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VOLUME LIU, yrSBEE 63. 5EWBERBT, 8. 0? ITUESDAY,. SEPTEMBER Tr 1915. TWICE A WEEK, ILifl A TEAJ8.
SHOWS SURPRISE
BUT NO ANXIETY
OFFICIAL WASHINGTON IS NOT
GREATLY PERTURBED.
Officials Think There May Be Satisfactory
Explanation of Attack
Upon Allan Liner.
'Washington, Sept. 5.?Official Washington
received news of the torpedoing
of the Allan liner Hesperian toy a German
submarine with unconcealed sur
prise, though there was none of the
grave anxiety that followed the sinking
of the Arabic. (Comment was withheld
at both the WTiite House and the
.state department, pending detailed reports,
but it was learned that high officials
regarded it as inconceivable
that after the assurances given by the
German government last week a German
submarine commander had without
warning launched a torpedo at a
peaceful passenger vessel.
President Wilson and Secretary Lansing
heard of the incident first through
[ Associated Press dispatches. Later cafe
ble reports from Ambassador Page at
London, and (Consul Frost at Queensf
AG! Ti Or /\?
mm iv; w ii anuuuuucu \sl
m the Hesperian with a loss of about
eight lives, none of them lAmericans.
V Reports made public by the state deW
partmenl did not mention whether the
f ^vessel was armed or attempted to escape,
but other advices indicated that
while flie British admiralty believed
there had been no warning it would
not announce it as a fact.
Some significance was attrached to
Consul Frost's statement that the Hesperian
carried mounted and visible on
lier stern a 4.7 rifle. While international
law permits merchantmen to
"have guns for defensive purposes, particularly
when they are of small cali
bre and mounted aft, it was pointed
-out that if the Allan liner acted at all
.suspiciously after being approached
the presence of thi? gun probably
wouli figure prominently in the submarine
commander's report of the torpedoing.
No German official was in Washington
today, Ambassador Bernstorff hav.
ing left the city. He has given Secretary
Lansing assurances that German
submarines would sink no mor?
liners without warning.
Remembering the oral and written
words of the ambassador, as well as
the unqualified declaration by Foreign
Minister vbn Jagow -at Berlin that 4t
was not the policy of Germany to sink
passenger vessels without warning,
American officials appeared confident
there would be a satisfactory explanation
of the Hesperian case in spite o 1
the statements of her passengers that
she was torpedoed without warning.
It was suggested in some quarters
that perhaps the ship struck a floating
^ ? J ^ -fV?r*f nViA. m
Uliav auu iu IFI.UC1D mat. auc uiuw. uaic
attempted to escape after being 9 pole en
by a submarine.
Free Boarding Honse Popular.
Atlanta, Sept. 2.?Hard times are
not reducing the elegant menus de
luxe served to the inmates at the federal
prison. While the honest laboring
man may have a hard time of it
to provide meat and potatoes for his
family, the dishonest one is having his
worries taken, off his shoulders by
Warden Fred Zerbst, who announces
that the best way he knows to reform
his prisoners is to "feed them and
feed them right." He has installed a
new chef who is said to be the equai
of any in the most exclusive clubs
and hotels, and with a whole corps oi
c
expert cooks and a kitchen apparatus
which is said to be finer than that
possessed by any club or hotel in Atlanta.
On certain days the prisoners
alsn Tnavp with their meals.
An Atlanta paper, commenting in a
delicately satirical vein on the news
says:
"Anticipating a ftooct of anxious inquiries,
the easiest and quickest way
is to procure a bit of lead, a melting
pot and a clay mold, manufacture a
bum dollar and try to pass it on one
of the secret service men at the customs
house."
"r" Believed In the Cop.
Mistress?Well, cook, if you and the
other maids are at all nervous of the
Zeppelins, you can have your beds removed
into the basement. .
? Cook?No, thank you, ma'am. We
have every confidence in the policeman
at the gate.?London Punch.
THE NEGLECTED ART.
, Post Card and Telephone Hay?
Letter Writing.
Indianapolis News.
There i-as been much lament
of late years over the lost art o
' ter writing. The blame has been
ty e'v enly divided between the inn<
post card and the useful telep]
and, reading the plaintive comir
' j we almost wept over the terrible
j of affairs. A recent experiment,
j ever, has changed our iviews on
'' particular matter. Moving from j
house to a small one, we four
'; necessary to do a iot of condei
' j and some eliminating, and, among
;er things, it seemed best for a trui
of old letters to be eliminated,
course, we waded through all of t
! for fear some valuable document u
i be lost. There were letters to r<
j sent all ages. Simple, childish aff
i foolish, sentimental episodes; long
' pages of admonition. Old-fashi
! letters from kinsfolk? Yes, scor
' i them. You remember how they
The first page was given over to
ing the pen in hand to let you 1
they were well, and hoping you
enjoying the same great ^blessin
not they were very sorry to he*
it. On tize second page your c<
informed you that father had been
fering during the winter months
rheumatism, and tnat moiner naa
been quite poorly. (By the way,
has become of the "poorly" peo
On the third she stated the pie<
plaid gingham inclosed with the 1
was like her new dress. The red
was like Emma Jane's new dress
the blue -and the yellow were
Mary's c:ildrens' new dresses. 0:
last page she invariably wound u
saying that she must close becaus
hand was growing very tired,
asked you to excuse the bad pen
ship, and write soon, etc. And po:
was high then, too!
But the old-time love letters, af:
and ah, me! No wonder many of
required excess postage. Sweet
is usually heavy. We were thai
that we had plucked up the coi
to eliminate them. It would ha^e
a great pity for posterity to waste
going through t):em. Lost art,
! Thank goodness that some phases
have been lost. We'd rather our
and girls made dates with a few ;
sentences over the telephone, s
med up the receiver and hustlec
to fc:e croquet grounds or tennis c
out in the blessed fresh airland
shine, doing their courting wholes
: healthful fashion, instead of si
mewed up over a desk, nibbling a
holder while studying up stuff
' whicfo to disfigure highly tinted
scented stationery. Life is too i
1 to waste any of it on unnecessary
: ter writing, and, besides, we ch
our minds too frequently nowada;
risk putting our thoughts dowi
black and white.
Don't misunderstand and get th<
. tion that we are frowning on all 1
, of correspondence. Don't stop wr
to mother?that kind of letter
in| will always be in good style.
; motfrers?don't stop writing to
i boys and girls away from home. '
hunger for the homevnews, and th
surance of your unchanging, unc
1 A w J ci Arvrt f A,
IUVC. -tVLTU av>cciucai l,
long, dreary miles?write sem
[ helpful, cheerj* letters. Pure, si
i .love letters are never disgusting.
letter writing, just for the sal
i boasting of your many correspond
! or for the privilege of airing your a
; or letting your sentiment slop o1
. oh, well, we would advise the u:
post cards or telephones every
? for with these one must be brief.
Like a Banquet.
A wisely conducted newspap<
like a banquet, says an exchange
, erytfning is served up with a vie
variety. Help yourself to what
want and do not condemn the e
spread because pickles and onions
be included. If you do not relish
somebody else may find them i
a-LUe. Dfc; gBJUCiuus auu ui vau en
to select gracefully such reading
i ter from newspapers as will be a
! able to your mental taste. You, j
individual, are not compelled to
low everything. We do not all
! alike qp every subject and it is a
11 thing, as it makes more veriety,
i variety is the spice of existence.
RURAL SCHOOL] I;
CONDITIONS DISCUSSED ;
TRUSTEES OF THE COUNTY HOLD g
ation MEETING. p
f let
pret- State Superintendent Swearinger Pres- v
3cent eut?Much Interest Was \
hone, > Manifested. t
I
tents, t
state S??(i sign for the rural schools c
hQW- of Newberry county was the excellent n
attendance upon the meeting of the a
a bjg trustees held in the court house on t
ld it Monday. .The meeting had been called a
icino- by Superintendent Barre to discuss the v
oth_ situation for the coming year and to c
ikful d?vise plans au(* take bearings. f,
q{ ! There has been an organization of i
hem 1 irustees f?r the past several years k
Qi^ht i anc* ^ has clone much good for the t:
?pre_ I schools of the county. It has gotten s
. ? 1 the trustees interested in the schools c
airs: . ^
sad'>anc* t*iat means better schools. The v
oned trouble a few >"ears ago was to get
es of jthe pe?Pie t0 take some interest in u
i the school. Great improvement has h
ran. .
tak 1)6811 made in that llne durin? tlle Past h
few years. *, f;
enow
There must have been nearly every t
were . L
trustee in the county present at the a
^ meeting on Monday. Certainly practi- a
cally eveny school was represented. D
Superintendent Barre called the 0
it meeting to order and stated that it was
with . .
^ ! pieasmg to mm 10 see so mauy 01 uie e
I trustees together at the meeting and n
I
| he felt sure it meant good for the 0
'I schools. He said this was a meeting v
^6 Ol '
i of the trustees to talk over matters n
etter 1
pertaining to the schools and that Dr. ^
piece q y. Hunter, who was president of i;
the organization, would take charge of t
like
the meeting and himself make a talk a
n to the trustees. 3
p Dr. Hunter said that this was to he v
p her
an informal meeting at which it was (]
She
expected that every trustee present v
man~ would express his opinion on any s
stage matter that he felt was for the benefit ^
of the schools, and if he wanted any t
, me, information would be free to ask ques- t
them tions. In short, it was intended that $
stuff it should be a sort of round table talk, f
akful In the United States, said Dr. Hunter, a
irage there would be very soon twenty mil- j
been lion boys and girls in a few days j
time marching to the. schools and colleges r
eh? of this country. The question for us r
of it in this State and this county Is, are f
boys ^'e doing all we can for the proper
jerky training of this great army and are e
vlam- we measuring" up to the rest of the <;
[ out country in the performance of our duty y
ourt, to the boys and girls of our county ^
sun- and State. 2
lome, the first place and of first im- v
tting portance for the consideration of the v
pen. trustees, are we using proper diligence i
with and care in the selection of the teachand
ers f?r our children. It is a ^ery im- ?
3hort portant business. The teachers of g
r let- tnis country are mourning tne lives e
ange an(* character of the children who are ^
to 80011 t0 the men an(* women of the i
x country. And he believed that they ex- t]
arted more influence than did the pa- ^
rents. He believed that the teacher s
B no~ should be a part of the community and
take part in all community life that j
iting ^ag for ttle betterment and the uplift c
of the community and that teacher that ^
A"n<^ did not was not performing the proper a
tlie function of a teacher. fi
They
He spoke next of the need of more n
6 asmoney.
He said in Massachusetts the
lying
State spent $25 per capita of popula- ,s
y tion, while in South Carolina we spent e
5ibl0, only $3. There was a free library in t]
ron&! everv district and the children were n
"On + I
required to read the books. There was h
more money in the savings banks of v
ents, t^.g gtate jn ajj the savings banks e
ie^s ol twelve Southern, States. i,
^er?
. He didn't think much of the onese
of
teacher school. There should not be a
time, u
any school with less than three teach- s
ers. We should have consolidation in f
Newberry county. He had in mind t
four districts in this county with eight g
*r is teachers which could easily be united y
. Ev- into one district with one school with
iw to eight teachers and no child would be j.
vrwn over five miles from the school, and v
J Vw ? ?
intire ke believed the additional good work f
; may of one school with eight teachers i
them would more than compensate for the
>alat- extra cost of transporting the children i
iough ^ should be necessary. s
mat- Don't hesitate, he said, to let y<*ur c
gree- legislators know that you need and t
as an want more money .for your schools. t
1 IZJ n. +V>rt,,orV>f o orr*ir?n1tiTro chftll'ld T
2V>ai- lie CUV/U^Ut LtlUU
think be taught in the rural schools and that ?
good it had been greatly neglected in the
, and making of the curriculum. Most of. i
j our children do not get any other t
chool than the i;ural school and they
hould have some practical training 1
long the line of the work they are to
ollow during life.
Dr. Hunter then introduced State
uperintendent Swearingen, who was
resent.
Mr. Swearingen said that it was always
a pleasure for him to come to
dewberry and that Dr. Hunter had hit
he key to the situation. A good
eacher, consolidation and an improved
urriculum and more money. That was
teeded. But you can't form plans for 1
,ny year which will work out in de- 1
ail for any succeeding year. There 1
re always conditions and changes 1
vhich you have to meet each year. He 1
ommended especially the work of J
ormer Superintendents Aull and j1
Jrown and Supervisors Lizzie Haw- ]
:ins and Sadie Goggans on the work 1
hey did in creating an interest in the
chools of the county, and said that' '
1 ? J ^ ^ < * W SV-Vk V> A I !
luperinieuueiu oaut; tjutcia upun mc
rork with every promise of success. '
We are home-ruled especially in ed- 1
cational matters and the trustees j3
ave the whole situation in their I 1
.ands. He said the State was face to j]
ace with many serious problems and 1 ^
bat we had only begun our education- 1
,1 work. The State superintendent (
nd the county superintendent could
ot do anything except through the co- I!
peration of the trustees
In the work of the trustees he wantd
them to remember the business
irinciple of keeping out of debt. One
f the waiys to keep out of debt is to
ote a special tax. The State has three
lodes of extending help. One is to
elp weak and needy schools. Another
s for the district to vote a two mills j
ax and get an amount equal to the
mount raised by the tax not to exceed
100. Then for rural graded schools
i-herp a four mill tax is voted. The ,
ther is the high school fund. He adocated
the rural graded consolidated
chool as the best thing for the rural
listricts. He explained that he agreed
o give the Newberry schools $500 if ,
hey woud admit to the high school
iepartment all children of the county
ree of tuition charge. This was done
.nd the school received $500 last year,
le said his department was not payng
debts and any trustees that peraitted
their districts to run in debt
ieed not come to the State department
or aid.
The trustees were then called on for
ixpressions from the districts. Mr.
ieorge Hunter said that he felt last j
ear was the best year mat &i. s
ad ever had. They had three teachers
nd a total enrolment of 110. Those
t*ho 'voted against the four mill tax
fere now heartily in favor of retain- 1
ag it. 1
<Mt. W. B. Boinest, for the Hunter- i
)eW'alt, said that la&t iyear was the
rst for that school with three teachrs
and the enrollment reached 78 and
bat every child of school age up to
8 was enrolled. Many children passed ]
tie examination for entrance to the (
igh schools* The community had the j
chool spirit. (
Prof. J. S. Wheeler of the Prosperity j
ligh school said that they took all <
hildren that made application both in j
tie high school or the common school, j
s his idea wa6 that the school was for f
tie children, and no charges were ?
lade.
Mr.-B. B. Leitzsey, for the Oarm^ny
chool, said they had tried two teachrs
last year and would not be without ,
"*1 1 - 1 ?3 J t'rvl I
hem. ;iney na.Q <1 na.ru iuciu tu na*ci ^
ow, as they had lost their school .
ouse, and needed some help, but they
,*ere going to keep two teachers, ,
ven if they had to hold school in a , ^
3g cabin.
Mr. Long of the Zion school,
ne that voted for the four mill tax, aid
that last year, they were short a j
ew on the enrolment to come up to ]
he requirements, but that they were (
;oing to have two teachers again this .
ear. i
Mr. John M. Suber said that they had ;
?een trying to consonoate tne mcvui- r
ough school with another one nearby 1
or the past twenty (years, but had not
>een able to do so.
Mr. Long said that the Reagln school
lad voluntarily gone into the Silvertreet
school as an experiment. The
listricts have not consolidated, but
he children of the Reagin district will
>e transported to Silverstreet and the
^ "DAnnrin + TM Will I
noney lurm me jcica&iii *v,v *****
jo to Sil'verstreet.
Mr. T. M.. Mills spoke briefly on the ;
mportance of teaching agriculture in
he common schools and suggested the,
ATTACK ON STEAMER
FEATURES WARMS'
ACCOUNTS TORPEDOEING ALL AX
LINER HESPERIAN DIFFER. <
Austrian and Germans Claim Further .
Successes Against Russians?Ital- t
ians Tell of Gains in Mountains. . ^
c
The Canadian steamer Hesparican of t
the Allan line, while bound from Liverpool
for (Montreal with 650 passengers j
and crew aboard, was torpedoed Sat- j
urday night about 100 miles southwest (
Df Fastnet. No lives were lost, so far
as actually known, but about 20 per- (
sons were injured. The Hesperian re- ^
mained afloat and is on her way to ?
^ueenstown. ( <
* iv. ?
ACC0UI1U> Ol LXie ucuuncutcs u-iirci.
The steamship company reports all ?
saved, but the American consul at j
^ueenstown reported to Washington
Lhat the loss of life was about eight. ^
He also conveyed the information that ^
Lhe Hesperian had a 4.7-inch gun c
mounted and visible on the stern.. Al- K
[en line officials at Montreal declare {
the ship carried no gun to their knowl- s
2dge.
Other incidents of the war oh the ^
sea include the sinking by torpedoes ^
;>r mines of the Danish steamer Frode c
md the Norwegian bark G-limt,. the *
seizure of a Greek vessel in the Adri- J
atic sea by Austrian torpedo boat destroyers
and the capture by the Russians
of two Turkish food ships in the 1
Black sea. 1
On all the fronts neavy fighting is
in progress.
The Germans and <Austrians report ^
further 'victories along the eastern
lines; Paris tells of the silencing of
German batteries; the Italians claim
further advances against the Austrians;
the .Turks assert that they have 1
gained minor victories on the Gallipoii
nfcrnn,=nia hut." in return have been 1
bombarded from land and sea.
The first lord of the British admiral- '
ty, Arthur J. Balfour, in a long letter J
to the British press, after reviewing 1
the German naval policy, asserts that
British mercantile tonnage is greater <
now than when the war began.
A correspondent who has visited the
grand fleet of Great Britain and the i
great base, describes the preparedness,
of the British war ships and quotes <
the officers as saying that with every
month the British fleet has grown i
stronger and is better organized to
meet any emergency.
The Greek parliament has adjourned (
until October 28 without Premier Vanizelos
having announced what stan.l
Greece will take with regard to the (
war. f
Dr. D. G. Phillips to Preach Here.
Rev. D. G. Phillips of Chester will
k/O#* o nf ciarvir?<3-o in th** A- P. .
UU1U CL OVt 1VW VJL WV* TAVVW J
jhurch beginning Thursday evening at t
i o'clock and running morning and
evening through Sabbath. Dr. Phil- t
ips is one of the strongest preachers
>f his denomination, and his visit to
;he citiy will bring pleasure to his .
nany friends. A most cordial invita- '
:ion is extended to all to attend these
I
services. ^
r
Death of 3Ir. R* H. Senn.
Mr. R. H. Senn died suddenly at e
Sumter on Saturday. His body was s
Drought to Newberry Sunday on the f
1:06 C. N. and L train and carried to
;he home of his brother, iMt. Jno. A. t
Senn, whence it was taken to West ?
End cemetery, service by the Rev. J. \
NT. Booth. Mr. Senn was 37 years old. 1
He leaves a mother, seven brothers
and two sisters. Of the eight children
his is the first death. His surviving
orothers in Newberry are Messrs. I
James, Jdhn and Jerome Senn. *
1
use of a small text book on the subject
prepared by the extension force of s
Clemson college. Mr. iMills also agreed
to assist amy of the teachers and trustees
in this work as he might find time
and be able to do so in connection with t
' * . A9 1_ r> 11
tiis demonstration worn, me uusiccs c
adopted the suggestion and recommended
the use of the book by the
teachers. t
The trustees adopted a resolution to <
increase the salary of the county su- 1
perintendent, and a committee com- (
posed of B. B. Leitzsey, John M. Suber j
and A. P. Coleman was appointed to c
take the matter up with the county (
delegation. t
NEWS 0 FLITTLE MOUNTAIN
?otton Picking: Order of Day?Crops
Fairly Good?Teachers and Pupls
Returning to Schools.
pecial to The Herald and News.
Little Mountain, Sept. 6.?Cotton
picking is the order of the day and
he crop through this section is fairly
?ood. We hope that the farmers will
continue to get a good price for the
leecy staple. * ,
There was a large crowd of people
n attendance on the Newberry conference,
which met at Holy Trinity
jhurch from Friday until Sunday.
Miss Irabell Riser, an efficient trained
nurse of Columbia, is spending* her
acation near her old home, with her
tunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob A.
Shealy.
Miss Jennie Lee Kinard is spending
i few days with her brother, IMt. J. <C.
kinard of Rock Hill.
Messrs. Lee Dickert of Macon,
>a., D. C. Dickert of Washington
D. C., and John D. Sheely of Pomaria,
3. C., visited Mr. D. Boland's family
%
>n Wednesday, this is the nrst visit
hat Messrs Dickert have made to
Jouth Carolina in a number of years.
R?v. J. J. Long, Prof H. J. Sheelejy,
larold Wise, Frank Wise arid Oliver
^ong attended the Interdenominational
>unday school conference at Cannon's
>eek Wednesday, making the tr;p in
Jlev. Long's car.
\TT? T T. T?P{jcr1<i 9 irmwiiritr salps
nan, is spending a few weeks with his
parents.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Sheely earned;
:heir little daughter to Columbia a few
lays ago for an examination. We hop^
:hat there is-nothing serious the mat:er
and that they will have her home
igain soon.
Little Mountain and Pomaria were to
have a game of baseball Saturday, but
in order to sav?. Pomaria from a defeat,
rain interfered.
Misses Eula and Cloe Epting returned
Sunday to resume their studies at
Lenoir college, Hickory, N. C., where
they are members of the junior class.
Mr. Harold Wise returned on Sunday
to resume work at Lenior college,
where he will be a sophomore.
Mr. W. H. Caldwell Was in town Satjrday
on business.
\
Mr. Joe iMetz was in town Saturday
:>n oil mill business.
Mrs. J. H. Wise, who has been to the
Northern markets, has returned.
Messrs. Ludie Sheely and E. S. Sheeey
of Pomaria motored over to our
:own Friday.
Mrs. W. "M. oioan, who underwent an.
jperation at the Columbia hospital a
'ew weeks ago, is doing nicely.
Miss Alda Rhea Wheeler of Pros>erity
is spending the week-end wita
Hiss Lilla Kinard.
Prof. Arthur Lindler left last week
or Van Wyke, 6. C., where he- wHl
no /vK
VUV/U.
Mrs. J. C. Epting, Jr., is spending
he week end with her aunt, Mrs Wesinger
of Ballentine, S. C.
Mr. F. L. Feagle and wife are spendng
the week-end with Mr. Feagle's paents,
l\Tr. and Mrs. J. N. Feagle.
Mr. J. J. Sheely, who has been con*
- x 1_ ?li.U In
inea ior me pasi-.week whu ic?ci, i?
eported as doing nicely.
Prof. H. J. Sheely, who ha3 been
ilected principal of the St. James High,
chool, Newton, N. C., will report for
ootball practice in a few days.
Mrs. A. M. Miller of Jalapa, spent
he week-end with her parents, Mr.
md Mrs. B. H. Miller. Mrs. Miller,
vho has been to the Columbia hospital
'or treatment, is improving nicely.
Going to Headquarters.
Karl Fied Bondy answas^ the tele)hone.
An excited woman was on
he line, says the .New York Railway
Employers' Magazine.
"Is this the New York railways?*
she aeked.
"iTs the general manager there?"
"This is his office, madam."
"Well, you know how warm It wai
his morning, and then how terribly
iold it turned shortly afterward?"
"Yes, madam."
"Well, my daughter Nora went down
own early this morning and she wore
>nly a light waist and skirt. You know
iow the people keep the car windows
>pen in the summer time, and I'm
ifraid she'll catch her death of.cold,
;oming home. Can't you issue a^,orier
to have all the car windows closed
oday?"
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