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f VOL XLIV NO 0!) NEWBERRY, S. O., FRIDAY' NOVEMBER US'. 1907. TWTCE A WEEK. $1.50 A YEAR
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JUDGE ALDRICH RESIGNS.
^ Tenders Resignation on Account of
Health?Oldest Circuit Judge in
the State.
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J?!1 Columbia, Nov. 26.?Gov. Ansel today
received the resignation of Judge
James AU1 rich, which, he explains,
hpfy was tendered on the advice of his
physicians on account of his failing*
health, lie i? Hhe oldest judge 0:1 the
I,1 circuit bench and succeeded his unf'
cle. Judge A. P. Aldrich. The legislature
will elect his successor.
The State of Wednesday Iras the
following to say of Judge Aldrich:
.James Aldrich, for IS years a cirffir
cuit judge and one of the aiblesl lawmSs,
yer? of the old school, yesterday sent
Mr to ({(iv. Ansel his resignation, he|f|(?
cause of continued ill health. The
resignation means that an election
will have to be held-at Ohe coming
1 sc.<?io;i of the general assembly to
fill the vacancy in the second judi*
eial circuit.
The resignation of James Aldrich
I and his retirement from the bench
will be received with universal regret
l>y every lawyer in the state and not
only by the members of the profession,
buit by laymen as well. Those j
| who have come in contact with him j
j!)!, remember Ins uniform courtesy, his t
I? knowledge of the law and his eon- j
j|ijf seientious devotion to duly and jusjP
tice. Judge Aldrich is a brilliant
conversationist and ltais a wonderful
St f
store of anecdotes.
For The pUst 12 months he has been
t. ; in failing health and some weeks ago
it beriftnje nlee<^ai\y.^r0hnp to
ft take, charge oiThe fifth circuit lie
asked that a substitute be appointed
r temporarily. When it became ?vident
that ho would be unable to resume
work at' the begiinnine1 of the
coming year lie wrote Gov. Ansel a
letter of resignation, staling that the
ft. arduous duties of the bench would
* not, in his present condition, permit
him to continue and he therefore
wished to create a vacancy before |
the coming session of the general assembly
in order thai iit might be filled
without delay.
Jud'.re Aldrich is of a family of
distinguished lawyers. He is in his
58th year and his father before him
was one of the leading attorneys of
the Aiken-Barnwell section. Tie
graduated at Washington and Lee
university in 1872 and served in the
house of representatives from .1878 fo
1881 and from 1883 |o 1880. Tn that
year he was elected judge of the second
circuit and has served continitially
since then, being the oldest in
service among the circuit .indues.
Judge Ald'rich succcded his uncle,
Alfred P. Aldrich, and donned the
rofbe at court in Anderson. At that
time Gov. Ansel was solicitor and,
as mentioned by his excellency yesterday,
arrangements had 'been made
to carry over one criminal case in order
that the new judge might take,
as it were, "his first dogrce." In
company with the retiring judge, the
sheriff and Solicitor Ansel, Judge
Aklrich wenl lo the court house and
after a bricif introductory and congratulatory
'speech, the new judge
took charce and heard the first case.
Civil court was convened on (lie same
day and since llien (here Wave been
very few cases in the circuit of
James Aldrich that he did not hear.
Therefore when the news of his reisignaiiion
was made public yesterday
th^'e was universal regret not
only by the local bar, but bv the visiting
members, who are here for sui
prenie court. It. was a arced that his
I successor will have a hiirh standard
/to maintain and in selecting him the
gen-?rH r.s?enVbly will bear this in
mind.
It Surprised Her.
* "When my husband was in Spain
last ycir." said Mrs* Swellman, "he
succeeded in buvino* in quite a lot of
the Kind's wines."
"Wo1!, wo1'." ryloinod Mrs Nurich.
"the idee o' buyin' second
i "vines!"
Women would oat health food if
it was labeled beauty restorer. *
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THE NEWS OF PROSPERITY.
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Business Changes?The Sorosis?U.
D. C.?Our Correspondent Wants
New Court House.
Prosperity, Nov. 27.?Owing to
the fact that we lost our note hook
Inst week your correspondent failed
to get in several items that were giv|
en him. Among them Rev. Mr. Wiiittaker's
appointment for his last Sunday
before conference and the notice
of the sale of Mr. J. A. C. Kiblor
of his interest to Mr. J. A. Raker.
There were others hut we do not
new recall them. We regret it but
the hesi laid plans some time "aft
gang a glee.''
Miss liillv Luther has returned
from her trip to Winston, N. C. She
was accompanied on her return by
Mrs. Goo. S. Boarden who will spend
| some time with her parents. Dr. and
Mrs. K .1 j. Ljither.
Arbor day will be observed by the
graded school just as soon as the
trees and shrubbery ordered arrive.
The Literary Sorosis has elected
as iis officers for live ensuing year the
following ladies:
Miss Friu Kohn. president ; Miss
Lula Moselev, 'first vice president;
Mrs. F. F. Schuniperl. second vice
president; Mrs. C. T. Wyche. secretary:
Mrs. M. C. Morris, corresponding
secretory; Mrs. 1). \V. Boland.
t roasurer.
Don't forget the oyster supper on
the 20 th iriven by the I'. I). C. The
president of the chapter, Mrs. 0. Y.
Milliter urgently requests all the
members to attend the meeting at
2 o'clock Friday afternoon to prepare
for the good things to follow
that evening.
Don't forget that the funny man,
Hon. \V. W. Till ink iiv, will make the
address and will instruct as well as
amuse you.
Misses Grady Gaggans, Myrtle
Dennis and Marie La than are visiting
Mrs. C. M. Harmon.
Miss .Sara Scott, of Trel'by, is visiting
Miss Erin Kohn.
Mart Kohn and Paul Fellers, of
Columbia, spend Thanksgiving with
your correspondent.
We learn lliart a baby .-.how will he
hold i:i our cilv in the near future.
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Particulars given .later.
We wonder who will be judge.
Mr. M. B. Bedenbaugh had the
misfortune to lose about '10,000 feet
ol luin'ber that he was kiln drying for
his new house. His loss will be $lf)0
and will delay the work on his new
home.
'The Prosperity Drug Co. is having
a new front put in their store. This
will make our town look more citified.
Now if we had a business league
or chamber of commence, or really we
would be satisfied with -a cotiton mill.
We wonder which of the three will
be realized first. Felio answers which.
Tho entrance to tlve lodge rooms
over the hardware store has been
changed from the roar to the front. 1
Tho ante rooms have, been changed
to tilie front entrance. The rear
stairway will bo left for "billy's"
exclusive use as he goes to play with
the new "jincrs."
iAs we are going to have a new
count house we certainly hope it will
be ready for aoenpancy before the
next court convenes. The present
one slrould be condemned as uiiHani|!ary
and the old matting on the floor
I should be taken out and burned. Give
us the new count house and do it now.
Don't forget (he thanksgiving service
in city hall on Thursday at 11
a. in., and bring a nice contribution
for the orphans.
Rev. M. 0. J. Krcps will preach
in St. John's church, Charleston, oil
Sunday at 11, and will present tho
mission cause of the S. C. synod.
Rev. W. M. Whit taker is attending
the annual conference at Gaffney i
this week. We trust that he may be j
returned to this circuit another year, i
We saw on Monday morning a
r nron that weighed 2S ounces, one |
ni'd three-quarter pounds. Tt was
raided by Mrs. J. P. Bowcys of our
t->wn. Tt was the kind that tho hoys
wui'd cn 11 a "whopper."
Our folks are, making preparation !
for rt good time Thursday. It will bo
a great disappointment if your hum\
- 4 '
V > '! 'i'f
ble servant don't get through "court-'
ing" in time for some oi' lire good
I hiaus.
We nolo that Mr. .1. A. Baker will
not only heroine a citizen of our town
hut will he one of our business men.
Ho lias bought the interest of Mr.
J. A. C. Ki'hler in Kinard & Kihler,
aid lias already begun his work in i
the store. Mr. Kihler will give his
attention to his large fanning interests
which will require all of his
time.
No Joke. $'
Anderson Mail.
The State is not a member of the
Latimer publicity syndicate.?Columbia
State. The Lord love you! The
State devotes more space to Senator
Latimer than any two newspapers in
South Carolina, and ever and always
to (that gentleman's advantage.
Whites in the tropics.
Contrary to Theory, the Caucasian
Can Stand the Climate.
The opinion of some authorities
that white ra'ces will never succeed
in obtaining a permanent foothold in
tropical countries does not seem to be
shared by a writer in the Journal of
the American Medical association.
As quoted in Science (New York),
lie says:
" The recently expressed opinion of
Colonel W. T. (lorgas that within the
next two or three centuries the tropical
countries, which offer a much
uieater return for man's laboi than
do the temperate zones will be settled
'?y the white races, and that the centres
of population and civilization be
transferred to the equatorial regions,
may not prove a strictly correct prophecy,
hut its possibility cannot be
denied, a priori, as once it would have
been. The discovery of the malaria
i>erm and of the transmission of it
and of that of yellow fever by mosquitoes
has abolished the principal
drawbacks of the ha'bitability of
these regions bv the white races to
a very great extent and opened for
the use of civilized man large portions
of (he earth's surface that were
formerly practically forbidden to
him. The quest ion, of course, still
remains to be setlled whether the
white man can retain his physical
stamina and energy through residence
in the tropics of many generations,
and whether the more conquest
of pathologic germs is all that, is required.
The productiveness of tropical
regions is oif itself a drawback.
The average man works only from
necessity, and what renders mere existence
the easier does not. necessarily
tend to the higher development of
the race."
Sir Charles "Dilke, the writer reminds
us, once the banana was called
the curse of the tropics, and held
that where it abounded, human progress
and ambition disappeared.
There is enough truth in this lo make
it unlikely that the tropics will be
the leading centres of civilization in
the future. The temperate zones,
where the struggle for existence
brings out the higher abilities of
man, will always dominate, the writer
thinks, and is not improbable
that the tropics will be the recourse
of the yellow races rather than of
the white. To quote the conclusion:
"There is every prospect that with
our almost certain conquest of the
pathologic conditions that, exist in
hose regions, their utility lo mankind
will he vastly increased and that
higher civilizations than now occupy
those lands will be developed. We j
may liot lie able to look on the tropics
as a permanent home for the !
best of the ruling white races, even ;
two ??r three ceu'turies hence, but j
there is hardly any question that |
they wil he much more hatbitable i
and useful t'han they have been in j
the past." I
The Only Way.
Doeior?ft's no use for me to prescribe
medicine for you. What you
need is absolute quiet.
Patient?Then, doctor, you'll have
to find somo way of sending my wife
anvny. , j
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ANOTHER SPECIAL JUDGE.
Jos. A McCullough May be Named
by Chief Justice.
The Sl-atc.
At a meeting of the bar association
helil yesterday at noon a committee
of 'three was appointed to confer
with Chief Justice Pope in regard
to the appointing of a special judge
to take the place of George dohnst<one
of Newberry, who is presiding
now at the fall term of the court of
common pleas.
The commission of Judge Johnstone
expires Dec. 2. and the outcome
of the conference will be to suggest
the appointing of Joseph A. McCullough
of (ireeoville to finish the term
of court after the 2nd of December.
SHOWING OFF A GUEST.
The Inkeeper Was Detemined Fessenden
Should Appear.
One night while ex-Secretary of
the Treasury Fessenden was on a political
mission to the northern part
of Maine he stopped ai a small hotel.
hi toe center of the house was a
big stove that warmed two rooms.
In one of the apartments .Judge Fessenden
established himself and prepared
to lake proper comfort during
the evening. .Inst as he had
got well located with a book the
landlord, a six foot French Canadian.
came in.
" Fxcuse me, 'seir," said he, "but
Mr. I'jd Wiggone of Maysville, she
the in tie odder room, an' she wan'
to we Mr. Fessendeen."
"Tell Mr. Wiggin I'll be in a little
later," said Judge Fessenden,
turning another leaf in his book.
The landlord went out. He returned
in a moment. "Mr. Wiggone
she send his compliments, an' she
say dat she wan' Mr. Fessendeen
right away."
The interruption just at that moment
rather nettled the judge, who
was in no way accustomed to dictatorship.
lie sent back such a sharp
reply that it was easily seen that the
landlord was cut by his asperity. l"i
just thirty seconds the landlord was
back. Judge Fessenden raised his
eyes to find the man staring at him
with a look of desperate resolve.
Willi snppresed excitement in his
tones the fall landlord spoke.
"Mr. Wiggone say she wan' see
Mr. Fessendeen quick, an' she gues'
o' de house, an' 1 say she goin' to
sc.- him."
Forthwith the big landlord swooped
down on the astonished gentleman,
seized him, tucked him under
his arm and strode across into the
room of the peremptory gentleman
from Maysville.
"Mr. Wiggones," calmly said
the landlord, as matter of fact as
though he had just delivered a pitcher
of ice water, "here be Mr. Fessendeen."
He set the indignant
'caller'' down on a chair and retired
smilingly.
The Power of Habit.
Kew York Sun.
The power of habit was strikingly
illustrated not long ago in a shirtwaist
factory. One woman who had
done nothing but sow up the seams
of sleeves for four years was taken
off that particular job and was asked
to run up seams in the body of
the waists. She complained that the
change would make her so nervous
that she could not work.
"But what is the difference?"
asked the foreman. "There is nothing
but a straight seam here, just
the same as you have been used to."
"f know," replied the wt.nian
with true feminine logic, "but i!
isn't sleeves."
And t did prove to be a fact that
owing to her four years of steady
w<?rk on sleeves it took her fullv
that many weeks to overcame Iter
nervousness sufficiently to run tbt
machine at her aecu-toired speed
iwhon sewing another part of t'he
waist.
The way to keep your friends is
not to put them to, a tost.
A CALL FROM THE LAYMEN.
Meeting of Baptist in Orangeburg
With State Convention.
Tin1 following call Id I ho Baptist
laymen of South Carolina has been
issued:
hi the name of our Master, we ask
your earnest .prayerful consideration
of tliis call to attend our laymen's
mass meeting, iSunday afternoon, Dec.
S. during1 the meeting: of the Baptist
state convent ion in Orangeburg. The
meeting: is called by the undersigned
Baptis't laymen, to promote the laymen's
missionary movement in
South Carolina in line with what is
being planned throughout the south.
We believe this is one of the most
inspiring- and promising" of the recent
movements for the extension of
Christ's Kiny;doni. Its Cljristlike
spirit, its comprehensive purpose and
its practical plans have won botih the
enthusiastic approval and hearty cooperation
of many uf our consecra!ed
business men. and we believe that
many others will express as hearty
endorsement when the plans are presented
to them.
The movement has been.defined as
an "awakening' of Christian laymen
to the urgency of Mie fireat Commission:
an honest effort on (li<> part of
laymen to fulfill in the next 2"> years
their Lord's command to preach the
Gospel to every creature. Its aim is
to induce the Christian layman to
employ his influence, his money and
his time in his religion in the same
practical, common-sense way thai lie
does in his business or profession."
The' force of this appeal to Baptist
laymen was seen in the enthusiasm
with wjiieh it was greeted in the recent
Southern Baptist convention at
R iehmond.
South Carolina Baptists are known
as a strong- missionary body but we
have not yet realized our strength or
fully recognized our obligation nor
will we do so until more of our laymen
consecrate their strength to this
great work of the kingdom.
Earnestly hoping- that you will attend
the meeting- and that you will
enlist other laymen, your coworkers
in His kiwrdom.
K. (1. Qualtlehaum. Columbia; F.
P. Coving-ton, Florence; T. O. Law(<
n. Jr., Greenville; R. B. Watson,
Bidee Soring; T. B. Anderson, Charleston,;
George TT. Fdiwards, Darlington:
William Ooldsniith, Greenville;
Zimmerman Davis, Charleston;
Brortks Rufledge, Florence; R. 0.
S'anis. fJafTney; B. TT. Yarborough,
Jenkinsville: S. A. Fpps, Fort Mill:
D. M. Dow. La If a ; A. L. T.essesiic,
Silver; T. (). Mafbry. Bock Hill; C.
B. Wrav. Ridgeway; O. B. Martin.
Columbia; J. .T. Wafers. Rock Hill;
Orlando Shoppard. F-dgefleld: F. C.
Ridgell. Bateshnrg; C. F. Robinson,
Pickens; Barlow Walsh, Sumter; R.
F. Rivers, Chesterfield: .T. B. Smith,
Spring:' D. .T. TsnoMs. Swansea; J. J.
Lane, Clio; .T. ,T. Gentry. S'panfanburg:
\V. R. Bali**. \Vinnsb'?ro: J. P.
Kinard, Rock Mill: F. X. Bailev,
ftdgefield; C. B. Boho, Laurens;
Charles A. Smiitn Timmonsville; R.
M. Mixon, Williston: Sam M. Crist,
Yorkvilie; John M. Geer, Fasley; C.
K. Henderson, Aiken: W. B. West,
Columbia; P. L. Coog-lcr, Chester; J.
W. Quattlebaum, Andersoii; B. F.
(leer, Greenville; H. L. Wilkins,
Manning: J. M. Qual tl??baum Columbia:
S. M. Bagwell, Spartanburg; J.
B. While Cameron; 15. M. Slntman,
Greenville.; \V. \Y. Kev-. Creenville:
J. P. Derhain. Green?-i 11 < : II. 1.. Bomar,
Spartanburg.
Once when Judve Gray of Chicago
' as Irving a case, so savs an exchange.
he was disturbed by a young
man who kepi moving1 about, in the
rear of the room, lifting chairs and
uder tiling's.
'4 Young man." Judge 0ray call d
onl, "you are milking a great deal of
r " lece-sary noise. What, aro you
11 i ) *
i ' ' > li' M/ir." replied the young
i. ?'| hj'"e Viy\ rr.y eveivoal an !
'' ? find if."
"We"." i}!(, venerable juri?'l,
"people often lose whole suits in
i here without making all that disturbance."
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THE NEWS OF WHITMIRE.
Miss Kato Margrove Appointed Postmaster?People
Who Come and
People Who Go.
Whit mire, Nov. '27.?Miss Mary
Wriiiht is visitinir relatives in Newberry.
Mr. l-i. K. Child spent a few days
of last week with his sister, Miss Kli*/:i;)oth
Child.
Messrs. William Coleman, M. E.
A brains and W. K. Elmore arc in
Xowiberry attending court.
Mr. Dan May spent day of last
week with Mr. John McCarley and
family.
Miss Kale Hargrove lias been appointed
postmistress here, Miss Hargrove
is a very estimable young lady.
She has served as assistant, during
the term of Mr. W. E, Elmore. We
re;joiee with her over this appointment
and wish her success in the discharge
of her new duties,
Mr. .lames Young and family have
moved into their nww homo on Broad
street next, door to Mr. David Duncan
's.
The Sunday schools of the Methodist
and Baptist, churches will unite
and give a Christmas tree and intertainment
in the Methodist church
during; I he holidays.
Mr. William Uasor and family are
at Mrs. ("has. Tidmarsh.
Mrs. Annie Oxner and so.i visited
Mrs. .1. E. ('ollield lasl week.
A wrick occurred near llenno Salunlay
delaying the north hound train
for many hours and o.ie Sunday
morning: near Ada delaying the south
bound.
Mr. Russell Tidmarsh returned to
the South Carolina college today. Ho
has been at home for several days
in conned ion with the settlement, of
the estate of his father, the late
Charles Tidmarsh .
The infant daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Barney Heron died at their
home here Sat unlay evening and was
buried the following dav at Duncans'
Creek yrave yard.
Cards are out announcing Iho marriage
of Mr. William Sidney I'orter
of New York and Miss Sara Coleman.
This 1?mr-py event will take
place at her home in Asheville NT. C.,
Wednesday. Nov. '27. Mr. I'orter, using
the non rle plume O'lTenry, has
trained an enviable reputation as a
writer and Miss Sara has also written
many beautiful pieces. "Miss Sara
Coleman lias spent .some months here
visiting her sister, Mrs. William Coleman,
and has made many friends who
wish her much 'happiness.
Mr. Baseombe Courtney, of Lancaster,
is clerking for Mr. 1$. l'\ Morrow.
Miss Mlhel Speer is visiting her
brother Rev. Foster Speer.
Nita.
Story of a Find.
"Had a queer adventure once at
the seaside," remarked the man
wi'tli mouse-colored whiskers.
"About twenty years ago 1 was one
day walking along the bench, whc'i
I sighted a greenish-looking object
floating a few hundred feet off
shore. As luck would have it. 1 had
j<M been reading about amberuris
and how valuable it is and that very
week I had coming due a note for
$!t,000 I didn't know how I was ever
g<'ing to meet.''
"Then you 'jot ,'veiled, eh?"
"Y<u bet I did. Ambertrris, you
knew. is valuable stuff. A small
chunk of it is worth all kinds of
money, and this greenish-looking object
seemed as hi.r as a keg. I got
a boat and rowed out to it. Bv the
way, do you think Taft would make
a good candidate?"
"Nevr mind about Taft. What
was that greenish-looking object?"
" X n11:i11' but a decayed walermelon."
"Xuthm. but a decayed water'
Mfloli.''
" ll-.w about the note for
000?"
"Outlawed Ion'-' ago. Say, sometimes
1 think Taft would make a
strong candidate; and then again, I
dun no."