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A SHORTAGE IN THE PROSPERITY DISPENSARY EXAMINATION YESTERDAY BY INSPECTOR. Shortage Amounts to About One Thousand Dollars-Dispenser Bedenbaugh Is Ill. According to 'the report of In spector W. J. McCartha. who made a thorough examination of the affairs of the Pro-sperity dispensary yesterday there is a shortage in that dispen sary of S1.075.41. less $110.25. which the inspector :ays he understands is in Hawkin- Brother' safe. The dispenser. Mr. A. Lester Bede.i ba.gh. is c(nined to his bed with ill ness. A warrant has been sworn (utj by Mr. Jacob Senn. chairman of the county board f.r his arrest. The sureties on his bond. which is for three thousand dollars. are Messrs. A. H. Hawkins. G. Y. Hunter and E. K. Bedenbaugh. Mr. Bedenbaugh's sickness led to the discovery of the shortage. Mr. Bedenbaugh became unable to attend to the affairs of the dispensary and left it in charge of Mr. Preston Cannon. Mr. Cannon in selling the liquor came across a number of empty cases under the boxes which contained liquor. Upon making this discovery he went to Bedenbaugh's father, who told him he knew nothing about the matter. He then locked the dispensary. Inspector McCartha was sent for and he with the members of the county board on Wednesday and yesterday morning made an examina tiori of the affairs of the dispensary. As stated. Mr. Bedenbaugh is con fined to his bed with sickness. and The Herald and News was not able to secure any statement or explana tion from him. CONFEDERATE VETERANS. Four-Fifths of Their Licenses Col lected For This Year Will Be Returned. City council at its meeting on Wednesday night decided to return to Confederate vetterans four-fifths of the license fees which have been ,collected from them this year. An act of the recent general assembly exempted Confederate veterans from .the payment of all licenses. county. city. ard state. The license ordinance otf Newberry had al ready gone into effect and licenses had been ctllected from several o' those exempted by the state law. Council held and still litld, that it had a right under the law to hold li censes already collected. but in order to comply with the spirit of the law took action a, above stated. Some fourteen or rifteen pers. n; in New berry are affected by the tem of the state laW Child Killed by a Horse. e two-year-'ild son of Green wood \Vashington. the negr" hack driver, was kicked in the head by a horse late Monday afternoon and al most instantly killed. The ho rs;e had been unhitched from the hack and was running aro und the yard. The child got in its way and its seems that it attempted to .iump over the child. The hoof struck the child tun der the jawv. The child ran about ten steps and fell dead.. Newberry vs. Skyscrapers. lat a game of ball played on the Newberry college diamond on Tues day afternoon, the Columbia "Sky scrapers' won from Newberry by a score of 9 to i. Tb.' game was lost by Newberry by erroas at critical points. The college team showed up well against the professionals and up until the sixth inning they made the "Skyscrapers" look like a one-story building. As a matter of. fact. Simp son, for the college boys. clearl,y out elassed the professional pitchers and had he received the same support given his opponents in the box the game would have been Newberry's. If Columbia's "Skyscrapers"~ wmn the pennant this year it will be a su prise to Newberry fans. all previous reports of the game to the conti-ary, notwithstanding. Kibler-Epting. Mr. John J. Kibler, oi the county. and Miss Bessie Epting. daughter of Mr. Julius. Epting. of near Pomaria, were marr.ied. on the 7th of April at the Lutheran parsonage at Little Mounta in, th Re.T. K. Efird. PURELY PERSONAL. The Movements of Many People, Newberrians and Those Who Visit Newberry. Newberry's Shriners returned from Charleston yesterday. Mr. F. L. Bynum was in Columbia this week. Dr. F. M. Setzler. of Whitmire. was in Newbery on Wednesday. Miss lary Hlafier. of Chester. is visiting Miss Clara Langford. Mrs. J. J. Vandiver. of Burke. Va.. is visiting her father. Mr. J. Chessley D,,minick. Mr. E. J. Lovern. boss of the card rom at the Mollohon mill has m,-vel to Nevnan. Ga.. with his fam ilv. Mis Mlas-ey Williams returned to her honme in Clinton yesterday after a very pleasant visit of two weeks to friends and relatives in Newberry. Quite a large number of Laurens people came down yesterday. "Hearts and Diamonds" being presented in the opera house last night by Lau rens talent. VARIOUS AND ALL ABOUT. The new building on the college campus has been put in use. Mr. J. B. Leonhardt qualified on Wednesday as alderman from Ward 5. The general election passed off very quietly on Tuesday. a very light vote being cast. The senior class of Newberry col lege are standing their examinations this week and will finish their cla.ss room work on Friday. The annual meeting of the stock holders of the Newberry Cotton mills will be held in council chambers n May 4. at 10 o'clock a. m., for the election of directors for the ensuing year and the transaction of other business. A full attendance is urged. Messrs. F. Cavenaugh and WN. E. Pelham have been chosen delegates from Newberry Lodge. No. 75. Knights of Pythias. to the Grand L.odge of South Carolhna. which meets in Greenville on May 17. The alternates are Messrs. C. A. Bowman and J. A. Blackwelder. 'The fire department was called out on Tuesday by a small fire at the building formerly occupied by the Newberry Handle and Shuttle fac t,ry. The tire was put out by the de partment before much damage was done. It is supposed to have been caused by a spark from a passing locomotive. PROSPERITY NEWS. Week of Prayer Observed By the Lutheran Ladies-Personal --Other Matters. Prosperity. A-pril 1.-The P'resbv :erv of the A. R. P. church was in esi'n here' s.everal days last week. :l .sing with the service Sunday night. The services were well attended and muicich e.ived by our people. Dispenser A. I.. Benedbaugh has been and is still sick. This has neces ;itated the clos;ing 'f the dispensary -nd the county byarsi are here taking ~tock. Mr. J. L Wise has been off to Charleston to attend the meeting of the Shriners. .\r. R. H1. Russell is with us again. M. J. j. Mayer. of Newberry. was in our town this week Mr. WV. R. Elmnore visited this com munity recently. Miss Maud Hopkins and Mrs.Cur lie, of Seneca. are visiig Dr. Wheel er's family. This week is observed by the ladies of the Missionary society of the Luth eran church as a week of prayer. The last service will be next Sunday night. for which they are preparing a varied program. Miss Lena Moseley, after spending the past wveek at home. has - "rned to the Presbyterian College for VWo mn. Coltumbia. S. C. Change in Schedule. Commencing on the 17th of this month the early morning train on the Southern from Hodges to .Columbia will run on a schedule an hour faster than the present schedule, so that in stead of reaching Columbia at 1 1:30, as at present. it will arrive in Co THE RED MEN. Newberry Takes Prominent Part, As Usual, In The Meeting of Great Council. Newberry's delegation have re turned from the meeting of the Great Council of South Carolina of the Im proved Order of Red Men. held this week in Sumter. Newberry. as she always does. took a prominent part in the proceedings of the Great Council. It is a matter of pride to the Red Men of Newberry that a Newberry man, only at the meting prior to the one held this week. retired from the office of Great Sachem. the highest office in the Great Council of South Caro lina. and that at the next meeting a \ewherry man will succeed to the of fice. And at the same time Newberry Red Men have been holding some or the most important of the other offi ces and committee app.-intments. The meeting in Sumter this week was very pleasant. It was attended by the following Red Men from New berry: Messrs. Jos. H. Hair, Cole L. Blease. Dr. Van Smith. Messrs. 0. Klettner. E. S. Werts, J. M. Guinn. I. 0. Burton. S. G. Carter. and the Rev. Jo'hn H. Graves. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: Great Sachem, E. C. Steinmeyer. Charleston: Great Senior Sagamore. Cole L. Blease. Newberry: Great Junior Sagamore. C. E. Tolley. Anderson: Great Prophet, Wm. McGowan. Spartanburg: Great Chief of Records. B. C. Wallace. Sum ter: Great Keeper of Wampum. Wil liam Fitch. Charleston. Mr. Jos. H. Hair. who a year ago retired as Great Sachem and who this week retired as Great Prophet. will represent the Great Council of South Carolina at the meeting of the Great Council of the United States. which will meet at St. Joseph. Mo.. on the second Monday in September. Mr. Otto Klettner. of Newberrv. was made chairman of the fnance committee. one of the most impor tant committee appointments in the Great Council. Mr. S. G. Carter. (if this city, was chosen Inside Guard .f the Great Council. Dr. Van Smith. of this city. was made Deputy Great Sachem of this district. The next meeting of the Great Council of South Carolina will be held at Anderson, at which meeting Mr. Cole L. Blease will take the of fice of Great Sachem. LOSS BY FIRE. Mr. J. S. J. Suber's Residence, In No. 3 Township. Entirely De stroyed. Mr. J. S. J. Suber's residence. in No. 3 Town hip. nea?r Ashford's fer ry, was entirely destroyed by fire on Tuesday. Very little of the con ents was saved. Exactly h< wv the lre started could not be learned, but it is stuposed to have been acciden ta. From the best' information ob tanable, it ap)pears that Mr. Suber had no insurance. IHIis loss is heavy. Solicitor T. S. Sease. In an important case in the court at Greenwood last week. the Green wood Journal has the following to av of Solicitor Sease: "Solicitor Sease handled the case admirably and added new laurels to his brow for his faithful and clear presentation of the facts as brought out during the trial. H is speech was such a one as is not heard every day in a court room. A gentleman who lis tened to it remarked after leaving the court house that he could not see for his life how that jury could fail to convict, and be it said to their credit tht they did not fail." Mr. Sease has made a very efficient and successful prosecuting attorney. The attorney general's report shows that he has secured more convictions in his circuit last year than were had in any other circuit in the state. He is a Newberry man and his Newberry friends are gratified at the success he has attained. He is a candidate for re-election and it goes without saying that he will carry his honmecounty practically unani imouslv. A large proportion of the cooking in Paris restaurants is done in sight of the customers. THAT UNION DEPOT. President Childs' Proposition Declin ed-City Council and Board of Trade To Meet. Chairman C. W. Garris.gof the board of railroad commissioners. has been notified that the board of trade and city council - have agreed that President Childs' propos;tion in the matter of the proposed union depot for Newberry is not at all satisfac tory. President Childs' proposition is to the effect that he will move his track nearer the Southern track, erect an umbrella shed from the Southern depot to his track. place his ticket agent in the Southern depot. making this arrangement serve as a union depot. The princ'ipal objection stated to this arrangement is that it would place the (lde) t in a network of railways. making it very inconvenient and dan gerous ot access. At a meeting oi'city council on Wednesday night it was decided to ask that the board of trade appoint a committee to meet council to agree upon a plan which would be satisfac tory to all concerned. 6"WITHIN T VAIL." High Appreciation of Mr. John A. Chapman's Book by a New Hampshire Man. Mr. John A. Chapman has received a letter from a gentleman in Man chester. New Hampshire. who ex I presses such high appreciation of Mr. Chapman's poetical works that a few extracts are made from the let ter. as follows: *1 have all the poetical books you have published. I am fondest of 'Within the Vail.' I ought to value the Bible more, but I declare to you that I do not read it as much as I do 'Within the Vail.' Do you not realize that in it is the outline of the true and entire pbilosophy of the spir itual. the real world. While not ex haustive. it is suggestive, clear and correct. I keep 'Within the Vail' at my pillow and my last thought at night is found somewhere in that book. Some poems in 'Poems for Young and Old' I like. and many stanzas from the 'Wandering Jew.' I am speaking to you unconventionally and as if I knew you intimately when I say that if I only had the means I would like to place about as much more matter from the other books as in bound in 'Within the Vail' with most all that it contains. making a work of 400 pages and suggesting the grandest related themes of the New Age. Of course I like the shorter poems that do not bel6ng to that class. I only meant to select those of deeper spiritual import." The Presbytery at Prosperity. The following is taken from the local page of the .issociate Reformed Presbyterian. Due WVest. of which page '\r. R. S. Galloway is in charge: "We attended the meeting of the Presbytery at Prosperity. Bro. Boyd Iis held in high esteem and praises of him are in the mouths of the people. He is a great worker. The A. R. P. church building is a nice one. The parsonage is nearing completion. It is wel1 located on same street as the church and has 8 rooms. The town of Prosperity is building up. It .now has two banks. We were in the new bank and were well pleased. Mr. M. A. Carlisle is the president and Mr. H. C. Moseley vice-president, and Mr. Wheeler cashier. Things look new and neat. The hank is getting on well. There are a number of large business houses in Prosperity, oil mill. &c. It is a good business center. "We were put tinder personal obli gation by kindness received from Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Moseley and their handsome daughters. Misses Lula and Lena gloseley. Capt and Mrs. Fel lers were exceedingly kind. Th-ey re membered the son for the sake of the father. Mrs. Kibler is another dear friend. All the brethren enjoyed Ithe meeting of the Presbytery. and Sabbath morning Rev. E. B. Kennedy preached at soul-moving sermon: Sab bath .afternoon Rev. H. B. Blakely preided. and made remarks. Revs. 'Ira Caldwell and I.. I. Echols spoke on moral q1uestions of the day. Sab bh Rev. G. G. Parkinson preached tn able. ermon. The daily. wage for (killed labQr in talv is. for machinists. 55 to 70 cents: masons. 50 to 60 cents: carpen ters. 50 to 70 cents. and cotton work Letter to H. H. Evans. Dear Sir: Why don't we make 1paint. as many others do. to go three quairters as far. or two-thi'rds. oA half. or a third. -,r a quarter? Nlr. Aaron Higgins, Plaintield. N. J.. always used 15 gallons of paint for his house. Devoe took ii. There are two sorts of paint: all paint. true paint. strong paint. full measure: and part paint. false paint, weak paint. short-measure. The paint manufactures are two sorts: Dev(we and the rest. Yours trulv. F. XV. Devoe & Co. Sold by Newberry Hardware Co. SPECIAL NOTICES. AGENTS WANTED: .To sell Fle-x ible Black Roofing Paint t6 deal ers. factories and mills. A superior paint at a reasonable price. Guar anteed for five years. Liberal com mission and exclusive territory given to reliable salesmen. Fed eral Paint Company. Cleveland, Ohio. WANTED-The buying public to know that we have a carload of high-grade buggies on hand which we will sell for cash or on easy terms. Aull & Hipp, Pomaria, S. C. ANY ONE HIRING OR HARBOR ing Robert Boozer, a boy about 16 years old. who is under a contract with me. will lay themselves liable to the law. J. B, Kempson. REPAIRINU DONE OF ALL kinds by Shockley & Livingston, in front of the jail. MY JACK "PHOBE," for service at my residence. JOHN M. SCHUM PF.RT. LUMBER OF ALL KINDS Dressed by Schockley & Living ston. MONEY TO LEND-Long time; 8 per cent.! easy terms. John stone & Cromer. IF YOU WANT A HOUSE built it will pay to consult Shockley & Livingston. BIG LOT OF Thomas Smoothing and Cutaway harrows to go at cost. J. W. White. MANUFACTURER-Wants reliable man to deliver and collect; horse and wagon and $t5o deposit neces sary; $21 a week and expenses; permanent. Franklin, Box 78, Philadelphia, Pa. IF YOU WANT FIRST CLASS work done call on Shockley & Livingston. MONEY TO LOAN-We negotiate loam on improved farm lands at seven per cent. interest on amounts over one thousand dollars, and eight per cent. interest- on amounts- less -than $r.ooo. Long time and easy payments. Hunt, Hunt & Hunter. WANTED-In each State. salesman 'to sell large line tobacco; permna nent position. Central Tobacco Works Company, Penicks, Va. BUY YOUR LUMBER, LATHS, Shingles. etc., of Shockley & Livingston. WANTED-Special representative in this county and adjoining terri tories, to represent and advertise an old established business -house of solid financial standing. Salary $21 weekly, with expenses, paid each Monday by check direct from head quarters. Expenses advanced; posis tion permanent. We furnish every thing. Address, The Columbia, 630 Monon Blg., Chicago, Ill. HUNTER & SANER-Are run ning a saw mill about two miles from the city, on the Langford mill road, and are prepared to fill all orders for lumber. EIGHT ROOM HOUSE for sale or rent. Modern conveniences. Apply to Robt. H. Welch. Wearing a patch is better than pay ing usury on~ the money you spent for