The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, November 12, 1920, Page FIVE, Image 5
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"THE WORLD ROUND |
TASK OF DEMOCRACY"
Subject of Address to Be Given in
Central Methodist Church Sunday
, Night by Dr. R. L. Davis.
^ All of the churches of the town
will join in a union service Sunday
night to hear an address by Dr. R.
1,. Davis of North Carolina. The
subject of this address is to create
sentiment for the enforcement of the
Drohibition laws and to help to main
tain the great victory won for tem**
perance. In this as in other respects
eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.
You will help the cause by
making this meeting a success. Remember
the time and place: Sunday
evening, 7:30 o'clock, Central
Methodist church.
The Fourth Roll Call.
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This heading carries with it an
implied responsibility. It is designed
to raise in the mind of every
man and Woman an interrogation in.
regard to duty done, or v/ork to be
undertaken. The Red Cross is an
organization with the great Chris- i
tian ideal of' service as its object.
It seeks to serve those who arc in
greatest need, ;It has been the healing
and comforting angel in war.
How many of the boys wounded on
the battlefield or stricken in the!
camps bear loving testimony to the j
merciful ministrations of the Ked;
Cross worked, when in all of their j
w" ' ft
experiences they most desired and
needed fcetjp.J No one failed to recognize
that there was urgent need
't when millions more "were ready tot
be thrust iqto the breach. No man
who had a heart at all could refuse
? money for such an hour as that.
Every one caught the spirit of noble j
heroism and desired to have a partj
in the establishment of righteousness'
and in healing1 tfere world's sorrow.}
Ip the days of war money was given |
for this good service without stint)
o"r lirafe.' The name of America, for
the period: of .the- war, Btands with
out' ,rep?pach/ w>fij5?; resources and
lif>eraH^.we*a. e^ual.to.-the stupendous
/tas^JmposecL . .
. The^^quesftion^ thai now confronts
us is, thj3 work of |
pealing and fteTpfnfciess? The war;
, is over, but the suffering i3 not cnde:h!
In lands that have'profited materially
% By. the war there: is work to b^ done, j
In camps and hospitals are yet mary;
"vpho suffer fromvthe ravages of dis-;
ease or from wounds-received. Many
are blindecT ahft ihaimci for life. It
V. C is
not American to withhold from
these fine boys apy comfort we can
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givc tnem m mes Quyo u_ coiuic<m ;
arid sufficing.? Then the work is not
over "over there.*' America still has
?m army keeping the "watch on the
Bhine" for the security of the world.:
These men are undair strange and trying
conditions on a foreign soil. They
sicken and die as in the days of war,
fhey long for home and a mother's
comfort as in the other days. Temptations
subtle and enticing lure them
. to iiie most serious harm. It is not
?
Kke us to settle ourselves in complacent
comfort and think nothing of
the boys who abide tents on for-:
eign soil.
The sailor lads and soldiers of the;
regular army who form the defense
of the nation should be often in our
thoughts, and we should omit nothing
that will make their morals safer and
their lives happier. The Red Cross
has ? work to do for these men from .
* which it can not withdraw.
Then think of the suffering in Eu- j
rope and Asia consequent to the war,1
of the soldiers who have been dis-j
abled and crippled for life, of the'
.^1 ivlin K-llfn Kpp'1 '
munons ox cjiuutcu <>M.v
dwarfed and diseased by the lack of.
nourishment and'clolfciing, of the chil-j
dren in all of those lands who arc!
today hungry and must suffer untold '
hardships unless America' comes to!
the rcscue. Need, dire and distress- 'f
ing, continues. Shall we turn a deaf!
1 ear to these plaintive cries, or shall"
we hear and help?
It has been said by the defenders j
of what seems to be our accepted.,
national policy that we are doing I
4 more than any other people for the i
healing of Europe. If we have re-'
jeeted the league of naiiors which |
had for its holy purpose the ending;
of war, may we be the more careful;
to join the great league of humanity:
which will mobilize all the high senti-i
mer.ts and emotion?? of mercy for the j
heaiing of all the von]. If selfish]
politic? keep us out of the brotiict-j
hood of nations let us allow nothing j
^ to keep us out of the brotherhood of!
man.
Beginning with Armistice day the
people will be called upon to join the
Red Cross. This celebration could
take no better form than a resolution
to enroll in this great humanitarian
organization. Only SI is re
quired, and one-half of tnat is to oe j
spent in fighting disease and minis- J
tering to need in our own county, i
v Let no one do himself the injury, or)
\ suppress his nobler sentiments, by
refusing to join the Red Cross. It
will be no sufficient excuse to plead
the exceptional financial situation as
i
a reason for not joining the Red
Cross. There is yet the ability to
do what we really want to do. The
highest wealth is in the satisfaction
of duty well done. Scattering in true
unselfishness increases and withhold
more than is meet tendeth to
poverty.
J. W. Carson,
For Publicity Committee.
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<$> COLLEGE NEWS. <r
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Excellent addresses were delivered
to the Y. M. C. A. Sunday afternoon
by Miss Dolison, who has served as
an English missionary to India and
by Rev. Dr. Houseal of Richmond,
Va.
The faculty of the college has decided
to run a Friday's schedule next
Saturday, November 1G, in order
that the students might have two
I holidays (Thursday and Friday) for
Thanksgiving instead of one. |
The enrollment of Newberry college
isrno7tr 274, including those who:
I are taking the post graduate course.
; Divided into classes they are as folj
lows: Seniors, 31; juniors. 47; soph-!
omores, 67; freshmen, 91; cubfresh-l
men, 33, and those taking the post
graduate course, 5. Total 274.
Following is a list of the officers of j
the different classes. The list is at
present incomplete:
Senior Class?president, u. a.
Parr; vice president, T. 0. Lybrand;
secretary and treasurer, Emily Hoof;
historian, Gladys Stilwell.
Junior Class?President, Karl K.
Kinard; secretary and treasurer, Sue
Ella Peterson; historian, Marguerite
Wertz.
Sophomore Class?President, T. A.
Frick; vice president, J. E. Smith;
secretary and treasurer, Janie Well
Faysirger; historian, Ruth Mayer.
Freshman Class?President, J. H.
Ci'ooks; vice president, J. H. Chap11
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pen; msjxoiicixi- ciuuu v* ua^ii. I
Stib-Freshman Class?President,
Hamm; vice president, Lominack;
secretary and treasurer, W. T. Shea]y.
: ' B..J. C.
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COMMITTEES FOR THE
NEWBERRY RED CROSS
The executive committee of the
Red Cross of Newberry county has
appointed the following committees:
Membership?T. E. Keitt, chairp
man; 0. B. Cannon, Dr. J. W. Carson,
Hal Kohn, J. H. Summer, F. N.
Martin, J. Y. Jones, J. D. Quattlebaurn,
W. B. Gordon, J. J. Murran,
Mrs. C. M. Smith.
.Finance?Geo. W. Summe". chairman;
Jno. M. Kinard, Z. F. Wright,
W. H. Hunt, 13. C. Matthews, H. L.
Parr.
Woman's Work?-Miss Fannie McCaughrin,
chairman; Mrs. IL W.
Schumpert, vice chairman; P. E.
Scott, Mrs. Lucy Longshore, Mrs. H.
L. Parr, Mr3. W. H. Hunt, P. E. Anderson,
Roy Summer.
Junior Red Cross?O. B. Cannon,
chairman; E. II. Auli, E. T. McSwain,
Misc Gertrude Reeder, Miss Ola
Brown.
Publicity?-Miss Sadie Goggans,
chairman; Mrs. L. W. Floyd, Mrs. R.
D. Wright.
Nursing Scrvicc?Miss Bess Bur
ton, chairman; Mrs. F. R. Hunter,
vice chairman; Miss Mary Burton,
Miss Estelle Bowers, Miss Fannie
McCaughrin, Miss Julia Kibler, Miss
Willie Mae Wise, Mrs. -Jas. Workman,
Mrs. Mary P. Fant, T. M. Mills, S. J.
Derrick, Z. F. Wright, E. S. Blease,
Dr. T. II. Pope.
Transportation?Miss Kate Summer,
chairman; Mrs. R. H. Wright,
Miss Mildred Purcell, Mrs. E. B. Purcell.
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JTL0I11C CC5i Vice ivt v , o v?i wv/n,
chairman; J. H. Wicker, J. B. Hunter,
C. M. Wilson, Mrs. Alan Johnstone,
Mrs. W. W. Beriey.
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Disaster Preparedness?J. A. Burton,
chairman; W. M. Sherard. Whitmire;
J. K. Derrick, Little Mountain;
R. T. Pugh. Prosperity; Dr. J. Wm.
XIrc W n Spnn. New-1
I1 UIA, 0<1 l<Xy<x % AUiu. ?T |
berry, R. F. D.; Mrs. A. P. Coleman,!
Chappells; one member from Silver-1
street.
There are several pounds of jjrayj
wool at Mrs. A. T. Brown's home for!
~"e at $1.75 per pound. The Redi
Cross will be pleased to have people!
who want it buy from Mrs. Brown, j
The Supreme Court. J
Eighth circuit, Monday, November j
8, 1920. The court met at io a. m. i
Present: Associate Justices Hydrick,1
Watts and Fraser.
The docket of the Eighth circuit
was called with the following iJei
suit: ;
Frederick Werber ,Jr., respond-!
ent, vs. Andrena Moses et al., appel-!
lanfc rionrfre S. Mower for appel
lants. Frederick Werber, Jr., for appellants.
Dudley C. Outcalt for ap'pellants.
J. F. J. Caldwell for respondent.
W. H. FitzSimons for respondent.
J. B. Park for respondents.
E. W. Mullins for respondent.
Mr. Mower in reply. j
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ROTARY CLUB VARIES []
PROGRAM AT LUNCHEON
A raried program, consisting of
j shor: talks, story telling- and son.irs,
int 'rspersed the luncheon of the (
| Niwberry Rotary club, which was 1
(given at the club rooms of the Rotarians
on Wednesday afternoon. 1
Practically every member was called i
upon by the president of the elub. 1
Z. F. Wright, to show his prowess as j
an orator, story teller or song bird, j
each responding in a happy ve:n. <
Hon. Chas. L. Trabert of Oakland.
Cal., an old Newberry college boy, t
who is now visiting relatives in this ?
city, was a guest at the luncheon. :
Mr. Trabert was called upon by the i
president for a short talk and spoke t
interestinsrlv of his adopted state, j 1
California?-the "state which boasts. J!
j.nd producer-, big things." Mr. Tra-j
bert is a very successful business | \
nan of the West, and his many <
friends here are glad to welcome him (
again as a visitor to his old college
town. His wife was formerly Miss J
Hattie Wells of this city. i
A donation of $25.00 was mads !
hv flnli t.n h^ln defrav the ex- '
per.rcc of the Armistice day celebra- c
ti on.
The luncheon on Wednesday,
which was served by the ladies of c
the First Baptist church, proved to I
be one of the most delightful of the 1
bi-weekly affairs of the local Rotar- i
ians. i
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Jasper Chapter, D. A. R. v
The Jasper chapter, P. A. R.f will I
meet with Mrs. L. W. Jones on Friday,
November 12, at 4 o'clock.
Mrs. W. H. Hunt, 1
Regent. c
Miss Elizabeth Dominick, *.
Secretary. I
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Spanish-American Veterans and 5
Armistice Day.
Mr. W. W. Farrow, commander of 1
Camp Langford, Spanish-American f
veterans, in acknowledging an invi- 1
tation to his command to attend the 1
Armistice day celebration, which was ^
held on Thursday, fully explained r
why the members of his camp could ^
not be present as a whole, but that *
those who could attend would 'be v
there as Individual citizens. The fol- s
lowing is a copy of Commander Far-!*"
[row's eloquent letter:
[Messrs. Jno. B. Setzler, W. S. Mat|
thews, Jos. L. Kcitt, Jr., and R. S.
Jenkirs, Committee. *
Gentlemen: In replying1 to your 1
communication of a few days ago, 'r
kinciy handed me by Dr. Setzler;
which contained an invitation to
Camp Langford, Spanish American t
[veterans, to march with Newberry t
Post^ American Legion, on November
11th, Armistice day, I wish, in be- j
half of oar camp, to sincerely thank J t
you; but. owing to the fact that ourji
membership is scattered over a good |r
part of the state, we will be unable s
to take part as an organization, but c
.shall be with you in spirit, and as in- c
d~viduab will be numbered among f
those present. With very best wishes s
for the success of the Armistice davjt
celebration, I am, r
Very sincerely, a
W. W. Farrow, t
Commander, Camp Langford, SpanI
ish-A .nerican Veterans. r
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Newberry, Nov. 3. s
RICHLAND GINNERY I
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BURNS TO GROUND I
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Fire destroyed a large cotton gill i
at James Crossing, 11 miles below
Columbia, early last' Saturday morning*
which is believed to be of incen- j
diary nature as the gin had been shut t
down siitce Thursday for repairs, j;
The gin belonged to Mr. J. C. Turner j
and was being managed by Mr. Pos-if
tell Hopkins, who runs a mercantile! j
business close by. A new gin had. r
I ~
I been installed this past summer at a.'?
jcost of $3,000. The total lo?s tojj
| Mr. Turner will be about S10,000, j t
ithere being- very little insurance. Mr.
I Turner is the father of Mrs. J. P.. j
I Moon of Newberry. I.
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In Jail After Rioting. 1 i
Sheriff Blease and his deputies ar-j'(
rested and lodged in jail Thursday - r
morning seven r.egroes, ranging in t
age from 12 to 24, charged with riot.
It is alleged that they broke open a i;
j house on Mr. Walter Richardson's (
{place, about 4 1-2 miles south of c
I Wwbcrrv, and beat up two colored t
women; or.c of these women having (
cut up the wife of one of the defend- ?
ants in the last few days. 2
j Those in jail are: Abraham Cromer,
Belt Henderson, Paul Henderson,
Charlie Henderson, Silas Henderson, i r
! Doll Henderson and Chicken Hender- j
son. l
They will be given a preliminary *
hearing before Judge Douglas at an j
early date.
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Watts-Berry. }
-Miss Laura A. Watts of Newberry, i
| Route 1, and Mr. J. W. Berry of bii- (
verstreet, were married on Thursday (
afternoon by the Rev. G. F. Clark- (
son. i
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'ERSONALITY OF WARREN G. |h
HARDING, PRESIDENT-ELECT
By W. B. McNamce. tl
Marion, Ohio, Nov. 7.?What sortjC
>f a personality has President-elect j w
Warren G. Harding? e;
This is the question being asked by a
millions of Americans, men and wo- v.
nen alike, who contributed their bal- a;
ots to the political hurricane that j tl
swept the Republican party into j o
Dower and buried all opposition 'un-1 \v
ier an avalanche of votes. o
While in a series of short campaign t<
;rips Senator Harding reached per- }]
?onally perhaps a few hundred thou- w
sand voters, there were, of course,
nillions more who never have' seen \v
;he man who scored the most spec- p
;acular political victory of modem p
imes.
Upon the 18 newspaper men
vVm wprp with Mr. Hardinir through- ?r
>ut entire campaign evolved the task n
)f carrying the convictions and litter- d
inces to the American public, and c;
;hese were perhaps in closer touch p
.vith the candidate than even his po- S
itical henchmen. To them his ideas fi
md his personality were revealed in I h
laily intimate touches. j tj
White Press House. ri
When in Marion, receiving the fi
laily pilgrimages of Republicans ti
'torn all over the country Senator u
-larding frequently would come backip
.0 the small white press house 'buried j d
imongst the big apple trees in hisjw
jack yard to talk with the men who e;
vere writing the news of the Re- b
mblican campaign. ! t(
Reclining eacily in a bi^ "state" o:
hair kept there especially for his
lse, Senator Harding would light up o
>nc of his long stogies and, after E
giving a short sketch of the political d
)icture, would frequently talk for w
in hour in reminiscent strain of per- a
.onal experiences of his public life. F
But apparently he liked to dwell jn:
ipon the characteristics and person- j a
nf hlR VO'.lth. of his I rr
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ntimate contact with men and 'wo- j \?
nen in all stations of life;. In these d
alks was revealed the intense hu- e:
nan side of the man who on March S]
I will occupy the White House. He b
oved to linger upoii memdries of w
hose who had befriended him in his jr
teady rise to fame from farmer boy f,
o president-elect of the - United
States.. f: tl
Jake Miller. a
One of these narratives of Senator ti
larding's was typical* of many. He b
ccallcd "Jake" Miildf,, an old; white IE
laired compositor on his paper, the vv
'Marion Star." ' } w
"Jake i3 typical of: [the fine straits | lc
hat constitute the American charac- e
er," said Senator Harding. <rHe has \\
>een on The Star with me for 40 tJ
ears, and he has stucjk to me through n
hick and thiri. On several occasions, E
n our early days, I to go to my b
wAof -Talvp's
notner iur o. i^on y^/
alary check. Jake insisted that he h
lidn't want me to dp this, that he J
:culd wait for the money, but his p
inc loyalty made me,;determined to h
;ee that he got all that was coming d
o him no matter how rickety our fi- n
iancial condition. Mother caw the h
ame as I did, and always helped me d
7-'~ " \<r
o pay tJHKt;.
Jake was on the famous front c
)orch the other night. He came to y
;ee his "boss." It was too late, but
:e went right up and rang the door ii
>ell of the Harding home. Senator si
larding himself answered the ring. h
"Why, Jake, what are you doing
lere," he asked. p
A Wonderful Night. n
"I came to congratulate you on IV
our election," said Jake. "Warren, t<
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111S IS <i WUIlCHJilUl Iiigui/ iwi inv, > -v v
veil as you." , h
Senator Harding's eyes filled *cvith s<
ears. He took both of Jake's hands
n his, and held them for several o
n;nutes before he could get the tl
'chokes" out of his voice to thank a
lis old friend and pledge him his g
food will for life. The incident gives o
i typical close up of Senator Hard- s<
ng's devotion to his friends, a trait n
vhich has endeared him not only to j t
he people of Marion with whom he j g
las lived a greater part of his life,..
>ut to those who came to the front M
)orch from all sections of the counry.
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Frequently the president-elect 4
vould temporarily interrupt the visit {*
)f one of the nation's elect to go out
)n the front lawn of his home and jr
jreet some acquaintance who had p
:ome from a neighboring town to d
shake hands with "Warren" and o
i
evive old actiuairtancc. J E
Outdoor Sports. 0
Whenever the pressing duties of c<
he campaign relaxed, and Senator a
larding found a day on the calendar c
inmarked "for the visit of some in- v
eresting and colorful delegation of E
:ront porch pilgrims, he would steal v
iway to one of the several golf clubs j
Tear Marion for a game with some of j i(
lis friends, or, if time did not per- t<
nit, he_would come out into the gar- C
len back of his home, peel off his E
ioat and hat, and engage in a game v>
)f horseshoes with one of the police- t]
lien on guard at the headquarters
ouse just over the way.
There was only one Marion copper
ho could beat Senator Harding al
lis venerable game. He was Ray
hapman, and the prcsident-clect
ould always ask for "Ray," as he
tiled him, when he felt like having
tilt. The officer would respond
ith a broad grin of pleasure, throw
side his night stick and coat, and
le two would go to it. The league
f nations, protective . tarilF, social
. r i __n x 1. . _i.i_ A. :
euare ana an me oLner issue:
f the campaign were temporarily
>ssed to the winds, while Senatoi
[arding and his policeman friend
roulci strive for "ringers."
But try as he might, the candidate
'ould not win, and at last was comelled
to admit that "as a horseshoe
layer I am a good politician."
Remarkable Stamina.
Senator Harding's love of out.doo:
ames is probably responsible for the
pmarkable physical stamina which
uring the trying exigencies of the
ampaign, surprised even his closesi
ersonal friends, including Dr. Car)
tuvyer, his physician. Always the
rst to arise in the morning after a
ard day's campaigning which hac
riecl the best physical efforts of the
est of the party, Senator Harding
requently would ibe the last to re
re at night. He would often sit
p until the "wee small" hours pre
a ring speeches to be made the nex^
ay. Personally, the candidate al ays
said the healthfulnes of his
arly life 011 the farm was responsile
for his ability to keep going al
)p speed during the fevered- weeks
f the campaign away from Marion. ?
It was a notable fact, that nevei
n any c?f the whirlwind tours to the J
last and through the Middle West
id Senator Harding fail to responc
ith a spcech to the crowds gatherec
t the wayside stations to meet him
requently this would entail the
taking of a dozen or more addressei
day, exclusive of the "big talk,'
enerally made upon the arrival in i
trge city at night. That the candi
ate did not show even the slightcio?n<:
of fViP wpjir and tear of
ich strenuous campaigning seems tr
ear out his theory that the dayi
rhen he used to "follow the cradle'
1 the wheat fields had laid the
3undation of his rugged physique.
A Great; Reader.
Whenever Senator Harding secure:
. few moments of leisure time he
jrns to reading, which he claims tc
e the greatest of all relaxations J
[is favorite books are those dealing
'ith the life of Napoleon, and those
rho surrounded the great military
;ader, although his reading has cov
red a wide range of subjects ane
riters. is favorite American au
lor is Edgar Saltus, and on the
ight before his election Senator
[arding confessed to reading entirej
through the "Imperial Purple/'
When the momentus November 1
ad come and gone, and Warren G
larding was proclaimed the next
resident, the morning after found
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1JT1 in ms Ollict;, au?i.vu;iuou uck u,.
istinguished political leaders \f thf
ation's prominent, but by a'circle of
is old Marion friends who- hac
ropped in to wish hiin success on hir
reat adventure as pilot of the
ountry's destinies for the next foui
ears.
Seated at his desk, Senator HardiK
was writing an affectionate in*
zription of his signature on a pile of
irge portray
"Jim, this is for you," he said
assing an autographed picture to a
mn who used to be a mill hand in t
Tarion factory, "and with it I wan1
3 give you my assurances of appreiation
of your fine friendship thai
as been mine even in the most objure
days of the past."
With each picture he had a word
f friendship or a joke with which
hose old acquaintances, grouped
DOUt in smiling grutjtuuc uvci v??%.
reat honor that had come to their
Id friend and neighbor. It was a
cene typical of many in which the
c\v president has expressed his outLanding
character?his warm and
enuine love of human nature.
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COUNTY ELECTON ECHOES. <s
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The Republicans polled 33 votes
i Xewbcrvy county,?voting for
residential electors only?with two
ifFerent tickets?one headed by one
f our white county men, L. W. C.
lalock, and having on it another of
ur home county men, G. C. Williams,
olored, known as "'Boas Williams,"
Iso Susan Horry, said to be a colord
woman. This ticket got only five
otes, but the Tolbert ticket, with R.
Tolbert. Jr.'s name on it, got 28
otes.
TU?. niimmii' /.f vntoc -ft il- I
l lie ll/uu nun; l vi tui^o ivi ^/?
lential electors was 2,058, including
221 Socialist votes, cast at Newberry
.'otton Mills, beiny; votes for Eugene
>ebbs, the unpatriotic jailbird. One
' hite woman is known to have voted
tie Republican ticket at Newberry.
The total number of votes for
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state and county officers was exactly
the same (without a single one
scratched) namely, 1,699?or about
:}f)0 less than for presidential electors.
The numerous constitutional
amendments did not have much con I
sideration at the hands of Newberry
county voters?as they were voted
upon by less than 300 voters, the
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the several proposed amendments?
and from 3fl to 76 against each one.
The total number of registered
voters in Newberry county is 4,934,
to which should have been added a
^ood number in one new township,
No. 12, to vote at Peak, which were
properly registered in Lexington
county books, but not transferred
from Lexington county's registration
book to registration book at Peak
precinct. The managers permitted a
number of these to vote, upon showing
they were properly registered at
1.V1I I.UU1 l HKMUV.
The total number of women registered
in Newberry county was 1)07,
but only 188 appear to have exercised
their new right and privilege as
voters?as shown by the poll lists at
the 2.0 precincts in our county.
Ncrris-Clamp.
Miss Julia Norris and Mr. Ira
Clamp took the people by surprise
when they went to Columbia and got
married on Tuesday at the Methodist
parsonage by the Rev. Mr. Brunson.
If they had been thinking: of such a
surprising act for any length of time
they were very successful in keeping
it from the public. The two happy
ones?or the one happy twos?are
among the number of valuable clerks
at Haltiwanger & Carpenter's and
two of the most successful right at
this iuncture.
FAMOUS HOUSE STILL STANDS
Mansion Erected by Thomas Hancock
on Beacon Hill, Boston, Splendid
Piece of Architecture.
The first house of distinction to be
b?uilr. on Beacon hill, in Boston, the
highest of three elevations which gave
to the city the name of "Tri-raountain,"
and which was the center of
military, social and religious life, was
prerted bv Thomas Hancock, nn nncle
of tho Revolutionary hero. This was
in 1737.
It was a beautiful mansion, built
of stfaie, with the ground laid out in
orchards and gardens, and it was here
that the first tree nursery in Boston
was started. Inside great taste was
shown iiTtlie furnishings, the drawingroom
containing a rare set of bird'seye
maple, covered with red damask.
Hancock was a lavish host, and
gave a famous breakfast to the officers
of the French fleet.
While the French troops were in Boston
forty or more of the officers dined
at tbe house every day. On one ocrato
in.-inT unpxnecfpd
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jniosis appeared that Madam Hancock
was driven to despair to know how
to provide for them, .vo she had servants
milk all the cows pastured on the
common, whether this was agreeable
to their owners or not. The - house Js
yet considered a splendid piece of
architecture.
An Officer and a Gentleman.
Having failed twice to pass the mental
tests for entrance to the naval
academy, a youth who wa? permitted
to take the examination a third time,
procured another youth who had already
passed, to undergo the examination
in June. The substitute was discovered
and the appointments of both
canceled. The names of the offenders
were not made public.
The first candidate failed in both
the February and April examinations,
and in June persuaded a "candidate
who had passed in Afiril to take the
arominafinn imdfH* the former's name
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before tlio civil service board in Baltimore.
The papers fell into tlio hands
of examiners at the naval academy,
who had jrone over the papers which
the second candidate had submitted
for himself. A carefill comparison indicated
that Ihey had been written by
the same person, and both youths <on??\
iiminnlis corresnoiiileiit New
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York Sun.
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j Misunderstood.
A Xew York lawyer whose zeal prohahiy
outweighed hi?; learning was aririiinir
a case in a local court, which
for present purposes need n??t he identified.
"My conlejition. your honors," he
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sjiul in accents 111:11 hcikihh mo
"iss dat de lower court inadt error
because tie verdict iss ajraiwst deveiirlit
of de evidence."
"We can't hear that," said the court,
meaning that it was not a proper ;issi^nment
of orror.
"Veil. now," said 1*1 le lawyer, ultu
entirely missed the point, "it' your ln?nors
vill lissen I viII speak a liddl
louder."
Old and Yoursg President";.
Tlu> lwr.nr of ihe presidency cam<
to William Henry Harrison later it
life ilian t?? any other incumbent <?]
office. -Mr. Harrison heimr sixty-eighl
years of age when inaugurated in
1SH. When Theodore Iloosevelt sue
eeeded President McKinley in 1U0J. In
was but forty-two years of age, beitij
\-nnu<rpr than auv other president ol
the United States at the time of at
tainins the olRce.
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7 HOLLANDERS OF OLD TIMES
Colchis, Caucasian Tribe, Free People
Because They Had Always
Command of the Sea.
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j The inhabitants of Colchis, set in
the valleys of ihe inaccessible Caucasus
in tJie northward of the Asiatic
plniiis. were the Hollanders of ancient
times. They were a free aid
barbarous peopbt, but were invited to
the cultivation <?f commerce by the
vicinirv of two sens which were for?
j nu'i-ly joined towards tbe north, and
attained by means of it to a j^reat decree
of opuleuee which made them
i Tbnir fwrltnrv nf small
extent lay on the eastern shore of
J lie Kuxine sea. Tlie greater portion,
of it was marshy, and J he atmosphere
humid; iliey 2in?l frequent and heavy
rains, a great number of cluinnels in1
ersect wl their plaint, on the hauks
of which the dwellings of the people
were placed, raised for the most part
upon stakes. The natives of the coun
try were corpulent and somewhat
above the middle stature, and their
language was hard of utterance tnd
ungraceful. Their chief river, the
Phasis, like the lihine, lost, itself in
interminable sands.
Northern Scvthia. includinc the
region above Salman a and the for-.
osts oC Germany as far as the frozen
se?. was a wilderness through which
many pastoral and hunting nations, 'J
incessantly roamed.?Detroit Free *
Press,
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LIVED MANY CENTURIES AGO
Skeleton of Giant Wombat, Recently
Found in Tasmania, Believed ta'. "
Be 20,000 Years Old.
A complete .skeleton recently discov!
ered in the Mowbray marsh, on the far
i outskirts of the wild marshy regiopx
j of Northwest Tasmania confirms the $
J existence 20,000 or 30,000 years ago of
i n /aha ii-f tlia iw?n/*lirw1
| a gllllll IM.IM1IJIH V"?C VI. 111V. jiuum-vo
, animals peculiar to the Antipodes).
i The discovery was made by Mr. , ;/r
! Lovett, a farmer, who was digging a
<lrain into tlie swamp.
| The skeleton lay buried in six feet ^
i of decayed vegetable matter resting on.
sand that was once the bed of a lake.
Mr. Scott of the JL.aunce.yton mnseum, '|*j
examined and excavated the skeleton
and expressed Ihe opinion that ilie
! animal had lived perhaps more fhiem
I 20,000 years ago, says tl>e Jx)ndon;
i Daily Mail. It Is the only specimen
i yet discovered. In life the- animal , ". ?
1 would be bigger than a mule, vitb >\
! .four elephantine legs and a head very.
: much like a bulldog. Experts believe
J it to be a smaller species.of a gigantiir
i niareupial approaching in size the' - v
| Bronto'sauras (which weighed 80 fo SKV7
i tons>). It has long, beailike ti>sksf cofi
j probably lived 011 herbs and was slovr
i of movement.
'[ The presont-tlay wohrbat is a bnr- - 'v$P
i rowing animal "from two to three feei:
j long, with a short", thick body, short I
legs and very little-tall. : .. v. V* ^
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Doing Good Work. ^
Cood 'work is wt entirely a question
of will power. Often it is impaired. \
by :i low* physical standard. The qual*
Ity of the work cannot he up to high.;
water mark when every faculty, every
function, and every hit of your ability
is affected by a rundown physical an3
mental condition. You may be sure
that your weakness, whatever its
cause, will appear in your work, whetker.
it is making books or selling them,
j teaching school f?r studying, chiseling .<
| statues <>r digging ditches.
Had one the power to analyze the
cause of his non-success, many a failyre
could see these things standing
fJ out all over his career?insufficient
i sleep, lack of exercise in the open
air, lack of change and recreation, Irregularity
and want of system in his
method of living. , ?^j
The youth who would get the nfost
out of life, who would fed eh the highest
expression in his work and relain
his freshness, vigor and enthusi- asm
to the last must lead a regular
life.?Orison Swett Mardon in Chicago ~f
Dally News.
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Sugar Cane.
Sugar cane requires an abundance
.of sunshine and water and a de<>p, for'
tile soil. In planting the stalks are "
i laid lengthwise in furrows, and each
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1 jollir Stilus up U mian luivt
produces suckers. Wh'Mi ready for
harvesting a fieW of sugar cane resetuhlcs
a corn field, l?iit tiie plant*
are somewhat larger and there are no '
tassels and no ?*ars. The stalks at
this time have been growing about 12
moil tits and have changed from greea
to reddish in color, while most of the
lower leaves have fallen away. They
, are cut by hand with a long knife^
stripped of their leaves and carried on
! carts or small cars to the sugar lriill.
Milk and Meat Prevent Pellagra.
i ) The most recent researches info pel
! hiL'rn. iust published in the form of a
J ?
report from the United States pub'
1 j lie health service, make it clear that
j deficiency of milk and fre.sh meat iu
j the diet is the principal cause of the
i disease.
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j Dr. Joseph Goldbergi-i*, to whom fh?
j world owes most of its knowledge of
>: pellagra, urges- that more cows be in-,
i j trodiiced into those regions of our
[ Southern states in which pellagra If*
I i most prevalent, and that a 11-t lie-year*
, ! round fresh meat markets he estab*,
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. | Jished. 4.
!j His Views. ? '
f! "She's snveet and simple." J
"Sounds ;:ood. Still, I don't think $
care to marry a simple girl."?Louifli 'r4
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