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VYOL.' XLII.~ NO. 90 NEWBERRY. S. C.. FRIDAY JULLY S, 1905. TWICE A.WE.$.0YA THE NEWS OF PROSPERITY. Personal Mention-The City Forging Ahead And Our Correspondent Delighted. Prosperitv. July 27.-Mr. Win. L. Connelly of Greenwood county is vis iting Mr. W. P. B. Harmon. Mr. Connelly moved :o Greenwood coun tv from this county a number of years ago. We are glad to see him again. Mr. A. G. Wise has so far recov ered from his sickness that he left for Glenn's on Monday and will spend some time there. Mr. R. C. Counts is still confined to his room but is reported as doing very well and woluld be rut in a short time. Mr. L. S. Bowers and his daughter Miss Bessie and Dalla left for Clinton and Glenn's on Tuesday. Mr. -R. H. Russell paid a flying vis it to the folks at .home last Sunday. Mrs. Thbrnweli Haynes has gone on a visit to Mrs. Haynes at Glendale. Mrs. Nettie Gibson and Master Clarer.ce Lewis of Columbia are visit ing relatives in town. Miss Mary Kinard and Master Mc Fall Wise have gone on a visit to friends in Atlanta. Mr. Bushnell Miller is ac home having earned the rest that he is now getting. Again the grim monster death has entered the Mt. Pilgrim community and laid his icy hand on a dear one. Mrs. Ada L. Sligh wife of Lee J. Sligh of Columbia and daughter of Mr. A. H. Miller of Mt. 'igrim was laid 'to rest in the cemeterv at the church on last Sunday. We extend our sympathy to the bereaved. iss Freddie Banks is visiting rela tims in town. Mrs. Lizzie Boinest has returned to her home after a pleasant visit to her "da ighter, Mrs. E. 0. Counts. Mrs. J. L. Wise and the children will go to Atlanta Monday. Miss Kate Wheeler after a week's stay with relatives in and around Prosperity has returned to her home in Columbia. Mrs. F. E. Schumpert has return ed from her visit to Columbia. We are glad to report that Mr. Barre has been able to be up again. Mrs. Kenneth Baker and the chil iren of Greenwood are expected on a visit Fridav. MrF. E. R. Hipp has been on a visit to Miss Lilly Luther the past week. Master Bates Maffett~ has gone on a visit to his Uncle, Mr. Jacob Werts in Sah:da County. Mr. Jacob WVerts one of Saluda's \e are glad tu report that Mr. Os car Simpson is improving nicely. Mi- Gussie Kibler is visiting her * ister, Mrs. K. A. Simpson. Mrs. R. C. Crosson of Leesville is visitingr her son. Mr. J. H. Crosson. Mrc. M. B. Bedenbaugh and Miss Tal; stewart attended the Sunday school convention at St. Marks. Sa luda county- last week. Miss Grace H-'armon is visiting the home e i Mr. Pickens Riser of Saluda. Mr. andl Mrs. T. P. Riser of Saluda cor::nsitedi Mr. M. B. Bedenbaug'h the patweek. Mr E. W . Embehcr of Columbia and Cee re are v:s:::ng the p)arenltal ref s eekand enjoying the fine +r0: tohe focund here. Abs G. Y. Hunter after a short *e r ao conSnement to her room neer: a:.de to icairn wnt was :.gh ao he the trouble. Mr Norris Hawkins has been one of the shut ins for a few days. Mr. Boland the agent of the C.. N & L. railroad says that the fare to tihe reunion at Little Mountain will be 30 cents for the round trip. Miss Jessie Moseley has returned from her visit tc Columbia. Mr. B. S. Schumpert one of the most faithful engineers of the South ern is enjoying a rest and is spend ing the time with his sster, Mrs. W. A. Moselev. Mr. John E. Schumpert, an old Newberry boy. but who hias been for a number of years in Georgia, will be here on a visit to relatives next week. We are glad to welcome this fricnd of former days. Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Moselev will go on a visit to friends in Aalanta. Newnan and other Georgia cities next week. Miss Lucy Fellers is enjoying a pleasant visit to Miss Ethel Paysin ger this week. Joe. B. Derrick. Esq.. President of the Little Mountain oil mill was in town for a short while Tuesday. on business. Miss Frances Rawl after a pleasant stop over has returned to her home in Richland county. Miss Jessie Boyce of Due West is expected to visit Miss Isoline Wyche next week. Mr. Basil Gallman was in town last Saturday visiting friends. Mr. and Mrs. Green Mitchell have been on a visit to Mr. Jacob Domi nick of Kinards. Aunt Frances \Verts of Mountville is visiting in and around Prosperity this week. Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell will spend next week with relatives in Saluda county and will visit Leesville before returning to Prosperity. We are delighted to announce that our town is forging ahead in fact I would say that civic improvement is' rampant just now. Our city fathers are having all that part of Main street from the Bank of Prosperity to Bakers, laid with Granolitthic pave ment and in a short time we can boast of as good side walks as are to be found in any of our sister towns. - Hurrah for civic improvement: We would be glad to see another dose ad- I ministered and water works follow. The Prosperity Stock Co.. is erect ing a 25x1oo foot store next to the Bank of Prosperity for a Mr. Living ston of Charleston who will open a stock of hardware, therein about the first of September. The Jolly Dozen will be entertained the next time by Miss Georgia S. Schumpert. WVe may look for t:hat moonlight excursion Then. Mrs. Lee Si"gley of Kinards is vis iting relatives in this and surround ing sections this week. Miss Effie Hawkins has returned from her visit to Greenwood. ~Mr. Herman WVerts has returned to his post at the Prosperity Stock Co. Mrs. Lizzie Hunter of St. Lukes is vistin he daglur. Mrs. . H.I Illawkins. The Farmers Institutec will be held at Young's grove tomorro)w. (Friday) This meeting should be well attended by all of i ur p)eople. There will be a picnic at Mt. Tahor today and a general good time wvilI be hjad. Revs. Shearouise and Dr. Scherer and Mr. A. H. H-ohn are ex pected to mv:U aidresses. Girace S. S. has been invited to join them in this glad casin andc no doubt thcre il be a numbfller gm. Rev. P. H. E. Derrick and wife .\.E.iciger last Thursdlay. M re.Ge!ger was thle mt her 'f Mrs. Derrick and wh., ade ::h arin.g rAre from a po:1r: in Newherry cC:mty to the C minen:1a! c nmmander at O)range brgr. Mrs. Geiger was laid to rest We are glad to report that Mrs. ] D. Quattlebaum is improving nicel Mr. B. Frank Boozer is visitin his son. Hance. of Saluda county. There has been 715 bales of cottot marketed here during the month o July. We believe that this is a recor breaker for July. Miss Elliott Dobbins after a ver pleasant visit in our town has return cd to Whitmire. Mrs. J. B. Odom. of Johnston. i visiting her daughter. Mrs. Jno. S Barre. Messrs. Torn Johnson and P. F Gilder were n town for a short tim Wedneslay. Come down Mr. Editor and see th mprovements that are going on here You might not know the place if yo1 lon't keep in touch w'th us. \Ve are getting a move on us i1 the way of improvement and wil :ontinue until we have a number o mnterprises. We are glad to say that all the shut ns are -eported to be doing nicel: md on the road to recovery. Crops in this section are looking airly well, but are needing rain. Messrs. Mills and Nichols will giv< t cue at Young's grove tomorrow fo the benefit of all those who may de ;ire to attend the Institute. If all our people will take advantag< >f the institute they will be abl< )ften to keep off some of the dis Ldvantages of the farm and be able t< tave success where now at times the3 tave failure. Hatched in the Sun. Wednesday afternoon a workmaz >n Mr. R. C. Williamns' store, foun< t chicken in the rear of the biulding n a sand bed. The chicken hae vidently been out of the shell fo t half hour when it was found. The gg shell was there to show that the :hicken was hatched in the sun for t was nearly buried. The egg wa! vidently put there by a hen stealini i nest, and when work was begun or he building she was scared away t goes to show that the weather fo: he past three weeks has been warn -not warm enough to cook an egg )erhaps, but hot enough to hatch :hicken. The little orphan is health: is can be. A Statement T'o The Public. While it is not proper 'chat the Dav ,npurt case should be carried into th< iewspapers for trial, we feel. afte nia:ure dleliberation. that there ar< -easons which are perfectly plain t< hose who were at the recent trial xh-ti proper that a statemen bhould be made in regard to certail eatNres of the case and why- tha ~tatemnent cannot be made by P. C Smith. In the course of the argu uient made by the attorney for th, lefendant the following statement mnd charges were made directly or b: nsinuatio'n. though there was n< :stiminy to support them: ist. It was statedl that P. C. Smiti xas a rich man, and T. -. Davenpor i self-made man. who was p 'or hi lHs bovho,d.(. As itf this had anythina Iod with .iustice. 21nd. It is charged :hat years ag' P. C. Smith shot Mr. Bela Manguw 3rd. It was charged that P. C Smnith,. many years ago'. shot at or as ,:ultedl \lr. John Satte-rwhite. 4th It was cenar-:e( that .:ars a;. I. C. Smnith aided in ki!ling neg~ree md( throwing -hem inlto the river. \\e desire ti- say that we arc abl to prove: i st. That P. C. Smith wvas not rich hov. butt that lhe wvas an orph a zar e in lie: that he had to work fo aliving. and that he too is a sl made man. But wvhat has this tr' d' dwe were p)rep)ared(t prY\e at thl tria!. if any evidenice lhad been offere 'un the 51ubject byX the defense~5. that f C. Smith not only did not shoot MI Bela Man nm but that at the time the shooting P. C. Smith was unarm 3rd. \\e are prepared to prove, and were prepared to prove at the time of the trial, if any evidence had been i offered on the subject by the defense, ' that P. C. Smith not only did not sh),t at Mr. John Satterwlhite. but that he did not assault him. and that - he did not offer to do anything but defend himself when assaulted. 4th. We are 'prepared to prove, and were prepared to prove at the trial, if any evidence had been offered on the subject by the defense, that P. C. Smith did not kill an negro or negroes and did not help to kill any negro or negroes and throw them into Little Ricer or any. other river. t 5t-h. We are prepared to prove that P. C. Smith has been regarded con i stantly with esteem and love 'by his neighbors and servants. and that he F (lid not carry a pistol, even on his own prenises. These things we can show by in contestable evidence of reputable wit nesses. It seems to us that it was bad enough for the defendant to shoot an unarmed man with the evident pur pose of taking his life; bad enough to send that man back to his family shattered' physically and seriously im paired mentally: btr it was worse still I for the defendant, not satisfied with the work of his hands, to make an effort through his attorney, and with ,lout any evidence to support =him, to ruin the reputation of P. C. Smith by fabricated charges that have no' foundation in fact. As to the resu.lt of the trial, we have nothing- to say. The evidence that was submitted to the jury in that E trial was the evidence of honarable men. It was not denied; and whether the action of the jury was in accord ance with the testimony is a question for the public to decide, and nc a question for us to discuss. J. D. Smith. I. M. Smith. J. V. Smith. Tompkins-Davis. Mr. Frank Tompkins. who holds a lucrative position with the Balti B more and Ohio railroad, being locat ed at Connellsviile, Pa., is spending his vacation in Edgefield. He stole a march on his friends on Saturday last by betaking himself to Saluda where he and Miss Sudie Davis. the eldest daughter of Mr. John B. Davis, wvere maried. Mr. and Mrs. Tompkins will spend a fortnight in Edgefield with relatives and friends before they leave for their northern home. The scores of admiring friends of these happ yon people are showering -many congratulations and hearty good wishes upon thiem.-Edgefield Advertiser. A Newberry Boy Forges Ahead. Among the recent additions to citi zenship of Rome is Mr. S. D. Shock 1ey, who comes from South Carolina. Mr. Shi' ckley is~a job printer in the itruest sense of the word. IHe learned I his trade years ago in the north. hav mng w~orked for quite a while with > oote & Davies in Atlanta. For the .)past t.hree years. however. lie has .ee with the R. L. Bryan Printing -Co>. of Columbia. S. C. Mr. Shockley comes to Romie to ac , cpt the p 'si: ion of art compositor with the Rome Publishing Co.. which 'irm is to be congratu1late'd uponi Se Scring the services If such a good man, as l-e will make a valuable ad -- a 1! .rald. R \:me . a Frederick the Great by t Arowinug . away the package ofhdyni:e placed . ear it byv the crank Rosseat: for the ipurpose of demolishing it. Good Meeting at Whitmire. Sixteen persons have recently been added to the Baptist church here as the result of the recent meeting. Last Sunday thirteen were added by bap tism. Three had already been re ceived by letter. Dr. Baghy of Greenwood. assisted the pastor and did most of the preaching. His strong, earnest, able, gospel sermons will long be remembered by our people. We are looking forward with pleas ure to the union meeting which is to convene with us on Saturday and Sun day next. J. H. P. Advertised Letters. Letters remaining in postoffice for week ending July 22, 1905. D.-Rev. Noghey Dobby. G.-Miss Mamie Grant, Mrs. May Emmie Glymph. H.-Miss Sudie Hance, Paston Hal tiwanger. P.--Richard Pitts. Miss Inez Pope, J. F. Powers. R.-Miss Alice Redenburg (2). W.-Mrs. Annie Williams. Persons wishing to get these let. ters must ask for advertised letters. Chas. J. Purcell, P. M. Eliza C. Martin has been appoint ed postmaster at McPherson, S. C. Rev. F. C. Hickson was the chief speaker at an anti-dispensary rally in Union. SEASONABLE If you are in need?of anything in Men's Fur nishing Goods, Shoes, Hats, Pants, Under wear, Hosiery, Hand kerchiefs, Umbrellas, Suit Cases, Trunks, Shirts, Collars and Cuffs, Suspenders. I have them that I be lieve will please you in both style and price. If you are going away for the summer, or will be among the stay-at homes. I have the things you will want in order to keep comfort able. I will have bar gains to offer y.ou in all the departments closing out broken lots at less than their value.. If you need anything in Mens', Women's or Children's Shoes, look at my stock, I keep noth ing but the best makes, and those who have tried them once call for some of the same kind they bought before when they come back again. It will pay you to buy your Fall Shoes early. In order to be able to sell my customers their Shoes at old prices I bought early and have a good many of them now in store. All the indica tions point to higher prices later in the season. Come and see us whenever you need anything in-our line, and let us help you to save your money. A. C. JONES, Under Newberry Hotel, July 12, 1905.