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Z-. r -VOL. XLII. NO. gc; NEWBERRIY. S. C.. FRI DAY .TL'LY 14, 1905,y TWICE AWEK$15YA DISPENSARY COMMITTEE WILL MEET ON TUESDAY MEETING TO BE HELD IN CO LUMBIA. The Call Has Been Issued By Sena-! tor J. T. Hay, Chairman, of the Committee. It was learned vesterday that the next meeting of the dispensary in vestigating committee would be held in Columbia on next Tuesday. The -call has been issued by Senator J. T. Hay. chairman of the committee. for a meeting at Wright's hotel, in Co lumbia, at i o'clock p. m.. on Tues day. July 18. or as soon thereafter as the members of the committee can be gotten together. The meeting of the dispensary in vestigating committee at this time is especially interesting, in view of the fact that the appeal has been made to the people of Newberry county to await the report of this committee be fore taking any decisi*e action in the matter of voting out the dispensary. This suggestion has been made by Senator B. R. Tillman. among others, and State Senator Cole. L. Blease stated in his speech at Pomaria Tast Saturday that if the report of the committee was not an honest report he would willing to resign his seat in .the senate. T?e committee was appointed at the last session of the legislature. hav ing been created by a resolution in troduced by Senator Blease provid ing for a thorough investigations of 1 the management of the dispensary. The committee has been at work 1 since and has already held several meetings. So far the committee has ,held only secret meetings, and, as a matter of fact. very little has been i givcn out to the newspapers either as to the meetings or as to the time I when they would be held. Conservative Action Necessary. The south is to be congratulated on the prospects for general prosperity during the next eighteen months. The loyalty of southern farmers in stand ing together during the first three months of the year and holding their staple off a depressed cotton market and following this. by curtailing pro duction for 1905 by materially reduc ing the cotton acreage and use of gua no under the cotton is more largely responsible for the present condition of good prices than all other causes combined.1 *The loyalty of southern ba.nkers, cotton men, fertilizer companies and business men generally who have so generously contributed funds to the. assQciationl. and the southern press which, during the hard struggle of the farmers for the past six months to whip the fight they had undertaken. has done such valiant and effective public service without price, are other highly important factors in making possible existing conditions. All of these things. coupled with bad seasons, following the wake of a heav-1 ily reduced acreage and an enormous demand for spot cotton by the spin ners of 'he world, gives to cotton the strongest statistical position it has oc-. cupiedl in many years. If crop condi tions (1o not rapidly improve the sup pby of raw cotton for consumption in 19o6 will fali far short of the demand and prices will go very much higher. But abnormally high prices will be as1 dangerous for the future to the pro ducer and spinner as abnormally low prices, and we must endeavor to be conservative and consistent. It will be the part of wisdom for all cotton producers to discourage spec Llative interests that wvoud tend to drive the price of spot cotton above 12 c.ents per pound just as it is imperativei that no farmer should ever again sell xa pond of middling-cotton under 10o cents per pound. Let us not encourage inflated prices that will hamper the mills and curtail consumption of cot ton and encourage the growth of the staple in foreign ields. We hold a complete monopoly of the cotton in dustrv of the world up to 12 cents per pound. and at that price god profits to the producer can be realized. Selling For Future Delivery. The recent advance in cotton is inducing many farmers already to sell t-heir crop for delivery in October. This is a bad policy and if generally indulged in will deluge such an enor mous amount of the staple on the market during that month as to break prices and prove injurious to those who must sell. Learn to market the crop slowly and do not go into spec ulative propositions. By co-operative action refuse to sell any cotton under to cents and so mar ket the staple as to keep the legiti mate demand active and healthy at good prices. The Southern Cotton association in ts meeting at Memphis, June 29, 1905, endorsed the plans for immediate con struction of ware houses under the plans and specifications of the insur ince companies and to be owned and aperated by the local communities in which they are built. The rapid de velopment of a cotton ware house system is absolutely essential to the >est system of marketing cotton for ugh prices and this matter should be ?ushed at every cotton point of the ;outh. Increasing The Membership. It is now imperative that the farm !rs rally in each county and build up he membership of the association. rhose counties which would have to ye organized should get into line at )nce. Those that are organized ;hould be pushed by the local officers md the membership of each rapidly ncreased after the crops are -laid by. We want to be in a strong position )y September to handle the situation 1ext fall and winter. The outlook is nost encouraging. The state and :ounty officers of the association are :o be congratulated on the splendid work they have done and now that ;uccess is assured they should re louble their efforts. We have everything to be proud of mnd must not let the golden oppor :unity now in reach to still better ortify our position for the future, lip by or fail to measure up to the iighest standard of our dutty to one nother. Very truly. Harvie Jordan, President Southern Cotton associa ion. TROUBLE IN MISSISSIPPI. Roosevelt Appoints Negro as Post master at Greenwood-Citizens Indignant. After one negro had been selected eor the position of clerk in the post iffice at Greenw od. Miss., and had resigned after a mysterious court. ueld by citizens oi the town, pending :roubles have been heightened by- the mnouncement that another negro. J. A. Harmon, is the next man on the eligible list, and he will be offered the >lace. WV. A. Carter. the first negro bho accepted the .job only to give it ip after one day. and after a warn ng that he had better leave the coun rv. The citizens are very much stirred ip over the latest developments, and tis feared that they will attempt rore violent means of getting rid of his negro. Greenwood, which is jovernor Vardaman's home town, has mwhite woman as postmistress. 3reenville News. Many a girl has been sorely disap pointed because a young man asked er to marry him instead of asking uer to accomnanv him to the theatre. LOYED MOST BY THOSE WHO KNEW HIM BEST MR. CULBREATH'S MEMORY HONORED. Resolutions Adopted and Tributes Paid By His Fellow Members of the Newberry Bar. Fi:ting tribute was paid by his fel- t low members of the Newberry bar on Wednesday morning to the memo ry of Mr. James Y. Culbreath, who t died during last December. Imne diately after the business of the com mon pleas court, Judge James C. Klugh presiding, was concluded. the following resolutions were presented by Col. O. L. Schumpert. who moved I that they be spread upon the minutes i of the court. Tie resolutions were eloquently seconded by members of the bar, and in appropriate words the f motion was granted by Judge Klugh, who ordered, as a further mark of r respect to the memory of the deceas ed, that the court stand adjourned r sine die. . The resolutions presented by Col. Schumpert, the senior member of the t bar, and president of the bar asso- f ciation. were as follows: C James Yarborough Culbreath. t James Y. Culbreath was born in -t Edgefield county on the -day of ,18 , on his father's plan tation. and where he lived until 18-, when he left there to attend the Cit adel in Charleston. He was at school at this latter place during the war be tween the states, and as a member of the battalion of the state cadets par ticipated in the last throes of that 1 great and historic struggle. After i the war he studied law at Newberry f in the office of Col. Simeon Fair, and after his admission to the bar located here in 1875 for the practice of his e profession, in which he was actively engaged up to the time of his death on December 2, 1904. He soon gave evidence of those sterling qualities of head and heart that endeared him to all who were thrown in contact with him, either socially or profes sioially. We are taught by that an cient maxim to say nothing of the dead but what is good. and, in this in stance, we can obey the injunction without violating the most scrupu lus dictates of sincerity. He was a true friend, a magnanimous opponent, guileless as a child., a Christian gen tc.-man. He was no sophist to him sdi and, therefore, he was true and sincere to all the world. Therefore, be it resolved by the bar of Newberry. in meeting assem bled, that in the death of our asso ciate and brother, fames Y. Cu? breath, we have lost a true, honest I and upright member of our profes sion: the state bar has lost one of its bright ornaments, and South Caro lina has lost a devoted and loyal friend. Resolved That this preamble and resolution, by permission of the court,I be spread upon the minutes of our court, and that a copy of the same be forwarded to the family of the de-1 ceased. - Respectfully submitted. 0. L. Schumpert. For the Committee. After he had readl the resolutions, Col. Schumpert said: "Withou-t further word. because the. p)reamlble and resolutions express so I entirely my feelings in the matter, I offer these resolutions for adoption." Mr. Mower's Remarks. H-on. George S. Mower said that he s desired to say just a few words .in la seconding the resolutions. "I firste knew Mlr. Culbreath," he said, "at the time of his removal to Newberryt in 1875. about thirty years ago, short ly after my own admission to practice in this court. Mr. Culbreath was characterized in his capacity as a law ver by a careful and painstaking in estigation of any matter which came nto his hands for consideration. It xas his practice to carefully consider ill ,f the principles of law applicable the facts ~f a given case, he ilways made a very patient and care 'ul investigation of the law, and he xas always very clear and precise in is application of the law to the facts >t a case. He was also characterized )y what is commonly called a judicial one, or temperament. He always pre ;ented his cases with great clearness, mnd always commanded undivided at ention in any forum in which he ap >eared." - Mr. Mower, continuing. said that Ulr. Culbreath, during the long period )f his practice here. was always char Lcterized by uniform courtesy towards tis brethern at the bar and to the >ench. His work as a lawyer was lwavs characterized by ability and >y fairness. \lr. Mower spoke of im in the relation of friend and as ociate. stating that in this relation e was always characterized by geni lity. His firm adherence to the ight, he said, was marked. He vas always firm in his convictions. All of these qualities endeared him o us. and we sincerely mourn his de >arture from our midst. I, therefore, :oncur in the resolutions, and second he motion that they be spread upon he minutes of this court." Hcn. Cole. L. Blease. Mr. Blease spoke as follows: "If Your Honor please. Mr. Cul )reat.h and myself were thrown al nost entirely apart in the practice of aw, because the most of his work vas on the equity, or civil side of the ourt, while the larger part of mine as been on the other side. But I :new him all my life, and he was a riend of my father, he and my father oming from the same county. That riendship continued during my fath r's entire lifetime. "I have yet to hear any man, either awyer or other citizen, say other than hat James Y. Culbreath was an ihon rable, high-toned gentleman. I have ever heard anybody even utter one ord that would give rise to the sus icion that he was the least unfair in usiness or at the bar. That I consid r to be honor enough for any man. e presided here for us at one term f court fairly and impartially. I am atisfied that if he had gone into the olitical arena-he would have been a ower in this country, and that if he ad been placed upon the bench his Lecisions would have been followed n many cases, and that the supreme ourt of this state would have sustain d him. "I desire to say this much. I know hat we feel keenly our loss in his eath. I know positively it will be a ong time before his place is filled ompletely at this bar or in this coun Dr. Cromer's Address. Dr. George B. Cromer seconded the esolutions. saying: "May it please the court, in common vith the other members of the bar I eas fond of Mr. Culbreath, and I wish had the power now fittingly to char cterize him as a man, as a citizen, as lawyer. It is impossible for us just y to measure t:he character of any nan. because we can not adequately Wegh the circumstances that hindered ir promoted what we call his success at life. And yet. there are some things a the character oIf Mr. Culbreath :hat vere obvious to all of us. some things hat won the admiration, the esteem nd the confidence of all of us. and ome things therefore that we can peak of: no things that we would esitate about speaking of if we could xpress them adequately. "I think the first thing, the first rait in Mr. Culbreath that impressed >eOple, was the child-like simpliciry >f the man. He illustrated the power >f plain things and simple things. He as a guileless as a child; he was as Sap)pro ach abie as a child: he was as easily accessible to the plainest farm er in the c. 'unty as to the judge on .e bench. There was none of that finesse al)out him that is supposed to with su ccessful diplomacy. He a :pl n-iarte!: :e was candid. I think in his addresses to the court, in his ariumcnts to the jury. in his counsel t, his client, the dominant note always was his simple, open hearted, straight-forward candor. And it was not superficial candor. It was candor speaking out of the abund ance of an honest heart. that was without guile, and would not inten tionally mislead any man to his hurt. Along with that simplicity he had great power. Mr. Culbreath was sel dom seen un the criminal side of the court; he was always seen on the civil side. He 'did not pose as an advocate, and yet I have seen him before a jury display the very highest qualities of an advocat&. When thoroughly arous ed, when deeply interested in his case, when greatly concerned about the interests and the rights of his client, he was a power before a jury. "One of the most striking things in th- character of the man was a re markable union of that simplicity of which I have spoken with great vigor and virility and power of manhood. He was a strong lawyer, particularly strong in that branch of law that most of us regard as the difficult branch of law. On limitations of estate, con struction of wills. conveyancing and all matters pertaining to real estate Mr. Culbreath's opinion was sought after by membei-s of the bar, and not in vain, because he was always wil ling and always ready graciously to accord to any member of t.he bar whatever of information he had on any branch of law that would be of assistance to the seeker. "So. with the guilelessness of a child that simplicity that commanded him to - people wherever he met them. he uni ted great strength and vigor of intel lect and remarkable acquaintance with the most difficult branches of law: and, therefore, I say he was an unusual man, unusual in the qualities of childhood and manhood that seem ed to be united in him even up to the time of his death. "Mr. Culbreath was a patriot and never a self-seeking patriot. He lov ed his state. He loved its institu tions, he loved its traditions, he loved its history. He was a child of the soil, and even to the very last his fondness for old Edgefield, now em braced within the district of Saluda, was almost pat-hetic. He loved Salu da and 'the people of Saluda, his na tive county. He loved Newberry, and he loved the people of Newberry, his adopted county. He was not a poli tician, but his opinion could always be had on matters of moment that cnecrned the county and the state, and he was always faithful, always sincere, alvays honest. in seeking what was right in political matters, in giving wise counsel in behalf of the right, and he was never a self seeker, and never moved by personal consideration in matters that were political. --So. Your Honor, as a man, as a lawyer. as a patriiot and a citizen, it gives me great pleasure to be able to say now. leavi- g out no word that I would say if Mr. Culbreath were pres ent. leaving out no word that I would - care to add if he were present, that Mlr. Culbreath was an honor to his county and an honor to his state. He was an honor to the profession of law. He did nothing to its discredit, but much to bring it honor and credit; and, therefore, it is with peculiar pleasure that I bring this simple trib ute to his memory this morning." Col. W. H. Hunt. At the conclusion of Dr. Cromer's remarks Col. Walter H. Hunt ad dressed the court as follows: "May it please Your Honor, I can scrcely trust myself to speak of Mr.