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COwa_iN PLEAS COURT. Special Session Begun on Monday Hon. J. A. McCullough Presiding. A special term of the court of com Monleas was called on Monday morning, in the court house at New berry, with Hon. Joseph A. McCul lough of Greenville presiding. The court is being continued through the week. Only the cases on the civil side of the court are being tried, and -of these only such as were ready at the last regular term of court. The first case was that of Theodore N. Kibler against the Southern to recover damages for injuries done his land by hauling rock and ballas therefrom. A verdict was found in favor of plaintiff. Plaintiff was re presented by Sease & Dominick, and Lambert W. Jones. and the defense was represented by T. P. Cothran and Schumpert & Holloway. The case of Thomas Riser against the town of Newberry, a suit to re cover damages for personal injbiries received, it was alleged, by plaintiff's falling into a hole which was claimed to have been left unprotected at the edge of the sidewalk behind The Herald and News building, was con cluded at about six-thirty Tuesday when the jury which had been out for something considerably over an hour brought in a verdict in favor of the defendant. The plaintiff was represented by the firm of Johnstone & Cromer, and the defendant by Cole. L. Blease and F. H. Dominick. Only two argu znents were made, that of Cole. L. Blease for the defendant, and that of 'G. B. Cromer for the plaintiff. Plain tiff attempted to prove that Mr. Riser .fell into the hole while walking along 'the sidewalk, and that he fell into said hole because it was not suffi ciently protected and was dangerous to the passer by. Defense argued that hole was better protected than plaintiff alleged and that Mr. Riser could not have fallen into the hole had he not turned from the sidewalk to the lot on which the hole is dug. The affair happened last December. The case of Toney Boyce adminis trator, against the Southern rail way, wlich was heard in the common pleas court Wednesday, was concluded Thursday morn ing when the jury brought in a verdict in favor of the plaintiff, with the amount fixed at $17o. It seems that a son of Boyce was killed by the Southern and the railroad agreed to payr the administrator a clear $800. It cost the old man something over a hundred dollars to get out the nec essary papers to make it possible for him to collect the money, and the snit was to compel the Southern to make good this difference. The tes timony and arguments consumed nearlyall of Wednesday. As soon as a verdictwas rendered Thursday morn ing the defendant made motion for iiew trial. Bojce 'was represented by F. H. Dominick and C. L. Blease, and the Southern was represented by T. P. Cothran. The continuation of the specil ses session of the court of common pleas was taken up during Thursday with the case of Michael Haigler, by his guardian, against the Columbia, Newberry and Laurens railway. The suit is to recover damages in the amount *of $io,ooo for personal in juries received by plaintiff while walking on the C., N. & L. track. It is alleged that he was run over, both 'legs being crushed in such a way that amputation was necessary. The case will not go to the jury un til today. The attorneys for the plaintiff are Schumpert & Holloway, and Hunt, Hunt, & Hunter; and for the defendant are Johnstone & Croin er, Cole. L Blease, and W. H. Lyles. .Hand Cut Off. While working at the old mill gin nery in Saluda on Tuesday after noon 191r. DQed Mills, a young white man about eighteen years of age had his right hand caught in the gin ma chinery. It was terribly lacerated and the physicians called to attend to the case found it necessary to amputate the member lust below the elbow. Drs. Kirksey, Wise and Pitts are in attendance and it is reported today that the young man is doing very well PURELY PERSONAL. The Movements of Many People, Newberrians and Those Who Visit Newberry. Senator Eugene S. Blease of Saluda was in the city on Tuesday. Misses Ada and Fairy Lester of Sa luda are visiting Miss Maggie Hutch ison in this city. Miss Lillian Jamieson is visiting friends in Laurens. * * * Miss Gussie Dickert has returned from an extended visit among friends in Columbia, Augusta and other cities. Miss Alice Casey is visiting friends in Anderson. Capt. M. M. Webb and Mrs. W. E. Belcher have gone to New York to visit relatives. Miss Lula Allen Holt. the woman who was supposed to be Maud Allen, who was murdered in Columbia, is in the city. Cotton seed is now bringing 27 cents in Newberry. Dr. P. G. Ellisor 'vent to Clinton yesterday. He is very much improv ed. There was no mayor's court this morning. Mrs. Martha Dreher and Miss Anna Bachman Dreher of Selwood were in the city yesterday. Col. J. A. Summersett of Columbia is in the city. Mr. T. P. Cothran went to Green ville yesterday morning. Miss Ruth Wells went to Opelika yesterday where she will contiue her ity yesterday to spend some time there. Mr. J. H. Werts went to Prosper ity today to spend some time with his parents. Mr. W. H. Hunter went to Colum bia yesterday. Mrs. Della Robertso,. is with the Hair and Havird company. The county roads are terribly dusty. ing some time with MFWYPHRD Mrs. S. B. Aull of Jalapa is spend ing some time with Mrs. L. W. Floyd in This city. Mrs. Robley Bruce has returned to her home in Palatka, Fla., after an extended visit among friends in this city. Mr. W. D. Mayfield of Columbia was in the city this week. Mr. E. B. Wallace of Calumbia, sup erintendent of education for Richland county, was in the city this week. Col. P. C. Smith arnd party have returned from Baltimore where Col. Smith was taken for treatment. Col. Smith stood the juorney very well but is still in a very precarious con dition. Mrs. S. A. Riser and family have moved into the Aull house on Boun dary street. Dr. A. J. Bowers goes to Peak on Sunday where he is to deliver an address before the woman's mission ary society of Mount Vernon church. A Beautiful Monument. Mr. R. Y. Leavell has just complet ed one of the most beautiful marble monuments that has ever been seen in Newberry which will be placed over a grave in the Rosemont ceme tery in the near future. It is of pure white Rutland marble from Vermont, and is in the shape of a heavy seven foot cross with a marble enclosure at the ic . Struck By Pulley. Shortly before noon yesterday Mr. K. M. Jones. superintendent of the Southern Cotton Oil mill, was struck in the head by a falling pulley and badly cut and bruised. The scalp was cut and several stitches were needed in dressing the wound, but there was no fracture and it is ex pected that Mr. Jones wvill be out in a week or ten days. Dr. W. G. Houseal was in atten dance. Chicken Thieves. Mr. WV. H. Hunter of this city was troubled just before daylight on last Sunday morning by a chicken thief who was attempting to break into the hen house at the rer- of his residence. Mr. Hunter was awakened by a noise and picking up a rifle rushed to the back door. In going down the back porch .steps he slipped and fell. bruising himself considerably, but he got up and blazed away at the thief with a large calibre Springfield rifle just as he was taking a hasty depar HOUSE BURNED. Tenant House on Mr. J. H. Brown's Place Destroyed By Fire. On Monday morning a tenant house on the farm of Mr. J. H. Brown, about three miles to the north-east of Newberry caught fire and was almost burned to the ground before it could be extinguished. The colored woman who lived in the house had built a fire and then left it to go into the yard for a bucket of water. Several children were left in the building when she went out and when she returned the paper on the inside of the building had caught fire and was flaming up at every point. Mr. B. M. Sloan happened to be passing and by his efforts the children were saved and the blaze was at last put out. Assignment. On Monday afternoon Mr. S. J. Wooten made a formal assignment of his establishment to Mr. T. C. Pool. The liabilities of the firm were not made public. Mr. Wooten has been in the drygoods business in Newberry for many years. The meet ing of the creditors will be held with in the next ten or twelve days. Seriously Stabbed. It is reported that a colored man, Ben Chalmerl. was very seriously and deeply stabbed on last Monday night, at "Scott Town," near the old steam mill about two miles north of town. It is not stated how the dif ficulty ocurred, in fact very few per sns seem to know anything about it, but it is rumored that Chalmers was stabbe(. through and through. He had previously worked for Mr. Wal ter Barre. "Sage of Newberry." The fame of our local weather pro phet is becoming more than local; it is going abroad. In a lengthy ar ticle on weather conditions in The St..te Mr. W. P. HouseaT is referred to as the "Sage of Newberry" and the .)l7cwing paragraph i, quoted from 'he Newberry Observer e weather is e.rr Lee; dry. W.-S!1 are going dry and fall crops are . ng up. Broad riv. . where the C. N. & L. road crossc; it. hasn't as r-.:ch water in it as Sc-- 's creek. For some time it has ceasd to run over te dam at the head of the canal, and none gets- in except what seeps through. The canal is not near full, and the mills in ColuiLi. that de pend on the canal are unable to run , I timne "Our local w '-: prr phet says iere will be very little sain before the winter solstice, which occuir. the 21st .i December. We ate already bad 1y behind on rainfall, havnig had only 2*:.45 inches this year, the average for the year in this section being 52." for the year in this section b--ing 52." St. Lukes Church. The Rev. Henry Thomas will preach and conduct divine services at 11:00 a. in., and at 7:45 p. m. All persons who are able to come are in vited to be present. Sons of Veterans. The Sons of Confederate Veterans will meet on Tuesday of next week in the court house, at five p. m. He Is On the Spot. Often we do not credit the insects and lower animals with the intelli gence that the facts seem to warrant. It must be that the mosquito is able to read and write, for wherever man goes patiently to work to build a summer resort he is alw-v- there for the opening day. Doubtless when the little pest is buzzing about our heads and we think that he is trying to get a drink of our rich, warm blood he is only try ing to look over our shoulder for the purpose of reading the summer resort advertisements. The mosquito, too, is an artist. He can draw blood better than any paint er than ever wasted $7 worth of ink on a $3.50 battle scene. As a musi cian he hums nothing but classical airs. You never catch him singing Bedelia. Considering the fact that he never took a college course, hav ing been limitcd to Chautaukuas and the like, the mosquito is a decided credit to himself, and it is feared that m..,an doso almwas appreciate it. SMALL FIRE. Rumor That Robert Schumpert's Gin nery Had Been Burned-Little Foundation For Story. On Tuesday there was a rumor that the mill and ginnery of Mr. Robert Schumpert, in this county, were both in flames. While there was some ground for the rumor the affair was not nearly so bad as report ed and the fire was very small. Mr. Schumpert sent word to Newberry on Tuesday night that the blaze caught in his ginnery , probably from a match which was in some of the cot ton, that it did not do more than five dollars worth of damage all told, and that the fire lasted only a few min utesc. It seems that the gin is of the kind which sucks up the cotton through a pipe from the wagons. It is thought that a match accidentally dropped in some of the cotton scraped against the flue as it was be ing sucked up and thus started the little blaze. Negro Artillerymen. Washington, October 6.-Brigadier General Barry, commanding the de partment of the gulf, in his annual report recommends the enlistment of colored men for the artillery and their assignment to the companies serving at sea coast posts from Vir ginia to New Orleans. Most of these artillery stations he says are in the formative period and many are un desirable by reason of excessive and prolonged heat, isolation, mosquitoes, and bad water. Men rarely reenlist at these posts and Gen Barry says the maintenance of the organizations at their authorized strength is a mat ter of serious moment. "It would seem only fair," says he, "to transfer the organizations after a tour of say three years at these sta tions. which will maintain the or ganization intact and foster its tradi iion and history. With a view to en courage their reenlistment, the trans fer of the non-commissioned officers, mechanics and cooks of these organ izations has been suggested, which will tend only to further dissatisfac tion and disorganization. The enlist ment of colored men to the companies serving at these stations suggests it self. There would seem to be am ple authority for their enlistment un der the law. These men would be ontent at the stations referred to, an be obtained in any number de sired, and in time will master the re uirements of the coast artillery ser vice, and there would be no difficul ty at all times in maintaining the or ganizations at their authorized strength." The Man in the Moon. London News. The "pope," or village priest, is generally the only source of inform ation as to what is going on in re mote villages. He is very much to the fo-e at present. Father Ignatius Diatchkoff sends to the Kazan newspapers an amusing account of a fair held in his village. "Our mujiks," he says. "are intense ly patriotic, but their ideas of serv ing their country are somewhat strange. "When I visited the fair on Wed nesday I saw a great crowd of our peasants standing :-hout an itinerant rifle saloon proprietor, who was hold ing a telescope to his eye. They were evidently waiting their turn. "Our village coffinmaker was aim ing a gun, which he rested in the fork of a small tree. The gun was point ed towvard the sky. Suddenly it went off, and a bell clanged, after which followed loud cr'es of 'Ura! Got him again!' After several other mujiks had tak en shots T inquired what they were aiming at. and was much surprised to hear in ~chorus the reply, "The Jap anese father.' Looking along the bar rel of she gun I could see nothing but the moon, so I demand-d a fur ther explanation. " 'Our brothers,' said a bearded giant, pointing to the showman, 'says the man in the moon is a Makak (Japanese), and that every time we hit him ten Japanese on earth join the devil. We have killed,' he added. naively. 'eighty of them already.'" Sometimes it takes a lot of nerve to tell a woman that her baby looks like its father--after you have seen the THE COTTON MARKET. Newberry. (Corrected by Nat Gist.) Good Middling .. .. .. .. .. Strict Middling........... Middling ................9 Prosperity. (Corrected by A. L. & A. G. Wise. Good Middling ............ 11-16 Pomaria. (Corrected by Aull & Hipp.) Good Middling .....-.. ..9:65 Chappells. (Corrected by A. T. Coleman.) Good Middling ..-....... -9 3-4 ANNOUNCEMENT. Dr. Van Smith is hereby announced as a candidate for Alderman from Ward 3. subject to the rules of the democratic primary. Henry B. Wells is hereby announc ed as a candidate for Alderman from Ward 2, subject to the ruling of the democratic primary. J. B. Leonhardt is hereby announc. ed as a candidate for Alderman from Ward 5, subject to the rules of the democratic primary. I will run for Mayor at the next primary election. If elected, I will try to discharge the duties of the of fice faithfully and without fear or fa vor. Geo. B. Cromer. SPECIAL NOTICES. For Sale-25 acres of Land 2 or 3 miles of Prosperity. For particulars apply to Henry J. Boozer, R. F. D. No. 2. Prosperity, S. C. t-&-f-tf. WANTED to buy 1o Holstein Heif er calves-to sell i Holstein Bull. H. D. Boozer, Newberry, S. 2. R. F. D. No. r. 3t. Wanted-At the Newberry Hotel Jersey cow fresh in milk that will give three and one half (3 1-2) gallons per day. Wanted-At the Newberry Hotel Turkeys and Chickens. W. A. Jamieson, Proprietor. Franklin's New Restaurant-Every thing fresh and first class. Square meal for 25 cents. Lunches 1o to 20 cents. Oyster stews 25 to 40 cents. Lower Main street. Look for sign. f-&-t-t-f S~chumpert's Roller Mill will grind .Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday only unless engagements are made in advance. 4t T and F. Wanted-Everybody to know that I am conducting a first class restau rant known as City Restaurant. Win. J. Bedenbaugh, I t a w tf. Wanted-At once, One good 2nd hand Boss Press. In answering give cash price. Geo. C. Shirley, Gilbert, S. C. NOTICE-All persons are hereby warned not to hire nor harbor one Sim Collins nor any of his family for they are under contract to me 9-20-4t G. L. Sease. For Sale:-One Fay-Sholes type wrter. For further information apply at the Southern Bell Tele phone Co. R S. Spearman, 9-g-t FOR SALE-Houses and Land for sale. Four residences and one store house in Town of Newberry. One farm 1250 acres, in large or small tracts. One farm, 46 acres, two miles of town. 83 acres near Maybinton, S. C. For terms apply to M. A. Carlisle, National Bank of Newebrry. 4w-9-20 A Card. I appreciate very highly the confi dence of the friends who so kindly announced my name for alderman from Ward 4, and I am sorry that on account of my own business I am forced to decline -entering the race. Yours very truly. John A. Senn.