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V ^ / VOLUME LVIII, NUMBER 24. NEWBERRY, S. C., FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 1922. TWICE A WEEK, $2.00 A YEAR . s SESSIONS COURT DOES FINE WORK JUDGE WILSON GOES RIGHT AFTER BUSINESS IVumber of Cases Disposed of and Court Adjourns Wednesday Afnoon?Grand Jury Report The court of general sessions which convened at Newberry on Monday with Judge J. S. Wilson presiding and Solicitor Blackwell representing the state, got right down to business with out any frills and by Wednesday aiternoon the jail had been cleared and the business of the court completed and adjournment had. Quite a number of cases were disposed of and with the pleas of guilty and the convictions a goodly number were added to the chaingang. The grand jury made its presentment on Wednesday and recommended that several roads be given attention by the highway commission and they are all important roads and should have the attention of the working force. ?? ~ , i The lollowing cases were disposed of until Wednesday afternoon: Ransom Williams and Colie Gary, murder, not guilty. H. H. Garmany, disposing of property under mortgage, mistrial ordered. fjpn TV "Roland and Harold Bo land, violation prohibition law, pleaded guitly. Harold Boland, six months on the pang or pay fine of $100. Geo. D. Bolard, six months on the gang or pay fine of $400. On payment of fine of $300 balance of sentence suspended during good b havior. Geo. D. Boland, assault and bat terv with intent to kill. Guilty. Sentenced to six months on the gang or fine of $300. Jim Green, violation prohibition law. Pleaded guilty. Sentenced to six months on gang and pay fine of $300. Upon service of one month ? - - * T 1 ana payment 01 oaiaiicc u? sentence suspended during good behav:c r. .vhist Johnson and Buford Praylow, house breaking and larceny. Pleaded guilty. Sentence one year on the gang. Ben Watts, house breaking and larceny, pleaded guilty, sentence nine months on gang. T T> IT J.,? J. IT. lUUIIg, IXiUIUCl, yicaucu 6 ? ty to masnlaughter, and sentenced to three years in the penitentiary or chaingang. Oliver Kinard, assault and battery with intent to kill and carrying concealed weapons. Pleaded guilty to assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature. Three months on the gang or fine of $75. Spence Gray, housebreaking. Pleaded guilty. Sentenced three months on gang. Luke Griffin, violation prohibition lav.*. Pleaded guilty. Sentenced six months or fine of $300. Upon payment of $200 or service two months balance of sentence suspended during good behavior. Leroy alias Buddie Rushton, assault with intent to rape. No bill l>y grand jury. Ernest Krepps and Walter Rikard, housebreaking and larceny. Xot guilty. Luke Griffin and Essie Goodman, adultery and fornication, bench warrant issued to arrest to answer to indictment. Colie Davis, assault and battery with intent to kill and carrying con cealed weapons. Pleaded guilty ic assault and battery of high and aggravated nature. Sentence six months and $200. Chris Gordon and Willie Suber and Geo. Wilson, housebreaking and larceny. Xot guilty. Wade Boozer, violation prohibition l.r.v. Pleaded sruilty. Sentence s.'x months or fine $300. Service two months or payment of SI00 balance sentence suspended during1 good behavior. William Johnston, murder, pleaded guilty to manslaughter. Two years on the chaingang. Robert Childs and Wesley Rice, housebreaking and larceny. Guilty. Robert Childs on account of one arm one year on gang and such labor as he can perform. Wesley Rice, one year on the gang at hard labor. Notice of appeal was given in the cases of Geo. D. Boland and he was ordered released on bond of SoOO. i 1 Will Young was admitted to bail in the sum of $200 a true bill being , found against him on the charge of [ disposing of properly under lien, i .Too Smith assault and hsttpvv with J intent to kill. Not guilty. Presentment of Grand Jury To His Honor: Judge John S. Wi!! son, presiding at criminal term of ' court for Newberry county, begin; ning 20th day of March, 1922: j We, the grand jury, make the foli lowing presentment. .We desire first to express our appreciation to the presiding judge for the able charge I given on coa.'jning, further to thank ! him for the advice and counsel given j us from time to time. We further desire to thank the soi licitor, sheriff and other attaches of ! r>nnrf fnr thpir nr?r> nnrl ronvfp sy shown us during court. We have acted on all bills and indictments handed us by the solicitor. We wish to commend the highway commission in the fine roads they have given our people and wish them to know that they have the full cooperation in a continuance of same. The question of good roads is such a vital one that several stretches of bad road have been called to our atten~11 ? ki.v i?r..i:?~ j blull, as lunuwa. u puuiiu xuau icaumj; ! from L. D. Ringer's to Cannon Creek church. That bridge over Cannon creek on this road is dangerous for traffic. Also portion of public road leading from old Gary place on Piedmont highway to Bush River church ! (white) which 1 as been abandoned. ! Also portion ol ublic highway leadi ing from Deadfall to W. H. Sanders' ] store be put in condition. Also road : Ipndirsor from Rplfnst mad to Chan ! pells. Greenwood road by Mi. Zion j church be put in condition. Also that ! pujlic read from Jalapa to "shack" | community be worked. Most ali of 1 these ro3<is are connecting links for I rural mail routes and should be put in condition at once. It has been reported to us that the ! moral influence of Mary Beard over her fourteen year old daughter is such than the court take such steps as it | seems necessary to correct this condij tion. We recommend that our clerk be paid his usual charge. Jas. W. Johnson, Foreman. I BIRTHDAY OF GENERAL WADE HAMPTON I _____ I Address by Matthew Page Andrews rr?v . -1 j. r i.L - "Tv "Li. i i r.e enapiers ui x^ciugiiicia ui the Confederacy have arranged an | interesting program for TuesJay, j March 28, the birthday of South Car; olina's peerless military and political 1 leader, Wade Hamppton. The exercises will be in the auditorium of the I high school at 4:30 p. m., the full program to be announced in the next j issue of the paper. | The committees in charge have been most fortunate in securing as a speaker for this occasion Mr. Matthew Pago : Andrews of Baltimore, the well known historian and writer. Being in South Carolina on a business trip, he has accepted the invitation of the chapters for this occasion. Mr. Andrews, though still a young: man, has been an indefatigable worker, having1 to his credit a number of literary productions, notably two school histories of the United States and The Women of the South in War Times. As the son of a Northern fa ther and a Southern mother (a mem> ber of the Page family of Virginia) he is fitted by birth and rearing to write an impartial American history; j and in his histories he has given just what the Daughters and Sons of the Confederacy plead for?simple jusit ice to the South. A cordial invitation is extended to the public generally to attend th^se , exercises, but the Daughters invite especially the students and teachers of the college, the pupils from the high school, and ihe teachers from the schools, both town and county. Seats will be reserved for the Confederate veterans. i The peace dollars are harder to get hold of than thjse tha" were in circulation during the wv.\ i Some autoists would live ;ong if . they didn't think the n' ihe crossings were made for 'Jie tr,;ms. ] j NEWBERRY COUNTY SUPPLY BILL LEVY FOR ORDINARY PURPOSES SEVEN MILLS v;r.o Remain thp Saine?Arran?? ment Maic to P.~y County Claims ;-.s They Arc Duo ' The tax levy for ordinary county purposes and for road maintenance in Newberry county for the year 1922 will be seven mills, that amount having been fixed by the supply bill in the legislature recently adjourned. The levy includes a special assessment of one mill for road maintenance purposes. Even with this extra levy which was not carried in the law for last year the tax levy of the county as fixed by our delegation is one mill le?s than it was in 1321. Last year, without the road maintenance levy, but including a levy for past indebtedness of one and one-half mills, the total levy fixed was seven and onehalf mills. Practically no changes were made in ihe salaries of t'.e county officers and employees. The salary of the clerk of court was increased to $700, this being due to the fact that there has been a great decrease in the fees of this official. A magistrate and constable were provided for Number 12 township, these officers to receive u salary of $30.0 J per annum. The: salary of the chairman of the highway commission, including all his expenses, was fixed at $2400.00 per year, but this officer is now required to perform all the duties formerly performed by the road superintendent. Heretofore the chairman only received $500.00 ar. l was allowed $200.00 per year for expenses, making a total of $700.00 and the road superintendent received a salary of $2,000.00 per year, making a total for the officers of $2700.00. By combining the two positions there h?.s been a reduction of $'i!00.G0 per year. Hereafter there, will be only one motorcycle officer as against two for last year. The appropriation for the health unit was reduced from $5,000 to $2500.00. The state appropriation for the venereal disease clinic was cut out, and accordingly Newberry county will save $2500.00 thereby, that amount having heretofore been furnished by the county. In addition to the ferries now maintained by the county a new ferry was established at Peak, provided Fairfield county contributes one-half of the amount necessary fcr such ferry. Some reduction was made in the dieting fees of the sheriff. Formerly seventy cents per day was allowed for dieting. Now when as many as fifteen prisoners are in custody the * " !' ?J... 4 7\'0 ior dieting win oe sixty cents pci day. The amount fixed heretofore for the home demonstration work may be reduced, depending upon what agreement the legislative delegation may make hereafter with the authorities in charge of this work. Authority is given the commission to pay the claim of Mrs. J. B. Amick and .Mrs. G. T. Reid against the county ubout which there has been some dispute in the na?t. Authority is also g.ven the commission to settle the two cases of J. S. Crouch and Mrs. Nora Crouch against the county for damage? on account of an accident at Long Bridge. These two suits involve a settlement for ?1250.00. Fail view school district and V;;; ghnville school district are given authority to arrange for the building r,f - hno'hn^rr?. in these districts. Provision is made for the building of a bridge over Saluda river at or MeXary's ferry if Saluda county and others interested arrange for the payment of one-half of the amount necessary for the erection of such bridge. An appropriation of $73.00 was made for recopyi^g the dilapidated ..l.f f..n /?fc? r\f in f VlO ;;jui\ u 1 aycu.-a?a v/i juw^uici.w., ??. v..^ office of the < lerk of court. i Provision is ma?'e f >r the payment of the amount due to L^n.srton county as interest on bonded :nde>tedness en account r f the transfer or" certain /ritory fr ?.r. x * to Newberr\ county. Author.ty i; given the commission' SEND NOMINATIONS FOR DIRECTORS IN TODAY Plans for Chancer of Commerce Annua! MecJni? Nearin^ I Completion ? Have you turned in your nomination for the new directors of the Newberry chamber of commerce? This i:- an important matter, and if you have not sont in your nominations I do so today (Friday) as the "polls" j wiil close at six o'clock, and after j ih:s time no nominations can he received. On the 20th, Secretary McDaniel mailed to each member a nomination blank with instructions, and if for any reason any member has failed to receive one they should call Mr. McDaniel immediately and he will see that they get a blank before the "polls"' close. T t T> r*i i l T K r* iJr. jonn a. ^cizier, .v:r. r,. ^ypenter an:! Mr. R. II. Wright have been officially appointed to serve as tellers for the election and they will meet in the office of the chamber at 7:30 o'clock Friday night and check nominations, selecting the twelve persons receiving the highest number of votes. After the completion of th.'s task, another blank will be mailed to each member bearing the names of the "high twelve" and the members are requested to make a final vote for ?:x of the twelve. This second ballot must be returned by mail or ir person to the office cf the chamber not later than 0:00 p. m. on Monday, April 3rd so the tellers can meet again on that night and check the six persons receiving the highest number of votes. The result will be anannounced at the annual membership meeting to be held on Tuesday night, April 4th at 8:00 o'clock at the new court house. Directors . to Meet The last meetiner of the present board of directors will be held in the office of the chamber on Tuesday afternoon, March 28th, at which meeting1 all plans for the annual meeting will be completed. This will be a very important meeting and every member of the board will be expected to be present. Meeting of Newberry SHriners All Shriners living in Newberry county are requested to meet at the Masonic hall in Newberry on next Monday night, the 27th, at 8:15 o'clock. Nobles Geo. T. Bryan, John M. Holmes and W. C. Cleveland of Greenville are expected to be on hand to explain seme important matters concerning1 Hejaz temple. Miss Miildred Evans returned Tues UU\ lliiiii uiiautowiu Mr. J. W. Wheeler, manager, has * in this issue an ad of his goods in the 1 semi-service store, at the well known * stand of A. P. Boozer of McKibben * street. At this store the public will * find "Save-U" trade, and save you ? bargains in groceries, etc., come in ' erood these latter days. In this re- c ppect Manager Wheeler sheds light or> : the darkness of hard times. It may * result in great benefit to you to con- w suit with him in regard to the new r and up-to-date service he has inaugu- \ - - * * 1 rated in the line oi goods necessary to your well being. Take in "The Little Minister" at c the opera house Friday, and while * enjoying the picture think of the c prood you are doing by contributing your bit to be used a good purpose by the ladies of the civic league. kas half of the proceeds goes to that progressive society for the benefit of q the community. ; ENTERTAINMENT AT O'NEALL STREET METHODIST CHURCH d Class Xo. 15 of O'Xeall Street v Methodist church will give a show in v the West End hall at 8:00 p. m. Sat- 0 T urdav. March 25. The plav is in two 1 T acts, by Helen Bog?, author of other good plays. There will be also a short ^ comedy in one act. ??Iusic will be 0 furnished by the West End orcheSv.a. 1 JiL ITIIIMI WiVUUW fcViii c\.? CiiW church. _ Admission 2o and 35 cents. n A man who s .rikes out for h.mseif usually makes a hit in business, but not in baseball. v v borrow necessary funds to pay the expenses .he county during the rear so trrt claims may be met b promptly wivn due. j . DAVID Loconio'wiv. (32 Ye ars vY ith T h c A MAN WITH A Hear Is coming to Whit der the auspices of th Brotherhood and wii ! during that day at t! Everybody is cordial: help make it a real IBring a basket of hf> sprrorl nri thp Fros 11:15 A. M.?"Th Axe." j :00 P. M.?Intern 3:00 P. M.?"An I 7:30 P. M.?"On t Great Terminal." r~?" ! 't?' ?? ? - '4 c >{???* ' "IP'IMILI i I xu A Card of Thanks We speak from the depths of our learts full of gratitude and thankfulless to our many friends and acquain-fny +V|G?T? "11 n f i r- i <T O A n 5 i fl P V n - dliV^GO i. VI VI IWJi. vvt*w?v4v?%< ion, unselfish service and heaven>orn kindness during the protracted iffliction and recent death of our beoved wife and mother. We appre iate also the profound kindness of he Ebenezer congregation. We wish 0 extend our special thanks to Rev. Jujer for his abiding and loving adninistering. You all, dear friends, lave assisted wonderfully in sustaining us and in bearing out* burdens. 1 T - ? ^ 1 if? a 4-U A Kl/i^ r>occ ua> cvav uiic icam if having1 "done it unto one of the east of these my brethren, ye have lone it unto me." Gratefully yours, Walter Alewine and family Jilverstreet, S. C. March 22, 1922. T. PATRICK'S DAY OBSERVED AT PROSPERITY Prosperity. March 23?St. Patrick's fay was fittingly observed by the Ep;orth League of the Methodist church rhen they were entert lined Friday vening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. Bdenbaugh, with Miss Ethel liser as hostess. The rooms were hrown together and St. Patrick's decrations effectively used. J T ! ? J: i t in a wora duuiu;;^ con - ..i /hich "Pat" formed the syikle, Miss Elizabeth May and W P. .eaphart, Jr., score:! highest, winins: 2 book. In another clever c >nf-st Pierce Barnes' raptured the rize, a green silk handk'."vhief. A salad course with coifee :ith served, in which rhc color scheme f green was cleverly u.-: i. New form of insurarv. : \Y::e:; y i uy blind tiger liquor, make the i J. FA NT o Enginser ; Southern Railway) :03??L MESSAGE? Him! mire March 26th une Whitmire Laymen's 1 preacn tnree times "o Methodist Church. :> invited to come and Day. L::r.ch ::s dinner will inds. j ram e Man That Lost His , 1 fusion tor Dinner. imcr.^rency- Run." i :he Limited to the . I ?>i CMNU9VHMBP MARKET NOTES <? Heme Agsnt's Itinerary Silvorstrce'?Thursday, March 23, 3:00 p. m. at school. Little Mountain?Friday, March 24th, 3:00 p. mM at school. Jalapa?Tuesday, March 28th, 0:00 p. m. at school. Jalapr. (girls)?Wednesday, March 20Lh, 3:00 n. m., at school. Trinity?Thursday, March 30th, 3:00 p. m., M:3. Waldrop's. Loivt La^e, Friday, March 31, 3:00 p. m., school. The proceeds from the community market on Saturday were S99.G5 The demonstration agent wishes to commend Mrs. Matthews and- Mr. Wedaman for the a:>Ie manner in whic-h they managed the market in her absence. Parties having friers and broilers for sale will please communicate with Miss Berrie, chamber of commerce. A market has been secured in Atlanta for any number of eggs. Get busy, folks, and ship them. t NEWBERRY COLLEGE WILL PLAY SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE There will be a game of baseball :,i the College pirk Friday, March 1st. between Newberry college and the dub ';f the South Atlantic league. Th's will be the Indians' first game! of the season. They have bright! ; pi.crs for an excellent team this season, therefore the game with the Columi/a club promises to he a very ^ood one. The r.c will bp^rin with Luther on :he :r >un<l. A lari?e crowd ij expe ' 1. The admission is only T>0 ; * The ;:nme will be called promptly at -1 o clock. MUCH LOWER RATE GOTTEN BY STATE THREE MILLIONS BORROWED AT FOUR PER CENT Loan Made Through Palmetto Na tional Bank of Columbia. Governor Pleased The State, 21. The excellence of South Carolina's credit was well demonstrated in the success of the state borrowing committee's visit to New York, at which time a loan of $3,000,000 was negotiated at 4 per cent. The loan was made through the Palmetto National bank of Columbia and is at a rate i. ..vu i 4-1,? i uj iiiicitrac vciy xiiuuxi juwci lluhu tuai i secured last year. "We caught the market just right ! and I hoard of no one doing better ithan we did in the way of low incerj est," said Governor Cooper last night I in discussing the loan. "You know 1 Viicfcory bonds are selling &bou| at | par and they draw 4 3-4 per cent in| terest." Governor Cooper added that j he knew of no state getting as low a i rate of interest and was much pleas ea with the arrangements the committee was able 'to make through the Palmetto bank. j The state borrowing committee went to New York last week, returning to Columbia yesterday. J. Pope ! Matthews, president of the Palmetto National bank, accompanied the com mittee to New York. " ? DOES NOT NEED RETURNS TO U.S. ON INCOMES \ Tax Commission Will ?roc??4 With Income Tax Assessment Without U. S. Data ! The Record, 21. The state tax commission will proceed with the collection of the in come tax enacted <Dy tne recent legislature, regardless of the announcement that comes from Washington to the effect that the collector of internal revenue will not allow the state tax commission to use its income returns for the purpose of making assessments for the state tax. The tax commission will rely on affidavits liinu cvci^ uci^uu VYIIU paiu -a icuw al income tax in South Carolina. The key to the success of the assessments in South Carolina is the list of income tax payers publi3hed by the federal government. The collector of the federal tax make3 public each year a list of persons whopay the federal tax though no amount is mentioned in connection with the name of a payer of the tax. To every one of these persons who paid the federal income tax the state tax commiss'on will within the next fewweeks send a blank form, on which an affidavit will * be made as to the amount of federal income tax paid tir the year. On the basis of these :tatements, the tax comm's-'on will i i i.L J _ e assess eacn iax payer- one tnira ox the amount of his federal income tax, the state tax being one third of the federal tax. In eases where the tax commission feels that the affidavit contains incorrect information, a field agent will mske invest:gations, and if the person is found to have made a false state ment as to the amount of income, he will be liable to criminal prosecution. The tax comnrssion has the same powers under the state hw for securin? information regarding incomer as the federal collector has under the federal statute. Many citizens of the state are already paying their state income tax on the basis of one third of the federal tax. The tax payment has been postnoned by the tax commission until May 1. The tax commission has not expected to ask the federal government for information regarding income returns for the federal tax. It was not expected that the commission waii 1A OV.IA + nraf flio ro^nrnc m v/uiu a mj cvy wuv i vvux itc? Card of Thanks We desire to show our appreciation and thanks to our friends and neighbors who were so faithful to us during the illness and death of our dear mother and grandmother. These acts of kindness will never be forgotten. May God add His blessings to all. Mrs. J. A. Monts and faruily. U