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' ?\ '? VOLUME LVI., NUMBER 19. NEWBERRY. S. C., FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 1920. TWICE A WEEK. $2.00 A YEA* . ,ii . i ! ' ' i ' '* H 1 \ . ??????? PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS s. v- FROM WHITMIRE TOWN Whitmire, March 4.?An event of unusual interest occurred here last * week, when Mr. Palmer of Anderson M and Miss Eva Mae Darbjr, daughter of f Mr. John I. Darby one of the town's nldermen were married at the resi vience of her parents by Rev. J. P. Simpson. . Mr. Palmer is a progressive young business man of Anderson, who came fcere to engage in some of the upbuilding work of the city and met his late. A) The bride is one of our prettiest j*nd-most attractive young ladies, who will be greatly missed by the many friends of her set. The happy young couple will make Anderson their future home. The base ball grounds, grandstand ^and aorroundings are undergoing nab-iwd Jfciproveiaents. The GlennLowry team of last season made an enviable record and we have reason zo hope that the one next summer , will surpass it. The ball games 01 (iast season brought many visitors to our town. We invite them all to come again for we are preparing to make ! them more comfortable and the games more interesting. The streets in the mill village have * been named and soon street signs will appear at the corners.. The following are some of the names. These names will be a living monument to those who have been faithful to abide with the Glenn-Lowry: Glenn street, Gary street, Jgerren street, Sinclair street, Cole street, Sims street, and Evans street. Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Anderson and daughters, Misses Clara and Louise L of Monroe, N. C.? spent last week here with their friends, Mr. and Mrs. % it; Harden ana :uiss r?ugeiiia.. ,. >0l _.; Br.[ * ?^. . " J V~- . Mrs. Fred Bedenbaugh and infant son of Columbia are visiting her parents, Dr. and >lrs. J[, H. Moore. Mrs. John Ljee, after visiting relatives at Santuck, is at home again.. 4 7, Mr. W. H. Watson spent last week 7 in New York <^ity. , Mrs. Jno. Miller l has returned < ' from a visit to friends in Laurens... Miss Juanita Wade, our popular music teacher", spent the week-rend with her brother in Atlanta. She was \ accomppnied on this trip by her - ? >r-? * i T <>nA triena, miss aiuw juu^u. Messrs Robert and Miles Wright and Mrs. Charles Calhoun spent several days of last week here with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Zach Wright, who have been quite ill. We are glad to state that the two old people are improving. ~ Rev. J. P. Simpson and family have returned from a trip to Newberry Mrs. T. J. Abrams and little daughter, Jessie are visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Rutherford. Mrs. C. H. Shannon and children " spent the week-end with her daughter, Mrs. OrviHe Suber. We are glad to state that Mr.; James Abrams who has been quite ill for several weeks is able to be up and i at his work again. >> Dr. and Mrs. H. K. Boyd, who have not been so well are improving rapidly, and expect to get into their handsome new home soon. The following pupils were able to win distinction and have their names Lon the Honor Roll for the past month: First Grade?Margaret Abrams, Willie Mae Baker, Max Duckett, Jfft Clarence Motes, Theodore Sinclair. Second Grade?Josephine A brains, Elease Boland, Dorsey Broom, Jessie May Burg-ess, Helen Bullard, Reuben Connor, Ann Duckett, Sarah Duncan, ' v yJeanette Gossett, Helen Howard, Harrison Hilton, Veran Lee, Nezzie i Stroud, Jenette Sinclair, Evelyn Tidmarsh, Alma Whitlock, Olin Wilbanks, Paul Wilbanks. 9 ! Third Grade?Joe Atchison, Cecil Hitt, Christine Hunnicutt. Francis . Setzler, Henry Suber. Fourth Grade?Otis Duncan, Cleo j Ezell, Rosa Mae Glenn, Sara Hines r Major. Zelder Phifer, Maudie Sin-1 clair, Leola Waddell. Fifth Grade?James Welsh Pitts,j "* ~A kwimo Paocin 5nKor Lucy r idiivco auiouiq) vwioii. ijuvva) Thelma Christy. j Sixth Grade?Claude Yarborough. J Seventh Grade?Earle Child, James Major, Gladys Childers. "Nita." j "How modestly she dresses, and how sensibly." ^ *'Yes: that woman will do anything to attract attention."?Boston ^^Transeript. SWILTON AND EXCELSIOR SCHOOLS TO CONSOLIDATE The patrons and residents in general of the Excelsior and Swilton school districts are taking a great deal of interest in the improvement of their school conditions. The first step was to sign petitions to consolidate the two. This was granted by the county board of education making one district between Little Mountain and Prosperity. Excelsior having just voted unanimously a 4-mill tax in order to have the same levy of Swilton. The assessed valuation of the new district will be about $175,000 being one of the highest rural districts in the j county. The people will enjoy the benefits ! , of a modern 3-teacher school another ' r?l fn i session. iney are nuw puuiumg ?v s build an up-to-date building on the J new road which will be a credit to j the community. In order to build i and secure the best available teachers \ the sentiment is now for a petition ! for a four mill tax which will operate ; the school under the equalizing law. j The equalizing law will guarantee a i i nrinciDal at JS110/ and assistants at j $90.00 per month if amended. They i realize that school tax is one of the j forms of tax being spent entirely at j home and that four additional mills J will secure them a good amount of j state aid each year. An example of j this may be noticed from Hunter-De- ! Walt, an adjoining district whose 8J mill tax amounted to $314.71 last J year and the state aid to guarantee the - term amounted" to $640, being over two dollars fo* $very one invested in school ias..- jV A meeting "will, held. at. Swilton j ! schoolfcouse Fri^y afternoon to discuss the matter of building and one is planned for- Excelsior the next week. The, Excelsior (or what were j Exc lsk/^--patrons and friends are invited to^j&ifton. '* The county board of education have noticed that the spirit for. school is strong an&\ that jrehhas been no friction'fet'-all, whieti can be ;e?n ? * ? TV?a trom excelsior s unammvua *uw *u?; nice modern building on the county's best road will also be a great credit to the county. ? ? i mmm i- ' INDIANS BEAT CAROLINA Argument ai to Boundary Lines Almo?t End* Battle. In one of the hardest fought and . host exciting games seen here in some time, Carolina lost to the Newberry college basketball five Tuesday night by the score of 30 to 21. At the end of the first half the score stood 14 to 8 in:favor of the locals. Carolina refused to start the second period if the outside boundary iines were not changed, it is stated. However, the referee stated that if the game was not begun in six minutes it would be forfeited to the Indians. The contest was continued. For the locals the playing of Haltiwanger featured, while Skinner and Foy did best for the university boys. Lineup: Carolina (21) Newberry (30) Skinner F Haltiwanger Wallace F Gray Foy C # Bender Vaughan G F. Shealy I Waite G Morley Substitution, Graham for Gray. INDIANS STAGE LAST GAME OF SEASON j The last same to be played in i basketball for this season will begin j Friday night at 8 o'clock, the fast quintet from Georgia Tech. furnish- j in? the opposition. The Indians are going good and j nothing but a fast clean game can be expected. Every man on the Newberry team is in good shape and all indication points to a complete victory over the team from the Georgia city. The usual line-up will be in the game; namely, Haltiwanger, and Gray, forwards; Bender, center; and Morley and Shealy guards. Adel- j berg will referee. B esides the game with lecn tne Newberry High school boys will clash with the Laurens High school quintet. The girls of the above, schools will also prove their ability in caging the spherical pig-skin. All basketball fans will have a chance to be entertained. The first game will begin at 8 o'clock. The admission is GO cents. 1 ? CAPITAL NEW! I (By John. i Columbia, March 4.?At 12 o'clock j today the free conference committee has the appropriation bill and is mak- j ing an effort to get the two houses to j agree on a report. It is rumored that certain mem-1 bers, a majority it is said, have organized in the house to make a fighton the free conference report and to reject it unless the appropriations are cut very materially from where the senate put them. It is also reported that Speaker Cothran announced from the speaker's desk that he would refuse to sign the bill carfko onTnwhrriat.inns in bv 'J"'6 "rt~vr? ? r? ? ~v the senate. The senate and house committees may agree and they may not, and if they do not then the bill fails and the legislature will not adjourn this week, and then if the house should reject the report that kills the bill, and a new one will have to be passed, or an extra session called by the governor. Columbia, March '6.?At tnis writing it seems that the general assembly may finish its business at almost any hour, or it may go to the end of the week. It will be characterized by the biggest appropriation bill in the history of the Democratic administrations of this State,, even comparative: ]y speaking and taking in the growth of the state. The house sent to the senate a bill which totals $5,828,261', carrying a levy of twelve mills. The senate with practically no debate Jias passed the measure aa it .came from its finance committee with an increase' of slightly- with a levy of fbfarteen mills. As the bill passed the senate this afternoon it carries something over $6,7<3O,0dO. The- total, last year W8# sHgft&y over $4,000,000, with a levy of nine and one-half mills, later reduced by the comptroller general to nine mills. The bill will go to free conference ommitte?, which will settle the differences between the house and senate. The house bill wIH have to be increased , however, because to it must be added such extraordinary appropriations as the $200,000 for the larger Citadel this year, and other items of appropriation approved by the house after the bill left it. As agreed upon by the conferees, the bill will carry somewhere between six and seven million dollars?probably more than six'anda-half million. The budget submitted by Governor Cooper at the opening of the session recommended practically five and one-half milKon dollars, and it is being predicted that he may possibly exercise the veto power in some particulars. New Liquor Law Fails. The house last night killed the pro posed liquor law to mafce tfte state law conform to the federal law. The State law used to allow the importation of a quart a month for medicinal TT L- J.. i. purposes, now anyooay can get mm, quart a month now, however* under! the federal law, nobody knows. The ! Federal law would allow a pint every j ten days, under rigid restrictions. The house seemed to think that by mak-1 ing the state law conform to the fed- j eral law that possibly a fellow could ! get a quart and a half a month in-1 stead of a quart. The federal law, ! ic crk tVint npvlians I very few will attempt, to get any j liquor under it other than in the man-! ner prescribed, which holds the phy- j sicians, the patient and the pharma- j cist who sells it down to the most j drastic regulations that it must be j only for medicinal purposes. Mr. j Evans, of Newberry, made a strong j speech in the house urging that the j federal law be conformed to. Such \ a measure was recommended by Dis- j trict Attorney Weston. But. the prohibitionists seemed to be afraid of the bug^Jjoo of three pints instead of a quart. The house refused to strike out the enacting words of the bill at first, but when a roll call was had on the passage of the measure it was de feated. The Good Roads Bill. vaq/Ic kill tinll 0 01*^0^ I X lie {jVVU 1 vauo U1A1 TT All UV upon practically as it passed the house, and the provisions of which, carrying a two-mill property tax and licenses upon motor vehicles, have already been published in The Herald i and News. It appears likely at this writing! that the State pension commission1 1 ' ]( 5 AND GOSSIP K Aull.) ] :~;T ,i will be abolished. The house this * afternoon refused to adopt a substi- * tute which would retain the coiAmis-1 \ | sion, and the bill abolishing the commission and throwing the pension s administration ba)ck on the county / j officials, where it formerly was, is yet ? [ to be considered by the house. Local Legislation. The Newberry delegation will put through the* measure providing for an . election in the primary on the issue j of bonds to the amount of $400,000 j | for the building of roads in Newberry j | county. There are some minor de- J I tails.yet to be agreed upon. There j will probably be a commission pro! vided for in the bill, one from eac . township, to. be chosen in the election by the respective townships. The bill will also be passed submitj ting to the people a bond issue of I $35,000 for the erection of a -bridge , across Broad river, the exact location | to be left to the State highway comI mission. Shelton seems to be the ! noint most favored at this time, bift | that would be a matter to come up later. Fairfield county, of course, would go her part, and there would be aid from the funds under control of the state commission. ' There is also in process of passage a bill to submit a bond issue of some j $16,000 or $17,000, the exact amount yet to be agreed upon, for a bridge across the Saluda, also to be desigI nated by the state highway commission, with aid: from Saluda counties | and funds under control of the state , highway commission, this1 bridge to jbe located probably in the -neighbor1 | hood of Simpson's ferry, on the road j betweep ft*osperity and Batesburg. < V ST. LUICES COMMUNITY NEWS. Services were held at the St Lukes Lutheran church Sunday moraine bv the Paator. Rey. W. H: Roof. < c? ? , j There will also be services next , i Sunday morning, and it is Jioped that ! a large number will be present as the "flu" seems ta have ceased. Mr. Bernard Taylor of Columbia spent the week-end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Noah Taylor. James Roof, student at Newberry college, spent the week-end with his parents, Rev. and Mrs. W. H. Roof. [ The teachers of the St. Lukes f school spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hunter. I Mr. Thompson Hunter visited Mr. I R. C. Hunter this week, i Mr. Raymond Lester spent Sunday with his mother, Mrs. Bird Lester. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Hunter j spent Sunday with Mr. Hunter's par: ents. j Rev. and Mrs. Enoch Hite, and lit i tie daughter, Jeanie, 01 romaria, [spent Tuesday with his brother-in| law, Rev. W. H. Roof. Mr. and Mrs. Hayne Hawkins of : Prosperity, visited Mrs. Hawkins' j sisters, Mrs. Lane and Miss Hunter | on Sunday. . ] i Miss Magdalene Roof visited Miss | Betsy Hunter this week. Misses Willie May Wise and Laura J i Bailey visited the St. Lukes school J Monday, in the interest of securing ' club members. 1 Mr. and Mrs. Murphy Bowers are happy over the arrival of a little daughter. "MV Willi a Hunter has many : friends who regret his leaving for the springs in Arkansas. J The St. Lukes school "Waverly i Literary Society." entertained the < 1 1 ^ 1 rtrt Ancri 1 1 scftooi r riciay aiiernuuu win* ?w , meeting. The teachers, and the children of Rev. Roof spent a very enjoyable evening around Bon-fires Friday. I" 85 Cent6 Pound For< Cotton. Mr. W. H. Sanders sold Mr. Nat/ Gist on Tuesday five light bales of j < cotton, the five bales weighing 2,043 1 pounds, at 85 cents the pound. It ? was long staple and the five bales ] i U4- <?i nr;r; Mr Sanders had ^ Ul UU^IR j I UU,l/U. -v raised the cotton during 1918. He p says he has cotton that he raised 14 < years ago. It seems that this would ' be a good time to sell it. * ' i / The Difference. "Skies are very unlike men in one respect." i "What is that?"' ' ' < "They are always bright when j they're blue." ] :OUNCIL NAMES MEMBERS {j OF BOND COMMISSION At the meeting of city council on I ruesday night, Mayor Blease anlounced his appointments of the >ond commissioners provided for in :he act' of legislature passed at the * jtesexit session, rne mayor appoint- \ ?d Messrs. T. K. Johnstone, F. Z. 1 W"ilson, H. L. Parr, T. Roy Summer ,* and J. M. Davis. The terms of the < commissioners range from one to five years. It was decided to fix the terms by lot and the drawing resulted in, : giving' Mr. Johnstone one year, Mr. ; Parr two years, Mr. Wilson three years, Mr. Summer four years and Mr. Davis five years. The commissioners will meet soon and organize, they elect their own chairman and secretary. The council agreed to make the salary of the secretary of the commission $100.00 per annum. The bond of the secretary and treasurer which will be given in a surety company and the premium of which will be paid by the city was fixed at the sum of twenty thousand dollars. - - " 1 1 v.. J. K. JSWygert was empioyeu uy council to operate the new road machinery when it arrives. Mr. Swygert has been employed by Lexington county for sometime to operate the tractor and road machine of that county. The road machinery for the citv is expected to reach Newberry about the 15th of March. ; Mr. D. N. Livingston of West End was chosen a regular policeman to take. the place of Mr. Connelly who recently resigned. Mr. -Livingston has been serving as a sp^j^^bjiceCouncil reviewed the licenses paia so far for doing business |n the city for th* present year, ^ile ever& ^ipon?# was looked into, inly a few': returns appeared to the -co.ug.cil to be too slow. These were ordered increased fcnd the clerk m give no^ tice ta^ *fte people -who were ordered tp pay actional; licenses. ,:j SIGN THE PETITIONS. FOR BONO ELECTIONS . " *:T" 1" \* ; Petitions of freeholdenk .of , the town of Newberry, asking elections on the question of bonds for stjreet J paving, extensions of sewerage,, ex- J tension ol waterworss ana cAtviisivn i of electric light system have been prepared by City Attorney J. B. Hunter and are now ready for signatures. The law requires these petitions to be signed by a majority of the freeholders as shown by the tax books of the, town. The sooner the petitions O Vno-irtrifv ftf tVlP neo- t arc SI^HCU wjr c? , pie owning land in the town of Newberry, the sooner we can get to work making some important and needed improvements. _ \ I have left copies of the petitions ; at the following places: Commercial Bank, Exchange Bank, National Bank, .Gilder & Weeks Drug ? i stroe, Holmes Drug company, Mayes ; Drug store, dewberry Drug company, j Way's Drug store. If you own land in town and believe in progress for Newberry, please go at once to one of the places named and sign .the petitions. The women who own land will please re-j member that we want their signatures j1 also. Don't wait to be asKea to sign. Show your interest in your hpme J town. ' 1 Respectfully, j Eugene S. Blease, I Mayor. Dickert-Schumpert Chapter. k The Dickert-Schumpert chapter j J will meet Saturday, March 6, at 4 j. ;>'clock with Mildred Reid. 'All mem- j. t>ers are urged to bring dues. j Abbie Gaillard, ;1 Secretary, j , Susie Davenport, j ^ President. j. i Income Tax Return. The 15th of March is the last day 3n which to make your income tax re- j ;urn and now most every one who j 1 jams a living is liable to this tax and j? t would be well to look into the mat- j ] ;er and see how it stands with you. it Vfr. Joseph H. Hunter of the revenue j ] office in Columbia will be in New- j i jerry from the 8th to the 15th to! 1 issist any who may desire his help in; 1 naking out these returns. ! < ? I; J The turks believe amber to be an.< nfallfble gtrard agairtet' the injurious ?l effects of hicotine ;v hence .its exten-j i =ive use for cigarette holders and j < )ipe stems. i 3 i IENATE AGREES TO PUSH . > TREATY INTO CAMPAIGN^ . ** Republicans Heed Ultimatum ls???{ by Irreconcilable* and Refute to Modify Reservation** 1 < r Washington, March .1.?Convinced shat for the present their labors to break the peace treaty deadlock are i waste of time, Senate leaders mov- v ed today to get the treaty out 6i the way of pressing legislation and to let the issue raised by the ratification fight go into the political campaign for decision. Under the plan agreed to and apparently acquiesced in by all element* of both parties, compromise negotiations on the crucial reservation ., to article 10 are to be dropped, readoption of the Republican , reservation program of last session is po be com- . pleted as a formality arid then a final ratification vote is to be taken to put the treaty out of the Senate and into the campaign. Final Vote Soon. Some senators predict tonight that the final vote, which it is conceded on both sides will record another failure to ratify, would come within the next three days. Among most of the leaders, however, the prediction was ffcof fV?o smrmltforinp debate would take at least the* remainder of the week to burn itself out in spite of general cooperation to keep it sharply under control; The decision to hasten action was reached when the Republican leaders convinced the Democrats would block ratification unless the article 10 reservation was modified, determined to Wnf by their guns and inast that' the reservation ;go^ into the. ratification. resolution without any change of sub?i?w? 4.u;0 \ fiance or language.*u mw icouuiuafcion they needed to a demand by jthe. Republican irreconcilables opposed ;to ratification who had intimat- ' 55 ed that they might adopt methods of theij: own to wreck the' Re^ublica* program if they mw sigi^'of Weakening article JO.. ?. ' %m J if' . Irreconcilable* Win.' - The-coup- of the iircconcilables ia thus iringing~the treaty fight5 to a truce was a vircftal repetition'of themove by whi<Jh,~ several Weeks ago, hey ended the "bi-partisan compromise Negotiations by bringing pressure to bear on the Republican leaders whea an agreement seemed imminent. Hold- 5 ing the balance of power, their votes have to be counted on i>y the Republicans to adopt any of the proposed reservations, and in addition they are to Viavp rvm"ntpd out that if their counsels were disregarded they could easily talk the treaty over into the campaign under the senate's rule of unlimited debate. "; In fact a program 'of extensive debate had been inaugurated by the irreconcilables members of the group having the floor several hours each day during last week's session; Under today's agreement they are expected to not only discontinue that program but to vote with Republicans .155 thev did last session in adopting reservations. The Senate took no action on the treaty during: today's session, which was cut short by adjournment on account of the death of Senator Bankhead. Under unaminous consent the vote to have been taken today on the domestic questions reservation was put over until tomorrow. COTTON MEETING DATES Montgomery, Ala., March 2.?. Following an exchange of telegrams between Governor Kilby and Dr. S. W. Welch, State health officer, who is in Washington, and J. S. Wannamaker, announcement was made here tonight that the annual convention of the American Cotton association will be held in Montgomery, April 12/13, 14, 15 and 16. Expect Large Numbers. St. Matthews, March 2.?Mr. J. Skottowe Wannamaker, president of the American Cotton association, stated tonight that invitations had been received from several cities for he convention but that it was thought best to postpone it on account of assurances from the board of health ;hat at that time Montgomery would je perfectly safe. Five thousand ac :eptances from persons who intended * attending the sessions had been rereived, '? ?>}> ftsfc r-i-.n.-.v-i A delegation of ETh^KsK * spfnhers arlll be on hand to confer with a special committee regarding the handing of cotton.. /