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COTTON CONFERENCE CALLED FOR STATE j GROWERS OF STATE INVITED 1 TO MEET AT COLUMBIA. , President Harris, of tho State Farm- j ers' Union, Calls Meeting for [ Next Wednesday Night. , Columbia, October 21.?-President Harris, of ( he South Carol inn lAarm?rs' union, has issued (be following r call: "In order to have a conference on the cotton situation and to devise . some method <?P relief all members of t.he Knrmers' Union and others in- j teres!ed in the raising of the price r of cotton a re urged to meet in I lie 1 court house ;il Columbia on Wednes- |; day night of fair week. tl is highly L. important that there be represent a- L. lives from all sections of South Car- v olina and from nil Tliicl". r; It meeting will he addressed hv Senator- v elect Smith and others. |l "(Signed) B. Harris. jn '' TYesidcnt S. Fanners' UnVon."jl Sena I or-elect Smil.ii was in fSlnin- h bin lo'd.iy and gave Mm following jo statement for publication: s "Now tlint the cloclion is over and " my enforced absence from any active i'' participation in the fiirht for cotton j :it an end, I am in the work to better f conditions if possible, and they arc o possible. The present pricc of cotton it is ;i reflection on the South. A small s crop la<( year and a small crop this j h year have. or should have, discounted ' ii the etleci < !' the panic. llad there u been a normal crop la^t year ami j s prices none off on account of the b panic it would have been natural.; f pei-hap-;. lint with a small crop at a home and abroad, with no flattering o outlook for a yield this year, present. ; e prices are nothing short of a disgrace ' r to the business man and farmer. I v "Look at (lie prices of corn, oals, j wheal. lard, meal and hay, to say i ' nothing ?>f other commercial articles, M and compare these with cotton. Why |' didn't l he panic affect thorn? Resides, ? about two-thirds of the American j'1 crop is sold in Kurope. A panic in j ' America should not affect the buying '' power of foreign countries. !n "II is said that goods cannot be v sold at present prices, or are not be- ^ int.' sold, because il would represent ' a loss jo the manufacturer. By the 'J same token col Ion should not be ' sold, because ii represents a loss to the grower. Recause fifteen cents was not realized last year is no rea- I 11 son why eight cenls should be taken)' now. If really looks as if the pur-j ' chasing world was attempting to'1" whip the 'ji'.iwcr for revolting. after four years, against their masters. I r There is manhood and money enough j * to ^lop this criminal foolishness and 1 lack of confidence and common sense. " "(in Wednesday night of fair week every man interested in a higher price for cotton is asked to I v meet in the city of Columbia, at the | ~ court house, to discuss t.lm jind join I ho ot her States in stopping Die sale of cotton at present prie.es. "T am on my way |.p Montgomery, ' Alabama, where 1 will address the ? (farmers of that State, and will hrinjj v a report as to what t.hey and other s States propose to do. j '' ( Signed > lv 1). Smit h. " I J SENTENCED TO HANG. U Judge Fcathcrstonc Holds First Spc-': eial Term of Criminal Court in j( History of Saluda. _ i Saluda, October liO.? The first ' speer11 term of the criminal court in the history of Saluda county eonven- ' ed here today for the purpose, of trvinir Will llerrin, the nejjiv who some * time since so foully murdered Kman- i uel Carver while at work in his field.) The lion. I'Yathorstone, of! 1.aureus. presided, while Mr. A. M. j ; heal, of Columbia, acted as stenoir- i' rai'hi'f S.ilii'it 'I';..! ? I III (III I !ll,I !l MI'USl'- ; . V ruled il\i' case. The presiding tiu?li*c? i appointed counsel for llerrin. The | 1 following .jurors sal ''pon llio ease:!' (!. .f. SI rot her. foreman; P. 15. Ilarnos, J. M. Jones, W. M. Wingard, 15. J. j littakniuhl. I'. T. Wilt, .). S. Addy. \V. 1 I?. MatVetl, V. 'I'. Carwile, ,1 .A Hodenha-uirh. W. I.. Cnlhroa.Hi and K. C. <lrilYMh. An immonso throni* pvt hered in the court room before the hour sot for tho court to couve.no and score.* were left on t'he outside. Standing room was at a pren'iiuni. The formality of handinsr out an indictment, .the finding of a true hill hv the grand jury, and the arraignment of the prisoner, consumed little time. Kvorv one of I he jurors was pul on his voir dire and none were stood aside for cause, each saying that he could and would render a verdict in accordance with tin* law ami evidence. Judge Foatherstone congratulated lie peo])Io of Saluda county on the fact that no violence had been done lie prisoner so far, and appealed to -heir patriotism and chivalry to now et the trial proceed in an orderly wanner, and the law take its course. There was almost breathless silence n the court room during the entire rial and little signs of drinking were loticeable. The story of the fearful tragedy vas told by Mi's. Carver, who was rowned in heavy mourning. In an 111 affooted and straightforward way ihe (old the story of the crime. In nbslance she said that she was in heir little home when she heard a hot on the edge of the yard. Gong lo the door she saw the form of icr husband on the ground and Will rerrin standing over him boating iin over the head with a gun. She an back into the house and saw ITcrin pass along by the edge of the ??,1 ..IT l i 1- .. n r^? .iiii iiiiu l;i> I'll immvi1 [lie paill. JM10 lien wont out to whore her husband i-iis lyinjj, and found him shot and ho sido of his head terribly beaten l?. Mrs. Carver stated that Will lorrin had lived awhile with hor J usband I his year and she never know f any trouble between thoin. hi an-J wer to tin' quest ion as to what kind I i a novrro Will was she said. * * ho j i<l very well.'' One after another of those who of- j oeied llorrin's arrest was then put 11 the stand, and the substaneo of lie testimony was that he tried to j | lliein when they demamled ofj i n that he throw up his hands, ours-, ii'.' them, and refusing to surrender j ntil after he was shot. Willi his! 11>el\I"-- trun, for ho broke his s*nn oatinvf Mr. Carver over the head, lie! irei! ,-it who were trying !o; rres( him and in fad wounded one r two in the party. The pun was! N'liihi|ed ill oonrt. and wliile the bar-I el and look, hammer and triuirer; rore intact, the stock was none. "i nose who had known llorrin and! a.lked willi him said he impressed ! Iiem as having average intelligence, ill the fact was apparent that none I' them seemed to know much about i iin. Dr. O. 1*. Wise, who attended! Teri-in after he was shot, and brought o the Saluda jail, testified that he sked him why lie had shot Mr. Carer. and he said he did it to keep rom being killed: that every time ime he went to raise a fuss with anther ncuxo some white man intercrcd*. In answer to questions l?v the ourt Mr. Wise stated that Will llerin impressed him as having average ntelligence and possessed, according o his medical opinion, enough sanity o know right from wrong and was ( sponsible for his acts. Sheriff Sample testified that llorin told him the reason he killed Mr. 'arvcr was because he (Carver) had buggy that he wanted and would iot let him have it. but let Kanney ay have it. The sheriff also stated hat. judging from his conversation kith llerrin, he had average intcllience and he was satisfied that be new right from wrong. The State bavin** rosto<1 ondant was asked to t'ake the stand, le did not remember killing anyone n. September 14 and did not know i'liere bo was (bat day. lie did not eeni to remember anything until 1be irokon gun was shown him, and ho lion said that was his gnn; that he ought it from Mr. Carver. After lenyimr tliat he killed ^Ir. Carver lie. lion s:\id ho killed him to keep from t'ing killed. Ifo explained the brokn uu 11 by saying that Mr. Carver ailed for his rifle and told the witless not to shoot, him until he got lis rifle; that they were in a souffle 'and something white just, come lown over my f;ioo, that way, and mrned me, just that way, and the took fell off, just tihat way." | lie said lie did not mean to kill Mr. 'arver; that he was after Hans Jay. lis testimony as to the manner of ho killing and the reason was very neoherent, and while Judge Feat hormone tried hard to trot at tlio bottom >1' (ho alVair bo failed, and the imPi'i'-sxni was that if there was really iinv reason at all for the murder that reason is veiled in scoreey. Iforrin t The First Cougl 9 JSve/i though not Bcyere, has a ^ live Axembnuies of the throat Coughs then come easy all wi lightest cold. Cure the first aet up an Inflamation In the de g|| lungs. The best remedy is ^ SYRUP. It at once gets rigli moves the x,au.->o. It i? free fr w a child ?s '."or jmj adult. 25 cei % iVIAYV^ DF * ^ * '- f ** kept referring to Hans Jay, a negro living on Mr. Carver's place, and to a fuss, but even the judge could get 110 light on the situation. llerrin stated about a month before ho left Mr. Carver he was out at the lot one night feeding and some men got 'him and tied ihiui down on the barn floor. The judge tried to f'atihom this statement, but llorrijj could tell no more about it than if it had been a mere fancy or a dream. As stated, when it (Nunc to getting anything intelligible out of him about Ihe killing of Mr. Carver the effort was in vain, but in answer to other questions lie exhibited as much intelligence and sense in bis answers as anyone. llerrin is about HO years old and one could toll that his life had been on the order of a vagabond, going here and there at will. When asked by the court where he was born he said, "T come off of Turkey Creek." | lie also knew that Saluda eminlv w-is once Kdge field. "Who made you? asked .Indire Featherstone, and ho replied, "find. I reckon.''' "Where will you go for telling lies?" said I the judge. "To torment, 1 reckon.'* i quickly came the answer. When the testimony etuled the usual charge was given, especial emphasis hcing laid on the necessity of the jury's finding that llorrin was sane. "If you find from what you have) seen of him on the stand and from the testimony here given that he is I not responsible for his acts your duty' i< to acquit him as readily as you would a five-year-old child." '"te jury retired and in three r.ii't returned a verdict of guil'v. When a<ked if he had anything jo say why the death penalty should: n<>! he pronounced llerrin answered unfalteringly, and even carelessly, "No, sir." The sentence of the j court was that llerrin he remanded t<> the State penitentiary for safekeeping until Friday, November '27. IPOS, when ho shall then boybrought to Saluda court liouso aix<fyu;ianjrod. It was nearly -1 o'clock N^hon sentoncc was passed and the great crowd slowly incited away. A mule doesn't cost half as much as an automobile, but is almost as da nacrous. EXECUTOR'S SALE OF LAND. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF NEWBERRY. Geo. ,7. Wilson, in hirs own right, and as executor of the last will and testament of II. Carter Wilson, deceased, and J. Chester Taylor and J. J. II. Brown, as executors of the last will and testament of IT. Carter Wilson. deceased, Plaintiffs, vs. F.flie Lindy Wilson, Tcxanna Thomasson, and others Defendants. By virtue of an order of the court in tho above case, wo will soil to the highest bidder before the court house door at Newberry. said State, on salesday in November, .1008, within the legal hours of sale, the following described tract of land, situate in said county and State, namely, Tract No. 0. of the home place of the estate of IT. Carter Wilson, deceased, containing seventy-three and 04-100 ncres, more or less, bounded by lands of M. A. Carlisle, estate of Henry Kinard, O. J. Wilson, and Tract No. n of the estate of IT. Carter Wilson, deceased, a plat of which is on file in said cause in the officc of the clerk of court. Terms of Sale: One-third of the purchase money to be. in cash and the balance in equal installments in one and two years, with interest from day of sale ar the rate of eight per ent per annum, the credit portion to )e secured bv the bond of the mir diaser and n mortgage of the premises sold. with leave to purchaser to inticipate the credit portion in whole w in part. Purchaser to pay for drawing deed and mortgage and the recordiinr of same. Geo. J. Wilson, J. Chester Taylor, I ' J. J. IT. Brown, Executors of the Estate of IT. Car[ ter Wilson, deceased. | Oct. 1008. warn m irw i iwaua ; of the Season, \ , tendency to irritate the sen?i- ^ : and delicate bronchial tubes, _ nter, every time you lnke cough before it has a chance to lieate capillary air tubes of the 6>t i ^UTCK RKMUK COUGH ^ t at the scat of tr ublo nod rtt- ^ ( tu Morphine and is as fo.tr tor W' ??;G STORf-. * ; *0 % -v JUST Afl Cleaned Currants Seeded Raisins, Citron, Exti Spices, Cr< ' Fresh Vegetable Fruits received fre Our line of Fane; complete. For cake bakinc J. E. M. Flour, j We carry a full lir and solicit your pa Fresh Norfolk O} levery day, Sold b Served on Short I Style Patronage of La> jsolicited. All Hi i ii i vj v*/ va sJ v_y a 1 LA M I O V-4 1 ! : ^EPORTO^FcOliv I THE EXCHAN of Newberr , Condensed from report ol iner Sentfimhpr RESOURCE I Loans and discounts ' Overdrafts Furniture and fixtures Cash on hand and in Banks 1,1 A151T.IT 11< Capital stock } Profits less all expenses paid (earned) . i Unpaid Dividens : Cashiers Checks | Re-Discounts ; Bills Payable . ( Banks Deposits, | IlldivWnal I Your business is what we want. W J. D. DAVENPORT, Piesident. jEDW. R. HIPP, Vice-President. GEO. B. CROMER ' ami YOUR BA I THE NEWBERRY S | Capital $50,000 No Matter How Small, The Newberry S vill give it careful atten \pplies to the men and th< ias. Mcintosh. Fresident. IRIVED! '? i acts, earn of Tartar. )s, Celery and sh every week. y Groceries is try a sack of le of Groceries, tronage. /sters received ?y the quart or JL 1VI.AW 111 C&A.l^y h * dies especially shes at MintJD1TION OF IAP ninn Ilit tspil y, s. c., P State Bank Exam: 1 1th, 1908. S: $214,655 o; 3,696.62 17,138.4. $238,633.2< :s: $ 50,000.0c 7.391-7! i7-5< 1,476,8; 6,789.2'. 95,000. CM $ 3.075-91 74,882.02? 77.957-9; $238,633.: e pay 4 per cent 011 time deposit! M. L SPEARMAN, Cashier. W. B. WALLACE, Assistant Cashier. , Attorney. NKING! AVINOS BANK. Surplus $30,000 No Matter How Large, avings Bank tion. This message 3 women alike. *j. E. NORWOOD, Ca r>V?r. - . J - ? ? Some people would never attruvftwilS any attention in (lie world if wasn't i'or their impudence. /I Mrs. Alice Robertson, 1 TEACHER OF H Voice, Piano and Harmony. J vStiidio Over Mower's Store. B Open Mondays, Tuesdays, Tliurs- H days and Fridays. fl Phone 263. 1 VIOLIN MUSIC: | Miss Carrie Pool will give instruc- fl j tion on the Violin, beginning r9 September the 14th. W Address: 1727 Harrington Street. Jjfl Phone: No. 78. , ? "S 1 -sg ?Sg 3 Sojl 3 ? 2 2. o n ^ a 2 ^ ? ] o-swScg ss:?! to^ 2? in "S ?< a JM o p w 0 Cfq flfi i yyy. G. House-^ii, m, D?g| smv I <> lo 10 a. in. VI m ) O111co Hours - ^ ^ to J i> in JI L. A. Riser, /VY, D. 1|I Office u/ltli Or. I louseal. fl | | Office Hours - | 2 to 3 p. in. H She Likes Good Things. MClias. E. Smith, of West j Krankliir, Maine, says: <;I like good X j things and have adopted Dr. King's ] j New l.ife 1 'ills as our family laxa- M | live nu'dieine, because they arc good , and do their work without making a fl fuss about it." These painless parifiers sold at W. E. Pelhatn <?: Son's drug store. 25c. I Boozer Bros., J CITY MARKET, I "f Q 11 1\ /I i i/-* o t- ^? io*i iviaii i OLI tJUl. | Fresh Meat. Quick Service. * Phone 34. FANCY GROSES, The best the markets afford. < We Ask a Trial Order. BOOZER BROS. j REGISTRATION NOTICE. J ^ Notice is hereby given that the . books of registration for the town of S j Newberry, S. 0., will be open on Tues- V day, September 8th, 1908, and the nn- t dersigned as Supervisor of Registra- | 3 tion for the said town, will keen said 1 1 books open every day from nine A. 1 5 M. until five P. M. (Sunday excepted) I 7 including the first day of December, i 2 1008. A 5 Eugene S. Werta, \ ^ Supervisor of Registration. I | THE PLEASURE OF | fl 1 READING BY g H LAMPLIGHT M Is denied many people ^ on account of imperfect ? Von may seem to suf- j fer no inconvenience by J day but find it ])ainful and difficult to read or (tfl do close work by lamp- fi light. ' ; If the above is so with you, you are injuring your eyes every day j that you put off coming to us for glasses. m DR. G. W. CONNOR, I Office Over Copeland Bros. Store. Ij J