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VO -NI-.-J8 .A.A VOL XLIV. NO 48. NTjWlM9RY. S. 0. TUEEkqUAY JUNE 18,.1907. TIEAWE.$ 0AYA OLD TIMES IN NEWBERRY. Judge J. K. Orosson's Mind Rune Back to the Days of Long Ago. Interesting Reminescences. Woodville, Texas, June 17. I've been thinking back of late s'prisin't and I'm here to state I'm suspicious it's a sign Of age, may be or decline Of my faculties-and yit I'm not feeling old a bit Any more than eighty-four, Ain't no young man any more. Thinkin' back's a thing 'at grows On a feller I suppose. Older 'at lie gits, I jack, More lie keeps a-think' back! Old as old men git to be, Er as middle-aged as me, Folks'll find us, eye and mind Fixed on what we've left behind. Thinkin' back-why goodness me! I kin call their names and see Every little lad I played With, er fought, er was afraid Of, and so made him the best Friend I had of all the rest I Thinkii' back, I even hear Them a calling, high and clear Up the crick banks, where they seen Still hid in there like a dream And me still a-pantin' on *The greenpath-ways they have gone Still they hide by bend er ford Still they hide-But thank the Lord Thinkin' back as I have said I hear laughin' on ahead. Ii the olden time, about five miles southwest of the village lived a good genial old man, of whom Judge O'Neall in the Ann-als very truly wrote, ''his wit, honesty and virtue commend his memory to all his sur. viving acquaintances. Few men wil be-fotind hereafter among us wh< will so Well fill the place of the good eitizen and honest man." He was indeed a fine, lively, intel ligent old man, with a rich, generous spirit; lie had a fund of fine humor of an original flavor and loved a harmless laugh; had jovial physiog mony and his bl>gue, was pleasing While on a tower in the highlands of Scotland, he was impressed and put on a. British man of war as a sailor The ship stopping at Charleston, he gave them leg bail and escaped and made his way to Newberry. His name Spence, meaning "the parlor of a cottage or farm house," shows hil 8coteh descent, but having been rais ed in County Antrim he was known as a Scotch prisoner. Such was Samuel Spence, an all around goot main. It is.supposed he came to New berry after the war of 1812. There were two tribes of Spenee in Newberry--Samuel and James brothers, were of one tribe; my moth er was of that tribe. The other tribi was headed by Capt. James Spence and to this tribe the writer's gran mother Crosson belonged. So I am oj Spence descent on both sides. Capt Spence was a generous, intelligent religions man and was an elder ii K(inirs Creek A. R. P. church. WHgon er Billy Spence a.nid a great number 01 other belonged to this. I ahlways sup posed that these tribes were kin as they each came from County Antrim Capt. $?pence's ancestors, Andrew ani William, came to this country beford the Revolutionary wvar. Oapt. Janie: S&pence was a captain in the Creel war. Samuel came about 1815 James in 1820. Samuel was twice married, firs to Mrs. Mary McCalla. They had n< ehildren. After her death, hie mar ried Miss Mary Hunter, who was pure, kindly, home-loving wife, witl a warm heart and blessed with charming sunny disposition, sand re markable for hier piety and grea common sense. She was of that large intelligent and progressive family o: Hunters, descended from that Nathat Hunter, who came from the county o: Antrim. When a youngster my mother ani two sisters and I, the only kin uneli Sam had in the county, attended th<4 wedding of Nathan Hunter, a man o: supreme good sense and sound judg ment. Sam and Mary Spenec h-ad threi children, Sam, who was lost in th war between the stater; Isabella ani Lizzie. There were three Isabella Spences and they were a trio of beau ties. My mother, the oldest one, was named for Isabella Elder, the grand mother of the brothers, Sam And Jas. In 1820 she started with my. grand- I father to cross the ocean for Aipr ica. Owing to the contrary winds, they were delayed six weeks, during which time she died and was buried in the ocean. She was then over one hundred years old. The other Isabel las were named for my mother. Isabella married John S. Birge, ani active business man. She looked like a sun rise in her young beauty. The othe' Isabella, also a very beautiful girl lived in Pickens county and mar-1 ried a Burroughs. Lizize was a gen te lovable little girl when we leftl fifty years ago for Texas. Wife andi I often spoke pleasantly of her; wife was fond of 'her. I have often thought of the remark Uncle Sam made to me, 'Jimmie there's no harm in a jug if you don't take the stopper out'too often,'' but it is best .not to take it! out at all. Sam Spence was a kind master, a good father, friend, christian, and much respected by his neighbors, among whom was Henry Boozer, a jovial, pleasant man and who loved his dram, but never got "Hoxie Lov walh',, Indian for drunk heap. I heard him say once that he had twenty-one children, and all were gties but twenty. The one girl married Willie! McCormick, a nephew of David Reid. Three of their sons were in my com pany and one was killed March 28, 1862. I met a lady in Houston from Abbe ville, and in talking of old times she mentioned the incident. followin, which I had heard before. At' Anderson C. H. a dancing master, not then called professor, had a school. Rev. James Donnelly, a one legged preacher, an able but eceen tric man, well known in Newberry, was preaching on Sunday against dancing. In his denunciations against da.neing and what he regarded as sin he was terrific. A young man, T-, who patronized the dancing school and dressed in the highest fashion with gold glasses, gold-headed cain, arose and looked around to show his contempt. Un'cle Jimmie saw him, stopped a moment and then in his sharp strident voice said, "If there is any other one present lige T-, T want him to get up right now anw go out. I can't bear a dude, it looks so, much like a human being." Nevt day was salesday and some one posted on the court house dor this notice, ''will be sold today during legal hours one T-, by orders of James Donnelly.'' He went to Brother Bensons for his horse and buggy and as they were being brought out Bonson said, ''I am glad you are going, H- threat ens to whip you today.'' Instantly the old man said. "'Boy put back my buggy, I did promise to dine with Sister Townes today on TugalQ, but I want to see thec man who is 'going, to whip old Jimmie Donnelly today." After stamping around on his wooden leg he failed to find H-. Will write you on my dream of Newberry as it wvas 60-70 years ago. Joy and pleasure for old Newher.. ry. J. M. Crosson. A Wisconsin school-teacher had among her pupils a litlte boy named Jackey, who was always late in the morning. But one day he man'aged to get to the schoolhouse before the bell rang, whereupon he said to the teach er: ''Vell, today I am pefore at last. I always was pehind pefore.'' I~ was talking to your wife to day.'' "Ah, indeed! How did that hap pen f ' iHow did it happen? How did Iwhat happen?" ~ That you were talking.''-Il Met 1to per Ridere. IThe ohemist who examined the stomach of Engineer Strange, who was thought to have been poisoned by Dr. D. S. Rowland of Hendersonl, N. C., reports that no poison was found. The state wmill try the case of murdler against Dr. Rowland on cir cumatantial evidence. HIGH SOHOOL VOTED. Prosperity to Have High Schooll Only One Vote Against It--Mas onic Picnic. Prosperity. June 17.--The electlon i'or liihi School held on Jtwe 14th, resulted i,ii a full vote of 30 to 1, in favor ' ov.tablishin4 [the I high school. 'The unanimity of opinion in favor of the sehdol is seen in the voJ-on ly I against it. This will be quite an additivn to our graded scliool. Rev. W. W. Orr, of Charlotte, N. C., will assist Rev. 1. S. Caldwell in a protraeted meeting beginni,ng Fri day, June 28th. Rev. Orr held servi ces here about 8 years ago. Eis. friends will be glad to have him with us again. Miss Julia DeLoach, of Honea Paht, is visiting Miss Marie Reagin. Messrs. Geo. Summer and Tom Wicker, of Newberry, visited Jno. Pat Wise Sunday. Miss Eflie Connelly, of Greenwood Co., is visiting Mrs. C. M. Harmon. Rev. J. G. -Scljaid worshiped in Prosperity yesterday (.Sunday) and preached for Rev. Kreps on Sunday night. Miss Annie Jamieson, of Newberry, and Mard Todd, of Latrens, are visit ing Miss Jessie Moseley. There will be a union picnie or cue of the Masonic order of New berry and Prosperity on July 25. Pro gram later. There will be a social at the Luth eran pr%onage Friday evening. The congregation is cordially invited to be preset and enjoy themselves and have a generally good time. Miss Marie Lathan, of Little Moun tain, is visiting relatives in town. Hart Kohn and A. B. Wise will leave this week for the Jamestown Exposition. They are the vanguard, and on their report of conditions will depend on others going. Grace S. S. has changed from af ternoon to monning, at 9.45. Rev. T. 0. Keester who was D. D. at the commencement last wek was at one time pastor of Grace church. Col. Jno. F. Hobbs is in town meet inI his former friends and school and colle: e classmates. "I have been to beaches in all parts of this country. from Maine to 'Ilexas," said a much-travelled man the other day, "and there is noth ing anywele in this county to com pare with the beaches at Sullivan's Island and the Isle of Palms." Dr. J. D. Cannon had the misfor t-me to have his leg broken about ten days ago. He is now with his son in-law, Mr. Tom Setzler at the Kil gore place. He is doing as well as could be expected. He is now 74 years old and a Confederdate veteran and would appreciate any assistance his friends may be inclined to ren !r.tAny contributions may be hand < Mr. Antine Buzhardt or left at lhids office. Teacher Wanted. The undersigned desire to secure .a cacher fo'r the comiing year for Gar "an./ school salary $35 per month. mnd application to any one of the illowing trustees: . l. Mlayer, Clerk. T. B. Lecitzsey, .J. J1. H. Brown, Trustees. M1l Criminals "Insane" These Days. Chattanooga Times. The insanity plea is becoming the favorite one for lawyers to employ in defense of "speckled" orr blood.. thirsty elients, but in not a single case has there been a commitment to a lunatic asylum of any offender un der the plea. It is pretty near time the courts were defending themselves against the contempt judicial pro ceedings are in such cases coming to be regarded by the people. The smart lawyer seefn of late to have increas ed his facilities for making a traves ty of the law. A man in Boston the other day was acquitted of fround on the plea that he had concealed his assets in a bankruptcy proceed ings because of "financial insanity." Every kind of crime now has its "mania" excuse and the worst of it is the law seems to be helpless against the plan. LATIMER DISCUSSES IMMICRATION SITUATION 4RITES A LETTBR 03( THE SUB JEOT WViE AT SEA. GAthering Valuable Information While Abroad With Special Commission. ,The News and Courier received a *ery interesting letter from Senator Latimer, in which lie tells of the voyage of the immigration commis sian, of which lie is a member, from Boston to mid-ocean, where the let ter was written, and of the plans of the party after reaching Gibraltar,' where the letter was mailed. The let-) ter will be read by everybody in South Carolina, and the subsequent epistles promised by Senator Lati mer will be waited with interest. It appears that while the party is, as was to be anticipated, enjoying the trip, Senator Latimer has, as was al so to have been expected, lost no time in getting to work himself and mak ing the other commissioners get to work too. Senator Latimer's Letter. To the Editor of The News and Courier-Perhaps a few words con eerning tihe immigration. commission and its trip abroad will bp of interest to the readers of your paper. As most of them already know, this comnmis sion was created at the last session of Congress, and its creation grew out of the disenssion of tle iinigration question, which was given a great deal of attention during the session. This was emphasized by the number of amendments that were introduced, of conflicting kinds. Some wanted our present immigration laws made more lax, while others wanted them made -more stringent.. Congress was slow in agreeing to any particular measure, and there was much uncer tainty as to what should be done for the best interests of the country. Fiin ally it was decided to appoint a com mi:sion to investigate the whole mat ter in all of its phases and to report its findings to Congress. The com mission consists of three Senktors, three lepresentatiws and three lay Ill'nI app(%inte(d by the President. The Senators are Messrs. Dilinglian, Lodge anid myself, members of the Se-tate committee oil immigration. The Representatives are Messrs How ell, Bennett and Burnett. members of the House committee on immigration. The President's appointees are Messrs. Charles P. Neill, J. W. Jenks and W. H. Wheeler. Senator Lodoe and Messrs Neill and Jenks were un able to take the Enropean trip for different reasons and they will he studying immigrationj questions in the United States this summer while we are abroad. Each member of the commission taking the trip has his wife along. Among others along with the party are Miss Wheeler, a neice of Conmmissioner WheelIer; Mr. Burnett, a son of Congressmnan Br nell ; Miss Olive Lat imer .nd Mr. A. M. Carpenter, editor of the Andler son D)aily Mail. Theli comlmission sai led from Ro-ftoni < - aturday, May 18, oni the steamer t anlopic, of the White Stair L ine, :and yest erday we paissedl I he Azores, .eip pin for a few hours at Ponta Del'ta da. on the Island of St. Alichael. We aedeMonday at Gibraltar andl lie semrthen goes oin to Naples, where lhe p)arty wvill 1land. The weather has been ideal so far and the trip has been delightful. There has been little if tiny seasickness. Studying the Steerage. The commission has alreadly starf ed ifs work. There are about 400 steerage passengers otn: hoard, which class embraces the immigrants, who are returning to their nuative ha4nes. We have gone among them and made investigations as to their reasons for refturning. Abont 33l per cent are re turning on account of' sickness, many are going home to visit their relatives, and others are going over to bring relatives back wvith them. The general condition of the steerage passengers is .tod; they have fair accommoda tionas and the legal requirements of our Government with regard to space on board the ship and saniit ary condli t ions~ are compliedi withb. A close innuiry among ile passenl gers, reports of special agents and our own commissioners emphasizes the fact that in order to obtain per manent benefit from immigrat.ion it is necessary to treat the first. immi grants in acommunity well and to sur round them with proper economic con ditions. In other words, the W0ages paid, whether in money ori cheaper rents or lower priced food and cloth ing, must equal or inearly equal, what can be obtained in any other section of our.country. If these conditions are met the first immigrants will be pleased, and will write back to their friends that conditions are satisfac tory and their friends will follow them. On the other hand, if these conditions are not. met, the first im migrain,ts will go somewhere else and will not write their friends to come until they have foinid a place where conditions are satisfactory. Conditions Here and Abroad.. Of course, it must be borne in mind that conditions generally in our country are much better than they are abroad. Conditions in different parts of our own country, however, vary, and these variations are not al ways understood .by our own peo ple, and they are liable to be misuin derstood by the immigrants. For in stance, an immigrant arriving in one section of the United States may hear of some other section where, he is told, the conditions fire mneh better. It is (uite natural that, he should not understand the disadva.ntages of t.he other section, and should become dis satisfied and want. to go elsewhere. I learn throughi one 'fi my brother c(omlissioners that the planters ot Hawaii early this year sent anl agent. to the Azores, whichli are peopled by Portuguese, and succeded in- securing a ship load under contract. to engage in sugar planting in the Hawaiian Islands. Shortly after arriving at that destination a general exodus to 00" fornia ensued, owing to the report of better wages prevairfug in that state. This instance seems closely analogous to that which we have re cently experienced in our own state, and goes to prove that the Immi grant, no matter how much he nay be bettering his original condition by immigration, will not hesitate to bet ter himself after arrival at his first destination on learning that better wages or conditions prevail else where. Interested in America. As an evidence of the interest of the immigrants in our country, I quote the following from a recent of fleial report: 'Distribution tirough labor agents is the most satisfactory method for the unskilled worker. The most ef feetive is through the United States domestic and international mail ser vice. 'Thirough thi.i chaimiel reliable in, formation as to employmnit, wages and location is given by the relatives or friends in the United States to thle intending immigrant before lie leaves his native land. The rela tive or friend in the mine, factory' or work of con struet ion knows if t here is a short - age or room11 here for his relative or friend in Eu rope. Tlhe mnagiwitutde of the int ernaitionial mail anad money order system ot t he United St a'tes, 1o gethier with the fact that the great mass of immigrants go unterringly to 'the s'tates. where wtages are highest andl their services in gr'eatest dhe mand, iindicat es the eff ect iveness of the system and1( the accuracy of the inf o rmat ion.' This wvill give some idea as to the con)iehttaion that I have reached as far as our invest igat ions have gone, and I find that this v'iew is shared by the other members ot the commis sion. If we lure to get the benefits of' immiiigiraition we must make the first ones -who come over satisfied with the conditions they find. If we do this they will write homie to their friends andl relatives, who will fol low. Other Letters Promised. I will mail this letter at Gibraltar, where our ship will call and w'ill try to write occasionally while on the rip. On reaching Naples we begin our: study of the conuditions1 sutrrounid ig thle immigrant in hiis na t.ive land, and the ('auses that indu11ce hima to emigrate. From Italy we will go northward. The exact itinneary ha 'not been fully determined and iay be changed to suit circumstances. We are scheduled to sail from Liver pool for home on August 29, and will reach New York about September 6. Respectfully, A. C. Latimer. BASEBALL AT WARE SHOALS. Simpson Struck Out 13 and Fletcher 17.-Hits Were Scarce. The State. Ware Shoals, June 15.-In a pitch. ers' battle here this afternoon, the West End team of Newberry defeat ed the Ware Shoals team by a score of 2to 1. It was one of the finest gaines ever played here. Score: R, H E West End ...... ........2 5 1 Ware Shoals ..........1 3 3 Batteries: Simpson and Shealy; Fletcher and Ivestor. Struck out, by Simpson 13, by Fletcher 17. Umpire, Lawrence. Scorer, Dennis. Conrt of Common leaw. By agreement of the bar of New berry, no jury case will be tried dur ing second week of the term, where.. fore jurors drawn for the week begin. ning on Monday, 24th day of Juno, need not. attend. J. F. J. Caldwell, Ciatirman Newberry Bar. Miss Pet Wilsoii, of Manning, is visiting Miss Myra Mower. Mr. Lewie Lane is in the city. He Knew English. Pearson's Weekly. An intelligent sepoy one day came into a telegraph office in India and handed i,n. a message to send to a station in central India. Having read the message, I told him there wam something, wrong. "No, sahib; me knows English," he said. "Again I attempted to explain to him that it was worded wrongly. "Me knows English," he declared haughtily and indignantly. "I you no send, me report superintendent, Mandalay." Thus threatened, I forwarded this message: "Come quick. Father dan gerously dead. W.". It is reported that the ne7roes of the country are very much displeas ed with President Roosevelt for ap pointing Pearl Wright of New Or.. leans, a lily white republican, as commissioner of internal revenue. They are said to take the same view of the appointment of John G. Ca pers to temporarily fill the same of flee. Servian Weddings. Kansas City Star. If you receive an invitation to a wedding in Little Servia on the west side, you must not buy a present and tbake it with you or sendl it. That would be bad form, and the bride would p)robably be insulted, but when you wvent to the wedding take with you the price of the present in mon ey. At the wedding you would find several hundred men and womnt, all Imaking strange motions and talking I i a strange, excited manner. After the guests had assembled and everybody in the colony would be wvelcomed--a young woman would pass5 around the wedding cake. Be. hind her would come the bride ear rying a silver platter, and upon this she would collect the money given as p)resents. At the majority of wed dings the platter is piled high with silver dolla rs, and am ound the edges the b)ills of various siz.e., from $5 to $20. It is not ulncorm>n for a bride to receive $1,000'in clash. This sum it must be remembered, is given by men who are mostly laborers i.n the packing houses. Sometimes the groom passes cig ars and every gusrt will take a ci gar and haand him a dollar. Another custom is to~ plae a dollar in the large gla'. oft whai.kkey and every man tem audink, onaeh drink costing a These wvebli, :uc a great feast forl the guest s, amn.l tl-.e!0 is always plenty to cat, and sometimes the groom rents a hall, where all may dance.