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7JK . VOLUME LV1II, NUMBER 12. . NEWBERRY, S. C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1922. TWICE A WEEK, $2.00 A YEAR TO BUILD MORE TOP SOIL HIGHWAYS RECOMMEND ISSUING $150,00( MORE HIGHWAY BONDS This Will Build About Fifty Miles o Read and in Sections That Should Have Them ? Thp hie-hwav commission at it: meeting on Monday decided to as! the legislative delegation *.o order th< issuing of $150,000 more of count} bonds in order that some of tre high ways already started may he extend ed and that some others may b< built. If the plan suggested i,y tr.c commission is carried out it will giv< Newberry a very fine system of high ways and they will. permeate even section of the county and no one wi! be very far from a highway. In fac' it is estimated that with this sunabout fifty more miles can be built It is hoped that the delegation will adopt the suggestion of the commission and authorize the issuing of the additional sum and that the roads suggested by the commission may be built. The roads suggested' by the commission are an extension of the roac from the Whitmire road just before [ it reaches Duncan's creek to the Lau | rens line at or near the brick nouse This road would connect with a road *** to Clinton. The building of a roac from Whtimire to the Laurens line tc connect with a highway from Laurens to the Newberry line. This woulc take about two miles of road in Newberry county and the other road to the Brick house at the Laurens line would Vko ohmif thrpp miles. The extension of the Belfast roac from Longsheres to the Laurens county line. The building of the Calks terry road from Prosperity to the Lexington county line. The building of the road from Newberry to the Saluda river steel bridge at the alligator rock. The extension of the Pomaria roaci ^ rui?jw?n Pnnaria ironi juu uaiuncit ?uU w> ?v . ? and on to Peak via Latikoo. To extend the road from Deadfall to the Saluda river at the steel bridge which will connect with Saluda county. To build a road from a point erf the Gibson road to Broad river at a poini selected by the state highway commission for the erection of a bridge cor ..acting Newberry and Fairfield counties. There are two routes con tending for the location of this road. The one route is down the Asheford ferry road out by Mr. Thos. W. Keitt's and Rutherford school house to Mr. Jeff Suber's .?.nd Shelton. The commission decided to go in a body over the two routes on Thursday so as the more intelligently to select the route. The other route is down by Mt. Pleasant school and would follow the Gi'bscn highway down to the Gibson place now the home of the Brown boys. The Asheford ferry road route would follow the Gibson road out to Unity church and thence across to the - i X old Acheford ferry road, une contention is that this route would serve more people and would cost less to construct. The other contention i; that none of the bond money has been spent in Xo 3 township and that there should be a highway built in this section of the county. In the event the Asheford ferry route should be adopted the commission has agreed to build a good top soil road from the Gibson place on down by Mt. -Pleasant with the chain gang. Both of these roads should be built and under this agreement it would seem that it is probable that both will be built. This is a fine program mapped out by the commission and the delegaticr should not hesitate a moment ar.d should adopt it so that work might be commenced at once. The people who are to be served by this schedule of new roads are entitled to consideration and then we would really have ' a fine system of roads in the county, The commission also took the position that if the roads are to be buill there should also be some arrangement for the maintenance of the roads, and that is really of very greal importance. No use to spend monej building: groori roads unless you arc goin? to provide to maintain them. Captain Swygert of Peak appearec "before the commission in behaif of the citizenr of this community and ret . quested the commission to provide ic s ' the building of a fiat and the maint i nance of a ferry between Alston ar ! D ? ^ 1- r,-3 i-t- iimi- et>j + oc] Ii I'ari, ClIJU il> V> C40 OIULV.U WAftVt-V A M?4 .*v (county would bear one half of ti j expense of building the ferry and a so in the maintenance of it. TJc1 commission decided to recommer r i j to cur legislative delegation to pr jvide for this ferry. It should \ j done, because the river without son 5 j convenient way of crossing mak< .: near neighbors very far apart. 21 would be a great convenience to ci . i lzens cn cum siues ui uiic n?ci. Mr. W. W. Herbert's time beir out with the year Chairman G. ] s Boulware has been put in charge < , the chain gan?. i ' NEWBERRY-CITADEL TEAMS LEADING IN BASKETBAL | Columbia Record. Gth. Carl Weimer in The Charlestc News and Courier, one of the live; ' and most enterprising: sports write] in the Sallie league circuit has take time from his multitudinous duties 1 analyze the intercollegiate basketba ns frill r.HT<z ' iavv J vuv/ . It seems almost certain that tl: state championship honors will eithc , go to Newberry or to the Citadel th year. The Citadel has not lost game, while Newberry has lost bi one, that to the cadets here 'by i three-point margin. The Citadel hs | won from Newberry, Clemson an Furman. Newberry has defeated Furma ' 2?-? nn* .dnnf |j IWHic, r~L'diuy lci icii \J J. Carolina twice, the University c i j South Caraolina at Colambia, Wof I j ord, at Wofford, and the College c | Charleston here. j! It will be seen that Newberry hz I yet to play Carolina, Wofford, th j Citadel and the College of Charlesto games, but all of these contests wi be played at Newberry. And Nov, berry has not been defeated at Nev berry in some years. The Citadel wi ^ make two road trips this year. Th week the cadets will play Wofford z j the Y. M. C. A. Friday night. Th Methodists are slated to battle th I n-p PViovloc+nr! TVmrsrl.*i\r. c v.i?iivuwu %r. Should Newberry win all of ii remaining games and the Citadel w! all of its games except the game z . Newberry then there will be anothe ! squabble, or rather dispute as to th 11 state championship probably as eac ' j team would have lost but one gam< J Clemson will not be playecl by Nev j berry this year as has been explaine before in these columns. Tne L'itaci< has defeated Clenison here and wi play the Tigers in Clemson. Shoul such a dispute arise then there woul j be the need of a basketball confei ! ence committee to decide the matte; i But all of this is borrowing troi ! ble. Neither the Citadel nor New j berry has won all of its games a ! yet. There ?re several other team j in the state that are determined t give them lots of trouble before sue i a claim can be made. j HELD FOR GEORGIA 1 j AFTER MAKING BAI] ! Sheriff Howard of Aiken Rearrest Man Held on Swindle Charge iiie state. Aiken, Feb. 6.?Sam H.- Padget who has been held in Aiken count ' j jail, charged with conspiracy in cor ! nettion with the swindle of three A ken banks last month, gave bond tc ' ! i? oi inn -<v,. 1,: [ uuy in tuc ui 9i,t/vv iwi jappearance before the grand jur> ?! but was immediately rearrested b '[Sheriff Howard on a warrant froi ~ j Griffin, Ga. ,He is being held for th ! Georgia authorities, being wante I - * 1 TTT 1 1 | tnere on a similar cnarge. v\ estour | i and Lyles, the two men arrested wit : I Padgett in an Augusta hctel seven 'j weeks ago, have not given bon< '; Padgett furnished a surety bond. H j attorney intimates that he will nc return to Georgia without requisitio 4 j papers. Expensive Bribery *! Manchester. Ens:., Feb. 4.?Fredei ,|ick A' Oppenheim was fined $100 fc ^bribing a telephone official with $1 J to give him quicker service on h ! message. ? ! ! We 6an understand why a man \vi ?'get drunk, but we can't understan . whv he 'vvili brag about it. i r JOHN GARY EVANS ;<> BACK FROM EUROPE hi FORMER GOVERNOR RETURNS !e STRONG FOR PROHIBITION id o)e Says Pecplc of Oid World Eelievo lp j Ex-President Wilson Has Only BS ! ' Solution j. i- i re aiau*, i "I come back to my country more of a prohibitionist than 1 ever was," ? said John Gary j.vans, former governor of South Carolina, last night 1 while at the state house where he was watching with much interest the proceedings of the legislature. Mr. Evans returned to America a short time ago after having: spent several moiiwis in Eurone and northern Africa. "I have seen so much of wine drinkins: and whiskey drinking and beer rs , drinking; so few persons wno were actually sober, so many evidences of degeneracy brought about by excessive use of alcohol, that I feel like commending our country because we IQ V took alcohol in hand before it had gotten a death grip on our people. 2 S "Not that you see many people in Europe in the gutters dead drunk, lt yet there are few who are sober, at ? anv time. Dav and night they are IS ^ under the influence of alcohol. "Lloyd George is the only man in Europe who has any common sense? , and I might say he is almost the only n ^ soDer one. Talks of Morality I Moral conditions in England are at the lowest ebb. All of Europe is steeped in immorality?there is no ls Christianity over there. The people [Q go through the forms but they are n absolutely ignorant of the teachings ^ 'of the Christ. The larger cities on the continent are worse than Sodom and Gomorrah, and it is a wonder that 11 . they have not been destroyed. The "s Arabs of Egypt were the only sober ' people I saw. "The people realize that they arc p t# * in a bad way?that their civilization, their methods of life, and of doing us " business are almost a failure?that n their political and social systems are l" founded on wrong principles. They :r have debased agriculture and the age riculturist in Italy is little better off ^ than he was in feudal times. "The people don't know where to turn?they have no confidence in any^ thing except in America and they are 21 hoping that America will step in and show them the way. j " "America has had an opportunity ^ that c-cmes to but few nations, and had she seized it she could have made ' friends of nearly every country in the l" world. As it is today, with American big business men controlling the sit-s ,s nation I fear we have lost cur opporlS tunity; we are coming to be regarded 0 as exploiters instead of humanitarih an*. ''It is beautiful to see in what regard the people, even the school chil^ dren, hold Woodrow Wilson and how they have memorized his 14 points. Tftey can't see wny America repucnated such humane and benevolent principles. It will be impossible for us t? accomplish anything except ; through the policy and the means sugt gested by Woodrow Wilson, and I ' hope America will regain the position ^ she held under his leadership." Need of Cotton whsifuy mokdw rvIfidK shrdl scvbgm )- ? The need of cotton and American i c? supplies is felt sorely in Europe. Mr. Evans said. "Presidents of big busi" ness concerns in the United States are sitting around in Europe waiting for ^ concessions:, thus holding Southern and Western supplies out of the ^ country. The people need only a little credit to get goir.g. If the people ** " ' 1 1 TT7_i. 1.1 1_ j 01 t.n.e ?50iun aim v> est cuuju stre xiuw .' they are being: deprived of selling op?s portunities in Europe there would be a revolution in this country. "In Italy, which used to be a great consumer of cheaper grades of cotton, I saw hundreds of people on the river banks washing their one cotton garment, drying it and putting it on 'I again. If given a chance these peo-) pie c-ou?d buy hundreds of bales of :s cotton. We are losing our opportunity in go in and capture the trade dAd 11 * ic ii.. ?itt\. tne irienasrr.p or mc nauuns ui r^u1! rope."' d Mr. Evan? said the feeling in Egypt .against England was verv bitter and _ _ , | that England was taxing the EgypI tians heavily. Mr. Evans met many old friends at the state house and talked most ;nterescingly and entertainingly of his trip through Europe. He said the trenches and shell noies on tne o:;itlefields had largely been filled up and were now being cultivated, but that the ruined cities and villages had ,r.ot been rebuilt. The need of American implements and machinery was great, se said. Mr. Evans will return to his homo in Spartanbur-; th:c afternoon. SWEET FOATOES SENT TO KING AND PREMIER Charleston, S. C., Feb. 6.?Southern sweet potatoes, served in one of the appetizing dishes made famous by Dixie housewives, will soon be on the tables of King j[George and Premier Lloyd George jof Great Britain, specially prepared packages for them having been among the shipment of 2,000 pounds, forwarded from Charleston to Liverpool on the steamship W^L-'L-o The Southern sweets are being sent to England for the purpose of introducing this excellent food staple through the joint efforts of the Southern Railway system, the Carolina company, steamship forwarding agents of this city; and the South : Carolina Sweet Potato association. The potatoes were^'-packed in five pound cartons, each / containing a copy of the attractive: booklet recenti ly published by the Southern Railj way system, showing recipes for preparing sweet potatoes-in the most approved Southern styles, and other literature giving1' information as to the food value of the sweet potato and the extent of its growth and use in the South. : Arrangements hav^ been made for the distribution of. these packages through selected British dealers and it is expected that they will prove so attractive to the families who get them that an additonal market for Southern sweet potato growers will be established. ALL ACTS SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR ; "Bank Slander" M?t?ure Now Law I i The State, 7th. i Governor Cooper yesterday completed the signing of all the acts and ioint resolutions so far ratified by the general assembly at the present session, GO in number. Only a half dozen statewide acts have been passed at the present session, practically all . of these being held over from last year. The large majority have been local measures. Only two statewide acts "were in those signed yesterday. They were the measure to further provide for the proving of wills in common form and ^he act to punish any person making false statements about banks. This "bank slander" act, it is claimed, will afford much protection to the banks In South Carolina. The act is as follows : "Be it enacted by the general assembly of the state of South Carolina: That any person who shall falsely and wilfully and with intent to injure, circulate any report or make any false nvfll stntpmrnt as to the assets or lia bilities of any bank in South Carolina, or to its solvency or ability to meet its obligations, or as to its soundness, or who shall make any other false oral statement calculated to affect the credit or standing of said bank or to cast suspicion upon its solvency, soundness or ability to meet its deposits or other obligations in due course shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than $500 or be imprisoned for not more than one year or both in the discretion of the court." ! Human Rope Rescues 26 Paris, Feb. 4.?Twenty-six men, women and children trapped by flames in a suburban factory walked to safety over a human rope formed by three firemen. ! i Another way of fretting: into trou ble is to buy your Christmas presents on the installment plan. A man never knows what a real surprise is until he walks into a \vheelJbarrc\v in the dark. , i I NOT TO WITHDRAW \l \ HIGHWAY MEASURE ; . d i i i v ?-??? r 11 Ti T r n > n*PMr\rn AMT v ' HILL VY1L.JL. DL vhli.1, ^ SAY AUTHORS j t] _ jb Mooreficld Possibly "Made Goat by j a Others Higher Up," Think a Brcv/n and Hughes b The Stats, 8. d The Hugh.es-Brown-Ellerbe-Buck-; tl ingharn bii! to abolish the present f state highway commission and to ereate a new state highway department will not be withdrawn despite the; ? -/> /~ii?1__ it i resignai.on.E 01 tnani's ii. .uuua-ncju, state highway engineer, according to a statement issued last night by Rep-| resentative's E. T. Hughes of Marion : and Edgar A. Brown of Barnwell, co-; authors with E. P.. Buckingham of;. Ellenton and E. R. Elleibe of Latta!11 c of the measure. The bill, Mr. Hughes . and Mr. Brown say, will, however, be j amended in the ways ana means com-i mittee, the authors having agreed to' ^ accept certain amendments proposed j by Representative Claud N. Sapp of i ^ Columbia. j . Mr. Moorefield his tendered his j 1 resignation to the state highway com- j mission, but so far no action has been 1 g taken by that body, which will not j , hold its regular session until next j ^ 1 week. Mr. MoorefieJd in presenting his resignation expressed a willingness to retire if his elimination would pla- ^ cate elements opposing the highway j a commission. The turn in the high- j way department matter, however,, I Charles 0. Hearon of Spartanburg, { a member of the highway commission,1 ^ thought, "savors of making a goat out of Mr. Moorefield." Mr. Brown and ^ ao *v? cf of mvi_ I'll, lLU^IlvO 111 UlVli C vC% (/Vli'vll w UiO- j ! claim any personal fight on the engi-1 ( neer, giving it as their opinion that:,, "if he has been made 'the goat' it is J possible that such has been done by! e others higher up." s Combines Other Bills j j( The original bill, Mr. Hughes said,; g was introduced a.fter Representative j a I Brown announced on the floor that a ! 0 I general bill was being prepared, in-1 n I j v* ' volving all the changes sought in a I i number of measures already introduc- j * I ed in the house. These measures, t , all of which proposed amendments to j e | the present highway law, were then ^ ! committed to the ways and . means ^ committee, which now also has the a Hughes-Brown -Buckingham- Ellerbe ^ measure under consideration. f, i The Sapp amendments, to which th^e ],; authors of the 'bill have agreed, will Ci take the form of a substitute bill, ac- ^ cording to Mr. Sapp. This substitute n measure will be based in some degree $ upon the recommendations of the ^ joint committee on economy and con- | solidation and will provide for the I ^ elimination of the post of secretary I ? of the highway commission, now oc-' js cupied by L. H. Thomas. The substi-' o: tute measure, it is understood, will S1 also provid for seven members of the \2 commission, as at present; one member to be selected from each congres- a, sional district. The election of these : s} commissioners, however, will be plac-! C( ed in the hands of the legislative del- cT ? egations from each district. The or-: c} iginal bill provided for only one commissioner. The section of the bill; placing the issuance of the motor ve- j hide licenses in the hands of the va- g.( rious county authorities, according to Mr. Hughes, will not be changed by 0j the Sapp amendments, which would, p( however, provide that all members of f the present commission, who were th named by Gov. R. A. Cooper, should a serve out their terms. Personnel of Commission rr-i- _ j. j-i-- j. ! me terms 01 tne present commissioners will expire as follows: FranK D Manning, Jr., of Clio, 1922; A. B. bl Langley of Columbia, 1922; R. G. sn Rhett of Charleston, 1924; W. S. al Rentz of Varnville, 1924; R. E. Ligon, of Anderson, 1924; and Charles 0.) Ilearon of Spartanburg, 1924. N. G. a Walker of Rock Hill, who resigned be from the commission over a year ago would have left the commission this year, his term expiring at this time. No one has been appointed to fill the w vacancy occasioned by Mr. Walker's; resignation. Mr. Hughes' and Mr. Brown's statement follows: Ith "We have not withdrawn our bill.: We are willing to be fair and have agreed to certain amendments tnat <-t Mr. Sapp desires to offer to our bill, si i 1 'his bill has riot made a fight on \Ioorefield.' If he has been made the joat' it is possible that such has been one by others higher up. Our bill ras introduced in the house after anouncement by one of the-authors nat it would be introduced, and has een held in committee for more than week to give all parties interested hearing. Rumor had it that our ill did not meet federal aid requirements. We put no faith in this. This efect in our bill was called for from ne federal authorities but was not orthcoming." ?m TOCK GROWERS GET ASSISTANCE !ooperative Association in South Carolina he State, ;7th. The State has received the followift for publication for South Car lina Cooperative Live StoeK assoeiaon: The South Carolina Cooperative -ive Stock association will supply a mch needed relief and assistance to be stock growers of this state. For he first time in history our government has seen fit* to come to the finanial assistance and aid of the stock rowers. His has indeed been a lone fight in ho met- and still in the nresent. The I lajority of the banks do not conider live stock good collateral. The ew that do give it any consideration t all do not extend their loads' over 0 per cent of the value of the live fcock offered as security. Now the overnment has at last extended a elping hand. It can not be flamed Dr not recognizing the industry in he past as the venture was too risky. - * - * * i t would have had to depart irom us ound business methods to have done o. There has at last been an aCt passd that makes it possible for a live tock grower to obtain very liberal :>ans on his stock. Although the war nance corporation, from which this ssistance can be had, does not recgnize the individual live stock growr, it does recognize an association of rowers. The South Carolina Cooperative dve Stock association has been for'md according to the requix*ements of le laws laid down by this act. By eing a member of this association grower is privileged to receive or orrow from two-thirds to threeourths of the market value of his ve stock. The money thus obtained an be expended in enlarging the erd, fattening, breeding and orderly larketing, and, in fact, in any way lat applies to this particular indus TThus the members of this associaon will bring thousands upon thousnds of dollars into the state. This , going to put new life into the veins f the industry instead of letting it nash on the breakers of a demcral;ed market. With the assistance offered by the =soeiation the live stock industry louJd grow as it will bring about a jndition that would eliminate the >eculator and give the producer a ; lance to marke hrs live stock orderr and at a time when a justifiable j :ice can be obtained. < The grower must do his part. The : jvernment has offered to meet him 1 ilf way. If the grower grasps the * jportunity that is offered him, pros- | ?rity will take the place of poverty. 1 he exercise of good judgment by ] e stockmen of this state will make land mark in its history. 1 f Champion Sleeper j Whitehaven, Eng.,. Feb. 4.?Jesse ( urnanrs nouse was carried uwu | ocks 'by a landslide near the Lady- ^ riith colliery. He slept through it > ? J Now that we no longer have to pay j war tax on soft drinks, what will j 'come of the pennies? Well, women have had the ballot , >r nearly a year, and they haven't 1 recked the country yet. Some people would never be able to ' art a conversation if weather had )t been invented. France seems to think nations have jnsciences, as same individuals are . lpposed to have. j JOS TURNER GUEST OF ROTARY CLUB "LADIES NIGHT" MEETING OF LOCAL ROTARIANS Social Hour Enjoyed and Splendid Address by the District Governor "Ladies night" of the Newberry Rotary club went off in fine style Tuesday night. The guests began to assemble at the Newberry hotel at 7:30 ani a social hour was enjoyed before repairing to the dining room. The ladies and some of the "regular ladies-men" gathered on the reception floor of the hotel, while other men.talked shop and politics and other things dcwn in the lobby. While the guests were arriving the board of directors of the club met with the district governor and had a thirty minutes session, going into Rotary matters and getting better acquainted with Governor Joe. About eight o'clock Lad Eskridee. Jim Moon. Fos ter Martin and - Hal Kohn passed among the guests handing them the following articles: place cards, carnations and ferns and Rotary paper hats. Then the gathering took on a, festive air and laughter and good times reigned. Hal Kohn invited the guests down to the main dining room where Rotarians and their euests were seated at w t two long tables running almost the entire length of this spacious dining hall. Ben Cromer, president of the local club, called the meeting to order and Dr. Freed returned thanks, after which Earle Babb had some sinking and then the president arose and'welcomed the guests in a very fitting and pleasing speech. The quartet of, Earle Babb and Mrs. Babbj Miss T? nr L'.'- _ - J h_ xercsssa luayom ana uv. ?mo. avtzier sang several selfectidna at this time, with Mrs. Jim Moon abl^ assisting at the piano. ' Sid Derrick was next introduced and his subject was, "Our Club," which he handled in his able manner, as is his custom, and traced the history of the local club from its inception on down to the present time. He J X? l tl T> nausea to pay iriuute io nen uorruy, to whose efforts are largely responsible for the formation of this club. He then passed on to the fiflst president, Zach Wright, and spoke feelingly of his efforts to make his club one of the best in the district. Next a tribute was paid'to the present president, Ben Cromer, and Hal Kohn, secreta ry. S:d Derrick is a man who believes in saying nice things about a person while they arc alive and he was extremely full of praise for Ben and Hal, to whom he said the present strength of the club was large responsible. He was applauded at several stages of his speech and hi-> three minutes passed entirely too quick xor nis audience. Just .here we might pause to say that between Earle Babb's first song and Ben Cromer's address of welcome that an excellent dinner had been served (and consumed) and that Sid's speech came just after the demi tasse cups were pushed away and the Tm ^ofc WAVOrl f Vl O J"T ft Kniff Ctf**r lliW T VU biiwtl u WVU V VV ^VU comfortably fixed for the evening's more serious matters. The seriousness, however, was of short duration, for immed:ately after Sid's speech the president called on Past President Wright for an address and what did le do but convulse the meeting with iokes and stories ranging all the way from a Texas setting to local fields. 7iiic}\ emerged from the chamnionshio title of best poetry reciter in the :lub and was handed the belt a3 being :he best "jokester" in Newberry Rotary. Jim Moon was the next man to be 11 1 J 1_ . L-f J / IdS :anea upon ana ne oeing aown iur i joke, was in his element, for if there is any one thing Jim Moon can do it is to tell a joke well. He told one but what a joke that one was. Space is too short (and too valuable) to repeat Zach's and Jim's jokes. After Jim's score Ben Cromer thought that the meeting needed something of a different nature and so he asked Earle Babb to come forward with his quartet and the songs rendered at this time seemed to please beyond all measure and when the singers sat down they received prolonged -ap ' ???t (Continued on page 2.) ' i r"ji