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VOL. XL NO. 122 NEWBERRY. S. ., FRIDAY DECEMBER 23, 1904, TWICE A WEEK, S1.50 A YEAR NEWS FROM PROSPERITY. Many Items of Interest Concerning The Doings of the People In Our Sister City. I had not intended to write another letter until the next year, but owing to some fearful blunders made in my article of Tuesday, I must write to correct some of them ere I lose my -Alp. In speaking of the peppers, we said we never saw so many on one, bush and you made me say bust. We also said banqtet and you printed it bouquet. The Jolly Dozcn have the bouquet business in hand and I dare not intrude. Don't you see the danger, you are placing me in ? We said the Visitor said "it is the fullest crop I ever saw." You print -ed it "say." We also said Mr. Jas. Waits and not Watts had moved. Does the proximity of the holidays have any thing to do with it? Death has cast in his reaper and we have lost two of our oldest citizens. Tl4is is a reminder that this reaper comes once to all and there is no escape. Dr. Asa Fufman Langford was born in Lexington county, S. C., De cember 9, 1828. He received such classical training as the schools of that day could give. Being ambi tious he succeeded in obtaining a very fair education. .He lost his father early in life and by the help of a devoted mother he was enabled to attain the great object he had in life: that of becoming a physician. He took a full course and graduated from the Philadelphia Medical col lege, Philadelphia, Pa., in May 1854-. He returned to his native county and entered at once upon his life work. May 31, 1855, he was married to Miss Susannah Francis Rinehart. During the war Dr. Langford was one of the few physicians left at home and he was in the saddle for days at a time relieving the sick over a large area. He was active in the days that tried men's souls and when it looked like the heel of the African would remain indefinitely on the neck of the Caucasian. On February 5, 1875, upon the solicitation of quite a number of her citizens, Dr. Lang ford cast his lot with Prosperity. It was here that his interesting family of five children grew to manhood and womanhood, and from here, they went out to do battle for themselves and against the world. Dr. Lang ford was for many years agent of the G. & C. railroad, his sons doing the clerical work. When the tocsin of war in 1876 was sounded he was one of the first to advocate the putting of a white man's ticket in the field. He was ever active during this memorable campaign with his mature advice and when the "Hamp ton war" was on he was one of the three men who had the courage to capture one of the Mackey house representatives and keep him in hiCl ing until he could be taken to Gov. Hampton and then sworn in as a member of the Wallace house. This war over and the state re deemed, he settled down to the prac tice of medicine, which he pursued wi:h diligence and much success un til about 5 years ago, when, after the death of his wife he gave up the ac tive practice of medicine. About 18 months ago he had a stroke of paralysis from which he never fully recovered. His end came peace fully on Tuesday morning, Decem ber 20. In the years in which he was ac tively engaged in his chosen profes siorn. 46 years in all, he carried com fort and cheer into many homes and did what he could to bind up the broken hearted. The services at the grave were con ducted by his pastor, Re"i. C. M. Boyd.. assisted by Rev. W. A. Lutz. The Masns hard charge of the fun eral and he was laid to rest by his brethren of this fraternity to await the resurrection morning. He leaves three sons and two daughters, many relatives and a host of friends to mourn their loss. "May he rest in peace." Capt. Jno. F. Banks was born in Lexington county about 65 years ago. He was early in life left an orphan and met the conditions of life as he met them in his more mature years. After attaining man's estate the war between the sections was on and he was active in organizing Company G. of the 13th regiment, Gregg's Bri gade. C. S. A. At the election for officers he was chosen second lieu tenant and when Lieutenant Jacob B. Fellers lost his arm he was promo ted to 1st lieutenant. Upon Capt. Wm. Lester's pronotion to Lt. Colonel, he became captain of the company and remained in command until the close of the war. Although in prison he was the ranking officer at the sur render. He was captured in 1863, and, as far as we can learn, was in prison to the close of the war. Re turning to his home after the sur render he engaged in teaching and taught in many of the schools in the lower section of this county. He had the honor of training many of the young men of his day who have become prominent in church and state. He was twice sent to the lower house of the general assembly of this state to represent his people's inter est. He was a prudent man and his counsel was safe, and he was one of the best representatives to be found in that body. He declined to stand for re-election this year. prefrring to remain on his farm and enjoy a well earned rest. One by one the heroes of the 6os are passing away. Ouie by one they are passing "over the river to rest under the shade of the trees." At each reunign the list is growing shorter and at each roll call more and more fail to answer to their names. The reveille has sounded for the last time, and the soldier of the sixties has gone to join his comrades on his last battlefield. He has bivou aced for the last time. "The muffled drum's sad roll has beat The soldier's last tatoo; No more on life's parade shall meet The brave and fallen few. On fame's eternal camping ground Their silent tents are spread, And glory guards, with solemn roun<a The bivouac of the dead." "'The sunshine of your native sky Smiles sadly on you here And kindred eyes and hearts watch by The heroe's sepulcher." "No wvreck, nor change, nor winters blight, Nor time's remorseless doom Can dim one ray of light That gilds your glorious tomb." Mr. M. Quincy Hendrix and wife, of near the steel bridge, we learn, are quite sick with typhoid fever. Mr. Hendrix buried a son only a few days ago. We expect our banks will close on December 26 and on January 2. So if you have business wvith them see that it is done earlier. Again wishing every reader of -The Herald and News the compliments of the season, I close for the year. At the last meeting of Presperity lodge, N.o. 115, A. F. M., after a delightful oyster supper the follow ing officers were elected: W. M.-G. Y. Hunter. S. W.-A. N. Crosson. J. W.-W. T. Gibson. Secretary--C. M. Harmon. Treasurer-N. H. Young. S. D.-E. W. Werts. J. D.-Jno. Sease. S.-J. F. Browne, F. E. Schumpert. Tyler-S. C. Barre. Rev. J. H. Wilson, of Salisbury, N. C., passed through town a few days ago on a visit to Mr. A. L. Wvse. (f Wyses' Ferry. Air. and Mrs. Albert Bowles. o Augusta. Ga.. are visiting Mrs Bowles' mother. Mrs. J. L. Counts in our citv. Miss Fstelle Stewart. of Convers4 college. is at home for the Christma! holidays. Mrs. Burr M\artin. of Newberry. i: spending some time with her mother Tlrs. I. S. Boozer. Mr. E. B. Cook, we are glad to re por.. is much lbetter. being able tc be up n his room. - Mrs. K. Baker and the children. o Greenwood. will spend the holiday with the home folks. Rev. 'ir. McCain will be with u: another year, the conference havin, returned him to this circuit. V welcome Mr. McCain back to ou1 town and his former field of work Hon. T. 1. McCain, of Yorkville, i! visiting his father's family in towr this week. - Miss Doty, daughter of Mr. T. N Kibler, we learn is quite sick. Miss Sallie Long, daughter of Mrs Missouri Long, was married to Mr Noah Moore, only son of G. Sarr Moore, Esq., of O'Neall section. Trade is quite good here at thi! writing-Thursday. 12 m. Miss Lucy Fellers will give ar At Home to the Jolly Dozen at th< city hall this. Thursday evening. I will be a proposal party and on< member of the Jollies told me sh< was going to get off tonight or knom the reason why. What a pity. Mr Editor. that you and I are old fellow4 -but 'twas ever thus. Come dowr and see the fun. TIN ORE IN SOUTH CAROLINA Government Bulletin Shows Wher( - It Is Found. The deposits of tin ore in Soutl Carolina. North Carolina and Vir ginia are discussed in a bulletin or the tin industry of the country jus1 issued by the Geological Survey This bulletin says that 43 per cent of the world's production of tin i: consumed in this country, but non< of the metal is produced in th< United States. Tin has been discov ered in various states but no attempt, have been made to place the industr3 on a productive footing. The mos1 notable deposits are in South Dako ta, South Carolina, North Carolina Virginia and Alaska. What may be called the Carolin; tin belt extends from Gaffney, Chero kee county. South Carolina, in general northeasternly directior across this country, across the south eastern corner of Cleveland county North Carolina. and across Gastor and Lincoln counties, North Caro lina. The tin deposits found ir Rockbridge county. Virginia. may be a continuation of the Carolina tir belt across Catawba, iredell, Yadkin and Surry counties. North Carolina The principal locality in South Caro lina where the tin ore has been fount is about one mile north of Gaffney on land belonging to Capt. S. S Ross. Other deposits are known ir the vicinity of the town King': Mountain. North Carolina. on the southern end of Chestnut Ridge about 2 1-2 miles north-east o King's Mountain: and on the Johi E. Jones plantation. 7 miles north ast of King's Mountain. Th< Southern railway traverses a consid erable portion of the tin belt, and any commercial deposits that may be de veloped will have good railroad fa cilities. The report contains many interesting details concerning th< geology in this district and the miner alogical and chemical character o the ore. Rock Hill Record. No young man can surprise a gir by kissing her; he only thinks h~ ST. PAUL ITEMS. Proserity. St. Pauls, Pomaria, Little Mountain, All Prosperous and Flourishing. After an absence of some duration I pick up i my pen again to scribble the news. Having moved to Newber rv I will hereafter report in a gen eral wav. gathering as I do from place tce over tihe county. The mnmbers of old St. Paul's ciirch lhave againi called their be l)Ved past,)r. v:ho ias served us so 'weil f,)r thirty-eight ycar. :he Rev. J. A. Sligh. BrIlther Sligh has ac cepted the call. The South Carolina Lutheran synod will hold its next annual ses - ions in Old St. Paifs church. The farmers of this community have been blessed with good crops. Somie nice porkers are being killed. Plenty of corn and peas and hay and cotton sold at a good price, and bu' very little more to sell. The ener .getic merchants at Pomaria and Prosperity have kept up the price al l most evenly until recently. Some improvements in building have been going on. Mr. J. H. Liv ingston has just completed a dwell ing, Mr. XV. H. Kibler will com mence to build one this week, Jacob 3edenbaugh finished one a few weeks ago. Good houses are a luxury to any plantation. One two horse far mer says he has cleared $700 from his farm this year. T had the pleasure of passing hrough Pomaria the past week and the place is building up rapidly . A twenty thousand dollar oil mill run ning day and night (this is a far mers' oil mill.) The Hentz Brothers have built a large store room and have it stacked with goods. Mr. W. Q. Hipp has added to his house and painted. Mr. Tom Hentz is building a dwell ing. and others will build soon. We had occasion to pass through Little Mountain the past week. They (the farmers) also have in operation a cotton seed oil mill, which is run ning day and night. Several hand some dwellings have been built dur ing this year. and everything looks prosperous. In my next I will write of Newberry and Newberry college. Dec. 19, 1904. E. Tillman Little Understood. "Tillman, the despair of analysis," once wrote a clever newspaper corre spondent who. after several years of congressional reporting abandoned the hope of ever understanding the ways of the senior senator from South Carolina. "Pitchfork Ben" the old, conservative politicians dub bed him; ndither this caption nor the harsher epithet, "Bloody Ben," of one of his more violen': enemies fits the s-5 ;ect. Benjami R. Tillmnan is in ~ity a sane, levec-headed, true -hearted man, of tremendous: mental capacity. Instem'i of 1) ing the fire eating, bloodl-.lrinking anarchist which he is d(eid by many who do not know him. south as well as north, Senator Tillman is a good-natured. amiable fellow. peacably inclined. He is a friend of the negro':s. the. ido! of eve.:y darkey that v .orks for him end ia ntensely proud of their devoion. WVhat curious quirk, then, is it in this man's nature that makes him1 turn a fictitious, worse side to his enemies? It is hard to say. One -reason for the erroneous impression of him that has gone abroad is that people take Senator Tillman as be ing always serious. The truth is that the senator likes his little joke, and often indulges in it. Metropolitan Magazine. IMany a man wears openwork socks because his wife is too lazy .to darn them. McCUTCHEON-JOHNSTONE. Miss Lilla Kennerly Johnstone Be comes Bride of Prof. George McCutcheon, of South Carolina College. At seven o'clock last night, Miss Lilla Kennerly Johnstone, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alan Johnstcnc, of Newberry, became the bride of Pro fessor George McCutchen, of the South Carolina college, Columbia. The wedding was in the Aveleigh Presby,erian church, and was one of the most brilliant and beautiful social functions of the season. The church was magnificently decorated for the occasion in green and white. Palms, ferns, and trailing vines were used in profusion, and with the white flowers they presented a strikingly beautiful appearance. The wedding procession entered the church in the following order: The ushers-Messrs. F. N. Mar tin and W. A. Stuckey, and I. H. Hunt and McHardy Mower. The flower girls-Misses Anna Katherine Kennerly and Lilla John stone Todd. Groomsmen and bridesmaids Messrs. Charles Barron and 0. 0. Depass. Misses Louisa McIntosh and Bernice Martin, Messrs James Mc Cuthchen and H. C. Davis, Misses Eleanor Godfrey and Lucy Mc Caughrin, Messrs. Thomas McCutch en and L. W. Gilland, Misses Ade line Johnstone and Isabel Davis, Misses Jennie McCutchen and Mar tha Johnstone. The bride entered next, on the arm of her brother. Mr. T. K. John stone. They were met at the altar by the groom, Professor George Mc Cutchen, with his best man, Dr. Wilmot McCutchen. The deeply impressive ceremony was performed by the Rev. J. L. Williamson. The bride is a strikingly handsome young woman, and she looked her best in the lovely and becoming bridal dress. The groom, Professor McCutch en, has been for some years a mem ber of the faculty of the South Car olina college, at Columbia, as a teacher of literary branches. He is a native of Williamsburg county and a son of Col. James McCutcheon, of the Confederate army. The happy couple will reside at Columbia, where Professor McCutch conl will continue his work at the col lege. Bridge of the Evil Man. Near Aberstwith, on the west coast of Wales, where the Monk river fows through a black, yawning abyss, there is a single arch bridge of unknown antiquity. The popular legend says that it was lbuilt by the. devil, and far and near it is known as "The Bridge of Devils" or "The Bridge of the Evil Man." British antiquarians are united in the belief that it was built by the early monks. but that fact does not affect the pop ular legend in the least. "Old Har ry's" part in its erection being never questioned by the inhabitants of Cardinganshire. Grose says that "the bridge is an honor to the land that built it, whether that hand be Satan's or that of some monk." Life Changes. The great novel, the great book of any sort, is no longer being written for exactly the same reason that the Gothic cathedral is no longer being built, not because men have become incapable of it nor because its pos sibilities are exhausted, but because unforseen changes in social and eco nomic conditions have rendered it impossible. HT. G. Wells. A piece of woman's mind often