Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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PURELY PERSONAL. The Movements of Many People, Newberrians and Those Who Visit Newberry. Miss Lillie Griffin is visiting friends in Charlotte, N. C. Col. George Johnstone was in Co lumbia yesterday on business. Rev. G. A. Wright was in Columbia on Wednesday. Mrs. L. V. Walker, of Columbia, is visiting friends in this city. Miss Larnius of York, Penn., will be the guest of .Miss Sara Spearman at her country home next week. Miss Maude Langford leaves to morrow afternoon to be the guest of Miss Sara Spearman. Mr. R. E. Taylor, of Columbia, Ohio, who has been the guest of Miss Maude Langford, will leave tomor row. VARIOUS AND ALL ABOUT. Mrs. Margaret Bynum and family iave moved into the house formerly occupied by Mr. B. M. Dennis, and Mr. Dennis has moved into his own house. A. C. Jones will begin on Monday Morning a one-half price sale, at which five thousand dollars worth of choice goods will be sacrificed. Shoes, hats, pants, and clothing, all will go. Samples of the goods may be seen in the windows of the establishment. It has been decided by Coach Howard Holland and the students of the college that they will give a min strel show at a date not far in the future, for the purpose of raising funds for the baseball expenses of the spring. Thlere is considerable talent among the students, and, with a lit the outside aid which they have been already promised, they will be able to put before the public a very credita ble entertainment. The twelfth annual session of the South Carolina annual bar associa tion is now being held in Columbia. Many lawyers of thLe state are already in'the city, and with the local mem bers and others who will go to Co lumbia today, they will have one of the largest meeting of the kind ever held in Columbia. Col. George John atore Dr. Geo. B. Cromer, Col. Geo. S. Mower, F. L. Bynum, A. H. Booth, and oithers of the Newberry bar are in attendance. For Selling Whiskey. Mr. R. P. Casey was tried in the rmayor's court, before a jury. on Tues day morning, on the charge of violat ing an ordinance of the town of New berry selling whiskey. The def en -dant was represented by counselb and the plea of former acquittal for ~same offense was first entered, after #which .the plea of not guilty was nmade. Orie man, a friend of Casey's tes tified that he had procured a quart of. ~vhiskey from defendant on Christ mas eve, and had paid him for it. Counsel for defendant argued that this was merely a transaction of friendly accomodation, but the jury found Casey guilty, and the minimum *fine, ten dollars. was imposed. The case was worked up by Consta ble T. B. Perry. Mrs. Sligh in Charleston. A meeting of the executive board of the South aCrolina Federation of - Women's clubs was held Th-ursda3 in Charleston. The officere were en . tertained in private homes whilei that city. Mrs. Wilbur K. Sligh. of Newber ry, president of the state federation, Miss Mary Waterhouse of Beaufort. chairman of civics and forestry of the tates federation, and Miss Varien - Brown of Anderson, treasurer were the guests of Misses Louisa and Mary Poppenheim. Mrs. Moore, of Colum bia, corresponding secretary. and Mvs. L. T. Nichols of Chester second vice president, were entertained by Mrs. Julius B. Visonska. Rev. W. E. Entzmingler. Rev. W. E. Entzmingler, a Baptist missionary of long experience, will preach in the First Baptist church, on Sunday morning, at eleven o'clock. Rev. Mr. Entzmingler has been a missionary in Brazil for the past fourteen years. and his talk will be of great interest to all who are in terste in foreign missions. LIBRARY ASSOCIATION. Regular Monthly Meeting Held This Week- Many New Books Add ed to The Collection. Th- regular monthly meeting o the Library association took plac( Monda-y afternoon, but owing to a mistake in having it announced in the papers the number present was not very large. The president spoke abou the careless way some of th-e books are being treated and asked that bet ter care be taken of them in the fu ure. Among the new books added in the last few month are: Ladder of Swords, In the Bshops Carriage, The Madness of Philip, The Belle of Bowling Green, Beverly of Graustark, The Last Hope, Huldah, God's Good Man, Japan Today, Four Prnces, Cherries Child, Doris Far rand's Vocation, A Summer Hym nal, The Little Vanities of Mrs. Whittaker, The Transgressions of Andrew Vane, He That Eateth, Bread With Me, Graustark, The Challan ers, Love Story of Abner Stone, Olive Latham, Woman Errant, Ulysesse, The Sandhiller, Kentucky Cardinal Af.ermath, Night with Alexander, The Rose of Old St. Louis, The Crossng, Love Finds the Way, Prod igal Son, Lady of the North, Mrs. Muhlback's Historical Novels, The Recollections and Letters of Lee. Death of a Child. Died on Tuesday morning, January 17, the little child, aged fifteen months, of M'r. and Mrs. F. J. Rus sell. The funeral services were held on Wednesday, Rev. S. H. Zimmer man officiating. A Busy Day. Mmnaugh believes in advertising, for he sees and enjoys the results. Th'e sales on Wednesday were so great that his force of ten clerks was inadequate to meet the demand upon them. The sales continued on Thurs day, in spite of the rain. 0ad.ies tid Society. The Ladies Aid society of the Lutheran church will meet with Mrs. 0. L. Schumpert, next Tuesday after noon. The last meting was largely attended and the following officers were elected, Mrs. J. C. Goggans, president; Mrs. S. JI Derrick, secre tary; Mrs. John Summer, treasurer. Captured in Saluda. On last Monday Deputy Duncan Johnson went to Saluda and brought back with him John Brooks, color ed wanted in Newberry for breach- of trust. Some kind of a settlement was made, and the negro was subsequent ly given his liberty. Breach of Contract. :Will Young, colored, was captured in Laurens, on WVednesday, by Depu ty Duncan Johnson. The negro was wanted here for breach of contract. Little Mountain R. F. D. The postmaster at Newberry has received orders to hold an examina tion for a rider for the rural free de livery route recently established at Little Mountain. This examination will be held on Saturday at ten a. m. A Citizens' Meetng. On WVednesday several representa tives citizens of Newberry met to gether and drew up a notice calling anon1 the citizens of the school dis trict to assemble in the opera house n Friday, January 20, today, to con sider the changes proposed by New berry's representatives in the genaral assembly, in the school law. A bill has been introduced to amend and ater th.e charter of the Newberry graded school, and it is for the con sideration of this matter that the meeting is called. Successful Operation. Mr. James F. Glenn, of Newberry, was operated upon at thie Columbia hopsital on Tuesday night, by Dr. LeGrand Guerry. It was erroneously reported that the operation was for appendicitis. It was for the purpose of removing an abcess, and during the operation it was necessary to remove three ribs. The patient stood the strain of the operation remarkably well for a man of his advanced years, and, when last heard from, was rest ing well. Mr. Glenn is one of Newberry's odest citizens, being seventy-two COUNCIL MEETING. The Ffiteen Remaining Arc Lights Will Be Placed at Once-The Payment of Lincenses. A meeting of the town council of N--wberry was held, in the counc!] chamber, on Wednesday night. The points at which the fifteen re maining arc lights were to be hung, were selected, and Superintendent Boyd directed to put them up at once. The work of hauling polls and mak ing ready to hang the lamps began yesterday. One will be placed at the knitting mill, on the southern edge of town, one will be placed at the O'Neall Street church, and the others will be distributed at equally neces sary points. The matter of the payment of li censes was also brought up, and the clerk was directed to notify the pub lic that all licenses must be paid on or before the fifteenth day of Febru ary. Other routine business was trans acted. Mower and Bynum were elected city attorneys, at this same meeting. COUNTY TAXES. County Treasurer Epps Makes Good Collections. County Treasurer J. L. Epps an nounces that total collections for the month ending January 15th, 1905, to be $53,597. This amount compares very favorably indeed with that of last year's collection at the same time when the collection was $52,711.17. It is estimated that about 80 per cent. of the general taxes have been paid, and about 48 per cent. of the poll tax. The collection in detail is as fol lows: States taxes .. .... .. .. ..$18,102.01 Ordinary taxes .. .. .. .. 10,86.22 Special county taxes .. .. i,8o.i8 Three mill graded schools 1,297.72 Railroad bonds ........ 4,457.5c. Three mill const. school 4,487.34 Special school purposes 4,487.3,. Poll Tax .. .. .. .... .. ,624.oc Commutation ..9...... g6.oo Total ........ $53,596.1 DELIGHTFUL DANCE. Subscription German Given by Young Men of Newberry. On Tuesday night a delightful dance was given by the young men of the town. The graceful figures of the germa.n were led by Mr. G. F. W'earn, and Mr. W. C. Sch-ench with Miss Neville Pope. These present wer-:: Miss Bessie Gilder. wvith Mr. C. P. Pelam. Miss Maud Fant, with Mr. WV. B. Seabrook. Miss Maud Langford, with Mr. L. G. Eskridge. Miss Sara Lanius, of York, Penn., with Mr. Robert Mayes. Miss Ethel Bowers, with M. J. T. Owen. Miss Bessie Schumpert, with Mr. F. R. Fellers. Miss Bessie Simmons. with- Mr. WV. A. Jamieson. Jr. Miss Mildred Simmons, with Mr. E. H. Olney. Miss Camille Evans, with M. K. W. Jones. Miss Lucia Dean, with Mr. T. Q. Boozer. Miss Thyra Schumpert, with Mr. R. M. Kennedy. Miss Neville Pope, with Mr. W. C. Sch ench. Other gentlemen present were: Messrs. G. F. Weran, H. T.-- Ren wick, Bushnell Bowers, Pope Buford, Dr. J. G. McMaster Messrs. Roy Jones, H. W. Dominic. J. WV. Rob ertson., J. S. Langford. Among the chaperones were: Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Brown, Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Taylor Mr. and Mrs. P. E. Scott. Luther League Society. The Luther League of the Church of the Redeemer will have a social meeting at the parsonage tonight. All who are interested in the league are invited to be present, and a spec il invitation is extended to Lutheran young people in Newvberry, who are not members of the Church of the PROSPERITY NEWS. (Continued From First Page.) daughter, Mrs. F. E. Schumpert, this week. The citizens met in the city hall on Wednesday night and elected an ex ecutive committee to provide rules, tt. govern the town primary to be held on Feb. 7th. The committee, Messrs. J. F. Browne, H. P. Wicker and J. L. Wise held their meeting and adopted the rules governing the prmary of last year. In case it is necessary th. second election will be held on Fel 14th. We suppose an active campaigr will now begin for the office. We expect to see a lively campaign. Let the candidates announce themselves and give the boys a chance. A few days ago one of our citizens brought a nugget of gold into the drug store and asked the druggist to weigh it. It weighed 6 dwt, and. upon inquiring it was .learned that Mr. R. P. Dominick had picked it up on his place near town. The nugget was practically pure as it could be hammered. Th'ere have been some searching parties and one enthuiastic traveling man got a pick and a pan and went forth to find an El Dorado. If he found anything he did not tell it. Mr. Dominick has not divulged the spot where he picked up the nug get. Look out Mr. Editor. Prosper ityq may yet be noted for its gold mines. We trust that there may be many thousands found. Mr. E. M. Cook who was so badly hurt by his team running away is able to be out again much to his de light and the pleasure of his friends. The Jolly Dozen will give one of theis jolliest entertainments at the city hall next Friday niglt. This is an occasion when th'ey do not want their number to be 12 but large mul tiplies of that number, say 10. Their program is a fine one and will con sist of quartettes, duets, solos, reci tations etc. Some of the best musical talent of the town will take part as well as the best reciters. Don't fail to attend this gala occasion on Fri day night. The charge to see this jolly event is only io cents if you are only 14 years old or under. If you are over 14 you are expected to pay 15 cents, and it would be cheap at twice the price. And speaking of that, would it not be the thing for the young man to pay twice 15 cents and then take his best girl wvith him. Students Geo. Harmon and John Pat Wise of Newberry college are at home sick. Miss Lallage Wheeler is visiting friends in Pomaria. Mr. A. G. Wise has gone west for another lot of mules and horses. Quite a number of the members of Prosperity lodge A. F. M. aLtended the funeral of J. J. Mayer who was a member of this lodge. Mr. Geo. B. Aull of Pomaria wvas in town Monday. He is as genial and wholesouled as ever. Miss Inez Connelly, aged 14 years. was laid to rest in Zion cemetery last Friday, by her pastor Rev. J. K. Mc Cain. Rev. Mr. McCain also buried the present week. Miss Amanda Bishop, at New Hope cemetery. She was 84 years old. She was in h'er usual health but heart failure int.erevened and she dropped dead at the home of Mr. Jno. Wickers. She leaevs a brother and sister to mourn her de p artu re. Mr. Jacob B. Fellers is reported to be mproving some. Mr. Copeland,of Clinton, was in town the past week. Mr. James Setzler, of Pomaria, wa' in Prosperity on Monday on business for the Setzler company. The recital of Ander Reuher com pany was very much appreciated here. The singing of the Holy City was fne and was enjoyed by all present. Don't forget Bingham, the humorist, is the next number on the list, and be sure to be there. Mr. A. H. Kohn, who recently, bought out Mr. S. S. Birge, will or -an:e: a smeck company to be known as the S. S. Birge company. Mr. Khn will be president and general maaer. Mr. S. S. Birge will bt vice pres;ident, and Iart Kuhn will be secretary. The company will handle a general !ine of merchandise anri will do business atr the same stand of S. S. ,irge. They will be pleased to have their friends and customers call to see T here haben several bales of cotton sold here this week price 6 7-8. The movement of cotton from this point is preresented by the following shipments: Via the Southern 1720 bales. Via the C., N. and L. 2877 bales. Making a grand total of 4600 bales up to Jan. ist, i9o5. There has been very little of the staple sold here since the decline. Our farmers are talking less acres and less fertilizers. We hope to see the acreage reduce 25 per cent. Let the farmers demand that the fertilizer manufacturers shall take pay in cotton and then fix the price they will give for the fertilizers, say 300 pounds middling lint cotton for a ton of high grade guano and 154 pound for a ton of acid. Let the man ufacturers carry part of the load. The farmers can dictate terms if they will. They have had the price of their com modity, cotton, fixed for them so long that they should profit by the lesson and do some dictating. Demand that they shall allow you a certain price per pound for your cotton and then say how many pounds shall go for a ton of each grade. What say you gentlemen? It's up to you. The Bank of Prosperity has paid its usual 3 per cent semi-annual divident. The Peoples National bank has de clared a 2' per cent semi-annual divi dend and set aside a nice amount to surplus and undivided profits. We can only hope that the dividend paying enterprises will be largely in creased in the near future and that all who put their money in them may be come coupon clippers to a very satis fying degree. Bad.Negro in Newberry County. To Edif&'"f the Herald and News: About z8 months ago in an adjoin ing county there was an attempt to commit a dastardly outrage. The facts in the case are about like this. About sundown a negro drove up to the home where a young lady teach er was boarding with a message that the young lady's moth (who lived at the county seat) was dingerously sick and had sent him, the negro, for her. Under the excitement and wor ry no one took a second thought. After hurried preparation she left for the death bed, as she thought, of her mother. The young lady had not been gone long before it occurred to her friends that it was not well for her to travel so far and at night with a negro, and two of her friends start ed after them. They were overtaken a few miles on the way and were fol lowed by th'e gentlemen. When nearing the county seat, distant a mile, the negro jumped out of the buggy and ran into the woods. The party continued the journey to the young lady's home and to their as tonishment they found the young lady's mother in good health and- had not seint 'for her? daughter, nor did she know anything about the negro. He was hunted and - found, and, as was nothing criminal in h-is act, hej was given a good whipping and made to leave the county. He afterwards told what he had intended to do, but was fustrated by the parties overtak ling tiNm. So a worse fate than death was averted for th. young lady, a fate too terrible to contemplate. We are reliably informed that this same negro is now in this county in the~ employ !of ofte of our most success ful farnurs. The writer is requested to wvritet this th-at our citizens may know that such a demon is in their - midst and to be on the lookout. The sheriff of his home county says his name is Henry Milling, but he goes by another name in this county. Should anyone desire to know more about him and where h'e lives can fidd ont by writing box 1oo1, Pros perity, S. C., enclosing stamps for a reply. Verbum Dot. SPECIAL NOTICES. FOR. SALE-Land cheap. 18 3-. acres in half mile of Saluda C. H., good investment. Apply to E. L. G. Herald and New's office. NOTICE-Hereafter the Farmeus Oil mill will gin only on Friday. J. H. Wicker, Manager. M DNEY TO LOAN--We negotiate loans on improved farm lands at seven per cent. interest on amounts over one thousand dollars. an' eich: l'-r cent. in:er'st on amoun less than $1,ooo. Long time a ':asy p ayments. Hunt, Hunt Hunter