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- - - 1 ? r " VOLUME LV!., NUMBER 4. 1 NEWBERRY, S. C., TUESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1920. TWICE A WEEK. S2.00 A YEAS - ^ ? PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS - PROSPEROUS PROSPERITY Prosperity, Jan. 12.?If the year rjust beginning held no other civic development than the electric light project now before the people, it would still be a pretentious one in the history of Prosperity. The citi zens have demonstrated by a very i large majority that they are heartily in favor of improvements which will keep our town abreast with modern progressiveness, and there does not seem to be the slightest ripple of antagonism against the ccnsumma^ tion of this desired project, in fact every expression of public sentiment HjKs decidedly in favor of it. BH The city council has called an elecj^tion for February 10th, to decide a ^ bond issue and the citizenc are enthusiastic over the prospects of seeiner our dark roads transformed into ? attractive and well lighted city streets. The prosperity which will result is already in evidence because several other beneficial enterprises have appeared upon the improvement screen. It is indeed gratifying to note the cooperative and workable spirit * among our citizens and upon the acquisition of lights other utilities in ' the way of public improvements will be added in order that we may not break faith with our forefathers who * * i gave our town the tair ana prosperous name it now carries in the ^ procession of progress. Miss Ethel Counts proved herself a charming hostess when on Thursday afternoon she entertained at bridge. The reception hall and parlor were thrown en suite where tables were placed for this spirited game. The hostess, assisted'by her sister, Miss Catherine Counts, served a tempting sweet course. The palatial residence of Mrs. J. L. Wise was the scene of much mer^_riment when Miss Willie Mae Wise ^ entertained at cards on Saturday morning in honor of her house ^ guests Misses Agnes and Helen Seyle of Greenv:lle and AHeyr.e Richburg of Honea Path. Mrs. Harry Olm stead received the gift for the highest score. The honor guests were each presented with dainty handkerchiefs. At high noon a luncheon was served by Miss Wise, assisted by Miss Ethel Counts. V Mrs. Brener of Charleston, graml worthv matron, met with the Eastern Star ledge of Prosperity on Tuesday, at which meeting the following officers were elected: Willie Mae Wise, worthv matron; , B. T. Young, worthy patron; Mrs. Wf Carrie Price, conductress; Miss Clara Brown, assistant conductress; Mrs. Georgie Counts, secretary; Mrs. Ed. Sease, treasurer; Mrs. Bessie Bedenbaugh, assistant matron. The five priests are: Mrs. -Jessie Wise. Miss rAnnie Singley, Mrs. Maggie Werts, Lucy Lake, Mrs. Ruby Harmon. Miss Edna Fellers, marshall: Elbert Bowers, sentinel; Mrs. Cora Stockman, warden; Mrs. A. B. Brown, chaplain. James M. Bedenbaugh, cotton r. weigher, had the misfortune to break ^iis hand on Thursday while weighin? cotton. Forty cents cotton has brought around seven hundred bales to Prosperity during the past week. At the last meeting of the Cinean Literary society of the Prosperity high school the following officers ^.were elected for the followingshrdl > 1 f - - II.. 1 4. . MJWere eieciea ior mt: si-uuiiu icnu. ^^President, Verr on Pugh; vice presi| dent, James Wright Bedenbaugh; I. secretary-. Miss Katharine Counts; ^treasurer, Hines Mc Waters; first rer porting critic, Jacob Kunkle; second reporting critic, Robert Pugh; prosecuting critic, Noah Pat Shealy. Mrs. Thornwell Haynes and daughter, Miss Sara, are leaving Thursday for Washington, D. C\, where they ' "will await the arrival of Minister Thornwell Haynes of Helsingfors, Finland. The William Lester chapter, U. D. C., will meet Saturday afternoon, January 17, with Miss Ruby Thorn, I At the residence of Dr. J. S. Wheeler. Miss Sara Haynes spent the weekend in Newberry with Miss Octie Griffin. The latter expects to return with Miss Haynes for a few days' stay. Misses Agnes and Helen Seyle of Greenville and Alleyne Richburg of Honea Path, Messrs. Theodore Richburg. Clinton, and R. H. Hellams of Columbia were the week-end guests Miss Willie Mae Wise. Mrs. Allie Wise of Cameron is spending a while with Mrs. J. L. HAS THE CENSUS MAN OR WOMAN COUNTED YOU: To the Editor of Herald and News: The census department is making every effort to have a thorou<rl and complete census of the people u1 .Newberry county as well as the agri cultural resources. In order to accomplish this it is very important thai the census takers have the hearty co i nneration of the neople. -IT The enumerators in cities of 2.5CK .'population and over occording to the (census of 1010, are expected to com ! plete the work of counting- the people ; during this week. Possibly some oJ them have already completed the I work in their district. All the town; ! of . this size, and even smaller are ! jealous to have their populatior : properly and correctly set down ii I the census figures. It is possible and even probable ! that the enumerator however care I ' f ul and painstaking he may bo has < ^ 1 3 ? ? 4-IA u ovenooxeu sumc in. him w ! his district. If by the end of this I week the enumerator for your <l;s ; trict has not called on you, and yoi have therefore not been counted. ] ! would request that you see him anc ' have him to put vou in the enumera i % tion. In the event he may have com ; pleted the work and sent his papers I to the Supervisor, if you will noiuj ; me that you have been over lookei i I will be very glad to have him put | you in the count. | Neither the supervisor nor th< j enumerator nor any one officially connected with the taking of the cen j sus is permitted to give out any inj formation as to population or anj other matter which he may have re ceived during the progress of his work. All information as to the census Ko nKfoInDfl ftTim flip Diroptoi lilUOb ft>V WiUtlAWU A* VMS WW ? -- at Washington. A very heavy penalty is attached to any one officiall} | connected with the taking of the cen | sus who may give out any informa tion connected with the work, and ] j therefore request that no one will en j deavor to secure information frorr ! the enumerators, but that every on( j will cooperate to the end that we maj ' 1 A 1 T- J 1 rtt A rtnncm j nave a morougn anu tumpicic of the people of this district as wel as of the agricultural and other resources. Very respectfully, ELBERT H. AULL, Supervisor of Census, j The following are the enumerator' | for the city of Newberry: i Ward 1?S. S. Cunningham, i Ward 2?Frazier L. Evans, i Ward 3?Charles T. Paysinger. j Ward 4?James Roy Epting. i Ward 5?William L. Glenn. ! Taylor-Gorf. ! Miss Ruby Taylor and Mr. J. C * ? ii i. _ . Goff were united in noiv weaiocK or Sunday afternoon, 11th instar.t. at the ! Mayer Memorial Lutheran parsonage i The pastor of the bride, the Rev. \V H. Dutton performed the ceremony ir the presence of a few near relatives I and friends. ! The bride is the second daughtei , of Mrs. Josephine Taylor and is enI deared to her many friends. Mr. GofI | is the son of Mr. John Goff of Salu: da. The young couple left by motoi j car on the same afternoon to Saluda. m j ILLICIT STILL 10,000 GALLONS NEAR ALABAMA CITY ! Columbus. Ga., Jan. 8.?An illicit | still with a capacity of ten thousand j gallons and a plant equipped to manui ffictnrs corn liouor on an enormous ' scale, was destroyed by Sheriff Betts J and two deputies near Phoenix City, j Ala., it was learned here today. Two j negroes were arrested and placed in ! jail, but declined to give any inforj mation. : j Wise. j Miss Ethel Saner spent Thursday j in Celumbia. t Mrs. J. B. Stockman and daughter, , Miss Ruth, spent the week-end at ! \t; i... o;? i i\uiety-oiA. Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Wise have gone to Bowling Green, Tenn., where ! Mr. Wise expects to buy more mules, i Mr. A. H. Kohn, A. Hart Kohn and Miss Nell Kohn of Columbia spent Friday with S. S. Birge at the Wise hotel. J. M. Black spent the week-end with Mrs. Black at Orangeburg. Mrs. Carrie Leaphardt is visiting j in Columbia. i Mrs. Georce Counts left Saturday j for the Columbia hospital to be with her husband who is slowlv imprcvi in*. CAPITAL NEW ^ (By John i " j Columbia. Jan. 12.?The legislature "j v.-ill convene tomorrow. i i ?i < ' j I he prime matter wnien it win race ' j will be the good roads question. There I have been so many propositions sub' j mitted in this regard that it will take ' j the combined wisdom of the assembly "1 to asree upon something, but the pre?t v ; i vailing opinion seems to be that some ; start will be made. The co-ordina'; tion of a State highway system with ? i the coip.ty units sc-ems now to be the nrrvailing idea. It is not probable j X 1 ; that a bill carrying any great amount 1 of morev at this time will be passed, i ! but it is highly likely that some co; ordinated scheme will be adopted, and a method provided for the use of the 5 I large amount r.ow expended, includ1 ! incr th? automobile license tax, for the >; real improvement of the roads. Taxation. ^ ! That taxes will be raised seems to j j go without saying. * The state has * j i. _ grown, and it is going 10 xane more iu _! carry on the state's various depart, ! ments. Under a wise svstem of taxa_! tion, however, this ouerht not to rej; quire a heavier burden on the people, j. As in any other business enterprise, the increased revenues ought to take ? care of the expenditures?and in any T other business of the size of the State _ i of South Carolina there ought to be a _ (net gain. In the state's business .! however, this has not been the rule. ! vaoK -fr\t* q rtnmhpr r>f vears J L^VCI.J' Jtitl AVXJ. ?.? ? past we have even been borrowing in expectation of the collection of taxes, and thereby wasting thousands of dollars in interest. All of this would be saved, with the state on a cash ! basis, but no legislature has yet seen _ i fit to do so. The comptroller gen' r-x-j 4. 4.V,,"s [ oral, as nas oeen poinieu out, m uua correspondence, is urging the legisla!' ture to pass inheritance and income ,; tax laws which would relieve the r; property taxes. ? j The state has tried out the income 1 tax law, which was a wise measure, . ; but which was not enforced, for the J i reason that public sentiment was not i behind it. However, at this time, in view of the wise provision of the federal government, sentiment will 5' probably be behind it, ar.d such a law could be enforced. j An inheritance tax law will meet ! with the general approval of the | people of the state, but for some rea; ?nn if-, lms failed of Dassage in re i cent years. | During: the past year the state tax j commission has revised in a great many particulars the taxes on various (j grades of property, and has increased ? | the taxable valuations of the state, j Ever since the commission was estabi lished, at each succeeding session of , j the general assembly, there has been j .! a fight on it, but it has weathered the I storm. There has been no threat, so j . i far, of a fight on it at this session. j j The Bol! Weevil. | ? j The farmers will probably ask for J . .1 _ i__i. ! . j some legislation at mis session, iouk- ; . ing towards meeting the boll weevil. The state association of farmers has adopted several resolutions, which, if carried into effect, would require ' legislative action. The members of the general assemJ blv will begin to arrive here tomorrow I | night. Most of the important mat- j j ters which have been suggested in ad- ! vanc-e are already familiar to them, j and it is probable that upon most of j , them they have already made up their j , minds. Taxation; reads, and other matters, j more urgent at this time than ever before, and the necessity more pecu. liarly at this time for constructive legislation, they have in mind. Woman's Suffrage. The Susan B. Anthony amendment , to the federal constitution will, of course, be one of the important proposals. What the legislature will do with it is yet problematical. The women have a strong following in the matter in this state, which I would be stronger if a state enact-1 ment were proposed, rather than the ratification of a federal enactment which is a surrender of state's rights. Hortvever, in view of the fact that or the ratification of the prohibition amendment, some of those now aeainst the suffrage amendment on that very prrcund, did not take that into consideration, and have for^o4. J their stand at that time, the \vome~ I have a better chance. Irrespective [ * (< S AND GOSSIP \ K. Aull.) o V r of the merit of equal suffrage, it is * a dangerous thing; lor the legislature i j to do, to surrender a vital right of j | the state in this particular. Equal ( ! suifrage is not as strong in this state ^ i as in a great many others but the ^ legislature may leave it to the people ! in the election this fall. That would ^ probably be the wise course. j. Constitutional Convention. f That the state needs a now consti- \ tution, most of those who have come ! z ; j j in contact with the question, and a i c i great majority of all the lawyers, will J t I - cfifntir^n "VX7Q C i r .U.urci-. ilic j^JCSCIIl ivu.awi.uv.ww ..^n ; adopted in 3 890, and succeeded the j 1 i constitution of 1868, written under ! \ : Radical rule. The ISO5 constitution * j was written in the height of partisan j factional politics, and it needs amend- j j j ment in a great many particulars. \ ] i The late Mr. Lesesne, a member of J j ! the house from Clarendon, was a j i i strong advocate 01 a resoiuwon j ; viding for a constitutional conven-1; I tion, and, had he lived, the matter < | would probably have been more 1 I speedily attended to before. Mr. ] Lesesne died not so long ago, while he was a member of the house. i ( The Educational Program. Enlargement of the educational program?or, rather, the necessity for < i such?will be a feature of the session, i rnmmrtTi crhnnl facilities have cot to ; be looked after, and, particularly,!1 some means have got to be provided | for the increasing of the salaries of J the common school teachers, or we 5 I are not going to have many efficient ] J common schools. This has come to { I be a matter of such general knowl! edge and complaint that the legisla- ' I ture will no doubt take good care of < ^ it. Nobody wants to do anything to j' ; ir.iure in one iota the institutions of 13 j higher learning, but the matter of re- j' i tainimr competent teachers in the j] | | : common schools has become serious, j ! ar.d has been called attention to sev- i i eral times lately by the state super- j1 j intendent of education. | Col. J. Fred Schumpert, of New-j^ i berry, serjeant-at-arms of the senate, |4 ! has been here grettiner the hall readv 1 i " j J j for the session, ns has been Sergeant-! j I afc-arms of the House, James S. Wil- > i son, of Lancaster. Everything is in ' I j C i readiness for the start Tuesday noon,;" j when the house will be called to or- j : der by Speaker Cothran, and the sen-; ^ ; ate by Lieutenant Governor Liles. j J Other Matters. ] ( j The Columbia State calls attention j t i to the other measures herewith which 1 ( | may occupy the attention of the as-1 ? . semblv: j Another important measure on sec- j t ! ond reading in the lower house is that j I | by Messrs. Davis and Kinard to pro- j c I hibit free tuition at state institutions g | of higher learning. The bill proposes j c j the abolishing of state scholarships i ( j and the creation of a loan fund for J c j worthy students. Beneficiaries of the j f I fund would be allowed to attend any j school of their choice, whether state j r ? " - nni ! , i or denominational couege. 1 ne pi?u , t ! has had the indorsement of Governor j Cooper, and a strong fight will likely j be made for its passage this year. !? I The bill by the house committee on j fish, game and forestry, proposing to ; a abolish the office of state game war- j den and to devolve the duties on j county game wardens, is also on sec-1 \ or.d reading. | , I Measures pending in the upper; ? house are also of equal import. A res- ; t j olution on second reading, the author ! j being Senator Ridgell of Lexington,; ^ would provide for the erection of an : c I administration building for all depart- j ^ ments of the state government now } occupying rented quarters. r Another bill by Senator Laney and x\ Banks would create a slate board of t1 exDorts and marketing. This bill was j c introduced upon the suggestion of W. j s P. G. Harding, governor of the fed- p eral reserve board, who was invited 0 to Columbia last year by B. Karris, t commissioner of agriculture, and p while in Columbia addressed the two j s houses of the general assembly. Senator Christensen has a bill on t second reading in the senate which a would provide for a complete survey "V by the state tax commission of all a lands of the state. The need of this y measure has been strongly urged, as j b it is pointed out. that many thousands jt< of acres of valuable lands, particu- | b \.-7y in the swamp areas ai:;l costalja :OTTON PLATFORM GOSSIP AS | TOLD BY ONE OF THE BUNCH Mr. Editor:?As the Christmas lolidays are over, and no one has any roods to advertise, and thinking you ! vould like something to fill in, I will i ry to settle this question of High I ^ost of Living, by giving my opinion. 1 First I will lay down two state-!' ] 11 I nenis: i nc iariucrs art; pivuuceia, an > >ther classes are consumers. Second, rhat no man who has money will vork, be he white or black. Now back to the first proposition, rhe farmer used to work because he lad to, couldn't live unless he worked, but now he has money, and don't lave to, so he has joined our class md has become a consumer, consejuently we are now consuming more han we are producing, and unless we juit talking and go to work you will j liirrll Hn Vflll tnftW :<iv c tv iiyw j^s v j w% ??w ?? v..v.v . ve are spending more money than i ?ver before, that is the women. Some time a?0 I was at the cotton jlatforrn, with the crowd, and here, VIr. Editor, is the place for you to ret the news. Some would do to ?0 n the papers and some would not do,! lews that is news. You ought to lay | iciHp vrmr rliVnitv sometime and 2*0 iown to the platform and spend a ialf hour, and have some fun with the Doys. Beats a picture show. Here is a conversation we had at :he platform one evening, (hope the soys will forgive me for telling.) "Jim, why were you not at :hurch?" nn Flft Vrt11 I *, V.VW.W, J \ know, John, that you and I are the two rangiest men in town." "Yes, but do you know that McA.doo says that we ought to conserve, save, during the war. He says that if a boy came to see his daughter and iidn't have a patch- on his pants he evould say to this boy., 'Go back, get j i job and when you get so you can | pay rent come to see me and I will j see what I can do for you.' So I am ; not ashamed to wear patched breech- j 2S." Just then I had on a pair that j Aras patched on the knees, and no seat { n them. Jims says, "You know that I have j lot bought any clothes since the war I started. I just wear one pair (under j breeches) ur.til I eret a hole in them. | hen I put on another pair to cover \ ;hat hole. When I e;et a hole in that I ">air, I put on another pqir, etc. You ! enow I have on three pairs now." I said, "I don't believe you," and he j howed us. He had on three pairs, j Will Uornsby said: "Hold on boys, j et me show you what I have on," j tnd he had on a pair that didn't have |: >ut one Ipg, and Pat Wise didn't have!, >n nothing" but waistband and a but- j on, but what do we care, our wives J Iress as good as any in town and we j, ire happy. j Jim said: "You know I couldn't go o church, didn't have no clothes, but will bet the crowd I had more j lothes at the Methodist church last !n?^or +1-, an onv hvn mpmhers of that i hurch. My wife had on a $75.00 suit, xenie had on a $65.00 suit, Mary had < >n a $65.00 suit," and so on down , or 6 or 7 times. i J I said: "Jim, hold on, you musA j emember that I have a wife and hree daughters that dress some." Will Hornsby said: "I haven't any . laughters but my wife dresses a? , rood as anyone in town." j Pat Wise said that he crave his wile J 11 that she wanted and then some, j So you see we are a happy bunch. 1 < )id vou ever see Jim Wheeler's wife ' * i vith him on the streets? Did you ection of the state are escaping taxaion. Several bills regulating textile in- i lustries are also pending. One by : senators Pearce and Rodgers would irevent the working of employees or.ger than 54 hours a week and not 1 nore than ten hours any one day. < .nother would allow children between < ie ages of 12 and 14 years to work in otton mills when schools are not in 1 ession. The law prevents the em- 1 loyment of children under 14 years 1 f age. This bill is by Representa- < - - ? 1 4 ive Horton of Lancaster ana nas j < assed the lower house. Both are on < econd reading in the senate. ] Another measure of statewide in- J erest on second reading in the sen- t te is that by Senator McCutchen of J Pyr?vic*rms nf thp hill 1 7 llllCtili^UUl^. A x w w ~ - re to place all male convicts over 17 1 ears old under the control of the I oard of directors of the state peni- < ?ntiary, thereby creating a state road uilding force to be used in building 2 state system of rcaci3. SOUTH CAROLINA NEGRESS IS LISTED AT 115 YEARS Los Angeles, Calif., Jan. 8.?Anna Prater, a negress, today officially was listed as 115 years old by federal . census enumerators. She was born in South Carolina she said; was sold 15 times as a slave; acted as "mammy" to fifty-two white children, and ran away from three masters only to be recaptured each time. VV I1JIC LC1U1JJ; HCl 1UC motv/i j y CUV busied herself with sewing. Card of Thanks. Dear Mr. Editor:?Please allow us through your paper to express our thanks and apreciations to the friends and neighbors who gave their patient and untiring service during the illness and death of our dear mother,. Mrs. W. F. Koon. May God bless and comfort each one in every time of need. Children. Death of Mr. Bullard. Mr. George W. Bullard, who lived in this city, died of acute indigestion at his home in Whitmire on Friday morning at 2 o'clock, and was buried at West End cemetery on Saturday afternoon after the arrival of the 3.38 o'clock C. N. & L., train. Mr. Bullard was 64 years old and leaves a widow and seven grrown children. THE AUTOMOBILE BUSINESS. Mr. J. Walter Richardson of the Jolly Street section who has been in the automobile business as a side line so to speak, but who has sold a num- / ber of cars has gone out of the business in order to devote his entire time to the increasing business at his store at Richardsonville near his home. His trade is growing rapidly and he is now prepared to serve his customers, but in order to do so satisfactorily it is important that he be there all the time. So he has given up the agency for the Chevrolet and other cars that he handled with so much success. Mr. Willie B. Boinest will take up the agency and will make headquarters at Richardson's store and will be glad to demonstrate to any prospecUi.t.aw. Tin milrinrr O cnopial. Live UUtVC10. lie AO v? ity of the Chevrolet but will also sell a Grant Six. You may find him at Mr. Richardson's store and if you ara thinking of purchasing a car it will be to vour advantage to see him. Australia has been suffering from a long- continued drought, particularly severe in New South Wales, and the losses to stockmen and farmers are serious, thousands of cattle and sheep having: perished. An offi:ial estimate of the coming wheat harvest for the whole commonwealth puts the yield at 40,000.000 bushels, as against 179,000,000 bushels last year. The government of New South Wales has appropriated $5,000,000 t to assist farmers who have suffered particularly heavy losses. It has been proposed also to introduce a moratorium applicable to farmers. Later reports stated, however, that i?ood rains have fallen in many parts of the country, and that the harvest prospects have been materially improved. The costliest watch in the world is a jeweled timepiece in the possession of the Pope, which is estimated to be worth $-300,000. It takes nearly 130,000 of some of the screws used in watches to weigh a pound. ever see Will Hornsby's wife w'*h him? Did you ever see Pat's wife with him, or mine with me on the streets. No. Why? There is a reason. Did you ever see a nice young filly, fat, slick, head up stepping so lightly that it looked as if she felt Til /-I TTA11 LUU gUUU tV Step Ull tll^ cai tn . xy ivt j vu ?ver see a donkey with his head down, cockle burrs in his mane and tail? Wouldn't look good hooked together, ivould they? Well, when I get over the effects of the rolling pin, for ivriting this I will settle this question }f style, and stop this discussion be:ween Dr. Jervey, Dr. Bob Mayes, Dr. Goodwin and Dr. McMullen, by giving ny opinion, but let me say here as to styles, I see that the French say that 1 ,Trill maoi* loco nlnfVlO* TIOYt ,HXZ lauico UUi nwai V4V w?*vw uvav jummer. If I was a young lady, I -vould be ashamed to wear less, unless [ had a figure that looked like a 100 5er cent, and I have never seen but >ne of that kind. Hoping you a happy new year, I im, One of the Bunch.