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VOLXII. 0. 138- NEW BERRY, S. 0. TTUESDAY, DECEMBER 12. 1905.4TIEAWE.$.0AYA P N -X Rev.. J. H. Graves who has sei ed the ONeall Street Methd church for the last two years, is 9$4hbvdle ciunty,hs p M I ents living about four miles w .f Abbeville. He was educated the graded schools of Abbevil and the Presbyterian college Clinton. He entered the Sot -Carolina Methodist conference 1898 and was assigned to Smithville circuit in Sumter a Kershaw coynties, which, circuit served for two years. 'He th THE REWRDS NOT THEl Secretary of State Gantt Before the 00 mittee. Columbia, December 9.-As sc as Secretary of State Gantt hea that he was wanted by the legis live committee to give his statemt regarding the missing cash and: ceipt books of Mr. Cooper's adm istration he presented himself. TI committee examined Mr. Gantt a Mr. D. H. Means, clerk of i Sinking Fund commission. The evidence will be submitted the general assembly to show w the committee did not feel warra: ed in making an investigation the books of the time involved as did not feel that it could do so w certain books containing records transactions missing. The books were not found a the evidende taken before the si cial committee threwv no light the whereabouts of the desired r ords, neither is there any conclus evidence that the records in qu tion were destroyed in the 1904 1 in the office of the secretary of sta One of the cash books in parti< lar the committee had in its poss sion for a few days, but this s) cial book may have escaped the entirely.^ The Catawba Indians will bri suit against te state of South C oina for the land claimed -to h; been taken from them several -deca T- served the church at Antreville foi ist one year, and the church at Green a wood for tWo years. Tio years agc . he was sent to O'NearV5txe Methodist church, where he ha. t done faithful and efficient work be in ing very much beloved, not oib le, by his own congregAtion, but by th< in community in general. h Mr. Graves will not come back t< in this charge inasmuch as it is hi, he purpose to pursue a postgraduat< nd course at Vanderbilt universit3 he which institution he expects to en. en ter early in the new year. Solicitor T. S. Sease. "The percentage of acquitted ir the entire circuit as shown by the report is a little over 12 per cent Of "Solicitor Sease is serving his d third term as the state's -prosecuting a- officer for the dstrict. During this it period he has been fearless and im re- partial and -has never placated o1 n- compromised crime and has beer e active and vigorous in giving his d talent and powers to punishing the e guilty. "His record for the year is ont o that any solicitor could wvell bE hy proud of. The percentage of ac nt- quittals dwindles down to 12 pei ocent. Mr. S ease's name has beer it frequently suggested by his friends th Ifor the office of attor-ney general oIt wvould be a fitting testimony tc his active anti orable service tc 4 the state to attanits this prize, anc e- those who know Tom. Sease fee n that should he be so honore.d by th< e- people of South Carolina he wouk( ve ably and acceptably fill the high anc s important post." LtThe above is from the Spartan. burg Herald. The friends of Solici tor Sease in this his native count: are sure will be glad to note th< e success he has attained. He is good clever fellow in addition to hit success as a prosecutftng officer. Mng In case he should ente'r arena o r State politics he will have man: vfriends in this county who wil gladly give him hearty support. TO KEEP DISPENSARIES OPEN. Supreme Court Refuses to Close them in Two Counties in which the People Have Voted them Out. Columbia, December 9.-T here were two pop calls made today in the state supreme court relative to the fight that is being made on the Brice act. It will be remembered that all of the cases involving the validity of the Brice act have been assigned for hearing on January 8. Under the preliminary order the authorities were ordered to keep the Greenville and Spartanburg dis pensaries open until after the return had been made. The day for the re turn was earlier than the new date set for the hearing-January 8. It was on this condition of affairs a that there was a hearing before the y supreme court Vday in the cases of t< Murphy v. Landrum and Cox vs. Hodges: The state board of canvassers has declared the election against the dispensary; the result of the elec tion has been communicated to the Istate commissioner.. The sup're. court has not directed that 4he dis pensaries in Greenville and Spar tanburg counties be kept open un til Jamuary,aind it was-to deter minathiiuesir:hatAther courtl had a hearingi of the matter today. Comissioner Tatum does not wish to ship liquor to these coun; ties and involve his bond, and the -only authority that now keeps the ) dispensaries open in Greenville and I Spartanburg is the supreme court. ! Circuit judges in the .Union and r other cases have 'declined to keepl the dispensaries open after the vote I had been declared and canvassed. 1 The supreme court this morning c heard argument as to whether or C inot the second paragraphi of the outstanding. order should be re-, yoked or not. The court is anxious not to indi c'ate any preference or to anticipatee any decision and has taken the mat ter under advisement. The dispensaries in Greenville andv Spartanburg are now open. The dispensar ies were ordereds kept open as this announcement ofa the court indicaLes:v The state of South Carolina-Inc the Supreme Court. VW. W. Mur phy, petitioner vs. B. G. Landrumv and others, defendants.-Petition t fu; inje'netion. At the suggestion of the court, a counsel for the petitione: appeared S with a vies to consider the proprie- k ty of amenlding the order of injunc tion heretofore granted by the Chief Justice by striking out so much of the order as provides for atmorary injunction pending the hearing of the case. Upon full con sideration the court'is of the opin ion that the order should remain as heretofore granted until the hear ing of the case assigned for Jan uary 8, 1906. Y. J. Pope, C. J. Ira B. Jones, A. J. C. A. Woods, A. J. 1 cannot concur in this order, as. the action of the court has the effect of keeping the dispensary open, be fore the issues involved have been finally determined. Eugene BR Gary, A. J. as' built by Rev. J. WV. Speake in -.w k8. Mr. Speake served the pas rate acceptably for two years. I W-0 is predecessor, and the first regu r pastor was Rev. S. A. Nettles. 'he. old building -and fui-niturc ere valued at $3,000.00, and il ras a very neat wooden building. 'he building and contents were de royed by fire on February 6, i9or he day following the fiire, the pas )r, Riev. J. H. Graves organized a uilding committee:and began wori t once towards the erection of C -ew buirding; The work- of th< uilding was commenced on Marcl 1905. The plans of the presen THE NEWS OF PROSPERITY. eath of Mrs. Nancy Dominiek at Ripe 01 Age-Prosperity Drug Company. Prosperity, December 11.-Th< rosperity Drug company ha. iade application to the Secretarn f State for a charter. It will b( apitalized at $4,ooo. The corpora rs are Drs. G. Y. Hunter, J. S heeler,a J. I. Bedenbaugh and J Dominick. We are again called on to chron le the death of one of our oldesi tizens, Mrs. Nancie Dominick ife of Geo. Dominick. Mrs. Dom ick lost her husband during the ar between the states. She was ~ft with five children all of whorr rive her. She is the last one ol large family some of whom wert ell known in the county and espe allv in the home community. On~ fher brothers Nathan Huntei as a citizen of Newberry and Cap n Sam Hunter of St. Luke's d Grandma Spence of Prosperity w ~ell as Aunt Betsy Hunter os t. Luke's. These wvere all well own persons and were much be --' . Mrs. Nancy Dominick. drw by ... Rev J. .. ravs.N H buldNg inpro , n ;dd.3 go 11. .. A. . hanKfs. Th new buino he arO ndatpee was chned,iceron the 3rd o Decemb, cotabu $4,200.wn by R ete. Itas. due superintended the work on the building in person, and did a good deal of the work with his own hands. The new building which has been finished and furnished, and was reopened for service on the 3rd of December, cost about $4,200.00 complete. It is due tha 6ooo lovely alo knwiewju t and many management of Mr. Graves ithat the property was rebuilt at so small a figure. It is worth fully $6,ooo and contractors who have n nee the lbuilding; have said that Lthey would not put it up for less tthan $6,ooo. loved by all who knew ther and many are the friends who mourn Swith the children. today. Mrs. Dominick was the daughter of Joe Hunter and Elizabeth Aber nathy, and sister of the late Nathan FHunter of Newberry.. She was 61born in 1822 and was married to . 1Mr. Dominick in i84o. From this are most excellent citizens. Six children were born to Mr. and Mrs. George A. Dominick, namely: Samuel W. and Abner A. Domi nick, of Phoenix, in Greenwood county ; J. Chesley, B., L. and Jno. S. Dominick of this county and Mrs. J. Cal Cook of Hendrix mills with whom Mrs. Dominick lived. Mr. Geo. A. Dominick was a brave and gallant soldier and was killed in the wvar between the sec tions in 1862. Mrs. Dominick was buried Mon day at Prosperity by her pastor. "Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord." Colony S'imday school will have a Christmas tree on Tuesday 26th. Married on December the ioth, Mr. Joe B. Hartman and Miss Bes sie Miller, daughter of Mr. A. H. Miller. 'Twas ever thus and we extend our hearty congratulations to our friend, Joe. B. Hartman, who tired of single blessedness has taken a better half to divide his sorrows and double his joys. Program for Teachers associa tion to be held in Boundary street school December 16, 19o5 0. B. Cannon-The Four Fun damental Principles of Arithmetic. J. R. McKittrick-The Parts of Speech. J.m S. Wheeler-School Manage