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VOL XLIV NO 97 NEWBERRY, S. C.9 TUESDAY' DECEMBER 3',1907T NEW (ITY COUNCIL. Many Matters of Importance to En gage Their Attention-Sewer age-Paved Streets. The Herald and News presents in this connection the new city council, which w:- ncmina:ed last week in the p:imaries and which will be elect ed next Tuesday to serve the town during 1908. There are many .things which this J. J. .LAGFORD. nehil may dc". and which would be to the benefit of the city, and which would make for them monuments in the hearts of our progressive citizens. The question is.will the city council do ihese thi'zs that are so badly ,ieeded. S-.me of tMn at least will have to be done. The work that is sP. F. BAXTER. niecessary to perfec't the stweraf system is imperative, because it, in volves the health of the citizens of this community. The paving of our streets is almost as imperative, cer tainly for the progress and' growth of thy city. It is absolutely neces sary dha. soime permanent stork be done up. n cor streets and that the pae cir:hig1e abandoned. It J. R. GREEN. to the new city council to make 3rd of progress for 1908. J. J. Langford, the new may been alderman from ward 4 unmber of terms, and is famil 1 he finanes and affairs of .edwe are constrained to hat he will have the co-oper the board of alderme:i in the pertaining to the welfare of unity. . Baxer i:. re-electedaromen his ward for another term, which is an endorsement of his faithfulness to the interest of that ward. Mr. J. R. Green is also re-elected from ward 2, having served one Mr .K oki, wh is3et "f. S. K. BO L K\TIGHT. term faithfully. Mr. S. K. B'ouknioht, who is elect-t ed from ward 3, is not on the pres ent council, but some years ago serv ed as an alderman from ward 5. 1 Mr. Floyd did not stand for re-elec tion from ward 3. 1 t L J. A. SENN. In ward 4 Mr. John A. Senn, a smeces ful business man, has been chosen rs the renre.sentative from tha ward. e 4,{ E. L. RODELSPECOER. In ward 5 Mr. Ed L. Rodlesperger s reeleeted without opposition, which s a eompliment to his faithful ser Advertised Letters.I Letters remaining in the pontofice a t Newberry, S. C., for week en,ding 1 %.vember 30, 1907. .t A-Am'.anda Anderson, Kemaper Aberitton. t Mrs. Mazgie B,rown. Mr. J. M. t Arrton. r C'-Mr. Jeamcs Cannon. E-Mr. Ed. Ellison. G-Mi; Ellen Graham. Mrs. W. . Glena. Mrs. Mattie Green. Miss v la Gocdwin. . H--Miss Mary Harrison. Mrs., Tard Hunter. I L-F. T. Lane. M-Mrs. Kattie Mjrzraw, Char ey Metts, Mrs. Carrie Metts, Mr. enie Mills. t P-Mrs. Alice Peterson. R-Mr. L. H. Reeder, Mrs. Laura teeve:s. Mis~s Ella Ruff. Will Ruff. r S--Mr. P. C. Sundly, Mrs. Mary I ~hep. Persons calline for trese letters vii please say that :he.v were adver-- . ised. . e Chas, . Purcell, P.M. I i THE NEWS OF PROSPERITY. U. D. C. Delegates to Chester Thanksgiving Visitorq-The Sorosis. Prosperity, Dec. 2.--Miss Gertrude Simpson spent Thanksgiving with :hcc home folks. Misses Toy and Marie Lathan, of I Little Mountain, spent Thursday with :heir uncle and aunt Mr. and Mrs. ,. G. Wise. Misses Lula Moseley, Mary Lee 3arre and Lucy Fellers are delegates rom the Wm. Lester Chapter of the L. D. 4C.'s to the state convention t Chester this week. Capt. R. H. Russell. of the S. A. L., ;pent Thanksgiving with the home olks. Mrs. S. F. Wheeler, of Columbia, ;pent a couple days with Mrs. Jacob s. .. heeler. Mr. Furman Sheely, of Whitmire, s at home for a day or two. Mrs. Black. of Atlanta, spent a ouple days last week with Mrs. R. 3. Counts. T. D. and Mrs. Copeland, of Clin on, spend Thanksgiving with Mrs. ,opeland's parents. Miss Annie Moseley of the Col eae for Women, Columbia, spent ['hanksgiving at home. Misses Jessie and Lula Moseley Lnd Mr. W. E. Moseley attended the 3owman-Walter wedding last Tues Lay. Mrs. M. 0. J. Kreps entertained he Sorosis on Tuesday afternoon in L very novel and picturesque way. Caeh member trimmed a hat or head-. Pea for another. Some very amus .g sights were seen. Miss Lucy Hill, of Newberry, vis ted Miss Julia Sehumpert during 'hanksgiving. The Wm. Lester Chapter of the T. D. C.'s will meet on Wednesday t 3.30 p. m. with Mrs. A. G. Wise. Miss Leggett, Mrs. C. M. Harmon lnd. Jno. Pat Wise spent Thanks iving in Little Mountain. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Stockman, of omaria, and Miss McWhirter, visit d Mrs. D. M. Cromer on Thanksgiv ng. Mr. G. E. Frick, of Newberry col eze visited Clifton Kreps Saturday. Mr. J. I. Wheeler, of Columbia., is n town on his way up country. In the absence of Pastor Kreps, irs. Kreps gave a very interesting nd instructive talk to the congrega on on Sunday morning. Rev. S. P. Koon preached a most difying sermon at 7.30 from the surb et of sin, justification and saneti eation. Mrs. Calmes attended the silver redding of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Swy ~ert, of Irmo, on .Thanksgiving day. Mrs. E. W. Luther, of Columbia, isited Dr. and Mrs. Luther in town e Sunday. Miss Mary; Willis spent a couple [ays visiting friends at Kiblers' ridge. Grace Sunday. School will have hrismas exercises about the 25 or :6th Deceiber. fo 'Several laymeh n m Prosperity, vill attend the Laymen's Conference n Columbia this week. The oyster supper of the U. D. C. 's mas a decided success. Col. Lum :in's address was elosely listened o and was enjoyed by all present. Owing to the inclement weather here was 'not as large an attendance s could be desired. Those present rande up in enthusiasm for the lack f number and then Col. Lumkin is lways interesting. Prof W. H. Hand, of Columbia.1 aid Prosperity a visit last week in he interes.t of the graded school. We learn the basby show will be eldi on Thursday after Christmas. ,Friendly Advice. 'I was going to give Jinks a lit Le friendly advice this morning." 'And didn't you?'' 'No: he started to tell me how to m my affairs, and that's something tolerate from no man."'' I'm boss of my house!'' exclaims ohn Driddell, of Philadelphia. Eith r his habies have all grown up, orI THE NEWS Or POMARIA. Melvin Singley Arrested on Charge Barn Burning-Cotton Eleven Cents-Personals. Pomaria, Dec. 2.--The stores in Pomaria were closed on Thanksgiv ing day, and a number of the mer chants celebrated the day in hunt ing. We have not heard that they did much injury to the game in this section, however. Mrs. T. J. Hayes, of Newberry, came down last Wednesday, and spent Thanksgiving day with her sis ter. Mrs. G. B. Aull. Mrs. Dr. E. 0.- Hentz is spending a 1 week with relatives in 'Spartanburg. She is expected home the first part of this week. Melvin Singley, colored, was ar rested here last week on suspicion of having set fire to the barn and sta bles of Thos. Koon, colored, on Mr. Jno. B. Bedenbaugh's place, opposite Bethe Academy. The case was worked up by Deetective .H. C. Hol loway, of Columbia. Singley was carried to jail last Wednesday. Mrs. M. E. Lake and Miss Lola Lake, of Newberry, spent Thanks giving at Mrs. Jas P. Setbler's. Mrs. J. J. Hentz and Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Hen'tz left on last Thursday for a week's visit to Mrs. Mary Setzi ler and other relatives in Laurens county, near Whitmire. Cotton was selling at 11 cents in Pomaria on Saturday, and the rise in priee is making the farmers feel more cheerful. There is a good -deal of unsold cotton in this community, and it is to be hoped that the up- l ward trend in -the price will con tinue. 'The market for long-stapla i continues to be very unsatisfactory, however. -Messrs. T. A. and J. P. Setzler went to Spartanburg last Tuesday on legal 'business. They were witnesses in a suit brought by The. Setzler Com pany against an insurance company, 4 and were 'given i verdiet for the whole 'amount of the policy, togeth- 1 er with interest. Miss Jennie Martin, the popular teacher at Zion Academy, took ad vantage of the Thanksgiving holi days to pay a brief visit to her alma mater, Winthrop college. Mr. Jas. B. Grahamn's mother spent a couple days, with him this last week. .S REPUBLICAN CAUCUS. Uncle Joe Renonrinated as Speaker -Peter A. Porter Refused a Seat. Washington, Nov. 30.-In a cau eus f the Republican congressmen held today Speaker Cannon was re nominated. All the old members of the house, were also renominated. The caucus refused a seat to Peter A.-Porter, of the Thiirty-fourth New York district, who was elected as an independent. Tainted Times. Louisville Courier-Journal. Tainted money, Tainted stocks, Tainted ways of Getting rocks; 'Tainted garments, Tainted shoes, Tainted food 1 And tainted booze. 'Tainted morals, Tainted sports; Tainted cases In the courts. 'Tainted votes And tainted tricks In the world of politics. Tainted novels, Tainted plays, Occupy our Nights and days, Tainted husbands, Tainted wives Gee, but ours are 'Tainted lives. While we would not describe the veather yesterday as unpleasant, it nust be confessed that it was not a ;ypical Charleston day.-News and n~rier. COOCK FIGHTS WERE GOOD. Contest Near Florence the Best Ever Seen at the Pit. News and Courier. Florence, November 29.-The aght between North and South Car olina game chickens out at the cock pit yesterday and today proved to be the greatest battles between birds of the two Carolinas that has ever been fought at that place. Yesterday birds of Dr. Claude E. King, of Mayesville, S. C., and Mr. Morrisey, of Clinton, N. C., had a desperate battle. There were twelve battles and when the twelfth one was ?ompleted it was decided a draw, as each side had won six battles. To lay birds of Mr. J. W. Berger, of this place, and those of Mr. Jack son. of Salisbury, N..C., were pitted ind at the close of the eleventh bat tle the main was decided as having been won by (South Carolina, Mr. Berger's birds having won seven and 1r. Jackson's four fights. The Eights were for thirty dollars each an the main was for three hundred lollars. A very large crowd of sports from lorence and other nelar-by towns was present to witness the battle. The weather yesterday was just right for fighting, but today it rain ?d at intervals throughout the day. WILLIAMS AGAIN MINORITY LEADER. Washington, Nov. 30.-John Sharp Williams was unanimously elected .eader of the Democratic minority at caucus of the Democratic congress :nen late today. Representative Clayton of Ala >ama presided. Representative Thomas of North arolina nominated Mr. W ein in highly 'eulogistic speech, declaring You will find him fair to all, yet ,onservative, typical of a Southern ,entleman and a . democracy which elieves in Jeffersonianism, and who elieves in special rights to all and pecial privileges to none; which op poses monopoly, stapds for strict 3onstruction, and stmnds always for the rights of the people and states. Those who know Williams best love aim most, and regard him the peer in many respects of any man ever hosen the leader of Democracy. He s the most tactful, :skillful, resource ul leader Democracy ever had, and [ hope to see him continue the lead er until he takes his place as Sena tor from Mississippi.'' Mr. Williams was a.bsent when the nominationl was made. .When es orted to the caucus room, he thank ad his feilow congressmen and urg d them to stand together and sup port the party principles, saying it was most important this time that the Dmocrats have team works EN. BUTLE IN WASEINGTON. Will Probably Remain for Opening of Congress. i1ews and Courier. Washington, D. C., No'vemiber 29. enator M. C. Butler of Edgefield, irrived in Wjashington today, and will probably remain over to the pening of conzress. He has been :he centre of interested groups tround all the hotels. He is a gen eral favorite here and seldom fails :o draw a crowd, and will probab'ly ite something interesting to give >ut on the present political situation luring the next day or two, being trone for Judge Gray. of Delaware, :or president. BRDICT AGAINST SOUTHERN. Spartanburg, November 30.-Tha >iggest verdict ever rendered by a urv in this county against a rail dl wa- tha't today against the ern Road. in the case of T. R. vimmier, administrator of the estate f J. 'W. Allison, who wvas killed bout a year ago, while in the employ f the road. Suit was brought for te~r ves in the sum of fifty thous id. nd a verdict was rendered for TREE THAT DEVOURS WOMN. "Carnivorous" Tree in the Depths of the Indian Jungle. Writing from Marseilles, a corre spondent of The Weekly Nos Loisirs sends to his journal the following amazing story of a "carnivorous tree" in the depths of the Indian jungle, which he states was related to him by Mlle. Marguerite Lecomte. This lady has just. reached Frane after a lengthy journey through In dia and other Asiatie countries, and if her other adventures are on a par with this one Nos Loisirs proba bly is correct in describing her as one of the most remarkable herdines that exist. It is stated, by the way, that a previous reference to the "carnivorous tree" described by Mlle. Lecomte was made recently by an English major in a report to his government. According to her story, Mile. Le- Y: comte, who was traveling with her cousin, a war correspondent, was a sleep one night in a tent on the out skirts of a forest. They had lit huge fires in a circle round the camp to keep off wild beasts, and. two natives were set to keep watch and 'to give the alarm if anything untoward hap- ' pened. In spite of these precautions, how ever, whether for want of proper -r watching or on account of complicity on the part of the natives, Mile. Le eomte awdke in the miWle of the night to find on her face a wet mask which stifled her eries and caused her to faint. When she came to 'her self she found herself in the midst of a troop of fanatic Indians, who were yelling and brandishing their arms about her: She was stretched on her 4ack, her limbs bound with eords, and she dis.ingaished near her an .ther white girl similly bound and unenScious. - The dawn broke. The4ndians rang ed them-e.vee in a group; seized' the two- girs andy carried- them, chaiing the while a monotenous :sort of fin:'' eral chant, to-the foot df a giakt tree without leaves and whose forbiding a~peet stratek terror into the heart of Mile Lecomte. It had only.two branches, stiff like outstretched arms, and its summit was finished in the form of a large bowl from whieh drinped a white sap like inilk. Mile. Lecomte says that she saw them' seize her companion - and punge her into this bowl up to her neck. and suddenly, just as the first rays of the sun, fell On the tree, a hrrible thing happ'.ed. .Tlhe tre'e teemed endiOwed with sud deit life. The 'edges of the bowl drew toget her. stranigkng the girl, ' whse face reflected gec agonies of a treht ful .leath. gerd were some t errible cracking n-cises, the whole bdy .<eemedi -1..unJ&d up under the ew--f -h;e si,J- .'f thb- tree, and a pinkish liquid, made of blod apid sap, began to glide down the carnivorous tr2e. TEhcn with' mraniacal cries the In dians~ a'pproached, and catching this hrrible liquid in wooden cups, drank i. their y'es .hining with eestaey.' MJhe. Lecorz'te, perceiving the fate which awaited her, thought she would go mad every moment. For treately the arrival of her cousin. and a troop of Englishmen well arwr ed dispersed the criminal fanatics. Many were killed on the spot, the tree was cut down and it threw up a spout of pinkish water with the fore of a water spout. The wretched vic tim had lost all human form. This horrible adventure decided Mile. Le omte to leave India, and she has just arrived at Marseilles. She says she wil marry the cousin who saved her life. "Uncle Joe'' Cannon will resume governing next week.-News and Courier. The Georgia delegation will car ry twenty-two bales of finaneial re form plans to congress-News and Courier. 'We do not believe that the worst will be over until travellers begin to g-et seasick in air ships.-News and ourir.