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PUTELTY PERSONAL. The Movements of Many People, Newberrians and Those Who Visit Newberry. Sheriff M. M. Buford and son, Wil liam T. Bufort, are taking in the world's fair at St. Louis. Mr. S. S. Langford, of Rock Hill, formerly of this city, is in Newber ry. Mr. Zack. Suber, of Whitmire, went to St. Louis on Saturday to take in the exposition. Mr. H. W. Fulmer of Knoxville, Tenn., an alumnus of Newberry col lege, is in the city. Miss Edith Henderson has accept ed a position as assistant teacher at the Mount Pleasant school, this coun ty, and will take charge this week. Miss Sue Dean, who spent Sunday in Newberry with her aunt, Miss S. L Holland, returned to Winnsboro yesterday. Mr. Henry D. Adams has gone to Columbus; Ga., to accept a position with the Georgia Coffin Manufactur ing company. Miss Clara Pearson, who has been, in Newberry on a visit to her sister, Miss Allie Pearson, returned yester day to the Columbia Female college. Judge J. Y. Culbreath has gone to Atlanta for special treatment. He has not been altogether well for some time. His many friends hope he will return much improved. Another rural free delivery service has been ordered established from Po maria, this county, with one carrier to commence on Thursday, December 15. Mr. J. E. Merchant has resigned his position as overseer of the cloth room at the Mollohon mill and has accepted a similiar position with a mill at Abbeville. Mr. Merchant was superintendent of the Mollohon Methodist Sunday school, and will be missed. He was an earnest worker. VARIOUS AND ALL ABOUT. Col. W. H. Hunt addressed the col lege Y. M. C. A. on last Saturday night. Those who heard him were very much pleased with the discourse. There is talk of organizing a glee club among the college students. Most colleges have an organization of this kind. There is plenty of good material among the students here. The teachers of the ,Primary Union have decided to change the hour of their meeting from 4 to 3:30. The senior prize essay subject for the class of 19o5, in Newberry col kege, is "The Hand of God in His tory." It is rumored that the two local football teams will play off their tie at some time in the near future. The exact date has not been certainly de cided upon. Mr. Lee A. Singley gave a musical entertainment in the West End hall last week which was much enjoyed. There was a musical' program and a Bible lecture. The brick store building of Mr. J. WV. White, which is in process of erection in Caldwell street, is near ing- completion, and presents a fine appearance. Judge. WV. G. Peterson was in Co lumbia last week to attend the meet ing of the State R. F. D. association. He went as delegate from Newberry county. A lodge of Knights of Pythias will be instituted in Prosperity on De cember 12. Grand Chancellor Sum mersett and a large number of New berry Knights are expected to be present. Mr. L. M. Speers yesterday re ceived a letter from Sam Jones, now of Texas, making inquiry in regard to his Newberry war comrades. Mr. Jones was a member of Company B. 3rd regiment. S. C. V. T. Deputy Sheriff Duncan Johnson went to Whitmire on Saturday and brought back with him Johnson Gil liam, a negro wanted in Newberry for violation of contract. The negro is now confined in the jail. The police force of Newberry re ports the first attempt on record of an attempt to bribe one of the officers to perjure his testimony. Charlie Aiken. colored, about to be tried for throwing rocks and being disoierly. while confined in one of the 'guard house cells, called one of the police men to the window and wanted to know how much he would charge to swer a false alibi. MOURNED IN NEWBERRY. I Death of Mrs. Helen Crosson, Wife Of Judge J. M. Crosson, In Woodville, Texas. Relatives and friends in Newberry have received the sad intelligence of the death of Mrs. Helen Crosbon, wife of Judge J. M. Crosson, which oc curred on Sunday night, November 20, at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Slade, in Woodville, Texas. The immediate cause of her death was at tributed to heart failure. To those who knew Mrs. Crosson when she lived in Newberry a half century ago and to those who knew her through the letters from the pen of Judge Crosson, which have appear ed in The Herald and News from time to time, telling of the New berry of the days that are past, the news of Mrs. Crosson'- death is pe culiarly sad. She was a sister of Col. George S. James, who was killed at the battle of Franklin, during the war for southern independence, and a first cousin of Chief Justice Pope, of this city. She was a school mate of Mrs. Laura Ewart, Mrs. Harriet Lane, Mrs. Sue! Turnipseed and Mrs. Rebecca DeWalt. Mrs. Crosson was in good health up until the time of her death. She was cheerful when she retired on the night of her death, and it is recalled that she read and had Judge Crosson to read to her the beautiful poem by an unknown author, "Even This Shall Pass Away." After reading the poem, she requested Judge Crosson to give it a place in his scrap book. Shoitly before ii o'clock Judge Cros son noticed a difficulty in her breath ing and asked her what was the mat ter. She replied that she could not get her breath and that she was dying, and before an effort could be made to relieve her, she quietly pased away. Mrs. Crosson would have been sev enty-five years of age next Febru ary, having been married 35 years, 6 months and i day. She oined the Presbyterian church in Newberry 55 years ago. in company with Mrs. Silas Johnstone. Mrs. Crosson sub sequently united with the Associate Reformed Presbyterian church, in or der to be with her husband in his de votions. and after moving to Texas, there being no Associate Reformed church in their adopted home, Mr. and Mrs. Crosson joined the Presby terian church. Mrs. Crosson was loved by all who knew her. Of a kind and gentle dis position and of a high Christian char acter, in her the noblest type of true womanhood found expression. Her death is sincerely mourned in New berry, and Judge Crosson and family have the deep sympathy of hosts of friends here. CITIZENS' MEETING. Caled to Consider Changes in the Town's Charter-Adjourn ed Siie Die. An adjourned meeting of the citi zens of Newberry was held in the city council chamber, on last Friday night, for the purpose of considering changes in the charter of the town. Dr. 0. B. Mayer presided. Mr. I. H. Hunt acting as secretary. A com mittee had been previously appointed to ascertain and report what amend ments or changes. if any, were desir able. Col. Geo. S. Mower, as chair man of this committee. submitted a report, which has been previously printed. The report was discussed at length. several citizens taking part in the arguments. After the discus sion had been carried on for some time it was moved to adjourn the meeting sine die. The motion was carried and the meeting adjourned. Injured a Passenger. On the night before Thanksgiving day, while the mixed night train on the C.. N. & L. road was running be tween Jalapa and Newberry, some person threw a heavy stick of wood at the passenger coach, crashing through one of the windows and striking the occupant of a nearby seat upon the side of the neck, in icting a slight cut. The affair was reported to the sheriff and an inves tigation was made at once. Nothing definite as to the identity of the evil doer was discovered. The matter has been kept quiet since in the hope that something pointing to the per petrator of the deed would be dis covered, and it is still hoped that the p-en wil be caught. TEACHER TRAINING. Two Addresses To Be Delivered in Newberry by Secretary Pearce-, Of Chicago. Two addresses. one in the after noon at 4 o'clock, and the other at 7:30 p. in., will be delivered on next Friday, December 2, at Central Methodist church, by W. C. Pearce of Chicago, whose subject will be,. "Teacher Training; or Approved Workmen, How Secured." Mr. Pearce holds the responsible posi tion of teacher training secretary of the International Sunday School as sociation, and he comes to Newberry by authority of the executive com mittee of the state. Mr. Pearce can only visit four points, viz., Green ville, Spartanburg, Greenwood, and Newberry. He comes highly recom mended and his addresses promise to be very interesting. Teacher training in its bearing on Sunday school work is attracting the attention and enlisting the thought of the best minds throughout this and foreign countries so that this topic should be one of absorbing interest to all who love the Sunday school cause, and who afe striving to do bet ter and know more. Mr. Pearce is known personally by Dr. W. E. Pel ham, who would urge all to hear Mr. Pearce, at both afternoon and even ing services. WOUND HAS FATAL RESULT. Mr. Foster Slawson Accidentally Shot Himself on Thanksgiving Day And Died on Sunday. While on a Thanksgiving hunt on last Thursday Mr. Foster Slawson, of Prosperity, accidentally shot him self, the wound resulting fatally and causing death on Sunday night. Mr. Slawson was in company with Messrs. Harris, Alewine and Banks, of Prosperity, when the unfortunate affair occurred. The hunters were proceeding through a thick under growth of brush and vines, when Mr. Slawson's gun became entangled in the vines and was discharged. The entire load entered Mr. Slawson's right shoulder, at the height of the shoulder blade, breaking one rib and scattering around the spine. Dr. Dominick was summoned, and at one time it was thought the injured man had a fair chance for recovery. He became worse, however, and died on Saturday night, at his home in the outskirts of Prosperity. The funeral services were held on Sun day afternoon, at three o'clock, the Rev. W. A. Lutz of Grace Lutheran church officiating, and the interment was in the Prosperity cemetery. The deceased was an unmarried man of about forty years of age. He is survived by a father, mother and other relatives. An Unfortunate Rumor. Some weeks ago Will Hill, colored, wa, shot in the head by Bennett Amick, a white man, in No. 7 town ship, near the plantation of Mr. God frey Harmon. The wound was not immediately fatal and the negro was expected to recover. On Friday even ing Mr. Amick, the man who did the shooting, came to Newberry, and while here told one gentleman that the negro Hill was dead and buried. Other persons made the same state ment. Shlieriff Buford was in com munication with Magistrate John WV. Ropp on Saturday. but could get no absolutely definite information. When interviewed over the telephone by the reporter yesterday Mr. Ropp said he did not know whether the negro was dead or not. He seem ed to be inclined to the opinion that he was not. Mr. Godfrey Harmon. on whose place the wounded negro lives, or lived, was in Newvberry yesterday and said that Will Hill would be able to take out the indict ment for the shooting in person, in ferring that the negro was still alive and in a fair prospect to get well. The rumor of the negro's death was persistent, but there appears to be little likelihood of its truth. The coroner knows nothing of the mat ter, the sheriff knew nothing definite on Saturday, and it is almost certain that Mr. Ropp. the magistrate in the township where the trouble occurred, would have heard something of it if th man had died. A LIVE DEAD MAN. Mr. D. A. Wright, Who Was Killed At the Battle of Richmond, Is Still a Prosperous Farmer. '1r. 1). A. \right, who was killed in the seven days' battle around Richmond, in the Civil war, paid us a very pleasant call last week. Some thing of Mr. W-right's remarkable resurrection has appeared in print before, but the telling of such an ex perience as his is not likely to grow stale or lose interest. Mr. Wright, who was a gallant Confederate sol dier. was shot down on the bloody field of the seven days' battle and left for dead. He fell at about noon, and. to all intents and purposes, was a dead man until late that night, The hospital corps had appeared on the field and had gathered up the wounded, finishing their work, and leaving Mr. Wright among the dead, Later he came to life, was nursed to convalescence and recovery, and today is a prosperous farmer of No. 4 township, this county. He has been a steady subscriber of The Herald and News for over thirty years. Mr. Wright's visit was some thing of an event, as he comes tc town sometimes once a year, and sometimes once in four years. Apropos of this same incideni Mr. H. M. Barger, of The Herald and News force, tells an interesting story. Mr. Barger was enlisted ir the same company with Mr. Wright at the outbreak of the war. While the company was still in Newberry where it was formed, Mr. Barger and Mr. Wright had the curious exper ience of both being shot by the same bullet. Mr. Wright was handling a pistol and Mr. Barger was standing by his side. In some way the wea pon accidentally exploded, the ball penetrating through the fleshy par of the former gentleman's hand, and making a serious wound in the hand of the latter, entering at the badi and ranging upword through the wrist. NEW ARC LIGHTS. Put Into Operation For First Timt On Saturday Night-Something Of the New System. The new enclosed arc lights were put into operation for the first tim< on Saturday night. The switchboard for the new incandescent system has not arrived, and the new plant wil: not be put into regular operation and final shape until the board comes. The arc lamp is one of the prettiesi and simplest pieces of mechanisrr in use in electrical plants in the world. Coming out over the glob< is an enamelled steel reflector. Therc is an outside and an inside globe the inside globe being opalescent When the old arc lights were burned all night it was necessary to clear them every day. The new ones neec trimming only once in ten days, or an average. The globe is air tight anc the absence of free oxygen does no1 admit rapid combustion, and hence the advantage. The adjustment is perfect. In an alternating current system there is always a considerabl< amount of vibration in arc lamps causing a constant humming. but this perfect automatic adjustment does away with much of this vibration though there is some little humming which cannot be done awvay with. Superintendent Boyd says this lamp is in operation in Atlanta, in Birming ham. Ala.. in Columbia. in Spartan burg in Jacksonville, Fla., and ir nearly all the larger cities He has personally noted the workings o these lamps in other cities and has found them fully satisfactory and gen erally superior to the old kind. Monument Square. The work of widening the streets on the two sides of the rear of the ourt house will be completed by to. morrow. Superintendent J. C Dominick has oversees a very neal job and the streets will be beautifiec as well as widened. Five feet have been cut off from each side of the monument square, the new part 0: the roadbed has been made solid with gravel, and a practically new storn and cement wall has been erectec around the square. When this pl is nicely covered with grass, as 11 should be, it will present a fine ap pearance. Purely Personal. In looking over our mailing list we have been surprised to find how few havc hald their dates changed to 'o5 and also at the small number that still stand at '04. Ve want every sub scribcr to kwok at the (late on the labl opposite his name on this paper and see if it is in arrears of Novem ber 29, '04. If so you are due your subscription and should at once send it to this office. We need the money and must have it. We can not understand why so many people will neglect so small a matter to them and yet which in the aggregate means so much to the publisher. You do not intend to beat the editor out of the pittance that you owe him and yet by not paying it promptly you make it difficult for him to meet his obligations. Why not save him the trouble and cost of sending a man around or mailing a "dun" for the small amount by coming around and paying up. We have from,I,2oo to 1,500 names on our list who are in arrears one or more years. Even $I.50 from each one of these in the next ten days would materially lighten the burden and it would be a very small amount for you to pay. Do it now. Don't wait. If you have paid this does not mean you. Only yesterday we had two sub scribers to pay before their time was out. This is a personal appeal to those in arrears to pay up. We need it. Everybody has made a good crop and money is plentiful and business good. Then why put off paying for your paper. Tachers' Meeting. County Superintendent of Educa tion Eug. S. Werts has made ar rangements for a big, genuine, old fashioned teachers' meeting, to be held in the Newberry graded school building. on Saturday, this week. This will be the last opportunity of Sup erintendent Werts to meet the teachers before he retires from office, and he is very anxious, for that and other reaosns, for every teacher in the county to make a special effort be present. An *interesting program is being prepared and addresses will be made. Many of the teachers have already signified their intention to be at the meeting, and it is almost certain to be one of the most successful in the history of the county. Many of the Newberry merchants are getting in their Christmas stocle, Iand the shelves are already beginning Ito take on a festive appearance. Thes displays of those who cater to the Christmas trade will be more elaborn ate and varied than ever before. SPECIAL NOTICES. ARMOUR'S GUANO AND ACID, for wheat and oats. Mosely Bros. Grain Drills and Harrows Cheap. J. W. White, Newberry, S. C. Franklin's New Restaurant-Every thing fresh and first class. Square meal for 25 cents. Lunches io to 20 cents. Oyster stews 25 to 40 cents. Lower Main street. Look for sign. i-&-t-t-f 'TIME We have it and for the small sum of You can buy an INGERSOLL WATCH That will give you a good time as any ~$2O,OO Watch In Town. Satisfact Gnaranteed. IAYES'OOKSTO