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VOL. XLII. NO. 54 NEWBERRY. S. C.. FRIDAY APRIL 7, 1905.-. TWICE A WEEK. $1.50 A YEAR SITINGS IND DOINGS OF PROSPERITY PEOPLE APPROACH OF THE COM MENCEMENT SEASON. Crops Looking Well-The Literary Sorosis-Selling Cotton- Per sonal and Otherwise. Prosperity, April 6.-The gentle showers of April have fallen and crops and gardens are looking fine Some of our early gardeners are eat ing radishes, etc., already. Say, Mr. Editor, you came very near getting your humble scribe into great trouble, and with the ladies of the Sorosis. As you know, your cor respondent has been particular to give all the news of our town and last week, when we had taken such pains to write up the banquet of the Liter ary Sorosis, that you should leave it out! I know that you explained to me that the paper was full and you could only put in two columns but that you should leave out such an im portant matter! Of course we had to do the best we ccid and promised amends for it in the future, and we want to give the office due notice that the next time it must go in if every thing else should be left out. Constable Eison overhauled a bar rel of "Fuss. Ex" containing ten gal lons of booze. The "stuff" was ship ped in and the negro went home a sadder. a wiser and a poorer man. It created quite a sensation for a while and a large crowd gathered at the Squthern depot to learn results. The Rev. C. -M. Boyd has gone to Due West for a couple of days. He will go from there to the A. R. Pres bytery at D6raville, Ga. Capt J. B. Fellers is the. delegate from the church here. One of the largest crowds ever seen in Prosperity was here last Saturday. The trade was one of the largest for a spring day for many years, if not the largest. The mer chants had more than they could do. The fertilizer men did an unusually large trade. While the credit trade was large, it was not so large as last year for the first of April. The city election will come off on the second Tuesday in April, the i1th. Since the primary there has been little irterest. A nomination is prac tically an election. Mr. C. A. Stewart, agent of the Southern railway company at this point. will go* to Blacksburg, S. C. Mr. Dinglehoef, relief agent, will be with us for a short while until the regular agent arrives. Messrs. 3. D. Quatlebaum and F. A. Dominick spent Wednesday in Columbia on business. Mrs. Carrie Caldwell is visiting Mrs. J. H. H;unter this week. Judge S. S. Cunningham is visiting Mr. J. H. Hunter. We regret to announce to the many friends of Mr. Frank M. Gibson, of: Nichols, Ga.; that he is critically ill. Mr. J. C. H. Fellers and niece, Miss Mattie Fellers, visited the family of Mr. S. L. Fellers the past week. Quite a large delegation from Pros perity went up to see the ball game, Newberry vs. Erskine. Th'ey say it was a fine game. The Jolly Dozen will hold a busi ness meeting on the afternoon of April 6. There will be no fun aboard that day, I am assured (?) The Sorosis will meet with Mrs. D. W. Boland on April 1.. We are told that our progressive' city fathers will give us light on a dark subject-G. I,ooo candle power gas light on the public square. They .:ll not give us this ligh' before it is needed. They are also making some new streets. We need some old ones worked-one running from Mr. A. P. Dominick's residence, on the north sid of the Southern railway, to the crossing beyond Mr. L. S. Bowers' rFidence. We hope to see this street continued all the way into town, if it is possible to do so. Mr. C. R. Hrr, of Muncy, Pa., is installing Mr. Jno. Cook's new roller flour mill outfit. Mr. Cook will 'have one of the latest and most modern flouring outfits. Mrs. H. E. Todd. of Anderson. is visiting her sister, Mrs. J. B. Fellers. of St. Lukes. Mrs. A. W. Fogle. of Anderson, who has been down since the death of her father, Mr. J. B. Fellers, re turned to Anderson on Tuesday. List of dead letters in Posperity, S. C., postoffice for month of March: Mrs. Mariah Boozer, Mrs. Sallie Brown, Mr. Genfend Harmon, Mr. Malcolm Hawkins. Mr. Clarence Jackson, Miss Sarah Krepps, Mrs. M. C. Nelson, Mr. Mallie Shealy, Mr. Selers Williams, Mr. Thos. Wilson, Mrs. Mance Wilson. Mr. P. D. Simpson has returned from Newberry where he visted rela tives. Miss Lucy Quattlebaum, of Colum bia, who has been on a visit to the Misses Moseley for the past week, returned home on Wednesday. Mr. P. L. Langford, of Reynolds, has been at home for a day or two. Mr. Tom Johnson, of Newberry, has been on a visit to Mr. P. D. Simpson. The Rev. D. P. Boyd was in town for a day this week. We learn Mr. Boyd was looking out for a location. if so, we would be delighted to have him come to Prosperity. We need and have a welcome for such men. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Hartman, and little Miss Hartman, of Atlanta, Ga., are resting for a few days under the parental roof, near Mt. Pilgrim. Mr. Jno. Hawkins' school at St. Lukes closed last Friday. Miss Gertrude Bobb's school at Saluda Academy closed last week. Miss Bobb is now at home. Mrs. C. T. Wyche is again with Moseley Bros., where she will be glad to see her friends. The Woodmen will initiate a new member in the mysteries of Wood craft tonight. The plans for the next commence ment are being laid and assignments made. It will not be long until the bells and hollows .will be made to reverberate with the com mencement speeches of the young Demosthenes of the schools. The glad days of childhood! How many of us but would live over again their school days when we were carefree and our hearts knew no pain! "Backward, turn backward, oh; Time, in thy flight Make me a child again just for to night." But it is past. These jolly days will never return to us. It will only be a short time until the places that know us now will know us no more and other faces will be seen and other hands will do the work we are do ing. Let us scatter sunshine as we go. We learn that Rev. Mr. Webster, of the Advent church, will erect a tent here and hold a revival service in the near future. Miss Essie Moore, of St. Lukes, is improving, though not yet out of dan ger. Miss Elvira McCullough, of Silver Street, is visiting fler sister, Miss Bettie, at Mr. S. D. 'Duncan's. There has been a fall look on our streets for the past week, from the amount of cotton selling. There were 112 bales sold on last Saturday and 69 for the week. There were 190 bales sold here for the 3 days ending with Wednesday-the price ranging from 7 1-2 to 7 3-4. It looks as NEWS FROM EXCELSIOR. Farmers Reducing Cotton Acreage And Using Less Fertilizer -Other Matters. Excelsior, April 6.-The school here will close Friday. This section has had nice rains, after some dry weather. The farmers are moving on nicely with work and some corn has been planted. The warm weather has been very favorable for garden vegetation, and the early gardeners have planted beans and put out cabbage plants. Miss Janie Kinard spent last week with her sister in Saluda county. Miss Mary Peterson, of Newberry, has been on a visit to Mrs. J. C. Sing ley. The Rev. W. W. McMorries spent Sunday night with Mr. D. B. Cook's family. Mr. Crumpton and wife, of New berry, spent Saturday night with Mr. G. W. Kinard's family. Prof. J. S. Wheeler returned Mon day from a business trip to Columbia. Mrs. J. D. Stone and children spent last week with relatives at Newber ry. The farmers of this section are us in-gless guano and will plant less cot ton this year than they did last year. It is gratifying to see this, and if they will just stick together the movement will resu!t in much good. rhe present price of cotton is too low for the cost of making it. Through the kindness of Mr. Luth r Cook in offering us a seat in his buggy, this correspondent spent last unday in Saluda county, g>ing over -o attend the burial of my sister's laughter, Miss Essie Werts, who lied on Saturday of typhoid fo;cr. Her remains were laid to rest in the :emetery at St. Mark's church, the )u.rial service being conducted by her pastor, the Rev. J. L. Buck. It is gratifying to state that Mr. Werts' two sons, who have been very sick ith the same disease, are improving i little. It is desired to correct the tatement of your eorrespondent at Prosperity in Friday's issue that Mr. Wrts has buried two children since :ht nolidays. He has buried only one tnd it is hoped t-he other sick ones vill soon be well. Mr. Werts' other on died last June. The Rev. W. A. Lutz, of Prosper ty, will preach in Excelsior sc'hool iouse next Sabbath afternoon at 4 'clock. It is with great pleasure al ;o that it is stated that the Rev. J. A. ligth will preach for us here on the 'ifth Sabbath afternoon in this month, Lt 4 o'clock. It is hoped there will be L good attendance at both of these ;ervices, as both speakers are able nen, and they will give those who tear them. something good to think Lbout. It is gratifying to state that Mr. Sease, who has been confined to his room sick, is able to get out again. Sigma. A Year in College. $2o0 cash or a year in College can ,e quickly earned by one young man :r lady in each county during the summer. Plan does not interfere with other employment, and student :an select the school. State name of institution you, wish to attend. No money required. For particulars address, Morton H. Pemberton, Centralia, Mo. price was going to tumble. We hope not. We were glad to see ye editor on our streets las.t Friday. Mr. S. S. Birge is now camping it out, or roughing it, in the pine forest near Chapin. Mr. Birge is a large handle:- of lumber of all kinds, hand ling not only the output of his own mill, but a large part of three or four A GREAT REDUCTION. Views of Commissioners of -Agricu ture of the Various Cot ton States. Atlanta, April 6.-The commissior ers of agriculture of the souther states are firm in their belief that th Southern Cotton association and it work is a success. At the request c the press bureau of the Souther Cotton association they have made special investigation regarding the re duction of the cotton acreag throughout the south, and in thei opinion there will be a great reduc tion of acreage this year. The commissioners also state tha there will be a greater diversificatio of crops this year than ever before i: the history of the south, and they ar looking forward to a very prosperou country next fall. The following are some expres sions from the different commissior ers: C. JJ. Barrow, acting commissior er of agriculture of Louisiana: "Organizations have been perfecte in nearly all the parishes of this stat for the purpose of reducing the acre .ge 25 per cent. and this action -on th part of the farmers has been supple mented by proclamations from ou governor urging the importance c this reduction and we believe it wi: have its effect." E. J. Watson, commissioner of ag riculture of South Carolina: "That there will be a great reduc tion of acreage in this state I ar fully convinced, but just at this tim I could not undertake to give the e act figures." S. L. Patterson, commissioner c agriculture, North Carolina: "It is impossible just now to pre dict the exact amount of the reduc tion of the cotton acreage but it is gc ing to be reduced. And you may de pend upon it our farmers are holdin cotton as they never have done be fore. Very little is finding its wa. to the markets and the farmers ar determined to carry out the spirit c the New Orleans convention noth withstanding the reported heavy re ceipts in some sections." W. G. Ogilvie, commissioner of ag riculture, Tennessee: "From the best information I hav been able to obtain the cotton acre age will be reduced at least 25 pe :ent. I have reports from neari: every cotton growing country in t.h state." H. T. Bradford, commissioner o agriculture, Arkansas: "My opinion is, and I have give t'he matter close attention, that thi :otton acreage will be reduced at leas 5 per cent. in our state. There is general determination among the far mers to reduce their acreage and bet ter conditions generally." 0. B. Stevents, commissioners o agriculture of Georgia, says: "There is no doubt but that th, people of Georgia are going to reduc heir cotton acreage and better them selves generally. And besides ther will never again be such a year a last was for -coton or any other sor of crop." Commissioner R. R. Poole, in a: interview several days ago, announc ed that the state of Alabama was gc ing to reduce its acreage 33 1-2 pE cent. Governor J. K. Vardaman, of Mis sissippi, writes: "Mississippi is sure to reduce he acreage ths year. I have examine things carefully and I find that t.F actual reduction will be between per cent. and 25 per cent." W. J. Clay, commissioner of ti state of Texas, says: "From infhrmation I have bee able to gather from corresponden< and conversation with prominei planters, I am of the opinion that tI acreage of this state will be reduce about 25 per cent." PROGRESSIVE FARMERS. I Doings of People Who Live Across the Rippling Waters of the Saluda. Ruffs. Saluda C-)unty, April 6.-As n spring, with her emerald robes, beau e tiful flowers and sweet songsters, s advances the health of this neighbor ,f hood improves. It may be the fine r weather or the skill of the physicians a or perhaps a little.-of both. Farmers are progressing finely with their farm e work. They take time to go to the r farmers' meetings at the different precincts, and every ore seems inter ested and trying to encourage othersito t join the movement. There are sev a eral up to date farmers in this sec a tion, who use all the modern imple e ments for farming. The Ruff broth s ers are agents for mowers, harrows, rakes, etc., and also have well ma chinery. They seem to be doing a good business. The fine plantation known as the old Livingston place - (the birthplace of your towns man, Mr. Smith Livingston), d has been greatly improved e since it was purchased by its present owner, Mr. George Lever. e He has repaired the house and built a ginnery, stables and tenant houses r now he is making arrangements to f buy a saw-mill. Mr. Jacob Ruff, 1I postmaster at Ruff, is a progressive farmer. He has a fine place, which. is kept well improved, with comfor table tenant houses. Mr. Ruff is a hustler, and has for a motto "keep a moving." e The school at Bethany Academy, taught by Prof. Rauch, assisted by Mr. Ben Nichols, closed last Friday. Prof. Rauch is a graduate of Newber ry coilege. This is the third year he 'has been principal of Bethany. Miss Leula Sandel, of Orangeburg, is - teaching at Cornith and will continue about a month longer. Miss Myrtle Werts, who has been teaching in Lexington, has closed her y school and returned to her home at e Cornith. f Court . . in session at Saluda this - week and nearly all the male popula - tion had, or thought they had, busi ness there. Saluda has some very - fine home talent at the bar, among them Hon. E. S. Blease, who was a e Newberry boy; but when he stumps - the county, you would think him a na r tive Saludian. No matter where he ' first saw the light, Saluda is very e proud of her young senator. We have several lines of R. F. D. f and others projected. The ladies of the new Lutheran z church are having entertainments in the way of hot suppers, etc., for the t benefit of the church which is being a built at Saluda. . His Great Luck. Insurance Commissioner R. E. f Folk of Tennessee was talking the other day about the humor of the in e surance business. e "It is a ghastly humor," he said, - "because it hinges on death. Never e theless, there is a great deal of it. s Every insurance agent has some odd t and new story to relate. "One agent told me yesterday how r he had met that morning a in a feeble condition, his face pallid, his -eyes dull and his figure shrunken. " 'What is the matter with you, Herbert?' the agent said. - "'I am in luck,' Herbert answered. My boy, I am in great luck.' r "'How so?' asked the agent. " 'Why,' said the other, 'your comn e pany's medical examiner passed me o only two months ago, and now my doctor tells me I have an incurable ee disease. How is that for luck?' " Three men were instantly killed in e Bridgeport, Conn., on Tuesday, in a it terrible explosion that blew to pieces ie one of the brick buildings of the