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PURELY PERSONAL. The M6vements of Many People Newberrians and Those Who Visit Newberry. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Aaderson left Wednesday for Baltimore and New York. Mr. Anderson while away will purchase a lar.e stock of goods for the Anderson loc. Co. There will be preaching at King's Creek next Sabbath morning at eleven o'clock and at Prosperity A. R. P. church at 8.30 p. m. Miss Carrye Buford, after having spent three weeks very pleasantly in the towns of Clinton, Greenwood. Ab beville, Ninety Six and Coronaca, has returned to her home in the county. Policeman L 0. Burton is taking advantage of his vacation this week and has gone to the Jamestown ex position. Miss Alice Welch, of Augusta, is visiting at Mr. C. J. Purcell's. Dr. T. H. Pope paid a visit to Kin ards this week. Mr. Pope Buford has returned from Stomp Springs. Mes*rs. Will and Fair Buford have gone to the Jamestown exposition. Miss Sadie Swartzburg, of Ashe ville, is the guest of the Misses Mann. Miss Carrie Jones has returned from Hendersonville. Miss Camille Evans has returned from North Carolina. Mrs. W. H. Shelley has gone to Wilington. N. C., and the Beach to visit relatives for a couple of weeks. Mrs. Harry Garlington is visiting Mrs. W. Y. Fair. Mrs. W. Y. Fair will entertain on Saturday afternoon at 6 o'clock com plimentary to Mrs. Harry Garling ton. Miss Pea-A MeCreary, who has been visiting the Misses Davidson, will re turn to her home in Blackville today. Mr. Thad W. Coleman, of Whit mire, spent Sunday in the city. Mr. G. Frank Wearn is ii the city. Mr. C. C. McWhirter, of Anderson, was in the city on Tuesday. Mrs. Poinier, who has been visit ing friends in the city, has returned to her home in Spartanburg. Mrs. P...C. Mahon and Miss Mary Eliza left for Chester on Thursday to visit relatives. Capt. W. S. Langford accompanied his mother and two sisters to Ceas ar's Heads'on Wednesday, where they wi spend some time. Capt. Langford will return home in a few days. Miss Maude Langford left yester day for -Waynesville, N4. -C., where she will spend severall weeks. Mrs. D. A. Langford left for Ceasar's Head on Wednesday to spenid some time. - Misses' Jennie and Dora Mann have returned from Asheville and Hender sonville. is 'Marg-uerite Cromner' left yes terday for Walhalla. Miss Mary Wright -is -visiting in Prosperity. Mr. C%WE Wallace, of Birmingham, Alabama, spent a few days with Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Brown this week. Prof. and Mrs. S. J. Derrick are visiting rer'atives in Lexington. Mr. and Mrs. James F. Epting will leave Saturday for a few days stay at Ashevi'lle. Mrs. Malinda Higgins has returned from Hendersonv'W Miss Margaret .satthews is visit ing friends in Leesville. Miss Harriette Leavell entertained a fdw friends on Wednesday after noon complimentary to Miss Mc Creary. Mr. S. L. McCreary, of Blackville, spent a few days in the city last week. Mr. A. J. S. Langford spent a few days in Hendersoniville last week. Miss Armiie Lc *is Cole, of Balti more, is visitinig Miss Kate Neel. Mr. Charles P. Pelham has re turned from a trip to New York and Jamestown. Miss Genevieve Bradburn, after spending some time in Greenwood, Greenville and other places, will re turna home today. Prof. Charles H.' Kicklighter is in the city. Mr.. -John A. Senn has returned from the exposition. Miss Bettie Bradley is visiting in Kinards. Miss Marie Werber has gone to Sa luda, N. C. There will be communion service at Jalapa at 11 o'cloek Sunday morning and at Mayer Memorial at 4 in the afternoon. Rev. C. E. Weltner 'will preach at the Lutheran Church of the Redeem er on Sunday. The Home Mission and Parsonage Aid society of Central Methodist church will meet at the parsonage Monday afternoon at five o'clock. Mr. Robert J. %iller left on Wednesday for a trip to N>rfolk and other points in Virgi.aia, and to take in the exposition. Mrs. T. G. William~s left on Wed Des.ia) to visit her son i Norfolk, and to tel-e in the es-positio~n at James town. THE TROLLEY LINE. President Wright Appoints Commit tee To Confer With The Edge field Committees. President Z. F. Wright, of the chamber .of commerce, realizes the importance to Newberry of securing the proposed trolley line from Edge field, and he said yesterday, in an in terview with a representative of The Herald and News, that the chamber of commerce would take up the mat ter and do all in its power to bring the line to Newberry. President Wright said that he was heartily in favor of a road which would open up the country which would be traversed by the proposed trolley line, and lie felt that at this time. speaking from a commercial standpoint. nothing would be of more advantage to Newberry than a line connecting Newberry with Edgefield and Augusta. He had gathered from the articles by the staff correspond ent of The Herald and News, he said, that it was proposed to build the line from North Augusta to Edgefield, and then on to some point which would give the necessary aid in building the road. At North Augusta the proposed line would connect with the trolley line from Aiken to Augusta, givi.1g connection with Augusta and Aiken, and the towns between, including Graniteville, Bath, Langley and War renville. President Wright said that, Newberry was now getting a great deal of trade from Saluda and points between here and Saluda, which would be increased if there were means of rapid transportation. And he realized, he said, that if a line were built, and it should go to Green wood, or some other point, that most of this trade would be cut off. The transportation committee of the chamber of commerce is composed of Mr. George W. Summer, chairman, Messrs. Edw. R. Hipp, George B. Cromer and A. C. Jones. President Wright has appointed the following gentlemen to work with this commit tee, making them and the transporta tion committee' a special committee to take up the matter of the propos ed trolley line, and to confer with the Edgefield committees: E. H. Aull, J. D. Davenport, C. J. Purell. It is probable that some member of this committee will be appointed to go to Edgefield and to talk over the mat ter with the Edgefield people, and to see exactily what the situation is. Prosident Wright was shown the article in this issue of The Herald and News, calling attention to an editor ial in the Edgefield Chronicle favoring the line to Newberry, and was grati ified that Newberry should be favored. He says that the matter will be- taken up by the special committee of the ehamber of coommerce, and. that if it is possible to bring the line to New berry; whatev'er aid the chamber of commerce can give, will be given. It is a matter, he said, of. great im portance to Newberry, ant one which would be thoroughly looked into at the earliest possible moment, so that there might be- no misunderstanding as to Newberry 's attitude, because Newberry, he said, wanted the road, and he felt confident that Newberry would do alil in its power to help build the road. Saluda, he said, is on a direct line between Newberry a.nd Edgefield, and it is about twenty-five miles from Edgefield to Augusta.. Once the line is brought here from Ek gefield it could be extended on to Whitmire, crossing the main line of the Sea board, and then to Union, connect ing with the main line of the South ern. The line, Mr. Wright said, would go through a section of country now without railroad facilities, but a section of country which was able to help build a road, and whose people~ were eager to lend their aid in build ing it. If the line should be built,' he said, it would be a great oppor tunity for Newberry, and one which Newberry could not afford to let pass, if it were possible to bring'the road here. And from the expressions he had see he said, and taking into con sideration the advantages which New berry had to offer, he believed New berry to be the most advantageous point to wiheh to b'ring the road, and he believed that Newberry would. go to work to secure it.. Heavy Bain. The heaviest rain that has fallen in Newberry for some years fell here yesterday afternoon about 2' o'clock. It rained very heavily for fully one hour anad the streets were flowing streams and Scott's en tek on the aorth side was w swollen hIat it was impossible fer ohtse 'ii ':hved on either side of it, to cross for several omi. The stre ts and sidewalks will be very much torn up on account of this heavy downpour. -The Rev. M. J. Epting and -family, of Savannah, are visiting the family ofa Mr.Clne in the eity. NUMBFUNG THE HOUSS. Metropolitan System Has Been Adopted-Preparatory for Free City Mail Delivery. Alderman J. R. Green, who is a special committee of one to look after the numbering of the houses and the naming *of the streets, preparatory to the inauguration of free delivery in the city, has been very. active in look ing after the work and has secured the service of Mr. J. B. Rodgers,' of Columbia. Mr. Rodgers is connected with the Columbia post office a,, one of its car riers, and has had experience also in the numbering of houses in other cit ies, and thoroughly understands the work. He began the numbering for Newberry last week and in a very short time will have it completed. He has adopted the metropolitan system and the numbers begin east. and run west, and south and run north. There is no street in Newberry which runs straight through the city, but under the system adopted it will be. very easy to locate any place when you un derstand just how the work is being done. Each block contains one hundred nunrbers. If there are not sufficient houses to take up one hundred, why the next block will start with the next one hundred, anyway. In the resi dente portion 26 feet is measured off for each residence and in the busi ness portion 16 feet.' In .the mill dis trict it took just 26. feet for each house. Of course in the other por tions of the city in some places there would be only one house to the block, but the same system was followed throughout. When you strike a 1200 block, for instance, that number runs clear through the city, and ,if you werel at 600 and wanted to know where 1200 was, you have only to count s;x blocks further on towards the north or the west, the 100 black having started on the east side and on the south side. It is probable that for thc names' of the strqets iron posts will be erected at each corner, with the names of each street in large letters on top of this post. New Chapel Meeting. Our special meeting wi sbe in at New Chapel next Tuesday: Prayer services to begin at 10.30 a. in., j*reachi *ing 11.15. All are ~eordially invit3d to these services. Bro..W..-H. Hod ges has promised to be with us. . A. Best. Newberry, S. C., Aug. 15, 196)7. Johnson-Garnett. Mr. J. W. D.' Johnson, carrier for Kinards, R.. F. D. No. 2, made good use of his vacation by getting mar ried. The happy event took place on Wednesday, the 7th, at Parksville, th' bide being Miss Docie Garnett, the accomplished daughter of Mr. J. J. Garnett of that town. She is a wo .rany gifts and graces. The ceremony was performed by Rev. B. P. 4Iitehell of Newberry. Mr. John is one of the mems popular men of Newberry county and is receiving the congratulations of his. hosts of friends -Observer. A Surprise Marriage. Miss Emma Julia Dreher and Mr. R. B. Barr, were quietly married at the Ebenezer Lutheran parsonage in Columia Sunday afternoon. Rev. J. H. Wilson, of North Carolina, per forming the ceremony. Miss Dreher is one of ,the most pop-. ular and attractive young ladies of Sewod, this county, and during her frequent visits to Lexington she has made hunidreds of friends. Mr. Barr is likewise ipopular and is a resident of oer Fork, where h6 is popular with his neighbors .andJ friends. The marriae was quite a, surprise to aill. The Dispatch wafts eonzratulations *to this happy couple.-Lexingtonl Dis The above item will be read with interest .by the people of Newberry, where Mrs. Barr has fleuently vis ited and where she has many friends. Coal Chute. Dresident W. G. Childs, of the C., N. & L. has torn down the greater part of the old trestle of his road at Newberry. He, however, has left a portion of it on the south side of Scott 's creek, whieh will be ased as a coal chute and which will make it very convenient for unloading coal. The Herald and News called atbten tion to this arrangement some while ago and suggested that the commis sioners of public works would arrange a tramway from this chute up to the power house and. thus save the an noyance and expense of having to ray their coal from the depo't. Even 'if this is not done, however, it will be much more convenient to unloard oal with this arrangement than it ha.=.been heretofore. THE TELEGRAPHERS' STRIKE. Newberry Office Is Working, But Can't Reach Many Points-Mar ket Reports Slow. The, telegraphers' strike was felt in Newberry yesterday, when it was found that it was impossible to get communication with certain points in ...is state and with 'other points. The Newberry office is..working,Miss Sue Dean doing all in her power to get messages through, but yesterday com munication was slow, even when a point could be reached. Newberry was working yesterday only with Green wood, Charlotte and Columbia. Mes sages foi New York and large points wer.! taken subject to. delay. As an instaacl Of the- effect that strike is having on Newberry. it may be men tioned that yesterday before noon a rressage for a point in this state was qied in the N,4wberry office, and was later returned to the sender with the information that the operators at the other end of the line were out on strike. The market reports yesterday were few and far between. On Wednesday Newberry. got no market reports at all. Tnose dependent upon the mark et reports for the prices of cotton and other products were forced to get along as best they could. It was stated yesterday that th sit nation was improving,. an'd it was thott at that in a very sh(rt time com m1unication to ai! points reached by the Westera Union would be resumed. There was .an exceptionally heavy rain in Niewherry yesterday shortly after midday. Not the Voices of the Sea. Youth's Companion. A lecturer, who has covered the greater part of the country in deliv ering his. instruetive and entertaining discourses on travel, tells this story to prove that illusions are essential to human happiness. .He remained overnight with the chairman of the entertainment committee after deliv ering a lecture in a seashore town on Long Island. In the early niorning he was awakened by the sound of a suction pump in.violent action, but he dozed off again after noting that there was a high wind and a storm threat aning from~ off the neighboring. sea. At the breakfast table he asked: "Didn't I hear. a pump working :this morning, or was I dreaming?" ''Why, yes,'' answered his host, "My f'ather-dn-law is an old sailor man, and when we get a little water in the cellar, he delights in pumping it out. This house had heen idle three years, till .we came along and bought it for the very reajon that others rejected it for.. With father, a little thing like water in the cellar was really an advantage. " "Indeed!" remarked the lecturer. "But besides the noise of the pungp I thought I heard (reflecting for a mo ment) oh, yes! It sounded like the creaking of timbers and the wind in the rigging. I am curious to know how you duplicate those voices of the sea to please the retired captain." "0 land!" said the hostess. "Our new girl just over from Sweden, has been going about the house all morn ing wearing her new American silk petticoat and her old peg shoes." Not a Profession.. Success Magazine. -Representative Lorimer, of Chicago, wao is a great walker, wa.s recently out for a tramp along the conduit road leading fi-om Washington, when, after going .a few miles, he sat down to rest. "Want a lift, mister?" asked a groodnatured Maryland farmer driv in tast way. "Thank you," responded Mr. Lori mer, "I will avail myself of your kind offer." nslnefrawie The two rodeinsenefrahi. Pr nt1v the teamster asked: "Pro feasinal.man?" 9 "Yes," answered Lorimer, who "-' thin'ke~ of a bill he had pending before the house. After another long pause, the far mer observed: "Say, you ain't a lawyer or you'd be talkin': you ain't a doctor 'cause you ain' t got no satchel, and you shore ain't a preacher, from the looks of rou. What is your profes sion anyhow?" "I am a politician," replied Lori The Marylander gave a 'snort of disgust. "Politics ain't no profession; polities is a disorder." Birds of Ill Omen. Special Cor. Indianapolis News. The cathirds and orioles about town are causine superstitious persons much discomfort. The birds have be-' come very tame and fly to the win dows of many homes, pecking at their This is regarded by ww!e people as an ll omen. FIRST OPEN BOLL. 1r. J. P. Adams Brought In to This Office On August 13-Col. Eli son S. Keitt's Fine Cotton. Mr. J. P. Adams has placed upon nr desk the first open boll of cot :on that we have seen this year. He )rought it in on the 13th. We have ieard that a great many bolls are )pening in different sections and it vill not be long before the first bale vill be placed upon the market. Col. Ellison S. Keitt stated to us :he other day that this crop would nake the fifty-fifth crop that he had rrown and in his opinion it was the nest crop that he had ever made, >oth corn and cottou. He has some otton. which he has planted three eet apart in the drill and five feet )etween the rows. one stalk to the fll. from which lie says lie expects :o gather three bales to the acre. Most farmers would consider this iot more 'than one-half of a stand, if ;hat. Twelfth State Convention. The twe;lfth annual state conven ion of the Grand United Indepen lent Order of the Y. M. S. L. society, net with the Little River Baptist hurch, August 8th to 11th. The in roductory sermon was preached by lev. B. W. Caldwell. Friday morning t 10 de'clock the convention was alled to order by M. C. Scurry, the ,rand president. After the enrolment >f delegates the welcome address was lelivered by L: M. Spearman, presi lent of Lodge No. 10. The grand )resident, M. C. Scurry, responded. Ehe told the delegates that he-wanted -hem to know what they were meet ng for. He said they were there to io 'something for the betterment of the negro race, and to protect the )rand order and to protect the laws )f the state as good and loyal citi rens. It is said by the white people that the negroes can't have a gath ering without killing somebody, but we want to piove that we don't meet for that, but for the betterment of the race. He instructed them to see that no whiskey was sold on the ground. There were about oie thous and people attending the convention and everything passed off very quiet Iy. News From ExcelsiQr. Excelsior, August 15.-There has been a few cases o~f fever in this see tion but none serious. Our farmers are gathering in fod der this week. Mr. J. A. C. Kibler who has been housed in a fewt days with fever is able to get out again. Mr. E. M. Cook has returned from the Jamestown exposition niuch de lighted with his trip. Misses Dosia Epps and Annie May Chappell of near Helena have been visiting Miss 'Maggie Stone. Mr. Ira Nates of Columbia spent Sunday with his father's falnily, Mr. A. A. Nates. Mr. P. S. Cook and family, of Co lumbia, have been spending a few days with his mother's family, Mrs. 3. C. Cook. Mr. Os. Cook and wife, of N'ewber ry, spent 'last week. with his father's family, Mr. J. B. Cook. Mrs. Willie Blanton and children who hav~e been spending some time with her father's family here will re turn to her home at Graniteville Sat urday. Misses Lahlage and Lucy Wheeler gave a social gathering at their home here Tuesday evening in honor of their nests, Miss Miller and Smith o Kinands. Messrs. L. S. Lone, J. L. Cook, 0. B. Lovelace 'and Andrew Sheatly spent a few days over at Leesville last week with relatives. Some of the little folks enjoyed a few pleasant hours at Mrs. T. L. Wheeler's home Satudday afternoon. There was a large crowd of young people and older ones too, out at the school house Sabbath ,afternoon to organize a Sabbath school. 'Was glad to ses o many out and all seemed in teres in what they had come for. Rev. Z. W. Bedenbaugh, the Sun day school organizer and who is prin i>ally engaged in Sunday school work met with us and organized the sehool and aided us much in the way of Sunday school literature. Mr. 3. A. C. Kibler was elected superintendent of the school with Mr. D. B. Cook assistant superinrtendent. Mr. H. J. Kinard was elected secretary and treasurer with'-Mr. J. C. Singley hi birian. The school will meet each second and fourth Sabbath after noons in each month at 3 o'clock. The school was organized with fifty scholars and some of the children Skept at liome on account of sick os~e. R. 'Mr. Bedenbaugh .has our thanks for his kindness and we hope to have him with us ag'ain the near eu,ure Sigma. The Local Market. Meat .... .......... to 12 Hms .. .. .... .... .. 16 to 18 Best Lard........... 13 Best N. 0. Molasses.. ... 64 to 70 Good M. 0. Molasses .. .. 35 to 40 Corn .. .. .. .. .. .... 85 Meal .. .. .. .. ...... .. 85 Mixed Chicken Food .... 90 Hay ..............1.35 to 1.50 Ist Patent Flour .. ....5.00 ti 5.25 2nd Patent Flour .. ....4.50 to 4.75 Good Ordinary Flour... .3.50 to 4.00 Sugar .... .... .... .. 51-2 Rice ............ toS 1-3 Coffe'e Roasted .... ..... .15 Coffee, Green .........10 to 20 Cotton Seed meal 1.40 Eggs ..............20 Poultry .. .. .. .. .. 10c. lb. Peas .. .. .. .. ........ 2.00 MISS MAZIE DOMINICK (Peabody Consematary of Music, Baltimore.) PIANO. Peabody Method. Studio opens September 16, 1907. Apply for Terms. SPECIAL NOTICES. 1 CENTAWORD. No advertisement taken for leds than 25 cents. CHARLOTTE STEAM LAUNDRY, H. M. Lindsay agent. (at Jones' Grocery.) Satisfaction .guaranteed. Basket leaves Wednesday, returns Saturday. 3t 2taw. CLOSING OUT SALE-Every ticle in the house will be sold it cost until Sept. ;st. Preparifg to move into store room recently occupied by S. B. Jones, and rather than break up half our stuff in moving we will give our friends a chance to buy everything in china, crockery,q agate and tin ware at cost. Come and get a good selection before ev ery thing is picked over. Watts' Racket Store. Upper Maiq Street. FOR SALB-216 acres of land lying in Saluda Co. north 5 miles from. Leesville on Holley's Ferry publie: road. There is 3 good framed ten ant houses on place, 4 large farms in cultivation, good framed barn and cotton house, a good well of water and 2 good springs, a .good pasture, 30 acres natural forest some sawstoek cut out. This plae is just roling enough to drain the water off, all good cultivating laud except 5 ,or 6 aeres and is in a good community with churches and schools near by. -If you want a good place near town upw is your time to buy. Address. Crowell Mitchell, Box 274. Leesville, S. C. POR SALE-Well improved1 place 6 miles from Chappells and 8 miles. from Saluda C. H. Address J. C. Wyse, Chappells, S. C., R. T. D. No. 2 WANTED to buy 10,000 bushels red oats in ear lots oi- less. Quote best price f o b your depot and send samples. Dixie Flour and Grain Co., Laurens. 8. C. GREENWOOD ,LUSE and Sob, bin Mfg. .Co.,. Greenwood, S. C.5 Manufacturers of doors, sash, ,blinds, flooring, ceiling, mouldings, etc. Mill work a specialty. BEFORE 39YDNG or selling a farm or any property, write The'Carolina Realty and- Trust Company, 'Bishopville, S. C. 'tf 2taw. I HAVE MOVED by sale, feed and4 livery stables to my new barn in Thompson street in rear of the new court house, where I will be pleas Sed to have my friends call and I as sure them of the very best treat ment. . J. G. Brown. Excursion to Charleston. On Monday, August 19, the C., N. & L. will operate on excursion to Charleston and Isle of Palms. The rate f.om Newberry for round trip will be only $5. Tickets on sale next Monday god for return trips to Au gust 24. amestown irpositlon, Norfolk, Va. For the above occasion the Char leston.and Western Carolina railway will sell cheap round trip tickets. For rates, etc., see ticket agent or write Ernest Williams, * . P. A., Augusta, Ga.