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E. H. AULL, EDITOR. Entered at the Postoffice at New berry, S. C., as second class matter. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER II, 1904. The Election. The election Tuesday was a regu lar landslide for the republicans. There had been so little enthusiasm that we expected a landslide one way or the other but we were inclined to think it would go to the democratu nominee. Mr. Parker failed to secure the solid south with its 151 votes. Mr. Roosevelt announces that he will not be a candidate to succeed himself in 1908. He now has the op portunity to make his next adminis tration a marked one. If he will adopt a policy in dealing with the race problem and rid himself of his social equality ideas and not force negroes in office in the face of the sentiment in the south against such a policy he will have the approval and support of the south in doing what ever is best for the American people. Such a policy will be' better for the happiness and prosperity of the ne gro. On -the other hand if he insists on his ideas of social equality and of putting negroes in official positions there may be trouble along this line. The race question can be best solved by the white people of the south if left to themselves. Roosevelt's popular vot was much larger than McKinley's and Parker's less than Bryan's. The country is enjoying an era of prosperity and the money power pre ferred to make no change of adminis tration, though a change would have had little effect on business interests. Even the solid south is no yonger solid, Missouri giving its 18 eelctoral votes to the republicans. Cherokee county votes out the dis pensary under the Brice bill by a very decided majority. According to this law prohibition goes into opera tion in this county at once and we can soon tell how it will operate. Two dispensary constables shot themselves to death in Richland county on Monday. It seems they quarreled over an overcoat. Mr. Frank G. Carpenter writes of a visit to Gen. Lew Wallace in the Sunday papers in a very interesting mann'er. Gen. Wallace in speaking of the iiivention of the telegraph saps: After Moore had invented the tele graph, he wanted congress to appro priate $3o,ooo to build a line from Washington to Baltimore. This was to be experimental, no practical long distance -test of the telegraph having been made.. -The matter created a great4deal of discussion. Moorse was sneered at and jeered at, and many thought ;him insanse. My father was a meinbe;r .fcongress-, .st- th.at itime and he was one of the committee to which the question of the appropria tion was refered. When the commit tee met my~father was watching the e,xperiment of telegraphing from the house t.o the senate. Wires had been stretched and'the inventors were op erating the instruments. My father saw them work; he sent messages and received replies. He saw that the in vention must be a sucess andbelieved that if words could be dispatched from the house to the senate they could be sent from Washington to Baltimore, and if to Baltimore to anywhere. He was full of this thought when he went to his committee room and fid the committee in sesion. They hasi just vQted onth e apropria tion and their vote was a tie. He:cast his vote- in its favor, and this caused the appropriation to go through. The result was the first telegraph line of the world. "Strange to say that vote lost my father his seat in congress," conpinu ed General Wallace. "Thirty thous and dollars was then a big sum, and this vote -became one of the issues in the next congressional campaign. Father was charged with wasting the people's money, and his opponent ridiculed him on the stump by refer ring to his 'magnetico, electrico, tele graphic apropriation which no one could explain.' He even asked father to explain it, but at that time he could not do so, although he said it would be of great benefit to the coutry. The pepl thouht diffrently and the re sult was his defeat." It often seems that the men who are progressive and wro try to do something for the good of humanity are ahead of their times and cannot get the aproval of their cotemporaries in a popular election. A great many people who do not pay a great deal of tax are always afraid of taxes, and oppose any one who will not promise to reduce taxehs. Judge O'Neall on one occasion was defeated to the leg islature because he had voted for some small apprcpriation, and be lieve to help some poor woman. A gentleman who was recently elected to the legislature from one of the eastern counties of this state told us a few days ago that if he decided to be a candidate for reelection after the expiration of his present term he would not attempt to do anything but keep quiet. McCUE SENTENCED. Will Hang Unless Apepal is Gant ed. Charlottesville, Va., Nov. 9.-After overruling five motions for a new trial Judge George Watts Morris of the Charlottesville corporation court today sentenced J. Samuel McCue, former mayor of this city for three terms, to be hanged by the neck until he is dead. Judge Morris disposed of the ob jections in their order. The first was the reading of newspapers by the jury. After the judge had overruled all objections Mr. Coleman of the defense moved an arrest of judgment for error apparent on face of the rec ord, claiming a discrepancy because the indictment charged murder sim ply, while the verdict read "guilty of murder in the first degree. The court overruled this motion also, stating that the verdict was per fectly plain as to its intent. The prisoner's counsel was given until Saturday to frame his bill of exce; tions, with a view to carrying the case to the Virginia court of appeals. Judge Morris then ordered McCue to arise and hear the sentence. "Is there any reason why sentence should not be passed upon you? ask ed Judge Morris. "Yes," was the answer as the con victed man dropped his arms to his side, "I am as innocent of this crime as any one in this court house and I hope some day to have the oppor tunity to vindicate myself." This statement was made in a voice scarcely audible throughout the room. It trembled with suppressed. emotion, as if the accused was upon the verge of a fearful collapse. Again folding his arms, and with posture erect, his eyes cast down, he listened unmoved to the sentence. The court replied: "The point of your guilt or innocence, is a matter , gWas l.eft, to the jury. . i~scort. nkSiG; di4iotehjy~ .toK>ass upo# 1.The jury has decided'after a fair and impartial trial that you are guilty of the offense and it only remains for me to pass the sentence of the law, which is that you be taken to the county jail of Albemarle county, which is also used as the city jail of Charlottesville; and therein be con fined in soitary confinement until the 20th day of January next; that on that day between the hours of sun rise and sunset you be taken from your place of confinement to some place within the enclosure of the said jail and there be hanged by the neck until you are dead, and may God have mercy on your soul." The judge shook hands with the prisoner as the latter left the court room and expressed his sympathy. apparently the prisoner was the cool er of the two. He asked several lib erties regarding exercise and receiv ing callers but the judge gave no defi nite promise. State of South Carolina, County of Newberry. Court of Common Pleas.. David H. Wheeler. Plaintiff, vs. Carrie D. Shockley et al, Defedants. By order of the court herein I will sell before the court house at New berry, South Carolina, on Saleday in December. within the legal hours of sale, to the hibhest bidder, the follow ing lot or parcel of land lying and be :ng in t e vilag of H-elena, county and state aforesaid. containing Sev enty-three One hundredths (73-100) of an acre. bounded on the south by a street which separates it from a lot of Mrs. Seigler. on the west by lot of said Carrie D. Shockley. onl the north by lot of Brancie 0. Hol man, on the east by lot of E. J. Ho man. Terms of sale: One half cash. the balance to be paid in one year with interest from day of sale, the credit portion to be secured by bond of the purchaser and a mortgage of the premises sold, with leave to the pur chaser to anticipate credit portion in whole or in part, the purpches is to insure the residence on said lot and assign th policy to the master to se cure more fully the credit portion. Purcheser to pay for papers. H. H. Rikard. Master. Master's Office, Nov. io, 1904 STRICTLY UP-TO-DATE. and Pric It LW in the City. This is what we have to say about our Men's Furnishing Goods, Shoes, Hats, Trousers, Hosiery, Handkerchiefs and Gloves. Don't hesitate a mo ment about where you will buy. When you need anything in our line we are prepared to serve you with the best that are made, and our prices are always the lowest. New Hats, New Shoes, New Pants, New Umbrellas, New Underwear received in the last ten days. Some of these are the second and third re-orders already this fall, showing the way the people like cur goods. For Christmas Trade we are already receiving our Gloves. Handkerchiefs and Silk Umbrellas, suitable for Christmas presents for your friend and for your own use.! We give you a special cash dis count of five per cent, on all purchases of ten dollars and over at one time. Come and see us often. We appreciate your business, and are in busi ness to serve your confidence and save you money. -A.- C;--JOPES; The Up-to-date furnisher, Under Newberry Hotel. Newberry' S. C., Nov. 10, 1904. New loveIs! The Georgians, by Will N. Harben. The Love of Edway, by Rose Cecil O'Neill. Tommy & Co., by Je rome K. Jerome. The Masqueraders, by K. Cecil Thurston. The Captain of the World, by Gwindolin Overton. The Madigans, by Mi ran Michelson. The Last Hope, byl Henry Seton Merri-1 man. 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