The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, May 07, 1920, Page EIGHT, Image 8
PURELY PERSONAL. jc
_J_ IS
Mov einents of Many People, | 5
Newberrians, and Those Who ' j
Visit Newberry. ?
1 (
Mrs. 1. H. Hunt is attending: the
^r.usic festival in Spartanburg.
Rev. J. W. Carson preached the i
~penincr sermon at the synod of the t
Associate Reformed Presbyterian ?' t
church in Gastonia, N. C., Wednes-.s
day morning:.
Miss Bertha Gray Gallman will!
receive the B. A. degree and a cer-;
tificate in Latin at the graduating i
? exercises of Chicora college, Colum- j ^
- fcia, May 25, and Miss Grace Mar-;j
. jorie Summer a certificate in Bible !t
- and English. t
Mrs. A. S. Rae, Mrs. W. F. '
Wright, Misses Annie and Beulah' *
? -p /-? :n _ T> TJ i c
wngm oi ureeiiviiie, i*na. x. *' '<;
Greneker of Edgefield and Miss Hal-j^
lie Wright of Silverstreet were among; J
the relatives attending the funeral j
- of Richard Julien. 1
Robert Gilliam returned Tuesday {
from Richmond, Va., after a stay ofj
some time in the hospital, recovering |t
.from a spell of sleeping sickness. He i s
was asleep for four weeks of the time.! v
'He has been in bad health, but his:
y mother says she sees an improvement,
\in his conditions, which we are gladj^to
know. Robert has had a hard time ' j,
T>f it. Our readers will remember how j r
he laid on a battlefield overseas un-!v
conscious for seventeen hours and i j,
taken for dead. He is suffering from j
"his dreadful wounds.
^ |
Flies are produced by filth. Flies j
rarry typhoid fever. The more; *
sewerage tfte tewer trie nies we snauij
.nave. A vote for the sewerage bonds ;
*s a vote for health. The election;
takes place today, May 7th. j
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VARIOUS AND ALL ABOUT.
The Newberry colored baseball!'
: .learn beat the Laurens team a game1
Monday, the score being 4 to 1.
LeRoy Wilson was pulled for speeding
and forfeited a $15 bond Tues- day.
;c
Ladies Aid society of the Lutheran1
- church will meet with Mrs. D. E. j
Dominick Monday afternoon at 5 7
o'clock. ' j
A well lighted town looks better,
and is more comfortable. Help!
Newberry's comfort and looks by |
your vote today.
There will be communion service at j
Ci&yton Memorial church Sunday:
enorning at eleven o'clock. All are! _
uivited to attend. -- !
-Until Newberry has paved streets'
" we shall continue to pay for hauling;
-sand from Scott's creek to the hilly -ctnrtlv
tn have it washed back! \
* -to the creek. Vote for - the street;
v bonds and stop some of the sandj^
hauling. |
Mr. G. Ferd Scurry is now with the {_
- National Bank. He has been with the i j
JSryson grocery company for quite I
-.a while and will be an excellent addi-j tion
to the already efficient help in i 1\
"this thriving institution. Mr. Scurry;
ris a iine young man.
-S. H. Edmunds of Sumter will de-: U?er
the address at the closing exer- j S
- cise of the Newberry high school. He |
: js the superintendent of the city:
* schools of Sumter and one of the! ~
: foremost educators in the country and ;
* will give an address worth your while'
* to hear. i ?
if the abutting property proposition j
i is.adopted by the voters of Newberry,
4 ixj today's election it will mean bet%
2er streets for Newberry. Those who!v
" fa^or better streets should vote in E
.favor of the proposition. !.
Prof. 0. B. Cannon has accepted!"
vifce to teach mathematics m tne: 4
:5uaimer school at Winthrop college!
doling the summer. The Winthrop
. "people know how to pick out the good; _
teachers, you must hand them that, ;jj
*:.snd they will have none better in the,
.faculty than Prof. Cannon.
Williowbrook Park will be open to:
"the public cn Saturday night. Everyi>ody
is invited to come out and enjoy E
. ihe evening. The people from the'
-town as well as the people from the
West End. The band will play and ;
"iheve will be good will among all the?
^people. This is the finest i>?rt in th:<*: -section
of the country and the mill
"folks keep it in fine condition and!
J-fceautiful all Jvjf, time. ,
' C* ?U t S >V? V\ AV* U AC* i S'
uupc I ill i CiiUC .i l> OL i'UIIi}/CI t w<ao ?
.given warning that Newberry faces a'^
-water famine. The Commissioners of
Public Works and the Mayor and'~
Aldermen are trying to prevent it
:from coming. Help them by voting
~ . for'the fronds for waterworks today.
I KFWANIS CLUB ORGANIZED \hi4
WITH FIFTY MEMBERS 01
i"
A Kiwanis club was organized in!
-"Newberry on Tuesday evening and a 'n(
Seirghtful luncheon was served at the tc
National tiotel. < -
The club numbers fifty or more _
members and will be worth a whole
:"'ot for the community. As we under siand
it the club will meet twice a a?
r/jonth and from the committees ap- is
pointed it would seem that it is the D
jrtention to do something worth while
- for the town. ;
.The following are the officers a/id e<
rommittees: i o1
W. S. Matthews, president; E. A. ;tl
'-Carpenter, vice-president; A. J. ; ?
Sowers, Jr., secretary and treasurer.;
Board of directors: T. K. Johnstone,'
* 0. B. 'Cannon, Eugene S. Blease, J. B. a!
Hunter, J. D. Caldwell, E. E. Stuck, c<
7. W. W. Cromer, J. B. Setzler. | a:
Program committee: J. B. Setzler, D
o n Tir.lf T TT Hunt. -
* -cnainnau, u. v?. nviv, r
: ."Ralph G. Jenkins, J. M. Johnstone, E.
' S. Purcell, E. E. Stuck, W. B. Wal:
.lace, Jno. H. Wicker. ?
Public welfare committee: 0. B.
Cannon, chairman; C. C. Schumpert,
3L D. Whitaker, J. W. Johnson. Thos.
IS. Eeitt. a
Inter city relations committee: E.
A. Carpenter, chairman; L. G. Esk-'r
ridge, C. R. Wise, W. E. Turner, Joe i
L. Feagle. |
Attendance committee: J. D.'
! Osldwell, chairman; Sims G. Brown, n
o:^ 0. Nickas, Claude Williams, P. F. a
Oilder. a
Publicity committee: E. H. Aull. r
hairman; Frank G. Davis, J. E.
Stokes, J. Y. McFall, R. M. Lomi;ack.
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Membership committee: Eugene S.
Please, chairman; T. B. Jacobs, P. E.
Scott. 0. 0. Copeland. J. N. Mcrausrhrin.
Newberry would be a better town
vinrnllv if it had hotter streets, for
hen we wouldn't have quite the
emptation to ''cuss." Help to stop
wearing by voting for the street
>onds today.
Not Yet.
This is to say that the person who
round my little hickory walking stick
las overlooked returning it. And
hen another straight and plain
lickory stick 'o mine has been mis)laced
and the situation is very seri>us,
not that I especially need the
OVA A"? "frinn A c
LlUtVS, i/Ul UICJ ait gui/o WJ. ^tivnuu
md I would like to have them. Please
)e kind enough to remember this.
E. H. Aull.
The better the water supply of a
own the better the chance to get inurance
rates reduced. Vote for the
waterworks bonds today.
An ounce of prevention is wortn a
on of cure. Good sewerage will
ielp to keep off disease. Help to
:iake Newberry a healthy town booting
for the sewerage bonds. This
5 the day.
SPECIAL NOTICE
. _ ... i
'eople buy flowers from me for two
reasons: One is that they can de1
? ? /v <? fl ATtrave
pena on ins quanty ui my
and the other that each week-end
they know where they can go and
find nice cut flowers. I don't
handle flowers once or twice during
the year but every week. I want
your flower business. Hal Kohn,
The Flower Man.
;
tarnations for mothers' day. $2.25
per dozen. Mayes Book Store.
5-4 2t
am shipping Mother's Day flowers
to Carlisle, Mullins, Mountville
and in addition I have local orders
already booked for 191 white carnations.
I do a large flower busi?
~ VN-V vvvnrvn vr* A -f/\
Iiesa ciiiu am picpaitu iu uuiiuiv
orders large or small. Hal Kohn,
The Flower Man.
SEE GEO. W. SUMMER, JR.
For Hauling
Phone 454 or 4
Vanted?To buy a good milch cow.
C. T. Summer. 5-7-lt
Ve are receiving Soda on every train.
The Purcell Co. 5-7-2t
ust received car rice meal. Summer
Bros. Co. 5-7-2t
IcCalls Magazine subscriptions
given prompt attention. Subscribe
through me. Hal Kohn.
oda! Soda! Soda! We have just received
five car loads of Soda. The
Purcell Co. 5-7-2t
Mother's Day cards. I have a fine
selection. Send your mother a card
for Mother's Day. Hal Kohn.
f you have decided to use just a little
bit more of guano we can supply
you. The Purcell Co. 5-7-2t
Pressed spring chickens at A. P.
Boozer's Market Friday. 5-7-11
"hose people who have placed orders
with us for Soda will please call
1 ~~i- 4/u TV. ~ t>ii v.
auu ?ct mcii aiiuLiiicnt. xnc x uicell
Co. 5-7-2t
Mother's Day is Sunday. Are you
sending your mother some white
carnations. Don't forget her. Hal
Kohn, The Flower Man.
>r. Thos. H. Pope has located in
Newbery for the practice of medicine.;
Office over Commercial
Bank. Phone No. 425.
5-7-5tp
NOMINATIONS.
|
For State Senator.
I arr. a candidate for the State1
enate, subject to the Democratic
rimary.
NEAL W. WORKMAN. 1
For House of Representatives <
Euston N. Kibler is hereby anounced
as 3 candidate for the
ouse of Representatives from Newerry
county and will abide result
F Democratic primary. j
For Treasurer.
Claude C-. Schumpert is hereby an:>unced
as a candidate for reelection
> the office of county treasurer, sub- ?
jet to the Democratic primary. ,
: i
For Clerk of Court.
J. Wheeler is hereby announced
> a candidate for clerk of court and
pledged to abide the result of the'
emocratic primarv. I
" i
Jno. C. Gocrsrans is hereby announces
a candidate for reelecton to the
ffice of Clerk of Court, subject to
le Democratic primary.
For Auditor.
J. B. Halfacre is hereby announced
5 a candidate for reelection as
)untv auditor for Ne.wberry county
nd will abide the result of the
emocratic primary.
For Coroner.
G. H. Ruff is hereby announced as
candidate for coroner and is pledgd
to abide the result of the Demoratic
primary.
F. M. Lindsay is hereby announced
s a candidate for coroner and is
ledged to abide the result of the
democratic primary.
For Magistrate Nos. 1 and 8.
Charles W. Douglas is hereby anounced
as a candidate for reelection
s magistrate for Townships Nos. 1
nd 8, and is pledged to abide by the
ules of the Democratic primary.
OPERA HOUSE I
PROGRAM
Friday, May 7
"BRIGHT SKIES*'
Zasu Pitts
Christy Comedy
*- _ _
fox ixews
Saturday, May 8
' SILENT AVENGER, NO. 6"
BIG V COMEDY
2 REEL WESTERN
SUPREME COMEDY
Monday, May 10
"THE MYSTERY OF THE
YELLOW ROOM"
All Star Cast '
i Fox News
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11 am still taking subscriptions for
! The Herc^ld and News, Progressive
; Farmer, Southern Cultivator,
Needlecraft, Ladies Home Journal,
! Country Gentleman, Pictorial Rej
view, Delenator. American Boy
\ is a magazine that your boy should >
j have. Please give or send me your
| new or renewal subscription or any
other magazine that is wanted.
I Phone 251, Curtis I. Epting, 1704
i Nance Street, Newberry, S. C. ,
| 4-16-16tp !
j Country cured hams and shoulders
i for sale by A. P. Boozer. ;
! 5-7-2t
j ^
\ Fresh Water tii,h?uat ana carp.
! Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday,
j and other kinds of fish in season,
i Any time you want good fish come
to Cowards Fish Market, 1407 East
I Main. 5-7-tf
!
; Lost?One white poodle dog last '
; Saturday evening in Newberry,
i Finder please notify T. L. Griffin,
I Silverstreet, Rt. 1. 5-8-ltp
i Battery Business.?I sell the Vesta
battery. None better. I specialize
in battery work. Give me a trial.
Newberry Battery and Electric Co.,
S Beale H. Cromer. Friend Street,
! opposite Cotton Platform. ,
! . 3-30-tf
i
: For Sale?BaiTed Rock cockerels,
' Thompson strain. Choice cockerels
$5 each. Write Box 247. Phone
j 412. Mrs. Thos. 0. Stewart. ,
: 4-13-10tD.
! For Rent?Two furnished rcoms with I
j all conveniences. Mrs. J. R. Eison,
! Scott Bldg. Newberry, S. C.
| 5-4-tf.
! We have just unloaded a car of
j harrows and cultivators. If you
i are in need of a cultivator come
in at once as these are the last
| we will have this season. Johnson
McCrackin Co.- 4-20-tf
.
i Found?Friday, April 30, on Caldwell
street, one book, "Stevens
Treasure Island." Owner may have
{ same by calling at The Herald and t
j News. 5-4-tf-dh
For Sale.?Vacant lot fronting 90
feet on College street between
| homes of Havird and Swittenberg.
Dr. L. A. Riser, 1013 Palmetto
j Bldg., Columbia, S. C. 4-27-4t
t
If you are going to need a Binder
this season place your- order at
once, as the supply is limited.
| Johnson McCrackin ,Co. 4-20-tf
! Pure White Leghorn eggs. $1 per I
. setting. Mrs. John H. Wicker, 808
i Boundary St.
1 4_19_7f ;
I X U I !/ i
: "j1 ' ' '
We have just unloaded a ear of
woven wire fencing, barbed wire
' and nails. Johnson McCrackin
, Co. 4-20-tf
NEELY J. CROMER
| Civil Eng. & Farm Land Surveying
I 5th Floor Exchange Bank Bldg.
' Tel: Office 273, Res. 444-W. ;
5 3-16-tf. j
| NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND
I , v CREDITORS.
| Notice is hereby given that the
! undersigned have qualified as ExecuI
j Ail TTT ?11 J r*l J L
I tors oi rne last win ana lesiameni.
i of Dr. James K. Gilder, Sr., deceased,
in the Probate Court of Newberry
county, South Carolina.
All persons holding claims against
said estate will present the same, duly'
proved according to law, to P. F.
Gilder, Exchange Bank Building,
Newberry, S. C. All persons indebted
to said estate will please make
immediate pavment to P. F. Gilder.
P. F. GILDER,
0. H. JOHNSON,
Executors of the Estate of Dr. James
K. Gilder, Sr., Deceased.
rTToirTm I
VJuni\A% w pq
C. M. CLARK AND E. R. CLARK |
71 WALL STREET, NEW YORK, ?
Members American Cotton and h
Grain Exchange.
- Members Clearing House. ^
References: Banks of New York. J
COTTON
For Future Delivery.
BOUGHT AND SOLD IN UNITIS OF
10 BALES ON MARGINS OF
$10 PER BALE.
i
Newberry Agency j
f LI A I T
D . u . n u l 1 ,
Over J. H. Summer & Co. Phone 369
, ' in
M. M. BUFORD j
it still selling lots in the
. Middle Georgia Oil & Gas Company
at Sandersville, Georgia
DRILLING OPERATIONS NOW ON
BIG MONEY IN OIL j
Why hesitate when the conditions
are so favorable, when every lot puri
chased at $35 each carries with it
the right of participating in all
profits and leases of the company.
My headquarters are at Wm. John*.
son & Son's store. If more convenient
drop me a 'card and 1 will call
to see you.
i M. M. BUFORD '
j
j Largest Lite In;
"Ac! I? O/
I UV/W Vil VUlVOt
Statement for
METROPOUTA
(Inc<
"The Company OF
a of rt n m n
__
Bonds and Stocks j $4
Bonds and Mortgages ..j S
Real Estate i
Cash ;
Loans to Policy-holders j
Premiums, deferred and in j
course of collection (net)....j
Accrued Interest, Rents, etc...J
!
! $?
\ - I
Paid-for Insurance Issue
(Largest Amount
Ordinary, $788,100,82(
Insurance in Force, $5
(Larger
Ordinary, $2,629,095,77
_
Income in 1919 i $2
? - ?- ? ! /t
I Gain over 1918....; r 3
Increase in Assets during 1919! Sj
Surplus in 1919 ! 3
/ No. of Policies in Force Dec.
31, 1919
(More thaif that of any,
other company in America:
and more than that of all!
others combined, less one.)j
Gain in No. of outstanding.
Policies for the year j
Gain in outstanding Insurance;
for the year I
Number of Policy Claims paid!
in 1919 . !
(Averaging one policy paid:
for every 30 seconds of each'
business day of eight hours.)]
Amount paid to Policy-holdersj
in 1919 j $
(Payments to policy-holdersj
averaged $505.93 a minute;
AIoit 01 OrV?4" i
U1 uu^uicco uaj ui Vigiiv;
hours.) .* I
, - I
i
THE DAILY AVERAGE of the co
ness during 1919 was
GR(
V Afll* Inconie
December 31, 1889 $
December 31, 1899
December 31, 1909 !
December 31, 1919.... 21
Yeai
Decern
Decern
Decern
\ . Decern
Year . Outstanding
End
December 31, 1889 $ 2(
1 Ol 1CQO Qt
L/eceiuuci. ox, w
December 31, 1909 2,0'
December 31, 1919 5,3The
Company bo
and Canada ....
The Company's ei
and Liberty Boi
to
Metropolitan Nurses
256,000 sick Indus
I
Metropolitan men dis
literature on health
Bringing
Reduction in general n
cent.
Typhoid reduction,
disease, over
imectious aise
In general reduction and in each cj
the R
Death Rate for 1919 lo
JULIUS
411 J
NEWBERRY,
*
mmmmmasBmmmmBmmmmmm
stirance Business
:ord Ever Made in Life i
the Year Ended December 31
OF THE
Jt LIFE INSUF
orporated by the State of New York)
the People, BY the People, FOR
ii '
LIAI
!l
^ II
150,150,486.51 ij dividends Apportion)
>89,501,254.23 j| able 1920
22,283,209.12 ij On Industrial Poli
10,535,239.54 !j On Ordinary Polic
57,575,313.24 jj
I
18,818,867.30 i
15,957,454.61 j Reinsurance Fund
:j All other Liabilites...
*64,821,824.55 !! Surplus
ir
:i
;d, Increased and Revived in 19'
Ever Written by Any Company in 1
5; Industrial, $508,590,405; Groi
,343,652,434 (A Gain of Over
than that of any Company in the Worl
rl; Industrial, .
>54,728,942.89 \ Bonuses, Dividends 2
554,510,179.41 ; cessions to Industria
>89,367,126.27 I Holders
>29,085,337.17 |
21,770,671 j
Bonuses paid or cred
ing the years 1897-1S
sive, pver and above
gations expressed oi
j in the Company's i
1,986,410
>14,140,618.00 jj Dividends paid or
j during the years 1
289,125 .j inclusive, plus amoui
!| tioned for 1920
11 ' *
I
ji Additional cost of Co
175 7HQ 11 in reserve liability, 1
' W.. ,, _
I inclusive r...
!! Total
I .
J :
( 954 per day in Num
12,821 per day in Ni
Revived.
mpany's busi- ! $4,682,117 per day
\ Revived and In
J $543,766.84 per da
( holders and add
\ $294,941.01 per day
)WTH IN TEN-YEAR PERIODS
V
for the Year Year
r*nr- r\r> An T\ 91 1CQQ
S, i Z0,?aD.4 i ueutriuuci oa, xuuv.
28,798,714.45 December 31, 18995
84,796,175.27 December 31, 1909.,
54,728,942.89 December 31, 1919.,
Surplns at End of Ye
ber 31, 1889 $ 1,597,183.
ber 31, 1899 7,653,479.
ber 31, 1909 : 29,902,219.
ber 31, 1919 29,085,337.
Insurance at Year
of Year
34,816,521.00 j December 31, 1889.
>0,531,009.00 December 31, 1899,
11,951,700.00 December 31, 1909,
iq zzo AiA nn TWpmhpr 31. 1919.
ught War Bonds of the I
i i
<
t
nployees sold War Savin
nds in 1918 amounting
V- :
i
made 1,300,883 visits f
trial Policy-holders.
? - * 1 mr*
tributed over I weive ivn
the total distribution to over 200,000,0<
lortality at ages 1 to 74 i:
, 69 per cent; Tuberculosis, over 33 per
23 per cent.; Bright's disease, over 25
ase of children, over 46 per cent.
n-c /lieoaco this is far creater than
AOC VI UiWVMMvj ? Q
egistration Area of the United States.
west in History of Compa
i
B. BOOZER, Aj
? * . n .1. n ji j?
exchange oanx ounaing
SOI
in the World I
nsurance 1920 |
[,1919
\ i n/ir ha
mil tu. 1
\
the People."
5ILITIES. &
i
*d, pay
/
cies $6,398,885.36
:ies -\ 1,226,?38.22
$7,625,723.5$
^ ! 811,556,050.00 *
< /? rr i ft oa -
?O,0O4,fl<5.OV
29,085,337.17
$864,821,824.55 *
i?; A
19, $1,418,681,492.
'
ihe World.)
/
up, $121,990,261.
914 Millions.) . I
a.)
, ' :
tnd Contl
PolicyI
" v J
ited dur- H
115 inclu- v .
any obli:
implied!
policies?! $49,062,029.14
! 3 . n
credited!
916-1919 ^
it a^-jor27,557,946.11
\
n< *s ui 1
89 i-A^19 '
4,896,960.00 f
J $81,516,935.25
I ? u ^ '
I I
ber of Claims Paid.
imber of Policies Issued and
} . . ' i '
in Ne"W Insurance Issued,
creased.
y in Payments to Policylition
to Reserve. '
in Increase of Assets.
j
?
Assets at End of Year ^
^ a nrt
?,oy<,^oo. ii
51,070,840.74
277,107,868.46 i ,
864,821,824.55'
ar
90
68 i ' :
98'
J
No. of Policies in Force /?
t at End of Year ;' 1
1,852,432 | g
4,980,704 J
10,621,679 I I
21,770,671 I I
? 2
Jnited States I
$100,000,000 I
tgs Securities |
$133,000,000
x *
ree of charge to
tr. >
llions of pieces of I m
ML
n 8 years 17.9 per 1 1
cent.; Heart C M
> per cent.; | m
that shown by statistics of jR
ny. I
jent J
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JTH CAROLINA |i