Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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PURELY PERSONAL. The Movements of Many People, Newberrians and Those Who Visit Newberry. Mr. Lawson B. Kibler has gone to Foughkeopsie to take a business course in the college. Drs. J. A. B. Scherer ;-nd A. 3. Bowers are attending the meeting of the Lutheran synod at Orangeburg. Mrs. Carrie Caldwell of this city Bas ieturned home after a visit among friends and relatives in Pros perity. Miss Rosa McLendon of Bishop ville is visiting the family of Mr. W. H. Shelly. T Joe, one of the fire department's horses, is sick. He is being doctored 4 up and will probably be alright son. Mr. Forest Counts, who has been < in Tampa. Fla., for several months, 1 has returned to Newberry. Mrs. R. H. Welch, Mrs. V. H. Hunt, and Miss Azile Pool, went to Laurens on Tuesday to visit friends. 1 Rev. W. L. Seabrook and Mr. D. B. Wheeler went to the meeting of 1 the Lutheran synod in Orangeburg 1 on Tuesday. Mr. E. P. Wideman is spending some time at Asheville. Miss Lilian Welch, of the county, I is on an extended visit among friends 1 in Newberry. Mrs. Geo. S. Mower is visiting friends in Greenville. The condition of Col. P. C. Smith contiues to improve, much to the sat isfaction .of his many friends. Dr. R. R. Jeter, of Whitmire, was < in Newberry on Wednesday. Mr. Thad. Coleman, of Whitmire, is in the city. Mr. C. P. McNeal, of Arago, Ga., is in the city. VARIOUS AND ALL ABOUT. Mr. M. M. Satterwhite has moved irom Floyd township to Newberry, -with his family, and will occupy one of the new Baxter houses on railroad %avenue. Messrs. Shelly and Summer an -nounce that they will continue the 'business on formerly car-ied on by Shelly, Dean & Summer. The Miles Orton show which ex 'hibited in Newberry Wednesday al though it presented one or two clev er acts, was perhaps the poorest thing in the amusement line which has been inflicted on Newberry for some time past. The incandescent current is on now mearly all the time in the afternoons. 'It is used on the carnival grounds in some of the moving picture shows. Messrs. L. W. Floyd and 0. McR. Holmes enjoyed a two days' hunt in the upper part of the county this week. Many other sportsm:en are :also going afield. CAUGHT AT LAST. Wegro Who Has Been Wanted For Several eYars Now in Sheriff Buford's Hands. Sheriff Buford received a mes sage 'that William Woodson, alias Woodward, colored, wanted in this - Sf~or the murde.r of Thomas d igo9o, has been-captured in / -an 'ite, Virginia. Sheriff Buford I,eit for Virginia last Wednesday with the neceSsary commission and papers, to bring the man back with him. Four year ago' Woodson, a Union3 county negro, shot Thomas Lemon1 in Union county. Subsequently Lem -on dragged himself, across the county line into Newberry and died. Under the law Woodson could be tried in~ either county. The warrant, how ever, was issued from Unio-1 county, 'but was immediately sent to Sheriff Buford, of Newberr.- Woodson meanwhile had left for parts un known. A vigorous search was in stituted and it wa's learned that -Woodson had,been seen in Arkansas. Requisition papers were issued, but the man left the state just one day before the papers arrived. Sheriff Buford contiued the search, writing innumerable letters to the authorities -in different sections of the country, 1 -records of which he has kept. The 1 -man was next located in Virginia. Requisition papers wef-e issued again.1 The negro again eluded the vigilence -of the officers, but on Tuesday he I was arrested in Roanoke. that state. Sheriff Buford will deliver Wood son into the hands of the Union au thorities, as it happened the wararnt Lutheran Ladies. The Ladies aid society of the Luth ran Church of the Redeemer will neet with Mrs. Eduard Scholtz, on \Ionday afternoon, at three o'clock. At St. Lukes Church. Rev. Henry Thomas will conduct livine service and administer the holy :ommunion in St. Lukes Episcopal :hurch on Sunday at ii a. m. Ser rice at night at 7:45. . All persons :ordially invited. Woman Who Was Shot. It is now definitely known that the :olored woman who was dragged out )f a buggy and shot by Jordan Cole nan, last week. was Emily Duckett, vho lives in No. 7 township. Mr. Yeo. P. Hill was the gentleman who aw the shooting, and he has sworn )ut a warrant for the arrest of Cole nan. Scarborough-Jones. Invitations h;4 . e been issued for the narriage of Miss Mary Helen Jones, laughter of Dr. and Mrs. E. C. Jones, o Mr. Theodore Ashley- Scar >rough, the ceremony to take place n Wednesday, the twenty-third of Zovember. The wedding will be at he home of the parents of the pros-. ective bride, who is one of Newber y's most charming and popular roung ladies." Mr. Scarborough is L prosperous and successful young nan of Sumter-county. The Tutor System. At a. recent meeting of the board )f trustees of Newberry college it vas decided to introduce the tutor ystem into the college. Mr. 0. B. Simpson was officially lesignated as tutor in chemistry. his entitles Mr. Simpson to be pres :nt at the meeting of the faculty. Prof. S. J.. Derrick has been desig iated as professor of history. He, )f course, also maintains his position ts principal of the preparatory de >artment. Death of Mr. Geo. A. Kinard. Mr. Geo. A. Kinard, of the Bach nan Chapel neighborb7ood. died sud !enly, .on Wednesday at eleven )'clock;. in. the seventy-seventh year )f his age. . He had been unwell for ome time but was not confined to is bed, and death came while he was valking across the piazza of his tome. Mr. Kinard is survived by a wife nd several close relatives. The funeral services were held on resterday, Rev. C. M. Boyd officiat ng in the absence of Mr. Kinard's >astor. The interment was at Bach nan Chapel graveyard. Death of Mrs. Scott. Mrs. Elizabeth A. Scott died of neumonia, on Tuesday morning, govember 8, at the residence of her aughter, Mrs. E. B. Martin, in No. itownship. She was the widow of dr. M. J. Scott, who died only a ew weeks ago. Mrs. Scott is sur rived by two daughters, Mrs. Martin and Mrs. 3. H. West, of this city. The leceased had been a member of the 3aptist church for years and was an arest Christian woman. She was ixty years of age at the time of her leath. The funeral services were held >n Wednesday morning, at eleven 'clock, at the residence of Mrs. 3. 1. West. this city. The interment ook place immediately afterward n the Resemont cemetery. Death of Mr. R. M. Dean. Mr. R M. Dean, a member of the urniture firm of Shelly, Dean, and summer, died suddenly at his home n this city, at about 12:30 Wednesday ight, of heart failure. Mr. Dean work d at the store Tuesday, anid in the veing left his work and went home 'eeling apparently as well as usua!. [he death was extremely sudden and nexpected. The deceased was about 9 years of age at tne time of his leath. He is survived by a wife and our children. Mr. Dean was a native of Carroll on, Mississippi, having removed to his city about ten years ago. He iad been enegaged in the furniture usiness ever sinces. The firm of helly and Dean was organized in :902, and later was changed to that >f Shelly, Dean, and Summer. Mr. )ean leaves behind him a successful Lnd upright business career. The funeral will be held this morn ng at ten o'clock. THE COUNTY. Every Precinct Heard From-An Extremely Light Vote. Every precinct in the county has been heard from. The vote from Central, which was heard from yes terday, completed the list. The vote was very light indeed, being on ly a little over half of that polled at the primary. The result is as fol lows: Congres- Presi Precincts sional dential Dem Rep Dem Rep Newberry ......295 23 296 26 West End .. .. .. 113 113 Helena ..1.. ......o0 10 It. Bethel.. ..... 54 I 53 1 Glymphville .. 30 30 Maybinton .. ..... io Io Whitmire .. .. .. 92 90 Cromers .. ......19 jalapa ........ 72 72 Longshore .......ioo Ioo Wrilliams .. ....37 37 Utopia .. .. ..... 47 1 48 Prosperity .. ..... 133 1 131 4 Hendrix Mill .. 70 70 Slighs......... 18 18 Lt. Mountain 44 45 Jolly Street .. 48 2 48 2 Central.. ..... ...18 18 Pomaria ......55 55 Walton .. .. .... 37 Union ........ 41 i St. Philips .......23 23 Total ...... 1392 28 1364 33 Capt. Banks Doing Well. Capt. John F. Banks, who was op erated on for appendicitis last Mon day by Dr. LeGrand Guerry, of Co lumbia, an account of which apeared in the last issue of the Herald and News, is doing very well and the chances are distinctly in favor of his recovery. Cut in Gin. At an early hour on Saturday morning Jordan Harp, a colored farmer of the county, met with a very painful accident at the ginnery of the Southern Oil mill.. He was standing above the conveyer with a sack in his hand. He dropped the sack into the conveyer, and in some way his hand was also drawn in. Fortunately the conveyer became choked and the belt slipped, stopping the machinery. Consequently he escaped with two very deep cuts across the top of his hand. Dr. W. G. Houseal rendered the necessary surgical assistance. FUNERAL NOTICE. The friends and acquaintances of Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Dean and family are invited to attend the funeral of Mr. Dean from his late residence to morrow (Friday) morning at 10 o'clock. Interment in Rosemont cemetery. Services at the grave. Pecans. Mr. W. P. Pugh of No. g township has a grove of forty pecan trees whlich have grown from seed which 'he planted twelve years ago and which are now bearing, some of the nicest nuts any one could desire. They are the egg shell variety and very fine. Our people would find it profitable to plant and grow pecans. It takes time for the tree to grow but when It comes it gives fruit for you without work. The Oil Mill Thief. The employees at the Southern Oil mill give an interesting acocunt of the way in which Mr. Harry Domi nick caught the office boy who had been abstracting money from the cash drawer. The negro, Willie WVil son, had been suspected for some time, and it was for him that the trap was laid. Mr. Dominick marked a dollar bill, placed it in an envelope, and laid it in the part of the drawer from which the other money had been taken. He then ordered the boy to sweep out the office and made as if to leave the premises, saying that he would be gone for some time. In about five minutes he returned and found the boy still in the office indus triously sweeping. He opened the money drawer and found the dollar gone. Having locked the door he covered the boy with a gun, made him shell out the stolen dollar auLu confess. "Money makes the mare go." "It can't always make the automo bile run, though."-Town and Coun COMMON PLEAS COURT. Sealed Verdict in the Wilse vs. Glenn Lowry. The caze of the T. Wilse company, Of Chicago. against the Glenn Lowry manufacturing company. of Whit mire, to recover damages for lumber which had been sent to defendant and which plaintiff alleged had not been paid for, went to the jury at 1:15 this afternoon. Late in the afternoon the jury returned a sealed verdict. The arguments were in the follow ing order: I. H. Hunt argued the law for the plaintiff and was followed by J. B. Hunter who argued the facts. They were followed by Geo. S. Mow er who argued the law for the defen dant and F. L. Bynum. who argued the facts. W. H. Hunt closed with an argu ment on the law, for the plaintiff. INSURANCE CONVENTION Mr. Robert Norris Reports Interest ing Trip to St. Louis Convention of Pac,fic Mutual Company. Mr. Robert Norris, general agent for the Pacific Mutual life insurance company, who has but lately return ed from a trip to the convention of his company at St. Louis, reports a very interesting trip, and a successful meeting. He was accompanied by Mr. H. C. Lorick, special agent for the same company. The convention held a three days session in the halls of the Century building. There were over two hun dred insurance men present, from all sections of the country. DR. SCHERER IN AUGUSTA. Address on the War Between Japan and Russia. The following report of an address I by Dr. J. A. B. Scherer, delivered in I the Holy Trinity church, in Augusta. appeared in a recent issue of the Augusta Chronicle: Dr. J. A. B. Scherer, who was in the city yesterday. for the purpose of I speaking at the Reforamtion Day cel ebration at St. Matthews church in the evening, delivered an interesting talk at Holy Trinity Lutheran church yesterday at the morning service, in which he discussed at length the war that is now going on between Japan and Russia. Dr. Scherer spent several years in Japan as a missionary, and is familiar from experience with the people and the customs of that country. He has kept up with the present war closely and is almost an authority on the sub ject. He explained to the congrega tion yesterday the causes leading up to the conflict, and the effect it would have in that section,. relative to the spread of religion in future.. The speaker was of opinion that after the war the Christian churches would have an excellent opportunity for gaining ground in Japan. The people then would be better inform ed, and more readly to embrace the faith. He stated that the country was now very largely heathen. The talk was interesting and was enjoyed very much. Dr. Scherer has a lecture on Japan, which he has once delivered in Augusta. A movement was begun yesterday, looking to hav ing him return and again deliver it to a local audience. It is pronounced the best description of the Flowery Kingdom heard before. To Be Sold. At a meeting of the stockholders of the Newberry Knitting mill, held yesterday, resolution were pass ed authorizing the board of directors to sell the mill. The Knitting mill represents one of Newberry's prominent industris, is a valuable piece of property, and when sold should bring a god round sum. The case against Willie Wilson, for stealing money from the Southern Oil mill company, has been transferred to the magistrate's court. It will be heard before Magistrate J. H. Chappell on Monday. Invitations have been issued for the marriage of Mis Margaret Law John stone, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alan Johnstone, to Mr. Laurens Tenny Mills. The wedding will take place on Wednesday evening, November 23, in the Aveleigh Presbyterian Fight in Greenwood. Greenwood, November 8.-Some ittle excitement was caused yesterday morning at the court house by the pugilistic exhibition of two negro women on the steps of the temple of justice. They began with slapping each other and soon were clinched. Both esorted to the simple method of biting and blood flowed quite freely The alarm was sent in by a bystander and the sight of four policement run ning in that direction had the effect of starting quite a crowd in their wake. Before the arrival of the dele gation, however, Deputy Sheriff C. E. Dukes had arrested both principles and had them in jail in short form. The town received $15 from the trans action. Don't Be a Clam. A Clam a thousand years ago, was as now, and a thousand years hence will be the same. Keep up in the race. Use modern mixed Paints containing zinc. They are sure to wear. Lead n6t mixed with zinc, belongs to the past. Its a clam. Its chalk. It lets the wood rot. J. R. Barron, President Manchester Mills, Rock Hill, S. C., writes: "In 1.883, I- painted my residence with L. & I;.. ; looks better than a. great many houses -.painted three years. ago. E.. G. Tracy, Waverly, N. Y., writes: - "Customers call for L. &. M. and say they used it 12, 14 and and 17 years ago. Every church given a liberal quan tity when bought from the Newberry Hardware Co.. ANNOUNCEMENT. A. T. Brown is hereby announced a candidate for mayor and will abide 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. 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. Chas. Wesson is hereby announc ed as a candidate for Alderman from Ward 5 and will abide rules of the democratic party. J. B. Leonhardt is hereby announ ed as a candidate for Alderman,from Ward 5, subject to the rules of the democratic primary. SPECIAL NOTICES. ARMOUR'S GUANO AND ACID, for wheat and oats. Mosely Bros. Grain Drills and Harrows Cheap. J. W. White, Newberry, S. C. LOST OR STRAYED-On Novem ber r, 1904, one liver colored point er bitch; about 4 months old. Please return to Herald and News office and get reward. FOR SALE-47 7-8 Acres of land owned by James Wood. Bounded by lands of Walt. Stuckman, Berley Hawkins, Pink Cromer and others -First Monday of November. Jas. Wood. Franklin's New Restaurant-Every thing fresh and first class. Square meal for 25 cents. Lunches xo to 20 cents. Oyster stews 25 to 40 cents. Lower Main street. Look for sign. f-&-t-t-f WANTED-ioo cords dry pine wood. Apply Herald and News office. STRAYED-One hound puppy, 4 months old, black-tan legs. Re ward if returned to I. 0. Burton. WANTED-A Complete. set. South Carolina Reports. Law and Equity. Highest Cash Prices Paid. E. H. Aull, N ewberry, S. C. tf WANTED-Several Good Men who want to make money. Apply at The Herald and News office, New berry, S. C. WANTED-Those subscribers who