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IWU DBMnMnMMnHHnannMBiBMiKcnrirjcTc |?? ? b Five Minute Chats j on Our Presidents #?#?#?##? T By JAMES MORGAN * - (Copyright. 1920, by James Morgan.) * WILSON AND THE WAR == 1917?Feb. 3, President Wilson broke off diplomatic re!a- j tions with Germany on her i renewal of ruthless sub- j > ! marining. i April 2, read his war message to congress. | 1918?Jan. 18, laid before the senate his 14 points. Nov. 11, the armistice signed with the German revolutionary government. = "O A S he stood at the clerk's desk in *1 the hall of the house of representatives on the evening of April 2, .1917, President Wilson was the central fignre in one of the great moments of world history. Not only his own people but mankind stopped to listen. The president had been re-elected only five months before because "no r kept us out of the war." Ala-s, the war would not keep out of the United States. The war took on new fury, with the resumption of ruthless submarining-, which Germany had modified' the year before at our demand. The president thereupon handed the German ambassador his passports, and -next he proposed that we should arm our merchant ships. The filibustering senate failing to give him this authority, he proceeded himself to arm them. But shipping vanished from the sea, with its hidden terror, and at last he called the newly elected congress in extraor dinary session to "receivc a communication?concerning grave matters of national policy." No other president in the whole course of h}s service has had to make so many momentous decisions as t- * Woodrow WiJson has had to make Id Wilson and His First Grandchild. ^ V the solitude of "Bis study at the White House in those anxious days before ifr the assembling of congress. He could not divide the burden of such a heavy responsibility; he had to bear it alone and without a precedent to guide him. Should we give a further trial to armed neutrality? Or should we enter upon an independent naval warfare against the submarine menace to our shipping? Or should we back, the allies with money and supplies, but leave them to do the fighting? Or j| should we join forces with them unreservedly, contrary to the historic polv \ Icy of America to go it alone? Those alternatives were in. every mind in that bewildering period, and . the president had to choose between them in framing the policy to be submitted to congress. He made the bolder choice of going into full partnership with the entente allies, pool lng with them all our resources, our ' man power, our money power and our producing power. The broad plan which he unfolded and which congress quickly approved assured in advance the success of the great, unparalleled undertaking, and he pushed it .through to victory with grim, unrelenting persistence. Americans generally assumed at the start, and the British government agreed with them, that we should not have to send a great army to Europe, if indeed any at all. But when it became an imperative necessity to go at double quick to the relief of the bro ken line in France, the foundation was so well laid that we rose to the un _ \ j l.. ioreseen emergency, uuuuiii;? up i.i ? year and a half'an army of 4,000,000 and ferrying 2,000,000 soldiers across the Atlantic. The brains of tile country, all the talents, were mobilized for the warmerchants and scientists, bankers and railroad men, labor lenders and clergymen, each being charged with the task for which his training fitted him. "It is a race between Wilson and TTinrtonhnrer" said TJovd dporsre. when the big German drive surprised the entente and smashed through its front in the spring of 191S. Well, whoever won the irar, Hindinburg lost that race. ; The rest?the president's journeys to Europe, the%treaty and the battle ;over it. are history still In the making. Many years must pass before that extraordinary chapter in the story ?f the presidency "will be finished and may be told in the spirit of historical impartiality. ~ - ~T~" = ' L - ampsbp?mpp?pawaws: ulwhiit.- vttvr'w <. .i bji r>. i Five Minute Chats on Our Presidents By JAMES MORGAN O (Copyright, 1020, by Jamr-s Morpan.) THE GREAT IMPEACHMENT C = 1867?March 2, congress passed the reconstruction act over President Johnson's veto. Also the tenure of office act. 1868?Feb. 22, the House impeached Johnson. March 5 to May 26, the impeachment trial before the senate, and Johnson acquitted. 1869?March 4, Johnson retired from the presidency. 1872?Defeated for congress_ man-at-Iarge. ! 1875?March 12, senator from Tennessee. July 31, died in Carter county, Tenn., aged sixty, six. O i -l ANDREW JOHNSON'S presidenc began with a great tragedy an c*m& r^pnr pnriinsr in another. "" Wit a two-thirds majority in congress, hi opponents overrode hrs vetoes, seize control of reconstruction, stripped th president of authority to dismiss postmaster or to get rid of an enem ove? in his own cabinet, and boun him hand and foot. Although the president faithfully ei ecu ted the reconstruction laws tha had been passed over his vetoes, h assorted the right, which never befor ^ad been denied a president, to choos :1s ov.*n cabinet advisers. When h tried to dismiss Secretary' stanroi Stanton turned the war department ii to a fort, and for weeks held it, nigli and day, sleeping and eating at hi post. Emotion having supplanted reasoi the house hastened to declare that "i the name of the house of represent* I tives and of the people of the Unite | States we do impeach Andrew .Tohr son, president of the United States j of high crimes and misdemeanors. \ Although there were twelve counts f ! the remarkable indictment, no crime 7 ! I . _ : - * ' Mrs. E!?za McArdlc Johnson. were specified and the misdemeanor that were alleged, consisted almo? <. wholly of the president's attempts t 4 T>f\ /?nnc?nnf f rt'IIIUVt? O l <111LV/ii >viiuuui inv; v,vuovub the senate. This most important trial in Amer can history began on March 5, 386J with the senate chamber crowded an Chief Justice Chase of the Suprem court in the chair. There was a general expeetatio that the senate would convict, no ma ter how flimsy the case, and crowd of eager partisans flocked to Washin; ton t<> enjoy the spectacle of a Whit House eviction?to tee "Andy walk th plank." Senator Ben Wade of Ohi was confident to the last that h would 'be called on, as president c the senate, to take Johnson's plac< His inaugural is said to have bee written and his cabinet selected, wit General Butler of Massachusetts fc secretary of slate. As -'he roll of the senate was cnllet amid a Pushed suspense, the Ilopubl can senators all voted for convictioi until the chief justice asked,. "Mi Senator Fessenden, how say you? ] the respondent. Andrew Johnson, pre; - 1?? ~e T*.. : > / > lUL'llL Hit: ijiiut.'u oiair^, suilLJ v not guilty of a hi^h misdemeanor a charged in this article?" "Not guilty," answered the distiT gulshed senator from Maine, who ha been in Lincoln's cabinet. The part alignment was broken and it \fas agai broken in another moment by Senate Grimes of Iowa, who had been stricke with paralysis under the strain of th trial, but who managed to struggle t his feet when his name was ealle< Trumbull of Elinois, an old friend c Lincoln, was another man of abilit and distinction among the seven Ii( publican senators who broke away an joined the Democrats. Yet there wer thirty-five votes for conviction again? only nineteen for acquittal, just on iess than the two-thirds necessary t convict. By a single vote the unique ind* pendence of the American presidency which makes it the most eminent an< powerful political ofiice in* the work' was saved. Had congress triumphed ther first long step would have bee; taken toward congressional govern ment on the pattern of ;the parliamen j tary governments of Europe. 1 I R'.vwv.,,n''vryrro>J >Jun.nn > : ST. PHILLIPS SCHOOL HAS AUSPICIOUS START v. The opening of the St. Phillips/" : . hooi on J'.lor.fhiy jnornir.^ v.* a-; an inspiration to those in lore-, ted in the : rural school. The snirit was line t \3 , . ' among eniKlren ar.d pairon;-. i nrrv were many of the patrons and friends , of ihe school present and they were 3 !, ..... v; ' in tore sic a in mo success nr. school. Ycu could read that in the s'faces of mothers a;:.! fathers and children. to The religious exercises were conducted by Pastor Koon and then ?y there were addresses by Col. E. H. <j Aull, Pre?. lent S. J. Derrick, Prof. rc ; Eahn Koor, who is visiting in the neighborhood, and the Rev. S. P. Keen. j The enrolment on the opening day ,> was 101 and there will be more as Tr the children are able to corns. ! r'~ The teachers are: Miss Lottye I.cs ^ Ilalfacre. principal; Misre* Meliwnin. , M Kibier and Crumpton assistants and rc we are sure there wiil bo good work j at this school during the session. ! ? ? .. ; '' v f j < ^ Bishop G::cr:-y. , h Birhop Cuerry paid his annual Is'visit to St. Luke's En is:-opal church "j... (i cn aunaay ever.::.;;", r.cct>mj)?:i:jv;u , 7* 0 from Laurers by the rector, the Rev. a W. S. Holmes. The bishop had but V t ! w ^ . recently returned from London, where he had been in attendance upon the jrreal Lambeth conference, i e? X v-. hich body, composed of repres^n- .... e tr.tives of the Episcopal church from !. e every quarter where it- is established.. 3 every mission dis'rict, even the n?o--.t; e remote, meets i.-i London once in ter. ' .... ' years, the fe~s'on lasting full two j i(. weeks, the inspiring services bei'.vc i)( s held in the beautiful and hktorir: yL Canterbury cathedral. At this cor-!..i, ference the great problems facing vc n the church and society are up for ad- ^ l" justment. and Bishop Guerry sought;^ to give his hearers Sunday evening i ^ l~ ronre of the results obtained at th"i ' 5 " ,i conference, by touching upon the dif- ( v.. rl ferc-rt line? discussed, dwelling mere j (1:1 s at length upon church unity. It wr; ; ^ a very retentive and appreciative : pudier.ee which listened to the ... bishop's discourse. Bishop Gucrry *... h?.s many fr:er.dr: ar.d admirers in ?'ewfc^rrv. who al\\ays give him a y, , warm welcome. I ? ! p & <?> y <r* -y v v v '*. v : 'y ? <?> i pj v ! nc ' DR. WHITE ON DANCING. ' rr>: * i .? : - j '11 Andersen D^ily '* y\c V to , J .. I ~ "Did yon ever, turning the page;: pi *! The Wankegar?, III., Daily, "The performances of Spur j by large crowds, in fazrc l.t.o I -ircuo, without any doubt whs | r zQ'i over in Wanke~an and the j It was ?bcc'l!i::cly cic^n. P ? \ j m>> ^ . i i L ^ ? ! W.\ -'Z ' '& /0\^i ? 1 i SENSATiONAl I . nv>h I ACTS, l( alf=5^E >r J S THKilUNG FiHfOS- \\ ========= | MANXES. 2nd a bozrd Q: I i -jfr 1, \ [J of iaany clowns |X-7\^:Fv^ i- I J gathered from every 88|jc ^ *r'";? it J' / Baffin oa earfe, ... 5 W/ Vi^Y-4 e J > ?V^ -y " 2 Coming to o M I U iO.ft St* mr, n fr,i?vx iTN P^TJ*er?5 L- | i - 1 ' r*. nc, cc:v. up or. :;n .*'(!v.'tisemcnt with man pointing hi:; U dc:< nr.r'.cr a'. you and leaking ;r.l > >ur eyes with a gripping gaze? j ' "We!!," i!i; '*?. the way I feel when the ; I'i'C" ?' f th*. Testa- :>] cr.t am! t vno upon the .*:::t!i chnp- "? r of Calaiiar.s. It is startling and ,r, af u cant gt ' away irorn it. 1 uerc t v an.Is Paal. his finder poir.tin " rrjht, vou ar.fi his eve." holding ycu fas I, 3f the-facts or your c;?::e. 'He not ;ri ?t deicived; (iod "?s no. mo-jked.' M /hutscevcv you s-;\v yc-u will reap.' 11" l you sow to your flesh, you will s? t corruption. He means it for you! l-l e in cms it for you:'" i st In this tense wry, Dr. Jchr. E.! ^ '1*1 1 4 4 * * j 111 :i;.e bctr:::? ccrnicn at trie r;rSu T noi'st church yesterday morning;.: f " e was rreachir.;.: on the announced 1" ibject of "Carnal-rninaedness.'' *r_ To be oarnally-nriridcd is dsath, and " file spiritually minded is life and :ace,!' said he. !'? 1 tl" "\Yhat Paul says,'' he arirued, "has' jr rivrht to be hea.'d for two reasons. e speaks by the spirit of (rod, J ' * - * ? : - ' - c I r men 15 i'IK! Spili'* Ui r.Mv.vii-.ijit. not a matter of opinion, the Bible ^ lows human nature anil exhibits it. . 5 psychology is scientific because it.1" absolutely true to the facts of ob-' . i ^ ived and recorded human expen-: *" :ce. The text was the truth about"!J ml bimrelf and it is the truth about cry or.e of us. If you are a car-; :iiv-;:iirde:! man or wc.oan you are!'" i CI dead one. the mandate of death ^ f.lready ];:i?i hold of you. But 'ul h~z a .-?ght t<> be heard also be-!"!' iv.'-'j he move.] bv leve only and a ' eat .-as.-ion of frierd?hiu for men. 1 q( * yea relieve that God is trying to' . ]?) you be happy; that his warnings' ' id wooin??s are all intended t.o win " ' r? >ur heart in order that your life ' ay be saved from misery? Some- j" ne:-* especially among young peo-! c. there is resentment toward par-! its and pastcrr whan they point cut n< istakes and failures and the tendon- i s' ?s ami results of wilful conduct, as C( cr.gh it were an enemy speaking to c: ein. I beg you to believe this orning that when I proclaim the (;; nth of thie text.t? you, 1 am all for'J*1 an^i not a hi', against you. If ,u can egvV to the flesh, if y^u can ; 11 ve your Mrae, ypur though", your; issicn, your interest and energy to i ^ typical pleasures and to selfindul-i^ (v mce, and be a> good a man or wo-! ::n. ar- succer.'ful. a? admirable, as traciwo, as beautiful, as strong and c( ;ble as you will*be if you will sow;0' the spirit and cu' .i 'ite your men-! * * ' *- -1 - ~ r? v< ri ! r I, moraj nnci spuiiutti jiuwcirj tu.u j :t your rsain concern'on earnest, | W? H'|?? ic WCTUP'JJII i OPIIJ<W?^ j t Sun, July 15, says: ks Circuit were witnessed iu?e tent v/asppacked. The j :?s*?evsr, was : one cf the 7 ^ j i jclcssiEg feature, was thai ; ca^ J nH PARADE I 11 oi CIHIericfl Splendor. ' j W' \T NOVEL IDEAS, I ! if\A \\ ERAS5 BANDS, 3 j W \ CAGES & FLOATS, ' | in BMDSCS5E IJ03SES, J j| // ari(1 Nr.aherle:s Musics! 2 j j ?"-V !t VfhitsI? make lite Par-! fi j jk a it worth cfictu.i Eile? 11 I iO:S0^^^y I ftiilii/'11 I rious things, then I say to you 'po > it."' r.ut it can not he done. It never is been done, not once in the world, you are carnally minded, if that your bent, and you are arcing to ay ihc game of a good time and anver the appeal of your body and fulu the desires c? your flesh, you will ; rarely reap corruption as two and vo i/iake four. There seems to be a wave ot iicsn>w;r.g and carnal-mindedness sweepi? over the iand. In the Atlantic Monthly for August, a notable aulor diagnoses the situation and tys that following the war the peole have been throwing off the conTaints of religion. "It was religion," ic author says, "-that gave us our orals, it called certain things sin. stuck to the Ten Commandments; forbade the indulgence of the :nses. Perhaps it forbade too much, his is not for me to say . . . But ic fact remains that when as a social roup, we threw over our religion, w: trew over?probably without rneanig to?most of our every day moral motions. But we do not have to appeal to ;e Atlantic Monthly. Eivery indigent person observes it. There a riot of frivolity. There is a:i pen exhibition 01 vulgarity. ano;!ostv smiies in the parlors and nl::3 the street?. These are term^ Mch r.o longer describe and specify ic ccurtesi'n or the suspected v:oan cf the streets. The wave has injuifed female society. The great ajcrity of our your?: women are irtized in it. Its waters are kree?ep in nearly every one of our :>me~. It is a whole civilization >r;upted. I am giving: no expres0:1 to mere opinions nor exploiting . ,, l-? ,, concolinn T flaim the r 'il.aivw gwu>.^v?vu. - ~ ght to be heard in Anderson on this ibjpct. I claim the right to be heard in ndcrson and to be effectively heard, 2caucc I speak with sorrow and re;raint. Out of a long expcriencc intending against social evils in the ty, I have learned no more to fight )c devil like the devil, because the 2vil always wins, no matter hov, ist your cause. ' L fight the devil 2re today in Anderson as I know ir :v heart Jesus Christ would fijrh! im. I am taking good aim at hin: nd in the love of sinners I drive lis blow to the point. The public ance given in this town during the ast week was a deep injury to thi? T-f onnn Tof" nloaSilTf JJJIJ.lv> 11 J v J- ?. i.l 4J ~ ~ r-> iit of it cr profit out of it, let him ( THE NAHM r From repoi Showing condition ; RESOUEC Loans and Investments SI. Liberty Bon d s and W. 'S. S U. S. Bonds Cash and d u e from B a n k s and U. S. Treasury To Our Friends: Our officers am ciation of your sible the progi , A cordial invit; their banking \ New! b. c. Matthews, President. State, Cous Membi ? ? I I I II ? ? 111 ?ap? I IIIWI II ! (make the mo I of it, because the evil j of it n 1 the ihame of it was tre| mendous. It was commercialized j greed taking advantage of a loose j general situation to stigmatize the J young1 ladies of Anderson as patrons and accomplices in drunkenness and I ir.denency. it lowered the social custom of Anderson close to the level of the public dance hail. I know very well that many who were there regret i it. Then let us have no more of it j in this town. The public dance inva! riabl.v degenerates into a public ini decency. The commercalized public I dance in the cities is put under the i strict surveillance of the law, and poi licemen line the halls where it is cari ried on. By what means can an end j be made cf that sort of thing in AnI derson befoi'3 tolcrance of it degrades the community. I speak first to the parents of this j' congregation. Will you permit your I daughters to be shamed again as [ they have been shamed. When the j next invitation comes with all its ! bland and specified assurances that ! everything will be all right, what are ! you going to say and what are you | going to do? I will tell you what you | ought to do. You ought to take your I stand before your family cf absolute ; authority in the premises, and no .! matter what complaints or resenti ments follow, fight for the souls of , | your children, fight for the charac'; iers of your girls, even against them. j In old age and in the pathos cf death, ' i they will honor and respect you a ; thousand .times more than they will :! by your easy compliance with their j thoughtless camal-niindedness and '.their youthful and perilous hot.blood. I plead with all home builders of Anderson to take their stand for the ' protection of the young life en trusted to their care. I plead with ; the boys and young men of Anderson ; that they cught to be ashamed of themselves if they do not take a high , j position with -reference to the virtue . j of 'girls. It is some boy's sister who i s j ;j Gasoline Engine Dra i [; Do work of 6 to 10 mei J | stops saw without stopping ,: 2 to 12 h. p. end for catal ?; ALL EQUIPPED WIT : COLUMBIA j 823 West Gervais Street - 1844 Condensed Statement dewberry, South Carolin; t to the Comptroller of t - "4- -i-l/* nlrvnrt r\ 1r UnfilMnCO XI U1U CIU&C <JJL jkjuoiii^oo ES L] Capital St ,557,821.70 Surplus ar divided 216,463.13 Circulate 100,000.00 Deposits .. Dividends naid .... Bills F 123,105.76 ! (secure* L i b e "Rrmrlci^ vy a JL \A ^ y Rediscoun 997,390.59 0:1 III WHBI?Jlliw ???? cl organization unite in ex valued friendship which ess which, as an instituti ic: ovfpr> P.'l vmiT* "pY ^ ti \J JL 1 1 isj Vil VViiV.1 s/V. ? 7 \/ VWA. ?* c lorne. ^rfTH'S fin r^ JKZ1 I y y kJVUUl vu T. K. JOHNSTONE, Cashier. ity and City ir Federal Reserve | is degraded by the public commercial ized (inr.ee. Every boy will wince and nis innate nobility will revolt when you put it up to him about his own sister, her frivolity, her vulgarity, her immodesty and her easy surrender to carnal-mindedness. I invoke our citizenship as a whoie to make an end by the power of public opinion of this sort of thing in Anderson. NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS MEETING OF NEWBERRY ALLIANCE WAREHOUSE COMPANY. Bq order of the beard of directors of the Newberry Alliance Warehouse company, a meeting of stockholders ; is hereby called to meet in the town hall at Prosperity, S. on October 4, 1020, at 11 o clock a. m., for the purpose of considering a resolution to dissolve and liquidate said comi pany and to authorize a sale of its lot j and warehouse in or near the town of Prosperity, Newberry county, j South Carolina. John N. Feagle, J. L. Kcitt, President. Sec. and Trcas. j M. M. BUFORD < it still selling lots in the : Middle Georgia Oil & Gas Company at SaiMcrsville, Georgia j DRILLING OPERATIONS NOW ON BIG MONEY IN OIL Why hesitate when the conditions are so favorable, when every lot purchased at $35 each carries with it the right of participating in all i profits and leases of the company. My headquarters are at Wm. John1 son & Son's store. If more conven ient drop me a card and I will call :to see you. j Persons who' have purchased lot* would do well, to increase their holdings. Liberty bonds taken in payment of lots at market price. We are on the last lap'in selling : stock. Read D. L. Boozer's letter on the Middle Georgia Oil and Gas company. |- M. M. BUFORD i # x g Saws and Sa^r Rigs n. Lever controlled clutch r engine. Gasoline engines ogue. H BOSCH MAGNETO i SUPPLY CO. Columbia, S. C. o?anjAj'gwLy -i mMmaammmmKMamHBmmmmmamm NEWBERRY V * 1 he Currency Sentember 8, 1920 A. ' \ -- ^?. 1 [ABILITIES ,ock 100,000.00 id UnProfits 56,170.64 n 97,600.00 1,250,520.32 Un 120.34 'ayable i by ! r t y 181.000.00 ts 311,979.29 $1,997,390.59' ' pressing their apprenas helped make poson, we have enjoyed. 'iends to make this ' Mewberry rolina W. W. CROMER Assistant Cashier. Depository % System /