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S,\ I/ tro - X L A44~ hI~ 2*' Iiuiu4 VOL X LIV NO, 23. -- fTE WBER RY. S. 0. VUffe DAY. M ARCEl 10, 1907. TWIOE A WEEK. $1.50 A YEAR ATHN I'CLEARY IS NOT TIlE MAN C S PIVTMAN EXONERATES HALFWITTED NEGRO. E Had Confessed the Crime-Mar- p, on School Teachei Declares That McCleary is Rot Assail- J( ant. .at )e State, 16th. M1%Jss Pittman of North Carolina ar %ed here yesterday and in comipa.ny- a th Mr. T. B. Stackhouse went to state prison to see if Nathan Me- T eary was the negro who had offer- la her indignity last Monday. iss Pittman stated positively that Cleary is not the mai The negro sc nfossed to Mr. A. J. Bethea, private ti: ecretary to Gov. Ansel,, Wednesday d also to a reporter of The State. vi was piblished in The State at the i ime that the negro is an imbecile. is appears to be verified by Miss si tman's statement, for she says y had never seen the negro before. feCleary will remain in the peni- d itiary until the authorities there re- , ve instructions from Marion as to at to do with him. Te is a dark brown, low browed ie , with thick lips and cocoansut a ped head. e talked freely with a representa .e of The State and while admitting m he ''ketched hold'' of the -hand p the ''white lady what teeched Ii ol in the little blue school house,' la as observed thiat there were many al orrect statements iii what he said. ti instance. he insisted that he was r Timnionsville-only a. few miles tl m there-and seemed toJ-.now very I le abo,ut the country' around Latta i ak Orove. may have been that Nathan hal d parties discussing the affair gathered what facts as were Con- di ed in his ''confession'' from that e1 here were no si,ns to indieate i he recognized Miss Pittman a .i he was brought before her. In the whole affair does not ap to have impressed him as being ti, any' unusual consequence. On no Aion since his arrest has he shown s, excitement or seemed in the least us alout what the results might me steps may be taken. to have le Cleary committed to the Hospital lie Insane. L o NEGROES ARRESTED. Pittman Could Not Identify Sus- b<( pects Arrested. th Or State. st monsville, March 15.--Gov. An lephoned the magistrate-at Kin day to arrest John Goodwin 'alld D Abraham. as being connected b,, he recent assault on Miss Pitt fMarion coun'ty by Nathan Me- oi - ht .above innmed p)arties wer~e pre- Tt 1 to Miss Pittman at this place rt orning, but pr<Ned to be the N Properties of Gold. Circular Weekly. . at gold is unaffected by the at- di e either at ordinary temper- 'im r when the metal is heated. It rn proof against the action of in aeids when used singly. tr over, it confers its p)roperties br or less upon copper and silver w these metals are alloyed wvith hii ~is, for example, 12 karat gold th thetand the action of nitric in tho' atmosphere at ordinary ni ro, but some of the copper j C xidized during annealing. Ih .or gold may. be alloyedw of. platinum in an or V nd fite, but such an erc &.uniform; a larger G. Jitinum ,will free it- cr la on solidification Idi s. alloy of the two f,. obtained. hi al rd that lasts than Ihi THE NEWS OF PROSPERITY. ity Primary to Be Held on Next Tuesday-Personl and Other wise. Mrs. co. 1. Bearden little Miss lizabetli are visiting Mrs. Beardens krents Dr. and Mrs. R. L. Luther. Miss Effle Hawkins entertained the >lly Dozen last Friday evening. Furman Sheeley, of Wlitmir is liome with his parents for a few lys. 'Mr. E. B. Luther of Columbia is on Visit to his parents. Mr. J. L. Wise attended the Omar mple of the Shriners in Charleston st week. The Sorosin met with Miss Lena aster Friday afternoon. It was a cial meeting and a generally good me was had. Miss Alma Hartman has been on a sit to Misse-s Efie and Lizzie Hawk S. Misses Belle Epting and Ethel Pay tger visited Mrs. J. P. Wheeler the~ ist week. Mr. and. Mrs. J. Q. Ranuch of Salu Ispent a few days in town last 2ek. Owing to your eorrespondeit's at ndandc ipon 'the Head Camp loodmen of the World in Columbia st week we could not send up our aual dots. Say Mr. Editor your ''Macheen'' an did not paragrapli my items pro rly in my last letter and the item e is to short to stand around and ock was made a part of the item out, horseshoeing. They didn't go gethe' well. 'Mr. R. T. Pugh is placing lumber Ihis lot recently purchased from r. B. B. Schumpert preparatory to tildin,. Mr. Wilbur Long is clerking for tht isli Grocery Co. -Our school will. celebrate Calhoun ty, or S. C. day on Calhoun's birth iy Mhny, March- 19th.. Prof. mnis has arran-ed a program for at day or ratlirtoday (Monday) follows. Sona- ''Ho, for Carolina' Roll Call-S. C. Celebration Ora n-' 'Calhoun''-Herbert Langford Reading--Timrod 's ''Carolina '' m1-'.'South Carolina.' Rcadinx-''Emily Gieger's Ride'' -Willie May Wise. Reading '' South - Carolina ''-Mul r Kreps. Reading '''Calhoun''--Clara Rorwn. Oration ''Marion's Men''-Allen )ster. , Song ''Dixie." The primary for town omeers will held Tuesday. The fololwing is e line up for the race. And all but ie of them will come in under the rong. For Intendant-Dr. E. N. Kibler. For Wardens-,J. P. Bowers, A. P. minihik, W. .1. Gibson, J. I. Beden 110h. It. I. Stondemanyer. Thlose of ou' citizens who were it about 7.15 on last Thursday night ar'd what seemed an unusual sound. w~as the crash occasioned b)y the~ uning into a (lead train on the C.. . 'L. railroad at Shilohi church. lie particulars as learned by your 'rrespo'ndent are that.** The extra train leaving Newberry 6.15 p. m. Thursday night became sabled just west of town and wvas inb)le to make the siding for the 'ening~ up-train. The engi-ne came and it wvas arranged that the up nin should push51 the disabled train Lck to Newberry. Engineer Edwards as on the engine with Engineer Gra im and by a misunderstanding as to e pla0ce where the train was stand q' led to a crash, the uip-train run ng i.nto the dead train. Engineer 'aham understood that: the train -wvas itween tl4e 38 and 39-mile ,posit, hile it wvas between the 36 and 37. Engineer' Graham had his hack sev 'ely wrenched. One passenger, Dr. R. Har'ding, of New,berry, lost a uple-of tooth, and had his 'shoulder sloeated. This is the second wr'eck r Dr'. H-arding on this road, having en considerably shaken up and,hurt iout Leaphart's a year1 or mole ago. Mr. Pat. Koon, of -near Chapin, Jost s dwelling and' contents by fire a. w nighlts aifo. TIme family barely caped. A defective flue in thme'din a innm is suppnnedi to have ben the cause, as it was falling in whel discovered. He had no insurance. Ben Mayer, a negro living at J. J Sin-ley's, had his house set on firl by one of his children and with th usual result, except that he got tler in time to ..;ive the children from be ing burned 'with the house. He los all his househlold goods. The election held for bonds to pro vide fire protection for the protectioi f6r the town was defeated at the elce tion hield last Thursday, much to M4 detriment of the property of tih town, as the town is absolutely with out fire protection. Our farmers are somewliat delaye< in their work from rain and scareit' of labor in some sections. Thie primary campagin for munici pal oflieers is now on and next Tues dliy will tell tihe tale to who shall bi voted for on the 9th of Apil. Mr. and Mrs. A. 0. Wise will cele briate their silver weddin- on Satur day, March 23, 1907. Invitations ar out and manly will enljoy with them this lad snniversary, the twenty fi'ti of their a111r1lied life. Marrried Sunday at tle Lutlieri parsonage of Chapin, Miss flerl61 May Cummalander and Mr. .J. Wim George. f Slihs. The quarterly collference of P,ros perity circuit, M. E. church, wa. lielt at Zion on Tuesday, March 22. Tle County Medical Association a its neetilig on last Sa.turday postpon ed election of officers until its nex meeting. MISS EHRLICH APPOINTED. Wil Represent South Carolina at th4 Richmond Reunion. The -State. Miss Emma Louise Ehrlich of thi city has been appointed sponsor 'fo the South Carolina. division of ti United Confederate Veterans. Si hIaez inamed Miss Sarah Lyles of Co lumbia a's her maid of honor. Gen Thomas W. Carwile of Edgefield hal selected a sponsor wlho will grace thu at hering of beautiful southern wo men at the annual reunion at Rich miond and she and her maid of liono will make South Carolina conspicuoun among the intellectual occasioy in th< capital o.f the Confederacy. Prodigies in Pating. Westminster Gazette. Frenchi girl, one Chritina Mich clot, when recovering from a sever attack of fever, is said to have livei from November, 1751, to July, 1755 on water, "without any solid food oj any description." 'Twenty years later Monica Mutch eteria, a woman of Suabia, wlhile suf fering from a complication of ner vous disorders, subsisted for tw< years on a dietary of curds and wlie and water, and, to add to lier discom fort, she was unable to sleep durinV the whole of this period ; while ii 1762, we learn (and we are simply quoting records of eases whichs ap pear to have been well attested) Am W~alshi, a twelve-year-old girl of 1Har rogate,- survived for eig:hteen monthF on a daily allowance of a third of pint of wine and water. A Testinionial. Philadelphia Ledger. There is a clever and gallant'young fellow attUached to the British embassa at Washington wvho since his adveni inito the official set at the Nationa Capital has achieved quite a reputa tion as a wit. One afternoon the clev'er attachi was receiving the clever touches a the hands of a pretty manicurist or Connecticut avenue, when with limpih eyes she looked at him and said: ''We are so grateful for any testi, monials from our patrons. Do yes mind?'' ''On the, contrary, I should be die lighted,'' responded the Briton. Then t.aking -a card, lhe wrote thereupon th< followinig and handed it to her: 'There's a divinity that shapes 0om ends.'' The 'reason rich men give you ad vice on how~ to.do it is because it isn ' the real way. Custom' is too often but ani ancien' eirror. OUR WASHINGTON LETTER. How Cotton is Shipped, Bought and Sould In Liverpool Eng land. Special C;r llerald and News. WashingIfitln, 1). C., March 18. According to Consular reports of the -United States Department of Con imeree and Labor members of the.Cot - ton Association of Liverpool, Eng land, buy and sell their clients every bale of cotton landed inl Liverpool, and it is said that cotton can not. be dischlarged frloml ship.s inl that city I unless it k to be disIosed of through a broker m1e11mer of the association. These men are known to the trade as - buying or selling brokers. Those - who confine their business to the former, buy only for spinners, while the seller restriets his operations to disposing of cotton for the importer through a buyin--r broker. Some fi-rms act in both cal)acities in the same i ransaction, this drawing a double - brokerage, biut theY are not looked upon wi'th Bavr. Both brokers are i paying the f'irm aetin- for him. Cot t ton is sold to the mills for each in ten days less one-half per cent, dis Count, any displute being referred to an arbitratimn committee appointed i hy the assiciation. By this method litigation, with its attendant heavy charges, is avoided. For years the - question of moisture iin cotton was a b bone of contention with the trade. It is now rulcd that if ally b).ale contains over ten p)er eent of moisture, tile cotton is uinmerchantable and may be returned to tlie seller. * It is not uncommon ill Liverpool for different eottons which approach each other quite nearly in lengtll of staple to be mixed twovether when anl advantage -i price canl be gained by so doinz, or wlere color, strenl-thVi, or cozy characteristics are. required in 3 arns for special uses. Considering -ll lie differences in marked features of the cottols, as well as in their relcin rices, it is obvious that the Lancashiire spinner has il Liverpool - aII advita- over his American - compelitmr in the production of the 11ny11 sors of fabrics demanded by foreilIn coN%sumers. This rane of material has also develol)ed in the Enlish mill manager a keen discrim ination between the possibilities of the sev-erall types. He is thus fre cluently. by judicious selection and careful mixing, enabled to effect ma terial savings in the cost of his mix ing over what it would be were he bonfined in hi's operations to )one "r.-owth. Except where buying sea island, Peeler, and other staple cottons the - merchant in the Southern states when baraining for uplands or Gulf merely o1pen a handful taken from the bale and classes it by its color 1and cleanliness,, taking into aecont also any evident damage done in gin ning. Bef'ore similar cottonl reachies the Englishsingi a negn a mneh'l moreo careful exbamiationen revaluation oil the biasis of its r'eal - pjinni.g wor'thl. Buyers inl Liver'pool spend conider'able time over. each samle they examine. Knowing the denominat ion or' vairiety they need, the spinner(1 neOxt takes into account. wh'len ariviing at iUs valne to him, the price asked. the effects of ginniwg 011 thle physical condition of the lot (t his should teach American planters the lesson thfat carefully ginned stap)le will bring better prices), such faults as cut, niapped, clurledl. or twisted fibers bieinie looked foi'. Discoloration, the quantities of leaf, broken seed, and excessive moisture aire also con sideired. Besides thlese, the leng'th of staple of the shortest soirts is examin ed and the comparative strength, silk -miess, aiid elasticity of the f'ibers aire Itaken into consideration, not. forget - ting the bearing that the qulanltity of short, immatur'e, imperfectly dlevelop ed and umnripe fibers will have oi the amount of waste made in the mill, as well as the effect the present of an abnormal piroportIio'n of suchb fibers wvill hlave oil thle strength, elast icily, suiltanit yairn. unud genieral wecaving value of the re. Liverpool grades of Amierican cot tops follow those of the UTnite'd States ini name, but are sli5dhily b)et ter in quality. On the other hiand(, the Lancashir'e spinner genlerally uses icaper cotton than does his An ican competitoi for the same con: This practice gives him another sli ,idvantage in foreign trading. M'LAURIN FOR ROOSEVELI WIN Support the President if He j Candidate-Thinks he is Greate Man that Has Ever Pre sided Over any Nation. The State. Waslhington, March 15.-Tie F John L. McLaurini, one-time scm from South Carolina, was at Wlhite House toda,7 to shake ha with PreMldent Roosevelt. He s T. R. is the greatest presidentt has ever presided over the destil Af this or any otiler n'ation or E came down the pike. le wants )Cople to Ise up anld give hin third oite with a wlhoop and a [1e iade the following remarks thIL; effect wbile sitting in the lo, of the hotel: "The people of the United St augiht-to (lisregard all party lines 110111iate Presid(ent. Roosevelt fo third term. I for one intend to iport him if he is a candidate for presidelicy next Year.'' 'Tle former- senator doesni't ti ihere is iuch hil lance, though. In first place, lie says the .suggestioi " too wise a one ever to be aduptei the Demlocratic party." You see doesn't Ihink mucli of the Demoer arty. H-is suggestion is too wise it. Bit there is soiethiiig else in way. "Ini my oplinione ," conti ed the former senator, "Prei, Roosevelt is tile greatest manl , has ever occupied the White Ho Ile was honest and sincere whien issiued the statenient. on election n. in 1904 that lie would never accel renoinilation for the presidency, I fear that lie will be too honesi disrei-ard this pledge to the peopl Think of that ! Here is a mani wih aiettually too ionest. But, Mr. Laniil contfinuied, "Th'le nm, shonl1. Iowever, disreard Iis i am14l !ive him11 a 1111milun ous I-reloil ion, and reelection. The work w lie has hegun1 of regulating the I r-olds, anl colporatiolns 11 the h in-_- of the Panama canal canl not completed uring tile present ai istration and t1here i, not 1111o man inl tie couitry whio c anl carry work nil as the president has anm now (loilg. And that, is not all. Tle ex-sem elosed iviti this remark: "Tt secn me that Ciod Almighty created man for the great work ie is d& for the country.'' No wonder as Mr. McLaurin pac tIlloli-l W;ishington oi his waly f, N\'ew York to Bennettsville he s1 ped to go up to the White House 4hake the Great manl's iland. Diversions of Academic Youth. Labor Leader. In the ragginig seen es at Keir I die's meetinug in Cambridge all fun was nlot on1 thle side of hlis umi xraduatec tormentors. The La leader's friends of tIle Fabian So ty practiced a diverting ruse. A eialist, dlisguised and aged look ted a piarty t.o Trinity College, wi Mr. K(eir' Hardie was to be enterti ed1 at. dinnedC before the mneeting. 'young bloods,'' wh'en the party entered screwed up the door and( aun to bomblhlard the inidows practice other frivoli ties. Bat this brilliantly lighted dii room anid tile well spreadl table v a decoy. The guests had r'earrni their exit and (duly made t heir u to the real dinling apar'tmnent, wi M~r. IKier -Hiardie had been awail th em. The "dps wvasted precioust attacking the empty hall and v thereby madle so late for the miee that standing~ room only at the b: was available for them when they rived. Fromi these disadvanitageou i P thleir' missiles-bread, oranges, to toes, sugar and evil smleiling litiuio tube'-could not reach thle platfor Whien a mnan has a really good posit1 ion it 's a sign he has no relat lie has to be nice to.-New ~i er- NO FARMERS' INSTITUTEE. its. ght On Account of Repairs to be Made in Clemson Building This Summer. ritere will Ie -no Farmers' Instituto is a this year at Clemson, College. This Bt anloilicemeilt will be received with regret by the farmers all over the state for the institute was a gr6at Occasioi with them. The reasons have been filly set forth inl a letter that 1)as bei. issued to' the lilic by [on. President P. I. Mill. In the letter it itor is stated that on account of the fact the that. the dormitories will be in the ids hands of the contractors to le remod nys eled and arranged for the admission who of thvse extra students. iies It, is Very doubtful if there will be rer any state institute this year as there the is 0no IIce so siitabil to hold it as a Clemson Colleie. After this year the ,ell. institute will he held ainually at to Clemsonl and it is proposed to make bby it a ervat evenlt. The folowin.- is the letter of Pres t.es idenlt Mel. to The Ilerald and News. aind Clemson College, Alar. 15. I. a I)ear sir: p.l)- Will you please notify the farmers the 0throu11.h lle '4lumnilis of yoIr paper I hat I Ie board 4)f t I'st ees of t lie Clem ink '-on AU'rieiIt MrAl Cdlle-e will he fore tile (1 to Ssspend the Farmers' Instiltuito is at. (C'Iems(1n1 ('1llege 1his Su111mer he ay ntse ot' th preparation they are he making to admit two hundred more rttic students lo tile benefits of the ilisti for tution? The dormitories wil lhe plae the1 edI inl the han11ds of the eonitraefors to nu.. he remlideledI aid aroranged fr the ent admission of these extra stuidents, 1111d ,hN-jo it will be impossible. 1herefore. for use them to be put inl shape for the Ie le commi11odatim) of our visitors d1u1ring ght the Farmers' Institiute. >t a Our inlitite work tihirou41gh he and state will 0be ('onsiderably enlared to anlid extendedl thronll."16 tlie year1 so e.'' that the btneits of the work will be I is 'i to the IleOh. wh1revvir desired. Me- With the use f41 Ile cars. plave4d at 11on1 111' 1 dispoal by it'he Siutheri Rail .his way I'MpIlln)y. we vann do verv nlv-h na- More work l1r the enetii o tlie ich aimers than we were able tI 411 i .ail- pasI . ild.. -Very Iiuly yvars, he l'. 11. Mell, uin- ' rsd ' Ie-r - the Italy's Dwindling Population. I is London Globe. Some strikingly eurious population ito. statisties are now beiny published in 4 to Rome. Some years ao 1he Italian I le pilationl was one of the most. proli flg fc i'n E'urope, and ill one period of twenty years inrenseud from 28.000, sed 000 I 33,000,000. Now the (endency rom is strongly inl the opposite direction, ,0p)- while, at tile same time, emigration, rind which now reaches a million souls a year, is leaving' whole rural districts depopulated. The naturnal increase had declined from 7.3R nnir thoiuswnifd in 1901 to (1.1 in 1906. I'n the flour [ar'- ishting industrmial distriiets t hei'e is the some priogr~Iessive' increase, but in the ler- rural provinces. like L,abuan, A pul in, boi' Ricily anad thle Camp)ag.na, it dIwindtles cie- (down as low as 1 .1 per! thlouisand. so.. Bamberg in Sipendid Shape. iere Made Coad Shaw of Wife's $20 Lace. uin- New Yoi'k Wor'ld. fl'he A WVoodbur'y man who had been en had joying himself greatly felt huingr'y lie- when he got home about 1 o'clock tis and1 morning. ' ''WhereCi did you puit the cold cah ing ba!se, dearest ?'' lie called up-stairs to 'ore his wi fe, wh'lo had coughed loudly' to god let him knowv it was iuseless to take vay off his shoes. Iere ' 'On the second shel fin thle planltry '' ing she answer'ed harshly. lIe found the cabbage and thle oi4, ime vinegar, 'salt and pepper, cut iup the rer'e cabbage, dIressed1 it to his taste and ing ate.it with appetite. tack ''George, why didn't you eat the ar- cablaage last night'?'' askedh his wife when lie appear'ed, r'ather' .lhaky, for osts breakfast. ma- ''I did; it wvas fine!'' said George; 1 in ''so thouight'ful of' you to keep it, m. daet' '' Why, it's on the pap)i'y shelf,'' tlis- she ceried. ives Filled with appr'ehension, Mrs. Geo. ork seairched the second shelf lhuirriedly. There she had left four yards of lace, worth $20, in a bowl to starch. The lace was grone.