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HIGH WATER. Horse Drowned in Streets of Pomar Yesterday Afternoon-Negro Had Narrow Escape. There were- heavy rains in the lox -er part of the count; yesterday afte inoon, and at Plomaria the little cre< in The town which crosses under tl tracks of the Southern railway, w high i of its banks. A negro, Jot Wicker. lost a horse in the attempt drive across the creek yesterday a ternoon. HLie was driving the horse i a huggy and the horse was carrit by the current down to the trestle at there drowned. The negro himse had a narrow escaped. Mr. Cabaniss' Father Dead. Mr. E. Cabaniss' returned on Mol day night from Shelby. N. C., wle he went to attend the funeral of h father. Mr. H. Cabaniss. whose deal occurred at his home at Shelby c Sundav. Mr. Cabaniss' many frien< sympathize with him in hiz bereav mnent Mt McLean Leaves. Mr. S. H. McLean left on Tuesdz night for Union to take charge < the agency of the Southern railwz there. This change is a distinct pr, motion for Mlr. McLean. the busine 'Of the railway being htavi.r at Unir on account of the larger number cotton mills there. Everybody Newberry who has had dealings wil the railway during Mr. McLean .term as agent regretted very much 1 see him leave Newberry. Mr. J. Burton has taken charge. but sa: this is only a temporary arrang ment. Nothing definite has yet be< given out as to what permanent a rangements will be made for the o sfice here. Met Serious Accident. Dr. Asa F. Langford, of Prosperit met with a serious accident Wedne day. as a result of which his le was broken and he is today in a se ious condition. Dr. Langfo.rd hz come up from Prosperity 'to Mr Jane Long's several miles from Pro perity. between Prosperity and Nev berry. on a visit. He was going t the front steps when he stumbled ar fell, breaking his leg. Dr. 0. B. Mayer was called in ar Dr, Langford was given medical a *tention. Owing to his advanced ag *he is in a serious condition. *Dr. Langford has long been one < the most prominent and respecce 'citizens of the county, and his hos1 * of friends throughout the county ar state sincerely hope for his speec 'recovery. Newbery Real Estate Co. 'The annual meeting of the stoci 'holders of the Newbery Real Bsta company was held in city counc chambers Tuesday night. The o board of directors wes re-elected, follows: John M. Kinard. O.B. Maye i. H. Hunt. F. C. Owens of Gree1 -ville. J. Y. McFall, J. H. Summer, 'N. McCaughrin. H. J. Hayneswor1 -of Greenv.ille. The board of directors met aft< 'the adjournment of the stockholder K meeting and re-elected the follot ing officers: President-O. B. Mayer. Vice-president-H. J. Hayne 'worth, of Greenville. -Secretary and Treasurer-John 3 'Kinard. Attorneys-Hunt. Hunt and H-un er. . .Alligator on Bush River. There was an old negro in New~be ry who told of an alligator I 'kille,d on Bush river this week. F says the alligator was just abot 'Lindsay's' bridge'. and was fully seve ifeet long. He first saw him stretcl -ed out on the bank, and let him has gone barrel of a shot gun. The all gator, the story runneth, then jumi ed into the river, and about this tin the negro let him have the other ba rel. He is confident that he hi him both times and that the secor shot finished him, and he says I would have got him and taken hi1 home but he could not get any he& and -when he went back to the rivi a day later it was up. There is no reason in the won: to doubt the old man's story. B1 an alligator seven feet long is somi thing newv for small streams arour Newbenry. The negro's name -Smmer TLark. PURELY PERSONAL. ia'The Movements of Many People Newberrians and Those Who Visit Newberry. Mrs W. E. Ruff is visiting friend: in Spartanburg. e Mrs. Geo. \VcWhirter is visiting s friends in Columbia. Mrs. D. F. Pifer is visiting Mrs W D. Avinger. at Cordesville. :0 Prof. N. F,. Aull has returned t< his work at Hickory. N. C. id iss Jeanne Pelham has returne< If from a visit to friends in Greenwood Mr. J. S. Spearman. of Silve: Street has returned from a trip t< Tate Springs. eAMrs. Robert E. Leavell has return ed to Newberrv after-a visit in Pick n Mr. and Mrs. 0. McR. Holmes an< son. Robert. have gone to Brevard N. C. Misses A!-ce Cooper and Anni< Burgess are yisiting Miss Helen Gog gans. f Miss Hattie Shelley is on an ex tended visit to Darlington and Bish opville. Mr. W. H. Carwile has returne< n from a -two weeks' stay at Chici Springs. n h 'Miss Cema Sitton, of Autun. is ir the city the guest of Miss Florenc< lowman. k Mrs. W. L. Seabrook has gone t< rs Gettysburg, Pa., to visit her father' family there. Miss Leone Hunter, of Columbia is visiting Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Hun ter, in the city. Miss Daisy O'Neal, of '.,olumbia, i! visiting Mrs. Robert D. Wright, or College street. Y Miss Sudie Davis, of Saluda, and g nephew. Gary Davis. and Mr. J Tribble. are visit'ng at Mr. J. W, . Davis' this week. s. Misses Fannie and Lucy McCaugh rin and Masters Robert and Nal Gist have gone to Brevard, N. C., for P an extended stay. d Mr. John Scott has returned to th d city after an extended visit to his ol ho)me in Ohio and other points ir the north and west. (Mrs. Julia Harrison, who has beer >(in the city on a visit to Mrs. 0. McR d Holmes, has returned to her hom< :s in WVilmington, N. C. d MIr. Robert E. Leavell has returne< to the city after an extended trii through Georgia and Florida. Mr Leaveil wvill be in Newbery unti Monday. CMiss Eliza Simmons and Mis: :e Sarah Simmons have gone to Mudli< ii to spend some time with Mr. Goorg< d A. Boozer. Mliss Dora Barrier, who has beet ri at the home of Rev. S. T. Hallman has returned to her home at Spencer N.C. M1essrs. H. J. Hayneswor.th and F rC. Owvens. of Greenville, spent Tues sday night in Newberry to attend th< eannul mdeting of the stockholders o Whe Newberry Real Estate company The returned to Greenville WVednes -da morning. - VARIOUS AND ALL ABOUT. -At the Primary and Junior uniot this afternoon. Mliss McClintock wil teach. Exercises commence prompt ly at 5.,30 o'clock. in Central Metho dis-t church. All interested are in Ivited to be present. e 1Mr. T. 0. Stewart spent WVednes eday night in Columbia in the interes n of the proposed rifle company for Nev -berry. Mr. Stewart had a talk witi eAdjutant General Frost in regard t< -the matter and Mr. Frost stated tha >he would probably be able to let th epromoters of the Newberry compan rknow something definite by the 1otl i-t of 15th of this month. He talke< d very encouragingly to Mr. Stewar ein regard to the matter. r Annual Vacation. The Newberry cotton mills and th< d Mel' lohoin cotton mills will give thei t annual vacation. commencing on nex Monday. The Newberry mills wvil d *close down Saturday afternoon fo: is twvo weeks and the Mollohon mill GENERAL SESSIONS COURT. A Number of Cases Have Been Dis posed of-Tht Two Murde Cases-Other 'atters. There were no cases ready for trial when the general sessions court con vened on Tuesday morning and ap peals from magistrates' courts were taken up and disposed of during the morning. The jurors were dismiss ed until Wednesday morning. Con sideration of the appeals from mag istrates' courts was concluded before noon. and the court adjourned until Wednesday morning. The grand .iury returned "no bills" in two dis pensary cases. viz.: State vs. Bob Poterheld. charged with violation of the dispensary law. and the state vs. Press. Quiller and Tom Rice. charg ed with violation of the dispensary law. On W'ednesday morning the case against Becky Neel. colored. charged with murder, was taken up. The state was represented by Solicitor Thos. S. Sease and the defense by Cole. L. Blease. Esq. It was agreed that the defendant should plead guilty to manslaughter. and a ver dict was published accordingly. The case of the state vs. Tom Wheeler. colored. charged with as sault with intent to ravish, was then taken up. the defense being repre ented hv, Hunt. Hunt & Hunter. In this case a verdict of guilty of assault was agreed upon and Vheel er w,as sentenced to pay a fine of Si or to serve thirty days. He paid the fne. The grand jury made its final pre sentment. which is published in full in another column. On Wednesday afternoon the case against John Reeder. charged with murder, was taken up. The case was not finished on Wednesday afternoon and the 'taking of testimony was con tinued yesterday morning. The case consumed all of yester day. the arguments of the attorneys being made yesterday afterinoon. The state was represented by Solicitor Thomas S. Sease. assisted by Cole. L. Blease, Esq., and the defence by \essrs. Johnstone & Cromer. Death of Mrs. St.Amand. Mrs. Corrie St.Amand died at the I home of her sister. Mrs. T. G. Wil liams. at Helena.about 3 o'clock Tues dlay afternoon. She had been confined to her bed with serious illness for some time, and the end was not en tirely unexpected. Mrs. St. Amand was about forty-five years of age. She was a daughter of the late H. H. Blease and a widow of the late J. Eugene St.Amand. She leaves two sons, Mr. Emile St.Amand, who is at present private secretary to Congressman R. B. Scarborough, and Mr. Raimond St.Amand, who is a traveling salesman for Brown and Son. King street. Charleston. She leaves several brothers and sisters to m:ouirn her departure. and all of whom have the deep sympathy of the-entire community in their bereavement. The funeral services were held yes terday morning at the home of Mr. T. G. WVilliams, at Helena. and were followed immediately by interment in Rosemont cemetery. Little Mountain Reunion. The -annual reunion of the alumni. students and friends of Newbery col leg e w ill be held at Little Mountain today. The prospects are for a big crowd and one of the most successful runions in a long number of years. Addresses will be delivered by Dr. George B. Cromer and Dr. James A. B. Scherer. The Columbia. Newber ry and Laurens road has offered low rates from all points along its line. The rate from Newbery for the round trip is fifty cents. The first -(rain leaves this morning at 8.40 o'clock. and another this afternoon at 3.20. Ample coaches will be provided for the accommodation of all. Campaign Barbecues. J. WN. Richardson and Bros. will give a barbecue on campaign day at Jolly Street. Friday. the 19th of Au gust. A nirst-class dinner is guar anteed. The prices will be 30 and 40 cents. Messrs. J. A. Graham and H. A. Wicker will give a first-class barbe cue at Pomaria on campaig' clay. August 18th. Dinner wvill he cooked byan expert 'cueist and everybody iinv'ited. The usual prices will ACCIDENTAL DEATH. Negro *n No. 6 Township Killed in ' Peculiar Manner-Was Struck In Stomach at Play. Corn Fii [. \l Lindsay xas called t., No. 0 Townshipl Tuesday in)rning i to investigate the death of a young negrv. Jim )avis, which occurred I on !r. Sim Abrams' place at 10:.o I t)cl(ck wn Mnlday night. The coroner reached a verdict of acci- 1 dental death. From the testimony taken at the coroner's inquest it appears that the dead negero was one of a crowd of six negroes who were playing dice on Sunday afternoon. That Davis was on his knees by the side of a tree when John Findlay. one of the negroe:. grabbed Jim Miller and gave him a "crow hop," Miller's heels hitting Davis in the bowels and inflicting in juries from which Davis died on Mon (lay night at a half-past ten o'clock. It seems that Davis told his brother before he died that everything was in play. and all the othC testir'ny was to this efect. NEWBERRY COLLEGE. Number of Needed Improvements Being Made-Steam Heat And Plumbing. Improvements which have been needed for a number of years are now being made at Newberry college. A steam heating aparatus is being placed in Holland hall. the new build ing recently erected on the campus and which is used for recitation rooms and society halls. Plumbing is being put in the three stories of the dormitory building, Smeltzer hall. and a shower bath in the basement. The work is being done by -the L. B. Dozier company, of Columbia. Important work of classifying the books is also being done in the li brary. Miss Mazyck, of Charleston, who is an expert in this line of work, was in Newberry last week and start ed the work, which is being continued by Mrs. Pauline Holland. Mrs. Hol land, as assistant librarian, will have charge of the library throughout the next session. She is still engaged in the work of classifying the books. PROSPERITY NEWS. The Congressional Campaign Meet ing-The Lutheran Synod -Personal. Prosperity. August 4.-Our con gressional candidates Messrs. Wya-tt Aiken and I. H. McCalla. came here Tuesday evening from Pomaria and spoke here in the town hall Wednes day to some 75 or roo voters. No special interest seems to be centered in this race, but our people seem to be rather warming tup, as the sum mer proceeds. to the race of county officers. A month more may~ raise to a white heart. Mr. A. G. Wise, after attending the sessions of the UTnited Synod in Vir ginia. returned Tuesday. He talks enthtsiastically, entertainingly, and encorageingly of what was accom plished and the outlook for the fu ture. Mr. A. H. Kohn also at'tentded the sessions of Synod and after visiting Washington and other points ->r in terest north he will spend som'e time wvith his brother. Rev. E. H. Kohn, in orth Carolina. Miss Mattie Osborne. of Spartan burg, is visiting the Misses Fellers. Mrs. G.S. Beard and little daughter. f Columbia. are with her parents. Dr. and Mrs. R. L. Luther, D)r. A. F. Langford and Miss Joe Langford are home from a trip to Charlotte. N. C. Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Osborne. of Co lumbia. visited in town this wveek. Miss Lulie Hunt, of Newberrv. is spending some time with relatives and friends in this city. Mr. Hart Kohn came uip from his Columbia home to spend vacation with the home folk. Mr. C. M. Harmon has gone to Greenville on business. Mr. S. S. Birge is off to the big show in St. Lotuis. He will visit Mrs. Mannie S. Birge. of Oklahoma, be fore his return. Picnic at Halfacre's. A picnic will be given at D. S H. H-alfacre's mill on Saturday. the 13th. The public is cordially LEGISLATIVE CANDIDATES 'Citizens" Want Them to State Their Position On The Original Brice Bill. Editor Herald and New;: This is n,giv - notice to all candidates that ntend to offer for the house of rep esentatives Ind for the state senate, hat the voters around Prosperity vill expect them to state clearly on iext Tuesday their position as re ards the -Brice bill" as first intro iuced. In other w-ords. will you vote remove the tax feature of the bill S it now stands? The Brice bill as t now stands. provides .that if a town r county wishes t .v te a dispen arv out. it is taxed wne-half of a mill xtra. We want tl.q candidates to av Yes or No. as to whether they ill vote and work to kill this tax eature. Citizens. Campaign Barbecue. Messrs. T. H. 'Mills and J. T. Nichols .Vil give a irst-class barbecue at onng's Grove on campaign day here. August 9. The prices will be 35 cents for ladies and 40 cents for en. A cordial invitation is extended o everybody. Barbecue at Spearman's Spring. The barbecue at Spearman's spring on county campaign day there, \ugust ioth. will be given by James unbar. A special invitation is ex ended the ladies to be presen-c, as he dinner will be prepared especially vith a view to their enjoyment. Cheap Rates via C., N. & L. The Columbia. Newberry and Lau -ens railroad offers the following :heap rates to the World's Fair, St. Louis. Mo. The following rates from Newber -y for 13 days from date of sale. 25-30; for Sixty days, $31.00; for sea ;on. good to return until December 15th, $37-15 We offer the quickest route to the reat fair via Atlanta, leaving New )erry at 12:43 p. m., arrive St. Louis the following afternoon at 7:30 P. Congressional Campaign. Following is the schedule of cam aign meetings which have been ar anged for this county for the candi lates for congress and solicitor: Pomaria--Tuesday, August 2. Prosperity-Wednesday, Augus-t 3. Newberry-WVednesday night, Au ust 3. Longshore-Thursday, August 4. Whitmire-Saturday afternoon, Au gust 6. The county campaign opens again at Prosperity on August 9. SPECIAL NOTICES. SALESMAN WANTED: I .want a first-class salesman, one wvho has had sonme experience in selling Shoes. Hats. Pants and Men's fur nishing goods. One who is will ing to give all of his time to- the business of the store and who is nor afraid of wvork. Apply in per son or by letter to A. C. Jones. Newberry. S. C., August i. 1904. MONEY TO LEND--Long time; 8 per cent. easy terms. John stone & Cromier. ___ HAVE ON HAND A LOT OF the good dry lumber which I am now ready to delilver. Address me at Newberry R. F. D. No. 4. W.T I. Herbert. 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 $x,ooo. Long time and easy payments. Hunt, Hunt & Hunter. COUNTY CAMPAIGN MEETING -The county campaign meeting on the 27th of August will be held in the court house. Through consent of the chairmian of the committee the arbecue will be furnished by J. M. Counts. 000$5 BANKDEPOSIT 9 Rairoad Fare Paid. 500 FRE E Courses Offer. Board at Cost. Write Quick ERGlAALABAMA BUSINESS COLLEGE,Maco'.Ga.