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VOLUME LVI.. NUMBER 39. - NEWBERRY, S. C., FRIDAY, MAY 14, 1920. TWICE A WEEK. *2.00 A YBAft
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MEMORIAL DAY
OBSERVED IN NEWBERRY j
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Got. Cooper Makes Fine Address.
. Old Veterans Enjoy Dinner Served i
by the Daughters.
It was a great and- enjoyable day
for the honored guests of the city
bn Wednesday; the Confederate Vet-i
brans. Everywhere one saw gallant;
rt.f tKo rinnfpderatp arm v.
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some.walked with a step as spry as a
fr youni. man, while others were stoop-:
ed a? leaned heavily on their canes
for Support. j
/ The families of many of the veter-*!
ans came with them and the city was
all abustle with passing motor cars
and throngs gathered on the streets.
The stores and restaurants were busy
for most of the day. I
InHhe morning, services were held
at the opera house at which Mr. J. F. j
J. Caldwell presided. Gov. Cooper
made the address of the day and his
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speech was enjoyed Dy xne large auuience
which had gathered to hear
him. Gov. Cooper is a splendid'
speech maker and he was at his best
on Wednesday. j
The following program was carried
out: Song, "Dixie," scripture reading
by the Rev. J. L. Daniel; hymn "How
firm a foundation,* roll call of vet-'
| erans who have passed away during
! - the past year, 13 of them have died;
j 'quartet by Miss Carolyn Cromer,:
Mrs. S. J. Derrick, Dr. John B. Setz?ler,
Pi'of. 0. B. Cannon; greetings
from Miss Sudie Davenport representing
the Dickert-Schumpert chapter;
greetings from Miss Marion
** Jones representing Calvin Crozier,
chapter. Bestowal of gold medal on1
- Miss Mary Alice Suber for best
essay on some Confederate subject
by aMaember of the high school,
- awafcS! by the Drayton Rutherford
^ chapter. |
There were several veterans at the
j services who are past the four score
; mark, Mr. D. E. Sease who is up in
* the nineties and Mr. D. P. Ward and
?ossibly some others. In fact all of
* them are now way up in the seventies.
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Miss Grace Kohn, a daughter of
i Rev. E. H. Kohn, an old Newberry
^ boy, of Mt. Holly, N. C., sang "Tent
ing> On the Old Camp Ground," and
she rendered this beautiful and fitting
song so well that the audience
was held in breathless silence, until
at the clo^e of her song when they
burst ^orth in voluminous applause. ,
After this very enjoyable exercise
the veterans were invited to repair
to the upper story of the old court
house, which was loaned to the local
chapters of the United Daughters of
the Confederacy by the Ameri an legion,
where a delightful dinner was
- served by the many charming ladies
of the U. D. C. who showered good
things to eat and every attention on
the honor guests. j
Among thegood things to eat must
be mentioned the barbecued hasn
' which was served. This was prepar
ed to the queen's taste and was relished
by the diners. r* - |
The dining hall was decorated
with flowers and bunting and on
every table there was a profusion
of roses which gave the place a home- j
like and charming appearance.
Just in the rear of the old court
house stands the monument erected
to perpetuate in everlasting marble j
n-P /mit. qnHioTs anH '
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this was covered with garlands and!
wreaths of evergreens and flowers.
Even to the apex of the shaft the
ivreaths were placed and instead of j
appearing, as a monument of cold
gray marble it seemed more as a living
one, with blossoms bursting
forth on all sides. These floral trib-j
ates were from the school children,
who gathered about the base of the
monument and sang . appropriate
songs.
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joyable day for the visitors and a
busy one for those who are wont to
honor with loving acts of kindness
the "Thin Gray Line" who gather
with us once each year as our
guests.
Perhaps next year some of those
who gathered here on Wednesday
will have passed into the great beyond
and their places will be vacant,
but in our memory the gallant defenders
of the Confederacy will never
grow dim nor be forgotten.
CLOSING PROSPERITY HIGH
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The closing exercises of the Prosperity
high school will be held Tuesday
evening May 25. We acknowledge
receipt of an invitation to attend
from the principal Miss Mayme
Swittenberg and in accordance with
a habit formed many years ago and
kept up during the intervening years
we will try to be present. There are
eighteen members of the class finishing
at this school this year, about
! equally divided among the boys and
ihe girls.
Sunday School Convention No. 10.
The Sunday school convention of
No. 10 township will be held at St.
Pauls Lutheran church on the 5th
Sunday of this month. The program
will appear later.
T. J. Wilson,
Chairman.
L. B. Bedenbaugh,
Secretary.
PROSPERITY HONORS MEMORY ? I
WEARERS GRAY AND KHAKI
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Prosperity, May 12.?Honor to the '
wearers of the gray and the khaki f
alike was paid Tuesday afternoon in I
memorial exercises at the town hall. 1
The school, marching in a body, following
the old veterans and the boys I
n-e fvin wr>-rla war was vptv imores- 1
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sive. "Dixie," "The Bonnie Blue s
Flag," and "America, the Beautiful," r
were sung with much enthusiasm by p
the school children. !
Dr. G. Y. Hunter was master of v
ceremonies. He reported that out of \
Co G, 13th regiment, numbering 108 C
59 years ago, there are still 21 sur- v
viving. A prominent place was given 1
an old tattered and torn Confederate 1
floor nf silk whiph was the orisi- h
rial flag used in Co G, 13th regiment, v
This flag was,given to the William p
Lester chapter, by Mr. G. D. Brown.
Rev. J. D. Griffin, speaker of the o
afternoon, spoke on "Heroes of a i;
Lost Cause." Briefly he spoke as f
follows: j
We gather today not to perpetuate *
sectional hatred, not to fill the minds a
and hearts of our young people with ?
revengeful feelings toward the north, *We
love our country, we love our v
flag, not that we love our country *
less, but with warm and honest hearts
we avow, though our Confederacy be J
huried forever, though it be spoken f
of as a lost caifse, we still love and 1
revere the truth and integrity, the
faithfulness and fortitude, the honor
and virtues, the genius and patriot-; c
ism of the heroes who led our: s
armies and directed our destiny at J
this crisis. - i11
Rev. Griffin forcefully stated the ;
true causes of the war and empha-1 *
sized that these be taught our chil-' ^
dren in order that they may know'
that the Soath fought not to perpet- j.
uate slavery but the fundamental.
principles of the constitution of the J
United States. v j
In conclusion Rev. Griffin said: "It!.
is true they were overpowered, that'1:
the name of the Confederacy as a 2
nation is effaced from the.- pages of i v
history for all time to, jcoroe^ yet the ?
cheeks of our children will not blush J
for its fate, but will flush with pride J
as they hear the tale of the patienpe,! J:
the faithfulness and fortitude, the J
adventurous daring and heroism and;
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the victories 01 tneir noDie iatners. \
Our Confederacy sank in sorrow but v
thank God not in shame.. Dark and *
gloomy clouds gathered in folds 11
around its setting but they did not, j *
they could not blacken it. It lit j *
them with effulgence, with its own {t
transcendent glory. We place flow-1
ers upon the garves Of our departed j1
heroes today and in doing this plant j 1
them upon the grave "of our Confed-; '
eracy not as an emblem of a hoped i
for resurrection but to embalm it in! fc
our fragrant memories and most \ c
precious affection^. And turning,1
from the ashes of our dead past to i
the active duty dictated by the ex- J |
amples and counsels of our departed!
leaders, Albert Sidney Johnston,} ^
Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee, j
and Jefferson Davis, we will labor1 ?
with a fidelity wrought by the stern!
but noble di%fcipline of our past ex- i .
; perience for the maintenance of the j
| constitutional liberty they imperiled j {
their lives to save and for the promo-1
f-irm nf fhp true nrosDeritv. nroeress)
I and glory of our 'common cuntry-'" s
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"Captain, I Will Die First."
I That was the last remark made to
Captain W. S. Langford by one of ^
the 'soldiers of his company in the
Spanish-American war. The brave
soldier was John M. Kinard of this
' county. This fact has been brought (
j out in a wire ?om Captain Langford 1
to two of the surviving members of 1
the company, Messrs. W. W. Farrow 1
i and T. G. Williams. Captain Lang- 1
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| lord was unaer uie juiprcaaivn
I the banquet to the survivors' of his
| company was to have been held on
: Memorial day but that event was postponed
until some more suitable day
j in the near future, when it is hoped
! that the captain may be present. At [
| that time it is the intention to have a I
I prominent speaker on hand as orator!
j for the occasion. Following is the
I telegram:
i Wichita Falls, Texas, j
May 11, '20. j
J W. W. Farrow and T. G. Williams, j
! Newberry, S. C.
Regret exceedingly that circumstances
are such that I can not be
with you and the boys tomorrow.
Please have good dinner on me. Draw
for entire expense. Will donate one
hundred dollars towards suitable
monument to the memory of deceas- j
Mmradp Jr?hn M. Kinard. a hero ,
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if there ever was one. When sur-IJ
geon tendered him a discharge with- j,
out it being an honorable one, which j
he deserved, I well remember his re- j
ply: "Captain, I will die first." And ^
he did. Please accept my greetings. .
Best wishes and personal regards. [
W. S. Langford. (
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ZION SCHOOL CLOSES
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There will be a picnic at the Zion 1
school on Saturday, May 15. The <
closing exercises will begin at 11
o'clock and the public is cordially in- s
vited to be present.
Ice cream and drinks will be sold ]
for the benefit of the school. 1
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iEDPATH CHAUTAUQUA
HERE NEXT WEEK
Preparations are now being made
or the opening of the Seven Day
tedpath Chautauqua in this city, May
.9, with one of the biggest and best
>rograms ever brought here by the
hureau including seven big
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ectures on the timely and interesting
ubjects of the day, six big musical
lumbers and two very interesting
lays.
TW W TT! "Rnmnpl nr "Dnd" as he
i-as called by the thousands of sailors j
vrho learned to know him at the I
jreat Lakes Naval Training station j
rhere he has been civilian pastor sii ce i
918, will use as the subject for nis:
ecture, "Facing the Task." As aj
ecturer Dr. Rumpel is noted for the!
ivid, dynamic manner in which he j
iresents themes of importance.
Dr. Carolyn E. Geisel "The Apostle J
1 lieaitn" will speaK on me interest-;
ag subject of'"How to be old at i
orty or young at seventy."
Henry A. Adrian the Burbank man,.
)onald H. McGibney, noted writer i
.nd lecturer, Hon. C. G. Jordan,!
)pie Read who is well known in the I
louth and Ralph Parlette, publisher, I
writer and humorous philosopher are I
he other notable attractions.
The Sibyl Sannis singers, a quar-1
ette of young ladies and Miss Mary!
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^ameron, pianist; miss jLouise otai-j
ings, lyric soprano and the Mendoll- j
ohn Trio; the New York Opera J
lingers; the Emerson Williams Con-|
ert company in Scotch costumed)
ketches; and the Swiss sipgers and
rodlers in native costumes are the'
iiusical attractions.
Mr. V. S. Watkins 'reader and inerpreter
will appear on the second
lay.
full and complete production of
'Pinafore" with full scenic and Iightng
effects and a cast of genuine art- j
sts will be a feature of the Chauauqua
this season.
"Nothing But the Truth," a rollickng
comedy which ran for more than
l season at the Broadway Theatre
irill be shown here on the sixth night,
is a comedy this play is in a class by
tself and is full of amazing . and
unny situations from the heroes inention
to tell "Nothing But the'
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The Redpath Chautauqua is too
rell known to the people of Newberry
o require more than the statement
hat the 1920 Chautauqua week is
o begin on the afternoon of. May
fte lifth to secure the fine cooperaion
of the citizens of our totvn.
The* program for this year is unisually
good. The big tent will be
ocated on the lot next to Ms* P. E.
Scott's residence. 1
The tickets are now on sale, and are*
>emg sold by tne uaivm i^rozierj
hapter, U. D. C. J
The prices of tickets are:
Full ticket, $2.75 and war tax 28,<
53.03.
Special (students over 12 years),
11.50 and war tax 25, $1.75.
Children (under 12 years), $1.50
ind war tax 15, $1.65.
All of the money collected through
he sale of tickets, in excess of tne
guarantee, will go to the Calvin
Jrozier chapter, U. D. C.
All of our Chautauqua's have been |
luccessful. Let's make this the best
ret.
Executive Committee.
/OTING TAX FOR
SUPPORT PUBLIC SCHOOLS
There will be four special tax
elections on Saturday, May 22nd, a
ecord number for one . day. These
ire Whitmire, 5 mills; Bigr Creek, 4
nills; St. Lukes, 4 mills; Trinity; -4
nills. ^ On May 18, Kinards wiH vote
[ mills. On last Saturday Jalapa
roted 4, the vote being 17 for and
)nly two against. Little Mountain
roted the 2 mills additional with 30
:or and 4 against. Prosperity voted
>n two tax questions aggregating 8
nills, the vote being two to one in
:avor pf the levies. Smyrna, Ruther?ord
and Maybinton are getting ready |
;o advertise their elections.
Since 1919, or during the past
rear there have been 19 special school
Sections. Of coarse all the voters
do not turn out; but those that do
lot turn out are generally in favor
)f the support of the schools. The
igures as gathered from the records
:>f the couuty superintendent of edlcation
show that in the 19 elections
217 voted "yes" favoring the public
schools and 86 voted "no" as opposed
to taxation for education. Now,
ifty-eight of this number eightysix
voted "no" in the two
elections at Prosperity, leaving in 17
school elections only 28 "no" votes
against school support. But in be/vf
PrrKsnprit.v let it he Sai3 that
;hey now carry 16 mills which exceeds
any other in the county. There are
y elections now advertised which will
doubtless carry. Three more (and
ihere are three petitions circulating)
will be one half .Newberry county
increasing school support in one
pear. Newberry county will do more
:han this which should put Newberry
one of the leading counties of the
state in the support of her public
schools.
X)UdU iVIV CI UlObilWi/ CVlll|yvsrv.u VA %?
portion of Reederville consolidating;
gift them will \;ote on I$ay 2i). j
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS
FR^M WHITMIRE TOWN
i Whitmire,: May 12.?Mr. J. C.
fJrooks had announced Friday mornfng
that we would have appropriate
Exercises for Memorial Day on May
10th. The children responded beautifully
and came with their little
hands full of flowers. The children
marched in a line to the cemetery. The
teachers and many of the towns pec*
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pie accompanied mem. c>pienuiu audresses,
touching on the causes for
which these heroes died and inspiring
the young generation to like deeds
of patriotism if necessary were made
by Prof. J. C. Brooks, Rev. J. P.
Simpson and Rev. D. 0. Powers. Then
the little ones reverently ! ?. ?i the
flowers upon the graves.
Messrs. J. P., Stevens of New
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Boston, Mass., and Abbott Stevens cfNorth
Andover, Mass., were the
guests of Mr. E. E. Child for a day ;
or two last week.
Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Parr and son,
Calhoun Boyd Parr, after a pleasant j
visit to her brother, Dr. H. K. Boyd,
have returned to their home in New-1
berry.
Miss Rachel McCracken visited her ]
sister, Mrs. O. P. Suber recently.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Fridy en route j
from Spartanburg to Newberry paid j
a chnrt visit '^tn ViPr liricle. Mi*. S. A. '
Jeter this week.
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Harshman of
Washington, D. C., after spending
.'several weeks in Charleston, Columbia
and other southern cities, are
visiting her nieces, Mrs. M. E. Abrams
and Mrs. Winnie Browning.
. Mrs. J. B. Pitts was called to
'Spartanburg this week on account of
the serious illness of her uncle, Mr.
JB. F. Sims*,
. Mrs. C, B. Barden, after a pleasant
stay with friends and relatives in
: Monroe, N. C., has returned home.
Mi*, and Mrs. Geo. E. Cofield and
children spent the week-end with
friends at Carlisle, S. C.
Mrs. Elizabeth Douglass, who has
been visjting her sister in Abbeville
of Vi n Qcroin
io at iivwiv
Rev. W. Garvin came over from j
Chester fend he and Rev. E. G. Ross \
left for Washington, D. C., to attend j
,the Southern Baptist convention,
which njeets in that city this week, j
, Mrs.Zach Wright of Lamar is
here noW with her daughter, Mrs.
Robert Duckett.
Mr. and Mrs. Max BereleDuitz and
children went over to Union to visit
friends.: They were accompanied by
Mrs. J-.M- Major, who went on to
Spartanburg to see Mrs. Wm. Rasor.
Mrs. E. E. Child entertained the
Methodist Missionary society last
Thursday.
Mn and Mrs. Blackweil of Durham,
N. C., have rooms with Mrs.
Belle Suber. Mr. Blackwell is the
j civil engineer connected with the putting
in of water works and sewerage
j here.
Misses Mary Little and Bessie
Sanders, teachers of the Black Rock
school spent the week-end here.
Mrs. T. W. Blease, who' has beeri
the guest of her aunt, Mrs. R. H.
Burton has returned to her home in
Saluda.
Miss Epsie Busby of Wagner is
visiting her friend, Miss Emmie Dun
can.
Mr. ancT Mrs. Wm. Duckett after
a short stay with relatives at Woodruff
are at home again. Since the
burning of their home they are with
their daughter, Mrs. J. G. Setzler.
Mrs. A. N. Fortune and Miss
Louise Welborn will entertain the
Presbyterian Aid society tomorrow
afternoon.
Mrs. Annie Oxner was a visitor to
our town and school this week. While
here she was the guest of Mrs. Lou
Abrams.
Mr. Emmett Suber spent Sunday in
Columbia.
The garage of Mr. W. J. Atchison
or.cunied bv Mr. J. G. Holder was
completely destroyed by fire last
Tuesday night. Having the railroad
tank full of water near at hand the
men worked heroically and saved the
dwelling of Mr. W. J. Atchison,
which stood quite near the fire. We
are all hoping that we will not have
another fire until our water works are
completed.
Mr. C. B. Barden spent last week
on a business trip to Alabama.
Mr. Ellisor Adams was in our town
Sunday. ,
"Nita."
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STATE APPROPRIATIONS
FOR NEWBERRY SCHOOLS
C. M. Wilson carried equalizing
applications for the eight mill tax
districts that operate under the
equalizing law to Columbia Thursday.
These include Midway No. 19, St.
Phillips No. 22, Pomaria Nor 26,
Little 'Mountain No. 30, Wheoland
No. 31, Hunter-DeWalt No. 32, and
Silverstreet No. 58. These have already
received in rural graded and
high school aid $2,833.00 and tne
applications for equalizing aid
amounts to $5,000.00 more.
High schools have received aid as
follows: Newberry, $1,839.00, Prosperity,
$1,157.00, Little Mountain,
$890.00, Whitmire $900.00.
There will be many more eight mill
fov nevt wsr nn arf'OII'"**". of
j the recent tax campaign.
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VARIOUS AND ALL ABOUT.
We .are to have "The Luck of the
Irish" at the opera house Monday.
For magistrate in No. 11 township
Mr. T. B. Richardson is a candidate.
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1Z COSt anouier paiaci f a at, xmcorder's
court Tuesday. Parking on
wrong side of street.
The library will be open every Monday
and Friday from 4:30 to 6 in
the afternoon.
A magistrate for No. 10 township
is announced in the candidacy of Mr.
J. J. Kibler.
"We wish to* voice our thankfulness
for the fine- rain of Wednesday night
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clliu l nuiauaji iuviuuig<
The "Notorious Miss Sands" will
appear in the picture at the opera
house Friday, represented by Miss
Bessie Barriscale. Little Bessie is a
good one.
A new candidate for the house of
representatives is Mr. Euston N.
Kibler; for which position Representative
J. Wm. Folk, M. D., is announced
as a candidate for reelection.
Mr. C. A. Bowman has sold his
house in Johnstone street to Mr. J.
H. Summer. The occupants of the
home will continue their residence
, there during the next two or three
months.
| There were cases of cursing, raising
disturbances and disorderly con
| duct aired before Kecorder Chapman
Tuesday. Jule Carpenter paid $10,
| while Lula Glenn. and Lizzie Farrow
' each paid $5.
State aid to high schools has been
sent to the several county treasurers,
this county's portion being as fol- _
lows: Little Mountain, $893; Newberry,
$1,838; Prosperity, $1,157;
Whitmire, $900.
It was not 42, but 425 carnations
Hal Kohn sold last Saturday. The
absence of the figure 5 from the
number makes the biggest sort of
difference. We don't mind giving
Hal this littje free ad as he is a liberal
advertiser.
| "Behold, I have set before you an
i ftnan ^nnr* nrt man /?ar? cVinf it "
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Text of sermon preached before
synod at Gastonia by Dr. J. W. Carson.
In the repoH of the proceedings
the A. R.. Presbyterian- says:
"The sermon, along the line of the
challenge to the church growing out
of the success of the forward movement,
struck the keynote, it is believed,
of this meeting of synod with
its forward looking vision and plans."
Newberry city is being torn up in
spots. Look at the corner of College
and Harrington streets where Mr. B.
A. Havird is tearing down the old
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*4vuuvu wu5uy acui j tu
building new and better ones; and at
the Newberry hotel lot, corner Friend
and College, where Mr. Geo. W. Summer
is cleaning up and preparing for
the building of an annex to the hotel
and three large store rooms. With
these needed improvements and other
building work now going on, Newberry
is having somewhat of a boom.
Speaking of all those automobiles
sold during Manager J. W. Smith's
absence from the Carolina Auto company's
garage, the two hustling salesmen
and demonstrators are Messrs.
Mahon Smith and Pope Connelly.
The editor wondered what was to be
done with all the cars that are being
sold in the county. You just wait
until all the cooks and washerwomen
get automobiles and then see what
will become of things in general.
There will be a smash some day when
the bottom drops out. When the
crasn comes the wreckage will be terrible.
Personal investigation has shown
that the plum bushes are full of
promise for an abundant crop, while
the blackberry yield will exoeed the
sugar supply, counting each berry to
a grain of sugar. The peach crop is
also all right, and the-apple crop will
be better than last year. The price
of sugar varies in this city, from 20
to 24 cents the pound. We . don't
know what the blackberry pickers
will charge for the berries this year,
nor what sugar will jump to, but if
the black pickers will only buy automobiles
and ride to their work we
will be prepared to pay more per
gallon, like liquor.
The new store to,which we had
reference Tuesday is to be known as
"The Ladies' Store." It will be conducted
in the store room lately vacated
by Hal Kohn under Dr. T. Johnstone's
dental parlors, the proprietors
being Messrs. Frank M. Ewart and
Herman S. Langford, Mr.. Ewart having
returned to Newberry to live in
this city, he and Mrs. Ewart making
their home for the present with Mr.
I and Mrs. W. F. Ewart. The mem|
bers of the firm are well known
young men, the senoir member a son
of Probate Judge Ewart, and the junior
member the son of Mr. and Mrs. I
J. J. Langford. No words ere nec-l
essary to introduce them to the public.
Mr. Ewart, who will manage the
store, left today for New York to select
the supply of new and seasonable
goods. Mr. Langford. who is
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connected wjtfe tye fir? 01 J^angioraj
& Buzhardt/farhiture dealers, will
stay where "he fe at."
Meeting Jasper Chapter.
The Jasper chapter, D. A. R., will
meet with Mrs. J. B. Mayes on Saturday
afternoon, May 15, at 5
o'clock.
Mrs. W. H. Hunt,
Recent.
Elizabeth D.ominick.
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GOING TO WHITMIRE
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State. \
Newberry, May 12.?Clemson Ml
Wilson, who has served for three
years as superintendent of the^Newberry
county schools, will give notice
to the public through the county
newspapers this week that he will not
seek the position another year. Mr.
Wilson has accepted the position of
head of the Whitmire schools, to take
effect some time in September. He
will be principal of the school, which
is one of the best equipped in the
state, and will do community work.
His work will continue all the year
round, and his salary will be $2,500,
and, in addition to that, the trustees
will build him a house, with all modern
equipments, in which he will live
rent free.
. Mr. Wilson has done excellent service
in the county schools and has
accomplished a great deal ui securing
longer terms and better salaries.
He has been on the job all the time. \
The people would like to have him
continue in the position he has filled
so well, but the offer from Whitmira ^
is such a temotinsr one that he can
not decline it. ^
The Herald and News adds its endorsement
to what the correspondent
of The State has to say. And in addition
we desire to say that there is
no finer community in the State than
the good town of Whitmire. What we
like about the community is that it
does things and there is no other mill _
community that is doing as much for
the uplift of the help as the GlennLowry
and the coidpany does tilings
for the community and especially
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does il uikc an active mtcicait iu uig
building up of the school. We are
sure that Mr.' Wilson will find the
work pleasant and helpful to him and
he can make it helpful to the community.
* . A
SUPERINTENDENT WILSON
WILL NOT BE CANDIDATE'
I wish to state to the people of
Newberry county that I shall not be
a candidate for reelection to the office
of. superintendent of education.
I wish to thank those who have been
kind enough. tOJBrge me to continue
the work, also, those who have so
heartily cooperated with me in push
ing school work for the past three
years. The people generally aire
rallying to the support of the schocfta
and the 36 elections during the past
two years have about doubled the
amount of special district tax. I feel
very much encouraged over this and '
urge all districts to increase the sup
port of the schools. > .
Feeling that the duties of the office
are of such importance that it sfrould
have the entire time of the superintendent,
I am unwilling to ask for it . .
#no,'n ow* rliiriHp mv time between the
agUMi MUU ? *V?w ?J ? v office
and other work. Also, it would
be a financial sacrifice on my part to ' / '
continue, having no income other
than the salary of the office. x
My intentions are to devote my entire
time to school work until my successor
is elected. In justice to the
office and to those that may entertain
intentions of offering for it, I make
this statement.
Again thanking the people for their
splendid cooperation, I am,
Very respectfully,
C. M. Wilson.
HUNTER-DEWALT SCHOOL
CLOSING EXERCISES
T\*a sO/wmr? PYPtt?iRAS of the fiun
ter-DeWalt school were held on last
Friday evening and afternoon. Upon
the invitation of the principal Prof,
D. L. Wedaman we attended the exercises
of the evening. A picnic a _
dinner was served at 6 o'clock and - /
at 8:30 the exercises were held in the
auditorium. , . ; .
' >
There were three young men who
had completed the tenth grade and
they were given diplomas .to that ,
effect. Hugh Boinest delivered the
salutatory, Eddie Richardson read an
essay and Thos. Metts delivered the
valedictory. ^
Tin* orMro<s<s nf t.ViP evenincr was
delivered by the Rev. S. P. Koon. It
contained much good advice to the
young men who were to Jeave the
school for other schools, and to the
audience as well. Prof. Wedaman
delivered the diplomas in a very appropriate
and timely speech.
At the request of the principal
Col. E. H. Aull presented the medal
given by J. Walter Richardson for
the best average scholarship in the
school to Clifford Metis. He alstf
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presented u pn?; gircu vjr m. u. ?
Kinard for the record in deportment
or a better word behavior, to two, a
boy and a girl having tied, and the
prize was divided between Verna
Mae Heller, Horace Richardson. CoL
Anil also presented a beautiful signet
ring to Eddie Richardson from his ^
mother on his having completed the ? .
cpurse at this school.
Rev. S. P. Koon then presented a medal
to Jeanelle Richardson as the
best speller in the school. Arid they
o?TT olifl natrcr miaeoH a Wrtrd in
oc* jr -? **r ing
during the entire session. He
also presented a
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