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LXLIIT EWBERRY. S. 0. FRIDAY. JU N047. .NEWERRY S.0. RIDA. JJ,rE 8. 19Os. TWIOE A WEEK. $1.50 A YEA.R - Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Shealy and I The subject of this sketch was born November 20, 1820, in Newberry county on the farm where he is living today and almost within a stones throw of the old home. His father was Adam Sheely and was the first. generation of Sheelys that were born in the county. His grandfather was born in Germany and emigrated to this county some where about 1750. So Uncle Jacob is the second degree removed from the Dutch. Uncle Jacob was married to Miss Catharinb Bow ers in 1843. Tliey had five children born to them, all sons, all of which are living. The sons all have families. George M., who lvies at Newberry has been twice married. His first wife was Elizabeth Sheely; his second was Annie Sheely. He has eleven children, eighteen grandchildren. Drayton I., second son, married Miss Della Hasse and lives in Prosperity, and has three children, John A. Sr. married Miss Happy Boland. They have ten children nine.grand children. Leander married Mis* Lou Counts. They have nine . children and ten grand children. Luther W. married Miss Georgiana Bowers. They have eight living children and one grand child. Children 5, grand children 42, great grand children, 38, number dead 7, total 92. This we think is a remarkable showing and Uncle Jacob is 86 years old and can plow all day and rides his little mule. to the field and back and can jump up on her without help. Uncle Jacob was present at the old THE NEWS OF PROSPERITY. $4,250 Raised for ,Newberry 0ollego Between Trains-Good for Pros perity-Other Matters of Interest. Prosperity, June 7.-Good morn ing. What do you think of the pack ing house report ? Do you think you would like Chicago belogna for break he nation and the dispensary in South Carolina, don 't we need a bottle of'Eau dle cologne. Mr:s. N. E. Aull, of Hickory, N. C., mnade a short stop-over: between trains on .her way to Columbia. The committee that~ did such ef feetive wvork in Newberry and secur edl the amount necessary to seenre' Mr. Carnegie's offer- paid our burg a visit on Monday. Theiy were here only between trains, ab1out three hours and raised $4,250.00. .This we claita~ is a greater thing than raising $10,000.00 in Newberry in about seven hours. Really the com mittee had only from 3:30 to 6 p. in., to do their work, as the stores closed at 6 o'clock. We feel like thmroyving up our hat for Prosperity. Dr. 1Pea'rson 's ear' get ready. Tue 1honxors' irj the musie class were' dre oll\vs: First disti-action, Miss Willie Mae. Wise, Annie Mose ley, Maud Livingston, aveirage, 98 1-2 This Is quite a high average and the young ladies are tod e congratitlated. .Uncle MIke; K#nipson paid a. short call to us on Monday. Rev. L S. Cald well, the p)astor elect sof Tro.iperity A. .R. P. church, is .expected next Wednesday, the 13th. *Dr. T J. Littlej9hn has been on a flying visit to our town. The Dr. is now located at Pacolet. F~rankd Ward Schmumpert, of Savan int bw ret th< tI( stil the Ga fut of bai ur< Ive Sons. Ru folks day in Grace church, Prosperity, to and made an address on the Sunday schools of seventy years ago. Your correspondent had a del'ght- i ful talk of over an hour with him Mi on -Sundiy -afternoon- and he went in back to the good old days of long ago. He told of the people of those long W gone years. There are only two oth ers living of all the boys -and girls in, who were in his class or in Sunday sehool. He told of a number of per- ret sons who lived in that section whose e names are not known in that section any '.on.ger and their niames are only M i nemnory to be treasured in the re collections of the older people. Aniong cai some of them we note the name of vi, Wilhelm, Smith, Houck, Houseal, #o, Stiorly, Wallem and' Quattlebaum. Uncle Jacob's father was 84 at his is death and his mother 97. All but Pr ite of the sons live near father and enjoy a full measure of the confi- wa dence of the community in which they Cr live. We Could go farther into details of the times of that day. How they went i. church what they wore; the kind of churches they had and many other things, but in this rushing age few care to glance backward or to M know what the people of three-fourths of a century ago were doing. to] Uncle Jacob, when the toesin of war sounded, beat his plow share into a Su sword and went to the front and gave eO four years to that awful struggle. He e was in Company-of the S. C. V. H be nahl, is at home for a few days with fe his parents. pr The board of trustees of Prosperity tl graded schools has elected Prof. E. 0. Counts principal. Miss Margaret m Leckie, . intermediate teacher, and Li Miss Erin Kohn primary teacher. be Rains have been rather heavy in wi some sections and much damage was w( i-ie to land. Cotton is being chop- otl ped out and there is some grass. be Labor is a little scarce.6t Mr. C. U. Barrier, of Monroe, N. st< C., has b)oughIt out R. C. Counts, (of jtic Counts Bros., and will contimque the business at the same stand., Mr. J. H< A. Counts will be with Mr. Barrier, ati There will be secon'd degree work tiv next Thiirsday .night and Grand wa Pi-elate Mattison has priomisedl to be the with us.' Come dlown Mr. Editor a-nd t h< help us keep the goat from getting wl1 unruly. is' Miss Ethel Counts and1 Miss mc Isoline Wyche are home from Win- iat throp for their summer vacation. jre' Ml. J. 1). Quattlebaunm was call- lam ed1 to the b)edsidle of his brother at in< Gainesville, Ga., who was seriously tic sick on Soturday. .ele The personal property of Mr. B. L. eg JMdmir1lek 'was sold by the heirs on waI last Saturday. spi The P'rosperity Cotton Oil mill has th1 been runni-ng for about two' weeks wvi and wvill probably run another week. I 0 All of the commencem1ent visitors 5' have left us and dur toivn ha s re-'a smed the normal. The next thing 1 to agit ate us will be a business men'seh picnic when all the stores will close t for the clay and ,everyone will go and te1 have a jolly good tim'e, but wont that li be fine.el WeV had a pleasant pop call on ole Saturday from Editoi' Cargile; of the toi Saluda Standard, who was on a visit Me to Mr. J. W. Joy. ). B. Simpson has accepted a tition on the Sumter baseball team I will leave for that place immed Lly after commencement. He will I pitcler for the team. dr. 13. L. Wlheeler spent, last. Fi'i rl at home. diss Lilly and Lena Warner have urned from the commencement of Colunbia college, at which in 1ution Miss Lena has been a pupil e past year. iiss Vera Fellers is spending < rie time with Capt. J. B. Fellers. t irs. B. B. Schumpert went to i ry's last Friday to attend the i icral of Mr. Lee Singley's little r Id. dr. E. D. Bedenbaugh and wife, Atlanta, are visiting Mr. Beden- I igh's parents. Wr. 0. M. Buzhardt spent last Slat- . lay night with Mr. J. C. Counts. fiss Verna Summer and Missli th Halfacre have been on a visit Miss Julia Fellers. diss Leckie has gone to her,home ] Chester to spend her vacation. t [he Jolly Twelve will meet with, ss Lucy Fellers on Friday even [he Sorosis will meet with Mrs. . A. Moseley' Friday afternoon. I Uiss Sudie May Boulware is visit- i , Miss Susie Langford. KissA Mamie Counts is expected to urn on Satturday from the Agnes Att Institute, Decatur, Ga. Niss Frances Moore is visiting I .J. . .Dominick and family. Nir. andI Miss Epps, of Kingstree, ne up with Miss Sallie Pugh on a it and are now enjoying the up 1mtry with Mr. W. P. Pugh. Liss Rosa Crosson, of Leesville, visiting relatives in and around osperity. NIr. Seth Crosson, of Leesville, - s on a visit to his uncle, Mr. JohnI osson the past week. SENATOR GORMAN DEAD. tinguished Democratic Leader is No More.-Sketch of His Life. Washington, June 4.-Senator Gor mn, of Maryland, died here today. At 9 o'clock this morning the sena was stricken with an attack of tIhe irt similar to a series of attacks Ie Ifered a week ago. His physician s summoned, but the senator expir before relief could be administer He was co iscious when strieken. had taken nourishment an hour rore. A week ago, Sturday, lie suf -ed an atteak but recovered under rmpt medical attention and after it time his conditions improved. Yesterday plans were made to re ove him to his country home at urel. There were present at the dside when the senator died, his fe, daughter and a nurse. Messages re immediately dispatched for his ter children. The senator had not Ln out of the house since January m. His ailment was diagnosed as a >mnach trouble with heart eomnplica ~ns. Arthur Pue Gormian v-bs born in iward county, Md., March 11, 18:39; ended the public schools in his na e county for a brief period; in 1852 s appionted page in. the senate of United States, and continmued in service of the senate until 1866, at ich time lie wias postmaster; on the of September, 1866, lie wvas re vied from his position and immed ely app)ointed co.llector' of internal I renne for the fifthb district of Mary- I id, which office lie held until the 'omning of the Grant administra- I n in 1869; in November, 1869, was eted a member' of the house of (1e1- 1 ites of the Maryland legislature; a re-eleoted in 1871; then elected anker of the house of delegates at ensuing session; in June, 1872, lie a elected president of the Chesa- 1 ike & Ohio Canal company; ina F5 lie was elected to represent How- I I county in the Maryland statet ate and has re-elected in Novembert (9, for a term of four years, was eted in January, 1880, to the Uni States senate as a Democrat, to coed William Pinkney Whmyte; took seat March 4, 1881, nnd was re ctedl in 1886 and in 1892 was againt eted to succeed George L. Welling-' i, Republican, and took his seat m'reh 4, 1903. His term of service I have eXvnirad March 3, 19an0.C (EW'BERRY WITNESSES EXAM INED. dr. 0. 0. Davis and Mr. Arthur Kib ler Testify Before Committee Gov. Heyward Directs At torney General to Proceed. 0 Several Newberry witnesses were o 111mm111oned to Columbia to testify be- f !ore the dispensary investigating t tominittee and were examined yes- s erday. The. Herald and News could i) lot secure the full story and handle t in this issue and, therefore, we do d lot attempt a synlopsis. e A I)ioie message from Columbia o khout 1n00n stated that Mr. C. C. '7 )avis and Mr. Arthur Kibler were d -xainied. The other two witnesses j rom Newberry, Dr. Jas. McIntosh f md Mr. J. H. Wicker had not ar-- d -ived up to the adjournment of the t -ommittee for the afternoon session. It was also stated that Mr. Cole. f .Blease gave notice to the commit- It ee that lie could not be with them i tfter yesLerday's session inasmuch r is he was the attorney for quite a s lumber of the defendants in the f rimiiial court, which will convene I it Newberry oin Monday. A great t naiiy of these cases have been con- o inued from the spring terni and it f vould be iceessary for him i bo a reselt at court and besides, lie had to make his arrangements to enter t he state campaign on the 19th. t It was also stated tihat Gov. Hey- . ward had addressed a conimun icafl ion1 to tie attorney general direct- i nu him ill view of what had come a mt before the investigation and hiad 0 wen publislied ill the newspapers, to 1. institute proceedings against tie old ' >oard for malfeasance in office. This I iction will briiig the issue squarely I ip and if the evidence before the ,&ommittee comitains any meat then zomething caln be done. SPEAKER SMITH NOT IN RACE. 9r. Smith Will Stand for Reelec tion The House or Go to The Senate. Speaker Ml. L. Smith has decided lot to enter tile race for governor. Nr. Smith made tlie ainountcement vhiile in the city yesterday . Mr. Smith has had strong presslre o enter the race and his prospects t 6vere regarded as good. Mr. Smith ? Ias, however, for Some time been in q )ad health, nlot serious, but un1satis- t Enetory. His physicians advised him i hat. it would be exceedingly unwise I 'o undertake a campaign. Mr. Smith I :ought that lie might be able to get, n shape for tile contest and has beenl loping u) to the last moment to be ible to cnter the fight. He has, how .ver, consented to accept the serious idvice of his physicians aid will not anter the contest for governor, lbut )xpects to take a complete rest. Mr. 9mithi has deferred making any an r)ilunceent or filing his pledge in ;he hope that is health might p)er nit of' his filing his pledge b)ut with the warning of his doctors lhe did1 lot car~e to take the hazard. It might be stated that the State s not to lose the experience and1 ab)il ty (If Speaker Smith, as his friends nsist on his remaining ini pubhlic life mai he will be either reelected to the touse or. to the State senate from 1i8 county, without opposition. Seni itor Hay has declined to stand for 'eelectionl and the desire seems to 1)e .0 have Mr. Smith accept this posi ion, and if lie does not run for the I mouse again lie will stand for the ' enatorship from his county. Mr'. * smnith does niot expect to keel) out ~f public affairs andl he had set his i teart andl his head very much on the t pproaching campaignm and it is said i hbat lie is very much disappointed ' hat he will not 1)e able to go into t lie contest. The Clue. I ''I think I have another eliue '' ex 'laimed the new detective, excitedly. 1 ''Go to wvork,'' rejoined the old ,rolice officer, scornfully. ''You 're iot wr'itinig a story. You 're not supl- 0 >os4ed to put in your time finiding lumes, so as to hold off thme capture >f the criminal for forty chaptbrs.''" li JUSTICE TO MR. LYON. hat his Home Paper of Dispe sary Leanings has to say of Him. bbeville Press and Banner. Beeanse of rumors, and evider f wrong-doing in the nangeme C the dispensary the Legislati Alt called upon to appoint an inv gating committee whose duty iould be to ascertain facts and ort the same. In the matter of looking up e ence, sub-committees were appoh d and one of these was compos f Messrs. Lyon and Christensi 'iey entered upon the delicate a isalgreealble duty wiith no other 3et than that of serving the sti 1ithfully and efficiently, wli ealing fairly and impartially wl ie, citizen One of the most delicate and d icult questions that the commit as been called on to decide is, wh4 .the line of demarcation betweer lan 's private character, wh hiould be unassailable, and his icial acts for which he should eld accountable? The citizen a lie officer may differ as to the I f demarcation, and upon this d erence of opinlion troubles hI risen. In ill fliat has been said and d< lie eoinniittee sliotilil hv given eri brI Ill lio t t h Ilie SI1tte for hone t1d zeal in the discharge of its d It was inl this spirit l.iat the C li( tee invited Senlator Tillman ppear before it. Sitting as a co f inquiry as well as a court of ji ment,'it was but justice to Sena 'illnian that he he asked to appe t o previous time had there bee egally constituted committee bef Vhoni facts abolu the dispenls luring his administration could lade kiowin. It was anl o)port*ml or Senator Tillnu to place iupon ord the facts. Responsibility for the investi ion of Senator Tillman's connect itih tle dispensary rests not W lie sub-commit tee, but with th vould-he traduliers of the system F if h1ii in connection with it. Long before the members of ubconmittee entered publie life innations, if not direct charp vere made t1hrough the newspapo t is safe to say that the members lie committee did not believe th vfr. Lyon himself did nt, but in pirit of fairness to Senator Tillry he opportunity was offered irand slanderous imputations for ines. It is to lie hoped that nalice of his enemies will not ge lind the verdict, of the conimit o again bring up those stale cliarp >oven false. Mr. Lyon has beeti zealous in hargeing his diuty. Such is inture. Those who know him i :now that his purpose is to be f; oman at home hears a better r'e ation for integrity. It is manifi y unjust to censure Mr. Lyon for aithful p)erformance of a dutty I n him by the pecople through 4egislature. lie has discharged s dlischiarging a public dutty so fai ully that lie deserves the well di f all the peoplle. His worik is dou leservinig because of its labori, nd dIisagreeblec features. Jefferson's Idea. Josephl .Jefferson was a strong icver in early marriages, and evcer missed an opportunity to ress his convictions upon you ent. In aii add(ress at Yale onice aid: "I abominate bachelors. Trhoec r they grow the more conce01 hey become. I was talking to< nd I asked him wvhy lie' did1 larry. He parried the question elling mne about different you 'omen he had known, finding so unIt wvith each one. But' it appe ri that all of them had married "' 'You are in danger of gett eft,' I said to him. 'You 1had hot iirrmy up1 before it is too lae. " Oh,' said the bachelor, 'thm re just as good fish in the se "' 'I kniow that,' I said, 'but1 ait-isii't here danger of the b eoming stale"'?--1verybod; farrazi ne. NEWBERRY COLLEGE. n- Plans Adopted ror the New Build ing-Corner Stone Laying Dedication Address by Dr. Schaef fer. ce nt The plans for the new building ire donated by Mr. Andrew Carnegie 38 for the engineering 'department of it Newberry college have been adopted le- by the standing committees of the Board of Trustees. The building will vi- be three stories high, 50 X 100 feet it and attractive in architectural de ed sign. The equipment will be modern m. and complete with forge, cupola, nd heat and ligting plant, etc. The cor ib- ner stone will be laid with appro ite priate ceremonies on next Tuesday ilo afternoon' at 4 o'clock. Rev. W. C. ith Schaeffer, D. D., of Savannah, Ga., has accepted the invitation to deliver if- the address on this occasion. Lee The contraetor promises to have )re the building completed by September I a 15th, and ready for occupancy when ich the college reopens on September 20. AI be THE ABBEVILLE LYNCHING. nd ne John Marion Ashley is Dead but if- Other Defendants in Abbeville are Being Tried. ine lit, Abbeville, .1tune 4.-). H. Moore, ;ty Josh Moore, Will MAoore Sam lligby ty. all(l Hugh Bowen are on trial here for mn- lie murder of Allen Pendleton, a to negro who was lynched near Honea r Paitli in September, 1905. John Mar id- ion Ashley,- another defendant, has tor already been tried by another and a ar. higher court. It will be recalled that a a he was shot and killed in Honea Path are a short time ago by Policeman White. iry His slayer was tried two weeks ago be in Anderson and acquitted in a short ity tine, the jury not being out ovier re- three-quarters of an hour. The case on trial has created great 1a- interest here for some time, and was ion scheduled to come ip early this year, bit was postponed. The Moores are the fatlher and brotihers of young Jim d Moore, a white boy who was stabbed to deatli by Pendleton. It was after th tlis that Pendletonl was lynched. He "-was captured, and about 10.30 o'clock eas shot to death, and his body left rf lying in a swamp. John Marion Ash of ley anild the defendants now on trial were cliarged with his murder. thle ian The ease was called when court to convenled this iorninlg with Jud-e C. all ("- Danltzler presidin)g and Solicitor the i. A. Cooper as the prosecting of be- ficer. tee There was a great deal of testimony ,es, as to statements made by the defend ants at very short wihile before the tis- lynching as to the disposition which lis the crowd was going to make of the. ,ell negro. ii. The def'ense was an alibi. Thati u-the negro was killed that night was'~ st- admittedl, but the defendants swore the they (lid 'not know wvho killed him and sid that they were not present when he thp was killed. aind Tfhe case has created1 much interest. th- but while the court room has been me comfortalhy filled today, there has 113' been no unusually large crowd. Ins Citizen Jloshua WV. Ashley wvas present I hrouIlGout the da.i. He is at bro.hier oJf Ih dendsla~ John Mt.: ( r. Ashley. AbbIhevi lie, June 5.-A fter remai n he ang out 37 minutes t he juryj this af tronreturned(a verdict of not mn guilty, in the ease againist J1. RI. Moore, Josh Moore, Jn.Moore Wl leMoore, Sam Higby anad Hugh JHowen, 1(1- charged with muhrdlering tihe negro edAllen Pendlenton, who wvas lynched dnear Honea Path in September of ot last. year. Veylittle adlditional tes by timony was offered this morning that adduced being by tihe State in gcontradliction of some of the testi.. m ny offered by the defense yester (lay afternoon,. y ooe It was not denied bythe Mooe trmuhat they were excited and veryv muhwrought up) when they Iear ned rthe negro had killed young Moore, AObut each of them swore p)ositively he # lhe wa ntpentwhen the killing ~ toccurred and( had no p)art in it. Other ' wit nesses were used to suppor01t the aiihi line of defnse.