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THE NEWS OF PROSPERITY. Election of Officers for Sorosis-Eas ter Services in the Churches Personal and Otherwise. Prosperity, S. C., April 12.-Mrs. E. J. DeWalt having recovered from her illness has returned to her,home, from her visit to her brother'in the .aliacre section. Miss Nannie Hunter and little ",iss Betsy Hunter and mother, of St. Luke's, are visiting Mrs. A. H. Haw kins. Mr. Ed Monts, of Newberry college, spent a couple days of last week at home, returning to college on Monday. It is rumored that Prosperity may play the Caldwell team on the local diamond on Friday afternoon. The Sorosis met with Miss Margar et Leckie last Friday, at which time the officers-elect were installed. The officers for the ensuing year are: President,; Mrs. J. S. Wheeler; first vice president, Miss Leckie; second vice president, Miss Russell; corres ponding secretary, Mrs. M. C. Morris; recording secretary, Miss Eva Lester; treasurer, Mrs. Schumpert; librarian, Miss Barre. There will be communion servige in, Grace church Sunday morning:. Pas tor Kreps is also holding servifs each night this week. Subjects f4r each night are taken from the trial and crueifixion of Christ. The Sunday school will have their exercises at-8 o'clock Sunday evening. -The offering will be for the mission work in Japan. Mr. C. F. Lathan, of Little Monn tain, was in town on Wednesday. Mr. J. L. Wise has gone to, Colum bia to the meeting of the Shriners. Mr. F. R. Fellers spent ' coule days in the old home recently. Miss Toy Lathan,. after !several weeks' visit to Mrs. J.:F.' Browne, and Mrs., C. M. Harmon, returned home Monday. Miss Minnie Cannon attended the funeral of her aunt, Mrs. Livingston (xwe Folk), at Pomaria. .Mr. Greene Mitchell and' family will move into the home with Mrs. B. L Dominick. That will make the house in which he lives for rent. We dare says.from the demand for houses that it will not be vacant long. Mrs. Tolitha Stewart is visiting her son at Goldville. Miss Gertrude Simpson spent Sun day in town with her parents. Mrs. J. A. Simpson has returned from her visit to Atlanta. Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Wise have gone on a visit to Atlanta. - Mrs. Burr Martin is visiting her mother, Mrs. H. S. Boozei Mrs. Minnie Reagin is Visiting Mrs. Wilbur Mathis. . Mrs. J. W. Hartman is sufficiently recovered to visit her sistere>Mrs. J. M. Werts, in town. Rev. Mr. Caldwell, pastor-elect of the A. R. P. church preached a very earnest. sermon last Sabbath morn ing. Mi. Caldwell will take charge of the work here about June. Married by Rev. H. W. 'Whitaker on Thursday evening, April 5th, Mr. J. P. Bowers and Miss Ophelia 'Nates at the, residence of the bride's father, Mrs A. A. Nates. Mr. T. A. Dominick, having, pur chased the P. L. Langford residence,I enlarged it and is now at home in it. -Mrs.. Warren has returned to Co-. lumbia. Miss Nell Roper came up from Co lumbia to attend the annual ;meeting of the Sorosis. She -returned on Sat urday. - The Sojosis elected Mrs. J.. S. < Wheeler and Mrs. C. T. Wyche' dele gates to the meeting of the Federa tion of Women's clubs. -In our letter last week we said that Mr. M. B. Bedenbaugh had bought tire stock of G. A. Maffett and 'Co. I should have said that F. E. .Sch1im ~wAs iompany of Messih. Maffett and Co. Miss Mattie Washington is. now with Mrs. S. D. Duncan, :having the care of her home while Mrs. Duncan is at the store. Dr. Nance, after a short stay, has returned to his home and work in Florida. Mr. B. W. Wheeler is back again for a few days stay. Miss Lulie May Russell and Miss Lucy Fellers are assisting with. the Easter hat trade at Moseley Bros. Mrs. E. B. Kibler has returned from her visit to Whitmire and the up country. Rev. Mr. Mitchell will preach in the 'Baptist church at 8 p. m. on the 5th Sunday in April. Miss Leckie will spend Easter at home. Miss Maud Livingston will.spend the zlad Easter with her parents. Mrs. Bickley will spend Easter in Columbia. Miss Marie Bobb, of Ninety Six,~ will spend Sunday with her parents. Mr. J D. Qnattlebaum spent Tues.| day in Columbia. The ticket as nominated was duly elected on Tuesday. They will be sworn in at some future day. Your correspondent spent Tues day in Columbia and noticed that the city on the Congaree is making much material progress, especially in the wholesale section. VESUIVIUS AND, CTITY. Conditions Last Night Were Much Ameliorated. Naples. April 11.-Conditions to night in the section affected by the eruption of Mont Vesuvius are great ly ameliorated. The fall of volcanic ashes has diminished and scientists express the opinion that the volcano has spent itself. All the papers to night advise the public to be calm, pointing out the improved condition of affairs. The papers -also eulogize Director Matteucci for his courage in returning to the ruined observa tory on Mount Vesuvius and sending from that place messeges of encour agement and expressions of confidence that Vesuvi'us'will soon quiet down. Places of Amusement Closed. The theatres, cafes and other places of amusement throughout the city have been closed, and before all the sacred images in the streets candles are kept burning, while smaller im ages are being carried about, in many cases being set down in the open air and surrounded.by candles. Troops are engaged in clearing the roofs of buildings of the accumulation of sand and ashes, which endangers the structures. The large glass cov ered galleries. troughout the city, which are much frequented, have been ordered closed, lest the weight upon the roofs should cause them to col lapse. Village Under Sand and Ashes. The viUages of San Gennaro has been partly buried in sand and ashes, and several houses have fallen. At that place, three persons were killed and raore than twenty injured. In the road at Torre del Greco three persons were found dead from suffo cation. The people who remain at i'orre Annunziata are in danger of. perishing from starvation, all the shops having been.eclosed. Rations for 200 persons have been sent there. Good Work of War Ships. The 'war ships ordered here have been doing effective service in the re moval of refugees. Premier Sonnino reached here today by train from Rome, his journey having been great ly impeded. He had a conference im nediately after his arrival with King Victor Emmanuel, with whom the premier discussed the measures to be adopted to restore public confidence, naintain order, aid the' refugees and repair the damage caused by'the erup 10on. Escape of Two American Girls. Two American girls, who had heed essly ventured into the Vesuvius dis ;riet, where the abandonmient of the ;raili by which they were travelling aused them much discomfort and no ittle peril, were brought here today >y the steamer St. B~on, The loss to property by the volcanie >utbreak is estimated at $20,000,000 and it is announced that 50,000 per-. ;ons,have been rendered homeless. So widespread is the catastrophe hat it is estimated it will require af4 >rganized body of 100,000 men and he expenditure of ma4 millions of lollars to raze houses rendered unsafe ~or habitation sby the accumulation of ishes and cinders on th3e roofs; erect emporary huts of refuge , for the housands who have been obliged to lee' from their homes; clear the roofs >f buildings that may yet be saved, tnd extricate f'rom the ruins of fallen ~tructures and bury the dead. The distress among the tens of ~housands of fugitives is appalling. ['he government has forwarded sup >lies of food and money, several of ~he Italian cities have done the same, tnd private citizens are contributing noney for the assistance of the suf erers, but more help is needed. Activity of The King. King Victor Emmanuel ha ( placed he Royal Palace at Cappodimonti, ~ituated'above this city, at the dispos 1l of the .injured refugees and early n the day announced his intention of etuirning to Naples from Rome in >rder to personally direct the relief work. The news caused much satis ~action and when their majesties eached Naples this evening they re ~eived a most enthusiastic greeting. ater the King and Queen visited the ufferers in the hospital and were heered heartily as they passed hrough the. streets. Although the report that Sarno has hen destroyedl is denied, it is now fle(ally admitted that Otta.jano has >een buried. The casualties there and n thes urrounding vilages are not known, but 300. it is believed, would be a low estimate. Even Capri, a small island off the coast of Campania, nineteen miles south of Naples, a favorite resort for tourists and artists, has been covered with ashes and has been abandoned by its foreign population, which in eluded several Americans. Magnitude of the Disaster. The magnitude of the .disaster is al most indescribable. Md6nt Vesuvius has spread desolation and terror. over an immense tract:of country. Some idea of the difficulties en countered by the authorities in ob taining accurate knowledge of the situation may be gathered from the fact that Minister of Finance Salan dra and Under Secretary of State Denava were blockaded at Torre Annunziata by ash heaps and were compelled to go to Castellammare in an automobile reaching that place with great difficulty. 'They hoped to get a boat at Castellammare to take them from there to this city, but even the fishermen refused to run the risk of crossing the Bay of Naples, as they would have to pass Mount Vesuvius, which is situated about half way be tween Castellammare and Naples. The train which brought Premier Sonnino here today from Rome was consider ably delayed by ashes. With Mrs. Mehrtens. We are glad to announce for the Mehrtens Piano Recital, the appear ance of Mrs. Nellie Sweeney Palmer as vocalist. Irs. Palmer is a dramatic soprano of- much sympathy and power, and has had the advantage of many years training under the best masters of Europe and America. Notably Sig nor Ettore Barilli, (brother and teach er of Patti) Signor's D'auria Cle mont Fetedeoux, and Mr. Herman Klein, the well known Metropolitan coach. Mrs. Palmer has sung in the lead ing cities of the country, and much regret was expressed when she chose teaching instead of singing as her life work. As a teacher Mrs. Palmer has gain ed distinction. For a number of years she has worked in her native state, Virginia, and has earned an enviable reputa tion in conservative old Richmond, where shie taught privately as well as in ''The Richmond Conservatory of Musi,'' ''Benedictine Academy'' and the ''Woman's College.'' I have known Mrs. Nellie Sweeney Palmer a number of years, and can heartily commend her to any person with whom she may be associated. She has taught vocal music in this school and given great satisfaction. James Nelson, P resident Woman 's College. Richmond, Vd. ''Mrs. Palmer is a superb concert singer, and competent to fill 'any po sition in Concert, Chorus leader or as Vocal teacher..'' E. M. Bentley, Pianist, Richmond, Va. Shipping Away Weal$h. The editor of the Southern Farm Magazine says: Thg constant shipment of cattle to Cuba leads the Florida Times-Union to estimnate the impoverishment of the soil .thereby, and to urge the slaughtering of cattle and the utiliza tion~ of skiri, bones, horns, ets., within Thfe 'limits of the ~state. It makes the point that every full-grown steer sold out of Florida carries in his bones beyond recall an appreciable quantity of th'at which is the very bone of the land in.the shape of phosphates and lime. It .says that with one hand it sends forth beef with the hides, bones and offal, constituting the most val uable source of fertilizer, and with the other it purchases from the North dressed beef, prepared fertilizers, shoes and other articles made of leather. It shows that the hides could be converted into leather on the spot, with tannin derived from the red mangrove, that the slaughtered beves would supply all the plaster er's hair neegled in several states and lar&ge cmiantities of glue and that the establish,ment of factories dealing with these materials would attract capital, the breed of stock would be, improved, the..value of grazing lands would be enhanced, and the popula tion of the State increased. These are wise suggestions, and apply to, other States besides Florida. But how soon are they to be adopted I How soon will Alabama, Mississippi and other States cease to ship thseir young stock to Kansas to be fed there and brought back to the starting point in the shape of dressed beef, boots and shoes, whips, saddles, harness, combs, collar but tons, glue and divers others products? When will they ap ply to cattle the idea of whole hog rather than one-third hog? Had Nero owned a phonograph itI would have saved him a lot of fid dling while Rome was burning. POLK MITJ R COMING. At The Invitation of the Bachelor Maids. Everybody knows something about Polk Miller, and the Bachelor Maids are to be congratulated that he has accepted their invitation to present "In Old Times Down South" in the opera house next Monday night. Mr. Miller will bring his "Old South Quartette" with Iiim and without doubt the house will be crowded. Tickets, 75, 50, and 25 cents. Before the war, it chanced that 'in a hotel barroom in Canada, not far from the line, a group were seated, when a bright looking Vegro entered. "I s 'pose you're a runaway slave,'" said one, looking sharply at the new comer. Feeling that he was pretty well away from bondage, the darkey re sponded that he was. "Ah, indeed; well, we're glad of it, but you don't seem to look very poor -have good clothes down south?" "Certainly,'' said the darkey, with some pride, "same clothes as my mas sa. "But you got many a good thrash ing, eh ?" "Never had a whipping in my life." "Never thrashed!" said another; "well, but you niggers don't get enough to eat, do you?" "Always had enough, gemmen; never went hungry." "What!'' said the interrogator, "good clothes, no punishment, plen ty to eat." "Now," said he, turning to the group, "only think of it! This fel low has left a position where he en joys all these privileges for an un certainty." " Gemmen,'' said the darkey, "all I'se got to say respectin' dose privi leges is dat if any one wishes to awail himself de situation still remais open." Happily Illustrated. New York Mail. Lord Odo Russell while calling on Prince Bismarek during the sitting of the Berlin conference asked him how he managed to rid himself of that class of importunate visitors whom he could not well refuse to see, but whose room he found preferable to their'company. ."Oh,'' replied the chancellor, "I have a very simple method. My wife knows them pretty well, and when shie sees they are with me' she gener ally contrives to eome in and call me away upon some pretext or other.'' He had scarcely finished speaking when the princess put her head in at the door and said: "My dear, you must come and take your medicine. You ought .to have bad it an hour ago." Jimmy Fixed It. . " Jimmy, I'd like 'to g your sis ter,'' said the determined young man. "She ain't at home,''iJimmiy said, surveying him disdainfully. "But I just saw her come in)'' the youth protested. "Can't help that. Teil you what ['1l do, though,'' Jimmy laid, conde scendingly. "You give mie, your pack Come Al1 Wag or Weare hand Wagons, the. h~ ever sold in th complete line c .Our Little Sc thing On four wi Come and g Our prices and anxious to serv E.MNE of cigarettes an' I'll send her down." "You are too young to smoke, Jim my." "Do I get them?' Jimmy said, ag gressively, half closing the door. "Here they are," was the concili ating reply, and the box was handed over. Leaving the visitor seated in the parlor, Jimmy disappeared, to re turn in a few minutes. "She'll be down soon," he said. "How did you work that, Jimmy!'" the youth inquired. The boy surveyed him with an amused grin. 'Aw, I told her it was the fel low she's engaged to," he said. New Women Citizens. That a woman who directs a home and trains up children is a responsi ble citizen with a large share of state business to perform is suggested by the title of a series of articles begun in The New Idea Woman's Magazine for April. "The Evolution of Our Women Citizens: 1. Their Arrival" deals with the landing at Ellis Island of women from RussiA, Italy, Ger many, and other peasant-producing European states; and considers them as the raw material out of which American women citizens, with Amer ican aims and ideals are to be made. The writer, Miss Elizabeth Howard Westwood, tells of the inducements offered to emigrant women to come to America, of the dangers they have to meet on the landing, of the protec tion societies which have sprung up to care for defeneeless women ' and girls, of the fathers and husbands and friends who meet them at the end of their -painful steerage journey. In found in managing the hand-embroid ery of an American silk stocking fac tory the prop of falling fortune, the writers says: "If American opportun ities can thus induce the high class foreigner woman to forsake comfort able home, family ties,- social position -what must be the lure with which it calls to the woman who has nothing but misery to lose and vryLliing that makes life livable to win." One &annot but acknowledge, however, in observing the doubtful Paradise of new set of problems in. undertaking our city slums, that much has yet to be done before our peasant immi grants do more than grapple with a teresting realisti,e, photographs are shown. The article is optimistic con cerning the material advantages found by emigrants in this country. After recounting the .story of the daughter of a Scottish lord, who' the lot of American citizenship. NOTICE. All who are interested in the build ing of a Lutheran church at Silver Street, S. C., will please meet at said place on April 21st, at 10 o 'clock. .REDUCED RATE To Spartanhjurg, S. C., Account of .Musical Festival, April 25-27. Account of above named oecasion the following rates are authorized to Spartanburg, S. C. via C. N. & L. Railroad: Round trip fare Newberry to Spartanburg $2.35. Tickets on sale' April, 23, 24, 25, and 26th, final lim it April 28th, 1906. - J. W. Denning, ,and r OUR LINE(C is and-B ling the celebra rndsomest anc is County; we f the noted Ha) )uthern Buggy beels. ive our stock terms are Iiber re you.. VNS NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT AND DISCHARGE. Notice is hereby given that the un dersigned will, on the twelfth day of April, 1906, make a final settlement on the estate of John J. Mayer, de ceased, and will immediately thereaf ter apply to the Judge of Probate for letters dismissory as administrator of said estate. All parties having claims against the said estate will,..present same on or before that date'and all parties due the said-estate will make prompt payment. John M. Suber, Administrator. What Is It You're Looking For STERLING SILVER. YOU WILL FIND IT AT THE BOOK STORE. CUT GLASS. COME TO THE BOOK STORE. FANCY CHINA. I HAVE IT AT THE BOOK STORE. DINNER SETS. AT THE BOOK STORE. PICTURES. THE PRETTIEST IN TOWN AT THE BOOK STORE. MIRORS. LOOK AT YOUR SELF AT THE BOOK STORE. 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