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MISTRIAL IN COOK CASE. $200 Verdict Agreed Upon in Case of Fulmer vs. Southern-Common Pleas Court. The common pleas court ad journed late Saturday afternoon. The case of E. Herbert Cook vs. the Carolina Manufacturing com pany, suit for damages in the suim of $15,ooo, resulted in a inistrial. The case was entered upon Wednes day morning and was given to the jury at about ten o'clock Saturday morning. The jury after remain ing out more than six hours an nounced that they could not agree upon a verdict. In the case of Fulmer vs. the Southern, counsel agreed upon a verdict of $200 for the plaintiff and a jury was einpanelled and the ver dict promptly rendered, the entire case consuming less than fifteen minutes of the time of the court. The case had been appealed to the supreme court and remanded to the circuit court for a new trial. The right of a railroad company to charge excess fare where ticket was not purchased by passenger was the main point at issue, Fulmner having been put off a train between Pros perity aid Newberry because he did n(t have the m1oner inl his p)IckeC to pay the twelnty-five ecits Th<se tw'. e.t-es were the onily Cases h.arl by juiles during the week. the one! resiltilig ill a muis trial and co1iusel agreeing upon a erdict il the other. A NEGRO MIX-UP. Men Fotght Each Other and Then Fought Women --Shot-guns in Evidence. There wias a lively fight among Sa uiniber of negroes on Spearman's row, just ouitsi(de the eastern limits of tie city, early yesterday after noon. It seetis that a iinlber of negroes were in the adjoining woods gamb ling. liquor flowed freely and a fuss was started Fd. Williams a-ii Will Brown had a shot-glin betweel t1111 and they fired several tiles, without effect, at Nathan Lindsav alId Jim Smith Lindsay and Siith ran to a hotie in which wer, several Wom1ell Williams and Brown fol lowed into the house and a general fight ensied in which the wollen were very ba' I .r. ised. anid quieted the~ distirbme budi htt as thlese hlouses are outside the town) limi ts the polIice force hlad no aui thoriity to mat:ke arrests Several wa rra ills welre sworti ult. be~focre Ma giVtrate C:auippell yester .hav afternooen and he will deal with such offenders a5s 'have 1not left for There ha vte :.etn -Ceveral inceidenlts of this kind ina this particular Io calit y dutr ing the past several weeks. Merchant -Copeland. Cards are out annoa ucinig the marriage of Mr. WV. E. Merchant and Mliss NIiinnie Copeland, which happy event is to eceur 011 T1hurs daiy aftiernooni 0, Nove'mb er 26. at Sh1aroniel churell 1Kin ards. Mr Mer chant lives near Jalapa and( is well known in Newhberry. Miss Cope land is a d aughiter of t he Rev. J R. C?ope'anld. l)eathl of ,ihn Wc. McCublouigh. John WX. 'de Culloutgh (lied at his hlomle in Weost hId early Fridlay moinin1g, aged abiout 55 yearis. Ile was st rickenuwith1 paraly sis and deat h was sud(denl. MIr. MIcCulloughl was born1 iln the Trinuityv section of the counity aiid hlis remiains were in terredl at Trinity, with Masonic lhnors, Sunday mer'ing. Thle full cral service was coniducted by the Rev. N. N. Burton. DEATH OF MR. GBORGE A. SLIGH. One of the Oldest Citizens of Newberry County Passes Away at Beth Eden. M1r. George A. Sligh, of the Beth! I Eden section of the county, died, after a briel illness, at the home of his son, Mr. Albert C. Sligh, on Saturday night. At the time of! his death lie was at the advanced age of eighty-one years. The re mains were interred at Beth E-den Sunday afternoon, the funeral ser vices being conducted by the Rev. S. H. Zimmerman. Mr. Sligh had lived a long life I and it was a life full of usefulness. 1 He was a life-long member of Beth Eden church. He was the father. of Mr. A. C. Sligh and Mr. Wi. C. Sligh, of the county, and of Mrs. T'. F. Greneker, of this city. His death will be sincerely mourned by those who knew him. I VARIOUS AND ALL ABOUT. G. W. Ililler is announced a can didate for alderman from Ward 5. Miss Erin Kohn, of Columbia, is I visiting friends and relatives in i Newberrv. Mr. F. H. Leslie, who is in Bish opville at work on a big building contract. spent Sunday at home. Ir. G. F. Long will have a per nal saile of his property at his resi dc1ie on tie first day of )cceinber. Tilose iliteinitig to elitcr the munmicipal primary must file their j,'eJgcs at or hfore 1 2' o'clock today. e were two cases hel~ore the t mayor yesterday morning. Tohe Jetcr, colored. received a sentence of S3.oo for cursing on the streets, - and Tom iSmith, colored, was sen- a tenced to pay a fine of $3.oo or serve a days for disorderiv conduct. Grand Master Blease and Major y Fred. H. I)ominiick went to Clinton s last night to attend a banquet by the Clinton lodge. Grand Mister f Blease made an address. There was a serious but not fata: cutting scrape in the negro quarter known as Schumpert's row, on Sat- I U rday night. Kittie Gallman slashed Alex Satterwhite with a knife and Sattcrwhite hit the wo man several times with a stick. Both will appear before the mayor as soon as they are able. THANKSGIVING FOOTBALL. The Town and The College Will Meet On Tihe Giridiron on Thanksgiving Day. A game of foothpill bet ween a Newv bcrry college team and a teamu fronm the town has beenm arranged to be played on the college g rid ironm on Thn;ursday afternoon, the 26th, Thlanksg ivinig day. T1he toamns are at hia rd work practicing and an in terestinug game wvill no doubt be pullled off.. The t wo line- ups have not yet beeii comipletei y arranged butt will b)e announced in due time. ARE THERE HEIRS? Relatives of Pinekiiey Caldwell May Se cure Valuable Information. It is (desired to kniow if there are li vinig any' heirs of IPinckiney CaldI well, whio Iceft SonthI Carol inai about I835 and( imioved to Texas. If there he ainy they miay secure valuable iiformationi by inaking thiemiselves kiio wn i to CoXle. U. lease, Esq. Nego Stoic Chothintg Out fit. Chief Harris several dlays ago re ceivedl a letter fromi a memiber of a loat inmg railroad gaiig asking him i to recover certaiin articles of clothing which the writer thought had been stoleni froii hiimi in Chester- county by Hichiard T1hacker. Chief Harris arrested Thacker, who at the time of the arrest had oii the clothing described. Thiacker said he won the clothing from the negro. RBBDY RIVBR ASEOCIATIO Program of Union Meeting To Be Held With Fairview Church No vember 2T-29. Following is the program of the Unior meeting of the Reedy Iiver association, to be held with Fairview churea, November 27, 28, 29, 1903: Introductory sermon, - Friday, ii a. im. by Rev. G. A. Wright. SUBJRCTS FOR DISCUSSION 4 i. The New Testament idea of Christians and church growth-J. II. Pearcy and I". II. Longshore. 2. The responsibility and duties of a Christian citizen-L W. Swope; and M. J. Scott. 3. What is a church and what is its work-G. A. Wright and J. NI. Suber. 4. The obligation, spirit and benefits of Church discipline,-H. Fowler and J. S. Dominick. ,5. The teaching and relation of Baptism and the Lord'sSupper. -E. A. McDowell and N. N. Burton. 6. Woman's Missionary meet ng, 2 p. in. Saturday. 7. Missionary sermon, i i a. in., Sunday, by L. W. Swope. Pastors and delegates are re (iested to note that the meeting will begini on Friday. It is earn estly urged that every church le represeitcd and those expecting to attend cotlie onl Friday aid stay until Sunday. Advertised Letters Remaiuing- inl Postoftice for the week ending Nov. 17, 1903. 13-Nelson Bangong, Mrs Susie Baker, Tom Berry, irs Nannie Brown, -1. W. Bowles. C --Miss Maud Cromer. H. C. Cromner, \Irs. Cummings Counts, W. H. Counts. D-Lula Davis. ). C. Driggers. F-Savilla Floyd. G--Miss Anis Goldman, Mollie Gleen. H--Elize Hailstock, Harrison Heut, N. S. Hogg, A. J Holloway. J-lev. S. G. Jackson, Elen Jaxon, Martha Jones. K-Redmnon Kinard. M--J. T. Middleton, John G. Miller, John A. Morris. N-Mrs. Billy Nance, Mrs Eliza beth Nichols. O-E. A. Oakian. P-Miss Abbie Pierce. R-Emannel Riciardson, Lillie Bell Roberson. Mrs. Gordon Senft, E. C. Shealy. W-Sallie Wallace, Albert Wash ington, Pearlie William, T. M. Yeats. Person s calling for these letters will please sa that they were ad vertised. C. J. P~ucECo., P. NI. If troubled with a weak dligestion try Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver~ Tablets. T1hey will (1o you good. For~ sale by W. 2. Pelham & Son, New berry, S. C., andl( Prosp)erity Drug Co. Prosperity, S. C. mo O994. ~Treasury Deparitment 011l0 Of Ooipol' of1'0 tho U111'1'il1y W ashington, D. C., 0 ober 12, 1903. IA IEREAS, by satisfactory evi den(11ce p)resentedl to the under signed, it has been made to appear' that Th'le People's National Bank of Pros pecrity,"' located in the Town of Pros - Iperity, in the County ot Newherry, and *State of SouIth C arolina, ha~s comli,lI -'i t.h all the provisions1 of the St at uca of. the U nitedc States, requLiIred to be' comli edl wi thtI beor~e an as3sociation4 -shall be aucthcoriz.edt to commocence the bsiness- of lhanking; Now thereflore I, Tlhomias P'. Kane, Depu; t y anid A ct inog Corntpt roller of. t he Currency,~ doL he rebyi C cetify tThat. "h n' P eop)le's N ationai IBanik of P rosperity," x loca te-l in the 'Town of P.Irosperity, in - the County of Newtherrty, and State of SSouth C arolina, 5is author~iized t.o com. i mnee the butsiness of Haniking as peo Svided( inl Setion Fiftty-onte hundred ant tsixty-nine of' the Revised StaLtts of the United St ates. O 'In testimony whereof witness my hlant o [Ls. and Seal o? oflice this Twelfth (lday of October, 1903. TV. P. KANE, (e Deputy and Acting Comnptroller of th< Currency. NOVEL AND UNIQUE Will be the Entertainment to be Given by the Lutheran Ladies on the 20th Of this Month. By their several very pleasant mtertainments during the past year )r more the ladies of the Lutheran 'hurch of the Redeemer have nmined a very hiappy reputation for .ieir ability to provide at sinall .ost to the publie atn entertaittiet hat is novel and unique and all to 'ether enljoyable, Thie"Ti Zound the World" last year, the -ecent "Silver Tea'' given by these adies are examples. Now they inve ontlined a plan which promis s an evening even tnore full of )leasure than theit past etntertain lients. The entertainment has not yet )Senl named t'Or tie reason that the nost diligent English students who lave been consulted have failed to uggest a imne so all cotnprehiein ive as to include the pleasures of he whole evening and at the san'e ime conivevingr, the idea that all hese pleasures may be taken ill for lie small price of the admission at he door. which is twenty-five ents. Epipaneithein is the most easible 1et suggested but that will >rolbly be ruled out. Bazaar ould include pm t of the entertain nent because there will be articles or sale. But this sale of articles i not the real elitertaininenlt and lose who attendIl may etijoy tlie velnig in peace without buying a ingle article unless they ileet So isposed. The articles will sell on heir merit. The entertainment will be given I the armory on the night of the oth of this mionth. The tickets dnit to the hall and the coupon ttached is good for a good luncheon lich will be served In the cafe by oung men dressed as chiefs. As tated, the coupon on admission icket entitles holder to this lunch ree. A gypsy band telling fortunes vill be encamped in the hall. The ypsies will render instrumental nusic and there will be a number >f vocal selections, including the lebrated gypsy chorus from "The 3oliemian Girl." All articles on the notion table, ncluding toys for the children, use ul articles for those who are not :hildren any more, will be sold for iot more than five atnd ten cents. D)elicious candies wvill be served at t candly booth. There will be a postoflice, a fish pond, and a cake table, at which cake will be served. Th'le little girls will be interestedI to know there will be a doll table where dIollies, dressed and undressed, in all shapes and sizes, will be sol. The p)lace is the Armiory, the date. Friday, the 20th. A WAY OPBN Many a Newberry Reader Kinows it We There Is a way open to convince thi g!reattest skt) te. Scorest of Newbeirra pieople hav'e matde it possible. T1he publie -tatemient of their exp)erieceiC i pro'of the like( of whl Iih has niever beei produced before in Newberry. Reat this <ase of it given by ia citizen: W. p. u';wart of the tirm of I'watr 'i fer Co. , cliotntile rt an d genz tlEieen furnish ings tddress .\ l a street say "I have used D)oani's Kidney ill I with my'4 bactk antd kidIneyv for guite wh' ie tihe seret ions friom thIe kidneyc weret tvery' dark,il contid tedimen igh~t. Tihere waVIs a duu lpini a':roi my~, loin: fo" whli I wor' pla1t$tr, a. usecd lin imetnts b)ut wt iitot anyt appald ent t'tf.cts I noticed iti ouri newspapItIs whtt,)Dtan's (1 Kiney 1PiI e hadl done ft oth.er's, and I calle ~d at W. E. Pelhai t frinee tn my kIdney seecretions hav regianed their' ntuoral color' antd a:ctio mny rest is not disturbed att igih t tan thle pain in m1 iy bacek has entirely le tle.' F"or sile by all dealer's. PrIce cents etach per box. Poster-MN iburnl ( Buffalo, N. Y., sole agents for ti United States. Remember the namii Doants and tal no suhasttte. THB COTTON MARKET. What the Fleecy Staple Was Bringing Yesterday Afternoon in the Various Portions of the County. Newberry. (Corrected by Nat Gist.) 2ood Middling ........ .11 1-8 3trict Middling ....... 11 diddling ......... 10 7-8 Market Weak Prosperity. Corrected by J. L. and A. G. Wise.) ,ood Middling . . . . . . . . 11 Chappells. (Corrected by John R. Scurry.) zood Middling. . . . . . . . . 11 Ponaria. (Corrected by Aull, Hentz & Co.) ,ood Middling . . . . . . 11 12 1-2 Little Mountain. (Corrected by J. B. Lathan.) zood Middling . . . . . . . . 11 Kinards. (Corrected by Smith Bros.) zood Middling ....... 11 SPECIAL NOTICES. HORSE FARM FOR RENT-Ap ply to M. M. BUFORD, Newberry, S. C. COMPLETE LINE best Perfumes and Toilet Waters at Wooten's. AjOR SALE OR RENT-My house and lot on West Nance street, on ,ood and easy terms. Possession given n 21st instant. W. A. FuiLMER. IGGEST LINE Trunks and Bags B At Wooten's. r OST -- Overcoat with pair Gray Kid -G Gloves and Black Silk Muflier. teward if returned to this office. 1t NTALUABLE REAL ESTATE FOR SALE Sixty Acres adjoining in !oiI)orate limits of Newberry. High 'tate ot cultivation. One hundred and ort v acres on and a half miles from OWn. Good ereek and river bottom, ine imleadows on both tracts. For in ormat ion1 apply to G. M. 13. EPTrING. or E. 11. AuL._ IOME LOAN AND TRUST CO. The Stoc:holders of this con pany tre hereby notified that the second in talment to the capital stock will be lue and payable on Monday 16th inst., it the office of The Herald and News. E. H. AULL, -ecretary and Treasurer. W ANTED-Faithful person to travel for well established house in a few counties, calling on re tail merchants and agents. Local ter ritory. Salary $20.00 per week with expenses additional, all payable in ensh -ach week. Money for expenses ad vanced. Position permanent. Busi ess successful and rushing. Standard House, 330 Dearborn St., Chicago. OR RENT-Six Room Cottage on Fcollege street, in front of 11CleL e campus. Apply to Mits. M. E. LAK). ANUFACTURER wants reliable - man to deliver and collect; horse and wagon and $150 deposit neUtssary; $21 a week and expenses; permanent. Franklin, Box 78, Philadelphia, Pa. 4t W I Y NOT BUY TH IE BVT? Yiou can get It. from Guy Dan iels. Eve rvt,h ing to be had from a tirst-cla..S Jew'v-1ry Srore. The fin est and lar:rest st,ock of petaicles and e', ellase's in t he Stat.e. GUY D)AN IELS. W ANTED)..- -- Manager for new branch of our business here in Newberry. Write piromnptly, w ithi irefer ences. The Morris Wholesale IHouse, Cincinnati, Ohio. TANTED)--P Iersimmon, Dogwood, Ilickory and Hlolly Logs. Freight paid on earloads. James Cockshot, Charleston, S. C. W ELL~S BORED)-A I.hough I have bored two thousand wells in Newberry county I am still in the busi ne. Parties desiring my services may leave orders at my office over W.LT'. Tarrant's store. I. A. McD)OWELL Newberry, S. C. EST URANT-- Fancy Groceries MrJonJ. Eargle wohas bought out the grocery store ofC. W oga will also continue the restaurant at the same place and you can secure a goodl meal cheap. Heb also has a good line of fancy and staple groceries at prices that are reasonable. D o you want one of the prettiest and moset st ylishi I ats in town this season?. I f so you must have it made by the Our prices are the lowest and1( our~ styles the newest thatI can he found in he city. LAND FOR SALE. jOURI LOTS CONTAINING 28 J2acres, andl three containing 40 acres, on eastern side of town just out sidle corporate limits. D)esirable loca tion for building purposes. These lots may be bought at a baran F. W.HGGINS.