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VOL. XLII. NO. 124 NEWBERRY. S. C.. FRIDAY OCTOBER 27, 1905. TWIE A WEEK, $150 YEAR NEWS OF PROSPERITY. Death -of Mrs. Lizzie Boulware Pleasant Trip to the Country Lutheran Church Social Much Enjoyed-Tickets Sold to the Fair. Prosperity, October 26.-Mr. W. H. (Uncle Mike) Kempson has been in town the past week. Your correspondent had the pleas tire of a trip to the country last Sun day and to say we enjoyed it is to put it mild. Owing to the fact that the madam was along we had, of course, to be subject to "Ehe powe,rs that be." We enjoyed it and regret that Uncle Jimmie and Aunt Mollie are going to nrove to town -and we can't go back to see them again in their pleasant coun try home. There will,be a local law and order league organized here in the near fu ture. We regret to chronicle the death of Mrs. Lizzie Boul-wiare at $er son's, Mr. I. H. Boulware. Mrs. Boulware was at one time a resident of our town and one daughter, Mrs. D. M. Langford, still resides here. Mrs Boulware was laid to rest this morn ing in New Chapel cemetery. Mr. John Taylor came in this morn ing and in his arms he. had a mam moth bee't. It weighs 7 3-4 pounds and can -be seen at the S. S. Birge Co's. store. It is a beauty for a beet. Can anyone beet (beat) it? The social gathering at*the Luther an parsonage last Friday night was quite an enjoyable affair. There were many persons present who enjoyed the hospitality of mine host, Pastor Kreps, and -his good lady. Coffee, tea and cake were served and oh, -my! 'hDow- some of those old fellows ate cake and drank coffee was -a caution but then an explanation is to be found in the youg ladies at the table with them. Mr. Jas: M. Werts will move into the Harris house on M&Neary street, next week. Mr. G. C. Steele will move into the Sheely -house vacated by Mr. Jno. Ruff who has moved to Spartanburg. Don't forget thiat Mr. E. D. Smith will be at Newberry on Saturday, 28. and will talk 1io the farmers in refer ence to cotton. Mr. Smith is Presi dent of the South Carolina Cotton Growers' association. Go, if possible. Our school will give half holiday 'coday and all tomorrow. T:he teachers and some of the children will go to the fair today. The Sorosis will meet with Miss May Lee Barre on tomorrow after noon. The Southern railway sold 229 tick e'cs to the fair including this morning's train. The C. N. & L. 50. There was enacted here on Sunday night a tragedy that up to this writing remains a mystery. Our local "Sher >ock Holmes" has not been able to ""ravel it. The door of the guard house in the city 'hall is left unlocked at night for use of the nightc watch man. Some time during the night while the watchman was on 'his round, a fight or encountrer took place just inside the door and quite a pool of 'blood on the floor and wall showed where something was hurt and that pretty severely for the blood gushed forth and the stains show that some artery was touched. The object was tracked around on Main street and the bloody trail led through town but was lost near t.he Methodist church. There * has been much speculation as to what it could .have 'been but there has been no satisfactory solution, so far as we can learn. Some say one 'thing, some another, but the mystery remains un solved. We have not heard of any one 'being seriously 'hurt about here. .d it was any person they must have gone on. The watchman knows noth ing in reference to it. Ardbor and dedication day will be ob served jus't as soon as the new build ing i ready for occupancy. Rev. and Mrs. S P. Koon are visit ing their parents in Lexington county this week. Mrs. Harriet Lane, of Newberry, is expected on a visit this week to Mrs. Bessie Lane and Mrs. A. H. Hawkins. Miss Dessie Shackelford is visiting Mrs. A. H. Hawkins. Mr. J. Mal Cook is visiting "the homefolks" this week. Mr. L. R. Livingston, traveling agent for the Southern Bell Telephone company, was on a visit to his brother, Mr. H. K. Livingston, the past week. :Miss Gertrude Simpson came down Friday and enjoyed the social at the parsonage. Mr. George Harmon is spending a few days at home. Mr. Ben Wheeler, of the U. S. Rail way mail service, is spending a well earned vacation with his paren-Es in town. :Miss Joe Langford left on Wednes day for Swansea, where she will teach school this fall and winter. There will be communion in Grace church on Sunday morning, 0-ctober 29. Children's Day will be observed by Grace church on the first Sunday in November. - The first effort to raise a fund for building a new church was made by the 'Sunday school of Grace church. The offerings for each fourth Sunday will be devoted to this purpose. The children -are leading in this effort for a new church. Miss Mamie Jordan, of Winnsboro, will visit Mrs. F. Browne this week. Miss Jordan is enjoying the Summer Haltiwanger wedding at this time. Mr. W. H. :McKain, of Grey Court, Laurens county, is visiting his father, the Rev. J. I. McKain, this week. We are glad to gay that Mrs. T. A. Dominick is rapidly convalescing. Miss Gertrude Simpson -came down Thursday and will spend the week at home. Mr. Jessp James, of Newberry col lege, is visiting Mr. Jno. Pat Wise. Dr. Littlejohn has gone on a visit Eo his parents at Pacolet. Mrs. Lou Duckett, of Jalapa, is now with. Mrs. J. D. Quattlebaum, who we are glad to say is jm'proving. Your correspondent has an "in-. vite" to Children's Day at St. Johin'~s (White church) on next Wednesday and we extrend the invitation to you, Mr. Editor, to come down an~d visit this section with us-if we go. We think our people have pretty well attended the fair this year-over 300 going from this section. 'They be lieve in patronizing the State Fair: 'Co'tton has been coming in pretty since the rise. There .hias been 282 bales sold 'here this week to Wednes day p. m. 180 'bales were sold yes terday. This made trade lively and our -merchants were glad. The Rev. J. C. Wessinger is expect ed about the first of November. Rev. WVessinger will serve the St. Philip's pastorate, composed of St. Philip's, Ba'ehman Chapel and Mt. Olivet churches. Cotton is 'bringing 10 3-8 to 10.40 with a fine arricle at 10.50. We do hope to see it II cents in the near fu ture. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. The Happenings in the Various Sec tions of South Carolina Briefly Told. President Roosevelt in a speech at Tuskeegee told the negroes tha-. their best friends are in th.e south, and among the white people of the south, and urged them to be law abiding and to remember that no help could avail them so much as capacity for self help. The dispensary was voted 'out in Oconee county on Tuesday by a very large majority. P. B. Lowe, of Gaffney attempted .to commit suicide near that place last his wounds will resulE fatally. Mrs. Agnes W. Quarles, of Abbe ville, died at Tumbling Shoals in Laurens county at the home of her daughter. She was nienty years of age. Several children survive her. J. E. Horton, postmaster at Belton, who was recommended for removal on account of inefficiency due to age, will probably be retained, the work being attended to by his sons. Capt. E. A. Bristow died at his home in Bennettsville. Capt. Bristow was 82 years old. He was sheriff of Marlboro before the (Confederate war. Was a gallant soldier and respected citizen. A street car in Greenville collided with a wagon containing a 50-gallon keg of contraband whiskey. 'The ne gro, who was driving the wigon, re plied in answer to inquiries as to his name, "I ain't got no name," and fled. The whiskey ,was turned over to the state constables. No damage suit against the street railway company is anticipated. R. H. Harriman, superintendent of the Olympia and Granby milli in Co lumbia, is coming to Greenville to take charge of the Monaghan mills, proba bly about November i. The question of "dispensary" or "no dispensary" will be submi.tted to the qualified voters of Saluda county on December 19, the supervisor having just ordered an election for that date. Members of the investigating com mittee in Greenville are being kept busy looking into the manner in which road overseers had been doing their wdrk. Several overseers were before the committee and the evidence brougibt ou-t was not altogether cred itable to some. Prominent people have w'itm to Governor Heyward that fheill be asked to conniute to life imprison ment the death sentnece passed upon Epps Snowden of Georgetown coun ty. It is alleged -that the petition for pardon is signed 6y parties living in a part of the county remote from -that in w'ich -The crime occurred. Man's Forgetfulness. New York World.. A minister's wife, a doctor's wife, and a travelinig man's wife met at a socia'l ga'dh'ering recently, and the con versation turned on the forgetfulness of husbands. "I think," said tihem inister's wife, "th'at my husband is the most forget ful man living. He will go to 'church sometimes and forget his notes and no one can tell what he is greaching about." 'Thatr is nothing in comparison to my husband," said the doctor's wife, "for .he will often travel miles into the country to see a patient and forget his medicine case." "Neither of your husbands can hold ,a candle to mine," said the traveling man's wife, "for when he returned from a trip last week 'he patted me on thec Ih'ee:k ad said: "I 'believe I 'have sen you before, what is your name? Forced A Confession. Tihe late Mary A .Livermore was a shrewd woman who believed in "figh-t ing the devil with fire." She was con verted to this idea 'by the example of an old friend, a clergyman. 'With a solemn air he announced frbm the pulpit one day that a button had been found in 'dh'e collection. "Only one in dividual in the church couldc have been guilty of the trick," he said, "and I shall expect a coin." After service a member 'of the ahurioh owned up to being the -cu'lprit, and asked, "How did you 'know I was the man?" "I did not know," said the clergy man. "But you said only one person could ihave 'done it." "Just so," was 'the reply. "Two per sons could not 'have put the same buc ton on the plate." ROOSEVELT AT TUSKEEGEE. President Addresses The Students of Booker Wasbington's School A Great Demoistration. The president arrived at M'Iont gomery at 8:30 on Tuesday morning. The city was beautifully decoraced. The platform from which the presi dent spoke to the people of the city was made from $30,000 worth of cot ton in original bales. Escorted by a company of state militia, the president was driven to 'the Alabama confer ence. In the Female college which represented a typical southern scene, the cotcon had been transplanted in two long rows and two old southern negroes with cotton picker's sacks on their shoulders, were engaged in pick ing the staple from the plants. The president was greeted at the college grounds by the students. and public school children. The president's ad dress was short and at its conclusion [e left for Tuskeegee Norman and In dustrial school. The president reached the grounds of the Institute after a brief stop in the town of Tuskeegee, where Ie was received by the mayor and other dis tinguished citizens of Ala!bama. From midnight until morning great crowds of country people, white and black, were arriving from all sections sur rounding Tuskeegee. A matley assort ment of vehicles were allowed to come into the CInstitute where the president saw the collection and seem ed to be amused by the sight. The president was received by Booker Washington and other mem bers of the Institute trustees and fac ilty. He- entered -a carriage made by sudents 'of the rchool and driven by students in the school uniform. The party proceeded immediately to the elaborately decorated stand, in front of -the office building surmounted.by the president's flag. From this point he viewed the educational and indus trial parade, upon the preparation of which the. students and faculty had been at work for several weeks. The parade was headed by the Institute band. Then came 1,500 students in two di visions-young men uniformed in blue suits, and young women wearing blue dresses, each bearing a stalk of sugar cane tapped with a cotton ~boll, all raised in the school agricultural ex perimental station. Immediately be bind the student body came 61 floats. After the parade. 'the presidential party was driven a'bout the grounds and shown the extent and seope of the work being carried on by the In stitute. Then to the chapel the party was taken where the students, led by the Inst-itute choir of 150 voices, sang a number of plantation melodies. Principal Washington then present ed the president with the tollowing words: "This is a great day for Tus keegee Normal and Industrial insti tu're; too great to ~be described by words. We 'have gathered to hear one voice, to see one face. 'In presenting our guest to the stu dent's, teach.ers and citizens, I must not omit to express the gratitude felt by the people of Tuskeegee Institute and by the people of both races in this section of Alabama for the hon or which has been conferred upon them. -That the chief magistrate of our beloved republic of 80,ooo,ooo peo ple has deemed it wise and good to include Tuskeegee Institute in his trip through the south and to spend a few hours seeing the work we are doing here, brings to the heart of every man and woman of our race in this coun try, a degree of encouragement and inspiration which it is impossible for any American citizen, not of our race, to fully appreciate. "My friends, without further words of mine, I have the pleasure and hon or of presenting to you the President of the United States, Theodore Roose velt." The pesirlent hbe-an byn emphasz ing the importance of industrial edu cation for the negro, and said Tus keegee had done a great work. He told his audience they owed a debt to the southern white man who was after all -heir best friend. He spoke in part as follows: "It is no: only the duty of the white man, but it is to his interest to see that the negro is protected in prop erty, in life and in his legal rights. Every time a law is broken every in dividual in the community has the moral tone of his life lowered. Law lessness in the United States is not confined to any section; lynching is not confined to any section; and there is perhaps no body of American citi zens who 'have deserved so well of the entire American people as the public man, the publicists, the clergy men, the countless thousands of high minded private citizens who have done such heroic work in the south in arousing public opinion against lawlessness in all its forms, and es pecially against lynching. "I very earnestly hope that the ex ample will count in -the north as well as in the south, for there are just as great evils to .be warned against in one region of our country as in an ottier, though they are not in all places the same evils. And when any body of men in any community stands bravely for what is right, 'these men not merely serve a useful purpose in doing the particular task to which they set themselves, but give a lift to the cause of good citizenship through out the union. "And right here, let me say that if in any community a misunderstanding between the._-races arises, over any matter, infinitely the- best way out is to have a prompt, frank and full con ference and consultation between rep resentatives of the wise, decent, cool headed men among the whites and the wise, decent, cool-headed colored men. Such a conference will always tend to bring about' a better understanding, and will be a great help all around. "Hitherto I have spoken chiefly of the obligations existing on the part of the white men. Now let you remem ber.on the other hand that no help can permanently avail you save as you yourselves develop capacity for self help. You young colored men and women educated at Tuskeegee must by precept and example lead your fel lows toward sober, industrious,- law abiding lives. "You are in honor bound to join hands in favor of law'and order and to argue against all crime, especially against all crime by men of your own race; for the heaviest wrong done by the criminal is the wrong to his own race. You must teach the people of your race th-at they must scrupurous ly observe any .contract into which they in good faith enter, no matter whether it is hard to keep or not. If you save money, secure homes, be come taxpayers and lead clean decent modest lives, you will win the respect of your neighbors of both races. "Remember also that the white man who can be of most use to the colored man is that colored man's neighbor. It is the southern people themselves womust and can solve the difficul 'ies that exist in the sou't:h; of course 'hat. help the people of the rest of the Union can give them, must and will be gladly and cheerfully given. The 'hope of advancement for the col ored man in the south lies in his steady, common sense effort to im proye his moral and material condi tion and to work in harmony with the white man in the upbuilding the com monwealth. The future of the south lies in both races l.iving up to the Isp irit and letter of thie laws of their several states and working out the destinies o'f 'bo'. races, not as races, but as law abidin.g American citizens." G. K. Willis who has been the agent of the Southern railway at Williams ton, has resigned to recuperate his health..