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DESERTED HIS WIFE FOR HER SISTER FRED DOMINICK. OF GARYS, ELOPES WITH WIFE'S YOUNGER SISTER. His Wife Now at Her Fathe 's, Oswald Bishop's With Two Small Children. There\\I) wa-nNwery yecte dIy a 1ray-lared and heart-brke II x1,' t. 1. !e knew n 1 whethker ti. see to bring h1i daughter and Dominiek back or to lt the- go th-ir wa.' His hair wa: to., gray. he said. zo seek to bring them back an<i to use stringent measures against the young maii. and yet-he knew not what to do. Fred Dominick and his wife. Mary E. Dominick, lived at Garys, within one hundred yards oft the wife's father. Oswald Bishop. Having rented a one-horse farm some time ago, about the first of this year,The had moved his wife and two small children, aged about 4 and 2 years respectively. on this place. Carrie Bishop. the young sister of his wife, about 16 years of age. lived with her father. On Sunday a' week ago Domi nick carried his wife and his wife's sister to Bluford Bishop's. a brother ,of his wife's father. who IiA es about 1i miles from Gary. in the Trinity country. He carried his wife back home and left Miss Carrie Bishop with her uncle to spend a week. On Mondav. iext day. he went back to Bhiford Bishop's leaving his wife at home. and it seems that he toki( Blun.rd ishop that his wife gripand fta fhellc ire th'at I r!frd Bishop's with .\ is Carrie Bishop in the I'l-, with him. tensihy tl gi b1 an1ther place t, get a coV t-.jake h,ome. Nothing: has been heard ('f 1oinick ,r Mis Carrie Bishop sinc-. except lhat a Ougg and hrse which fits the dV scriptin of the team he was Iriv ing was left at Chappells that same dav with Dan 3Iayes. a et-ro. the' party who was irivig the hl,rse haing t .bL, alyes he oVuII be back nex\t da ali' to meet i im with the 1huggy at the ept. The party, wit a., gr. b1ade til1 he noon ~ train''~ '' goin towrd *' *b reentville. .\iaves 'tet the 'train every day af ter 'tha' unti! tturdlay but the par ties h di no arriv. Yesterday M Ir. G e'rT eidUI I . I Chappells. was in Newherry and toh aboi ut the cir cumistance thi. h.rse an hi uggy. It fits the description' if the team Dominick was driing andl it is sup nosedc( that D ominiek ,i-,rove* from trate I happel!. a: thle reques. t of the. p ells v'eterdla\ afiternooni to loo k n tthe matter and( to bring the teamn ha :k if it w'as the one mn question. The team belo nged to Dominick' wite. M r. Oswald I ishop. the father of the dlesertedl wife andl of the v-ounger sister who eloped with that wife's husband. knewy nothing of the horrible facts until last Satur <day night. when Mr. Preston Domi nick, the father of Fred Domi nick. 'phoned to him that Miss Car rie Bishop was no longer at her uncle's, having left there with Fred Dominick. to go home. .Mr. Bishop supposed that his younger daugh ter was still at her uncle's and that Fred Dominick had gone on one ot his usual trips lasting a week or more. As soon as Mr. Oswakl Bishop received the message, he left home at about 1o o'clock on Sat urday night and drove to his brothier's, where he found that his informiationt was true. It seems that D)omninick and Miss Carrie Bishop had left Bluford Bishop's at about i o'clock on Monday morning, yes terday a week ago. Mr. Bishop came to Newberry yesterday morn ingo- seea Sheriff Buford. [-red Dominick is a young man (f about 23 years of age. with dark black hair and eves and moustache. I le was of a roving (spositionland it is said that he ino-ed foirteeni tie rii last xear. Ile wiied a lace near .\r. 11. if. Abrams. w\-llc ic h S(ld some ti1e in janu ir Of this year. whelI he moved to (r .i received Si.o for his p a and' it is said that he has been ver - fLe with his money since hat time. I ic freiueintly made i. ,th tte. re's ainng a r ali d i--hp has carr.ed Irt That ,he 1 ' t the tatlier an( 'othr. wh is still living. was ter -ile call well be imagined. They had no :..nspiciwn that anything was wrni until a week after Donii nlick's departure with Aiss Carrie I Aishop. VARIOUS AND ALL ABOUT. This is the last day for the pay ment of taxes. Mr. E. W. Werts. of Prosperity, was in Newberry yesterday. Miss Marve Rdche arrived to (lay to take charge of 'Mimnaugh's nilinery department. Mr. Luther A. Riser. of Colum bia. was in Newberry this week on a visit to his mother's family here. Mr. J. Herman Werts spent ;undavy in Clinton. The Rev. V. I. Masters. of the 1-aptist Courier. Greenville. preach ed a forcible sermon to a large au dince in the First Baptist church on Sunday night. There was a severe rain on Sun lay night and hail has been report ed frowu the lower part of the coun t\-. N' extensive damage has been -eoned. The anniversary celebration of the litcrary societies of Newberry lege will be held in the opera Ause n Friday niight. The oc sin rmises to) be very inter tingl W14i the exercises will no ltwbt 'e attenied by a large crowd. T'he fulli progqraml has already been )r. 1). i .. It "zer. w\h*Il has been in the interest ,f hit; ahth fwr .-me time past. spent a ;.w h.%1 s in Newherry- (n Friday. tr. li 'zer's mian'* friends here will e gratine'd to learn that he expects .return ta Ne-wherry next week A Runaway. - i h h'i wagn -on i *j Satur 'nim' e-i'erable damtage t' - a. The horse wast hitch er I. :> *.ac' and( became tee ' brain the hitching~ .r :no ring''' t 'wards the op) -a houe wvith the two fro'nt hi.. the wa'n 'ia'ving been left -crwhere the runaway b)egan. The horse was no( t mjured. 'The streets were crowvded andl the af fair caused co nsidlerab)le excitemencit at the time. Dock Garmany Dead. Docek G armnany. a negro knowvn to nearly everybody in Newberry. died at hiis home several miles out f the citv. on Saturday night. Be-. fore the (lavs of the steam press in Newberry 'Dock turned off many. any an' issue of the papers. He lovedl the printing offices and when the steam press camne it was'a sad blow to him. lock was suffering from a severe, attack Of grip. For A New Church. The congregation of the First F.aptist church on Sunday took ac tive step)s looking towards the erec tion oi a new church building. The natter has .ben agitated for some time and the Baptists already have a good amount on hand for this purpose. Defmnite action will bef take possibly this week. SACRED ORATORIO. Will Be Given In The Church of The Redeemer On Friday Evening, The 25th of This Month. 1hn Farmer's sacred oratorio. "Ihrist and 11is So -ldicrs." will be g-ivcn in thc 1lthcran Church of the Redeemcr on Fridav cvcnin. 'darch the 2.th. The service will; begin promptly at A o'clock. All b)tvers of music and others arc cor diall inviteLd 16 to Ittelld the ren (irilg of this beautiful oratoi,rl. NI admissi) n will he charged. but a ilver stiering will be tak-ei for i-i:l art. I-) tai<e 1)art i the (rat ri are regneti 14t tend the rhears-al- in the L uheran . m0rch a1 :30 .Click on the fol icin eenling: Thursday. L.| i 7: Saturday atterno n. .'Larch lio I nda . .:iarch 21. and TIiect If this (iratonima le explallied ill a fv\w xwtrds. It is meant to be ting to children. to vouig persos. an(d to all who re tain a chil's love of siiiple- sacred songs. giving thanks to the Cap tain who has led them to victory. Thus the oratorio Consists of two parts. each part being composed of twelve hymns. The two parts may be taken together. or each part may be takn separately as a whole: or again. selections may be made from both parts and sung successively. Which ever arrangement be adopted. the person of the Saviour will stand forth supreme, either as himself blessing. toiling and suffer ing alone. or as already "seeing of the travail of his soul." and sur rounded by the "*many sons" whom he is "bringing to glory." In the one case. "the Word" is "made fresh" and dwells among us: in the other. the promise is fulfilled and exempliiied. "Becaus'e I live. ve shall live also." HER TROUBLESARE OVER? Laura Williams, Who Masqueraded Here In Male Attire, Has Been Married In Rock Hill. I.aura Williams. the girl who created somewhat of a scn;ation here some time ago by masquerad ing as a man. has been married in Rock Hill. It will be remembered that after having been in several ,tler places under similar circum stances her identitx was discovered here. laving cole to Newherry clad in male attire and having strol e the streets as a man (uring an aftrnoon. she applied to council hamber for a night's lodging. which was given. Being closely )r:ssed hy the police officers. who th ught tihey had disco veredl in her Sman wailtedl for a crime'. she bro ke doxwn and cionfessed that she wa a woman. >ihe was wttlhout Ineans anl shie wa nrov ;ided wvith woman's clothes at sent to Coldumbia. where she was taken care of by the authorities there for somle time. It xvas on her trip fro m Colummbia to Ruthierfoird m N. C.. her hi mne that she was married. A Ro ck I lill dispatch to the (.. umbia State. undler date at \Iarci. 2. says: "The younig ladyv who has be.en reating so me excitmient over the state in masquierailing as a tele-. )hone lineman in Salisbury. N. C.. ad( in Newherrv has turned( up in Rock Hill. When she arrived she hadl a charity pass over the South cn railway from Columbia to Rutherfor~ton. N. C.. and stated: that she intendeCd going to that place. Hlowever. wvhen she went to the dlepot to take the train she met a votung man either by ap-! p)ointment or accident and after a short conversation the couple re )aired to the home of \Mr. Samuel 1. Johnson. a notary public, and married."~ A Liquor Seizure. Constable T. B. Perry. assisted by Constable J. R. Eison. seized tlree gallons of liquor from a negro at Chappells on Saturday night. Lonstable Perry saw a five-gallon keg pass Newberry and. with Con stable Eison. he dIrove to Chappells. The negro. Frank Robertson. had already taken the liquor out of the lepot'andl disposedI of twvo gallons of it. He wvas overtaken just be fore reaching home with the other hee g1alln on his shoulder. FIRE AT JALAPA. Store of Mr. W. H. Eddy, Sr., With Stock of Goods, Entirely Destroyed On Fri.iay. The ;totre o )f .Ir. \\. [I. Ed. Sr.. with the entire stock of general niercihandise. was burned to the ground fi Fridav afternoon. The total loss is estimated at aho it S700. There was no insurance. The fire started oi the front side .f the roof. and is supposed to have been cauiecd by a spark frmi a pass int locomoItive. The sparks were blmX-yn on \lr. Eddys dwelling h 1 h1( 1. iwi ng t,he w' rk which A WORTHY CAUSE. The Laales of The Presbyterian Church Raise toney For The Snpport Of An Orphan. ';. a sal conducted d1ring two davi of last week an' three lays of the week before the ladies of the i'reshyterian church of this city have raised over Soo. the required am,1int for their purpose. the sup port for )nlc year ot one of the children at the Presbyterian or phanage. The sale accomplished good in many ways. Articles worthless to those who donated then were given and these articles were sold at srnaal price to thosel who really needed them. The sale was conducted in the store next door to Dr. Van Smith's drug store. Methodist Hot Supper. The hot supper given in the Armory orf Firday night by the ladies of Central Methodist was a very pleasant affair and a neat sum of money was raised. Miss El'ie Huiett was voted the most popular young lady and received the pretty' prize. Prosperity Municipal Election. The muicipal election at Pros perity occurs today. There are two candidates in the race for mayor. Dr. T. S. Wheeler and Mr. J. I. Fellers. For the four wardens' po sItions there are eight candidates in the race. as follows: Messrs. S. S. rige. A. H. I lawkins. ). \\. Bo land. R. C. Counts. T. A. Domi nick. G. \l. Abels. J. D. Quattle haum. A. 11. Lester. The contest promises to be very terest.lg. In contradiction of the prophecy made several weeks ago a good deal of interst has devel Death of W. P. Merchant. \\. 1'. .\Ierchant died in Columbia n Saturday. of erysipelas. aged about 34 years. -He was a brother f .\rs. 11. 31. 8arger. of this city. The intermient took p)lace at 4 oelock on >undlar afte-rno on. i\ Ir. H. .\l Brger attendled the funeral. The Pacific Mutual. The following e.xtract taken from am edito rial in a recent issue of Te >lpectato r." a wveekly review f inisurance printed in the city of New \'ork. will be interesting to; any penple in the county: "The P acitne .\!utual Life Inisur branch characterized the Pacinec \ utual life Insumrance comnpa ny's affairs for 1903. It was indeed the, banner year in the company's his tor. As compllaredl with p)reviouts years. it shows life insurance writ ten S16.401.577. an increase ~of 2192.809. More lives wvere in-; sured and a greater amount added to the business in force. swelling the total to $48.673.41to. a gain for the year equal to $7.830.847. There was also an increase in the surplus. gain in the income, and a gain in. the assets: all without ulndue pres sure in any direction. "The Pacinic Mutual life was in orporated on January a. 1868, and has growvn in influence and size co rdinately wvith the great state in wvhich it ~is located. The sphere of operations of the company has been gradually extended along conserva tive lines and buisiness is now trans acted in both the East andl the West. The Pacific ?AlIutual has in force now ( ist of Febuary. 1904. ) over; fift millioms. It writes one of the most 1.iberal policy contracts sold. and by reason of its peculiar legal >rganization, is the strongest life compny in America. SPECIAL NOTICES. MC).\EY TO LEND-Long time: 8 per cent.! easy terms. John stone & Cromer. I; I.t )T ()F Thomas Cmi.4oothi:.g andi1 tawa harrm-s ti go at cost. - ~ 1. \\. \\hite. TIi(< )SE (CC)LL.\R FUI.\'DIA tions are goi(d things. all sizes at io cents each. IHfair & I lavird's. \N<>TIIER l.()T ()F SIIIRT w it14 ;et ust reci edl. Priced Ri-ht at i lai'- & I lir's. DR. B. H. MAYNARD, the Op tican and eve specialst. will be at the Central House all this week. He is well ftted up with instruments and thoroughly pre parcd t'l do hirst-class work. Call and see him. t. LOST DOG--Bird dog, black with white breast and neck.-Lost about two weeks ago. Last heard of fol lowed buggy from Prosperity to Newberry. Reward if returned to A. H. Hawkins Prosperity, S. C. MALE HELP WANTED-Man to represent, permanently, thorough ly responsible mercantile house, co-operative plan. No book can vassing. $i8.oo week, first year. $roo.oo cash and full time required. Fine opportunity. Co-Operative, Box 370, Philadelphia. 4tMZt POST FOR SALE-2oo Ceder fence post, sawed or split and 25 tele phone Post for sale by P. J. Lender, Rightwell, S. C. MANUFACTURER-Wants reliable man to deliver and collect; horse and wagon and $i5o deposit neces sary: $21 a week and expenses; permanent. Franklin, Box 78, Philadelphia. Pa. WANTED-Persimmon. Dogwood, Hickory and Holly Logs. Freight paid on carloads. James Cockshot, Charleston. S. C. MONEY TO LOAN-We negotiate loans on improved farm lands at seven per cent. interest on amounts over one thousand dollars, and eight per cent. interest on amounts less than Sr.ooo. Long time and easy payments. Hunt. Hunt & Hunter. WANTED-In each State. salesman to sell large line tobacco: perma nent position. Central Tobacco Works Company. .Penicks, Va. ANTED--Special representative in this county and adjoining terrn tories. to) represen:t and advertise an t.ld established business house of solid tinanciai standing. Salary $.:: weekly. with expenses. paid each Monday by check direct from head qutarters. Expeunses advanced: posi lion permanent. WVe furnish every thing. Address. The Columbia, 630 Monon BIg.. Chicago, Ill. UNTER & SANER-Are run ning a saw mill about twvo miles from the city. on the Langford mnill road, and are prepared to fill all orders for lumber. OR SALE-A Nice New Residence, Conveniently arranged in most desir able residence portion of the cit::. Apply ar once at this office. IVE THOUSANDS Yards of Em broidery from one to twelve cents per yard. Special sale at W. T. Tarrant's. 2t. IG LINE of Negligee Shirts cheap at WV. T. Tarrant's. 2t. OOD BROGAN SHOES at W. T. Tarrant's, For ten days at Soc. 2t. NEW STOCK WALL PAPER at Wooten's. F YOU SEE OUR B,EXUTT ful petticoats "The F.De" you will be sure to bu-:. Come look, at WVooten's. OR RENT-Five-room house, with stable. orchard and garden. Apply to J. H. McCullough. IGHT ROOM HOUSE fotsale o: rent. Modern conveniences. Apply to Rnht H. Welch.