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1 VOL XLV NO. 04 NEWBERRY, S. O.. TUESDAY. NOVEM BER 24. 1908. TWICE A WEEK. $1.50 A YEAH Ij GRAND JURY'S PRESENTMENT. <| Exhaustive Report, Dealing With Af;;>/ ' fairs of County, and Making Pertinent Recommendations. M 'he grand jury made its final prcs^ientment on Friday lo the court of $ sessions, Judge Memminger presiding, Mand the jury was discharged lor the Corni. The work of the grand jury m lias been very thorough, as is evidencip ed by the following exhaustive presiMentment, and the highly complimcn\ r. tary remarks of .ludgu Memniingcr J vto (lie grand jury upon receiving it : ||> To His Honor Judge If. \V. MomMmingor, Presiding: We, the grand Ijury for Newberry county for the Jfvear 1908, beg to report that wp have ^considered all bills handed to us by |i|fthe solieitor and have reported our findings on same lo the court. V ( ^ (i have examined the books of the treasurer, auditor, superintendent of education, supervisor, sheriff, master, W probate judge, and such of the work Jjwoi. the elerk of court as comes under ml he supervision of our body, and find JNieru, wilbout exception, kept in such | manner as to reflect credit upon the .^persons who are responsible for the conduct of public affairs in each of I he public ollices above enumerated. m We are especially gratified in findJ|? ing the following statement regardM}' ing the financial condition of the cduj{;: rational department of our county, viz., Amount on hand at beginning of the last scholastic year, $40,(>92.88; amount expended. +'34,720.2:'); balance, >' ?? on hand, $11,922.6;}; which, taken into consideration with the fact that jp| several new and modern and comforpi table school buildings have been erectM ed, valuable libraries placed, up-todate furniture and other parapherf|t nalia installed, and a school term com? mensurate with the ability of the w|people to patronize, evinces a degree et progress which promises much fot $$|the near future. j,fj For some few years the supervisor Mjj has been compelled to borrow from |fjr the sinking fund commission amounts jv-f ranging from live to seven thousand "it ''^hirs to meet the public necessities |i?f the county, entailing an interest |?account of $350 per year. We feel ?that this is not good policy in the conduct of affairs, and recommend to M; the senator and representatives-elect the passage of an Act by the next general assembly authorizing the levy and collection of a tax of 4 1-2 mills for Newberry county, this being 1 1-2 y/ mills in excess of the 3 now levied, 6,..' which only produces $22,000, while the books of the treasurer show an expenditure of $27,947.(50. !j3| j-"our (4) mills would be sulTicient $3 '? place the county upon a cash basis | in two years were it not that the late l|; disastrous floods have entailed a loss of several thousand dollars, which L must, be provided for if we would keep ^ Newberry off of the "Hook of KeJm, metiibrance of (he sinking fund coiusU mission. The county home is reported by the W committee charged with the inspection |!| of same to be in good condition. So f?r as il can be maintained by the I!': keeper, the inmates are as healthy as K ape and infirmity will permit; well jsL provided for as lo food and raiment A and faithfully attended by the county physician. We would suggest to the supervisor, however, that this eonSi diton will not continue to exist miles* prior recommendation, coupled with present instructions of this body, reP suit in repairing the roofs and whiteH washing the walls of the houses. R We would suggest that rock be ob| tained from the quarry on the lands R belonging to the county at the home, and used in building walls on the northern and eastern sides of the now court house lot, and that said lot be sodded with Bermuda or other grasses; also that a walk twelve feet, in I width, from College street to the front j steps, be built, of such material as is used in the formation of sidewalks b,\ the town. We would recommend that the old court house be thoroughly cleaned ' and put in such condition as will induce the rental of all rooms on the ground floor, and that the upper story he renovated and used for such purposes as may be oermilted by a com' mittec consisting of the clerk of { ?eourt., ma vor .of .the .town, .and chairI i ft. I man <>l' tho board of health. Also that I lie basement bo put in such condition as may bo found sulTiciont by the supervisor and health officer of the town. The jail was found by tlie commit-1 toe of inspection to bo kept in first class condition as to sanitation and order. The brick wall on the rear needs repairing; also the one on the front at the larger gate. It is also suggested that the supervisor have placed on the western side of the county burn near the jail, such guttering and piping as will prevent the water from the root of said barn from flooding the property adjacent. We have examined the books of record of the magistrates of Xos. 1, 2, '), (>, 8. !), 10, and II, and find that there is a growing proficiency among them for which they are to be heartil.v commended, cases being properlv docketed and findings plainly indicated with treasurer's receipts cnveiing lines imposed in every case except one or two which are in course ol adjudication and collection. From a more intimate knowledge of the conduct of affairs of Magistrate Mease, of Nos. 1 and 8. we feci that we would be derelict in our duty should we fail lu call attention to the ellicieut and intrepid course pursued by him throughout his whole official career in the preservation of peace and the conservation of justice; and e bespeak lor him, ou his retirement from ollice, that confidence which is the need of duty faithfully performed. We would turther recommend thatall eases growing out of the maintenance of nuisances be reported to the magistrate of the township in which they are declared to be located, and that said ollieer proceed at once to investigate said charges, and, if proven to exist, to take steps to abate same in the manner provided bv the statute. llie grand jury desire to express their appreciation of the lucid and highly pertinent remarks embodied in his general charge to that body by the judge presiding, and wish in this public manner to assure him of their highest consideration of his services, both as a man of untiring zeal and a jurist of unflinching perspicacity; and, following with profit the line of thought suggested by him, recommend to our representatives that they take steps at the forthcoming session of the legislature to render inoperative all statutes that exempt the individual from public service as juryman in the courts of the land, leaving the matter subject to the discretionary powers ot the judge presiding. W e would also recommend to that same body serious thought along the lino of conservation of principles involving the well being of tho social: fabric, tor we are forced to believe that the rapid increase of crime is contingent upon a growing disregard of the courts, even when founded upon the most intelligent interpretation of statutory provisions. The substitution of pecuniary consideration for the more effective species of punishment for criminal offences tends to tho lihcr.ition and infliction upon the means of the law-abiding a class of beings whose existence is a menace to society. Chain gangs, jails, penitentiaries,and I lie gallows are institutions growing, it is true, out of cruel necessity, and yet they are undoubtedly such as make for the preservation of innocence. Tho case of a few dollars , and the consequent peonage of fcho ignorant cultivates a desire to get even with society and a determination to enjoy something beyond the bare I necessities of existence, which cxhi-1 bits itself in theft, arson, and even in murder. For this condition of affairs' I we, the majority, are solely response! [ ble; and we need but to lift our eyes; to see, blazing in the firmament, our' condemnation?short-sightedness, en- j ! v.v, greed. We again ask our repres-j jentatives to rise superior to the situa- : I lion and stand upon a plane of equal- j ifv with the occasion and contend for! laws beneficial along this line in thisj matter, and far-reaching in results, i Wo join with His Honor in an ex-I pression of our appreciation of the, services of the commission upon whom 1 fi"1 duties con-eoneivt upon the croc-' li'?ti of this m.tgnif'rent temple of justice devolved. We congratulate them upon their conception ol (In' wishes ol:' Hit! put violin majority ol' (lie citi/.onship of our eonnly, ami assure them that their names are graven deeper in the hearts ot all true Nowborrians than they are upon the tablet which lends cnelianlinent to the tinted wall of its beauteous entrance hall. We recommend that the fee usually allowed 111 our elerU lie devoted to the purpose of procuring a suitable mat to be placed at the front door so (hat visitors may contribute lo the olYorls ol its occupants in keeping its floors tree from disfiguring stains. 1?\ W. Iliggius, Koreinan. Judge Mommiugor. in receiving the presentment, said it was a very fine report ami that it would receive, and certainly deserved, I he a I lent ion ol' the I people of Newberry county. "You have discharged the work vou have had to do hero this week." lie said, rapidly, and with judgment and dis-' erelion. Judge Memmiuger also thanked the grand jury for the kindly expressions contained in the presentment regarding the court. I lie following six members of the grand jury were drawn, in accordance will) the law to servo on next \car s grand jury: J. I). Davenport", \\ . A. Kecder, K. S. Hawkins, \V. K. Kulmer, J. W. Wilson, W. 1). Smith. WOOD PRINCIPAL MATERIAL IN BUILDING CONSTRUCTION Great as the advance in fire-proof construction has been during the last ten years there has been no let-up in the use of lumber, and both architects and builders find themselves so dependent on wood toda that they are compelled to admit that the forests of the country are likely to be the chief source of building material for many years lo come. ''The use of cement, terra cot la, brick and si one, with ^ framework of steel, will make it possible soon to do away with wood entirely," is a remark otten heard. a??1, indeed, when one stands on lower Broadway and looks up at the towering skyscrapers, the statement seems to contain much truth. As a matter of fact, however, the popular idea that fire-proof materials will do away with the need of using lumber in a comparatively few years in a very erroneous one. Alt of the various fire-proof materials going into the approved construction of the more substantial buildings artused in greater quantities now than the world dreamed of a few years ago, ,\cl the heavy demand for lumber oonI i lines. v "hat wood predominates is shown by the annual building records. ()t (lie permits used for buildings erected last year, approximately 01 pei cent were constructed of wood, and the remaining :W per cent of fire resisting material, according to a report issued by the Geological' survey on operations in forty-nine leading cities of the country. Those figures nre the most significant when it is realized that they onl\ represent the building activities in the largest cities; they do not take into account the construction of dwellings, store* and other buildings in the thousands of small cities and towns scattered over and not included in the fortvnine cities on which the reckoning i.x made. hi towns and small cities wood is usually the predominating building material and it is safe to say that if the siatistitcs had included figures foi all places of whatever size, the percentage of wooden construction would have been much grcaletr. These figures, as a rule, are only for the cor- i porate limits, and (lie suburbs of these i cities have each very large amounts to be added. The cost, also, is relatively higher in these cities than in town's 1 nearer the base of the supplv. Hill Nve is his earlier days once approached the manager of a lecture'1 bureau with an application for em-' plovment, and wis asked if he had!1 over done anything in that line. "Oh, ves," said Hill. "What have yon done?" "Well," re-died Hill, "m\ ' last job was with a dime museum,'1 sWSna- ;M |).,r.?t w:n. nl(. "r he'd slicking out?nosing as the largest ostrich egg In captivity." | JOHN IRVING HOUSEAL. s Dies In Memphis, Tenn.?Native of \ Newbrory?Brother of Dr. W. > G. Houseal. a ( A couple weeks ago Dr. W. G. ! Houseal received a message tlint his 1 brother, Mr. Jim. I. llouseal. was erit- 1 ically ill. Ill' went to set1 him ami ! had Ilu* pleasure of seeing him ami ! talking with him once more. Mis sis- li ter .Mrs. Mai lie V. W'erts, of Salis- I bury, N. ('., went with him. On !, Tliur silay Dr. llouseal received I bo |l) news of the death of his brother. An- ) other brother. M r. W. 1'. 1 louseal. lefl ?i last week for Memphis, but his brot: ti er died before his arrival. i i: .John Irving llouseal died in Mem- ' |>hi-. Tenn.. November IS, l))OS, and was buried'in that city November 20. I ill IS. lie was born near I lot b Kden ehurelt * Newberry county. S. .January 'J(i, IS I.). \\ . \\ . llouseal moved with his family to tin- town of Newberry in IS.".:* ami his son. .lohn 1.. was a citiy.en ot the town from that time until!' 187") when he went west to belter his fortunes. ' Ilis education was received at New- ^ berry eolh'ue but before completing his course he answered the call of hi* ; country lo battle for her rights and in 1801. lie enlisted lu Company I4', -JUtli South Carolina Regulars, under Capt. J no. M. Kinard of the Con fed- ' erate army. Willi this company he J' fought at Fort Sumter and was at the seige of Charleston in 18(51. lie '? was put on guard duty at the surren-i dor of Fort Sumter. He served in (Jen. Lee's army in the campaign of * 1804 at Richmond, Va.. at the battle of the Wilde rness, at the second I" battle of Cold Harbor and at the seige N of l'etersburgh. lie was then transferred to (Jen Karly's eominand and ' fought Sheridan at Cedar Creek, Ya. v lie was then transferred back lo '' Richmond and finally to South Camlina and met Sherman in his march 1 through Georgia. Tie surrendered ( with his company at Salisbury. N. C., in 180.). His career as a soldier was ;l remarkable in that he was never !l wounded nor was it ever necessary I1 for him to enter a hospital. ^ Most of his life was devoted to v railroad work. He served his lime j and learned the machinist's trade at .' the old Helena shops of the C. & G. 11 R. R. and was afterwards an em- 1 ptoyee of that road. For a time he " retired from railroading and entered ' IJie employ of a mercantile house of s Newberry and at one time was a member of the firm of llouseal & .Jones? ' ( Jim. I. ami l'?. ('. I Later he was " clerk in the sheriff'.* olliee ami I'oi I1 several years was chief of police of n Newberry. During the dark days of recousiruelion he answered even call of dul> " that was made upon him ami his was shorn* ar.n o| defense and pndi.'C- '' lion, lie was arrested and incareerat- (> ed in t!te Newberry jail s a nieinbei s of the Ku Klux Klan. but was releas- a <'d without ever having been brought '' In trial. In 1S7.? lie left Newberry and went 8 West to reenter railroad work after sin absence of seven years from that occupation, and was continuously so engaged until last August when he I. was uranted leave of absence on ac- ri count of failing health?a period of e< thirty-three years. During that time b lu? was engineer on the Ala. & Vicks- s< burgh R, R? the K. T. & (J. R. R., and n the Yazoo and Miss Valley R. R.. 'I which was ahsorded by the III. ('en. in A I8!)i{. Since the latter year he was in t; the employ of the III. Ceil. R. R. Co. ' si He was also foreman of the railroad ' h shops at Memphis for five and one- J ci half years. During his whole careei | ii r?f nilroad work he was only in one I wreck being slightly burned. He nev- si r*r had a collision and no railroad pro-1 w pe.rty under his care ''.as ever dam- j t( iigcd. He was a popular foreman of ' ? R. R. shops and passenger engineer r iind highly esteemed by his employers. w lie wa? .narried to Miss Augusta G. " Addy of Newberry, S. C., Marc!' lilt. ? ? 1871. and is survived by her and four 1 Ii'.ldren: John Fi derick, an engi:>of the 111. C. R. R.. who 11:is | wo ! >ons and one daughter; lOugene b lierchett, Miles Buddele and Iva al- i "? by Ilirc?t? brothers ami ono sister: < as. h. llouseal, of Cederlowu, (la.; I \ in. I'. llouseal, oi' Columbia, S. C.; i lallie \. Weil/., ol.' Salisbury, N. C. j | ad W. (J. llouseal, ol' Newberry, S. i '. lie was a member of (ho Masonic 1 'raternily, of 1 lie K. ol' l\ ami lite . O. <). |<\ In ilie laller years of iii.s | ile lie was a consistent member of I lie Baptist eliurcb. i Hi' met I lie i>rim monster, Death, as I ?' ">''l I'"*' viei?i?.i|inle> ..I' lit',, and i In- foe on (iie field of bailie- bravev and unafiWlien told by his , >r.?liicr. a |>li\io'.iin from ||js faraway i fewberry Imme, in,it a. l)(.sj i, , | , nly a I'-v wi ; !?> more |o In . !i(. ,ij,i ( iol intirm !' cii i*p.aln ici was . n I lie leas| purl urbed. Ile said : " I f , > all riy:i. w il li mo, I am ii.it a "i aid . i die." MODERN LIFE A SCRAMBLE. >r. Cromer, at Y. M. C. A., Paints j Graliic Picture of Present-Day Conditons. , The lion. (icorye II. Cromer, ev residenl of Newberry eolle<_.,. and a uadiny member of t In- Carolina j tar. addressed a la rye ami iniensdv uleresled audience ??f men al Ihe o"11- Men .s ( liristian association esterday afternoon. Hi- subject was I lie Discontented Yoiiny Man." No esnine ol it an ?ive even a poor re'(M'I ion of i|. si renyl li, literary exellence. (some men demand lliis if 0 oilier yood ipialily.) interesting il- | list rations or brilliant epigrams. Fn ' 11 truth and soberness it can he said J lint every man of the many present1 | ':,s genuinely enlerlained and, belter el. siimulaled to hiyln r ideals. B.v way of parenthesis, while speak- | ny of money the distinyuished visitor ( >>d he had noted I lie farl thai the 'harleslon V. M. C. A. needed mone\ roin citizens to help run its hi}? ''ork. "1 lalce il for yranlcd that a | ioor Ii11 le community like Charleslon ( annol afford |o support a live Voun-i len s ( liristian assoeialiou in deceit- , v." lie said in effect, i f not verbal im. Speaking on the subject mentioned : hove |)r. Cromer said modern life is scramble. The impotenl man at Ihc " ol is a yood picture of conditions : oda.v. Slrony men push aside I he 1 eak, weak men the weaker in (he ace for place, power and money, ' 'here is discontent everywhere. Dav- ' il in the case of Abdullah drew to im men of I he "Three D" class?ten in debt, dissatisfied, disconlcntd. That is another picture of the amc coiidil ions. I I he rich youny ruler who came to esns presents a dramatic picture of iaii s dissal islact ion. This man had ower, money and moral character, nd was dissatisfied, lie had three | hinys, but, lackiny one, lie lacked all. el I ishness or sel ('righteousness spoils fe for any man. 1 hen followed a telling appeal fot , iyb ideals, failhfully followed in , \ er\ day lile. \ iewed from an\ { Iandpoint, the address was a treat nd an inspiration to those who heard . News and Courier, 'J.'lrd. ECOND CONFERENCE OF GOVERNORS IN WASHINGTON , Wash! nylon, Nov. I!?. The much ' 'Iked-of inventory of the nation's ['sources i. now practically complet- ' d. To consider I he material il has rought loyether Hie National Cou[ rvalion Commission has just anounced ils lir-M full mectiny foi j iiesda.v, December I, in Washington, t that meeting the first steps will be :iken toward put tiny into tangible Itape the results of Ihc six mon'hs* 1 ard work on taking stock of the ' mm try's waters, forests, lar.ds, and ' linerals. One w eek later, a tier Ihc commision has yone over the inventory, it ( ill holrl a joint mectiny in Washing- 1 m with I he governors of the Slates * 'id Ti ril iries, or fhc.lr represent .\| this meeting the invent 1 ill In* funthep di-eus?rd ami Ihe re. '"'I whi'di Ihc president has request- ' I Ihe commission to make to him by j' ! will be formnlated. ' V less than six months in which > " 1 > fhc inventory, the font ' ram 'nIo which Ihe commission i divided, aided by fhc cooperation I >1 it ho government departments, havo brought together what is probably (ho most usofnl collection o!' faols about the material things on which national induslrty ami progress arc based that lias ever been assembled at one lime. Reports presenting these lads and pointing out their significaueo havo been prepared. These reports, summarized and indexed, will be submill?'d to the commission at its coming meet in,J*. All throguh the summer general interesj, in the work ami object of thu L'onserval ion Commission has been growing. The public is now well posted on a subject of which only a few specialists had knowledge at the timo ot the eon J orcuco ot (tovoruors and I'xperts at the White House, in Mas. I In.* governors carried the spirit of I he conference home with I hem to their own people, and have kept, things moving ever since by appointing Slate commissions in siu?l\ local problems, by writing and speaking upon the subject of conservation, ami by keeping in close and helpful touch with the national commission. They are ready to lake part in the approaching joint meeting. The bare announcement that it had been set for December S resulted in a number of acceptances before I he formal iuvilalion of the commission had oven got into the mails. When the conservailion movement was started, specific iu formal ion about the actual state ol our resources was partly wanting, partly inacnessible. Certain facts were broadly known, it was at least umpieslioua* bio tha?t our resources had been wastefully used, and that some of them, notably the mines, wore sure iu time In be completely exhausted, while others, for example the forests, could si ill be kept perpetually useful bv right management. The first work was to get the facts, to show exactly what tin1 situation was and how it I'ould be improved by measures that would work. Without an inventory of the resources which should show I he present condition of the resources and the way to develop litem the best advantage, conservation was in danger ot slaving up in thu air. lint t Iu; work is now prac.l ic.allv 'lone. The facts are mere, iu dollars and cents, tons of coal, board feel of limber, acre-loot and horse-power of water, acres of land. And the possible refroin measures have been weighed. The final report to the president will be the necessary supplement to the addresses at the White House conference. The Hole of | hostt addresses was a note ?f warning. Tinreport is expected In show thai I lie warning must be heeded if the exhaustion of natural resources is not, me day, to, impoverish the nation, and i| will also umlouhtcdlv bring out liow the country's resources can bo levelnped so as In last the longest possible time and serve the grealcl ;t ;ood of tin- people. Too Dangerous. Old Audi lle.psy Oarside never lad seen a moving picture show heore. She gazed in speechless wonder it the magic cnnl ri vanee by whicli ncssenger boys wen* made to move ivitli breakneck speed, barbers to ?ave I heir culsoiners in less than a iiinule, and heavy policemen to dash ilong the si reel at a rate never atained by a livng specimen, either on ?r riIf duly. II was ail real lo her. She could lot doubt tiie evidence of her senses. Ml things were taking place exactly is depicted. Presently an automobile came in light in the far background, moving lirectly toward the audience, at I lie ale of at least a mile a minute, .htst is a catastrophe seemed inevitable it iwerved aside, passed on and disappeared. Aunt llcpsy could stand it no long r. Hastily grasping the hand of her it tie m ice, she rose and started swifty for t he door. "Come ; long, Minervv'" site lid. 'It ain | safe (ft sta\' here anv long* 1' 1'iat I' in'/ didn't miss jne more 'tan I wo feel !''