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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-02-19
VALENTINE PARTY AND
MISCELLANEOUS SHOWER.

Mrs. VIM. Johnson, assisted by her
daughters, Mrs. R. B. Wallace and
Mrs. T. P. Johnson, delightfully."- en-
tertained Thursday afternoon at a
Valentine party and a miscellaneous
shower in honor of her niece, Miss
Annie Fox Kibler, whose marriage
will take place this month. For the
first hour of the afternoon the game
of hearts was enjoyed, the score
cards being artistic hand painted red
and white hearts bearing the initials
K. W. in gold After the games, the
guests were invited into the living
room where little Odalite Wallace
presented the bride to be with a
basket decorated with red and white,
filled with gifts for the bride After
the gifts were opened and passed
around by Miss .Kibler, dainty hand
painted hearts were given each guest
as souvenir Of the occasion. A
sweet course consisting of red and
white ice cream and cake carrying
out the idea of st. Valentines Day
was served by Misses Cornelia, Mary
and Odalite Wallace.
Those enjoying Mrs. Johnson's hos
pitality were: Miss Kibler, Mrs.
Kibler, Mrs. Chapman, Mrs. S. B.
Jones, Mrs. F. c. Sigh, Mrs. r. D.
Smith, Sr., Mrs. Robt Hanna of
Cheraw, Mrs. Wingfeld webster of
Atlanta, Mrs. Ralph Baker, Mrs. Ho-
mer Schumpert Mrs. R. B. Wallace,
Mrs. T. P. Johnson, Misses Rosalyn
Hfpp, Margaret Burton, Julia Johns
tone, Ruby Goggans, Gena Wheeler.
Trent Keitt. Margaret Moore, Ruth
Seymore. Frances Forney, Meta De
Loach, Louise Sullivan, Kate Sum-
mer, Leila Dennis, Octie Griffin, Caro-
lyn Caldwell, Woodie Bowman, Marian
Jones, Sara Williamson, Cornelia
Mayer and Maude Epting.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-02-19
&TWLN BEDS" FAMOUS
COMEDY. COMING.

The opera house announces
laughing festival on Wednesday.
March 6. when Salisbury Field and
Margaret Mayo's merriest OF al,
comedies. "Twin Beds" will have its
first local presentation under the di>
rection of A. S. Stern and COMPANY,
the noted New York producers.
Hearty tributes to the irresitihle
drollery Of this plav were recorded
bv the critics Of New York. where
it broke all records in a solid years
run at the Harris Theatre The same
testimony was evoked in London,
where it has already reached its
second vear and is sti1l PLAYING. and
in Australia, where it has to its credit
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-02-19
PARn SHt0LS CASES;
SETTLED OUT OF COURT
Many Damage Suits Against Power
COMPANY SatiSiaatriOEE Adins.ed

eNAHPHhy 'JNtA>itANt ioty .Au!HS~|u
1t IS indeed very gratifying news
that a majority OF Parr Shoals law
suits have been settled and will no
longer clog the dockets of the courts.
Satisfactory compromises have been
effe ted with the plaintiffs IN these
cases. the Parr Shoals company pay
ing reasonable SUMS Tor damages
caused by the dam. The settlement
was concluded here Friday by the
following attorneys: Please & Blease,
2. y. Barron. of Union and Mower dc
Bynrm. representing the plaintiffs.
the Parr Shoals company being rep
resented by Elliott and Herbert, of
Colufbia and Hunt. Hunter and
Hunter. There were % OF these cases
undergoing settlement. leaving only
eight or nine more unsettled those
represented by Thompson and Kim
ball. of Columbia for the plaintiffs
and Elliott and Herbert for the COM
pany.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-02-19
Chamberlain INTERRUPTS.

'sI merely want to say" interrupted
Senator Chamberlain, "that the names
were given to the secretary or war.
The senator from Kentucky said
the overcoat shortage had been rem
edied. Abiding to Senator Hitchcock 5
speech, he said there would have been
enough ships now if the ship pur-
chase bill of 1915 had been passed
"I betray no confidence" he de-
clared, 'fbut at a dinner given to Mar
shal Joffre I heard him say that the
most soldiers he need from us IN
France was thirty thousand. He
wanted them there to inspire France
What ere the faets2 We~sba sent
not, the 10000, but many times 10o,-
coo. Has, a military establishment that
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-02-19

women. Mrs. JOHN KoPPELMANN, R.
No. l, Mclean, Nebraska
This famous root and herb remedy,
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, has been restoring women of
America to health for more than forty
years and it will we'll pay any woman
who suffers from displacements, In
fammation, liberation, irregularities,
backache, headaches, nervousness or
"the blues'' to give this successful
remedy trial.
For special suggestions in regard to
your ailmept write. Lydia 8. Pinkham
Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass. The result
OF its long experience is at your service
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-02-19

en-. Messrs. Joe Meats, Beach@a
McIntire, Leland Wood, Edgar NJ
Connell and Robert Dlease and Rev.
w. r. Bouknight
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-02-19
To ALL WOMEN
WHO ARE ILL
This Woman Recommends
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Cornpound-Her
Personal Experience.
Mclean, Neb.-"I want to recon-
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SOIllpOGliU ~ q
women who suffer
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disturbance, as it
has done me more
good than all the
doctors medicine.
Since taking it I
have a fine healthy
baby girl and have
gainedin health and
strength. My hus-
band and I both
praise your med
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-02-19
Red Cross Notes.

Urgent requests are coming from
headquarters in Atlanta for comfort
pillows, and the Supplies committee
would appreciate very much if every
woman who is member of the New
berry county chapter, and; who is not
working on surgical dressings, would
make one of these. The pillows are
made Of any substantial white mate
rial. I2x1S inches. when finished and
stuffed with feathers. cotton or any
light colored soft material cut up into
very small pieces.
ST. Philips school has the distinc-
ton Of organizing the first Junior
School auxiliary in the county. Misses
Ola Brown and Frances Caldwell are
the teachers. Their first work was to
send a check for s21 towards buying
supplies for the county chapter.
Funds are very low in the chapter
treasury and any contributions for
surgical dressings and supplies in
general will be most acceptabIe
Flosie W. Wright.
Chairman Publicity Committee
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-18

OWN PEOPLE ARE SHEDDING THEIR BLOOD AND
ON THE WINNING OF WHICH THE FUTURE OF THE
WORLD DEPENDS.
This kind of censorship is not to here the
border, especially TO the newspaper 1t applied
when Gen. Pershngs expedition in Mexico The lid
kept the correspondents in the field from first to
last Their censored to death keep Mexican
bandits and others from learning Of the American
ments, disposition of forces etc
What was the result? CORRESPONDENTS GOT THE
NEWS FROM MEXICAN SOURCES Generally, encoun-
tiers between Pershngs troops and bandits known in
uarez before the correspondents at field headquarters
allowed to wire about them Correspondents could
send out details of engagements 48 hours after all the
papers in the United States had published the essential
facts, OBTAINED FROM SOURCES OUTSIDE THE PER
SHING LINES For the rest, correspondents with Gen
Pershng could write about the Tenth cavalry shooting
craps and the big Christmas tree at Colonia Dublan.
censorship Just like had in Mexico and Just like
have in France what kept England IN apathy
regarding the until after disaster had followed disaster
and ministries had been overturned and until LORD
NORTHCLFFE DEFIED THE CENSORSHIP and printed
the truth-that the army not holding its while
the pleas of the forces in France for high explosive to
blast the Germans of their dugOus Then England
up the and turned the United Kingdom into
great combination Of munitions factory and shpyard
The censorship modified and the people got whatever
news there was, good or bad
That is what need The remedy is not US to do
Northclffe did kick the and break the
sorship, but for decided modification of the censorship
rules by Gen Pershing himself and then for intel
gent exercise of them by board of comprising
unsympathetc army officers but made up of trained
civilians who should be held responsible for any
violation of the censorship.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-18
s122O



Mr.. Glenn says the broom that is
itemized is the same as his concern
turns out as No. u, one OF the best
broOms he makes He says his cost
sheet is figured less. For instance. he
figures % cent broom corn as against
p Is cents. His labor is S1.27 against
S1.S6. His factory overhead. "a cents
against 50 cents.
Other costs in FL Paso. he says. are
lower in proportion, yet his firm is
forced, he says, to sell the broom to
1obbers at IS cents, and this is nearly
100 percent advance over what the
firm could sell the same broom for a
year ago
I cite this so the public may see
how things generally have advanced"
said Mr. Glenn. continuing. I'VE sell
this broom to the wholesale merchant
at S9-SS. We sell only TO jobbers and
they in turn sell the broom at the list
Qrice Of S1l.50. and every one knows
they are entitled TO the usual 10
percent jobbers' discount. as it costs
them at least 10 percent to do bust
ness, thus making them a five percent
profit The retail merchant pays
Sl1-50 to the jobber for this broom,
and he in turn sells il to the trade a
S1.25 each, a little over Is cents profit
each We formerly sold this broom
at S5-25 per dozen. and we made more
money on II then than now at $9SS.
The p ices of raw material are ad-
vancing steadily and I freely predict
that II will be necessary. in order to
stay in business. TO advance the price
OF brOomS from time to time"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-18
FACTS ABOUT OUR NAVY
Meaning Of Clouds At Sea.
By LIEUTENANT FIIzaUeH GREEN. {. :. Y.

This cloud Is the aTlators friend
sometimes his foe-because lie may
use it for cover as the infantryman
uses brush or timber or fog.
Which brings US, not to me giraffe
in the next cage, but to the well
known (by sight IL not by nanel
Stratus clouds. These are no more
than elevated fog banks, shallow,
flat, and tain. Along a coast where
the difference OF temperature be-
tween Land and water creates a con-
tinuOus supply of mist Stratus clouds
are the most common form Their
altitude depends on strength and
direction Of wind and upon the baro-
metric pressure, and ranges from
1000 to 1000 feet.
Then there are the hyphsnstes.
Giro Cumulus, CumulO Nimbus.
which are merely combinations o.
two or more simple forms. The last
named are thunder clouds, which. as
the rain begins, merge gradually into
the watery Nimbus-
All these forms are recorded hourly
in the battleship's log. Even the ad
miral watches them and studies their
!diosyncrasies- For who can tell when
the weather gauge may, as has hap
pened in every war including the
present one, determine the fate o. a
fleet
someday Sailors, when we've re-
tired and gone to farming, wen be
glad we understand these clouds.
Corn, you know, and sweet potatoes.
and other fruit. lie limp in the
drought Of a Cirrus sky. But be-
Gained under the gathering Cumulus
they heave up. double reef. and speed
for next comes Ninbus The Great
Refresher.
Say, Jack. what makes a cornstalk
tassel. anyway 7'-Copyright 1918, by
George Matthew Adams
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-18
STANDARD GROCERY TAKES
IN TWO NEW DIRECTORS

At the annual stockholders and d.
rectors' meeting Of the Standard Gro
Gerry company, held Thursday evening,
the following directors were re
elected: George G. Franklin, So!
Franklin, Joe G. Franklin, ". K.
Eel and J. J. Jones. In addition, c.
l. Eel and A T. Prather were
elected directors OF the company
C. L. Ezell is vice president Of
the Security Bank and Trust COM
psny. Mr.. Prather is living at Ro-
Rodeo, \. n. He is the former owner
OF the Rodeo Trading company of
that place. having sold out his bust
ness there sev eral months ago He
is the fatherinlaW Of W. r. Ezell
All officers of the company were
reelected-George G. Franklin, presi-
dent; W. r Ezell, vice president and
general manager; ]. J Jones, secre-
tary and treasurer. The Standard
owners reported a very successful
year and that they are going to
change their policy in some ways and
give the people OF El Paso the benefit
Of their purchasing power by selling
on a closer margin of profit during
the period of the war, even II their
profits are greatly reduced.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-18
Little Interviews
Housewives, Here's Why Your Broon1S Are So High
Pay Your Poll Tax; This Is Busy Year, Says Dudley

-OR the information OF house.
= wives, and in justice to the
4 wholesale and retail mer-
chants. as well as to ourselves, I
would like to submit a few figures to
show the cost OF making and selling
brooms." said W. H. Glenn, secretary
Of the Glenn Broom Manufacturing
company. OF FL Paso.
The most important item TO enter
into the cost OF a broom is broom corn,
which is selling now from S100 10
$3.50 per ton The corn that sells at
500 to $3.50 can be used only as in
side in a very poor broom, and it is
necessary to use high priced corn for
hurl or covers in this grade of broom,
which runs the average cost uD to
II - cents per pound, or $3.50 per
ton. In the better grade broOms We
use corn that averages % cents a
pound, or $40 per ton This corn for
merly sold from four cents to five
cents, or from $50 to 500 per ton
Handles SIX Times as High.
THE next important item in raw
materials are the handles Handles
that formerly sold at SIS per 1000 are
now quoted at $50 per 1000. These
prices do not include freight and cost
Of handling.
Wire that sold at four cents, is
now "a cents. Linen Irvine that
formerly sold at 30 cents. is now
worth so cents. Broom locks sold a
year ago at 20 cents a gross and are
now so cents Dye. which is used to
obtain a uniform color on broom corn,
sold before the war at IS cents per
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-18
Short Snatches
From Everywhere


No use calling the Russians hard
names-they're accustomed to them.
Brooklyn Eagle.
Russia is making history like =
suffering man telling a funny sto-v
kansas City Star.
Messrs- Postpone, Procrastinate and
Delay are three prominent agents Of
Prussia in the United States.-Chi-
cago Daily News.
The kaiser's evident motive in his
speech IS to prove that Germany is
still offensive; and nobody will deny
it--New York sun.
The bolshevik didn't ask much:
They requested the kaiser TO make
the world safe for democracy. Like
asking Old Nick TO deliver a cake of
ice.-St- Louis Star.
Nothing is deadlier than a machine
gun View York World. Nothing
except the lack Of a machine gun
Philadelphia North American.
DID the war department base its
alstrloutlon Of overcoats on tempera-
ture figures taken from southern re-
SOFT booklets New York Sun
The kaiser is now reported to have
set the grand offensive for February.
He'd better choose one of the longer
ACCOMPLISHMENTS Republican.
russia viii come out all right. says
John r. Stevens. And Mr. Stevens has
an enviable reputation as a keen OBJ
seryer.-Charleston News and Courier.
Wei, If Russia is lost to US. all
right We never did want TO make
the world safe for the bolshevil1 kind
OF democracy anyway-Kansas City
Star.
With all proper respect to members
OF congress, we wish they'd quit COM
ing home so much and give the rail-
roads a chance to haul a little coal
Kansas City Star.
The bolshevik will hurt their cause
by bringing the Russian prisoners
home from Germany. They have no
idiotic decisions about the Germans
st Louis Globe-Democrat.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-18

.O the sailor weather is a science.
And though he lash his wheel
- on a down east ketch or tickle
ten ton rudder with a warship's
electric helm. clouds 10 him are more
than clouds; they are the handwrit-
ing on the wall Of heaven; and they
warn him or dispense his fears ac-
cording TO their shape, size and dis
tribution.
Now for some Roman punch AS
was the misfortune OF ancient Gaul
clouds also est divisa into three parts.
Quorum unum incolunt Cirri-mean-
ing right off the bat we have Cirrus
clouds, the highest and most import
ant. They are the little feathery
cherub wings and the long hairy
mares tails which float above all
others from two to eight miles up In
the sky. From them the weather man
is able to humble '-fleecy sky storm
is nigh" making thereby 81 to IS per
week.
Ths great value Of the Cirrus clouds
to mariners lies in their intimacy
with that very tickle and often dis
reputable character the barometer
When atmospheric pressure is high,
/. e. fair weather is at hand, these
clouds are forced up and are broken
OF a summer afternoon Low pres
sure, on the approach Of a storm,
permits Cirrus to fall into clots, later
drawn out into long feathers by the
wind. This is the characteristic wind
or storm sky.
A revolving storm or cyclone may
iFradiate cloud forms Occasionally
high lines Of cirrus point 10 the cen
ter of the disturbance. Ordinarily,
however. people mistake for this the
simple conveyance OF perspective
parallel lines OF clouds closing in the
distance just as railroad rails do.
Next-its naval all right the same
lecture a blue-jacket gets-come the
Cumulus or wool pack clouds, great
heaped up banks Of vapor dome
shaped and white above. fiat dark and
threatening below. They are formed
by a diurnal ascensional movement"
say the Sigh-an'-spits- But, being no
scientist, I'd put it; the balloon,
ladies' and gents. goes up every after
noon-at least in the rainy seasons OF
the year. The name is allied to nim-
bic as applied to the alacrity with
which one seeks cover when the MIN
bus opens up
Nimbus. or raincloud, is the name
given black fractured masses OF Gu
mulus- The Nimbus is distinctly IN
popular with young ladies. small boys
and naval sailors Windjammers
welcome the Nimbus because it re-
plenishes their fresh water supply
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-18
Chicago Boasts Largest
Grain Elevator in World

Chicago, Ill, Jan. 1S.-The city now
boasts the largest grain elevator in
the world-the Chicago & Northwest
ern Railroad company's terminal eie-
vatOr at Irondale. suburb which
was opened the first OF the year. 1t
is operated by the Armour Grain COM
pany.
The elevator has a trackage capac-
ity OF 1850 cars; it's IS storage bins
in the working house =ill hold 81, 900
bushels OF grain and the cleaning and
dipping capacity is 1.25e, 600 bushels
daily. The storage house proper has
104 tanks, with a capacity OF 4,3s5.000
bushels, and provision for future
-us TIIlS -sI5qsnq 0OO'S0s's 20 5SsIols
other house near the storage house
has a capacity Of 77s.00O bushels.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-18
Uncle Walls Denatmed Poem.
New Year Troubles

~ New Years day made pledge that would smoke
morning began to hedge and burned
Just nov and then before that pledge sub but while tOIng
al
and @ smoke pipe until it's hot and then To all tobacco
chased,
and pipes and nnei they say yoke
Tobacco
brings trouble than delight;
they made their and placed
the old pipe
the eroo and dodge the hausTau cold
y WALT
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-18
MAY DECIDE TO ISSUE NEW
ROAD BONDS. SERIAL FORM

Tentative decision to issue the
s25O,OOO road bonds recently voted,
in the serial form, redeemable $4,000
a year until paid. has been reached
by the county commissioners. When
commissioner J F. Williams returns
to the city, the matter will be de-
cided definitely.
This would require a tax levy Of
about Al cents on each $1,000 valua-
ton, it was calculated.
Bids for building the roads for
which the bonds were issued will be
received February 4. The roads in
question are: That to Ysleta, that
running north through the center Of
the county and that running north
west out Of FL Paso city.
It is estimated that over 10000 women
garment workers in New York are out II
work
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-18

as this is received we viii take ae-
ton"
There may be those who doubt the
effectiveness OF sanitation and a
knowledge Of the ills Of children ano
how to treat them, in the matter OF
keeping down the death rate" said :
G. Wintherz If there are such, they
ought TO go to the health department
OF the city hall and inspect the record
OF deaths and births. They would find
not only that the births IN the lower
or south side OF town greatly exceed
those in the north per capita OF pops
lation, but that the deaths do also.
don't know what the percentage is.
but the infant mortality or that side
Of the city is certainly much greater
than on the north
Prohibition is coming, and il VIII
be brought along by the states all
voting for II" said z K. S<edman
This war is helping more perhaps
than anything else TO bring about the
finish Of the liquor business America
is going to come out OF this war with
a record for doing things that viii not
only be surprise to the Germans
but 10 a good many other peoples as
wen, and not the least OF them Will be
the cleaner living among the civilian
population as wei as among the SOL
diers."
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-18

finding good men for our armies to
defend the world and make il safe for
democracy is the liquor evil"
"One OF the delightful things about
FL Paso is that everyone is so
friendly" said Miss II White ''NYher-
ever I go in the city I meet pleasant
faces People seem 10 know how TO
smile readily here, and haven't the
grudging attitude toward friendliness
which people sometimes have who
live in other cities This is not typi-
cal OF the west as much as it is OF
countries where the living conditions
are not bitterly hard I believe
know that in cold countries where the
fight for existence. food, shelter. heat
and clothing is one Of tremendous
stress, the very fight seems 10 take
the gayety out Of life and makes peo-
pie sober, sad and melancholy, with
no real reason Tor such an attitude
other than the climate. Here where
the sun shines 50 much OF the time the
people seem 10 absorb some of the "a
dance into their lives and characters
and carry the warmth and geniality
in to their relations with their fell
lows
When / hear a great musician.
such as Maude Powell. il makes me
realize what treasures there are in the
Money can buy some of these treas
ures. and indeed many Of them are
dependent upon a certain amount OF
money by which they can be obtained.
but they are the treasures Of the
spirit which enrich human life and
human experience as no other treas
ures can Mere possession signifies
nothing The vast deserts, the tow
ering mountains, the purple evening
glow on the distant hills. the streaks =
OF radiance in the sunset sky-what do
they mean to him who has sold his
soul, his heart, his appreciation to the
love OF gOld2 Heaven is on earth to
those who can appreciate the kindli-
ness OF humanity, the urging forward
and upward OF the human spirit. the
beauty and glory OF great music, the
charm and wonder of fine statuary
and beautiful pictures, and the con-
tinuous pleasure to be obtained from
life-life and the component parts OF
life-the arts and the experiences
We do not need much gold, great pos
sessions Of the earth. to appre-
,iate these things OF the spirit and OF
he world And when We can appre-
,iate them, even II feebly, we have Q
world OF joy all our own"
Turquoise gems are very popular
with soldiers as well as tourists, and
after a soldier has been in FL Paso for
/ time he learns that the Texas tur-
luoise is a nice present to send 10
friends and relatives" said A. h
Hudson. The tourist trade is also
good and business along this line
seems 10 be reviving."
: =
The move 10 fix maximum prices
n fOodstuffs passing into Mex
leo oy the FL PasO price iuterpretat-
ing committee is a matter OF great
Importance TO Juarez." said R Lozana =,
5aldana- I wish to say that the Jua-
req chamber of commerce Will COOP {
crate with the FL Paso committee in
avery way possible. I have not re-
ceived the invitation officially to ap-
point a committee which I am in ,
formed it was decided to send the Iua-
reg chamber Of oommeree. but as soon