Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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PURELY PERSONAL. The Movements of Many People Newberrians and Those Who Visit Newberry. town eit volumii at home for ('2ristmnas. . -1!. irest L. Wicker is at home um1t:r to spend the ;hoiidays. .r. G. .1. B. Epting, who has s)ld his feed stables to Messrs. Wil s: n and Boozer. retains his livc: stabies. Miss Regina Williams. who has betn attending the Methodisi college i:. Columbia. is at home for Christ mus. Misses Narvice Brown and Mary Brown. who are attending Due West Fenale college. are at home for bha holidays. Mi. s Ros-aly Summer is at home fr".m Elizabeth eclege for Christmas. Misses Sallie Berry Buford, Mary Wright. Rebecca Mahon, Gilette Se+hump,r:. Sadie Goggans. Sadie Bowers. Bessie Burton, Sarah Cald weli and Nina Gibson are at home from Wint'hrop co'llege. Rock Hill, fro Christmas. Miss Julia Houston. of Pine Bluff, Ark.. came home with Miss Sarah Houiseal from Elizabeth college, Charlotte, to spend Christmas. aMiss Cornelia Drew. of Florida, ac companied her classmate Miss Ver na Summer home to spend the holi days. Miss Carrie Pool. who is attending Hollins In1titute. Hollins. Va.. is at home for the holidays. Miss Sarah Merchant. of Jalapa, who is attending the Methodist col lege, in Columbia, is at home for Christmas. Miss Helen Goggans, who is teach ing in the Laurens graded schools. is spendinz the holidays at her home in Newberry. Mrs. Cole. L. Blease spent Satur day in Columbia. Mr. H. C. Summer, Jr., returned on Saturday to his home at Pendle ton. Mr. D. J. Dehart of number six! township, fell from a wagon on last Friday and had his k"g broken. The two-year old child of John! Bowers. who lives on George H. I Martin's place i.n number six town-! ship, was burned to deaith on last] Thursday. Misses Beth and Sara .McMillan,' of Piedmont, West Virginia, and Miss Dore'tha Liller, of Keyser, W.. Va., are spending the Christmas holi-< days with their friend Miss Mary< Wright.' Miss Ruth Haltiwanger, of the Re tail Creks', at the J. L. Mimnauent store, will spend the Christmas holi days with her sister, Mrs. J. P. Can non. of Prosperity.-Columbia Re- e cord. The W. C. T. U. will heave a publie meetinz at the Central Met'hodist .e church. Thursday. at 7.30 o'clock p. ji m. The public is cordially invited. r Mr. T. M. McIntire. of Gastonia, a N. C.. is visiting friends in Newberry. ( Prxof. and Mrs. J. W. Sivittenburg. s of Piekens, are spending the holi days with relatives in Newberry. Prof. and Mrs. S. J. Derrick are 'I spendinz Christm.as with relatives in in Lexingt'on county. Mr. Jno. H. Thc.mpson and Mr. C. t R. Rose, of New~ Jersey. are in New- t berry to visit their friend Mr. M- a M. Sat'terwhiite and to enjoy some hunting with him. b The Western Union Telegraph of- -t] fice will observe Sunday hours on Christmas day, and Miss Sue Dean, the manager, will spend the day with relatives in Greenville. t Miss Mayme Cromer, who is teach- tI ing in Anderson county, is home to i3 -spend the holidays wit'h her parents. c Mr. L. M. Speers' condition was d growing worse yesterday and he was v not expected to last many hours.t Mr. R. M. Werts and family have a moved to their new home in Newber- a ry. Mr. E. H. Longshore and family h moved from Silver Street to Newber ry yesterday. Prof. Thos. W. Keitt and fa:mily of Clemson college are spending t'he f holidays with relatives in the county. Rev. J. F. Cason will preach at First Baptist church on Sunday morn- o ing. Rev. Geo. A. Wright, the pastor. will be at Johnston to attend tihe golden wedding of his parent's. There has been only one death in Mr. Wright's family in fifty years. Threre will be preaching at Bach- v man Chapel 5th Sunday at 11 o'clock c and at St. Philips at 2.30, by the pas- s tor Rev. J. C. Wessinger. I Christmas Services. At 11 o'clock on Christmas morn ing at the Central Methodist church there will be held a special service s with appropriate musical selections' and hymns with a sermon by the pas-j tor. . NEW CITY COUNCIL. Took Oath on Yesterday-Salaries Raised But Should be Still More. henew cit V cou1c il was sworn in resonlaV at 12 o'cloCk by clerk of or:. .J ohn C.. (tbzgans. The follow n - now constitute the city council: .1. J. Langford, Mayor. P. F. Baxter, Alderman Ward 1. J. R. Green. Alderman Ward 2. S. K. Bouknight. Alderman Ward 3. Jdhn A. Sena. Alderman Ward 4. Ed. L. Rodlesperger, Alderman Ward 5. A session of the new council was then held and it was decided that the mayor should have the right to name the city attorney instead of having him elected as heretofore by the city council. Mayor Langford named George B. Cromer as city attorney for the ensu ing year. The attorney was then con sulted as to whether city council should elect the health officer or whether he should be elected by the board of health as heretofore. Mr. Cromer decided that the election should be by the board of heaith. City council thzn fixed the salaries of policemen and street . overseers and other officers and decided to hold an election for these subordinates on next Monday at seven o'-lock, all I applications to be filed with the clerk I and treasurer by noon of December 30th. The salaries of the clerk and treas airer and the chief oif police and po licemen and street overseers were raised $5 per month, respectively, vaking-the chief now $55 and police en and street overseers $45 each. The council should have made salar ies larger than this. The clerk and treasurer should receive $75 per month and the cjhief of police should receive not- less than $60 per month nd the policemen not less than $50. En fact these figures, are too low. The ,treet overseer should receive at east $60 per month or more. He hould be a man who knows something ibout laying out and grading the treets in addition to his other du le3. NEWBERRY DIRT HIGH. 'roperty to Amount of $12,550] Ithanged Hands on Friday Three Sales.I Prop 'rty of the value of $12,550 hanged .handa in Newberry on Fri lay. Eleven lots of the old fair rounds property were sold for $5, 00; the A. C. Jones ~residence ati he corner of Johnstone and Cald rell streets was sold for $4,800, and ,f. G. M. B. Epting sold his feed nd sale stables in Friend street, for 2,550. There were a number of purchas rs~ of the eleven lots sold included a the old fair grounds. T'he Jones esidence at the corner of Johnstone nd Caldwell streets was sold to Mr. |- Fred Long. Mr. Epting sold his tables to W. M. Wilson andH.D Property is high in Newberry. Eith the growth of Newberry alongr iaterial lines, t-he price of land has one up.'I;t has been a difficult mai. er in Newberry during the past yeart >find a h< %1 for rent. More homes t re needed, and with this in view, roperty has b'een cut up and sold in uilding lots, and, without exception, 1e sales have been successful. Prizes Awarded. Some titme ago Mr. Anderson of d 1e Anderson Ten-cent Store adver- d sed that he would give to the boy ~ -ho raturned the greatest number of I >upotis from his advertisement a rum. and to the girl a doll. His ad artise.ment was printed only once or d vice in the papers and he desires to nounce that the drum has been warded to Herman Diek'art, who re 1ns 197 coupons, and that the doli u as been awarded to Marion Ehr- a ardt, who returns 154 ecoupons. p Rutherford Union. p There will be a meeting of Ruther 3rd union, Friday, December 27, at 'ree p. m. It is hoped that there -ill be a good attendance as esection f officers will take place. B. B. Leitzsey, President. Sold to Mr. G. F. Long. The home at the corner of Cald- t -e11 and JIohnstone streets, formerly wned by Mr. A. C. Jones, has been old by the National bank to Mr. G. red Long, for $4,800. 'This is one1 fthe most desirable residences in ewberry. Nodd-What does this money s tringency mean, anyway? Todd-Why, the thing has simply s pread from me to the whole coun-, f ry..Tife COL. GEORGE JOHNSTONE. In All Probability He Will be In the Race for United States Senate Next Summer. W h-lile Col1. (hsr t Johnlstorne, of tlis city. ha-s givel out no definite ;i Iemen'Ht ii re :ani lo the ma?tter, :hre se fls tc he little doubt that he will b.. in the race next summer for the Unitd Sta-tes senate, to succeed Senator A. C. Latimer. In the Laurensville Herald of re cent date appeared an article, which was; copied in the last issue of Th. Herald and News, and which was editorially commented upon in th News and Courier of Saturday morn ing, the News and Courier saying that this article appeared "to re move all doubt. as to the entrance" ef Mr. Johnstone. Col. Johnston? was shown this article in the Laurens paper and in the News and Courier, and was asked if he had any state ment to make in regard to his candi dacy. While Mr. Johnstone did not, in so many words, say that he would be a candidate, it might readily be infer red from what he said that, unless something occurred which should cause him to change his mind, he would be in the race. As matter of i fact, his . frieli.ds for some time past have underitood that he might he a candidate for the senate, and they have been urging him to make the race. For many reasons, he has made no statement, but it is generally be lieved now that he will concede to the wishes of his friendA throi(hout the state. and will make the race. Mr. Johnstone has been holding the courts in the fifth circuit during the fall, on account of the indisposi tion of Judge Aldrich, 2nd has r2ailv been too busy to give tl:e ma:-t.: cf is candidacy for the senate muc'h at tention. The fifth circuit is one of he heaviest in the state, and the pre- t siding judge has his hands full to neet the requirements of the office. Since he has been home, owever, ,ol. Johnstone has in all probability :een considering the matter, and his Friends now think that there' is no ioubt that he will 'make the race. Col. Johnstone, will be a formi lable candidate for tihe senate. By reason of his long serviee in the state egislature and in the lower house of :he nat.ional congress, and his long i 'areer as a leading lawyer of%'outh t >arolina, he is familiar witfh yublie ., nen and pub~lic affairs. His ability j s too well recognized in South Car- g >lia to ne ed that anythi'ng should be s aid of his qualfi'ation for the posi- e ion. His many friends are gratified* that, ts tthey believe, Col. Jo-hnstone- has >raet'ially- decided to enter the race. Col. Johnstone 's positions on pub ic matsters are well kenown to the peo ile of South Caroline. Attention Pensioners.n I will be in the auditor's office each ;aturday in January, 1908, to pre are pension appili.ations, tihe ap- b licants can 'call at the office nowv and g 'et the blanks. -Old pensioners do d .ct have to apply except where they ry re entitled to a raise to a higher d lass. The last Saturday in January tl s the las~t day to prepare applica ions. W. G. Petearson, Pension Commissioner. Newberry Com.mandery- u Newberry Commendery No. 6, K. T- ti rill be constQtuted and organized un er its charter. at five o'clock Thurs ay afternoon, December 26, 1907, by. Frand Com.mander Jacob T. Barron. mumediately following this ceremonyl dere will be a conclave of the Comn- 12 iandery for conferrig all the or- s~ ers. s Church Notice. Owi}ig So th,e fact that I missed iy regul-ax appointmen't at Ebenezer. nd Lebanon t,he third Sunday, I will * reach next Sunday, 29 inst., at Ebe- h ezer at 11 .a. in., and Lebanon 3.30 . m. A. H. Best,' P. C. L Diec. 23, 1907. Best Railway Mail Service. h Says the Greenville News: "The c atrons of the C. & G. now have not round for complaint against the tI ~outhern Railway. Three mail and d assenger trains a day each way be- ~ ween Greenville and Columbia is a ervice that cannot be improved up-s n and the public doubtless will be uly apprekiativ,e of it.'' All of ~hieh we 'endorse. And while we are t it let u; not forget Congressman tl Liker2 's efforts in securing the addi- h ional mail service. He worked in I eason and out of season for months, n .nd the people who, now 'enjoy the t plendid service should thank Mm or what he did to secure it.--An- 'T 'esn Daiy Mail. PRESIDING ELDER ROPER. His First Official Visit to Newberry on Sunday-Preached in Cen tral and O'Neall. Presi li;1.ble i.l. C. l(Oper. who -terteat l, '' Prei<iou-1 1'.ler'i Dulncan in :'ic C-:kew ii trici. p la : t .,1 inl monrnlnz. all in 'Neali Street lletlh odist chiiircli o;i Sunday evening. Pre siding Elder Roper is the youngest man in the cabinet in the South Car ,lira Methodist conference. Since he became a member of the conference he has served in rapid sucession in every branch o:f church work. He served the church at Abbevilie last year, and at tie last session of the conference Bishop Morrison appoint ed him presiding elder of this dis trict, and as such he made his first visit to the Newberry churches on Sunday morning. In presenting him to the congrega ion,in. Central chnreh on Sunday rorning the pastor, the Rev. J. G. ?'aling. said that some time ago Mr. Rc.per had prophecied that Mr. Woll Lig would some day be bishop of Brazil. Mr. Wolling said.that at that :'im3 he had no idea that Mr. Roper 6vouid so soon be his bishop, in au ;hority. He very affectionately com nended Mr. Roper to the eongrega ;ion. In reply to Mr. Wolling's remarks, VIr. Roper said he. had sua-gested, and is believed it would be a proper com )liment on account of Dr. Wolling's ong se.rvie. in South Ameri-ca, and : ertai:ance with the details of t he work t,here. to serd him there as :- hon. n.d he hoped the time was . far di.,tant when the Methodist -h'1h would have bishops resident in -:ca fle..' Mr. Roper spoke. of c he presiding elders under whom he 3 iad served, and said that. so far as e ie knew his personal relations with e hem had always been .pleasant. Bish- r ip Morrison. he said, had decided to ry the rotation plan, and he believ-j d those who had been appointed d'e- t erved a fair and honest trial. Bish- 1 p Morrison had not made him a pre iding eldeir because he did not know t vhat else to do with him. The most .elightful year of his ministry. he aid, was spent last year in Abbe I ille, and his people bhere had expeet d him back. In rapid succession h2 ~ ad served in every kind of work in le conference, .and, while he was the l -oungest member of tihe cabinet. by ~ he grace cf God he hoped not to be I he least active. He said he would erve honestly every department of P hurch work, and he hoped thaat his t rorts would be fruitful. - He complimented the congregations n tihe church building and the par-t onage..r The tsheme of Mr. Roper's sermont as tribulaltion as a means of redemp ion. We~ may expeet, he said, to ave tribulaition, sorr.ow, disappoint ent and sadness in human life. here was some sorrow in every hu-e mn h art. It might he asked why; b ut one might as well ask why Ad-am t ll. Out of griefs and sorrows and , isappointments, souls were born. b ribulation was often the power tdhat, eveoped soul capacity, and somne-a iing that the world needed, he said, p 'as soul power. The greatest soulsn ere those that had felt most. p Mr. Roper interspersed his sermon it ith a number of appropriate illus- a ations. He redeived the close and ndivided attention of his eo'hgrega In Good Luck. 1 Mr. and Mrs. J. B. 0O'Neall Hol-a way are the happy recipients of a rge box of fresh meats, puddings, msages, and a large ham, from her str, Mrs. G. B. Holman, of Came on, S. C. One of the sausages Laasured a little over seven yards orm tip to tip, and was put up in a ame-made casing. Orangeburg mnty seems to be the home of the b og in his best estate. A Newberry Negro. aurens Herald. ' d That half patralyzed negro boy a 'ho plays music with his hands to il is mouth will not be here at the lt arnival, as he is booked for a six- d i days' engagement on the big Spar- d nburg chain gang. He was here fa uring the last carnival. And his a ame is Ernest Hentz, of Newberry, 'n you want to know it and we must c iy it.r Nctice. The regular quarterly meeting of h ie County Farmers Union will be eld on the first Saturday (4) of anuary, 190S. This is an important o ieeting and we urge a full delega on from each local. p J. B. 0O'Neall Holloway, 7. C. Brown, Secretary. THE OLD FAIR GROUNDS. Eleven of Twenty-two Lots Sold Lots Brought Good Prices. Oii account of the very bad weath cr. there was not a large crowd at the alx-. on Friday. of the old fair riS::d. which had been bought by Mcsrs. C. E. Summer an:I J. D. Dav euport, and divided into lots to be sold to home builders. The property had been divided into twenty-two lots, of which eieven were sold at an agzregate price of $5,200. The property was in the hands of Messrs. F. R. Hunter and W. K. Sligh, as selling agents. Mr. Sligh said yesterday that, when the unfav orable weather and other conditions were taken into consideration, he had never seen a better sale. The other property will be held and sold as there is demand for it. Some of the best -lots have not yet been sold. Mr. Sligh estimates that the eleven lots sold are about equal in value to t'he eleven lots remaining. The property was sold by Auction eer McElree, of Columbia. Advertised Letters. Letters remaining in the postoifice at Newberiy, S: C., for week ending December 21, 1907. B-Miss N. E. Baiden, Mrs. Mag gie Bleeze. C-Mrs. Mamie Clark, Mrs. Hen ry Cherry, Mrs. Sallie Crosin, Mr. Jones Culbreat'h. D-Miss Mattie Davis. G-Miss Lizzie Golden... H--Mr. A. Harris. J-Master Grady Jones. L-C. A. Lee. M-Mrs. Anna Mack, Mrs. Annie, McLaburas, Messrs. Moch and Booz er. 0-Miss Pearl Oxner. R-Miss Yeathinan Rouff. S-Mss Dessie Streetman, Mr. Edd Smith, Mr. C. H. Slye, Mrs. M. J. Taylor. W--Bernice Werts, Rev. Jno. T. Wright. Persons calling for these letters will please say that they were adver tised. Chas. J. Pureell, P. M. Ascum-I hear D;eepley's got the political job yon were after. It's a permanent job, too, isn't it? Gritten-No, thank heaven; it's )nly a life job.-Philadelphia Press. The Local Market. Neat .. .... ...........9 to2 12 Bamns.. ....... .... ...16 to18 Best Lard ....... .........13 Best N O. Molassee .. ..60 to 7C sood M. 0. Molasses .. .. 35 to 40 corn . .. ... .... 8 bleal .. .. .. .. ...... 8 Lixed Chicken Food ...90 Ray .... .... .. ....1.35 to 1.50 [st Patent Flour .. ....5.00 to 5.25 2nd Patent Flour .. ...4A.50 to 4.75 lood Ordinary Flour... .3.50 to 4.00 Bugar .... .............5 1-2 Rice-........... .....5to81-S ~offee Roasted...........15 offee, Green .... ......10 to 20 lotton,Seed meal ... . 1.40 Eggs .... .... ...... Poutry..............10c. I Newberry Cotton Market./ Corrected By Nat Gist./ )ood Middling.. .. ......11,j 9trict Middling ..... .....10 7-8 dfiddling. .. ... ..... .....1.3-4 SPECIAL NOTICES. 1 CENTA WORD. Nic advertisement taken for less han 25 cents. [OST-One Airedal Terrier bieh. Thbree-hair&d black and tan. No tail. If found report to this office or to Z. F. Wright. STOLEN-Last Wednesday night fro'm my barn. (Will Hornsby's plar"), dark red how with horns wide apart. Any information of her whereabouts will be appreciat ed. tpd Newt Wilson. JAELOAD OF HOGS this week. Call upon W. H. Lominack, Jas. F. Todd or, J. C. Sample. 'HE ELITE PHOTO STUDIO is nlow situated in the new Copeland uilding East End Main St. We have the very thing you want fo Christmas presents in the new L ,Tane Sepia Portraits. Call to s our photo display. Otway Salter & Miss T. E. Salt FUNS AND EICYCLES repaired, brellas re-covered, and keys fi Work done promptly and teed. John T. Cromer, .At W. P. Smih' old stan THE NEWS OF POMARIA. Plenty of "Booze" for Medicinal Purposes-Shooting Af fray. l'ama r ia. I )re:l: 2:.-The St. !'in 's unie;-;% w1i have a n;. t o :; +'(lO-k. Thel P nimaria Stunday ze,U1 will have its Christ mas t:ec at 5 o'clock .n the evening of the same day. Iiss"s Lottie Halfaerea and E?osie Vonng. from Mont Amoena seminar-, a:d Messrs. Perry and Thomas Folk, from Clemson college, arrived at hcne Fiiday to spend th- Christmas holidays. Mrs. Nina Barnette. of H. nderson ville. N. C.. is visiting her sister Mrs. 7. T. Pinner. of this place. Dr. Pin ier's rrandmother, Mrs. M. R. Jones, )f Asheville. N. C., is also here, and ill spend some time with him. Mr. M. Hayne Folk has been con :ined to his bed with illness for the ast ei2ht or ten days. Pomaria is not "'agin immigration" -possibly because of the .desirable lass of her immigrants. The la-tes irival was of a fine boy on last Fri .ay at the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. V. Setzler. where he met a warm re eption. At a ne ro frolic on Saturday at he David Suber place, about 12 mi-les :ast of Newberry. the shooting aff -ay customary at such gathering took )lace. W. J. Bishop was shot, but iot very seriously injured. By whon ie was shot has not been learned, hose present diselaiming-as usual ny knowledge on this point. The community was s'addened- yes erday by the announcement af the' eath of Mrs. M. L. Counts, who died f pneumonia at about 10 o'eock esterday morning. She will be buri d today at 11 o'clock at Bethlehem hurch, -of which she has for very iany years been a faithful and con istent member. The health of Mrs. ounts had not been good for some ime, but it was only within the ast few days that her condition be ame serious. She leaves three daugh ers and two sons, and .many other re tives and friends, to mourn -her loss. rs. Counts lived a long and useful fe. and her influence has always eem. a powier for good in her comn mnity.. ] Miss Lucy Ligon, of Chicora col ge, is visiting -her sister, Mrs. B. I. Setzler, to the great delight of er many friends here. From the recent receipts at the ex ess office here t-h:e indieations are Eiat there will be plenty of whiskey] --"for medicinal purpose''-in this ] ction for the next douple weeks ! Vhere men desire whiskey it is er-I inly better for them to order it 3 ather than to get it from a blind] ger. The man who patronizes the] tter assists in the violation of the itw. and adds to the illegal gains of lose who are enemies to their comn unity. Of course there is the dang r t,hat the unfortunate man who is] tking in strength of will may drink' excess if he have a too abundantf< pply in his own home; but it is etter. even in his case, for him toj et drunk-if he has t'o get drunk-'] home. and onl whiskey that is open rand honestly boug'ht. Bsut there is o reason why the ordinary man, sim ly because he has two or three gal ms of whiskey in his house, should base its proper use. S. I Wanted Details. There is a correspondent in Wash tgton who does not sympathize with; resident Roosevelt's campaign ' rainst nature faking, says the Chi to Tribune. The young man was a: ceat admirer of the late SenatorI rilliam B. Bate of Tennessee, who3 as one of the leading officers of the onfederate army. Bate particular distinguished himself in the battle Shiloh, and when the anniversary that bloody conflict rolled around I ie correspondent thought it would e a good idea to send to his paper a athetic story of the conduct of ate's horse on that occasion. "General Bate was badly wounde3 ring the battle," he said, "and 'as carried off to a little log cab nearby. His big black horse fol- 4 iwed him and stuck his nose in the oor, looked at his master and then ropped dead. I made as pathetic a ature of the incident as I could, d telegraphed it to my paper. At tidnight that same night," he eon tuded in a disgusted fashia~n, "I ceived a telegram from my manag e editor asking: "What was the name of the Drse'?' " Well. yeu ', been mighty prosper 23 th.s year."4 "Oh. yes; hi I'm awfully unhap "nhappy""' "Yes: I haven't anything to growl bot. "-.Atanta Constitution.