Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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P : . ; - ' ......... ; 'r ^ \ ^?mmmvmmmmtmmmm??????mmmm?wmtmpm mi n ???mmmmmmm^^*?^~^mmmmmmmmm^mmmmmmm^????w^w????g???^?? -~mm? a^??? ???^?^mmm??^ VOLUME LVI., NUMBER 8. NEWBERRY, S. C., TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1920. TWICE A WEEK, $2.00 A YEAH 9 f 1 - ~ *?ttf V V\A/^f? PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS PROSEPROUS PROSPERITY j ' l ^ Prosperity, Jan. 26.?Miss . Janie J ^ Harmon and Mr. Ben Frank Dawkins i k were married Saturday afternoon at J I the Lutheran parsonage, Rev. C. J. j Shealv officiating. Mrs. Dawkins is j the attractive daughter of Mr. John j ' S. Harmon of the u i\ean section.; " Mr. Dawkins is the popular clerk of \ the Prosperity Furniture Co. We j wish for the youthful couple all prosperity. k On Monday morning: at the school j auditorium under the auspices of the | William Lester chapter, U. D. C., a ! Lee memorial service was conducted, j After a short and attractive program I of appropriate songs and recitations i by the school, Miss Swittenberg in-; [ ,-froduced the speaker of the occasion,j | Dr. G. B. Cromer of Newberry. The j - * ' 1 yy ! r theme of his aaaress was uut>. > The speaker pointing out how beauti-; fully the life of General Lee exem. plifies the following of the path of J duty. The presence of the Confed- J erate veterans of the town added j ' solemnity to the service. Mrs. Harry Olmstead of New York,! a graduate of the Prosperity high J school, presented a picture of Gen. j Robert E. Lee to be placed in the ! I school auditorium. Harry Schumpert j ' making his own presentation speech j for the oicture of Jefferson Davis | k to be placed beside that of Gen. j Lee., | Dr. and Mrs. G. Y. Hunter spent I several days last week in Columbia.! f Mr. J. C. Schumpert has returned! ' from Atlanta. Miss Nellie Ray Seybt of Pomaria i spent the\ week-end with Miss SarahI Amick. I Pierce Scott of Orangeburg is vis- j itirkt* hie ffifckor Mr. ,T. T. Scott. ! . , I ' Mr. and Mrs. W. P. B. Harmon! j have ' returned to Ninety-Six after several day?* stay with their son. Dr. G. W. Harmon. Miss Vita Counts is spending the; week in Columbia. I A. B. Wise is spending the week1 >end with Mrs. Wise at Williamston. j | L. tl. Wise is spending a few days ft hn Sa^nnah. | F Miss\ Goode Burton spent the L week-end in Newberry. * Mr. A. H. Eohn was a business * vistor to our town on Thursday, jfe Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Simpson have W moved to Coulm'oia. B Miss Annie Moselev. after a H month's stay with Mrs. F. E. Schumpert, h.?s returned to her home in W Jacksonville. Mrs. Joe Seybt spent several days 4 last week in Columbia. Mrs. Walter Wise visited her brother in Columbia on Tuesday. I Miss Doris Konn who is teaching in | Union was home for the week-end. I V. E. Kohn is in Columbia completing plans for his Hampshire hog \ sale, which will take place at the fair *' grounds on February 5th. ?iTr?. ? LARGEST MEETING | IN ITS HISTORY P On last Friday evening. January 23,! 1 "Newberry Ccmmandery No. 6,; Knights Templar, held the largest i meeting in the history of the order j ^ in Newberry. All of the orders of knighthood were conferred on a class of nineteen candidates as follows: J. M. Hatton ; and W. S. Hatton of Clir.ton; J. W. J Hipp. R. H. King, W. F. Howard. Otis I P. Sober, C. B. Barden, John L. Mil- * ler, B. H. Herren. J. C. Ahrams, Jr.,; . and W. E. Brackett,' of Whitmire;; Mud E. B. Baker, Tv. G. Bullock, W. : H3r Jones, M. D. Henson, J. F. Mc-! lyConnell, Van Smith, Claude C. Smith.: ^ and It. M. Lominack of Newberry, i t The following visiting Knights j Templars were present: Grand Com-! mander, J. K. Owens of Bennetts- ; ville, Deputy Grand Commander, j Bryan E. Miot of Columbia, Past i Grand Commander, Geo. T. Bryan of! Greenville, Past Commander, 0. | Frank Hart of Columbia Command> ery, Columbia, Commander M. L. Smith of Laurens Commendery, Laurens, R. A. Babb, L. G. Balle, T. | C. Switzer and R. R. Nickels of j Laurens, Wm. P. Jacobs; John T. k Young, R. W. Johnson, W. B. Owens, T T> P D \fille T P fy+rs! rrf. 1 vaivcit v. .uiiio, u. iw* vioti - i ford, E. C. Hipp, L. R. Stone, L. D. McCrary, J. K. Halton. Geo. H. Lictle, and J. Lee Young: of Clinton, C. J. 1 Ramage, B. B. Kare, -J. E. Smith, 0. C. Gunter, T. E. Barr.es. \V. A. Crouch, B. S. Herlon^, P. 0. Black, J. j Carl Thrailkill, W. B. McCartv of ! i Saluda, A. II. Sht-aly and B. M. | THE NEWS OOF POMARIA People Installing Light Plants? Woodmen Instal Officers?Death . of Mrs. Lane Saddens Community. Pomaria. S. C., xJan. 23.?The Women's Missionary society of St. Paul's church was entertained at the home of Mrs. W. W. Berly on last Wednesday evening and a full attend ?! 4. ^ ance was recorded ior ine iusi meeting: in 1920. Mr. Boland's new residence is Hearing completion and he will soon be ready to move in it. Delco lights are now beinjr used in several homes in town, recent buyers of plants are L. A. Shealy, L. B. Boland, Albert J. Wilson and Thos. E. Her.tz, R. H. Hipp. All of the plants are being; sold by Arthur H. Counts. Mr. Counts has also sold to a number of farmers out from Pomaria. Mr. W. B. Wise has in more nice looking mules at his stables here and ? 4.U ,-s., o 1 r\Y)cr v IS selling mtrm Dr. Z. T. Pinner is adding another room to his drug store which will be used for operating and examinations as his practice is steadily growing, the present one became too small for operations, etc. Mr. J. T. Kinard has purchased the Bedenbaugh house which was occupied by R. S. Shealy and has ; moved his family in it. Mr. Shealy J oVwro-it I movea to tnc w uuuin<xii awu% two miles from town and Mr. Rags! dale railroad agent moved into the I home vacated by Mr. Kinard. | Mr$. Carrie Saber Lane who lives about six miles north of here is reported to be seriously ill and has only a fighting chance for life. Mr. j&eob Erie Livingston betfcei Known as proctor juivxugawun Miss Sara Lowry Bowers drove tc the St. Pauls parsonage on last Sunday and were quietly married by ! the Rev. S. P. Koon. j Mrs. Laura Enrgle is teaching the | Broad River school which was taught [ by Mrs. S. E. Richmond before Christmas but had to give up teaching on account of her eyes. At the last meeting night which j was the 14th, the Woodmen of the I to serve one year: Dr. R. J. Johnson j World installed the following officers ' C. C.; Thos. A. Setzler, Adv.; Lieut J. Walter Richardson, Banker, Jas. P. Setzler, Clerk, J. T. Kinard, Escort I,. A. Shealy, Watchman. Wilbur J, Ringer, Sentinal; J. L. Graham, ButI ler, and Herbert W. Lominack. ? Manager for three-year term. They j were impressively installed by Past | Council Commander Jos. W. Alewine | after all business had ?>een ti msacted | in a fine session. Drs. Z. T. Pinnei and T. H. Wedaman are camp phy - - - J \ A T A ?11 sicians a Jin i^ui. .nuam .u. awu io vh?? master of ceremonies for the camp. ' The entire community was made I sad by the death of Mrs. Carrie Suber Lane which occurred at hai home about six miles north of here Friday morning after a short illness. She was a widow of the late William lane and was 64 years old and had lived all her life in this community. sprviVps ivovp bolH and the interment was at the Rosemont cemetery on Saturday morning. She was a consistent member of the Lutheran church and a member of the Women's Missionary society. She is survived by the following: sisters, Mrs. M. M. Harris, Mrs. Fannie Todd, Miss Emma Suber and Miss Anna Suber. Rev. Enoch Hite, her pastor, conducted the burial services, assisted by other pastors of Newberry. Auditor Jas. B. Halfacre of Newberry was in town Friday taking tax returns. *** Wise of Little Mountain; R. W. Beaty of Union; E. M. Suber of Whitmire and T. W. Coleman and H. G. Crandall of Columbia. At 7:30 an intermission from work was taken and the knights marched to the old court house, where the Calvin Crozier chapter U. D. C. served one of the most delightful banquets ever given in Newberry to nearly a hundred Knights Templars. Box Party at Pre?sley. There will be a box party Pressley school Friday night, January the 30th. Everybody invited. The proceeds Tjrill be for the benefit of the school. The costliest watch in the world is a jeweled timepiece in the possession of the pope, which is estimated to be worth ?:;oo,ooo. ! CAPITAL NEWS ! (By John F I i mmmmmmmmmmmmtmmmmmammammmmmmmmammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm i Columbia, Jan. 25.?The general j ' assembly has effectually disposed of | , two of the important propositions j i before it. The house has killed the j j measure to provide for submitting to < . the people the question of calling a | constitutional convention, and has al- I so, by overwhelming majority, adopt- i ed the measure rejecting the woman's suffrage amendment to the federal' ? i ?-v f U a n f Vi I COIiRHCUilUJi. U> Ci III ilic Acuaic tiiv.iv. i is a favorable report upon this re: jeetion measure, and an unfavorable j i report upon the bill providing for j j the adoption of the amendment. So : ! that, while neither house has voted ! upon the amendment directly, it is, j ; to ail indents and purposes, dead, so j ! far as the South Carolina legislature ! is concerned. | j' After putting in four days' work,; the senate adjourned until Tuesday, j and the house until Monday night. j i 93 to 21 Against Equal Suffrage. The vote in the house was 93 to 21 ; in favor of the concurrent resolution i ; by Representatives Bradford and ! Hart of York, to reject the Susan B.; .: Anthony amendment to the federal i, constitution, this being the equafl suff-; rage amendment. Messrs. Evans and ; j Folk of Newberry, voted against .: woman's suffrage. Mr. Mower is not, . i recorded as voting. i ' ?* * ' " i A-\- i | Tfte fiOUSe Killed tne cuiisutuwunai * : convention proposal by a vote of 75* i; to 34. One of the objections urged i J was the cost, this being estimated j at something like $250,000?which,: ' i by the way, would be a very small | I; cost for a good constitution to meet j ?; present-day conditions, and which I : ? rtrnnM ir> Ion? run be a great i pj saving to the people. I The house also killed the bill pro- j ( hibiting free tuition at State insti- j ' i tutions of \higher learning. Had j J | this bill been passed, the way would : ', have been paved for the creation of j a State loan fund for needy stu- j 1 i dents, so urgently recommended by < -1 Governor Cooper. t 'i Against Smoking in Eating Places, j i i j t TV?? spruits has e-iven second read- i , * ..x. -v. 0 - , j ing to the Padgett bill to prohibit j ; smoking" in public eating places. As ! '! amended, the bill provides that hotel | j and restaurant managers shall be I J subject to the penalties imposed un-! r i less they display in their eating j . j rooms signs forbidding smoking, and j , I enforce them. i : The senate finally killed the bill, i . jv,'ich had passed the house, making) _' tne selling of goods on Sunday, ex- j , J cept drugs and medicines, a mis- j ! demeanor. , Senator A Inn Johnstone's bill pre-! , J viding for cooperation with the feci- ] ,' eral government for the settlement 1 , | of soldiers on lands of this state has j j passed the senate and been sent to ! | the house. j | Senator Johnstone said he wanted j ! mmtm' tn nwn lunrl jinrl a ! home of his own, and he wished to < cooperate with the federal govern- j I ment to that end. He felt that regard- j j less of the fact that the federal gov-1 I ernment had not yet acted that it | ! would be wise for this state to pass !the bill and have the machinery j ! ready when congress did act. j Senator Padgett took the same I j view, and said that Georgia, Florida, j I North Carolina, Mississippi and ! I .Arkansas had already passed such a ! | bill. * | | Senators McGhee, Cltfton and j j Young thought the bill contained i some dangerous provisions, confer- i ' * X 1 I ring too mucn power on ine coin-1 niissioner and might lead to corrup-! tion, and they did not think it wise j to act until the federal government j had made its declarations. The salary provided by the bill j for the commissioner was reduced ' from $5,000 to $3,000, and it becomes operative only when' congress acts finally in the matter. Against Extracts And Tonics. Representative Hamblin of Union , | has introduced a bill in che house |, to regulate the sale of narcotics and ) bitters, containing more than 1 per . cent, of alcohol and which may be , used as a beverage. Sales are to he made on prescription from reputable physicians. The firm, corporation or (. physician violating the provisions of j the bill, should it be enacted into i ' law, would be punished by a fine of j. not icis than $100 or more than $500 j : 1 ; AND GOSSIP - J1 C. AuiL) or be imprisoned for not less than three months or more than one year, ' in the discretion of the court, for i' the first offense. Subsequent offenses j' would be punishable by imprisonment of not less than one year nor more j' than two years. Extracts for cook- J! ing purposes may be bought on a j written order of the housewife. Pur| J chases may be made every two weeks. Tonics or bitters in the possession j of any person, firm or corporation, j ? i i?I wiiicn tonics or outers nave uecu used or are being used for unlawful purposes shall be subject to confiscation. The lower house has sent to third j reading the Barnwell bill levying a tax of $1.25 a head on all dogs in the state. This measure was brought over from last year. The money to hp Horivpfl from the doar licenses will go into the school fund. Failure to return a dog under the provisions of the bill would be a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not less than $10 nor more than $20. One-half of the amounts collected in fines would go to the persons reporting the failure to return the dogs. A metal tag is to be given on the payment of the license and this will be j required to be put on the collar of the dog. The vote was 70 for the measure and 24 against. Representative Fulmer of Orangeburg introduced one to abolish the state pension commission and to have all pensions paid as formerly through the office of the comptroller general and county officers, Increase. For Veterans. The bill provided for an appropriation of $600,600 for Confederate veterans against $400,000 last year. In the event the veteran dies during j the year, the che;k would go to the j widow. Should there be no widow, j the amount would be contributed to- j ward funeral expenses. The bill fur- j ther stipulates that veterans at the ] Soldiers' home shall receive $50 an-j - - t nually for spending xn^ncy ? ?!.vst j .*10 as provided last year. Representative Berry of Orange- j burg introduced a bill to amend the ! act relative to penalties imposed, for j delinquent payment of taxes. As the ; law now stands it imposes p penalty j of one per cent, for January, and nrlfHf'oriMl 1 npr rent- for Februarv i and o per cent, for the first 15 days j in March. Mr. Berry's bill provides I for a penalty of 5 per cent, after January 1, without the graduated scale through the period from the beginning of the vear up to March { is: i Representative Kinard from Lau- j rens will introduce,a bill within the; next few days calling for an appropriation to pay all teachers in public schools an increase of cent, on salaries obtaining January 1, 1920. The bill will apply to the present school year. The house has sent to third read: u:n A- ^ ! mg il u:ii iu rruuu t- icatucio iw have a doctor's certificate that they are not infected with tuberculosis or other infectious diseases. For Increased Salaries. Senator Christensen has introduc- j ed a bill to increase salaries to the ; following amounts: !( Governor, $(5,000. Lieutenant Governor, $1,500. j. Attorney general, $5,000. Assistant attorney general, $3,000. j Comptroller general, $4,000. Adjutant general, S3,500. State treasurer, $4,000. Secretary of state, 84,000. Superintendent of education, $4,- , 000. Railroad commissioners, $3,500. . Commissioner of agriculture, com- , merce and industries, $4,000. ] * A J rt A A insurance commissioner, $4,uuu. Members of the general assembly, j $10 per diem for each regular or spe- < cial session not to exceed 40 days and five cents per mile for the actual ] distance traveled in the most direct j route in going to and returning from j the place where the sessions of the Greneral assembly shall be held. The Appropriation Bill. c The ways and means committee is < busy \vorkii?& tiiu appivpriiition t bill, and has before it the budget submitted bv the budget commission : : jt (Continued on page five.) jc URGES AMENDMENTS 1 TO WAREHOUSE ACT C Mr. Wannamaker Suggests Changes U- Tl>inL< in iruuii iic * UII?<W -? Cotton Growers. g Columbia, Jan. 26?Thp general as- f sembly of South Carolina is urged in t a statement issued last night by J. ? Skottowe Wannamaker, president of a the American Cotton association, to J t make certain amendments in the c South Carolina Warehouse act. Mr.! f Wannamaker urges that a commission j t of seven, one from each eongres- ! s sional district, be created to cooperate ; c with the warehouse commissioner and j ^ that the commissioner be given au-! t thority to license warehouses. ; ( ''The South Carolina legislature," j t said Mr. Wannamaker, "by making j g certain amendments to the warehouse . act can make an act that will furnish < model warehouses for the entire cot- ] ton belt. ! ] "The resent act has many adi.iir- ] able features. At the annual con-) vention of the South Carolina* divi-! ( sion of the American Cotton associa- ] tion, however, it was decided to urge !} the general assembly to amend this ; i act to permit the state warehouse ;; l'ecuo lii^nSPR for i ' I'UJiuuiaaiunci w j warehouses. "The cotton industry is gradually j; being put upon an economic basis. A j; bale of cotton should have the grade j stenciled upon it; we should havei; licensed graders, men who have taken j; a thorough course in grading, stap- j ling and fibering of cotton. Thej time is fast approaching when our col- j V%1 *- -? 4*1?a ktiaL i iegCS Will put on cuurscs vii vuc . ness side of agriculture. ISurope has j been for years past spending v$i$ j sums in this way, the great universe j ties turning out men thoroughly equig j ties turning out men thoroughly j equipped for the business si<|e of life, j Again an example, Oxford university, j England, with Prof. Todd at the head j of a department of economics, teaches I its young men in addition, to a regu- j lar commercial training every phase > of the cotton industry. nvnAi-t fT-r\m fin tn fih ner cent ! f V V J.A V..? vv vv wV i of our cotton. This cotton is bought \ subject to acceptance in Europe so j that today, although wo have been producing cotton since 1735 in South I Carolina we only produce and fail to j market. "With an amendment to the South i Carolina Warehouse act, creating a j * I commission of seven men, one irom j each congressional district, to cooper-1 ate as a board with the warehouse j commissioner, licenses could be issued to men who are thoroughly equpped for handling the business side of the cotton industry, as well as the j business side of our products. It will j I be necessary that we follow the h ccurse followed in' England, which is {< the best of its kind in the world. We j i must teach transportation, including i ] exporting. We must teach grading, j fibering ar.d stapling and every detail ;: OX I lit" CUbLUU IllUUObl.V, . . "An act requiring that cotton be . i graded and the grade stencilled upon ; i the bale would bring tremendous j i benefits to the cotton industry. It j < would be the first step toward the | 1 handling of the business side of this1 great product. j1 "With a chain of warehouses I throughout the entire cotton belt, uni-t form warehouse receipts and bonded j c warehousemen, tremendous benefits ; t would accrue. The final result would 1 bring almost unthinkable benefit to J every line of the cotton industry, even j including the man who buys the cot- ! ton clothing. It would save enormous j S damage and the tremendous loss re- J % suiting f rom sampling and resamp- j y. ling and the uneconomic methods in : t the transportation of cotton." J c m j q t Personals From Cross Hill. t Greenwood Index-Journal, 22nd. I Miss Gertrude Leaman of Whitmire I and Mr. Hugh Leaman of Columbia I visited Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Leaman u last week. e The many friends of Or. Senn are indeed glad to ?ear he is better. Dr. Senn is in the Greenwood hospital, y The many relatives of Mr. W. L. li Daniel of Saluda are glad to know le is improving slowly. We trust j tl ip will soon be well. I si f Of the forty sultans who have rul;d the Ottoman empire since the con- y juest of Constantinople by the Turks, [t< hirty-four have died violent deaths. | k - I i It is said that all the soldiers in \ he armies cf Sweden and Denmark j :an read and write. oj NDIAIN5 LUSfc. 1U OULUAAi? ladets From Charleston Capture Fast Game From Home Boys. In one of the fastest basketball ;ames ever witnessed on the local loor, Newberry college was defeated . ?y the fast team of the Citadel. The :ame was marked with many thrills :iid spectacular plays from beginning o end. The Citadel team had a deided edge on the locals through the irst half the score being 11 to 0 in liaiV -fovrt-r Af. fV>p hp<rinninep of the econd half, Bender, Newberry's star :enter, who had been out of the jame on aecout^ of illness, went into he game. The Indians from this >n outplayed their opponents, ;hrough the remainder of the game, icoring 10 points to the Citadels' \s for the stars the spoils of the *ame would probably fall to Bender, VIorley and Ropp for Newberry, while on/4 It'lonVo TilnvPfl I JUL IC l *.:! ? a'J. c b'l auu A^ivunv l" J ~ ? Dest for the visitors. The lineup and score: Citadel (19) Newberry (10) Dotterer RF Ropp Metz LF Haltiwanger Boney C Graham Pearce RG r Morley Klenke LG.. Gray Substitutions Citadel: Monteith, Frost and Marshall. Newberry?> Bender. Goals from floor: Metz 2; Dotterer 2, Klenke 2, Boney 2, . Bender 2, Haltiwanger 2, Gray 1. Goals from fouls: Dotterer 3. Referee: Liles, (Camp Jackson). "i m i \ College Girls ?. High School Girls* At the same time and place there pras an interesting game between the Cc&tege Girls team and the High ? uinnimf hv OCUUVi VJll vut vvitv^v * ?p ? ^ a stoje of 4 to 3, The following was tfee.Iine up: . College Girls 4 High School Gir\a 3 Miss 0. Stewart....RF....Miss Wicker Miss Herbert LF..Miss Snelfjvove. Miss Cousins Havmf Miss Efmt-; C Miss .Burns Miss Merchant RG Miss Buford * " ' ^ r? n,. Peterson jLA? miss puwman Substitutions College: Miss Davenport. High School: Miss Bowman. Goals from floor, "Miss Stewart, 2. Goals from fouls: Miss Wicker, 2. f CENSUS TAKERS ARE GIVEN MORE TIME Director JRogers Grants an Extension at Request of Many Towns. Washington, Jan. 24.?While it had been hoped to complete the enumeration work in the fourteenth decennial census in 15 days, Diretcor Sam L. Rogers of the census bureau, said today the time would be extend-, ed and that the count of the poulatidn of the country would be completed regardless of the time necessary. His announcement was made as the result of requests for extension of time received from chambers of commerce and other organizations in a number of cities which apparently .vere under the impression that 15 iays was the limit fixed by law for :he enumeration and that any work lot completed in that time would renain unfinished. Director Rogers said the enumera;ion had not yet been finished in any >f the large cities, but that some reii-mc hpfin received from a num >er of them. The Flu Situation. Pay no attention to street rumors. >ome people like to spread exaggerited "reports." Up to the hour of :oing to press Monday afternoon lealth Officer S. T. Matthews informd The. Herald and News that he had luarantined only five residences in he city, namely, those of Jerome B. larmon, McHardy Mower, Dr. Frank ). Mower, D. M. Cromer and Phillip )aiteh, those being the only houses i which it has been officially reportd there were cases of the flu. Summoned for not sending her 13fa c/?V*nnl on Wnr?_ CUI'UIU uauguv^i tv avtiW4) OA* 4^115 sh mother pleaded that the girl eighed 210 pounds and was so big lat local shoemakers would not make r.oes for her. * It has just about gotten so that if ou stop your car to take a man to >wn on a sloppy morning Jie will ick because you haven't got your >in curtains up. In Quito everyone removes his hat 1: seeing a flash of lightning.