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?| / V . - ' J ^fflk V VOL XLV NO. 25 ~ ~ " ~ NEWBERRY. S. O., FRIDAY. MARCH 27. 1908. TWICE A WEEK. #1.50 A YEAR iNEWS OF PROSPERITY. Death of Mr. Belton Luther?Oonsta' ble Gives Attention to Jamaica Ginger?Others Matters. Prosperity. March 2(5.?Mr. Raymond St. Amand, private secretary to OilioI" Justice Pope, was in town on Mr. Fred L. Schuniipert, oL' Dallas, Texas, stopped over in Prosperity on his way home from North Caroliuia, and spent a couple days with liis reMr. and Mrs. .Joe Counts, of Pomaria, are visiting; in Prosperity. Misses M'aude Livingston and Marie Schumpert spent Saturday and Sunday in Newberry. IVtiss Julia Mathis, of Ninety Six, ' '! -will asist Miss Bohh in the millinery department this season. Uncle John Ranch, of Saluda, was in town Wednesday, to the delight of his many friends. The Women's Missionary society of f}race church will have a public meeting' Sunday evening", beginning a'. 8 o'clock. An interesting' program will he given. Come. Prof. L. A. Sense* attended tlic meeting' of the Clemson college hoard last week. Miss Ida Belle Riser. of Little Mountain, is visiting- Miss La hi age* Wheeler. Constable Williams has been giving' his attention to "Jamaica Ginger" and has seized about IS dozen here in the past two days, he informed your correspondent. As spring is near at hand wonder what our folks twill do for the usual spring remedy if there will be no "Juju Ginger" to be had when we get sick. Mrs. W. A. MoLane, of Blythc.wood, in os a visit to her father, Judge Trail". Our millinery emporiums will have their openings next week, during" tho days of Wednesday and Thursday, Mrs. Oalines Wednesday, Moseley Brothers and Miss Boob on Thursday. The ladies are invited to call. There is. as your correspondent has stated, an opportunity for Prosperity to have an up-to-date electric light plant. All the smaller towns in tho (State are putting in these plants, and with the present opportunity the town should not wait any longer, lmt put in the jtlant at the earliest possible moment. An improvement like this -will lead to others. Why follow all other progressive towns? GiM in the front column and keep step with the progressiveness. Grace congregation hopes to worship in their new church on Master Sunday. If they do not get in by then we Iruwt that the first service will be >ld folks' day. The confederate veterans will be specially invited this year, and given front seats. The sad intelligence- comes this morning- that Mr. Helton Luther has passed away. Mr. Luther has been a patient sufferer for a long time. Mr. Luther was a well-known business man. He was married to Miss Myra Watson, of Ridge Spring*. Mr. Luther made his home in Columbia for the past five or six years. He leaves a wife and three children and a large circle of relatives. He will be laid to rest in the Prosperity comeon Friday. The funeral service will bo conducted from the home of his parents, Dr. and Mrs. R. L. Luther, at 10 o'clock. Miss Nora Hoffman, of Columbia, is visiting her nice, Mrs. J. S. Wheeler. Caipl. R. II. Russell has gone to Hamlet, N. C. Mr. A. B. Langley, general managv?; or of (he Carolina rnsurance and Casualty company, of Columbia, has boon ^ on a visit to Mr. A. II. Koiin. And Congressman Bartholdt would have us drink liquor in order that we anight have public buildings! Debauch the man that we may have a few I nited Staites court houses in which to try him after he has been on a debauch and violated the law! Yes, a tine proposition indeed! <S<? far as we are concerned if we must pay such a price we would have none of their crumbs, for that is practically 1 all I ho South gets. Col. II. C. and Miss Lain Moseley haw returned l'rom Savannah. We . learn lhal Mr. Mjosclev lias been inneli improved. Mis. Sallie 1 iee Brown, of Spencer, X. ('.. i^ visiting her sister, Mrs. 10. <). Counts. Mrs. Hrowu's friends are 1 glad to meet her again. ! Walter Wise ami -lames Caliues ] arc ni home from the Porter Military i academy. I A. liriye Wise and (jeorge Wise i have gillie to Savannah to visit their parents at the Ogleflirope Sanitarium. Vour correspondent would certainly behind to see a CountyMutual Live Stock Insurance company organized 1 for the benefit of the stock owners of Newberry county. Just stop and think for a moment what a great good it could be if you wore to lose 1 ;i mule in work time and how small ' the cost would be. We are glad to sec the Prosperity correspondent of i the Observer secon 1 our motion for the organization of such an associa- > linn. What say yon. gentlemen? 'flunk il over and then act. if you think well of it. , "Columbia i< not Ibe only town thai is growing with gigantic strides. The Hometown (Pa.) lbinncr pub- I lislier- as far as the breeze can 'bear tlic billow's foam 11 io following bulletin of progress: "Three new woodsheds, one picket fence, six rods of new Mm walk and one house repainted i.s the record for Hometown for the last month. Name us another village in the State thai is "citing there in comparison." The public-spirited and aroused citizens of Hometown should not limit the com.pari.son to the borders of the fUate of Graft. Such a coinpa.i?on would be doubly odorous. No jic-iit-up Pennsylvania cor/.racts tiicii view but the whole boundless universe is theirs in which to search in vain for a paragon or a mercerized . siik imitation." The above struck your correspondent very forcibly. Some towns we ( know in South Carolina can't boast of even such civic or municipal improvements. Prosperity is getting a reputation . not to be desired. One murder, and no clue to the murderer, a hold up on Sunday night, and other minor i offences ma>ke a record that is hers i for the past week. In an effort to arrest John Isabella, a young negro boy, for breaking into Ibe C., N. & L. dopot and other offences, the o,(licei'H emptied their guns, but failed to wing their prey, lie succeeded in joining the "bird gang.'' Miss Jennings, of Newberry, is the guest of Mr. and MJrs. J. 1). Qua tt I'dbaum. Miss Gertrude Simpson visited the parental roof on Sunday. Mr. Alonzo Bedenbaugli was chosen as delegate to represent Grace, church at the St. Phillips conference. Miss Marie La than was the guest of Mrs. C. M. Harmon al the Wise hotel during the early part of the week. Mr. and Mjrs. Noah Sense, of Chapin, have returnee} heme from a visit to their daughter, J no. A. Sense. 'The Misses Hobb, of Newberry, have returned from \ visit to their aunt. Mrs. J. C. Counts. Mrs. Kobinson ami' Miss Ycnessa Williams visited Mrs. F. 10. Scluimpert's family Sunday. Dr. Pcdenhaugh, o?e of our most, i progressive physicians, has pnrcbas-1 ed an automobile, 'flie hnn'k-honk of I a horn is uo longer a cause lor alarm I or a siv.nal of: possible distress. Peginning next Monday mornimr the school hours will begin at 8.ill) in- | stead of O.4.). So if yo.i are interested, il will be well lo bear this in mind. The date for the Dime Pending i.s April 21. Don't forget this. When j you hear the list of business men who i will ]>arliciipate you will bo sure not to forget. If you have any friends visiting you. or know any little news items, i,1 would be highly apprccinted" if you ; would rinrr up No. S and impart them. ! Small favors thankfully received, j' and large ones in proportion, i THE PRESS ASSOCIATION. Annual Meeting Will Be Held In 1 Gaffney June 15, 16, 17, 18. Outing Being Arranged. At a in.v"* o!' (lie sub-committee 'I i>f Hit* executive commit toe of the South Carolina Press association, appointed i<? fix ill. da to of t ho next ^ tiunual nioolinir of the association, to ^ 1)0 held ill (iaffiioy. Juno 1"), l(i. 17. ( mid IS was tixed as 1 h<> time for hold"- I iui?* the inoetinjr. The sub-committee which is composed of President ft. II. | Anil, of The Now'bcrry Gerald and I News; Mr. ftd. II. DuCanip. of the i Gaffney Lodjror. and Mr. ('. M. ({alio- t way. of the Columbia State, met in j i Newberry on Wednesday nielli. It 'I was a matter of roirret that, on ac- t count of an important onirairoment in Columbia, Mr. Calloway could not be I present at the mooting. Mr. DoCamp came to New-berry on Wednesday af- < leruoon, and he and Mr. Anil had a ; eoiilorenco on Wednesday nivhl, as a !< result of which conference the liino.i lor the meeting stated above was fix- '< ed. ! President Anil is arranyin/r an out- ji inir to be taken immediately after the i incetinjr. the plan bein^ that the meet-j* i'Uir and the outinir shall consume just i! one week. |; The details of tiie program are to | ' be arranged by another sub-commit- I tee. and' the program for the meeting j' has not yet been completed. The first j session, however, will be held on Mon- I ' day nijrht, Juno 15, at which time the ' addresses of welcome and the respon- * sos will be made. Tuesday, June Hi. Wedavesday, June 17. and Thursday. ' June IS, will bo taken up with busi- I ne?s inoetiniis and the entertainment ' to be provided by the people of fiaff- 1 ney. [ I M r. ftdmonds, editor ot' the Mann- ! faeiurers' Record. liw indicated that he W'ill be present at the meeting of j the association amd will make an address. provided the date does not con- t (licl with his other enirajremonts. I' j, is the intention also of those in charge j to invite Mr. Thorn, jronoral counsel !. i?f the Southern railway, to meet with | the association. Miss Mary T. Nance, j president of the South Carolina ; School Improvement association, will i be present and will talk alonir the line j' of the ureal work which her associa- i (ion has undertaken an 1 is aeeom- ! plishini,'. I'he details of the program, howcv- I | or. will be finally arranged by the j j committee on program, and will be j, . liirnounced by that committee. The j' sub-committee which met in Newb^r-j ry on - Wednesday niulit had for its j object simply to fix (lie time for the j meet in jr. President Aull is makiiur arrange-11 menls to charter a special train toll lake the association from (laffnev ; via Marion, N. C., to Aslieville and ' 1 rendersoiivvilie and Lake Toxawav. Mr. Aull and Mir. De.Canip discussed i this trip in Newberry on Wednesday niirli-t, and President Anil's plan met fully with Mr. I)(.'temp's approval. 1 It is desired to <>'o from Gaffney via Marion. X. ('., to view the scenery |1 alonjr this route, which is said to be ! the finest this -ido of the Rocky | Mounlaiins. The plan is to leave Caff- I; "ey immediately alter the meetinii' and to yo direct to Marion, and ' thence to Aslieville, where it is prob- 1 able that a reception will be jjiven at Hiilmore. the (anions mansion of Mr. 1 Vanderl::i|. Fioui Aslieville the plan j 1 is to ? <? to I fendersonvijle, where tli>j' i-> ()( :-itio;i will l)(i cared fi>r royallv i' ' '' x'1 S- I'\ Wiheo'er, of f he Wheeler | liotol. 'I'llen the party will ?ro to Lake' Toxn.way and spend Sunday, return-! injr home on Monday. i < I his trip, it. will be seen, will lake I very litt!0 time, and President Aull 11 thinks it will be as onjoyn/ble an out-!( in?- as could be arranged with as little || expense. '] I the meeting in (laffnev promises H to 1 >e one ol tne most successful in | ^ I lie cut ii<' history ot the association. ^ I'lfe people of il::i| progressive city fire prei'iuiiiir I > eiilcrlain the editors ns the ivople of Gaffney and C/iero- 1 ' countv kniow how to entertain. < Mi. DeCamp said in Newberry on ' i REDUCE ACREAGE. 'rest. E. D. Smith Issues a Call to i' the Farmers?Farmers Must Take Action. I'll the Cotton (J rowers of South Carolina: Tli?> executive commit-tee of the mmhIi Carolina division of the ' southern Col ion association lias re- 1 piested me to issiu* an address in re 'erence to llu* acreage for 1!)0S. Whatever may ho the motives thai iroinpt it. il is a fact, neverllroloss, 1 hat I lu' cot ion mills in America are > nnnin^' on short time; some limiting* 1 heir hours per day. and others runlinjr only ci>rtain days in tiro wo ok. i flic elfecl of lliis will he lo curtaillie consumption of raw cotton. < It is amplest ionahly I rue thai we 1 lave made a sinaW crop?in fact so < mall llial if the mills were rnnninir m full lime it would hardly prove idci|iiatc lo Ihe demand. Il is earn stly desired hy Ihe manufactiirinir nlcresls lo so curtail the use of raw ollou llial lliev will haw oil hand a surplus ai Ihe time the new crop coin's in. If I lie acreage in cotton is n<>t reluced. we will lie eon fronted, perlaps. hy a surplus of Ihe old crop iikI a laruo acreage staring us in Ihe face. Willi llieso conditions Itlie nice of collon would he put helow. he cost of production. The ell'oct upon every hranch of ndiislrv and the people throuuhout he South would' he pitiable indeed if ve are airain to have low price collon. The situation is entirely in the lands of llie farmer, and I earnestly dead that Ihey raise an abundance of ionic supplies, and this in itself will iccossarily red nee the collon acreage. can assure the farmers of Soulii 'aroliua (hat Ihrounhoul llu* Soulli*i*ii Stales an earnesl appeal is hoini? nade lo llie fanners to adopt tlie. ourse which I recommend lo you. I h;em il my duty lo souni litis note of varniiui in ample lime lo forestall a a rife cr?\p for 1 DOS. If we can make our supplies al lome. our debts will he small and ivill not need much eotlon lo pay hem. I .el every farmer profit hy tho xperience of the past and make uouirli al home lo enahle iiim lo he naster of lite situation. One course lifers continued prosperity, the oth r financial enil I rrassment, inability 10 meet your obligations and the thousands of other evils thai exist in Ihe South when cotton is cheap. Hold rour spots and plant provisions. K. 1>. Smith. Columbia, S. (\ News From Excelsior. Kxeelsior, March 20.?(Small "-rain lias come out wonderfully I lie past two weeks. The rains are holding the farmer.? iiack considerably with tlieir work. Mrs. Thomason is visit inir I'rien.ls hi Xewiberry. Miss Kosalee Wheeler, a studenl of Xe wherry collcjio, spent Sunday wil !i ihe home folks. Miss Riser, of Little Mountain, is nsilinir Misses Lahlairc and Lucy Wheeler. Mii.?s Lucy Wheeler visited friends if Kinards last week. Mrs. ,1. 1). Stone and children spent last week with her mint her near New>errv. Rev. Ira S. Caldwell preached an inleivsiiny sermon for us Sunday af 'i noi'ii after our Sunday school. Mr. Cai '.well will preach for us 11 train fourth Munihnj aOternoou in April. There will he coiiiniunion service al Ml. Pilirrini ehurcli nexl Sun.lav inorninjr hy the .pastor, Kev. <). I?. | "ihearouse. Lit lie Miss Xannie Wheeler who ins heeu at the Colunihia hospital for >ver two weeks for trealmenl is iniirovinif nicely we are triad lo say, and ler father, Prof. .7. S. Wheeler. hopes , o bring her home in a few more days, j fTer mother has been with her durint.'' ler stay al Ihe hospital. Siymn. iVcdiM'sday niyhl that all the people ?f Caffncy wanted was thai c\v;\ ed ior in the Stale should lie pre-enl. CARD FROM DR. SETZLER. Discusses Permanent Road Work and Relative Merits of Supervisors and Commissioners. Kditor lleral.l and News: Again 1 for span* in your paper, in order lo inform you where 1 uoi the idea thai pulling (lie chain gang of the rounly <m permanent road work levies i tax of $i,(M)0 on the taxpayers of the county. I will say I canu' to this ouclusion after carefully reading the idause in the county supply hill for rdinary purposes, vi/... That the sup-I rvisor he authorized and empowered to borrow I'tir current expenses not more than $7,000 during the year 1!)0S from the sinking fund. etc. The saiil iimount to he obtained upon the note i?r notes of the county supervisor and I'ounly treasurer. And they aiv hereby ant hoi i/.ed, and empowered to pledge the taxes for Mie year IflOS for I he payment of said borrowed inonev. and the rivieres! thereon, and are further aiiI hori/.ed and required to pay said" amount out of th,. taxes of I00S. If this be true I would like t<> know where it will come from >!' not from the taxpayers of the county. If llie levy has not been increased I respecilully a>k. conhI not the levy have been less ii I lie $<.000 had not to be provided for? And. furthermore, as I iimlcrstaiiid it. this money is to be applied to the roads designated in the supply bill. I will say if 1 am in error I shall be pleased to be corrected". I will now take up (he main purpost of this communication, the comparative merits of county commisioner. and supervisor. As we have had the experience of each for ten or twelve years, we have some reliable data by which we may arrive a.l some definite conclusion. 1 shall lirst consider the record of county commissioners. II I am correctly informed the county debt was $21,000 or $'.22.000 when they were installed. ami when I hey turned over the ottiee to the supervisor the debl was paid, and a small surplus was left in the treasury. Mow does thai cotupare with the present financial condition of the county .' It is now in debt come $0.000 or $7,000. I shall consider next the bridges ami roads in the country. \Ye who traveled the roads when the commissioners were installed in ol'lice know the wretched condition they were in. washed' in gullies in many places, so that it was dillicull t<? travel them on horse-back. I write from experience, is my professional duties, and having relatives in the n.pper portion of the county.. and lower part of Laurens county, >:ave me ample opportunity o| observing the condition of mauv of the public roads. When t ne county commissioners were succeeded by the supervisors the roads were in fairly good condition. I hey had the roads opened the lawful width, and were gel t ing them oval in the middle, ami (lie side dilehe.kept opcm d, which I am fully convinced is the best method of having _>ni.i| roads apart from macadamizing, which I think is entirely imprnclicable at present. They also enforced the road law more strictly. How has* it l-een with I In* supervisors.' Th *y oilier the "road overseers'" to have the roads put in condition at a certain dale, and at least I hive-four! lis pay no attention to it. It was not so W :! '"!! I ! 1 * '" OII11 * * * C'lllllil i--. io|l,>| s Well1 ! ! I'lieii ordeis Wi le nbev. il. I wi!' a!s. i si ate ;l!n- : u'.erv. y !? .! the a I \'a ; 11 :r_' o ol the c.i.ti.i ?i i I :.t, which (he commissioners d:d not have. I shall now notice as In supervisorand in tlii- outset shall say, I believe they are all honorable gentlemen, but, in my opinion there being so manv public roads and bridges in (lie county that it is impossible for one mAn to look after them, let him be ever so I'm met ic and conscientious. If this he so I would ask, would it not be wise to divide the responsibility and ' 11y upon three or five men? I be!ieve so, hence, the appearance of these communications', and as this may he (he last, I'll say in all can.lor thai I have no ill-will towards our representa! ives, as I consider them TAUNUM SURRENDERED. Gave Bond Before Local Magistrate Yesterday?Was Oft" on a Business Trip. Columbia Stale. 2(illi. .lames S. Karnum. avent I'm- i1k> Anhousor-Iiusdi I ii'cw i nu company, miiI oiiarucd with conspiracy Id defraud' Hi,. Stale of South Carolina, came |o Columbia yesterday ami voluntarily appeared before Magistrate Kowles to nive bond for".+ 10,000 for his appearance before (ho Richland criminal court wliou I lie case is eall.'.I. I'arnum came to Columbia and met with j\l r. I. Moull rie Monleeai, bis al lot ney, who came here from Charleston. llis statement was that Ira had visited New York ami \Ya.shiunion on business and thai lie had never been a fugitive from justice and was ready to appear as soon as cerlain business arran.yenients were completed in I lit' North, riie b? i ii 11 was si mi jed by represent al ives of ihc Anreri, can nomlinu' company ami no stale| I'nrlher than lh:ii ..iven above I colli,I 1),. obtained front I lu? defendant [<>r bis a 11 orney. 11 was yeucraI ly believed b\ all who had lollowed the dispensary inj \ c-tiyations llial Karnum would not , tciiiaiu out o| tli,> Slate permanently I ami al'ler consultation willi his attorney would come back ami vivc bond, I mler the chari>\? of conspiracy it. would be useless lo run away. ITis niovernenls since I'lie lime ii was decided !o swear mil liie warrant a.uainsl him have been mysterious, however. The invesliyations leading up lo Ibis action were made public in I the newspapers ami warrants were I expected from I he commissi.in almost I any day. When I hey were finaltv issued ( 'arnum could imi |,(. round and Ieleyrams lo Savannali and nearj by (owns lailed to reveal his wlrereJ a bonis. 11 , lei i ( harlcston ||),> very j n! ; 111 |he warrani was issued. Ye.-lerday lii> alloruc;.. Mr, .Morj di'cai. slated I..at i>client had .just |ictnrned I ri'iu the North upon a bu-ine>vs t rip." The defendant piacticaI!y r j aicil lor- statement and added that lie wn- nut unillv of any ol the charges made against him in the warrant. I he warrant anailist Karnuin was sworn out at the same lime as thosa a.uainsl others implicaled in (he invest inat ions involved. Time named' in the Karnuin warrant were: .1. S. / Karnum, .1. M. Ra.wlinson. .Ino. Black. j Jos. l{. W'ylie and W < >. Talum. all / a ainsi the Anl'eu>er-I>u^c!i lircwimr 1 company, allevinn' owrehap.ies on - oods sold Ihc Slate dispensary. At tin- same lime a warrani was aKo sworn onl ayainsi .Ino. |!(.l| Towill, I.. j x\ . I!o\ kin. member- of the old <fisI'en.-arv board, and M. A. Coodman and H. I'Jirlich. whiskey drummers remcsentiu-j I'llman & Co. All have liven bonds in tin- sum of $10,000 e "I '| with I lie except ion of (Joodmau who was hound over in (he sum of $2."?,('0<), I he arrest of l-'arnimi practically c inpleles the .idion of the Slate in Ihe mall cases for Ihe oresenl and .they will be (daced upon the criminal I docket lor Richland cuiily lor lint | coiniirj I .Tin of court. I lo >\e\vr, on I mil ol She crowifed condition of I Ihe docket, it i- possible lli.it i.y con| s,,ul ire ca>es may be removed lo [ a not her eouiily in order thai a sneedv j ! ' i ll m::v !). yiven and I lie c. e- disi ' ; : i s ii- <. will he decided i alter Cov. A n -el has announced his appointment of solicitor for lb.) fif'lh circiiil. Serve Him Right. Roanoke, Va.. Times. II you want to use a hammer, uso il on ihe pessimist. Fame. IMiilau'elj 11ia Teleyiaph. 11 mon.-y didn I lalk some peopl'j would never be heard of. all yooil friends of mine. Respect fully, Ci. A. Kelzler. I.'oinaria, S. ('.