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PURELY PERSONAL. The Movements of Many People, Newberrians and Those Who Visit Newberry. Mr. Arthur Kibler went to Spar :anbur, yesterday on business. Mrs. P. E. Scott is visiting in \Vil mingzen, N. C. Mrs. W. G. Houseal and children returned from 1THendersonville. N. C., yesterday where they have been spending the summer. Little Gus nad the misfortune to cut his foot last Friday real badly. but he is doing as well as could be expetecd. He has high fever. Miss Ethel Shull returned to Co lumbia yesterday. after visiting her sister. Mrs. J. N. Buzhardt in the :c'uftY 11r. Frank Bradburn left Vednes -av for Hendersonville. where he will spend the rest of the summer. Mr. Craig Harelson of Fauston. N. ... is visiting his aunt, Mrs. P. F. Baxter. Mr. F. S. Beam of Jonesville. form ely dyer in the Newberry Knitting aills, was in the city this week on business. Rev. H. C. Grossman of \Valhalla the guest of Rev. V. L. Seabrook. Me will preach at St. Phillips church -.next Sunday. Miss Laura Cromer of Clinton is visiting Miss Ruby Summer. Mr. F. E. Schumpert. Miss Bessie Sch.m-pert and Miss Sarah Robinson returned to the city the first of the week. after a delightful visi: to Chick Mr. R. C. Bruce is in Charleston on ~business. Miss Euphemia McClintock went to Columbia Tuesday. Miss Belle Cannon left yesterday for Henderson, to spent the remain der of the summer. Miss Claire Weisigner, who has been visiting Mrs. Jno. M. Kinard, re turned to her home in Augu-.s yes terday. Miss Gussie Kibler and Odalite Johnson left yesterday for a few -weeks trip to Brevard, N. C. Misses Edna dnd Louise Hipp left -yesterday for Greenville and Chick .Spring' to spend several weeks. Miss Mamie Pearson is visiting relatives at Bessemer City and Gas -tonia, N. C. Miss Annie Cromer is visiting fri ends in Laurens. Mrs. S. B. Jones and children, and Mrs. F. C. Holbrook are spending the summer on Pawley's island,. near George:own. Ho:'. Fred. H. Dominick and Hon. Cole. L. Blease are attending court in ~aurens. Pr. Thos. WV. Keitt nif Clemson c:ueg w as in :he city yesterday. l Ruth Wells is visiting her \sa rs. Chas. Trabert in Minne .VGOUS AND ALL ABOUT. .Re. .l. L. WVilliamson will preach at Morra church near Chappells next S undar and Rev. A. J. Bowers will il pulpit at Aveleigh church. Rev. lulian 8. H armon will preach at Nlaver Mlemoria! next Sunday at Ro. .\ r. Ra-nake. the *niversa1list rea chr, will hold d e~rvice. andc preach * .~ :cre' mili. netxt Slnd-ay after 'eis ek. The piubile i-. c 'r fthe Redeemewr will Tusa a:ftern:m, Augiust T T p *on .2 treet congrega * anted their pastor the \ ugus: f'r vacation. HIe is a:- - wi.th his family to Pa - (d .,:ne lay next week. - hea harheeue at WVhit - h. There T~...........te.r.n.down.the.ol bre oywoe buldngi frnt The building has been a nuisance for soie time. The frien(lS of .\Mr. James Goggan; hiVick: with tyh, )id fever. will be li1 to lea'n that he is doing nice l>r,fess,r V. C. VnUIn. wh,, has been teaching for tahe past two or three years in Georgetown, and who declined re-election in June, has been elected principa 1 of the Graded Sdihool at Bennetsville and has ac cepted the position. Prof. Bynum is a native of Newberry county, and is a graduate of Newberry college, and thoroughly equipped for the position which he has taken. A little negro who wrs described to the reported as being "three years old, and seven inches high," was gir en eight days yesterday morning by the mayor for some offense and was put to work on the streets. He had not been on long before he escaped from Street Overseer Epting-who by the way had just been boasting that no negro could get loose from him is somewhat bereaved by his loss. Some one gave a crazy negro at the cornty hime a big water melon, and he ate it and seeds and all. He died. There will be a barbecue at Spear man's Spring on Thursday, August 3rd. given by Messrs. T. T. Oxner and V. W. Riser. LITTLE MOUNTAIN REUNION. Many People Will Be There-Good Speeches-Good Dinner-Am ple Accomodations. The reunion of Newberry college, which will be held at Little Moun wtain Friday, August 4th,- will be a record breaking one for attendance. This year, in addition to the special train from Newberry, there will be an excursion run from Columbia, which will no doubt bring large crowds. Those who go can be assured of hearing some good speeches. as Hon. C. M. Efird of Lexington. Superin tendent of Education O. B. Martin, President Jas. A. B. Scherer, and Mr. R. W. Frick, Jr.. class of '05, will make addresses. Music for the occasion will be furn ished by the Little Mountain band, and there will also be a first-class barbecue given, so those who do not bring baskets can secure dinner any way. The C., N. & L. railroad will sell round trip tickets from Newberry for go cents. The morning train which is due here at 8:30 a. in., will carry extra coaches and there wvill be plenty of room for those who wish to go. Returning, the train leaves Little Mountain at 6:ao in the afternoon. The fare from Prosperity wvill be 30 cents. Children will he soldl half fare tickets. Just forget tihe h.t weather and take a dav off "in the mountains." Farmers' Institute. Editor "Herald and News." New berry. S. C., Dear Sir: We will be obhUiged if you will make the follow Iing announcement through your paper: "There will be a Farmers' Institu(e at Commerce. Ga.. on Angust 3 on the farm of Mr. WV. L. WVilliamson, con ductedl under the auspices of the state experment station. Addresses will b mad(e by Prof. W. J. Spillman, Agriulturist. U. S. dlepartmnent of agtricltu:re, and by prominent men fo m the state in,titutio n. The farm o lr WXilliamson is one of the v'ery' bet (diry farms in the son:h and the me' h.d- which he employs on this ,rm aire we1l worth studying. The addres5es will he made along the line f wirk foldlowed by Mr. WVilliamso'n and hi s farm will he used in demon srauing theSe metho ds. Every effort wil he pu frth to make this one of t:e hes farm'f' ins:mnes of the sea 1: e in terested'( in agri.cult ural wil d *bitless he well reCpatid for at einglt. this5 institute." Thiaukingz you in advaince fo tis inor. am~ ,ud' com!ir :o. enftorce te paymen't of Sg.goo due the sinking fund com THE DISPENSARY ELECTION The Delay In Ordering It Not Fau of Su ervisor-Waiting On Reg istration Books. T) Edit: .f The Herald and New4 I had intended to have nothing say in regard to the election as t "dispensary" or"no dispensary" in thi county. bit on account of certain tal and rumors as to the supervisor office in connection with the orde1 ing of the 'election. I feel that is du to the sipervisor and to myself t state the following facts: The super visor anc. myself were ready to prc ceed with, the checking of the pet tions wi:hin a few days after the were presented and the work woul have been carried on at that time bi for the fact that we were requeste by the committee in charge of th petitions to wait until the supervisor of registration had completed the r< vision of the registration books in ac cordance with the recent act of th legislature. This revision was completed o Saturday, July 22, and we bega checking up the petitions on the fo lowing Monday. finishing the same a half past eight o'clock oa1 Tuesda night. Immediately after this was done and was found that a sufficient number e petitioners had requested the cailin of the election, the following lette was sent to the attorney general, bu to which. of course, no reply has ye been received: Newberry. S. C., July 26, 1905. Hon. U: X. Gunter. Jr.. Attorne General of S. C.. Columbia, S. ( Dear Sir: A petition has been pr< sented to this office asking for a election on the question of "disper sary" or "no dispensary" under th terms of what is commonly known a the Brice bill. Upon an investiga tion. I find that there -is a sufficien number of petitioners to require th ordering of an election. I would be glad to have an officia opinion from your office as to ih proper procedure in regard to the or dering and holding of this electior Mr. Dominick. my attorney, is of th opinion that I should make a forma request on the commissioners of elec tion asking them to call the electior appoint: the managers, receive an tabulate the returns and transmit th result to the governor, secretary < state. clerk of court and to myself. This letter is written at his reques1 so as to have an official opinion o the matter and if he is wrong, w want to be advised as to the prope course, so as to avoid litigation i the future if possible to do so. Please give this matter your earlies attention, so that the proper callin. of the election may be proceede with., By :so doing, you will oblige. Yours very truly, J. Monroe Wicker. County Superviser. This; letter was written on accour of the fact that we want to have ever thing conducted properly and to avoi any "Pickens nmddle" if possible. I will say further that this matte has been handled with all speed b the supervisor's office and the conm mittee has been showvn every courtes that could be asked and the wvork u to this time has been conductedi such a manner as to receive the higi et praise andl commendation froi Mr. G. Fred. Long and Capt. R. T. ( I unter who were of the committe assisting in this work. I have that this is sufticiently plai tu sc me p)eoplle who like to tal when they do not knowv what they~ at talking about. to show that the caus f the dlelav is no)t in the supervisor ice. WVheni the reply is receive from the attorney general, the elet~ ion will be (ordered as soon as it ca )e legaly andi]W c nveniently (lone. Yours very trutly. Fred. HI. Dominick. C;erk Co. B. Con Barbecue. On Saturday August 5th I wi serve a regular old fashioned barbi cte at WVhitmire. S. C. Speaking c \Vm. R. Gilliami. Protracted Meeting. A trotracte l meeting wvill in Mt. Tatbor tihe first Sunay atJ o'clock. Ti:ere will be no service c the fii:h Suirday at 11 o'clock. JT N. T.:om. GEO. GILLIAM HELD k Lt For Furder of Charlie Gilliam-Rich- I ard Gilliam Released-The Result of the Further Investigation. c \\hen the coroners jury assem o bled in the c,ourt house Wednesday o morning at to o'clock to take furth s er testimony in the case of ie mur k der of Charlie Gilliam. last Thursday s night, the court room was crowded l with spectators both white and color- t e ed. o At the coroner's inquest held last t Friday there was little learned of the case, and the jury adjourned to await further developments. In the mean y time. Sheriff Buford got on to a clew d which resulted in the arrests of Hor it ace Sheppard, alias George Gilliam. d and Richard Gilliam. son of the dead e negro: an account of which was given s in our last issue. The jury. \Vednes- i day. rendered a verdict that Charlie 1 Gilliam came to his death at - the e hands of George Gilliam. Richard 1 Gilliam was released as there was no 1 n evidence against him. n Several of the witnesses told some l- thing of a fuss between George Gil Lt liam and the dead negro sometime y last May. but it seems that all bad feeling had died otc since then; and t it had little bearing on the case, for t f at the time of the killing the negroes i g were living in the same house peace r ably. t Mr. Noah Taylor testiied that he i t { noticed unusual tracks in a cotton i patch east of Charlie Gilliam's house. It looked like it might have been t y made by a peculiar pair of shoes, that George wears, but he would not t swear that it was his track. a Carvin Gilliam, son of the dead - negro, said that when George came I e home the evening before the shoot- i s ing took place he asked where was ( - Charlie, and upon being -told, he ate t supper hastily, got his gun and went e away "to the pines," and not' toward the watermelon patch. George said t I he would be back E. Richard and I e George never said anything to each I - other before George left. Saw num ber eight shot wad in wagon after e the shooting took place, but didn't 1 see his loaded shells. - Charlie Gilliam, another son of J Charlie Gilliam, told about the same d tale, except that the little fellow got e somewhat mixed in his account of the iaffair, though he was most too young to be put on the stand. But when "asked if his mother told him what to say. lie said: "no:hing but de truth." Clark Gilliam, also son of the de r ceased, told about the same tale as Sthe other two before him. George nevn r saidl anything to him about the tkillin~g. but the first he knew was Swheni George WVilson told him next dmorning. George Gilliam called Richard late in the night. Eila Gilliam, wife of Charlie, told 1 of Charlie's and her going away that evenin'g-the same story as related. in last issue. When she heard shots that night she never thought that someone was shooting at Charlie. IGeorge was ihonme good deal that day. but she never said anything to him in rpartic.ular. Told of the fuss in May, and said that Charlie had always been cLalousi of her. George's name used to he H orace Sheppard. she said, but het ch anged it because lhe was accused ot killing a man in Laurens. Charlie was~ her second husband, and she firm ly be.liev es that George Gilliam killed. hin. Jake Clark said that he tried to talk to Carvin Gihiani at the house to lind( out what he knew, hut Richard wounld foll>w. as if he didn'it want them to be by theniselves. Slack Kibler evidently posted. him selfi before lie came to the inquest. for lie said that lie lived 35 yards from Charlie's house, and 192 yards from hi.s watermelon patch. andl if a gun had been shut there lie would have\ heard it. Rich ard Gi il iam. uwh was uniider a r . rent a.kedl to' mke a Stat(feent andi bemac a clear breast of t he whole' matter. ior it seems that he has been i rigto pr tet George. Hie told . ab ut Ge' rge le.aving~ 2 ome with. nl his guni. iIe andI thec othiers wenlt to bed i.i a:fterwardis. Geo rge camel b)ack ajat m:idniht and wvhen he had n took my gun and( wenUt off. b)ut don': tell anyone that: if anyone asks you:. sa nth;iing for they will thtek I shot nim." "Now come on he said "be ure and not to tell." Richard says e promised not to tell. Then George took his gun and cleaned it with a ane and rag. Early in the morning ;eorge said. *Son. when you gCt up n the morrning. teil the chaps that -uu and me was in the watermelon >atch: and that I called you at the )each tree: that will save me from eople thinking that I killed him." tichard said he never went to water nelon patch with George. George )rought a melon in the house next norning with little holes in it: look :d as if it had been done with a stick, >resumably doing it to fool the chil Iren. George Gilliam tried to prove an Llibi. He said he started to Silver itreet, but changed his mind and vent toward Deadfall, but he never ot there. He told a tale about meet ng a negro named Tom Werts, who >orrowed his gun. Said he got in the chool house and slept till Tom got >ack: when Tom came back he told tin, that Charlie was shot. George aid he was surprised. Shot twice at t dog, so he said. George said he had )nly two shells and they were loaded vith number eight shot. He -said he tiways carried gun with him at night.' ;aid what Richard said about the wa ermelon was true, for he wanted to ool Richard. The reason he said it vas because he was charged with illing a man in Laurens and he did 1't want to be thrown into the case, or it might be found out -whom he vas. His real name is Horace Shep tard. The evidence against the negro is tot enough to convict, for it has not )een proven yet that he fired the hots. It will require shrewd work )y the officials to work out the case ully. but there is little doubt thatj eorge Gilliam is the murderer. The )risoner is a big. bully, black negro. During his testimony his counten nce never changed,, and when he :ouched the pen to make his mark, iis hand was firm and steady; in fact ie was the coolest man on the stand. Married in California. Announcements have been received n Newberry of the marriage of Mr. . T. Jackson, and Miss Ida H. Dun )ar, who were united June 28th at ;anta Monica. The bride is a sister f Mr. Jas. A. Dunbar. Veterinary Surgoen. M1r. J. B. Bedenbaugh had a horse <cked in the head hy a mule about :wo weeks ago, breaking his skull. )r. T. J. Kinard was called upon. and iter skillful treatment of the ani nal. reports him safe and alright. r. Bedenbaugh recommends Dr. inard to all stockmen, who need uch services. He is the only veteri ary surgeon in the coun.ty. SPECIAL NIOPCL. Wanted: Lady or gentleman of fair education to travel for firm of $a50, 000 capital. Salary $1.072 per year payable weekly, expenses advanced. Address Geo. G. Clows. Newberry, S. C. WANTED-Immediate correspon- - dence with 1o young men who desire work during the month of August, salary to be credited on board and tuition account at Central Academy. Address M. WN. Hester, Littleton, N. C. NY YOUNG LADY of limited means desiring college p)reparationl f r Christian work may send writ tenl inquiry to) this (ftice. SCHOLARSHIPS in a Woman's cot lege for acceptable applicants. Send written inquiry to this office. WANTED to purchase 5.000 acres godfarm land for cash. Newber r~v Land and ,Security Co. WANTED to use horse or .mule for feed for next 6o dlays. Good atten tion. L.ight work. Apply at this ofntce. MONEY TO LOAN-We negotiate oars on improved farm landis at seven per cent. interest on: amou:nts over one thousand dollars. and eight per cent. interest on amounts less than Sr.ooo. Long time and easy payments. Hunt, H.unt & Hunter.