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GRADED SCHOOL TRUSTEES. Wiy Present Board "Has Not Or dered And Can Not Order" The Election. To the Citizens of the Newberry School District: Acting under in structions of the board of trustees of this school district, we herewith pub lish for the information of the citi .zens oi this district the opinior -,& F. L. Bynum, Esq., and U. X. Gunter. Jr., attorney general, as explanatory of the legal position the board finds it self in and the reason why this board 'has not ordered and can not order the -election provided for in the amending act of the school law passed at the re cent session of the legislature. Newberry. S. C.. March 10, 1905. '1r. Alan Johnstone. Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the New berry School District, Newberry, S. C.--Dear Sir: Replying to your in qtury as to whether your board of t.ru-tees created by and organized un der the Act incorporating your school district, approved December 23d, .8S9, is vested with any powers and charged with any duties in connec tion with holding the election for the election of the board of trustees ,created by the amending Act of the i8th of February, 1905, I beg to say I am of the opinion that your board is vested with no powers and charg -ed with no duties in connection with the holding of said election. Respectfully, Frank L. Bynum, Attorney at Law. Executive Department, Office of the - Attorney General, C3lumbia, S. C. March 10, 1905. Mr.. Alan Johnstone. Chairman Board of Trustees Newberry :hool District, Newberry, S. C.-Dear Sir: Answering your equest through Mr. Bynum to be advised by the attorney general whether the board of trustees created and organized under the Act of 1889 is vested with any powers and charged with any dutes in connection with holding the election for the elec tion of a board of trustees created by the Act of February 18. 1905, I beg to say that in my opinion the board of trustees created by the original Act of 1889 are not charged with the su pervision of the election of the new board directed to be elected by the Act of 1905, and have nothing to do writh regard thereto. Yours respectfully, W. H. Townsend, Assistant Attorney General. Excecutive Departwent, Office of the Attorney General, Columbia, S. C. March 10, 1905 Mr. Alan Johnstone, Chairman Board Trustees Newbery School Dis trict, Newberry, S. C.-Dear Sir: -Answvering your inquiry submitted through Mr. Bynum to the attorney general for advice as to what is the .effect of the amendment made by the Act of 1905 to Section 3 of the Act creating Newberry school district up on the terms of office and powers of the present board of trustees greated under the Act of 1889, 1 beg to say that the board of trustees, to be elect .ed under Section 3 as amended by the Act of 1905, will be legal successors in office of the present board created by the Act of 1889, and until such new board is elected and qualified imder the provisions of the Act of 1905, the prese,t board of trustees will con tinue in office and be charged with the performance of all duties imposed "90on such trustees by law. Yours respectfully, W. H. Townsend, Assistant Attorney General. * Alan Johnstone, Chairman, F. N. Martin, Secretary. SENATOR BLEASE'S OPINION. He Disagrees With Assistant Attor ney General Townsend in Re gard to School Act. Senator Cole. L. Blease, as chair man of the Newberry delegation, was hown, upon his return from Sumter yesterday afternoon, the opinion of Assistant Attorney General Townsend, published in anoth r column, in regard to t-he act. passed by the recent legisla ture, amending the law governing the Newberry city schools. Asked for a statciment in regard to the matter. as senator frim this county. Mr. Blease said: "I am clearly of the opinion that the assistant attorney general is wrong in the opinion which he gives, because sections 3 and 4 of the origi nal act were stricken out and two en tirelv new sections inserted. Besides this, the repealing clause of the act of 1905 certainly repeals all acts passed before that time inconsistent with this act. The present board of trus tees go out of office on the first of June, and unless there is an election there will be no le gal board of trustees after that date. ".I do not suppose that the assistant torney general intended by this de cision to hold that a man can hold two life positions at one and the same time. under o, present consti tuti on. "However, perscnally I am not in terested, except for the best interests of the school, as I have no children in the school at the present time." PURELY PERSONAL. The Movements of Many People, Newberrans and Those Who Visit Newberry. Miss Hortense Long, of Columbia, spent Wednesday afternoon in New berry with Mrs. IE. H. Aull. Miss Ruth Wells is at home from Opeleika, Ala., where she has taught school during the past several ses sions. Senator Cole. L. Blease returned yesterday from Sumter, where he at tended the meeting of the dispensary investigating committee, held on Wednesday night. Mr. A. H. Booth. clerk of the dis pensary investigating committee, re turned yesterday from Sumter, where he attended a meeting of the commit tee on Wednesday night. Miss Lizzie Griffin returned to the home of Ir. Orlando Sheppard, her brother-in-law, last Sunday after a delightful trip to Washington to visit the inauguarai exercises of our presi dent. Mr. Roosevelt. She had a grand time and we welcome her back as she talks well and is always good com pany. The inaugural is an awfully glittering hill of glory that often leads to lhe bullet of a Guiteau. But we do not hope that such a fate may await any more of our presidents or kings. "Uneasy rests the head that wears a crown."-Edgefield corres pondent Johnston News. VARIOUS AND ALL ABOUT. The old fire engine, which has re cently undergone extensive repairs, wvas successfully tested yesterday af t eoon. The Library association will meet at the library rooms on Monday af ternooni at 5 o'clock. Business of importance is to be considered, andi all members are urged to attend. Hon. R. I. Manning is home from Nedbrry where he addressed the Cotton Growers association. Mr. Manning says he found the planters in that section to be most earnest in their endeavors to carry out the ob jct of the movement. He inquired to what extent reduction was being made and found out that the 25 per cn:. agreement was being carried ot very generally. There are in sni sections a great many farmers who have already diversified their rops and have cut down cotton pro dction to the lowest figure, raing nearly all their supplies.-Sumter A Year in Japan. The last number in the Newberry college lyceum course will be a lec ture on Friday, March 24, at 8.30 p. m. in Holland hall, by Dr. Jas. A. B. Sheer, on the subject, "A Year in The lecture will be illustrated by 85 pitures, mostly by native artists, many of them hand-colored. Two series are of special interest--one of 16 pictures devoted to children, the other of 20 showing scenes from the present Russo-Japanese war, includ ing maps, portraits of the leading generals, the colored battle-flag, etc. Members ol the lyceum will be ad mitted upon their lyceum tickets. The general admission will be 50 cets. Tickets on sale at Gilder, eers and-Tunter's drug store. PROFITABLE FARMING. Col. E. S. Keiee Tells How He Has Made Money on Fifty Two Crops. Col. Ellison S. Keitt, of Enoree, this county, who was in Newberryl yesterday, is one of the most promi-I nent planters of the county. He has grown fifty-two crops on his Enoree plantation. and has made money on every crop. When asked how he managed to make money during some of these years, when a majority of the farmers were having a hard time to make ends meet, Col. Keitt said: "Every farmer, when the proper time comes, should sow wheat, rye. oats and barley ample for the farm and to give some to spare. When the grains are taken off the fields sow one bushel of peas to each acre. When the peas are in bloom mow them down and cure and house them. There is no better feed during the en tire winter for all stock. 'When the time come for planting corn plant an ample acreage for home consumption, and some to spare. April is the best month in which to plant corn to make a sure crop. "After making an ample supply of provisions for the farm plant all the cotton you can, make every pound you can and sell it for all you can get. "Every farmer should have -hogs, cattle and sheep to raise the meat for the farm. Every farmer should have one or two brood mares to raise all his horses and mules. I had a broth er who, from one mare, raised eight fine mules in nine years. He did not miss but one year. Sherman, when he went through that part of the state, stole them all. "I have made in the county of New berry, on the same plantation, fifty two crops and sold them and made money every year. "Never let a cotton seed go off the plantation. They should all be crush ed and mixed with acid phosphate, and if any of the lands rust, add kainit. "If every farmer woul contribute from $i to $io and give it to Sully." said Col. Keitt. in conclusion. "he would put cotton up right away." NINE CONVICTS ESCAPED Three Members of Lexington Chain Gang Captured in Saluda and Brought to Newberry. Three of the nine members of the Lexington county chain gang, who escaped on Mgonday night while the gang was near Leesville, wvere cap tured on Tuesday and brought tO Newberry, wvhere they were held un til ti arrival of the supervisor of Lexington county on Wednesday morning. The three convicts were brought to Newberry by four Saluda county men, who had captured the negroes about five miles beyond the steel bridge over Saluda river. The negroes bore shackles on their legs. but the chains had been lost. The convicts were first taken to the police station here, and when ques tioned stated they were from Wash ington. Ga. They were locked up at the police station, but later in the day Deputy Sheriff Johnson received a message from the Lexington authori ties notifying him of the escape of the Lexington .gang, and when told of this the negroes finally confessed that they were among the nine con victs who escaped on Monday night. They were carried back to Lexington on Wednesday. Two of the negroes were father and son. When the prisoners escaped the gang was stationed about five miles north of Leesville. It is said the cap tain was at Leesville with his family and the guard was at home sick, the 12 members of the gang being left in charge of two young men. A dispatch from Leesville states that "it is be lieved that some friend to members of the gang either broke the lock or furnished t-he tools for the convicts. There are two Atlanta negroes who ad formed very clever plans for breaking jail at Lexington before con viction. Three trusties remained arnd gave the alarm." Goes Back to Japan. Dr. R. C. Holland, president of the genral board of missions of the Unit ed Synod in the South, has given out the official information that Dr. R. B. Peery will return as missionary to Japan next year. NEW CHURCH BUILDING. Corner Stone of O'Neall Street Meth odist Church to be Laid on Monday at Sunset. The corner-stone of' the new 0' Neall Street Methodist church, now being erected on the site of the v handsome church structure recently a destroyed by fire, will be laid on P Monday afternoon at sunset by the Rev. J. W. Speake, of Charleston, assisted by the Rev. G. E. Edwards s and the Rev. S. A. Nettles. The s morning after the O'Neall Street church was destroyed by fire the pas tor, the Rev. J. H. Graves, was active ly at work for a new church building. In a few days he had workmen on the g ground and the building is now rapid- c lv nearing completion. It is a hand- L some edifice, and will be an ornament to that section of the city. t The Rev. G. E. Edwards will I preach in the West End Baptist church on Sunday morning at II o'clock. Special services will be held in Mayer Memorial church on Sunday evening at 7.30 o'clock. C The Rev. J. W. Speake will preach C in West End Baptist church on Mon day evening at 8 o'clock. C A Communication. a Editor The Herald and News: There was a time in the history of I our state when if a man's family or private affairs were made a matter of publicity by any man, simply be- o cause the -head of the family held a a public office, pistols for two ended the v matter; but it seems since thL code of n honor died bold-faced license holds I full sway. And when preachers, be- I hind their sacred desks, revile and re- C tail slander and pernicious , gossip agains- a man because he holds an c ofFee in an institution which is part I and parcel oi the constitution of the S state. but obnoxious to him, and se- I lects the "name" as a theme, intro (eciii.g, irnocert wonianhood into his tirade of abuse with the gusto of a pot-house politician. these preachers. Fo-called. show the heart of a bomb L:d th spirit of an anar ch.st. and are a menace to the peace of the state. Sou-hern men have a strain in their h od that brooks no insilt to help-: less woman, and when a distinguished I preacher, counting on his cloth, abus ed a prominent man from the pulpit, the preacher met a knock-down argu ment in the public street, straight from the shoulder, and public opinion i made Woodward mayor of Atlanta. And by what logical conclusion has a "brawler" from "Barnwell" deter mined a man's income to be only the sum paid for special work on special occasions. A bank official, a wealthy planter and clever editor have held the position of director, and others can do so while they pursue vocations in life to supplement and support their families, attend college, or ride, if they so will, in a carriage. There are mayors and postmasters in small towns whose salaries are no greater than four hundred dollars for that special service, but who dares ques tion their right to live within or with- ' out that salary, or to supplement it by every avenue open to industry or en terprise? We would suggest, in the interest of religion and civilization, that the preachers who are so anxious to cor- -- rect evil in high places condescend to 3 seek the salvation of 25,0oo poor whites who can n.ot read the Word of God, and who are unsought annd left in the gloom of "darkest Af rica" by the preachers who never see the duty nearest at hand, but meddle with matters afar off. The Deadlock Broken. The deadlock in the race for inten dant at Prosperity was broken on Tuesday, when in the third primary Dr. J. S. Wheeler was re-elected in tendant, receiving 54 votes, as against 46 cast for his opponent, Dr. E. N. Kibler. Each of the two former pri maries resulted in a tie vote. St. Luke's Church. Divine services will he held at St. Luke's Episcopal church on next Sunday, March 26, at 11i a. m. and at Service will also be held on Satur day, March 26, at 4.30 o'clock p. m. All persns are invited. ON THE DIAM [ewberry Will Cross Ba Edgefield at College Par Friday. Newberry college will cross bats -ith the South Carolina Coeducation 1 Institute, Edgefield, at the college ark* this afternoon. The Newberry .am is in excellent shape and is con dent of victory. Edgefield has a trong team, as is shown by the re uilt of the Edgefield-Carolina game i Edgefield last Friday afternoon, ie score being 7 to 7 at the end of ie ninth inning, and the game result ig in victory for neither side. The ame this afternoon promises to be [ose and inteT?sting and ought to be Lrgely attended. Following is the line-up of the two ams: dgefield Newberry eddads c Cabaniss ssey p Crouch ason ib Simpson hodes 2b Holoway icaud 3b Boozer )utz ss Owen rosby . cf Olney .shmore rf Stoudamire leaton if Taylor The game will be called promptly t 4 o'clock. armers Mutual Insurance Associa tion. At a meeting of the stockholders f the Farmers' Mutual Insurance ssociation, the following directors rere elected: H. H. Folk, B. F. Can on, E. S. Keitt, J. C. Abrams, D. W. arre, J. M. Counts, E. L. Leavell, )r. W. E. Lake, R. T. C. Hunter, L. r. Fellers, Jos. L. Keitt. The directors elected the following fficers: President, Jos. L. Keitt; ice-president. R. T. C. Hpnter; ecretary, Treasurer and Agent, L. I. :ptig. SPECIAL NOTICES. INE jA.C_-W e have purchased -:e fi -e I ac: from M. M. Buford. He is known as a first class Jack - will be :'or ervice at Pomaria. Aull and Miller. 1 VANTED-By single gentleman, room in private family with or without board. Address B,. S. care Herald and News. VANTED-Lady or gentleman of fair education to travel for a firm of $25o,ooo capital. Salary $1,072 per year and expenses; paid week ly. Address M. Percival, Newber ry, S. C. 'RESPASS NOTICE-All persons are hereby warned not to trespass. upon the lands of the undersigned I in No. 6 township, Newberry coun ty, containing seventy acres, by hunting, fishing or in any other manner under pealty of the law. Mrs. Mary C. Dobbins. 'RESPASS NOTICE-All persons are hereby warned not to trespass on my Baker place by letting stock run at large, hunting, fishing or in any other manner under penalty of the law. Caleb D. Buzhardt. [ONEY TO LOAN--We negotiate 1oans 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,ooo. Long time and easy payments. Hunt, Hunt & ,. Hunter. Just received Car Load of Wagons, Bug gies and Har ness. owest Prices for Best Goods. A T. BROWN.