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PURELY PERSONAL. The Movements of Many People, Newberrians and Those Who Visit Newberry. Mr. J. R. Fair is in the city. Mr. A. H. Booth 'pnX Weduesday night in Columbia. Maj. Robert H. Welch. of Colum bia, was in Newberry on Wednes day. Mrs. Jos. H. Sullivan, of Laurens, uAd daughter. Mrs. Richardson, are visiting Mrs. Sullvan' Dr. W. E. Pelham, in the city. ilon. Cole. L. Blease attended the meeting of the state democratic exec utive committee in Columbia on Wednesday night. Miss Myrtie Schumpert has return ed home, after a visit to her aunt, Mrs. Berry, in Augusta. Mr. R. A. Cooper, who is in the race for solicitor in this circuit, has been in the city and the county this week. Mr. Fred. H. Dominick attended the ceremonial session and banquet of Oasis Temple of Shriners, in Charlotte. on Wednesday night. Mrs. Jos. H. Hair, of the firm of Hair and Havird, has gone to New York and other northern points to 1 purchase additional stock for the spring and summer trade. Miss Gussie Dickert, a belle of Newberry, S. C., who has for the past two months been visiting in south 4Georgia and Florida, passed through Atlanta yesterday en route to Char lotte, N. C., to spend a few days. From there she will go to Washing ton to attend the inaugural ceremon ies.-Atlanta Jaurnal. Mr.. Wilbur K. Sligh, of Newberry, president of the Parr Shoals Wate: Power Co.. was in Columbia yester day. He was here on business con nected with the development. Mr. Sligh stated that the consummation of the long-studied plan was un doubtedly assured.-Columbia State, Feb. 28. 1 VARIOUS AND ALL ABOUT. The pretty weather coniinues. The Daughters of the Confederacy will meet wit'h Mrs. T. C. Pool on Tu'esday afternoon at 4 o'clock. March is the last month for the payment o.f street duty without pen a'ay. On the first of next month a penalty of 25 cents will be added. The Ladies' Aid society of the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer 1 will meet with Mrs. J. A. B. Scherer on Tg.esday afternoon at 3.30 o'clock. The reports from the police depart ment, submitted to city council at its meeting on Wednesday night. show ed -remarkably few violations of the city . ordinances during the past month. Little activity has been nec essary in police circles. The primaries for solicitor will come at a time when the farmers are busy and the vote does not promise1 to be large. It is possible, however, I that considerable interest may be awakened, causin~g a large vote to be polled. Card of Thanks. h desire thus publicly to express my deep appreciation of the many kindnesses of friends during the last illness of my husband. Mrs. Elizabeth Cook. The S. S. Birge Co. The S. S. Birge company, of Pros perity, calls especial attention to its1 line of spring goods, which was se lected in the best markets and which will be sold at prices meaning. as the firm puts it. "a dollar expended with us will do double duty." Miss Azile Pool Chosen Teacher. At a meeting of the board of trus-1 tees of the Newberry graded schools. held on Monday afternoon. Miss Azile Pool, of this city, was chosen teacher in the Boundary street school to succeed Miss Alice Jones, whose resignation was accepted. Miss Pool is - ighter of Mr. T. C. Pool. She i..graduate of Elizabeth college, Charlotte, N. C., and is in every way well qualified for the position to - ',' s he ha hees' chosen. PRIMARY FOR SOLICITOR. Call Issued For Meeting of County Democratic Executive Commit tee on Next Monday. The democratic executive commit tee of Newberry county will meet in the court house on next Mlonday, March 6, at ii o'clock a. n., to make arrangements for holding the pri mary in this county for solicitor of the new 8th judicial circuit. At a nmeeting of tlw state democratic exec tive committee, held in Columbia on W'ednesday night, the first primary as ordered ;o be held on March 21 ad the se.cond primary. if a second >rimarv be necessary, on April 4. The eneral election will be held on April 1. The dates tf the campaign meet ngs in thiis circuit were fixed as fol ows: Salada. Mlarch ii. Newberry. March i3. Laurens. March i Abbeville. March 17. Greenwood. March 18. The county committee. at its meet ng on Monday. will, of course, ar ange for the primary in this county mnd for the campaign meeting here )n the dates fixed by the state com nittee. The state committee author zed the various county chairmen to trrange for meetings in the mill dis ricts. The state committee will fur ish tickets. There will b. no state ssessments. and the county assess nents are lim'ited to $25. All pledg s must be filed by March io at noon. Following is the call issued yester lay for the meeting of the county xecutive committee on next Mon [ay: The Call Iissued. The county democratic executive :ommittee of Newberry county will neet in the court house on Monday, 4arch 6, at ii o'clock, to order the >rimary in this county for solicitor >f the 8th iudicial circuit. and to xrrange for the campaign meeting in ewberry. to fix the assessments of -andidates and to transact such other >siness as may properly come be ore the committee. Each commit eeman is requested to come prepar d to name managers of election for iis precinct. S. S. Cunningham. Chairman. B. B. Leitzsey, Secretary. Death of Mrs. J. T. Dennis. Mrs. J. T. Dennie died at her home n this city on Wednesday morning, ged 39 years, and was -buried in losemont cemetery yesterday morn ng at 11 o'clock. the funeral services eing conducted by the Rev. Dr. A. J. 3owers. Mrs. Dennie was a dughh er of Mr. Levi Longshore, of No. 6 ownship. She had lived in Newberry luring the past several years and she iad many warm friends here, who ere deeply pained by her death. She eaves a husband, a father and moth mnd five children to mourn her de >a rture. Life Trustees of Clemson. At the regular spring meeting of he board of trustees of Clemson col ege. held this week. Mr. Alan John tone, of this city, was elected by the ix life trustees a life t'rustee to suc :eed the late Col. D. K. Norris. This s an honor which has been worthily estowed and which will be wort'hily orn. Mr. Johnstone has been promi uently identified with the educational ystem of South Carolina for many 'ears and has always taken a deep nerest in whatever looks towards he advancement of his state. Senator E. S. Blease Not in Race. ItC was definitely announced yes erday that Senator E. S. Blease, of saluda, would not be a candidate for olicitor of the 8th circui: in the ap roaching primary. Mr. Blease's ame has been frequently mentioned n connection wit'h this race, but in nswer to an inquiry yesterday the ~tatement was given out on authori y that he would not be a candidate. ['he only candidates so far announc -d are Mr. R. A. Cooper, of Laurens, lndl Mr. D. H-. Magill, of Greenwood. \Ir. Cooper has beena in Newberry his week in the interest of his can lidacy. Mr. Fred H. Dominick and Zol. . L. Schumpert. of Newberry, aave been mentioned in connection vith the race but neither of t'hese ,-et.-e has ... yet annoned him MUST PAY LICENSE. Places of Business of Those Who Have Not Done so Will be Closed Until They Settle. City council, at its regular meet ing held on Wednesday night. in structed the city clerk to prepare a list of those who have not paid their city 'icense for the year 1905, and the chi of police to close the places of business of all such persons until settlement is made. The payment of licenses was considerably slower this year than last year. The time for payment was extended until Tuesday of this week, which was the final day. Routine business consumed the re mainder of the session of council at it., meeting on XWednesday night. MONTH OF FEBRUARY. Meteorological Record as Compiled By Voluntary Observer W. G. Peterson. Temperature-Mean maximum 45.8; mean minimum 29.1: mean 37.4; maximum 62, dates 25 and 27; mini Mum 13. date 14; greatest daily range 34 Precipitation-Total 5.63 inches: greatest in 24 hours 1.02, date 12. Snow-Total fall 5.50 inches. Number of days with .oi or more precipitation Ii; clear 7: partly coludy 7; cloudy 14. Dates of killing frost i, 18, 24, 27; sleet 3, 4. 5, 7. 8, ig. A trace of sleet remained on ground 22 days. rainfall 2 months, 1905, 7.20 inches; rainfall 2 month 1905, 720 inches; der deficiency, i9o5, .64 inch. W. G. Peterson, V. 0. Fire at Dairy Farm. An alarm of fire was turned in from the dairy farm, on the south eastern outskirts of the city, at about 12 o'clock yesterday, and the fire de partment responded, finding one of the barns ablaze. The flames were extinguished before serious damage was done. It is thought the fire was the result of carelesness on the part of one of the workmen. Mr. C. W. Bishop desires to express his thanks o the fire department for its prompt response and excellent work, prevent ing 'a serious loss. Special Ten Days' Sale. In order to introduce to the public their stock of new spring goods, Hair and Havird on Tuesday morn ing inaugurated a special ten days' sale continues no goods willbe charg prices during this sale is fully told in another column. Prices have been put so low that during the time the sale continues no good will be charg ed and no samples will be cut. Bar gains are offered. News From Excelsior. Excelsior. March 2.-Some few of our people have been housed in with grip for a few days. The weather has been very much spring-like for a few days and gar dening will soon be in order. The cold weather has injured the grain to some extent but it is hoped not very much. Mr. Ira Nates, of Columbia, is on a few days' visit to his father's fain A few days' sunshine has inproved the condition of the roads very much. Mr. L. C. Singley and little son, of Gary's Lane. came down Saturday to see Mrs. Nancy Singley. w'ho remains ery sick at her home in this section. rs. P. C. Cook and children, of Columbia. are spending a while with Mrs. J. C. Cook's family. Miss Bettie Werts and brother, Mr. Clarence Werts. of Saluda county, haave been on a visit to Mr. H. J. Kinard and wife. The farmers of this district wvill meet at the school house Friday af ternoon at 2 o'clock in t'he interest of the cotton growers' convention. There ought to be a full attendance. Rev. \V. A. Lutz preached one of his ablest sermons in Grace church, Prosperity. Sunday morning to a large congregation. His theme was based upon the second command Sigma. FIREMEN ELECT OFFICERS. Annual Meeting of Excelsior Fire Company-Work of the Past Year Reviewed. At the annual meeting of the Ex celsior Fire company, held on Mon (lay night. the work of the past year and the present condition of the fire department. were reviewed and officers for the ensuing year were chosen. All tihe apparatus of the department wa.s reported to be in good condition and ready for immediate use. Need ed supplies have recently been re ceived and other supplies have been ordered. The following officers were eAect ed: Chief. J. W. White. ist assistant chief. W\. S. Mann. 2d assisstant chief. John W. Ear hardt. President Excelsior Fire company, L.. C. Pitts. Vice-president, Josn. H. Hair. Captain of hose wagon team. T. 0. Stewart. Foreman of hose wagon team. B. A. Kempson. Secretary Excelsior Fire company, H. B. Wells. Treasurer. F. H. Russell. Surgeon, Dr. W G. Houseal. Chaplain, the Rev. G. A. Wright. Attorney. . H. Hunt. Two members were elected. The efficiency of the department during the past year is shown by the small fire loss. There is no better volunteer department in South Caro lina than the Newberry department, and under the officers elected on Mon day night its present hig'h standard of efficiency will be maintained. PLEASED LARGE AUDIENCE. The Pastoral Drama "Maud Muller" Presented in the Opera House Wednesday Night. A large audience was pleased by the presentation of "Maud Muller" in the opera house on Wednesday even ing. The pretty pastoral draria was well interpreted and the cast was strong throughout. Miss Beulah Thompson. wh': Lppeared in the title role, was charming in her portrayal of a character which has become fa miliar in almost every household, and she received the support which she richly deserved. Miss Thompson was strongest, perhaps, in her emotional parts, but nowhere did she fall short >f what was expected by an appre -iative audience of one in her role. Mr. Charles Mylott, as Reuben Wayne. the judge: Mr. L. D. Blon dell. as Nate H larpin, a backwoods poet, and Miss Esther Farquah arson as Theodora Wayne. the judge's sister, deserve especial mention. ix. ini a troup)e where evecry par. was acted well especial mention should he ac :rd e d. Th e n'n! of Ne-.Lhery e mrec'ate a god' play and they were delighted with the presentation of "Maud Mul ler." Miss Thompson and her sup orters deserved an even larger aud ence than was p)resenlt andl should the company visit Newberry again it will be welcomed. AT FOUNTAIN INN. An Interesting Letter From The Rev. D. P. Boyd-Farmers Holding Their Cotton. Editor Herald and News: This leaes wife and I somewhat improv ed having been in the hands of grip for about two weeks-one not able to wait on the other most of the time. Our friends have been very kind. in ministering to our necessities. Our faithful physician. Dr. Shaw, has giv en us close attention, so that now we hope to be out and at our work soon. Things are very quiet up here. Far mers are determined in their purpose to keep their cotton until somebody wants it enough to pay 1o cents per pound. The merchants and banks seem to be in sympathy with them. Why should they not be? Everything in the way of food and raiment de pends upon the farm, and yet it is not to be denied that while all de pend tupon the farm for something to live upon the farmers have been the worst oppressed class of beings in the world. 'When the farmer has body how muc he will have to pay for it. When he has anything to sell he asks how much they will pay for it. This time, fortunately, the small farmer sold his cotton for a fair price as fast as he got it out, and made sonic meat and a fair crop of corn, and is in the best shape he has been in since the war. The large iarmer sold a good lot of his cotton early in the fall for a fair price and he is able to hold the balance till some body wants it worse than he does: at least, this is the case in this part of Greenville county. There are great cribs of corn in this county that have not yet been opened and cotton plenty to keep. Let the men who make that which the world lives on demand a fair remuneration for their care and toil and assert t'heir rights at least to price their products. There are plenty of farmers up here who say they are going to reduce the acreage and hold on to the present part of unsold crop. When cotton brings 10 , cents the men who have it will turn it loose and then the merchants will sell their goods. The farmer will be in a cheer ful mood, because he will feel like he is being rewarded for his toil. Mr. Editor, somebody is reading my Herald and News, for which T have paid. Week before last my pa per fa:led to come to our home or even to this office and again this week it has missed. Prof. Dominick and I both feel lost when we don't get our papers. The Observer reach es me without .fail and we-wife and I-each have a paper -to read, and they are like letters from home. I am -afraid, some fearful calamity will overtake the fellow who reads my paper. and won't send it to me, and at a warning to all such I send you a clipping from a weekly paper which tells of what befel a man who was too stingy to take his county pa per, but depended on borrowing his neighbor's copy. I want you to in sert it below and let Bro. Wallace send out its warning so that such a fate may not overtake anybody else who can but will not take his county paper. Success to all The Herald family, Yours truly, D. P. Boyd. Fountain Inn. S. C., March r. Following is the clipping: Newspaper Borrowing. Kansas City Journal. Here is the latest story of the man who is too stingy to take his home paper: "A man who was too econo mical to take this paper sent his lit tle boy to borrow the copy taken by his neighbor. In his haste the boy ran over a $4 stand of bees, and in ten minutes looked like a warty summer sanash. His cries reached his fath r. wh ran to his assistance, and faiing to notice a barbed wire fence, ran into that, breaking it down, cut "<: ha::If:l of flesh from his ana temy. and ruining a S4 pair of pants. '>he <l e w t ok advantage of the gp in the fence, and got into the c ofield and killed herself eating geen e rn. He!arin~g the racket, the wfe ran out. upset a 4-gallon churn i!! of rich cream into a basket of kit .ens. dirowning the whole flock. In t'he hurry, she dropped a $7 set of false teeth. The baby, left alone, crawled through the spilled milk and into the parlor, ruining a brand new $20 carpet. During the excitement the oldest daughter ran away with the hired man; the dog broke up eleven setting hens, and t'he calves got out and ate the tails off four fine shirts." SPECIAL NOTICES. FOR SALE-Jersey cow with younag calf, J. WV. Derrick. SEED POTATOES-Now is the time to plant. Best Selection. For 4 sale by Wnm. Johnson. FOR SALE-Fine Milch Cow. Jer sey H'olstein. T. E. Hentz, Po maria, S. C. MONEY TO LOAN-We negotiaMe loans on improved farm lands at seven per cent. interest on amounts over one thousand dollars, and eight per cent. interest on amounts less than $r,oc0. Long tune and .... p....a=. ust Hunt &