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|te jtralB and jras Entered at the Postoffice at New berry, S. C., as 2nd class matter. E. H. AULL, EDITOR. TuesHav. December 22. 1919. Dr. E. C. Connor /of Greenwood thi other day decided to go out of busi ness after having been engaged sue cessfully for many years and mad< claim that he was the oldest mer chant in Greenwood in continuous service without change of firm name having conducted his business on hi own account all the years. Mr. J. W Sprowles comes out and disputes th< .u;? ^. uu&iiii VJJL iui. UUJUIUI diiu ciaiiiid < service of 34 years. We have at least two merchants ii Newberry who can exceed the recor< of even Mr. Sprowles. Mr. Josepl Mann was in business here in 1877 which is something like 42 years an< how long before that we do not know but we do know of our own knowledg< that he was in business here at th< time mentioned, and the style of thi f A** CI T AOA*\ VtVI M /4 if II mill tiicii vvaa ouocpn luami aiiu il i. still doing business under that name and there has been no more success ful merchant than Mr. Mann, anc more than that he is the young Mani in thi3 town. Mr. Otto Klettner is another sue cessful merchant who has been ir business here for around 40 years and he has been verv successful, am the style name of his firm has beef Otto Kl^ttner all the years, and he ii all o. k. too. And besides this the editor of Hi", paper has been editor continuously ' now for 33 years and did some worl on it before that, and he is today among the young men of this town Looking backward it seems but yes Vinf htVi on \xro cf 0 vforl niv vviuujr y ik/uw it iivii ?* v wvv* v w looking forward it seemed a lonj journey. There have been manj rough places in the road, but up t( ; this writing we have weathered th< storms and managed to get over th< bad places and can do more work nov than ever. Engagement Announced. ' Mr. and Mrs. Charles Alexandei Bowman announce the engagemenl of their daughter, Florence, tc Thomas Roy Summer, the wedding t< take place in January. Service at Silverstreet. Christmas exercises will be rend ered in the Silverstreet Lutherai church at 10:30 o'clock on Christmas day.. Divine service will be helc at 11 o'clock. The public is invited SUGAR AT- CHARLESTON Nine Hundred Thousand Pound) \ Arrive From Cuba. The State. Charleston, Dec. 19.?Direct froir Cuba "by rail" 900.000 pounds 6i granulated sugar, to be distributed tc wholesalers in North and South Carolina, has arrived and duty on this 12 car consignment has been paid al % the Charleston customs house, $10,000 being the import tax. This citj will receive only about 5 per cent or 45,000 pounds of the sugar, whicl is to retail for 16 cents a pound, anc which will be available to the consu mer on Tuesday, retailers getting their allotment from the wholesalers Monday. The local sugar equaliza tion board is handling the distribution of this very welcome shipment and will apportion it out equally among wholesalers of the two states . < i j The cars in which this sweet ireigw arrived were loaded in Cuba anc transported to Key West on lighters taking the rails there, and c'oming direct to Charleston, where they offici ally "landed." Other shipments oi Cuban sugar are expected later, which will serve to relieve a general shortage of the popular granulated. The OUgai lO 111 L?VV |/VW*A*V* RIGHT OF WAY FOR CAT. Feline Stops Traffic in New Ycrl Street. Thncp in the ronereeration at Cen tral Methodist church ob a recent occasion, having heard and enjoyec 'some remarks by the Rev. J. L Daniel, will appreciate the following clipping from a daily newspaper: "When traffic was at its height or one of the New York's busiesi thoroughfares recently and a long line of trucks on either side, moving continuously, made crossing danger ous for all foot travelers, a cat emerged from a produce store with a kitten dangling from her mouth, anc essayed to cross the street, says Oui Dumb Animals. Each time she started she had to turn back because oi a truck, and her efforts quickly at tracted a crowd. "Down the corner came a police man. He soon saw what was the mat ter, and, while there was nothing ir the traffic regulations to cover the point, it .took him only a moment tc decide what to ao. "Going into the street he raised his hands in the way that truckmen hav< learned means 'stop.' They stopped The cat, seing her opportunity, tool a firmer hold on the nape of he; progeny, and then, holding it high tc eep even its curled tail cut of th< ud, she slowly and deliberately : ickcd he; way across and disappear cd in a cellar." - The Burmeso "pulgat" is the or'; foreign -v. saiv. y v-<.. 'JP ?. L; ..* ' - O ci. ; . *1. VVeddi ; remits f;i Hungary are r'ven or.ly vo poc ci'/iSr- u heir lAiCi'i iy t>ec lion.w tcge^i'sr. I CITE ME SOME WA W - ) I j MANY PERSONS HELD ") ?*? VVk V A * %? ^ V ; BY HirfiUlll mil Erroneously Imagine That Value of k Money Lies Within Itself and Not pj ' in Those Things It Will Buy. -1 Thousands of Americans are under ? .. , u tne nypnouc spen 01 money wicn ' distorted viewpoint they have come to 7 ' , regard money as a great treasure in i itself whereas money has its real sig- | j nifi^ance only in what it buys for us. j ; A man's reward for his work does not ; | depend merely on what he earns. For \ j the'true reward of labor is the ser i vice the worker is able to obtain with r j. the money he earns. > j' It is evident that a man may earn 1 ) twice as much as he once did in ' money and yet fce no better off if the < | goods he needs cost tw^ce, or three 1 i times what they formerly cost. But 1 [ it is apparent to all that apart from 1 . increase or decrease in wages as ex- ' i pressed In money, there is a wide dif- 3 . ference in the real value earned by ' persons receiving the same in actual cash. ^ ( What a person gets out of the world ( j in return for what he gives it, de- { I pends finally on the choice mage in 1 1 disposing of his. income. One man by ( 11 wise buying, careful and consistent J - saving and safe afcd profitable invest\ ment in such securities as War Sav! j ings Stamps, Treasury Savings Certifl : cates and Liberty Bonds, may trans. | form the reward of his labor into all rI the necessities and comforts of life . j that he requires and even its luxuries. J Another, gaining exactly the same sum ' | in actual cash, may, through waste, \ extravagance and failure to save, find 5, himself unable to secure even tne ne- ' ! I oessities. ! < -1 Whether or not a worker earns a ?| sum which fulfills his estimate of what j 1! should be his just reward for labor, * j the responsibility for the way he I. ?pends what he gets remains with him ! and with him alone and cannot be , ' i .' transferred to any other person. j Prices of necessities and wages may , ' i ebb and flow like the tide but the fun- j , I ] 1 j damental fact remains unchanged that j 1 [ apart from the nature and volume of ; ^ his earnings every man can, within j limits, determine the richness of the f reward of his labor. He can aecom- , pllsh this by the amount of restraint :1 and intelligence he exercises in spend- , i Ing what he has to spend and in sav- , ing and investing what he has to save. ? c J ????????? c 1 SCALPER OF WAR SAVING 1 J STAMPS ARRESTED. 5 ;l * ? ; From every Federal Reserve Dls-:' r, trlct in the T'nited States information * T is being rec^cAd by the Treasury De- < partment in Washington that a determined war is being waged against 1 I persons, who, by preying upon the * -! unwary, are trafficking in War Saving . and Treasury Certificates. ' The latest information regarding the * activity of the "Scalpers" comes from St. Louis, where two arrests have been made by Deputy United States j 1 Marshals. Both prisoners were rei leased on $5,000 bonds and are now > waiting for a hearing before the Federal commissioner. J * One of the men is said to have al- ^ tered registered numbers on War j -? Ravines Certificates, it being alleged r ( by St. Louis postal authorities tMat in )! the man's office were found SS75 in . - Wrr Saving Certiorates fivm which j ^ thr- leglstrarion :x iven re-j.' moved. It i3 ch ^ c*\ ; ac used man h>.?! in .'.is . .-.-essior j. worth of aitsrcd government j1 ssC'Trit"-s. ! J One <: * rsnplyyeo b" r a ' ?t. Louis brok27?.jre c -r-A; .; {,?.; fr cliiar Is p.xpr -?vr c; lev l Jt SATING STAMPS 7 is WHY CERTIFICATES -i ARE SO ATTRACTIVE Unusual Features Make New Government Securities Splendid Medium in Which to Invest Savings. Details of the features which make the new Treasury Savings Certificates or 5iuu ana $i,uuu maturity vaiue attractive investments .have been compiled in pamphlet form by the Savings Division of the Treasury Department. In addition to the. regulations governing the sale of these "baby" securities. the pamphlet contain- the rulings Df the Secretary of tLe Treasury on various questions concerning the new issue. One of the interesting features of these certificates that make them unique investments is that they may be issued and1 registered in the name of an infant. Every certificate is issued and registered as a means of absolute protection to the purchaser. msv nlan hp issfiftri and registered Jointly to two persons synd may be made payable to either of the two purchasers or to both.* Rulings governing payment of certificates to deceased owners are also jontained In the pamphlet, with Bpe. :itl mention made for each legal re? juirement according to laws of varl>us states regarding wills, etc. At ifccretion of the Secretary of the rreasury, in event of no other legal obstacles, payment will be made is the following order or classes: First, husband, wife, next of kin or 3t?er person who pajr? the reasonable funeral expenses of the last illness, or :>ther preferred claims against the lecendents estate; second, creditor for 'uneral expenses, expense of last 111i68s or other preferred claims; third i 1 J lustfanu ur wiie. uiinu ui umucu, lather or mother, any other of the next kin of the deceased. LDflpLE SAM SAYS HERE'S LIBERTY BOND'S BROTHER. Treasury Savings Certificates are a lew issue of United States government securities. They are of ?100 ina >i,uuu aenomma ui-xis. iuev xuu tor five years and bear 4 per cenf interest, compounded every three nonths. They are little brothers of the Liberty Bond and big brothers of the "War Savings Stamp. A $100 Savings Certificate costs ?84.40 this month. It will be worth 5100 January 1, 1924. It is cashable iny time with accrued interest at V A*I fan T f my yuaLuiiicc uu ten u?t> ^ * s a government obligation. A $1,000 savings certificate costs >844 this month. It will be redeemed )y. Uncle Sam January 1, 1924, for ?1.000. It is cashable with accrued nterest at any time at any postoffice >n ten days' notice. T'w^.o cum paviTica nstoo il T"A 1 i taoui/ OUT vvivmvMWM ?%. W egistered in your name, thus insurng ngn.inst loss. BRITISH NOW SAVING LARGE SUMS OF MONEY. In spite of the exigencies of war, volume of saving deposits in Engand has grown tremendously in the ast five years according to the comproller of the British Post Offce Savngs Bank. Only twice, the comproller states, was the flow of savings leposits interrupted: once by the war of 1915 and once bv the 5 Mr :ent loan of 1917. Total deposits increased despite the act that depositors transferred over ;i.fi0O.0''0.0f 0 from their postal savings .,tO the various Issues of the g-vernaent. The recent (inures show conluiirely. tee comptroller asgr-rts, the ewer of S"'Vin^ ( ?h? British public ^ .>ur.t verted to the gor. - ?/ . wa?^1 ! ' : s ./*;] b? i. * :4-j n. ! Words cannot d< greatest inventiv Thomas A.. Ed is produced, and ai expenditure of tl gave the world TUo T A 1A Before thousand: that it reproduce . L _ J j.? it cannoi De aisu The Greatest / The We have a ?< fill all orders early purcha* i i Chalet - - $95.00 IV Sheraton - In 1 Agei Gild< / . * - . t: NEW PLAN PROPOSED TO REORGANIZE ARMY ? ? - c..l T*n. oenaie juu*vuuiuuv?.& ... _ ? i tatively on Legislation, Which Carries Sweeping Changes. Washington, Dec. 21.?Legislation which would amount to a virtual reorganization of the army, with protection from outside attack as primary purposes, and with compulsory military training for boys from 18 to 21 years of age as a leading feature, has been agreed on tentatively by the senate military subnnmmittpe ronsiderine: a permanent ; military policy for the nation. Senator Wadsworth of New York, chairman of the subcommittee, said tonight the legislation would be put in final form during the Christmas recesscof congress for presentation to the full committee when the senate reconvenes. The legislation, as agreed upon by the subcommittee, Senator Wadsworth said, is completely new and bears no resemblance to the army reorganization bill drafted by the gen J j_ Ui-J erai siarr ana iransmiLieu iu mc house and senate military committees by Secretary Baker. Small Standing Army. While various minor details of the plan remain to be worked out, the committees present agreement, Senator Wadsworth said, calls for a permanent standing peace army of mn -lJ-l 1- , moTT 2?i5U,UUU, nit; tuiiainnct maj possibly reduce this number in the final draft of the bill. The smallest possible standing army that will meet the demands of this country is the aim of the subcommittee, Chairman Wadsworth said. One big army, composed of the regular army as now recognized and a reserve or citizen army, is proviaea in the tentative legislation. Of the latter army, the national guard would be a part, although the deatils of the organization of that service remain to be worked out. Youths within the prescribed age limits will be required to take four jnonths' military training with provision made for either the regular army or the national guard of the various states being used in furnishing this training. The youths, however, would be given an opportunity to elect taking this training in a lump or of joining the national guard for ix fixed period, during which they would rceeivo the rv.vie amount of training as :>re:-cr;led for the four months ptricd. Upon completion of this training the recruits would be placed in a re: ve u. i..y io: a period of five years, -. at v.. (ier 10 co.'.t '.oas, Senator Wad.5worth said, could 'he reservists \/, caikd up ju to u-jrfonn military service ex_cp; in a de-eha-ation of V.T \Vii:ie the bili will provide for j r The In 1 o__ Irei Sup ? Sup jscribe the finished e mind the world 1 on discovered that so fter years of tireless i iree million dollars ir Mew EDI s of audiences he h :s any and all music .< inguished from the oi irtists in all lines ma New EDIS airlv crnnrl stork but you hacfbel se to be sure. lodernes -- $120.00 He] $200.00 Chippendale genuine Oak and Mahoga ncy for Newberry Count sr & Week # i compulsory military training, Senator Wadsworth said, "there will be no provision made for compulsory military service." Service for Corps. Another radical departure from the present military system will be the substitution of the term "service" for corps, provision being made for designating the quartermaster, judge advocate, ordnance and similar branches as service, promotions, the bill provides would be guided by eligibility instead of seniority, selections being made from a selected list. I The subcommittee also plans to I rtvormlp thp recommendation of Sec retary Baker and General March, chief of staff, to have the chemical warfare service combine with the engineering corps, and, instead, will make the former a separate service | along with the construction and transi portation branches. Similar legislai tion also is being worked out by the ! Vimisp inilitarv subcommittee which | Acting Chairman Anthony said toi night will have its army reorganiza| tion bill ready to be taken up in the j house early next month. Under plans ! of the house committee, however, the i peace army will include approximate| ly 300,000 enlisted men and 18,000 j officers. Consideration of the war department recommendation for com[ pulsory military training has been I postponed by the committee. | As now planned the house bill will ; maintain ttie present status of the j ! national guard, it will also provide for j I "plucking board," consisting of five I I general officers to weed out "dead j timber" among the commissioned | I m a rt | 1 ! OPERATORS WANT GARFIELD PLAN j | Further Explanation Made of Refusal to Participate. Claim of Difference. Washington, Dec. 21.?Coal operators of the United States, through their executive committee, explained further tonight their reasons for re1 ?->i4,'/iino+a -in f Vi o CnVPTTl lUSIIlg tu pat in viiv ev . | | merit's plan for settling the bituminous coal strike. Renewing the denial that previous, agreements had bound them to accept the govern- j ment's plan, the operators asserted 1 j that while they were bound by and i ! had agreed to accept strike settle- j ! ment proposals made by Dr. GarI former fuel administrator, the ; ! prcvernmeni proposals as ac-ceted by | < he miners d.'f~ers vitally from those : i of the Garfield plan. i j The insistence of the operators on ; 'he stand let. open tonight "he posj sibility, it was held, that vh. <cm! mission name Saturday Ly President j V V Ii30?i HTKi *! iVt J is^ I. '.i i kj * * l \></ <' vcs arc! c c* c?;?:I nocs;.-:?ry o 5 tr.iii T"*?C3, !r.*?::? to v. ^olc :o ' ; iunetion. The 4e.-:ccuti. e ccmnuttee I \ ' j % - MBMj? imitable J oON I I l a. m berb I reme 1 product of the j ias ever known. fl und could be re research and the 1 experiments, he , SON . as demonstrated J so perfectly that 1 riginal. ] ke Records for I ion 1 and hope to 1 rtev mal ja an . L. kVA IA1MIAV t i pplewhite --$167.50 , ' 1 s - - $295.00 I .ny. ' y at I < s Co. I I ' . ; C 'A.''.'' T'! " ' " J'J | ' 1 ... A. s - - ' *' bi-- r * ; . ttf didt not say, however, that operators * would stand aloof from the cornmission but lift the question open to be * settled probably at a meeting" Tues- m day in Cleveland, Ohio, where a gen- V eral session of the scale committee, ^ centeral competitive field, and other h operators generally has been called. H Rex Beach as a Showman. V Rex Beach, the author, broke into- ^ playwrighting in Nome, Alaska. 1 Here's the way he tells it: "It tooK me four days to write a comedy of local life and I had an agreement with the Swedish owner of the dance hall that if the first act went off with success I was to receive my pay be- J fore the rest of the show was pulled off. I took some friends to the showto root. They were members of the A rvtiV Rrr>therhood. then, as now, a. ; strong secret organization of mining \ men. They hooted and clapped all \ right, but the noise they created incited two of our dogs out in the kena room to fight. That fight broke up my show in* the second act and we never did finish it." An aerial mail service soon wilF be started between two important towns in the Kongo, seaplanes beingused. Paderewski's music had charms to j soothe the Polish breast for a while j hnt nnw the Poles have turned from _ j the peaceful piano to General Pil- Afl sudski's bugle. STOCKHOLDERS MEETING. The regular annual meeting of the V Shareholders of the National Bank fl of Newberry, S. C., will be held in ^ i the President's office at eleven o'clock I a. m.. on Tuesdav. January 13, 1920. I T. K. JOHNSTONE, Cashier. The State of South Carolina?County of Newberry?By W. F. Ewartr Probate Judge. Whereas Mary Thomas made suit i to me to grant her Letters of AdminI istration with Will annexed of the Estate and effects of J. H. Thomas. These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the Kindred and Creditors of the said J. H. * >i i i-T J Thomas, decease i, mat iney w aau appear before me, in the Court of ' Probate, to be held a Newberry, S. C., on Monday, January 5th, next, after publication he-reef, at 11 o'clock in the f'ver.oc: . to show cause, if any rbcy /: vj. why "he said Administration el ml I rot 're granted. Giver under ir.? hand this 17th da;* of December, Ar.no Do-.iiri i919. W. F. EWART, P. J. N. C. . i #