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iOz C era on e nA. REF.uSED TO ENJOIN SOCIAL CLUB. Declines to Make Permanent a Tem porary Injuction Against the City Club, of Columbia, Which Had Been Charged with Violating the Dis pensary Law. News and Courier. Columbia, November 18.-Judge Gage today refused to grant a perma nent injunction against an alleged blind tiger social club in Columbia. This is the first time that the court has refused to grant such injunction on betition of the attorney general, and there are now in effect a large number of such injunctions against alleged blind tigers in Charleston and Columbia. The case brought before Judge Gage today was that of the City Club, at No. 1329 Main street, of which Jeff Delay was manager, and M. R. Spig ener the owner of the premises. On October 14, 1908, Judge Gage grant ed a temporary injunction on peti tion of the attorney general, the pe tition being similar to the petitions in the cases brought previously in this city and Charleston in such cases. In support of the petition a number of affidavits were presented. one of them being from J. R. Haynes. better known as "Bob" Haynes, formerly of Greenville, who swore that on sev eral occasions in June, July and Au gust of this year he visited the City Club, in company with one or more persons, and was on his first visit, on June 21, given a card of membership in the club. At that time W. R. Wolfe was manager, Wolfe having formerly been dispenser in this city from which position he was discharg ed last year. Haynes again visited the club on July 4 and August 25, and each :ime purchased beer or whis key for himself and his friend accom panying him. The club, it was stat ed, was fitted up with a counter side board, chairs, ice box, whiskey and beer glasses. and so forth. An affidavit from Major Micah Jenkins, collector of internal revenue, set forth that the club had a license as a retail whiskey dealer from the United States government. An affidavit from Peter Grites, the well-known Greek fruit dealer, whose shop is on the frist floor below the club roomis upstairs, set forth that he subrented the rooms to Wolfe, and that Wolfe subsequently sold the club to Delay. In his return Mr. Maynard R. Spigener, who is one of the most prominent and reputable eitizens ot Columbia. stated that he rented the premises to E. D. Dent, green grocer, and that Dent subrented to G'rites and others: that when he suspected that the sale of whiskey was being permitted he warned Dent, and Dent promised him that the building would not be used for an unlawful purpose. Mr. Spigener was represented at the hearing today by Mr. John J. McMa han. In his return Delay stated that the club was a regularly cnartered social organization, and that the rooms were not used for an unlawvful pur pose. That he is a tinner by trade and works at his trade by day, bmn was elected manager of the club. ana served only the members with drinks. He denied the allegations in the affi davits by Ha-ynes, and said lie had never sold Havnes or tne others nam ed whiskey. He set up that his repu tation was valuable to him as a work ingman. and that the allegations made in the petition were damaging to him. Judge G'ige. who is nowv holding civil court here. heard the returns this mornin. and Assistant Attorney General DeBruhl appeared for the pe titioner. Judge Gage desired before deciding the case to have the partie., brought before him and Delay was examined personally as'well as Grites. The staitemnents of Delay, who is well-known character around towi1 evidently impressed tne court favor ably, and he said he would decline te grant the perma:nent injunction asket for. Hie remariked ti Nt such clubs :' these were the only pleasure resorn~ permitteil to the poo'rnman, and thai their enjoy~ment appeared innoceii and should not be interfered1 witi lating the. law. The case of the Congaree Gun Club I was also to have come up today, but S as Mr. Bellinger. who represented the respondents in this case also, desirea to attend the funeral of a friend, it was postponed. Mr. DeBruhl stated that in this case he would ask for a J reference to take testimony. The manager of the Congaree Gun Club mentioned in the petition is Ed Poat,, r and the location is pust across the street from the location of the City s Club. Both clubs are not closed and have been since the service of the p temporary injunctions. ( The action of Judge Gage excited f considerable comment today, as this is the first time that such a petition E has been refused. The attorney gen- 1 eral has secured a number of injune- a tions against alleged blind tigers in v this city and Charleston, and in near- s ly every case his petition has beein I granted without any delay. Most of v the temporary injunctions were secur- ( ed from Associate Justice Gary at t Abbeville, and were made permanent t by the supreme court, but circuit d judges have also signed the orders in I some cases. The refusal of Judge I Gage to grant the order prayed for today was evidently a surprise to the f administration. c CAPT. CAPERS FOR CABINET. . His Friends Urging His Appointment e as Secretary of Interior. I S Greenville News. Hon. John G. Capers, of Greenville, d may be a member of President Taft's cabinet. His friends are actively at P work in his behalf and it is believed that the new Chief Executive of the country will give his name considera tion, in fact, according to reliable in formation from Washington, his ap pointment as secretary of the inter ior, is now considered a certainty. s The friends and relatives of Capt. V Capers of this city will be delighted should President Taft decide to give him a place in the cabinet. Mr. Cap ers was born in South Carolina iin 1866; was educated 'in Charleston, and graduated at law in Columbia. in 1.887. He joined -the Republican par ty in 1896 and campaigned for Me- I Kinley and Roosevelt in 1900. He was later given a responsible position as internal revenue commissioner. s GANDER SAYS YES AND NO. t Jc.rsey Bird also Does Many Remark- .t able Tricks. I Indianapolis News. Montville, N. J., November 14.-A h gander that can say "yes'' and ''no'', march to command, kiss his owner when ordered to and do many other amusing and remarkable tricks is the pet of Marguerite Van Duyne, 11 years old, daughter of Frank Van Duyne, of Passaic Valley farm, this place. The girl herself trained the t gander. Dandy is the gander's name, and e he follows the girl about the farm. 3 When she is in school lhe goes about t with the farm hands and acts lone- a some. The greatest trick Dandy has e mastered is to distinguish between ''ves'' and '"no.'' He gives two squawks in one key for "yes,'' and tro in an entirely different key for "n.'' At the girl's command he will march sedately with wings furl ed. or spread them as though ready to do battle. Dandy's mother was a tamed Can adian wild goose, and lie was sired by I a Teulouse gander. He was the only offspring from a sitting of twelve eggs. The mother was 9shot by a Van Duyne on a hunting trip on the pas-j saie River several months ago, but the bullet only broke the bird's wing. H le brought the goose home, and, af ter reeoving from her hurt, she be enme domestica ted. At Dandy's birth the little girl took an interest in him and made a pet of him. Golden Rule Encampment. Golden Rule Encampment will meet < Monday niht at 7.30. Every memi-i her is~ urged to b)e presenit. Busines., of' :sportance is to be at tended to ana( < dere ork will be put on. t . T-T A ll1 Scribe. i THE NEWS O' WHITMIRE. ad and Sudden Death of Mr. J. H. D Payne-Juveniles Have a Box Party. Whitmire, Nov. 19.-Mrs. S. A. eter and son Cofield, spent two days ha I Newberry recentlY. ti< Miss Winnie Henderson is visiting AV elatives at Santuck and Maybinton. in Mrs. M. E. Abrams is spending S. ame time with Mrs. T. W. Abrams. w Miss Inez Dobbin, one of our po- w, ular young ladies is teaching at in 'ross Hill this session. Her many H riends here miss her very much. ty A sad death occurred in our midst b aturday the sevent4i. Mr. J. R. te avne who lives about four miles sa way came to Whitmire bringing gi ith him some beef -to sell. While ai topping at the home of Mr. Jno. P. of ant he became desperately ill. He ot as carried into the house and the ge octor summoned. He rallied from H bis attack of heart failure and was fa bought to be doing very well, but fe ied suddenly at two o 'clock. Mr. st ayne was forty-five years of age. I in le leaves a wife and four children. vi Rev. Foster Spee: conducted the 0 uneral the following day at 0 'Dells Ir hurch. N Mrs. T. H. Watson. lady manager G f the Juvenile Missionary society ave a box party at her home last,p vening for the benefit of her society. fr 'he boxes prepared by.the Juveniles old for from one to three dollar, piece. The society realized sixiteen hi ollars. be ar Mr. Olin Auld who has held the osition of.bookkeeper at the Glenn- se owry Manufacturing Co. store for ome time has resigned to accept -a T osition at his home town, Green- dh ood. b be Mrs. Rawlinson, Mrs. Golden and on James, spent a few days of last j eek with Mrs. Henry Meyers. Thev ai rent from here to Atlanta. Master Raymond and James ti: Lbrams staid Saturday night and C. bbath with Mr. J. W. Hipp and ti amily. ve Nita. ar L Request to the Citizens of No. 1 at Township. As a citizen of No. 1 Township, ' -on are most earnestly requested to ee me at your earlist convenience at he office of Summer Brothers Co., e nd enroll your name as a member of he Newberry County Good Roads s 1eague. f The following is a copy of the roll inder which we will be pleased to ayorsignature. "We the undersigned citizens of: in o. 1 Township, hereby enroll our tames as members of the Newberry si~ jounty Good Roads League and ine o doing we express our sympathy ith the good roads cause. We de ire to have this subject discussed to bi di d, and we promise to aid in the dis- b ussion to the extent of our ability.I Ve do not hereby commit ourselves o any plan for securig better roads, "i .nd we understand that there are no" aembership fees."'' Yours 'very truly, b C. T. Summer, ___Vice-president. Judge Schumpert and the Military. Some of the military men in Co umbia are said to be disposed to e riticise the action of Judge Schum ert in dismissing the soldiers from . ie court room in this city after they ad brought in the negro John Irby N o be tried for attempted rape. There an be no doubt of the propriety oftr he court 's action in the minds of ni mvody wvho was present and saw~ 1 he situaltion. The presiding judge o lispensed with the presence of the e< nilitarv inside the court room be- a' ause he believed such precautions g gainst mob violence to be unneces- I ary. as it subsequently proved to be. a ind ie did so in language and mani- C ir that couldl not oftend. Those who t< -ritiiise his aection do so on limitea C fornation~ :mId hearsay accoflunts oft be ineident whliich do not convey a F ,rre(ct ide; lfite situtionti nor oftf he jidge's words andi demeanor in~ d THE NEWS OF PROSPERITY. xath of Mr. Jno. S. Barre-Pro tracted Meeting at Baptist Church-Personal. Prosperity, Nov. 19.-Prosperity s had an unusual share of mortali is within the past three weeks. hen the message conveying the sad telligence of the death of Mr. Jno. Barre, a former popular citizen, is received Thursday. much sorrow is in evidence. Mr. Barre 'lad been Leesville for the past six months. e had been ill onl. two weeks with phoid fever. His remains were ought here Friday morning and in cred in the Prosperity cemetery the me afternoon. Mr. Barre will be eatly missed by those who knew LA appreciated hin. His kindness heart, his generosity and his many her admirable traits made him a neral favorite wherever he went. is death seems doubly sad from the ct that his wife is critically ill with ver at her father's home in John :n. and sustained a relapse on hear g of his death. Mr. Barre is sur ved by his wife, nee Miss Varie lom, and one interesting little boy adell, a brother, Mr. Chas. Barre, of awberry college; Mrs. K. Baker, of -eenwood: Mrs. Ernest Werts, and isses May Lee and Kate Barre, of -osperity, and many relatives and iends. The floral offerings were a beauti 1 outward manifestation of the gh esteem in which Mr. Barre was Id, for he sleeps beneath a white id fragrant mound. The funeral rvices at Mrs. Werts' were con icted by his pastor, Rev. Mr. Kreps. ie services at the grave were under e charge of the local Masonic Or r, assisted by Masons from New rry. Mrs. Rawl and daughter, Miss hnnie, of Lykesland and Columbia, e the guests of Mrs. M. C. Morris. The protracted meeting at the Bap t church is now in progress. Rev. Lewis Fowler, of the First Bap t church, Clinton, is delivering ry thoughtful discourses, afternoon id evening. You are invited. Mr. Cecil Wyche spent a few days home this week. Mrs. Lyon, of Columbia, has been siting Mr. D. M. Langford's family. Dr. Will Crosson, of Leesville, me over in his auto and spent sev al days at Mr. S. D. Duncans'. Mr. and Mrs. K. Baker, of Green >od, and Mr. Clyde Odom, of John on, came over to attend Mr. Barre's Eneral. Mrs. Calmes has gone to Charleston ia business trip. Mr. Forest Bedenbaugh made a fly g trip to Columbia this week. Mrs. Grace Reams, of Johnston, is' siting her mother, Mrs. Mark Bed Laugh. Mrs. Thornwell Haynes and little ~ra are in Columbia. The latte1 ~uied her eye seriously and is un r the care of Dr. Whaley and raay for some time. About a score of matrons and aids are preparing for a high class ~gro minstrel which will be given iring the holidays, probably Decem r 28. Mrs. Craig entertained "Tile Pal etto Club'' most delightfully Sat -da afternoon. Masses of autumnal sts and colors peeped from every here. Dainty refreshments were ~rved by Miss Russell, who assist I Ms. Craig in receiving. ot Solely a Newspaper Tragedy. ews and Courier. Some of our contemporaries are ~marking that certain of the Ten ssee newspapers are indulging ini amoderate discussion of the killing Senator Carmack, anid it has. seemi I to us that too much has been said out it in heat and passion. The ing armed upon the streets of ashville. shooting and to shoot. was 1 atrocious erime on the parllt of the oopers, and it was a foolish thiin<. >do. b)esidEs; no one excuses the oopers, but editorial writers should t lose their hIead1s on that account. or exaimple, it is wandering a little -omf :curacy to describe the t rage as one strict ly of newspaper ori n,.A and o mayexagogerate the~ tmatter of the "freedom of the press" as involved in it. AltihouglI the expressions that gave )ffence to the Coopers were editorial expressions from the pen of the edi tor of the Tennesseean, Mr. Carmack, that gentleman was something more than an editor. A larger part of his career was given to political activi ties than to journalism. Between the newspaper editor, absorbed in the duties of his craft and loving them, and the editor-politician. the differ ence is wide and not easily reconcil ed. Mr. Carmack two years ago was a United States senator and candidate for reelection-not as editor. Last summer Mr. Carmack was a candidate for governor-not as editor. He had been engaged in newspaper work less than two months when he was killed; he had been defeated in a contest acrimonious and strenuous, and the question may well arise whether or not he could have been expected to preserve the poise and judicial atti tude that the editorial director of a newspaper should have. Is the field leader capable of commentating calm ly and judicially upon the campaigi immediately after the last decisive engagement? We think it fair, there fore, to say that Mr. Carmack's arti cles may have been the expressions it, part of the politician and partisan, much as they were also the utterances of his newpsaper. To say that they were not would be to suppose that he was more than human in his power to separate himself as an editor frosa himself as a man subject to ordinar3 emotions. The editor of a newspaper should not be a politician to the extent of cherishing ambition for office. The utterances of a newspaper should not be those of a man looking for politi cal preferment for himself. Mr. Carmack was not an active politician when he was killed, but it is not going too far to say that his blood had not cooled from the exertions of his last political conflict. * WHITB RIBBON ECHOES * -.* * * * * * *: * * * * * * * * * * We have a State paper now, ably edited by Mrs. J. . Mims, of Edge field. The "Palmetto White Rib bon.'' and it goes on its mission ot usefulness quarterly. We trust it may receive the encouragement it so richly deserves. A few years ago South Carolina had to receive aid to carry on the work in the State from the ''Nation al." but now we are on afinancial standing of our own. All honor to the band of noble women who have sac rificed so much for this great work. * * * The A nti-Narcotic department has recently been added to the list of de partmental- work in this State. We hope to do good wvork in this depart ment. A strong law, we have for the work. A committee from Newberry Un ion will meet .th the "Eastside Un ion'' at the Mollohon Mill on Satur day afternoon at four o'clock, No rember 21. * * * There will be a temperance sermon in each church November 29, World's Temperance Sunday. On Sunday night a union meeting will be held at which Dr. Geo. B. Cromer will lecture. Place given later. * * * A prize of $2.50 in gold has been offered the Loyal Legioner who mis ses the fewest meetings and brings in most dues paying members for the year. The dues are only fifteen cents for the year. Hare you a boy ? The saloon must have boys or it must shut up its shop. Can't you find one? It is. a great factors.s.and unless it can h->ve 2.000.00 from each generation, fr raw material, some of these fac ti'es muut close up. and the opera :e- he0 thrown ou t upon a .cold wral and the public revenue dwin ,7(o! One family out of every five 'n"t contribuite a hoy in order to 1.o- ,mp the emmh-y Wil you help Which of your boys shall it bell Are you a father? Have you given your share to keep up the supply for this great public instituiion that is help ing pay your taxes and kindly elect ing public officers for you? Have yon contributed a boy? If not some oth er family has had to give more than its share. Are you selfish? Voting to keep the saloon open to grind up boys and then doing nothing to keep up the supply? Ponder these ques tions, ye voters, and answer them to God, to whom you will one day give an account for votes as well as pray ers. And ye mothers, wives and daughters, are you by precept, ex ample and influence in every possible direction doing all you can to save the boys from the enticements of the horrible liquor saloon, and to hasten the day when it shall be outlawed, and curse our fair land no more 1 If not, who not ?-Selected. Bequest to Temperance. Probably the largest bequest ever made to the temperance cause has just been made public by the filing of the will of the late John Crowle, a London merchant, who left a fortune of about two and a quarter million dollars. Mr. Crowle was a Wesleyan Methodist, whose life outside of his business was devoted, almost to the exclusion of everything else. to the p)romotion of temperance. He left not less than $1,250,000 of his money to establish a fund for continuing the work after his death. Its availabil ity for this purpose, however, is con tingent on the Wesleyan Methodists raising a like sum during the next five years. The fund is to be Li the hands of a body of total abstainers, and is to be used ir numerous ways specified by the testator. A number of ministers and women workers are to be paid salaries for urging the cause of temperance in the pulpit, on the lecture platform, and in relief work, and a certain sum is set aside for "opposing in any part of Eng land the grant of licenses to public houses, theatres, music halls, and oth er places of entertainment.' Thanksgiving at the Postoffice. Thursday, November 26, being Thanksgiving day the following hours will be observed at the postoffice: General delivery and stamp win dows will be open from 10 to 10.30 a. in., and 3.45 to 4.15 p. m.. City carriers will make 8 a. m. de livery to business section only. Carriers windows will be opened at 10 to 10.30 a. m. and 3.45 to 4.13 p. mx. C. J. Purcell, Post Master. Week of Prayer. :The Week of Prayer and Thanks giving appointed by the Woman's Board of Foreign Missions of the Methodist E. church South begins Monday, 23rd. The members and friends of Cen tral Methodist church are earnestly requested to meet in the church parlor Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Services will be held each afternoon from 4 to 5 o'clock. I Leaders. IMonday-Mrs. J. W. Humbert and Mrs. J. W. White. Tuesday-Mrs. W. H. Wallace and Mrs. Burr Martin. Wednesday-Mrs. P. C. Gaillard and Miss Daisy Cannon. Thank offering collected each day. Let each one ask: "What shall I render unto the Lord for all His bene fits (or blessings) to me.''" Mrs. Burr Martin, Mrs. J. W. Humbert, Secretary. President. Will Leave Newberry. Sumter Herald. Rev. J. F. Cason has accepted a call to the Bishopville church, and will enter upon the pastorate there Dec. 6. He he'- serv~ed 'several churches ac eeptaiilv. his last pastorate being Bush River and Mt. Zion, in New erry county, where he has done well. The Bishiopville church .offers large onip'rttuities. The town has increas ed in 11n11l't')fl and commercial im r-rte rmidl'; the past ten years.