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&\ft ||eniii! unD jnus. I?tar?4 at th? PoitoSc* at Naw. ^vt j, 9. C-, a? 2nd claat mattar. E. M. AULL, EDITOR. Tuesday, June 6, 1022. i Out of a class of twenty-six graduates in the Abbeville hi^h school aii but two have decided to en tor .-?nllcb-e ar?H have spleeted the col iefce. The two, one is undecided and the- other says she is going to teach school. That is a fine per centage. We are told that the contractor has moved the outfit on the road from Chappells to the river and we suppose the work has commenced and it should not be near as long as it has been before we have this broken link in the road mended and we may be traveling right along to Greenwood over a fine road. The books of registration have1 "bten distributed to the clubs so far; as possible, and the people should remember that if they desire to vote in the primary they must enrol again this year. The olcf registration does not count. You must enter your name on the books yourself and the books1 should be in the hands of the secretary of the club or the enrolling committee. Every one who intends nr PY-neets to vote in the coming pri w - ffiiry should remember that in order to do so the name hiust be on the I club book. The books were opened oil Tuesday just gone and will close on the last Tuesday in July. Supervisor Joe W. Werts is doing k fine piece of work that has long fcsen needed on the section of Boun?! crary s^eet along side the Baptist church. It widens the street and then it keeps it from washing and the drains and curbing will not need mending after each rain. We >rade Ctfne but the authorities never could an effort years ago to have this work Tti rhirinc the lime Mr. Munroe Wicker wa? street Noer, we ' thought the thing was fixed bir it was-; ri&i. * ; ; . Pity thd town does not place <?e- j m&it curb along all the streets. It; vrould be economy because when ore was fixed it would not be necessary to go back after each rain ?nd refix if. The town of Whitmire put down cement cuiios when they pu^ down utnrVs or>r? rtnonpH The nviaa - right Way and cheapest. _If Mr. Leavell could just call thati meeting of lot owners :n Rosemont j and the meeting could be held on the grounds so that every one could see : for himself the condition we feel sure i that the proper step3 would be taken' *t once to make some improvements, j 'thai pavilion that we .spoke of as a 1 monument to the .soldiers if erected | ill. the center of the grounds where, ,th*t old wooden shed new is would tifurkfe a fine place to hold the meet- J inf. Since the big rain the other day' the- driveways are surely nothing but : ?r - i ditehet and the weeds and the- brush are taking possession of the greater j part of the place: We do consider it j a real pity that our people will not take a little better care of this city <*f the de3d. By a little cooperation' arid sonfe good leadership we could have a beautiful place. And the nec-, es?ary money would be forthcoming for the purpose. ?> AMONG THE SCHOOLS <S> ? 4^ <ft 4^ <$ <9> <$ .$> ^ <?> Every now and then some one says that I am taking too much space in The Herald and News about the schools, and then some one Will say that too much apace is taken up about the roads. Well, that may be correct, but it seems to me that it all depends upon the viewpoint of the critic. And then too it may .be that the manner of taking up this space hasa great deal to do with it. Then, b.ow nad then, we hear some one say that when he comcs to that part of the paper which deals with my comments upon the schools that he just skips it over. Then I have several letters and a great many neople >>ay that the first thin;? thvv look /or when the paper comes is the section about the schools. So after all it all depends upon the viewpoint of the reader and verifies the old saying about there is no disputing about tastes or something like that. i I mention this here to say that in mv ooinion there are no lw<> more vital and important pr >blerp;- before the people of this day th^n education of the children au i th? building of good roads. And si long as I sum editor of this paper and sjperintendent of education the comments among the schools wili be continued^ f f i in the paper and those who think i thore '< too muc h of it may do as li have frequently remarked ar.d as some of the reade*> t?.-!! me they do. just fk:p over this column. Ii" The Herald and News can help in even .he smallest degree to create a sentiment in favor of better schools and better road.? I do not know any finer service i: can render to this gen-r.vriou and to the next and all su^vee-iing generations. It may je as I ay thattho column is not prone-iy conducted vjt rh.. is no fault of ih? p!V???t to serve. You can not do much in The effort t?; make iiv.nr^ve.;; ^i.ts *i an;.ihir.'* until you n i .rot ; h? i>?'oj.l31 who are concerne ! in .r.ak'n.i of the improvement5? to thinking and before you can ?et then 10 th;nk you must wake them up and tell them what you want them to ihi:;k about. i' The last of the ^hooL? !.j c'loss this' session was the h:.rh -tlojl it I'o< I msria. It. was late for the reason thr; we were a little late in starting ' * .?-- u,?:u:? ? ia".r ian owing iu uuiiu.iu- -.iK l being ready. It was decided last summer to make a high school .?t Pomaria and in order to do 30 <ome additional building had to be done. It closed on Tuesday evening the first year as a high school and instead of the- sc-v?n months term that thjy hav > bctn having with an'v three teachers we ci)-.oCi 'n Tuc?-'i-iy nine :n<?ni!:s term with f.ve teachers. J'hrre were only i'.ve i:: the ten:i: gra*ie and one of these dropped out durir. r the t^riv. so ihat there were only /our who completed the ?r2de. It was h great 1 step forward and will do untoid gjo:l : for the children of the community for 1 years and years to come. The school did fine work the past year and I am ( expe:ting it to do even greater work ' during the coming year . ! / ! i Dr. H. A. Mc' u!lough of Colum b:a delivered a most inspiring and helpful address and the diplomas , were presented by Mr. Geo. D. Krown in a most appropriate talk to the graduates. They were all girls. I j gave an e<iscy medal to this .lass this < vear ar.d it was won ,';v Ivliss. Sara * ^ J Setzler. It a real pleasure to see ( so many cf< the arood people of the < community present and to note the t great interest they are taking and the 7 pride they have in their school. Th's spirit must be kept active. j j j I >, 1 The highway commission at the? ! meeting on Monday agreed to have i the road from Bethlehem church s across to the ether h rhway located 1 so that we may locate the cchool i building for New Hope-Zion and I 1 am expecting to go down there with one of the road engineers either next i Tuesday or W-ednesday. We will hava i to let the ground dry off a little be- i fore we can do the work but I am \ expecting to have it done at once. \ So you see the schools and the roads i go hand- in hand and the one depends c very largely upo 1 the other. , \ i I met with the trrotees of Central A last Tuesday ifrrrijooi at the home 1 of Mr. Ada n L. Aui! ana we are ex- . s nortino- tn maks some very important ? T improvements in this c strict before the opening of the school in the fall. i i The road from Little Mountain to ^ Pomaria is in very bad condition, j about the worst I have ever seen it j and something should be done to < make it better. These cross roads , connecting the highways are of very ] r? r\ v?4 rtr?/>Q j gl'tral iwipui ta;ivc. ,j E. H. A. < ; J Pictures cf Newberry j] Manager H. B. Wells of the op?ra house has arranged with Leslie Bro- 1 th^rs for the product:on of motion 5 picture street scenes of Newberry in- -{ eluding the churches, some of the A residences and the public buildings in \ the city, as well as the moving pic- ? tures of the fire department, the j police department, also embracing members of the civic league^ cham- . ber of commerce, the various chap- \ ters, Kiwanis and Rotary clubs, etc. < The films will cover 800 or 900 feet 1 and will be a complete' showing of 1 thV; city. It will take four or five ; days to finish the work, which was j begun Tuesday but was interrupted , * * t ? fix by the hard rain 01 mai aiternuon. These cameramen are fine it the reels < and Newberry has a treat in 'tore, as we' all know (except those who are ; too mean or grouchy to admit it) that ] this is a beiautiful place and that i seme of our streets in the residential ] portions are as "pretty and lovely" i as can be found elsewhere. Look for < the local pictures in about two weeks' . t:me. Clean up and paint up. Finish ! nn j ^ j Another Negro Shot Tom Cannon shot Tilda Scurry 1 Monday noon or. Purcello Chalmers 1 place. Deputie? Taylor and Havird 1 arrested Cannnon who 1*5 in jail awaiting the outcome of the wound, ; which Dr. Pope pronounced serious, j MARRIAGE OF MISS FANT AND MR. SETH ADAIR MEEK On Wednesday evening at half after eight o'clock in Central Methodist church Miss Pauline Fant, one of Newberry's fairest an-i most att! active young women, became thrbride of Mr. Seth Adair Meek of Columbus, Miss. Rev. Dr. J. L. Daniel of Central Methodist churcn ptrformed the ceremony. ? The church was beautifully decorated in white and green, the altar being banked high with ferns and nalms with large baskets of Easter lilies mounted on pedestal festooned with smilax on either side. On top of the altar rail and across the front of the organ were rows of lighted candles. From between these candles Southern smilax drooped gracefully. For about thirty minutes before the appointed hour a delightful musical program was rendered, consisting of two organ solos, "Love Song"? Kreister?and "Romance," by Miss Mazie Dorninick, a violin solo by Mrs. J. C. Harper of Greenwood, and two vocal numbers, "Bird of Love Divine." and "All For You," by Mrs. Harold Cunningham of Parker? 'jurg, W(sit. Va. Then followed the stirring strains of Lohengrin's Bridal Chorus announcing the bridal party. - - - * ill The wedding party was neaaea d.v the usher1', Mr. Carrol Dennis, Mr. N'ick Hoimts, Mr. 0111o Brown and Mr. Martin. The bridesmaids marched down ?ither side, two at a time, and met forming 2 circle on the cd?e of the a'.tar facing the bridal couple. They ivore lovely ?owns of white and lavender taffeta and carried beautiful / bouquets of pink rooes and valley liiics. The bridesmaids were: Misses Vista and Evelyn Brabham of Bam1 vr:?, hnv ql-irvrvtir* t 9n/i?>tpr. J f y -U li'o UU^ , Miss Ksthleen Sanders, Greenwood, Mrs. Oliver Holmes, sister of the bride, Fayetteville. and Mifo Nancy Fox of this city. The attending groomsmen were: Mr. W. S. Montgomery and Mr. Jack Burnett of Spixrtanburg, Mr. Maynard Monroe of ^uhevilie, Dr. F. E. Fant, Mr. William 3utz and Mr. Howard Carlisle of Spartanburg. Immediately preceding he bride came the dame of honor, VIrs. Rt ,ert McC. Holmes, in a dross )f lovely white :iat:n covered with lidescent sequens, carrying a large )ouquet of pink roses and valley ilies. Then came M .:s Jessica Jchn:on, attired in a lovel" littie dress of silver cloth, and Piaster Oliver iolmes, Jr., of Fayetteville, who icted respectively as flower girl and ing bearer. / The bride looked her loveliest in i handsome gown of ivory satin trimned with real lace. She wore a veil with coronet of. real lace trimmed vlth orange blossoms, which had been v,. i.Vmv cisfprs as hridfil. VUII1 JU Ul lid u.?kw>. md carried a gorgeous bouquet of >rchids and valley lilies. She advanced up the aisle leaning on the irm of her brother, Metis Fant, by vhom Ghe was given away, and met :he~ groom at the altar attended by lis best man, Mr. Cyrus White of Sparta) mip, Here the impressive ing ceremony was performed. Meniclssohrvs wed.l'ng march \vz>z used is a recessional. x The Fant home in Main strset -vhere the relatives and friends repaired after the ceremony was lovely n its decorations of white and green, rhe reception room was decorated A-ith baskets of white sweetpeas. and festoons of green. The bride's table n the dining room was spread with ? Vian^snme oenteroiece on which :esteii a large basket of lovely Easter ilies tic-d with a bow of white tulle stuck with valley lilies and fern. lTases of sweetpeas also adorned this oom and the room in which the large ind handsome collection of presents vas displayed. The brids wore :he e\f: of the groom, a hand some diamond anu piaunum uax Din. The guests were received it the door ;y Mr. and Mrs. 0. H. Johnron when they were ushered in to :ne rccept'on room. Aiding the briial party in receiving were the bride's mother, Mrs. J. P. Fant, Mr. VV. C. Meek, Mrs. B. K. Sessums, and VI:?\ R. L. Bolton, relatives of the rroom from Columbus, Miss., and Mr. and Mrs. Fant Gilder. In the dining ' M(>u? ?-ibid coursc was served by Mrs. T. E. Davis, Mrs. Bob ? .jace. .vi,ss Harriet Mayer and Miss Mildred Tarrant. Delicious punch was served on the porch during ihe evening by Miri-es Genie Wheeler, Goode Burton and Mae Tarrant. Other- assisting in the various rooms ivt re: Miss Fannie McCaughrin, Mm. F. Z. Wilson, iVirS. V. r isrjirx, Mrs. White Fant, Mrs. Everett Evans ar.d Mrs. Drayton Nance. After the reception Mr. and Mrs. Meek went by auto to Columbia where they will take th,k train for Canada to spend their honeymoon. The bride traveled in a smart cape irt of dark blue poiret twill trimmed in gray with accessories to match. The out-of-town guests besides ' 1 I : those taking par: in the wedding were t as follows: Mrs. J no. B. Stepp and Miss Elizabeth Stepp, Spartanburg,1 Mr. W. C. Meek, Mrs. K. L. Bolton, Mrs. B. K. Sessums, all of Culumbus, Miss., Mr. Leonard Cudd, Mrs. Thotj. Jacobs and Miss Thelma ( offin in of Clinton, Mrs. Louise McCarley and Mips Moselle McCarley of Columbia, Miss Josie Griffin of Cross Hill, Miss Mary Fant. Herndon of York, Miss Anabel Saunders of Miami, F!a., Mrs. j James Sheppard of Edgefield, Mrs. Jesse 0. Wilson of Spartanourg ana Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Brown of Columbia. Mr. Meek, though a native of Coin nib nil. Miss., is engaged in work with the Thames Lum'ber Co., his headquarters being in /Spartanburg where he is well known and liked. Mrs. Meek will be among friends also in her new home, she having been a former student of Converse college. Latter Day Prosperity We've seen the time in days gone by When folks were short of stuff, But now with cash all buncoed, We get 'bout half enough. A dollar's worth a nickel, A dime just 'bout a cent, Our merchants have gone crazy, And most of them "hell-bent. i Our biscuit stuff that used to cost 'Bout fifty cents a sack Ha? riz till now we have to pay Those fifty cents a snack. i t With "fat back" up 'round thirty' cents, Sow-belly just as high, It hurts my feelings just to stand And hear store keeperi lie. We!! have to leave off underclothes And trust to outside rags To hide our hides from skeeters And bust-head scalawags. We hope investigations In cor.gres.- soon will cease, When they get ail.that's in it, Ar.d let us have r>ome peace. Wh'le all those skinning flunkies Have got us on the plod They sit in Amen corners And think they're fooling God. j ilut watch cut, Mr..Skinner, And watch your footsteps well, And ;"!ee that all the toe-points Are pointed straight to?Well, Now if you don't believe ma, Just keep on robbing fciks, Ar.d some time you'll discover I'm handing you no jokes. F. W. Higgins. ' VERDUN RECEIVES AMERICAN MEDAL Verdun, France, June 4.?In the | name of the American congress and j the American people, Myron T. Hci-', rick, the American ambassador, today t presented to the city of Verdun the first and only medal ever given by the United Staters government to a' community in the world. TKi amhs^afinr und Premier Poin I care together visited the ground where are'buried many thousands of; French whose valor the medal com- j memorates, and ^oth spoke under the emotion aroused by the thought of , the dead and the sight of the "red j zcne" so devastated that it may never j be fit for human habitation. Mr. Rerrick assured France of the , deep friendship of the United States, , which though it might not prevent disagreements and misunderstandings would .mil su'vjve them. ! I "Verd"? .inri vaior are forever one and inseparable," said the ambassador. "Here blazed the spirit of France. And so this medal, which I give to this illustrious city, hallowed by the sacrifices and courage of all France, is a tribute from the whole United States to all of France." { M. Poincare recalled the thrill at the conrng of the Americans, the joy of their victories, the sorrow over the'r dead, and expressed in glowing terms the gratitude of France to America. i Both the French premier and the American ambassador were greeted with enthusiasm when they arrived at the Verdun station at noon. Thousands cf citizens of Verdun and other towns and villages, from all corner of the Meuse de "nrtment, the Argonne and Nancy, lined the principal thoroughfare r~ the premier and ambassador crossed the city t."> the city h-ill to attend the luncheon given by the municipality in their honor. Mayor Robin, who wa.- +oo 511 to meet M. Poincare at thf depot, wa<> carried to tho banquet hall to preside over the luncheon, with M. Pcincare fit h'?. right and Mr. Herrick at his lef.. . Tho war minister, Andre Mapinot, came fmm \Tnncv and joined thf part v. Mr. Herrick wa? accompanied by Co!. T. Bentley Mott, military atI'ache; Secretary Lawrence Norton; Pavmellv Herrick, son of the ambassador; Col. Frances E. Drake of the i i Haltiwang Our stocks now are all have never before been a: ery want in Dry Goods, L: ery. Nearly every day for tb new merchandise, all sele mind of buying only vaiu< and will want. The follow past week. Ladies' Silk Umbrellas Children's Parasols. Ladies' Silk Hose. Infants' Socks. Ladies' Sailors and Mi Ladies' Collars. Silk Taffetas. French and Tissue Gir Colored Organdies. Ratine-Unbleached an Dotted Swiss. Colored Voiles. Every item quoted abc is possible to sell good m Saturday we will incluc Wear 1-2 price sale. J Haiti wang "The Grow : American chamber of commerce in admitte Wi-niincr nf the Ameri- Oscar. r dl .K) Jiajoi ? :an Legion, and Maj. Ruel W. Elton close he and M*ij. Robert S. Cain of the Vd;- was dul era-:i- of Foreign Wars. and ma Crowd: tilled city hall square while ty^wenj the luncheon was in progress and cheered for America . with such PRESE warmth and insistence that the ambas'.'tdor was forced to appear on the j^e< balcony and salute the spectators. j Prem'c-r Poincare accepted the f medal in behalf of the French gov- Clem nrnment, making an impassioned confere :poech in which he spoke of what h'ad Lo; ';een done by the American soldiers j to help gain the victory, and defended ancj y Prance's position on the reparations ^odatec and army issues. la^orat. ? ' cion s< 'KISS AND MAKE UP" demons TYPICAL CHRISTIE COMEDY j ong : weevil : i ? x?*__i r'liv.tcfo f^nmpdv. "Ki3S nv of t A iyp.C-U v t and Make Up" will be at the opera ton in liousc Saturday, June 10 and the fol- not bo!! lowing is a synopsis: vils, ar Harry was very jealous of Peggy, panickj They tried hotel life, but Peggy soon sbunda bc-came too much of a favorite and loss to lie took her to a bungalow. ther ro On his birthday they quarreled bo- rcctor ] pause she would not promise to meet tend to him in the city for dinner. She was many, i planning a surprise party for him. , i "A ? Arriving at his office, Harry had in mor his clerk call a messenger to send a time ar ' )ox of candy to Peggy to smooth boll wc things over. Oscar, the clerk, to save cases lc ?qp,i the same messenger is difftc to send a bur.ch of flowers to hiii own tinguis/ girl. . v.'l >, n Becoming more ashamed of him- occurs self, Harry decided to go home to ike ab< snend the day with Peggy, and got ,? most there before the messenger arrived. Barnwc Peggy saw Harry coming and hid the |,je!t it caterer, the florist and the musician. this ti? When ITarry announced that he was practici <ro:ng to stay home all day, she al- rotten most fainted. Thon he saw a cigar vvnere\ which one of the men had left, and that ha went again into a jealous rage. About v'a'ue < tl it time the messeger, having gotten cai1 r*ol h'j letters nvxed, delivertd the flow- Sun ers, with an endearing note from Os- "The car, and Harry threatened to kill his ed the clerk. may b< When the musician tried to escapc, this tin Harry discovered all three of the men n?t ne and threatened to shoot them. They tj the pretended to be the telephone man, this ha j.cs>;Jant telephone man and tele- tory o phone supervisor, and were tearing where tVln nil tn nieces when the real t-a telephone man arrived and declared causing them all crook". ^le ^a! Harry enlisted his aid to hold the expert supposed crooks while he got a po- tions o liceman. At the door he met Oscar. "Wit and the messenger boy, who tearfully the pre er & Ca: / most one hundred per 3 well prepared to tak adies' Furnishings, No . IT j 1 le past twee montns 1 cted with care and th ?s and the kind of goo A'ing items we have r? > idsummer White Hats, lghanis. d Sport Shades. le fresh and crisp and; srchandise. le all spring Dresses : sl ;cr uc v^tti irtg Store of Newt d his mistake, thus clearing yet Helen then was forced to dis- the ?r plans for the party. Harry this y penitent, and so they kissed the de up while plans for the par- giv( t on. t:or |air NT WEEVIL CONDITIONS ton -I an a. n ' - dre td for Extreme Pessimism as an(J to Damage . ,,L . I it l ? ' othi son College, June 3.?After a nee here between Director W. jurj ng of the extension service, L F. Conradi, entomologist, ^ . V. Williams, until recently as- .cj 1 with B. R. Coad at the Delta it ory and now with the exten- a(jy ;rvice to conduct poisoning -Vi trations in this state, Director .sued a statement on the boll . situation to the effect that ma- wjJ( he insects now present on cot- gfJU various parts of the state are [ weevils but cowpeas pod wee- jV( id farmers need not become jn^( ' over the presence now of ariy nt bell weevils, since the real ^ . be expected depends on weanditions in June and July. Di- gj^ Long's statement, which should , temper the alarm now felt by i is given below: Un< jreat majority of the weevils ; t of the cotton fields at th!s e eompea pod weevils and not ^ ?evils. These injects in moat . . *zm )ok :rp very much alike that it ' * 10 uIt for the average man to dis- ^ 1 them. The cowpea pod weeot primarily a cotton pest but on cotton only temporarily in ;encc of cowpeas. This pest injurious along the line from ' u >11 to Marlboro county. In this is expected everv season at lie, and the most successful p is to delay chopping of young j until the attacks are over. VV 0 'er these insects attack cotton *r s been chopped to a stand the ^ )f rapid thorough cultivation : be over estimated. imer Weather Main Factor fact that the boll weevil pari";winter in great numbers and qc( 2 expected in cotton lields at n-n ic in unusual abundance, does pQl cessarily mean great damage cotton crop. Situations like pR ve occurred before in the h:s- j f the weevil In this country,: they came oat of winter quar- \ rly and in great numbers, j^a] : a panicky condition among ;ng. mprs Thp lorn that we may ,.aci depends on the weather condi- pre f June and J lly. b0f] :h the approach of hot weather agr sent generation of weevils may ban rpenter cent perfect. We e care of your ev itions and Millin,ve have received e idea always in ids you need most iceived within the . . ? ? / _ ' v ? * ; ' c L i - if p priced as low as it in our Ready-toi * penter y> > Hi iszi m y i J j be practically destroyed, so that abandoning of a cotton crop at time could hardly be justified by records. The cotton should be m frequent and shallow cuitivai to keep down the weeds and to the soil. As the bulk of the cotcrop in South Carolina is made by re-croppers, the women and chil? ~ ? i J u _ 1 i-_ ?: ; i _ ii rsiiuuiu ue useu lu piciv weevils, , this should be so supervised that, s done with great thoroughness, erwlse it has no value whatever. The damage done by weevils ining the bud at this time is frently overestimated, the only effect, ig slightly delaying tie growth of plant. Farmers prepared for dusting are ised that the first dusting may be en in heavily infested fields about time fruiting begins, and this to followed by the second application in ten to fifteen per cent of the ares have been punctured, at . 1. mm ? JifMiiMMn n U A 1 /J A c/l time uiree uubuiijgs snuuiu uc ?n in succession four days apart, ^station counts are easily made by one and directions are furnished the extension service." ,LS FAVORING OFFER % OF FORD INTRODUCED i of Them Advocates Including the Gorgas Steain Plant Vashington, June o?a diii auinor ig Secretary Weeks to negotiate sale and lease to Henry Ford of Muscle Shoals, Ala., properties lor the terms of the offer made by Detroit manufacturer and amendby the house military committee as to eliminate the Gorgas steam nt from the properties mentioned, i be introduced in the house, proby today, by Acting Chairman Mcizie, of the committee.. Incther bill authorizing Secretary * eks to negotiates with Mr. Ford the ?ale and lease to the latter of the properties mentioned in the roit' manufacturer's offer, includthe Gorgas steam plant, will be -oduced also probably today by jresentative Wright, Democrat, )rgia, a member of the minority of e who favor the acceptance of Mr. d's offer in whole. ESIDENT SIGNS BILL ENLARGING RESERVE BOARD Vashington, June 5.?President rcimg signed roaay xne Din cre-nan additional place on the federal /rve beard and authorizing the sident to appoint members to that iy from among, representatives of iculture as well as commercial and iking interests. 9 I ? ?