^ VOLUME LVI., NUMBER 12. NEWBERRY, S. C.. TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 10, 1920. TWICE A WEEK. $2.00 A YEA? V PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS I PROSPEROUS PROSPERITY Prosperity, Feb. 1*.?Several eases V of the flu among the school children has caused the board of health to de, crde to not lift the ban on February 9 as first stated. The flu here seems to be of a mild form, and with the Cooperation * of every one we hope soon to stamp it oi^t. The many friends of Miss Willie Mae Wise will be exceedingly glad to know that she has decided U> rermafn here as county demonstration agent, instead of accepting th<> flattering position offered her in Greenville in the same work. Mi-s Wise t has made a great success of the home demonstration work in this county. Clifton Shealy of Xewherry col 5 . TT T iege is ^siting his oroiner, n. i -Shealy. Carl Fellers of Savannah i; visiting his father, S. L. P\?H*ers. Misses Mary DeWalt Hunter and Moss Fellers, teachers in the Lake ? City high school, are home on a short visit. Miss Ruby Wheeler of Greeny ilk' was home for the week-end. Bernard Taylor and Frank Thrail* kill of Columbia visited friends here on Sunday. > Mrs. L. A. Black has as her f Ridge Springs high scnoo 1, n home, his school having been closec on account of the flu. Mrs. T. L. Wheeler has returnee to the Columbia hospital for treatr ment. Miss Mamie Gibsor. of Saluda if visiting her uncle, W. T. Gibson. Mrs. Helen LosphnHt c?me home Friday from the Columbia hospital. S. J. Kohn spent Saturday in Little Mountain. J. B. Smith cf Xir.ety-Six has succeeded P. L. Langford as agent at the Southern depot. V. E. Kohn has returned from Columbia where he held a Hampshire hog sale at the fair grounds on Februay 5, and reports a very success ful sale. This is Mr. Kohn's second hog sale held in Columbia. Messrs. W. J. Wise, T. M. Mills W. W. Wheeler and J. D. Loriek motored to C olumbia cn Thursday. w ^ " I. In his book, "War in the Garden I of Eden," Kermit Roosevelt gives a r picturesque description of restaurant life in the" Arabian bazars: "I wan | dered off into the bazar to get something to cat. In native fashion \ first bought a big fiap of bread from an old woman and then to a pickle booth to get some beet?, which 1 wrapped in my bread. Next I proceeded to a meat shop and ordered ^/\rno 1Q TYI K kahflhs rnnst.ed. The OCUIV iMiiw *?%.vvVw - I meat is cut in pellets, spitted on rods six or eight inches long and laid over g the glowing charcoal embers. In the I shop there are long tables with T benches beside them. The customer spreads his former purchases, and " when his kahabas are ready he eats dinner npvt nrncneds to a JUO U*i?4*V k coffee house, where Le has a couple of glasses of tea and three or four diminutive cups of coffee to top off, and the meal is finished. The Arab eats sparingly as a rule, but when he gives or attends a banquet, he stuffs himself to his utmost capacity." hi Scotch experts say that the fiber of the baobab tree of Africa is the best paper-making material to be had. ? [community nurse comes AT OPPORTUNE TIME 1 ?he Will Serve Entire County?Calls May Ee Left at Rest Room? Physicians Will Cooperate. jTo the Members of the Newberry i County 'Chapter of the American j Red Cross: j We are glad to announce to you ! that our chapter has secured the ser! vices of a Red Cross community j nurse. We are calling upon you to I give her your hearty cooperation. She comes to us at an opportunetine j Although the influenza epidemic has j not reached an alarming stage in our j county, we have no assurance but j that it may do so at any time now. So : it behooves us to marshal our forces land be prepared for any emergency. We desire it understood in the be| ginning that the services of the nurse j are not confined to the town of Xew! berry, but on the other hand, she ~-C ! wiil answer cans in any oan ui mc ! * i county, wherever her services are !needed. We are depending upon the phvsi{cians, and the members of the Red | Cross auxiliaries to notify us of the homes in which her services are desired. Pleaste leave the calls at the , Rest Room. i The nurse comes to us not as a private nurse, but as a community nurse, and as such she will make as many visits and care for as many people as possible. If we have a severe epidemic, naturally, she can n6t spend much time in any one home. And, so we : desire to secure the names in every community of all who have had ex, perience in nursing the sick, and who will be willing to help out in that com .'i? eannooc nTP riOPrlPd. I III UI1J ty f JX LUCli ivvu > these helpers can work under the direction of our community nurse. ; Volunteers for this service will please I send their names to Mrs. Frank R. k! Hunter, chairman of Red Cross Nur1 j ing: committee. i ! An automobile has been ordered foi | the nurse, but until the car arrives | we are depending on volunteers to ' I take the nurse from place to place. i Volunteers for this service may leave ' : notice at the Rest Room. "; John B. Setzler. M. P., j Chairman Newberry County Chapter, ' I American Ked cross. j i RED CROSS RELIEF COMMITITEES APPOINTED ? i . i! 1 ' j The following citizens are request( j H to serve on the relief committee ' ! from their respective ward?, and coAnpvatp with the Rod Cross during ] the influenza cpideniic. The duty oi ' i each committee is to find out the sick | needing assistance and report to the | office of J. A. Burton. If in need of 'a nurse report to Mrs. Frank R. " j Hunter. i Ward 1?Arthur Kihler, chairman; "jW. A. Hill. H. D. Whitaker. \Vard* -?\v. iviayes, cnuu-uuwi, I B. H. Havird, Sims G. Brown. Ward 3?C. B. Spinks, chairman; *, C. R. Wise, P. E. Anderson. ' j Ward 4?.John H. Wicker, chair' f man; A. J. S. Langford, R. C. Boyls' |tonj Ward 5?Jesse Jones, chairman; ,Ir TI TT ? ? n T ivin j W jn. Ilcll UCiUclii, U\JUll XJAl ' | Central Committee?Geo. W. Sumj mer, chairman; M. L. Spearman, i Eucrene S. Blease, Z. F. Wright. 1 | These committees will need funds ' and they ask any one who wishes to ; contribute to this to send or carry J their contribution to V. W. Cromer, treasurer, at the National bank. ^ - - WT C 11 r\ v ' yy . kiuuj iiitt, ' ! Chairman. j "SMOKE-CRAZED CRANKS" ,1 : I Writes Oregonian and Senator Padgett Is Charmed. I _____ Columbia, Feb. 5.?The Senate has 1, received a letter from William Haylor 1! of Heppner, Oregon, commending it j on passing the anti-smoking bill. Mr. 1 j Haylor says: "I want to commend you gentlemen ;'in your efforts to establish a law ! which will hold the smoke-crazed ' | cranks within the bounds of decency j and compel them to show respect to 1J the ladies and also to a great many 1 j men who detest the smell and degrading effects of tobacco, especially in | dining rooms and all public eating ! places." The bill was introduced by Senator Padgett and was promptly killed by the 11 o' * 51.-. W. J. C. CAPITAL NEW! (By John J t j Columbia. Feb. 'J.?The com- ' - - - l mencement of the fifth uuck of tlie J General Assembly sees practically all i statewide measures of real import do cided upon or passed, with the ex- : j eeption of improved highway le hope. The excuse for delay given by ! the house finance body i> that its ] 'deliberations have been halted arid de-1 i : layed by the frequent prolonged recesesses of the general assembly. I The real work on financial legis| lation will have to be accomplished this week, and the way "has been ! made clear for this by a resolution , | of the ways and means committee,! . | adopted last week, not to hold any more hearings. It appears now that , the house will adopt the ways and j . means bill some time next week, but nnlv after debate, unless there are . changes in some of the recommendations of the budget commission, , which are not altogether agreeable ! to' certain of the members of the . i house. There seems to be the usual disposition to curtail appropriations . which come up each election year: , those members desiring reelection do (| not want to go before the people J with a heavy levy staring them in the i f.ipp. rp??ard!ess of the urgent neces j sity of larger appropriations. k I There appears to be seme dissatisi faction with the bill prepared by the ! select highway committee among the | frier.ds of a teal State highway sysj tern, which they claim this bill dees , j r.ot provide for. On the face of the . * measure, witn its tonnage tax on mo! tcr-driven vehicles ar.d t wc-m ill prcpI erty levy, they say, large additional j revenue is provided for road con. struction. but in reality there is a very small increase in fur.ds. The counties are allowed to use the money from the levy for the payment . j of interest and the taking up of prinj cipal of good roads bonds, and pracj tically all the counties have or will , j have issues for improved highways, ' j they claim, and this is but another , i method of financing these bonds. The new method of licensing motcr-driv, en vehicles, they aver, will give some | additional revenue, but not sufficient for an adequate highway system. They are bold to admit that they consider the present law superior to , the select committee bill. Despite these objections, however, . it is probable that the measure as drafted will be passed with possible i ,1,,, ?>,K- It io o / omnvnin is** of j CilllCliUllltiUO. iO U N. viti|y <. x/tL.K'v v i j the various views held on highways , i in the general assembly, and will ! meet the desires of the majpority of r I the members. It is not likely that | there will be serious opposition to it, 'as the advocates of a hard-surfaced j highway system realize that they can not get their wants this session. This legislation all admit is temporary, and is merely a nucleus for a more advanced bill in the future. ' \ J The select committee is receiving a deal of praise for its expeditious work. It had a hard work before it j . to reconcile the differences 01 tne various proposals and to bring in a bill as a working basis which would be at all likely of being accepted. Those who are not enthusiastic over the present bill realize that the committee did a conscientious piece of work. Another matter of large interest to come up in the house this week is the disposition of the concurrent resolution putting the members on record as to an appropriation of j $150,000 to be expended under the! direction of the extension department j I of Clemson college in efforts beinir | i made to counteract the effect of the , \ = ; 5 AND GOSSIP ! K. Aull.) boll weevil. The senate* adopted this | \\7i + In ru "i t Ck i I Ut A uv.iv/iv ittijw ?? ivitvwv ?.% j dissenting vote, and it went to the j house the first of last week and was j referred to the ways and means com- j mittee, where it so far has remained, i There is much opposition to the i adoption of the resolution, both in 1 thci ways and means committee and ! among the members of the house. It! is probable .that the committee de- j sires to feel the pulse of the farmers ! before its reports the resolution, and j it is assumed that is why it has been j held in committee so lonfr /-if ? 1 0 000 if ?r? rtvilfll 'i ijui i u ?? iu(s v/a y a. v? v v v j ia ?_ *-? ? be needed, to be used by the State j board of health in its campaign j against the influenza epidemic. The j resolution will be sent to the senate j when it convenes Monday night. i A bill which has created a deal of j interest is that of Dr. Barnwell of j Charleston, providing for a board of medical examiners to be appointed hv thp orovprnnr nn the recommenda v.' ^ tion of the South Carolina Medical I society. The main opposition to the bill is that it has no osteopaths, chiropractors, dentists; etc., among | the personnel of the board, their contention being that these are a jparf of the medical profession and i should be given representation. The | bill comes up as a special order Mon| day night, after being recommitted i mi s> tncf votp lnct : An important bill on the calendars ! of both houses is that providing for ; absent voters to cast their ballots by i mail. This is to protect the hundreds of railroad men and traveling i men who are compelled by the exi| gencies of their positions to bo ab jiert from the piecincts on election days. The senate has passed the Ridgell bili providing for a Siate administra : t:on building to cost $500,000, and it i has been sent to the house and re; ferred to the ways and means com| mittee. There was a large majority j oi the senate in favor of the build; ing, bet it is probable that it will1 i not have such easy progress in the ! lower bodv. * * . I j Among the important bills which , probably will be passed before the | end of the session, one which Gov1 nor Cooper has stressed the need ; of. is that for the enlargement of : the powers of the? South Carolina i Public Service Commission. An a