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1 ALL THE LOCAL HAPPENINGS AKOOD PROSPEiUTT \ Prosperity, Jan. 1.?Mrs. L. W. Har mon and daughter, RebeccaV have re turned from Birmingham, where they ^ spent the Christmas holidays. m Misses. Lena and Laurie Lester of Columbia are the guests of their motn-1 er, Mrs. Rosa Lester. Mr., and Mrs. A. G. fWSse are hom<? from the west, where Mr. "Wise .had gone for another car of mules and horses. Mr. Carl .Fellers of Fitzgerald, Ga., ha?s been visitjng at the home of his father, Mr. S. L. Fellers. Dr. George Harmon has returned. from a kee's visit to his parents at -Ninety Six. . . . i Mrs. Joe Hartman ^nd son. Ever ton, have gone to Lakeland, Fla., to spend a month with Mrs. -W. E. Pugh. Mrs. Malcolm Cook and son of 'Bir ' 1 Wr rrtnlc's mingnaiu arc vtomug ?**. ~ ? mother; Mrs. Alice Witherspoon. Miss Mae. Witherspoon has return ed to her school at Ridgela?d after spending the Christmas season at borne. Mrs. J. D. Hunt of Saluda and. C. ,S. Schumpert of Atlanta, have been visiting their mother, Mrs. B. B. Schumpert. Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Black spent the Christmas holidays in Fairfax. Mr. H. B. Schumpert has returned .o Atlanta, after a short visit to his mother, Mrs. Fannie Schumpert. Mr. Johnnie Langford of New ZIon in<ji Miss Susie Langford of Gibson, i C., leave today to resume their work in the school room. T onont iSPVfrai jyirs. xr ij, ixiugiui u opvMi> wv.w_ nays during the past week with her laughter, Mrs. Tinsley of Spartan ? S. Miss Annie Lee Langford has re ined her position in the Prosperity ligh school to accept a position in > pfcrtj^kurg. M1sd Elizabeth McWaters of Atlan a is home for the holidays. Mr. J. P. Wise of Ridgelan'd st&nt Christmas day at the home of his ather, Mr. A. G. ^Wise. Misses Ruby and Grace Wheeler; re vteitiiig t^elr sister. Mrs. Gran- j ille Wyche of Greenville. Mrs. C. K. wceeier xias <ts ***?* j ueat, her mother, Mrs. Day and sia v<r, Mrs. Moses c' Mount Airy, Va. * Mr. and Mrs. Layfleld of Augusts *e guests of the letter's parents, Mr. d Mrs. T. L. Wheeler. Mrs. Wilson of Columbia is spend g a few days with Mrs. F. E. Schum tft. Mr. and X.rs. Cecil Wyche of Spar nburg, and Mr. Granville ; ?V<yche of I reenville spent Christmas with Dr.' " vifo r* t Wvchft. ^ * ? '' # w?w* \ . Mrs. Lawrence Sease and daughter. | |lea, of Clemson college have been e guests of Dr. G. Y. Hunter. Mr. S. S. Birge spent Christinas >ek with his sister, Mrs. A. H. Kohn Columbia. Mr. F. N. Calmes, formerly of Baton< yuga, La., is spending awhile here. | Mra. M. C. Morris attended the me-Rawl wedding in Dillon last eek. Mr. Vance Matthews of Little Moun- 1 n has accepted a position with Mr. * G. Wise. ' ] [r. D. B. Miller of- tJolumfcia is j nding a few days with his sister, ' s. J. Sidney Wheeler. ( ? 1~ ?v_ ! JT. Aruiur oawiiy, w uo aucuuiu^ eterinary college in Chicago, came ne for the Shealy-Buzhardt wed g. .Jisa Elizabeth Hawkins has return to her school at Marion. 41ss 'Liza Bell Curlee has return from Winnsboro. liss Mary Day of Virginia, is visit her aunt, Mrs. Z. tW1. Bedenbaugh. Ion. S. G. Mayfield of Bamberg was guest Saturday of Mr. A. G. Wise. ?- Caw a ViAnrw -o v* #4 nrna <CBk W lOUCb tui a uayj/j auu i<iva ous New Year. TTCHEX BEGINS WASHINGTON WORK nines Clerkship of Honse Commit tee on Agrricnltnre?Goes on Leave. State. eorge McCutchen, A. B., LL. B., j fessor of economics at the Uni-! lity at its meeting: December 12. ly appointed clerks of the hous^?; mittee on agriculture at Wash-; cn by Congressman A. F Lever, man of the committee, will leave , afternoon for/the national capital. t'p he will assume the duties of ^tiice tomorrow. A leave of ab e wh=? granted Prof. McOutchen j he board of trusters of the unl-. itv at it meeting December 12. J will serve as cl^rk of the commit- ; artil the adionrnment of congress, ably March 5. Set zler.\ tv/ rvi&o at rnn nr>mp <">r Tne OHflA s Ms Mr. ?id Mrs. T T Settler, "FHrtav VT'eq Va}-f ir ^ot^lor Cf?wber^v qnd Mr. C. A.iken TorfpJ* "n . T>v thft *^?vv .T /^n E. lis of ^orcoa. y . .. $ >"-*" THE IDLER, ^ ?$> <*> < > <*? <$> <$ $> <^> <$> <$ <*> < * * This has been a very quiet Christ mas and I am 'glad that it has. I nev er could see any .good sense or any reason in making:' this season one in WHICH to QO an Kiiius ui ?iiu ?"vi foolish thjrfgs. .surch as drinking egg nog and'other Hilarious antics. I have ,i lonjj time heard of the -Christmas [Irani, and I can remember when the Did darkies on the plantation would not feci that it had been Christmas unless the old'master liad the Christ mas dram for them, but then they lever abused'it and you seldom saw >ne who was drunk. So far as I have heard there were very few drunks in and about Newberry, but then I did not get out very much. I have heard that there was a lot of wbiskov that came in and that the express was very heavy. And the worst part about this whiskey is that most of it is chemically made and if you drink much of it they tell me it will soon get the best of the most robust con stitution. But I am not going to write about whiskey. I am slad that the sentimrnt against the drinking ot it is growing so strong and ?o fast that it is no longer fashionable or ?mart to drink. And that there was no visible sign of much drinking here about during the sweet Christmas time. ?0? 1 don't nrnrf savins: that 1 am ham mering mv old typewriter?machine ?on the niaht of the last day in the year,.a*d it reminds me of the Ion? a^o. when on the last night of the year the young men and tho youn? women of this community, and many others in this beautiful Southland of ours, would go out and make new year eve calls, and as they went from home to home there would be good cheer -and good-, fellows&ip every A riH thAn VfiAv wontt- remain up to see' thfe old year go out and to welcome the new year come in. Well, thtfce were the gotfd* old days when we didn't think so much of money and the making of money as the main pur pose in life. We thought a little more about the 60cial side of our natures, but this Southland is becoming com mercialized along with the yankees, and the whole < creation is going r.hrrvie-h a srfiat transition Deriod. and what the outcome ^vill be I do not know. But of this I am certain^it will all be for our good in the end.. And this reminds me that I read a beautiful little poem the other d.iy which was really meant as a Christ mas greeting, but which I think is more appropriate as a new year greeting, or rather a foreword for the new year. It was written by George B. Griggs of Texas and I am ?oing to 3uote it. Could you have ycirr ^ay tnis year, readei. what would you 3o? I would try to maVy everybody Just as happy as I could and k?ep| them happy all the time. And you ; ?an do It, and I can contribute a mite to it myself, but the trouble with you ind me is that we are so everlasting ly selfish, and mors especially, so thoughtless, that many times when we could make some one else happy, md without any cost to ourselves of money or effort, we just fail to do it. Had you ever thought of that? Suppose i "ne day you stand 5n the :orner of the street and watch your self go by and then you will begin to realize just how thoughtless ou are. But here is the poem: "Could I Have My Way * ?ould I but have my way this year, ['d take all children for a day ro fragrant fields and meadows near. Where they could "rolic, romp, and play; \ Gather "posies," pluck sweet flowers. Free.as the sunshine from above, With ne'er a thought of passing hours, Beaming, growing, and growing with love. Could I but have my way this year. I'd seek the weary, helpless ones And fill their lives with goodly cheer. And for them make bright, happy nomes lust like they had in years gone by. And coax th?m back to brotherly love Where lilting cloud-rifts in the sky Reveal God's mercy from above. t Could I but have my way this year. And do just what I'd like to do. I'd spread my arms out, far and near. And grasp your hands and pass to you The pulse-beats of fraternal love Which warms the hearts and sets aglow TllP RnarV rlivinp frnm hiVVi oKAva And guides us up from paths below. Could I but have ray way this year.. I'd gather all fraternal-kind Prom o'er the- seas and everywhere; With ties of love securely bind AU hearts, and set them free From d^?rr3d9tionr$ chains. "How ha-yi-tif'ii (then), this world would be,'' If ai- r>-a'->vind had* nobler aims. [n oj\? hav* mv way, message I sentf. to yon?tt-j+v/v.* ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE TO URGE ONE QUART A MONTH j Columbia, Dec. 31.?That a reduc tion to one quart per month, will, be urcrn/1 Kv t Vi a onti.col/vMi 1 ao cm a nf tho I State, at the approaching session of1 the legislature, in regard to.w&fsk^yj shipments, is .evidenced by a {'letter I which has been written by Mr* J. K. 1 Breedin. superintendent of fhe league.! "The flood of liquors of the Christ- j mas week," he says, "has so disgust-1 ed every one that we have our best1 opportunity to strike for either abso lute prohibition or a drastic reduc tion." v" . | That seems to ue the program which J will be urged. Mr Breedin's letter! was not given out to the press, but aj if ltn'ft Kaam cann K?* VAiir paf V, l/p v Ui it 11 UK.HU UJ yvi respondent. "I think a reduction to a quart, with general tightening of .loose places," says Mr. Breedin, "about as. far, as may be expedient. Some who are will ing for that are willing to concede three gallons of beer. I think that a dangerous concession. This is not a beer drinking State, and I think the result would be to make taer drink ing por and to promote" beer par ties at e- ry cross- roade.'' This is the first authentic informa tion which has been secured as to the plans of the prohibition forces. The lawlessness during the Christ mas holidavs, and the general dissat isfaction throughout the State with nrpsent rnnrtitinnq hnvp this activity on the part of the anti-saloon league, and, as has already bcon fo~o shadowed in this correspandence, the "iquor question will occupy a consid arable part (of the time of the gener il assembly of 1917. Aull. CHRISTMAS MESSAGE FROM GOT. COLE L. BLEASE Columbia, Dec. 23.?Former Gover nor Bf^se, through "yo^ Ctfjyjnbja correspondent, sends the followiifg* message to you: To The Herald and -News: "I wish for you personally, for all of those who work for you, and for each and every one of your readers, a happy and a joyous Christmas, and lliat the coming year may be a good year for you, and each and every one of you, and bring you a great deal of prosperity. May the message which you carry to the people of our State be for them an inspiration, always mj the future, as it lias been in the past,j and may all those tilings which ytrti j so richly deserve, be yours." Jno. K. Aull. Hoping this glad Christmas Day Will find you happy?full of joy; And for the good deeds you have done Toward those whose lives were all a-blight, v Your hearts shall thrill with joyon* song, Their grief transform to sweet de light. The editor has handed me the fol-:. lowing from a friend in Columbia. I." am glad that he enjoys my "stuff* ana! , that I have contributed some little to j his nlflflsurA. All nf -arfi ? just a little bit when someone says j something nice or pleasant about us c or our work. We are built that way, ? and it is good Uiat we are. That ifi t the reason I often wonder why it is j that so many people seem to take a ( pleasurs in saying unkind things when z a kind word would be so much easi- ? er to utter and wculd do so much more ' good. : ' 1 The Idler, i < Care The Herald and News, Is Newberry, S. G. I have just read your tribute to c R. E. ("Bob") Gonzales, and want to thank you for it, and the sentiment s you express therein. I, too, looked forward each day to his survey and c enjoyed it. Yes, we throw too many r brickbats. Why do we do it, when r bouquets are so much nicer. c "As one leader of The Idler's *effu-; sions" I want to thank him through you for the smiles along the miles of I life's rough highway produced by his < writing. May he live long and write ? xuch good "stuff." Truly. ! s A. H. Kohn. j i ?0? - j I was reading a book the other day ? in which 1 found tliis sentence? c "There is no sense in looking baclr uniess it helps us to look ahead. What t /our little girl of the ward has been is not so important as what she is j -oing to be." I was just thinking that at this season of the year as we' start out on a new year we might look back just fcr Na moment that the retrospect might help us to look ahead. I think: It was one of the old patriots who said something about the lamp by which his feet wore guided was the .amp of experience. f.Ytell, that is all light if that lamp casts a little light ihead so- that he may the better see fV q n-Qt- iilon c:-o tho hpftor wav T y,*ish everybody a happy and .pros perous year and that they may eacfi mid every one do some good and make some soul, happy. . . > The Idler. r^Do you meanN There is one stronghold in nK)a fn Tins i3 UCCil aui^ 1VUUAJ, kinds of bribery the Home Newi steadily refused the advertising MILLIONS are being spent by t to secure as an ALLY the Hom< standing SOLID by his Home C enemy. He turns DOWN all ki next time WE are tempted to d US take the stand taken by our a seeming bargain. Jiewberry Dividends. | ] The Herald and News mentioned in i Shar< he last issue that the Newberry mill j afterncx n addition to its usual eemi-annual j Gained < iividend of 5 per cent had paid a i fonqall; ;peciai dividend of 20 per cent and ! decorati hat the Mollohon manufacturing com- ! Su3penc *--j of 4 ner i large t . any uau jmiu ? __ _ ^ ;ent semi-annual and that the Com- shower nercial bank had paid Its usual semi- k09 tnnual dividend of 6 per cent. I ^?n and 7 . annoum The National bank pays a semi-an- j hostess' lual dividend of 3 per cent besides to John arrying to the surplus account a good take pie iUm- ! refreshi The Savings bank pays a semi-divi-; ^jjs.3 lend of 3 per- cent. j est dan The Exchange bank pays a semi-. C. Cald tnnual dividend of 3 per cent. [ '^"bman1 The Farmers and Merchants bank j Mr. I )f . Little Mountain pays a semi-an- i sterling iual dividend of 4 per cent and car- j qualitie.' 'ies a good sum to the surplus ac- i nas ma :ount. j four ye ] Hgg The Peoples National bank of Pros-! jjj]] ;erity paid its usual semi-annual divi- D?n } lend of 4 per cent. And carried a ^_Z'. rood amount to the surplus. ; ^ Rock The Bank of Prosperity paid aj >emi-annual dividend of *4 per cent' md carried a good sum to the surplus, i (jreer The Oakland Cotton mill paid a Duckett svmi-annual dividend of 3 per cent and Mr >n $335,000. : family It is pleasant to note the prosperl-j at 1 o'cl y of all these Newberry institutions, pneumo We did not hear from the Farmers: er of th )ank at Chappells but it has pros )ered also. i ing in The Bank of Pcmaria pays it divi- i ^or *wc lends in September. ' ^r0m ^ vivcd b The banks at Whitmire are also: ^ prospering though one of them !l-a3!a^^ j - 10 capital but a good surplus. *^v lid not hear about the Glen-Lowry p^i^lev mill but it is enjoying prosperity Qre^PW, ilong with the other mills of this, t - , section. . ' ''j Everything is prospering except the; ittle- newspapers awl tbev are i Ma^rj o be able to exist in these times of T^t-bom ligh priced'pnrp- .Tp<? and Mutt dis- Snndav cussed ..tbn wbito ra^r jniPov *'< some time aeo arH .Te* fourn, * so-i (** ution in the use.of black paper. i singer i ? . - -: ! *. * . r . . .. > ' . . .--I' . ?IM_ THIS PAPER REFUSES TO ACCEPT THOUSAND* /ic rv^/ r a d< w/tDru IUR NSWSmPER sry community that the m home town NEWSPAPEI spaper has stood its groan pat onage of the mail ord he "catalog kings" in a G * T.Ycm "Wpwsnanpiv Rut immunity. He refuses tc nds of inducements. Let icker with the enemy of o r ewspaper. Let us REF1 engagement Announced. )n, I>ec. 30.?On Wednesday J 3n Miss Ethel Caldwell enter- ele a few of her girl friende in- ^ y. The room was beautifully' j &d with Christmas evergreens, m led from the ceiling was a na. lasket from which hnng a of ribbons. At a signal from ; ] teas each guest pnlLed a rib- j Lto her surprise found a eard -1 ? XT i, .J .. ' sing me cug<vgciucuv vi vuv yp, sister, Miss Annie Caldwell, pa B. Pay9inger, the wedding to > * ice in the early summer. Later n - nents "were served. j at' Annie CaMwell is the young- t0 ghter of Mr. and Mrs. R. H. { well, and is a graduate of the j 's college of Due West. Jaysinger is a young man of worth and splendid business , Gr' 3. A native of Newberry, he * de many friends during his - ars residence in Sharon. He of n the capable bookkeeper for - -- ... , t?1p Banking and Mt-rcanuie com ut has resigned - to accept a ma with the National Union bank ; Hill. *1U1 m ; be* i rol Mjss Irma Duckett. ; a lwood, Diec. 31.?Miss Trma ^ . youngest daughter of Mr. re? s. J. W. Duckett. died at the 1l2" home on Bailey circle today lock after a week's illness witii wjj nia. Miss Duckett.was teach-, e fifth grade in the John Ren- J '0 ailli UclU UCCU j the Greenwood public schools j ^ i years. She was graduated see rinthrcp college She is sur- otj. y her father and mother,' by h0 )rothers. J. W. Duckett. Jr., c^. T. Duckett and Earle Duckett.1 ."p three sisters. Mrs. Thos. 3. { , Mrs. Charley C. Wharton of ^ ood and Mrs. Sydney Arrlng- p flark-Wessinger. :ed. p" t^e r>^rsonas:e or tne r> C-nrch of t-v>e ^e^errer. on evening at 6 oVIock.^by the 'w Mi?;s Harriett ->vj.r-nf ">nj*V gpfi Jfr. of Ja'aT-sr. ail order house has not i. In the face of all d for forty years and ler houses. Right now ONTINUOUS attempt the country Editor i? ? "SELL OUT" to the . ' TTS think of this the ur Home Town. Lei USE to be bribed by Election of Officers. Pulaski Lodge No. 20 I. 0. 0. F, cted the following officers: , f. A. Meldau?Noble Grand. ^ R. Jones?Vice Grand. N. G. Peterson?Recording and Fii-, Qcial Secretary' ' ^ r. D. Wicker?Treasurer. Ludit Committee?W. H. Hardeman, Y. Jones, John Danielson. r^icteoo?w R Hardeman i% irs), J. D. Wicker, (2 years), Joha nielson, (1 year). These officers will be dnly installed Kt Friday night, January 5, 1917 8 o'clock. Every member is invited be present. W. G. Peterson, Sec'ty. The Big Colored Man./ senwood Jonrnal. Richard Carroll is not only a man uncommon good sense, but a maa splendid character, and it would well not only for the colored peo to consider jLny advice that he y give, but, white people as well. : have known of his work for a mber of years, and it ha3 always m alon^ constructive lines. Car 1 is thp man who wishes to hare. ompnsnea lug mintcs iimi <nc the country as a whole without :ard to race. He is now doing, and > always been doing what he could promote peace, "harmony and good 1. At toe Opera Ilorise. rhe young lady who "just Iovps to i" Carlyle Blackwell will have an ier chance by going to the Opera use today or tonight, as he and the irming PZthel Clavton will be in he Madness of Helen.'' I thrilling romance will be seen at i Opera House Wednesday when rrymore and Skirvin will give "The heavel." rar.nv Wari. onp of the stellar plar ; of the Paramount corporation, will iff at the Opera House. )n the 8th- and 9th of January "The th of a Nation" will be shown at l Opera .House. This will he gQoi 5vs to a great many people.