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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-09-14

Book Of Policeman, Crunp; Hawaiian
Islands and Philippines. Anderson;
Thanksgiving, Schaufiieur: Over the
Top, Empey; Little Man During Great
Days, Andreyee.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-09-14
new Advertisements Today

To let-Rent.
TO let-Rooms.
TO let-House.
For sale-Piano.
For sale-Buggy.
For sale-Pluns.
For sale-Horse.
For saie-Cattle,
..Jr sale-House
Found-Auto tire.
Lost-Bank book.
Notwithstanding.
For sale-Horses.
Lost-Pocketbook.
Nanted--A ianitor
To let-Front room,
Wanted-Motn
For Sale-Torla.ccs
ror sale-Show case.
TO let-Cpstairs rent.
FOR sale-20-acre farm.
Lost-Round gold hin.
Lost-Ford touring car.
10 let-Two room suite.
TO let-Three good rents.
I.ost-keyring and keys.
For sale-Shop and tools.
To let-Twelve-room house.
For sale-R. I. Red pullets.
Manted-Girl for housework.
w anted-Agent to take orders.
TO iet-light housekeeping rooms.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-09-14
Make me an Of
fer for this
BUNGALOW

1t mus be sold at once and some one
will get bargain. Located at Manches-
ter. easy walk to Cobbosseecontee and
electrics. We have offered il for 500 with
out making sale. so 1t must go at your
price. Act at once, W. D. Hutchins. Tel
42l-w AUGUSTA. eept6dtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-09-14
Observation-Disclosures

TO BUY A MOTORCYCLE, MUST
. OF standard make and in good condi-
uon and must be fight price for a cash
SAFE Please state full particulars Ad-
dress Josiah C. Clough. Box 50, Fayville.
Mdss. sept14d6t"
AN AGENT TO TAKE ORDERS. NO
collecting. Sample free Box 10, Augusta,
NE. sept14d2ts
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-09-14
VIM. Coburn Seriously M

Friends here will be gravely con-
cerned over the condition of William
Coburn, a member Of Co. e, station
ed at Westfield, Mass, who lies seri-
ously Ill in a Springfield, Mass hos
pltal. Private Coburn recently Under
went an operation for appendicitis,
put his condition was such that on
Thursday relatives here were notified
that there was no hope for his .recoy-
cry. His father. Lawrence Coburn,
is with him and Mrs. Thomas Min. a
sister, resides in Springfield.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-09-14

The bricks have arrived to be used
apout the windows of the new post
Office and work will shortly be re-
sumed. The masohs have been held
up for several weeks because of the
inability of the contractors to procure
the brick. otherwise the roof would
nave been on the structure by this
time.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-09-14
Detectives

MISSING FRIENDS AND NEXT OF
kin located Expert services In all
branches. Adds for appointment, Box 1l7,
Eastern Detective Agency, Augusta. Ne
aug2ojtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-09-14
HERE'S ANOTHER OFFER / MAKE

ley station: 2-story. 9 finished rooms,
house. barn, etc. Wood. water, growing
lumber. Wood marketed will make pay
ments. Now you men of moderate means
$500 cash and $1,000 mortgage, easy terms,
secures this farm with tools. Don't write.
Come and see me at w. P. B. pulp mill,
Fairfield, if you mean business, or w. w
Nye q Co. store. A. A. Sheive, Fairfield,
Maine. sep11d1w"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-09-14
Desirable Real Estate for Sale

The Parker NJ. Eastman place in South
Gardiner. Double tenement house. about
acres of land. orchard of IS trees Will
be sold for half what the buildings cost
The Ordway place on Winthrop street
Hallowell A desirable home or an at
tractive investment; loca tion good. viii
always rent at a good price Inquire of
c. A Knight. Gardiner Me. aug14dtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-09-14
IL TRUCK FARM, BUILDINGS

nearly new. good location Price if taken
at once $3.50; 3-acre place in Gardiner
1890. Amos H. Higgins. Augusta.
Spn1ld1Ws
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-09-14
Wanted-Maie Help

iANlToR FOR WILL IAN S
srsooL APPLY TO HERMAN n.
sYuAer. sUPr. OF SCHOOLS. CITY
sALL septi4d3t
ssslpENr cALEsMAN. EXPERT.
..-.t ,.sf.It tu "vprcscnt Eastern
..s.ufs,.rrr ul shoe Ribbon. Pump
-. 30. r r commission basis Must
e. ....u.wru f. and hustler
,.ar,a. -. .s.r. tu. kcnnthcO journal,
,tsi.a septlldlt'
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-09-14

April Matched. from one of heaviest lay
ing HOOKS in the State; SOC each for lot.
Guaranteed no white diarrhoea. Mrs. i.
B. Webb, TO. No. "a, Winthrop Me. Tel.
1Z7-51. Sepl4d3ts
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-03-27
THE STATUTE LAW AS TO
REFJDISG CITY BONDS
Mr.. Editor:

MI. EQlIOF.
That the citizens may understand
the legal status OF the sinking fund
and the. positive meaning Of the act
in regard to the use Of the sinking
fund, will ask you to publish Sec
tion of said act.
Sec. 4. That the said city or town
council, are hereby authorized to- as
sess, levy and collect, in addition to
the annual tax levies for other pur-
poses, a sufficient annual tax from
the taxable property Of said cities or
towns to meet the interest to. become
due upon said bonds, and also to raise
the sum of at least c:e-fortieth part
OF the entire bonded debt DIS sink
ing fund in aid of the retirement and
payment of said bonds. Said sinking
fund shall be under the control and
Management Of the board OF commits
sioners of public works and shall be
applied to the said bonds, or invested
to meet the payment of same when
due"
This annual payment Of the city
of sortieth part Of the amount OF
bonds issued was to be "a sinking
fund 10 aid in the retirement and pay
ment of said bonds
"Said sinking fund SHALL be under.
the control and management OF the
board of commissioners of public
works, and SHALL be applied to ,the
said bonds, or invested to meet the
payment of same when due"
The word shall" is~ mandatory,
leaving nothing to the judgment OF
the commissioners of public works.
Jas. Mcintosh.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-03-27
DECLARATION TO RESULT
IN MANY ARRESTS

washington, March 25.-Every
channel of government activity to-
night worked under pressure to pro-
vide "spy insurance" for the nation
in the event of war with Germany.
An army of secret service men and
agents of the department of justice,
spreading a dragnst: from the Atlantic
to the Pacific and from Canada to
the Mexican border, has under sur
veillance thousands of "spy suspects
and German sympathizers.
A declaration of war between the
United States and Germany, it was
learned tonight, will be followed i'm
mediately by wholesale arrests and
internments.
Among the thousands under SUP
veillance are vast number OF Ger
man reservists, caught in the United
States at the outbreak of the Euro
pean war and unable to get back to
the German army. Every reserVlst
has been listed by the secret agents.
after vast amount of labor, and a
war declaration would be the signal
for their Immediate apprehension and
internment. Plans are under way
for several great internment camps in
various parts of the country wherd
the German aliens will be placed un-
der guard.
In addition to these reservists, the
secret service agents have under sur
veilance a vast number Of natural
lied Germans, whose activities during
the recent crisis have brought them
under suspicion. Many OF these are
wealthy and influential men in COM
munities throughout the country. AS
as an example of this class of sus-
poets, it was learned tonight that a
secret service guard has been install
ed about the home and business es-
tablishment of a millionaire German
American in Washington.
While the secret service agents to-
night declined to make any announce
ment as to what charge they were
prepared to make against the million
aire. it was learned that a powerful
wireless plant surmounting the mill
lionaire's place Of business had
aroused suspicion and that for months
a secret service man had been in the
millionaire's employ.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-03-27
RLUEJACkETS ARE NEEDED
FOR L. S. NAVY

Washington, March 25.-The need
of more men to man the navy which
forms the nations line OF defense
vas emphasized tonight when Presi-
dent Wilson, by executive order, in
creased the authorized enlisted
strength of the navy to $1,000 men.
The executive order, issued yester-
day, was made public by Secretary
of the Navy Daniels, with a plea for
patriotic aid in increasing navy en-
listments.
The order, issued under authority
Of the naval appropriation act of the
present year, would add $4,000 blue
jackets to the enlisted personnel.
Every man will be needed to man
the new ships being rushed to COM
pletion, the reserve fleet ordered into
commission, and the mosquito fleet OF
submarine chasers' which has been
ordered constructed in record time.
It is probable that further in
crease in the legal limit will be ask
ed when congress convenes.
The executive order, as made public
by the navy department tonight,
read:
"By virtue of tie authority vested
in the president by the act approved
August 29, 1915, entitled An act max
ing appropriations for the naval serV-
ice for the year ending June 30, 1917,
and for other purposes it is hereby
directed that the authorized enlisted
strength of the navy be increased to
81 900 men.
THE White House, March "a, 1917.
(Signed WOODROW WILSON.
Under the legal authorization, the
naval strength was limited to $4,000
men, with an allowance of $4,000 NJ -
in training. The recent recruiting
campaign, while it has materially in
creased enlistments, has brought the
strength up to only about $1,000 men,
it was stated tonight.
In announcing the presidents order
tonight, Secretary Daniels said that
he had telegraphed personally to the
managing editors of all Of the news
papers of the country urging them to
cooperate to the fullest extent pos
sible ir aiding the navy recruiting
campaign. He said that, with the aid
of the newspapers, he expected that
the navy personnel would be filled up
in a very short time.
Meantime, the navy department will
continue it's efforts to rush construc-
ton. Secretary Daniels and his aides
will confer this week with the ship
builders and with the manufacturers
of material necessary for the building
Of the enormous naval program now
contracted for.
Arrangements will be made to sup
ply the builders with material just as
fast as it can be used. The depart
ment officials also will cooperate
with the labor committee Of the ad-
visory committee of the council of ma
tional defense. in order to make sure
that shipbuilders and material manu-
facturers are supplied with the skill
ed and unskilled labor necessary to
speed up construction.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-03-27
ALL THE NEWS FROM
PROSPERITY TOWN

Prosperity, March 26.-The annual
March debate of Cinean Literary So
ciety of the Prosperity high school
was held Friday evening in the city
hall. The query being: will th9
Boil Weevil Benefit South Carolina%
On the affirmative were Boyce Mills
and Ethel Saner On the negative
were Pickens Langford and Rose
Paysinger The debates on both sides
were ably handled, the negative be-
ing the successful winner. The read
er of the evening was Ruth Hunter.
The essayist being Ellen Wheeler
and Nicholas Merchant being the de-
claimer Music was furnished
throughout the program by Mesdame8
Browne and Quattlebaum.
The following Clemson cadets were
home for the weekend: George
Wise, Henry Quattlebaum, Carol
Mills, Hunter Fellers.
Mrs. George Harmon has gone to
Piedmon> Ala, to attend the Wallace
Hebble wedding on April 8.
: Mr.. and Mrs. James F. Goggans
and little son have returned to their
home in Columbia.
Rev. e. P. Taylor has been called
to Austin, Texas, On account Of the
illness of his son, Prof. John Taylor,
of the University of Texas.
Mr.. E. S. Kohn of Little Mountain
is a. guest at the Wise hotel.
Mrs. W. ]. Wise has returned from
~ HOl1Irn hi9
Miss Marie Schumpert is home
from a visit to Miss Annie Moseley
of Batesburg.
Mrs. B. B. Schumpert has return
ed from Saluda where she has been
to see her daughter, Mrs. J. A Hunt,
also to see her little name-sake, Eliza
Hunt.
Mr.. and Mrs. Julian Price spent
Sunday in Saluda.
Mr.. F. ". Schumpert and son Of
Macon. Ca, have been visiting at the
home of Mr.. B. B. Schumpert.
The infant child Of Mr.. and Mrs.
S. C. Taylor died Friday and was
buried Saturday at the Prosperity
cemtery.
Ut. u. n. wHSSlcl oPShI eAAS "SA
end in Columbia with his mother,
.Ars. T. L. Wheeler at the Columbia
hospital.
DR.. and Mrs. J. l. Bedenbaugh VIII
spend Sunday in Columbia.
Miss Helen Nichols of Big creek
school spent the weekend with Miss
Vita Counts.
Mr.. and Mrs. Scott Shirey Of Saluds
are here. On account of the serious
illness of Mrs. Shirey's father, Mr..
J. NJ. Dennis.
Mr.. A. R. Kohn will spend few
days this week in Cameron, S. c.
Mr.. v. B. Chapman Of NeWoerry
spent the weekend with his aunt,
Mrs. J. NJ. Dennis.
Mr.. Virgil Kohn goes this week 70
Charlotte, ~ c., in the interest OF MS
live stock farm.
Mrs. J. B. Stockman is home from
the Columbia hospital much improved
in health.
Miss Elizabeth Bearden OF North
Carolina is visiting her grandparents
Or and Mrs r. L. Luther.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-03-27
THE COMM1TTEE APPOINTED
TO FIND OR CREATE MARkEFS

Senator .Tohnstone, who pfeSiae1
at the mass meeting Of citizens he!d
in the court house the 9Th day OF
March, 1917, has appointed the follow
ing committee under resolution
adopted by the meeting: Jas. u
Quattlebaum. Prosperity; Jno. -
Aull, Pomaria; NJ. E. Abrams, Whlt-
mire; J. Roy Sumner, Ne",Derry; r
Y Martin. Newberry; Or. Hugh B.
Sem. Silverstreet.
Following is copy OF the resolu-
ton: -,
RESOLVED. That commission OF
business men, bankers and mer-
chants. be appointed to find or create
markets for products other than cot
ton. and that they advise the grow
ing and intelligent handling OF such
crops as will most readily meet the
popular demand
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-03-27
FORMER NRWBERRY LADY
NEDS IN ATLANTA

The following interesting item,
which will be read with pleasure by
many in Newberry, the former home
of the bride, is from the Atlanta Con-
stitution:
"Mr. and Mrs. Thos. O. Stewart OF
NewDerry, S. c., announce the mar
riage of their sister. Miss Emily
shockley, to Mr.. J. Brenton Wise OF
Atlanta. the wedding having taken
place Thursday afternoon, March
a2nd Rev. S. W. Reid officiating.
They will be at home after April 1st
at 2O5 n. Jackson street, Atlanta, Ga"
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-03-27

The name Of Luther chapel at Lees
Vile has been changed to Wittenberg
Evangelical Lutheran church, OF
which the Rev. ". Y. Boozer is pas
tor. The name was selected on ac-
count of it's historical connection with
the Reformation, as we gather from
an interesting account in the always
interesting Lutheran Church Visitor.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-03-27

ed from down in gravel town to the
present day. Here's hoping some
thing will be done this time. And
let me say to you, young ladies',
there is something needed at Rose
mont besides, or in addition to, d
fence Have any of you been over
there recently. Well, you just 60
some pretty spring afternoon and take
a look and then answer me if am
nct right The main need is for bet
ter drive ways and walks. IA great
many of the lots are very nicely en-
closed and kept.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-03-27

The Newberry friends Of Mr.. and
Mrs. R. c. Williams regret to hear
of the death of their little daughter,
Annie, in Columbia Thursday.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-03-27
SCHOOL NOTES.

@ o o @ 9 o o o 9 o o o o o o o o
The schools of Newberry are pre-
pairing for Field day, which comes
on the second Friday in April. All
the schools of the city will take part
in the exercises of that day. On
Thursday night of last week the girls
of the high school engaged in a con-
test in defamation, and the boys in
oratory, for the selection of repre-
sentatives from the school. The girls
entering the contest in defamation
were Miss Annie Dunstan, Miss Nancy
Fox. and Miss Mary Alice Suber. The
contestants in oratory were Herman
Dickert, Clark Floyd, James Kinard,
Ashby McGraw, Edwin Settler and
Ellis Williamson. The committee OF
Judges. consisting of Mrs. J. H. West,
Mr.. E. V. Babb, and Mr.. J. B. Hun
ter, decided in favor of Miss Annie
Dunstan and Ellis Williamson.
A very interesting art exhibit was
held 1t the high school on Thursday
and Friday. March % or
large number of people visited the
exhibit, especially on Friday h4,, >-
when a delightful entertainment was
given by the Boundary street and
Speers street schools. Two beautl-
full pictures were presented by the
Elson Art company as prizes to the
grades selling the largest and next
largest number of tickets. The first
prize was won by the sixth grade OF
the Speers street school and the
second by the sixth grade of the
Boundary street school. All the
money raised as a result of the eX-
hibit will be spent in the purchase OF
pictures for the various schools.
The Newberry schools exhibited
number of drawings in Columbia dur
ing the meeting of the State Teach
ers' association. The exhibit was
declared to be the largest and most
admired of any on display at tnat
time. The drawings showed. said the
same authority. much original de-
velopment on the part OF the pupils.
On account of the delay in getting
guns from the government, arrange
ments we're made with Gen. ". ".
Moore, adjutant and inspector gener-
Al of the State, for the loan of forty
carbines for the cadet company at
the high school. The pupils are prac-
ticins daily with these.
The P. C. Jeans company has pre-
sented handsome and serviceaole
nlnck to the high school.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-03-27

heard the other day. or read it
in the newspapers, that the civic
association and the ladies were maxi
ing efforts to raise money to have
a fence put around the Rosenont
cemetery. That will be nice. I think
il much better to put neat fence
around the plot than to leave it with
out a fence. But l think I have been
hearing about a neat fence almost
from the time the cemetery was NOV
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-03-27

The P. C. Jeans company has pre-
sented a handsome and serviceaole
clock to the high school,
Macon beacon., 1917-04-06

Aberdeen is one of the successful
cities to obtain d. w. Griffith's spec
tacle 'The Birth of Nation" now
making farewell tour of the coun.
try. The local presentation will take
place at the Temple Theatre. April
ll-l2. with matinee performance on
Thursday, starting at three o'clock.
Evenings at 8:15.
The same large symphony orchestra
that has been heard in accompaniment
of the spectacle in New Orleans, Mo-
bile. Memphis. Atlanta and all of the
important southern cities will come to
Aberdeen. A sixty foot baggage car
load Of effects will be used, and spe.
cial projecting machines, operated by
the company's electricians, will.b
used. Fifty people in all accompany
the huge photo-drama during its tour.
Macon beacon., 1917-04-06
DAMAGE BY CYCLONE
Storm Sunday Night Causes
Heavy Property Loss

A cyclone, with path about
quarter Of mile in width and from
six to eight miles in length, extendin,
from Walter Connor and Mr.. Zeaman'l
place about five miles north Of Maccn
to the Sam Connor place south Of
Cliftonville. caused considerable prop
erty damage but no loss of life Sunday
night at ll:SO O'Clock. Several tenants
on Mr.. Josh Cavett's place were hurt
by flying timber and many had narrow
escapes. In some of the cabins there
were ten or twelve occupants and the
house was blown completely to pieces,
not whole plank being left, even the
floor being swept away, and not a
single person being hurt. 1t was a
typical twister and came down to earth
at Mr.. Walter Connor's place complete
ly wrecking two cabins. Across the
road at Mr.. Zeaman's. the front gal
lery OF his house was blown way, the
chimneys levied and barn and chicken
house destroyed. Mr.. Zeaman's loss.
fortunately, 10 covered by insurance
Two cabins on the north side of the
Martin place were destroyed, and the
storm then cut path through Plum
creek bottom to Mr.. Josh Cavett's
place where several houses were
destroyed and several negroes hurt.
A woman had a splinter driven through
the fleshy part Of her thigh and a man
had his back hurt. There were sew
eral cabins and silo destroyed on Mel
'on Stevens place and Mrs. Joe
Stevens lost two cabins and a large
barn. There were ten or twelve horses
md mules in the barn and they were
III pinned under the timber. Other
houses were destroyed on the Rosa
Conner and other places farther east.
That there was no loss of life is al
most miraculous, as there was not a
Whole plank left in a number of the
abins destroyed.
Macon beacon., 1917-04-06
Educational
Noxubes County Tscchsr Aseocfafi.

Nosu6ss County Terchsrs .Aseociasio,
Responding to a request of tn,
county superintendent, the Noxubes
County Teachers Association met a,
Macon, Friday, March 3Oth.
After devotional exercises, which
were conducted by DR.. Jones of the
local Presbyterian church, W. B. Jones,
chairman of the County Illiteracy Com.
mission. asked the teachers to contri.
butte something to the campaign now
going on for the eradication of white
adult illiteracy in Mississippi. The
amount of ten dollars was contributed
and forwarded to the secretary of the
State llliteracy Commission at jack
son.
Round table talks on school improve
ment were made by teachers whose
schools have made marked improve
ment this year. These reports show
that the teachers of the county are
wlde-awake and are doing things.
On motion a committee was ap-
pointed to memorable the Board of
Supervisors to provide certain sanitary
furnishings for the court room, which
IS the regular meeting place of the
association. The following teachers
were appointed on the committee: c.
J. st, John, J. l. Dabbs, ]. R. Spark.
man, Miss Clara Thompson and Miss
jamie Stennis. The petition was
drawn and adopted by the association.
On motion the association adjourned
Tor dinner to meet again at 80 D. m.
when the program was continued as
follows:
The County Teachers and the Sum-
mer Normals. W. B. Jones.
The A. II. s. and the County Schools.
G. j. st. John.
Field Day, J. L. McMillin.
Parent-Teacher Association, A. G. |
Keeping School Records, J.I. Dabbs
County Club Work, Mrs. Tyndan
Sessional Reports. Registers. Month
ly Reports, Examinations. Attendance.
etc., County Superintendent.
The following committees were an
pointed:
Committee on Circulating Library
J. L. McMillin, A. G. Stubblefield and
Miss Lucy Douglass.
Committue to Locate Illiterates in
Jounty-Mrs. J. C. Jernipan. Miss C.r
ne Lanier. and Miss Genevieve Adams
Forty-three members answered the
oil call. LIE
There being no further business the
Meeting adjourned to meet again At
ne call Of the county superintendent
". B. JONES, Pres.
G. j. ST. JOHN. Sec