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LERSONAL AND OTHERWISE. Movements of Newberrians and Those Who Visit Newberry and Oth er Happenings. ii I :It 2f l "1 "". ni j'' . ' l: WXi2'.* Miss lortense Long. of Columbia. spent a fow days in the city this week. The ladies of the A. R. P. church have succeeded in arranging with Mr. Paul de La.uney, organist at Trinity church in Columbia. to come to New berry and give a lecture in their church on the new organ recently pur chased by them. Mr. de Launev has promised to be here for that purpose on next Wednesday night, and all the music loving people in the city should remember the date and endeavor to be present on this occasion. Mr. G. S. Noland, who lived in New berry for a number of years. is re ported to be critically ill at his home in Jonesville. Mr. J. B. Morgan has returned from Anderson. where he has been visiting relatives. Mr. and Mrs. F. F. Steele left Statesville. N. C.. Wednesday morn ing in an auto and spent the night in Rock Hill reaching Newberry yester- f day afternoon. They will visit Mrs. Steele's father. Mr. S. P. Boozer. Mrs. W. S. Allison, who has beena visiting at Warne. N. C.. returnei to Newberry on Saturday. Library Association. The regular meeting of the Library t Association will be held in the library P rooms Monday afternoon at 4.30. This b being the time for the annual elee- bE tion of oficers. board of directors and se librarian, the members are urged to attend. Will state for the benefit of those who do not know the rules of the as sociation that the library is open three hours a day for four days of the week. Monday. Tuesday. Fri a and Saturday. 9.30-10.30. at which ti nes not only the members, but the public generally have the free use of the rooms. do Yearly membership $1.00, monthlya Ca membership 15 cents. Books are rent ed at 10 cents a week. We solicit the interest of the town, and extend aan hearty welcome to new members at all a times.pa TPhe list of new books ordered will be puiblished n~ex't week. Sermon to Baracas. . Mi The Rev. G. A. Wright will address iBu 'the young men of the Baraea Class. at the First,Baptist church next Sun- dri day evening at 8 o'clock. - dre The puiblie is cord.inlly invi-ted to attend this service, car W. R. Anderson, Mr. Press Reporter. mai The Lutheran Church of the Redeemer dria (Rev. Edward Fulenwider, Pastor) nex Thee wllbe the regular services Can at the Lutheran church Sunday. A tan 11 a. m. the Holy Commounion "il! S be administered, and new memobers dri received. T.he offering- will be for the the synodical aportionment. Sun Amid the scenes of do.bh .nd un- T certainty it is well for us to look tco. Sun~ and consider, the things that wili For, strengthen our faith in that God who frou rules all things in this world. TI Beginning 'Sunday night the pas'- Wri tor will preach three sermons .on. cock -"The Unshaken Pillars of the Chris. e essi tian Faith.'' These pillars have not sie ( Nrpa broken, no, not e'n i aved, he h all the floods of doubt. seepticirnsm ec and atheism, that have raged in the Se w'crld. Stea The sermon Sunday night will besta "The Unshaken Pillar of Chritav se Experience.'' Text II Tim. 1:12: "I know whom I have believed, and am n d persuaded that he is able to keep dm t'ud which I have commitieu urg him ef ainst tie t day." eu The Sunday schdol is now held at beaul 4 p. m. Last Sunday the high n ate: un mark in attendance was reaohed. Le's br go higher next Sunday.To The public is cordially invited to mobi n!services, in-ha: _________________ors a Rev. John II. Graves, pastor of the West Methodist church at Clemson college, lent r is in Newvberry. Mr. Graves wvill pres ent his cause, which is to secure a parsonage for the church at Clemson The college. to the Woniian 'a Home Mis- er opt sionarv conference which is in ses- collee sion here. When asked about the There work at Clemson co'llege Mr. Graves ning said it was progressing very nicely taxes. and he hoped to make a good rep)ort for NJ to tihe annual conference which will inetor convene in Laurens within 'a ,few W. P weeks. At last a'nnual conference he house was put in charge of this work wich ry. T requires in additional to his pastoral The duties and preaching to the ,method- to Ca ist and friends at tha.t place that he Caes:n raise funds towards erecting a church 11 To bur.ild*ing and parsonage there. gand h< ELKS BAZAAR OPEN. A Fine Opening-Beautiful Automo bile Parade-Be Sure to Visit Bazaar. Not onlx the b:zaar properly )ut tll( Bachelor Maids, who are conductimn the refreshment part. did quite a good business. The store room mw hie: the bazaar is held in divided intc botlis and is decorated in Elks' col ors, and altogether is a very attrac tive place. The country store has proved a very suecessful feature of the bazaar not only in affording much amusement to the visitors. but also has proved a very remunerative part. The receipts Wednesday even ing were very satisfactory and busi ness yesterday was also good. A great many people from the ,ountrv have been in attendance and ;hey will be cordially welcomed when wer they come. The people of the nill communities as well as of the 'itv proper will also find at the baz iar something to interest them and great many articles on sale that re valuable and can be purchased at easonable prices. It should not be orgotten that the Bachelor Maids are erving refreshments and those who re in from the country can secure good meal at any time of the day. 'he booths are open from 9.30 in the orning until 11 o'clock in the even 10. The automobile parade was one of ie most attractive and beauti&l arades that has been seen in New rrry in a long time. A large num r of persons crowded the streets or cured positions from the up stairs indows in order to get a good view the parade. The automobiles were autifully decorated, all of them rrying Elks colors. The prize is awarded to Mr. Herman irght who drives a Rambler touring r. The parade started in East < in street from the residence of Mr. < iarles E. Summer and. proceeded a wn Main street to the public square I d around the public square up l Idwell street as far as the post b ice. . A.he following order was observed 3 I Mr. Eugene A. Griffin led the o ade with his ear. In this car was is ss Ethel Boozer. s )r. Houseal 's car followed driven 1< Robert Houseal. In this car was E is Mabel Williamson and Mr. J. A. s] rton, J-r. Text came Mr. Whitaker 's Reo sI ren by him and full of little chil- v n. li 'hen followed Mr Herman Wright's b: driven by himself in which were el ;. Herman Wright, Mrs. Fred Ger- is 1y, and Miss Maude Langford. Si he car of Mr. George W. Summer, st en by Geo. W. Summer, Jr., was gr t in line. In this car were Misses de tille Evans, Fannie McCaughrin, of Florence Bowman. timmer Bros.' Ford Roadster, lo' en by Mr. Forrest Summer was ed next and in this ear with Mr. 1ga mer was Miss Lucile Dickert. rei 1e White Rambler belonging tota mer Bros., driven by Mr. L. L. in I followed with Mrs. Ford on ab, t seat and children in the rear. ed ter ze White Steamer of Mr. Z. F. ht, driven by Mr. M. W. Col- tiv~ was the last machine in the pro- for on. In this car were Misses Bes- m Bilder and Lois Goggans. kn< st before the parade started the ve, rations on Mr. Wright 's White bro ner caught fire from the blaze ed i is used on this car to create the her a and in attempting to extin- wver the flames Mr. Wright had his Wo s somewhat burned. Very little fshe ge was done to the car and the yea v'.as no fault of the mac*hine it- 'whi It was probably one of the most "9 ifuly decorated cars in the pro- 1: in before the decorations were nres d- the lowing the procession of auto- Mis es was Mr. H. H. Evans' four- wor id team decorated in Elks' col- frie .d carrying the members of the ings End band, who furnished excel- eral aiusie. 'boa addi Tax Books Open. port county tax collector or treasur- this 'ned his hooks yesterday for the A ion of State and county taxes. 'Sold was no great rush at the begin- nlom butt several persons paid their jour. The first receipt written was sociU r. J. J. Darl-ington, of Wash- ehur ,D. C.. who through Mr. Geo. the: ?arson paid the taxes on his ant and lot in the city of Newber- Th he taxes amounted t. $18.70. ed ai second tax payer to render un- jhad esar that which belongs to jthuing was Mr. John 0. Koon of No. vitin vnship in the Pomaria section iTh WOMAN'S HOME MISSION - Society in Session in Newberry-Wel- (, come Addresses-About Forty Delegates Present. ted(] ;he )peinin: eXtrIises uf the \\o. man's llt,ne Missitil conference .which is in tessi n at t his place. Dr. J. W. Wolliw. pastor of the Methodist chureh. presided over the I exercises of the eveiing and after a devotional exercises in a few very ' appropriate words and in his charac- r teristic and halppy manner he wel comed the members of the conference c and the visiting friends to Newberry ! 4 and especially to his church here. Af ter Dr. Wolling's welcome Mrs. Roy li Z. Thomas delighted the ajidience G with a most beautiful selection which t< was so well chosen for an opening I It meeting of this nature. it being the w conseseeration hymn, "Take my life tE and let it he consecrated Lord to F Thee.'' During the evening the regu- le lar choir of the church also furnished some excellent musie. Following Mrs. Thomas' solo the he following ladies extended greetings to the conference: Mrs. P. C. Gaillard pu on behalf of the Woman's Home Mis- ro sionary society; Mrs. J. W. Humbert, fi< on behalf of the Woman 's Foreign su Missionary society; Miss Mary Fran- Gi ces Cannon, on behalf of the Juve- in< niles; Mrs. E. E. Williamson, for the mi Presbyterian chureh; Mrs. M. A. Car- sal lisle, for the A. R. P. church; Mrs. e11 A. J. Bowers. for the Lutheran tw church; Mrs. J. A. Burton, for the an Baptist church. To single out any shn one of these ladies and say she did wo well wmld indeed be showing partial- bu ty for the lovely manner in which oh. :hese courteous, cultured, conseerastd Ne hristian women welcomed the Wo- the nan's Home Missionary society to. est \ewberrv was an inspiration to all T "ho heard them. Special mention how- we Sver, should be made of the sweet, be hildlike manner in which the ladies, and cere welcomed 'y little Miss Mary j'et rances Cannon. She captivated her i ter< isteners and was complimented by togE oth Dr. Wolling and Mrs. Waite. W 'hese addresses were responded to by H. fiss Finnstrom, matron of the Door fun f Hope in Columbia. Miss Finnstrom and a Swede by birt'h and her style of In 4 :>eaking the English language mus nds a charm to -all that she says. getli ducated in the old country ie never had any idea of becoming fe missionary to Christian America but ie was led hither by the hand of Di- a thes ne Providence an dmany are the o les she has brightened and blessed .hei her strong Christian character andbil arming personality, and her name wl loved and honored throughout our Ge ate. In her response Miss F.inn- If it rom said that after hearing suchth eetings of welcome the delegates in- J hil ed felt that they 'were "Monarchs Seab all they surveyed."''s At the close of these simple'and ring services Dr. Wolling introdu-et Mrs. W. L. Waite to the congre tion. He said in his introductory S~ narks tihat Mrs. Waite was from a Th nily that was known far and wide LutthI &uth Carolina Methodism for day >ve all other names it was connect- 3.30 s with the greatest educational cen- S- P of the church -in this State, as she fact s a Miss .Wofford anda closerela- than a of the founder of Wof- lexten, d college. In his early. nhood he said he had >wn Miss Wofford and for four Alv' rs sat side by side with her Turn-e ther at school and had often visit-, 8 mor in their home. He said he remem- Dri ed t'hat many of his boy friends Ani e there and 'what they said to Miss Since iford he could not say but to them Gre always said "wait'' and in later - rs they all learned to know that Oh! h, n she said "wait'' she mea.nt we aite.'' that is WV. L. Waite. And v ~rs. Waite in her calm, serene,.im- Whi sire, and lotrical maiTner outlined h purpose and object of the Home sion Conference in a very few And a :Is and also thankced the ladies and. How aids present for their warm greet- But oui Mrs. R. W. McDowell, th~e gen- He -i secretary of the Home Mission d, was asked to come fomward and ___ -ess the conference but it was re- beginn ed that she was not present at ~L meeting. cnu Ster singing "Onward Christian Or'ga ni iers'' the benediction was pro- icalled, ced and the congregation ad- Ithe offh red to spend a most delightful of thei 1 hour in the parlors of the McDowX~ nh. Fruit nectar was served by instituit 10ome chapter, and a most pleas- Iestingt vening passed. Jas g e church was exquisitely decorat- pen d the ladies of the britie chapter D. pared no efforts to make every- leze, wi look br:ight, comfortable and in- noon d present uirsday morning session of the Miss M rence iwas held in Centrnl church jCentral TROLLEY FOR GREENWOOD. %eeting to be Held Friday in Inter est of Augusta-Edgefield-Green wood Trolley Line. .,ne. LI. arh n' 1 al Kel er , t ('harlestni. S. '. Mr . alioun urther states tiat Messrs. W. A. trmiu and S. Mr1:,wan Sirmkins will econipany him to Greenwood Fridav. 'he purpose of their visit being to ise funds for this trolley line. A meeting has been called at the )urt house here Friday afternoon at o'cloek. Newberry is workin. hard for this ne and it- is up to the citizens of reenwood to do all in their power get the electric line to come here. will mean a. great deal in a business ay and it is hoped that a full at ndance will he had at the meeting ridav afternoon. Come out and - nd your support. T We copy the above from this week's 'eenJw-od Journal includinn the ad lines. The Journal is mistaken as to the p rpose of the corporators of this S ad. At the meeting held in Edge- f Id when it was decided to have the t rvevs made the towns or cities of 's eenwood and Newberry were both p !lrided in the survey and the com ttee appointed to raise the neces- k -y funds to make the survey in- w ded one citizen from Newberry, ir i from Edgefield. one from Saluda, ir I one from Greenwood. There 1 >uld be no conflict between Green- s( -)d and Newberry. If the road is tl It to Edgefield there can be no se ection to extend1in' it both to p. ,berry and Greenwood and that is gi purpose of those who are inter- P d in the effort to have it built. ti1 'he sentiment of the corporators as ti( understood it is that there should E 10 competition between Greenwood oo Newberrv. and the two towns to er with all the other parties in- th sted should cooperate and work ha ,ther for the building of this road. ca ith that purpose in view Mr. E. in; Aull of the committee to raise Ai as, expects to meet Mr. Calhoun ad Mr. Strom at Greenwood today. ISlh >rder to get the road built there Sp t be cooperation and a pulling to- Ilir 2e line from Newberry to Edge- a includes Saluda county as well cu. de county.seat at Saluda, and as qu a people are very much in need orc he road it is expected to have orle hearty cooperation and by ling the Greenwo.od end too it oi put them into closer touch with nvood as well as with N'ewberry. is built to Newberry, of course,co murpose would be to extend it to mire where it would also tap the d oard. Our purpose and desire at all hands interested should Dcon usy and work together. D veni iver Street Lutheran Church. . of < a Sunday school of Silver Street gatE ran erhurch will meet next Sun- and afternoon at 2.30 o'clock. At Misi ervice will be conducted by Rev. pen< Koon. Do not overlook the bein that these services are earlier oper usual. A cordial invitation is rush led to all. tabl< first In Memoriam.. gold in, son of John H. and Mattie pedl r, died Oct. 5, 1908, aged 1 year mitti ths and 13 days. . less Lg Alvin thou hast left us raise oh, so lonely is our home, ao your lit-tle voice no longer oper ats us when we wake each morn. last nieel >w sad beside the fireside. Thi n at night we gather there: lectif rmr little chair is vacant, wVere ehi you prized so high while The: re. treas presi t night when papa entered, made our darling met him there, Linds r darling boy has left us ed. I s on t-he golden shore. ed vi A Friend, to be ____ mitte, ne at nine o'cloek with Mrs. of th Waite in the chair. She also each ted tihe devotiional exercises. from sation was effected. the roll out o and the report from several of t.n sers received. A la-r-ge portion lii 110 norning was consumed by Mrs. lots t ell in conductinz a workers- lowving e. This was made very inter- Hamnp and it will douibtless he of Wieke >d to the mnemb)er whol were The to hear this discussion. the nIE e. P. Cooke. (of WoffQrd col- goni, hi io was to have conducted the literat auv devotional hou-r was not wvest; and this was conducted by wr.ittei uteh, who is a deaconess for he left chilur&h inHS . ort:mburg. tion], s' IMPRESSIONS OF CONVENTION. Mr. T. E. Wicker Writes of His Trip to Omaha and Rural Carriers Convention. - - I ,., - '11% ILI) -" .t: , . .~ r ". ' l t e riskr :, :rll(~~ e'i P(tn. field,s a nt :itlt_'::did eorlditio,n the piblie hii'< -p were in. As for -folery. I =aw n,tihinc, that surpassed >'r (Vt- en allci t lat I saw as the trains 'a-d andl urledi around the m(ountin :an 1 :Tlon, the banks of t<-e F'r'e:ici Broad river in western North faroflia. "n rnv wa.V o T Paed throuh einnati. Tndianap(,lis. (^'hicago, thence o Omaha over the C. B. & Q. railroad. On my return a party of us who l vere comin* east seeured a private ,ar at a reduced rate to Chicago. We eft Omaha on Saturday morning at .25. and reached Chicano about 9 p. n. Here our party disbanded. with he exception of the delegates from irginia. North Carolina. South Car (ina. Georgia and New York. This arty went out to Lake Michigan on nda.- mornin. This is an immense resh water lake that stretches off in > the distance as far as the eve can ?e-a veritable sea with ocean liners lying upon it. We noticed that these western cities now no Sunday. The street hands ere at work paving streets and lay , pipe lines and the stores were do g business the same as if it had been 'onday. A game of baseball was heduled for the afternoon, to which otiands of people were eagerlyi eking tickets. At 12.45 p. m. our rty was again broken up. the Geor- I a delegation of four men, includino. 'esident Paul L. Lindsay (the na )nal president) and myself, buying ets to Atlanta. via Terre Haute, I -ansville, Nashville and Chattan 2a. Now, as to the convention. It was a largest and most enthusiastic that s ever been held, over five hundred criers beging present and represent- 1' r almost every State in the union. nong the conspicuous figures whoBa dressed the convention were Gov. eldon of Nebraska, and W. R. illman, superintendent of rural de- p ery, of Washington, D. C. rhe whole of Wednesday afternoon I evening was devoted to the dis- N sion of the road question. The istion was opened by three ad sses on the subject in the followving er. Adams, of Iowa; Maxey, of p nois, and Wicker, of South Car ia; after whih the subject nwas. ned for general discussion. The g( owing morning the good roads imittee, consisting of Adams, Max and Wicker, ma'de its report, SF ceh is too long to -reproduce here. uil account of this feature of the rention will appear in the R. F. LA fews for Novemiber. ne of the sensations of the con :ion occurred when in the midst ne of the busiest sessions a dele- SA made his way to the rostrum announced that a brother fromr ouri had been stricken with ap-a iitis and was at that moment carried to the hospital to be' ated upon. Immediatelv a wild was made for the president 'sLA .The Oregon delegate was t'he e' to get there with a five dollar piece. President Lindsay rap for order and appointed a corn- OU. e to pass around the hat, and in si :ban ten minutes $70.00 had been je d, to which a considerable a] mt was afterward added. . Thc Ltion was successful, and from accounts the patient was doing SPI 7ac e election of officers and the se- rt in of the next pl.ace of meeting ar the principal events of Friday. >resident, the secretary, and the arer were re-elected. The vie. GE3 lent, H. E. Crum, of Michigan, do the race for president against av, of Georgia. but was defeat Clias Frey. of Indiana, wais elect- A. V ee president. The next officers o'p elected were the executive corn- - men. This committee consists| Re ree men, at a salary of .$25.00 :)er annum and expenses to and SOL] the national conventions, paid wva Sthe national treasury. Some like .a dozen names were placed nination, and after several bal- HOM 1e final result showved the fol- Str elected: Johnson of New har hiire, Sanger of Missouri. and spu r of South Carolina. spu e 'were many strong bids for Oul xt convention. Portland, Ore- Oui ad flooded the convention with ver are and pictures of the gre.at sell Milwvaukee, Wisconisini. had i4 each delegate a letter before ! home for the Omaha conven- IPOST ?tting forth the advantages of!I ceni that city: Little Rock, Ark., had a del egatilon that proved to be a pretty -v wirc at this time, and several ther phes with strong backing were 1Il i t: t'IIr t he 1:jXt i '11 Ventiol! T. E. W. Death of Mr. I. Y. Johnson. Ir. 1. Y. .Johns1n died at h= home in \Cest Enl on W1ednesday night af ter a brief illness, aged aut t4 years. '1'he burial wvill be had this morning in Rosemont remeterv at ten o'clock. Dobey-Dorn. Dr. James Dobev and Miss Fannie DonI were married at the home of the bride at Parksville on Wednesday. Miss Dorn taught the Reedville school in this community for the past two years and has many friends here who will wish her much happiness. Mr. E. D. Smith to Speak. Hon. E. D. Smith will make a pub lie address in the old court house on Saturday morning. October 24, on the old cotton situation. Farmers through ,mt the county and others interested are urged to be present on this oc 2asion. Cotton Market. Reported by 0. McR. Holmes. ood Middling ............ 8 13-16 trict Middling...... .....8 3-4 Vfiddling ..... ..... ...... 8 5-8 Steady. SPECIAL NOTICES. I CENT A WORD. 4o advertisement taken for ss than 25 cents. IRS. HELEN RAY, having opened a school of stenography and type 'whiting, will begin a night class on Monday night. Oct. 19. For parti -culars apply at 1724 Main street, Newberry. Phone No. 244. RACELETS of style and quality Daniels & Williamson. 3ST CARDS 1c. to 50e. Mayes' Book Store. BW STYLES in Belt pins, Buckles. Hat pins. Daniels & Williamson. )ST CARD ALBUMS.. Mayes' Book Store. ILID GOLD LOCKETS $4.00 up. Daniels & Williamson. ECIAL SALE OF CHINA. Mayes' Book Store. TEST DESIGNS in Brooches and tiek Pins. Daniels & Willigmnson. LESMAN WANTED to represent s in your locality; expenience un ecessaryv. $75 to $150 per month nd expenses. Yale Cigar Co.. Indinapolis, Ind. RLGEST STOCK Solid Gold Rings rer shown in Newberry. Daniels & Williamson. !! PRICES are low, quality con dered. If you want a piece of welry that will give satisfaction id be a pleasure always buy from Daniels & Williamson. OTACLES AND EYEGLASSES curately fitted to your eyes. Best ality lenses. Satisfaction guar teed. Reasonable prires. Daniels & Williamson. ~UINE HAND CUT GLASS we n't sell the acid cut. Daniels & Williamson. T. JONES, THE PLUMBER, has 2ned shop .inst back~ of post oflce. timates furnished on applIicationl. pair work given prompt -atten D GOLD Elgin or Waltham 7 tehes, $25.00. Daniels & Williamson. IS THIS FOR A STARTER ndard prints. 7c kind. Sc.: Ging as, 6 1-4e kind. 5c.: Check Home n, 7c. kind. 5e.; White Home-. n. 40 inches. 6 1-4c. kind. Se: ingo12 12 cent kind, 8 1-3c. tck complete bought .very low, and we are going to goods if prices will more thim. Moseley Bros. CARDS that sold for 2 for 5 .,