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^ wmcmxaMHUMIBInnBaHH! mammm.snna cBMNMBMmanBaBHBaaBBBaManBaHMaMaBMMMMaHa^WHHMMHnHiMiHaHHHaHHBMHBBM*11101111111111111111111 VOLUME LVI., NUMBER 56. NEWBERRY, S. C., TUESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1920. TWICE A WEEK, $2.00 A YEA! ????^?????? ?? Newberry Cow Alone In * ,With No Bond Issue for Road 1 Six Counties is $3,325,000 derson Leads / Newberry county not only stands alone in the matter of no bond issue for the building of public roads, but it is the one missing link in the state highway system for connecting " ~ ^ i n. 1 3 _ with Laurens, (ireenwooa, cjaiuua, i Lexington, Fairfield and Union counties, and when the link is connected it will give the county cross highways from every side and every end j of the county. But the link is* lack- j ing. That is, it is lacking the con- j necting up, and it is up to the peo- j pie of Newberry to do something to make this connection or stand alone among the progressive counties of I the Piedmont in failing to do so. At the last session of the legislature the state highway department / was reorganized and a new commission appointed and a two mills state j L tax was levied for the maintenance j m of a state highway system of roads p connecting the various county seats ' by a system of state highways to be maintained by the state after the roads are put in condition to be accepted by the state highway department. And the automobile tax was * set aside for the same purpose. The highway department now has $24,- j 600 which it is ready to spend on the j roads of Newberry county so suun aa, there are some connecting links with this county to the county system which the highway department can take over. Before this can be done the roads must be made to conform ; to certain requirements. ' One of the roads is the Piedmont highway which is the main thoroughfare from the coast to the mountains. It comes direct to Newberry by Columbia and at Newberry it forks, one road going on to Laurens and Greenville, and the other on to Whitmire, Union and Spartanburg, j and from there on to the mountains. The highway commission is ready to +qVo nvpr the maintenance of these ! roads just so soon as they are put in j, condition where it can be done t>y I the rules laid down in the statute, \ and the commission has the money to begin work at once on the main- , tenance of the roads. This latter road from Newberry by Whitmire to, Union is known as <the Appalachian highway. . ' On the Piedmont highway from j Little Mountain to Prosperity there I has already been'spent some $25,uuu, i and if the opening of the road under j the railroad track at Excelsior school I house was made this section would i foe in condition -to turn over, as it was built under the direction of the j state engineer, but the road can not j be taken by the highway department j until it is made to connect with the j road at the Lexington line. We un- j derstand that Lexington county has j * agreed to put the short distance that is now in that county on this road in j condition for acceptance by the | state highway commission. Newber- j *" of loQC.f fivp ! ry win nave tu uuuu ?.u -- miles on this road from Mt. Tabor church to the Lexington line just this side of Chapin, and this link must be connected before the commission can even consider the acceptance of the road and take over the maintenance of it. The road must be 30 feet wide and ? all drains must have concrete bridges j and all streams must have bridges j of the same character or good sub- i 1 x 1 ? : sianuai wuuucn unugcs, ?xiu tu& iwu , must have the proper grade. And ! then it must connect the link to the ; Laurens line at Kinards. and the Un-1 ion line at Whitmire. That would j connect Newberry with Richland and j with the road from Ohapin to Lexington court house with the county | seat of Lexington. Then the commission had on its j map the road from Newberry to Chappells to make up the link to connect with the county seat of j Greenwood. This road will have to i ' .11. Ml ! be selected, DUt win very pruuuuiy go by Deadfall and Silverstreet as j that would go about eight miles on j the main -road from Newberry to Sa- j 0 tfy Stands Third District Building?The Total in Other for Road Building-?An ill the Rest. luda, and on to Chappells that way as the Greenwood county commission expects to connect up with Newberry at the river bridge beyond Chappells a short way. The members of the state highway commission who were in Newberry seemed -to have in mind the links mentioned above on the Piedmont and the Appalachian highways and the link from NewberPVionriplls to connect with 1 Jf "J Greenwood. An urgent petition was presented to connect with Saluda and also with Fairfield across Broad river at some point in Newberry county, | say along about Blairs or. at a point to be selected by the engineer and ; then on to Winnsboro. The road is already assured from that section of i the state on to Bishopville and back j to Winnsboro and it is heading this ! way and it is a section through whirh a good public highway should be built. In fact we should have had a Toi'irrmH thrmig'h this wav long ago but with a good bridge across the I Broad river and a good highway we j will be brought much closer to our neighbors in this section of the zfate whom if we desired +o visb we had ; to go around by Columbia. For in-1 stance it is no further from Newber- j ry to Winnsboro this way than it is j from Newberry to Columbia and! then you are as far from Winnsboro j as it is from Newberry. This high-; way would be a great developer of \ a mighty fine section of country, j This proposition as well as the Saluda proposition will be taken up later with the highway commission and as! * J WTTQV 1 well as the matter ox xne cruau u.w , bridge. Then we could connect this system ; with Saluda by developing the road from Prosper tv to the lower steel j bvidge. But that matter of the Sa-1 luda road will also be taken up later! with the state highway commission, j We have rather written this story a little backward, but the main thing ( was the matter of making the neces-1 I sary iitiks 'in x-ne cnam tuuuc?,wu6 j the various county seats of the state as required of the commission in developing the system under the act of the legislature. Members of the state highway commission met the citizens of Newberry in the court house on Friday according to arrangement made with ; the chamber of commerce. The j members of the commission present \ at this meeting were: Hon. R. G. j Rhett, chairman, Charleston; Hon. C. 0. Hearon, Spartanburg; Hon. R. E. Ligon, Anderson; Hon. A. B. Langley, Columbia. The state encyJnepy was nlsn nresent as were sev 6i"VVA "v"' x eral others including Mr. John B. Sloan, chairman of the highway commission of Greenwood county. , We did not get to the meeting in time to hear all the remarks of Mr. Rhett, but he explained the purpose j of the commission and the -duties, j and the desire that the county get \ in line with other counties of this j section and get hooked up with the state system of highways authorized under the act. He stated that the commission would maintain the road l as soon as it was in condition to be accepted by the state and that the commission now has on hand ready to be spent in this county for maintenance a total of 824,600 and is ready to begin work as soon as a road is turned over to the commission, and this does not include the proceeds that will be received from the special tax of two mills that was authorized by the last legislature. He discussed the proposed bond issue and urged upon the people the importance of voting the bonds to keep step with the other counties in the * C district. Jie rnen asKea ocuaivi Johnstone to state what he knew about the bond act and any other matters he desired to bring: to the attention of the commission. Mr. Johnstone said he understood that the commission had decided on a system of roads north, south, east (Continued on Page 7.) [personal paragraphs prosperous prosperity I ??? i I Prosperity, Aug. 16.?The August i I meeting of the William Lester chapter, U. D. C., was held Friday afternoon with Mrs. E. W. Werts. Women of the Confederacy was the subject with Mrs. J. Jhl. (Jrosson as leader. The Second Battle of Manassas was read by Mrs. J. A. Counts, j An interesting paper on "Renaissance of the Confederate war," written by Mrs. J. B. T. Scott, was read by Mrs. Walter Wise. A poem, "Mother," | was given by Mrs. Jacob S. Wheeler, i Delicious ice cream with fruit and I I banana cake was served by Little : Misses Mary and Katherin'e Werts, | | Frances Wheeler and Christine Blan- j ! ton. Mrs. Willie Blanton of Orange- j burg was the honor guest. Prof. J. E. Hunter of Clemson col- j j lege is visiting his mother, Mrs. R. i T. C. Hunter. ! Mrs. J. Sidney Wheeler and father, ! A. M. Miller, are spending several | weeks in Erwin, Tenn. I Mrs. Sam Wheeler of Little iviounI tain spent Friday with Mrs. Jacob S. ! Wheeler. 1 Miss Bessie Taylor, en route to Walhalla from Batesburg, spent Wedrfesday night with Mrs. A. G. Wise. G: A. Pugh has returned from Hendersonville. 1 Misses Rebecca Harmon and Eliza_ beth Brown are guests of Mrs. J. C. Taylor of Batesburg. Miss Blanch Rawl of Columbia is spending awhile' with Mrs. Olin Bobb. " ? i T> Tr mont Messrs. 1j. ivi. ana sx. iv. wise the week-end in Savannah. From there they go to Ridgeland to visit J. P. Wise, Esq. Mrs. C. T. Wyche, Mrs. H. P. Wicker, Mrs. Mary Sitz, Misses Josephine and Elizcrbeth May, Moss Fellers and Mary DeWalt Hunter we* e visitors to the Capital City during the past week. Dr. and Mrs. P. D. Simpson are spending a month in Washington. Miss Clara Stoudemayer has returned to Batesburg, after visiting Mr. and Mrs. R. I.J Stoudemayer. Master J. B. Hawkins was carried to the Columbia hospital Saturday for the appendicitis operation. Mrs. Lindsey Fellers is visiting in Winnsboro. J. A. Workman of Pineland was a business visitor to our town during the past week. ! Mr. and Mrs. Herman Taylor have ' returned ironi ^oiumum. Dr. and Mrs. C. K. Wheeler are home, after having spent a month in Mt; Airy, Md. Mrs. R. C. Hunter left Thursday for Conway. Misses Chloe and Eula Epting of ( Little Mountain and Pearl Lominick I of Newberry were week-end guests of I Mrs. W. H. Roof. Miss Ruby Wheeler has returned from Greenville accompanied by little Misses Mary and Caro Wyche. Mr. and Mrs. D. 0. Quinn of Wil liams are visiting the latter's brother, j H. L. Shealy. Dr. and Mrs. S. F. McGregor left Saturday for their home in Greenville. Mrs. Kinard of Sumter is visiting her sister, Mrs. J. A. Simpson. Miss Grace Wheeler has gone to Lexington to spend a few weeks. C. M. Harmon of Ninety-Six spent Sunday with Dr. G. W. Harmon. Mrs. Julia Quattlebaum of States^ +"u^ nmoct nf her son, J. | boro, vju., js me - - ? : D. Quattlcbaum. | Mr. Vernon Wallace left Sunday | for New York, after several weeks .visit to his sister, Mrs. Grace Har[ mon. ! Miss Lillie Mae Buzhardt of New- | ; berry is spending a few days with I j Mrs. Ezra Counts. Mr. and Mrs. Claude Adams of Sa: luda have been visiting Mrs. M. B. ' Bedenbaugh. 1 onH Frlna Mav and i iUlSSCS .U11U1 vu <***>.. ? ? Mr. Edward May of Carrollton, Ga., are guests of Miss Josephine May. Miss Grace Reagin is home, after spending the week irk Spartanburg with Miss Annie Lee Langford. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Moselev are spending a few days in Columbia. Miss Janette Harman of New| berry is visiting Miss Sara Amick. Messrs. Hunter Fellers, i^rsKine Fellers and Johnnie Fellers of Charlotte arrived Monday for a visit to the home folk. Mrs. J. P. Wheeler has gone lo ? * SUGGESTION FOR TOWNSHIP COMMISSIONERS Monday the citizens of the various townships were called to meet to suggest candidates for the highway or township commissi mer. We have reports from the following townships: " - TTT-1-T. Vrt 9 TnTin j 1\'0. ?, W SliZn n IJUU:, iw. m? T. Oxner; No. 4, E. E. Childs; No. 5, J. A. Dominick; No. 8, George P. Boulware; No. 9, Boyd Bedenbaugh. ORDINANCE RESTRICTING USE OF WATER LIFTED To the People of Newberry: The water situation in Newberry has improved to such an extent that the council feels safe in suspending the ordinance, passed several weeks ago, restricting the use of the city water. So, from this date on, until - ah v further eciioti ui luumu, uui j/vu pie may use water for any purpose whatsoever or at any time desired. The pump for the new well lately completed is expected to arrive soon. Work has commenced on the drilling of another well for the city, in the High Point neighborhood. The commissioners of public works and the council are doing all they can to secure a good supply of our water for * i 1 our people, so that it snan not ue necessary hereafter to restrict the use. ! For the city officials I wish to express to our people appreciation for the cooperation you have given us in the enforcement of the water restriction ordinance. ! Eugene S. Bltase, Mayor. Newberry, August 1G. Death of Mrs. Graham Miller. Mrs. Hattie Graham Miller of Po- j maria died on Saturday morning at 10 o'clock and was buried from St. John's Lutheran churoh Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock, service by the Rev. S. P. Koon. Th6 following were the pallbearers: John. Mayer, Frank Mayer, Miller Stuck, Frank Stuck, Claude Eargle and Clarence Miller. The following young ladies carried the flowers: Misses Verna and Minnie Lee Summer, Talthia and Lizzie. Miller, Ollie Stuck and Annie Leitz- j sey. ivfiii/av n*c cnrvivpd bv her hus lUllS* ?U11AV.A 4.W . . . ? ? / " I band, Mr. James F. Miller, to whom she was married on November 23, 1902. Slie lacked a few days of being 37 years old. She also leaves a son, James Thomas Miller, her mother, one brother, T. B. Graham of Columbia, jUnd the following sisters: Mrs. J. P. Shealy of Newberry, Mrs. C. W. Shealy of Waynesville, N. C., and Mrs. J. A. Summer, Jr., of Columbia, besides other relatives and a host of friends. I There is talk of a new barber shop in the city. r.voanvi'iio tn visit: her daughter, Mrs. GranviHe Wyche. Mr-. Pat Mitchell of near Newberry spent Saturday with Mr. T. A. Dominick.' Misses Anette, Sara and May Long, Ethel Shealy, Mrs. J. A. Price, the Rev. Charles J. Shealy and L. S. Long attended the Delmar reunion Friday. R. C. Lake has returned from Kershaw. Mrs. J. A. Baker is visiting her brother at Ninety-Six. Mrs. Krantz of Columbia has been visiting Mrs. B. B. Hair. Messrs. J. H. Crosson, C. F. Saner and Sam Singley spent Thursday in Leesville. Mrs. 0. S. Miller and children arrived Saturday from an extended visit to relatives in Chicago and Springfield, 111. IVficc WilHo Afuo Wisp i<? visitine* Mrs. Kreps Zeagler of Lone Star. Mrs. Frank Capers, Miss Ruth Capers and Miss Nelie Wise are quests of Mrs. Edward Ridgell of Batesburg. M. C. Morris of Columbia was in town Sunday. Miss Susie Langford and Pickens Langford of Columbia were home for the week-end. j Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Fellers of Newberry spent Sunday wim iuiss Edna Fellers. Messrs. George and Lee Rankin were in Columbia Saturday to see their brother, Mark, who is critically ill in the Columbia hospital. ? OLD FOLKS DAY AT ST. PAUJ-S CHURCH Old Folks day was observed at St. Pauls Lutheran church on last Sunday. The usual large congregation was present, though if the weather had been more favorable it is very probable that a much larger congregation would have been present. We always try to attend these occasions as this was our first church and where we united with the church arrd attended Sunday school in our childhood and was the church of our ?~ ^ %-? rl rl O "f V* AY* WQ A 1 Ylfit IclLIlCl emu gi aiiuiatiiti. n uiu nu. get there until the dinner hour for the reason that we wanted our fathj er and mother to attend and had arj ranged to go for them "on Saturday ;afternoon so that we might go down I early Sunday morning, but the rain 1 prevented the trip to their home in j Greenwood, near 30 miles away. In ! order that they might come and be i present at this day at their old church ; our son, Humbert Aull, and his sister, 1 -? * i* >"> J> i Mrs. Alice Doozer, uruve iui mcu: ! ' ; on Sunday morning but only mother | came. They reached Newberry j about 11 o'clock and it took until j nearly 1 o'clock to reach the church. i We arrived in time for dinner, howj ever, and for the afternoon service. The sermon in the morning was preached by the Rev. H. J. Black, : ^resident of the South Carolina synod.* In the afternoon an address was | scheduled by Mrs. M. C)' J. Kreps but on account of illness she was prevented being present and Mr. Black made the address and five minute talks were made by Mr. H. H. lileasc | and Col. E. H. Aull. ! Pastor Koon was called away in the afternoon to attend the funeral of Mrs. Miller at St. Johns. This congregation is growing under the leadership of Pastor Koon and a handsome new parsonage, modern in all respects, is nearing completion. The congregation is one of the oldest in the state and owns a 1 * 1? iL Vtstivt/v very valuable proerty, mere uc?u6 I several acres of land in connection I with the church, and it is a pleasure to see the good spirit which exists among the membership and to note the success which is attending the ministrations of Pastor Koon. He is faithful and diligent. And the people are loyal and true. Success must attend such conditions. A FINE SERMON LUTHERAN , , CHURCH SUNDAY NIGHT We went to the Lutheran church Sundav ni<rht thinking to hear, as was announced, Dr. J. L. Daniel, preach the sermon before the union service, but the Rev. W. J. Snyder happening to drop in on the city Dr. Daniel kindly gave place to him. The people here know Mr. Snyder, the "all j right" financial agent of Lander coll lege, and those present on Sunday night were prepared to hear another strong sermon. The Rev. Mr. Snyder is outspoken in his remarks. This last sermon dealt with the dangers to the home in the present condition of affairs. He hit the prevailing evils j of the day and pointed appealingly 1 n x 1?1 lowrvnorro A"F to tiie met uiiiLj in liic languugv vx the text, "He that walketh uprightly walketh surely." The growing evils need hitting, and need it hard. A community following the #lead of j Sunday night's sermon would indeed j be an ideal community. SUNDAY SCHOOL BANNER FOR SOME SCHOOL l A countywide attendance contest has been organized in connection with the approaching county Sunday I V _ -1 4- r\ U rv Q "f scnooi cuxiveiitiuu w uc Smyrna Presbyterian church, accordi ing to Leon C. Palmer, general superintendent of the South Carolina Sunday School association. At this convention an attractive ! banner will be publicly awarded to the Sunday school having the largest number of delegates (over 16 years of age) present at the convention, in proportion to the distance traveled. ~ ~ ' * i_i _ 1 ? Under this plan, xen delegates coming ten miles each to the convention count the same as 20 delegates traveling only five miles each, thus making it fair for all, both near and far. The banner becomes the property of the Sunday school winning it and may be taken home for permanent display in the Sunday school room, Cox Opens Cai Speed "Peace by Arbitration of Reasc sized by Democratic Candic dress at Car Camp Perry, Ohio, Aug. 12.?Gov. , ernor Cox opened his campaign travels here today with an address at the , National Rifle competition, urging continued American interest in marksmanship, but honorable settlement of national disputes without re-N sort to war. "Peace by arbitrament; of reason rather than force was the | visio"n given by the Democratic candidate to an audience of several hunI ' * 1 1* *1 1 - ?J.? ciren soldiers, sanors ana citizens. | Without specific reference to the lea-1 gue of nations, Governor Cox ,said he believed universal hope was for pre-1 vention of war by amicable, settlement. "I believe every home in America/' he added, "indulges the hope and breathes the prayer that we will never again engage in war, if, with j honor we can keep out of war. Can we not catch a vision of it as we ! face toward the future?" The governor received many rounds of applause in. his reference to world peace, and also when he declared that the government should bestow con/missions won by Americans on the field of war and not rei ceived before their discharge. The occasion of the governor's address was the presentation of the governor's cup in the National Rifle shoot. He returned to Columbus tonight and will make his next speech making foiay on Saturday at Wheel. ! ing, W. Va. I Expenditure in war of lives and treasure was stressed by the Democratic candidate in his plea for peaceful relations between nations. Cost of War. ; j "The cost to the United States," ! he said, "was more than $1,000,000 | an hour of our two years. The total | j expense of $22,000,000,000 was alj most ?qual to the total disbursements ; of the United States government from 1791 to 1918. It was sufficient to have run the Revolutionary war for more than 1,000 years at the rate of expenditure which that war in volved. The army expenditures | alone, so experts claimed, are a near approach to the amount of gold produced in the United States from the discovery of America to the out- j break of the European war, and yet j the United States spent only about j one-eighth of the entire cost of the j war and less than one-fifth of the ; * ^ - _n: ?3 expenditures 01 tne amsu aiuc. "If civilization has not had its lesson, then there is no hope for it. j It could not stand such a war. again f and survive. The genius of man, if that is a happy term in discussing the horrors of conflict, has always made the last war the most frightful. When we consider the developments in the methods of human destruction between 1914 and 1918 and apply the problem of simple proportion we are staggered to even think of the j I i ii N curt nf Fvri?lsior. Excelsior, Aug. 16.?We "had a heavy fall of rain Saturday afternoon lasting about one hour. Miss Lono Ray Stone has been visiting relatives in Saluda county. Mr. and Mrs. Elon Stone of Jacksonville. Fla., have been on a visit to his father's family, Mr. J. D. Stone. Did you notice how nice The Herald and News looks since the paper j has undergone its change of improve[ ment. Big improvement in the paper. j Mr. J. Luther Cook of Greenwood j is spending a few days with relatives i in the community. { Mr. Howard Cook and family of | Newberry have been spending several days with- his father's family, Mr. J. B. Cook. Mr. and Mrs. Pinck Lorick of 1 Trmn >iqvp hppn on n fpw riavs' visit to her mother, Mrs. Rebecca Singlev. Mrs. Carrie Hartman of Columbia has been spending a few days with ' tt t -tr: 3 ner sister, ivirs. xa. o. xvmaiu. mis. Hartman will leave today for Green npaign % h Against War | n Rather Than Force" Emphalate for President in Ad/ i . x ? > -- np Perry. 'possibilities of the sons of man again I I " ^ being brought into combat." Reward for Gallantry. Regarding tha failure to award promotions to soldiers whose gallani try had earned honor, Governor *Cox I | said he had given the subject much thought. I "There was a great deal of fight-1 ing done in the last month of the war," he said. "The processes of promotion were slow in a great organization even when it had been ' won and recommended. There were 'thousands of boys cited for bravery and advancement in rank who came home without titular honors which they had won. Some may without serious thought, feel that if a soldier returned without injury, he is able to take up civil life without diffifficulty. This, in many instances is not tmo. "RrooV<s in fhp rAraprs <vf manV lives turned permanently the whole course of things. Therefore, wher- t ever our government can aid, it ; ! should do so. "It seems to me that the federal government even yet should confer these honors. . "This is a government of free, peo- ^ pie and its processes should never run counter to the fundamentals of simple justice. Nothing would give me a livelier sense of genuine happiness than the-opportufcft^4*?* help ing to bestow honor richly won over-; yz seas and elsewhere." ' ;-.v National Guard tonttradMl Commending the national guard, Governor Cox said: * "The military history of the great war has been written, and with no intent to carry an invidious word, it seems to me that the public has not the'proper appreciation of the service that was rendered by the national guard troops from the state. mi :?i.: ,*.4 . 1 i inese urgaiuzuwuua wcje uwiumiuicu [ throughout the years through the spirit of comradeship that held the | guardsmen together. Tlieir> pay was | small, and in some instances the mili tary routine was burdensome to men Jj I who labored throughout the days. In | our own state memory gives to mp the rames of a comparatively sma|l group of men who held thfc organiza+/vwofVtpr nnHpr circumstances at UJVS1& VV^Wilv* ? ?? ? ... . r times that were anything bat favororable. Yet when mobilization of the nation's strength was made there were 18 different divisions of national '1 -V guardsmen in the American army. . "In the great conflict maintained by American soldiers through the Meuse-Argonne campaign, of the 19 divisions under fire 11 of them were from the national guard. There was ; no distinction between the men who followed the colors in the war, whether they came from the training camps, from the regulars, from the guardsmen or the marines. They reflected credit upon the branch of the service to which they were attached." wood to spend a week with her sistav Mrs ftenrcp B. Dominick. Mr. and Mrs. James Pet Cook car- . ried their little child to the Columbia hospital on Thursday for treatment. The child has been in bad health for some time and we hope the treatment will prove successful. Mrs. Annie Kinard and little son, Frederick William, of Leesville have been on a visit to Mrs. H. J. Kinard. Messrs. John and Edward Kinard of Williamston have been on a visit to Mr. T. D. Kinard's famHy. Mr. J. C. Kinard and family spent Sunday with Mr. T. D. Kinard's family.Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Whittle of Pellam, Ga., have been on a few days* visit to Mr. D. B. Cook's family. Mr. i n *? Tl P an/?AT?nonifi/1 ana iyir&* u* u wva ^?v>vvui|#Mu*vu Mr. and Mrs. Whittle to Leesville on Thursday to spend a few days with relatives at that place. There will be a meeting of the patrons of Excelsior school district at the school building on Wednesdayevening at 5 o'clock. Let all the patrons come out to the meeting. * . # "* * . * s. - > ' r; %"/ / ' % - i.'/5