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A uciJua v j auuivi* av| * v DRILLING FOR OIL HAS STARTED , , } Washington County Expected to c: Double in Population in a ] Short Time. \ ( Sandersville Progress, 1 Oih. Actual boring; on the lands of the * Middle Georgia Oil & Gas company c has hee-un. The uowerful drilling c machinery has been installed and ' tested out and everything made ready r for the boring of the first well. An 2 expert driller who has spent a life * time in the oil fields of Texas and California is in charge and it is his 1 opinion that all indications point to s the fact that oil will be found in * mother earth of Washington county. v People from all sections of Georgia t ? ^ ac? Koro vicifp/1 2 as W?11 its UUJCI OLflLVO ilt.i? <_ . lut.vv. the oil fields in this county and the * majority of them are confident oil ? will be discovered and they have s bought a large number of lots that!a are being offered for sale by the j company. No stock is being sold to j ^ the public. The oil company is re- j *serving one-half of the tract to drill j ^ its own wells. Those who buy lots j r will also share in the profits of the j * company when oil is struck. v The immense drill that is being used is one of the most modern type and is capable of drilling through j t forty to fifty feet of the hardest kind !?' of rock a day and it is stated that no t rock ever gets too hard for tftis tana s of drilL It is estimated about four o hundred feet a week can be drilled f when everything is working satis- a factorily and within, a few weeks the F depth of the well , will be several t thousand feet at which depth the dis- 1; eovery of crude oil is anticipated. a , Should oil be struck Washington 1: county will rapidly increase in pop- f ^ ulation for there will be people from 1 all sections of the country flocking t here to buy oil stock and lease t lands. Fortunes are quickly made in fc oil. Millionaires are maae overmgni | w when xthe owners of wells find oil as : c N e i there is such a constantly increasing c demand for gasoline and kerosene. a GIRL INVESTIGATOR ! \ SLACKERS' NEMESIS ; } Men Are Poor Liars? Says Miss ' ? Josephine Kremser?Left Stage ! r to Become Feminine Sherlock - j I Holmes. ! t t ! r "What will women be doing next?" !1 asks a special writer in the New York * Times apropos of the feminine Sher- ^ lock Holmes which has now appeared in the person of Miss Josephine Corni "v Kremser, 23 years old, with gray- c KaKVVO r? KIQAI' V| O ? > 5 U1VW11 cj ca, LUHJ, UUUU1.U umvu ? and dimples. Not many years ago she j t was known as La Petite Josephine, S and she delighted audiences in vari- i ous European countries, in South c America, Mexico and the Philippines, < with Spanish, Russian ballet or Amer- < ican buck and wing dancing or any' ( other sort of stage dancing the oc- i casion might demand. She began dancing in public when she was three i years old. About four years ago Miss Kremser j deserted tne stage to Decome a pro- ] fessional in quite another l?ne. While j she was on a dancing tour in Mexico she ..'as horseback riding one day and % was thrown. It wasn't a serious acci- { dent, but it was enough to make her/ give up dancing temporarily. She returned to the United States won- * dering what she could do now to earn * her living. She had never done any- ( thing but dance. Somebody sugested that she under-. ^ take a little private investigating. J Husbands, for instance, were always 1 ? 1 J V.. A 4-~ ( straying awaj n um nwnic <imi JU;U i,u / be found. The first case given her 2 by an attornev friend in a rather1( haphazard way was one that had been \given up by the police and private de- j 1 tectives. Miss Kremser decided to 1 give it a trial, and she succeeded. The attorney gave her some real assign- 1 ments then ah she never failed to re- ? peat her initial success. < No Fun in Easy Cases. ?' There is not a bit of fun in work- 1 ing on a case when the solution is < obvious. She wants cases only after 1 everybody else had given them up as '< hopeless. i The district attorney heard of Miss J Kremser and decided that he could j 1 1 ; 11.. 1 I. use ner skiu occasionally, anu su ic- ? markable was her success as an ";n- 1 vestigator" (that's her title) that . 1 received a number of tempting'^Ifers < of employment. But she decfmed i them all with thanks. She preferred working as a free lance, being her ] own boss, with the right to refuse any j case she pleased. < Up to the time America entered the i war Miss Kremser had devoted herjl talents to bringing back s>ayed hus-'t bands and girls who ran away from, 1 home. {< IATVi am 4~ Is ? vTvnt* /> n a o \ nf 4 r\ 1 ??liCil mc v\ al tame o? ^ .uccci m j do her bit. She began looking about I her and found many able bodied i young men who, she thought, had no j excuse for not being in Uncle Sam's ] army. She went to her local draft ; board and was told these men had de- 1 p-T.dento pud wore pia.cd in deferred i classification. But Miss Kremser's : ictive brain told her that it was alliost impossible that so many youths lad suddenly acquired dependents. >he asked permission to investigate, ier ability as a linguist was more raluable than ever, for her chief lifficulties were with foreigners, and ler Spanish, Polish, Yiddish, German, rrench, Italian and Mexican ere all alied into play. Daily she visited the Iraft board in her neighborhood [the Bronx) and listened to pleas for ^classification, made notes of them ill and checked them up almost beore the men had time to get home. "I nevertfhad any difficulty catchng the men in lies," said Miss KreiGer, "but the women were hard to rip up. A man lies impulsively, rithout forethought but a woman >lans her lies with infinite patience md a series of other lies to back hem up. Then, too, a woman can :ain the confidence of a man; but he can not gain the confidence of nother woman." During the entire period of the war Jiss Kremser journeyed daily to Governors Island with three, four, ive and often more slackers. The lumber of men she added to the Jnited States army during the war tranf tiroii in+n thousands. >VliV ** V?* WW ?..? Caught Big Fellow. "I'll never forget the first man I ook to Governors Island," she said aughing. "He was a great big six ooter and I looked like a midget beide him. This man happened to be ne that the police had been seeking or a long time, but had never been ble to get. I took the cases that the ?olice dropped, and with the excepion of three or four that I was finals' convinced were legtitmate, they til proved that my intuition was reiable. Anyway, I caught this big ellow and took him to the island. ?he room was filled with officers who lad men in custody, handcuffed as hough they were desperate criminals ?ut I Just walked along beside my aptive as though we were the best >f friends. The names of the offiers and their prisoners were called md each officer and his man walked ip to the desk; looked at us as if we vere some sort of a curiosity." Before the war ended, however, vfiss Kremser was a familiar figure > Lround the island and was taken as a natter of course. It was not unisual for her to make four or five rips there daily until the signing of i->o nil I. an end to her work or the government end she returned o her old business of finding lost lusbands and daughters. She says she has found her work "ery exciting. She has had to back >ut of the houses with guns pointed it her and has had all sorts of hair>readth escapes, but she isn't afraid. She says "what's the use of being ifraid. I know whenever I start out >n a case it may be dangerous, but I ior.'t stop to think about it, so 1 ion't get scared. I carry a gun and ;an use it, and what I am doing is T cm nhftad." . ig-llk, CV i J?U? C, "Do you expect to keep up this ,vork always?" she was asked. "Oh, 110, I like it, and it has much wore excitement than dancing:, but I hope very soon now to go back on ;he stage," Mrs. I. H. Bouhwrare. Southern Christian Advocate. Utopia neighborhood and New 3 hap el church, irs Newberry county. /r* jj _ ?? +l"i o f^ oQ "f 1"! lave sunereu ii jjict-ii. m w>v. v?v.... >f Mrs-. I. JI. Bouhvare. In 1889 she moved into th? home .vhere she died, as the wife of I. Herbert Boulware. At that time he >vas one of the valuable \and valuer citizens, worth much to the church md state. A few years ago he passid on to his rewar^. Here she "lived for thirty years enriching the lives of all with whom she iad to do both white and colored, Nothing of \*alue to the community ivas without interest to her. She was a woman of such natural and acquired ability and culture as to be able to lend help to the movements For the uplift of her people. All the " ' 1 lepartments 01 enuren won*. r;ra?tv fier unqualified approval 'and mora.1 and financial help. She met her responsibility in the Sunday school anc1 missionary society. The cause oi ;emperance was also one dear to hei and she marked the progress of prohibition to its present victory with ::he deepest interest. Her life-work ioes not appear unfinished but well rounded and complete in every way. The last days and weeks of hei ife were given to looking to the *reat beyond. Nothing the loved >nes could do would change the current of her thought. Sh^ talked cf ;he loved ones gone before and o1 :he delightful reunion she anticipated. Heaven appeared to hor a delightful ?r?d beautiful place to go to, and she :iad not a doubt about going there She knew her friends could only go enth her so far, but "Jesu; would .to all the way." Kis presence had robbed death of its stiri-r and she had absolutely no fear. WVn she w?s fixed for the nip;ht sh: would ask all to ?0 to their rooms an 1 cot a good night's rest. "If I need yo'i I'll call for you. If you find mc gone ii will j be all right." J ! She was born June 2.~jth. IStj.j and died November 25th, He.'! maiden name was Elizaheih Worih-; ington Chapman. I The funeral services were held at' New Chapel church where a Jarre j congregation of her -friends anal . iMtliornf] rr> n.ov lrtvitur ! IlVTI^ilUWIO vv J ; tribute to her faithful life. Walter I. Herbert. j ! Marion, S. C. j i* ; ii j Farnum's Love for Animals Aids Art. j ; One of the touching scenes in j "The Ad venturer." the Fox prodac,! tion of E. LIoy;i Sheldon's romantic j : drama at the opera house Tuesday, j and in which the popular William j i Farnum will return to this city, shows j 1 ' < - 1-.-- l-~4- lO / > ! | IflO SlUr Ui& ic?c>t vaiua^iv I j asset, his favorite horse, which in j ; spite of poverty he has managed to j ! save until the necessity for food j I compels him to sacrifice the animal. J i William Farnum is noted for his { ; love for animals. On his estate at J j Sag Harbor, Long Island, is an old i j horse that appeared with the sterling j actor years ago in "Ben Hur." This' ' animal has been pensioned by Farnum ! j and romps at will across the pastures! of the Sag Harbor home. .? . % y r _ Farnum never is without clogs. ne j has some that are very valuable, and j the care they receive is the cause of i much comment by people who knowi the home life of the Fox star, J It is probably for this reason that the scene in "The Adventurer," in which the dealer is bargaining for the i horse of the hero of the story is one | of the most touching of the produc- j tion. Farnum's great art comes to j the front in this scene, supported in j Affn?f;,.a?ocd Vn's ir>tf?n?e love i ltd Clictbi W 11VOU WJ for the brute creation. AN ORDINANCE i I < 1 OF THE TOWN OF NEWBERRY.! S. C., TO PREVENT ACCIDENTS I i AND TO REGULATE TRAFFIC' AND THE DRIVING, OPERATJ ING, STOPPING AND PARKING OF ANIMALS AND VEHICLES' IN SAID TOWN, ETC. i Be it ordained by the mayor and I aldermen of the Town of Newberry,; i South Carolina, in council assem-1 j bled, and by the authority of the I same: j ] Section,!. That it shall be unlaw-: ; ful for any person to drive or oper- j i ate a motor vehicle in the T.own of i Newberry at a greater rate of speed than is reasonable and proper at the time and place, having regard to the traffic -and the use of the streets, and their condition, or so as to endanger the life, limb or property of any person, or in any event at a greater rate of speed than ten miles per hour when turning corners, or at a greater rate of speed than fif' teen miies per hour at other times ; and places. The provision of this section shall "not apply to policemen, ! firemen and employees of the fire de; partment when they are responding 'j to an alarm of fire. The owner of , any motor vehicle, as well as the driver thereof, shall be liable under the provisions of this section for any 1 j violation hereof by the driver of ! such motor vehicle unless such mo t tor vehicle is being used at the time of violation without the coasent of ' such owner. 1 Section 2. It shall be unlawful for any person to run or operate any motor vehicle on the streets and thoroughfares of the town of Newberry without the same being provided at all tim-es with good and sufficient brakes, in good working order. Section 3. Every person travel> ling or passing, and every person ridl ing, leading, driving or operating any animal or vehicle of any kind, (pi or over any road, walk, way, '' Street, thoroughfare or bridge m tne Town of Newberry, shall keep entire> ly on the right of the center of the [ said road, walk, street, way, thort oughfare or bridge, so as not to obstruct the passage of any other per son, animal or vehicle, on the other side of the center thereof; provided that any person, animal or vehicle may pass to the left of the center of 5 such road, walk, streot, way, tbor. o ugh fare or bridge when passing an' other person, animal or vehicle trav . eling in the same direction. Section 4. All persons driving: and ' operating: motor vehicles in the Town - of Newberry shall, when turning ; such vehicles around, and shall, when crossing: the center of the j street to attain or reach the opposite side thereof, at places other than t street crossings, indicate and show* - such intention of turning around I such vehicles or crossing the center . of the street by exhibiting his or her " hand in such a manner that other users of the street may be warned - of such turning or crossing, j Sectipn 5. That it shall be unlawful to park, stop or stand any aniv mal or vehicle for a longer period I of time than ten minutes, unless loading or unloading such vehicle . and then only for such time as is necessary for such loading or unload: ing, in and on the following streets, [ parts of streets and places in the . Town of Newberry, namely: . On Main street, from the intersec; tion of Holman street to the intersection of Vincent street; On Boyce street from the mter[ section of College street to the inter, section of Nance street (except as is hereinafter provided); On Caldwell street, from the inter> section of Boyce street to the inter-j [ section of Friend street; On the square in front of an<J 1 around the'old court house (except 1 as is hereinafter provided); : On the \ve*t side cf McKibben: [ street, from the intersection e* ?.Iain' i street to the intersection of Friend i street; ] ' On the east side of Xancc? street,1 from the intersection of Harrington street to the intersection oi i>v>ycc street: On Xanee street, from the intersection of Koyce street to the intersection of Main street (except as is. hereinafter provided.): On the west side of Nance street. in front of the tire house; On the west side of N;inee street from the intersection of Mn'n streetto the intersection of Friend street;1 On the west side of Caldwell street; from the intersection of; Friend to the intersection of John- j stone street; ! Dn the east side of College street,! from the ir'ersection of Jenkins tiect to the intersection of Friend; street; j-ri the west side of Ceates fireet,' from the intersection of Main street! .o the intersection of Friend street;-.' On the cast sale of Thompson i street, fiom the intersection of Main' street to the intersection of Harring-j iUil >L1 tti,, ( On the west side of Wilson street, j from the intersection of Main streetto the intersection of F'riend street; f On the north side of Friend street,; from the Columbia, Newberry &} Laurens railroad crossing to the in-j tersection of Wilson street; On the south side of Friend street, j in front of the postoffice; On the east side of Caldwell street,; from the intersection of Boyce street j to the intersection of Jenkins street;; On the south side of Harrington; street, from the intersection of Col-! lege street to the intersection of j Nance street. That the moving of a vehicle for a short distance within such ten miu-| utes so as not to technically violate the provision of this section will not relieve any one from the provision cnereof. Section 6. That on streets where the parking and standing o^ vehicles is allowed and permitted such vehicles shall be so parked and stood as tc have the curbing of the side walk on the right side of such vehicle and within eighteen inches of the front right wheels of the vehicle and with-1 n-f tV?p richt rear wheel I xxx will vv x\ vv v* ? ? ? - ? thereof; no vehicle shall at any time be parked within ten feet of any fire hydrant, or within five feet of any street corner, or within six feet of any other vehicle, except as is hereinafter provided. On the square in j front of, and around the Boyce street! side of the .old court house, motor j vehicles may be parked, except im-' mediately in front of the steps lead-1 ing to the second story of said old j court house and for six feet on either; side of said steps, provided such mo-; *r^lis^.Tr.c jvo riarlrpH so as to ' frort> the old court house at right1 angle to the curbing, with the front wheels not more than cne foot from said curbing and no pare of any vehicle to be closer than cne foot to' nny other vehicle. On the east side of Nance street, between Main, and Boyce streets, public service cars, for transportation of persons, may park, | provided they comply with the pro. visions of this ordinance as to park: ing. Section 7. That in and on the folj lowing streets and parts of streets | in the Town of Newberry, to-wit: | On Main street, from the intersec! tion of Holman street to the intersection of Vincent street; ? - - * > ^ _ r j On Friend street, trom tne loium,bia, Newberry & Laurens railroad j crossing to the intersection of Wilfson street; | On Harrington street, from the intersection of Thompson street to the | intersection of Nance street; | On Nance street, from the inter; section of Harrington street to the j intersection of Friend street; ; On Caldwell street, from the interi section of Main street to the intersection of Johnstone street; On College street, from the inj tersection of Jenkins street to the inI nf "Friend street: ItillWCiVil V4. A - , i On Wilson, Coates and McKibben 'streets, between the intersections of ;said streets with Main street and the intersections thereof with Friend ; street, ! it shall be unlawful for any per'son driving or operating a vehicle of any kind, to turn around, or ati tempt to turn around such vehicle !at any flace in said streets except at 1 street corners and street intersec1 tions. j Section 8. Any person driving or i operating a motor vehicle in the I Town of Newberry shall bring the same to a full and complete stop i*-ii?>rv ?-?insf: before. G"oin*r into, ; out of, of across, Main street at the J intersection of Wilson, Thompson, j Coates, College, Caldwell, McKibben and Vincent streets; and at the intersection of Nance street with Main ! street on the south side of Main street, when turning from one of said streets into the other thereof; and (when turning into College street from Boyce street or into Boyce street from College street; and when turning into Caldwell street from Boyce street or from Boyce street into Z"1?1 on/i wllAVt t.U'TOinfi? V^itJU V\ fll StlCCk, unu .. ... v into Nance street from Boyce street or into Btfyce street from Nance lfstreet; and before turning into Main street to the left from the square in ^front of the old court house, j Section 9. When the alarm of fire ! of the fire department is sounded in j the Town of Newberry, any and all i persons driving or operating animals ] and vehicles in the town shall at once drive said animals and vehicles to the , extreme right side of the street and within at least three feet of the sidej walk of the street and there stop the1 | same and keep the same standing for a period of full seven minutes.; - - - ' I { The provisions ol this section snau, . not apply to fire trucks and vehicles ! conveying firemen, employees of the , waterworks department, fire apparai tus and policemen responding to such | alarm of fire. i Section 10. When a fire is in j progress in the Town of Newberry a fire district is, and shall be, estab[ lished around the scene of such fire I for a distance of three hundred feet,, in each and every direction from the point of said fire; and the said fire district may at any time be increased, and widened by the chicf ov acting ichiof of *hc a - - it, when it i - ? : J i sf 1 -* . i : v u.?r :>d*u irc??r.a " v "^vy or 1 -c-f.' i' ^ ! w t i" i . - a .... .-.-.at within ITiavors pyramid Becausi long-las And WRIGLE as well as I It helps appe keeps teeth swetf, allay; fCBEW IT AF Kept! - i a ' - iSEft v nMBaaBHBBBnMnnBn the limits of said fire district exc animals and vehicles conveying f men, employees of the waterwc department, lire apparatus and pol men to the scene of fire. Section 11. It shall be unla^ for any person to interfere in i way or to obstruct in any man the running, operating or driving any fire truck or any vehicle com iner a fireman, fire apparatus or liceman to a fire in the Town Newberry, or to ride on or to tempt to ride on any fire truck less such person is a fireman, or ployee of the fire department, o policeman or is invited to ride such fire truck by an officer of fire departmerft or the duly autho ed driver of such fire truck, i Section 12. It shall be unla\* ' for any person to drive or opei any animal or vehicle in the T< of Newberry while under the in ence of intoxicating liquors or r cotics. Section 13. It shall be unlau for any person in the Town of N berry to use any animal or veh without the consent of the ow thereof, or to injure, interfere v or to remove, without the consent the owner, any vehicle or anin provided, however, that this sect shall not apply to police officers i . to those assisting . police officers the removal of animals and vehii from places where said animals ; vehicles have been left standing parked contrary to the provisions this ordinance. Section 14. It shall be unlav C * lorcr.n ttip JliTf* of JUL ?n.y ^v/?. ? teen years to drive or operate motor vehicle on the streets thoroughfares of the Town of N berry; provided, however, that ] sons twelve years of age and c may drive and operate such vehi on such streets and thoroughff . when conveying themselves or ot persons to school or to church when returning from school : church to their homes. i Section 15. It shall be unlav for any person under the age eighteen years to drive or opei any public service motor vehicle> i the transportation of passengers : o-onds. in the Town of Newberry. I Section 16. It shall be unlav for any person to run or operate the Town of Newberry any gasoi or oil motor vehicle which is not j vided with a suitable muffler, wh< by the noise from the exhaust ga of the engine is muffled, or to any device, commonly known as "cut out," whereby the exhaust ga are discharged without pass through said muffler. Section 17. It shall be unlaw for any person to drive or operate the Town of Newberry any motor hide unless the same is provided ^ a suitable bell or horn or other i nal and be so constructed as to hibit during the period necessj from or after sunset until not nec sary before sunrise a white light v ble within reasonable distance in direction toward which the vehicle "proceeding and a red light in reve direction; and, in case of heavy f if necessary, such lights shall be < played in the daytime before sun and after sunrise, provided, that such lights shall not be focused give light beyond one hundred i fifty foet in fro^t and front lig ":i i 1 *iave attached dimmers wh must be used when meeting anot] : .Via 2T- fiaVOr Q h'j are f > like the I Is of Egypt? I e they are tine. Y'S is a beneficial long-lasting treat rfte and digestion. clean and breath -1 s thirst. I TER^EVERV MEAL - -* ept! vehicle; and no spot light shall be ire-1 flashed on any car while said car is ?rks ; in motion. ice-1 Section 18. The horn or bell or ; other signal protided for in the prerful i ceding section of this ordinance any j shall be used to give signals 'when ner \ approaching or meeting any vehicle, of: person, animal, or other living obrev i iects. when necessary to attract their * i y ' w Do- j attention, and when turning corners of | and street intersections; and it shall at-1 be unlawful to fail to give the sigun j nals herein required and it shall be em-1 unlawful to unnecessarily blow or r a J sound such signals. on j Section 19". That it shall be un~ the; lawful for any person in the Town riz- ] of Newberry to use on any vehicle ! any siren horn or whistle, except on rful i nre trucks and on cars or vehicles ate: used by firemen or policemen when >wn res* ending to an alarm of fire. flu-J Section 20. It shall be unlawful lar- j for any person to leave a vehicle of ! any kind on any street or in any pubrful i lie place of the Town of Newberry ew-! when parking is permitted for a long icle ; er time than twenty hours at a time, ner j Section 21. It shall be the duty irith of every, pejson when moving or of starting any vehicle which has been lal; parked or stopped for any time to be inn nnvoful + n coa that his or her veliicle and! does not collide with, or run into, in any other vehicle or any person or "les animal either in motion or standing and : near or parked close to his or he* or vehicle; and any person running his. 1 or her vehicle backward for any pur; pose s.iall be careful to see that no person, animal or vehicle is in the. fif- way and shall give proper warning" or any sitrnal of his or her intention to run and said vehicle backward.' Any failure ew_ to comply with the provisions of this. 3er-; section shall be held and deemed to" )ver be reckless driving and a violation of c*es; this ordinance. Section zz. uuring ana just preand cec^n? any Para<le or public dem^ft-' ! stration, or when necessary to pre-* . | serve order or to protect life, limb fill i or Pr?Perty? ^e Town Council, or ' Mayor or the Acting Mayor, may orte , der or direct that any street or part - of a street shall not be used by peril < sons, animals or vehicles, or by cer. jtain classes of vehicles and animals, - , I and it shall be unlawful for any perPj son to violate such order. line Section 23. All ordinances and )ro_ parts of ordinances inconsistent with Jre- this ordinance and the provisions ises hereof shall be, and are hereby, reuse pealed from and after the time this a ordinance goes into effect. ises Sectian 24. Any person violating . ? this ordinance, or anv nrovision thereof, shall, oil conviction in the . . recorder's court of the Town of New[*. berry, be punished by a fine of not J m more than the sum of one hundred TS" dollars or by imprisonment in the [*tn town guard house or upon the public 51?" works of the town for a period of ex" not more than thirty days. ary | Section 25. This ordinance shall :.e?"! go into effect on the 10th day of ll1' I March, 1920. tne j Done and ratified by the Town 1 1S! Council of the Town of Newberry, rse | South Carolina, in council assembled, ! and under the corporate seal of said i!S" j town, on this the 24th day of Febse* ruary, A. D. 1920. all! EUGENE S. BLEASE. to ] Mayor. *n(*Attest: j. w. CHAPMAN, ! Clerk 2r.d Treasurer, Town of 'ier Newberry, S. C.