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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-11-17
THE PROGRESS OF THE WAR

London, Nov. Y, 1905 p. m.-The
Germans have crossed the User river,
according to the admission of the lat
est Paris official communication, and
although the invaders occupy only a
few hundred yards on the left bank
of the stubbornly contested river, the
allies cannot be Indifferent to this
gain and desperate efforts will be
made to drive back this slight wedge.
Ypres, extending like a fortress bas-
ton into the lines Of the invaders is
still held by the Britis', and unless
the flank attacks on this position are
success ul, Dixmude is likely to prove
a barren gain for Nhe Germans who
still find tie way to Dunkirk barred.
TIE theory that the, Germans are
making an unprecedented attempt on
this coast objective is confirmed by
an Official just returned to Holland
from east Prussia, where he claims
the severity of the German defeat is
due to the fact that so many troops
nave been detac- ed for the effort
against Calais.
Little attention lately has been paW
to the operations along the river
Aisne, but according to late dis
patches, fierce fighting, recalling tee
early days of the siege battle, there
has been in progress for some time
with no great alteration in the line,
but some slight advantage in favor OF
the allies.
In the coast battle the latest re-
ports indicates that the Germans after
heavy artillery fire, made massed in
fantry assaults, suffering loss teaUer
than the defenders.
From the east come reports that
Petrogard is expecting to hear any
moment that the great battle before
Cracow has been started, while past
Kalisz and behind a screen fof Cos
sacks, their infantry and artillery IN
force are said to be within striking
distance O. the German frontier.
Bucharest reports two Austrian dl-
,isions annihilated along the River
Pruth, which if true indicates that
tie Austrian opposition in Bukowina
is at an end and the way opened for
the invasion of Trannsylvanla.
in the minor war theatres there is
little to report except the severe de-
feat administered to Gen. de Wet by
his old comrade in arms, Gen Botha.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-11-17

Action on the election of county
home keeper was deferred, the retir-
ing supervisor, Mr.. j. H. Chappell,
leaving the matter in the hands of his
successor Supervisor ]. C. Sample,
who will attend to the same after he
takes charge of the office.
Tie meeting of farmers did not ma
terialize on Saturday, owing to the
rain. 1t is to be hoped there will be
large crowd in cn Wednesday to
the grain campaign meeting.
There are two socialists in Newber-
ry, according to the tabulation of the
last State vote.
At the session of Recorder Ear
nardt's court on Monday morning Bob
Porterfeld, Jr., was fined s10.75 for
assault and battery. and Joe Rook
$5.75 for assault. Both paid.
1t is not out of our line to speak
a good word for a full attendance at
the football game on Thursday.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-11-17
THE NEWS OF PROSPERITY
Marriage of Mr.. Bowers and Miss
MlIs-I. j. Taylor Appointed
Rural Policeman.

Prosperity, Nov. 16.-Miss Gertrude
Simpson mas returned @ome from Bal
timore and Philadelphia.
Mrs. C. H. Nabers leaves today for
weeks stay to her former home ,Hlc-
kory Grove.
Mr.. P. L. Langford and little Will
liam spent the weekend in Spartan
burg with Miss Rebe Langford.
Miss Mary Lizzie Wise spent Mon
day in Newberry, the guest of Mrs.
Marshall Garrett
Mrs. Frue and daughter, Miss Mar
garet have returned to Rock Hill
after a visit to Mrs. ]. L. May.
Miss Kate Miller has gone to Spar
tanburg to spend the winter.
Dr.. T. F. Littlejohn, Of Pacolet, is
visiting his daughter, little Mary Lit
tlejo1n.
Mr.. and Mrs. join Boozer spent
Saturday in Columbia.
Mrs. G. Y. Hunter has returned from
Atlanta. :
MIR. and Mrs. n. E. Oxner, of Colum-
bia, will move here this week, and will
occupy the Dominick house in Nc
Mary street.
Rev. NJ. J. Epting, D. D., of Savan-
nah, Ca, visited Mr.. and Mrs. G. M.
Able recently.
Mrs. Alma Nance will return this
week, from months stay IN Kinards
with her sister, Mrs. ]. A Dominick.
Mr.. C. E. Bowers, of near Piney
Woods church, Lexington county, and
Miss Minnie mills, of near Prosperity,
were married Sunday ternoon, No
vember 18th, at the Lutheran parson-
age by Rev. E. w. Leslie.
The union prayer meeting will be
held Wednesday evening at 7:30 in tie
Lutheran church and will be conduct
ed by Rev. C. H. Nabers.
Mr. D. ]. Taylor has been appoint
ed rural policeman to succeed Mr..
John Turner. Mr.. Taylor will move
his family shortly to Newberry to the
regret of their many friends.
Grace Lutheran congregation will
O. Thanksgiving day send donation
to the orphan home at Salem, Va.
Contribution for tbs purpose should
be left prior to Thanksgiving day at
the store of Mr.. E. w. Werts. Dona-
tons may consist Of potatoes, peas,
groceries, grain, -four, dry goods, bed
ding, shoes, good second hand cloth
ing, soap, canned goods, checks on
either of the Prosperity banks, United
States coin and currency.
Mrs. John O. Cough, field worker
of South Carolina Bapti1ss church, and
Rev and Mrs. John Lake, missionaries
to China, will lecture at the Baptist
churca, Sunday afternoon at $3.50.
Public cordially invited.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-11-17
LEASES STORAGE
IN CAPITAL CITY
THE WAREHOUSE COMMISSIONER
RENTS ACCOMMODATIONS
QuOtniOnS on Corrugated Iron Pur-
chasable Within State Given by
Columbia House.
The State, 14tl.


John L. McLourin, State warehouse
commissioner, said yesterday that he
had leased room in the old State dis
pensary building and was prepared
to tore several thousand bales Of cot
ton in Columbia. The rent will be
25 cents month for each bale. The
weighing and grading charge .or
each bale will be cents. Freight
will have to be prepaid, as he has 10
funds out of witch to advance freight
charges. The cotton should be con-
signed to the Columbia Warehouse
Transfer company. The rental charge
covers insurance and all expenses.
Commissioner McLaurin yesterday
made public the following letter,
which be had received from Chris
topher Atkinson, secretary Of the Co.
lumbia Supply company:
eve read in yesterday mornings
paper what you had to say with refer
ence to investigating the cost of gal
vanized corrugated roofing, and we
feel satisfied tat you would prefer
all those who contemplate building
warehouses purchasing roofing from
or through South Carolina merchants,
since they can purchase to equal ad-
vantage and in 80 per cent. of the
cases to better advantage. We would
be only too glad to be put before the
public as the Globe Iron Roofing and
Corrugating company of Cincinnati
have, but of course this would not be
.air to the other South Carolina mer-
chants. If you rave no objections,
We would appreciate it if you would
state through the columns Of the
paper to those who are thinking OF
building warehouses, that they can
purchase roofing from any Of tie fol
lowing concerns to equal advantage;
Lorick Bros, Columbia; Lorick &
Lowrance, Columbia; Ruff Hardware
company, Columbia; Columbia Supply
company, Columbia; Bailey-Lehby
company, Charleston; Cameron &
Barley company, Charleston; Caro-
lima Portland Cement company, Char
lesion; Kaminski Hardware COM
pany, GEORGETOWN; Sumter Railway
and Mill Supply company, Sumter.
In addition to the above, any one
could procure roofing from the hard
ware stores in C-ester, Rock Hill,
spartanburg, Greenville, Anderson,
Greenwood, Newberry, orangeburg,
Bennettsville and the other towns Of
the State.
Whereas we feel certain that any
of tee above named concerns would
furnish roofing at the same price as
the Globe Iron Roofing and Corrugat-
ing company-$2.64 per square, de-
livered to any point in South Carolina
where the rate does not exceed 81
cents per 100 pounds a minimum car
10000 pounds-we can only speak
positively for two concerns-the Co.
lumbia Supply company, Columbia,
and the Sumter Railway and Mill
Supply company. Sumter We have
tried to put the proposition as fairly
as possible for all.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-11-17
Farmers Called to Meet.

Farmers are requested to meet in
the court house on Tuesday, December
1. 1914, to discuss conditions pertain
ing to the arms, and any other mat
ters they may desire.
Every farmer in NeWberry county is
requested to attend the meeting.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-11-17
west side Summers garage.

The article headed Compliment to
NJ. E. H. Aul," in Fridays paper,
was contributed The writer whose
lame was furnished forgot to put a
signature to the piece, and tie same
was overlooked in the office until too
late to be remedisd. q
We ;aa,e been trying for the past
week or so to mention that bought-a-
bale of cotton by tie Drayton Ruther-
ford chapter L. D. c., put on exhibit
in front OF the Crotwell hotel "See
their good work." and go thou and do
likewise.
The regular monthly meeting Of the
w. C. T. L. viii be held at the resi-
dence Of Mrs. J. W. White Tuesday
afternoon at 4 o'clock Subject: Medl-
cal Temperance LeaderJ Mrs. v. &.
Houseal. All members are urged to
be present.
Wells overf,ows with goodness or
the orr:: ans. Wednesday ne will give
the entire receipts to the Lutheran Or
phanage at Salem. The orphans Will
rise up and call him blessed. Go to
t Opera House Wednesday afternoon
or night and remember the orphans of
South Carolina
On Thursday evening admirable
addresses were made by Pro-. Luceo
Gunter, State supervisor of rural
schools, and DR.. Henry Harms, presi-
dent of Newberry college. "Tne Spec
ialized Teacher" was Mr.. Gunter's sub
Nject, while DR.. Harms delivered his
fine lecture on "The House That Jack
Built" From account Gin Fridays
Laurensville Herald) o. Laurens coun-
ty teachers institute.
From vi at wehear, that was an in
teresting letter read at the last month
ly meeting of the Drayton Rutherford
chapter u. D. c., by Mrs R. D. Wright
from her mother, written in March,
1865, describing tie way in which
Mrs Welch and the wives Of other
officers spent the winter in Peters
burg" At the same meeting Of tie
chapter interesting "reminiscences
were given by Mrs. C.. A. Bowman and
Mrs. w. H. Carwile.
TIE rain held up until the big Bap-
tist convention adjourned Sid Cum
ningham, who is a Baptist, knew it
was going to rain Saturday. Sid said
he saw sunny Sol go "back to bed"
early Saturday morning. He says it
is an unfailing sign he has been
watching for years and is about as
good as the old worn out Indian gag
sign of cloudy all round and pouring
down in the middle" So whenever
you see tie sun "go back to bed" just
after he gets UP you may know it is
going to rain tnat day.
Mr. K. A. Livin gston, of Beth Eden,
Winston county, Miss, is visiting rela-
tives in this city and county. He was
a. delegate last week to the United
Lutheran synod of the South in Co.
lumbia. His parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Martin Livingston, left Newberry
about 80 years ago. They were mem
bers of the Beth Eden churc. in this
county and when they settled in Mis-
sissippi, in Winston county, the place
was named Beth Eden, or the New
berry county church of their affection.
We were pleased to meet Mr.. Living
ston.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-11-17
Mimnaugh's Big Ten Days Sale.

Will begin promptly at 9 o'clock
on Thursday morning and will last
for ten days. The sale will go on re-
gardless of the weather. Rain or
shine, sleet or snow, the goods will
go. See his two pages in this issue
and be on hand promptly to get your
share Of the bargains.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-11-17

Fer Sale-One Shepherd pup nearly
grown, partly trained. Color black
with white tips Male. First check
for $500 gets same. Is splendid
watch dog. T. L. S1ealy, Prosperity,
S. G..
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-11-17

The new Oregon hotel, at Green
wood. will be onened to the public on
"Wednesday o. this week
The river press., 1914-12-09
Many Deaths In Mines.

Washington, Dec. THAT peaceful
industry has its horrors as we'll as
war is shown in the casualty list of
American mines and quarries for 1913,
issued today by the United States
bureau of mines. This list gives
1861 men killed in the year. The
number of men injured was not tabu-
lated. but it is estimated that it
reached 100000.
Altogether in the coal mines, metal
mines and quarries 1,047 ,010 men were
employed. and the death rate for each
1000 men engaged was 3.49 or near
ly three and one-half men.
DR.. Joseph A. Holmes, director of
the bureau of mines, comes forward
with the statement that, taking the
hazards of the industry into consider
alton, the list of deaths and injuries is
excessive and unnecessary. and dis
credit to the industry and to the coun-
trV,
The river press., 1914-12-09
Freight Increase Suspended.

Washington. Nov. 3o,-lnvestigation
Of the railway freight rate situation in
western and middle western territory
was ordered today when the interstate
commerce commission suspended new
tariffs filed by western carriers to be-
come effective tomorrow. Under the
commissions ruling the new schedule
and the various regulations and charg-
es for special services included in the
tariffs cannot become effective before
March 81. 1915, having been postponed
pending decision thereon
In general way the western car
riers sought to advance rates in con-
formity with advances recently applied
for by eastern carriers in the socalled
5 per cent freight advance rate case,
now before the commission on rehear-
ing because of emergencies said to
have arisen from the European war.
The river press., 1914-12-09
Cargo Of Frozen Eggs.

New York. Dec. 1.-The steamer
Broadmouth is expected to arrive here
on Dec. Is from Hongkong, China, with
a cargo of frozen eggs. Before the
European war the Broadmouth was
employed in the mutton traffic be-
tween Australia and England. but
when the war broke out an English
syndicate contracted for a cargo of
frozen eggs for speculative purposes.
The cargo consists of $500, 900
pounds of eggs, all Of which are kept
below the freezing point. The Brod-
mouth delivered before sailing from
San Francisco on Oct. 20, 100000
pounds of these eggs, leaving cargo
Of 7.4SO,O0O pounds to be delivered in
New York. The eggs are packed in
10. 20, 30 and 5O-pound cans. At the
present price of frozen eggs here, 20
cents a pound, the value Of the cargo
is $1,496,0OO and is equal to 6,6OO,OO0
dozen eggs in the shell.
The river press., 1914-12-09
Observations Ey Luke McLuke.

A girl is not always as bad as she
is painted.
a 2O-pound baby can boss a woman,
but 20O-pound man can't do it.
The open season for hunting trouble
runs from January to December.
The only families that get ten child
rem are the ones that can't support
five.
Other people have right to their
opinons--if they are the same as
ours.
Ever notice how knocker quiets
down when the man he is knocking
comes along?
There is one good thing about the
man who knows it all. 1t doesn't take
him long to tell it.
A man can be fool for an hour
and get Into enough trouble to make
him wise the rest of his life.
1t will be an awful jar to the reform
er if he finds there are no closed Sun
days in Heaven when he dies.
When you meet guy VINO Is prOud
of his small feet you can make a note
that he also wears boys size in hats.
You may not know it, but the boss
pays more attention to the way a man
works than he does to the way a man
votes.
No matter how much a bride may
love her husband, it isn't always SEN
timent that makes her save his love
letters.
The weather doesn't make any diff
erence with woman. She is cool If
she has set of furs and she is warm
if she has a new necklace.
For little while every wife believes
her husband wrote the Ten Command
ments. And after that little while she
believes that he is the biggest liar
that ever lived since Ananias got his.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The river press., 1914-12-09
MADE DESPERATE FIGHT
German Army Breaks Gordon Of Rus.
sian Forces In Poland.

German Army Breaks Gordon Of Rus.
sian Forces In Poland.
London, Dec. Though it seems
clear now that the German army in
Russian Poland, or that part of it
which the Russians surrounded near
Lodz, narrowly missed annihilation,
the Germans fought with such fury
that the Gordon encircling them was
broken and as German reinforcements
are coming up, the issue is not yet de.
cided.
The British press, interpreting the
news dispatches from Petrograd, con.
tends that Russian success on co.
lossal scale still is possible, but in all
quarters it is admitted that the recent
claims of a complete Russian victory
were premature.
Throughout Belgium, the Germans
are remaining, generally speaking, on
the defensive and immediate signs of
a renewal to hack their way to the
French coast are lacking.
King Georges visit to France seems
greatly to appeal to the popular i'm
agination. The newspapers are featur-
ing his majesty's trip, pointing out that
it is the first time a reigning British
monarch has, with his armies in the
field, visited a foreign nation, for III
years, George II being his last prede-
cessor to do SO.
The river press., 1914-12-09
NOTICE..

Notice is hereby given that a petition
has been presented to the Board of Coun-
ty Commissioners of Teton county, Mon
tana. praying for the formation of a
new county out of a portion of said Te-
ton county and Chouteau county, to be
petition will be heard by the said board
of county commissioners at it's office in
the court house in the town of Choteau,
Teton county. Montana, at 10 o'clock a.
M, on Wednesday, December 16, 1914,
when and where all persons interested
may appear and oppose the granting of
said petition and make any objections
thereto.
Dated November 30 1914
BY order of the Board of County Com
missioners of Teton county
BY w. d. JONES, Chairman.
Attest. f. c. Garrett, County Clerk.
The river press., 1914-12-09
Interesting and Instructive.

A glass bottle-blowing machine, in
bottles an hour, equal to the work of
25 expert glassblowers.
Women are employed in the foun-
dries of Syracuse and Buffalo, where
they work under the same conditions
and surroundings as the men.
Five hundred and twenty tons Of
water are required to produce one ton
Of dry oats; 80 tons of water are
needed for one ton of corn and 453 tons
Of water for one ton of red clover.
Cows in Belgium wear earrings. The
law requires that when COW has at
tanned the age of three months it shall
have in its ear ring to which is at
tached a numbered metal tag for tax
alton purposes.
Government -four mills are advocat-
ed by the minister for agriculture for
New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
He states that the matter is now be-
fore the cabinet and believes that the
government will establish the mills
at the wheat centers.
The average yield an acre of wheat
in the United States during the five
years 19O9-1913 was lat bushels,
which was 3.6 bushels an acre above
the average reported for 1S66-1S7O.
This apparent increase in average
yield. applied to the acreage of wheat
in 1914. equals 192,O00.000 bushels.
Staining wood with beautiful colors
while the tree is still standing is un-
dergoing experiment. The dye is in
troduced at the root, and some trees
take up three gallons of the cOloring
fluid in two days. If introduced when
the sap is flowing most freely the re-
suits are quick and very marked. The
colored tree is cut and used for in
terror or other wood work and furni-
ture.
Experiments to determine the
change in weight of grain in arid re-
gions during storage made in Utah
for a period of two years resulted in
a conclusion entirely contrary to what
was expected. 1t was found in every
case that there was gain instead of
a loss. There was gradual increase
in the fall and winter, then a decline
during the summer, and an increase
again the next fall. In every case
the grain weighed less at threshing
time than at any time later.
The river press., 1914-12-09
Would Revise Tax Laws.

Helena, Dec. &c. NJ. Houtz, state
tax commissioner, in his biennial re-
port, recommends the creation of
state tax commission of three members
to control all taxation. He also recon-
mends the classification of property
through a constitutional amendment.
the taxation Of mortgages held by resi-
dents of other states an equal distri-
button of taxes among school dis
tricts regardless CT the presence Or alb
sence of railroad trackage in the dis
trict. that the tax commission have
control of the county assessors and of
the equalization and collection OF all
taxes: the equalization of assessments
on city realty, the esta ablishment OF
standards Of valuation and other
! changes.
The report suggests that some sys-
tenn be devised whereby the school tax
money paid by the railroads OF the
state may be used for the benefit OF
! and fairly distributed among all the
districts of each county through which
the railroads run.
Under the present system school dis
! tricts situated so fortunately as to in
clude a piece of railroad line within
their boundaries reap the cream OF
this revenue, while districts immediate
, ly adjoining, whose patronage contri
butes equally to the prosperity and
taxpaying ability of the railroad, get
little in taxes from the road" says the
! commissioner.
The river press., 1914-12-09
Cannot Supply Revenue Stamps.

Helena, Dec. 1.-W. c. Whaley, col
lector of internal revenue, received to-
day from Commissioner Osborn of the
internal revenue department., instruc-
tions regarding special tax returns and
also concerning stamps required on
bills of lading. The commissioner
wired:
Date all special tax returns Novem-
ber until you are able to handle appli-
cations promptly, unless you have in
formation that no effort was made to
file same prior TO that date.
"if unable to supply demands for
documentary stamps for biils of lading
permit shipments to go forward. Have
record kept thereof, and afijx or cancel
stamps when received. Notify rail
roads"
The river press., 1914-12-09
TIE TAX PROBLEM.

There is waste and extravaganza in
America. Lots of it. That is large
ly owing to the unscicntiiic and slop-
py way in which we spend our public
money; and we, the sovereign voters
of the country, refuse to reform.
There are any amount OF object les
sons which anybody who can read may
know about if he will, but we refuse
to profit by them.
Volumes by the score have been
written about how much better Ger
mans handle the management Of their
cities than we do, for example: and
any well informed American will pri-
vately admit that we ought to profit
by the example OF the Germans and
change, but very few Americans, we'll
informed or otherwise, seriously set
about to help bring change. We
want good roads, but there are a whole
lot OF Americans who are also much
interested in getting local road jobs
for themselves or friends, regardless
of whether they or their friends know
anything about road building or not.
1t costs a lot Of money to have incom-
petent men build roads. and we get
no roads.
The tendency of his tax bill will
continue to be upwards. Montana
teachers are going to ask for pensions
at the coming session of the legisla-
ture. They may not get them then,
but sooner or later they are going to
be made pensioners when they get old
enough. There is compensation for
injuries in sight, and some of the ex-
pense of that is going to come out of
the general taxpayers. In number
of states there is already provision
for mothers pensions, and Montana
will fall into line sooner or later if
the idea continues to be popular.
There is the old age pension problem
soon to be faced, and the problem of
the unemployed which must be solved.
All these will take more money.
1t may be that in time the states of
the union will seriously tackle the
taxation problem and bring about
changes from our present haphazard,
unfair and unscientific method of get
ting money for public purposes; but
whether that comes about or not it is
quite safe to figure that the amount
required for governmental purposes
will continue to increase.-Great Falls
Tribune.