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Notes from Newberry College.
To the Editor of the Dispatch: ;
Bnsiness in and around the college
: is moving along nicely now. The
"rate" are getting use to their new
* home.
Dr. James A. B. Scherer will be
absent from college daring the - next
week. He will leave in a few days
for Augusta, Ga., where he will attend
the Sooth Carolina Synod.
Dr. A. J. Bowers has been enable
to be out for three or four days, but
we were glad to see him in his chair
this morning. As the students say,
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? Jack id a white man," and they?
most of them?like to recite to him.
. Prof. Chas. H. Kicklighter, thelead\
ing professor in the teck. department,
. arrived yesterday. He has had an
L eight weeks case of typhoid fever and
looks very thin. The students gave
P him a hearty cheer when he appeared
' on the rostrum this morning.
A holliday was given last Thursday
for the students to attend the State
fair in Columbia. A special coach,
decked with the college colors?scarlet
and grey?and well filled with students,
professors and friends of the
t college, left at &30 a. m. for the
capitol of the Palmetto State.
Messrs. A. W. Ballentine, of the
.senior class, andC. B. Epting, of the
freshman, visited their parents a few
days last week.
Messrs. I. E.- 'Long, P."E. Shealy,
f V. B. Sease, Moore, Geiger, Riser,
Young and Rawl left, here today for
, demson college where they will attend
a meeting of the Bible study
workers of the Young Men's Christian
Association, November 2, 3 and
f 4. TW faculty considers the Y. M.
C. A. one of the inoat important Organizations
of onr college.
Rev. Dr. Jacobs, deaii of the Mfc.
Airy Theological Seminary, Philadelphia,
gave a short but very interesting
talk in the college auditorium today.
It is said by one of onr pro-'
fessors who studied Greek under Dr.
Jacobs that he knows Greek, Latin,
German' and French as well as he does
English, and from his lectures I judge
him to be an excellent English
scholar.
Mrs. j. R. Fulmer, (Miss Hatfcie
. ? Hipp, class of 1906), from near Irmo,
S. C#, is visiting friends and relatives
in town.
The gymnasium has been finished
: and the necessary apparatus supplied
and maiiy students are taking advantage
qf the benefits offered in its course
; Mr. Rudolph Habernik from Columbia
is the director.
Good luck to the Dispatch and its
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readers is wie wisu ui
A Senior Student.
Nov. 2, 1906.
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Negroes 'Charged With Policeman
Heard's Death Ordered Released.
Atlanta, Nov. 2.?Nineteen negroes
indicted in connection with the murder-of
Policeman Heard during the
September riots, were ordered released
by Judge Roan in the superior
court today. The evidence against
those defendants was considered insufficient
to warrant holding them for
trial. Twenty-three of the indicted
negroes under arrest wijl be held for
| trial for murder, and against these
the evidence is practically the same as
\ against Alexander Walker, who was
given a life sentence on Wednesday.
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and accessories that could be fo
The prices Throughout the Mil]
Every department in our bi
patterns than ever brought her<
pains this season in buying our
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IMMIGRANTS BBSS.
Many Sent to Up-Country Number of
Them Stay in Columbia, HoweverMany
of Them Have Money to
Invest.
One could tell they were strangers,
although they did not appear to be
lonely, and nearly all of them seemed
to be, prosperous. These were the immigrants
who came to Columbia yesterday
on their way to points in the
upper part of the State. They arrived
Sunday, in Charleston on the Wittekind,
and were brought up on special
trains early yesterday morning.
Capt. W, W. Miller, who went down
as a representative of the State department
of immigration, accompanied
by Mr. Beverley Herbert, and the
officials of the railroads, came up to
Columbia with the new-comers and
saw that they were placed in proper
trains and' that telegrams were sent
to their prospective destinations in
order that the home-seekers would be
met by those who had agreed to take
them and that thev might; not; go
astray.
It must be remembered that only a
few of these immigrants could speak
English and the majority of them needed
interpreters. Their reception by
Sooth Carolina therefore was far different
than would haye been their reception
had they landed in Hew York,
where no ^effort is made to care for
them and where they are allowed to
shift for themselves.
It was an unusual sight in the capitol
building. The men and women huddled
together and on the outside there
were dozens of Columbians, who had
never before seen such a number of
foreigners at one time and in one
place. "Just like a small Ellis Island,"
one expressed it, and those
who have seen an ecean liner discharge
a cargo of strangers agreed
with him. In the Columbia crowd
there were those who were seeking
servants and those who wanted laborers.
Tired of present conditions they
were willing to pay double the money
for first class domestics and laborers.
However, the services of all of those
brought over were engaged and the
majority of Columbians will have to
wait on the next boat which will come
in about the last of the month.
Some of the immigrants had money;
in fact the majority of them had
enough to live on for a while. Peter
Pell, a Belgian, went up to the National
Loan and Exchange bank with
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broken English asked for a reliable
real estate man from whom he could
purchase a faim. Others visited the
various banks of the city and deposited
anywhere from $300 to $1,000 for
saf? keeping and many of these had
their German or Belgian money
brougt over \n their packages or queer
little belts, which they ware around
their bodies under their clothing.
The majority of the 200 who came
to Columbia were home-seekers. They
wanted to get a small place with a
little cottage and earn their own living.
Some of them are skilled labor
ers and, in fact, 19 families are engaged
for work in the cotton mills in this
city: Others have come to take places
with families who engaged servants
through the State department of
immigration.
Dr. L. Goldberg, who is an interpreter
of some ability, was at the
capifcol yesterday morning and gave
much assistance in placing the men.
Last night 30 more were brought up
ul line of Hats just opened, a sel
und in New York. Our Tailore<
linery and Suit Departments ar<
g store stands ready for you w:
e before. A Silk Department?t
stock than ever before. We kn
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S< low the opening of a Sav:
5f> one with us at 4 per cent.
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President.
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from Charleston by Mr. Herbert and
'these will be sent to their destinations
this morning. Quarters were engaged
for all several weeks ago and there
was no trouble in lodging them. All
appear to be satisfied and all seem to
be of the better class?the kind that
will make good citizens.
When the immigrants were sent
away from the commissioner's office
in the State house, they hastened to
take a tour of the city. They immediately
separated into groups,
sometimes siz or seven, oftener ten
and a dozen together. Up Main street
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gazing with undisguised interest at
the strange sights of America.
One thing which , caught wondering
eyes of the foreigners was
"the brother in black.'' Few of them
had seen this son of sunshine in his
native land.
Tried to Forge Two Checks.
An attempt was made yesterday to
pass two forged checks at the Bank
of Columbia and but for the alertness
of Mr. Martin Stork, the teller of
the bank, a smooth young man would
have stuck the bank for ?160. It was
about 1 o'clock when the unknown
young man approached the window
and presented two checks for payment.
Onp of fchfim was for $75 and the
other was for $85, both were drawn up
in favor of R. R. Harmon and both
bore the signature of L. F. Mathias of
Irmo. Mr. Mathias is an old customer
of this bank and had the attempt at
forgery not been very crude there is
little doubt that it would have been
successful.
It was at the busiest hour of theday
that the young man presented himself
at the window and asked for the
money on the checks. Mr. Stork saw
immediately that the names were
forgeries and called the attention of
Mr, T. H. Gibbes to them. Before
j the man who presented the checks
could be identified he escaped and
has not been seen since.
Mr, Stork is confident that the same
man who attempted to cash the checks
yesterday is the one who tried to turn
a similar trick several months ago.
No arrests were made up to a late
hour last night.?State Nov. 4.
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Aiken, S. 0. Nov. 2.? About S.30
o'clock last night Mr. W. J. Sowell, a
sewing machine agent living at Langley,
wa9 run over by an express car
of the Aiken-Augusta trolley line <on
its trin from Aiken to Auemsta. and
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from the injures received expired this
morning at the City hospital in Augusta.
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iecticn not heretofore seen in Co
i Suit Department has never she
3 mosj; moderate,
ith th % newest stylss and the lo\
he p& c of any in the South. Ar
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X) miles if Columbia on all purchases of ?~>.
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Cashier. Ass't Cashier.
SILLED WHILE AIDING
IN NEGEOE'S AEEEST
Mob Overtook Officer and Shot to Death
Negro Who Committed Murder.
Wrightsville, Ga., Nov. 5.?Last
night Bailiff J. L. Hightower sought
to arrest a negro, William Newsome,
seven miles from Wrightsvilje. Two
young white men. John Mason and
Ernest Carter, were assisting Hightower.
A stubborn fight took place
in the negro's house between him and
Hightower. Hightower called for assistance.
Carter ran into the house,
when the negro fired a shotgun at
him, the load taking effect in Carter's
forehead, killing him instantly. Then
Hightower fired upon the negro with
a pistol, two bullets taking effect, but
not killing him. The negro was then
captured.
This morning Hightower and Mason
were bringing the negro to Wrightsville.
At Summers' bridge, over
Choopee river, about 30 armed and
disguised men halted them and fired
several revolver shots into the negro
and then silently disappeared. The
corner's jury this afternoon returned
a verdict that the negro came to his
death by gunshot wounds inflicted by
unknown persons.
Carter was 23 years old and leaves a
wife and one child.
RIOT BETWEEN RACES.
Jail in Mississippi Town Dynamited by
. Mob?Five Hundred Shots Fired. .
Hattiesburg, Miss., Nov. 5.?Two
men were fatally wounded and over
500 shots were fired in a race riot at
Wiggins, Miss., 35 miles south of here
Sunday afternoon and night.
William Smith, a negro, resisted arrest
and fired on Marshal Quarrels
and Deputy Marshal Mitchell, the
latter receiving a fatal wound in the
head. Smith escaped to his home,
barricaded the doors and windows and
defied capture until a mob threatened
to burn the house. After surrendering
he was locked in the village jail.
Late last night a mob dynamited the
gpail, fired several volleys in his cell
and left him for dead. While the mob
was storming the jail, a large crowd
of negroes came upon the scene and
.began firing into the ranks of the
besiegers. Over 500 shots were exchanged
and D. M. Clarke, a white
man, was fatally wounded. Several
negroes are supposed to have^been
shot but so far the total number of
casualties has not been learned.
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in the cell, but his arms had to be
amputated.
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lumbia, of the latest and swelles
iwn up before as at this season.
vest prices. Por instance, in Si
id the Dress Goods Departmen
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Clerk's Sales.
The largest crowd we have seen in
many years attended the sales in front
of the court house Monday. Everybody
seemed prosperous and were in
the best of spirits, and lands changed
hands at good prices. The following
were the sales made by Clerk Samuel
B. George under the silvery toned
voice of our very efficient Judge of
Probate, George S. Drafts as auctioneer.
The Andrew Shealy home place,
136 acres to J. F. Bates, Jr., for $1,110.
Estate of Calvin Sharp, tract of 70
acres to Noah Sharpe for $110.
Tract of 26 acres to V. W. Spires
for $16.
Tract 3, 4S acres to Noah Sharpe for
$183.
Rialy Bowers estate land, 2 of 28^
acres, to Sim Oxner for $525.
Tract 3, of 68 acres, to Sim Oxner
for $600.
Lands of the estate of Thomas Miller?home
tract, 141 acres, to John
Miller for $457.
Tract 2, same estate, 57 acres, to
John Miller for $335.
Tract 3, of 112acres to T. C.
Sturkie, attorney, for $175.
Tract 4, of 107 acres toT. C. Sturkie,
attorney, for $220.
j Tract 5 of 85 acres, to T. C. Sturkie,
attorney, for $250.
Tract 6, of 74% acres, to J. S. Miller
for $375. i
The Monts land of 69 acres sold at
Little Mountain, on Thursday the first
day November, to Benj. J. Derrick
for $1,300.
Mrs. Louisa Hayes, the B. I. Hayes
old home, on the Augusta road, six
miles above town, containing98 acres,
brought $600, and was bought by
Messrs. A. L. Smith and W. L. Taylor.
This was not an official sale.
Mr. Job Shumpert's plantation of
738 acres, was bid in by him Monday
for $3,100.
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Hawaiian Islands Important.
The crossroads of the Pacific is
Hawaii, and the future commercial
depot for Pacific ocean countries.
Politically, commercially, and strategically
Hawaii is important to the
United States, and its importance will
be increased vastly with the opening
of the Panama canal. As westward
the tide of empire takes its way and
our western shores are peopled, and
the Orient is aroused to its strength,
it is probable that it will be but a few
years before the tide of the world's
greatest commerce will flow through
its ports. Situated in a direct line between
Panama and Japan, between
Sydney and Seattle, the nearest route
between San Francisco and the Philippines,
and touched b}r the majority
of the great liners plying between the
Occident and the Orient, its importance
will grow with the expansion of
trade. The Hawaiian territory is
composed of eight principal islands
with a population, according to the
census of 1900. of 154,000. At present
the islands are a distinctively one*
crop agricultural country. Sugar,
protected by the tariff, has become'
the one great product. The prosperity
of the islands to a large extent
rises or falls with the price of sugar.
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1 v^uiicoruuu tjuurus are ueuig maue LVward
diversifying the industries. The
shipment of pineapples and bananas
has developed to an extent, and efforts
are being made to push the sale
of the alligator pear, mangoes, and
other tropical fruits. Rubber is being
i tried with favorable prospects. Forit
styles from Paris, and all the i
We have all the new novelties i
Iks, we have a greater variety
t is more complete. We sper
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s. L. Tapp Co.*' Columbia. S. C.
estry is being judiciously inaugurated.
One tree, the koa, is a fine close
grained wood resembling mahogany,
and is extremely valuable. One of
the greatest difficulties is in securing
enough labor. The plantation owners
favor Chinese as the best for cane and
rice fields. He makes a steady, lawabiding,
efficient plantation laborer,
content with small wages.
Letter From Zlondiko.
To the Editor of the Dispatch:
Mr. Editor?It has been just one
month since we left dear old South
Carolina for the city of Louisville,
Ky., out it seems to us a year.
Yon can't tell how good the Dispatch
is until you are this far away
from home and have to depend on it
for much of the news you get.
The saying used to be, "Go West
young man," but now the wi3e young
man is staying South.
I would rather risk my chances in
South Carolina than in any State in
the union.
This is a hustling city. The princidle
business is to make money, ruin
men, stay away from church and pet
poodle dogs.
If perchance you are a married man
and try to rent a house the first question
they fire at you is, ''Have you
any children?" This notice was posted
in a public place sometime ago: "Large
S flat for rent, suitable for light house
keeping. No children." At the bottom
of which some student wrote:
"No objection to dogs."
We have at present more than 250
men in the seminary, and it is expected
that the 300 mark will be
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reaeneu utuurc; jl?cuojulluci. j. wuauci
if there is net some reader of the Dispatch
who knows that he ought to be
here but who is hesitating about
coming? If there are any such let
me say, I believe you ought to come
now. Never has there been a time
that called so loudly for trained men
in every calling of life as now. The
demand upon this seminary for men
for pastorates (trained men) is greater
than can at present possibly be supplied.
Churches in the north and
northwest, and for that matter all
over this whole land of ours are calling
for trained men. They are willing
ing to pay any price if they can get
good men. And, not only here at
home but across the seas in other
lands the call is heard. JL>o not get
the consent of your mind to be less
than God wants you to be.
You can enter now, and by hard
study be able to make the classes.
I will be glad to correspond with
brother who is thinking of coming.
My address is No. 9*23, N. Floyd St.,
Louisville, Ky.
We have fifteen men here from
South Carolina. We ought to have,
fifty.
Success to the Dispatch and" its
many readers. Klondike.
Death of Sirs. Jane McCarthy.
Mrs. Jane, the wife of Mr. George
McCartha, after a short illness, died
Saturday night about 7 o'clock in the
; 54th year of her age. She was the
daughter of Mr. Martin Bickley, of
the Fork, who preceded her to the
spirit land many years ago. She was
devoted to home and her domestic
duties; was a faithful wife, kind, dutiful
and affectionate stepmother, and
truly was a good, Christian woman.
Mr. McCartha and family certainly
fL A OTrm-n ofhrr /-if Anr m'fi7nric in
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their bereavement. Her remains
were buried at St. Matthews church
Sunday at 4 o'clock p. m.
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