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J VOLUME LVII., NUMBER 1, NEWBERRY, S. C., TUESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1921. . TWICE A WEEK, $2.00 A YEAR | PENROSE GIVES TARIFF VIEW! ______ REPUBLICAN LEADER HAS LIT TLE ENTHUSIASM. X - Pennsylvania Senator Again in Wasli ington After Absence of Year ' On Account of Illness. Washington, Dec. 31.?-Senate Penrose of Pennsylvania, prominen Republican leader today signalizes his return to Washington and to pub lie affairs, by giving an interview discussing tariff and other govern mental affairs, receiving a few sena tors, posing for motion pictures am preparing for active work in congres beginning next week. . Illness ha kept the Pennsylvania senator fron Washington for a year but today h< "? ? t 1 : i. _ ??? mtncaiec putas ro resume active pat ticipation in national affairs. The emergency iarif: bifi, passe< yecently jhy the house, Senator Pen ^rose told newspaper men, will b< -taken up early next week, possible Monday, by the senate finance com mittee, of which be is-chairman. Th< cATv<?tAr added that he did not ree:ar{ the, measure <4with any amount o: enthusiasm." He also said that sol > diers' bonus legislation was "inti mately involved" with general na tional finances and indicated that h< favored consdieration of some sor . j , of compensation legislation at the ex +?o coceisvn nf rrmcrrPSR. to meet SOOI V+C* V* , T_ after March 4> President-elect Harding's cabin? selections, Senator Penrose said were a personal patter for Senato: Harding. The Pennsylvania leade: said that he had, "no ida" in that re spect and had taken little interest ii reports frpip l^rfO|i regarding inter national iq$estions. In - this field congress, the senator said, w?oul< "biaze theway'^aiid would not tak? a profc^fiF $t>& "any secretary oj v,- state no matter who he may be." Senator Penrose also conferre< with his colleague, Senator Knox o Pennsylvania, who had just returns from A conference With President elect Harding at Marlon. TKa. nrinHnal evidence of Senato Penrose's long illness noted today b: ;4|| visitors was a ldss in ^weight. Thi senator is able to Walh but has tin use of & rolling chair. He said toda; that he would Be at his office at th capitol early 'text week and 'plannei frequent visits there. Several of th rooms of has hotel suite ^ave bee: arranged for office purposes. "I don't look with any amount o enthuiasm on any emergency taril legislation," said tl*e senator, think that the tariff and revenue ar questions that ought to tie taken u as a "Whole in a careful, thoughtfu manner and after full conference wit] the president-elect and whoever ma; be secretary of the treasury." Senator Penrose was asked wheth er he agreed with statements tha high tariffs would restrict trade wit] Europe, limiting Europe's capacity t " -A- "I pay UHieBteuTiess to Auicuka. 'There is a good dt>l in that,0 h answered. "We can't expect foreign nations to pay off their debts t< America if we don't give them an op portunity to trade with us. War con ditions make it very difficult to fram a. scientific bill." / . Regarding^&e soldiers' bonus bill Senator renrose saiai "I believe in doing something o the soldiers that will meet condition and be satisfactory to them." H added, however, in response to question whether the bonps legisla tion would be pressed at this sessior that bonus legislation was "very ir timately m.-olved with the - question of raising "revenue and the new ta bill." Senator Pentose said there \va wide sentiment among business intei ests against any tariffs that woul curb American commerce. v ?t M-vntinr ? tnriff man a ( X am ao m - ever," the senator continued, "but - am not prepared to v^te for any pai | / ticular measure. -We can't expec nearly as much revenue from tarii as, from direct taxation." 'The finance committee's chairma said he had /'no ideas" regarding th makeup of President-elect Harding1 cabinet, that he was not suggestin any names and was taking no part i cabinet considerations. *?That is a matter that I have a' ways regarded as personal to th i ^ PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS PROSPEROUS PROSPERITY * ^ Merry Watch Party Welcomes New Year?Several Pleasant Socials I 0 Add to Festivities of Holidays. Prosperity, Jan. 3.?Dr. and Mrs. l" G. W. Harmon gave a merry watch party Friday evening assembling about 25 of their friends to watch the old year out and the new year in. r The house' was in bright ,Christmas * decorations with the glittering Christ* mas tree still in place. At midnight the party repaired to the street and ' welcomed 121 with ringing bells, honking liorns and tooting whistles. Christmas sweets were served. * A delightful party was enjoyed by 5j the junior,set given Tuesday evensj ing by Miss' Helen Bedenbaugh in 1 honor of Misses Ada Day of Mt. 2j Md., and Alta Day of Baltimore. The " rooms were decorated with red and green. After playing rook, dainty * refreshments were served by the hos" tess, assisted by Miss Francis Beden2 baugh. f The handsome home of Mrs. Laura " Wise was the scene Wednesday eveni ing of a pretty party, when Miss * Willie Mae Wise, entertained the ^ I Young People's society of Grace Lu? * . * t theran church. The wnoie lower " floor of the house wreathed and gar" landed in holly and mistletoe, pre2 sented a typical picture of Christmas ; t cheer. Mr. and Mrs. Maxwell Forbes ' of New York city rendered a musical 1 program which added greatly to the evening's pleasure. At a late hour t Misses Willie Mae and Nellie Wise , ? served hot chocolate and wafers. r Another delightful party was ear joyed by the Epworth league of - Wightman chapel when they were en-- 1 i tertained Friday evening by the Ep- * - worth league of Zion "church at the 4 r home of Miss Vita Counts. The af1 fair afforded 75 girls and boys one - of the happiest occasions of tfie huiif. days. {The rooms cleared for the playing -of old fashion games wore ' 1 Christmas decorations. Delicioufc ref freshments were served. i The last of the Christmas parties - was given Saturday afternoon when Misses Effie and Elizabeth Hawkins " r entertained at_bridge. The rooms j where tables were placed for the ! e spirited games were decorated in B Christmas greens. A tempting sweet j course was served. ? .1. -i. J u ej Miss ZiUia barret, youngest uuu^i1 ter of Mr. and Mrs. John Garret, was ' e married Sunday to Houston. Bowers, n son of Mr. and Mrs. Luther Bower-;, ' the "bride's pastor, the Rev. J.. D. I ? Griffin officiating. f Miss Mary Crumpton and Hallman ; 1 Sligh were married Wednesday at the e St Paul's parsonage by the Rev. S. Ti V , p r. awn. I Mrs. C. T. Wyche will be hostess k to the WiRiam Lester chapter, U: D. y C., Friday afternoon at 3:30. A , full attendance is desired as impor- . tant business is to_be discussed. t The Ladies* Aid society of Grace k church will meet Thursday afternoon 0 at 3:30 with Mrs. Q. B. Simpson. 'The Eastern Star chapter holds its mafl+Jnff Tiwdav. .Tanuarv g UWlIbUJlji rntbviij. i(> a 4, fit 7:30 p; m. v \ 0 .The James D. Nance chapter, C. of K C., will meet Saturday afternoon at 3:30 with Master Everton Hartman. Corday Counts of Columbia has been spending the week here with crnnr? narerrfcs. [} *"" o r Mr. and Mrs. 0. K. Zeagler and r 0. K., Jr., have returned to Lone s Star, after Visiting Mrs. Laura Wise. Mr. Sheppard Merchant has retumed to Saluda, after a short visit L_ to his daughter, Miss Mamie Lee j Merchant. Mrs. J. B. Bedenbaugh and chi'l 1 dre of Pomaria are guests of Mrs. x J. M. Werts. Mr. A. H. Kohn of Columbia spent s | president/' he added. The senator j declared he had not taken any pard i ticular interest in the discussions at Marion regarding future internation- j s al relations. I "I don't think it matters much, in v " ? v that respect, who is secretary of j state/' said the senator. "For I think j % congress will blaze the way, particularly tile senate, and I don't think n congress will take any program from > any secretary of state, no matter who s he may be." S The Pennsylvania senator declared n the country was facing "some of the biggest problems ever encounterl ed" and that it would take combined e j wisdom to meet the situation. j ROYAL IRI w > v . ... "W . hwaatfrMbfa.ii iiri<,yi mmiiiaoamettr<- ?i??'riinii-j'Ib'H Members of the Royal Irish cousts! *'* * r 1 * jr A new year's day wirn mr. ana Mrs. a. G. Wise. . Miss Ethel Qounts has been* visiting in Pomaria. Mrs. Henry Kibler and Miss Erin Kohn of Newberry visited Mr. and Mrs. B. M. D. Livingston last week. Prof, and Mrs. A. W. Shealy and daughter, Miss . Caroline, o? Columbia spent Wednesday with J. D. Brown, Jr. Mrs. 0. W. Amick and daughter, Ruth, have returned from Columbia. - The following have been-'visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. A. "Sease: Miss Lottie Stoudemayer and Mrs. Wessingej of Chapin, Mrs. Chapman and daughter, Miss Jessie, of Columbia. Mr. and * Mrs. E. T. Mayer 'and family of Newberry spent the past * * ?*rl- 1^4.:.,*^ wees nere witn relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Alvih S-ingley of Blainey spent the Christmas "season with the former's 'parents. Miss Mary Kohn of Saluda has been visiting relatives here. The Rev. J. A. MtKeown has returned from Chester. Howard Schumpert of Atlanta is visiting his mother, Mrs. Fannie Schumpert. Dr. and Mrs. Cr. T. Pugh of Co- J lumbia are guests of Mrs. w. r. Pugh. Miss Margurite Wise returned Thursday to Columbia, after spending the holidays at home. Winn Blanton of Orangeburg is spending awhile with his grandfather, A. A. Nates. . * j Mrs. L. W. Bedenlpttgh had as Christmas fruests, Mrs. J. S. Miller] of Jalapa, IVJErs. Nanie Bishop and Mrs. Luia Ducket of Newberry. Prof, and Mrs. J.. S. Wheeler and daughter, Miss Pearl, left Friday for their home in Blenheim/ R. C. Stork of Columbia was the week-end guest of G. S. W.ise. Edward Coleman has returned toj Eastover, after visiting -Heyward! Sin^lev. Miss Elizabeth Curlee of Winnsboro is the guest of Mrs. Jacob S. Wheeler. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Gibson spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Gibson. Calvin Crozier Chapter. The Calvin "Crozier chapter, U. D. C., will meet Tuesday afternoon, January 4, at 4 o'clock at the home of Miss Rosalyn Hipp with Mrs. W. ? ~ " T\ T. JSrown, ivirs. jjuu^xu* uuuuuj, Miss Lelia Dennis and Miss Sara Caldwell as. associate hostesses. ""Miss Julia Kibler, President. Mrs. Tom P. Johnson, Secretary. Golden Anniversary. We have an invitation to the cele-j bration of the golden wedding day I of Mr. and Mrs. T. N. SheaJy of Little Mountain on next Saturday and if nothing intervenes we hope to have the opportunity of enjoying the | day with these good people and thei family. Looking forward 50 years! is a long time but looking backward, it seems but yesteryear. 4 SH. CONSTABULARY "FIGHT" SIP IT!S " ' - '' 1 ^ knlor-u.. olivinew in n riVftfV.ifp h.U J a* A V* ^*V,V?.VW B L DNDERWAY '; ,t "' ' * ,'>V' ' tuTrnMlTinvu r AMD A V V A/? A V in X H.rvt>H l IV/linu ^uini ftn a ?in a ' NOW PROCEED. Approval of Articles Association Announced by F^<l^ral Reserve in Washington. -?-r "Washington, Dec. 31.?Approval of the articles of association, of the j Fed?stnl?dNiten&tR c-nasff -?' ' .1 ' pany of New Wrieans. was announce a today by the federal reserve board. The corporation has a capital of $7,- i 000,000 and is organized under the provisions of the Edge act for the | purpose, of financing foreign trade, j The new company, which is the sec- i ond Edge act corporation approved by the board, was formed to finance shipments of cotton, and tobacco from the foreign countries but it is expected that the corporation will devote itself principally to cotton with the view of relieving the situation-facing the growers. Pending the issue of a financial permit the board said the corporation has authority to exercise only those powers ^rV^Vi ofd inrMflnrit nnrl nveliroinarv WiAIVIl UJ. V/ Jl UV1UVOV J v to its organization. New Orleans, Dec. 31.?Issuance of the temporary permit to the Federal Internationat-Banking company today places everything in readiness for'the organization meeting of the new $7,000,000 concern which will he held in this city on January 7. At the meeting of the stockholders here on that date a board of directors will be elected after which the directors will meet and elect officers to take charge of the corporation. It is expected that as soon as the organisation is perfected everything yill 1*., in readiness for the bank to begin to function at once. Temporary officers, for the new corporation have been opened in this city and are in charge of Kaynes McFadden of Atlanta, and A. F. Jen nings of New York. Both of vfchese bankers have been closely identified with the preliminary organization plans. i - ? The Youth's Companion Home Calendar for 1921. The oublishers of the Youth's Companion will, as al.ways at this season, present to every subscriber whose subscription ($2.50 )is paid for 1921 a calendar for the new year. The tablets are printed in red and olive green, and besides giving the days of ihe current month in bold legible type, give the calendar of the preceding and succeeding month in ?11 +V,Q m'tvo-in Tf. is > SilUUld l,VJ?C III -- ? ? rich and practical piece of work. Crumpton-Cromer. Miss Mollie Crumpton and Mr. P. W. Cromer- were married by the Rev. L. P. Boland on Sunday evening at n - 1 4-"U^v r\f flip O O t'lOL'K, ill U1C L wiuv.in_ui bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Crumpton, in the Bethel community. J ~ ? M IN FEINERS. r # > -SsSij#? ^2s9Ja9ili^^CTi^^^^^SSK^8t ttic on a road near Dublin, Ireland. W. W. HERBERT ELECTED ROAD SUPERVISOR Other Elections?Highway Conimis sion Holds Important Meeting. Will Meet Again Thursday. The highway commission met on Saturday. Mr. W. A. Sanders, the engineer, was present by invitation of the commission. He was aui thorized to take up with the federal ^government the matter of federal aid |jn the building of roads. Messrs Johnstone, Mower and' Counts of the legislative delegation appeared before the board and stated that if it should be found necessary they would have another bill passed so as to remove any doubt as to the legality of the bond act. f W. W. Herbert was elected road supervisor at an annual salary of $2,000 with an allowance for trave^i iner expenses of $500. Mr. Herbert is a son of Mr. W. I. Herbert of the Utopia section of this county and a graduate of Clemson college. . j . Mr. Henry B. Richardson was ! elected foreman of the chain gang | with a salary of $75 per month. Mr. | J. H. Si Wicker was elected guard of j the chain gang at a salary of $70 per, month on the condition that he also" 1 act as truck machinist and blackI smith. Mr. J. 4B. Mize and Mr. E. I W. Cook were elected guards of the ! chain gang at a salary each of $50 | per month. ! Daniel Henderson was elected , ferryman at Enoree with a salary of i $25 per month. T. W. Powell ferry! man at Hawkins at a salary of $40 j per B-^nth. J Mr. Henderson was authorized to ! select a ferryman at Strother at a salary not exceeding $40 per month. The chairman Was authorized to j communicate with the supervisor of j Saluda county as to ferrymc/ at j Holly's and Simpson's femes- for j 1921. j Dr. E. 0. Hentz was elected pnyIsician to the county home at a salary of $100 per year. Convict Ernest Wicker is to be left at the county home to do work on the buildings at the home. Sheriff Blease appeared before the I commission and stated that it had been the custom to permit him to offer rewards for the capture of j convicts and wanted to know what the commission desired to do about it. The commission instructed him j to consult the chairman in such matj ters. ! % Will Abrams is to continue as jani-. {tor at the court house. I A committee composed of Commis I I sioners Henderson, BeJenbaugh and Oxner was appointed to confer with the supervisor and take inventory of the county property and mules and stock preparatory to the formal transfer of the business of the county to the new officers. Under the law all elective officers take charge on the first Tuesday in January. The hifrhwav commission will hold another meeting on Thursday, / . I / THE NEW NEWBERRY IS 11 NOW OPEN FOR GUESTS 1 Fitted Up New in All Departments With Hot and Cold Water in All ^ Rooms?Beautiful Lobby. It was for a long time unpleasant for a Newberrv man to hear as he traveled on the train the traveling men talk about the hotels of Newberry and how they arranged their schedules so as to avoid the town for a night. And they did. It was a familiar sound to hear them .talk about the poor old Newberry and the ac- v commodations they received. And ^ no hotel man, however expert in the business he may have been, could have run a first class 'hotel in the old " building with the old furniture and 1 other things of -a former generation. But now that is all changed. Let ^ the credit be given to Mr. Geo. W. Summer, who bought the hotel block j ^ some time ago, and for the past sev- j ' eral months has had expert workmen j ^ busy tearing out the old and putting ^ in the new. And to Mr. Ernest Summer, the architect, who planned and J supervised the work. The doors of , the New Newberry were thrown ^ open to the public on the first day of the year, though all the work was ^ 1 Kilt if OTJ?3 ^ HOI tJItilfcJiy vuv AW .r?w | J. necessary, because in the memory of j the oldest inhabitant Newberry had . not been without a hotel until dur3 ing the past few weeks when Mr. Bolin decided to move to Spartanburg and closed the National. It will be open also in a day or two under, the management of Mr. Dufft, who has come to Newberry from Denmark r to take charge. It is a difficult task to take an old building and make a new one out of it, but Mr. Summer, with the expert supervision and expert men he has 2 had at work there for the past sev- j eral months has accomplished the impossible, and the entire inside of the j * i building has been done over and all] t c f the rooms refurnished and new ceil- v ; ing and new floor^ put in, and you * : can not tell that it is an old build- c ! ing; And then the new part from I the ground up is so connected with J | the other building that jaou -do not j know when you pass from the old to J the new, one continuous hall connecting the two. ^ - ? ?:j.u i All the rooms are nxrea;up wiwijj. hot and cold water and most of them > ^ either with single or connecting bath, 1 and all with telephone connecting) with the office or to any part of the i world. And the lobby and the dining room are beauties and lovely to ^ behold. A main feature y>f the lobby is tHe skylight overhead wliich gives liorkt Kv dav. arid the beautiful electric chandeliers light it up by! r night. Tile floors and marble wains- r coating make it a pleasant place in which to while away the idle mo- ? ments. The building is steam heat- * etj throughout and the cold of winter I will not bother you in the least. i Mr. W. W. Bullock is the manager ^ and he is as happy over the nice new ^ place as a little girl with her Christmas doll, and Mrs. Bullock is an ex I pert in the line of the culinary de-j partment and the meals will be of f the best that any market affords. Be- t cause she knows how to have prepar- s ed and to have served. The two are v experienced hotel folk and appre- ] date the advantage of being cou^-.j ( teous ancl polite to the traveling pub- t lie, and that is the only way to make; s a hotel popular. When you enter1 the lobby at the New Newberry you j t I ova rominrlpfl of what Mr. Brinson | said to us on the day before he open-L ed the Oregon at Greenwood the lastja time. We happened in Greenwood I that afternoon and walked into the lobby of this hotel and Mr. Brinson fc was busy arranging the pot plants s around the room, and he said he had! j just returned from an inspection of i ^ hotels in other sections of the coun-|t try and at some of them as he walk-i J ed in he had the feeling that they j e shad fixed up because he was coming, \ a and especially for him, and that he s wanted the people who came to stop 11 with hir& at the Oregon to have the i a same sort of feeling, that he had fix-| ed up because they were coming, and p he wanted to keep the hotel in that d condition all the time. And that is n the spirit that will make any hotel jd popular, to he fixed up all the time | L so that you will make the guest feel j \ that you had fixed up especially forjj him. And that is the only way the j t New Newberry now appears and we^f 1DERLY FARMER DIES OF POISON j VIFE AND YOUNG MAN TAKEN TO JAIL. ?? -i. tr !!.4 .1 ( ury Accuses woman?vcroici at m Inquest Says Death is Due to I Dose of Strychnine. W " 'he State. Marion, Dec. 31.?B. Jones, an elerly farmer living on the Galliants ferry road about six miles outheast of Marion, cajne to his. eath last night about 10 o'clock as ne^result of an overdose of strychine alleged to have been adnrinisgred by his young wife with intent :> kill. Lizzie Jones, the wife, was aken into custody and is held in the larion county jail on a charge of oisoning her husband, according to pstimnnv whieh came out at the cor ner's investigation. Mr. Jones had een indisposed and asked his wife to ix him a dose of soda and salts. She tepared some medicine for him7">-^>J rtiich he took. Shortly afterwards ^ :e was seized with violent pains and - M lelieving himself to be poisoned, be;an to shout and scream in order to .ttract the attention of some people A iving nearby. At the time Mrs. ones gave the dose there was no one n the house but herself, her husband . ,nd their three little children. The 0 Loise made by Mr. Jones soon at * * ' ^ - ..j racted neignoors to me scent; mm te told them that he had been pois>ned by his wife and when quesioned by them she is said to have admitted that she purposely admims- \ ered the overdose of strychnine. Witnesses ?ay that she said she J tad had the bottle of/strychnine over l year and h|d been saving i$ to* i i U?, t/iwiaa {a joison ner nn*u?D<R ?*? 15 years of age and has been mr ied six years. Her husband was past ;0 years of age; It has been tUikbr;d for some tiriie {hat the pair did lot get along well together. It is illetged that Mrs. Jones states that rim Ammons, a young farmer living , ibout a mile north of Marion, gave ter the bottle of strychnine over a - - - i <?-> 1 rear ago and told Her to Kiu-ner nus- & >and with it. Ammons was arrested this morn- ! ng charged with accessory before he fact and js held in the jail here. .. drs. Jones made no attempt to esape and apparently no effort to con- ? ^ iior niipcred cuilt. The neigfe- J Vtt* *?V* 0 0 -r- K)rs summoned Sheriff J. V. Rowell ad kept her under observation until lis arrival. The coroner's jury found he following verdict: "B. Jones came to his death as a esult of strychnine poisoning adninistered by his wife, Lizzie Jones." % v? The sheriff is in possession of the ' >ottle which contained the sttrychline. It is the half <ocnce size and is >artia!ly filled with prtrdered stxychline. The bottle is marked "Poison," vith the usual skull and cross bones abel. - /' :<39 Card of Thanks. We wish to thank our dear friends or their kindness shown us during he sudden death of bur darling little on, Troy, who quietly passed away vhile on a visit to his grand parents, Hr.. and Mrs. B. B. Rikard, to 3pend Christmas. We wish also to thank he grand parents for their kindness hown us and may God richly bless \ iach one for what they did for us in he hour of our sore 'bereavement. Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Williams. 1 / ,re sure that Manager Bollock will :eep it just that way. A good hotel is a big asset to any own no matter how large or how mall the town may be. When the fewberry people travel away from lome, and while they stay at home, hey want to tell what a fine new i?el the town has, and now nicely iverything about it is kept and maniged, and it will prove the biggest ort of an advertisement for the own. It is really a nice plaee ahd l credit to the town. Mr. Walton, the man who did the : ? astering about the building and who lid the fancy work in the lobby with tiortar, certainly knows how aiyl he 3 ioes it in a hurry. Go in and take a ook at it and be convinced that the irork is well done. In fact the whole ? V. In n fft fVio man tnka <11*1 \JU lo a LlVUib i/V iii v AX HMV ?UU he work as well as to the man who / ;~*i urnished the sinews of wat. ,