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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-01-04

hours Of sale, on the first Monday in
January, 1913, the same being sale day,
a tract of land near Pomaria, in said
county and state, containing two hun
dred and twenty-six (226) acres, more
or less and bounded east by lands Of the
Hatton estate and John Bedenbaugh;
north bY Cannon s creek and lands Of
the Hipp estate; west by lands of Wede-
NAN estate and George b. Aull, aad
south by the Hatton lands.
Terms of sale: The purchaser to pay
onc-thirl of the purchase price in cash;
...> H.:..a.a, ,.;..@,.c N one 2.l two
equal annual intallments, with interest
from date Of sale at the rate Of 8 per
cent. per annum, payable annually, to
be scared by bond of the purchaser and
mortgage OF tie premises, with the usual
stipulation as to attorneys fees IN case
Of suit or foreclosure; the purchaser to
insure the buildings on the premises and
assign the policy to the Master as addi-
tional security: the purchaser to have
leave to anticipate p2yment of credit
portions in whole or in part; the pur-
chaser to pay for papers, for recording
same and for revenue stamps.
H. H. RIKARD,
Dec. II, 1917. Master.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-01-04

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA =
COUNTY OF NEWBERRY-COUHT
OF COMMON PLEAS.
Farmers Oil Mill of Newberry, S. g.
Plaintiff,
+ against
Lavinia Hayes, and The Natieual
Bank of Newberry, 8. c., Be-
fendeants.
Pursuant to an order Of the Court
herein dated December 10th, 1877,
I will sell at public cutlery TO the
highest bidder before the eouPt
House door in The Town Of New
berry, in said County and Ssase,
within the legal hours OF Sale On
saleday in January 1918, the same
being January 7th, 1913, all that
light, title, interest or estate OF what
soever kind Of the defendant LAWNS
Hayes, of, in and all that tract or
plantation OF land situated in the
County OF Newberry, in the State OF
South Carolina, containing one hum
:lred and fifty-three acres, more or
less, bounded by lands Of George P.
Roozer, Henry D. Boozer, Mike Counts
md Carl Wagner, the same being shs
.hact of land of which Or. Thos ".
Boozer (who was the father ef said
T,avinia Hayes) died, seized and
possessed.
Terms of sale. One third cash,
and the balance on a credit OF twelve
months with interest from the day
,f sale to be secured BY bond OF
.he purchaser and mortgage OF the
premises sold, said mortgage to eea-
tain stipulation for payment OF a
reasonable Attorneys fee in case ol
suit, action or foreclosure thereon,
and a provision for insurance On the
dwelling for the sum Of four hundred
dollars. for the benefit of the morta-
pe. with leave to the purchaser to
anticipate the credit portion in whole
Or IN part.
H. III Rikard,
Master.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-01-04
MASTERS SALE.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
County Of Newberry.

County Of Newberry.
Court of Common Pleas.
Richard C. Neel, Plaintiff,
against
Anthony Moon, Defendant.
By virtue of an order Of the court
herein, 1 will sell to the highest bidder
before the court house at Newberry, S.
c., within the legal hours Of sale on the
first Monday in January, 1913, the same
being sale day: All that piece, parcel
or tract of land lying and being situate
in the state and county aforesaid, con-
tanning two and onesixteenth acres,
more or less, and bounded now or form
erly by lands of B. NJ. Havird or his
wife, Mrs. Maggie Ravird, II. Chapin
Lake, Mrs. Emma j. Long and perhaps
others, the same having dwelling house
located thereon. This is the identical
lot of land conveyed to the said Anthony
Moon by the said R. c. Neel and mort
gage was given to pay the purchase
thereof. y
Also all that piece, parcel or planta-
ticn of land lying and being situated IN
No. township, Newberry county, state
Of South Carolina, containing fourteen
and three-fourths acres, more or less,
and being bounded now or formerly by
lands of !. p. Cannon, H. G. Lake, D. P.
Parker, J. J. Davis and perhaps others,
the same being the identical tract OF
land conveyed to Anthony Moon by
Marion Boyd.
Terms of sale: One-half Of the pur-
chase price to be paid in cash, the bal
ance one year from day Of sale, to be
secured by bond of the purchaser and
a mortgage of the premises sold, with IN
terest from day of sale at the rate of
eight per cent. per annum, payable an
nually, with the stipulation for ten per
/ cent. attorneys fees if it is collected by
suit or placed in the hands OF an attor-
ney for collection, and with the stlpuia-
, tion in the mortgage that the mortgagor
shall carry insurance or the building
and assign the same to the Master as
additional security for the debt; With
leave to the purchaser to anticipate the
payment Of the credit portion in whole
OF in part; the purchaser to pay for
papers, recording and revenue stamps.
q. II. RIKARD,
Dec 70 1917. Master.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-01-04
IMPORTS UNAFFECTED
BY U.BOAT WARFARE
Figures for Ten-Month Period
Show Only Slight
Falling Off.

How little the submarine warfare
has curtailed the exports from London
to the United States since America de
clared war on Germany is seen in the
official figures of the United States i'm
ports from the British capital. The
figures for ten months ending with Oc'
tober show Il decrease of only S1S,0oO,'
COO, with total of Sis, ,390,471. Last
year the figures for the similar period
were $133, ,740,7S3.
The principal articles imported from
London and their value we're: Rubber
S31,610,629; precious stones, $4,000,
466: tin, SS,352856.
The principal articles imported from
London for the ten months this year
were: Rubber, s3e, ,77oeo3; precious
stones, s15,435, ,592; tin, s9,S96|ou; art
s4,4e4,5sO; hides. $c,9934,372; furs, S.,
Aa334.S70; tea, S747,05S; indigo $1,197,
1O1: wool, $929,047.
There is q slight increase in the
imports Of tin as compared with last
years figures, a decrease of about
s.. 100000 in art imports; the figure foi
hides is about half what it was, anc
less wool was sent here from London
by approximately S500,000. Indigo also
shows a decrease amounting to more
than $1,00O,OO0 Tea shows the most
notable falling off. the figures being $4,
4SG,5OS for the 1916 period and $747,
O5S for 1917. There was no tea OF
wool imported from London las1
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-01-04

Whether til" Germans are better 1ea
than tAHy Should De is matter OF
viewpoint. A guest OF Ilile notel
would De dlsSatlSlled win 'he loou
me Chlted states furnishes ana expert
chels lrom 'he Dig liners prepare On
the o'hef hthu' there are many people
VINO "ouio De pleaSeu 10 get llsh qual-
ny western Eleal twice uaE' aS uie
Neriiiahs llequellIls no. Win "n aouil-
ualice ol 'ese.aoies' co.!ee' iSe oieau'
Du''ef' YEA ana ste"eu lluit. ote''A l.,
lot oNNiio"n' ailiioush ste"s anu
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-01-04
Picking Apples on Shares

Picking apples on shares is the way
one Kansas university fraternity Is
fighting the high cost of living and at
the same time storing up winter sup
ply Of fruit. One farmer 5argained
with the Acacia Chapter to pick his
apples. The fraternity men picked 200
bushels one morning on shares, storing
twenty bushels in their fraternity
house PC payment. This same chapter
last year needed C'i'tS, so they held a
quilting bee and made thirty quilts.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-01-04
MASTERS SALE.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
N.nn&r nf NaUherrv

County of Newberry.
Court of Common Pleas.
8. S. Birge, Plaintiff,
against
Delphia Shell, David Shell, Lucinda
Shell, Geneva Shell, Daisy Shell, Mat
tie Shell, Annie Shell, Alberta Shell
and Summer Brothers Company, De-
PENDANTS.
Pursuant to an order of the court here
in, the Master will sell at public auction
within the legal hours Of sale to the
highest bidder before the court house at
Newberry, s. c.. on Monday, sales day,
January 7, 1913, the following described
property, to-wit:
All that tract, plantation or parcel OF
land situated in the county Of Newberry,
State of South Carolina, containing fifty
(50) acres, more or less, bounded by
lands Of Mrs. D. NJ. Langford, Gross
Floyd, James A. schumpert, estate of
James Herbert and perhaps others.
Terms of sale: One-third of the pur-
chase price to be paid in cash and the
balance Of the purchase money on a
credit of one and two years, with leave
to the purchaser to anticipate payments
of the credit portion in whole or in part;
the credit portion to be secured by bond
of the purchaser and mortgage Of the
premises sold, with interest from day Of
sale at the rate of eight per cent. per
annum, payable annually; the mortgage
to contain an agreement therein that the
mortgagor shall pay all taxes on sale
premises and ten per cent attorneys fes
in addition to the principal and intere1t
in case of default in the payment of the
credit portion and the bond and mort
gag be placed in the hands of an at
torney for SHIT, action or foreclosure;
purchaser TO pay for papers, recording
md revenue stamps.
II. Fl. RIFIAPD,
Dee. -, 1911 Master.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-01-04
Washington.

Washington.
The chief practical effect Of govern.
ment operation will be to permit com.
psete unihcation Of all rail systems.
The railroad situation has present
ed one Of the greatest problems that
have arisen to puzzle those who are
directing for the United States the
prosecution Of the war.
Government control now by Presi.
Wilson, as a solution for transporta,
tion perplexities. will, many officials
believe. go far towards relieving many
transportation ills.
Wars demands on railroad facilities
were foreseen by railroad officials and
five days after war was declared the
heads Of principal systems met in
Washington and formed a committee
Of five rail chiefs to direct the roads
as early as possible as one system.
Officials think the conditions impos.
ed by the Teutonic paenipotentiaries
stamp their promises Ss insincere.
Labor troubles were blamed for de-
Lay in the governments ship-buildins
program by Raymond B. Stevens, vice
chairman of the shipping board, testi-
tying in the senate commerce com.
mittee's investigation.
Since the United States went to war.
Raymond B. Stevens said ship yards
have lost total Of 536,992 working
days by strikes and disputes, which
represents the work Of 10000 men
for a month.
Four German submarines were cap
tured recently by twelve American de-
stroyers, according to an American
seaman, a Boston newspaper man,
who reached his Boston home during
the Christmas holidays.
Secretary Baker announces formally
that Major General Biddle will be con-
sinued as assistant chief of staff.
Germany's proposals to the Russian
Bolsheviki ENJOYS, through the Austro-
Hungarian foreign minister for basis
of peace, have attracted little more
than passing interest.
Gen. Tasker H. Bliss will be retain
ed On active service as chief of staff
of the army after he reaches the re-
tirement age next December 81, ac-
eoIdilg to Secretary Baker.
A Paris dispatch says that the ten
billion francs asked for in the third
war loan as been exceeded. NJ. Klotz,
1ninis,e4 Of finance, states that the re-
turns indicate that 10.276,00 600
have been subScrihac.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-01-04
Food Administrator Hoover. sto.a.

F0Od ADMINISTRATOR HOOVoEE %'o'2
: It on the sugar situation, T:r.c3
he tried unsuccessfully to get before
the senate committee investigating TIE
sugar shortage, has been made iubiiG
by the white house. It attributes the
shortage here to the heavy movement
Of sugar from tie western hemisphere
to Europe, ana asserts that without
the fixing OF prices by agreemen; sd
gar would have been selling for Is or
80 cents pound.
Ncgot atoms for the purchase Of Z
large part Of the Cuban sugar crop,
80, ,~:"~~ 1,c.--~r-t u -, MG =
al estimated 100000 tons, fer the
use Of the United States and its az.
lies, have been virtually completed by
the international committee ana the
Cuban cc,2-2i..ittee appointed by Presi-
dent Merccal The price was TO be
$3.50 q hundred pounds t. o. b. Cuba.
Within two weeks virtually every
sugar refinery in the country will be
in operation, according to George NJ.
Rolph, head o. the sugar division Of
the food administration. BY the end
of January fifty thousand tons OF sugar
will have been brought in and the con-
sumer should get sugar at cents in
stead of the present price CT 10
cents.
1t is probable that $4,000 tons Of
raw sugar are now on the way from
Porto Rico and Cuba, and will be
in this country shortly.
Federal officials announce the ar
rest, on presidential warrant, at San
Francisco, of Franz Schulenberg, al
legged to be one Of the eleverest and
most dangerous German spies operat-
ing on the Pacific coast.
Holiday gifts from the American Red
Gross were distributed in the Italian
trenches by B. Harvey Carroll. Jr.,
American consul at Venice Each man
received tobacco, sweets, a handker-
chief and other presents.
Plans for making the nationwide
emergency food survey are well under
way, the bureau of markets announces,
schedules having been mailed to ev-
cry food dealer, manufacturer and
holder of supplies in more than family
lots.
A telegram from Ottawa, Canada,
says Filhjalmur Stefansson, Arctic
explorer, last heard from in letter
received in March, 1916, has arrived
with his party at Fort Yukon
Government possession and opera
ton of the nations railroads for the
war was proclaimed by President Will
son, to be effective at noon Friday,
December %.
President Wilson's son-in-law, VIII.
lam G. McAdoo, retaining his place in
the cabinet as secretary of the treas
ury, is in charge as director general Of
the railroads.
Every railroad engaged in general
transportation with appurtenances.
including steamship lines, is taken
over by the government and will be
operated as one under the director
general.
A corporal of American engineers
was killed and one private was wound
ed Christmas Eve when a German
shell dropped near a party of Ameri-
can engineers working in trenches on
section of the French front, says
a Paris dispatch.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-01-04
notice of Annual Meeting

The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Commercial Bank OF
Newberry, S. G., will be held in the
office of the president on Wednesday,
January 8, 1918, at II o'clock, cnoon
at (Which ctime ctf1e celection of di-
rectors for theensuingyear will be
held and the transaction of any 9TH
er business that may come before the
meeting.
J. Y. McFALL Cshier
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-01-04

When seas are rough and wave after
wave breaks over their ship the sail
ors on Uncle Sans destroyers find
these life lines mighty handy in get
ting about on the sea-swept decks. De-
stroyers' decks are low and the boats
cut through the waters with great
speed, so that often the entire ship Is
awash. Though the sea was not es-
pecially rough when this photo was
made, the life lines were rigged up
and the Jackie was clothed in readi-
ness for rough weather.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-01-04
MASTERS SALE.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,

County Of Newberry.
Court of Common Pleas. -.
T George Derrick. Administrator ofthe
Estate Of Anne E. Derrick, Deceased,
and in his own right; Minnie E. Folk,
Mrs. n. P. O'Cain formerly Estellc
Derriek) and Patrick NJ. Derrick,
against
Lida s. Derrick and Lucy Derrick, De-
PENDANTS.
~ virtre of an order of thc court
ho~c:r 7 VII coll before ~" court ho"s"
- >-o--ro~r-, Q r. % - - ~~r''~-r =
-, ,irhcsf b;lIer, within The legal
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-01-04
IMPORTANT NEWS
The WORLD OVER
IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF THIS
AND OTHER NATIONS FOR
SEVEN DAYS GIVEN
THE news OF TNE ssouTA! !!
What Is Taking Place In The South.
land Will Be Found In
Brief Fa~2- aphs
Domestic.

A statement characteriZing as pro
German propaganda an attack made
upon the American Red Cross by so
called Observation-Disclosures because the
organization has given 100000 to the
medical staff of the United States army
in France for research work, has beer
madep ublic in Boston by James Jack
son, manager of the New England di
vision of the Red Cross.
A Maria, Texas, dispatch says eight
Mexican bandits were killed wheE
ranchers and American cayalryme1
fred on a band Of Mexican raiders
safter the Mexicans had killed Michae
Welch, driver Of a United States mail
stage, and his two Mexican passengers
and had looted the L. C. Brite store
at Candelaria, Texas.
1t is reported that Mexican bandite
traided the Fitzgerald ranch between
Maria, Texas, ana the river, driving
off all the horses from the ranch and
taking large quantity of provisions
A letter declaring nine bombs has
been placed in the executive mansion
capitol building, police station and res
licences of ''two head officers Of the
state Is reported to have been re.
ceived by Governor Stephens of Cali.
fornia and turned over to the police
The letter demanded that fifty thou.
sand dollars be placed in a rock pile,
near Oakland, December 81 at three
o'clock.
Flour mills at Minneapolis, MINI.
began grinding "war -four under the
new government regulations designed
to save 100000 bushels Of wheat In
the present crop year.
Under "war flour" regulations, ac
cording to Minneapolis, MINI, -four
men, "a per cent Of the wheat berry
will be used instead Of but so pez
cent and will eliminate two grades OF
Aour.
Wall Street expressed unqualified
its endorsement of President Wilson's
plan for the government to run the
railroads, by a sweeping advance In
the securities market.
Industrials and the many related
stocks which figure in daily market
dealings were ignored in the first up
spring Of prices in Wall street, but
were taken up later, on the the
cry that every line Of trade will be
stimuplated by the upbuilding Of the
railroads.
A plot to poison Red Cross bandages
and spread wholesale death among the
soldiers Of the United States and her
allies has been frustrated Cleveland.
Ohio, by department Of justice onio
ials.
More than 5000 surgical dressings
rolled by patriotic women in Toledo
Ohio, were infected with mysterious
greenish poison while in transit b.
tween Toledo and Cleveland.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-01-04

"Gets-It" has cured more corns
than all other remedies combined.
It's as sure as the cunrise, and as
safe as water. Used by millions.
Don't take q chance with your feet,
you can't afford to experiment
with unknown mixtures when you
"GetS-It" will remove any corn
or eallus. Wear those new, stylish
shoes or pumps if you want to-
go ahead and dance. Demand
"Gets-It,"-throw substitutes back
on the counter! 25c is all you need
pay at any drug store. or it will be
Chicago, Ill
ou1u al .>ewberry and recommended
P. b. Way. w. G. MayeS and New
berry Drug Co.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-01-04
European.

European.
Pope Benedict urges prayers for
peace. The holy father expresses hope
for a brighter future and rejoices at
the liberation Of Jerusalem.
The city Of Mannheim, in Germany,
on the Rhine, was bombarded by a
British air squadron. A ton Of bombs
was dropped and several fires were
started. All but one Of the British
machines returned.
Further reports Of the attempt OF
Austrian aviatorks to raid Treviso,
which resulted SO disastrousiy for
them, emphasize the brilliant work
done by both Italian and British avia-
tors. Although eleven Austrian ma
chimes were brouhgt down, only a few
Italian airplanes were damaged. Five
Italian and one British soldier were
killed. Six Italian and eight British
soldiers were wounded.
A Stockholm dispatch { Us an Amer.
ican diplomatic courier on his way to
Petrograd has been refused admission
to Russia on the ground that his pass
port had not been vised by M. Borov-
sky, the Bolsheviki minister at Stock.
holm.
On the fighting fronts Palestine Is
again in the nmelight. The British
have inflicted another severe defeat
upon the Turks near Jerusalem. North
and northwe est Of the Holy City the
British have made an advance On a
front Of nine miles, after having re-
pulsed q Turkish attack The Turks
suffered heavy casualties.
Artillery duels are in progress along
the entire northern front in the Ital-
ian theater.
In France only artillery lighting is
reported during the Christmas holl-
days.
The British labor conference has re-
affirmed without equivocation that it
is the determination Of labor to con-
TIME the war in order hereafter to
make the world safe for democracy.
The Russian Bolsheviki Is still hope
full that something will be done to
bring world peace, and is going ahead
along that line, although it has taken
a recess.
Snow and cold weather prevail over
the entire line from Belgium to the
Swiss border.
Great Britain and France, through
the British prime minister and the
French minister Of foreign affairs,
have made known to the world that
the terms under which the Teutonic
allies seek general peace are not sui
fcient.
In Italy the battle is still raging
on the Piave front. The Italians an
Dounce that they have recaptured, de-
spite s..ucDorn resistance the posi-
tions they had lost On the Asiago pla,
teau
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-01-04
For a Corn-peeling
Picnic, Use "Gets
Pain Eases at Once, Corn Just Dies!

Do your corn-ridding easily. with
smile,-the banana-peel way
That's the "Gets-It" Way,-the only
way,-your corn or callus comes off
complete as though it were glad to
get off.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-01-04

tennis. others croquet, some bowl, some
60 through semimilitary drill, and
each camp has lbs team for playing
what the guards cali football. The
ball is like a football. but 1t Is not
kicked. It Is batted with the hand.
For the men, the international Y. NJ
G. A. has established a clubhouse
equipped with tables, reading matter,
games and moving picture outfit An
American secretary Is in charge.
Work for Idle Hands.
The officers have nearly completed
a miniature German village by the riv-
erside. The houses are tiny affairs
scarcely large enough to let couple
of their burly builders squeeze in, and
much ingenuity and artistic design Is
shown in their rustic fashioning. Tree
limbs, broken brick, stones, old carpet,
flattened tin cans, all picked up in the
hotel grounds, are the material used
The United States furnished nothing.
Commodore Ruser, chief Of the Water.
land, built one of these tiny houses and
is very proud of the little brick stove
which heats it. Wien working on
their houses the Offices seem to have
sized TIER oliiciaidom and appear as
kindly, simple men. 1'a" common Tca-
ulep are building similar village.
The Springfield herald., 1918-09-06
s1.5O In Advance.
~ .r,.a as the Springfield. p'>,'n'''
.s Second -ciass hatter.

In ordering change of address, be
SIRE to give both the old ADDRESS and
the new.
The Springfield herald., 1918-09-06
PAINTING SPELLS
WEAK And NERVOUS
Indiana Laly Tells Interesting Stssy 4 Her Terrible Saas a.d
Bsw She Obt1i.ed ReEel b Taki.s Cardi.

Coatsbur& nl-Mrs. Myrtle Book
man. Of this place. writes: "For over
two years I suffered terribly with
female troubles. II would have awful
fainting spells. Just faint entirely
away. I was 70 awfully weak and
nervous and I'd have nervous chills.
too. Would have. spells. and had
got awfu1y rundown In health IN
svsry vsy..; This was when first
married e#itsred an awful lot. q
least for ~ two 5eArs. I
doctored II. the time. The doc.
tors didn't seem TO know what was
the matter Or couldn't reach the
disease and finally the doctor said he
couldn't do me any good. was in q
serious condition..
The Springfield herald., 1918-09-06
Republican

Having been solicited by my
many friends, l hereby announce
nv candidacy for The nomination
Of county treasurer on the repub-
;ican ticket. subiecf to the. dec'-
sion of the repuhlics'p voters "f
lie county, and rupise II nom
mated and electe TO oil the offic-
TO the best inter- SITS of the tx
PAYERS OF the co ntv, TO the best
Z. my .niiity
Nice lack.