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t~~~~ tro n ts VOL. XLII. NO. 11' NEWBERRY. S. C.. FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 29, 1905. TWICE A WEEK. $150 YEAR THE NEWS OF PROSPERITY. People Who Come and People Who Go-Children's Missionary So ciety-The Police Active. Prosperity. September 28,--MISS Frances Rawl will entertain the So 3is on the 29th. Mr. F. R. Fellers spent Sunday with his parents. Mr. J. B. Walton and family spent last week with Mr. J. M. Werts. Rev. M. 0. J. Kreps will arrive in Prosperity today. He will preach his firs7r sermon on Sunday. He invites every member to be present at this service. Misses Jessie and Lena Moseley are visiting friends in Newberry. Mr. G. E. Dominick is buildng a new residence. We regret to say that Mr. B. L. Dominick is not improving as fast as could be desired. Rev. Mr. McKain will preach on Total Abstinence at Zion in the morn ing and at Wightman Chapel in..town in the afternoon next Sunday. Mr. McKain tells me the will attack the temperance societies, the church and all organizations. We trust Mr. Mc Kain will have a full house. He will fire broadside into all and everything opposed to total abstinence. There was quite an excitement at the oil mill this morning when two shots were heard. It seems that Lec tor Sheely and Tom DeWalt had some :rouble about Sheely's wife and 'he had been warned not to come -Eo Sheelv's house. He went again last night and when the gin started up -:.,is morning they were there to begin wors. Some words followed when Sheely grabbed his gun and aimed at DeWalt. Fred Valentine knocked the tn up or DeWalt would have been killed. Valentine and DeWalt Str-led with Sheely but he got loose and +ired the second time at DeWalt, 'who ran. Mr. Pugh disarmed Sheely, who :ame down town and surrendered to Chief Taylor. Sheely is now in the guard house. Mrs. Thornwell Haynes will return to Prosperity Friday. Mrs. D. W. Boland and children have returned from a visit to Mrs. Boland's parents in Atlanta. Mrs. Philips. of Atlanta. is visiting her sister. Mrs. D. W. Boland. Miss Susie Langford has gone to the Columbia College. The following young men :have gone to Newberry college: John Pat Wise. George Harmon. Charlie Barre. Ernest Long. Moody Bedenbaugh, Alde:t Pugh. Frank Sheely and Edgar Sheely. Mrs. I. S. Wheeler will return from her s'journ at the WVheeler. in Hen der,anville on Saturday. Miss Nannie Simpson has opened her c~hooi at Rock Bridge, Laurens D.F.. R. H1 unter visi:ed hi f :1:her this ;'eek. WVe are always glad to see the' Dr's. genial jace and shake his glad hand. 31-. Jay. superintendenlt of the oil mil'. Nas moved in:n the house v-aca ted byv Rev. P. H. E. Derrick. Rev. C. P. Boozer. of Saluda, was in town Wednesday. Mr. WV. E. Black, of Saluda. was in the city. Wednesday in attendance upo,~ a director's meeting. Mrs. J. B. Fellers, we are glad to report, is better. Miss Georgia Schumpert is visiting Miss Eugenia Summer in Newberry. Mr. WV. H. Feagle. traveling sales mal for Tomlinson. of High Point, N. C., was in town Wecdnesday. Camtain R. H. Russell. of Ham!et, 'N. C.. spent Sunday with the children. The Children's Missionary society of Grace churcih will giv'e their exer Ceso Sna evening at S o'clock. The public is invited. The program is as follows: Song. el Scripture Reading. , Prayer. R Recitation. "The Master Wants T Workers." Jas. Allen Lester. F Recitation, Little 'Missionary, Mas ter T. J. Black. Song. H Recitation, Why Greenland is Left Out. Lillius Simpson. Recitation. Howell Schumpert. B Recitation, The Little Lights. Ja mie Russell, Ruby Russell, Marie Schumpert, Mary Lizzie Duncan, tc Ruby Wheeler and Lena Wise. fc Recitation. Heathen Chinee. Annie se Laurie Lester. Song. . Dialogue. "At The Beautiful Gate," Moss Fellers, McFall Wise, Hal and b Nellie Kohn, Cairo Wyc1he. Mary Liz- th zie Duncan. Mary Wilis, W3iilie May Wise, Mary Lizzie Wise, Miss Liv ingston and Ruby Wheeler. Recitation. Imitation Japanese, in Miss Mary Wheeler. td Song. Address by Pastor Kreps. s Offering. t Benediction'. The police of our town have been active and it is wonderful how they ca can find things hid away. The state b is the gainer at her big mill on the 01 Congaree as all such finds are o promptly forwarded to Commission- s er Tatum. Sh Mrs. D. P. Boyd is visiting her ti -brother. Mr. J. S. Thompson. this di week. B -_ gi T SUBWAY TAVERN CONDEMNED P( --- se Woman's Christian Temperance Un- ci ion Adopted Resolutions. d< New York, September 25.-One plank in the platform adopted yes terday by the twenty-second annual convention of the Women's Christian tv Temperance union of Kings county ta is devoted to a condemnation of che J subway tavern that was. 0 The subway tavern, it reads-, "has w now revealed its true character-that D of a common saloon-its care-taker af having confessed that its aim -was to ar secure as customers the respectable I inhabitants of the residential section a( of the city. m "We protest against the establish- or ment of such traps for the unwary, e and countenanciny of such devices of I~ satan by Christians, and we will labor i against such places equally as against p' the less hypocritcal saloon." In Memornoi. F Once again the sable messenger has F entered our midst. Once more the I still hands have been folded o'er the silent form of a devoted wife and mother, tender and true. Four years ago, Mrs. S. G. 'Carter was attacked v with lagrippe. which brought on a lb severe case of pneumonia. from which T resulted pulmonary trouble: that T scourge from which there is no es- T cape. With a resigna,tion that is born of d faith, she faced The inevitable and ash day by day she neared the silent littoral, she gathered from the un.. C seen that strength wvhich enabled her B to step with unfakiering m:en into the U dark waters of the river that flows V between this v-ale of sorrow and the P eternal shore. Another home is left L desolate, other hearts are anguished; F and yet. .there is still the consolation IZ that for her the storm-clouds have I passed, and that she is at rest in the sunshine of everlasting love. le A Neighbor. tt -- tl A woman has to be very suspicious of herself not to be suspicious of her pa husband sometimes. l A girl would almost rather go in 1i an automobile and sit in the tonneau xI than buggy riding next to the driv A House Party. One of -the most enjoyable social -ents of the season was ;the house irty given by 'Mr. and Mrs. M. J. ogers at th'e old Voodruff home. hose entertained were Mrs. J. A. itzgerald and her daughter, Mrs. D. Rutherford and children, Jes e. Fitzgerald. Harriet and Hannah. enderson Rutherford. of Newberry. rs. J. C. Heaner, of Orangeburg'; rs. W. N. Leitch and little daughter. ertha Dayle, of Eastman, Georgia; rs. D. B. Fitzgerald and grand LUghter, Daisy Fitzgerald, of Annes n, Alabama. The younger ones und great pleasure in driving, arching the woods for flowers and ild fruits especially sporting in the lid-ine falls mingling their young ad voices with the song of the ook as i-t flowed on forever to,swell e Enoree and farther on the ma stic Broad. The;.gachering believed like Tolstoi a division of labor and some of em preferred to be in the culinary partment but it might have been for if interest. The older ones loved ga-ther in the twilight around the od old mother and beg her ,to tell em stories of long ago, when she .me on horse back a fair young 'ide to make a home and help-meet r one of God's good servants. The d house has stood the storms and inshine for over seventy years and eltered some of the best men of 'che me. Such as, Robertson, Ray, Lan tim, Durham, Boyce, Breaker and roaddus and from its doors the hun -y have never been turned away. he home is a synonym of comfort, ace and plenty -and it is ever with a nse of rest and safety by that -their idren bring even their children un r its shelter.-News and Review. Change In -Tax Notice. The tax books for Newberry coun will be open for the collection of xes for fiscal year commencing mnuary 1st, 1905, the 15th day of ctober, i9o5. and will remain open ithout penalty until the 31st day of ecember. 1905. Upon all taxes paid ter the 31st day of December, 1905, id before the 1st day of February, o6, a penaity of one per cent w-ill be Wed; upon all taxes paid during the onth of February, 1906, a penalty of ie per cent. additional will be add , and upon all1 taxes paid from the t to the 15th day of March, 1906. lusive, an additional penalty of five r cent. will be added. Folowing is the levy: or State purposes . . . . 5 1-2 mills or Ordinary Co. Purposes 2 1-2 mills or Specia4 Co. purposes .. 1-2 mills rr School purposes . . . . 3 mills Total.... .. .. .... 1-2 mills Except in the fol.lowing localities, here an addition-al railroad tax has een levied, viz: ownship No. 1.........2 mills ownship No. 8 .. .. ..2 1-2 millk ownship No. 9 .. .. ..-.-.3 mills And except in the following school stricts where spec-ial school tax is been levied, viz: ewberry School Dis. No. i . .3 m. happells School Dis. No. 39 .. 2 m. ig Creek School Dis. No. 20 .. 2 m1. topia Schooli Dis. No. 10 .. 2 m. hitmire School Dis. No. 52 .. 2 m. rosperity School Dis. No. 14 4 1-2 m. ittle Mt. School Dis. No. 30 -.- 3 m. xcelsior School Dis. No. 35 .. 2 m. ion School Dis. No. 56 .. .. ...2 m. omaria School Dis. No. 26 .. 1-2 m. A poll tax of one dollar has been 'vied on al:l male citizens between ie ages of 2! and 6o years, except Lose exempt by law. Persons l-iable to . road duty may iv a commutation tax of three dol rs from t.he 15th day of October. po5, until the 15th day of March, John L. Epps. County Treasurer. DARLINGTON GRAND JURY. Presents Pegram Dargan As Acces sory Jn Procuring the Death of His Brother, R. K. Dargan. Darlington, September 26.-"We present Pegram Dargan for aiding and abetting Robert Keith Dargan in taking his own life, by procuring and giving to his brother, Keith Dargan. carbolic acid and other drugs. with which he took his life on the iith day of July, 1905, in Darlington. S. C. We offer as witnesses J. N. Clanton, Dr. G. B. Edwards, J. S. Floyd and J. K. Doyle." This was one of the rccommendations made by the grand jury here today. Since the death of Mr. Robert Ke-ith Dargan it has been a matter of conjecture here and elsewhere as to whether the grand jury at this term of court would incriminate Mr. Pe gram Dargan in taking the life of his brother. This recommendation will doubtless be of general interest, since there have -been so many stories afloat with regard to *rhe. peculiar circum stances of R. K. Dargen's death. Judge Gary thanked the jury for the fai-ch-ful discharge of their duty and assured them that -their recommenda tions would be carried into effect. This means, of course, that the Dargan mat.ter will again be brought before the public. Pegram Dargan will likely be summoned to appear at the next term of court and tried upon the charge implied in the foregoing presentment. The following is the grand jury who made the presentment and who have been discharged: Albert Jor dar, Jr., foreman; D. C. Adams, D. J. Bass, M. 0. Anderson, W. J. Benson, W. C. Barefoot, R. L. Blackman, E. R. Caston, N. K. Gibson, 0. D. Joye, A. L. Laney, R. L. Meiton, E. V. Mc Nabb, W. R. Teal. The presentment of Mr. Pegrarn Dargan was made in the general re. port of the grand jury. This was their final report for the year and they were at once discharged by Judge Gary. The action of the grand jury brings the matter directly and offi cially before Solicitor Johnson, who says he can do nothing at this term of court, as the grand jury is now dis charged. The next session of the criminal court does not convene until next March and Solicitor Johnson has nothing to say. A few other minor cases were isposed of by ,the court. The most important was that of Reuben Bull, who was found guilty of the manslaughter of Murray Camp bell. DAMAGE SUIT. Proprietor of Peruna Company Sues Ladies Home Journal for $250, 00o. Chicago, September 26.--Suit was begun in the Superior court today for $250,000 damages against the iCurtis Publishing company. publish ers of the Ladies' Home Journal. Samuel B. Hartman. of Columbus, Ohio, proprietor of the Peruna Medi cine company. is the plaintiff in 'the su t. In the August issue of the Journal, the declaration says that an adver tisement of the Peruna company con tained a testimenial from Congress man George H. White, of North Car olina. In the next issue of the miaga. zine the declaration alleges tha,t the testimonial was reprinted, but with it was a signed denial from Congress man White tha-t he had given the tes timonial to the medicine company. This denial, Har,tman alleges, was ob tained through a misunderstanding, as Congressman White, it is said in the declaration, signed the original testimonial. It's the wise boy who is considerate of today and doesn't worry about to KNOCKED OUT IN YORK. The Dispensary Defeated by a Vote 706 to 131. Yorkville, September 26.-By a majority of practically six to one the voters of York county said at the ballot box today that the dispensary at Yorkville must be closed. Eight hundred and thirty-seven votes were polled a: 18 of the ig precincts, of which 706 were against the dispen sary, and 131 in favor of its retention. Piedmont, the precinct not heard from, ordinarily polls about 15 votes in a primary. While the vote is much smaller than was expected, still the prohi bitionists are entirely satisfied with the result. The farmers are exceedingly busy gatheling their crop, and hundreds of them did not take time to vote be cause they considered the result a foregone conclusion, and that the majority against the dispensary would be sufficiently large without their votes. And as many as fifty persons were denied the privilege of voting at Yorkville because of defects in their registration certificates, due to care lessness on the part of the supervisors of registration. The following is the vote by precincts: Bethel, no 29, yes 2; Bethany, no ig, yes 2; Blairsville, nO 2, yes I; Bul lock's Creek, no 16, yes 3; Fort Mill, no 41, yes21; Forest Hill. no 20, yes 0; Hickory Grove, no 59, yes 2; Mc port, no 21, yes 6; Ogden. no 6, yes 3; Rock Hill, no go, yes 33; Sharon, no 25, yes i; Smyrna. no 25, yes 2: Tir zah, no 5, yes 15: Yorkville, no 195, yes 3-. Totel, 110 706; yes 131. DALES REMARKS DENIED. President Macara Says Haul to New' England Puts America on P*r With England. London, September 26.-C. W. Ma cara, president of the Master Cotton Spinners' association of Great Britian, replying to a statement made by S. S. Dale, who represented the New Eng ,land Cotton Spinners' an'd Mianufac -Eurers' association in the last inter national cotton congress at Manches ter. declares that Mr. Dale misrep resented the attitude of the congress respecting the consumption of raw cotcon. The congress, Mr. Macara says, had no quarrel with American planters, had no desire to interfere with their legitimate profits and had no objection to -the fluctuations brought abouc by a small or a l.arge yield. As a matter of fact the grow er would be well rewarded in an ordi nary season by a return of eight cents per pound. By gambling operations, however, the price had been advanc ed for several seasons to 14 cents per pound higher, which meant an ad vance on the world's crop of $480. oooooo. The American spinner, Mr. Macara adds, is as badly handicapped as the European spinners, the cost of the carr.iage of cotton to the New Eng'land. mills being as great as the cost of carriage by sea to Lan cashire. Reflections Of A Bachelor. New York Press. There is a good deal of energy spent in this world trying not to do it. The more a man smokes a pipe the more cigars he can afford for his scon. A gi; .has 2.n awful nice way of making ye'1 think you mus-t kiss her when you oughtn't to. A woman calls it econiomical if she saves enough money, whe~n she is shopping. to pay her car fare home. A bad thing about taking your son into your business, is he finds out a lot about your etchics that you don't want :him to -know.