Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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PURELY PERSONAL. The Movements of Many People, Newberrians and Those Who Visit Newberry. Miss Belle Epting is viitng in Blacksburg. Mrs. Henry Adams is visiting rela tives at Chappells. Mr. W. A. Hill made a short visit to Laurens this week. Mrs. Viola Adams of the county, is visiting Mrs. J. C. Sample. Miss Gussie Kibler is visiting rela tives in Prosperity this week. Mr. Renwick Carlisle is visiting friends and relatives in Union. Miss Belle Fox. of Chester, is vis iting Mrs. Geo. D. Davenport. Mr. Jas. A. Bowers, of Atlanta is in the city on a visit to his parents. Miss Ida Hueitt, of Columbia, is visiting Miss Ellie Huiett ir the city. Miss Grace Harmon, of Prosperity, visited friends in the city this week. Dr. W. E. Belcher. of Knovville, Tenn., is in the city on a v;sit to his family. Mr. W. C. Tyree returned to the city yesterday after a vacation to Virginia. Mrs. W. A. Hill and daughter, Miss Lucy, are visiting relatives at Mountville. Mrs. A. T. Brown has returned from an extended s*ay in Hendersonville, Nor:h Carolina. Misses Pearl McCracken and Lu cile Dickert are visiting friends in Clinton this week. Miss Kate Summer, of Union, spent several days in :he city this week visiting friends. Misses Morsie and Sara Hayes and Miss Lucile Boozer are visiting relatives in Laurens. Mr. M. A. Carlisle returned home yesterday from points in Virginia where he went on a vacation. Mi-s Lillie _Mann has - returned orhve, after a pleasant visit to rela tives in Columbia and Fairfield. Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Summer are home from a pleasant visit tco the mountains in North Carolina. Mrs. WV. B. Oxner and children, of Maybinton, are visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. WV. Pearson. Dr. J. M. Henry, of Monroe, La., who is visiting 'his relatives in town will preach in Central Methodist c!hurch Sunday at r1i o'clock Prof. Edw. S. Werts is here on a visit to relatives in the county. Prof. WerEs is in charge of a higth school at Memphis, Tenn. Miss Eldora Williamson returned home Wednesday from New York, where she has been attending the sum mer sdhool at Columbia university. Mrs. J. H. Hair left yesterday for Baltimore and other northern mar kets where she will purclease a com plete line of mil1inery for Hair and Havird. She will be gone about two weeks. Mr. R. H. Weloh formerly a mem ber of the Newberry bar, has formed a copartnership in Columbia with Hon. G. Duncan Bellinger and Mr. Chas. E. Commander, for the prac tice of law. under the firm name of Bellinger and Wealch. Death of P. J. Stephens. Mr. P. J. Stephens. of the Dead Fall section. died at Glenn Springs Wednesday night where he was spend ing the summer for his health. His remains were brought tro Newberry yesterday afternoon and interment was at Mt. Zion church. Rev. I. A. McDowell conducted the funeral ser vices. Meeting at Unity. The summer meeting will begin at Unity on Saturday at 11 a. m. On Sabbath there will be preaching at I' followed by the Sacrament of the Sup per. Lunch on the grounds and a second service. Chas. M Boyd. A good line of Men's Working Shirts, Overalls and Pants at A. C. JONES'. FIRE TUESDAY MORNING. Residence Occupied by Mr. Theo Long Destroyed by Flames. The residence owned by Mrs. Al ice Goggans and occupi-d by Mr. H. Theo Long's family was destroyed by flames early Tuesday morning about one o'clock. The fire is supposed to have originated from ashes left in the stove. The fire department responded promptly but the flames had gained such, headway before it was discover ed that the building could not be saved. Most of the household goods of Mr. Long were a complete loss as there was no insurance. The build ing was insured for $350. Mr. Long has been presented with about $6o.oo in cash by his friends to help defray ihis losses. MR. HAIR AT WHITMIRE. Institued Fine Pocahontas Council for The Ladies-The Officers. Mr. J. H. Hair was in Wlhitmire last evening and while there institu ted fine Pocahontas councils for the Ladies of Indian Creek Tribe of the Improved Order of Red Men. This council is named Wy-No-Na Council No. 9, and has 32 members. The fol lowing are the officers: Prophe*tess, Miss Mary Jones; Po cahontas, Mrs. A. J. Holt; Wenno na!h, Miss Nora Ballard; Powhatan, Mr. A. J. Holt: Keeper of Records, Mr. J. E. Lattimore; Keeper of Wam pum., Miss Mary Jeter; Collector of Wampum, Miss Hattie Porter. These are some of the best women of Whit mire and promises to be one of the finest Degree of Pocahontas councils in the state. There are only nine of these councils in the s-ate and Mr. Hair has instituted five of them. VARIOUS AND ALL ABOUT. Rev. J. N. Isom will preach next Sunday at Whitmire church on the whiskey problem. There will be a school picnic near Mr. J. J. Sease's 'Eomorrow, and tihe public is cordially invited to attend. There will probably be some speeches. .The Ladies' Aid soc'ety of the Lutheran church of tbc Redeemer will meet with Mrs. WV. G. Houseal Tuesday afternoon at five o'clock. Mr. J. H. West is putting four handsome plate glass windows in :h-is store. The glass measure 9 feet and are the largest in the city. Miss Leila Fulmer, of Coluumbia, is clerking in Summer Bros. dry goods store. The Florida and West India Limit ed a vestibule train of the Seaboard passed the city Wednesday, going north as The track on the main line was impassible somewhere along the line. The Woman's Foreign Missionary society of the Methodist churcdh' will meet next Monday afternoon at 5 oclock, a full attendance is desired. There wIl be a picnic at Beth Eden church August 31st. The public is cordially invited to attend and bring well filled baskets. Barbecue hash will be served. Mr. M. B. Caldwell showed us an interesting peach limb yesterday. The limb was 4 or 5 feet long and full of peaches of all kinds and sizes-some were ripe and others were ripening, while still others seemed as if the buds had dropped off only a week ago. What Dr. Scherer Says. Anderson Intelligencer. "I have traveled far and observed the operation of various laws in vari ous sections. and if tihere is any worse 'solution' of the liquor ques tion than the dispensary system as it exists in South Carolina today, I have yet to find it." This is the opin ion of Dr. Scherer, president of New berry college. a man of wide know! edge of economic problems. whose ideas have been strengthened by travel. study and observation. Banister's Fine Shoes for Gentle men, for fall and winter.. Jijst receiv THE DISPENSARY SIDE. Another Card From Senator Cole. L. Blease to the Voters of Newber ry County. To 'Ehe Voters of Newberry coun ty: In view of certain rumors I have decided to call your attention to the following facts: On the dispensary issue, when you go to the ballot box, take with you your registration certificate and your tax receipt. Of course, those who are not subject to poll or other taxes last year will not have to show any tax receipt. You are not required to have any special registration certificate for this election, as has been reported. It has also been rumored th-at if the dispensary is voted out when the dis pensary is closed it will also close the club rooms. That is not true. If the dispensary is vo'ed out the vote does not affect the clubs. They re main just th-e same, because they are chartered institutions by the state, and cannot be affected by this election. Your tax levy is now 2 1-2 mills for county purposes. If the dispen sary is voted out it will be, necessari ly, 5 1-4 mills. The loss on dispen sary profits for the remaining months of this year will cause a deficiency in the present fiscal year. whidh will also have to be met by the levy for the next year. Besides this we will lose all the money which we have been receiving from the state dispen sary fund for our public schools, as this is provided in the Brice bill. as is also the additional half mill I tax. In the town of Newberry the county levy, of course, will be as above. The town will lose over $6, ooo revenue from the dispensary, which will raise the town taxes, h.ich of necessity. will raise the rents of property, and cause a hard ship upon tho Vh - a,e compelled to rent. The town ta.< is already very high. We also have a license on all businesses, and very recently we had to l'ave an electiou to vote bonds for past indebtedness. Vote out the dis pensary and the burden becomes greater both upon the tax-payer and 1his tenmts. -s Under the dispensiry ta* the coun ty gets one-half and the town ene-half Before the dispensary la* was passed the town got $5oo from 'ach bar and the country $ioo. High, license will bring about this same condition. And that is what many of the present antidispensaIry men are fighting for, and not for prohibitionl. It is imprac ticable; you all know it, and it has been proven a failu everywhere, it been tried, as the record will clearily show. Remember, as I have called to your attention before, we pay three mills tax levy for educational purposes. The negro receives a large amount of this money. If you will make an examination you will find that the negro buys by far the largest pro portion of the whiskey from the dis pensary and pays the least part of the taxes, and in this way only we re ceive back in part the sdhool money used by his children. W\hat are the conditions of the dis pensary in this county? A few days ago Dispenser Chappell was checked up by the state inspector. He had done $30.oo0 business since he took hiarge of the dispensary, and there was found a difference of 49 cents in his favor, as may be verified 'by his books and his account at the Nation al bank. ICan the conditions in New berry be improved? The dispensary is run right, the business is well managed, and the people are satis fied; why should we change it? Af ter 'the dispensary, then what? That question has not yet been answered. Newberry is not responsible for con ditions at other places, but can look ut for herself, and if our conditions are good, why not let them alone? Individually, I have made this fight without any reward or hope of re ward. I have done what I believed o be my duty to the people who have elected me to represent them. I have done what I have done simply and solely for their interests, and I have the consciousness of having done my duty, notwithstanding the abuse which has een heaped upon me. behind my hack. by cowards. and the falsehoods tat have been circulated ahout me by my eemies. The matter is with you. Act well your part. There all the honor lies. Respectfully, Cole. T. Blease. Saluda County Dots. Saluda, August 24.-The good folks of Saluda have decided that we are having to 1 much riain. :neo iit1 We have had a season of barbe cues, picnics and now protracted meetings are being held all over the county by every sect and color. You can see people going in every direc tion. One old darky when asked why they had so much' preaching replied: "we hires our preacher by de year. And we specks him to preach, when we thro de crap-fur shure." Miss Edith Hogg, of Newberry, is visiting the Misses Sanders. Mr. George Lever, who now owns the "Old Livingston place" has pur chased a saw mill. He is ready to furnish lumber on short notice. A saw mill was needed here. The R. F. D carrier made his first trip on tl,e 15th from Dupont to Bouknight which accommodates some who formerly had to go some distance for their mail. Mr. Johnson of Virginia, is in company with Mr. S. Ruff, canvass ing the county, taking orders for mowers, harrows, etc. Mr. Ruff sold quite a number last year. Considerable complaint is made about the negligence of the ferryman at Bouknight's ferry. People go th.ere and find no one to put them across. Mrs. Oxner, of Newberry, is visit ing her daughter, Mrs. Fannie Ruff. There is going to be a school library at Corinth. Mrs. D. C. Smith has raised the required amount and hopes to have the library ready for the fall school term. Mrs. Ida Hutchinson, of Newberry. is the guest of her aunt, Mrs. Alice Werts. Mrs. Mary Ruff and daughter, af ter a pleasant week with relatives, have returned to their home in Lex ington. \ Mr. James Havird, of near Bates burg, is on a visit to friends and rel atives at Havirdsville. There will be baptism at Salem Baptist church the second Sunday in September. Miss Emma Werts is visiting rel atives at Johnston. Miss Carrie Werts will go 'to New berry 'to attend school. She will make her home with her cousin, Mrs. Ida Hutchinson. ,Carroll Ramage, Esq. and wife, spent a few days with home folks. Mr. E. Earle Pearsall, who served three years in the Phillipine Islands, has joined the army again and has gone to Columbus, Oh-io. He likes army life. . Miss Callie Ramage visited her nephew, Carroll Ramage, Esq., one lay recently. IA certain young man was outc late :n Sunday night or rather Monday morning. He seems quiet and pre occupied. He took out his mule and went to the field. Some time in the forenoon, some passers by saw him plowing bareheaded and his straw h'at neatly tied on his mule's head and he was heard to murmur: "I must take good care of this mule as he'll have to work for two next year." Mrs. Norah Ruff and Miss Sue Ray Pearsall went to Newberry shopping.I on Monday. A. P. West End News. Quite a num'ber of improvements are being made in the Newberry Cot ton mills. A cement floor is being put down in -the basement of the old part of the mill, and twenty are lights have been ordered-16 to be placed in the basement of the weave room, 3 in the machine shops and one in the slasher room. Mr. Hampton Hiller's little son, James, was acciden'tally shot wh~ile playing with a pistol Saturday night. James and a playmate were left at home by themselves and James went and got his uncle's pistol, saying he was going to shoot at a mark on the wall. Taking a rest on his right arm o hold the gun steady, it accidertally went off, the ball entering just above the wrist and ranging upward, coming out at -the elbow. The wound is not serious, and the little sufferer is get ting along nicely. There were several articles stolen fom El e citizens of West End Sat urday ight. Mr. F. H. Campsen had a Rambler wheel number 275.674 stolen. and Mr. C. M. Bouknight had a pair of shoes stolen from his house. There is no clewv to the robbers. West End. TLANAHAN'S DENIALa. says The Alleged Conversation Never Took Place-He has Offered No Bribes. [he State. Baltimore, Aug. 23.-Samuel J. Lan han makes vigorous denial of the qixson charge of attempted bribery n the South Carolina dispensary in estigation, referring to which he said :onight: "If the witness is reported correct y, I want to make an unqualified lenial of the truth of the testimony. "I know Mixson, he made an effort :o connect himself with our house, >ut we wouldn't have him. This a.t may account for his testimony. know of no other reason for it. "Our house has done a large busi iess with the dispensary every month or the last four or five years. In all >ur dealings there I have neyer of ered a bribe or other than a legiti nate inducement to transact business. never offered Mixson $30,000 or any )ther amount. The conversation which he is reported as testifying to iever took place and t'he incident he peaks of never happened. It is a *abrication, pure and simple. I posi :ively deny its truth. If there is a ay of making denial stronger, I would like to know it, so that I might make use of it." News From Excelsior. Excelsior August 24.-The two months summer term of school will ;oon close. Mr. Ira Nates of Columbia is visit ng his fat-her's family. Cotton is opening rapidly and pick ng has been commenced. Mr. J. H. Dominick is making some mprovements on his dwelling. Miss Maggie Shealy, of Newberry as been visiting Miss Carrie Cook. Miss Alva Waters, of Jalapa, is spending a few days with Mr. J. C. Singley's family. Mrs. T. L. Wheeler has been suf Eering several days with a rising in ,er hand. Mr. Willie Kinard has opened up a regular basket factory at his house on the road, and is turning out some nice )nes. Mrs. J. D. Lorick and daughter, Miss Jessie, have been visiting rela tives at Irmo. Mr. Wiltie Blanton, wife and child, of Graniteville is visitlig her father's Famly, Mr. A. A. Nates. Rev. Jas. D. Knard, of Cameron, S. C., spent Wednesday night with his brother, Mr. H. J. Kinard. There will be a Sunday School pic rlic at Mt. Pilgrim church on Friday the rst day of September. Public in vited to come and bring well filled baskets. ' Sigma. I have just opened our new Fall loves. A large assortment, includ [ig large Gauntlet Gloves for mill men, railroad men, and working men. Prices right. Come and See them. A. C. JONES. SPECIAL NOTICES. FOR SALE-,200 bushels choice western red rust proof seed oats. Just arrived. We offer, while they last, at 55 cents spotc cash. Buy quick 'before the advance. Moseley Bros., Prosperity, S. C. I have added to our stock for fall a magnificent lineC of Clothing for Men, Boy's and Children.. All new and up to date. Come and See them. A. C. JONES. WANTED-Girls to do light sewing on power machines. No experience necessary. Wages paid while learn ing. Clean, lightc work. Good board ing place. Whitmire Mfg. Co., Whit mire, S. C. MONEY TO LOAN--We negotiate loans 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 & Hunter. We are showing our new style fall and winter hats on our counters to day. Best styles and best values in the city. A. C. JONES.