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VOL XML. NO.-48- NEWBERRY. S. 0. FRIDAY, MLAY 25. 19o3.TIEAWE.$.0AYA Interior View of 4 THE OOMMERCIAL BANK. Organized 1896-Capital $50,000 Undivided Profits $43,000-A Successful Institution. .The Herald and News has publish ed interior views of the National Bank, the Savings Bank and the Ex change Bank, and we present in this issue the interior view of the Com mercial Bank. These four constitute the banking institutions of the city and together have a combined capi tal of $300,000.00, and a combined surplus of about $150,000.00. All of them are strong and safe banking in stitutions, and are officered by excel lent business men and bood bankers. The Commercial Bank is the third oldest bank in the city, and was or ganized in 1896 with a capital of $50, 000. According to the statement printed on the call of the state bank examiner at the close of business May 4, 1906, the undiyided profits less ex penses and taxes paid amounted to $43,335.75, and the individual depos its subject to check, $252,217.34. This bank has been remarkably successful from its organization as any one canl well see from the figures given above. Semi-annal dividends have been paid regularly trom the or ganization of from three to four per cent inl addition to the surplus, which has been accumulated as stated above. Mr. John M. Kinard, who was for several years clerk of the court in this county, and very popular with all the people, has been president of the bank from its organization, hiavifg voluntarily given up the otriec of clerk of court i order to go into the banking business. Mr. Z. F. Wiight was cashier until his election as president of the Newberry cotton mill having resigned to accept that posi tion. Mr. -J. Y. McFall is cashier. Mr. H. T. Renwick is assistant cash ier and Mr. R. H. Wright book-keep er. Mr. Renwick is absent. recuperat ing his health and in his absence, Mr. J. N. McCaughrin is assisting the omleer~s of the bank. The following constitute the board of directors: L. W. Floyd, George S. Mower, 0. B. Mayer, P. C. Smith. George WV. Summer, W. H. Hunt, A. .J. Gibson, Z. F. Wright, John M. Kinard. The bank also has a sav ings dlepartment and 4 per cent per an num is paid on deposfsts in that de partmen t. People Again .Fleeing From Mt. Vesuvius. Rome, May 22.--A fresh exodus of persons living in the neighborhood of Vesuvius has been caused by the ava lanches now descending the sides of the v'olcano, caused by the heavy rains washing down ashes which ac cumulated from the recent erupti'on, in wide streams. The refugees are fleeing toward Naples, where they congregated in such numbers during the recent eruption. Henry White, United States am bassador to Italy, today 'handed to Count Guicciardni, minister of for eign affairs, $6,300 as a contribution of the American Red Crooss society to the Vesuvius sufferers. A girl must be able to see in the dark, because, no matter how many peop,le are in the room when the lights go out, she always humps into, the right one. ( 0 ti C lommercial Bank. THE NEWS OF PROSPERITY. Old Folks Day Greatly Enjoyed Closink of the Graded School Arranging for Sunday School Convention. Prosperity, May 24.-Again we are called on to chronicle the death of one of our citizens from No. 9 township. Mr. Allen Whitman, aged about 54 years, passed into the great beyontj 1 and was laid to rest in the Chapman graveyard by his pastor, Rev. S. P. Koon. The executice committee of the Newberry conference Sunday school convention met at Prosperity on Tuesday and arranged a programme for the convention which will be held with Bethlehem congregation on July 25th and 26th. The program will be given later. Old folks day was largely attend ed and highly enjoyed. Uncle Jacob Shealy's talk was very much appre ciated. Hle told us how tie boys and girls lived and what they did 75 years ago. How they , went to Sunday school and what they had to do to earn a catechism. People dLid not, live so el,ose together then and they a] ways walked to church, and it was a distance of four or five miles, andl that not only the children, but all the peol)le went to Smiday school. What. an ideal school it was. We need to ' 1o back to this plan of all going to church and Sunday school. He said there were no markets in those days ! and none were needed as the only thiing they bought was- sugar, coffee and molasses. The clothes were all made at home. The thread was spuI and woven by hand, and the folks all wore home-made clothes, and it was no unusual sight to see men and boys at church with copperas breeches onl and some times th'e men as well as the children were barefooted. The | women would put on their shoes In g siehlt of the church and pull them off again when they started hohne. They d nract icedl economy in every wvay and they were joyous and happy and the world went merrily on. Tn contrastinQ the past with thet future Pastor Kreps said thme future was wvhat we of the present made it C as we were laying the foundation for future bunilding today. There were quite a number of 0old folks present r and they were given front seats and joined in the singing of the go>od old hymns of their childhood. We heard e many pleasant comments and one lady said, "Don't wait so long to harve another.'' R1ev. Z. Wr. Bledenbaugh filled Rev. r, Freed 's pulpit at Ebenezer church, Columbia, on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. (. A. Maffett lost their little child on Monday. It was about three weeks old and wvas burined' in Prosperity cemetery on Tuesday. Mr. Whittaker was onl a visit to his a father, Rev. H. W. Whittaker, thee first of the week. F Mr. .J. L. Aull, of Dyson, wvas In I , town last week, the guest of hisI nephews, Messrs. J. L. and A. 0. Wise. Mrs. J. W. Reames, of Johnston, is visiting lhen mother, Mfrs. M. B. Be denbaugh.. Miss Joe Langford 's school atIi Swansea having closed, is at home enjoying a well earned vacation. S *Dr. Perry D. Simpsoni has accep)t-I ad a'nositioni with the Ric Dr...., r Union, and loft for his new field f labor on Saturday. Uncle Bob Elmore has been on a R isit to his daughter, Mrs. E. B. 'ibler. Mliss Gertrude Bobb returned from er school at Dillon this morning. She as been elected for another term C 'ith an inereased salary. 11 Mr. H. J. Rawl, formerly of Pros- J icrity, but now of Leesville, was in A wi a couple of days this past week. Miss Lilla Kibler is visiting her ister, Mrs. J. A. Simpson. 0 Mr. F. R. Fellers spent a couple of ays at home. ' Mr. J. L. Clark, of Chapinl, has een bcautfif!ying suburban school st u011SeS and - residelnces ind has paint d St. Lukes and Big Creek school'( ouses and Mr. J. S. Nichols' resi ence. Drs. 0. B. Mayer and P. G. Ellisor vere oin our streets oin Wednesday. g )r. R. C. Kibler, of Atlanta, ar ived ill town (in Wednesday to spend omle timeic in our. salubrious climate. 'lie doctor knows a good thing. M[rs;. E. A. Counts, after a pro onged stay at. the Columbia hospital, eturined to her home on Monday. v Mr. and Mrs. J. 11. Hunter and 6rs. Caldwell were visitors at Col. -I. C. Moseley's on Tuesday. Mrs. A. W. Fogle, of Columbia, has oeen on a visit to Dr. E. L. Luther ud family. if Rev. J. J. Long, of Pomaria, was in town on Tuesday. - Rev. 0. B. Shearouse, of Little I dfountain, was in town on Tuesday. i hese gentlemen were in attendance t [pon the,executive committee of the b 5unday school convention. L Mr. R. T. C. Huntei-, the president f the convention, was also present It tile meeting together --with - Supt. F. S. Wheeler 'and your correspon lent. Mrs. Mollie Everett and daughter, diss May, of Atlanta, are visiting0 Irs. M. B. Bnmbagh this veek. 1is" Eva Lester is visiting in New- P erry. Miss Lucy Wheeler is at home from 0f or school at Kinards for vacation. Miss Eva Lester's music class will Ie mu1sical recital at her homlie a, n Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Harion a i isiting in Little Mountain. Miss Carrie Hunter is at ' home t roi her school for the snmmer val- 0 [Ition. qI The commencement exercises of tile I 'rosperity graded schools will be held 0" lay 30-31 and June T. ti( Wednesday evening, May 30th, s t. 8:30, p. Im., Juvenile cantata- b Ireain of Fairy Land in two parts )nsisting of choruses, songs, dia- " >gies, marches, etc. thi By primary and intermediate de- P artment, Good night Drill, by first "' rade. tl Thursday evening, May 31st, ad- 'a ress, Prof. Kieklighter, of Newber- 0. v college. Cantata by seventh, eith- it 1 and1( ninth grades-My' Country. bi 4t. 13 Original States, 2nd, Solee- "' ons5. fo 3rd, Song, American Eras, discov- Il ry and Revolution. il 4th. Selections. 5th. Song and selection--YankeeI 'oodle. tl 6th, Selections. i 7th, Song and drill--Our Adopt- ~ I Citizens. thl 8th, Recitations. b 9th, Song--The people's Prayer. Il Friday evening, June 1st.-Musical Ieital, Mrs. J. F. Browne's class,. a Full program given next week. st Union Mils Sold. h fo Union mills wvere sold Wednesday in 12 o'clock to Union and Buffalo >tton mill company. th The mills were bid jn b)y Mr. Wim. to hliot, of Columbia, for $1,239,400. th his; bid being the only one that was E ado. There will be no's cessation in the a! or'k of the mill wblich will continue ye >eration thle same as heretofore. nIc [e tried to propose, but stammered; Ice And wvhen at last she had hleard, -or bie rep)lied: ''I dare not trust you, i I'in afraid you would break your su LOST ON ERRORS. te ev. Mr. Seabrook Preaches a Prac- ti tical, Sermon On A Practical ye Subject. as ---- fo liev. Mr. Seabrook at the Lutheran til ireli of the Redeemer on Sunday en oiiiing preached a sermon the sub- hi: et of which iwas-Lost on Errors., bc I of us have lost on errors and it dr ill do good no doubt to read a synop- at s of what the preacher has to say P1 this practical theme. tit The following is a synopsis of the i ninon: di Lost On Errors. co iat text will you ind for such a si ihJect?'' asked a friend who saw in ti ir papers the announcement of this lo ihject. Must. I have a text? Usu- r ly in my preaching, this is my meth 1, the text comes first. But this th me the theme so persistently sug- in Ste(d itself, that I was almost forced fo consider it.' A text necessary, tlien nce le Scriptures are full of texts. There 9i the familiar word of Solomon's Pf eig, chaptei 2:15, ''Take us the Ut xes, the little foxes, that spoil the th mies.''-Therie is the solmen admoni- li( on of ''Hebrews, 2:3'' ''How A il we escape if we neglect?" There li( the history of a vast multitude, who ti lost on errors.'' Esau, wiho sacri- fla ed a father's blessing and (rince- lii itiheritance for a monmentary grat- h( Ication of apetite, Moses, who by le hat looks to us like a trifling error, ' ist the promised land. David, who " st the opportunity of carrying out sli e chief desire of his heart, the in ailding of the temple, Caiaphas, Pi- n ite, Judas, Felix, the priest and the m evite, the foolish builder, who count- g I the shifting sands sufficient foui- s ition for an enduring structure, the n 3glectful vii-gins and the slothful 30 rvant-yes there is many a text, and cal lustrations of the theme are found I i many a page of the Holy Book. lhc But said another friend, ''Is not di ur theme a sensational one?" r lI Imit it, but I have no apology to thi fer. Many a theme and text and ty rmon that have been used in this be ill)it have been forgotten long ago id might be repeated and none roe- o Muize an old sermon. This cant ,ver be used again without your eo Mwin it. You will remember the 'e1 eme ''Lost on'Errors,'' aid I pray 11 Ad that some may never forget its In( ggested lessons. . Sensational, yes, sc pray that it may be sensational not n ily in theme, but in sermon, sensa mal in the true sense of creating a re; nsation that will not be evanescent, th it abiding in all who need it. imi I need not tell you th:t the theme bo is suggested by the phraseology of ha e diamond. Many of you heard the mi fiase a few days ago. "If it had in, t been for this or for' that little iVi ing we would have won.'' The io me was "lost on errors.'' You mi iow what the expression means, that de stands for wild throws, muffed nu lls, balls misjudged, lack of head t1< >rk, stup)id base running, sometimes en ir grand stand p)layinig in forgetful- the ss of the fact that success depends wvi >on every man being on his toes all i e time and attending strictly to bus- so, ass. Every lhwer oif the sport knows Iii at many a ball game has been lost eli t b)y one glaring mistake, but rath- tha by a series of little blunders, wi iich put together were enough to te: rowv the game. There might have ' en a great deal of not only good pa t really brilliant playing, but cost- ini and numerous errors nullified it all, is in a recent game the opposing team sal ide only six hits off the p)itcher wvho ag iod up against them, but even his spi illiant work could not make up for II, tirteen errors of the teare suphport- hii g him, of And so it is in all life. Many is lie a man, many the woman on whose an sib-stone this might be engraved as hie S appropriate epitaph-''Lost on th< 'ros.' an How many illustr~ations there are wIy round us in the world. Here is a .bi ung man, who believes that lie does cir t need to ''waste'' as lie puts it thme sio ig years of a -college course in we eparation for his life work. Hese ives school at the end of the eighth iti ninth grade, accecpts a position, to es into b)usiness, perhaps makes a ca ecess of it on the financial side, and :at ry not realize his misinke until af- ,it r long years have past. - I have in mind one such case, it is at of a man of more than seventy ars old. He would not go to school a boy. In business lie amassed a rtune. -Ic is now retired from ne -e life. I called to see him1 one cv ing. I found him in the library of i homne, surrounded by choicest oks. They belonged t6 his chil-: en. In them for him there was no traction. What 'was lie doing? aying a game of solitaire, to kill ne. He told me that thus lie spent >st of his evenings and many hours ring the day, and I wish that I uld repeat for you his words as lie oke with regret of wasted oppor nities of his earlier years, of the ;s of an ideal old age, ''Lost on Er r1s.'' How many illustrations there are in e school life of young men and wo mi. A youth or maiden leaves home r college. Father and Mother would t make the sacrifices necessary to ve this glorious opportunity of pre ring for life of highest success, of blest influence and usefulness, if ey did not with all the heart be ve in ''Our Boy,'' ''Our Girl.' Ad there is ground for their be f. The possibilities are there, but ey are to be attained only through ithful work. The boy, the girl, be ves in these possibilities. High pes fill the heart anld dreams of col e honors, of developing manhood, manhood-but temptations to wast time are early met with. They ght the work of this or that depart 3nt, because they do not like the structor, or because they do not like Ithematics, or history or the lana ages, perhaps they do good work in me one department, but the latest vel, a tramp through the woods, the orts of the athletic field, a social 11, each all right in its place and at oper time, is more pleasant than an 1ur's grilnd, and after awhile the eaml of honors fades away, and at 4 the only ambition is to get rough by the courtesy of tihe facul , however little deserving, and the st is lost, lost on errors. It is not iecessary for one to be either a fool a rake to bring defeat and disas rlupon himself ' in his college 1irse, and what a))li(s here applies erywhere else imn life. ''Idleness, ilifference, slip-shod work, a little 'k of the highest and finest eonl enec and honor, will do the busi The same principle is seen in the an of character. Oh, lie errors at tle youth of our land are mak Sill this generation ! How many ys and young men there are wlio ve mistaken views of what a young in's life should be. They see noth , wrong inl an occasional glass of lie or whiskey, they walt to be men, t ''goody-goody,'' milksops. It is Imly, it is smart, it shows their in pendence, to once in a while even khe beasts of themselves. A lit bietting, aun occasional game of rds!1 why all young men must sowv 3ir wild -oats. Think so, if you 11, young menCl. It is ntot true, hut tI II tell you what is true--if you will' v your wild oats, you will reap mi. For ' 'What soever a manm sow i, Itha t,shall he also r'eap,' and ' 'he it sowethI thme wind shall reap the irlwind.'' I clipped from thIe Inm ioar not long ago the following: hIe greaJ International Bond Comn ny wvrote to us last week askintg for ormation as to youtg X. Y. Z. He anl applicanit for a place at a fine airy, and the corporation have reedl to take him if lhe can get re ansible bonds. He referred to us. is not a band felhowv. But we see nI once in a long while coming out the sidle door of a saloon; antd we ird of him as an occasional attend I, at thle races. We utnderstand that picked ill a few stray dollars onl 3 October pools. He has a nice wife d: a charming little family. But at htas that to do w'itht the point mnk inquiry ''Do you knowv of any mumstances that would render you sp)iciouts of his fidelity and trust rthtiness? It (10eR not take a public md(al to rutin a man 's chances (loes We will not even hint ouri fears thlis bond company. We simply nnot answer that letter of inquiry all wvith satisfaction. So we dIrop) in thte waste hnaket,annd int. coas our young friend X. Y. Z. fifteen hun. dred dollars a year.' MAity a young man is losing every day on errors like this opportunities of financial, com iercial advancement, and many more even though suffetring no commercial or financial loss, losing What is more precious tIan temporal possession, the approval of tleir own consciences, peace of mind and heart, and the un wavering confidence of (te best class of their followien. So common ihas this view of life be Cole1 among young mie, that oven some young girls have conie to take the same view of a man's life. A young girl, who was cautioned against a growing intimey with a youig mnan, defended him to her brother, who was the bearer of the warniig. Her do fellec was that Ie was a manl of cul ture, a brilliant conversationalist, a bright companion, generous, sympa thetic, a leader in society, a graceful. dancor, always courteous iid. polite. Her brother admitted that lie was all that she claimed for ,him, but. told her as a brother should, that lie was, not worthy of her esl(enim. lie (raniC to excess at times. lie was sometimes seen at tie card table. When anmong mIei lie sometimes (old stories fit on ly tfor tle ears of men, and not fit for. the ears of decent men, in a word his lif'o was not a clean life. What do you suppose was her further defense? That his life was not unlike that of all young men; lie would settle down after awhile, young men will be young men. No words Can describe what this girl, and every girl, like her is losing oi errors, losing the pure ideals of womanihood, losing her infli ence for good over young men, to loose if she gives her life into the keeping of such a man, all hope of a happy wifehood, as the comlipanion of a main w,'homi she can trust, as she desires lim to trust her. Lost o] Errors. 0, how pitiful the story. I need not 1imltfiply further illustrations of how ti'ue is the rule il aill life. It is just as true in the re ligious life, in time and for eternity. One of our cII'ch lperkodicals re ceitly pointed out tihe prevalence of the error that if we live comparative ly moral lives, and do not openly, wil fully an(I deliantly I ransIl-ress God's laws we are guiity of nio great. wong, orgettin- that a life that is one coni thilous reeorid of (Iuty I'nlperfolrnied 111141 opportilliie tiI unredItelled is mov mng toward just as eertnin loss as the life of o"en guilt. And the state ment is at true one. We do not have to go oit and break all the mi coin 111ani(lments, in order to lose our souls. ."imp" I e-lect of so gI'eil salvation will as certainily brit us to ship wreCk. WViho oIf us has not lost much on Or rois, bit thank Ood, all is not lost foi' any one of us. I have not spoken of iihese things to cause any to des pair. No ease is hopeless. Both pli losophy and faith teach us not to brood over post mistakes and st8i furthei' weakeni (' powers by vain re grets. Let thie piast go. Tlake Jesus (Chriist as Saviour, f'riend, ex emplar, and guide. Use p)ast eri'ors as step ping st ones to rise to1 the Iifec that He dlesir'es for us and wvill help us live. There ;N 'i. rest for thme weary Met hod ist minist er''s ife . Tfhe gen eral 'onIf'er'ence says she miust move (everiy four years anyway. The time to ti'ust a nian is when lhe is sick abed. Tlhie way for a widlow to get over being one is to be0 rich. Nobody ever lived long enough for his red hai' to tur'n white. It. would be much easier to tell the truth if it were breaking a command It's mighty uncomfortable to have t.o do a good dleed because somebody expects you to. It takes nmoire imonecy to educate a boy thaon lie ever seems to be able to earn afterwvard. A nice thing about having only one b)ad habit is you can spend so much more money on it. Many a man who imagines the eyes of the whole world arec uipon him isn't knowni oultsidec of his own preinet. If a young iian's coke is ''dough"D he can easily find a girl who is will ing to take the cake.