The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, January 06, 1920, Image 6

Newspaper Page TextMEMORIAL APPEAL GETTING RESPONSE Generous Support Received in Many Counties. Columbia. Dec. 22.?The people of ihe State are becoming: more respons'.e to --ic c:;l for subscriptions to the $-100,000 fund for ihe erection of a memorial building in honor r>f those South Carolinians who par-c>ci;.-tcd in ihe worl.i war, according to the headquarters of the South fara^I.-T. ?.Ien:oiial Commission in ' 'dumb "a. Mary of the counties cf the state have a lar^e percentage of their allotments subs?v Led ar.d a number complete their ouotas during Jani nary. r\ffnv*rtr\i- n -/lPIC lvhi.-'ll K<i_ I iiV CilV. VVUO vwaiv** iiuu ^ W come prevelart a3 to the misconceptiors concerning it have had a tendency to carse the people to ?et behind the movement liberally. The idea ihat the buUding was to be a mere r.djurct to the University of ^ci-th C "TO: in a and under the eon1.1*0! rt the trustees cf the T'nV.n r-as ee-:- di.-pe-'c- j by the recent Sva.^'rer.t c\ the cemmissio: er. jsc iv f'.v:"'.\n :-s to be rapas'tcry of the state's records of participation in the vcrK war, as well as for othc* ware. a**:1, a memorial to South *Csrc; -^a's heroes. Av i he rkev-;se r.**e I zs, the commission, svsrs. t ^ r.vr v v, 1 l ?. i cr 11. V r0 rn r*ot*v? in the const: nu>': cT - ^sr.:o?'"al br;::''n". ^y1 ? -''v vo - j -- "T ^ the puvrcse krd. the vr.iuo of which ^ :'I! reach into thc:::and.i of SI:on - .1 the hu'Iu'nr ho cone^ructe I ir land ether tha i that owned by xhe T r.-"ve:s"iy. it v cu!d have to be fir-chnsel by the Gats and wcjLI. cost between SSO.OOO and $100,000. if an equally desirable sit? could be procured. The land cfTered by the , University is on the S00 block of Main street and within almost a stone's throw of the State House and tba cenorrsnhiral center of the -city. v j THE PEOPLE ARE READY TO BUILD GOOD ROADS i i ! I Columbia, JaJn. 5.?Ravin I. Mc-' David, member of the house of rep-| resentatives from Greenville county,! \ras a visitor in Columbia recently) Vioro at Vi^rir?-. OiiU *Yi KAW 14V1V VM.4VVA MW vv. v. , quarters of the South Carolina Auto-j niative Trade association, to assure' / that organization that he was desh ' < -us of seeing legislation enacted at the r:ext session of the General iAsr~v3% that will insure the con.strnetion of permanent highways in :Scn:"h Carolina. ';I have been traveling over South "Crro-ira for the past nine monies" said Mr. McDavid, '*and I tell you the people of Sotr.k Carolina want permanert roads. They are sick and! Vtired of being in the mud. They nvo "beginning to realize that muddy reads! r.rr them money every day! they have them. "'It has been figured that good I roads save the cost of gasoline more! than 50 per cent. This menns a sav- j to the average automobile owner-of from -c50 to SJ00 per vear. : < "I wns vevy much interested in tlie i 1 Sta.e 'us'. Tuesday, 1 ell:rsr of a re-1 , cent test in which a loaded two ton . ] truck was used. This truck running; i 100 miles en an earth road, cor.-1 : sumed 17.3 gallons of gasoline, mak-I irg average of 5.78 miles a gal- ' , Ion. The cost figured at 25 cents a J .gallon was $4.33. The sar:e truck ?w<is used on a concrete road and j . f traveled 'the same distance on 8.49 ? "'gallons of gasoline making 11.78 miles per gallon. The basis was $2.12. " .The- ^et/savings in the cost of gasoline on -the improved highway was \therefore*?2.2I or more than 200 peri i i cent. "At this ra;e ine automqu-it; i owi^eis of the stale could well affordj .to be taxed for the building of these j permanent highways. They would j savr venough off cf gasoline to pr.yj "v&ssrer taxes lor several years." j DOG FIGURES IN RAID Glenn Young's "Pal" Plays Prominent j Part. | 1 ? . ... i t I Asheville, N. C., Jan. 2.?"Pal," I the Belgian police dog, owned by S. I ' Glenn Young, special agent department of justice, figured today in the raid made by revenue officers on ' -three illicit stills in Polk county near LOiere, The dog capturing one of the SjQperatars. ^Surrounding the spot where the - -stills had been hidden, the officers < sent the dog in to rout out the opera- j tors, in a few minutes he came out[ : ."behind one of the men, who was - captured by the officers, who then rushed the plant, capturing over 1,000 gallons of beer, several gallons -of hot liquor and three complete outfits. A fight was put up by the j operators in an effort to save the I plants, but they were overpowered i by the officers. This makes 58 stills | ^nntnverl In this section in six weeks, 1 i .^nd the 22nd operator. WISELY FEAT] <^; , ^ '--^ ^ />: c - .< - -. ^ // . . wA& : y : " . / -/ / ,- <>v> 1 ./ / y'/y/r >/'V ' * / r ni t" *1 !? L V ^ 1 w i J 1. i.# v? -.?tj j * f rr; - r*r*-rrrj r>~ '" ">* n rt?:~?t?rrn j 4 (' - ' H i. : ' s .1 Lu? OJ illftiii 1 Country Ur~s:! to Keep Bensf.Le I Gained T.:rough Lessen of Caving Learned Lest Year. Fellowship in the fastest growing society in the United SUtes is open to everybody. In every state in the union it is crainins members daiiv. t since it is a society in wliich the good c of the country is served as well as ; * that of the individual. j* From all walks of life its millions of * : ever increasing members come. No j one can be a member and keep the j * pledge he takes without receiving jr lasting benefits and aiding the United j I States of America to maintain the p proud place it has already attained? j ? tne peer 01 a 117 uauvu uiau uaa c*ci j existed. I c When the treasury department of j the United States began the attempt j t to solve the financial problems that be- * set the country as it was entering the : I war, the United States was a debtor 1 c nation. Only on understanding that: t it is the greatest creditor nation in j 1 the world today can one realize what j an achievement hr.s been won. With- j c out a direct tax on the people money j 1 has been raised to pay for the sue- j r cessful termination of the war, and \ ? this cost more than $50,000,000 COO. Beside this enormous amount c? ? money there is now more money in the banks than before. js This, of course, was done through ! s the Liberty Loans, principally. But j these loans have ceased, and those at the head of the nation's finances are , I ?eehing to clinch the lesson already \1 learned, and a<e urging the perma- j 8 tent establishment of V/ar Savings r J Societies. . - . i s The Treasury Ponartment is doing! \ service for the small investor in ac-' r enting so small an amount .?s twenty Rve cents end giving the same security that the holder of a $10,000 Liberty ; Bond enjoys?the entire resoure?? of j ho United States of America. Could | mything be more safe1? i ] ~ CAN CHOP CVEES1D We Joined with glee to celebrate the birthday anniversary of Washington, who. when a boy, chopped j down his father's cherry tree, and later, though but still a youth, surveyed the trackless forest waste, and always practiced simple truth in every project iie embraced. Then when the Revolution broke out George stepped bravely to the fore and threw aside our foreign yoke, and saw us safely through the war. j No adjectival flourish here ronld p; tell in full his epic life, bat this we j j a know and hold it dear, he won our I; * i^ofirvn'o Tvr-Tml strife- he foilght, I . .ICv CA Uii 1'* .?*??*. ? ? : he built, be sagely taught, he loved 1 this land of liberty, and what his i sacrifice then bought is handed on jc fo you and me. To him we owe nniying debt, to k;*ep <3ur nation's ncnor bright, and emulate him so 8 c :l^at yet we travel holding Freeiom's light; we cannot all chop jf cherry bark, but we can chop the i 'overhead." and. cutting out some ;ostly lark, buy W. S. S. instead. j fe I jr A thrifty man is safe from worry. I R?v wisely, save intelligently, and;. Invest in Thrift and War Savings Stamps. Spend wisely, avoid waste, tare in- ( telligently, invest in Thrift and War Savings Stamps?and success is al- z ready yours. War Savings Stamps?a loan to Un- j ;le Sam, who reiurns your money at | ? 'ha end of, fire ypars pins four per ! j pni interest, compounded quarterly. |1 r 3ERED NESTS I i IkfeMeif H' t? -*^v- \<^~-y .. " J /-s.''- JI-'.^v v^s- . v- VC : ^ 0< vJ* >> S>.-' >t/ x . v -> / I .- ? ?i Hr"~V f J i-J ? M? -? U L> t/ t> ? ? _ X P;? T v rn ^ r? il JL ? ??_? '. ^.':. X u*/-l -m\J V . .yttlwCl /~V . v W J V w V V . f.iakos Interesting Ccrrmervi-ry ?Cruid Find Everything Out One Trcpiiy Hi Wanted. An eminent engineer recently returned to Washington after traversing \ >n government business much of the western front. He vent over the baile area before the army salvage corps tad removed the signs of conflict. "I saw pretty nearly everything here," he said. "Lots of rifies, bayotets, machine guns, helmets, soldiers' >acks, water bottles, and even hand:erchiefs and socks all over the ground. "I didn't want any of them. Betause I'm an engineer, I'd set my leart on a trench shovel. I'd seen I * f 1?r*CiO v nousanus ox uitm ucila 01 mc im&g, >ut I wanted one from the battlefield, looked and looked, without finding me lying around loose. Wherever here was a shovel, the man who'd, . is^.d it was lying beside it. "Then I understood. The soldier, ~ lislcdged fr^m a position, might loose ds pack, hij cs:ra clothing, even his ( " - ' ? 111! f h ri nAvcr I/it [ 'ills. J11 u.:s uui, --his shovel. "Pie knew he had to hare it, to dig limself in a sain." j W.-.r 3j.vir.ss Stumps are trench | hovels for digging in against adver- ; ity. fAOTV r tiliull v*ii Uncle Sam is releasing from his service the m'cn who went "over there" to free the world from autocracy. Thousands of soldiers are daily receiving their honorable dis- t charges; Uiev pocket their pay. bid farewell to their comrades and sally forth?civilians. There is one army, however. which must not be demobilized, That is the army of War Savings i Stamps buyers. More recruits are I ,, needed to carry on the campaign cf ? readjustment which follows the j * L siLniug ci the armistice. g . . J Fel The army cf fighters n?s acmeveci s its purpose. * The army of savers must remain ::: "action." 'or "Carry cn" to a lasting peace under the banner of W. S. S. I . Ne< WORLD'S GREATEST POWER. .1-2 I am the World's Greatest Power. I am the difference between success nd failure. I am little in size. i the I am little in cost. . chr ". : ?5 1>UI? oiu I am mighty big when the time vol omes to use me. ' T am always ready for use. i r ;jm the best friend in need yout." an have. i i urn always worth all that you pay Sat or me. j <iui And? I increase in value every month you f ;eep me. . 1-2 I am the safest investment you can j nake. I am for sale everywhere. I am wisdom, thrift and safety com* >ined. j Sts I am worth money at any time. ! ^ Because? ;, J I arn issued by the United States j. ^ ?overnment. I am crshable upon ten days' notice an, it any postolYice. ! q0 I AM A WAR SAVINGS STAMP. ied ! Go ' Cl Weeds and Ifcless habits take ; ^ he treatment Thrift Stamps ^ ir? the tOT>is which will mow dewa ^;0 :he latter j ylt COJ \3 VJeb We have how foi grade cars we have < exceptionally fine cc ic?I condition, tires advancing* price of c now. . At the price w Our price is on the b will be much higher, for a year. Come in C p ^ ^ p Vpv? V w ***. ' _ - V-^ O.JL 1. V-/ -?. "T~\ /"* V -7 - / Perfect coiiarcion. u Cr^ . i ~ ** "!" ^ S > "~ C" C. " <~> J. 1 ^ v.. v_ ^ W . I >- '. 17"*: :*; ~ : T:~ } x" COO ' *7 '% l"~ L. A J. W. t? \ ? t ^---, *_> w' V. L V S,< A Wi ' c--' - - \7rp-; w.w-^ W^. ( )-- O ;% ' 1 C." ^ O ]-cr K_y ^ x. - ^ "V- ^ JL V. s.^ JL \ - - 1 - V -? fj ~ * S~* ^ ' r - -J .- - ?, r C. .. . L <.. _ - .? ; vlii o i.'.* "v r-: i i *! -r f 7~ ;'* ? JrO"1 Lviitlit/'V-- Cir-a .? c- JsJCLL ^ r - - -' ;tTv-: T.-0-* V_ .. . V_- V. w "w . ? ^_ '^ . _.W JT-^0 v7 ti 63 nsw fcsttv r .^r-a TV? L~-j -L>L 3 JL Ou, X-' w . I vv. - c- ?^ O ?L 0 C ^ C\J ** /*? 1 ' v- o O t VY* O " T" Vs I V> .Uiiiivxlj >s^ A lion. A bargain at i { '-no T Tr.yw^ii To < / 1. V *V T ! N_/ .1 J. Jk XX ' TIMi I ! I I <. Phone 300, \ . ?Ener?rtorrn C!e!?rcar tkfr laa& Toit*- I fillUllliJi / jFv ? tti.ua C Hal J MSI' j aaBSfe- * ,.? h^r$ -- i-ver7 v>man r ?n < 1.^).?,.' v l have r.:ce. lor# h2:r."4 j ' v??.? 4 Gays Hay Gilbert. "My { j ha?r bag grown 2SJ j y V5/'' inchcs lon<r by usir.^5 j t "; J your \70nderful x - _-y EXELENTO FORSAbij j Pon't be foelodby fsHra IlinT; Femcver^. Ymi , i <? v.'t strriigbten J'orr b^ir cntM r'^ soft j 1 ; ??. Cur pomace removes daudruff. f cU ih>- i -?- <* of the bair animates it grow lo^ anu | | ...y. nak" n^ielcnto SWn Bcj'iitiflor. en j .; ::* !cr e:iMo\vfckia. L'sovl i? .: - i:ncKt t.f s..in troubles. j ; cr rach 2Scinstakps cn coin l r *.u:^<*iT5 V.'AKTED eyeftyv/:::;"" { I UVils EXOFF1 !S0!fffiE CO., I:"~ ' ra.; j 1 - - mm L. .liV.' ^ - J iTICE OF FII-iAL SETTLEMENT. | Ve will make a final settlement of | estate of Lafayette Pitts in the ! ibate Court fcr Newberry County, J C., on Saturday the 7th day of j jruary, 1920, at 10 o'clock in the enoon and will immediately there" * <- a TTvo^n_ 6r cisi\ I or our ui^uaigc , s of said estate. ; HESSIE PITTS, JIM PITTS, . , ! Executors. 1 ivberry, S. C. December 30, 1912. i Af -4t. j i MEMBERS OF NE WHERRY j CAMP NO. 542 W. O. W.s fou will please take notice that: rates of the W. 0. V?. will be .nged December SI, 1919. In j ler that you may know just how | : stand, it will be necessary for 1 to see your clerk, who will be d to explain it to you. [ will be in Klettner's Hall every j urday from 1 o'clock until 5:30' :ins the month of January. ; 0. S. GOREE, Clerk W. 0. W. : ;-4t NOTICE OF ELECTION ite of South Carolina, County of) Lexington. i A.n Election having been ordered ! Governor R. A. Cooper to be held requirements with the law govern; said election upon the question of tiexing a portion of Lexington unty to Newberry County describin a proclamation issued by the j vernor of South Carolina to be Id on the 6th day of January, 1920, which election the electors shall ;e "yes" or wno" upon the quesn of annexation. The following :ra.<7ers are hereby appointed to .iduct said election at the precinct! i IcrT% i Jhjk^AJ \yjr [ sale the Vest collection < 1 7 "> r "jt;Q'> o O'T <"* l -* 4- r\ i ' h/ V Jv/v Oil fj r. ^ XX* >ndition .. every w&y-?a and hr. ; ' . :. In view c :ars it w il ;; yor to sek e can oix'e these ears we < asis of last summer's leve You can sa ve enough n and select yours before t ry -? f\ -r * "* i C" ' * T"i ux it ?- t ?ixx o Kv l -Vj r ? /I 7?< * -io?o -.*% RlY S ^ - > 1 3 F) .?/ i.-.V v- J; ? . cJ ? v o , T :>- 7 j 'vp ' r-^W M'P 'O ? V V ^ ^ V-/ _ j w V' <r V iv-' W-v v/ v -? 3ix Series 10, Z?2S3Qng( rp "! '"-V7 >-*w ii ^ vv ,- < /-N -; ?* ? ?, .*V 1 rr O: ' 0 * I X / . ? ' f? Q?" 0T) O .-<-| -.-j - -^- - le- Q' -r 1 - p. ? OClicj k-'?x _ _ ^ , j 1 w. ri i -?*7 t O 'T ! . ' . li" O jL ^ 1 v x vX ? v*T. \ - v _ T T nn' ' o '* I-! av; -*r\~t Ui-j, swill. I\ G\/ C-M JJ; lie T> " i"' 0*n i -* ' . sy f 1 ~i -y? . ' 11 - i ttt -Tv jLvy'Uiii-3 rlillicW 'HP IVif'iY'P V J- ? W W 9 uring Car. Fine conditio E PAYMENTS ARSANC r\? . *1 . uistnoutor. i i i ii r - i - i n MfjlFQf ^7- 7 4 v/1 i r.ave a c \\ f i . essee iviu.e- loarr in and in. p^c' het; wr n . i,... : VV uc pxi A A T\?r Irirt A l\l I 1 Hdl tf, Touring Car. Exai bty from Oldsmobile this car at a consider; - 'N-A T?rtn | ,pay wort w uen w t? ca Mcliard] a?s^ Distril Phone 300 named below and to canvass and de- j? clare tbe result and return the same! to the Commissioners at Lexington \ ] Court House, South Carolina, imme- j ( diately thereafter. The first named j Manager is hereby declaired Chair-f man and is requested to secure the 1 ] boxes from the Clerk of Court's < Office at Lexington. S. C., and return the same together with the number of t i. fryy Q nW JJfrflinst thtt Said 1 votes uasit j.ui uiiu "f,- . i annexation and the total number of i votes polled, etc. ! < That only those residing within the j i area affected as described in thej governor's Proclamation, shall be per- j mitted to vote at said precinct in the j said election. j < Polls will open at 7 o'clock in the I morning and close at 4 o'clock in the! afternoon. Boxes may be secured !' any time on or after {.he 3rd day cf ; i 3i slightly used high fhese cars are all in ppearanee, meehan>f the high and still -j- !- >- -j. .-j. /Cu one tiictt uu I i can save you money, j si. By spring values ow to run your ear hey are all gone. x; asssnger Roadster. '! l'i 3i' Touring Car. An y. m fine condition ,:0t >.* Touring Oar. This *I8? . ,s' )? Touring Gar. Fine '^''51 y -n'-* ' -< r rr C qy / ^ x C4,1 . f " ' * ' V t t / "/ Wi'iard Eubfcer tires, perfect eondin. Good value. ied .. lm ? >wer :v vl isKSHH , ? '. * ' < ?* & Lower Main St. i ; fv ii 'k~J ar cf I ine Tennive icdey. Corns r. befor- you buy. ?2 r?sfht. |T Jf ? "9 * h p 1 V * ^SMS * 4 " " ' * jr A V V T ctly same as you can dealer. We can sell able discount. Why .11 si'.vg you money? i Mower 3utor _ * Lower . Mam St. J January, 1920. All voters in the above election must have their registration certifi:ates and their 1919 tax receipts. Managers of Election. Peak?W. M. Wilson, chairman; W. H. Epting. J. Owens Chapman, Charles E. Stuck, clerk. Chapin?P. B.?Fulmer, cTialrman; John J. Chapman, N. E. healy, G. H. Shealy, clerk. Efird's Store?C. L. Matthews, :hairman; Ed. Shealy, Jabez Frick, M. L. Wheeler, clerk. W. TT Witt. T. H. Raw!, A. S. Frick, Commissioners of Election for Lexington County, South Carolina. Lexington, S. C., December 1st, 1919. L2-l6-9tltaw i ; 4 mm

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