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-h *Ald and Mw E. H. AULL, EDITOR: Entered at the Postoffice at New. t,4rrv, S. C., as 2nd class matter. Friday, Febriary 1, 1907. THE OHAMBER OF COMMERCE The Chamber of Commerce ough to have t'he co-operation of every blus inless 11111 inl tlie eity of Newberry and inl i(l tCounty as well, for 014 work undertaken by this body am which it is now pushing forward flooks not only to the intereqts w. Nowberry, bit to tlie interests of tin whole county. A nohable instance 0 this is the plan al guraged by (In coMIerTe ('011111ite to improve thq 10ad to the steel bridge by securinl" the assistance of the people livinl, along the road. Certainly this worl could not rksull inl more good to anty body than to these people. It woult be of direct daily benelit to them and we are glad that lie cominittei is meeting with encouragement i this work. Within the nlext several days I committee will wait upon the peopli of the city lld lay before them j planl to secure frec mail deliver: within the city liimi( s. Newberry ha experiei(ed a wonldeituil gr1-owth with inl 0te past :-everal years, and b, voniverted action hree delivery (1onh1 he vasil v Scnred. Olhtr lowns o Newberry's size have already secir ed Ire delivry', and we hope to sel free delivery, inl Newberry within t1i very nevarl.I . tire. Whetheir or not i will be seeimred is with ithle husiles: nMent. Otier imliportallt work heini tinder taken aid pished forwaiid was rT viewed al the mevetinl. onl Tulesda: ighi, and is Spokenl of il t-he loca; conl ns of* tihis istue of The iieriah and News. The Chamber of Commerce .nov lias laboutl eighty members. It. ougli to have at least 175. Newberry is th, best. towi in the state. It (enn1 11 ma16de bet.ter if l, her 1m peopite will pull togelbier towands (lhat enld. In an11 intferestin1g article which W reprodilee f'roi the News andt] Cour ier, (lenleral Ml. C. 1utler advocate i ruiral police system. (leneral llut ler- observed the workings of such System in Cuba, and suggests a pla1 for its operatiol. St. Paul's Items. l-ieailtinl. everv first and thir silliay mornill-os at 11 o 'lock. The St. uil gravyatd asoviatioi will mevt next Sun11dav mnornimiui' at 11 o'lock. TI'e 111-pose is to (.eet of fieers fer Ihe year an11d to appoinl (omm111inets. Everybv4ody ililtk-este, is asked 3o )e prevs(n1. At 1 re''n . ..... .t ee tng (31 I I e a mer'IN Mutual I l'nee assuociatio3 of1 N'wherrI'v conly th le followin 5, J1. W. h'ot in': No. tG. .T. M. Counts No. 10. L. Q. l"ellers; No. 11, Jocs. I loi r at i ers: toIl' Iesie t i.'li cT. t lnie ('oti- V emraet. Jo Ici Koeit(C1 iee ev ea urer 1(4nc lien(',4b. i. oel atg NThetreasrer repm: -how i('sy lbe opay i no1 had o'l5k ii the oreasury. Thercoi tany sc inil good toniltn tovin votd h'tirn as Poessment in ae mlon to ehls.m ta flc The ~ County Cairmaxecti Conuicteek is theb cave doseet i inns 11d t'crcaivels foreon forth Dicreose hof dtrerinem egmande as rvoter ad PrbanJug i~cwo 1no a fele tion betheldvor thnA at eil th 5th1 d oftenarch,19e7 an to )akesuc ow'v 'themon asmay ~ Mr. I red. ha . ominiek,in ~ ~,tf~ticken'fs' ee s Is. Lodo Ch'il.4 . THE SESSIONS OOURT. Juries Discharged Wednesday After noon-Several Oases Were Disposed of. Several eases, including one homi Cide case, were disposed of this weel by tle geieral Sessions Court, Ju dg R. 0. Puly, presi(ling. Tle jurie were discharged on Wednesday af ternloonl, all the jury cases whie coul(l be tried at this term havin been (isposed of, except one mino (ase. Judge Pur(ly did not. deem i to th1e best interests of the county t bring the juries back on Thursda; to try this case alone. A large number of cases in whiel Senator Blease is intcreste(d were con timied on account of' his absence il thu .,enmde, if bving.. the Custom o (he vourtsk to grait Coit ill tin Ie wliere couisel ill cases are etngad it the dischlarge of legislative duties. After the diseharge of the jurie several motions an( other matters ne requiring a jury were heard by Judg Purdy . In addition to tile true bills n1ote in Tuesday's issue of' Tie Herald 6 News tle following true bill wa returned by tile granid jut'y: State v. Tom Nelsoi-Miider an carrying concealed weapons. In the case of the Slate v. Henr hiomipson i-arged with iurder, i n hill was retirnled. Inl the case (of the State v. .Jame lhivis, (haiged with 11111rner and ear rigconcealedI weapons, the solicito not prossed tle count cliarging mil, der and(] the (lefendant pleaded guilt to Carryinlg cmnceale(l weapolls an was sentitenced to Serve tiirty days o to pay a fine of fiftyl dollars. Ill the ease of tle State V. Clarene Butler, ciargel with rape, tlie solici tor entered a niot pros, and a not pro was also eiiteed in the case of tih State v. John Buirton, charged wit pssault and(i battery with intent b kill. Gus Golden pleaded guilty to thv charge of simple assault and batter, a1d was sentenced to be onfined i lie jail of Newheryy couity to thir-ty days (being. a Cripple) or- t, pay a tine (' twenty-five (lollars. Dui Rewick was Iried oi Tiesda (in (the chuarize of' assault andI batter with intent to kill, it being allege that lie struck another negro, Hendei son Keterly, in the head with a roe and seriOulsly injuired him. Both nleP roes lived on Dr. Renwiek' place a the time. The defendant who wa representevd by Col. O. L. sehlumlperl pleaded sell' deee. The juiry r rtined a venliet of not guilty. On Tues.lay afternoon Sim Sant I ers, coloreld, was tried on the chalr. of assault 11(d hatteiry with intent t - kill. an11d was emviie'l ol assau and hattery oI, a hi-gh '1nd( aggravate i nature., ad sentene(d to Serve tii month s, or to payv a fie of fity (10 I lowa rd A t chinsn cli ol('Iored. A t (chi son si i h le hiad bieeni beat by Sani tirs with ai roc'~k. Sanders c'laimeid I u-ed'( his tists and1( that lie did so1 b) ('auise A tciinsoin12( ha taken hiis i ThI'le diffIicuiy thappen1iwted neair M Ipart oft the county . Solicitr CI'(oop< 7vas assisted( in thle pirosecut ion l> -Mr'. Fr'ed H1. Dominiek and C'oh. 0. 1 - Schumiopert irepr'eseut ed thle defend(an .A nthony Pitt s, wiho lives on Mr'. 1 I" i afeliio iniP W( Iesdy mornsil 8 ont th lchar'12ge~ of Iareeny1 from tIl rfield, it beliig alle0ged t :at lie sto I thiirty bu llshels of' coirn friom Mr'. 11. V -aiare 's fie'ld. Th'le evidenee was (ei vieh(t of1 gu'iltv. Pit ts was settne<o to serve four' monithis or1 to pay3 a fii The Bailey Murder OCase. Th'le case5 oIf the State v. :)ray3t( e leilsv. a niegiro, char'ged with mu a dler, wats taiken upl oilened ., morning,tL and the taukinig of testimor e WednIuesday affer'nooni. In Februal f of last yeal' Henriietta Suimers, e net'.ro womanili, was5 shlot and kille ai Stockinan 's below Prosperity, shior a ly after' dairk. At the tiime shte i o shot Hentrietta Summers was in buggy with her sister, Mary Rutf and( a young white man, Ethod Dor inick. The woman was shot in tI back, the load comhi1g from the si< of the road in which the two wom( and Dominick were driving. Draytt SBailey was airrested, charged wVif the crime. The evidence submitt< by the state was purely -oircumstal athi.. Mary Rutff testified that al anfd her sister were going home fro' ~their mother's when they met Domi1 ick and lie turned big buggy arour -1l they got in the huggy, and I * " toawirds thieir home to tal t ' e. Wheni they were net t ' "men's, she said, a shot wi |J- t-om behind, and her sit4 Iwas krilled. Rhe Aid not see anyo when the shot was fired. The top of the buggy was up 6nd .4e curtain - dowi. Ethod Dominiek corroborated I substaltiarly tle testimony of Mary Ruff as to tie shooting. 'The women had been liviiig oin his brother's place - He had heard Drayt Bailey some time < before the shooting, say ''he couldl 3 kill Os, that was my brother, and Mary ITuff and Heiirietta, and they - could swin- him to the highest limb.'' i Bailey had also told him, he said, that Slie didn't wiait tle women to stay in r the house oin ir. Dominiek's place. It t was brought out ill the testinony of > Mary liley and her brotfher, Haskell tSummers, that Bailey had gone to her house the (lay of killing, before the killing, and got herson 's gul, say - ing lie wanted to kill a hawk. The gun was found in the rack in her house f tie day after the killing. Mary I?iley s also testified that Bailey had said if i the women stayed ill the house oin Mr. )ominick's place they woild be s killed. John stenven, colored, had t seen Bailey with i a gun the iight the o woman was killed about three-quar ters of a mile from the killing. Mag 1 istrate B. B. Hair and Coroner l,ind-I say testified as to tracks. Coroner s Lindsay said he saw on the side of I the road the print of the butt of a I 1 gun, and the gun testified to by Mary Riley, when tuilned over to him, had : the same kind of mud on the butt as a was on the side of the road when the I killing oveirred. IH. L. Dominiek i said Ilie d y a er the killi'.' he ate i dinne, with )ih-aYt Bailey, at liailv's r)(h1nSe, anld Bailey told him, when le m11entioled tile alffair, that lie had not heard (if the killing. Continuing, Dominiek said lie asked Bailey why rhe didn't kill the other one and lie w01uld have them both out of tle B way and Bailey had told him she would eatcli her death quick etiougi. The jury returned a verdict of not uilty. The defendent was represent ed by Col. 0. L. Sehumpert. A number of defendants in the case of (lie State vs. Postell Atwood and others, (lie Poimaria riot ease, plead ed guilty, and were sentenced to pay fines ranging from fifty dollars to seveity-five dollars. r Judge l'rdy returned to his home in Sunter oil Wednesday night. v REPORT OF BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS. To the Hon. A. T. Brown, 'Mayor and the City Council of Newberry, S. C. - Gentlemen: ., t . The Board of Publie Worl4s pf the City of N'ewherry, S C., would sub mit the following annual repbit upon the Condition of the sinkinig fund for the retirement of the Bond Issue of $41000.00 that was issued for the in e stallation of water and electric plant o of tle city in 1897. t Iepori from January 1st, 1906, to dl1 J1anuar-y 1st, 1907. e Jan. 1, 1906. Cash on hand$ 1565 11 I- I1Bonld Investmeit .. ..... 9800 00 -$141365 11 I- interes't accru iing 1906 . .. 638 83i e Aiiiual palymen'itd(lle hyvity 1050 00 .$13050) 94 *r .Jan. 1, 19107 Cash onl h-m.lj 2203 94 1r Anlnual paym'11ent'due bye'ty 1050 00 y Water and1( electrie planilte .bond .. ............1000 00 .Sewer system bonds........3000 00 1. Prosperity school honds15... 2500 00 y Township bonds, I & 8 ror SC. C. C. Ry. ...........3300 00 Io $1:3053 94 b- The board has made several ef r- frts to1 purllchase bonds o4f the $42, -000.00 issue but so far has secured a (oily (one of $1000.00 as tIle holders d decline to sell, te This issue of bonds, though run ning for 40 years has a -proviso in thle bond( enable the city to call in a n1 part or the whole issue at twenty r.. years. Anthe sinkinig fund, though y it has some of its investments9 at 6 Y perl cent and4 somle at 4 1-2 per, cent., rI if from nowv on it can realize only y4 1--2 per cent the rap)id yearly in a crease in the amoulnt of inlterest, wits :1. the annual payment of $1050.00 *to d the fund will, by the close of the t.. t.wentiethl year show an aiccumulationl is of $33000.00 and by thle twenty a fourth year sufficient to cover tile f, bond issue and tile city will OWnl its 1- water' and light plant at an outlay of e $25000.00. All of which is respect eo fully submitted. n (digned) James McIntosl, n . Chas. E. Summer, h1 Wmn. F. Ewart, d . Board of Public Works. ..- 1t. mrn ' Leaves 208 IDescendanits. I- New York Herald. d Mrs. Torby Rosenberg, of this oity, e said to have-been the oldest woman eo in Vermont, died yesterday at theI ir age of 103 years. s5 Mrs. Toby left 208 descendantsi ir five generations, the oldest being a NEWS OP PROSPZRITY. Lr. R. 0. Counts Wial Not Run For r Probate Judge-The Sorosis- j Other Matters. (1 Prouperity, Jan. 31.-Mr. G. A. Nlaffett has moved into the house re- ( ,ently vacated by MI. W. T. Gib- t son1, and know as the Jonhson house. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wise spent last i4riday in town. Mr. Wise will go in to business for himself in the store of L'. N. Sheely, Little Mountain. Mr. 1John Swittenberg, of Jalapa, has been visiting his friend, Mr. S. 13. Bowers. Mr. W. G. Mitchell made a flying risit to Kinards to visit his brother in-law, Mr'. J. A. Dominick. Dr. Wyche spent Saturday and itlday at home. He did not go on the junket to Clemson College. Mesdames E. E. Young and 13. B. Scliumpert spent Wednesday with Uirs. Ella Bedenbaugh at Kibler's Bridge. Miss Emma Julia Drelier has been mn a visit to Mrs. P. C. Singley, of mr town. Misses Eunice Halface and Beat -ice Bedenbaugh are visiting Mrs. B. 3. Sehumpert this week. Mrs. T. D Copeland has returned from St. Matthews. )r. E. N. Kibler has gone to Co lumbia for a couple of days. He will ake in the whole show (the le-isla ure) while there. III the last issuie (of Tie Herald Ind News. ir. R. C. Counts of our :owIn Iwas mentioned as a prospective mandidate for judge of probate. Your ?orrespondent called on Mr. Counts,, nd asked him if it was his intention to make the race. He said lie had b>een importuned to make the race, mit that he was a young man and !ould afford to wait, and that as Mr. !ligh1 w(oulld be in the race, lie would lot. IIe asked your correspondent C to tender his thanks to all the j rriends, who had so kindly spoken to e in about making the race, and said that at some future time lie might be ,lad to have their support. e The Sorosis will meet with Miss 'va Lester. The lands visi(ed at this time will be Greece and Italy. The rogramme is as follows: Italian Song-Mrs. Wheeler. The three Graces, Muie, Art, and Sctlpture-Aiss- Lena Lester. Greek Mythology-Miss Jessie Moseley. Bouquet of Anecdotes-Mrs. Cal mes. The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire-Mrs. Schumpert. Reading, ''Know Ye The Land,' Bvron-Miss Russell. Vocal Duet-Sweet Venice--les dames Kreps and Wyche. The Jolly Dozen will be heard from just as soon as thie kating ring goes into ''ininoelols desuetude.'' See ? Advertised Letters. Let ters recmainiing in the postoflice at Newheurry U'r thle week ending Jant. 26. A*-Mrs. Mlag'ie Adamis, Miss Mande Blacek, Miss IItitie Bur'ton, Mr'. W. S. B3edenbaungh, Mr. .James Bi'ooks, Mr's. Fannie Bower's, Mr. B3etth Boozer,. Mrs. Lillar Bulie, M. . IH. Burttotn, Mirs. Viola Van Burns. C--Mrs. Lillar Caldwell, Mr. Wil wie Cow'ard, Miss Fanniie Cooper. D)-Mr's. .Jassie Daniels, Miss Nora D)uckett. ([-J. 13. Greg'ary, Mrts. . E. Glenn,. Mr'. J. A. M. Oniinn. HI-Olanda Henderson. J-Miss Vitnniia Johnsioni, Miss Sal lie .Johnison. N r. Lovely Johnson. L-J. W. Lewis. M.-Miss Brooks Mayse, Mi:s Alice Markes, Mr's. l'Cila Mu"on, Mr'. Billie Millier', Mrts. Elleni iw; 'xan. P-Mr'. Allen Penn, NMrs. A 'lem Philips. 1R- Mi'ss Ola Ruff. S-Mi's. E. L. Shealy, Miss Mabel Scott, Miss Alice. Suber, Mrs. Adanes Schiumner't, Miss Ella Summer. T-Mr. Pinik Teagzue, Mrs. Emary Todd, Mr. J. C. Turnier, (2) ; Miss Lillian Tunter. W-Mrs. Sarah Walte', Mr. .Wil liam W,Valker', Mr. Isac Wesson, Miss Ava WVillisms, Miss Emuma Wofford. Personrs calling for these wvill pledhe say that they were advertised, C. J. Purcell, P. M. Not the big earner, but the wise investor', is the future capitalist. FOR SAI.-A good upright piano, nearly new, and -very cheap for cash .Apply to R. D. Wright. 1-29-4t-.2tw. For good service and quick delivery, cre or ae d voor ord-+ 'I ANT'S GRO' Y,I 'PhraNeo 212. For Probato Judge. F. M. Schumpert is hereby an ounced as a candidate for Pfobate udge, subject to the rules of the emocratic primary. I lireby announce myself a can idate for probate judge, subject to lie rules of the democratic party. S. S. Cunningham. [OW ABOUT A BAG -OF PEER LESS meal we have it, none better. Fant,s' Grocery. mOST-Gold star brooch set with pearls. Reward if returned to C. T. Summer. 1-29-3t. sAURENS STEAM LAUNDRY will clean and press your suits and make them like new they give you guaranteed work. Agency at Herald and News. office. Basket sent Thursday and returned Satur day. 'RY A BARREL OF MAJESTIO flour, its fine, at Fants' Grocery. 'ity Opera House, Earhardt & Wells, Mgrs. IIRST TIME IN NEWBERRY -OF THE $15,000 Prcduction lur NEW Minister By the Authors of the '0 D HOMESTEAD" This Comedy is NOT like any other Minister Pl "you have ever heard of. ~rlginal AL~ STAR cast including 0SEPH CONYER'S SEVENTH suc essful season. Prices $1.50, $1.00, 75c. and 25c. 60 feet Car Load of special Scenery arried. O!g Iulie Beginning Fel :ontinuing for 3ell at actual co4 Woolen Goods.( niture. We are Lhese goods ar Lhem into monE Yours for bt THE SET Pomar White Goods Lawns, Damask, Doilies Eimb Re CreadIy R e Come Now! Trr the New Store STAPLE ANO FANCY GROCERIES TRY OUR COFFEES, TEAS AND SPICES. They are all fresh an -good. Canned 0oods. Pickles, Mackerel, Fat and Juicy.. Full line nice, fresh Candies. Fresh Bread from Columbia every day. Phone No. 212. NOTIOE OF SALE. Notice is hereby given that we will sell at the old homestead, at public, auction to the highest bidder, for cash, on the 25th day of January, 1907, at 11 o'clock a. m., all .the per sonal property of Mrs. E. Boazman, deceased, consisting of farm imple ments, stock, farm produce, etc. J. R. Irwin, B. W. Watkins, Qualified Executors. Cost Sole! :ruary 4th and 10 days, we will 3t all Underwear, 'lothing and Fur overstocked on id mean to turn yu siness, ZLE R CO., ia, S. C. IV SALE' roideries, ady-.made Jnderwear, Etc., Et uced Prices. Come Oft