Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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PURELY PERSONAL. The Movements of Many People, Newberrians and Those Who Visit Newberry. Miss Olynthia Jones is visiting the family of Dr. 0. B. Mayer. Mr. J. M. Wagner, of Abbeville. is -visiting friends in Newberry. - Mr. F. A. Schumpert, who has been on a visit to this brother in Louisiana, returned home last week. Miss Ethel Paysinger is visiting relatives in Prosperity. Mr. J. M. Lawsie, of Anderson, is in the city. Mr. Ed. Ware, of Greenville. was in Newberry on Friday. Rev. G. A. Wright was in Silver Street on Saturday. Mr. T. P. Johnson spent Sunday in Prosperity. N-Miss Louise Mackey, of Greenville, is visiting her uncle, Mr. .E R. Hipp. Miss Sallie Lou Scott, of Laurens. is visiting friends in Newberry. Mr. R. Watkins of Richmond, is in the city. Rev. Z. W. Bedenbaugh and Dr. R. L. Luther, of Prosperity, were in town on Monday. Mr. H. W. Franklin, of Lynchburg, -Va., spent several days in this city among friends last week. Misses Edna Hipp and Sadie Gog gans of Winthrop college, are-apendA ing a few days at hbme. Rev. and Mrs.. Y. von A. Riser leave on Wednesday for their home in Waynesboro, Virginia. Miss Sara Lanius, of York, Penn., who has been on an extended visit among friends in Newberry, went to Anderson yesterday. A. H. Booth, Esq., clerk of the ju diciary committee, spent Saturday and Sunday in Newberry, returning to Columbia on Monday. CoL George Johnstone, who had been in Columbia for several days, returned home on Friday. Rev. W. L. Seabrook expects to leave Newberry today for Westmin ster, Maryand, to join his father. who is seriously ill. VARIOUS AND ALL ABOUT. ' The sidewalk on college steet has undeirgoe a much-needed improve ment.. NBasiness was not so good as it should have been during the cold * we'ather, but it ought to liven up again under the .invigorating infiu ence of the crisp air and sunshine. Rev. J. G. Dale, of Rio Verde, Mexico, will preach at Thompson. Str'eet church at 11 a. m. and at Can ign Creek at 3 p. m. next Sababth. There is jn the possession of a citi .z n of Newberry a magnificient life siz^-it portrait of the late Chief 3. -B. O'Neall. The fact that sucdh a por trait is in existence should be a fact of general public interest, and if the owner can be pursuaded to part with his treasure, it should not be suffered always .to remnain in the hands of a pr.ivate citizen. . . Baseball Practice. .Baseball Practice was begun at the direction of Coach Howard Holland. There are about twenty applicants o'teteam, among them being numbered many players who have al ready won their laurels playing ball foi- Newberry college. The material yesterday afternoon showed up well, and all are encouraged. Among the veterans are, Simpson, Crouch, Tay -lor Olney, Coleman, Wilson. Owen, S'toudemire, Holloway, Fulmer, Cab aniss, and others. Rural Telephones. -Manager R. G. Spearman states that there is now practically one one section of Newber ry- county in which the rural te.ephone has not yet been establish *ed, viz, the St. Philips section. Lines 'have been put in other sections and rhe people are universally satisfied with the service and charmed with the accomodation afforded by this modern appliance. The network will be almost complete if it is possible to put the system among t'he people of St. Philips. Certain it is that some of the citizens of that section desire tel * ephones, and a little concerted work would. undoubtedly bring about that * result ACCIDENTALLY SHOT. Mr. Bright A. Kempson Shot by Friend Who Was Firing At Buzzards. While walking with several com panions on Sunday afternoon. Mr. Bright A. Kempson, who holds a po sition with the Carolina Manufactur ing company as cabinet maker, was accidently shot the pistol ball, of a 38 cailibre, entering the right side of the back near the lower ribs, and passing through the body. The accident oc curred in the Langford pasture, be yond the Farmers' Oil mill. Mr. Kempson was immediately taken to Eh.e home of Mr. Brooks Hutchinson, and Dr. J. K. Gilder was summoned and rendered medical attention. It. was impossible for Dr. Gilder to tell the result of the wound, but it was hoped it would not prove serious. Mr. Kempson was in company with Messrs. I. 0. Burton, T. 0. Stewart and L. C. Pitts. They were walking through Langford's pasture beyond the Farmers' Oil mill, when, it is stated, Messrs. Burton and Kempson drew their pistols and be gan firing at buzzards circling over head. After several shots fired by the two, the gun held by Mr. Burton accidentally exploded, the bullet, as state, entering Mr. Kempson's back. The physician in attendance report ed yesterday that -the wounded man was doing well as could be expected, and the strongest hopes are enter tained for his recovery. The Luther League. Rev. Y. von A. Riser, of Waynes boro, Virginia, addressed the Luther League on Friday night. In com menting upon the possibilities of good to he derived from the organi zation, he recalled very pleasantly the old Luther League which was in existence at the time of his atten dance at the college and seminary here, and told of how the league at that time had been forward in good works, Traising a considerable sum for the persecuted in Armenia, donat ing a magnificient chandelier to the ch-urch, etc. Mr. Riser believed that great good could now be accomplish ed in the church and community by renewed interest and activity in the work of the league, and urged the members to perfect and perpetuate the organization. Ambigu.ous English. "Have you ever tried to explain the various meanings of some of our English verbs to a foreigner?" asked lady who employs many servants. "My German maid went to the drug store the other day for some head ache medicine and returned very much p,uzzled. 'The man say, "Vill you take it or shall I send it?"' ' she reported. 'Eef he do not send it, how can I take it ?'" *The Usemful Spunflower. It is a common joke to call inferior cigars "cabbage leaves," but, as a matter of fact, some very good 'weeds" are made from the leaves of the sunflower. These leaves can also e smoked inl the place of tobacco, forming qu-ite a passable substitute. The stalks and leaves make excel lent food for various animals, while the former can also be employed 2s fuel. Sunflower cake is made from h seed of this useful plant after he oil has ben extracted, this oil be ing very nearly equal to olive oil and used in cooking. The seers no only serve as food for cattl'e: they are mashed and kneaded into bread by the poor peasants of certain parts of Russia, and they find it very palata Potash is obtained from the ash of he staiks. The propostion is about one-third of potash to the total ash left after murning. A yellow dye is made from the flower of the plant. The fibre can be worked into a silk material. "Yes." said H:enpeck, "the thing that impressed me most in Egypt was the mummy of one of the ancient queen." "What was remarable about it?" "That fac't that they could make her dry up and stay way." "Mr. Smith had a hard time to get his daughters off his hands." "Yes and I hear he has to keep thei husan on their feet." A TOKEN OF ESTEEM. Mr. T. S. Duncan Presented With a Gold-Headed Cane-Mr. H. T. Cannon Collector National Bank. At a meeting of the directors of the National Bank, held on Saturday afternoon, Mr. H. T. Cannon was elected collector, succeeding Mr. R. L. Tarrant, who was recently made book-keeper, following the promo tion of Mr. J. W. M. Simmons to The position of casbier and of Mr. F. N. Martin to the position of assistant cashier, after the resignation of Cash ier T. S. Duncan. Mr. Cannon is a native of this county. He is a grad uate of Newberry College and is an energetic young man, whose friends predict for him a bright future in the business world. A pleasant inc' -nt of the meeting on Saturday afternoon was the pre sentation to Mr. Duncan by the di rectots of a beattiful gold-headed cane, with the gold head appropriate ly inscribed. Mr. Duncan's recent resignation was after a service in the bank ex tending through nearly thirty-four years. He entered the bank in May, 1871, and served successively as tel ler, assistant cashier and cashier. Of strict busines method, he was pecu liarly fitted for the various positions which he held in the bank, and in each he displayed conspicuous abil ity. Always courteous to those with whom he dealt, during the course of his long service he made many warm personal friends and many warm friends for -the institution. It was with keen regret that his decision to retire from business was announced. Queer Rent Account. One of the queer rents paid to the English crown is by the well-known Foulis family. This family holds a forest, and the rental of the forest is the delivery of a snowfall any day it is asked for. Always the Foulis fam ily must have a snowfall ready. It is no trouble to them, either, for Ben Wyvis, a mountain of great height, is in the forest, and the top is always covered with snow. His Plant. Her Mother-Mr. Solman has been oming to see you for quite a long while, Maude. What are his inten tions?" Maude-Well, I thiink he inteds to keep on coming. Trouble With Aluminum. Aluminum, once hailed as the com ing metal, is not so much heard of nowv. No satisfactory process of weilding it ever has been discovered. A Glass Washboard. From a purely satitary standpoint* there is no washboard equal to the one made of glass-especiall if there is sickness in the 'house. To Tax Balconies. In the German town of Biehrich' balconies are to be specially taxed and the proceeds devoted to the im provement of the streets. A Curious Custom. A curious custom obtains among the Coorgs, of India. When one of them Nils a tiger or a panther he is married to the dead animal, regard less of its sex. Propped upon a frme work of wood or bamboo the animal is carried in procession, and the mar riage riual is strictly observed, while lavish hospitality is dispensed. Keep one eye on your enemies and two on your friends. Only inexperienced men laugh at seasickness and lovesickness. The lucky man puts his best foot forward instead of depending on the left hind foot of a rabbit. David displayed his wisdom by saying, "All men are liars," instead of picking oum one man and saying it to him. Sometimes when a woman cuts a man she looks daggers at him. A poor man's wife never cries over sentimental novels. She hasn't A piano cover with an unpickable lock is well up on the list of long felt wants. Don't you care if people do accuse you of having the big head; there maybe nothing' in it THE LYCEUM. The Last Attraction, Reputed to be The Best of All, Will be the Lotus Glee Club, on Feb ruary 18. The Lotus Glee Club will appear in Newberry on February eigteenth to round out the successful lyceum course. The company come highly recommended and praised by all who have had the pleasure of hearing its artistic concerts, and will do doubt less prove the climax in a course which has been thoroughly appreciat ed and enjoyed from first to last. It is the desire of the management to sell a great many tickets, in addition to the season tickets, as an opportun ity will be effered to the music-loving citizens of the town to enjoy a treat which they cannot afford co miss. The club was organized in 1881-82 and is one of the oldest and most popular of our male quartettes. The original membership was C. Frank Huntington and Nat. M. Brigham, tenors; Avon D. Saxon, baritone; John K. Berry, bass. Of the present quarte-tte. Mr. Lewis .is the. oldest member, having joined the Club in 1884. From the first, the Lotus Glee club has enjoyed an enviable reputa tion. They have traveled and given con certs in every state this side of the Rocky Mountains, with *wo excep tions, and have had three London seasons, where they sang with great success in concerts with Melba, Eam es, Van Zandt, Trebelli, Antoinette Sterling, Patey, Mr. and Mrs. Hens chel, Edward Lloyd, Ben Davis, Foli, Sims Reeves, Paderewski, and at two concerts, in Royal Albert Hall, with Mme. Adelina Patti. The English critics were unanimous in pronounc ing their part-singing the finest they had ever heard or believed possible. The Club enjoys a unique distinction from other quartettes, having the prestige of a distinguished European success in addition to its high rank among leading American organiza tions. The club has always been not ed for its ensemble work and its per fect singing is due in no small meas ure to the admirable method of the conductor, Mr. Frank J. Smith, who has been with them from the begin ning. Advertised Letters. For week ending Jan. 14, 1905 A-Miss Florence Asbey, Rev. E. R. Anderson, Mhs. Jennie Appling. B-Miss Lizzie Banks, Mrs. E. E. Brown, Allice Brown, Alice Bryson. C-Alber Carter, J. A. Clemer, Miss Sophie Counts, Georgie Coin alunder, Mrs. Maggie Cromer. D-L. L. Dicket, Mack Doggins. E-Mrs. Emma Epps. F-Mr Sam L. Finley. G-Willie Grays. Thomas Gray, Mar ie GrIniette, G. C. Gruber. H-Pinkney Harriot (:2), Mrs. Jno. Hutchinson. J-W. 0. Jones. L-E. H. Livingston. M-Mrs. Bettie Mayer, Mrs. Butler Murgill, Eugene Mingo, Diola Moore P-J. M. Powell. Q--Mammond Qualy. R-Mattie Renrick, Jacob Rogers, Mrs. Carrie Robertson, Sum Ruther ford. S-Jacob Stewart, George Stude. W-Bob Wallace, Lucy Wallace, Mrs. Nancy Wilson. Persons calling for these letters will please say they were advertised. C. J. Purcell, P. M. Very Wide. ~hicago Daily News. Sharpe-Yes, the fat lady in the museum is an acquaintance of mine. Whealton-H'm! I suppose that is what you call ":having a wide ac quaintance."' Tea Cakes. Dainty little cakes for the after noon tea may be baked in tins of fan cy shapes, iced, sprinkled with brok en nut meats and dotted with c'andied fruits. An excellent old rule for cak es calls for an equal weight of eggs. four, butter and sugar. .Cream the sugar and butter together very thor oughly. Then drop in the eggs one by one. beating each after it goes in until the mixture is very foamy. Af ter the beating has made the batter as frothy as possible fold in the flour. Bake this cake slowly. Otherwise it will be tough. CASES APPEALED. Three Men Who Live Outside Cor porate Limits and Work Inside, Refuse to be Vaccinated. Messrs. B. R. Guin, G. Y. Dickert, and M. W. Jones, all Mollohon mill operatives, were fined, $25., $1o., and $25., respectively by Mayor Geo. B. Cromer for refusing to be vaccinated. The defendants were represented by F. H. Dominick, Esq., and the cases were appealed to the circuit court. The men all three live without the corporate limits of the town, but all three work daily within said limits. Marrpge in Thibet. The ordinary marriage customs of the orient are reversed in Thibet. Instead of the men having a plurality of wives, the women have a plurality of husbands. Lately a photograph of one of these .,vomen, a rather pretty young woman of not more than 21, who was the proud possessor of four husbands, as seen; she looked fairly cheerful and was seen to be rather nice and brig1ht in manner, and al together quite a superior of a Thitbe tan woman. Motor Tax in France. The French treasury has up to now benefited to the extent of $i,6oo,oo by the tax on cycles and motor cars. Motor cycles contribute $5o,ooo of this amount and motor cars $375-OOO. Since igoo the number of motor cars paying the tax has increased by i,o8g per cent. Very Low Rates to Washington, D. C., and Return. Account Presidential Inauguration Ceremonies, Washington, D. C., March 4th, 1905, Southern Railway announces the very low rate of one fare (plus 25 cents) for the round trip. Still lower rates for Military com panies and Brass Bands in uniform, 'twenty or more on one party ticket. Tickets will be sold on March 2nd 3rd, final limit of March 8th, 1905. However, an extension of final lim it to leave Washington not later than midnight of March 18th, 1905, may be had by depositing ticket with $8p-ecial Agent ifWa~s on or before March 8th, z9o5, and payment of fee of $1.oo at time of de posit. For further information as to rates, schedules, sleeping car reservations, etc., apply to our Agent of the South e Railway or address Brooks Morgan, A. G. P. A., Southern Railway, - Atlanta, Ga. SPECIAL NOTICES. TAKE A LOOK at that pretty line of Neckwear and Belts at -Hair-and Havird's. WANTED-TO borrow $300.00 on well improved real estate collat eral, inquire at this office. $x.oo AMERICAN BEAUTY Cor sets only 69 cents each at Hair and Havird's. FOR SALE-Fine milch cow. Apply to B. M. Havird, Silver Street. FOR SALE-A fine "Grade Jersey" milch cow, and several pigs. Var ious sizes. E. T. Carlson. MONEY TO LOAN-We negotiate loans on improved farm lands ai: seven per cent. interest on amounts over one thousand dollars, and eight per cent. interest on amounts less than $x,ooo. Long time and easy payments. Hunt, Hunt & Hunter. FOR RENT-Five rooms over the candy kitchen. Apply to Mrs. R. L. Paysinger. FOR. SALE-Land cheap. 18 3-4 acres in half mile of Saluda C. H., good investment. Apply to E. L. G. Herald and Nev-s office. FOR SALE-Three-fourths acre of land owned by Reuben Boozer. Bounded by lands Mrs. Franklin, Alfred and Geo. Wilson and Mrs. M. P. Livingstone. First Monday in February. Apply to Reu5eni Boozer for particulars.