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Vt XNEra an tA. VOL. XLII. NO. 62 NEWBEIRRY. S. 0.. FRIDAY MAY 5, 1905. TWICE A WEEK. Si1.50 A YEAR NEWS OF PROSPERITY. Personal and Otherwise-Board of Trustees Elected for School District 14. Prosperity. S. C.. May 4.-Mr. C. F. Lathan. of Little Mountain. was in town Wednesday. Master H. H. Rikard was in town this week. As this is home we know he felt at home among his many friends in town. Sheriff Buford paid our town a call this week. It was a pleasure and not a business call. Mr. F. R. Fellers is at home again from Newberry where he has been for the past six months in the cotton business. He is with the Prosperity Drug Company. Mrs. A. H. Hawkins visited in the St. Lukes community last week and attended the Conference. Miss Frances Rawl wet up to Greenwood last Friday to attend the .oratorical contest. Mr. Mike Hope of PQmaria visi ted in town Tuesday. Hon. T. S. Sease and wife of Spar tanburg have been on a visit to Dr. and Mrs. Wyche. Owing to the change in the judicial circuits Xr. Sease has been transferred to the new seventh which is part of the old seventh. Hon. Fred H. Dominick was in town for a few hours on Tuesday. He was co'.nsel in case before Judge Hair. Rev. J. K. McCain went up to Gray Court and spent the 5th Sunday preaching in the Methodist church at that place. Mrs. M;NcCain accompa nied him. They returned Monday. We were pained to learn of the death of an old friend of my boyhood. Frank C. Aldridge of Batesburg. This sad news reached our to.wn last Sunday. He married Miss Lena Rid gell of our town. They moved years ago to Batesburg. He leaves a wife and seven children. He was laid to rest on Monday in the cemetery near Batesburg. . Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Lester attended the funeral of Mr. Aldridge, spend ing some days with Dr. Ridgell, Mrs. Lester's brother. Dr. J. M. Sease and wife of Little Mountain. were in town for a couple hours on Tuesday. The Dr. made a flying visit on business. Miss Fannie Pugh, of O'Neall, is visiting at Mr. R. T. Pugh's. Mrs. P. C. Singley visited relatives in Newvberry this week, returning home Wednesday. Mrs. C. F. Lathan and sister, Miss Essie Boland have been visiting in town this week. Mr. WV. B. Spence 'has returned to his home in Columbus, Ga. He was accompanyied by his grandmother, Mrs. Clarissa Bridges., who will spend some time wvith Mr. Spence and family. Mr. and Mrs. J. H..Hunter are in attendance upon the musical festival at Spartanburg this week. Mr. Marion Miller. of Saluda, was in town the past week. He reports farmers fairly well up with their work. Cotton coming up. - The citizen's meeting of school district No. 14 named~ the following as board of trustees from the school district: A. H. Hawkins. G. Y. Hun ter. J. L. WVise, C. T. Wyche. W. A. Moseley. J. P. Bowers. A. H. Kohn, R. C. Counts and B. B. Schumpert. This board will select three of their number to be appointed as the board of trustees by the county board of education. In the future two of the six members of the advisory board will retire at the end of two years,, unless re-elected by the citizens. Messrs. Counts and Metts cut a1,-I ooo heart shingles from a pine on Mr. B. B. Rikard's place on Cannon's creek, in No. 1o township. At three dollars per t:.ousand, this ti e made into shingles was worth $63. Who We are glad to announce that Mr. D. H. Wheeler. who was thought to be seriously ill is much improved. In the add in reference to Mr. Counts' lost puppy it should have said black spotted instead of black. It has not been found. Rev. Dr. Scherer will preach in Grace church on Sunday morning at io o'clock. Jt.dge Cunningham is in town for a few days. Mr. S. S. Crittenden, representing the Moden Puritans is in town. The monument to the memory of Sovereign Sam A. Hawkins will be unveiled on Sunday afternoon at four o'clock by the local camp W. 0. W.. assisted by the camps from Little Mountain and from Pomaria. Th-e services at the Methodist church will be at 3 p. m. instead of the usual hour-next Sunday. Rev. W. A. Lutz preached his fare well sermon to the congregation of Grace church on Sunday April 30, to a full church. Pastor Lutz preached his farewell sermon to the Mt. Ta bor con,regation on the fourth Sun day. The rains in this section have been heavy and have delayed planting to some extent. Advertised Lettes. Remaining in the postoffice at Prosperity, S. C., for the month end ing April, 30, 1905. Miss S. Y. Da. Bouknight. Mr. W. R. Coleman. Mr. Erwim Dominick. Mr. Eb. G'-rb.> Mrs. Cary Hi!i-:r. Mrs. Eunice A. Miles Mr J. W. Rin - Mr. Bovkin W'ie Prophet Honored in His Own Country The Baltimore American, Saturday, April 29, gives the head of one of its columns to a review of "Immortality," by Rev. William L. Seabrook, pastor Df the Lutheran Church of the Re deemer, this city. The American heads its review: "A Book for Lay men," and says: "The theme of Mr. Seabrook's book is one in which all intelligent people must be interested, and sooner or later all who learn to know the value of this little volume will want to read it. Although it is written by a clergyman, his treatment f the subject shows clearly that he has not always been a clergyman. It is a book for the layman, written by one who was- trained in the law de partment of the University' of Mary and under such men as Co.. Charles Xarshali, Bernard Carter, John P. Poe and Richard M. Venable and ap proaches the subject by methods which will be more familiar to the lay mind, and at the same time more :onvincing to it possibly than the theological method. The book and the author have our hearty comimen :atin." Mr. Seabrook has received an auto graph letter, of which he is justly proud, from Cardinal Gibbons, the head of thie Roman Catholic Church in America, thanking him for his book. Advertised Letters. Letters remaining in the Newberry postoflice for the week endjng April 15. 1905. A-Edner Anderson. B-Miss F. Brennan, Jno. M. Ber r, I. H. Boland. C-Miss Sallie Caldwell, J. H. Cas tieberry, Johnson Coleman. D-Samuel Daniels, M\rs. Mary Dudley, Martha Davis. E--Susana Eichelberger, Mrs. Mat tie Epting. F--Mrs. M. Force. G.-Tow Greenwood. H-Mrs. Mary Hudson. M.-Sam Mitchell. W-Laura Wright. J. D. Worten. The Chicago teamsters' strike did not spread but efforts to settle it ON THE DIAMOND Furman Wins From Newberry in Slow Game Played on Furman Diamond. 'In a game of base ball marred b errors. Furman defeated Neiwberry Tuesday afternoon on the , former's diamond in Greenville. Furman scored one run in first on errors and for Newberry. Cabaniss got a two bagger. Olney hit in ribs. Holloway sacrified. and Simpson hit safe to left scoring the two. Nothing down in second for either club. But Furman ties score in third on error again. Then some pretty ball was put up for five innings with the exception of Furman's bum work in sixth al lowing the champions to score again. Then. in eighth Swink hit one hard, which would have been a clean two acker and nothing more had not the ball found its way under the canvas which enclosed the park, making it possible for the runner to circle the bases for a home run. Newberry hit two which would have resulted in ome runs also had not the canvas been mysteriously pulled down in tead of up as in the case of the lucky" Swink. This tied the score 3 t03. Newberry failed to dot the coreboard in eighth. In the ninth Furman with heavy hitting coupled with an error to Newberry, managed to score three. The Newberry "In :lians" succeeded in getting in one in their half of the ninth on two hits nd a stolen base, and with two men )ut and a man on -third and Olney :o the bat, Cabaniss was caught go ng to second, ending the game with score standing 6 to 4 in favor of Fur man. Newberry had an off day mak ing eight errots and Furman made seven which does not speak well for them as they were on their own grounds. Crouch pitched the better game with the exception of the ninth in ing. Summary-Earned runs, Newberry 3, Furinan 3. Two-base hits Lan ord I, Cabaniss i. Base on balls, Crouch i. Struck-out by Crouch 6, Lanford ii. Sacrafice hits. Cambell r, Holloway, Cabaniss i. Stolen bases, Newberry 2. Furman 2. Batter hit, Lanford i. Double plays, Newberry r. Time 1:40. Umpire, Joel Bailey. Feature's Boozer's catch of fowl and Rice's catch at first. Newberry will be ready to scalp Lhe Baptists when they come here on the sixteenth of this month. This is the irst game Newberry has'lost to an association team, and disinterested persons who saw the game say that she would have won even with all dier errors had not luck been so hard against her. .Newberry has played nine associa tion games. won 7. lost I and tied I. Furman has only played .; wone 4 and tied one. Furman. to win State Chamnpio.nship, must win all the rest of her games which are two with Clemson. 1 with Newberrv and Iwith Citadel. If she loses a single :me of these games and Newberry wins her only two more, with Fur man and 1 with Citadel both of which are upon her diamond, Newberry will wear the crown of honor. Cita del on May gth and Furman 16th. Therefore Newberrv's chance at present is much more reasonable than Furman's. H-err Manklewicz, a German mil lionaire, has notified the divorced wife of the King of Saxony, the ex Crown Princess Louise, that he will present to her the villa at Meran he recently purchased and make her an allowance sufficient to live in it in royal state. Arthur and J. D. Hook. 8 and II years old respectively were drowned hile bathing at Cheraw. ACREAGE REDUCED. Farmers Should Grow Turkeys an< Guineas and Sheep. As the price of cotton was so higi a year ago, it was only natural tha the heads of some of our farmer should be turned. The acreage, how ever, in this section will be reduced The decrcase will not be as great a! could be desired, but it is hoped, e nough to affect the yield. There is a disposition toward di. versified farming. More corn will b( planted this season than was plante( last year. There has been an in. crease in whe.t acreage: and ther< has not been so much barley sowed ir a generation. Farmers are doine more preparatory work before plant ing now, than at any previous time On this account, and on account ol excessive rain, it will be about the middle of May before planting iE completed. Conditions have beer favorable and there will likely b( good stands of corn and cotton, un less the lat:ter is killed by the cool wet weather. A fixed and invariable price for cotton it would seem, wouR be a blessing to the country. Bul then I suppose this idea is utopiar and hardly worth entertaining. Rarely or never have there beer so many cut worms in the fields a! we have this season. I fear that theit presence bodes evil to the farming in terest. Farmers have made the mis take of not cultivating the friend ship of the birds. There seem to bc fewer of tlhem now than formerly They have either been killed, or the3 have migrated. Along with afford ing protection to the birds. farmer! woulc. do well to grow more turkeys and guinea fowls. They live in -th field a good part of the time and are great feeders upon worms and in sects. Besides affording good and cheap food for the farmer's table, tur keys commanded good prices on the market last season. And then guineas yeild so many eggs it pays the tillei of the soil to keep them on this ac count. Ah me! how I miss the flocks ol sheep that I was accustomed to see ir my boyhood days. Newberry has great deal of land that is bringing it! owners no return. This might b< utilized for sheep pasturage. There is scarcely any flesh that is a great er luxury than good mutton. Oui county ought to furnish the home and nearby markets, hundreds o lambs annually. And then we 'hav< the mills in our section to conver1 wool into good substantial cloth But the silly sheep has a mortal ter ror of the yaller dog, fees before hin: and gives him the right of way. Will she ever come back to bless oui farmers and our section 0. M. Buzhardt. Newberry, S. C. How He Used The Whiskey. An Irish butler, newly engaged, re quested his master to allow him som< whiskey. "There's nothing like it tc clean the windows." said he. H.owev er, a few minutes later his mastei chanced to pass through the roorr and, to his surprise, found the glass empty. "'Why, Barney," he aske?d "where's the whiskey?" "Well, yot see. sir," said Barney, not in the least put. out, ''it's this way, I dnini the whiskey, and then I breathe or the glass.' Slightly Mixed. Ridge Record. An Arkansas printer, in making ui the forms in a hurry the other day Igot a marriage and a grocer's ad mixed up so that it read as followvs I"John Brown and Ida Gray were ut nited in the holy sauerkraut by th< quart or barrel. Mr. B. is a well known young cod-fish at ro !cents pei pound, while the bride, Miss G. ha: some nice pig's feet which will b< sol cape than any in town." BUG EATING BOLL WEEVIL. I Peculiar Insect Is Destroying Cotton Pest in Texas. Waco. Tex.. May 2.-Chief How ard. of the entomologist bureau, de i'partnent of agriculture, at Washing ton, has been notified of the discovery in Falls county, Texas, of a peculiar bug which is destroying the boll weevil. The insect was found on the plantation of J. T. Davis, of Waco. It is expected that Mr. Howard will send an expert here to .classify the bug and arrange for its propagation if it is found as destructive to the weevil as reported. Commencement at Clemson. The annual commencement at Clemson college will be held June 4-6. The following is the programme of the exercises: Sunday, June 4. 11 a. m., Bacca laureate sermon, Rev. Jas. .A. B. Scherer, Ph. D., LL. D. 8 p. m., Closing exercises Y. M. C. A., Rev. R. B. Turnipseed, , Aiktn, S. C. Monday, June 5, i a. m., Literary Society Exercises: D. H. Hill, Pal metto; L. L. Porter, Calhoun; C. L. Stokes, Columbia. 8 p. M., Alumni Address, M. L. Zeigler, Washington, D. C. Tuesday, June 6th. i a. m., Cor mencement Exere-es. Address to Graduating Class, Hen ry Nelson Snyder, Litt. D., LL. D. Senior Class Speakers, A. J. Speer, R. F. Gooding and L. L. Boykin. Delivery of diplomas. Award of Trustees' Medal. Saturday, June 3, 8.30 p. m. College Glee Club Entertainment. Monday. June 5th, 2 to 5 p. m., Shops and Laboratories open for in spection. 5 p. M., Military exercises-Dress Parade. Omissions of History. Methuselah, being only a little over 4oq and still in the vigor of young manhood, bethiought himself of the duty of providing for his descendants, and made application for a policy of life insurance. The medical director of the compa ny coldy turned him down. "What's the matter?" demanded Methuselah. "Don't you consider me a safe risk?" "No sir," replied the medical direct or. "The records show that your father lived only 365 years, and the probability is that you have some he reditary taint. We can't afford to take chances on you." Methuselah said nothing. He mere ly went ahead and outlived the insur ance company. Literature in Alaska. A member of one of the govern ment parties which journeyed through Alaska during thie Klondike rush, says the. author of "Through the Yukon Gold Diggins," was horrified at the lack of enterta!nmnent and good litera ture available for the miniers. "Doesn't it get very dull here?" he asked of an old miner at Forty Mile. "What do you do for amusement?" "Do?" echoed the miner gravely. "Do? Why, bless you, we 'ave very genteel amusements! As for readin' an' lit'ature an' all of tvhat, w'y, w'en the fust grub comes in the spring we 'ave a meetin' an' call al the boys to gether an' app'int a chairman, an' then some one reads the directions on the labels of the bakin' powder boxes." Col. Frank Hume, a former Con federate army officer, is making an effort to get the Grand Army of the Republic to indorse his plan to have a bell cast, to be hung in the Arling ton cemetery, and to be tolled during the funeral rites of soldiers.