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the condition of The Commercial Bani se of business Moky 4th, 1906. Resources. ans & Discounts .. .. $375,597 00 mand loans ........ 4,647 56 erdrafts .......... 3,912 88 1riture & Fixtures .. ,. 3,051 93 uo from Banks & Banikers, 44,774 80 urrency .......... 8,759 00 old .............. 2,400 00 ilver, nickles, pennies .. 954 04 heeks & cash items . .. 4,004 46 $448,102 87 TATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF NEWBERRY. Personally appeared before me J. Y. N ank, who swears that the above statem ge and belief. Sworn to before me this 4th day of Ma; ttest: Peo. S. Mower. V.H. Hunt. 0. B. Mayer. Newberr Capital stock paid in Surplus . Deposits . . . We do business on bu We extend every cor with safe and sound ba Four per cent. paid o Department. Fi Burglar Pr JAS. McINTOSH, President. A COMFOTABLE. Handsomely uphols Rugs, Mattings, Linole' want. Art Squares fr< Scrap Carpet, Sideboa, H all R ack $4.00 to $2 Ice Cream Freezers tha u;es, big line Refrigerat Hammocks ever brous newest and most up-to-< from $15.00 to $100.00 line of Wardrobes and i Goods have advancei have not advanced the and get our prices. ShoIIeg ~ ''I suppose I do. I know I'm small for my age,'' the boy explained, '"but to tell you the truth, since I've been 17ere I haven't had time to grow.'' He-T got the raise. A man no sooner gets the Christ mas present his wife gave him paid for than he has to begin to save up for -the one he is going to give her. I, loat dANOwber-y, S. C-, at t Liabilities. Capital Stock paid in .. $50,000 Undivided profits, less cur rent expenses & taxes paid.--.--.. .... 43,335 L)ue to Banks & Bankers . 1,874 Due unpaid dividends .. .. 675 [ndividual deposits subject to check .... .. .. .. 252,217 iotes and bills rediscounted 100,000 $448,102 8 [cFall, Cashier of the above nam mt is correct to the best of his know J. Y. McFALL, Cashier. r, 1906. JOHN C. GOGGANS, c. c. c. P. SAVI Nr BANE y, S. C. . . $ 50,000.0 . . 25,000.0 235,000.01 siness principles. isideration consister Aking. n deposits in Saving re Proof Vault. oof Safe. J. E. NORWOOD, Cashlei ROMYGOCH teed wl ma.. 'm, jus the kid y terd w ell mde.: n i ors, the finest line c ght to Newberry, thi late line of Room Suil .Come and see o1 sewing Machines. itO0 per cent. but w arice. Corne and loo Sunuuei A woman 's devotion will sta mighty hard knocks before it can broken down. A man doesn't mind being addres ad a.*''old mah,'' but he dislikes I ung so r.egarded. When a woman feels she has a m sion, she dearly loves to have othe lienuss it with her. THE OALDWft Egizggrvi A Case of Intense 40ligious Intor he -Argument 1eard Pro. and Con, When AssemlAy Adjourned for Day Discussion Had Not Ended. )0 News and Courier. 75 Greenville, May 22.-The Gener E8 assembly of the 'Presbyterian chur, )0on lTuesday became a judicial i stead of a legislative body, and wh< 14 tle Caldwell heresy case came up1) f tril,p and when Moderator Hall a )0 inonishe'd the commissioners not discuss the merits of tie case whi not in the assembly, the scene py sented reminded one strikingly of regular jury trial in a civil or crin nal iourt. As was reporteil Monday in t Al News and Courier, the judicial coi mnittvv, to which was referred all tI paperis inl the case, submitted a i port, which was docketed. The ca in brief is as follows: Statement of the Case. In 1904 the Rev. William Caldw< was invited to'become the stated su - ply at the First. Presbyterian chur, of Fort. Worth, Texas. He accept, the call and, after he had been recei ed into the Fort Worth Presbyte fronm the Baltimore presbytery, coi plaint was made by another mninist il the piresbytery that Mr. Caldw< was not orthordox in some of his 1 liefs. Caldwell, who had alrea, been examined by the Fort Wor D presbytery, and installed as past< appealed to the Fort Worth Presb tery, and the presbytery sustaine< ) him. The synod then overruled t action of the presbytery and declar Mr. Caldwell to be no longer a met b ber of the presbytery, and he was i fused a seat, ill that body, whereup, he and his church complained to t S general assembly, the highest court the Presbyterian church. The Rev. W. S. Red, of Texi moved that tile report of the judici committee dealing with the Caldw case be taken from the doeket, ai that the case come ill) -at once f '. trial. . How The Case is Argued. Ur. Josephus Johnson, of Texi then arose and asked permission make a statement. The judicial coi mittee had recommended that t compI)IiliaIt anld respondent be he through representatives, and -1 named the representatives. I Johnson pointed out that these re resentatives were not members of t general assembly, and that they It n,o constitutional right to appear 1 'fore the body. The representati referred to were W. H. Leavell a C. P. Bridwell. A long discussion to tihe eligibility of the represeni tives ensued, and Dr. Johnson's n tion was lost by a large majority. When Dr. Johnson's motion M lost lhe stated that lhe wished to gi notice of a protest. As the assemi is the highest court in the Presby riani church his protest wvill probal have no0 effect. The Moderator's Charge. Moderator Allan G. Hall th charged the assembly with respect the case. lie stated that the asse 'ily was the highest court in the Pr byterian''church, and that it wvas i a civil court but a court of Chri 'rounded on the Scriptures. He urged the commissioners to c< U ider tihe case calmly and with del eration, and to eliminfe all persoi ~feel ings from the matter. After v4 ably charging the assembly, wh *was no longes an assembly, but a. dicial court for the trial of a ju cial case he asked the'nev. .Dr. E. Green, of Danville, KCy., to lead prayer for Divine guidance. After the prayer had been offe: Moderator Hall stated that comn esioner who had absenited themsel the trial would forfeit their right Svote, and lhe admonished them agai1 rdiscussing the case with outsiders. Reading The Records. Then came the reading of the r ords in the case. The reading of jiious complaints and records consu ed1 some two hours. k A list of the questions which I bieen p)ropounlded by .the examiners Mr. Caldwvell was read, together wv the answers. These qluestions de wvith theology, natural and revenho the creation of the world, the six di rof creation and numerous0i1 otl poinits. Mr. Caldwell, in his repli statedl that the six (lays of creati were of ordlinar~y length and( man v' a special order of creation; th 4. qusin evidently being .asked ad see what wvas his position with be gard to evolution. Some Hard Questions. -He was also asked questions abt s- Jonah and the great fish, the Heb1) e- children in the fiery. furna'ce, Dan in the lions' den, the 19d Sea throu Swhich, it will be remembered, chidren of Israel passed wivfle thev 'teri stood back on either side, and Balaam's ass. The question concern st ing Balaam 's ass created some amuse ment Mr. Caldwell was asked if he be lieved that the ass actually spoke to his master. In reply he said that there was no trouble about the ass speaking, the only difficulty being ii understanding the language. In this al case, lie said, Balaam understood. 1h 1Samson, the strong man, and the "~ accuracy of' the Scriptural writinlgs an concerniin his movements and pro or digious feats .of strength, was also d- asked about. to t . Mr. Caldwell's Belief e- spractically this: He does not ac a cept the Mosaic authorship of tlib i. Pentateuch. He does not believe in the miraculous element in the Old se Testament. He does not believe in . the historic accuracy of the earlier le chapters of Genesis. Lastly, lie be e. lieves that. Christ died for man, not se as a penal substitute instead of man, but simply for man. The questions were well written 31 and the answers were scholarly. Per p- ins who arc familiar with Presbyte ,-h riansm (an appreciate something of ad the consternation which was created v- in the Presbyterian church when his ry beliefs and non-beliefs were announe n. ed. er The hour for recess had arrived ,I when the reading of the records In ,e- the case had been completed, and a ly recess was taken, all the commission th ers being admonished to keep their ir, opinions on the case to themselves. y- The Afternoon Session. I In the afternoon Mr. C. P. Brid he well, of Atlanta, representing the ed complainant, or the Caldwell side of n the case, took the stand. e- It will be remembered that the case Al is before the assembly on two sepa lie rate grounds, first, whether the pro i eedings of the synod were legal; second, whether the judgment of the is, synod was mistaken and ntijustly se al Vere. all The I-st phase of the question was ad ill) for discusion. Mr. Bridwell, of or Atlanta, stated that the presbytery had acted altogether within its iihts and that the synod had ovetstepped ts, its authority in removing Mr. Cald to well's name from the presbytery's n- roll. lie stated that the synod had lie beer 'asked to consider the complai-t rd of the presbytery, and that insiead ad of dealing with the complaint, it )r. judged the mani, assuming original p- iurisd-ietion. He stated that. the ac he lion of presbytery in accepting Mr. Qad Caldwell wa4 flnal, and that its ae )e- tion i iaccepting him after an exami 's 1ation could not be annulled by the niynod. as Mr. Bridwell made a clear, logical a- argument, confining himself stf'ictly kO- to the legal phase of the matter. Af 'er being on the floor about an hour as 'Ie stated that lie had fliished. ve Mr. McCall's Argument. dly to- Elider J. V. McCall, of Texas, then weni'(lt. on the platftorm. He stated that thle case was a unique one inl the his tory' of the assembly, and that on ae encount of its far reaching effects the to issemibly should consider the cas -niost carefully. He held the presby tery to be a part of thme assembly, an. tthat if a part of tihe assembly, the,l at, the assembly had something to d with its decision, else it became at independent body. If the assembl3 ib- would inot reverse the action of thi tal presbytery, then, lhe concluded, th )ry presbytery was an independent hody' ~ch without connection with tIle assem bly.' -After a long discussion onl this line M. he began to discuss the merits of thu in case, .referring especially to The Book of Deuteronomy. P1~ronounced opposition to a dis -cussion of this phase of the ease wam es5 developed, but after considerable do. of hate, the speaker was allowedl to pro. toeced. He said that the hook contain cit e an' account oft the death of Moses and that it wias not probale that Moses wrote it, but that it was not -impIossible. He conitenlded that the ra' fact that Moses wvas always refered tin the third pesndid not pr'ove adthat Moses was nlot its author. Hec adthen turned his attention to to .The Book Of Jonah, hwhich Mr. Caldwell.had spoken of am alt an allegorical history of a period in l Jcwish history. An allegory, accord. sing to Mr'. Caldwell 's definitioni in an. 1er other answer', wvas a story of what es, nver' happened told to illustrate a "g(eerie spiritual trthI. 'as Elider McCall c'ontendedc( that th<( "" defito of Mr. Caldwell made thc tohook of .Jonah an accounit of some re- thing whiichl never happened. After proceeding in this linle for some min utes, the hour for' recess arrived and mlt theii assembly wias dleclared adjourn ed for the (lay. giSEND Your' Panama biatsi to Lanrent 110 Laund(ry to be0 cleaned. Makes then liken new. GET IT / The R11ht Dra and be satist or get Your MoneU Gilder & W1 BuU. or Sell a Newberry, E I thought I would have had the Whee lots by now, but for good reasons have be done shortly. These are very convt suit business people. I own several ot sell. I have six lots 69 x 100 feet for throw of public square, adjoining Luther 1 Brick Store on Main street $2,200. 350 acres land near. Whitmire, abou berry, S. C. About 1 1-2 acre lot near Power Hoi Livery Stable, one of the most conven livery business in the city, plenty of roor I also have the two-story brick buildin Office, Express and Telegraph Office, n second floor. The new and handsrme : the street on one side, the new three-sti on the other. Almost opposite the Ne new store of the Newberry Hardware C for a Bank, convenient passing to and : drop in and make deposits, or would ma Would like to get a house and lot cor portion of the city, not too costly. If you want to buy or sell a farm, hou any of our good Banks, Cotton Mills or Will always do my best to please you. I have two medium priced mules and IF You Ne Toilet Soaps, Talcul Toilet Waters, Hair I Tooth Brushes, Comb Get them a THE RIGHT DRUC AND BE SATISFIE SGiIder &W led Back Honme? 0. C., May 24, 1906. ler property cut up in not done so. This will mient and would just her good lots that I will sale almost in stone's an church square. 00. t 16 miles from New ise. lent places for sale and n and established stand. g now used for Post icely finished rooms on Post Office just across >ry Fraternity building wberry Hotel and the , o. This is a nice place from the Post Office to ke a good store. venient to the business se and lot or stocks in Oil Mills let me know, one horse for sale. J. A. BURTON. med n Powders, Irushes, s, Etc., a~t STORE O. eck.