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XPMSONAL AN OTHERWISE 1ovements of Newberrians and Tho, Who Visit Newberry and Oth er Happenings. Th, Rev. L. M. Kuhus aid brother. John A. Kuhus., now < Omaha, Neb.. are making a tour < the world. Dr. J. M. Kibler. a elas mate of Rev. L. M. Kuhidus in Nev bery college, received a card fro Mr. Kuhus dated Shanghai, Chin Dr. James M. Johnson, after spen< ing the holidays with his parents, M and Mrs. William Johnson, has r turned to his duties at Johns Ho] kins university, Baltimore, Md. Hon. C. C. Featherstone, of Lau ens, filled the morning hour of se vice at the A. R. P. ehureh in th city on last Sunday. He was heai by an attentive audience, his then being prohibition. County Treasurer Jno. L. Epps wi confined to his home yesierday wit sickness. LEGAL SALES. Several Sales Made by Master Yei terday-Several Town Lots Sold. Th- following sales were made b the master yesterday: Spehl v. Spelil the following lot; Lot 1 to Marry A. Spehl for $580 00. Lot 3 to Mary A. Spehld f( $100.00. Lot 4 to Mary A. Spehl fc $70.00. Lot 5 to Mary A. Sphel fc $70.00. Lot 6 to F. R. Hunter for $51.0 Lot 7 to Mary A. Spehl for $60.0( Lot 8 to S. S. Langford for $102.0( Lot 9 to W. K. Sligh for $53.00. Lot 10 to W. K. Sligh for $73.0( Lot 11 to T. C. Pool for $65.00. Lot 12 to T. C. Pool for $55.00. Lot 13 to T. C. Pool for $60.00. Lot 14 to T. C. Pool for $80.00. Nichols, executor vs. Hawkins, si .ares to W. S. Hawkins for $120.00. Boozer vs. Goodman, executor, 11 acres to Oscar Johnson for $1650.01 Kinard, executor, vs. Gussie EpI ing, et al, 50 acres to E. D. Rieharc son for $450.00. O'Nea1 Lodge, K. of P. At a meeting of O 'Neall lodge, N< 154, Knights of Py:thias, the follo" ing officers were .ehosen for the et suing year: .C. C.-B. B. Leitzsey. V. C.-Cannon G. Blease. P-relate-P. F. Baxter. M. A.-J. H. Chappell. M. W.-E. L. Hayes. .M. F.-Fred. H. Dominick. M. E.-Cole. L. Blease. K. of R. S.-Fred. H. Dominick. L. G.-M. M. Satterwhite. 0. G.-Geo. W. Reid. Finance Committee-E. Lee Haye P. F. Baxte.r, Ca.nnon G. Blease. At the Church of the Redeemer. The Rev! William Bowman Aull, c China Grove, N. C., occupied the pu pit in the Lutheran Church of the R deemer on Suinday morning. TI Rev. Mr. Aull is pastor of St. Marl -Lutheran church, in China Grove. I. is a native of th'is county, but lau lived in Greenwood county. Hk 1s graduate of Newberry college in ti class of 1897, and the city of Newbe rv is his second home. Mr. Aull's sermon on Sunds morning was strong and forefi Taking 'his text from the 68th at 69th verses of the sixth chapter< John, he sought to impress upon i hearers the necessity of accepting ti whole gospel, and no.t simply su< parts as suited their fancy or conve: . ence. There are parts that are M.: to obey, he said. but every part w; the word of God, and an acceptal' of its tru.ths and obedience to commands was the only means wher by man could be saved. He laid et phasis upon the fact .that God di not need us, but we need God. The Rev. Mr. Aull held the elo attention of his hearers through~ his discourse. Following the sermon the new elected officers were installed by t pastor, the Rev. Edward Falenwidt Death of Mrs. Lizzie Taylor. Mrs. Lizzie Taylor, of Prosperil died suddenly on Saturday nigh.t Sunday morning. Before her marriage Mrs. Tay1 was Miss Lizzie Aull, a daughter the late Mr. William C. Aull- S is survived by her husband. sevet children, two brothers--Messrs. Ge B. and Ad-am L. Aull, and two siste> Mrs. Cromer and Mrs. J. M. Werts. Besides the death of the parents Mrs. Taylor her death is the first occur in the immediate family cir although the youngest child is 3n moer fifty-two years of age. THE ANDERSON TRIP. W Things Learned by a Member of The Civic Association Who Was in The Party. is Think of ridini on a car for miles >f up one streeit and down another in a >f town noted for its hills. and in not I- one place seeing the least unevennes r-between street and sidewalk! A New m beiriin can scarecly believe that sui a. a condition is possible. But, seeing i- is believing; and in a town, too, that r. is not so very much larger than our e- own. Is there one street in New ber ,- ry where a shelving sidewalk does not meet the eye-a condition for con r stant repairing and equally as con r stant tumbling in? But how can we is remedy this blemish? Anderson was d worse, once upon a. time. What have they done? The only thing that will remedy matters. The city council L has employed a competent city en h gineer, under whose direct supervis ion the street overseer works. The effect is marvelous. And until New berry does the same thing, there will be no lasting improvement in our streets. On an economic basis purely, would not this constant tearing up and put ting down, pay for the services of a v first-class engineer-one admIristra trion trying to rectify the mistakes of another? The engineer in Ander -son is a. man who thoroughly under stands his business, and his salary is $1,200 a year. A; for a wagon yard. Anderson has r solved that problem for us. also-one acre, two blocks from the square, r rented at $60 a year. Isn't there a. public spirited citizen in our town 0 who will offer us a piece of land, un ). desirable for building purposes, at ). similar cost? Some Anderson peo ple "kicked" about ehanging court ). square from a bone yard into a thing of beauty, and of course this habit of many Newberrians will assert it self immediately on such steps being taken. But like the. Anderson kick x ers, they will be hearty supporters of I the change in a year or two. From 0 our public square this unhitching ). and feeding of teams must sooner or - later go, and the sooner we arrange for this the better. As to ga.rbage cans. In front of every place of business is a'ean hold ing perhaps two-thirds as much as our cans. Not a box or barrel is al lowed on the sidewalk. Who pays for ,these cans~? The conceil has an enforced ordinance requiring every business house to pay the exact cost of one of these ea.ns, $2.50. The Civic association has authority to put a can wherever there is not one, and the council sees that the owner pays for it. A box or barrel is at once re por,ted to the authorities, and it d'is appears immediately. IStanding on the veranda of the Ho tel Chiquola, with these beautifully ,clean streets in every direction, the question naturally was, how are they kept so? It was very practically an swered in a few minutes. Coming Sdown a street could be seen a man *pushing what at first appeared to be a Speculiar looking garbage can on Swheels. As we waitch him all is ex e plained. He has a shovel, rake, etc., s and, after the earts -have emptied the ' arbage cans in the mornina- and hauled away all heavy debris, it is his Iduty to go through the streets of the business section all day ~long, gathering up every thing from sidewalk and street. Strange to say,* he moved in a hurry, too, as if he L knew the health officer had an eye ~ on him. Did we see any hitching posts any is where near the business section? e Sueh a thing in Anderson? Never! h Do they allow horses hitched in front Sof their ho,tel to a telephone or elke d trie ligh-t post ? Anderson, like other ~towns we know, has an ordinance prohibiting such, and appearances in 5dicate that her ordinances are not e- dead letters. "~ The council about two years ago re 6 ,nested the Civie association there to take charge of all improvements in e the cemetery. giving to it the total aincome from the sale of lots. There is no more beautiful spot in the town Iv .than this City of the Dead. with its I parked drive;, thousands of nareis .. sus and other bulbs in glorious pro fusion among the grass. Of the nine cotton mills several were visited, and the authorities there, too, are keeping: pace in beau tifying their surroundings. Not a rIfence was to be seen around any of fthese mills. nothing to obstruct the o view of the pretty grass plots, the he symmetrical wvalks, etc. The beds of alnnas and caldushad been coy 0- ered for the winter. A noticea.ble at traction was the growing of' Virginia creepers over these m-ill offices, and fin many cases over the main b)uilding. to When object lessons like these are - held up before the people of the mill a villages, -it goes without saying that THE RED MEN. S More Than a Hundred New Mcmberi Rei Taken In-Officers Elected For Ensuing Term. At the neeting of Berzell .b No. j 20. Improved One Redl llehld Sil on ThnrslaY night and coin: d no- bar til last 1night. it ben imnpossibl to eit do the work in one night., 'ore nel" members were taken in iia.1 at any WN former meeting of any ordcr in New- Go berry, and it is doubtful if th record Gei has bee'n surprassed in S'uth (ai- Co olina. More than eighty were taken wit in on Thursday night, and about. thir- vid tv were to take the degress 1a- ni!it, ing making more than one a-no!rel nexn or members with whom to start off the hal New Year. Bergell was -ar,ady a Stc very strong tribe. To, A pleasant feal are of the ev'enhin ers was the presentation to Mr. Otto da3 Klettner, the-pver-faithful keepr ofI nat records, and a devoted Red Man. of 27t a handsome Bible, as a token of the Iai tribe 's appreciation of his services. Wi The presenta-tion was made by Great ma: Representative Cole. L. Blease. ret After the meeting Great Repres- I entative Blease presented the mem- fas bers a barrel of apples, which were Toi very much enjoved after the long .91c session, running well into the New tur Year. bor The following officers were elected co for the ensuing six months. seq Prophe.t-E. L. Rodelsperger. bon Sachem-Cannon G. Blease. I Senior Sagamore-O. 0. Smith. Junio: Saoa.mnore-R. P. Franklin. To, Chief of Records-Otto Klettner. bol Keeper *of Wampum-P. F. Baxtet. I not the Death of Mrs. Mary C. Harris. bY Mrs. Mary C. Harris. mother of the Mr. W. Pinckney Harris, died at the the home of her son in No. 2 townshipo 'oi Thursday evening, December 31st. waU 1908, aged 71 years. She had been i To' ill for more than one year from a NYe complication of troubles. Mrs. Harris was Miss Mary C. Liv- est ingston before har marriage which pei took place in 1860, and she died inl has th-e same neighborhood where she wh, was born, never having lived any oth- ing er place. She was a member of the $46 A. R. P. ehurch. One son and three j grandchildren survive her, one child wa having died many years ago.- To' The funeral services were held at NXe' the home of her son and she was bu- 3 red in the fantiIy graveyard near her at home. Sh-e is greatly missed by the am relatives she leaves behind, and they bee have the sympathy of their friends res and neighbors. inti am Members Mt. Olivet Church. The members of Mt. Olivet Luther- si an church are earnestly requeisted to attend a congrega.tionlal meet ing onC. the :3rd Sunday in January for tira On purpose of electing officeers. Six ela-Ei ers and four' deacons. , Every member is urged to be pres- a ent and all who cannot come will snav please auth3rize some one to e a their ballots for them. By order of the council.. Woodmen of the World. me The Woodmen of the World w~ill sta 'furnih a supper consisting of oysters a9 and fish in .the W. 0. W. building ata Little Mountain. on .January the 8th o commening at 6 o'clock p. m. ne The followi~ng program has been ar- . ranbed. '' Music by string band. Welcome Address-Dr. Jno. M. of Sease.bo Music. e Address by Mr. Jno. C. Aull, Po- th( maria, S. C. mih Musie.th Address by Mr. Jas. A. Summer- Cei sett Columbia, S. C. Music. a Address by Hon. Cole. L. Blease, th~ Newberry, S. C. lex Music. V The public is cordially invited to pa: be present and enjoy themselves on. th~ this ocasion.fo Committee. Cr eple to do likewise. Saee forbids even a mention of $2 Court Square with its magnificent ho ron founmtain, or the Plaza. with its artn grcealycurved walks. it rs th< -all a fit setting~ for the handsome to' Confederate monument in the centre; 10 of the beautifully kept yards and handsome residences; of the Carne-- th ie library or~ the hospital. But all ab these things have naturally followed Si in the wake of -the spirit fostered by St the few women composing their Ci:.ie tre association. ral Recently a commi.ttee from Abbe-vi vlle visited Anderson on a tour of th: .iesti2ation. The result is they do ccuncil have joined most heartily in an .hheir plans, and the work of p)arkling e Abbeville 's public square is pragtical- in l complete. Will the citizens and wi .une of wbaer be behind Ab- -ed [NKTNG FUND COMMISSION. )ort to Newberry Delegation Show ing Work of Commission for The Year. )\lo\in. is t he report oL the rv county 1 o Ne wberry 's reprei at ives in the general as-sembly: Ion. Alan Johnstone, Hon. C. T. he, Hon. Arthur Kibler and Hon. Ifrey Harmon, Mmbers of thei ieral Assembly for Newberry ,mty.-Gentlemen: In accordance h the provisons of an "Act to Pro 2 for the Appointment of a Sink Fund Commission for Newberry, Number One Township; Menden 1, or Number Eight Township; ney Battery, or Number Nine vnship. and to Prescribe its Pow and Duties,'" approved the 24th of February, 1908, the officers aed in the said Act met on the h day of February, 1908, and or dized by the election of J. Monroe eker, county supervisor, as chair i, and Fred. H. Dominick as see rv. he commission found that there due and owing by Number One vnship for C., N. & L. R. R. bonds. .000, $5.000 of which will not ma a until Jan. 1, 1913. Of these ds, $2,000 has been retired by the imission, which resulted in a.con uent saving of interest on these ds of $120.00 per annum. 'he commission found that there (Ie and owing by Number One vship for C.. N. & L. R. R. as. $15.000. $5.000 of whieh will mature until Jan. 1. 1911. Of ,e bonds. $5.600 has been retired the commission, which resulted in consegnent saving of interest on e bonds of $336.00 per annum. 'he commission found that there due and owing by Numb-er One rship for Augusta. Edgefield and vberry R. R.. (commonly known Cs.) bonds $34,000, bearing inter at the rate of seven per centum. annum. Of these bonds, $6,600 been retired by the commission, ech resulted in the consequent sai of interest on these bonds of 2.00 per annum. he commission found that there due and owing by Number Eight 0nship for Augusta, Edgefield and vbery, R. R. (commonly known as 's.) bonds $8,800, bearing interest the rate of seven per centum per ium. Of these bonds, .$500 has n retired by the commission, whichI lted in the consequent saving of arst on these bonds of $33.00 per tum. t will thus be seen, that there is 1 outstaniding of Number One C., & L. bonds. $8,000: Number Nine N. & L. bonds, $9,400: Number a 3 Cs., $27.400; and Number :ht 3 Cs., $8.300; and that by the -ment and retirement of the above ned bonds, there has been a totai ing of $933.00 per annum in inter 'he entire expenses of the commis a for per diem and mileage of rnbers and secretary, books, blanks, mps, stationery, etc., for the year 8, amounted to $100.26, which ont being deducted from the nt of interest saved, leaves a saving of $852.74 per annum on ount of the work of the comnmis [here is now levied a township tax one-half a mill for the first named ids: two mills for the second nam bonds; one and one-half mills for third named bonds; and three Is for the last named bonds, all for payment of the int,erest and prin al of the said bonds. nlding the amounts now on hand I the amounts to be collected for year 1908 as a result of the above v there will to the credit of the rious toiwnship funds, after the ment of the interest accruing on~ first day of January. 1909, the lowing amounts, approximately: edit to the first named bonds. 10.00 : the second named bondV, ~00.00: the third named bonds, 300.00): and to the last named ads $1100.00: and if these credits applied to the outsanding bonds. 're will leave due and owing the lowing amounts by the respective vnship: $7200.00; $7200.00, $25, ).00, and $7200.00. We would respeetfu1ly suggest, it if it is found to be legal, the we amounts to borrowed from the aking Fund commission of the iteby the notes of the county asurer and county supervisor, at ai :e of 5 per cent. per annum, pre led they have the funds on land it een! be b.'rrowed. Tf thi *ee h'. ne. the first named b'nds. of rh' ne ax now levied, emn be nid oft retired within the next eight ae: the second named1 bonds with si vears; the third named bonds thin eight years; and the last nam bonds within ten years. As before Ltd, ths can be done on the same COMMISSION PUBLIC WORKS 3r. McIntosh Retires-Mr. M. L. Spearman Chosen Chairman Affidavit From Dr. Mc Intosh. TM ia . -;:I-I IIf co m i 's of )1I)li Wo las Wksa-Z been remrIalnized vidh the elec.tioi of -Ir. M. L. Spear iian tlhe new member. as chairman. Chairman McIntosh, before retir ng. presenfed the following affidavit: STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Newberry County. Personally appeared James McIn .osh. who being duly sworn says: rhat he was a member of the board )f commisioners of public works for the town of Newberry, S. C., which iade the water works contraet with Toward Neely, which said contract -overed the building of a resovoir to !ost $1700.00. The board, on account >f the leakage of the resovo. (which amounted, according to the estimate )f Supt. Voss, to ten thousand gal lons of water each twrenty four hours) refused to accept said resovoir, af ter having Messrs. D. B. Wheeler, George B. Cromer. W. H. Wallac-e id others to examine the same. Mr. eely himself, upon an examination mith the commissioners of public works, was so impressed with the faulty condition of the reservoir, tha.t he agreed with the commission ers that the town might use said res rvoir without charge until some defi nite settlement wa,s made. between hiuAf and said commissioners of )-blie works. I voted agains.t r?ceiving the reser mir for the following reasons: (I) he large blocks of granite forming the base and walls of the reservoir ivere laid by hand-spike forcing the )locks of granite in position, and the :revice between the blocks of granite were filled in by small blocks of ranite and mortar. No crane was used to place the blocks in position inon a thick bed of mortar. (2) The mortar instead of .consist ing of cement and sharp sand thor ughly mixed, was made of eement, sand and alluvial soil dug out of the sunrounding bottom land, and wa not properly mixed, a specimen of which I leave with the said commis ;ioners of public works. Jam.es McIntosh. Sworn to before me this the 30th day of December, 1908. Jno. C. Goggans, C. C. N. C. Will Seabrook's Whereabouts. A great many inquiries have been nade by his friends as to the where abouts of Mr. W. B., Seabrook, for. merly of Newberry. who is touring Europe, it being feared that he mnight have been in Southern Italy duiring the recen.t disastrous earthquake. A personal letter from Dr. W. L. Sea brook, his father, says that he thinks Mr. Seabrook is still at Arles. France. He has been fhaking that place headquarters. He did intend to strike Southern Italy about Decem ber' 15, but found so much -ma.terial or investigation within day's tramps of Arles that he decided to remain there until about the middle of Jany Prizes at Mayes' Book Store. The following boys and girls were the prize winners in the recent con test conducted by Mayes' l3ook Store: Miss Louise Thomas won the first prize, the beautiful doll that was offered. She had $306.50 worth of tickets. Miss Sara Spearm-an wo:, the second prize, a wri.ting desk. Miss Abbie Gaillard won the third prize, a doll. Master Bynum Neal won the first prize offered the boys, which was an eletctrie train. Master Edward Hipp won the second prize. a steam engine, and Master Joe Nor wood, Jr., the third prize, a merry go-round. tax now levied and based. upon the )resent assessed taxable valuation. whir-h instead of decreasing. will in all likelihood. incre:ase during that im'. and the amount can consequent lvvh b'returnd to the State Sinkin.. n um' comnmission : :m: shorter time th ha 'at herein:ah>e fndic2ted-.. A h1aft of the prop:e hbi!s will be f.rwarded vou by the secretary. ft !he hadS had made sum:-lent legal ivestiation of the matter and we hope that it will have your favorable consideration. This scheme will en tail no additional expense whatsoever i rezard to the payment of the bonds nor will the tax levy in the respec tive townships be increased by the sightest fraction of a mill. All of which is repcctfully submit J. Monroe Wicker. Chairman. WV. W. Cromier. J. S. Wheeler. J. J. Langford. F L u H. Dominick, Secretary. At The Lutheran Church. M1id-week serviees at .the Lutheran (Inrch of the Redeemer Wednesdav nigit at 7.:30. 1)r. Geo. B. Cromer will make an address. The public is co1 nlially invited. Daughters of Confederacy. Thie Dra *yt0in Ruitherfor d chiapter, 1'. D. C.. will neet with Mrs. George Johnstone Wednesday afternoon, JanLiary 6, instead of Tuesday, the 5th, at four o'clock. Mrs. George Johnstone, Secretary. The Civic Association. A meeting of the Civic association will be held in the ehamber of com inerce rooms on Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Business of importance is to be transacted, and a full attend ance of members is earnestly desir ed and urged. Mrs. L. W. Floyd, President. Cotton Market. (Corrected by Nat Gist.) Good Middling ..........8 1-2 Strict Middling ..........8 3-8 Middling .............. 8 1-4 Market Steady. Cotton Market.. Reported by 0. McR. Holmes. Good Middling ..........8 1-2 Strict Middling ..........8 3-8 Middling ............. 8 1-4 Market 'Steady. SPECIAL NOTICES. 1 CENT A WORD. No advertisement taken for less than 25 cents. 'PHONE 261 FOR FISH AD Oysters. f&t-1m. GROUND BONE at Wright's Market. FOR SALE-My house and lot on Cline Street;* also vacant lot ad joining. F. M. Lindsay. 2t. GROUND BONE at Wright's Market. 'PHONE 261 for Pork and Beef. 1-1-09-f &t-1m. GROUND BONE at'Wright's Market. G. G. SALE, Lawycr, office old court house formerly superintendent of education's office. GROUND BONE at Wright's. Market. HIDES WANTED-J. C. Sample, old dispensary stand. tf GROUND BO1fE at Wright's Market. ATTENTION BLACKSMITHS-Be-' fore you buy your next supply of blacksmith coal it will pay you to. see us. Baxter & Son, Cor. Friend & McKibben Sts. 12-11-8t GET YOUR GLASSES from Dr. G. W. Connor, a graduate of the larg est optical college in the world-the Northern Illinois College of Chica go. Dr. Connor is located permnan ently in Newberrv. gives both the ob.eetive and sutjective tests by electricity and guarantees his work. Office over Copeland Brothers.' HORSE FOR SALE-Good gentle horse. Apply to J. D. Hunt, Pros perity, S. C. I FOR NICE pork chops and steaks JT. C. Sample, old dispensary stand. TRESPASS NOTICE-All persons are warned not to hunt or trespass in any manner upon the lands of Ithe undersigned. 3t J. C. Leitzsev. 400 Bushels Pure Toole Cotton Seed for Sale. Boniaht direct of W. W. T,v'e. last snn, and handled with SPECTAL CARNE sie Price. 75e. per bvihel. ' o limited number bu;hels of Brooks' Favorite. Pdazier's Defi.ee, Cleveland Big Boll, and Alexander's. Money Maker, all at 90 cents per bushel. Plant good seed and be ee>n vinced. My erop yielded this year 6 bales on 63 acres, on what I consider very ordinary land. IApply 'to- J. L. Mayer. 1 Route 2. Newberry, S. C. 8t eot. IDrayton Rutherford Ciapter. The Drayton Rutherford ch'apter, Daughters of the Confederacy:. will meet with Mr3. G3orge Jjn u' on Tuesday afternoon. January 5, at 4 o'clock. * Mrs. George Johnstone,