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tI0 cralW aat tFw. VOL. XL. NO. 91. NEWBERRY. S. C.. FRIDAY. JUNE 3, 1904 TWICE A WEEK. $1.50 AYEAR BIG WEEK AT PROSPERITY. The Occasion Of The Annual Com acement-The Honor Rolls Of The School. Prosperity. June 2.-This week has been in an especial way the children's time. Three eN.-nings the school children had their say to audiences that filled the hail and even occupied the standing room. If the exer cises of Monday evening pleased. that on Wednesday. the recital of Mrs. J. F. Browne's musical class, delight ed everybody. Special distinction was given Misses Rosabelle Harmon and Willie Mae Wise, with an aver age for the year of 97 per cent. Misses Maude Livingstone and Maryl Wheeler with an average of 94 re ceived second distinction. The chief feature of Tuesday even ing's program was the annual ad dress by Hon. Thos. S. Sease, of Spartanburg. He was introduced by Hon. C. L. Blease, with appropriate reference to his school days in Pros -perity and his professional achieve -ments. The exercises of Tuesday evening are fully referred to in an -other column. The Revs. J. K. McKain. C. M. Boyd, and P. H. E. Derrick consti tuted a tribunal on the debate and rendered a decision for the affirma tive. Reference was made to the fact that the school library now has over, 2oo vol:rnes and the school is now ready to ask that the rural school library law be applied here. Dr. Wyche. the president of the board. made some spirited remarks about the proposed new building and the future plans. The honor rolls were read as fol lows: Scholarship roll: Charley Barre, Susie Langford. Herbert Langford. Allen Lester. Annie Moseley, Willie Mae Wise. Annie Lee Langford. Ma rie Schumpert. Clyde Shealey. Mary Wheeler. Hn!land Bedenbaugh. Earn est Alewine. Harold Boozer. Bessie Mathis.' Vernon Wheeler. Minnie Boyd Brown. Robert Counts. Anna Derrick. Maude Livingstone. Julia Schumpert. McFall Wise. Falter Wise. Vera Fellers. Daniel Lee Fel lers. Rosa May Mitchell, Eva Mer chant. Leo Mathis. Ruby Wheeler. Margaret Cook. Leah Boland. Mary Lizzie Duncan. Elbert Cromer. Lucy Merchant. Guy Maffett. Asa Taylor, Malcol;n Witherspoon, Ray, Gallman. Colin Cook. Rebie Langford. Mary Lizzie Wise. Tena Wise. Wise Cal mes. Grace Burton Reagin. Lillian Hair. Vance Gallman. J. R. Duncan. Marie Kohn. Clara Brown. Clara Gibson. Punctuality roll: Janie Wither .poon. Mary Wheeler. -Deportment roll: Susie Langford. Aj,nie Laurie Lester. Mamie Alewine. Ka\tie Bedenbaugh. Lindsey Fellers. Clata Gibason. Herbert Langford. An nie \Moseley. Annie Lee Langford. Midy Wheeler. Holland Bedenbaugh, Fyes Alewine. Vernon Wheeler, Minnie Boyd Brown, Anna Derrick. Lizzie Derrick. Maud Livingstone, Janie Russell. Pobert Wise.. Rebie Langford, Clara Brown. Ray Gall man, WV. HT. Brown. Rosa May Mitch ell, Margaret Cook. Miss Carrie Lee Holley, of Winns boro, and Miss Jo. Caldwell, of New berry, are visiting at Mr. J. H. Hun ter's. Miss Lucile Wise, of Saluda. is vis *iting friends and relatives iri town. Miss Lizzie Dreher, of Selwood, is visiting Miss Gertrude Bobb. Rev. Mr. Buck, of Saluda. was in town Tuesday. Miss Anna Geiger is visiting her sister, Mrs. ,P. H. E. Derrick. Miss Dora Miller, of Little Moun tain, is visiting the family of Mr. L. C. Merchant. Misses Bessie Counts, Isoline Wyche. and Carrie Hunter, who at tended Winthrop college, arrived at home yesterday. Misses Counts and Hunter graduated this year. Mr. Cee, Stewart is visitingt his mother. Mrs. H. S. Boozer. Misses Georgie Schumpert. Eugen ia Summer. and Mr. Fred Schumpert attended commencement Monday night. Miss Mamie Counts attended Win throp commencement. Mrs. E. B. Kibler is visiting rela tives near Newberry. Miss Annie Mae Bedenbaugh is visiting friends in town. Miss Lillie Warner. who occupies the chair of mathematics at the Co lumbia Female college. has returned home. The chicken raisers of this com mtumity are very much!y indebted to Mr. T. L. Wheeler for killing five minks. THE RURAL CARRIERS. Meeting In Newberry On July 4, To Form a State Association. Delegates from the county associa tioh of rural free delivery carriers will meet in Newberry on the fourth day of July for the purpose of form ing a state association. The meeting will be held at the suggestion and in vitation of the Newberry county as sociation. Up to the present time only three counties in the state Newbery. Laurens, and Orangeburg have perfected county organizations. The delegates from each of these points can reach Newberry in the morning. returning the same night if they desire. The railroads will be asked to of fer reduced rates. and will no doubt comply with the request. The meeting will probably be held in the court house. The fourth of July being a legal holiday. it will not in'terfere in the slightest degree with the daily work of the carriers. and- it was principally tor this reason that this day was fixed. The Newberry county association has been organized for some time. The president is Mr. B. T. Bishop; vice-president, Mr. Drayt. Smith, sec retarv and treasurer, Mr. XV. G. Pet erson. There is probably no county in the country that has carriers who take more interest in their work than the carriers of this county. They are seeking to build up their routes and are succeeding in doing so. and are benefitting the people they serve ac cordingly. CLEMSON COMMENCEMENT It Will Begin Qn Sunday, Marking The Close of a Successful Session. Clemson College. June 2.-The an nual commencement of Clemson col lege. which begins on Sunday, June 5. marks the close of a very success ful session. On Sunday at ir a. m. the bacca laureate sermon will be d'eivered by the Rev Theo. D. Bratton, bishop of Mississippi. and at 8 p. m. the clos ing exercises of the Y. M. C. A. will be held. On Monday. the. 6th, the literary societies will hold their exercises in the more.ing. and at night the alumni address wvill be delivered by WV. J. Sarratt. of Gaffney. On Tuesday, the 7th, the address to the graduating class will be de livered by Dr. C. Alphonso Smith. of Chapel Hill. N. C.. and the class day exercises will be held. Side Lights on History. Bacchus had fallen off the cart. "I just couldn't help it," he admit ted. "I got tangled up with a Ken tucky .editor." Gulping down another highball. he tacked across the street. Hercules had finished his twelfth assignment. "Now," said th'e city editor, "see if you can't get an interview with Judge Parker." Utterly aghast. Hercules staggered from the room-.Milwuke, Sentinel, EDITOR UP FOR CONTEMPT. Joseplus Daniels Of The Raliegh News And Observer-Habeas Corpus Proceedings. Raleigh. N. C.. June 2.-Sympath izing friends throughout he state have personally and by letter and wire ot fered amounts aggregating a hundred thousand dollars to Editor Josephus Daniels. of the Raleigh News and Ob server. with which to pay the fine of two thousand dollars assessed by Judge Purnell for Editor Daniels' al leged contempt of court. Mr. Daniels has refused to pay the ine. and will attempt to secure his liberty through habeas corpus pro ceedings. The charge of the court against the editor was based on his printing edi torials in the News and Observer crit icising the United States court for its ruling in the Atlantic and North Carolina railroad receivership case. Habeas Corpus Proceedings Today. -Alexandria, Va.. June 2.-United States Circuit Judge Pritchard, in Alexandria, today issued a writ of habeas corpus for Josephus Daniels, editor of the Raleigh News and Ob server. who was fined two thousand dollars for contempt of court by United States District Judge Purnell. Judge Pritchard directed that Dan iels will be br'ught before him at Raleigh at 3 p. m. tomorrow. Editor Daniels has taken a stand on principle. stating that if the sen tence of Judge Purnell is- allowed tt stand. it will be a severe blow to the freedom of the press of the entire countrv. Editor Daniels' utterances in con nection with the Atlantic and North Carolina receivership case. arf on which the charge for contempt was based. are as follows: "Judge Purnell . graciously stated that a meeting of the stockholders to agree upon a lease would not be con sidered an act of contempt of his court, provided the lease they might agree upon were submitted to him. The day will be asked 'by the state officials as to how they shall perform I the duty imposed upon them by the legislature. There is not a decent citizen of North Carolina who would ever forgive the governor of this commonwealth if he humiliated it by submitting a lease to any federal .court. Some things are higher than leases and rentals and dollars. One is whether the property of the people shall be governed by servants of their choice or by federal judges in whose selection they have no voice. If their servants commit mistakes or wrongs. the people can correct them. If fed eral court judges appointed'by hosle Presidents upon alien recommenda tions. commit wrongs there is no im mediate remedy. The legislature has full power to make a thorough inves tigation into all agreements and un derstandings which have been entered into, and if the governor should call a special session for that purpose the whole inception of this affair might be said bare to the public gaze. It would have the power to examine everybody and will probably do so. The full disclosure of all the motives and ulterior purposes behind, this ap plication by Finch and Cuyyer would be interesting and salutary. "Of course the state appeared. The appointment of a receiver was expect ed and the state was ready last night with the papers and the bond. The matter will be heard before the cir cuit court of June 28th. If the own ers of three fourths of a piece of prop erty have rights superior to that of one $3.700 stockholder in a company of $r,8oo,ooo the property will be re stored to its owners. "Wrong may triumph for a time, but right will eventually be establish ed. The men who are laughing now will be found weeping when the real truth is brought to light, as it will be as. sure as God reigns in the heav GENFRAL NEWS NOTES. Items of More or Less Interest Con densed Outside the State. Nemorial day was observed in the north last Monday. The president delivered the address on the field at Gettysburg. The address gave praise to those of both armies. Secretary of Agrictilture Wilsont has directed two expect entomologists connected with his department and now in Texas. to visit Bexar county. that state, and make a thorough in vestigation of two fields of cotton which are said to have been entirely cleared of boll weevels by he aid of ants. - Bobby Walthour. the Atlanta bicy clist. broke a number of world's re cords in Boston on Tuesday night. Two North Carolina lawyers and a mail carrier, who swore that they saw Judge Peebles drunk. were. placed in the Robeson county. N. C.. jail under an order issued by Judge Peebles committing them for con tempt. The announcement of the suspen sion of the firm of S. MuTn Son & Co., one of the oldest firms in the cotton trade in New York city. was made on the New York Exchange on Tuesday. The head bookkeeper and cashier dis-1 appeared abomi ten days ago. and the firm believes that as soon as its ac comts are straightened out it will be ale to resume. race riot between white. and bl-ck:s occurred in Philadelphia on! l.mday and before the police suc ceed-d in quelling the disturbance five persons were seriously hurt and a score if others were more or less roughly handled. Cfubs and pistols' were brought into play. Eleven peL sons charged with assault and bat tery and inciting to riot were arrested. The United States has dispatched a number of warships to Tangier to enforce the demands of this country that Perdicaris. an' American citi zen recently kidnapped by Morrocco bandits. be released. The bandits have given notice that if their de mands are not complied with they will put Perdicaris to death. and the president has directed that they be notified f any harm come to Perdi caris is at their hands they must pay the forfeit with their lives. Mayor Robert H. McLane, of Bal timore. shot and killed himself at his residence in that city on Monday af ternoon. His bride of less than two weeks was at the time of the tragedy in an adjoining room. No cause can be assigned for the act by the mem bers of Mr. McLane's family. Since the fire of last February he had been kept hard at work, and this together with- criticisms by his political op ponents are thought by many to have caused a temporary aberration of his mind. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. Items of More or Less Interest Con densed in the Stale. The new tin mining concern in Gaffney has been granted a charter. It is capitalized at $25,000 The Columbia Female college. Con verse college, and other institutions throughout the state have held their annual commencements this week. The closing exercises of the annual commencement of Winthrop college were held on Tuesday, when a large class of young girls was graduated. A bolt of lightning instantly killed little Jacob Wages, a 13-year-old cot ton mill operative of the Olymnphia mill village on Tuesday afternoon, while the boy was sitting on a bench next to a store. John P. Grace has entered the race for sheriff in Charlestoni county agaoinst Capt. J. Elmore Matin, the present incumbent. Both lave tiled their assessments of $500 !ach. Willis Daniel, colored, was shot Lnd instantly killed by Weter An Irews. also colored, at Reedy Branch church. Saluda county, on 3unday. It is said that bad blood had xisted between the negroes for some ime. It is reported from Anderson that he people who live in the Cox mill -illage, just west of the city limits, Lre very proud of the record of their own in the p-ast few years. There Lre not more than fifty families living n the village, and there have been line births there in the past two veeks. Lee Seegle. who shot and- instantly cilled Marvin Dodson on Monday iear hVhetstone, was lodged in the Nalhalla jail on Tuesday morning. D)odson was ordered from Seegle's Lnd did not leave after some words. He was told to leave Seegle's yard, )odson from Seegle's house and did. ot leave after some words. Later ie was told to leave Seegle's yard, mnd when this was refused Seegle se :ured his gun and fired. A PLEASANT 'OCCASION. 'hildren's Day at Trinity on Wednes day, May 25-A Prosperous School. The school session of the Trinity ;chool ended Wediesday. May 25, Lnd on Saturday following suitable xercise. were held in the church. The exercises consisted of songs Lnd recitations by members of' the chool and Sunday School: and under he skillful management of the teach r. Miss Pearl West. the two were )lended into a happy children's day. It is useless to say that the exer :ises were very much enjoyed by all vho were present. The children did -emarkably well. reciting their )ieces with ease and grace. showing hat they had received careful train ng at the hands of the teacher. One feature of the occasion was an xcellent address by the Rev. J. H. 3raves, of Newberry, who told of the )ower of true education to cultivate. :o uplift, to create new hearts and iew souls in men, and to awaken hem to a sense of having a love for :he beautiful. so that they might be niabled to see beauty in everything )ertaining to nature. It is hoped :hat the cnthusiasm that his ;,peech nspired will be felt when the school -eopens in October. The trustees and patrons are' high y pleased with Miss West,.both as a ady and teacher. and because of her 7aithful work in the school room, she ias been unanimously re-elected acher for the next session with a lattering increase of salary. There was a large crowd present mnd after the exercises, which were :oncluded in the morning, dinner was erved on the grounds. Only those ho have eaten at Trinity church can orm an idea of the good things the adies had for all present to eat. After dinner, the young folks had Spicnic in the grove, and to all. ap earances Cupid was present with hem, putting in some extra good rork. The day passed off pleasantly, very one had a good time, and Miss West is to be - congratulated on the appy termination of her school erm, and the patrons for having se :ured her service for another year. G. H. L. Card of Thanks. Editor Herald and News :-Will you please allow us to return our hanks to those friends who extend ed their cordial help and kindly sym athy to us during the protracted ill ess of our brother, J. E. Buzhardt. Words are inadequate to express our appreciation of the kindnesses show red upon us. We can never repay the debt we owe: but we invoke Heaven's rich blessings upon them. J Yv and Mrs. T. Y. Norris.