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THE NEWS OF PROSPERITY. Personal and Otherwise-Cotton Coming in Rapidly-Over 8,ooo Bales Received Last Season. Prosperity. Augst 31.-Miss Car rie lar-. of Abbeville. is visitmg Mrs. T. H. Hunter. 'Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Keitt visited .-i. and Mrs. J. H. H..nter last Monday. M%r. Geo. D. Brown has accep:ed work in Spread, Ga., and left for his school on Tuesday. The Misses Peeler, after a pleasant visit to our town have gone home. Mrs. Guzsie Witherspoon and daughter, of Columbia, are expected to visit Mrs. D. H. Witherspoon this week. Miss Frances Rawl and Miss Leckie. the teachers in our school, -will be here this week to take up the work of the school next Monday. Cotton is coming in rapidly now. We 'believe that there never has been an August that there has been as much cotton sold as there has this one. There has been received here since the 1st day of September. 1904, to the 30th day of August, 1905, 7950 bales and if we get as much to day (Thursday) we will reach the 8,ooo mark. As it is ic is the largest receipts that we have ever had and we trust that this year may show as great receipts. Cotton is bringing 10 1-4 to 3-8. Miss Estelle Stewart gave an at home on Wednesday evening in honor of her guests, Misses Wharon and McKie. These ladies will return to their homes today. Mrs. Jno. S. Barre. of our town. lost her brother last week and is now visiting her parents in Johnston. Dr. G. Y. Hunter made a flying trip to Chappells on Monday. Miss Lizzie Hawkins is visiting Miss Alma Hartman. The R. F. D. Mail carriers will have a holiday Monday as it is labor day. There will be no mail delivered on the rotfEes that day. Mrs. Geo. Y. Hunter and children, after a visit to Capt. J. L. Hunter's, have returned home. One of the mail carriers said that the government made a mistake by putting labor day on the first Monday for it might come on Sunday. Capt. H. S. Boozer returned Thurs day morning from a three weeks visit to his son. R. T. Boozer, Esq., of Lake City. Florida Trade has ,ened up some and there is quite a lot of cotton on the square as we write and we feel sure that the amount of cotton received here will be 8,ooo bales for the year. The planters say that the crop will be short. and that the price is all that will help out and we do hope that the price will stay at ten cents at least. Rev. M. J. Epting, of Savannah, Ga., has been on a visit ro his sister, Mrs. G. M. Ables, of our town, the past week. 'Mr. 3. Pat Kennedy came down on a visit to Mrs. D. H. Witherspoon and the madam last week. In our letter Friday one of us made -a mistake and of Eourse it was the "Masheen" man. It was Jas Derrick's son John that was accidentally kilh ' and nor John's son James as you had it. Rev. J. J. Long will preach in Grace church on next Sunday. The mountain crowd of health seek ers returned and they are right glad to get home. They report a splendid time. There will be a picnic at Mt. Pil grim on Friday the first day of Sep temtber. There will be addresses made by Revs. 0. B. Shearouse and E. J. Sox. All who come may expect Sa good time for the good people of Mr. Pilgrim know how to take care of their guests. --Mrs. Lizzie DeWalt has gone for a stay at Hendersor.ville of a couple of weeks. Miss Louise Wharton, of Columbia, is visiting Miss Estelle Stewart this week. Misses May and Janie Peeler, of Gaffney, who have been on a visit~ to Mr.'E. B. Kibler's, returned to their home on WVednesday. ~Mrs. John Suber and little Miss Mvrt!e have been a visit to Mrs. E. B. Kibler. Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Kennedy' nave returned to their home in Due WVest. Mrs. Kennedy's brother. Harvey WVitherspoo n. will attend Erskine Co! ieg ext sesion and will he with his ;ster. 'iss Nannie Simpson is taking a much needed rest at Hendersonville. MIr. Tas. Burton has been visiting in town the past week. As we -ilways give our boys a boost when there is anything good to give -ut we guess that we must in fairness give the other side when there is an arher side and report the game of ball with Big Creek this week. While we regret to say so yet it is a fact that ,ur boys were beat to the tune of 15 to o. Try again boys. Some had to lose. Misses Bessie and Lillian Allen, :>f Coluntbia. are visiting Mr. D. W. Boland's. -.Prof. N. E. Aull, of Hickory, N. C., was in town for a couple of hours on Wednesday shaking hands with his many friends. Mr. J. D. Quattlebaum will go to Asheville on Saturday to see Mrs. Quattlebaum and will be accompa nied by the children who will go to see Ma. We are glad to report that Mrs. Q. is improving. Mr. Raymond Fellers has -gone to Newberry to resume his work with Mr. Gist in the cotton business and any one from this section who may sell their cotton in Newberry would do well to look him up. Mrs. Mary Everett and daughter, of Atlanta, Ga., have been on a visit to her sister, Mrs. M. B. Bedenbaugh. Mrs. C. E. Stewart, of Blacksburg, is on a visit to Mrs. H. S. Boozer. Mrs. Owens, of Laurcns, a sister of Mrs. H. S. Boozer, has been visiting her the past week. The party that went north two weeks ago are expected back today. Miss Lula Bradley, of Newberry, is visiting Mrs. P. C. Singley. The Misses Singley, of Gary's, are visiting Miss Julia Schumpert. A part of the Salvation army that has been in Newberry for some days are now holding meetings in the city hall. They were fairly well attended the first night. Miss Lillie May Russell has return ed from a visit to her father at Ham let, N. C. Mrs. K. Baker and the children have returned to their home inj Greenwood. Miss Kate Barre is taking a well earned vacation and Miss May Lee is calling "number" for her in the in terim. Mrs. Ola Cannon has returned to her home in Colum'bia after a pleas ant visit to Prosperity. Mrs. Hodges has returned to her home in Whitmire after a pleasant visit to Mrs. A. H. Hawkins. Miss Gussie Kibler, after a short visit to her sister, Mrs. J. A. Simp son, went to Newberry on Monday. Miss Leitzey has returned home after her visit to Miss Gertrude Simpson. A Corrected Correction. Several issues of the Topic have contained statements and corrections regarding the divorce and marriage of Mr. Geo. M. Kinard, formerly of this place but now of Lexington'. N. C. To sum it up, it seems ats if Mr. Kinard wvas married here mcre than a year ago and at the same~ time had a living wife in Newberry, S. C. This fact became known aind Mr. Kinard left Lenoir for an unknown (ro many) destination. Later he re turned claiming to have sect:red a divorce from his first wi-c. The ceremony was performed a se:ond time and he and his wife left for Lexington. N. C. An accou"t of this was published and fell into the hands of his first wife. She wro% the Top'c stating that she knew nothing of the divorce proceedure. This was published. Interested parties in tex ington have sent us a copy of tl-c iudgment. under seal - the Clerk of superior court which we print below. Our object all along has been only to publish the facts to the best of our knowledge, and 'we t-ust that this will close The matter. North Carolina Davidson county. In Superior Court, April term 1905. George M. Kinard vs Judgment. Rena Kinard At a superior court held at the court house in Lexington on the 24th day of April. 190:;. Present. Hon. H. R. Bryan. Judge. Thi, action having been brougnht in for trial and the issues having been having been found in favor of the plaintiff. t] It is now on motion of Valser & t< Walser. counsel for the plaintiff ad judged that the marriage between the plaimiff Geo. M. Kinard and said defendant, Rena D. Kinard. be dis- f: solved, and the same is hereby dis- P sc1ed accordirgly and a divorce from the bonds of matrimony between -the said parties severed. Henry R. Bryan, a Judge ioth Judicial Circuit. The foregoing A:, a true copy. H. T. Phillips, C. S. C. -Lenoir (N. C.) Topic. They Got the "Glassy Eye." A certain confectioner in New York, r who caters chiefly to the little folks of the neighborhood, lately arranged his shop window with great care in s preparation for a local festivity. 'The crowning attraction of the whole was a a large chocolate tiger with most realistic green eyes made of glass a marbles which had cost the designer $ 25 cents apiece. In the tiger's mouth J was a card bearing the inscription, "Nothing in this window over 5 cents J a quarter pound." A crowd of youngsters quickly as sembled on the sidewalk. and pres ently, after much spelling over the placard, two of them invaded the shop and deposited a nickel upon the counter. "Say, mister," began the smaller - boy earnestly, "gimme a quarter o' a pound o' tiger-the piece with the eyes in!" 2 f An Odd Wedding Custom. A unique wedding custom prevails r in Manchuria. The bride and her at tendants, all moun-ced on stilts, pro- t ceed through the main streets of the village to the domicile of the groom, who meets the procession and con- 1 ducts it to the place where the cere mony is to be performed. He and a his friends are also on stilts. Social prominence is indicated not by rich ness of attire, but by the height of the stilts worn by the assembled guests. The higher the rank of the wedded pair the loftier the stilts they t wear. If, as sometimes happens, the contracting parties are of differing social standing the effect is more than usually ludcrious. Incredible Brutality. It would have been incredible brutal ity if Chas. F. Lemnberger of Syracuse, N Y., had not done the best he could for his suffering son. "My boy," he l says, "cut a fearful gash over his eye, so I applied Bucklen's Arnica Salve, I whIch quickly healed it and saved his eve." Good for burns and ulcers too. Only 25c. at W. E. Pelham & Son's Drug Store. An Irishman's Retort. Cyrus W. Field of Atlantic cable fame once stopped an Irish peasant to .make inquiries about Blarney cas tle. Receiving the information, he gave the Irishman the following conundrum: "No'w, Mike, suppose that Lucifer was sure of us bot'h, which would he take first ,do you think?" The Irishman looked thoughtful for a moment, then said, "Yer honor. I think he'd take me." "Why?" said Field. "Because 'he's always sure of you." The Colonel's Waterloo. Colonel John M. Fuller, of Honey Grove, Texas, nearly met his Waterloo, from Liver and Kidney Trouble. In a recent letter, he says: "I was nearly dead, of these complaints and~ although I tried my family doctor, he did me no good; so I got a 5oc. bottle of your great Electric Bitters, which cured me. I consider them the best medicine on earth, and thank God who gave you the knowledge to make them.'' Sold, and guaranteed to cure, Dyspepsia, Bil- { liousness and Kidney Disease, by W. E. Pelham & Son, Druggists, at 50c. a bottle.I When a fish takes in the early worm it is aptr to get a mess. Strikes Hidden Rocks. When your ship of health strikes the hidden rocks of Consumption, Pneu monia, etc., you are lost, if you don't get help from Dr. King's New Dis covery for Consumption. J. W. Mc Kennon, of Talladega Springs, Ala. writes: "I had been very ill with Pneu-j monia, under the care of two doctors,; but was getting no better when I began to take Dr. King's New Discovery. The first dose cave relief, and one bottle cured mec'' Surec cure for sore throat, bronchiris, coughs and colds.1 Guaranteed at W. E. Pelham & Son's drug store, pirice i0c, and $1.00. Trial This would be a dry old world if lere were nothing but wisdom on )p. Startling Mortality. Statistics show startling mortality, com appendiciti- and peritonitis. To revent and cure these awful diseases, iere is just one reliable remedy. Dr. ing's New Life Pills. iy Fiannery, of t Custom House Place, Chicago. says: They have no equal for Constipation nd Billiousness." 25c: at W. E. Pel am & Son's, druggists. REAL ESTATE FOR SALE. City Property. $4500.00 17 acres, new dwelling 7 >om, 5 tenant houses. Partly in city mits. $i,io Five rooi cottage, Renwick treet, 1-2 acre. $1,100 Five room cottage with 2 cres land. High Point. $1,450 Five room cottage with 1-2 cre lot Renwick street. 2,700 Ten room dwelling 3-4 acres, ohnstone street. $3,ooo Ten room dwelling one acre ohnstone stree'r. $65o Four room cottage i-i: acre, ligh Point. $3,000 Eight room house 3-4 acres, Ldam and Wfhieeler streets. $3,000 Eight room house, 1-2 acre, 'riend and Coats streets. $2,800 Ten room house, 1-2 acre, ohnstone and Wilson streets. $2,900 Ten room house, 2 acres, ligh Point. $?--- One tract of land containing i acres, one six room dwelling house, our two-room tenant houses, stables, arn and etc. (Cheap as dirt) Har ington street. $z,850 One four acre lot, eleven wo room tenant houses, partly in the ity. Rents for $22.00 per month. $1,300 The McK. Hutchinson mnd, Vincent street. (Ask about tEhis.) $65 Two lots, known as the Floyd nd Purcell lots. $2,200 Fine residence on Drayton treet. Farm Property. $1600 1ii acres land, i mile east of Cinards on main public road, 1-4 mile o school. Good dwelling and tenant ouses, $I,500 140 acres, good dwelling, ine timbered land. Speck place. $3,000 300 acres, near Jalapa. Mc Vhiter place. $2,324 288 acres, near Pomarla, Vilson place. $10,400 1,300 acres, 12 miles from ewberry. $1,200 220 acres, 7 miles from New erry. Well improved. Stocks. 25 Abbeville Cotton mill common tock a~t 91.50. Mollohon Mfg. Co., common stock t 82. x5 Newberry Cotton milH at 129. 40 Farmers' Oil mill at 75. 20 Prosperity Oil mill at 50. .30 Little Mountain Oil mill at 50. 1o Commercial bank at 140. 20 National bank at 112. 20 Bank of Prosperity at 105. Loans negotriated. Rowland G. Spearman & Co., Newberry, S. C. Phone 200. 3eautifu Your Haon1e I have just re :eived a beauti u1 line of JARDINERES. P~rices ranging rom ten cents o three dollars nd fifty cents. Waves BooKtore Telephone Suscribers. Please add to your lists The folicw. ing new stiscribers: 20-4 Baker, H. P. Residence. 102 Brown, J. G. Residence. I65 Blackwelder, J. A. Residence 173 Bradley, Jas. A. Residence. 19-4 Cromer, J. T. Residence (Co.) 177 Fant, Mrs. Fannie Residence 168 Graves, Rev. J. H. Resdence. 176 Goggans, Jno. C. Residence. 172 Houseal, W. P. Residence 175 Harding, Geo. W. Residence. 102-2 Halfacre, J. B. Residence. (county.) 171 Miller, W. 0. Residence. 182 Newberry Cotton exchange. 12 Pelham, Dr. W. E. Residence. 167 Parlor Market. 174-2 Spearman, M. L. Residence. 116 Stepenson, Dr. C. E. Resi- - dence. 164 Wicker, E. L. Residence. 166 Washington, Greenwood Res dence. 105-4 1.1allace, W. E. Residence (County.) Report all complaints to telephone 2oo. Do not make any report to operators. Respectfully, SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE. AND TELEGRAPH CO. Rowland G. Spearman, Manager,. Newberry, S. C. Week End Rates via Southern Ry-.. Effective Saturday June 3rd and' continuing to and including Septem ber 3rd 1905 we will sell round tdp. tickets continous passagp in each d rection for all Saturday trains and Sunday morning train, good returning leaving destination not later than Tuesday following date of the sale at rates as follows: Anderson, S. C., $2.40. Walhalla, S. C., $3.40. Chick Springs, S. C., $2.75. Tyron, N. C., $3.85. Saluda, N. C., $3.85. Hendersonville, N. C., $3.85; Asheville, N. C., $3.85. Spartanburg, S. C., $2.ro. Greenville, S. C., $2.10. White Stone, S. C., $2.io. Union, S. C., $1.85. Charleston, S. C., $5.15. Isle of Palms, S. C. $5.15. Tybee, Ga., $5-15. For further information phone or write J. P. Sheely, Agent. Just received 2 car loads of: Buggies. I car load of Wagons. and a lot of up Ito-date and first class Harness. All to be had at REASONABLE PRICES at A T. BROWN. W OR K BY A Newberry Steam LaundryvCo.