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. VOLCHE LIT, NCMBE3 0. SEWfiEREX, 8. C. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1917. TWICE A WEEK, nil 1 YIU.
I PERS0X14L PARAGRAPHSF PROSPEROUS PROSPERITY
r Prosperity, Oct. 15..Mrs. Jj. P. iWiseand children of Ridgeland and Mrs. J.C Taylor and son of Batesiburg are
the guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Wise.Tkiicoao T.ono on/1 T.anrip TjftStftr Of^UlOOtO muu ...
Columbia spent the week-end withtheir mother, Mrs. Rosa Lester.
Mr. R. K. Wise made a businesstrip to Columbia on Monday.
'Dr. and Mrs. G. Y. Hunter are homo
from Baltimore.l Miss Rosa Mae Mitcnen or rayiora
fc is home for a few days.r .
Mrs Addie Hodges has gone U
Blairs to visit relatives.Miss Diokson spent the week-enj
in Columbia.Mr H. Fellers has gone to th2
Columbia Hospital for treatment.Mr Wm. Steel of Columbia spent
Sunday with his cousin, Mrs. A. G
Wise.Mr. Joe Long of Lone Star spent
Saturday and Sunday with his parents.Micooc wuiie Mae Wise, Grace Bur-
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ton Reagin and Jennie Ruth Counts
attended the Federation of Young
People's Society in Columbia 12-14.
. Mr. J. D. Quattlebaum has gone to
J Atlanta.Mr. and Mrs. Karl Mark of Atlantaare the guests of Miss Gertrude
BobbI
Miss Doris Kohn of Columbia collegespent the week-end with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. s. j. jcvuuu.
Mrs. Enos Counts hrs returned from
a few days stay to Columbia.Sergt. Ellis Wheeler of Macon, Ga.,
spent several days last week at
hornsMr. and Mrs. Jj. Bk Stockman and
children spent last Monday in Columbia.I Miss Kate Barre has gone to the
L Columbia hospital for a throat operartion.
Mi^ J. A. Cousins spent Thursday in
Columbia!. *
Mrs. Adams and Miss Madge Har.v.monhave returned from Columbia.Mr. C. S. Schumpert of Atlanta is
-visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. B.B. Sc&umpert.On Thursday evening at the CityHall,will be given an entertainment
t"by the sight singing class of the 4th
and 5th grade of the school .entitled"Mother Goose Island."
(Come one, come all and see the famouscharacters of the Mother Goose
story-book loved by young and old,oii<->Vi qc Tact and .Till. eta.
[OUVU «-»J U V»\/Wk 7 . .
Theentertainment will be on at7:45o'clock.Admission.Adults 15c, children 10
cents,.The first attraction of the Lyceum
^ will Friday evening, October 19th, in
f the City Hall.
f LIBERTY LOAN COMMITTEEFOR 50. 9 TOWNSHIP
Prosperity.Wl W. (Wheeler, J D.* V V
Quattlebaum, J. F. Brown, Robt. Wise,C. T. Wyche.
St. Luke School District.GeoJ. F.Hunter, L. O. Moore, J. T. Hunter.
Big Creek School District.J. SidneyStockman, NJ. Arthur Nichols,Jeff I. Boozer.Saluda School District.C. B. Bedr*enhaugh, Ryon Fellers, Jacob A.
Bowers, u. w. jbeaeoaugnj.O'Neall School District.GL». "Willie
Long, C. S. Wesinger, Pat Wise.Monticello School District.J. W.
Warner, S. P. Counts, Joe Connelly.iFairview School District.Af. A.
Ham, Marion W. Long, W|. M. Lester,F. 0. Koon.
Mt. Pilgrim School District.S.
| Arthur Quattlebaum, G. Fj. Stockman,I TftwflB T or|«jauiQo
Wheeland School District.The followingare asked to serve: Ed Sease,^ M. L. Wheeler, iWes Lindler.
T. A. Dominick,Chairman Liberty Loan,
^Prosperity.
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Stop and look. Alice Joyce ami
Marc MacDermott will be with usm J ^
aerain at trie opera nouse xuesuoy m
"An Alabaster Box." The story containsa powerful theme which dealswith the efforts of a noble girl to
| make restitution to the people of a
I once Prosperous town for the ruin
brought on by tha 'njudicious speculationsof her fa'her a_reputaoie citizenand banker of the town, seventeen
years before#
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THE COLOBED PEOPLE HTO KIT LIBERTY BONDS J
The county executive committee for I
the colored people for the second ILiberty bond held a meeting on Sat- ggurday, Oct. 13th, and appointed coin- |mittees for wards and townships as j Ifollows:
j city or 3ewoerry , .
Ward No. l.B. F. Neely, J. S. Dan- I| iels, G. W. Starks.
Ward No. 2.r<V. W. Graham, B. W JI| Bradley, Rev. P;. M. J. Curry.
Township Xo,. 3.Claur siewaru gaBluford, J. B. Giles.Ward Xo. 4.JJ. L. Gallman, D. B I
Cromer, S. W. .Allen, Willis Ruff. BCounty of Newberry
I Township Xo. 1.Robt. Robinson, jJoe Williams'.
i Township Xo. 2.1. S. Reid, Wm. ILazenberry, Albert Xance, C. C. Glenn |
i Aaron Suber, D» X. Caldwell, M. M ;g! Marshall.
Township Xo. 3.Claud sStew-artfi j gArthur Tucker. Lee Gaffney, M. D.
Gordon.Township No. 4.Will Wallace, Al- S
bert Anderson, Rev. Harvey Thomas
j N. C. Duckett, W. P. Moffat, Rev.' kClarence Worthy. 11
j Township No,. 5.Jas. Wallace, Ford 5ATon<riim Mark LoDg, H. E. Ellison.
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! Township No. 6.Jim Boozer, J. S. I
j Smith, Tom Burton, Reuben Wilson. j Ij Township Noj. 7.G. C. Bluford, I, Isaac Grisby, Frank Pitts, Jno. Teague II Henry Pharroh, Tom Thomas, L. M. I( Spearman.
jflj Township No. S-Qev. Zeb Dominick* I, O. 'If Singleton, Andrew Floyd, Jno. I(Butler, Scurry Scott. it
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| Township No. 9.Jd. a. itisaru, no.
J. W. L. Duckett, Lud Boozer, George
Young, Newton Darby.Township No. 10.J. C. Bedenbaugh,
Robt. Tobias, Jno. Kibler, Sv P. Sligh.Township No. 11--J. P. Counts, Rev.
H. H. Garmany, fcddie Stewart, R. S.
Koomsou.
Every member has been notified
and asked to be present at the meet- j jing on Tuesday, Oct. iSth to receive I
information in regard to his duty. , j j®Executive Committee | \
Thos. .A: Williams, chairman; Wil- &
lis A. Nance, Rev. Aj. W. Brown, Re'v. j ||- y~, tr T,V1PS.
'D. M. Spearman, xvev. \j. .,
Uulysses '» Jallman, secretary. I If
Bin -ALE OF COTTON fRobert MoC. Holmes bought 700 [5
bales of cotton Saturday from Sum- 3
mer Brothers company, for which he £paid about 27 cents. The lot brougnt
KI $94,500. He also bought nine bales gof long staple from E. 0. Lake at 40
cents per pound.
BED CROSS WORK.At the last meeting of the Executive
committee of the Red Cross, Mrs. |J Herman Wright reported four new
auxiliaries: Smyrna.Mrs;. G. P. Boozer,; chairman; Trinity.Miss Lucy
Longshore, chairman; Dominick.Miss Dolly Mae Senn, chairman;
Bush River.Mrs. C- S. Cleland,chairman.
I !\lrs. Floyd, chairman of the committeeon headquarters, reportedthat Mrs. Williamson had begun worfc
as paid headquarters secretary. Mrs.
Williamson can be found at headquarIters each day from 10 to 4. However,
! it is earnestly desired that each au!xiliary continue to send representa!tives to the room as formerly, as there
is much work to be done. The committeewishes to express its sincere
thanks to Mr. Gus Summer for the
use of a sewing machine which he has
placed in the Red Cross room.Bess Burton,
Chairman Publicity Committee.
j Last Thursday Sheriff Cannon G.
j Bler.se went to Columbia with a col
ored man for the asylum, and on Friidav one of the sheriff's deputies, Rur-
al Policeman Thos. R. Camnbell. lates! ly appointed, carried another coloredmprt. to the sn^e place. Poth of th-^
negroes were from the lower part of
th<* county, one had escar*yl from confinementand was dodging about tli3
county. Mr. Campbell ca^rht him
near - Little Mountain about four
o'clock Friday morning.mu_ TT«;rvr, snhool will OD-i i't-! Uli'uu .-\.v en
next Monday with Miss "^nn'ce
FpKopre as teacher. The pntrons and
friends of the school are expected to
attend the opening exercises. »h
Important AThe people of New
resDondinsr to the i* w
Government to invest ibear interest at 4 per c
we with loud acclaim s
to the front to fightPi-oorlnm miakf nftl" neia i vvuwiit j
equip them for the batlworthy and unnatui
/ Brothers, and Sisters,and lack of patriotismWe earnestly urge andthe County generallyCommitteeman in theCall meeting at New <
morning 16th,OctoberAt which time literatur<will be distributed. T1vassed thoroughly thisdone if a single TownsThe following patrioticto address the meeting
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The Liberty Loan
These Iof A ctiiNo "pussy-)but hard-hitman, no ma
job may be.That is whyMICHAE
Clodi c
"Action Clothes fcbest way to descrilConservatively sty-young men's mo
every yarevery ificj
every detstaunch and firm andactivity of the times.Priced $12 50, $15.0C
Uopeia
nnouncement jberry County are not
imperative call of the«"» f Rnnr) c urkirli Q
11VJ l/Viluo <1 itawia p|ent per ainnum. Have £;ent out patriotic boysand possibly die thatrish, a*id >et refuse totie. If so we are unralFathers, Mothers,May such ingratitude 9never be our portion.implore the people ofand especially everyCounty to attend theCourt House, - Tuesday
* »i i.iat eleven o clock snarp.e and application blanks;le County must be canweekand it cannot beship is not represented,citizens have conseted
>rof. S. J. Derrick 1ion. F. H. Dominick)r. Geo. B. Cromer:ol. W. H. HuntExecutive Cotemittee
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Ire DaysHI
rooting" now
ting for every.. i__i. i_:.iter wnai nis
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\ S-STERNithesso mucii to the fore,ir Active Men" is thebe them.led for the older man /
dels for the youthd ofwoolenh of tailoringail oftrimmingthorough to meet tte
). $20.00 up
nd Bros
PURELY PERSONAL ' ISc
| The Movemcy.ts cf }l2zy People, New- (
berrians, and Those Who VisitNewberry. i (
Mr. J.pE. Bickley has changed fromr
Mollohon to Hopewell, Ya.Prof. Gilbert P Voigt was elected ,
> x. m -r* o..T._ . . . I
president, l. r. ouuer viue-yi traiuca.,| ^
J. B. Ballentme recording secretary,Miss Rosalyn Hipp corresponding sec_retary, J. Ira Haltiwanger treasurer *
and Miss Willie Mae Wise archivist atc
the annual meeting in Columbia last j 1
v^eek of the Lutheran Young People's (
State Federation. j c
The first address was delivered by 1
Boha Thomas, a student of Newberry *
college Mr. Thomas snoke on "The
Burning Bush," anu his tender and t
far roaohin? r>lea wa ; for the VOUng 14 a r
people to "help keep the bush burn- t
ing." Mr. Thomas was born in f
Uramia, Persia. His father was a ^
Presbyterian minister in Mohamme- t
dan field..From The State's account
of the meeting in Columbia of the "lState Lutheran Young People's Fede- jfofi'nn ^i auvu,
Rev. Edw. Fulenwider attended the '
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| State Federation of the Lutheran i
Young People's societies in Columbialast week. His subject was: "Greet- .
j ings From South Carolina Synod." j
Mr. Fulenwider is always happy in
extending greetings. He is the hon- ,
ered nresident of the South Carolina ,
; !(Synoa. , «
Cards have been received in New-: jberry announcing the marriage Of ,
Miss Isabel McLeod Smith, daughter 1of Mrs. Alexander Coke Smith, to
Dr. R'issell Landrum Haden, in Norfolk,Va., on the sixth of October <
Hon. Alan Johnstone, Jr., of Colum<bia has been appointed by Secretary
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Paker«to travel Nortn ana-soum L,aruina,Georgia, Florida, Alabama and
Mississippi in behalf of training camp
I activities, as we notice by The State
of Saturday Mr. Johnstone will serve1
for the war. He is likely to receive
the appointment of major in the judgrt IC + .r> I
advocate's department. jl utr owic >
says his selection by the national gov J
'(
ernment is in recognition of the fine 1
work he has done in Columbia. He
| will make Atlanta his headquarters; 1
goiflg there from Newberry, havingcome here on a visit Saturday. Says 1
The State: "Mr. Johnstone has dis- '
s t_: hnr asnnguignea niiuscn at ...
a fearless advocate and as having a
brillinnt mind. His loss to the communityis great."Mr. Copelan^ has many friends' in
Union, where he was at one time in 3
j business, who wish him great happi\ess..Union Times in noting the
passing through that place of Mr. andatpo Tnhn n fnneland. iust after!
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thgir marriage in Newberry. TheTimes says the bride is "a daughterof Clerk of Court Goggans." Nowwhile we know that our genial clerkof' 'court wouldn't object to havingjust such another daughter, still we,
rominil the. Times that the brido jis- a niece of Clerk of Court Goggans.She is the sister of Mr Jno. Q. Gog-1gans, Jr., of Newberry.
Mr. White Fant and family returnedto "Columbia Sunday after a ibrief
visit to Newberry.
Mij. J. L. Welling of Columbia spentthe week-end in Newberry with his
family at the home of her people m
this city.Mr. G. R. Wise, more generally
known as "Pat," is in Atlanta for
mules, to be here the latter part of
the wefeki.Miss Kathleen Mobley, the trained
nurse who attended the late Mr. Joe*""». /~i~viio loaf iTItiosq IDen ountrj' luiuugu uio ...uvw<t |has returned to Columbia.Mr. Strother Paysfnger is another
citizen who eays it pays to advertise.
If you lose anything tell it throughThe Herald and News. The mediumis as true as the needle to the poleand draws lost articles like the magnetdoes a piece of steel.
VARIOUS A>:D ALL ABOUT*
The regular monthly meeting of
the Civic league will be held at the
home of Mrs. .Ije L. Keitt Thursdajafternoon at four o'clock.There was a pretty heavy frost Sat
<mnrnin? enough to bite sweet
notatoes in low places, observed Mr.
W. G. Peterson, the early rising metereologistof Newberry.There is a little life visitor at the
i home of Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Clisby.
She came in on Monday of last weekmd they have named her Ciara Frances./
The latest news is that more draftidmen may be called out within twononths. The war department is likeyto have them report during the;arly winter, as all the regiments haveacancies in their ranks.
Beginning next Saturday there will>e a movement for the next increment)f negroes to Camp Jackson, contin:ingfor five days. Xo whites included.Preparations are making at Campfackson for the transfer Tuesday of
>,504 troops to Camp Sjvier and 1,300;o Camp Wheeler.
tA young negro boy from the ccm;y,who had been placed in the asy-um, but who was discharged some
;ime ago, has been taken bac£ by hi3
fathen. The boy spent a part of lastveek in the lock-up at the police staionhere.Among the eight new Lutheran
iToung People's societies formed durngthe year two are in this county,)ne at Bachman chapel and the other
it Macedonia. Among those reorg-mized are Colony and St. James.
A oegro boy on a bicycle ran againstMrs. J. IX Bruce late Saturday afternoon,knocking her down as she was
crossing the street in front of the .
S'ewberry hotel. No serious consequencesresulted from the accident,ilthough Mrs. Bruce was somewhatbriused and suffered also from the3hock. Her glasses were brokeA bythe fall.The negro soldiers received quite ^
an ovation at the depot a^they passediown to Camp Jackson..Ninety Sixcor. Greenwood journal. mat 13
nothing but right and due. The ones
from Newberry received the biggestkind of ovation, and Jim Ferguson,who saw them at Camp Jackson, says
they pitched right into their camp dutiesas though they were used to thelife and are getting along all right.Crowds saw the beginning of "The
Fighting Trail" at the opera house
Saturday, and it took with them. Thosewho missed seeing it missed a goodthing. Don't miss any more of it.And the opera house public is so gladthat Manager Wells has again secur~
3d those laughable Keystone comedies,which b^t anything going in thatline.
The Newberry Teachers' meetingwill be held in the auditorium of the
High school building Saturday morningbeginning at 11 o'clock. Officerswill be elected and plans formulatedfor another year. Prof. S. J. Derrick
will explain the recent text book adoption,followed by a discussion on the
part of some of the teachers. All membersare urged to attendj.
In these exciting days of trails, the
next trail to which we desire to callt
yoKc attention is the "Trail of the
Shadows." which will be seen at the
opera house Wednesday, as portrayedon the screen by Emmy Wehlen, who
taking so well by the people. «A 11
these trails are good, and we know
Miss Wehlen will again please the
public when she appears in this one.
The "Ten of Diamonds" will hold
the screen at the opera house Thursdayand will "be played by DorothyDaltoiv She is the central figure. The
wedding guests were assembled. The
bridegroom stood at the palm-hedgedaltar. The strains of Mendelssohnliited softly. All eyes were turned toward
the stairway, expecting to see
the bridal party. Finally the bride
appeared, her coiffure awry, her
dress rumpled and in her haid a whis'11 AnrtlAfleltrKey DOttlB. TSue vvas uwjjoicoinjr u uuu(
The guests fled, and with them thebridegroom. Of course, she was onlyfeigning intoxication, but she gainedher pointj.
Death of Mr J. B. iforley.Air. Joe Ben Corley died at 11
o'clock Friday morning, at the home
of his father. Mr. Robert Corley, in
West End, after an illness of six
weeks with typhoid fever complicatedwith purpura hemorrhagica, lfe wa%
buried in the Corley burial ground,Saluda county, on Sunaav aiternoun
at 1 o'clock. He was 22 years old and
leaves a widow, who was formerlyMiss Miller of Saluda. Besides hi3
father he is survived by a step-motherand several step-brothers and -sisters
of West End.