be pur- i rhased here for loye or money, i Clothing and groceries have about trebled in price, and are still soar- < ing skyward. These conditions exist < all over the state and all over the 1 country. The killing of people in J Jabor clashes has invaded the south, 1 and Bogalusa, Ala., was the scene of ' a pitched battle yesterday, in which several were killed, and others injured. And still the senate is < wrangling over the treaty, with j very little hope of final action even ] during the session beginning in j December. 1 ? C The traveling men in South Caro- j I AND GOSSIP 1 ? : Auin W m A I % roads for the automobile, and all of ;hem are talking good roads. The formers are heavy investors in autonomies and trucks and tractors, and My are demanding that the highways je improved. The situation seems fexy bright for some kind of good oads legislation at the next session >f the eeneral assembly, which will it least be a start towards a state system of permanent roads. The next legislature will have a ine opportunity for constructive ,vork along a great many lines. It will also be called upon to vote ~ 1 enffrao-o nmPTlflment. ipuil LUC ouuiwhv , md this vote promises to be close, ;hough the suffragettes are extremely lopeful. Mr. J. Skottowe Wannamaker, of St. Matthews, president of the Amercan Cotton association, and also of ;he South Carolina Cotton associav,oo n statement in which ;1U119 iiao luuwvv* v. ? i cotton banking and export corpora;ion is urged. He advocates an enlargement of the state warehouse ystem, of the establishment of a ?ank to finance the crop, and of a :ompany to market it. This was the dea of the framers of the present warehouse law, which was enacted at ;he extra session of the legislature in L914, but it was impossible to get through more than the bare warelouse system at that time. The idea of ^ ; bank and a marketng corporation is a good one, and mrh ? solution of one of the many problems connected with the raising nrd selling of cotton is coming sooner >r later. ? Many of the farmers over the state ire preparing for the advent of the 3oll weevil, and getting ready for 5ther crops. ' i rtOCO TT*Q C fri'pH A very interesting v.aov w~. jver in Camden at the term of court low in session, in which a young >vhite man Was convicted of mur<Jer ,n connection with the killing of an iged gentleman, who was known to :arry large sums of money on his person. Mr. George Gladden was silled about daylight on September 5, while on his way to his work at ;he plant of the Hardaway Contract_ i ng company, on the river, several niles from Camden. He was shot in ;he back. He was known to have lad $2,300 in cash a day or two before. He had left' $900 at home the norning he was killed, and is sup posed to have naa tne remaining $1,400 on his person, tied in a little sack attached to his suspenders, when he was shot to death. His ilothes were ripped open, and the jack containing the money was gone when the body was discovered. * It is said that he refused to trust the aanks and that is the reason he kept lis money on his person. Melton Banks, about 25 years of age, also in employe of the Hardaway Contracting company, was convicted of she killing, with recommendation to mercy, and sentenced to life im 3risonment. The evidence was purely circumstantial, but satisfied the jury Df his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. Banks was a soldier at Camp Jackson during the war, and was a member of the Military Police in the city of Columbia.. An airplane has been giving exhi bition flights in Columbia this afternoon, in the interest of the Carolina Aircraft corporation, which is composed of local business men and jlans to sell airplanes through this -ection. The plane was brought from Augusta in fifty minutes. It is n charge of Lieut. E. T. Gaines, of rrenton, who was a member of this country's flying squadrons in France iuring the war. The fair grounds are being used temporarily as a landing field, and passengers will be taken " " * Ok j. _ for flights each aiternoon irom z iu 5 o'clock. Among the many beautiful and :ostly wedding presents at the marriage of Miss Trent Keitt and Mr. Ned Purcell was a cheque from "Pa and Ma" for $1,000, "Pa and Ma" being Colonel and Mrs. C. J. Purcell. rhat's the kind of a wedding gift to jet, something you don't see every <$> <$ <js < ' <* <$ <$. <$> ' > \?' V?' < ' <?> <$> <$> j FIFTY YEARS AGO. ! <?> <? <?> ?? <f> <$> < > <?> <$> <s> 1 One cfay last week, or the week i before, Mr. J. A. Rikard of this town sent word to -us to know if we recalled where we were fifty years ago on Tuesday, November 11. Of course we replied, the idea of any! one asking that question, who would for a moment think that our memory j went back that far. And yet, true j it is, we must confess that our j memory does reach back a half cen-! tury and when we began to ruminate | 1 of things and days that are gone we j had a very distinct recollection of the day and place, though we were but! ; a tot of a boy. but the scene was one j : that impressed itself on the tablet of memory. In those days we lived at the old j home down in the Jolly Street! j neighborhood where the happiest and most pleasant days of our life were ! spent. And there lived not far away j (Mr. Henry Summer, and he had a j bevy of as pretty and as fine girls asi .I i _ _ i I | were ever seen in any neignoornoou, i and the youns: men of the community i I \ : j were very attentive. j ! Mr. Rikard won one of them for l I . his bride, and there was an old time j i country wedding at the home on this j ,! day in November, fifty years ago.! j We remember that the wedding took j place in the twilight of the evening i and there was spread in the yard a long table, and on that table were all sorts of good things to eat, just such as the good women of that day and of that community knew just how : nronarp and wp were there and jhad a part in that dinner. j As we recall, the wedding was on | the piazza of the dwelling, the piazza 'rtmning the entire .length' of- the ! house. But the thing that we rememj ber the most distinctly is that long ! table in the yard and the good things j that were on it. Mr. Rikard says that some of the Woys took position in trees that stood in the yard so that they might get a good view of the bride i and grroom. It was a great time and I after the wedding and the dinner i j there was an old time dance and j j pleasure was unalloyed. I And we remember that it was only I 1? fpw months later that Mr. J. Ben j Kempson won another of these handj some girls, and there was another j old time wedding with the long table i and the good things to eat, and that j we were there at that one too. And no so long afterwards there was anj onther when Mr. B. B. Hiller took ; away another of the daughters. And j if we are not mistaken it was along j about this tim& tnat mere was an j "infair" at this home when Mr. Jack j Summer brought his bride there . from the home of Mr. John Rls^ri j who lived <5ver near Pomaria. { How would it do, Mr. Rikard, to have all four of these couples, all of them are living, to have a great j family gathering and let as many of j us who are still living who were preI of fVinca Viormir pvpnts of fiftv Ot 111 C4U HIVWV w ? v..w? ^ years ago meet with them and have another great old tiipe wedding dinner. And have Jack Summer to do l some of his dancing stunts for which he was famous along about that time. We have often thought that if we could dance like Jack Summer and cut as many "pigeon wings" as he [ oould in those days we woulci be' | happy. I have often wondered if j Jack could still (}o all those stunts. When he was over in Newberry some time ago to visit his daughter, Mrs. E. Hugh Summer I did not get' to see him. There was another one of those! Summer girls that I remember very J pleasantly, and who became the wife of Mr. B. 0. Epting, but I think that wedding took place after our family moved to Edgefield, but she has passed to the great beyond. I may be permitted to say that in those days' I remember that I thought she ^ " .... Jl .1 T 1 J I was the prettiest woman mat i nan ever seen. When I was over home the other day I asked my mother if she recalled those weddings at Mr. Henry Summer's, and she said that she did and that she always took me with her to them, so- I am satisfied that my memory is not at fault about the great dinners and the long table in the yard. I have often intended on my visits to the Hills to drive by where the Summer home stood and see what it looked like now,' but I am told that v <i- <? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Q <$> <$. THANKSGIVING DAY <?> \<$> <? > <? <?> <4> < > 4;. <?. ?. >> <4; I The Thanksgiving services will be held today, Thursday, at the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, the sermon to be preached by Rev. J. L. Daniel, the new pastor of Central Methodist church. The church ought to be filled with grateful people who have so much to be thankful for.' Then it will be a good opportunity for those who have not heard Mr. Dkniel to take advantage o? this opportunity. Those who have already heard him will be glad to hear his Thanksgiving sermon. And we all know the music will be fine. A. R. P. CHURCH TO BE DEDICATED NEXT SABBATH A service of unusual interest will take place in the A. R. P. church next Sabbath morning when the building will be solemnly dedicated to the worship of God. As is the custom the church was not dedicated until all indebtedness on the building had been paid off. The congregation is looking forward with much interest to the services on next Sabbath, The morning sermon will ' be preached by Rev. D. G. Phillips, D. D., a former pastor of the church. The dedicatory prayer will be offered by Rev. J. C. Galloway, D. D., of Gastonia, N. C. Dr. R. M. Stevenson, editor of the Associated Reformed Presbyterian, will take part in the services. A brief historical sketch of the congregation will be given by Dr. Geo. S. Mower who has been a prominent worker in the church for many years. The congregation has an interesting history. It was organized in 1850 "ancPXftas the first:church in the de nomination to be organized in a town. The old Thompson -Street | church was the first to introduce an j organ in the worship. This was the f means of bringing the question bei fore the Synod, and after much discussion the Synod passed an action favoring the use of instruments in the praise service. The everting service win De nciu m, 7:30 and will be .in the nature of a fraternal service. One of the pastors is expected to bring a message from the other churches. ' Dr. J. C. Galloway will preach in the evening. Dr. Galloway's father was pastor in Newberry county before the organization of the Newberry church. All are most cordially invited to i these services. EUGENE S. BLEASE WINS FOR MAYOR V. | The interest in the primary elecj tion on Tuesday was centered in the j race fox mayor, the two candidates | being Eugene S. Blease and Julius J. Langford. A quiet but very active canvass preceded the election, and I there was much speculation and, they. say, a good deal of betting on the ! result. Mr. Blease won, receiving 563 votes to Mr. Langford's 292. The vote for mayor by wards was: Ward 1, Blease 89; Langford 33; Ward 2, Blease 97; Langford 62; Ward 3, Blease 110; Langford 64; Ward 4, Blease 63; Langford 65; Ward 5, Blease 150; Langford 68. In Ward 3 Walter B. Wallace was elected alderman by 109 votes to 69 (for C. R. Wise. In Ward 5 W. H. Hardeman was reelected alderman by 151 votes to 68 for John P. Livingstone. In the other wards H. D. Whitaker, R. C. Sligh and John A. Senn were elected without opposition. The following school trustees for the respective wards were reelected without opposition: Arthur Kibler, W. G. Mayes, J. Y. McFall, L. G. Eskridge and J. Y. Jones. 1 j The carload of the new series of Studebaker cars, advertised by the Mower garage, has arrived and Mr. J. B. Harman will take pleasure in demonstrating them to prospective buyers. The drivers left Detroit! Saturday morning with the other! cars. Mr. J. A. Burton says the cars were insured in his agency the moment they leit i^ecron. the house has been taken away. I have not been there since the days of the weddings, though I frequently go to the old Hills. Some day I am going to the old place even if the house is gone. E. H. A. I A Golden W "I dreampt I saw an angel in the night, And she held forth Love's book, i limned o'er with gold, That I might read of days of chivalry And how men's hearts were wont, -Ml --I? -1J io tnrni ui uiu. j j i j Half wondering1. I turned the musty leaves, j For Love's book counts out cen-! turies as years, i And here and there a page shone! out undimmed, i And here and there a page was: blurred with tears." j i Looking forward a half century?' fifty years?is a long time. Looking i backward it is but yesterday. But in "Love's book" time does not | count in years or days or hours. A ; thousand years truly are as but a J day. And yet as we turn the musty | pages of the book there will be those i that shine undlmmed,'and others will be blurred with tears, but if love I dwells there even the tears will shine as crystals on the pages.. j "Love blossoms in flowers, sings in moving waters, fills the forest with birds, and makes all the wonderful music of Spring. It puts the colour j upon the robin's breast, scents the I orchards with far-reaching drifts of j bloom, and scatters the pink and white petals over the grass beneath.; Through love the flowers change to fruit, and birds sing- lullabies at twilight instead of mating songs." j It is a great privilege and granted to but a few to travel life's journey J together for half a century, even though it may seem but as yesterday, when the journey was begun. There is another s\veet blessing which love. brings to those who have been given fV>i? o-rpat hnon. if the nacres of the book have been written with love, the ? i two never grow old to one another,' ! the spring time of youth remains I with them the'same as when the | journey was begun. To each other | they remain the same blushing bride j and bashful groom as in the years j that are gone. It is a wise pro-' I vision of nature that it is so, for it causes the halo of the spring time to? ! remain with them. I never look up| on a couple who have been granted j this great privilege but the words of, Bobbie Burns in his "John Anderson, ! My Jo," come to my mind. I "John Anderson, my jo, John, When we were first acquent; i Your locks were like the raven, / Your bonie brow was brent; But now your brow is beld, John, Your locks are like the.snaw; But blessings on your frosty pow, | ' T ? 1? ?. A ? J XT 1A I <JUUI1 AllUClOUU, llljr JV! | "John Anderson, my jo, John. i We clamb the hill thegither; And monie a cantie day, John, We've had wi' ane anither; Now we maun totter down, John, J And hand in hand we'll go, j And sleep thegither at the foot, John Anderson, my jo." Isn't it a sweet privilege to climb the hill together and when the jourj ney down is at an end to sleep in the valley together, not to be separted in I life nor in death. j On the 18th day of November, I 1869, Mr. William C. Sligh and Miss Sara Cannon, two young people of the same neighborhood, who had been boys and girls together, were united in marriage, and during the years since they have lived in the sai.ie communitv and their children have; | grown to manjiood and womanhood around them, and they are now at j the same place where they began ? * r >, - : i f v; (.?$ fedding Day ' ^ ? %"V-r :** : v* ' . ' v,^ the journey together, and have spent their long life.there.- Mrs, Sligjwyjp the daughter of the late Col.. Qjeo^g. Cannon who lived ~Justabove.. Jtbe present home of Mr.,.and. 3fas,. Sljgh. The wedding ceremony - was performed by the Rev. Jas. K^'Merfdfcfihall who was then'the pastor* of the bride. As was the^ cti^tdm rirf -tttOSe . days there were four~'fcrdoffl&tt?n and four bridesmaid.--'^K?'grobmsmen were Dr. M.-'A. Rg'nNafiek.iJanfes H. Aull, Albert UJ. Martin, all of whom have p?S?ffdv%o the great beyond.-"^Th^Md^hiaids were Miss Kate ^lark^WftWi-rstftgrward became thc,:-w5fe WuC. Swittenberg and'-wfro -$3 WovfciRvMg in New berry j Mt?/* Mft1^ Ga*Sf>-tU'^o etv.Lnfc ,?roJcr:ntt k^^Jaa-^-^k^?""'^ "* AT~ A r wo1"h UtCillllC L/I1C wut VI ifAi.* **> w ?. w.w X " v , 1 and who now lives iiV Ne'wberiyf Miss Clayton Reeder who * 'mai^d Tifr. Whitmire and who * haspassed;* Miss Estelle Davis afterwards Mrs. W. W. Riser who also die<l ' se'verah .y&rs 'ivr if ^sr. A. UJ5U* , ..." Z3 Mr. Sligh ha'<J but: reteiftl^iftrrned from service sis o ne"6f* tfie^boy soldiers of the <?Ofiffecterac}^^<f^after the two set ' op a:" home '" of -their own they build&cfatthe pl&rewhere they now reside la?d fcavfe'I^d' tKere all the years ' since?':: 11rey::"hS^ a beautiful counfif jP1 place *3ustf-^seven miles north of J&wb&fi^ rieai^mapa. Mr. Sligh entere^'jhe Cdrif^&eirate service at the crf*i3&'Var and served toc tfce ~'r*Su?fentler ^ at Greensboro. HetfSs af menrbeV^oFthe Quitman Rifles, tftinFitegirhent, and was wounded height 'timesT'^Some time agb'ttife^ de?3<ef8?that they would arrange tcr:Tfi&*V*$cfrne of their friends sperfd fh6 day" f Vith them on the fiftieth ^aWnWe'rsa^ of 1-1 /vn ineir in<iiricigc, anu sv v/n iuav mw day the invited guests rfteF witlrthem and enjoyed one o^the most' 3el?ghtful dinners that one wouW'ciar? to have. There were some Hundretf persons present and the day "was ideal and the tables were spread under the beautiful-oaks in the ferge yartFand the young ladies served plates laden with country ham, country' tufkey, chicken salad and all the good things that go with a good : dinner. ' And v barbecue hash, cooked by that great hash maker, Mr. A. Cv51igh a brother of Mr. W. C. Sligh. Mr. and Mrs. Sligh were happy and vounp and enioved having their friends with them, and a most delightful hour was spent. The friend.; brought many valuable presents^ but I have no doubt that tJie most cherished and appreciated present that they received was the good'cheer and the good wishes of their friends who came to wish them many more anniversaries, ana many more uays before they should "sleep thegither at the foot" of the hill. Mr. and Mrs. Sligh had two children, one daughter who became the wife of Mr. W. W. Farrow, but died several years ago. Mrs. Farrow had one son, Duncan Farrow now a student at Clemson college. The son, Toland Sligh, who now lives with them at their .country lace. Mrs. Sligh has the first lamp that they bought when they set up house keeping, and it has been in use all thdfee years, and she also has a quilt made by her mother which she prizes very highly and which is a beauty. The 'Herald and News has been a member of the family during the half century of their house keeping and it wishes them many more hanov returns of the anniversary of their marriage. I enjoyed the hour wifh them and extend the felicitations of many friends as well as my own. E. H. A.