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E. H. AULL, EDITOR. Entered at the Postoffice at New berry, S. C.. as second class matter. TUESDAY, MAY 31- 1904 St. Louis and World's Fair. To undertake to write about St. Louis and the World's Fair in pro gress there now is alike to trying to see the great show in two -or three days. One knows scarcely where to begin. It is worth the while of any one to take this trip. It is an education and money spent in such a trip is money well invested. Even though all expositions are very much alike. The press trip was a most pleasant, one. It was ma'e leisurely leav ing Cblumbia in the morning via the Southern railway and taking it by daylight through the beautiful coun try 'along this road and viewing the magnificent scenery of western North Carolina. and down the French Broad. A stop of a couple 'iours was made at Knoxville and then by night we traveled to Lexington, Ky., where another stop was made of about four hours. We breakfasted here and had time to see a little something of this historic city. This is the home of Henry Clay and a large shaft marks his tomb. This stop was not in our I regular schedule, but it came in very agreeably. - At Louisvlle. Ky.. we spent most of the day and it was enjoyed by the entire party. Several friends met the party here and helped to make the day pleasant. There are many places of interest in and around this city. At night the journey to St. Louis was resumed and the exposi tion city was reached at breakfast time Sunday morning. Stores. pool rooms. barrooms, tailor shops. all seemed to be wide open, just as on any ordinary day. Of course there were exceptions and some stores were clo .d, but the general rule seeTaed to be that there was no Sabbath obser vance. And yet strange to say the exposition was closed, and closed so tight that you could not even get the 1 opportunitv to speak to an official, or if you did it was after much difficulty. That was alright, but the strange part was the contrast between the city and the exposition in this matter of Sab bath observance. The exposition city, for it is a city al.l to itself, is about five miles from the city of St. Louis, but the street cars and 'regular trains will take you there at any time of the day or night and the fare is only to cents. The press party traveled in a pri vate car and while in St. LotQs we had our car stored within a few yards of the main entrance to the grounds, and most of the party slept and took meals on the car. WVe cannot say much about the cost of board or rooms in the city, but like all large cities the cost of these items may be regulated to suit the taste and pocket book of each individual, but we should say that any one going from here might expect to sp-end not less than three dollars per day for rooms and meals. We saw places advertising meals for ten cents each, and others for 25 cents and so on. The Inside Inn -is :a large hotel in the grounds wvhere meals and rooms may be se cured. It has some 2.aoo rooms. There are plenty o' accommodations at present. -The exposition is one of the larg est ever held. It occupies about -i.20 . acres of land and one can form some idea of. the extent of the groun.ds from this statement. The buildings are not crowded. No attempt would be made by this writer to describe any of the build ings or 'the exhibits. Many of the1 buildings are yet -to be finished and in but very few are all the exhibits in place. In fact it will be some time before everything is completed. This has been the history of all expositions Yet there is enough here to be seen to interest the visitor for as long a time as he may care to remain. The "Midway." or the "'Pike.'' as it is called, is abou:t the best we have are some shows on it welll worth see ing. * * * We suppose there were plenty places where one could be buncoed. and one can always lind them. but we saw none. in fact we were not looking for them. The management nevds to give a little more attention io, distinguished guests who are there. such as the .tvernors tf States. Our party re ceived all the attenti-n we cared to have or that we expected. but there was complaint fr4pm some organiza tions that were specially invited and were expecting to be received by the mayor and the president. These things will happen. but with the funds the exposition had at its com mand it- woild have been better to have had some persons specially ap pointed to attend to these functions. Gov. Lanham. of Texas. was there while we were. having come to par ticipate in the dedication of the Te. as state building. This is a handsome building. put up in the shape of a star. Gov. Lanham is a native of Spartanburg county. this state, and left here just after his marriage in 66 to make his fortune in Texas. He says it was his bridal trip. taken over land in a one-horse wagon. His wife was a Miss Weng. of Union. He engaged in teaching after going to Texas and then studied law, and af terwards served in Congress for six teen yZars, resigning his seat to ac cept the governorship of Texas. He was delighted to meet South Caro-, linians and said it made him feel like going home again. We had him to dine with us and were delighted with his company. He was a Confederate soldier, a member of the third regi ment. Kershaw's brigade. He ask ed about many of his old companions in arms. said he was by the side of Col. James D. Nance when he was shot. that he had a copy of Col. Dick ert's history and enjoyed reading it. After five days in St. Louis our par tv started on the return on Thursday evening via the Illinois Central and N. C. & St. Louis to Nashville, where we spent the day. A visit to the places of interest was made by the party. The Confederate reunion will be heid in this city in a few days. * * * From Nashville we came to Chat tanooga via the W. & A. It was part of our itinerary to spend the day at this place so as to take in Chickamau ga park as well as Lookout Moun tain, but learning on our arrival of the death of Col. Hoyt. we cut off twelve hours of our stay so as to come on to his funeral. All the party had an opportunity to visit Lookout mountain and to take a tide up the incline. This was contidered really the most interesting part of our jour ney. We reached Greenville .on Sunday morning and remained over to the funeral of Col. Hoyt that afternoon. True, many of our party~ had gone home by other routes, but the asso ciation was still together. One place of interest is .the Fili pino villages which gives one a good idea of howv these people IL. emd the habits of the country. The vil lage is not yet finished, but will be very soon. We found here a South Carolinian, Capt. M. C. Butler, who was very kind to c.ur party. We also met Dr. Julian who lived in this county for several years and who married here. His wife was a Miss Bowles, a daughter of the Rev. . D. Bowles. The trip altogether vrae a veory pleasant :and a very instructive on*e and those who can should go to the World's Fair. E. H. A. Mr. Hugh Wilson. for forty-five ears connected with the Abbeville Press and Banner, has sold the plant1 to Messrs. WV. WV. & WV. C. Bradley for $5.ooo. Mr. Wilson will continue to edit the paper and remnain with the paper temporarily. Mr. Wilson has been a very successftul publisher and. always got out a good paper. WVe regret his retirement from the pro fession and wish him much happiness in his retirement. He was one of the oldest newspaper men in the state on the country press andI in c 'nous service. To his successors the best we caii wish is that they~ may The State convention of Georgia unanimously endorsed Judge Parker and instructed its delegates to the national convention to cast the votel: of the state for his nomination. The unit rule was also adopted. Every thing points to the nomination oi Judge Parker hy an overwhelming! majority. Strange to say. however. no one has been mentioned promi iently by either party for second place an the ticket. COUNTY CHAIN GANG. Investigation Of Alleged Cruelties; Well-Nigh Concluded By Re feree Dominick. With the exception of one witness,' Dr. W. D. Senn, whose testimony the co,untv attorney. Mr. J. B Hun ter. representing County Supervisor John M Schumpert. desires to be taken. the investigation of alleged: cruelties practiced on county chain; gang convicts was concluded by Ref cree Fred. H. Dominick. in his office here this morning. The invetsigation,j it will be recalled. is under an order of the last court, passed at the insti gation of the grand jury. and the whole investigation has been conduct-I ed under the suggestions of a mem ber of the grand jury. Several witnesses were examined this morning. but there was no tes timony of a startling nature. The wit nesses had seen some whipping, but they did not consider it excessive. County Attorney J. B. Hunter was present. 'lhe testimony will be reported to the next term of court here. The testimony of the witnesses ex amined this morning is in subsance as follows: Mr. Pink Jonhstone. who lives about five and a half miles from New-; berry. said the gang worked near his house for about six weeks or two, months and he saw them nearly every day. and saw only one prisoner re ceive any li-k, and he received one: lick with the driver's whip. He heard of other whippings but did not know' of them to his own knowledge. He did not think they got more than they deserved. Mr. Luther Bishop testified he had 'seen one negro whipped not quite two years ago by Mr. Richardson for not working. The negro was given about 25 lashes with a wagon whip on the body with the clothes on. The gang at the time was in Langford's pasture. He did not think the whip ping too severe. Mr. G. H. Ligon said the gang worked on the road towards his home about last September. He was around the gang a good deal. and he saw some whipping. The convicts, were whipped with wagon whips, ex cept in one instance a belt was used. He didn't count the lashes. but they ranged from 1to 5 and to 1o and 15 and 20. Most of them received 1o' lashes. He saw one man whip eight or ten at one time for not working and all together got about 50 or 60 about eight or ten each. He didn't think he ever saw a convict whipped on the bare skin, except about three lashes given to one on the bare skin unintentionally by Mr. B. M. Koon. The convicts in his opinion were well treated, and he didn't think the pun ishment given was more han he him self would have admministered uin der similar circumstances. Mir. George P. Boozer said the gang was near his house for about six weeks and he didn't see much whipping and didn't think what he Elsee unreasonable. He saw Mr. Koon give several two or three lashes' each-one for fighting.: He ne1 er saw any harsh treatment. Mr. D. G. Livingston said the chain gang did some work about his house' about three years ago. He didn't see anything wrong-saw the guards give them taps sometimes. He had often strapped his boy as hard as some of the convicts had been whip ped. If he had been boss they would have got more. He had men on his farm whom he had whipped harder' than the convicts were whipped, and his hands were not slaves, either. NOTICE. A special communication of A\mitv Lodge No. 87 A. F. M. will be held at Masonic Hall this Friday after-. noon at ; o'clock for the pturpose of at tending in a body' the funeral of our late b)rother. Thos. Q. Boozer. GEO. S. MOWER. WV. M T. H. M. KTNRD ec. LOW PRIC The Order Of T # We have our storE + merchandise pricE $ priced trash that is but good desirabb goods priced low. + BLACK DRE 4 One of our special you pretty Voile, I + Chine,Eolienne,Mol * Batiste and many p1 : Our line of Coloi + worthy of your atte * Colored Silk, all kin SWHITE GOODS $ in fine shape, every *white can be founc + your advantage. \A attention to our SpIE + goods department * goods this season than ever before, m + sheer and attractiv 4 and so cheap too. partment is up to i + dard. * New Oxfords, N + Men's Shoes, New + Girls' Shoes. 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