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n.J. A.R SCHERER ICCEPTS PRESIDENCY. HAS RESIGHED AS PASTOR1 OF ST. AN DREWS, CHARLESTON. Des Not Seek Congenialty As His Goal, ZeAgC0nstraned By A Firm Con viction Of Duty. Dr. James A. B. Scherer has an nounced his acceptance of the presi dency of Newberry college, to which position he was elected at the re cent meeting of the board of trustees in Columbia. At the morning ser vices at St. Andrews Lutheran church Charleston, on Sunday, Dr. Scherer, in tendering his resign ation, spoke as follow: "Being constrained by a firm con viction of duty, I hereby present my resignation as your pastor and. beg that it be accepted as soon as possible, consistently with the wel fare of the church. In presenting this resignation I respectfully ask your careful consideration of the fol lowing brief statements: "I do not Lake this step for the purpose of pecuniary betterment. The remuneration afforded by my ?resent situation is exactly $5oo per anrnm in excess of the amount which is offered to me as president i Newberry college. I do not make this ciange be cause of any dissatisfaction with the treatment that I have received as -your pastor. On the contrary, you O have shown an affection and devo i1< tion that are beyond praise; you have fairly lavished kindness on me and mine, while the people of Char leston in general have shown an ap i-preciation of my work, whereof I have felt undeserving, but was none tbe less grateful for that. In short! no minister in the world could rea-: sonably desire a more congenial *eld than I have had in Charleston. "But, it ifinisters are to practice hat they preach, they ought notli ,to seek congeniality as their goal.i The word minister means 'servant, and it is plainly our simple duty to i .-euter the fields that seem to offer * the largest opportunities for service. 'This fact and this alone determines me. Newberry college stands for Z Ihe Christian training of young 5 men who are to make the future jistory of this State. Statistics show that South Carolina needs educa tion, daily events are proving that South Carolina requires Christian education more than any and all L"other influences combined. I regard this opportunity, therefore, as the Slargest and noblest that can come; ti any man. I call upon you to sup port me in a work which is yours as well as mine-to lend youz every effort to a cause that appeals so1 powerfully to patriots and to Chris tians, to every man who truly loves his State and who desires to help his fellows. I can not persuade my ~self to believe that the interests of St. Andrew's church will be sacrificed by my entrance into that sacred sphere of duty. That work is God's; this work is Gods: ifHe has called me there, as I most firmly believe, lHe will most surely provide for you here. "From my heart I thank yon for your kindness. From my heart I: prey Gods benediction on you, as: a. congregationl and as individuals, one and all. Wit' assured con fidence do I look forward to the future of this church whose faithful* members must never falter, but go forward. 'And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word'of His grace, which is able to buiid you up, and to give you an inheritance among:call them which are sanctified.' " Mr. A. C. Jones, the leading travelling salesman in the South writes for the rights of the drum mers. PURELY PERSONAL. The Movements of May People, Newber rians and Those Who Visit Newberry. Dr. Hallman is in Spartanburg. Mr. A. C. Jones was in Newberry Saturday. Miss Nettie Moore will return to her home in Columbia Thursday. Mr. J. S. Sanford has gone to Newberry to work.-Delmar Cor. Lexington Dispatch. This office had a pleasant visit on Saturday from Dr. G. A. Setzler of Pomaria. Mr. P. B. Ellesor of Slighs paid I a pleasant visit to the Herald and News Saturday. Mrs. T. B. Leitzsey has gone to Rock Hill to visit her sister, Mrs. S. S. Langford. Mrs. Kate Coats has returned from a visit to her sister, Mrs. Frank Bishop, in Laurens. Auditor Cromer of Newberry county was in town Sunday on his way to Whitmire.-Clinton Ga zette, 14th. Mrs. T. D. Jones, after a pleasant visit at Newberry, has returned - home.-Bishopville Leader and I Vindicator, 14th. < Miss Nannie McCaughrin, of Newberry, is the guest of Mrs. Wm. G. Haughton, on Advent i street.-Spartanburg Herald 14th. c Mrs. S. A. Riser, of Newberry, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Le- s Roy Lee, on Railroad avenue.- i Kingstree Mail, i4th. * c Hon. Cole L. Blease, a leading 1 member of the Newberr, Bar, came up Monday evening last on legal i business.-Laurensville Herald, c r5th. Miss Laura Vance left Wednes- ) lay for a visit to her sister in New- a errv. She will visit in Columbia ( xefore her return. -Clinton Chron cle, 15th. Miss Lil Fair, our competent and I ourteous assistant post-mistress, ias returned from a pleasant visit b :o friends in Newberry.-Cokesbury v :or. Greenwood News and Views. Dr. D. L. Boozer, the popular young dentist of Newberry. is here t inder treatment f.,r a throat affec- 0 Lion incident to too much surf bath-; ing while on his vacation this sum mer. His condition is improving, however, and he hopes to fully re-- S gain his health and strength in a short time.-The State, 15th. : I county has been spending several dlays in the county the past week- t Mr. Ligon is a former citizen o Anderson and his friends were glad to see him. He says he is pleas antly situated in Newberry but that he can never forget Anderson and( A nderson people.-Andersonl Mail, We observe frog~ the Newberry e Herald and News that Mr. R. H. I Greneker will be in charge of the e local department of that excellent paper in the absence of its editor, Col. Aull, during the session of the legislature, of which the latter is a member He leaves his paper in good hands.-Laurensville Herald ,' Mrs. E. V. Chalmers is attend-C ig at the bedside of Mrs. L. J. Wright, who has been for some time and is still very ill at the home of her daughter Mrs. George Little in Laurens County. Mrs. Wright is the mother of our fellow-towns men Messrs. Robert and Haskell Wright. Miss Carrie Greneker, after a visit to her sister, Mrs. Win. F. Wright, in Laurens county, is visiting her 1 sister, Mrs B. E. Julien, at Helena, on her way to James Island, where she is sewing teacher and assistant] to Miss Laura Greneker, matron of tke Shetring Arms, an orphanage iuder the supervision of Rev. A. E. Cornish, an Episcopal clergy nan of Charleston. Mr. Charlie P. Pelham of New )erry, who has been traveling this tate the past year in the interest, >f a drug supply house, has trans erred his field of operations to the tate of West Virginia, where he is .ngaged in similar work. Mr. Pel 2am is a popular young knight of :he grip whose friends throughout :he State will regret to know that :hey are not to have any more of iis sunny visits for some time.-The tate, 15th. VARIOUS AND ALL ABOUT. Next month is the best for oys :ers-r comes twice. Some of the old folks say :hat up to date this has been the :oldest fall and winter since S63-. -Lexington Dispatch. "Cotton will sell for 17 cents by he first day of March," says Mr. D.- '-l J. Sully. bead of the bank ng and brokerage firm of Sully & .o., New York. Today is Lee's birthday. Ob erve the anniversary in a way that vill impress upon the children the ruth that the memory of the name >f Lee shall never die. The Bamburg Times says it is no vonder they had sleet and snow n Charleston last week. Twenty ne blind tigers were convicted. Sheriff Buford has captured and ent to the State hospital for the sane yesterday a negro from this ounty wo escaped from the hos ital about two weeks ago. C. R. B., writing from Gastonia, Z. C., says that in the wreck oc uring between Gaffney and Blacks mrg, on the iith inst. Fireman B. . Speerlark was seriously hurt, , nd was sent to his home in Athens, a. Mr. Speerlark once lived I ere. Mr. H. W. Bowles has moved to I )r. Boozer place near the steam I ill and Mr. W. V. Lyles, of May inton will occupy the house to be acated by Mr. Bowles, next to 1 2e residence of Mr. C. J. Zobel. Constable Knox arrested Swigle >n Saturday afternoon on a ciarge f stealing a beat from a negro alued at $i5.-Charleston cor. ,atesburg Advocate, 14th. He .:st be a sorry negro to be valued >lov. The Town Council at the regular )ecember meeting, passed an ordi ance, known as the business Ii-; ense, which is provoking a great eal of discussion, both among hose who favor it and among those rho oppose it.-Johnston M ,nitor. To the preamble 'and resolutions y te James D. Nance Camp, UI. . V., on the death of General ~ordon, published last week should ave been printed the name of [rs. 0. L. Schumpert, chairman f committee for the Drayton D. Lut herford Chapter, U. D. C., as ndorsing the same, under the en .orsed resolution of the John M. Einard Camp 13. S. C. V. Residence Destroyed By Fire. The residence of Mr. Joe Cofield. eith its entire contents, in the laybiton section, was completely .estroyed by fire at an early hour ;unday afternoon. Mr. Cofield and amily were attending church and eturned just in time to see the touse fall in. They saved nothing >ut t he clothes they wore at the: Tihe Helena* Sunday School. The Helena Sunday School held n election on lastSunday afternoon Phe following are the ofBeers and~ eachers: Hon Arthur Kibler, su erintendent; Mr. B. E. Julien, ecretary and treasurer; Mr. Kibler, diiss Mary L,eonhirth, Miss Minnie salter, Miss Lizzie Salter and Miss iher. teachers. LEE'S BIRTHDAY. Today to Be Observed-Exercises and Conferring Crosses of Honor-Dr. Cromer to Speak. At the opera house this morning at twelve o'clock there will be pub lic exercises, under the auspices of the Drayton Rutherford Chapter, Daughters of the Confederacy, to which everybody is cordially in vited and urged to attend. Crosses of honor will be bestowed upon a number of veterans, and there will be music and an address by Dr. Cro mer. The exercises promise to be in teresting and beneficial. and we hope the house will be crowded, as it should be this being a legal holiday, andthe young people especially should be instructed in patriotism. The crosses are conferred only upon the days designated for the ceremonies -the birthdays of Jeffer son Davis (June 3) and Robert E. Lee (Jan. 19), and memorial day, usually the ioth of May, the anni versary of the death of Stonewall Jacksou. It is said that the crosses are made from cannon used in battle during the, war between the States. The Confederate cross of honor originated with Mrs. Mary Cobb E-wiu, of Athens, says Col. James A. Hoyt, a distinguished veteran and editor of the Greenville Moun taineer, and the design offered by Mrs. S. E. Gabbett of Atlanta, Ga., was adopted at Richmond, Va., in November 1899, at the an anal meeting of the United Daugh ters of the Confederacy. Julian Kinard tarried. The Augusta Chrotjicle of the 5th inst. contains a write-up of a vedding in which a former-New erry boy was the groom. We :ongratulate our our young friend "Jule" and extend our best wishes :o the.hapoy couple. The follow .ng complimentary and well-de erved remarks are condensed from he report of the pleasant affair: "A wedding notable for its sweet implicity and beauty occurred yes :erday at the noon hour in St fames' Methodist church, the con :racting parties being Mr. Julian I Eall Kinard, of Charleston, S. C., nd Miss Fannie Pace Verdery. 'Mr. and Mrs. Kinard left in :he early afternoon fur Charleston, . C., where they will make their 2me. The bride of yesterday is :horoughly charming girl: sunny :empered, sweet and gracious, she das ever been a favorite with the >ld and young alike. It is with a sense of deep regret that Augusta yields this lovely girl to adorn a! ome in a distant city.. Mr. Kinard up to- a few months ago made his ome in this city and enjoys the steem of a wide circle of friends. His upright manner and scerling ualities have already gained for bim an envied place in the husiness s well as the social world. "Mr. and Mrs. Kinard enter married life under the most pleas ing auspices and with the good wishes of their host of friends for a Long and happy life." Mr. Kinard is the youngest son :f our fellow-citizen Mr J. H. M. Kinard, of the Observer. Have you a key ? Do you need a pair of shoes? If so, apply to 0. Klettner. Mr. Klettner will do you right. T1here is no mistake about that. His customers know that he means what he says and says he means. THE LADIES favor painting their churches, and therefore we.urge every~ Minister to remember we give a liberal~ quantity of the Longman & Martinez Paint toward the painting. Wears and covers like gold. Don't pay $1.50 a gallon for Linseed Oil (worth 60 cents) which you do when you buy other paints in a can with a paint label on it. 8 & 6 make 14, therefore when you want fourteen gallons of paint, buy only eight of L. & M., and mix six gallons pure Linseed Oit with it, and thus get paint at less than $1.20 ge allon. Man houses are we amte wthi four losof L &. M. and three gl lons ofLinseed Oil mixed therewith. These Celebrated Paints are sold by 'rhe ewerry Hardware Co. THE COTTON MARKET. Newberry. (Corrected by Nat Gist.) Good Middling . . . . . . . . 1350 Strict Middling 1".....13 40 Middling . . . . . . . . . . . 1330 Notice. W HILE I AM OUT IN THE COUN ty taking returns there will be some one in the office to attend the busi ness there. W. C. CROMER, County Auditor. SPECIAL NOTICES. T OST OR STRAYED.-A white set LJter dog, black spots, from resi dence of N. P. Abrams. Any informa tion as to said dog may be left at drug store of Gilder, Weeks & Hunter or given N. P. ABRAMS. I MULE STOLEN-From cotton yard of G. M. B. Epting at Newberry on Saturday night. Small bay mule -black mane and tail-large scar be tween front legs on breast, Leather saddle and blind briddle on mule. Suita ble reward for information leading to return of mule. J. P. SUMMER. T INE HORSES-Just received a nice lot of Kentucky horses. Call and see them. A. L. KNIGHTON & CO.. TUANTED AT THE NEWBERRY Steam Laundry one hundred young men's washing. We will make it to your interest to call and see us or phone 116. L. B. Aull. WANTED.-Table Boarders Janu ary the first. Mrs. George McWpirter. OR SALE. -100 cords Oak Wood, F2 feet long. Apply to S B. Aull, Jalapa. OR RENT.-Store room on Main Street recently occupied by W. T. Tarrant. Possession given at once. For terms and so forth apply to Mrs. R. L. Paysikger, Newberry, S. C. f-t 6t. ARTIES having houses to rent or P lots for sale will do well to see Aull and Higgins in regard to same,. who will rent and take charge of col lections, etc. DON'T miss seeing those handsome DFeather Bows at WOOTEN'S. LEGANT line of PERFECT SHAPE E Umbrellas, " at WOOTEN'S. XrANUFACTURER wants reliable i. man to deliver and collect;horse and wagon and $150 deposit necessary; g21 a week and expenses; permanent. Franklin, Box 78, Philadelphia, Pa. 4t ANTED-Persimmon, Dogwood, W Hickory and Holly Logs. Freight paid on carloads. James Cockshot, Charleston. S. C. , ONEY TO LEND-I am author M ized to negotiate loans on real estate mortgages running 3 to 5 yeaks. Apny to Johnstone & Welch. GEO. B. CROMER. R E -TAURANT-Fancy Groceries RIrU. John J. Eargle who has bought out the grocery store of C. W. Douglas will also continue the restaurant at the same place and you can secure a good meal cheap. He also has a good line of ancy and staple groceries at prices that are reasonable. . fONEY TO LOAN-We negotiate LV. loans on improved farm lands at seven per cent. interest on amounts rer one thousand dollars, and eight per cent. interest on amounts less than 1,000. Long time and easy payments. Hunt, Hunt & Hunter, Attorneys. A NNOUNCEMENT. -Dr. Jerome Knowles, late mnember of Faculty of Southern School of Osteopathy, and Dr. Ross P. Knowles, have located in Newberry, S. C., for the practice of osteopathy. Treatment given at resi lence or at treating room. Lady opera tor and lady attendant when desired. Consultation and exnination free. Residence at Mrs. Glenn's. Office tder preparation. HUNTER & SANER are running a saw mill about one mile from city n road to Lindsay's bridge, and are prepared to fill all orders for lumber. LALE REAL ESTATE FOR SA E-SxtyAcres adjoining in orporate limits of Newberry. High state of cultivation. One hundred and forty acres one and a half miles from to. Good creek and river bottom, fine meadows on both tracts. For in forration app: to G. M. B. EPTINC. E. H. AULL. NOTICE. OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT i Lthe undersigned, composing the Board of Jury Commissioners for New be'y County, State of South Carolina, will on the 29th., of Jan., inst., at nine a. n., in the office'of the Clerk of Court for said County, openly and publicly draw thirty-six Jurors to serve as Petit Jurymen, at the 'February term of Court of General Sessions for Newberry County, beginning Feby 8th., 1904, and ontiuig for one week, and also twelve grand jurors to serve for the year 1904. Jan. 18th., 1904. Jno. L, Epps, County Treasurer. W. W. Cromer, County Auditor. . Jno. C. Gograns. Clerk of Court.