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'?. ' I * ' t ' . ^5jc JerolD anil JjJeius. VOL XLIT NO. 75. NEWBERRY. S. C.. FRIDAY' AUGUST 1*?. 1907. TWICE A WEEK. $1.50 A YEAR EDGEFIELD WANTS fO . COME TO NEWBERR' AGITATION OF PROPOSED TROI LEY LINE. The Edgefield Chronicle Advocate Bringing the Road to Newberry, If Newberry Helps. Staff Correspondence Herald & New Edgefield, Aug. 15.?Public sent ment in Edgefield and throughout th section of country seems to ha\ fixed upon Newberry as t he most ac vantageous point to which to buil the proposed trolley line;, provide Newberry and the people along tli route will extend the necessary ai and encouragement. A line from Edg< field to Newberry would, of coins pass through Saluda, and would 1, extended on to North Augusta, coi necting with the trolley line now i operation between Aiken and Align; ta. That the people of this section t the country would favor Newberr as the point to which to carry tl line, if Newberry should show any di position to get to work and hel build it, or help to get the movemei started, is shown by the followin editorial which appears in the lSdgi field Chronicle of this morning: "Judging by the interest which lu been manifested in the proposed tro ley line from North Augusta to Edg< field, and, thence, on to Salud Green wood, Newberry or Plum Branc! we believe that the time is now rij. for building the road, and that a necessary to secure it is that tl movement should be vigorously pusl ed. Saluda, Newberry and Greei wood all realize the great advanta< of a line connecting them with Edgi field and Augusta; and in Newberi especially the matter has been ear: estly agitated since the Edgefiel meeting, so much so that the peop all along the proposed line from Edg > field to Newberry aiv willing, read and anxious to do all in their power I ^ assist in building; Ihe road. The Nov ' berry Herald and News, in speakin ^ of- the Edgefield meeting says F "Naturally we believe that the peop of Kdgefield and Saluda would pref< the road to be extended to Newborn and as a matter of fact, that is whei it ought to go, because there is a d rect line from Union, Whit mire, Nov berry, Saluda and Kdgefield to Ai gustn; and it wouM be to the advai tage of the Saluda people to come I Newberry; and certainly it would 1. to the advantage of Newberry to ha\ them come. We earnestly beg thi { ' our chamber of commerce, or our cit r* / ^fathers, look into the matter; and j these organized bodies do not tab ' action, and take it quickly we woul he glad to see the business men. wli appreciate the importance of sonv thing being done, get in touch wit these people." "There is probably no section < the entire south with greater possibi ities than the section of country froi here to Newberry, through Salndr and there is no section needing M road more, or more eager to he! build it. or more able to support Ifo after it is built. Old historical Salud daw without vnilrnn.l any kind, and a county of Saluda wealth must have railroad conne< tions. The people of Saluda reali? i this need, and would welcome, ei courage and aid the building of trolley line from Edgefield. "From Saluda to Newberry tli people are prosperous, and many r , them are people of wealth, and the and the people of Newberry woul j" e to it that tho line is carried o Newberry. It would be an oppoi tunity which Newberry could not al ford to let pass, And which we do nc believe Newberry would let pass. "As an instance of the prosperit of the country between Saluda an ) Newberry, it might be stated that on Bof the homes midway between the tw places, and twelve miles from citho is lighted with electricity, Mr. A. I Coleman having installed his own lighting plant. ''As a result of the Edgefield meeting, the whole matter seems to have resolved itself into this: The people to be reached by the proposed trolley realize the importance of the movement and the advantage to them's selves of securing it, and it is only necessary that the movement should be properly launched in order for it to carry itself forward of its own s weight. It only needs now that Edgei field should push it, and, as was ex[s pressed at the meeting here, see what section wants the road most, and is rC willing to give most aid in building i*. 1 "It is a great opoortunity for Edged field, and one which the people of j ie Edgefield should not, and we believe, (j will not, let slip." !l wil be seen fro mthis expression of the Edgefield Chronicle?and it. is an admirable expression of the J ^ sentiment of the people of this coiui munity, so far as your correspondent ti has been able to learn?that the Edge3_ field people are expecting Newberry j to show*some substantial interest in j the matter, to wake up, and to take ( >r notice, and that when the people of , y Newberry show their interest the peo- ; 10 pic of Edgefield are ready to join.' s- them, and to go to work to build the , road. There arc men behind this j I) , I movement who mean business, n.ul | who are able to bring about results.I 'S It is no "hot air" proposition, but ? 13- bona fide movement on the part of earnest and energetic men to build a trollev line, a movement backed bv IS men who generally accomplish what they set out to do. Newberry, it is 2- believed by those who have kept in a, touch with the situation, is the poi.it I, favored by the majority, but they )Q want some manifestation of interest ^ on Newberry's part. The Saluda Court. A great deal of business was ?lisposed of at the criminal court in Sa1 luda last week. Of the large number >? of cases tried, there were only two ace quittals, one in a murder ease, and .y the other in a gambling case. The * murder case in which an acquittal 1 . was secured was that of the State v. Jimnue Jackson, who had been tried e at a previous term of court at which | i time the jury failed to agree. He was v represented in the trial last week by t0 R. R. Evans, of Saluda, and Mr. B. S. i Rlease of the Newberry bar. W. L. 1 Henderson and Alfred Free, charged j' with murder, were convicted of niane slaughter, this verdict ending a ease 1 which had become celebrated in Sa' luda. The case had been tried twice .c before, resulting each time in n mistrial. Henderson was scntenceil to serve twelve years in the penitentiary l" and it has been stated that I10 will 1_ go to the penitentiary and begin his 0 service immediately. Free, who was ' given a ten years' sentence, will pos^ silyly appeal. About the only cases of any great importance left 011 the docket were the Taylor case, young 1 Taylor having killed his father, and l(^ the Lowerv case. Lowery having killed his brother. Neither of these cas10 es could have been tried at this term. Judge Watts pushes the business of a court, and there is no unnecessary ^ delay when he is presiding. In the ; I two former trials of the Henderson and Free case, at least two davs were [Y1 * taken each time to try the case. Last 1 ' week the case was tried in a day, the 11 jury being sent in to deliberate upon ? their verdict the same day the case j was begun. Solicitor Cooper is a p strong prosecuting officer, and he *1 1. - ^ _ i. 11. _ 1 1 1 1. , maiu: a rccimi m nil" nmn nisi wcuk of which ho has a right lo hp proud, and of which the circuit which elected him should be proud. a | A KickThe service of the Southern Bell ; ie j Telephone Co. between this point and >f I Newberry is, in common parlance, y | "something fierce." The trouble is d j not in the Edgefield office, and it is u : not in the Newberry office. oJhnston , r- seems to be the bridge which it is ^ P- hard to cross. And then if Johnston )t can be induced or persuaded to givo the connection, it is sometimes impos- , v siblo to hear or to make one's self d heard. What this trouble is, of , io course, T do not know, but it docs ( o seem that the service in the Johnston , r, otTice could be improved. j. I j, r<. a. THE NEWS OF PROSPERITY. ] Making Good Streets?Reunion of Company G.?Geors and Plenty j Old Oorn?Personal. Prosperity, A-ug. 1").?in a trip to tlio Bethlehem section on Tuesday it was your correspondent \s good fortune to find himself about 12 o'clock at Mr. \V. 1). Bundrick's, whose hospitality was duly enjoyed. Mr. Bundrick showed your correspondent a bridle and pair of gtiar# that he made 28 years ago. They are in ?(>od condition yet, and bid fall' to last for many more years. He has a collar that he bought at the same time that lie is still using, plowing iuul wagoning with it almost daily. Mr. Bundrick has a crib of old corn that makes one's mouth water to look it it, especially if he is buying corn it !)() cents a bushel. There are quite i number of good farmers in that seclion and we hope to get back in that ?omnvunity in the sweet by and by. We think that in the way distant past, we heard, or thought we heard, [hat South Carolina had a state geologist. Can you tell us, Mr. Editor and member of the legislature, what lias become of him, and what he is doa.. i.? :.i & it.- ? mi;. 11l ]><im i rum nil' |>uuiii5 funds the public ought to hear from him once in awhile at least. While in Columbia last week we heard it stated several times that the much exploited Public Service Corporation was none other than the Southern Railway and that they wore getting- these franchises t<> shut out any other company that might mean business. They would shut out or cut otf trolley comipetition. Towns should look closely into the privileges they vote away. Wo heard this and more too. We pass the above on fori what it is worth. Our city fathers are having the streets put in good condition putting terra cotta where needed and repairing the sidewalks generally. Your correspondent hopes to give in the near future a financial statement of the improvements for the past year. The annual cue of Co. G., 13th S. C. Regiment, will be given at Young's grove on Saturday, Aug. 24. The 2(>th. coming on Monday it will be given this year on Saturday, Aug. 24. Besides the business meeting at 10 a. in. iii the city hall, Dr. 1). M. Crosso u, of Leesville, will make tlie principal address. Dr. Crosson will also read a history of the Company written by his father the late J. T. 1\ Crosson. This will be one of the most interesting meetings over held as the sons and daughters association will meet with the survivors of Co. (}. Let every member be present if possible of the Company and also of the sons and daughters. Von may never have another opportunity to meet with I them. Married, by Hev. S. P. Koon at the parsonage at St. Luke's on Thursday, Aug. S, Miss Lucille Lester, daughter of the late X. H. Lester and Mr. Dudley Moore. Congratulations to the happy young couple as they start out on life's voyage. Mr. Earnest Mathis, who has for the past year been with the Bntesburg Drug Co., will return to his first love and will be again with the Prosperity Drug Co., after today (15th). Earnest's friends will be glad to welcome him back to his old home. Miss Johnstone, of Newberry, is visiting, Mrs. Ella Bcdenbaugh, of Kibler's. Miss Julia Sehumpert has been visiting friends in the Pomaria section and is now enjoying the hospii-lM.. p nr.... r? _ i i i ?> tr'i iauiv i?i iurs. j->Ciieni>ausin, or ivi?ler's Bridge. The following1 loft Tuesday for the Jamestown exposition: Messrs. F. F>. Schumpert. Olin liobh, ft. P. Wieker, Mrs. II. P. Wicker and Miss Mary Willis,. .Some of our merchants are taking advantage of the cheap rates to Jamestown to go north. Mr. F. E. Sehumpert has already gone. I Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Moseley and | Mrs. S. W. Palmes, of Prosperity, and Mr. and Mrs. J. TT. Wise, Air. and Mrs. C. F. Lathan and Miss Toy T^athan. Little Mountain, loft Wednesday by way of Jamestown for the northern markets. Miss Miller and Miss Smith, ofj Kinards, after a very pleasant visit ji ? Miss Lucy Wheeler returned home 'Vednesday. Miss Maude Crosson, c>I* Lecsville, 1 | visit in:: Miss Xaunic Simpson. Miss ji'rossoti will also visit relatives in Newberry. Mrs. .Jell' lieames, of Georgetown, t L vi i;iu?i' her mother, Mrs. M. 11. lied- j eubaugh. n Mrs. ,1. M. Cook is visit inn: her sis- ( Iter, Mrs. Kennedy, in Due West. i Mr. and Mrs. S. 1). Duncan and son i .1. !?., are visiting relatives in Ander- ( son this week. ( Mrs. 10. B. lvibler is visiting her < sifter Mrs. Jno. M. Suber, of Whit- 1 mire. ( " Cnele Boh" Klmore made a fly- ( iM-; visit to Prosperity this week. I Miss Lois Kleazer, id' Spring Mill, 1 i* vLitino- Mrs. ,1. ('. Singlev. Mis. Phillips, of Springfield, Or- ? | aniieburu county, and Miss Black, of 1 [Saluda county are visiting Mrs. 11. C. > laud Miss Lula Mosclev. i Mr. T. II. Thompson, of Columbia, ( will spend his vacation with his fath- i or. Mr. V. Thompson. i Mr. Wilbur Ix>ng who has been | with the Cash Grocery Co. here will go with the Ivvart-Perry Co. Sept. 1st. i We are sorry to lose you, Wilbur, i Come to sec us. I The Sunday school ami eongrega- 1 lion o 1* Colony church will have Old ( Folks day Sunday, August 25th. Ail- i dresses will be made by former pas- j tors and Sunday school workers front oilier schools. Full urogram will be j given later. It is expected that Revs. t J. I). Howies an 1 \Y. '.enbaugh will make addresses. Miss Louise Fulmer, i f Little t Mountain, is visiting Mrs. S. .1. lvohii. j Mrs. C. (i. Harrier is visiting friends ( at Lcaphart's in Lexington county. ( Miss Lilla Kihler is spending her , vacation with her sister. Mrs. J. A. | Simpson. Miss lvibler will teach in Monroe, N. C., next session. Miss Mat tie Miller is visiting1 her sister, Mrs. Joe. H. Ilartman this . week. Miss Julia Scluimpert returned , Wednesday from a visit to friends in th<s Broad river section of the county. September Events. "Events" a monthly illustrated ] magazine published at Washington. I), i C. wil make its initial appearance early in September. T!:'. ? magazine wil deal partieu'la; ly with those : national affairs of which the people ; 1 K..I .! !.* 1 ...1 1.1 imvu nil! Miyili Iviiiin K'liUi'i iimi Milium lie read by every good American. The < 'first number will contain an article <>n The National Banking Act which j clearly shows that this legislation is | responsible for the financial troubles < of the pcoplo to.lay; the article on th? i Personal Reminiscences of the U. S. i Supreme Court is one of the most in- < teresting articles ever published con- , periling that august body. I The opening chapters of the article . on "Our Government, its origin and development" should possess unusual interest for every reader; the arti- ] cle on the waterpowers of the south presents a new phase of the forestry ' question, and shows the intimate relations existing between the forests and ] the people; no community is without ] some direct interest in this great pro- ] blem. The fiction is bright and interesting, and all in all it is a maga- , ziiie that should be in every home. , Send $1 to Editor, Events, 715-13th ] st., N. W., Washington, D. C., for next ] year's subscription, and you will re- ] reiver the first four numbers for noth- . ing. , , When Woman Throws. . i Utah's Companion. I A man who runs a truck farm in , Virginia tolls of the sad predicament ] in which a negro named Sain Moore, i who is in his employ, recently found himself. Sam liad had considerable dilliculty in evading the onslaughts of j a dog from a neighboring farm. Fin- j ally the dog got him, as Sam kicked < at tiim. i Sam's wife, hearing a tremendous < yell, rushed to the rescue of her husband. When she came up the dog ; had fastened his teeth in the calf of | Sam's leg and was holding on for dear life. Seizing a stone in the road Sam's wife was about to hurl it when < Sam, with wonderful presence of mind, shouted: < "Mandy! Mandy! Don't frow dat stone at de dawg! Frow it at me, Man- < dy!" '< 1 TOO GOOD TO LOSE. .Vhy a Brave Man Saved the Life of His Enemy. In the littlt? town of Midway, Ky., wo men lived at enmity, personal tnd political, so long that their feud vas one of the traditions of the town. 3nly the intervention of friends had nore than once prevented them from loin*; each other bodily injury. One lay a year ago, says World's Work, me of the men, Richard Dodsou, was liseovercd at dusk lyinj? senseless in lis private gas well, dying- of sul'fo?atiOn. No one of the crowd that gath;rcd at the month of the well dared 0 risk his life in an effort to save lim. Then his enemy, .Kufus K. Combs, ame breathless to t-he spot. By the iglit of a lamp lie looked down and taw the body, face downward, in the lind at the bottom of the well. Withnit hesitation, he slipped into the larrow manhole, hung by his hands md dropped into the darkness and .lie suffocating* fumes of the pit. He lifted the body of bis enemy, md, by dogged effort, raised himself to a foothold 011 a small tank inside 1 iw? WOII lliwl lll'ln/1 i lw? Jwwlir oKiWWt lis head to the manhole. The crowd aught Dodson's ltands, pulled for a nomcut and lost their hold. The body IV1I back into the mud. The rescuer's mvn breath was failing. lie raised his bend out of the nanholo long enough t<> fill his lungs ivith air, and dropped again. Again he struggled with his burden o the tank and raised it to the opening overhead. This time the crowd Irew the body out. Choking with gas, I'ombs clung desperately to the rim ?f the manhole until the crowd drew him up into the open air. Two hours later, when be rocevered consciousness, some 'one asked Mr Combs why he hail risked his life tr save his encn\y. "f hated to see such a good fighter I'hoke to death," he said. At The Eighty-Fourth Verso. A.-1 amusing story t Id of :i Scottish minister who arrived at the kirk without the manuscript of his sermon. lie could not preach without it. hut it lay in his manse a mile, away when the time ha<l come for him t<; mount into the pulpit. Here was ;i poser only to be solved by giving out the 119th Psalm. While the congregation were singing it off to his manse for the sermon galloped the minister nn<l with equal celerity galloped back. When he returned, the cotnrreuation were still at it, and he asked the clerk with some trepidation how 13'Jey wejre gating ton. "01^ 'sir,'1 ivas the answer, "they've got to the ond of the eighty-fourth verse, an' they're just eheepin' like wee mico." ?Life. Bluffed. Pall Mall Gazette. Sam Warren, the author of "Ten Thousand a Year," has been the subject of many anecdotes, none of them better than one which I first heard related about him by his friend Matthew Davenport Hill. Looking in one day at Warren's chambers, llill noticed that he seemed a little troubled. "It is," said the lawyer-novelist, "most unfortunate. 1 ought, to have dined tonight with the Lord Chancellor, but Mrs. Warren is ibout to present me with another >live branch: how can I leave her? I liope his lordship won't be annoyed it my putting ihm oft'." "Oh", returned llill, "don't make yourself uneasy; I am one of the guests; T know him so well I can put it all rignt lor you. \\ nil inese words ilie visitor prepared to leave the room. At first profusely great ful, Warren presently seemed a little perplexed nnd said: " Hy the by, aifter all, I won't trouble you to say anything ibout me to the ehaneellor. Hot ween ourselves, I have not been invited." "Well," rejoined Hill. "make yourself comfortable on that point; for that matter, neither have T." Mr. Jawbnek?Let's celebrate our 'olden wedding*. Mrs. Jawbnek?How silly! We've inly been married six years! Mr. Jawbaek-That 'all? ITow'd I ret it into my head it was fifty?? Cleveland Leader. j USEFUL SPIDER THREADS. j The Tiny Strand Used by Science In Instruments of Precision. The cultivation of certain species of spiders solely for the tine threads which they weave for scientific usos has an important hearing upon astronomy, the oldest physical science, says Answers. No substitute for the spider's thread has yet been found for hisceting the screw of the micrometer used for determining the positions and motions of the stars. Not only because of t ho remarkable finness of the threads are they valuable, but because of their durable qualities. The threads of certain spiders raised for astronomical purposes withstand changes in temperature, so that tften in measuring sun spots they aro injured when the heal is so threat that the lenses of the micrometer eyepiece are cracked. These spider lines are only onefifth to one-seventl? of a thousandth of an inch in diameter, compared with which the threads of the silkworm aro laige an clumsy. Kaeh line is made up of several thousands of microseop ic streams of fluid. Under the most powerful magnifying glass they appear true and round. The work of placing these lines in the micrometer requires the delicate touch of the experts who operate with the aid of micro scopes which magnify the line a thousand times. The lines are placed parallel with each other: and two one-t housandt lis of an inch apart. I GENESIS OF EMPIRE DRESS. Costumes Worn by Josephine?Matching Toilettes a Dream of Beauty. Now that the "Kmpire dress" has gained such an extraordinary popu( larity with Knglish women, we must ?in order to understand this popularity?cross the Channel and picture to ourselves, says the Ijondon Tribune, not the present day Paris, but the Paris of long ago, the paris of the 1 First Kmpire. Josehpine de Beauharnais, as empress. introduced into the court of ' her time such distinguished elegance of dress, such charm of manner, such ' perfection of taste?accompanied 1 with a perhaps too fatal extravagance?that the whole court was revivitied under her influence. When we think of the care that the French women at that period daily bestowed on their toilette, the position of supremacy which they now hold in matters of dress need not ho i surprising to us. To he dressed as I lie French women were dressed?in , the costume of the First Kmpire, this , daily cure is absolutely necessary. To bo practical in the wearing of this modified Kmipire rohe wo must have a perfectly fitting nnderhodico or combination rohe, and this hodice must he honed for at least seven inches below the waist and for four inches above the waist. This will insure a better foundation, which will greatly help, and without which, especially on a stout figure, the dress'cannot hang as it should, hut will flop unI if race fully. j To describe some of Josephine'* I Kmpire costumes were to describe a dream of beauty, every accessory being perfect. She was often robed in . white; the texture was of Indian muslin tissue, so exquisitely fine that she had the appearance not of an earthly being, but of a phantom of air. The expense of this glorious tissue can ho but faintly imagined. Around the bottom of her skirt ?wn irold hroidered of pearls, and t ho hodice was draped in folds which left the arms naked, and ends of Ihe material were eaiurht up on Ihe shoulders, bein<^ fastened together hy cameos, , buckles of diamonds or jrol.lon lio:is' heads which formed clasps. To a person of a litle later period than the First Kmpire Ihe masfniflenee of Josephine's diamonds was almost unbelievable, hut to a present day society woman they do not create J much surprise. ! Stella?Did the fount propose? Bella?No; he said with the present investiyation craze ho was afraid of American securities.?New York ! Sun.