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NEW1EDRitiB W 30R
1ounty 0ommission6rs--They Will
EntIq;r,Ipo Their Duties In.
Janury. ...
We give herewith cuts of our new
board of county commissioners.
The Herald and lgews hopes they
will get busy on the roads as soon as
they assume charge.
Mr. J. Monroe Wicker.
Mr. J. Monroe Wicker, who has
been elected as county supervisor for
a second term, was born in the Long
Lane section of Newberry county,
his father being the late David Wick
er. He afterwards married and fnov
ed to the Mt. Pleasant section of No.
3 Township, where he resided until
his removal to Newberry some five
or six years age. He is now serving
his first tein as. county supervisor
and will enter next year for a second
term. Prior to this he was a member
of the 'county board -of commission
era from his township when it was
composed of one member from each
towiship. He also served as school
trustee in his neighborhood for twen
' ty years.
Mr. T. J. Wilson was born in New
berry county, No. 11 Township near
the residence of Mr. G. L. Sease on
the 15th of November, 1856, and has
lived within six miles of his. birth
Mr. T. 3. Wilson
place all his life. He has always been
a public sp)irited man.
For the p)ast twenty years he has
been a correspondent to the county
papera. With The Herald and News
fourteen years.
Inl is writings ho has always beeni
free to give expression on all political
issues pertaining to the interest of
his people. Ho has always been lhon
est in his convict%ons and has re'
eeived many compliments as a news
paper correspondent. Hie is well
known all over the~ county .and the
flattering vote lhe redeiV'ed was upon
his own mei-its, receiving the highest
vote of ry of his ;cornpetitors.
Mr. W. H. Wendt,' who' was elect
ed one of the county 'comrniasione'rs,
is a native of Germany and was boi:n
in 1849, near the Saltie Sea and edu
cated in the Province .of Pommarasnia
and came to America ii -1869. He
arrived in Newy York, brit soon left
for South Carolina and camie direct..
ly to Newberry county. He has since
engaged in farmidng and in die con..
duet of a blacksmith: shop. "lie is a
mechanic by ' trade, having 'learned
this strade in Germany. H le has been
.quite successful and is one of our
.substantial citizens.
MA-. -Wendt visited the Fatheiland
ip 1885 to take another look at the
country and to see his relatives. He
returned to South Carolina in 188
and is still living at his home in
Caldwell Township. He has always
taken an interest in all county and
state matters, but has held no public
office before this one. ie is secretary
and treasurer of the Mt. Bethel Far
mers' Union.
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Mr. W. H. Wendt.
Messrs Wendt and Wilson are both
new members and will enter upon
their first term in January. It is
hoped that the supervisor and his
board of commissioners will get to.
gether and give .us some good roads
in Newberry county.
-The finan6es of the county under
Mr. Wicker and his old board, Messrs.
Cannon and Wells and the county at
torney and clerk, Mr. F. H. -Domin
ick, have been well managed, and the
books are in excellent condition.
Some permanent road work has
been done, but it has been scattered
so much that it -is not worth as much
to the county as if it had been put
upon one road and tl,L -olicy con.
tinued until every road in the county
was put in this condition.
AN INVALUABLE WORK.
"Life and Sayings of Sam Jones,"
Edited by His Widow.
The people of the United States,
who knew the late Sam Jones as an
unexcelled evangelist\ and pulpit ora
tor, will be glad to learn that his life
and sayings are to be made imperish
able in the form of a volume that will
be published by J. L. Nichols & Co.,
of Atlanta early in December.
A few days after the funeral ot
tle great evangelist Mr. A. N. Jenk
iis, president of Nichols '& Co., in
company with Mr. J. L. Turner, of
the Turner-Franklin Printing Comn
panly, wvent to Cartersville and at conl
tract was entered into to push51 the
work to completion at the earliest
p)ractical moment. The wvork is under
the superv'ision of Mrs. Jones, who
is assisted by the Rev. Walt Holeomb,
the Evangelist's co-worker for a numr
ber of years and closest friend, to=
gether with a corps of trained writ
ers and compilers.
''The Life gnd Sayings of San:
Jones'' cantams over 400 * pages,
,avith fifty. full page illustrations.
Half morocco; $3.60; cloth, $2.50;
edition de luxe, $5.00. Expressage
pre paid. Agents are coining money.
A .handsome outfit may be had for
50 cents. Circulars free. Address. J.
L.,Nichols & Co., 915 Austell Biuld
ing, Atlanta, Ga.
Mary Einerson, the girl who lookb
like Maude Adams, is just about the
brightest bit of .femninity that one
would meet in a month of travels. She
captieates her audience from the mo
ment she makes her initial appear.
ance and, holds them -nut only until
the fall of.-the curtain but into their
homes, and is one of the most prom
ising theatrical propositions of the
season.
Miss Emerson. will appear at the
op,era house Saturday, 17th, matinee
and night, in ''Her Majesty and the
Maid,'' You should not miss this.
;KY 00TtQI SUO .t kW
President M. L. Johnson, of th
Georgia division, Southetn Cottbi
Assotiation, has isbued an importan
and interesting statement, urging An
showing the hecessity,of fixing anw
maintaining a uniform price for cot
tonl. '
President Johnson's statement fol
lows:
''To tie People of Georgia: Ther
is no donbt in my mind that the peo
ple of the whole souith, farmers, nme
cliaits and- butsiness mIen alike, ar
making the mistake of their time h
not organiziing for the purpose oj
maintaining the price of their cot
ton. They have already submittet
to a loss og about $9 a bale, an
still the receipts continue large. Ar
the holders of cotton in such distresi
that they are compelled to*sell at t
sacrifice? If the Jeople have gono
deeper in debt as the price of cot
tol kept advanleing. thenl tihe ligi
prices have not been the blessing thei
should have been.
'Cot ton is not worth a cent lesi
thanl whein it was selfilng about 1:
eents. Tle decline cam1e because wq
permit ourselves to become the pre:
of speculators backed by sufficion
capital to bear the market. You can
not do this, if you are lent report:
which are used to this end, we are in
formed that there has been an im
proveient of 2 per cent within th,
past two weeks, when every sensibli
man in Georgia knows that the plan
has been dead since our first frost o
October 10-12.
"There is only one way to moe
and cope with this gambling an
manipulation of the market. Firs
you must be free from debt, and thei
act as a unit in marketing the cror
When it goes below its value, sto]
putting it on the market. You can
not do this, if you are forced to sel
to pay debts. This is a lesson whiel
the south has got to learn. It is busi
ness. If better prices but induce t
greater debt, they will prove only
curse.
"Last year and the year befor
Georgia had two splendid crops. Thli
year, while there has been no disas
ter, the crop is geatly off. Countie
which have been making 16,000 bale
are naking only 10,060, and others il
proportion. How call the south ex
peet to mect the same indebtednes
with such a reduction of the crop, ni
less better prices are secured? On:
ruin and bankruptcy call come fron
such a policy.
''Georgia has had a wet year, an<
an early killing frost. Never hns i
good crop been made under such con
ditions. The crop ill Georgia is al
most gathered now, even as far norti
as my couinty-Barlow-where ti
fields arpc picked and being sowl i
oats and wheat, m1uchi0 of which,
tr-uist., is being dolne. If not. slcce's
fill graill, it will imake Slncidlid ha
much of whichl will h)e neede~d ii
IGeorgia niext, year.
''I have viewVed most seriously thi
erop) situationl for another year fron
the Georgia farmers' stand(poit, c'Oh
sidering the short crop of cotton.
''First. We are up against a shot
corn erop, whlih meanls next year tha
thloulsands of dollars of cottonm monme:
will have to be paid out for corn.
''SecoI)d. Forage crops are shlort
Fodder, hlay and1( like crops went ni
iargely wviti the rain. In my count:
alrgady $2.30 per' hundl(red1 is offere,
for fodder. Thousands of doilar
must likewise go for tis.
''Third. The meat crop (,hroulghou
the sections I have visited is fa
short. Whlere is your smoke house
In the west? See the thousands o
dollars slipping through your finger
for western meat, going from you
short cotton erop. cto rpi i
doubtedly short. It is already re
ported from Cochran, Ga., and man:
other points that tenants and crop
pers will not pay out, even with 10
cent cotton. What are you going t<
do about'it?
''Only by getting good prices fo
your cotton now wvil- you be -able ti
handle next year'ssittuaton. fIowv els<
can it be done? This erop hias cost #4
raise it, 10 cents, in my juidgment.
sold at 10 cents, w'more is the capit.
to come from wvithl which to make th<
,zext? What a price to pay for a erop~
and only to sell it at cost !
"The two ends which the Southe
Cotton Association aims, and whi
are of all importance to the people
the south are:
t "First. Warehousing. We shou
t see to it that warehouses are bu
k everywhere to take care of the cc
ton until the market 'is ready for
at its worth.- These should be bacl
ed by sufficient capital to finan
and take care of all distress cotton
that. which the owner has to sell b
cauise of debt.
- Second. A'bureau of information
system of reporting built up direct
on reports from (lie farmer and I
cO-workers aliong the btisiness m<
of the south, and sent back direct]
1 to the farmer, that lie may at v
times be posted, and thus forewarn(
and forearmed as to the governmei
and bearish speculative reports.
''These are the ends we are aimir
at for the good of the state and of tl
south, and in these we seek to enli
i te sympatiy and interest of evei
patriotic eitizen. Respectfully,
''M. L. Johnson,
Death of Mrs. Nancy Longshore.
Mrs. Nancy Longshore, widow
the late Andrew J. Longsiiore, dii
at the home of her daughter, Mi
- Join R. Spearman,' on riday mior
Silig at 6 o'clock in time 84th year
her age.
- Some thiree or four months ago si
3 suffered a fracture of the hip, frc
which she never recovered. Her hi
t band, Mr. Longshore, died in 180
t She leaves surviving her three ch
dren, Mrs. John R. Spearman, Mi
t M. H. Gary, and Mr. Eugene :
I Longshore, besides a number of grai
t children.
Before her marriage she was a Mi
Neal, of Edgefield, now Saluda. H
remains were buried at Mt. Zion.
Saturday at 11 o'clock, the funei
servieds being conducted by the R(
G. A. Wright.
Death of Mrs. Reeder.
Mrs. Reeder, wife of the late So
Reeder, died at the home of bi
daughter in Spartanburg on Sund
an. was buried yesterday at Mt.. Zic
Her home was in No. 6, but she h
5 gone on a visit to her daughter, who
; she was takem ill and died.
- Mary Emerson went into tile Sou
aa comparative stranger, except
those whio rememebered her as leadii
lady in a receIt tour of Loulis Jam<
will leave that section one of, if n1
the warmest favorite of any femr
star that has ever. toured below t
Mason and I)ixon line. Her charmii
- personality, deligitfiul deicanlor ai
lovable character hias won her a l
I of friends.
At the opera house Saturday, ma
nee anld nigit, November 17.
Petit Jury for Civil Court.
Th'le foilowinig jurors have be
drawn for the c'onnrt which convenCI
at Newherry on 2(ith of November:
W~m. B. Werts.
Sims WV. Browna.
C. H-. Shannon.
C. S.S Suber,
rIFrank M. Schumper.t.
JW.McKit trick.
I W.1R. Eimor'e.
F". A. Schumpert.
A. H. Brown.
C. D. Knight.
11. P. Baker.
J. M. Workman, Sr.
J. D. Oxner.
J1. WV. Richardson,
R. T. Caidwell.
I. .J. Gibson.
Geo. A. Boozer.
S. W. Williamson.
BI. 0. Lovelace.
.L.Wise.
J. A. Brown.
T. B. Chandler.
A. T. Mayer.
W. S. Mann.
Robert Norris.
5. Mw, Divmeani.
J. WV. Aeott.
D I. Q. Wilson.
Joseph L. Keitt.
WV. L. Golding.
T. A. Ellisor'.
J1. T. Sterling.
.T. H. Eddy, Sr.
John M. Gilliam.
. THEIR SILVER WEDDING.
rn
oh Rev. J. Q. Werts and Miss Martha N
)f Houseal Married in Newberry 26
Years Ago.
Id
it The following from the Salisburq
,t- N. C., Post will be read with interes
it by many people in Newberry wher
t- the parties concerned have many re
,e latives and friends. Mrs. Wertz I
- the daughter of the late W. W. Hon
e- seal an(d the sister of Mr. Wil. r
H1oulseal and Dr. W. Q. Ilouseal ani
>r married in this city. Rev. Mr. Wert
ly is an alumnus of Newberry colleg
is and spent Q1o yearll of his college lif
n in Newberry gradiating in 1878. H1
y.V too, has many relatives in Newberri
11 The Helrad and News wishes th
d happy young couple may have man:
it more joyous anniversaries and go oi
beyond the bolden doing good an
ig making the world better for thei
le having lived in it.
st China Grove, N. C., Nov. 1.-A
'y Newberry, S. C., November 1, 1881
Miss Martha Virginia Houseal N
came the wife of Rev. Joseph Quine:
Wertz. Today at the parsonage a
this place they celebrated their Sil
ver Wedding.
At 10 a. in. the people from th
' congregations of the charge bega
gathering and soon the house an
yard were filled with friends wh
Cam to participate wiith their pa$
tor and his wife and family in thi
-happy occasion.
2. At the noon hour Mr. -Winecoff o
d. Center Grove congregation, made a
s. address in behalf of the people of th
El charge, extending their congratult
a tions, love and best wishes. Pasto
Wertz responded expressing to Ii
ss people his heart's pleasure in the sei
er vice and association of an apprecii
Eni tive people among whom he has labol
-al ed for nearly eleven years.
v. A large table was prepared in ti
yard and literally weighted down wit
good things to tempt and to satisf
the appetite.
m The Center Grove congregatio
er presented a purse of a silver dolle
1Y. for each year of their married lil
n- and the Lutheran Chapel congregi
Id tion a handsome set of silverware. B
re sides these congregational gifts man
friends present bestowed individu
gifts.
th After a full day of social fe.t.iviti<
to the good people departed bespeakiin
1g and praying God's richest blessinf
!s, to abide uipon their beloved past<
ot and all his people and interests.
10 From 7 to 1.1.1p. in. a reception wf
lo held in the parsonage for specially il
1g vited guests.
lt The house was beautifully ai
st tastefully decorated for the occasioi
The parlor was given a green ai
white effect with its decorations (
frens. ivy, chrysantheimuns and ge
aniums. Over the door in silver le
tering with white background was tl
mh design: ''M. V. HI. 1881-1906 J.(
es W.''
The living room w~as decorated ii
autumn leaves. In the hall was erec
ed a lovely arcb of evergreen, an'
flowers. The dining hall was trin
med in pink and white witir a larg
silver bell suspended over thme table.
At the door the guests were recei'
ed by Misses Lillian Wertz and Maj
gie Honlshouser and tihe p)astor's twi
sons. Joseph Quiney J., and Augusti
Hlouseal. At the table Misses Viol
Wertz, Pecarl H-olshouser and Vivia
Cline presided.
The guests present were Rev, an
.Mrs. C. 13. Miller, Rev, and Mrs. D.
Offman, Dr. and Mrs. G. A. Ramsau1
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Bostian, Mr. an
Mrs. A. M. Hanna, Dr. and Mrs.
B. Gaither, Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Boes
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Thomn, Mrs. Far
nie Corriher, Mrs. G. A. Bostian, (
China Grove, Mrs. A. W. Winecof
of Salisbury, Rev. E. L~. Ritchie, C
Spencer.
There was a varied and beautifi
display of valuable and useful pre
ents. Besides articles of silver, silve
coin, silver certificates and one dra:
for five silver dollars were seeni
tihe collection of gifts. A large bur
dIe of letters from friensis bearing e:
pressions of congratulation, love anm
commendation is also treasured
among the nmost precious of remen
brances of the occasion.
Among the names of friends from
a distance the following appeared
. with the display of prosehts: Mr. and
Mrs. W. P. Houseal, Mr. and Mrs. J.
E. Houseal, Dr. ind Mrs. W. G. Hoiu.
seal, Dr. and Mrs. Geo. B. Cromer,
, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Johnson, Mrs. R.
t P. Holland, Rev. and Mrs. J. A. B.
e Scherer, Mrs. M. F. Wright, Misses
Gertrude Simpson, Emma Kibler, of
s Newberry, S. C., D. J. Hentz, Poma
- ria, S. C., Walter Barr and Mrs. W.
. F. Rawl. of Lexington, S. C., Mrs.
. Mary E. Edwards and Mrs. Hassie
Nichols, of Leesville, S. C., Rev. and
C Mrs. C. B. King, 1). D., of Charlotte,
a N. C., Rev. F W. E. Peschau, D. D.,
, Miamisburg, 0., Rev. A. G. Voigt,
1) D1., Mt. Pleasant, S. C., Rev. J. H.
0 Wilson, 1). D., and daughters, Mr. and
y Mrs. C. G. Heilig, Mt. Pleasant, N.
a C., J. M. Weeks, Elloree, S. C., and
I Martin F. Ansel, Greenville, S. C.
r The evening was most pleasantly
spent in social intercourse. The sup.
t per was a veritable feast of good
Sthiings most deligltfully served in six
courses. It was a happy occasion for
Y the bride and groon of 25 years,
t which transported them back in spirit
to the begiining of the united journey
and made them feel youthful again.
e Their many friends wish them
n many happy returns of the aunt
L versary and pray that their Lord
o and Master whom they serve may pro
- serve their lives for another quarter
a century and bestow his good blessings
11ponl them.
f
Beth Eden Items.
e Mr. R. H. Burton spent Wednesday
r night with Mr. L. H. Chandler.
r
Miss Ella Cromer visited her
friend, Miss Mary Cromer recently.
Miss Maggie Stone and brother,
and Miss Dosia Epps have been
spending a while at Mr. Ham Kib
ler's.
Miss Lucy Suber and Miss Pearle
Goodlette, two of our charming young
y ladies, are away teaching. Miss Sub
er has charge of the Long Lane school
n and Miss Goodlette of the Mollohon
r No. 2. These young ladies are missed
e in the neighljorhood, but they are en
lgaged inl a noble work. May they
sow in the minds and hearts of the
y little ones seed that will bear good
fruit for future generations.
Mrs. Annie Jeter is teaching the
school at Beth Eden.
We aire pleased to notice the per
sistent stand, which t.he editor has
taken for good roads and compul
l sory edeation. Your efforts inl this
directioni are appreciated by the pub
lie. Remember that ''perseverance
is the mother of success.'' O1e of the
1 evils of today is the over crowded
d cities andl(] towns and thinly settled
rural distiriets. The country is an
ideal place to live. Here we are
close to nature and inatire's Clod, may
breatihe puire air and ent food, which
eI has not beetn to the Chicago p-ackilg
'honse. We are, to a great extent, free
from the dispensary or blind tiger
hi and the nmany evils that flow from
the11m, and1( we arc not troubled about
the railroad rante bill. The rural free
delivery is a source of pleasur'e and ~
profit to us. Tf we had good roads
and schools and by strictly enforcing
Sthe vagrancy laws~ tile idle were driv
en h)ack to the farms, perhaps the
Swhlite p)eople would come back to the
*a counttry. It is a sad fact thlat manuy
a white childrenm are growing up in idle
ness and ignorance. These should be
forced into thme school1s by a compul.
d sory education law. It is also true
[. that a number of children in the
a, rural dlistricts, who should be at
d school must work the fields, because
r- labor conditions are bad and some
t, especially in thme mill villages must
-support idle parents. Our mother
fstate should care for these.
Mrs. T. L. B. Epps visited her par-.
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Ham Kibler, this
week.
l Mrs. T. N. Kennedy and children
haIrve returned to their home at Fayet
r tesville, Tenn. Mrs. Kennedy. has
t~ been with her mother, Mrs, E2mma
'Carlisle, since the death of her fath
e~ r. She and the children will he sad-.
Sly missed.
dA large congregation at Beth Eden
1listened to a stirring Lutheran ser-*.
mon from Rev. A. J. Bowers Sunday
afternoon. Mia.