The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, January 28, 1908, Page EIGHT, Image 8

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PURELY PERSONAL. The Movements of Many People Ji Newberrians and Those Who Visit Newberry. ReprsentatvesE. If. A.ull and Alan .1,h:stune . pcnt Sunday at N thleir' h Pm I in ,wberry. reCntru'1ing -b" to (ohn'.nIN;a \- n'lav mt'Ining. 1i :atanr ('ohe. L. li!eaSe pent Sun- C da\ at 1:ome, rCtuIrnin- to Columbia m yesterday a'fternion. IIr. P. P. L b1r1 -hihank is visiti:1g ai hii. sier 31r. .J. W.* Denning~, in N.ew;her . M\r. 1arshibank formerly ,> served for four years a- chief ma- te Chiiis! n.:a the . S. ba.ttleship 1)1 The Elks lod;le. No. 1103. of New berry, y:ill meet in the cbamber of t con1mmiee (n Friday niht" at: eight O'c.loek to elect ofticers. All mnm- hi bers are urged to attend. fo Representative Legare, of Beau- th font, spent Sunday in Newberry the be guest of Col. E. H. Aull. Mr. Legare ;1 is one of the most active and energe- H tie members of the general assembly fi a:nd is an able representative of his te people. -se Dr. E. S. Warlick, of Central., S. of C.. who has located ,at Belfast, -was of in town and registered as a practic- of in, physician according to law and (Y is ready for calls. Phone T. J. Dav enport. er a(d EXCELSIOR SCHOOL BURNED. S -th Fire Siprosed to Have Been Caused 'I, By Rats-Abo,ut Half of Loss I Covered. in st Excelsior sehil h:ouse. near Pros- I pelit. was detr oyed ): ire at about 7:30 : 'r:ock yesterday norning". Thc tl building and fiu.: weKe valued at about .?{00. There was l800 insur ance on the bnilding. i1 Mr. "J. ). Stone was the first to of reach tha bnrning buildinz. From the p:. ition of the fire a.t the time he saw it it is supposed to have beei started byV rats. The building had been used for re- ) ligious services on Sundy afternoon. pr ni Pleasant Leap Year Party. 1)11 Miss Mhrv Wrizht entertained th friends at the home. of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Z. B. Wright, at Whit mire, on last Friday night. All present enjoyed themselves highly. tir Numerous games were played and delightful refreshments were served. Iof The following had the pleasure thm of attending:. e Mr. '. H. Cooper, Miss . Corria p McCarley. Miss Sara Scott, MTrhr Henry Miller, Miss Ida Brannon. Mr. i Haskell Miller, Mr'. and Mrs. A. M. m Watson. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Hipp, I e Miss Willie Ducklett. Mr. Sam Young, Miss Kate Harg rove, M;r. John Mil-I ler, Mr. David Memms, Mr. William g Scott, Mir. E. W. Mathis, Mr. Fur- otC man Shealy. Mr. Robert Duekett, of Mr. H. V. Taylor. Mr. Rodbert Yar- i brough. i ag Second and Last Week. az The exhibition of faney glass blow-it an ing in the McCaughrin Building, Boyce street. mear the college, will remain here all t-his wveek. Do not miss seeinz henm blow, spin glass, makimng birds. baskets, fruits. flow-I ers, from common erystal glass. Op-. en from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p. m. Ad mission. 10 cents, including a s.peci men of their wcork. tu~ chi no Piggy Williams Caugh' ha Pigg.y Williams, the neg'ro who has ye been eluding the officers of the law iye for some time, was captured yester- fri day morning. Constable J. H. Chap- tie pell found out early yesterday mo-rn- mi ing where Williams was and went 19 out to try his hand on him. As soon un -as the officer appeared Williams t'ried ag his old game of running. But Mr. ye Chappell had' expected this, a.nd had to his son, Henry, on the other side of fix Wil.liams, on horsebaeck. Wlilliams be decided he was gonre and gave up. sc: Piggy has severa-1 minor charges to er: answier to. w ____ ____ ____ ____th Communion Services. The holy communion will ,be cele- th brated on next Sunday. 2nd of Feb- a ruary, in Central Methodist church. tv Tha reception of membiers wil.1 take place at tamat time. All persons wish inig to join on profession or by letter e please speak with the pastor Rev. Dr. di Wolling. 2t Colley- Lyceum Course. a' 'The colege iyceum ecourse this year qi will embrace fiv4' num:bars, begin- re ning on February 7 with the Cath- e< -erine Ridgeway company. This corn-p pany has been here before, and needs al no recommendation in Newiberry. w Season tickets for the course are ti on sale at Mayes' Book Store, $1.00. is Admission to ~each entertainmedit, I f? other than season ticket, 50 cents. J 31 GENERAL SESSIONS COURT. idge Gage's Charge to Grand Jury -Goodwin and Davenport Cases Continued-Other Matters. The (o"lirt ,f "-neral session.s for T ( r'. co i)nvenled ( v 'st .r Cheer;'1 presidin111g. Sollicite Coo p handed out a numnber of indiet ents. and Judge Gage chargeJ the and jury both as to their general d specific duties. Judg_e Cage. in his charge to the and jory. said there were two mat rs he wanted to talk about. very ie!v. Tle were r:lated and yet dely apart. and yet interdependent l:rnge measure. The two subje-ts re law1ssiiess and the public bhools. Judre Gaze said that he had rriedlly looked over the calendar r ten years, and had found that e predominating offence in New rry .county was against the person. ch as fizhts. brawls and murders. a had found that there had been ty-nine true bills for murder in a rears. He had not had time to a what disposition had been made a1. these cases. He was mindful the fact that the great majority these had been committed by ne ocs upon negroes. but the white ople were responsible for the gov iment of the negroes, because they ministered the law. The thing Judge t.e wanted 14) impress was that is condition of affairs was not con ed to the county of Newberry. He d met last fall a similar condition Colleton. and last week the same it2 of affairs in Laurens. It was t confined to the low country or the up country: it was prevalent rou,-hont. the entire Staie. "The r 1n-bilit.'' said Judge Gage. "is you and me. It does not inhere the law, or in the administration the law. but in the hearts of the opl:'." Our people as a class. he id. have not the right conIception the sanctity of human life. If a judges had the courage and tire rors the nerve and the lawyers the oper light they might rise in their dht and put down this iniquity, t: it would not be put down until e people had a higher conception the enormity of the sin. White men were virtuous and white men re- reasonably honest. Public an aent demanded it. (This was deter ned in the homes and in ~The hearts the people. When maen come to a same conclusion in regard to law sness-tha t men must stop carrying ;tols and loading thems'elves with E, and, above all, must stop ta-k e human life-when public senti nt demanded it, it would be stop Judge Gage said he. had watched ind juries for thirty years. and no 1er voice was so potent as that a grand jury. I'hey could set their faces against everywhere, and sound a note ainst it, and form public sentiment ainst it. If the grand jury lifted voice long enough and loud enough d persiste ntly enough the county uld heed. The cou$yv schools, said .Judge ze, were the teachers of law. He .nted to say that the children of 3 county were not going to the blice schools as they ought to. Be ce the people knew. it the civiliza n of the south was going to be anged. The change was going on w gradually. Judge Gage said he al secured startistics comparing the ar 1398 with the present, ten ars later. 'The reliable gentleman m whom he had secured t.he statis s noted that there must be some stake, because tht figures for )7 showed a decrease in enrolment der 1898, ten years ago. The aver e atitendanice of whiite children this ar, he said, was on'ly 1863. It ought be four times as great. Seventy e per cent of the ehildren of New cry county were not in the public iools. The amount paid the teach ;was $23.000 and the school 'term .s seven months, the .average pay to a teachers being albout' $42 per )nth. 'The cash balance on hand' June, 1907. was $10,000. 'The main ing to which he wanted to direct tntioin was that in Newberry coun only one-fourth of fire children of dool age were in the public schools. 1ess this thing was remedied out riization would be defeated. He d not believe that education was erything. He would rather have true man and an honest man th'an 'educated man without those talities, but above all he would ther have sterling manhood and ucation combined. When a peo e 'became ignorant they were un >le to take care of themselves. Taxes ere levied and teachers paid and ie children ought to be in the shools. Reports were merely per inetory, but he wanted the grand ry to medite upon these things. Judge Gage then charged the ( W grand jury in regard to the particul ar bil.ls handed out by the sulicitor. Se Goodwin Case Continued. On account of the absenea of State Senator Cole L. Blease. in the Sta t senate. the case au-ainst P>. W. (ood win. chair_ed vith mullrdar. was con- t1h tinned natil the next term. m Davenport Case iContinued. a On the call of the calendar Soli- c" citor Cooper announced tht the case i agains't Thos. J. Davenport. cbarged I-th with assault and battery with in- frI tent to kill, would not be tried at this w term. The .firs;t. defendant plac(l on trial so was Jeff -ulber, charzed with siteal- I! i!'- iotton from the ield f J. S. e- fr. Carley in Township No. 4. on De- ur cem1ber 1: of last year. Suber was ih represented by 3[esrs. Biease and an Dominick, and the State by Solicitor Cooper. Suiber was acquiteed. 1Im Jim Cal Hunter pleaded guilty to violating dispensary law, and was To sentenczd to pay a fin-e of $150 or to serve four months. Charlie Harris pleaded guilty to the charge of stealing a cow from Newt Wilson, and was sentenced to serve at hard labor for three years. !lin William Churcher pleaded guilty to violating dispensary law and was rm() sentence dto pay a fine of $100 or to nit serve three months. lei ---- _________- I : Frozen to Deatb. be Lina S.toc'kman, an old negro wo- di. mIan ahout S5 or 90 years of age,. '1ri liviing on Mr. J. B. Stockman's place p near Prosperity. left' George Wis?'s nu house on Thursday nialt and was not seen until Sunday. when her dead i)ody was found in a field 200 or 300 1'; vards from the house. The body ' was in an open field and the womnan il was supposed to have been frozen to f death. Coroner Linlsay held an in quest yesterday, and his verdict was that she was frozen to death. She " had heretofore been in the county lo poor house, but had wan3ered away, .h as she is supposed to have done on I die this occasion. id( tri Mass Meeting Called. idc Senator Blease yesterday announe- th ed that he would be glad to have a tfol meetiing of the people of Newberry >e county in the court house on next ele Monday (salesday in February) atp 12 o'clock noon, to express an opin- ish ion as to his county government bill, :ani the full text of which is published ith in another column of this issue of orbi The Herald and News. Senator'Blease sai would like to have as many present Jific as can attend; because his bill af-). fets all the people of the county. I Special Services. h In Central Methodist church there jin was begun Sunday a series of spe ia] services which will be continued nder the direction of Rev. J. W. t Speake during. the week. Services at 4 o'clock in' the afternoon and atth 7:0at night. Dealing in Liquor. e Friday night Policemen Burton dier and Adams ran up with John Wilson svid n the streets with a quart of Clark's Ithe orn in his pockets. They arrested emi him for transporting and Mayor ifmn Langfo.rd yesterday morning sen- )in fenced him to a fine of $100.00 or thirty days on the gang. tr Constable Williams and Chief or. Adams visited the house of Jim Cal ,hol Hunter, on iSpearman Row, Satur- ,ia day afternoon. They found Hunter eoi dealing out a couple of quarts to end John Pratt. John said he was glad 'to that h-e hadn 't paid out his money, sel but how as fixing to. A search re- ivit realed the fact that there were four sai and one-half gallons in the house. eet Hpter got seven gallons a few days before by express. Bob Johnson im1 was thought to be a partner in the'iha business, and Hunter ani he will be dei tried this week for selling and stor- ito ing. - th Fred Herbert Caught. an Fred Her1bert, the negro who es caped from the county chain gang last Wednesday night, was captured ac: early Friday night. U The negro, before he was put on the chain gang, lived near Cahppells, and when he made h;is 'escape h'e could not resist the desire to pay a visit Se to his old home. Mr. W. T. Glenn, a marchant at Chappells, learned thait Herbert h.ad escaped and began to inquire for him. Mr. Glenn learned that he was likely at the house of TI: his wife, who was living on the plan- te: taition of Mr. J. R. Irvin. Mr. Glenn 'er: with others went to this house early th Friday night, and found Herbert fix leaving there. The negro was cap- su tured without any trouble. Mr. Glenn as brought him to Newberry that night, an and he was placed once more on the fr gang. The reward of fifty dollars sa offered by the supervisor was paid to in: Mr. Glenn. e OULD ABOLISH SUPERVISOR. nator Blease Introduces County Government Bill Providing For Five Commissioners. e: 'llate , cooity ovcern nl bili wh licl prvi(V(le for the o !f at the present olies of j:ty s1V1(1'i and counllty Com .sit1:lersa ul i t e he election ill ir' stea:d of ti\ve t"omlmissioniers m1 five districts in the county !ih are created by the bill. The bill was introduced in the te 1 Friday and read thz first S. r"-elveI a tavorable repolr 'n he inl:!' ( ni111tt'C'e n Sat lay :i(l Will }ro)ail)lY be l)1tt "o its "1 r readin1.!s by todla\" I se;lt to the lolu.Se. The full text of the iill is as fol A BILTL a)olish the office of County su ervisor and county commission 'rs for Newberry county and to )rovide a government therefor. 3e it enacted by the g neral as r.bly of the state of South Caro a: eco tio:l 1. That the offiee of lnty supervisor and county com sioners of Newberry county ar1 (bV aholisled. see. 2. That the county of New ry is hereby divided into five tricts. iumbered 1. 2. 3. 4, 5; dis -t number tO c.mpiise town p ' Ns. one and two: district rnber 2 to comprise townships Nos. ; e. four a:d five : (list rict num111 : t . rise township Nos. a1 eI.: distric( nu:mbler 4 to lr rise" tmn rhiips No ,. : ighlt and '; :ieirIet nulblCr ) t.o com i1;1' S. tuship No:<. tenl (nd'le; n. c. 1 i'1 there shall be in ' said cou:rty (f Nw\be'rry a. id: of county comn11:;ssile:s corn ;cd cf five persons. one to he te1 .by the qualified electors of trict nunber 1. who shall. be r2s at of sairi di:-trict: one from dis ct nun:ber 2. who shall be a res nt of said diitrict and elected by qualified voters thereof; one -m dlistrict number 3 who shall a resident of said district and eted by the qualified voters there ;one from district number 4, who l be a resident of said district i elected by t:he qualifield electors reof: aond one from number 5.. o shall likewise be a resident of d district and elected by the qual 4 electors thereof. see. 4. That said boar-1 of county nmissoners shall be elected at next general election and shall :d their office for four years or til their success'ors are electedI I qualified. They shall each be 'e entering upon the discharge oft ir' duties file with the clerk of the nit .court a bond for the use of county duly executed with threa more sufficient sureties (nothing ein contained, however, is to ~vent said commissioners from g bonded in any bend or in nnity company as is already pro ed by law), to be approved by said elerk of said eircuit court, ditioned for the faithful per mance: of .their respective duties. the sum of $1.000.00) each. se. 5. T'het the said commission shall have genera'l supervision r all voads and bfrida-es, poor 1se farm and chaingang. includ the (fnaneial affairs of said mity as is now ves.ted in the pres county government, with power appoint a clerk and retain coun and fix tVneir compansation;. pro 'ed, however, the compensation of d eierk anld attorney shall not ex d $50 per annum. see. 6. That each of said comn sionrs shall receive after they le fiI'ed resports of their acts and igs, and have published according law all reports of their office and other county offices as now or eafiter may be provided by law, anriutal salary of .$300.00, payable nthly. see. 7. Tnat all acts or parts of !s inconsistent harewith are re AS TO MAGISTRATES. nator Blease Thinks There Should Be Five inl County, County Be ing So Divided. [ another column in this issue of e Herald and News is p,iblished the t of Senator Blease's county gov nent bill, in which it is provided it the county shall be divided into e dstricts, the offices of county pervisor and ooun;ty eommiss n rS at present elected being abolishied, d o county conunissioner elected >n each district. In line with this Ee bill is a bill which he is think of introdoucing providing that the nnty hall hav only five magis trates, one to be elected in each of the districts provided for in his county governme:it bill. He thinks that five magistrates will be sufficient. for the count.. and the bill would work a savi to thle taxpayers. S.iaior I-lea-e is alo co nsid:'.ng 1 h- 1(l\-ia1ilit v hof Ihrovillin ' ti?at tlr: CI)ant.1 \ : g'iai l; !za~.h s il e ,ld onl. ()11 , 1r1i'=.!11t. 1"oal building, except in eases o,f emergency. such as re building bridgees. or w1 en storms hav rndered immediate temporary wo:k imner:1tive. APPROPRIATION BILL. Ch?irn:ar. cf Ways and IMfeans Com :;ittecs Has Appcinted Mr. Aull To Write Appropriation Bill. Nv : Ul ('ou rier. ('oluibia. .Janua ry 26.-The House (lurin ;" the lasit week has done a ,"reat deal of work. Perhaps the chief thiin: it has actomplished in the way of pr!ress is the disposition of the lieLl law question, the bill to repeal the hw havin.; been passed after debate extending' over two days. The house has not yet taken up the mat ter of railroad rate regulation, the special messawe of Governor Ansal having been sent in on this subject only on Saturday. Neither has the liquor (1uestion been touclred on this last week. and since the preliminary skirmish on the Nas' prohibition bill there has been nothing said on the subject. Tire Charleston low license dispensary bill has been killed: there was only <ell rou:nd in this fight and :he Dill was put to sleep without any ta1L) whatever. ')11irin the conin we the house is apt to get rid of a nuimber of im J))rtanlL men-asure.'. The committees w 'ill bein:i to send in t heir epo-ts on the most important mnatters. The way and means committee will soon take up the appropriaion bill and gett it in shape. MIr. E. H. Aull. o.f New berry. one of the be".st posted mem7 bers of that committee. has already been designated by Chairman Banks to draft tle bill, the items to be fill-d in as they are. decided on. Of course, it will be some time before the appropriation bill is compl'ted and reported, but work on it can hardly be begun too early. The housewife was showing her new cham(bermaid through the up stairs when finally tey came to a staicase leading down into the rear yard. "M~ary,'' said she, stepping out on the landing, "whenever you uwish to pass down to the back yard to down this way.'' Just then the speaker slip;.ed and was precipitated with a great chat tering to the bo>ttom. "Are .yez hurt, mum?'' eriad the ffrighted chambermaid, staring down from above. "No: its nohng' came the re turn as the dishevell'ed mistress rose to her feet in proof. "'Thin ye 'ye got it down foine, num; but t*h' joibs too shtrenuous Ferme.' '-Judge. The sale of seats for-"The Heir to the oorah'' is now on at the New berry opera house, Wednesday, Jan ary 29. -This meritorious emanation from the pen of Paul Armstrong, author of "&alomy Jane.'' "The Supersti tion of Sue,'' and other dramatic successes, is generally conceded to be the best comedy, with a -western lo ale, of recent production. 'As is knrown, this play presents a plot of exceeding sh?ength and at thre same time introduces faithful char ater delineations, diverting efpisodes and flasbes of the most digatf-l hmor. ~The Ki3ke La Shelle managemenit announces an excellent east, and an entirely neiw science production for this play, and it can safely be promised that an excellent evening's amusement is in store for all who attend its presenttation.. STATE OF SOU1TH OAROLINA, COUNTY OF NEWBER:RY. By Frank M. Schumpert, Esquire. Probate Judge. WEREAS, Lizzie J. Ruff and Min nie L. Caldiwell made suit to me, to grant them letters of administration of the estate and effects of J. M. H. Ruff. THlES~E AR.E THEREFORE to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said J. M. H. Ruff deceased, that they be and appear before me. in the Court of Probate, to be held at Newiberry n the 12th day of February next af ter publication thereof, at 11 o'clock in the ferenoon, to show eause, if any they have, why the said administra tion shounld not be granted. GIVEN under my hand. this 25th day of January. An no Domini. 1908. F. Mvi. Schumpert. J.P.NTO. The Local Market. Meat .. .. .. .. .... 8to101-2 Hams ... .... .. ......16 to 8 Best Lard .. .... ....... 121-2 Best N. 0. Molasses .. ....60 to 70 Good M. 0. Molasses .. .. 35 to 40 90 Mi::e Chicken Foo.d .... 90 ::..... .... .. ....... 1.25 to1.40 1 i'att;t r'lour .. ...5.50 to 6.00 uat ;i ur ......5.00 to 5.50 (Good Ordinary Flour ....4.50 to 4.75 Sugar .... ......... .. 5 1-2 Rice .. .. .. .... ...... 5 to81-3 Coffee Roasted .... .. .. 15 Coffee, Green .. .. .. .. 10 to 20 (tttc;n Seed meal .. .. 1.35 (ultry ... ....... .. loc. lb. Newberry Cotton Market. Corrected By Nat Gist. Middling ... ... ... .....11 Strie;t Middling .. ...... ..11 1-4 Good Middling ..... ... ... 11 3-8 SPECIAL NOTICES. I CENT A WORD. No advertisement taken for less than 25 cents. Valentines, Valentines! Mayes' Book Store. FOR RENT-One two-horse farm, on my Gary place near Garys. W. T. Buford. R. F. D. No. 3. 3t WANTED-Two eroppers to work for part of crop on t:he Dorroh place. W. T. Buford. R. F. D. No. 3. 3t LOST-Between Mrs. E. L. Bailes' and power house, gold lock brace let. Reward if returned to this of flee. TWO PACKAGES of Envelopes and 2 quires of paper for 50c. (Eaton Hurlbuts gods) at Broaddus & Ruff's BRING YOUR LAUNDRY to Broad dus & Ruff, Herald and News building. REPAIR SHOP-Furniture, lounges, and parlor suits, ~eae.h upholstered, recaining chairs, repaired; making and laying carpets and mattings, cleaning old' furniture. In Sunlight Hall, near old colored Baptist church. Wesley Means. FOR SALEB BY S. B. AULL, 2 hous es, one vacant lot on Harper street Iand two Iots on Main street. These Ihouses above being occupied by Rev. Phillips and P. E. Scott. If not sold by the first of March'will be rented. Two nice lots in Main street suitable for stores. WANTED-Everybody to know that I have bought the undertaking bua~iness of the late L. M. Speers. I am prepared to serve the public. P. F. Baxter. NOW IS THE TIME TO ORDER Ibrick for repairing. Best brick, best iacilities, best deliveries. Ship anywhere in the state. Write today for prices. Sumuter Brick Works. FOR RENT-The old Spearman Hlomaestead near Silver Street, rie eently occupied by W. W. Spear man. Will rent all or part of the place. Apply for further informa tio toW.S. Spearman, Newber NOTICE-We have now, our shop complete, and are ready, to do all kinds of work, whretner in iron or wood. We are prepared to fix your boilers. engin~e', wagons, bug ges, mule shoeing; or anything ele g.vd us a trial. Newberry Maehi:ie Shop. RED RUST-PE00F SEED OATS for sale. Grown by T. M. Neal. Two three hundred bushels left. Abrams & Gist. IEATON HUREUTS paper at 35e.. 40e., 50c., a 'box at Broaddus & Ruff's WANTED-Our friends to call and Ibuy their cigars at Broaddus and Ruff's. Ah, woodman won't you spare that tree? "Not on your life,'' commented he, "'I'm getting this for the wood pulp trust, And they must tell me to spare