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U_ *** ""jL"* J w = w CITY COUNCIL HANDLES MANY IMPORTANT MATTERS * Purchases Ford Truck?Holt Tractor and Adams Road Machine.?To Extend Water and Sewer. The city council held its regular meeting on Tuesday night. Mayor Blease and all the aldermen were present. At a recent meeting the mayor was instructed to buy another wagon and mule for the health department. The ^ mayor reported that since looking into the matter he had come to the conclusion that it would be better for the city to forego the purchases he had been instructed to make and to purchase a Ford truck instead, mainly for the reason that the health officer could very often himself go with the truck in making inspections and get around the town more often than he could walking. The recommendation was adopted and the truck has ^ been purchased. J An appropriation of $75.00 was voted to the Newberry public library, i-w Ko fnr thp lmrchase of books r^v w Wkuvvt ? V ? jj and magazines. The purchase of a Holt tractor and Adams road machine with a scarifier attachment was confirmed. The machinery has already been ordered oat and is expected to arrive about March 15th. A man will be employed to run this machinery. A request was made of the council to permit carnivals to come to Newberry. The mayor called attention * ? fKo laur evf stiltp VU WiC jLaw V4IOV viiv ?? v* i .-y? 1 absolutely forbids carnival exihibitions in Newberry county and there was no need for council to consider the matter. The commissioner of public works sent the following communication to the council regarding the necessity of extending- and enlarging: the water works, lighting and sewerage systems of the town: To the Honorable, The Town Council. Newberry, S. C. Gentlemen: Many residents of the town of Newberry are now deprived of the benefits of electric lights and sewerage and are constantly making requests for these benefits which at it nrpspnt. it is imoossible for the com i ? ' missioners of public works to grant. The waterworks system of the town needs many extensions, not only to furnish more water for the use of our people, but to give proper fire protection. We have made a careful estimate as to the probable cost of extending and improving our water, light and k sewerage systems to such extents as J we think necessary at this time for the protection of theTiealth, lives and property of our people as well as for their comfort. To carry out our desired plans it will be necessary, we think, for us to have. For waterworks extension $52,000.00 For sewerage extensions 20,000.00 For electric light extensions 18,000.00 The only way for the moneys necessary for the improvements needed to be obtained is by and ihroueh bond issues in the amounts . named above. We are informed that your body contemplates having an election very soon on the question of the issue of bonds for street improvement. We would like in this same election to have the questions of the issue of bonds for the sums stated above for water, sewerage and light extensions and improvements submitted to the people of the town. In this connection, we call your attention to the fact that it will be of threat benefit to the town in the future if on such streets as shall be paved if water mains and sewerage , mains are laid in advance of the paving, thereby avoiding the removal of paving hereafter in order to put in sewerage and water mains. Our commission has unanimously approved the extensions and improvements mentioned. It is necessary, * - * j, 1 j.. 4.. J unaer me iaw, ior your iwuy to uiuci 'lie elections on questions of issue of bonds. Before proceeding further with the matters, we therefore ask your body to approve our plans, and to state if you will order the necessary elections on the questions of the issue of the bonds desired. y If there is further information we can furnish you, we shall be pleased ! to do so. Yours very truly, M. L. SPEARMAN, Chairman Commissioner of Public Works. The council agreed with the commissioners that the town needs more - - - \ ' water, light and sewerage ana aaopi ed a motion favoring the extensions ,, recommended in Mr. Spearman's com| munieation. The time for the payment of city 1 licenses for the year 1920 expired on February 25th, the day after the i meeting of council. A penalty of ten per cent, of the amount due for license was fixed by council as the amount to be imposed on delinquents. This penalty went into effect on the 26th of February. Council will hold a special meeting on the night of the 2nd of March at 7.30 to review the licenses paid. Under th^ present license ordinance it is the duty of v,?;i fr? noca r>n nil licenses issued ' tuutltu IV j^uwo v?? v.. J and to see that persons to whom li! censes have been issued have made proper returns and paid amounts due to be paid by them. If council is of the opinion that a person has paid ! too small amount of license the party 1 will be notified and given opportunity to make correction if correction is not made, order will be made to the clerk and chief of police to collect the correct amount of license"; failure to pay the proper license will subject the party to having his license issued by the clerk revoked and to prosecution before the recorder. . k The ne# traffic ordinance was read and adopted. The new ordinance extends the prohibition against parking to several streets not covered by the old ordinance. Th? new law is being drafted and will ,be published in the newspapers and vwill go into ettect on tne aumi any v? imuvn. The resignation of G. H. Connelly as a member of the police force was received and accepted. Election of a policeman to fill the vacancy will be held soon. i County Officials. Mr. James C. Sample, county supervisor, will retire to private life at ? ? a _ re the expiration 01 nis term oi uiucc, hence he will not be a candidate for reelection. Probate Judge Win. F. Ewart is lucky in not having to run in the next election. The rest of the "court house officials" expect to run for reelection, as follows: Sheriff Cannon G. Blease, Clerk of Court Jno. C. Goggans, Treasurer Claude C. Schumpert, Auditor James B. Halfacre, Superintendent of Education Clemson M. Wilson and Master in Equity Harry H. Rikard. The reporter hasn't had a chance to interI view the legislative delegation on ; this "question." Magistrate Cnas. i W. Douglas will also stand for rej election. And so will Coroner F. M. \ Lindsay. Changes in Postoffice. Mr. n. w. otune iius & WV?4* mended to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of A. J. Bowers, Jr., as clerk. Mr. W. L. Glenn has been recommended to fill the vacancy caused by resignation of H. L. Sligh, which will take effect March 1, 1920. Mr. Sligh will be retained as senior substitute at the special request of the ; postmaster. The department has allowed additional funds for clerical service, and j Mr. B. Z. Burns is being employed to help during the rush hou~s. Seen By Due West. A. R. Presbyterian. Henry Parr Baker made his advent j in Newberry, S. C.. February 6th. | May he prove as worthy as his grandI father, for whom he is named. We are glad to say that Mrs. J. W. Carson of Newberry, who has been sick for four weeks, is now much better. Mrs. Joseph Hunter of Newberry writes under date of February 19, that Mr. Hunter was sick and not able to meet his appointment in Due West on the 20th in regard to income tax returns. We trust Mr. Hunter will soon be well again and can make an other date lor tnis piace. ?^? i ? Services at St. Phillips' Church and Bachman's Chapel. There will be services at St. Phillip's church the fifth Sunday morning at eleven o'clock, at Bachman's chapel the fifth Sunday evening at 3:30 o'clock. The public is cordially : ( lllVIltU. S. P. Koon, Pastor. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS FROM WHITMIRE TOWN Whitmire, Feb. 26.?The school here celebrated Washington's birtnday last Friday, using the following program: A splendid opening address by the superintendent Mr. J. C. Brooks in which he related the most important events in the life of this great man. Song by the school. Washington's birtnaay. Flag salute and flag song by the second grade. i Recitation. Little Johnie compares | George Washington with Pa, Charlie Jones. Recitation. George Washington, sixteen children. Song. The Cherry Tree, Fourth grade. Recitation. When I'm a Woman, Sarah Hines Major. Recitation. To Washington, Albert Berelowitz. Song. Mt. Vernon's Bells, Eight girls of the fifth grade. Recitation. Washington, Five boys. Recitation. Running for the presidency against a suffragette, Robert Watson. Recitation. Life at Mt. Vernon, [ Saran lvicuariey, i^nz.<tuctu luwxxaui] Daisy Belle Dean. Recitation. Washington, Rogers Watson. Reading. Washington the Agriculturalist, Fred Cooper. Recitation. Our Country and Washington, Clarice Dillard. Reading. Honor the Women Too, "Pvicronijj RarHen. Reading. Not a Stranger to Hardships, William Child. Song. Columbia the Gem of the Ocean. Mrs. Lou Abrarifc; has returned from a visit to relatives in Laurens. Dr. Van Smith and son, Mr. Claud Smith were visitors to our town last week. Mr. T. Gelman is visiting relatives in New York. Mrs. Hook after a week's stay with relatives in Columbia has returned home. j Mrs. Joe. Ray, who has been with relatives and friends at Jaiapa, is ai home again with Mrs. J. M. Major. Mrs. Gordon came up from Columbia last week. She, Mr. Gordon and the little child have rooms at Mr. George Abrams. Messrs. Hugh Leaman, Oscar Nance and Clough Rice all of Columbia, spent today and yesterday with relatives here. They returned to their several places of business this evening. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Brooks and Miss Wheeler spent the week-end at Prosperity. Dr. Wm. Brackett is visiting his wife and little son in Asheville, N. C. The contractors are progressing rapidly in the erection of the handnan' Vi/M-no nf Mr T_ H. Watson. oumc at ? iiviiiv ? "Nita." POULTRY HINTS BY WILLIE MAE WISE The County Home Demonstration Agent Gives Ten Reasons Why You Should Hatch Early. 1. Hatch as early in the spring as conditions will permit. 2. Early hatched chicks grow rapidly and have more vigor. 3. Early hatched chicks are strong ' ' ? 1. li/lA ynrl ana igss likeiy tu uie num m-v. ???v? disease. 4. Early hatched chicks have a longer growing season. 5. Hot weather retards the growth of chicks. 6. Early hatched chicks mature by early fall. 7. Mature pullets produce fall and winter eggs. 8. Fall and winter eggs bring the highest prices. 9. Early hatched pullets lay while the hens are molting. 10. Early hatched pullets are the ones that become broody early the following spring. February, March and April are the best months for hatching. Chicks hatched between the middle of February and the last of March have the greatest opportunity to develop into heavy layers and good breeding Ulk uo. Evans-Sligh. Miss Pearl Evans and Mr. A. J. Sligh were married on Monday by Rev. R. F. Cogburn. All of Newberry. NEWBERRY COUNTY POST (: AMERICAN LEGION j 1 Will Hold Meeting Sunday After- ] noon.?Interesting Program Will Be Rendered.?Memorials Presented. The Newberry County post, No. rn -r il._ A ? ?n1) . UX Lilt: Aiuciicail icgtuu mil uuiu a memorial service Sunday afternoon ; i at 3:30 in the new court house in ; honor of the men who died in service ! in the world war. At this service French war diplo mas will be presented, at the request! ! i of the French government, to the | | next of kin of every white soldier in , | Newberry county who died in ser! vice. i i The certificates for the benefici! aries of the negro soldeirs who lost i' their lives in service during the war j will be distributed from Hal Kohn's ' store on or after March 1st. - . i _i j I ! Similar ceremonies are oemg neia \ - by legion posts all over the country, j and approximately 118,409 memorial j certificates are being presented to the ! relatives of the dead soldiers. ; j The number of men from this j county who were called upon to make > the supreme sacrifice so far as we ' > have been able to ascertain, is 50, j i 28 white and 22 colored. ij The public is invited to attend | these exercises. Especially do we invite all of the white men who were ' in service between April 6, 1917, and i Nov. 11, 1918, to join with us in paying tribute to our fallen comrades. We believe that the success of the meeting is assured when we announce . T?f r.Qnroo "R f!rnm(?r will de J Uiau Jb/i? Vi ** liver the address. The following^ is the program: Introductory remarks by the post 1 commander. Song?Onward Christian Soldiers. Prayer?By Rev. E. D. Kerr, post ' | Ciiapiaiii. Address?By Dr. George B. i : Cromer. Song?How Firm a Foundation. Reading?"Thanatopsis," by Miss Marion Jones. Quartette. i Presentation of Memorials. Song?America. I Benediction. ! ? i r i 9> <S> I <$> RED CROSS NOTES. <s> j: -?> <$> Miss Edith Bruce, the Red Cross ; nurse, who has given her valuable time to Newberry county for the , past three weeks, left Thursday ; morning for Pickens, S. C., having H -J? -r 4.u^ ! i been sent there Dy tne oraer ui uic < j State Supervisor of nursing. I I Miss Bruce was sent to Newberry i to tide over the influenza emergency. ' This community is in very grood shape ; now to handle the situation, where-1 as Pickens is in acute need for a \ community emergency nurse. The State Supervisor of nursing | will send a permanent trai led nurse i to Newberry at the earliest possible . date. Naturally with influenza re- ] curring in a number of places there ] is a greater demand for nurses than ; in norma", times. j ] A report of Miss Bruce's work for the three weeks, February 5 to 25, is as follows: ] Patients seen, 394; houses visited, j( 140; temperatures taken, 50; baths i given, 16; alcohol rubs, 2. \ The emergency hospital has not ] j been needed but a large room 20x40 i feet with running water, on Cald-! \ well street, has been secured, also 1 beds, bedding and all that is neces- ] sary in case a hospital is needed. ; The Red Cross has done effective ( work and has saved some lives. The f mill villages are where the best work j was done. Quite a good deal of work < was done in the county; sent two colored nurses to Pomaria, two to Prosperity, four to Bishopville, one to Whitmire and one to Saluda. < The public health nursing committee, Miss Bess Burton, chairman, j asks that all calls for nursing be ^ left at Mr. J. A. Burton's office be- ^ I tween the hours <?f 9 a. m. and 5 ^ p. m. i The regular monthly meeting of J the executive committee will be held in Dr. Setzler's office Thursday, j March 4, 5 p. m. ( Mrs. L. W. Floyd, c Publicity Chairman. \ m i Subscribe to The Herald and News, j SELECTION OF COLBY 11 COMES AS SURPRISE Much Speculation Regarding Probable J Action to Be Taken by Senate. Washington, Feb. 25.?President Wilson again upset the expectations of official and political Washington a today by naming Bainbridge Colby, a 1 New York attorney who left the Re- \ publican party with Theodore Roose- c velt in 1912, as Secretary of State, t The selection caused scarcely less c of a sensation than the dismissal "of c Robert Lansing from the State port- 1 folio two weeks ago, and was re- a ? 5 ?-i-T- ?...~l. onvnriQfl i ceivea wiiu such unuuguiocu iuv j in the senate, where the president's c choice must be approved before Mr. s Colby can take up the duties of office, 1 that none of the leaders cared to t predict when confirmation might be c voted. < Not even among those on the inside < of administration circles "had there < been any expectation that the selec- y tion would fall on Mr. Colby, who 1 told inquirers today that he himself i had been given only a brief notice of 3 the president's intention. Summoned < to the White House, he spent an hour with Mr. Wilson, announced that he i would accept with a deep appreciaJ.;? - tr imnrtcarl 1 lion ui cue icajjuiioiyiuu/ un^vuwt upon him and said he would have no ? further comment to make until the 1 senate had acted. 1 Discussed by Senators. * Word of the nomination reached ^ Senators just as they were assembling ' for the day's session, and in their \ private talks during the tJET they 1 discussed little else, Virtually all of 1 them, however, preferred to with- 1 hold public comment until the sub* ject came up formally for action. ) * w 1 Once before the senate had been called upon to act on a nomination J - ? - " ? 1 At f? . . _ J. ? n ,, 1 of Mr. uoiDy ana tnen connnnatiuu j was voted only after a fight on him 11 had been made by Republican Senators. That was in 1917, when Presi- * dent Wilson named him to member- * ship on the shipping board. It was 1 asserted in some quarters that the i reasons which led to objection at that time need not necessarily apply in the present case, but Senator Calder, of New York, said he would * insist that the nominee's qualifications fVio cp^rpf-nrvsViin he looked ^ tiVHQ XVI Vltv ? _ into carefully before he would vote J" for confirmation to that post. s Represented America. A native of St. Louis, 51 years old, I1 Mr. Colby has been engaged in law practice in New York since 1892, except for the nineteen months he was a shipping board member. During the latter service he was an Ameri- ! ? :an representative in the inter-Allied shipping conference at Paris and was j active in directing the board's war j - policy. He resigned in March of last year, saying that the critical war h period having passed he preferred to t return to private life. * In his New York practice he has * been counsel for several interests in- r instigating life insurance companies t and was associated with Charles S Evans Hughes in the reform of the r Equitable company. He served in a 1901 and 1902 as a member of the t Mpw York assembly. h Supported Roosevelt. ~ Actively supporting Theodore f Roosevelt for the Republican Presi- n lential nomination in 1912, Mr. Colby f cvas placed in charge of the claims of i] :he contested Roosevelt delegates from various states who eventually tvere denied convention seats. He : r :hen became a delegate from New t Fork to the first convention of the r Progressive party and in 1914 and S 1916 he was the Progressive candiiate for Senator from New York. In o * * T- f 1 ;he lyitj campaign, nowever, ne sup- >orted actively the campagin of President Wilson for reelection. u h In Accord With President. New York, Feb. 25.?Bainbridge Solby, who was appointed Secretary ^ )f State today by President Wilson, aid in an inteview here tonight that le was "thoroughly in accord with ;he league of nations and all other of ;he president's views of public in;erest." Mr. Colby came to New York from | SVashington to be at the bedside of ^ lis daughter who is seriously ill. "My sympathies have been with the jresident and his work," said Mr. ^ 3olby. "This surely is clearly indi;ated by my appointment. There can _ >e no other inference drawn from it t." Ifi When asked as to his political afSI- > tl .AD ACCIDENTALLY SHOT BY HIS PLAYMATE? oseph Full man Mortally Wounded When Gun in Hand* of Claude Matthews is Discharged. While in the woods Wednesday ifternoon Joseph Fullman was fataly shot by Claud Matthews. The - - * ? i rounded boy died at about 4 o'ciock >n Thursday morning and will be >uried at Jalapa this morning, Frilay, at 11 o'clock. Claud is the son >f Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Matthews; le is 13 years old. Joseph was the ion of Mr. D. C. Fullman; he was 10 rears old, and lived on a part of the >ld Jane Reeder place. The Joad of ihot filled the front the dead boy's >ody from the neck to below the vaist. Dr. Van Smith was the physi:ian in the case. Sheriff Blease and 3oroner Lindsay went early Thurs3ay to Mr. Fullmon's where the inquest was held. The jury returned a rerdict of accidental killing, signed 3y the following jurors: L. M. Long, foreman; J. C. Shealy, Geo. A? Epting, Maxey Epting, J. R. Epting, *vi/1 \XT rt 1 f I? nflrl %uu vv ait^i The evidence at the inquest was as follows: Charlie Lee Fullman, sworn, says: [ am 13 years old. My brother Joseph was 10 years old. We went to school yesterday; we were coming lome yesterday afternoon. Joseph 2nd myself were together. James Perry Matthews and Claud Matthews caught up with us. They came out Prom the woods. We were walking n a bath that leads from the school; ;hes# boys and . us. James, myself md others were .tip on the bank about L5 feet .when the gun went o?. Claud laid: "I did not go to ahoot. I did lot know there way a shell in the ^un." My brother said: "You ought lot to shoot" Joseph and myself and ;he Matthews boys were good friends SVe never had a fuss. We played to aether. There was no hard feeling at ill between us. I don't remember yhat we were talking about when the - y ?_ ?un snot. Charlie Lee Fullman. James Perry Matthews, sworn, laid: We were standing in the road >laying (Joseph and Claude Mathews and myself); Claude was on me side of the road when the gun vent off. These boys asked me to et them see my gun, and I took the hells out of mine and let them see t. James Perry Matthews ?- 4 ** if ptri we 1 HAlNKd MK. n. n. C.VA1U diss Kilbreth Glad Suffrage Amend-" ment Defeated. Jews and Courier. Columbia, Feb. 25.?Commending lim and his colleagues in their efforts o "uphold the constitution," Miss tfary G. Kilbreth, of South Hampton, J. Y., has written H. H. Evans, epresentative from Newberry couny, thanking the general assembly of >outh Carolina for defeating the atification of the Susan B. Anthony mendment to the National Constiution for equal suffrage. Miss Kilbreth is president of the National association Opposed to Women Suf?"CtroriQ Txras nnp rrf thft iagc, aim MI, juiunw ?V>M ?... tiost uncompromising leaders against ederal control of the election machnery. Miss Kilbreth's letter says: "Thank you most heartily for your eport of the splendid victory for the Jnited States Constitution by the epresentatives of the people of outh Carolina. "You stood firmly by your oaths of ffice and by the will of your continents amid the general stampede. "You can't think what it means to s women here in the North who ave watched man after man betray heir constituents to see the Southern Jemocrats standing firm. "We respect your courage and pariotism and manhood in this terrible risis; you have steadied the morale f every loyal American and given us nererv to keep on with the fight to phold the constitution. "Congratulations and profound ratitude to you and to the State of outh Carolina?true to her great raditions." W. J. Connack. A portable electric transformer has een invented for heating rivets as ley are to be used. ition, Mr. Colby said that he pre?rred not to make a statement on lis subject at the fpresent time.