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CONSTABLE EISON KILLED A NEGRO ,MR. EISON HIT THE NEGRO WITH A REVOLVER. Negro Was Fleeing From a Police man-Revolver Was Discharged With Fatal Effect. Information was received in New- i berry yesterday afternoon that Mr. Julius R. Eison, of the state dispen sary constabulary force. had shot and *illed a negro in Columbia. The in formation obtained fr Columbia -immediately after th*( irst news of the shooting was received in New berry, was to the effect that the ne .gro, whose name was Jim Long. had stolen a valise from the Seaboard Air Line depot and was being pursued by ,a policeman when the policeman hol lered to Mr. Eison to stop the negro. The policeman had already fired twice in h'e air with the intention of scar ing the negro. When the policeman hollered to him to stop the negro, Mr. Eison, it is stated, who was stand- 1 ing at the corner of Gervais and Gat es streets, drew his revolver and hit at the negro with it, when the revol -ver was accidentally discharged. the I 4bullet entering the negro's back. on the right side, and ranging towards the -heart. Mr. Eison was placed under arrest. It was stated from Columbia yester -day -afternoon that he had given out i no statement in regard to the affair. I Mr. Eugene S. Blease, of Saluda county, represented him. Hon. Cole. L. Blease, of this city, went to Co- t lumbia yesterday afternoon in re sponst to a telegram telling him of the shooting. Mr. Eison only recently moved to Columbia from Newberry. He is a brother-in-law of State Senator Cole. L. Blease and Magistrate Cannon G. Blease, of this city. Account Fro-,- Columbia. Columbia, June 5.-State Constable Julius R. Eison today shot and killed Jim Long, colored. The negro had stolen a valise from the Seaboard Air Line depot and was running from a policeman, who had fired twice in the .air. The policeman hollered to Mr. Eison, who was tanding at th'e cor ner of Gervais. and Gates streets, to stop him, and Mr. Eison drew his re volver and hit at the negro with the -muzzle. The revolver was discharg ed, the ball entering then egro's back on the right side and ranging towards -th'e heart. Mr. Eison was placed under arrest. -ie has refused to give out a state .ment in regard to the affair. He is represented by Mr. Eugene S. Blease, of Saluda. a t Hon. Cole. L. Blease went to Co- b turiibia via the C.. N. & L , yesterday I .afternoon, leaving Newberry at 3.10. The Red Men. Hon. Cole. L. Blease, great sachem -of -the Red Men of South Carolina. *has returned from a visit to the tribes in the up-country. He retorts a very pleasant trip, and says that he found the orderz mi good condi:ion. Great interest in the work is manifest t --arnong all the tribes and many new membes are being added throughout ' the see ion of the state which he has -visiteri. Grey Sachemt B!ease will leave to *day to vhit the tribes at Bath. Lang ley, Vvnclus;e, Graniteville and War- I renville. t St. Luke's Church-. No ser vices will be held in St. Luke'., Fpiscopal church on next Sund iy.t Dmath of an Infant. The b:fa.:t son of Mr. and Mrs. Wash S-!:-r died last Friday morning after ai hnecf illness, aged about one1 and a half y-ears. The remains were take" & F,ir6eid county for burial on .Satwdu CuI.~il 2 MIMNAUGH'S BIG Distin~ction is the consequence. - ever the object, of a great mind. BEAUTIFUL HOME WEDDING. Viss Sara Spearman Becomes the. Bride of Mr. Alexander D. Hudson. A beauti'ul place is the old colonial 3pearnan home. About five miles Lbove Newberry, embowered in a large rove of native oaks, upon a high and :ommanding eminence, it looks out .ipon some of South Carolina's most fertile and highly cultivated lands. Within the wide halls of this elegant iome. immediately under a floral de ;ign of double hearts, suspended from m arch of evergreens, in the presence )f a brilliant assemblage of invited guests, Miss Sara Spearman and Mr. klexander D. Hudsvn were married 'hursday even"m June t, the im >ressive ceremony being performed >y the Rev. L. W. Swope. Mendelssohn's wedding march was xpressively rendered by Miss Pauline 3ilder. As the sweet strains filled :he home Miss Lois Fant descended he colonial stairs, gowned in white >rgandie and lace insertion, with gir Ile of soft liberty satin and deep )ertha of lace. She gracefully crossed he hall and took her position just to he right of the arch. Next came 4[iss Lutie Pitts, of Uniontown, Ala., -owned in white silk with lace trim nings, an original costume very be :oming to her style of beauty. Miss ?itts took her position to the left of he arch and was followed by Miss 3essie Gilder gowned in white chif on over silk. Miss Gilder was fol owed by Miss Maude Fant. Then :ame the bride, beautiful beneath a reil and gowned in an imported crea ion of ivory crepe de Chine built ov ,r heavy taffeta. the yoke being of iand work, and the frort of the gown eing covered with exquisite Oriental pplique. The skirt was graceful in ts puffings. The bride carried a beau iful bonquetof bride's:rosesand.maid n hair fern. She entered on the arm >f her maid of honor. Miss Maude .angford, who was gowned in light >ue electric silk, the gown being :orded and accordion plaited with rimmings of liberty chiffon. The )ride was met at the altar by the room, accompanied by his best man, dr. Eliza La Grande Richardson. of xreenwood. With the best wishes of every guest ,nd of hosts of friends wherever they re known. Mr. and Mrs. Hudson left or their future home at Greenwood. ?he bride's going-away gown was of ue and gray silk. The presents received were numer us and handsome. strinkingly attest ng the popularity of the contracting arties. The bride is a daughter of Mr. J. . Spearman, of this county. To the harm of personal appearance she dds a disposition that is sweet and ttractive and she numbers among hose who wvish for her the truest appiness all who know her. Mr. -ludson is of Uniontown. Ala. PURELY PERSONAL. Fhe Movements of Many People, Newberrians and Those Who Visit Newberry. Mrs. J. L. Bowles. after a visit to er father. Mr. S. P. Boozer, has re urned to her home in Augusta. Rev. J. H. Thornwell, of Fort Mill, as in the city yesterday. Dr. E. P. McClintock preached the ermon before the graduating class i the theological seminary at Due Vest on Sunday and will attend the ommencement of Erskine college his week. Hon. Geo. S. Mower went up to )ue WVest yesterday to attend the ommencement. r Mrs. Drayton Avinger, of Cordes 'ille. Berkeley county, is visiting rela. ives in the city. Mrs. I. T. St. Amand is visiting riends and relatives in Clharleston. Mr. J. WV. Ligon, of Newberry. pent a few days in town this wecek vith his brother. Mr. J. C. Ligon. -a cor. Columbia S:ate. IT IS A FACT MIMNA UGH SOLD fORE GOODS SATURDAY THE TIRST DAY OF THE BIG SALE HAN ALL THE DRY GOODS TORES IN NEWBERRY C.?M 3INED. MEET ME AT MIMNAUGH'S 1m MNTER SALE. FOR A NEW CHURCH. Large Subscriptions Given on Sunday Morning by Members of the First Baptist Church. A handsome new church edifice for the congregation of the First Baptist church, of Newberry, is now assured. After a strong sermon by the Rev. L. A. Cooper, of Johnston, on Sunday morning, about $6,500 was subscribed for the erection of a new building, and since that time about $2.ooo ad ditional has been subscribed, making a total subscription of more than $8,ooo. The members of the First Baptist church have been working for some time for a new church structure. The growth of the congregation has de manded a larger house of worship, the need for which has been strongly emphasized by large numbers of peo ple being turned away from the church doors during the p.-gress of the meeting conducted by the pastor with' the assistance of the Rev. Mr. Cooper, on account of lack of room in the church for the great crowds which were eager to attend the ser vices. Mr. Cooper's sermon on Sunday morning was on the subject of giv ing, and at its conclusion the sub scriptions for the new church build ing were taken. It is proposed now to locate the ch'urch at the corner of Caldwell and Boundary streets. moving the par sonage near where the present church structure stands, and building the new church on the site of the parsonage. It is desired to erect a building at a cost of between $io,ooo and $15,000, making it one whicil will be worthy of t,h'e congregation and a credit to the city. VARIOUS AND ALL ABOUT. Miss Hattie Leavell's music class will begin work again on the first of September. The W. T. C. U. will meet Thurs day afternoon at half past four o'clock at Mrs. McClintock's. The meeting at the Bapisz church will continue until Wednesday night. Large crowds are attending the ser vices. Newberry college commencement begins next Sunday morning. The capital stock of the new bank mentioned in our last issue has all been practically subscribed and appli cation for a charter will be made ,at once. Mr. Ferguson of Spartanburg wilt open a stock exchange here at once. Mr. WV. M. Wilson will be in charge. Market reports on all produce and cotton will be taken every day. The exchange will be in the rooms over the store of Purcell and Scott. Hair and Havird will inaugurate a great slaughter sale tomorrow which will last for ten days. Read their an nouncement on another page. Citizen's Meeting. A meeting of the citizens of New berry county who desire an election on the question of dispensary or no dispensary in the county will be held in the courthouse on Saturday, June oth, Igos, at 11 a. mn. Steps will be taken at this meeting looking to the circulation of petitions asking for such election. Many Citizens. MIMNAUGH'S MONSTER SALE GOES MERRILY ON. Twice on the Honor Roll. The 38th annual catalogue of the Peabody Institute, of Baltimore, Conservatory of Music, copies of which have been received in Newber ry, show the name, of Miss Pauline Gilder, of this city, on the roll of hon or both in piano and vocal .< rk. Miss Gilder is a daughter of Dr. . K. Gil der. Her friends are very much grat ified in the high stand which she has taken in this excellent institution. Accepted. Rev. C. L. Dowvell. of Henrietta. N. C.. has accepted the call to be comell pasto~r of Bush River and Mt. Zi.n ii aptist churches. WANTED-TEN MORE EXTRA SALESPEOPLE. APPLY AT ONCE. MIMNAUGH. PLAYING WITH A GUN. One Negro Boy Loses His Life Dangerous Plaything-In quest Saturday Night. Coroner Lindsay was called to the Pomaria section last SaL, :day to hold an inquest on the dead body of Johr Gray who was shot on Friday whil( trying to take a gun out of the hands of Henry Wideman. The finding wa! that the shooting was accidental. Gray caught the muzzle of the gur which Wideman was carrying and ir an effort to take it from Wideman the load was discharged taking effect ir the abdomen of Gray. The two boy! were about fourteen or fifteen year. old. No arrest was made or warrant is sued for Wideman as the shootinj was purely accidental. The following is the testimony taken by the coro ner: Cebe Greely being sworn says: I don't know how he got killed. I live on the same place of deceased. Johr Gray and Henry Wideman came tc the field to me. Henry had a gun, then John had the gnu. I heard the gun fire and heard Henry say thal John shot himself. When last I sai them before shooting, Henry had the gun. I had my back to them when the gun fired. Cebe Greely. Henry Wideman being sworn says: I live with Mrs. E. A. Derrick. Me and John Gray went where Cebe Greely was plowing. I had Sim Greely's gun with me. Johnnie Gray wanted to carry the gun, and caught the muzzle and snathched it causing my hand to slip over the hammer and discharged the gun. The shooting took place ten o'clock June 2. Henry Wideman. Henry Greely being sworn says: John Gray said that Henry was play ing with the gun and that ih'e was as much' to blame as Henry for being shot. Henry Greely. Willie Gray being sworn says: I am John Gray's brother. When I met John he said he was shot. Said he (John) and Henry was playing with the gun and he jerked the gun and it went off. Willie Gray. Ebb Gray being sworn says: He -heard a gun fire in the direction of where John was about ten o'clock a. m. June 2. John died about half past eleven o'clock a. m. June 3. John said that he did not want any thing done to Henry, th'at 'he (Henry) did not do it intentionally. Ebb Gray. The finding of the coroner's jury is as follows: "That the said John Gray came to his death from a gun shot wound in the hand of himself and Henry Wideman on June 2, 1905. from which he died on June 3. 1905. th'at the shooting was merely accidental and without malice." Election of Teachers. The board of trnstees of the New berry -graded school lcl Jhir annual mec-ting~ on last Thursday afternoon and night fi.r the purpose of electing a superimnideml and :eachers for an cther year. Prof. WV. A. Stuckey. of Bishopville, was reelected superintend.ent for an other year. He has been here but one ear but the school have prospered under his administration and he has given general satisfaction. The fol lowing teachers of the Boundary Street school wvere reelected: Mrs. W. Y. Fair, Mise Gertrude Simpson ,Miss Laura Bowman, Miss Genevieve Boozer. Miss Linda WVelch. Miss Mary Burton. Mrs. J. L. Kennerly, Miss El Dora Williamson. Misses Lucile WVilson and Lucy Riser were elected to succeed Misses Azile Pool and Agnes Summer, resigned. The same teachers were reelected in the Hoge school. The authorities of the 'Newberry cotton mills recommended the same teachers for the WVest End school Misses Laura Blease. P,ernice Martiti. and Sallie May Blurton and the recom mendation was confirmed. [t will be remembered that this school is sup ported entirely by the co.tonl mill and no part of the spci:al tax for the grad ed schu' g: .s to T>i Th tMl not he for the cation di :1lp* . the special ta': juls! as any other prop WE PAY YOUR RAIL ROAD FA RE WiTH EVERY $20.0o PU,JR CASE MIMNAUGH. LIQUOR SALES. Profits of Newberry and Prosperity Dispensary For Month of May. Following is a statement of the bus iness done by the Newberiry dispen sary for the month of May: Sales: Consumer's price .....$3,305.21 Invoice price ........2,583.4r Gross pronts .......... 721.80 Expenses ..2.............ao.63 Net profits .......... 481.17 The expenses of the month of May include the annual United States revenue license of $25, making the expense account $25 greater than it otherwise would have been. May is regarded as one of the lightest months in the year, the profits being only about one-third or one-fourth those usually made in December or January. Dispenser Chappell, with th'e assistance of Mr. Epps, has been conducting the business in a manner highly satisfactory to the county and state boards. The Prosperity Dispensary. Following is a statement of the bus iness done by the dispensary at Pros perity during the month oL May: Sales: Consumer's price .......$930.56 Invoice price .......--.-73045 Gross profits ..........200.ir Expenses .........,--.93.30 Net profits ............$io6.8z The Beer Dispensary. Under the ruling of the attorney general and instructions from the state board of control, the county board of control, as its meeting yes terday, decided that the drinking of beer in the rear of the Newberry beer dispensary was drinking on the prem ises, and allowed until June"17 to stop such drinking. The board will meet again on June 17. MIMNAUGH'S BIG MONSTER SALE IS THE TALK OF THE TOWN. SPECIAL NOTICES. THE MOST WONDERFUL thing that the people of Newberry and Heleana h1ave ever had the opp.or tunity t'o witness is now located in Helena at the fork of the road, west end of Newberry, opposite Lomax church. sign placed on the building. Dr. Wmn. F. Edwards, the Divine Healer, is curing the peo ple by simply moving his hand and giving a drink of clear water. Come and see for yourself, people, white and colored, ladies and gentlemen, far and near are coming and going away declaring that they are being benefited. If no benefit, no pay. Prepared to prove it by some of the best white people of Newberry town and county. - YOU HAVE TRIED the so-called best ham, now try the best-"Gold Band" sold by W. P. Smith and Wheeler. & Hitt. LOST CALF-Small heifer calf, part Jersey, white 'spots, short horns. strayed from Boozer Bros. last Wednesday. Reward if returned to Boozer Bros., Newberry, S. C. WANTED-To trade good grey mule for couple horse colts, 2 or 3 years old, address N. G. G., R. F. D. No. 3, Prosperity, S. C. WANTED-Twent-ive m~ule colts Highest market price paid. S. B. Aull, Jalapa. - WE WILL BUY COTTON SEED for cash or in exchange for the next ten days. Little Mo'mtain Oil Mill, Little Moun:tain. S. C. WANTED-All the old iron you+ have for sale. Highest rrices paid. Langford & Wicker. MONEY TO LOAN-We negotiate 'mans on improved farm lands at seven per cent. interest on amounts over one thousand dollars, and eight per cent. interest on amounts less than $i,ooo. Long time and easy payments. Hunt, Hunt &