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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-03-30
CHARTER FOR ROAD
AUGUSTA TO GREENWOOD
The Savannah Piedmont and Western
Railway Company Granted Com
mission by Secretary of State.

Having minimum capital stock of
$4,000 and maximum capital Of 49,
100000, the secretary of state Thurs
day issued a commission to tne Sa-
vannaE Piedmont and Western rail
way. The company proposes to con-
struct standard gauge railway from
the town of North Augusta, on tee Sa-
vaEnah river, opposite Augusa, to the
City o. Greenwood, a distance of 60
miles. The petitioners asking for a
charter for the company are ]. Peyton
Clark, S. H McGhee, Kenneth Baker,
Mr. Clark is of New York city, the
G.her petitioners being citizens of
Greenwood. The road will use steam
or electricity.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-03-30

the bakers, tie millers, the railways,
the elevator men, tie board of trade,
and all the others who are getting
more than So out of wheat, and then
stand before the farmer with proof
that the pound loaf can not be sold
at cents, tie farmer will take his
medicine And not until then For
until the government can do this, it
can not come with clean hands be-
fore the man who produced the wheat
in the sweat of his brow Tie best
solution of whatever wheat scarcity
there may exist is to let only the law
of supply and demand send up the
price of wheat. Under such condi-
tions the farmer will SOW in wheat
every available acre everywhere, fer
tilize it, care for it, garner it in, and
place it on the market.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-03-30
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL WORKERS
Will Receive Warm and Cordial Vel.
come and the Best NeWberry Hos
pitality Has to Give.

Newberry is alive with plans for
t e great convention of Sunday school
workers, waich will convene April 20"
%. This is the thirty-eighth annua!
convention. of the South Carolina Inter
denominational Sunday School associ-
alton, and it is expected that it will
be one of the largest and best in the
history of the organization.
The main sessions of the convention
will be held in the Lutheran church,
of which Rev. E. Fulenwider is pastor.
Il departmental conferences will be
held in tie Methodist, Baptist, Presby-
terian and A. R. P. churches.
The music of the convention will be
under the direction of C. Harold Low
den, of Philadelphia. Mrs E. B. Setz-
Ter, of Newberry, is chairman Of the
music committee and las splendid
committee associated with her, which
will be responsible for the organiza-
tiun Of Iarge choir.
Major Il T. Hyde, Of Charleston,
president Of the association, will pre-
side at ali the main sessions of the
convention. Rev W. H. K. Pendleton,
chairman OF the State executive COM
mittee, will preside at tie annual
meeting of the committee, which will
be held on Thursday afternoon, April
20, at 4:3O o'clock This meeting will
be followed by the annual banquet at
which the fifty-four members OF the
executive committee will be guests.
At tie morning session Of the con-
vention there Will be practical talks
on methods of work from leading Sun
day school workers and educators. The
afternoons will be given over to con-
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-03-30

ferences, and the evening sessions will
be inspirational
The Thursday afternoon session will
be one of the most interesting of the
whole convention, when DR.. Patterson
WardlaW, Of tle University of South
Carolina, will present ''The Education
al Forces of the State Helping to Pro-
vide Religious Education 1t is ex-
pected that Bishop W. A. Guerry will
make an address on that afternoon,
and delegates from all the leading col
leges are expected to be present.
A story hour for the children OF
Newberry will be given one afternoon
by Mrs. Samuel Burts, of Spartanburg,
and a special meeting for teen-age
boys and girls will be held at the same
four by Dick &C. Gresham.
Special rates will be granted by the
railroads, and Newberry is preparing
to entertain the 500 delegates with the
same splendid spirit of hospitality that
has made her famous as convention
CITY.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-03-30
Cotton Higher Than Goods.

Charlotte Observer.
The man has not yet been born
who understands the ways of cotton,
and it is coming to pass that the
same statement will apply to the ways
of cotton goods. The contradictory
situation in tie market is best eX-
planned in the declaration of New
England spinner, complaining about
the low price of goods, to the effect
that he could sell his raw cotton now
for more money than he could sell the
goods. He has cotton in his store
house for which he paid IL cents a
pound. and which he could sell at 10
cents, but if he makes it into staple
goods, he must sell the goods on a
basis of 12-cent cotton. Print clotn
goods are selling as low as when cot
ton was at cents, and this very sit
uation was described in The Observer
by North Carolina manufacturer last
fall. Of course dois condition is not
steadily maintained, but it occurs
often enough to keep the mill men in
trouble.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-03-30

Only such electors as reside in said
School District and return real or per-
sonal property for taxation, and who
exhibit their tax receipts and regis
tration certificates as required in gen
eral elections, shall be allowed to vote.
Electors favoring tie levy of such tax
shall cast ballot containing the word
yes written or printed thereon, and
such elector opposed to sucn levy shall
cast ballot containing the word mo"
written or printed thereon.
Given under our Lands and seal on
March %, 1915.
GEO. D. BROWN,
S. J. DERRICK,
J. S. WHEELER,
County Board of Education
for Newberry County, S. C.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-03-30
Wheat Prices and Bread.
Golfers Weekly.

Golfers weekly.
The wheat in the hands of tie
American farmer-is it to be seized
by the government to depress bread
prices? That is practically what an
embargo on it's expectation would
mean Before taking so unprecedent-
ed step, even when suggested by Mr.
George w. Perkins and Mayor Mitchell,
of New York, it will be wise for the
government to stop, look and listen
The farmers, as tits is written, receive
at their railway stations from S1.40
upward for their wheat In Chicago
May wheat has sold at S1.4 IA, after
touching point almost 20 cents I-igl-
er. This should be considered by those
who fix their eyes OH the price of
bread only. We have just weighed a
pound" loaf bought at the corner gro
cery. 1t weigl ed three-quarters of a
pound in its sanitary wrapper. How
much are the people of the cities pay
ing for the bread in a bushel Of wheat
at this rate? Good milling will con-
vert from 10 to 73 per cent of the
wheat into flour-and We have good
millers in the United States. IA buscel
will yield about "A pounds of -four.
Seven pounds of flour, according to the
requirements of the best bakeries,
must yield nine pounds of cad, OF
81 pounds of bread tE the bushel o.
wheat. This means 76 loaves of the
size now sold in our neighborhood.
Mayor Mitchell was justly concerned,
for in New York city tie loaf sold for
some days at cents. The city's poor
were, therefore, paying s456 for the
-four in bushel of wheat! When the
by-products are taken into account,
the ultimate consumers are paying
more than three times for their VIE
what the farmer gets. If the gov
ernment will attend to the grocers,
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-03-30

compared with the State death rate Of
1901, which,, is also low. Mr.. Jer-
name realizes that tnere are many diff
ficulties to overcome, which time alone
can cure, but he is anxious to make
the time short and place South Caro-
lima at least on par with, prefer
ably ahead of, the sister State of North
Carolina.
Death Rates Computed.
The death rates for Columbia, Char
lesion, Greenville and Spartanburs,
now in the registration area, are 279,
%, 23.2 and 1877, respectively. These
rates are based on an estimated pop
ulation of $4,000 for Columbia (Which
Mr.. Jermane considers Conservative, +,
60,427 for Charleston, 1873 for Green
vile and 2O,745 for Spartanburg.
TIE counties showing a rate of over
Is per thousand, Class A, are: Able
vile, Charleston, Florence. George
town, Greenville and Spartanburg.
Glass B, with a rate of y to Is per
thousand, includes Bamberg, Beaufort,
Berkeley, Cherokee, Chester, Green
wood, Hampton, Jasker, Orangeburg,
Sumter, Union and York. Glass C,
with a rate of 9 to ~ per thousand,
consists of Anderson, Barnwell, Cal
houn, Darlington, Dillon, Dorchester,
Edgefeld, Fairfield, Horny, Laurens,
Lee, Newberry, Oconee, Pickens, Sa-
luda and Williamsburg. Class z, with
a rate of under nine per thousand, in
cludes, Aiken, Chesterfield, Claren-
don, Colleton, Kershaw, Lancaster,
Lexington, Marion, Marlboro and Rich
land
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-03-30
NOTICE OF ELECTION IN RUTHER-
FORD SCHOOL DISTRICT, NO. %.

Whereas, one-tiIird Of the resident
electors and like proportion of the
resident freeaolders Of the age Of
twenty-oae years, of Rut- erford School
District, No. %, OF the County OF
Ncwberry, State of South Carolina.
nave filel :, petition with the County
Board of Education of Newberry Coun-
ty, South Carolina, petitioning and re-
questing that an election be held in
said School District on the question
of levying a special annual tax OF two
mills to be collected on the property
located in the said School District:
Now, therefore, the undersigned,
composing the County Board OF Edu-
cation for Newberry County, South
Carolina, do hereby order the Board
of Trustees of the Rutherford School
District, No. %, to hold an election ON
the said question of levying two mill
tax to be collected on tie property To-
Gated in the said school district, which
said election shall he neld at Ruth
erford school house, in said School
District No. %, on Friday, April 8,
1915, at which said election the polls
shall be opened at 7 a. m. and closed
at D. m. The members of the Board
of Trustees of said School District
snail act as managers Of said election.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-03-30

"Why are you so crazy to take mud
bats? There's nothing tie matter
with you
Its this way, doctor. was brought
up in a lace collar and a Faulteroy
suit, and l always vowed that 1 would
get my share of playing in the mud
some day.'-Kansas City Star.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-03-30
NOTICE OF ELECTION IN BELFAST
SCHOOL DISTRICT, NO. 81.

Whereas, one-nird of the resident
electors and like proportion of the
resident freeholders the age Of
twenty-one years, of Belfast School
District, No. 81, of the County of
Newberry, State of South Carolina,
have filed petition with the County
Board of Education of Newberry Coun-
ty, South Carolina, petitioning and re-
questing that an election be held in
said School District on tae question
of levying special annual tax OF two
mills to be collected on the property
located in the said Sc3ool District:
Now, therefore, the undersigned,
composing the County Board of Edu-
cation for Newberry County, South
Carolina, do hereby order the Board
of Trustees Of tie Belfast School
district, No. 81, to hold an election on
the said question Of leyying two mill
tax to be collected on the property To-
Gated in the said school district, which
said election shall be held at Bel
fast school house, in said School Dis
trict No. 81 On Saturday, April 10,
1915, at which said election tie polls
shall 0e opened at 7 a. m. and closed
at 4 p. m. The members of the Board
of Trustees of said Schol District
shall act as managers of said election.
Only such electors as reside in sail
School District and return real or per-
sonal property for taxation, and VINO
exhibit their tax receipts and regis
tration certificates as required in gen.
eral elections, shall be allowed to vote.
Electors favoring the levy OF such tax
shall cast a ballot containing the wori
Eyes" written or printed thereon, ani
such elector opposed to such levy shall
cast ballot containing the word 'No"
written or printed thereon.
Given under our hands and seal on
March %, 1915.
GEO. D. BROWN,
S. J. DERRICK,
J. S. WHEELER,
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-03-30
In the Land of Scrambled Names.

81 care not who writes the songs of
a country If 1 can name its Cities p
said the Galician patriot.
So ne saook up 297 consonants and
a single vowel in peck measure and
drew out % cities, district and two
villages Plain Dealer.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-03-30
Meanest Man.

He-How old are you?
She-I've just turned %.
He-Oa, I see-32.-Boston Tran
script
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-03-30
Low DEATH RATE
FOR THIS STATE
EXPERT ANALYZSE
NEW VITAL STATISTICS
Federal Bureau Says From Now on
Law Requiring Reports Will
Be Enforced.

The State.
While the South Carolina vital sta
tistics report for February meets with
the expectations Of federal experts
who have the bureau in hand, it is
still below the normal and it is
thought that the lack of experience
and knowledge on the part of those
In each county, especially the under
takers, is the cause of the low death
rate. This condition, however, in the
opinion of Clifton C. Jermane, an ex-
pert federay statistician, has been
common to all States upon first COM
plying With the vital statistics law.
Only the death rate for February in
South Carolina has thus far been COM
puted. The returns indicate rate Of
13.1 per thousand inhabitants, as COM
pared with 13.4 for January. There
were 1910 deaths in February, ex-
elusive of still-births; tie rate is based
on an estimated population for July 1,
1915, of 1,607,745.
1ndulgent at First.
Mr.. Jermane has become deeply
interested in the effort to have the en-
tire State recognized as within the reg
istration area, as already through his
Recommendation the government has
accepted returns from tie cities OF
Columbia, Greenville and Spartaburg
in addition TO Charleston, which has
mad vital statistics law for many
years. Looking to that end, Mr.. Jer-
name has written to all undertakers
who handle bodies, as follows:
Thus far the attitude of the State
board of health toward those failing
to file certificates of deaths as required
by law has been patient and tolerant
not that there has ever been any in
tention to let such offenders go scot
free. but IN order to allow reasonable
time for all to become familiar WI.
the law
"This Office is of the opinion that tie
limit of leniency has been reached,
beyond which the operation of the
law, become automatic as regards the
imposition of penalties. This is men
toned, not as threat, but simply as
IF fo ~
Mr.. Jermane has also written to all
registrars in Lancaster county, asking
their cooperation in obtaining better
returns from that county. For Febru-
ary the death rate, according to re-
turns from the country, was 30 per
thousand, which is very low, even as
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1915-01-07
Scranton Sketches.

Scranton, January 5:-Rev Mr.
Prosser filled his appointment at the
Methodist church Sunday morning,
holding the undivided attention of
his audience with a clear present
ment of his sermon.
Rev Mr. Freyar of Darlington
preached Saturday night and Sun
day afternoon at the Freewill Bap-
tist church to attentive congrega-
tions.
After recess of one week for the
holidays, "old glory" foated from
the flag-pole on the school house
last Wednesday, December 30,
signaling come in to books" The
teachers in the school spent the holi-
days at their respective homes and
have returned to resume their duties.
A number of the younger set en-.
joyed a new years party at the
home of Mr. and Mrs H A Graham
last Friday night.
Misses Hettie Willoughby and
Sadie Graham spent the holidays at
home. They are from Coker College.
Mr. John Graham has returned to
Clemson College, and is guilty of
spending the yuletide at home.
Miss Ruth Willoughby has return
ed to an infrmary at Florence for
treatment of the nose. Her aunt,
Miss Lily Graham, accompanied her.
Mrs Matte Creecy visited her
sisters in Lake City, the Misses
Welch, last Friday. Her sister, Miss
Ethel Welch, returned with her
and spent Saturday.
DR. Liston Mcknight and family
are visiting the formers parents.
DR. Mcknight enjoys a successful
practice at Istachatta, Fla.
Miss jamie Wall and brother,
Archie, spent the Xmas holidays at
the home of their uncle, Mr. Stephen
Byrd, near Cades.
Doctor" Foster Matthews, DR.
Pate's efficient druggist, spent Sun
day a. the home of his parents in
the Salem section.
Miss Olive Lavender has returned
after a pleasant visit among friends
at Effingham.
Mr. and Mrs j M Parker visited at
Darlington Saturday and Sunday.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1915-01-07
Mr. and Mrs D P Wall spent Xmas

MIR anu Mrs ~ wall SpellI Alias
with the latter's parents at Lanes.
MIR w E Lavender spent Christ
mas here with his daughters, Mes
danes R M Cooper and J M Myers.
Mr. Albert Lavender of New Zion
spent Saturday and Sunday here, re-
turning home yesterday.
Mr. Tom Creecy was in the New
Zion section last week visiting rela-
tiyes and renewing old acquaint-
ances.
The town election will be pulled
off next Tuesday, January II, at
which time an intendant and four
wardens will be elected.
Moving is on the programme now
and is certainly being carried out.
Christmas passed off quietly, busi-
ness being "dull' in police circles,
not a single arrest was made, and
less drunkenness, it seems, than
heretofore.
Miss Sue Anderson of Timmons-
Vile was the guest of her brothers
Prof M H Anderson, during the
gladstone holidays.
DR. G. H Pate and family spent
Christmas at the home of the doctors
father near Bishopville.
Miss Julia Curry and Mr. Robert
Turner were happily married by
Notary Public ] M Parker new years
evening at 7:30 o'clock, at Mr. Par
ker's home. This popular young
couple have large circle of friends
who extend congratulations and
best wishes. ING.
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so ARE WE.
YOU MUST HAVE GOOD
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so MUST WE.
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PAPER PAYS. WE WON'T
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Keep the Paper Coming.
Johnsonville, S C,
December %, 1914.

December %, 1914.
Mr. G. w Wolfe,
Kingstree, S C.
Dear Sir:-Times are dull around
here now, too much so to let The
County Record stop coming; so l am
enclosing you this great big dollar
bill to keep it coming along another
year. Hope by the next year dol
lar won't look quite so large as it
does now.
Hoping you prosperous year,
am, yours truly,
w w JOHNSON.
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The Washington times., 1915-08-14
BY GARDNER MACK.

buyer preferred to do business with
them rather than with the Ameri-
can. The suggestion has been made
to the Department Of Commerce that
a. set Of motion pictures be made in
various parts Of the world showing
the results Of poor American pack
ing Consul James oliver Laing,
stationed at Karachi. India, is the
author Of the suggestion. Consul
Laing writes:
~ single photographs of smash
ed packing case, or g lighter full or
goods being landed. or other Illus
trations are good. a picture showing
how the case came to be smashed Cr
how the goods were put into or taken
out of the lighter would be better.
Everyone knows that cases are
smashed and a single photograph
shows only the result. which any
shipper can imagine.
IF, however. a shipper Of flour, let
US say, could see a lot Of Levantine
stevedores swing loop full Of sacks
over the side of the ship and let 1t
down on the run to flatboat bob
bing in the waves, the sight OF what
happens when the boat rises sudden
~ to meet several hundred pounds
OF muslin-sacked flour would be an
education to the shipper.
IF an American furniture mer-
chant could gee a moving picture OF
his packing cases dropped from
cart tail to stone floor by gang
Of Maltese dockers. he would appre
ciate the cause and effect"
The Washington times., 1915-08-14

Note-These selections are made
from programs prepared by the man.
ayers Of the theaters concerned and
no responsibility is assumed for ar
bitrary changes without notice to
The Times. They are based on the
personalit.- of the players and tho
producing company and not personal
inspection. except In special cases.
@, n.
The Washington times., 1915-08-14
THE BEST
Photoplay Department in
WASHINGTON
TODAY's BEST FILMS
BY GARDNER MACK.

Pauline Frederick In Sold" and
Max Linder In TOO Much Mother
in-Law" (Pathe). the Columbia
Theater. Twelfth and F streets.
Mary Pickford in Little Par'
paramount Pictures), Crandalrs,
Ninth and e streets
Frank Daniels in "Crooky Scruggs."
by Paul West (vitagraph), the
Strand. Ninth and d streets.
Louise Glaum and Hershall Mayall
in THE Toast of DEATH" the Gar
den. 423 Ninth street.
Bessie Barriscale and Edward J.
Connolly in THE Devil" adapted
from the play by Franz Molnar
Mutual Master Picture). the
Olympic. 1431 u street.
Julius Stiger, in THE Fifth Com
mandant' (World Film Corpora
tion). the Arcade. Fourteenth
street and Park road.
Vivian Prescott and William Shay
in Leah. the Forsaken Qm-
periaD. the Alhambra, 519 Seventh
street.
Myrtle Gonzales and William Dun
can in 1.-The Man From the Desert"
(Vitagraph. Tango Park. Four
Lew Field in "Old Dutch" (world
Film Corporation), the Hippo
drome. Ninth street and New York
avenue.
1.-THE Maker Of Dreams (Kalem).
the Revere. Georgia avenue and
Park road.
The Washington times., 1915-08-14

was the softest spot in the market. 1t
sold of full points during the gen.
eral reaction to 10. but rallied to close
at TN. Closs-shcfYield. another steel
issue, on the other hand. advanced sM
at b0M ~ ~''''
The equipment stocks found a good
market. Pressed Steel Car was up la
points. and American Car and Foune
dry sold up 2M points. Other Industrial
were American Beet Sugar. Goodrich
Company. American Can, and Mexican
Petroleum.
The changes In railroad stocks were
Iracuonai IN most instances and tended
Ontario and Western. two stocks which
declined sharply yesterday on account
OF the adverse anthracite coal decision
recovered In part, the former ADVANCING