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e er al an l ws. VOL XLIV NO 82. NEWBERRY 8. C., TUMSDAY' SEPxEMBER 10.1907. TWICE AWEEK, S1.50A YEAR ITSHOP CAPERS H03M. Grateful for Attentions-Says Presi. dent Roosevelt Would Not Have Been Treated With More Consideration - Stood Trip Well. Th e State. 'Mr. Theodore Roosevelt could not have been the recipient of more at -tentions than have been shown me to day," said Bishop Ellison -Capers as he was being made comfortable in a closed carriage at the union station last night. "One gentleman came all the way from Skyland to Cedar Moun tain for us and we were taken to Brevard in his automobile. So many kindness have been tendered me on the trip that I hardly know where to begin to express my gratification." The arrival of Bishop Capers was awaited with anxiety last night, and the paity of friends gathered at the station to meet him had everything in readiness for his comfort. Mr. Ellison Capers, Jr., and Mr. John P. Thomas, Jr., had closed car riages drawn close to the tracks and Bishop Capers and Mrs. Capers, her self long an invalid, were carried,in easy chairs from the special coach to the carriages. Mr. W. W. Coleoek, Jr., had brought a large and comfor table automobile to be used in case it were 'needed. The party had reached the bish on's home in the eastern part of the city before 2 o'clock this morning. Capt. John G. Capers, Jr., and Mr. F. F. C0apers, sons of Bishop and Mrs. Capers; Miss Marie Dwight and Miss Sams, who have been companiong to the two invalids during the summer, and Dr. Craig of Winnsboro, who has been in attendance upon the bishop for the last six weeks, were in the special car. Capt. Capers said that they had left Cedar Mountain at 1 p. m. and the trip of 12 hours was made with out unpleasant incident. They were taken ,in automobiles and carriages from Cedar Mountain to Brevard and from Brevard they came directly to Columbia in a special car. I think the change of climate will do -e good,'' said Bishop Capers last night, "the air was getting chil ly on gedat Mountain.'' He seemed great pleased to be home again, and though his power of locomotion has not been restored except in part. yet his voice is strong and clear and his handshake is hearty. Capt. Capers reqpiests that no mat ters of official nature be brought- to Bishop Capers' attention, although the bishop will be glad to receive his friends. F'rom Bishop Capers' present con dition the members of his family are led to indulge the hope that he will recover the use of his limbs. Mrs. Capers also stood the trip remark ably well, considering her enfeebled condition. It was quite affecting last night to see the dear old lady being carried from the car to the easy car riage by her 'stalwart sons, who bore the chair on which she was seated with such care and solicitude. And equally as inspiring a pieta~re was the manner in- which their noble f(ath er, the prelate of this great state, the ex-Confederate warrior, was handed as gently -as a babe by his loving sons. It will rejoice many hearts in South Carolina to know that Bishop and Mrs. Capers are at home, for whiIe they are loved wherever they may be, vet it is so much easier to express that veneration and affection when they are close by. 15 CENTS FOR COTTON. Southern Cotton Association Fixes Same Price as Farmers Union. Jackson, Miss, Sept. 7.-The exe cutive committee of the Southern Cot to'n association has fixed the price of cotton for this year's erop on a basis of middling at fifteen cents and for the cotton seed at twenty dollars per NEGRO CAUSES MUCH STI.IL Official at Newberry Have Hard Time A Arresting a Black "Blind Tiger." Newberry, Sept. S.-Consklerable 'IT excitement was caused at the South ern depot. this city, yesterday eveping C just as the train rolled in from Co- a lumbia about 5 o'clock by a negro re- H sisting arrest. 8 Constable T. G. Williams, who is f ever on the alert for the traveling S blind tigers, had for a day or two s been shadowing George Smith, a not- f! oious negro liquor peddler, having si heard that he had lately received a C shipment of liquor and was dispens- y ing it around. Constable Williams and h Chief of Police C. W. Bishop follow- ti ed the negro to the depot and just as ti the train rolled into the station the! p negro spied the officers and attempt- a ed to rake his escape through the e crowd. Mr. Williams ran up behind, c the negro and caught him in the col- t lar at the back of his neck with his s left hand, when the negro wheeled o and began to put up a game fight. The negro is much of a man, and it is k said, culd whip three ordinary men. k Mr. Williams managed to ward off a the -negro's blows until Chief Bishop t ran up and struck the negro over the y head with his walking cane, which V seemed the more to infuriate the h brute, when Mr. Williams stepped 1t back and drew his gun and just as he ei was in the act. of shooting. Messrs. I< M. B. Caldwell and Henry Fellers of b1 the county caught his arm with the ir pistol and threw it up preventing him ti from shooting. While these gentle-, men were holding Mr. Williams the ai negro was about to get the best of i Chief Bishop, when Mr. George Rob- p ertson of the cotton mill and' Mr. C Robinson, the operator at the South- rf ern, went to his assistance and pin- a. ioned the negro to the floor. AfterI tl several blows over the head with a C pistol and a good hickory stick the ai negro bled profusely and hollered C that he gave up-he had enough. w Dr. P. G. Ellesor attended the negro and says he only had a few slight scalp wounds and was not seriously hurt. Constable Williams' forefinger N on his left hand was pretty bafIly sprained and gave him some pain af terwards. There was a large crowd at the de pot and considerable excitement was p caused at the time. e The negro is considered a bad char -Iir ater and was convicted a few months h< ago of selling liquor and fined $50, ti which he paid. When arrested yester- n day he had a quart bottle nearly full e< on his person in a ".Shaw's Malt'' it bottle. A The general opinion of those who oi saw the affair is that the offleers had e: their hands full and had not outside ti help come to their assistance the neg-* g ro would have had to be shot to be In taken. '.a Owing to the vigilance of Constable e< Williams and our police officers, there 01 is less liquor sold in Newberry now than ever before.-The State. s Geo. Smith was before the mayor 1i yesterday morning on the charge of st transporting contraband liquor and ir on the charge of resisting an officer. tr He pleaded guilty to the charge of re sisting officer and was fined $15 or w 30 da'ys. On the other charge he! te pleaded not guilty but was ponvicted mn and fined $25 or 30 days. He was rep- la resented by Schumpert and Holloway er who gave notice of appeal to the fr ircuit court in both cases. ti Holland has a population of only of 5,000,000, but there aire 40,000,000 bi of people in the Dutch East and West Indies. The Dutch a. e not at present ti: much addicted to emigration. In the in United States, at the time of the last P census. there were only 105,000 per- Jri sons: of Dutch birth. The number of a: Netherlanders in the Dutch East In- ni dies is barely 12,000. st A system of treating low grade o~ Iiron ores in an electric smelter with raphite *as a reducing medium, in stead of coal, has been invented by a Si Mr. Iiorth, of Norway. The Iron and eel1 Insttte has awarded him. tn CLINKALES FOR EiATz7 6uthentic Statement Given Out by His Friends-Has not Confirm ed Report. 'lie State. Spartanburg. Sept. 7.-John G. linkscales, professor of mathematics t Wofford college and one of the iost widely known educators in outh Carolina, will be in the race )r the United States senate against enator A. C. Latimer, according to a tatement given out here today by riends of the professor. They say the :atement is authentic and that Prof. 'linkscales has finally decided to ield to the wishes of his friends, who ave been urging him for some months ) run for the senate. He is out of ie city tonight, being in the lower art of the state to make an address, nd consequently he has not confirm I the statement, but in certain cir [es here it is believed he will eer finly go before the people of the ate as a candidate for the highest flice they can bestow. No man in South Carolina is better nown and as a stump speaker he has w if any equals in the state. He is native of Anderson county and Lught at Clemson college several ars before becoming identified with Tofford. It is admitted on all sides re that because of his wide acquain nice, remarkable talents as a speak and high character, Prof. ,Ciink ales would make a splendid race, it some of his closest friends are not eclined to believe he will enter poli es. The announcement came evidently i a surprise to local politicians, as nie of them seen this eventng ap arently know anything of Prof. linkscales' intontion to enter the we. Senator H. B. Carlisle said this' ternoon that he did not believe iere was any truth in the repirt. ongressman Johnson said he had no Ivance information, but if Prof. linkscales should make the race he ould give a good account of himself. BEPORE GOING TO WAR. ations Must Notify-Hague Con ference Amends Certain Rules of International Law. The Hague, Sept. 7.-The fifth enary sitting of the peace confer we met this morning and the follow g rules regarding the opening of >stilities were adopted: ''The con 'acting powers agree that hostilities ust not begin without previous n juivocal notice having been given the form of a declaration of war. state 'of war must be notified with it delay to the neutral powers, the feet for the latter beginning after iey receive the notices, which can be ven even by wire. In any cape the stral powers can not protest against lack of this notiee of it establish that undoubtedly know that a state war existed.'' Stating also the approval, with me reserves of agreements eoneern g the rights and duties of neutral ates in time of war. The land rules elude the following territory of neu al states is invioable: ''The' belligerents cannot establish ireless telegraph stations in neutral rritory or any other means of comn 'nication with belligerent forces on nd or sea.'' Volunteers cannot be listed or a body of combatants rmed in neutral territory. The exportation of provisions from e neutral state and the transport provisions for belligerents are for dden. 'Belligerents are allowed to use e means of communication belong g to neutrals or private companies.'' risoners who escape to, neutral ter tory, if recaptutred by troops, must ter having asked for refuge in a utral state, be set free. "A neut4t ate can defenid its neutrality by r-e without this conlstituting an aer hostility.'' Off With It. Louis Post-Dispatch. What the "Black Hand'' appears need most is amputation.i Frmer s Umon Bureau o1 Information -Condueted by the South Carolina Farmers' Educa tional and Co-Operation Union. OrCommunications intended for thi lePartment should be addressed to J. ( Stribling, Pendleton, 8. C. The National Meeting at Little Rock This, the Fourt.h National Meetinc of the Farmers' Educational and Co operative Union of America, is be yond doubt the most determined ani successful organization of farmer for business purposes that has eve existed. These men that have assemblei here represent a class of busines farmers that have met face to faei what is perhaps the hardest proposi tion- that has ever confronted th4 South viz: Naming minimum price for her great staple crop, cotton, ani have. been out three times in succes non. These men of the cotton fields o: the'soth who have toiled and pro duced this great wealth producing staple for lo, these many years an been forced to take what others hav hosen to give them as the farmers share of the wealth that he has pro Juced, have met these hard facts o: his situation and solved this problen aot only satisfactory to the grower f cotton but likewise satisfactory tc the great majority of all our people in the south engI:.; l.:!-T ocupa 'ions as well. These farmers that are here and there in Little Rock have a kind of onfident and determined look abou -hem that only those that have work !d long and fought hard can appre !iate. These men of the farms know he value of the victory that they have won for themselves and the horrorc hat 5- and 6 cents cotton brought t< .he farmers as* well As others of the south before the present farmer'. novement was inaugurated. These men here at Little Rock rep esent the men who grow and owi millions of bales of cotton and owu id control over one thousand ware. iouses to take care of their own eot. ,on, and besides they have enouL means of their oui Wnd i) friendlN relations of others u;.:ied in othel >eeupations to hold their cotton foi reasonable prices, and get it. T.hese estimates and prices aetei apon in t.his meeting are made ui from local unons scattered all ove' the south. The number of these lo 'alis now reach more than seventee! :housand. Committee on minimum prices foi short staple cotton. rexas-D. J. Neil,J. S. Airhent. aklahomar,J. P. Conner. [ouisiana-L. N. Holmes. Arkansas-W. F. Taft. k[ississippi-H. W. Bradshaw. Alabama-W. M. Eiland. Georgia-J. M. Hart. isouth Carolina-J. C. Stribling. North 'Garolina-S. L. Carter. tennessee-A..A. Webb. Florida-W. M. Carlise. Committee report oC .15 ets. mid aling at interior for the month of No rember and a one fourth of a eeni per pound for each month after No rember. Long staple inland cotton report as adopted by the national convention. East Florida No. 1. Nov. 1st.. .... .. .......42e. ian. 1st... ...... .... ....43e. A.ug. 1st ...... ... ........45e. Georgia and Florida No. 2. Nov. 1st... ... ... ......40c. Jan. 1st...... ......'...41c. Aug. '1st .......... ......44c. Jarolina, Georgia and Florida No. 3 Nov. 1st.... ...... .....33c. Jan. 1st ....... ....... ..34e. Luz. 1st ...... ........... 36e. Jarolina, Georgia and Florida No. 4 Nov. 1st ............ ....27e. Jan. 1st...... ...... ....28e. Aug. 1st .. .... ..........30c. We realize the j4stice of the min mum prices set by the Carolina sea* sland growers association for sea sland grown barbadence or gassi* >ian long cotton and recommend thai dl Farmer's Union men stand by ninimum set hv the Sea-Island Grow. ETxz PuRE FooD L&w WILL BE ENFORCED. Laboratories are being Established Throughout the Country for Analytical Purposes. Washington cor. The State. The laboratories which are being established throughout the country as a part of the system of enforcing the i pure food law, are being gradually but slowly equipped and put into I operation. These laboratories are to supple ment the principal laboratories in Washington and the six laboratories already in operation in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, New Orleans, '$Chicago and San Francisco. These six will be continued and they have al ready been considerably enlarged and i the force of chemists increased so as i to enable them to analyze the fbod and drugs specimens which enter in to interstate commerce as well as im ported o iwcesnthhhEL '.ewOY ' ported ones which the laboratories have been heretofore analyzing. New pure food and drug labora tories have just been established in St. Paul, Detroit and Buffalo. Others at Kansas City, Seattle and Portland i are about ready to begin operations i and sometime before the year is out those at Savannah, Galveston, Cinein- i nati and Denver will be ready. The laboratory at hicago has been enlarged four or five times. It will i be the great central laboratory of the i West, just as the New York labora- 4 tory is of the East. There will be probably 15 analytical chemists in the s Chicago laboratory. At Denver t e j chief chemist has been appointed and I some of the work is going on, al- i though the laboratory is not entirely completed. Dr. Leach, formerly i chairman of the Massachusetts State board of healt-h; has been put in I charge of the Denver work. Dr. Wiley, who has general direci i tioi of the enforcement of the pure i food law, through the inspectors and the laboratories, will ask congress, through the secretary of agriculture, I for money to equip Several others. He is particularly desirops that there should be one at Pittsburg, one at St. Louis and one at Omaha. Dr. Wiley I hopes, he says, that the time will 1 come when there shall be one of these laboratories in each state. Already there are two in New York and Dr. Wiley thinks there ough~t to be two in 1 Pennsylvania, one at Pittsburg in ad dition to the one now at Philadelphia. 1 IThere are 33 inispectors of foods scattered throughout the country. 1 These inspectors make purchases of foods and drugs and send samples to the nearest laboratories to be analyz ed and a report made to the board of pure food and drug inspection in Washington. The United States is divided into certain divisions, and each of the 35 inspectors has a cer tain territory in which he is expected 1 to find and purchase all foods and drugs whose impurity he has reason ( to ,suspect and send the samples to the nearest laboratory. When all the 2 -laboratories are' equip%ped the inspec tors will have each a certain labora tory to send his samples to. ( Zach GoGhee. About a dozen years before , he t thirteen English colonies declared , their independence from the mother country, William Henry, a native of j Chester county, Pennsylvania, attach- E ed a steam engine to an old bateau e and managed to steam for some dis- a tance down the Conestoga river, but 1 by some mishap the boat was sunk. , An automobile chain-making ma- t ehine has been perfected. A steel ( bar is drawn in at one end of the I machine, issuing at the other end It in the form of a steel link chain com-! f pletely assembled. In the process of, a manufacturing none of the metal i lost, the weight of the chain on com pletion being exactly that of the metal d before manufacture.1 ers Association. t M. A. Brown, Mississippi. t J. C. Stribling, S. Carolina. W. M. Carlise. Florida. A rAJMY F*WIZ4 'he abidren, Grand Children and Great Grand 'qhildren of Mrs Morris Meet at Her Home. Irs. Eseie Moore Hawkins. On last Saturday, Aug. 31, the chil Iren, grandchildren, greatgrandehil Iren and friends of Mrs. Dolly Mor is of St. Luke's section, near Pros ?erity, prepared a surprise- for her )y meeting at her home for a. reun on. The surprise was successful, how' ver. Mrs. Morris is always glad to ;ee her children and welcomed us in i most kindly manner. The Morris family is noted for its nusical talent, and in the morning the )rogram consisted principally of in ;trumental music. By noon a table iad been prepared in the grove and n a short while a bountiful dinner Pas spread upon it. There were ;o many good things to eat.as to in.9 icate that. the entire family i-pros ?ering. After invoking the blessing of God, we were soon helping each other and mrselves in a most happy manaer. ,fter dinner we felt that we had all rathered around the same table once nore. The afternoon was spent in a locial way. There are always a great many in eresting things to be found at 'Grandmother's house," and on this ecasion there was one thing of which va desire to make special mention. It vas a picture of Grandmother and randfather Morris while they were ret young, which was buried in the Tound during the war of secession. Lfter the war it was again brought orth and is now an interesting relie n the family. We now had time to take special ote of each one present. Mr. J. Sam Morris, the-eldest son, with his wife and six children. Four if the children are married and- they l together have nine children, thus Y aaking his family number twenty >ne. Mr. Geo. Morris, the next son, with tis wife and eight children. Mrs. L. B. Hawkins, -the eldest laughter, with her,husbrnd and five. hildren. Two of her children are narried, thus making her family num er nine. Mr. W. C. Morris, with his wifer mnd seven children. Mrs. J. L. Bowers, with her hus >and and ten children. Mrs. N. E. Bowers, with her hus and and four .children. Mrs. C. H. Minick, with her hu~s and and three children. Mfs. M. A. Boozer, with her hus )and and two children. All together make a family of sev nty-three. Mrs. Morris is sixty-eight yeas' ld and is enjoying good health. May he live to see many more years and iany happy family reunions. O QNFDUIATE VETEBANS FUND onuy Left Over After Entertain ment Last Kay. * ireeville News. Columbia, Sept. 7.--The committee n charge of the arrangements for he reunion of Confederate veterans rhich was held in Columzbia- last pring met today ,to wind up the af airs relating to the reunion. Capt. ~tarling, treasurer of the commission harged with the expenditure of the ppropriation of $3,500 made by the ~islature for the expenses of the re nion reported that he had expended or that purpose about $2,200 and here is a balance on hand of $1,300. )f course this saving was made possi le only by reason of the fact that he citizens of Columbia raised a und .to supplement the state fund nd out of this Columbia fund a num er of the expenses were paid. There also a .balance of a few hundred ollars in the city fund and by reso. uition of the committee the treasurer f the committees was instructed to urn this balance into the treasury of he Chamber of Cbommerce, under the uspices of which the fund was rais d. The committee after closing all c-o,nt then adjourned sine die.