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VOLUME LVI., NUMBER 85. ~ - ~ ^ ^ _
NEWBERRY, S. C., FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 1920. ~
TWICE A WEEK, $2.00 A YEA!
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^ PONZI EXPLAINS
J PART OF SCHEME
SAYS NO ONE WILL SUFFER
LOSS.
Man Who Says He Has Become
Millionaire in Short Time
Recalls Start.
. Boston, Aug. 10.?Charles Ponzi,
who claims to have jumped from
comparative poverty to a multimillionaire's
estate in a few months,
through dealings in international postal
coupons, told members of the Kiwanis
club today some of the steps
in the process by which he claims to
have amassed his fortune. Ponzi,
making his first appearance as an
after dinner speaker since he be^
came^one of the most talked of men
in the country, was a luncheon guest
of the club. He was invited some
time ago, before he was compelled
to cease payment in his "50 per cent.
Lin 45 days" proposition because of
the orders issued by the state bank
onpr tn the Hanover Trust
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company yesterday to pay no more
of Ponzi checks.
In opening his remarks Ponzi reiterated
his claim that he was solvent
and expressed confidence that
this would be substantiated by the
federal and state investigations now
in progress and that he would be able
to resume business in a few days.
He related how he had hir^d a
small office, used his small capital in
various business schemes, and then,
with an international reply coupon
* always in front of him on his desk;
"began to do some thinking." He
finally obtained financial assistance,
he said, to develop his idea, and
spent thousands, of dollars in foreign
correspondence.
Nickels Make Millions.
"I found out," he said, "that the
postal coupons were being sold in
foreign countries for the equivalent
, of six cents and could be converted
n into postage stamps. Then all I had
to do was to figure how many nickels
make a million.
"I got in touch with men?that's
A as far as I'll go-?who were able to
? secure for me large amounts of coupons
in different countries. They
bought them with our money and
used them as collateral to be redeemed
later.
"When conditions were right, I offered
to borrow money from the pub^
lie. I offered 50 per cent, in 90
day? and would not promise to redeem
notes in 45, though I thought
that three weeks was about right to
. bank the money here, send it abroad,
j get the stamps and convert them into
/ cash.
"I started the Securities Exchange'
company. I was everything from
president to office boy. I decided
that if I redeemed the stamps in the
United States the federal government
might decide that it came within its
jurisdiction, though there was no
federal or state law against it. But
the exchange rate was the same in
Switzerland and Norway and some
other countries, so I decided to re<"
deem them there."
Foreign Countries Silent.
Some one in the audience asked
why the postal authorities had been
unable to find any evidence of such
1 AAnnAnc Pnn
riHrgti UCdimgS 111 1CJJ1J (.VUJ<UIW> a. Wi?
zi replied that foreign governments
realized a profit on the issue of these
postal certificates and "are not going
to disclose to other governments
how many coupons they have used."
"And the International Postal union
is not going to do it," he added.
Asked if foreign governments had
not stopped this, he replied:
"Yes, they are stopping?they
have stopped the sale of coupons for
nnhlic use. But that does not stop
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my business. My money in Europe
:,s working today, even if it is not
ere."
In the transactions in coupons
insisted nobody suffers a loss.
"I buy today," he said, "a dollar's
worth of Italian exchange. At the
present rate I get 18 lire. I would
get five under normal exchange.
With the 18 lire I buy GO interna
t tional reply coupons. These cou-v
pons can be sold for $3 in American
money."
He maintained that no government
need lose, because transactions between
governments may be delayed
until exchange is normal, and point
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j ed out that there has been delay in |
i the payment of interest on American
i loans to the allies.
j "I haven't found anybody who will
i have to make it good," he asserted;
j when somebody wanted to know who
I would have to stand the loss.
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(newberry kiwanis club
RECEIVES ITS CHARTER!
There was a most delightful gathering
of the members of the Newberry
Kiwanis club and their friends
at the hall of the Legion of Honor on
last Wednesday evening when the
charter of the club was formally
j presented. An address of welcome
'was made by the Rev. A. J. Bowers, ,
H- - - "T L ?
and the presentation ot me cnart<;i
was the handiwork of Hon. Jesse W.
Boyd of Spartanburg and in presenting
it he delivered a fine address
which was greatly enjoyed by all
present.
Other talks were made by the Rev.
E. V. Babb and Mr. Z, F. Wright
members of the Rotary club in Newi
herrv. Thev hrousrht greetings from
~ t v " w w ~ i
this organization and both are j
founded for mutual helpfulness ar.d j
for the good of the community. In
other words to render service.
The charter was received by Capt.
W. S. Matthews as president of the
Kiwanis club in a very happy
speech. :
) The dinner was served by the mem- ;
, bers of the Drayton Rutherford chap-*| j
i ter and was just as nice as there '
jgood people always serve, and every ;
I one in Newberry knows that this <
. service can not be excelled any- ;
where. The tables were beautifully ]
^ 1 1 * 1 3 wo e
Gecoraiea snu mc itiiaiigcuiciii/ n?a .
just as fine as it could be. In fact the 1
women of Newberry know how and 1
then they do things as they should be
done whenever they undertake to do
them.
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Mr. J. B. Hunter made a brief
i
statement as to the trip to Portland ^
as representative of the club.
Altogether it was a most delight- ,
ful evening and every one felt better
' for having been there. [
ANOTHER FINE BARBECUE
AT JOHN BAKER'S HOME (
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There was another fine barbecue j,
j at the home of Mr. John Baker on ;
' Wednesday, this one for\ the benefit j (
j of the Long Lane school. The rains j (
I came in the morning and at the dir.- !
ner hour and interfered somewhat j
with the pleasure of the day but the j,
meats were cooked fine and all the i ]
people were fed and there was plentvf,.,
meat for those who desired to take j
i some home with them for the folk j
who can not get to the barbecues as ;
rvftpr! as the candidates. j
( I had the pleasure of a seat in thO;
;car with Mr. Will Wicker, along with j
j Mr. H. H. Evans and Mr. Marvin '
| Lake and the trip was made with n->
: mishaps. The rain came on us as we
went and it fell in torrents about the
time dinner was being served, but the J:
iar^e and lone: piazzas at this fin'j (:
i country home pave shelter to all the j'
J i '
j people and those who did not get to 1:
| finish dinner under the spreading '
oaks were served on the piazza. There j
would have been many more peopld ;
present if it had not been for the
weather. I hope a good sum wa*3
realized as the school needs the help !
j thus to be given. i
The speaking that had been adver-j
I tised was called off and the people
just mingled with one another and i
enjoyed the day in this way am}:
probably better than if there had j
been an effort to speak between j
showers.
There was another barbecue at j
Singley's mil! on Thursday but I had
to remain at home that day and did
| not have the pleasure of meeting the
people at the mill. It is a pretty bic: j
job to attend all the barbecues and j
eat the good dinners at all of them.
E. K. A. 1
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One Negro Shoots Another.
Fred Chatham *hot Oscar Render-1
I son with a double barreled shotgun !
j loaded with small shot whicn scat- (
! tered from the wounded man's knee j
all the way up one side. The shoot-;
ing occurred on Wednesday morn- j
ing about 10 o'clock at Peterson^ ;
saw mill located near the upper fill,
+ rkviorinQ + hlO- in ATI Argument
i II w 1 \J n vy i. w. o ?
about a cross -cut saw. Deputy
Sheriff McCarley arrested Grahazri
and jailed him. Henderson'? wounds
I are not serious
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BODY OF SOLDIER 1
RESTING AT HOME
Remains of Vandora Edwin Stuck
Brought From France to Lit- C
tie Mountain. b
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The State. n
Little Mountain, Aug. 10.?The t
remains of Vandora Edwin Stuck ar- d
rived at Chapin Sunday from France, n
and were buried in the cemetery of t
St. John's Evangelical Lutheran b
church Sunday evening at 5 o'clock
in the presence of a large gathering ti
of sympathizing friends. The fol- t;
lowing obituary was read at the bur- d
ial in connection with the funeral j t
1 1 1 4- ?1 U,. I +'
services wnicn were cuimucicu u\ uit j c
Rev. J. C. Wessinger. j a
Vandora Edwin Stuck, son of J. p1
W. Stuck and wife, Minnie L., wasja
born March 22, 1892, and departed;*
this mortal life October 14, 1918, age J
25 years, six months and 22 days. ^
Being of Christian parents he was in 0
infancy dedicated to God in Holy 0
Baptism thus becoming a child of ^
Christ Jesus; and at a mature age he ^
took upon himself his baptismal jM
vows, and on May 7, 1910, was con-' a
firmed a full member of St. John's!*1
Evangelical Lutheran church, in j *
which faith he lived and died. a
He leaves to mourn his departure ^
from time to eternity an affectionate
father and mother, six brothers
and four sisters, together with a true v
loved one, a host of other relatives r
and friends, who sadly miss his pres- ?
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ence in ail tilings inat pertain mc . n
advancement of life and happiness j 0
here. Vandora was loved and ad- [ j
mired by all who knew him and he g
ivill be missed in the family circle, t
the church and the community. g
~On July 1, 1918, he, as a true son
?f America, answered the call of his
country to arms, and reported for
duty to his country. After som<? j
months of training in the camps here [ t
in America, on September SO, 1918, j f
he left the borders of his native lane; j c
for that of a foreign cour.try to per- s
form life duty as a true son of Amer- s
ica, in defense of his country's flag I a
for humanity's sake. While he was ! t
sn route (somewhere on the waters). | s
he was taken sick, a?id just as he j o
rparhed the shores of that foreigrl [ t
land he succumbed to that dreadful j t
disease, influenza, developing bron- ' L
chial pneumonia, and was buried in i;
Lambezellic cemetery, Brest, France. I
How well he performed his duty as r
a soldier, and how he was respecter} p
by his superior officers, can best be | a
shown by the following letter to his |
father: ly
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Motor Truck Company No. 545, Mo- jj
tor Supply 'Prain No. 428, For n
Fcderes, A .P. 0. No. 716. 0
June 15, 1919. v
Mr. J. W. Stuck, Peak, S. C. a
Dear Mr. Stuck: Just a few lines _
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to tell you that your son was not j (j
Ktt Vn'c fnmraflns on memor- i
unuungn t.' > U1?
. I u
ial day. Bouquets of flowers were j
purchased by a fund donated by the j
men of this organization and were
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placed on his grave. Fitting mem or- j "
i 1*
ial services were held at the ceme- | ^
terv where he is buried. | T
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It is impossible for us to do hom- !
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age to your son as we kjiuw ,yv>? j
would have done had it been in your ;
power, but we wish to assure you j 0
that we did everything that could J ?
possibly be done, to honor your son
who sacrificed everything in the service
of his country and his flag. ,
Ralp*h R. Bruton, c
Second Lieutenant, M. T. C.
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S. C. "
HE CAMPAIGN DAY
AT CHAPPELLS
Last Tuesday was the regular
ampaign day for Xo. 7 township to
e held at Chappells and the candiates
went, most of them on the*
+-VOin Vint wl-.pii thpv arrived
lu: mii^ 11 cci xiy vu w ? *???? ? ~ ? ?
hey found that there was no evience
of a barbecue and they could
ot understand how it was possible
o have a campaign meeting and no
arbecue.
The people seemed to have forgotcn
or overlooked this most imporant
event?important to the candiates
at least?and were going about
heir business in the usual way. Those
here were glad to see the candidates
nd to feel the handshade of these
ovial fellows who are seeking votes
nd there were many from across the
iver in Saluda county who seemed
ust as glad to see a Newberry canidate
as if there were no such things
ver the river in the good old county
f Saluda. Well, every one was in a
nnH humor and feeling good. There
ad been recent rains all along the
ray and the corn was looking fine
nd the cotton had been helped and
ow could the farmer feel otherwise
han fine and how could the merchant
nd the banker restrain the smile.
mi-- -1-~ ? tv>?? fins T pnloved
i ne iu.ucu i.ib - ?j - *>
fc. I was really glad fthat there was
o speaking for there can be such a'
hing as too nwh speaking and I
/as also glad there was no barbecue.
Ve had opportunity to see all the
ood people, to talk with them and'1
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lingle tcgemer anu men C u uav xx
n the noon train. It was a fine day.
'hese people like most of the other
ood people in the county know how
hey are going to vote and much
peaking; will change very few votes.
" E. H. A.
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"Well Done, Good and Faithful/'
Mr. E. J. Green, a prominent atVioa
v<sf>p;v*pf].
orney ui incwuui), ?_,.7
rom the National War Work counil
of the Young Men's- Christian asociations
of the United States, a
ervice pin, sent him "with pleasure,"'
is the letter stated, which indicates
hat the recipient has '"satisfactorily
erved with the council. The design
>f these pins is copyrighted, and as
he council says, "are issued only to
hose who are entinea 10 me priviege
of wearing them." Mr. Green
5 certified for membership in the
ted Triangle league. The complimentary
remarks accompanying the
in close with these appreciative and
ppreciated words:
"We send these service tokens to
'i-i j?._n i.:
ou witn iuii appixjtjautuix ui
arnest and faithful performance of
difficult and exacting task. Preiminary
steps have been taken to
naintain, through a permanent or;anization,
the memories of those
irondcrful days of service together,
r.a 10 carry into peacu tunc tu?j
ame hijrh motives of patriotism and
levotion that inspired us all to do
ur -level best in helping to win the
far."
Mr. Green will also receive the
ervice certificate engrossed with'his
ccord and personally signed by Mr.
Villinm Slnnnp. the chairman, and
)r. John R. Motte, the general secretary
of the council.
The pin for those who have served
verseas bears a narrow gold coined
bar, which does not appear on
he pins for those who have served
a the home work.
Mr. Green left on Thursday for
Atlanta to attend the federal court as
ounsel in a case.
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S> Things We Don't Understand? <S>
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One of the things we do not unlerstand
is how people can pray, "As
ve forgive those who trespess against
is," and seek to punish the offenders,
i ' i?
L II0 world WOUKl 01* uiuiv
ndeed most glorious, if everybody
orgave the trespassers of their tres)assinK.
and "do unto others as ye
vould they should do unto you."
The Jonn M. Kinara Camp.
Sons of Veterans will meet Monlay
afternoon, August 1(5, at the ofiee
of Mr. J. B. Hunter, commander,
it 6 o'clock. This is a- very importint
meeting and all the members are
urgently requested to attend.
1 L. A. Boozer,
:8-10-2t. Adjutant,
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS
LITTLE MOUNTAIN |
Young People's Missionary Society i
Holds Social Meeting?Many
People Coming and Going.
Little Mountain, Aug:. 11.?The
members of the Young People's Mis-j
sionary society together with a num-j
ber of friends and visitors enjoyed j
a delightful social meeting Tues- j
day evening in the Sunday school j
room cf Holy Trinity E. L. church.
After c,evo:a! contact/, races an'! j
I other games punch and sandwiches i
I were served. I
j Miss Mattie Boland, accompanied
j by her ne?ce, Elizabeth rie.-Irer, re
: turned home last Thursday, after
! spending a few days with her brother!
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: ill uitunvnit.
Misses Olive Eargle of Pomaria
land Lenora Miller of Newberry visited
their grand parents last week:
end.
| Misses Eertha and Ruby Shealy of
I Ninety-Six visited relatives here this
i week.
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j Mrs. H. J. Shealy of Lauier.s
spent last Friday and Saturday with
I her mother-in-law.
| Mr. Ryan Matthews has returned
to his home in Mountville, after a
! pleasant visit with relatives here.
; He was accompanied home by his
| cousins, Miss Louetta Wheeler and
i Maloy Wheeler
! Mr. an<jl Mrr,. A. C. Summers and
I little son of Columbia visited the lat- j
' ters parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. |
\ Stockman, this week.
.1
Mr., and Mrs. Arthur Lindler and
children of Rock I^ill are visiting the
former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.
W. Lindler.
Miss.Mary Hentz of Pomaria visited
Miss Willie Mae Shealy last
week-end.
Mrs. A. C. Wheeler had as her
guests for the week-end, Mrs. Srllie
Paysinger ami ctaugnier, .n-ss
tine, of Silveistreet, Miss Grace |
Cook and brothers, Jack and Alhn,!
: ,
j and Mr. Hubert Cato of Trenton,
i Mr. and Mrs. Berley Kibler and
little daughter have returned to i
their home in Charlotte, after spending
a' few days with the latters parents,
Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Matthews.
Mr. and Mrs. P. B. Yarborough
j of Greenwood are visiting the lattcr's
I
; parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Shealy.
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Shealy, Jr., j
and --little daughter will return to
! their home in Ninety-Six Thursday.
\ after spending the week with .Mrs.
j Shealy's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. II.
Stockman.
Mr. Roy Huffman of Clinton sp?r.t
the week-end with his father, R. P.
I Huffman. *
I TIT? Tr1^.??? flacfrmia Vf";
.ivirs. rjvnua ^ncai.v v?. ,
j a week-end visitor of her parents,
j Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Shealy.
j Miss Zula Stockman has as her
j truest for the week her cousin, Miss
I Ruby Stockman, of Columbia.
j W. B. Wise, Berley Kihler, C. S. I
i Matthews, Lewis Wheeler, Leon and
! Ezra Matthews were business visiter:;
j to the Capital City Saturday.
Mildred Williams of Washington :z
j visiting her aunt, Mrs. J. K. Der!
rick.
Mr. and Mrs. John M. Doster
spent the week-end with Mrs. Dcster's
parents.
j Mrs. Lula Merchant of Columbia
! vifiitpfl hpr narctns. Mr. and Mrs. J.
B. Lathari, last week.
Miss Kathleen Counts has returnnd j
from Baltimore, after completing- a !
i special course in music at ihe Pea-;
body institute.
31 iss Martha Shealv of Batesbun: !
i
is spending the week with Miss Kath-1
l?nn r'/ilints
Mr. Lawrence Hrady is spending!
the week at home.
Misses Ada and Lucv Brady have !
as their guests for the week Missc; I
Biuce Caughman of Lexington and i
Mildred Davis of Columbia.
Mrs. Mattie Monts of Aiken is visit
in-r relatives here.
| .Misses Leo and AJtha Shealy, !Mat- i
I tie Boianri and Robert Lee Riser a-.-- J
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; compan.ied by Mr. J. J. Brcckman of
\Vhit mi re. who is visiting Mr. Riser,'
motored to Clinton last Sunday.
Miss Martha La than of New- j
berry is spending the week with rela- J
tives here.
Mr. Julian Boland spent the weekend
at home.
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Cannon and
children have returned to their home
in Columbia, after spending several'
. i
days with Mrs. Cannon's parents,
Mr. ar.d Mrs. J. A. Boland.
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Foshee of Laurens
visited the latter's parents last
week, Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Miller. .
Mr. Ralph Sease of the medical college
of Charleston is spending the
week at home.
B. E. Shealy was at home for a
few days this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Shealy and j
children of Columbia are spending!
the week with relatives here. j
Mr. Joe Epting and son, Dewey,
visited relatives here last week-end.
Mrs. J. I. Wheeler of Columbia
is visiting her sister, Mrs. Kate
Monts, at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
W. B. Shealy.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Monts of Cochn.n J
Ga., were visitors of Miss Elbeita j
Sease this week.
Miss Lizzie Necl of Newberry vis-!
ited Mrs. J, J. Long last wetk.
Misses Rubv, Maggie and Hattie.
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Boozer of Silverstreet visited their j
aunt, Mrs J. J. Long, last week.
Misses Winten Keiton of Abbeville i
and Ruby Williams of Chapin visited
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Misses Leo ana Airna aneaiy seve.ai
days this week.
Mrs. Elonzo Shealy is visiting her '
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph j
Stoudemire, near Peak. . j
Mr. and Mrs. Willie Lever spen?
several days last week with the lat- i
ter's father, R. P. Huffman.
Carroll Derrick is relieving ''the j
railroad agent at Irmo a few ?days
this week. i
Frank Bojand, Jr., has returned to
his home in Greenville, after sper.d~
volsifivAs: ViprP.
ill? U lirciv mm
'Miss Evelyn Wiss and Carlson
Wise are visiting Miss Eulalie and
j Carl and Juljus Dreher of Irnio.
j Mr. David Boland is visiting reia-!
frives in Springfield. f i
Mrs. Elbert Shealy of Anderson
visited Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Shealy
i last week.
|. Herbert Boland cf Charleston vis-!
j ited relatives here last week.
| Mrs. Will Eargle of Columbia v!s;
ited .her parents last week-end, Mr.
| and Mrs. A. X. Eoland.
| Misses Narvis Rae Setzler of Pc maria'and
Iradell Huffman $>f Columbia
are visiting Miss Kathleen
Counts.
Mr. and Mrs. V. S. Bickiey of
| Irmo spent Sunday with Mrs. Bick-'i
[ ley's parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. j
! Wheeler.
I - Mr. and Mrs. Jonah Boland of
j Springfield and daughter visited reh-'
| tives here last week,
| The Rev. L. P. Boland and family
! of Newberry visited here last week.'
| Mr. Sam Derrick of Chap in visited ;
4 **" Ot-nnflnmiri j
j his sister, Mrs. a. :u. un/um-?.?v,.
j last week.
| Mrs. Louis Drebony of Savannah is .
'visiting relatives here this week.
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GOT THE LICENSE JUST
AFTER THE REUNION j
i i
j Late on Friday afternoon, after:
I the people had returned from the Li!;- i
tie Mountain reunion. Probate Judge j
Ewart had a call at his home from :
- ?mr* vrhn had attended the '
ii yjuu.^ luuu
i reunion and wanted a marriage i
license. We knew the names, but
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we always wait until after the per- j
formance of the ceremony before 1
making announcment, on occasions !
like this. 'After The Herald and j
News had gone to press Monday we j
received the following card from the j
Rev. Enoch Hite of Pomaria.
"August 0, 9:30 p. mM at the residence
of Dr. and Mrs. E. 0. Hentz,
nnvortc "\fr. Georcre H.
Xnu unite b - ? ?
Houck of Elloree, S. C., and Miss ^
Helen Hentz were married by the
Rev. Enoch Hite. The party left immediately
for Columbia and points
North to spend their honeymoon." j
Mr. Houck formerly attended New-;
berry college.
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OLD FOLKS DAY AT
ST. PAULS CHURCH
There will be olil folks day at thjr,
St. Pauls church, r.ear Por.iaria, next ,
Sunday, August 15. There will be
an all day servue with dinner on the j
grounds.
In the morning the sermon will be J
preached bv tiie Rev. - H. J. Black,
president of the South Carolina sy- j
nnl T" .-iftprnoon the address is;
H\/v4. + A *
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to be made by Mrs. M. 0. J. Kreps,
president of the Woman's Missionary
society of the South Carolina, synod.
A very cordial imitation is extend|^^^h^public.
FORECAST SHOWS
URGE CORN CROP j
ESTIMATE OF THREE BILLION
. BUSHELS IS MADE.
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Spring Wheat Output Smaller Than
at First Expected?Potatoes
Improve. '
Washington, Aug. 9.?A three
billion bushel corn crop^ lor tne inira
time in the history of the country
was forecast today by the department
of agriculture on the basis of ' .I
conditions existing August 1. Inasmuch
as August is the critical month' -
for the crop in the great corn belt of
the Middle West, it is uncertain
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whether the promise of a crop almost
equal to the enormous ones of 1912
and 1917 will be fulfilled. Improve- v
ment was reported during July in v
the important corn states, with the
exception of Illinois, and as a result
a crop forecast of >> 324,000,000
*
bushels larger tnan inai jjieiutbcu
July 1 was issued.
Spring wheat was adversely affectcd
during July, principally by rust,
;
and production forecast of the crop
was reduced 29,000,000 bushels from
a month ago or to a total of 262,000,000
bushels.
Reduction Very Small.
The preliminary estimate of winter
wheat production was 15,000,000 ' s
bushels larger than forecast in July,
making the combined crop of winter
and spring wheat only 14,000,000
bushels smaller than estimated a
month ago. The total of 795,000,,000
bushels'was predicted in today's
report. .
There was improvement in the po- *;
tato crop and indications are that
the crop will exceed 400,000,000 ^ ;;j
bushels for the fourth time in the
country's history. ' -* - i
The tobacco crop, which has been
promising frcm the start, has shown v;
additional improvement and prcibn
hi I?ties are that it Will exceed the ,
record crop produced in 1918 by
about 200,000,000 pounds.- Total *?
production is forecast- of 1,544,000,000
pounds. .
SOME HIGH SPOTS ,
IN COX'S SPEECH
OF ACCEPTANCE
1 * /, .-.lj
"I thank God I take up the stand- *
ard of Democracy a free man, unfettered
by promises and happy in the
consciousness of untrammeled , opportunity
to render a service/'
."He who turns away from the
tragedies ana obligations of the war,
not consecrated to a sense of honor
1t
and of duty which resists every base
suggestion ^ personal or political ' ,*.
expedient-., is unworthy of the es
teem of hit countrymen." .
. '
"Senator Harding's pledge of formal
and effective peace so soon as a
Republican congress can pass
declaration, means vbut one thing?a
separate peace, with Germany."
"This would be the most disheartening
event in civilization since the
"Russians made their separate peace
with Germany, and infinitely mortun
worthy."
: $
'This plan would not only be a
piece of bungling diplomacy but
plain, unadulterated dishonesty aa.
well."
1
"No less an authority than Sena1
T ?'?J f a *v? n lr.^ nAQ/*A*'
101' I-<UllJ?t; ScUU Midi IU Uianc Jyvttvv ,
except in company with the allies,
'would brand us everlastingly with
dishonor and bring ruin to us.' "
V _
To accept, after peace is declared
with Germany, to approach Europe
with the view of entering "a
new relationship" as Harding proposed,
"would either be regarded as arrant
madness or attempted international
boss ism."
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'
"Agreement without injury to the
i- - -e : N _ -j.
covenant is now 01 pressing- mijjuiiance.
The first duty of the new administration
clearly will be the rati-1
fication of the treaty."
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"The public official who fails to
enforce the law is an enemy both to
the constitution and to the American
principle of majority rule."
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