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HERRIN HANGED AT SALUDA.
Slayer of Emanuel Carver Pays Dea.th
Penalty for His Crime.
Saluda. November 27.-At 12
elock today Will Herrin paid with
is life the penalty of the law for the
urder of Emanuel Carver in Sep
ember.
The execution was without a hitch.
ly a very few minutes were con
ed in preparing the prisoner for
e drop. After ascending the scaf
Id. Sheriff Sample asked Herrin if
e desired to say anything. He
erely mumbled a word or two to the
;ret that he had nothing to say. At
,o time did he seem to realize what
was awaiting him. and he met his
ate without the least emotion. He
was pronounced dead in ten minutes
after the trap was sprung, and his
body was laid in a cheap coffin, fur
mished by the county, and carried to
the poor house for burial. The Rev.
D. H. Crossland went to Herrin's cell
this morning and conducted a little
service. The condemned man mani
fezted absolutely no interest in it.
While an effort was made to shield
the execution from the public, scores
from positions of vantage witnessed
it.
There was a large crowd about the
jail and on the streets, but the best
of order prevailed.
Story of the Crime.
Will Herrin, who was hanged here
today, was tried before Special Judge
C. C. Featherstone at a special term
of the sessions court in October for
the murder of Mr. Emanuel Carver
at his home in September. The testi
mony at the trial showed that Herrin,
without any apparent cause whatever,
shot Mr. Carver in the back while
the latter was picking cotton and fail
ing to kill him ran upon him, knock
ed him down and beat him over the
head with his gun and left him dead.
Mrs. Carver was a witness to a part
of the awful deed, she being in the
house when the shot was fired, and
running to the door was horrified to
see her husband down and Herrin
standing over him, beating his head
into a pulp with a gun.
A; soon as the news of the crime
was made known some of Carver's
neighbors went to the scene and soon
found Herrin a little distance away,]
and upon advancing on him to take
ihim into custody, was met with a vol
ley of curseds and fired uport with a
stockless gun, he having broken the
weapon.while beating Carver. One of
the party was sprinkled withi ihot,
and the crowd in turn fired at Herrini
and effeeted his capture. For a while
a lynching was imminent, but cooler
counsel prevailed and the culprit was
turned over to the sheriff and brought
to Saluda and lodged in jail..
On two occasions a crowd came
herse t., lynch Herrin, but were foU1ed
in their plans. Herrin was then ear
ried to the State penitentiary for
safe-keeping until th~e trial.
Under the sentence fixing today for
the execution, Judge Featherstonie
ordered Herrin to be carried back to
the penitentiary, where he had been
kept against the day of erroation.
It will be recal.led that a pe.tition
numerously signed was filed with
Governor Ansel requesting a special
term of court for Herrin''s tr'al, whieh
was granted.
There was a tremendous crowd
present to witness Herrin 's trial, but
the best of order prevaile-!. The de
fendant was the only negro in tie
urt house during the trial, except
he porter, and to a-ll appearances was
the least disturbed by what was k
ing place.
The only defence that cold possi
lv have been made in Herrini's behalf
was insanity, and this que-tien was
faiirly submitted to the jury, and uin
1er the testimony no other verdict
than that reached could have been re
~d.
Herrin was, however, a man of a
ery low order of intelligen2e.
BLACE "PRINCE" DISOWNED.
Colored Conference at Spartanburg
Will Have None of 9-Wives
Man..
Spartanburg. November 27.--The
onference of the M. E. church of
~outh Carolina, colored, now in ses
sion here, today look action with re
fere'nee to the negro who claims he is
"Prince Hosannah, of Africa,'' de
nying that the alleged prince has any
ponnection with the conference. The
prince stated recently that he had
nine wives in Africa, but expected to
discard them upMi his return, as he
ould take a mulatto woman to his
frican Kingdom. The preachers stat
that they did not know the prince.
did not want to know a print. or
other man with nine wives.
WHICH DID YOU WIN?
1e Boy was in a very serious
gloomy and dejted. T,. be sure. his
side hadn't won the cricket match,
but that was ,earcely enougah to ac
count for his present state of feeling.
lie had lost before. and usually with
pretty good grace. But today no
sympathy appealed to him. no cheer
ful eneouragement won so ImIh as a
shadow of a 1mle. The hope-)0full.
nierry happy Little Boy had fntirelyI
disappeared.
Mother. whwoe experienee with lit- -
tle boys had warned her of occasions
when it was a case .d -'do-better-or
nothing-at-all.- as Hans savs in the
G1rimni story. waited for the situation
to develop. and at last the silence was
broken. Slow]y. seriously, solern,I
Little Boy said it:
"Mother, God was on the side of
the bad boys, and they won. You see,
we fellows thought we would try aw
fully hard and not get mad or cheat
or say bad words. And not one fel
low did. And the other fellows did
like f-ry. I guess they swore. And
they won and we were licked. God
was on their side all right and it's
not fair.'"
Ordinary comfort and explanation
availed nothing. The fact remained.
The faithful little band that had tried
to do right had been beaten by the
rough little crowd that didn't care
anything at all about it. God was
on the side of might, not right. This
was self-evident and did not admit
of explanation; and who wants com
fort for injustice? Not Little Boy.
After a while father came in, and
before Little Boy saw him, mothei
had presented the case.
He thought carefully a moment.
Then his ch4erful voice was heard.
"Well, my boy, I heard you won
out today."
"Well, then.'' in a voice of awful
solemnity, "you heard wrong, 'cause
we didn't: we were licked.'
"0. but I heard that there were two
contests; whi -h did you win?"
"Why, I don't know what you
mean, father."
"Mother told me about it. She
told me you lost the match. but you
won the big, important thing; you
didn't beat the other fellows, bit you
beat yourselves, and conquered all
the anger and unfairness and bad
language. Congratulations,- old fel
low! You won out and I'm proud of
you.''
Little Boy's face was slowly un
dergoing a change. It was growing!
once more interested, happy, hopeful.
"Why, that's so, dad,'' he said, joy-!
ously,- after a minute; "I didn't see
that. And God was on our side. after
all, wasn't He?''
"Greater is he that ruleth his
spirit than he that taketh a city.''"
said the father with a smile.
That night when Little Boy said'.
his prayers, this is the way he ended IN,
his petition: "And please, God ex
cuse,me for the way I thought about
you this afternoon. I didn't under- I
stand.''-Grace Duffield Goodwin, in
Congregationalist.
ODE TO AUTUMN.
Season of mists and mellow fruitful- e
ness!
Close bosom friend of the maturing so
sun;
Conspiring with 'him how to load and
bless
With fruit the vines that round the'
thatch-eaves run; .
To bend with apples the mossed cot
tage trees,
And fill all fruit with ripeness to
the core;
To swell the gourd, and plump the
hazel shells e
With a-sweet kernel; to set budding
m,ore,
And still more, later flowers for the
bees,
Until they think warm days will nev
er cease,
For summer has o'er brimmed their ti
elammy cells.
Where are the songs .of spring7 Ay,
where are they?
Think not of them, thou hast thy fo
music, too, on
While baired clouds bloom the soft- m,
dying day,
And touch the stubble-plains with
rosy hue:
Then in a waiful choir the small
gnats mourn Ian
Among the river shallows. borne "
aloft
Or sinking as the light wind
]ives or dies. an
And full-grown lambs loud bleat from ea
'hilly bourn;:
Hedge-criekets sing; and now with I
treble soft
The .red breast whistles from a gar
den croft,
And gathering swallows twitter
1in hle skies.
--John Keats.
Advertised Letters.
Letters remaining in the postoffice fo
a Newberry, S. C., for week ending' bi
The 1r(
special Sale of
O F :
ilIineri and
At pricest to move every arti(
New Things in Hats, Trimming
which we price specially low
most need them. All Trimmei
than the lowest.
prices Lower Thai
Big Lot Trimmed Hats, worth ,
Big Lot Trimmed Hats, worth I
Big Lot Trimmed Hats, worth ,
Big Lot Trimmed Hats, worth $1
Big Lot Baby Caps and Childr
Hats at 19c., 49c. and 69c.,
We intend moving every piece
house. PRICEE RIGH
Collars, Belts, Combs and all sr
I lot Ladies' Collars, worth 35c.
I lot Ladies' Collars, worth 75c,
1 lot Ladies' Belts, worth 65c.,
1 lot Ladies' Belts, worth 35c.,
1 lot Ladies' Hand Bags, worth
1 lot Ladies' Hand Bags, worth
I lot Ladies' Hand Bags, worth
I lot Ladies' Hand Bags, worth
Big lot Veil Pins, worth 50c. sp
All Combs reduced 33 1-3 per c
We positively will sell these goc
DOYS-Big Lot HOLIDA
Making room for Big Lot Holiday
Drums,'etc. Come to, see our lir
Mrs.Emw
v. 21, 1908. 1908,
Mr. 0. B. Atk-inson. her 16
Maggie Baker, Mr. George Bailey, IFor
r. John S. Bird, Mr. U. L. Byrd, etc., a
r. E. J. Burkes. et age
Thos. Cook, Jno. E. Crosby, Esq.
Miss Mary Darby.
Miss Pearl Freeman. .L
Rev. Mrs. A. F. Garden, John Grat- Asst. 4
r, Mrs. J. C. Glenn.
Mrs. IH. Havens, Mrs. Mag Huner
n, Mrs. Fred Ingram. 3L
Mrs. Eliza Jones.
Walter Kiett..
Mr. Samuel Lemon.No
Frank McCrackin, Mrs. Fannie'
ens. Mr. W. L. Mefford, Mr. R. in., fo
McDowell, Mr. J. McEnosy. South(
Newberry Lumber Co. dro'
Mr. W. .W. Player. dro
Rev. A. J. Ranson.Mr. Alvin Rid- at Bel
.Lee Rutherford. Colum
Mr. R.- H. Shell.E
Miss Estella Worrell, Mr. J. L. p. in.,
ard, Miss Mary J. Wakefield, Mrs. SouthE
i Williams, Mr. B. J. Williams. No.
All persons calling for these letters Walha
11 please say that they were adver. mn., wi
ed. Southe
C. J. Purcell, P. M. .No.
_____ _____ ____de rson
Removing Temptation. .atren
My neighbor's small son, not yet
ir years old, appeared at my door
e morning and, after looking in a No.
>ment, announced: a.i,
"Your screen's unlocked." - ro (
I was busy, so I said, "all right." No.
'why don't you lock it?" he said. p. in.,
"n a minute I will," I answered, from (
d he wa silent a little while. Then: to Wa
wish you could come do it now." .
'But why, Lawrence?" I asked. p. i.
'well,"' he sighed, "I might turn in from (
d my mamma said not to."-Delin~ N.
tor. 6.29 p
nectior
[URSION RATES TO COLUM- bia. (
BIA, S. C., AND RETURN VIA No.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY. Anders
Account South Carolina C'olored with e
ae Fair the Southern railway an- pit
unes very -low round trip rts Nos.
m all points in South Carolina totrn
lumbia. 5. t .. tickets to be sold Nos.
.vember ~th to 13th inclusive. and trains,
r trains seheduled to arrive Colum- Anders
a. before noon of November 14th. anh
?atest
the Season
Notions
:le. We have lots of
and Small Notions,
in season when you
i Hats priced lower
i the Lowest
7.50, special $4.49.
5.00, special $3.24.
)3.50, special $1.98.
.50 & $2, special 98c.
en's Ready-to-Wear
worth double.
of Millinery in the
aall Notions must go.
special 19c. each.
special 39c. each.
special 39c. each.
speciat 19c. each.
$2.00, special $1.19.
$1.50, special 75c.
75c, special 39c.
25c., special 19c.
.cialI.19c.
ent.
ds for less.
Y Goods--TOYS
Goods-Dalls, Toys, in~
e. Prices Right.
de
tinted for.,return until Novem
th, 1908.
rates, detailed information, l
pply to Southern railway tick
nts or address,
J. C. Lusk, 0
Division Passenger Agent,
kleek, Charleston, S. C.
len. Pass. Agt.,
Atlanta, Ga.
UE RIDGE SCHEDULES.
Eastbound. ar
8, leaves Anderson at 6.30 a.
r connection at Belton with
in for Greenville.
12, from Waihalla. leaves An.
at 10.15 a. in., for connection
on with Southern Railway for
bia and Gleenville.
20, leaves Anderson at 2.20
for connections at Belton with
rn Railway for Greenville.
8, daily except Sunday, from
ila arrives Anderson 6.24 p.
th connections at Seneca with
rn Railway from points south.
10, from Waihalla, leaves An
at 4.57 p. mn., for connections
ton with Southern Railway for
ille and Columbia. ==
Westbound.
17, arrives at Anderson at 7.50
from Belton with connections
ireenville.
), arrives at Anderson at 12.24
from Belton with connections
ireenville and Columbia. Goes
halla.
[9, arrives at Anderson at 3.40
from Belton with connections
'reenville.
11, arrives at Anderson at
in., from Belton with con
s from Greenville and Colum
oes to Walhalla.
7, daily except Sunday, leaves
on at 9.20 a. mn., for Walhalla,
nnections at Seneca for local AV
south.
17, 18, 19, and 20 are mixed 3]
between Anderson and Belton.
7 and 8 are local freight.3
carrying passengers, between
on and Walhalla and betweer1
la nn Anderson
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care. We give you safety. gave it,
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JNO. M. KINARD, 0. B. MAYER
President. Vice-Presideni
What Good
Does for
It helps you over the hills.
It gives you the right start in the mor
It chases the blues, clears the fog,
pires impulse and appetite for work.
It puts you in a cheerful and confider
take that Work, making a profitable 1:
But, mark you, good Coffee is necess
There is little enough of that kind avs
Robust, fuming, aromatic-Coffee, wh
vor, and harmless stimulation..
Coffee that, as the French say, make
cold man warm, a Iwarm man glowing
Such Coffee can be had, if you take tl
We have found it out and have it in:
trn of the merits of "Barrington Hall",
r Stock of Fancy and Staple G
Specialties for The
i arriving and we are in position to sui
st fastidious with table delicacies.
Everything "good
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~pital $50,000 - - -
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ill give it careful attention.
plies to the men and the wo
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ccount prevents
money by theft,
; or accident.
T'H your money in the
bank, yon may issue a
fainst it. Your checks
I only when properly
and can be cashed only
party to whom you
who must endorse it.
convenience
rithout charge
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Coffee
You.
riing.
rouses mental activity,
t frame of mind to un
leasure of it.
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ilable.
ich is rich in fragrance,
3 a sad man cheerful,
,,an an old man young.
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roceries is Complete
mnksgiving
>ply the demands of the
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atter How Large,
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