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| VOL XLY NO 33 NEWBERRY, S. O.. FRIDAY. APRIL 24. 1908, TWIOE A WEEK. St 1.50 A VKAl) BISHOP CAPERS HAS ! ENTERED INTO RES' DISTINGUISHED SON OF SOUT] CAROLINA IS DEAD. End Came Wednesday AftemotmPassed Away Quietly With Members of His Family at His Bedside. BfwOlumbin State, 23rd. K l'illisoi) Capers is dead. After Ho rave fight for life, in a desperate il Rness, extending over two weeks, th ^ oul of one of Hie best loved of th ^Pons of South Carolina lias passe Haway. For three da.vp the famil ^have expected the end' but his go in 1 was none the less a. grief, so prentl did he fall asleep. The end eanie a 2.30 o'clock yesterday afternoon an ill though unconscious for hours be fore, for one brief minute the spar of life rekindled, he recognized tlios with him and'then closed liis eyes i sleep. The news of the death of TClliso Capers, citizen, soldier and priest, wil ? cause smrow not only throughout th State, but all over the South. Fo days lie has been lingering, iiis eondi tion desperate from the first and hi death hourly expected. 'But, hopin against hope, many thought that h would survive this, his third severe ill ness within the past two years. Se\ era) days ago, however, it became ap parent that he could not recover an from then everything- possible wa i done to relieve his suffering. ! The immediate cause of his deat' was plural trouble which his syster could not throw oft' as his streugt: had been depleted by a stroke of pa 1 ralysis. Last summer he was stricke and for days his life was despairc' of, but he rallied and again assume' his duties. Some months bcPore t!?a he was taken desperately ill while a I his summer home in the mountain but. again his life was spared and las May he was able to attend the Soul j Carolina diocesan council and presid L at the election of bishop coadjutoi i the T?l. Rev. W. A. Guerry, D. D. A | thai time it was remarked by man that he had improved wonderfully an he stated jokingly that it would b many years before he would say asid his robe. \ Bishop Ellison Capers is survive I by his wife, Mrs. Lottie Palmer Cap ers, and five sons and two daughter ?John (1. Capers, of WJashingtoi commissioner of internal revenue Frank F. Capers, of Greenville, Wal ter T. Capers of Columbia, Tenn., FJ lison Capers, Jr., of Summerton, Thee ditus Capers, now dean of the Lexinjj ton catelnlral; Mrs. W. II. Johnsn am? Mrs. Mary Capers Satterlee. Bishop Capers was born on Octr ibcr 4, 1SU7, and was, therefore, i his 71st year. He has, in addition t his immediate relatives, a large nurr her of others distantly connected, th i family being one of the most promin f ent in the State. Arrangements For Funeral. Last night the relatives and friend of the family practically complete the arrangements for the funeral wir the exception of some details, to b announced tomorrow. The body wi bo taken from the home on Barnwe ? street to Trinity church late this al ternoon, where it will rest upon th chancel. At 8 o'clock tomorrow mori ' ing early communion will be licit , The doors of the church will be ope for those who wish again to see th Pace of the beloved and revered <iea< , At 11 o'clock the doors will lie close until noon, tile hour for the funera). The list of honVya/rv pafllbearci could nn| be obtained last, night, bu the active pallbearers, by request o the bishop, will be his five sons an son-in-law, Dr. Johnson or Charles ton. The local arrangements are i charge of the local clergy, Messr IfcWitsell, Finlay and Walsh, and th arraugements pertaining to the funei Bkil ceremonies will blunder the dire< Ktion op Bishop Guerry, The latter ha ^advised the bishops of the nearby die > cescs and they, with the State clerg; will take such part in the service a will be arranged later. The visit in clergy will be cared for by the loer churchmen. ^ B Mrs. Capers, the widow of the b( loved bishop, although in feeble 1 health, is bearing up bravely and has hi i onl\ surviving sisror, ^Trs. Len'nrr of 'Charleston with her. All til' the other members of the family are here. ? Ellison Capers' Career Briir. flen. Ellison Capers, a de-1 seendant of an English family witieb j " settled in South Carolina among the earliest cohmssls. was born in Charleston, October 14, 1SI57. Ilis father, rami father and several generations of the name belonged to the parishes of St. Thomas and St. Dennis in Cliara lestou county, in the territory origiI nally called Borkelcy comity. His o mother was of Irish extraction, her c father, William McGill, having setd lied in Kershaw county, upon coming y from Ireland. g Ellison Capers was graduated at the y South Carolina Military academy in t November, 18o7. The next year he d was a resident graduate and assist> ant professor in mathematics and k belle let ires in his alma mater. In e 1S.")7 he married Charlotte Rebecca, n fourth daughier of John (jeudron and Kathcrine Couturier Palmer of Chern ry (.1 rove plantation, St. John, BerII kcley, South Carolina, in the fall of e this year he was appointed assistant r professor of nnubeinatic.s in the i- South Carolina Military academy at s Charleston, with the rank of second ir lieutenant. c The active state of affairs in Char1" lestou during the summer and fall of - 1 StiO roused the military spirit of the >- people, and the First regiment of d rifles was <Ttgani/.eu in Charleston, of s which. Lieut, Capers was unanimously elected major. He served with his reh gitnenl at Castle Pickney, and on n Morris, Sullivan's, James and John h islands. His regiment also constitui ted a part of the army under Beauren gard during the attack on Fort Sumd ter. lie continued to serve in the vi* d cinity of Charleston until November, ,f when In1 resigned thi> -nniv or iicuienant colonel, to which he had been pros nioleu, in order that lie might enter t the Confederate service. h Satisfied that a terrible struggle e was before his people, be resigned his r, professorship at the Military academy t ami united with Col. Clement 11. Stevy ens id" Charleston in enlisting a regid ment for the war. The regiment was e mustered into the Confederate sere vice as the Twenty-fourth South Carolina Volunteer infantry, April 1, d 1802, with Clement ft. Stephens as >- colonel, Ellison Capers lieutenant cols onel, and H. J. Hammond, major. On i. the 4th day of April he was ordered ; to Coles Island, and on the 25th of I- May was transferred to James Is1 land. On June 3, Companies A, B. I) ). and E. and the Charleston battalion, under command of Lieut. Col. Capn ers, opened the James Island campaign. i- In this engagement Col. Capers led n the attack, and for his courageous o and skilful management of this affair i- lie was commended in general orders, e At the battle of Seccssionville, the i- Twenty-fourth was a train engaged, and Col. Capers was praised in orders. He was next detailed to command a batIs tery of sieue guns at Clark's House, d Except at Pocotaligo the regiment h was on James Island" until December e 1"?. 1S()2, when it was ordered to 11 North Carolina to the relief of Willi mington, and stationed at the railf road crossing of Northeast river, on e Island Eord road. On February 13 i- it was returned to South Carolina and r. phiced on duly in the third* military n district (W. S. Walker's). Lieut, e Col. Capers, with part of bis regiment 1. and other commands, was detached to d command the district between Conibaliee ami Ashepoo rivers, s Charleston being threatened with it attack, the regiment was ordered back if to Seccssionville, April 5, ISti.'}. On d "May (i it left South Carolina for! Jael ison, Miss., being assigned to | n Cist's brigade and e/irht days later, *. while commanding the regiment, in c the battle at Jackson, Lieut. Col. Capers was wounded. About the last of August (list's brigade was sent to is Gen. Brag"-. It participated in the >- battle of Chickamauga and Mission,r, ary Ridge, and in the former Col. Capis ers was again wounded. During the g winter at Dawson, in January, 1864, il Col. Stevens was promoted to brigaI dier general and placed in charge of j- the brigade formerly commanded by Gen. Claudius C. Wilson. It was II while lending- this brigade that Gen. "J Stevens received his mortal wound at Peachtroc creek, .July 'JO, lSii-1. Lieut. ( ol. t apers was promoted to the colonelcy til ih'.? Twenty-fourth. which IT! he led Ihrough the Atlanta and Ten-j n.'ssee campaigns until the battle id' I* rankliu. where '.) > was wounded and Mc (Jen. (list was killed. His Promotion. On March 1, 1S(m, on the recommendation ol. Gens. Johnston, llardee 1 ami ( Ilea I ha in, ho was commissioned brigadier general and assigned to the tut* command of Cist's brigade. se\ After the war Gen. Capers was elected secretary of State of South tor Carolina, December, ISO."). In 1SG7 ho '1 entered the ministry of the Protestant 1 m Ivpiscopal church. lie was for 20 Ibi years rector of Christ church, Greenville. for one year at Solma, Ala., am* wa for six years at Trinity church. Co- <?n lunibia. In 1SS!) the degree of doctor on< of divinity was conferred on him by jo\ the I niversitv of South Carolina. On (?'i May >. 1S0I5, h . was elected bishop *m coadjutor by the diocesan convention of South Carolina on the first ballot: jlv and on .July 20, IS!K5, was consecrated i Kb to this sacred office, mc ACCIDENT IN MARLBORO. poi Martin Fletcher is Dead and His j inMother and Sister Slightly Injur- j ; ed in a Runaway. J !,.?| c;, Martin, the little son of Mrs. John ( T. Fletcher of the Pine Grove sec- plo (ion of Marlboro county, died at 1.45 l>ci p. m? on Monday as the result of in- ren juries received in a runaway accident ] on Sunday. crji Mrs. Fletcher was returning from \ church with her son and daughter. A wa break in the harness frightened (he I horse and caused ii to run away. Mar- v, tin was lirst thrown out. his head j striking a log. The little girl was next tin (brown from the huggv. bul she was not badly hurt. Finally Mrs. Fletcher to I was thrown I roin the vehicle, but her injuries are not serious. '['!) The Fletchers are prominently con- vinected in Marlboro county. TILLMAN IMPROVES STEADILY. in< * 1 In Good Spirits Wednesday Despite Sn Unfavorable Weather. (ja Atlanta, Ga., April 22.?'Senator j,}| Tillman has reached a point where his \yj progress is now slow from day to day, but il is certain, his physicians say, fjr and his improvement goes steadily for- (jM ward. He was feeling in good spirits today despite the bad weather. He |ia expects to remaiin here two weeks ^j( longer. WARE SHOALS MILL. Stock Increased?The Stockholders {\n Decide Upon $300,000 Preferred. Ware Shoals, April 22.?At the <01 special meeting of the stockholders of ^?(( the Ware Shoals Manufacturing company held here today the capital p,.( slock of the company was increased from $1,000,000 to ' $1,300,000, the $300,000 increase being preferred slock. The proposed increase of $500. j 000 was reduced to $.'}00,000 and the new stock will be issued as soon as the j(ll, necessary arrangements can be made. The preferred stock will boar interest the rate of 7 per cent per annum and , n may be redeemed for par value and a 5 per cent bonus a I (he end of live on yea rs. Backing Into tho Winter. At an Atlantic 01 (y hotel there is a-n old Southern negro employed as w: head waiter. One afternoon last sum- )|(| mer a number of gnosis were remark- ]?. ing how cool it was for the season, and one <?f them turned to the old servitor, who chanced to be standing nearbv, ,,,,, and said: "Well, John, how do you account ]{, for its being s\> f./ol?" The colored man thought for a mo- af, ment and answered gravely: u" "Well, sab, dcrfe had been so many tin ob dose here earfquakes and volca noe.< erupt in' dat de earf had done \J shook off its axis and's rovolvin' tire on I odder way. It am comin' winter in- be stead of summer."?Philadelphia Led- sid UPPENINGS IN AND AROUND PROSPERIT fE DOINGS OF NEWBERRY SISTER 'CITY. unorial Day Exorcises?Sclio Teachers Reelected? Personal Mention. Prosperity, April Mr. a),d Ml F. Shoaloy have returned from I1 ria. where Jhov have been xpomrii eral days wit), die Jailer's moth, Mi". Charlie Sehumpcrl spoilt Fn with Id's parents. I)r; (!- v- Hunter lias gone to C nbia to attend a meeting of t n'vers' association. 1 hero will ho a picnic and ea He in tl.o Ml. Pilgrim school va Saturday afternoon. May 2. Fvo i is united to eonie and share tl s. I his leto will close the sprii in of school, which has heen vo cessfully taught. 1 lie Palmetto dnl) will moot S0(?j. with Miss Margaret Ivockie. i? street, mi Friday al'lornoon. T niliers are requested in bring llu 'i scissor, as the contest will inted and culling. Miss Keeps. of Chappdls, is vis i' Miss Marie Bobb. Mrs. J. F. Browne and little Fli* '?? *P?'iil Faster with relatives lunihia. 3race church is fast Hearing coi lion. The memorial wimfows a a." put in and the 'edifice will id.v fo occupancy early in May. Mrs. I?. C. Singley is "spending so d days iii Columbia. Mayor K. Hakor, of Green woe s m town Friday. Dr. Mayor was ?? onr streets hi M:\ 'ei.V'e Wis,.. of is ' Wis,. J?'tol. M:. I!. .). I>';:w! ma." . a Hying via I mumhia l is: week. V' *' 'Capplomann and M :!,i i,:<'?ii. .1' Xowljcrrv collo' lyi Mr. Ji , p. Wi? ,V0(l). ' " -M; v Do Yore. of Xine v. was tiiL. um.-i Miss ? Faster. Candidates Iiolloway, linford. a nth were shaking hands hero Sati y. Mrs. Percy Malion and little Ma iza visited Mrs. Kiohn and M iso last week. Mi'. R. T. C. Hunter has gone eonviHe to serve as grand juror United Slates court. Mrs. M.-n'tie Gibson and Mrs. Bee in wore the quests of Mrs. \V lseloy on Friday last. M'-. ('. Kibler, of Atlanta, is he w. Dr. T. F. Littlejohn, of Pacol iled friends jn the cilv over Su v. Mr. Jim. S. Burro has gone t,, Bat< rg for several days. Mrs. C. T. W.vclio is visiting |, Granville, at the .rniversitv lunihia. Mr. J. Frank Browne lias return 'in Columbia. Mrs. Wm, Worts, of Saluda, is vn visiting relatives. Mr. L. A. Soase ran down to < nbia on Wodnesdav. I'rol". GriHin Pugh, of Columbia e, re. lias boon visiting his broth. ". Kohl. PutrJl. Miss fieri rude Simpson spent F; ' at home. Mr. L. C. Craig wont to Colunil business a few days *?<>. Mr. Oscar Simpson rolnrned tod' on Charleston college, where ho id on' of medicine. 'I'ho Dime Reading billed for Max II bo the best ever. Watch the pr s and soo what Iho att met ions w I hoy are too varied to state he AI a mooting of the graded selu istoos on Monday evening, the pr< I teachers. M'ossrs. F. 0. Counts a I). Brown, and Misses Leckie a Min wore unanimously reelect, s. J. F. Browne was also endors n?n as music teacher. There w an additional teacher ciectod f ! intermediate grades very soon. I he Memorial day oxerctses of t r>. C. will bo j? ,|l(l ftjjv M?.v in. I!.-v. W. ir. Killer ? le orator of t/fe occasion. Ies the oration there will he appi priato souths aiul choruses Tlio Jolly Kiijlii minstrels have a( V last trivon their performance. and a glorious one it was. I'horo was intoiiso interest llirouuliotil the ovoniiur. Tiro S trnpo/.ists, tlio .Mississippi Yalley nemo, and tin- orations thai would have made any stump feel proud. divided ol the honors ??I tlio hour. The only one ro?ivl is that stars ot such mairnitudo can not possibly ho kept here alwavs. Tlio Wiiihtman Chapel Sunday "S. school has in preparation, a wrv ?>- boa 111 i I til service for children's day. which will occur iu May. The crate . r. will hv> -iiven later. is- 'Mr. K. 11. Uussell is visit int? his daughters, Mrs. Wheeler and Misses o- Hussell. he The postolliee will ho removed It) its former position, hut new home, in ke the Kihlor building next week. ;d Miss Lula Moseloy spent Wodnesrv day iu the capitol city. US TRIED TO KILL PARENTS. Greenwood Man and bis Wife, Whilo l'- in Bed Asleep, Shot at by 'n His Son. he ?ir flreenwood. April 21.?Butler Pinbe .M?n. known as "Hub." i< charged with making an attempt to kill his it-j father and stepmother, Mr. and Mrs. I II. 1 . Pinson, as they lay asleep oarlv ia-I Tuesday morning. firing- both barrels in of a .nun at them, and when only about eight feet away from them. That Mr. n- and Mrs. I'inson are living to tell how re it happened is a miracle, for the load be of shot entered the head of the bed, only a few inches above their heads, v- and some of the shot were found imbedded in the pillows, on which their >d, heads rested. Mr. B, !\ i': j > - -. ?? livt - ; io:; a mile lst 1,11,1 !l ha!: mtiiea-M ,i Saluda, and within about four hundred yards of at Siloam Chu: ii. :i. is v;-| 1 -i.. ;!o farmer, ami i.- numbered aa:..u: sit jtireenwood c I citizens, he being a man of about I'i ft vrr. I live years of aye. "Hub." however, io, j bears a pretty had reput at ion, havinir i lived a very profligate life, living Duty yroater part of the time away from home. Youtiif Pinson's motive is unknowa, but his father, the elder Pinnd ?on, himself thinks that the bov, ir- knowing that no one knew lie was iu this part of the country, decided tliali ry he would kill both himself and Mrs. is. I'inson. and that ho would then share the estate with his brother, Richard, ro and being hard pressed for funds, Mr. in I'inson had only lately refused |.? "rant his request for money. fc- i Yourur I'inson made his escape, but in. I Sheriff McMillan is making every eflort to catch him. .-rmf fuis sent out i'1 the following description of I'inson all over the country: "Arrest Butler I'inson: charge, attempt io murder; color, _white, a lie 2(i years. height "> I'cct, 7 inches; weight Kit) pounds. ?S" Said to have missing front tooth, brown eyes and dark hai.*; full face aiml clean shaven. I so caution.'' Pinson Talks of His Crime, j < 'olunibia State. ironea I'ath, April L'2.?Puffer Pfnin son. who attempted to kill his father and mother near Ninaty-Six oarlv >o Tuesday morning was arrested two miles above Tlonea I'ath about 2 ()j o'clock this afternoon bv Chief of I'olice White and W. W. Collier. \\ hen Mr. ( oilier, who js acliuti' as i<. siiperintendent of const rur-tion Por (tie Hell Telephone company, started to (j.t his work alter d'iunor I'in-am was just w: king out of town in i.te same Mi. ;IV reel ion. 1 a 'oilier asked I'inson to rid,- with him and I'inson accepted, Tliev had 1 fro no but a short distance when Col)S licr, impressed by the peculiar manill j ner of I'inson. asked him his nan;e. iv. ; He replied that it was Pinson. Asked M?1 | his '.riven name, lie replied Hut lor. >s- | ( oilier, wnose attention find boon nd j called to the article in the Stale fond; day by Chief White, knew that his ;d. companion was the would-be patriod oide. Suddenly he tnM I'inson that j ill he had to return to llonoa Path for' or his mnil and asked him to return with J him. but he said he wished to walk ! lie on. Collier drove <|iiiofly back to (own I ill and he and While, driving rapidly, ill came in sight of Pinson in a rnilrond te- cut about two miles above town. *o-1They tied their horse and approached (ho cut. When Vinson saw thoni hvs ran aiul a sharp raeo J'or about ;k quarter of a mile through ploughed ground brought them up wiili him. 1'inson was found t?? ho unarmed. WIumi ho was seen in th*.? lock-up hy your correspondent lliis afternoon ho was reading I ho account in tho Sialo ?>|* his attempting to murder his t'a;hor ami molhor. Asked i 1' tho account was true, ho answered thai it was except that ho was not doing it to got his sharo of tin1 properly. \s|<o<l wliat liis niotivo was, ho ro1 >1 it'll that lio <1 i<lm 't know. In reply to (|iiostions ho said that ho was 2(i yoars old. llad boon dissipatod for sovoral yoars. Had gone to school a good doal. Had gone to school at Ninoty-'Six a good doal. Recently had hoon working in a saw mill and drinking lots of liipior. Had drunk somo Monday. First thought of killing tlioin about 11 o'clock, (lot tho pin about 11.Wont back to bod and slept lor awhile when bo waked again. Hesitated lor some time, (lot up. put on his clot bos except his coat. Tired toward head of bed. Hoard his lather fall out of bod. Fired toward" bead nf bed again. Heard his father vol up. Knew thou ho had not killed him. Didn't know till lie saw tuo Slate that ho had in?| killed his mother. Was 11ot oil bed when ho shot, but standing by it.. Put on his coat and lol't. Lay out in woods yesterday. Came to llarinoro's Turnout last night and slept in railroad shod. Stopped in Donalds this morning and passed through llonoa I'ath. Had no statement to make for himself except that lie was sorry ho did it. O'Ncall Union. (i'N.-I Farmers' union will moot i > Sai '.rday, April "J"), at O'Noall academy, at half past one oYhik. (1. S. Moore, Pres. Chicago Pistol Law. With the view of reducing I e uun.Iier of ciimcs result in*.: Iron <-:iir\ ing ill deadlv weapont'hicayo ha- adopted hi a* which, if rigorously . will no doubt accomplish in :ood. Tiro law. which is a reasonable one, >:*ovidos that no pi i-on shall buy or borrow a den<fly weapon without a liceiiso and when a person sells or lends a weapon ho shall do so only lo another licensed person and within twenty four hours musl report the transaction lo tho superintendent of police. The licenses are issued by the mayor to people of good repute whose names, addresses ami I ho purposes for which tile weapon is desired, together with a description of it. must be I'urui died in I lie applicat ion. The mayor has the authority to revoke the license whenever he is satisfied that I he person holding il has violated the law, and in addition a line of $.'500 may be imposed for every offense under the law. P'or example one of the violations is where a person having a license acquires a bad reputation or is indicted or convicted for a ci?me. Therefore it will be seen that (he, granting of a license to own a revolver or other deadly weapon goes far toward 'establishing a standard of conduct. Those who deal in weapons must b.i persons of good reputation, )>ay a tax of +'J"> a year and furnish $1,000 bond. They are required by the law to register every sale and to sell only to licensed poisons. Minors are not allow* 'd to own a weapon and M is unlawful to -oil, lend or irivc a pistol or other deadly weapon to a minor, and all weapons confiscated are to bo throw" into Lake Michigan live miles from shore. The Chicago authorities believe that (Ihe operation of the new law will result in greatly discouraging one of y the sources of violent crimes and should it work as well as they think il will, there is no reason to doubt that a similar law will be adopted by all Ihe large cities of the country in which as a result of indiscriminate pistol-toting murders are constantly occu rri ng.?Wi I m i nglon Star. Tiro politeness of some men causes them to be looked upon with suspicion.