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VOLUME LVI., NUMBER 3. x - NEWBERRY, S. C? FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 1920. TWICE A WEEK. $2.00 A YEAI
(GREAT THINGS BEING DONE
IN WHITMIRE TOWN
New $16,000 Laundry to be Erected.
Street Improvement Going Merrily
Along:?Sewerage to be Installed.
IWhitmire, Jan. 5.?The Young
Brother's have opened up a large
furniture store in the old drug
store location. Call on them for
what you want to make your home
more beautiful and comfortable.
The C. H.. Cooper company has
changed the name of this mercantile
establishment to the Abrams and
Scott company.
Mr. R. L. Cooper who has been in
the life insurance business for The
B^firginia Life Insurance company has
^ ver. that up and goes back to his
w^pui trade that of a barber, which has
^gotten to be a remunerative calling.
^ Ke is succeeded in the life insurance
^^jusiness by Mr. Luther Watkins.
Mr. W. B. Gordon is expected to
c$|^^^0pBB?*fT>ruary 1st, to take
charge of the Y. M. C. A., at the
<ilenn Lowry cotton mill. For some
k years Mr. Gordon has been associated
k with the Y. M. C. A. of the Pacific
Mills, Columbia, S. C.
W Miss Alma Lupo, who has charge
I of the welfare work at the Glenn
I Lowry mill has organized a group of
Camp Fire Girls and is getting up a
community library to be placed in the
reading room at the Y. M. C. A.
' building.
A contract has been let for the
k building and equipping of a large and
I perfectly equipped laundry here.
| About $16,000 worth of fixtures has
* ?wVi<ar> this laundry is
utrexi uiucitu. it ...
^complete, there will be machines
jready to relieve the housewife of all
? drudgtT^of linens for beds and tables
all flat work.
Some of oar enthusiastic citizens
' are busy making plans for the modem
to and up-to-date sewerage system,
P with which the town is soon to be
equipped.
A force of men representing the
firm of E. S. Draper, landscape gardeners,
have been here surveying our
streets and making plans for improv
ing and beautifying cur town.
k Applications for permission to organize
American Legion in Whitmire
has been made to proper authorities.
Let every ex-soldier in and around
Whit mire join this chapter. Apply to
"* TT" ? "VTt Sn'nPV.
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Moss Frances Lupo after spending
'the Christmas holidays with her sis^Lter,
Miss Alma Lupo, has returned to
^ Columbia, where she wiil resume her
K-gtqdles. in the Colombia high school.
V Miss Rutfy Herren of Columbia
visited her parents Mr. and Mrs. B.
p H. Herren recently.
i Miss Frances C. Jeter, after spendI
ing the holidays here with her parL
ents, left Saturday to resume her
!work as teacher of I.atin in tne
Lancaster high school.
[ Mrs. John jKiggins and baby and
SVlrs. Marion Higgins of Newberry are
the guests this week of Mr. and Mrs.
B. H. Hardy.
$Miss Jessie Ray, after a sfay of
two weeks with her mother and sisLer,
has returned to Greenwood. Miss
ay has a nice position in the busiless
college there teaching stenography
and typewriting.
Mr. George Cofield has rented Mr.
tXTJll n,.?/.or'c Imneo am) will mo VP
H v> ill l^UilVUi. UVWWV vw?x? ..
^am^v to our town tomorrow.
^ Mrs. C. E. Jeter visited Miss
tEllen Lake recently.
Rev. 1). W. Garvin, who has been
pastor of the Baptist church here for
several years has accepted a tall to
the church at Ealdwin Mills near
Chester. He ai,d his family left for
I their new heme last week.
^ Mrs. C. H. Cooper, who for a long
Slumber of years has been the popular
milliner for the C. H. Ccoper
company has given up her work at the
store and will devote her whole time
^n brightening the corner for her better
half. ??lrs. Cooper will be sadly
missed by her many friends, who
patronize this company. May she be
as successful as a home maker as she
has been a milliner.
1 Mr. James Abrams, Jr., has returned
from a visit to his wife and son,
rvho are spending awhile with her
imother, Mrs. Pruitt at Johnson, S.
L Mr. and Mrs. Pitts and son, Jamr?
Rrelsh, spent a few days of last weetv
n Atlanta.
i Mr. Will Duncan and family have
hoved from their home place in the
pastry to Clinton. May they be haply
in their new home.
[ The Whit-mire high school, after a
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! SLICE OF LEXINGTON
COMES TO NEWBERRY
Just after the election the jrood
news was received in this city that the
county of Newberry had trained, so
the people here were prepared to read
in The State Wednesday morning: of
our success in the annexation propo
' ?1- r ~ /.Aiinf i? o find
SlLjOn WHICH tnir- v. v.'uni v iiwv
territory from Lexington, taking in
the town of Peak, the Parr Shoals
property and a good deal of taxable
property from that grand old county.
We welcome the new citizens to the
grand'old county of Newberry, assuring
them that all are glad to have
them with us. from Sheriff Blease,
down to Coroner Lindsay.
We take pleasure in reproducing,;
headlines ar.d all, a fuller account of
the good action and great movement
from the Lexington Dispatch-Xews
of the 7th, instant:
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LEXINGTON LOSES
TO NEWBERRY j
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Special Election Takes Gccd Part of
Fork Section Away?Held
Tuesday.
By a vote of 66 to 16, the voters of
the upper section of the Dutch Fork,
embracing the town of Peak and taking
in the famous Parr Shoals prop- i
erty, on yesterday decided to leave
Lexington and annex to the county of
Newberry. This is a fine section inhabited
bv as good people as there
are in the country anywhere, and,
while the people of this county regret
to see them leave the old mother
county, they will carry with them into
their new locality the best wishes of
Lexington.
. There has been unrest among the
people of that section for several
years, due, it is claimed, to the fact j
that bad roads prevailed, which made
it hard, at times, for them to get to |
tVip r-onntv seat of Lexington. It isi
claimed, also, that Newberry hasi
promised to give good roads through
the entire section, and it is hoped
that the people who voted to leave
Lexington will get everything promised
them?and more.
MRS. GEO. A. BROWNING, JR.
Widow of Late Legislator Died at Her
! Home in Gcldville Thursday. -
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Laurens Advertiser, 7th. /
Mrs. Lillian Burns Browning, wife
of the late Geo. A. Browning, Jr., cf
Goldville, died at her home there
Thursday evening after an illness of
several weeks. Death was due to
; pneumonia. The funeral was held at
Goldv lie the following day and the
^ lernn-iiS placed in the Blalock vauii
in the cemetciy there.
i
Mrs. Browning was the daughter c;f
"\r.-o p. r Rums, of Rsrksdale Sta
i. O. i. t v. v* ? - ~ - ?
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tion. Her husband, cr.e time representative
from this county in the state
i legislature, died during the influenza
I epidemic in the fall of 1D1S. They
! have three small children to survive
! them. She is also survived by her
mother, two brothers, Messrs. Eugene
; and Don Burns, of Barksdale Station,
j two sisters, Mrs. C. R. Reeder of
J Clinton, and Mrs. Alvin Coleman of
j Fountain Inn. besides a brother-in
; law, James Browning, and a sisterj
in-law, Miss Mattie Ban Browning,
i both of Goldville. Her father-ini
law, Mr. Geo. A. Browning, Sr., died
j at his home in Goldville just about
; two weeks ago.
; Mrs. Browning was a young woman
j of pleasing disposition, who mad2
I friends wherever she was known,
j With three small children left as ori
phans the circumstances of her death
: was peculiarly sad and much symi
pa thy has gone out to them in their
I ioss.
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j vacation of two weeks for Christ!
mas, opened this morning.
i The students of the Citadel, Wofford,
Winthrop, Lander, Chicora'
and Columbia colleges have all returned
to their studies.
Mrs. Miller and son, Frank of
Cross Hill spent last week here with |
her sons, Messrs. Jno. L. Miller,
Henry M. Miller and Hassell Miller.
An election was held here today for
a mayor and six aldermen to serve
the town of Whitmire for a term of
two years. Mr. W. G. Puckett was
reelected mayor by a handsome
majority, and Messrs. T. P. Scott,
T. W. Hipp, C. H. Cooper, J. A.I
Darby. T. P. Cabaniss and J. 1.1
Darby were elected aldermen.
"Xita."
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AN ENVIABLE RECORD
Newberry County Baptists Lead
South Carolina, Which Leads The
Entire South in the Campaign. ]
! The Figures to Date.
The Reedy River association has set
the pace for South Carolina Baptists
in the 75-i\IiH:on campaign, it nas
been announced from headquarters
that this association leads all the
associations of the str.te in per capita
contributions. As South Carolina
leads the South, the distinction of
ihe Rest River is quite an enviable
one.
Following are the figures for the
association:
Asked. Given.
Bethel $ 1,125 $ 847
Rush R!\er 22,000 31,000
vCross Roads 2.150 2.315
TV nnron _ 1 :"> 2 5.1 S 5
; a Vi v v .. 7 _ . _
j East Side 1,000 2.450
: Fairview 2,600 2,(510
; Hurricane 4,000 6,255
|Mt. Zion 1.500 2,895
[Newberry 50.000 56,763
! Oakland 1,500 2.200
Prosperity 500 625
I Saluda 3,000 7,505
Whitmire 0,000 6,037
West End 0,334 6,796
| Totals:. $104,Sol $133,783
| The association thus contributes
n total amount of $133,783. exceed
irg its apportionment by about $30,000.00.
Saluda church leads in its
proportionate over-subscription exceeding
its apportionment by ISO per
cent.
East side is a close second while Mt.
Zion nearly doubles its quota, and
Enoree is well to the front. Newberry
First is accredited with having:
the largest per capita apportionment
in the state, and it exceeded it by
several thousand, Bush River also had
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scribed it by $9,000.00. All in all,
the churches have done exceedingly
well.
I cannot pi've the subscriptions of
the women, but feel sure that they
have far exceeded their apportionment.
At ore cf ivy own churches.
Saluda, they more th&n trebled their
quota. The influence of the w>me7>
has been strongly felt in the cam- j
paign. Their organ zer, Mrs. Hunt, j
was indefatigable in her exertions. I
T? - ?L J Vnito
? I'ubUJrg iiiili icij. men ?:c*?v ?i?i
supported the campaign, and I feel1
sure that Organizer Burriss will join
me in expressing the heartiest appreciation
of their cooperation and the
generous response made in every
I quarter.
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I '.\CT \v:il t k Iv'.'C H.HIVUl fi ? v v. _ ?
j sincere thanks to cur county papers
1 for the uncelfch ar.d invaluable aid
I they have rendered.
C. R. Pettiirrevr,
, Publicity Director.
I BERGFR rORCED
TO LEAVE TOWN
Jersey City, N. J., Jan. 0.?Victor
| J.. Berger, representative-elect from
! the Fifth Wisconsin district was es!
corted cut of Jer?ev City tonight by
; Chief of Police Richard T. Battersi
by. His departure followed promptly
I his arrival in the scheduled role cf
I
iprinc-ipal'orator at a widely advertised
! mass meeting- under the auspices of
I the Socialist Educational Club.
' The police refused to permit the
! meeting: to be held, announcing that
| those who desired to pay dues, or
transact business with the officers cf
the club do so, but that speeches
| would be barred.
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CHILD BURNED TO DEATH
Gown of Little Juanita Bennett
Catches on Fire.
Cheraw, Jan. 7.?Sunday morning
as little Juanita Bennett, age thirteen,
was standing by the fire, her night
gown caught and burned her badly
from the knees up. She lingered until
after noon, part of the time conj
scious and suffering great pain, when
: she died. Her father and mother,
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Bennett, had their
* * * ' * i 'i
nancis ournea in trying 10 put me mc
j out. Mrs. Bennett has been an in1
valid for years, and Juanita had eni
tire charge of her and the baby. She
was a beautiful child and had an unusual
character. She was devoted to
going to school, but when her mother
needed her she gave up without complaining
and took care of the home.
She was buried this afternoon in the
family burying trround in .Vbulbo: ; <.
RAILWAY WORKERS
TO STRIKE BLOW
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i
; Cooperative Buying, Production and j
[ Distribution Will Be Tried as
Solution of Problem.
I ? ~ 7 _ i
Washington. Jan. <. (by the Asso-j
ciated Press).?Failing to obtain sat-;
isfactory relief from the high cost of j
living either through further wage j
advances by the railroad administra-!
tion or from the anti-profiteering!
campaign of the department of jus- {
tice officials of the four big railway j
brotherhoods and the railroad shop,
crafts affiliated with the American |
Federation of Labor have decided to j
seek a solution for themselves through i
cooperative buying, production and !
distribution. The step was con rued j
in some quarters as indicating that \
d^man:;5* for further wage increases i
would not be pressed pending out
come oi tiie expcnmenr.
The formation of the All Ameri-j
car. Farmer-Labor corporative com- i
mission an outgrowth of the confer-!
erxe was announced today at its of-!
fices heie. Another conference will!
be hold in Chicago February 12-15. j
Warren S. Stone, grand chief of j
the? Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
and one cf the organizers of j
the Chicago meeting, is general treas-,
nvai' r\ f tJio f r\m micc:nn
and the officials of the railway em- ^
ployees organizations are officers of
the commission. B. M. Jewell, actj
ing president of the Railway Shop,
men, saw no hope for reliet in prosej
eution of profiteers and declared the
j only way to deal with an economic
! situation is with economic factors.
I
i An alliance of the farmers, the or|
ganized producers, on the one hand,
j with the laborers, or organized con:
sumers on the other, is the purpose of
I the cooperative commission said Jew|
ell, who is a member of the commis[
sion. It aims to "conduct a vigorous
campaign for direct dealing between
farm producers and city consumers
and. as soon as feasible, between city
producers and farm consumers."
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JLJiciuiiuxatiUii ui tAtcuaivc
j ativo schemes amor.^ the railroad
j brotherhoods' membership irnmediatei
ly after the Chicago conference in
i February was predicted by H. W.
| Wills, legislative representative of
the locomotive engineers. Flans for
the organization of a corporation
ba< h. authorized by the Brotherhood
j of Locomotive Engineers before the
j war, may scon be pushed to coaiple|
tion, x.Ir. Wills said and steps taken
to establish cooperative stores and
distribution facilities to supply memj
hers of the brotherhood with neces- j
!mv!m of life at a reasonable price, i
Mr. Wills expressed the belief that j
other organizations would follow the j
example of the United Brotherhood j
i of Maintenance of Way Employees j
j and railway shop laborers, who he
said, recently purchased knitting and]
J underwear plants, a glove factory and j
! a tubing concern and entered into
i contracts with overall makers and
manufacturers "of other necessities.
I MORE THAN 1,000 ARE
DEAD IN EARTHQUAKE
I i
J Mexico City, Jan. 6.?Coutzlan i
j was destroyed by Saturday's earth-,
| quake with 2,000 casualties, includ-1
j ir.? more than 1,000. dead, accord-1
I vpnnrfs o-ivon militftrv 1
headquarters from advices received
from officers in the Vera Cruz cen-1
rer of disturbance.
The entire garrison at Teocclo
was killed cr injured. The dead
numbered thirty and the injured
sixty. Virtually all the roads in the
surrounding district were flooded or
destroyed, according to the reports.
Three hundred dead are reported
at Barranca Grande, near Couztlon.
The water level at Port Barranca del
Agua rose twenty-five meters.
j WOMAN DISAPPEARS
MARRIAGE IS HALTED j
I !
| Miami, Fla., Jan. 7.?The day bej
fore she would have marched down
! the aisle of the First Presbyterian
; Church, of this city, writh Leland
; Thornton Dysart, of Dallas, Texas,
I i former lieutenant of marines, Miss
Louise Eyles, daughter of H. H.
Eyles. a prominent lawyer of this
city, disappeared and her whereabouts
remains a mystery. The hour of the
marriage had been fixed at high noon
tomorrow.
The family tonight announced "the
weddinsr has been indefinitely post
I
pont<l." I
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS
FROM LITTLE MOUNTAIN J
j
Little Mountain, Jan. 7.?The
members of the Youncr People's soei-i
ety of Holy Trinity were entertained;
at the parsonage on Friday evening.!
The home was tastefully decorated
with Christmas bells, holly and j;
ferns. Several musical numbers;
were rendered. "Progressive conver-.
sation" was the amusement for the ;
Thp winners beimr Miss
Luetta Wheeler and Mr. Harold |
Wise. Hot chocolate and sandwiches;
were served. The evening was most'
pleasantly spent by all.
The following' resolutions have |
been made and adopted by the Young:'
People's societv:
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Inasmuch as it has pleased all j
wise Providence to supply us with;
more time in which to evangelize the ;
world and since we feci it very keen-!
Iv our sacred and solemn duty as i
)
'members of the Young People's so-,
ciety to set ourselves to the great j
task of doing something really worth j
while towards this great end which j
will, also, ultimatelv result in the ,
i
j growth and development of said so- j
! -i : "noi- Ho it lippphv i
| cieiy uui iuji una ,y>-oi vv, ... ,
I resolved:
I 1st. That we as individual mem!
ers do all in our power to make the
I society what it should be.
| 2nd. That we attend as regularly
as possible.
Sd. That we take an active part
I and interest in the work of the society
at all times.
4th. That we cooperate with the
president in making this the banner
year of the society.
5th. That we will be punctual at
| all times in our attendance.
! 6tb. That the various committees I
appointed and officers of the society J
-i-i? i*-?/InfiDc fn I
| discnarge tneir re?i>cvn?c uu
the best of their knowledge . and
| ability zealously.
7th. That a copy of these resolu- j
tions be furnished every member of j
the society and each be requested!
to read the resolution at least twice j
per month. j
Lit vie Mountain is the latest town j
in South Carolina to organize a post j
of the American Legion.
The application for a charter was
received ct state headquarters yesterday
and was duly approved. The j
charter will be issued from national'
headquarters within the next few i
da vs.
j
The following young ladies have ^
returned to Winth-'op college after j
spending the holidays at h^rrr-:j
Misses Evelyn Wise, Lucy and Ada ;
Brady, Ollie Metts and Janet Frick. !
j Miss Kathleen Counts has retu "^er1!
to her post of duty in Summeihiid i
college. I
nlr-li S?;ise has returned to the I
Medical college of Charleston after j
spending two weeks at home,
i Wi?/? Virsril Long, Blair j
Stoudemire, Robert Lee Riser, Car- j
roll and Willie Hack Derrick, Lee i
and Ralph Shealy, Marvin and Her-!
bert Chapman have returned to New- j
berry college after spending the holi- j
days at home.
Mrs. Emma Brac'y is visiting in
Columbia.
Clarence Your?: Barrier of Augusta,
Ga., spent the week-end with relatives
here.
j Key. and Mrs. J. J. Long were busi- j
j ness visitors to Newberry on Tues- j
j day. j
I Dr. J. M. Sea>e spent Monday in !
~ ' j
I Columbia. ,
j Miss Ora Dickcrt of the Columbia j
I hospital visited Miss Mat tie Boland
th:s week.
I Miss I.eo Shealy is visiting rcla- !
tives in Ballentire.
i Mr. V. B. Sease left Sunday for!
his home in Newark, N. J. Mrs. j
Sease will remain here for another!
week.
Miss Cora Summer and Mr. Brooks |
Connelly both of Prosperity were the j
guests of Miss Zula Stockman last j
Friday and Saturday. I
J. B. Derrick and B. M. Wise spent,
Tuesday in Pomaria.
W. B. and B. M Wrise spent Sunday
in Columbia
Dewey Stockman and Alvin Lancaster
visited in town Sunday.
*r - t-'? t On?n on/1 littlp snn
MI'S. tlUilll i-i. X aitu WW..
have returned to their home in Gas- ,
tonia, N. C.
Elmer L. Shealy has returned to
New York after spending the holidays
at home.
Burke Taft of Camp Jackson
visited Horace Shealy this week. , i
Dr. and Mrs. Hu^girs of Pomaria
visited at the home of Dr. J. M. ]
BERGDOLL FOUND
HIDING AT HOME
Long Hunt Brought to Close.?
Brother Still Away.
Philadelphia, Jan. 7. ? Grover
Cleveland Bergdoll, wealthy son of
a former brewer, and charged with
being a draft dodger and deserter *
irom ine army, was captureu cuuay
while hiding in the palatial residence
of his mother on the outskirts of this
city. Tonight he is a prisoner on
Governors Island, in New York harbor,
awaiting trial by courtmartial.
The capture of Bergdoll, whose
brother, Erwin, widely known automobile
racer, is still missing, also
charged with dodging the draft, was
as sensational as has been his career
in the last five years. More than a
dozen federal and city officers participated
in the raid on the Bergdoll * v
homo. Resistence was offered by the ,
\
mother, Mrs. Emma Bergdoll, who
threatened to shoot the officers and
was disarmed only after a struggle.
She was held in $10,000 bail on
charges of assault and battery with
intent to kill and conspiracy to prevent
the execution of search and
arrest warrants. Bail was furnished
by her. son-in-law.
Grover Bergdoll disapeared in August,
1917, and search for him as an
alleged draft dodger was made all -over
the United States and Mexico.
Several times federal agents searched
the three residences maintained by
the BergdoIPs in this vicinity.
Mrs. Bergdoll threatened death to
any officer who entered her home
when they appeared at the mansion
today, federal agents said. Strategy
was used and the front and rear en
trances were forced at the same time.
It was at the rear that the mother
struggled with the police and was disarmed.
A search of the house revealed
Grover hiding in a window
box seat on the second floor of the
home.
After a preliminary hearing at the
federal building Bergfdoll was taken
to New York under heavy guard.
fore leaving he said he had roamed
all ever the United States and had returned
home only a few days ago.
31,000 FOR BUILDING FUND
\
W. S. Langford Interested in the
Greater Citadel.
Nevs & Courier, 8th .
As a contribution to the alumni
buildir.e: fund of the Greater Citadel
it was announced by the Association
of Graduates yesterday that W. S.
I.ar.gford, ''oil producer" cf Wichita
Fall, Texas, formerly of Newberry,
h;is sent a check for $1,000. Mr.
Landlord's succcss. has been pronounced.
His agencies for motor cava
have f.11 been profitable and in the
past few years "he has struck it rich
in oil. , .
The Oil Weekly recently published
Mr. Langford's picture and said
that he and his associates have "stepped
into the 'more than 100.000 barrels
a quarter' class during the past
quartei*. He is interested in extensive
holdings in the Wichita Falls
district and is ore of the big forces
in Wichita Falls' civic life."
Mr. I ansrford made p visit to the
Citadel in the spring and displayed an
enthusiastic interest in the Greater
Citadel movement, volunteering to
do what he could to insure the success
of the enterprise.
In forwarding his check for $1,000,
Mr. Lar.gford sa:d that he hoped to
attend the Statewide Citadel demon- ^
in flip T-Tnfpl .Toffprson.
Columbia, Wednesday, January 21.
Sense Monday.
B. M. Wise spent Wednesday in
Columbia.
Horace J. Shealy visited in Florence
last week.
Rev. J. J. Long rendered an educational
sermon Sunday at High Hill,
Peak.
Dr. Bell of the Lutheran Seminary
preached a very interesting sermon
here Sunday in the absence of Rev.
J. J. Long.
The many friends of W. J. Hentz
and family regretted to see them
leave for their old home near
Pomaria.
They were with us two years and
will be missed by all.
Rev. J. J. Long spent Wednesday
in Columbia.
A. C. Wheeler was seen in Prosperity
Tuesday.