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pURELY PERSONAL. The Movements oi Many People, Newberrians and Those Who Visit Newberry. Mayor George B. Cromer is in Laurens. Mr. Eugene S. Werts was in Colum bia this week. Mr. F. A. Schunpert spent Wednes day in Columbia. Dr. J. K. Gilder went to Columbia yesterday afternoon. Mr. F. H. Dominick went to Co lumbia yesterday. Mr. L. G. Eskridge spent Tuesday and Wednesday in Augusta. Miss Sara Lanius, of Pennsylvania, is visiting Miss Bessie Gilder. Mr. G. Frank Wearn spent Wednes day night and Thursday in Newberry. Messrs. W. A. Jamieson. Jr.. and P. F. Gilder went to Columbia yesterday afternoon. Dr. W. G. Houseal, Dr. T. W. Smith and Mr. J. B. Hunter were in Colum bia this week. Dr. James A. B. Scherer, president of Newberry college, returned yester day morning from Savannah. Messrs. E. M. Evans and W. C. Tyree went to Columbia yesterday afternoon to attend the opera, "San Toy," given there last night. Mrs. Paul Johnstone left on Wed nesday for New York to purchase the spring stock for the Riser Millinery Company. Mr. J. L. Aull, of Greenwood coun ty, spent Wednesday night in New berry, going to Columbia yesterday afternoon. Messrs. W. B. Seabrook and H. W. Dominick went to Columbia yester day afternoon to attend "San Toy," presented at the theatre there last night. Mr. L. C. Angell, of Ridge Spring, visited Mr. B. F. Griffin in the city this week. Mr. Angell was for fourteen years telegraph operator in the South ern railway office here. His visit Newberry this week was the first in seventeen years, and his many friends were delighted to see him. VARIOUS AND ALL ABOUT. The weather in Newberry continues cold. The farmers say the grain crop has suffered severfly from the recent cold weather. The Newberry German club will give a dance in the Armory tonight. A meeting of the Library associa tion will be held at the library' rooms onl Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock. All members are urged t'o attend. 'City council has extended the time fot. the payment of. city license for the year 1905 until February 28, which is positively the last day without the penalty. Notice has been given that execu ti'ons have been turned over to the shieriff against all parties wvho have not paid their city tax for the years 1903 and 1904, and all settlements must be made to the sheriff. *The Ladies Aid society of the Church of the Redeemer will hold its regular meeting wvith Mrs. Geo. W. Summer, on Tuesday afternoon, February 21, at 3.30 o'clock. In another column in this issue ap pears the ordinance in regard to street duty passed at the meeting of city council on Wednesday night. The ordinance makes several changes in thie law. The barn in the rear of the resi dence of Mrs. Preston Dominick was discovered to be on fire between 8 and g o'clock on Tuesday night. The alarm was turned in and the depart ment responded, but the flames had been extinguished before the depart ment reached the scene. The loss was nominal. In the Temperance Cause. Mrs. Helen Bullock, national or ganizer of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, will lecture at New Chapel on Sunday at ui a. m. Mrs. Bullock is a graceful speaker, and cannot fail to please all who are interested in the cause of temperance. It is earnestly desired that she will be geeted by a largre audience. KNITTING MILL SOLD. Bid in by Mr. T. C. Pool For Fifteen Thousand Dollars-One Other Bidder. The property of the Newberry Knitting Mill. consisting of real es tate, building and machinery. which was sold at public outcry yesterday, was bid in by Mr. T. C. Pool for $i3. ooo. The terms.of the sale were cash. it was stated yesterday afternoon that Mr. Pool had bought the property for other parties. Mr. Pool, when asked about the matter, said that he was not yet at liberty disclose the names of those for whon he had made the pur chase. The sale was held in front of the court house. Mr. Pool and Col. W. H. Hunt were the only bidders, Col. Hunt representing other parties as attorney. The sale yesterday was made in accordance with the instructions giv en the board of directors, at a meet ing of the stockholders held on Nov ember 10. Goes to Virginia. The Rev. S. C. Ballentine, who has served the Lutheran church at White Rock for a number of years, has ac cepted a call from the church at Rural Retreat, Va., and will go to that city in the near future. It is with a great deal of regret that Mr. Ballentine's church at White Rock has been forc ed to release him. Able, energetic, active and faithful to duty, he has carried forward the work at White Rock in a maner highly satisfactory to the South Carolina Synod and to his congregation. He'has acceptably served as secretary of the South Car olina Synod, .and his excellent work in that capacity is known by every member of the synod. During his service at White Rock Mr. Ballentine has had a number of flattering calls, which he declined. The members of his congregation and those in his community and throughout the state who know him, very much regret that he has now determined to leave, but wish for himievery success in his new field of labor. Death of Mrs. McBride. Mr. Charles J. Purcell went to Augusta on Wednesday to attend the funeral of his sister, Mrs. John C. Mc Bride, which took place in Augusta yesterday afternoon. Mrs. McBride died in Savannah on Tuesday after noon. She had visited in Newberry and had many friends here, who were pained to learn of her death. She was married during last November. Payment of Taxes. An additional penalty of five per cent. will be added on March x to all taxes not paid before that time. The first penalty of one per cent. was add ed on January 1 and the second pen alty of one per cent. on February I, making a penalty of seven per cent. which will be added to all taxes not paid before March 1. Up until the present time about 87 1-2 per cent. of all the property tax has be en paid and only about 50 per cent. of the poll tax. Between January 15 and Febru ary last year the total amount of taxes collected by the county treasurer was $7.071.32, wnik the total amount col lected between January 15 and Feb ruary 15 this year was only $5,583.85. All taxpayers who have not yet~ made settlement are urged to call at the office of the county treasurer and do so before March 1, as the addi tional penalty of five per cent. must, under the law, be attached at that Carrier on Route NE. 5. The Newberry postoffice yesterday received notice from the department t Washington of the appointment of Franklin P. Devore to succeed James F. Goggans as rural letter carrier on! route No. 5. The order reads as follows: "Franklin P. Devore is hereby ap-' pointed rural letter carrier on route No. 5 from your office, succeeding James F. Goggans, his appointment to date from Mach i. 19o5. James J. Davis, named by the regular carrier on his application, is hereby appoint - ed his substitute from the same date." Every township should be repre sented at the cotton growers' conven in in Nemberry tomorrow. MEETING IN NO. 7. Cotton Growers' Club Organized for The Purpose of Reducing the Cotton Acreage. Chappells, February i6.-Pursant to the call of the Cotton Growers' as sociation, quite a number of the citi zens of No. 7 township met at Chap pells on Saturday, February ii, and organized a cotton growers' club. Dr. W%. J. Holloway was elected president and Mr. J. XV. Matthews secretary. The following executive committee, c0mposcd of two members from each of the school districts. was elected: Chappells distric-, J. R. Scurry and J. R. Irwin: Vaughnville district, B. W. Goodwin and H. 2l. Boozer; Mud lic district, M. J. Longshore and M. D. Smith; Old Town district, H. B. Lindsay and G. W. Reid. lessrs. B. XV. Watkins and John '. Ropp nere -lecied delegates to the county convention, which mcets in. Newberry on next Saturday. The meeting was harmos ,s, all those present being deeply interested and ready and willing to do their part in the endeavor to reduce the cotton acreage and the use of fertilizers for cotton, though -here will be more fer tilizers used than ever before in this section. The club will await the by-laws and constitution for its government to be promulgated by the executive com mittee of the Cotton Growers' asso ciation. In the meantime the executive com mittee is instructed to enroll every cotton planter in No. 7 township, giv ing the number of plows run on each plantation, the number of acres plant ed in i9o4, the number of acres to be planted in T905, the amount of fertiliz er used in T904 and the amount of fertilizer to be used in 1905. This information is asked of the planters and tenants and the members of the executive committee are requested to be as accurate as possible. No resolutions were adopted at the meeting, but there was a general dis cussion of the most equitable method of reducting the acreage and the use of fertilizers. J. W. Matthews, Secretary. Valentine Party at Pomaria. Pomaria, February 16.--The home of Mr. and Mrs. Jno. C. Aull was graced on the evening of Valentine's day by over fifteen couples of Pomar ia's young people. Old gold and crim son colors glittered in every room un der brilliant lights. The decorations ere strikingly beaut iful. The guests were welcomed at the coor by Miss Varina Feagle and Mrs. Edwin Feagle and were conducted in to the reception room. where they were most royally entertained by Mrs. Aull, assisted by Miss Varina Fea gle, of Little Mountain, and Mrs. C. *T. Wotten, of Little Rock, Ark. Val entines were read by Mrs. WVotten, a most accomplished and experienced reader, who did .iustice to the occa sion. T'-guessing c.>ntes.:. wer e as fol lows: Perception by sight-First prize. George Setzler: booby prize, Miss Nora Epting: By taste--First prize, Miss Estelle Derrick; booby p)rize, Miss Mary Bowers: By smell First prize, Miss Cleo Aull; booby prize, Hubbard Bundrick: By touch First prize, Miss Lima Glenn: booby prize, Miss Louise Brown. The guests were then ushered into the spacious dining room, where a most tasty repast was served, every thing matching the color scheme, crimson colored cream, with old gold cake, followed by ambrosia and angel food with various other nameless del icacies and refreshments. The guests then retired to the draw ing room, where many interesting games were played. Finally the guests relu2ctantly sep arated for the night, after 'm animous-! ly expressing the wish that Valen tine's day came twice a year. An Attendant. County Pension Board. The county pension board will' meet in the auditor's office FebruaryI 2d, at 11i o'clock a. in., to pass on applications for pensions and make up the pension roll for 19o5. Let all the applicants be present. W. G. Peterson, Chairman. THE WOMAN'S CLUB. An Instructive and Thoroughly De lightful Entertainment on Club's Anniversary Evening. One of the most instructive and thoroughly delightful affairs that has ever taken place in Newberry was that given by the Woman's club on the evening of Feb. I3, at the resi dence of Mrs. S. B. Jones. This be ing anniversary dlay, as is customary with the club. each lady was given the privilege of inviting a gentleman. The club has been studying this year the Bay View cc -se of Russia and Japan, and that idea was carried out through the evening. The guests, on entering the hall, w%ere met by six winsome misses, at tired in Russian and Japanese cos -nes. who piloted them to the draw ;ng room, where they were received by Mrs. S. B. Jones, and Mrs. L. W. Floyd, handsomely and attractively gowned, the former the retiring and the latter the newly elected president of the club. Two little girls. bearing 6ilver trays, then passed to each guest souvenir booklets. These book lets were uniquely gotten up. Tied with the club colors, two shades of violet, the outer leaf was decorated with hand-painted flags of Russia and [apan, and beneath was engraved in golden letters, "The Woman's Club, i9oI-1905." The inner leaf contained the programme, which was as fol lows: Club History-Mrs. W. K. Sligh. Talk on Japan-Mrs. J. A. B. Scher er. I. 2. 3. Refreshments. Music (Russian and Polish)-Mrs. S. B. Jones, Mrs. J. A. Burton, Mrs. J. M. Kibler, Mrs. E. B. Setzler. After the addresses by Mrs. Sligh and Mrs. Scherer the guests were in informed what the mysterious figures stood for. Each gentleman was re quested to fill in the blanks with the names of three ladies, with whom, at a given signed from the Japanese gong, he was to converse five minutes. Being the eve of St. Valentine's a heart-shaped valentine was then pre sented to each guest. On the back of each lady's valentine was a love powder containing a rhyme, all the rW.rmes being different, but running something like this: "Life without a partner always was -a bore, So for my Valentine I take number four." The ladies were requested to read aloud their couplets. and the gentle men, who had corresponding num bers, were asked to claim their val etnes and serve as escorts to sup er. The two dining rooms were .hen thrown together and so appropriate wee the decorations that it verily seemed the guests were ushered into Rsia on '.he one hand and Japan on the c:he.r. In the Russian room, across the dining table, were spread to flags, crossing in the centre, at chih point wvas placed a handsome floral centerpiece, and suspended above this were two Russian barners. To make the effect more suggestive miniature bears, dogs, and cannon were placed on the table here and there. Bits of crockery, and copies of pictures by famous Russian artists ad ded another touch towards carrying out the realistic scheme. The guests were served by three "Moscow girls" o the most delicious American vi ands. The Japanese room was even more beautiful, with its center dining table overshadowed by a large Japanese parasol, from which numerous small parasols and Japanese lanterns, were suspended. From the floral center piece emerged two Japanese ensigns, and the miniature soldiers loading their guns were so suggestive that once again the guests were glad to be in America. Panels, decorated in cherry blossoms, and chrysanthe rum.s were placed on the doors and immense fans and Japanes doings were tu be seen hanging from win dow curtains. resting among bric-a brac, etc. After bidding their genial host, Mrs. S. P,. Jones,and hostesses. Mrs. S. ~. Jones and( Mrs. F. C. Holbrook. goon~ight, the guests wended their way homeward happy after an even ing of instruction and pleasure. Fowng; is the musical program REDUCTION IN ACREAGE. The Cotton Growers of Newberry County to Meet in the Court House Tomorrow. Township meetings have been held throughout the county and delegates elected to a convention of the cotton growers of Newberry county, to be held in the court house at ii o'clock tomorrow morning. to discuss the ma:ter of a reductiop in the cotton acreage this year. The meeting prom ises to be largely attended by the far mers of every section of the county. Delegates will be elected to the state convention soon to be held and such ac:ion in regard to a reduction in the acreage *n this county as the conven tion may see fit. which was rendered: Polish Dance (duet), Scharwenka lrs. Jones and Mrs. Setzler. Russian National Air, (duet)-Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Kibler. Mazurka, Leschetizky-Mrs. Setz ler. Melody in F., Rubenstein-Mrs. Burton. Waltz, Chopin-Mrs. Jones. Kammenoi Ortion, Rubenstein Mrs. Kibler. Spanish Dances, Moszkowski duet by Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Kibler. Minuet L'Antique, Paderewski Mrs. Setzler and Mrs. Kibler. Russian Mazurka arranged of Folk Songs-Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Kibler. Death of Mr. James F. Glenn. Mr. James F. Glenn died in the Co lumbia hospital on Wednesday, aged 72 years. Mr. Glenn had been in fail ing health for some time and entered the hospital in Columbia several weeks ago. It was thoughc sofie time ago that his condition was im proving, and he had contemplated returning to his home, but the end was not altogether unexpected. Mr. Glenn was a native of this coun ty, and spent the greater part of his life here. For many years he was connected with the office of clerk of court and the office of probate judge, and was well known throughout the county. Until about one year ago his home was in Helena. At about that time he accepted a position with Mr. T. J. Davenport, at Belfast, as book keeper, and mnade Belfast his home. Mr. Glenn was a consistant member of the First Baptist church. Of a kindly and generous nature, he had many friends, who were pained to learn of his death. As assistant to the clerk of court he became a fa miliar figure in the court Muse, and his presence was missed when he re ter! trom that position more than a year ago. Mr. Glenn leaves one daughter, i.':is.; Liliar. Gle:n P-ea-.hing at Zion. The Rev. J. E. Carlisle, the new Ming elcder of the Cokesbury die r'.d. -.ill preach at Zion on Stun day morning at ii o'clock. The pub i is inivited at a:tend. A pale. ner'vous young man came into 'the grocery with his baby on one arm and a kerosene can on the other. He sat the can on the counter, and said gently: "Sit th,ere a moment dear." Then, handing the baby out to the dazed clerk, he said: "A gal Ion of kerosene in this, please."-Ex change. SPECIAL NOTICES. COTTON INSURANCE-To enable our Farmer friends to hold their - cotton, and to get advances on same, if they so desire, wve have ar ranged to insure it for them against loss by fire, while remaining on their farms. S. P. Boozer, Fire Insurance. CIGAR SALESMAN-Wi'th or without experience. Established trade. Good pay. Gould Cigar Co. Cleveland, Ohio. MONEY TO LOAN-We negotiate loans on improved farm lands at seven per cent. interest on an -nts over one thousand dollar. and eight per cent. interest on aim,.,unts :ea than $i.ooo. Long time and easy payments. Hunt, Hunt & Hunter.