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L VOLUME LVL, NUMBER 24. NEWBERRY, S. C., TUESDAY, MARCH 23, 1920. TWICE A WEEK, $2.00 A YEA* III! ?1 .1 H?? I ?I II I??Mi .Ml I II PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS PROSPEROUS PROSPERITY \ V Prosperity, March 22.?Miss Grace Reagin proved a charming t hostess when she entertained the c BV literary sorosis on- Thursday afterr.oon. Miss Thorn, the leader, had 1 as her subject "Children's Plays for r wm Grown Ups," the truth about fiction. ^ Mrs. Dominick told of the play# \ "Chanticleer," while Miss Kit>lerji gave the life of Rostaud, the com- j poser of Chanticleer. Mrs. Quat- j t tlebaum gave the story of the "Blue J1 . Bird" and the leader, Miss Thorn, i told of the life of Maeterlinct, the \ bB miracle and musician. At the conWm elusion of the program Miss Thorn r Hp presented each guest with a Blue c Bird book mark. The hostess, as- ( W sisted by her sister, Mrs. A. N. Cros-! I son, served a tempting salad course. J a A. very interesting meeting ot tne j Prosperity Demonstration club was i held at the school house on Monday J t afternoon. Eggs and egg products j ^ \ was the subject for discussion. This ! subject, although old, was given j freshness by the county agent, Miss * H^^Wise, who made several attractive j ^Kdishes. Plans for the year were dis- 1 cussed and the following officers | ^ elected: President, Miss Effie Haw-: t i kins; vice president, Mrs. J. Sidney! f Wheeler; secretary, Miss Clara, ^ j yBrown. k The members of Mr. L. S. Bowers* j r R, family have been called to his bed-: - - - ? i- ' ? -side on account of his critical conai-; tion. I Miss Vivian Hoof of Laurens has been visiting: at the home of Mr. G. . Fellers. i Mr. and Mrs. Allan Caughman of j Greenville were guests Saturday of Mr. L. A. Black. ! Mr. S. L. Fellers, Miss Edna Fel- j lers and little M.?vv Littlejohn spent: j the week-end in Silverstreet. i c * Mrs. Carrie McWaters of Colum- j bia was home for the week-end. j ^ Mr and Mrs. S. B. Tompkins have returned to Newberry, after a ^ visit to Miss Ada Hunt. < Q Mr. and Mrs. Eric Barnes of Sa-1 ^ luda spent Sunday with Mrs. S. J. Kohn. Miss Doris Kohn has returned to j ^ her school at Union, after havingj spent the quarantine vacation at ^ home. j Mr. Ernest Luther of Columbia is i visiting his parents, Dr. and Mrs. R.} L. Luther. ^ ^ Mr. and Mrs. Sam Cannon of Co-1 jlumbia are guests of Mrs. M. H.! Boozer. Prof. R. S. Crossman of Clemson college, en route to Columbia, visited j at the home of Mr. R. T. Pugh on j j Thursday. j ( Mr. T. M. Mills attended the Clemson college parents meeting in Columbia on Friday. Misses Lottie Mills, Grace Sease and Ruth Hunter of Winthrop college were home for the week-end. Miss Pete Bratsos of Lancaster is the guest of Miss Annie Mae Gibson. Mrs. I. J. Gibson has gone to Mayesville to see her father, Mr. George Merchant, who is critically ill Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Foster and two children spent Sunday with Mrs. G. C. Counts. Mr. W W. Shealy was taken to the Columbia hospital Friday for an operation. Mr. Johnnie Cureton of Greenwood visited Mr. L. S. Bowers dur- j ing the past week. . Mrs. J. D. Hunt has as- her guest . Mrs. Maggie Dodgen of Newberry. . Mrs. J. B. Bedenbaugh and chil- 7 dren of Pomaria have returned home, j \ after visiting Mrs. J. M. Werts. , Prof. J. S. Wheeler's school at Ridge Springs has been closed again and he is spending the vacation here with his family. < 1 * TXT T n7:nn i.-. PnlnmKio 1 iYin>. * >' d. II ISC i9 ill vuiuuiviu j j with her little daughter, Carolyn, < who is under treatment for ear j trouble. , ' Master Karl Simpson of Colum- 1 bia is visiting his grandmother, Mrs. 1 J. S. Wheeler. ? Misses Clara Brown and Rosine ] Singley were shoppers to Columbia .Saturday. ?? PI?i i 11 Miss ittayme awiitenoerg n?? ? , turned, after a week-end visit to : relatives in Sumter 'and Kingstree. Miss Annie Fellers, a teacher in the Batesburg school, is spending ] the quarantine vacation at home. Miss Lera Livingstone spent Friday : ? in Newberry. Mrs. J. C. Duncan, accompanied by ler daughter, Mrs. Virgil Kohn, left rriday for her home in Blacksburg. Mr. Herbert Langford of Colum)ia is home recuperating from a re ent illness. The Rev. H. A. McCullough of Coumbia has been on a visit to his nother of the Colony section. Mrs. J. C. Brooks of Whitmire is nsiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Cnos Counts. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Cannon have reurned to Columbia, after visiting tfrs. G. D. Bedenbaugh. Miss Susan Quattlebaum of Neeses vas home for the week-end. The Clemson cadets left Sunday to esume their college work wh.'ch in ludes Carroll Mills, George. Wise, Curtis Pugh, Boyce Mills, Frank Carl Schumpert, Heyward Singley ind Horace Hunter. Following is the program for the evangelistic services being held at he Methodist church during this veek: Monday?David' sreligion. Tuesday?A little devil in Prospery. Wednesday?The high cost of late. Thursday?The most valuable hing. Friday?Greatest thing in the vorld. Saturday, 11 a. m.?Divine maglet (children's service). Saturday Mgnt?rne unpmuyjiible sin. Sunday, 3:30 p. m.?The importing question. Song Service at 7:45 ,p. m.?The itev. Landy W. Shealy, leader. FREEMAN HOWARD COMPANY SILVERSTREET TUESDAY The Freeman Howard company the ast number on' the Sjlverstreet lyeum will appear at the Silverstreet chool house auditorium on Tueslay evening beginning at 7:30. This lumber was to have appeared some veeks ago, but had to be postponed n account of the influenza which prerailed in the community about that ime. It is a fine attraction and the 'riends of the school and all the peo>le are urgred to attend. It was a ery commendable spirit which rompted the school authorities to put >n this lyceum course for the amusenent and ins+ruction of the people of he community and the -aople should svidence their appreciation by their mtronage. Admission only 50 cents. Another New Organization. A building and loan company will >e organized Wednesday night at ;ight o'clock, at a meeting in the :ourt house of subscribers pledged to he stock in a whirlwind campaign by Hr. Ben L. Dorrity. Saturday mornng Mr. Dorrity had, within the short ;ime of forty-eight hours, reached the igures he had in view, $100,000. That vas quick, fine work. All subscribers tre urged to be present on Wedneslay night at the meeting to perfect he organization. The probability is hat $50,000 more will soon be subicribed in the series of the organizaions. It has been many years since dewberry had a building and loan association. The eargerness with which :itizens took stock in this proposed 3. & L. company shows that they con* "* 3 ? f ak 4-Tna mn_ icier it a gooa muvemcut iw m*. w... nullity, which it undoubtedly is. It s what has been needed in Newberry. \ live, successfully managed building ind loan company is one of the best issets of any community. The Herald md News takes especial pleasure in -eporting the rapid progi-ess of this ast movement, as we have been preaching B. & L. for some time. Death of a Negro Woman. Janie Lessesne Caldwell, the only daughter of Malcolm Lessesne and bis wife, after six weeks of illness departed this life on Saturday morning, March 20, 1920, at 7 o'clock. Janie would have been 17 years old the fifth of April. She wasva member of the First Baptist church and secretary and treasurer of the Young Ladies' Home society. The funeral service wras conducted by the Rev. A. W. Brown at 5 o'clock Sunday evening. She was laid to rest at me vyciw? tcmcki;. Janie was married September 7, 1919, to Edward Caldwell of Mapletown. She served a happy married life for eight months. he leaves a husband, mother, father and a host of friends and relative? to mourn their loss. | NEWBERRY GUILTY IN ELECTION FRAUD TRIAL j Senator is Fined $10,000?Cody, King and John S. Newberry Sentenced to Two Years and Pay $10,000. I ! i t-? _?j_ ifi.i. vr u on j urann leaping, iuich., luaicii ~v.? ( Truman H. Newberry, junior United , States Senator from Michigan,, was | today convicted by a jury of having j conspired criminally in 1918 to vio; late the election laws. He was sentenced by Judge Clarence W. Sessions to two years' imprisonment and fined J $10,000, released on bond pending an j appeal and at once issued a statej ment declaring his intention to re| tain his seat in the upper house unless . that body decided otherwise, or the s Supreme Court upholds his cor.vicJ tion. ! Sharing the fate of the Senator | were his brother, John S. .Newberry, and fifteen campaign managers, ini eluding Frederick Cody, of New York, and Paul H.. King, of Detroit. P>oth these men received the limit sentence with their chief. Charles A. Floyd of Detroit, was also sentenced to two years in the i penitentiary, but he was fined only I half as much as Newberry. The j brother was fined 310,000 and was I one of four who were not sentenced to Leavenworth. Tiie ugnresi: sentence went to George S. Laad of Sturbridge, Mass., and he was fined $1,000. Sixty-Eight Freed. The jury was ready with its verdict at 11.12 a. m. Less than half ar hour later they had been discharged by the court after freeing sixtyeight of the eighty-five defendants. There was a brief respite for luncheon, then the Senator and his sixteen associates were brought into court again. News of the convictions had been spread around the city and jthe room was jammed. King's Warning Noted. ! While the jurors said they had agreed not to discuss their deliberations the rule did not hold good aftei they had been released from service. Several said that the defense testimony itself was largely responsible for the adverse verdict, particularly King's statement on the stand that he had warned Newberry in New York that the campaign would co? at least $50,000. It was also learned that in view of this testimony and the numerous letters between King and Newberry in* * ' * troduced by tpe aeiense vo snow patriotic motivie and innocent intent ir the campaign, the jurors had no difficulty in agreeing yesterday that a conspiracy had existed. With this as a basis they started to ballot on whether all the eighty-five defendants were guilty and stood at nine to three all day Friday on this proposition. Captain William Glenn Metts. The Psalmist of old wrote, " The days of our years are three score years and ten; and if by reaaoM of strength they be four score years, yet is their strength, labor and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly ? Aw/1 orroin ViO wrif.PS. "With UYtay. miu nguin >iv .. - - -?, long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation." And it is a great privilege to be given a long life and also a great responsibility. The only commandment with a premise is a promise of a long life, and it is the command to honor and obey. Lookng forward from childhood four score years is a long time. Looking backward we imagine it seems but yesterday and as a tale that is told because those who have been privileged to reach it have lived beyonc all their contemporaries of childhooc and young manhood, and must, to 2 inrorp extent, live back in the othei I -?o - days. But four score years of honorable service is a great record pi which anj one might well be prou<3. And if il has not been a life of service foi others it will no- count much in th( great day of reckoning, even thougf it be more than four score years. ~ - wiii m -nr ?ro< Uapi. v>'iinam vjieim -luetto born July 3, 1835, and died Marc} 20, 1920, completing nearly 85 years He was the son of Henry Metts anc was born on the Broad river side oi Newberry county. He was a cap tain of militia, as it was called ir those days, at the age of 18 years. In early manhood he wooed anc won Miss Rebecca Sligh, a daugh ter of Mr. Jacob Sligh, who was 2 brother of Phillip Sligh. Miss Re becca Sligh was reared by her uncle Phillip Sligh. It was the custom of ( , Uncle Phillip Sligh, as he was called, and his good wife to rear and adopt children as they had none of their own, and several of the good citizensof this county of the other days shared their fostering. care. After his marriage Captain Metts moved to what is now known as the St. [ Phillips community and lived at the ; same place^and in the same house for ; more than 60 years. By this marriage there are surviving five children, William P. Metts of ': ington, Henry S. Metts of Lexi ington, Mr. Henry S. Metts of Lex1 ! ington, S. R. Metts of Newberry, I Clifford Metts of Knoxville, Tenn. ' I His wife died in 1886 and in 1889 ' he was married a second time to Miss ' ^ ^ - TT T * _ 1 --.1? - Utwt 13 tr i iViattie w lexer, wjiu suivivcs imn. i this marriage there are two children : surviving him, Lida, who is the wife '; of L. E. Shealy of Saluda, and Rama, j who is the wife of E. A. Shealy of ' I Lexington. There are 26 grandchil* dren and four great grandchildren. 1! The funeral services and burial were ! at St. Phillips Lutheran church of ! which Captain Metts was a member ( '*' and officer from its organization in ! i 1881. The service and the sermon ': were by the Rev. S. P. Koon, the ' pastor. '! Uncle Phillip Sligh had much to do :; with the organization of this congre|; gation and Captain Metts was a char; ter member and an officer from the | organization to the day of his death, j and superintendent of the Sunday school until he was forced to retire . ' i on account of failing eye sight. J | At the outbreak of the war be- . 1 tween the sections in 1861 he en- 1 listed as a private in Company E, 3 Third regiment, and served through j the war, receiving only one slight j' wound. He was a quiet good citizen i |! and devoted to his church and leaves ! } his descendants a goodly heritage. 1 i _ - UNDULY ACTIVE, IS CLAIM [ Sheriffs Protest Against Officers in Gosnell Case. The News and Courier. Washington, March 19.?Counsel ^ for the prosecution in the case of j the state against Deputy Collector of J ] Internal Revenue Jake Gosnell, j ' charged with killing Sheriff Hendrix I Rector of Greenville are bringing to the attention of Commissioner of InPatronno Hflnipl f!_ RoDer. tnnai x?\. * vnvtv ^ x w ^ through the South Carolina Sheriffs'! association, the claim that local j agents of the internal revenue bu-jl 1 reau are unduly active in behalf of the defense. No complaint is made ' ' to the testimony by the^e officers, . 1 but it is argued that they are using 1 too much of their time in assisting ; in the preparation of the case against 1 Gosnell and in the selection of the j jury. The matter was laid before the ' South Carolina delegation in the . house today by Sheriff Blease of 1 | Newberry county, who came as a rep- ! . resentative of the State Sheriffs' as; sociation with a letter said to hi>ve the approval of counsel for the state, | including Solicitor Martin of the Greenville district. The delegation informallv considered the matter and r decided that it was not one upon j which they could take any action other than to secure a hearing for Sheriff Blease before Commissioner Roper. Chairman Byrnes of the house delegation and Representative j I Nicholls of the Greenville district | were selected to arrange this meet-. ing. K. F. M. j ~*m Death at West End. | I Mrs. Sallie J. Thompson died Fri- j I day night at 10 o'clock at the home t of her daughter, Mrs. Minnie Jor^s, . 512 Wright street, and was buried in Rosemont cemetery Sunday noon, ? service at O'Neall Street Methodist T church at 11 o'clock by the pastor, , the Rev. R. F. Cogburn. Besides . the daughter, with whom she lived, k she is survived by one other,1 Mrs. j John I. Darby of Whitmire. , Meeting Presbyteri&l Auxiliary. ! The Presbyterian churches of the counties of Laurens, Abbeville, Newj berry and Greenwood will please take f notice that the place of meeting for . Presbyterial auxiliary has been } changed from Old Greenvale church to Greenwood Presbyterian church, i The first session will begin at 4 - p. m. Tuesday, April 6th. Send names t of representatives and time of theiv - arrival to Miss Louise C. Fleming, . Greenwood, S. C. 1919 COTTON CROP 11,329,755 BALES Average Gross Weight of Bales of 1919 Crop 503.2 Pounds Compared With 505.6 Pounds of 1918 Crop. Washington, March 20.?Cotton production- amounted to 11,329,755 equivalent 500 pound bales in the 1919 crop, the final ginning report of the census bureau issued today announced. The crop of 1918 amounted to 12,040,532 equivalent 500 pound bales and that of 1917 was 11,302,375. liie } department of agriculture in December estimated the 1919 crop at 11>030,000 equivalent 500 pound bales. Included in the 1919 production are 174,629 bales which ginners estimated would be turned out after the March canvass. Round bales included are 113,857 for 1919, compared with 154,204 for 1918. American-Egyptian included was 42,374 bales, compared with 36,187 for 1918 and sea island 6,907 bales, i ?.-xl co non 101C compared wnn u<s,uou ivi "Snapped" and "bolly" cotton included amounted to 579,934 bales.'The average gross weight of bales was 503.2 pounds, compared with 505.6 pounds in 1918. Ginneries operated numbered 18,804, compared with 19,259 for 1918. Ginnings' of the 1919 crop by states, in equivalent 500 pound bales were: Alabama .711,646 Ari5!ona 60,081 Arkansas 882,768 California 52,000 Florida 15,925 ! Georgia 1,658,258.' Louisiana 296,858 Mississippi 952,446 Missouri 64,005 North Carolina 828,565 Oklahoma 984,111 South Carolina 1,422,029 Tennessee 308,746 Texas 3,064,997 22.378 V UgJ.UU? All others 4,947 Ginnings of sea island by states: Florida 2,779 Georgia 683 South Carolina 3.445 The cost of picking and ginning the 1919 cotton crop was about $32.75 per bale, according to the bureau of crop estimates. By states the cost was as follows: Virginia .-..$37.56 North Carolina 28.17 South Carolina 21.68 Georgia 25.31 Florida 22.71 Alabama 22.96 Mississippi 3U.41 Louisiana 28.95 Texas * 42.37 Arkansas 34.56 Tennessee 36.82 Missouri 44.88 Oklahoma 47.80 South Carolina, Georgia and Florida sea island 46.10 ? ? VALUABLE GRUNTER SHOWN ON STREETS Z. L. William* Exhibit* $5,000 Pig. "r ,J' ? J Reason* worm s I\CVUIw for Expensiveness. The State. Laurel Champion's Grand Leader, the eight months' old pig sold by the Sunshine Berkshire farm to Shuler FT. Houck Tuesday for $5,000, the world's record price for a Berkshire pier ^9S2 than a year old, was on exhibition yesterday in front of the r^ark of Columbia at the corner of Main and Taylor streets. A large or^t-ViAY-pd to see such a valu V^l V/t? U -? able piece of hoe flesh, and to wonder what made him so valuable. This price may truly seem rather high for a pig until one gets behind the subject and finds out the full value of such an animal. Zed L. Williams, owner of the Sunshine farm, when asked the reason for the extreme value of such animals, replied that this pig was one among many thousands which have a combination of all perrections. Any hog or other animal may have one or two good points or even more and yet not be worth any great amount of money, because it is not perfect. The one among the many has the regularity of form which erives a smooth appearance, free from wrinkles. The exceptionalhog is not * *'?" only -penecx tiseu, out dob uk jronot to reproduce perfections in,its off*. spring. A really fine hog also gives a greater amount of pork in a year than ordinary hogs do by producing: better pigs. For the same amount of feed the pure breds grow faster and develop more quickly than th? 1 scruDS. Laurel Leader, a strictly Richland county product, was born and raised nine miles from Columbia on the Winnsboro road. He is the son of Laurel Champion, who has sired more prize winning Berkshires than any boar in the United States, Mr. Williams says. His dam is a daughter of Grand Leader, the world's grand champion boar. From this it can easily be seen that he is a blue blood of the first water. The pig was shipped yesterday by express to his new owner at Cameron, Mr. Williams going over in the same car with him to see that he arrived in all safety. Mr. Williams still has a full brother to this pig and says it will take "some money" to move him. COLBY FAVORED BY COMMITTEE Believe Senate Will Act on Nomination Early This Week. Washington, March 19.?Action of the senate foreign relations committee today in reporting favorably the nomination of Bainbridge Colby to be secretary of state was expected to lead to confirmation by the senate early next week. Chairman Lodge of the committee was understood to have planned to call the nomination up Monday, but it appeared possible action might be delayed by the aftermath of the treaty fight. The committee, which held extensive hearings before it acted, did not record its*-vote favoring Mr. Colbjy's confirmation by the senate, but sotae members reserved the right to discuss the nomination when it reached the senate floor. In the house, Representative Dallinger, Republican, of Massachusetts introduced a bill authorizing the assistant secretary of state to sign passports, saying he. had been informed 700 were heW up at the dennrtmpnt until' a secretary should take the office, he alone having ' power to issue such identifications. In view of the probable early confirmation of Mr. Colby, however, it was not expected the Dallinger bill would be presented. Lutheran Pastoral Association. The Lutheran pastors in Newberry county are called to^meet in Prosperity next Wednesday afternoon, March 24, at 3 o'clock. Matters of vital interest for all are to be dis cussed, and it is hoped that everyone will be present. J. B. Harman, Secretary. Judge Sease to Run? Greenwood Index-Journal. Friends of Judge Thomas S. Setse, for many years solicitor of this circuit, will be interested to learn that considerable pressure is being brought to bear on him to get him to run for congress in the Fourth district. Congressman Sam Nicftolls has stated that he would not be a candidate and Mr. Horace L. Bomar, who made the race two years ago, has stated that he will not run. " Spartanburg appears to be without a candidate unless Judge Seaje can be persuaded to run although Solicitor Blackwood is known to be considering it. High Indorsement. The News and Courier. A movement to have Judge Sease run for congress in the Fourth district seems to be gaining lively head way in Spartanburg. If it should succeed South Carolina would lose on& of the best judges who has served on the 'rcuit bench in recent years; but the qualities which have made JudgeSease a good judge are qualities, which go also to the making of an effective congressman. County Medical Society. There will be a call meeting of theNewberry County Medical Society in Dr. John B. Setzler's office Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Delegates to the state convention which meets at Greenville, April 20,.21^1920, will be elected -at . this meeting. ~ : ,u,, ! a All of the physicians of the county^ are urged to attend.