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INVI ol VOL XML. NO.97' NEWBERRY. S. 0. FrIloAt. NOVEMIW 13 EP3 190i3TIEAsEK 1.0AYA This is the country home of Mr. M. A. Coleman of Saluda county. Th pictire was t aken in the winter when the trees were dlisrohed of their fol. iage. In the sunimier when the flower gardens are blo-ming and the trec: are clothed in -reen it is one of th< prettiest country homes in this see. tion. It is fitted up with water works and all modern conveniences. More of our farmers should give THE NEWS or PROSPERITY. Large Delegation to Columbia-Capt Boozer to Move to Newberry Improvements Going On. Prosperity, Nov. 22.-Capt. H. S Boozer has sold the lot he reserve1 when he sold his plantation to the Messrs. Long to Mr. W. C. Dominick who will at once biuild a residence or it and will move to town as soon as his house is completed. Capt. Boozei has botlht a home in Newberry and will move there early in January of the New Year. We ree-ret to lose Captain Boozer and his family, but we are glad we can send Newherr. such citizens. Prosperit.y's loss is Newberry's nin. Eriest, the tenl year old n of Mtr Arthur Sheely, of 8ahula county. w. ca11u0ht inl thle alumlr whiebl earries away ihe seed from tile !xin. Th< boy had his arm 'orn off at th. shoibler. le linl-!ere(l in mch pait until Sunday niht, when death cami to relieve the little sufferer. le was buried on Monday. The city court had a case (if contra banld before it on Mollday The stor ing of four half pints and two onc gnllin demij,3hns enriehedl the city' b.nk neernt to the extetit of fifteer dollars. Ttiesdyn's pawer contained tih reination of MIr. A. 0. Wise as pres ideit of lhe Bank of Prosperity. Mr. Wisn hetnben four. years ago lost Sei(eimber will a hank whose eapital wrs $25.000.00. and turns over to his succeessor, ant inistituition wi*lh $1 4.000. 00 of surpl us and( in finle conudit ion. Weu re.rret that Mr'. WVise was comn pelled to res ign. Hius heaclth hatis been very~ hnl for sonme time and lie and d\Mis. WVire will leave fort Johns 1Hop -kinis hosp,it al on Friday, where he wil! unidereno ana opertat ion withI thei hope that it will rest ore him to healthI .\ 1 meet1ine ofi PI tho board~ of dirtee ti's in-bhl ont Mondaiy, Novembier 1th, Dri. U. Y. Hunter was elected Presi (dent, Dr. Jacob) S. Wheeler vice presi denit. Mr. WVise will remaiti 'on the dir'ee torate and will be a member of t-hr * finance committee. It is the inten-~ tion of Mtr. Wise, if the operation is successful, to take at least one year'~ rest so as to fully recuperate befort going back into actual business again. Pr'osperity sent the largest delega -lion of colored red shirts that wvere in the processioni at the.unveiling of the Hamp)ton statue 4)n Tuesday. Geor'ge Ttresto, ''Deaf George'1 was one of the happy ones. He says lhe had th'le time of his life. Soon all the wvearers of the red shirts in the stir ring years of 1876 and 1878 wvill have p)assedl into the beyond and the Hlamp ton catmpaign wvill ho but a memory. We were glad to son Mr'. H-. K. Livingstont ont drivinmg Tuesday. Hie o,will be able in a short time to be at his pnione of business once more. mvie attention to the comforts and -nIVeniences of their homes and the im.1re it is done the less desire there wil he to leave the farm and move to town. With telephones anld coin fortable homes equipped with mllodern Ve)venielices there can he no reason for leaving the farm-except the Con ditioni of our- public highways and these improvements will come. Mrs. F. F. Schuimpert and littlc Son. Frank Earle, are visiting rela tives inl Columbia this week. Rev. . S. Caldwell has returned Uromi Presbytery and will hold hic usual services (ill Sunday. Miss Lucile Lathan, of Little Moun. tain, has been on a visit to Miss Rutli Boland. Miss Alma Hartman has been visit ing in 'town this week. Mrs. Frances Werts. of Mountville is visitin! her dlaughter Mrs. S. M. Mathis this week. Mesrs. Rufus Fellers and F. R Fellers were in town on Siday visit. irin friends and parent:. Amon: SoIe of the visitors at thc Ineilin inl Columbia on Tuesday We n. lMr. and Alrs. A. (. Wise, AMrs. C.alme';. AIr. anl Mrs. S. I). Dlunean, N. H-. Youn: AA.\Nate.S, F. 13 bb.W -\. ). Domniiek, 12. S. Bowers, (1. 1,1 Hawk ins and 11. 13. Hair and wif,e. The Prosperitv Stock Company it htatvi the old hiigh selhool buildingi TeModeled for a 1wellim. A r. ). J Taylor will move into it when com plet ed. Dr. Hunter has moved the black smith shop fro the eorner of' lain 111d 11r,0n1 S1 reels and will erect oi the Ict a concerete buildintg. Mosel e Brot hers are buildinr a Iwo -<Aory wouod wortking shilop foi Messrs. Quattlehaunm and Langford 1s(d as their repair shop. We 1rt' told that the youn. Ietn ot the town will o-galnize a skating rink. AMiss Etmma Ptrice is visit intg Mrs. D). H. Withetrspoon. Mr?i. B. L. WhIeeler spent Sunday P1nd Mondtay ini town. Alrs T. D). (opelatnd hats returntedl to her home in Clinton. The grad1ed school will celebrtate arbor day otn Fridlay the d1ay af(tet Thannksgiving. We would (call attetntiott to the fact t hatI all thle stores in town will be closed ont Thurisd as has been t he usual costom21 for' quite a tumber of years hetre. W,e' w'ould also annioutnce~ by trequest I tha Rev. C. L Browni. Miissionatry t.c ~Japani, will prtteiich in r(Gnee churebCh Stily oring. AMrs. Btrowtt wvill be with Mir. Btrownt and so will their two b)oys. The little Browns are .Japantese by bithI, but thorough A'mericans not witstnding. They frequentliy sing a JapanUese sontg for the children of the~ Sunday schtool they visit. TPh0 public is Invited1 to heatr Mr. Brownt. UTncle Mike Kemp'sonl was 0on our strteets Tuesday with his cordial smile and( hearty handshake. Mrs. Ann D)errtick, of Pomaria, will move to Prosperity early in December. Mr'. G. E. HIawkins will move inito the home v'acate'd by Capt. Boozer early itn Janutary. M'.Pie's r'esidence is r'apidhy nie:n7 comp(. il let ion andl wh'Ien finish ed, sIhe will mtove into it. Mr's. Price comes from Lexington connty. HENDEtSON-ABRAMS. The Marriage of Two Popular Young People of Whitmire. , Quite proiinent among the pret tiest wedidlig of this seasoin was that of Miss Fainie May Henderson, niece of Rev. E. T. Iodges, and Mr. Ma'vin Abramlls, a prominent aid successful m1101elrant of wliitmiire. Th0 ceremony took place at the lione of Mr. and Mirs. Hodoes lit four o'clock on Tiurs day afternoonl anld Rev. E. T. Hodges performed the cei-emiony. Thie brido wOr'e a beautifl ?n gray princess gown (it silk wral) poplin, tiimmed with aissementerie and embroidered chif fon aind taffeta. Mtiss Moida Hodges, lie maid of lionor-, wore a princess of white silk vIiiffon over taffeta. Mr. W. 1". I.noie of Wlitiire was the best m1ia and Edwarid Hodges the irir bearer. Miss Maninie Bates play ed the. weddilm march. The presents were imay and very handsome. The house was beuiitiifully deorat('d in per feet keeping witli the season, aspara gus ferns ati-l autunn leaves making a behutiful backi-ound for the hand somlie Othrysalithemniums. Among those present were Miss Winniie Ienderson, a sister of the bride, Miss Ethel Ragin, of Columbia, Mis. A. C. Mitehel, Mrs. Strotlier, Mis. J. 1). Tiiimons, Mrs. S. 13. Cartledge, Mrs. Shuler, Messrs. C. E. an(l C. K. Drelier, J. R. T. Maj er and1 J. N. Shuler'. The happy cou ple left on the 5.30 train for a short bridal tour, the bride wearing a hand some traveling diess of blue.-Bates bi'g Advocate, 16th. A very pa etty wedding was solemni zed at the Methodist parsonage last Thursday afternoon at four o'clock, the 'ontracting parties being Miss Fannie Mae Henderson, a niece of Rev. E. T. Hodges wlho performed the ceremony, anid M1i.. Marvin Abranis, of Whitmire, S. C. The house was beatifully decorated with ferns and elirysantlhemnuins. Mr. aid Mrs. Abraiis left on the 5.30 train for a short bridal tour. Batesburig Correspondent, lxesville S in. R1V!road 14,007 Feet Above Sea Level. I'here is a dizzy. thrillin.._ tiie inl store for the individial wiho travels oveI le iew Ar'gentinie Ceitr-al lRil r'ad, wlielh ts just been completed in Colorado. and which climbs up one of tle shoulders of elr-ay's peak itil it reaches the Itplialing altitude of 1-4.007 feet above sea level. Aside fioni a railroad in Souti Aieirica, which Crosses an Aideain pass some 500 feet higher 1 tan the end of the Ar'gentiine Central, this Co l"rado roads is the highest actual rail roald inl the world. It is nearly as high ns the w'or-ld-famlouls eo" road upl Pilk's peak, and is more than -100 feet higher than the celebrated Jung f'ra railrload inl Switzerland, which is thle marvel'c of Eui'opean enigneer's. G 0ray 's peak, whose gruim topl thits new r'ailroadl comes withini 200 feet of se'al inz. is higher than Pike's peak, and is one of the muidhtiest moutinls oin tis 'onltinient. Y(ear1s ago it was used as a Gov'ermionnt Weatheret flureau ob ser'vntor'y, and1( the ruined'( building' is still on the peak. Ad.joininu. Gray' s peak is TIorr'ey's. A fleri a pull of sev'ealn miles up t iftf grades the 11ra11i' eaches C4ommont wvealthi tunnel, one of the Waloff prioper'ttesC, nieart the t imbher Ii ne. IIlere the cr'own'ingi ditficulty' of t ravel b,e gins31. Monunt McClhel lan, one (i of thle shiouldei's of Gray 's p)eak, rises somie 20(00 feet higher', and to scale it looks like a sheer' imp)ossiblity. Bunt the engine r'ushecs at an 8 p)er cent grade and the last ascent has begun. Thei'e are four' switchbacks from the Comn monwecalth tunnel to the top of the mioiintaini, and thle gr'ade will average nearly 8 per~ cent. This means that the train climbs eight feet out of ev ery htmdi'ed it advainces. In fact, the entiire road fr'om Silvei' Plume to the mountain top) averages a 6 per cent gr'ade, which is something hither t.o unheard of in railroad construe tion. The curves, wvhich are so numer' oins as to leave the impression that there i.9 not a sti'aight i'ail in the en lire railr'oad, av'erage 30 dlegr'ees. Soon the train is above t,imbei' line, and a veritable sea of peaks bursts upon the vision of the beholder. On1 every hand the gaunt granite heads of moi(untains lift themselves like p)etri-. fied waves. Far to the north can be seenl Ilountains in tle adjacent State of Wyoming, while to the west caln be m11ade out the Gore range, well to ward the Utah line, if the day is clear a bright yellow streak can be discerned bet wecn the uttermost peaks fifty miles to the east. That streak is the vast plain east of the Rockies, and some days the smoke of busy Denver can be discerned. As many as 175 snow peaks have been coited from the end of the Argen tine Central load, to say nothing of niiiberless other peaks above timber line. The bald side of the jountain has been honeycombed with mine tunnekl and shafts. Some of the properties are in tile ''prospect'' stage, whilk others are paying as high as $500 11 day. Through the mine dumps th( train th'reads its way, anid soon th< last switch back has been made an the last grade climbed. The passen gers tumble out, and are escorted t( an abandoned mine whose workings owing to the dripping of water an< the constant action of frost, have b4 eome coated with sniow and wit.h ic4 erystals of wonderful formatfion. TIII gleam of candle light against thes crystals lialkes a wonderful siglit. This mine was the first silver min opened inl Colorado. Ore froill it wa shipped across the plains by~ox teau transportation long before the firs stage coaches were run. The pionee miners, who are looking for silve only, had no idea they were workinj in a district which would some da, become a great gold mining centre. So quickly has the last ascent bee: :made that the traveler hardly realize that he is 14,000 feet above sea lev6 But as soon as lie takes a few step along tile side of the mountain h1 finds out. His breath comes in sobbin gasps, his knees grow weak and hi heart beats as if it would leap fror his breast. He must stop and rest ev ery few feet. Even old and experi eed mountaineers canol elimb lon Vitilout stopping to breathe at suel ;I rememllus altit ude. Thiis lit tle fil'teeii miles of railroa (10st more thai $250,000 to biild. I is narlow -_-anilged, alI everv fold o Ilie roadbed has been firmly ballastel 'lh engi lies are of Ile Shay-geared type-a kiin(d oI' enginic (hat. lik Kiplingr's serew guns. cani'' elimb i thie side of a si-4nboarMid and tru11t t.1 the stiek of the paint.'' The eigh1 -irVe wheels aCe geared togelher, s1 Ihe ptilling power is eioritions. Am ii ease the engine should leave III 1rack it always leans.away Irom th, ilter (d , so t mllat il will noi plung intio an abyss. This makes tra*vel ove Ihe dizzy railroad absolutely safe. Roosevelt Won't Run. IKansas City, Mo., Nov. 20.--Seere tariy of' State lilihu lloot, during mi intecrview' in which he0 alluded to poli ical conditions and president iatl possi b)lit ies for 1908, was asked: ''Will l?oo seveltI accepI a nomina lionl if t(leeed himi by the l?epubhli won 't. H1is in tentlion oni thIiat sewr hats been deliiitelv antd a bsolut Iel' iven out. o ewntaep dleal, '' was sugsi.ested. Carnegie to Give Million to Cause. St. 1tLuis. Nov. 1!).- --T'!e Po'st I is paiitc say 51 s (Congsressmaln i11art hold Ilef this minglli for1 New York att thel ill v'it ationl of And41rew Carnegie whlo hoa pr'omisedl to turn over a fund of ing thle piropaganida for ilt ernat i.smI Ipeai(c. The mat ter' has been uder ('on1 siderat ion for1 somel( time. Mr. Bar thold(1 has toldi somec of hlis friends thla his v'isit was for' the puripose to ari range for' thle trainsfer of thle funnd andi the formation of a peace burean which will have charge of the cam pa igni. Only Ithe ilCnco of th fundlii( will be used and1( thle scope of t he work'l will he world w~ide. A crafty man isn't necessarily n ailor. Statue Unveilet Carolini Thousands Attend The Cer Hampton's Comrade, M. AdoIre Tuesday, the 201h, was a great day -0 in South Carolina. The old Confeder-' TI ate soldie-rs, their soils and daughters wo went to the capitol of the state and So took part in the unveiling of a mon- rel ient. to one of ISouth Carolina's great- gi, est Imnl, Gen. wade Hallpton. tho Of course it is impossible for the on Herald and News to handle all that pe was said and (onle oil this occasioli but an we give from the daily papers a syn- h1 opsis of the exercises incident to what W the St ate calls South Carolina's great- T. est day qinec the Reconstruction. 1y the ttie the procession had W, reached the State house griouiids, tile o park was already t-hronged with peo ple, and the t wo acres oi the east were ti rapidly becoming black with figur-'es. h orses stood picketed or tied by the brdle to a tree, many little ones were hld in arms, to share witi tle grey beards in viewinlg the historic event. jWhen the speakers of the day arrived to at the great stand, it was diflicult for t hen to make their way through the r immense crowds. One the plat fonn w r were not only the participants but m many distinguished men, including , members of the general assembly, 'if the monument commission, congress I men, the governor's staff, some old s veteraiis, members of the United Y Daughters. of the Confederacy, the , surviving relatives of the chieftain el Salnd others. There was a slight delay in begin nig, because Bishop Capers had not. been able to force his way through the tremendous jam. Finally, lie arrived al and the Crowd closed inl again, and a )S sea of faces surged heneath the sidesh of, tle rilde w(ildnl pla'otIl. , raped, h as it was, with 111hle fla -,s anld colors c' Softh L'st Cause. Col..J. Q. 1i\arShall I was obli'el to) ask the en>w)v, to break. 4.: w While the little 6irls. 1he deseendanli ts d I (ei. I IllpItoI, wi > were.! to in\iveil a Ilie imoilinent. emuil n.vaelh its base. \ i 's Iast as tle ehillrei advanced to- w wards the -ra1ile plinth,. Ihe r li silrl"e(d inl belhild tIhem and14 fave a crowdevi on I'ace, so it seeied I'frioom y" the sland. : ., I'lhe crowd not oily ovenlpied the lh spaievs 11djavenlt to thIe ,;stanid butt r spiead fari filnd widv over. the lawns. I Maiy peop]lv climbed I rees wIIi It ot I e's sal inl the winidows f Ilie State hose, and still others si far above 4:11 thlie stonie b alist Ilde jld (on tlie slale roofs. - Red and white was evervvihere, on i 1badges, on flogs, on ribbons, red shiirIs anid white shirtiis withI red st ri pes, the Stars and Hoars of Ithe Con fed rerac and the coloriis (of the bat tle flag, 'all "~ were see ccion all sides. Wa lip againust -a dom of1 ii greyv *-Ifor it was cloudy Iwhen thle exercises beganu--t I'he bu'e tI St ate flatg, with Iihle white pahnect to, f'l oited Ianuguid ly friomn thle st.aff, in lie abnms imp11e rcet ible breeze. From" thle winidiw oif thle C onflederate relie'I tin t lie c'ajit al, swiing anl innnen'lse I The Patriot-Priest. heemisihvenht ween ,000I and. 10.000 heopJle wvithiin -'i'rht of' lhe andlI( whleni Bishoip (Caper's rose to ometke Ithe io'ienite praye'r. This in F itel w( ~as an1 impire'ssive sinht and a v'eter'anls thion.hlt of Ithe dlays oft battle wiicen thle y'oung. tr'(operi Ited thleuu, the C younilger onies of his life in the priest 's gown. Thei~ friend of' 11ampltoni, th le belovedl soldier-priest, was his com rade ini the timhes of war, his intimate ini after Iifte, anld whenc i thle illuist rious ch ie f'tai n lay still anrd cold, pron onne.. ('d ab ove Ihis bier I le last words. 'lTe at prlayer' was a feelinig onte and dleliver'ed i"' with Iithle pathetdic emphasis of friendl- thI ship. Bis5hopl Caper's said: to ''Almighity and l'ternal God, ourw I eav~enily' l"athleri, ini who m we live mi aind imove' and hav~e our' be'ing, we thi (''ome1 into 'lThy most hioly' pn-eslnce, ih humbly acknowvledging onr11 dlepend.. w" once upon TIhce. am1d Tly con.tant. ne I to 's Great Son monies At Columbia C. Butler Delivers S. odniess, and merey to us. We adore y love inl the red emll pt ion of the rii by tihe gift of Thy well ilioved n, our Savior, Jesus Christ. We ider Thee our praises and thanks -ing for the manifold blessings of good pirovidence that. has crowned r lives. For the peace and pros rity that we enjoy, and for the civil ti religious liberty that scures our ppness, and pwotects our rights. V deplore every transgressionl of ly righteous law, and invoke Thy ae, 0 most loving Father, to in ire us to a true importance, and a wtly sense of dulty to our God, to r State, aind to one alnother. 'And, as we assemble today, in e eapital of our beloved Carolina, 41 sulrround this memorial of one of r noblest. brethren, we would yield ito Thee most high praise and lieart-y anks for the noble examples of high aract0er that have adorned the his ry )f our State. We bless aind aing fy Thy holy name, that in commnem 'ain4g oir great men we do honor to lialsoever things are honest and just lot vure ind lovely aind of good port. 'We would today especially ac w%wle(dge IgiThy forming hand, 0 Thoul aker of our souls aind bodies, in the fts of mnind aind heart, and in the idowments of sol and body, which 'inbinied to make mur noble Hamilton I exemplary eitizen1, a wise ruler, ani Iselrish patriot, and a great soldier. "'or Iehmese gilis of thy goodlness I( wisdml, we honlor him. For his rviees inl war andl(] p.eaec, we honor i. For ill that hle was to himself, s State, lmhl his colliltiry we here "I tllis' lloble nmm ninen t w(, wi ld (1*t* s 41111 NSl 11, S11i1doi OY.1s 1i 1 *elw;( ll arai b 1111 tmde s's ('(', and tirat t t oui ll l s ucc1114 emssors w(rI-1hy3, evidlelict e (' mur sincerity. 'v pndray thy pr4otetin proidence 'rtis Imoble shlliv. 81livld i( I'rom filit and tvilljw'si. 'l-m il hlIlm I)f -icodenl, anld kveep, it, our111a1nl 4111er, ani mver dea'l meiorial florl -11 ral ;I s ) (.(:nl , I l he tel mr(1 inl wich Ualin. olds the ser ces f)I hle faihl oi s here as iun.. vi-.- devotimn to Ilte ml 1 iemy o ier Dinrederate "oldiers. 'All o which we ask inl the amte ' Lur Ird nd'1 it Jesls Christ, h4 has taugh-It its whe n w praly to *ly, ' u111r Failter who art i hlleav A1 fe the ,t e, was tho ioe w's iermission and e airman arsl then ann'ounc(lede.tth Atnen wauhlven hl,Ile twoveilenA Ie four0 conterstat lie grulle bae i'd fsuralit asetgiels,1in thevein away Irhm's h stam od~e anod aslat b ih (4n111 wlledii roiwhe agan.of samtn. ThaIe1111Z flie rliewert: westn, 311ry hsinl eyen fand( ICons <inr llsampexton l. 1auhes eof 00aund hilamond at. hisandt,hid 010tilntn, altdgadaghtertof that Ihmi avaler, ohn C linkell