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PURELY PEROSKAL. The Movements of Many People Newberrians and Those Who Visit Newberry. Dr. D. C. Turnipseed. o-f Uion Springs, Ala.. has been in 4 eity for the past few days. Sheriff M. M. Buford. of Newberry, was in the city Monday on business. -Laurens Advertiser, Jan. 20. Mr. A. C. Jones, of Newberry, was here yesterdav.-Union Progress, Jan. 19. VARIOUS AND ALL ABOUT. 0The Liberary Association will meet in the rooms of the library Tuesday afternoon, January 25th, at 4.30 o'clock. The W. C. T. U. will meet at th residence of Mrs. Mary Wright on Thursday afternoon, January 88th, at four o'clock. There will be a "Wesley Evening" at the meeting of Central Epworth League on Friday evening at. 7.45. Every member is urged to be present. Notice change in the -evening of the meetimg. Dr. H. H. Sweets returned to New berry yesterday after conducting ser vices in Columbia on Sunday. Mr. R. C. Williams. much to the regret of his many friends in New berry. leaves this week to make Co lumbia his home for the present at least. Mrs. Williams will remain in Newberry several days after Mr. Williams goes. Rev. J. C. Roper preached at 0'Neall Methodist church on Sunday night. This was a special service for the Epworth League of that church at which time the newly elected offi ters were installed. Mrs. Lizzie Boulware. widow of the late Mr. I. H. Boulware. has come to Newb%rry and will make this place her home for sometime. She is at the home of her brother. Mr. J. W. Chap man. ?County ~Treasurer Epps. who has been quite ill with pleurisy for some weeks. is now able to be at his office each day. There will be preaching at Zion at eleven o'clock in the forenoon and at Prosperity at 7.30 in the evening of the 5th Sunday of this month. There will be a public meeting of the W. H. and F. Missionary society of St. Pauls church on the fifth Sun day at 11 >'elock a. in., at wM'ch Mrs. M. 0. J. Kreps, of Prosperity, will make an address. Goes Back to Farm. The following from the Laurens Herald will be read with interest by Mr. Hatton 's friends in Newberry: Mr. T. M. Hatton has quit hand ling the cotton business in the city and gone back to his place near Hope well, where he will again raise cotton and so forth for market. Mr. Hat ton wvas in the cotton business with his brother-in-law, Mr.. E. W. Cope land. and as the offices in the same building with the Herald, and on the same floor, we shall miss him, as we miss any one from this story of the Traynham building who gets sick or goes away, after we get used to him. We hope Mr. Hatton' will get high prices for his next cotton crop, and if he returns to buy cotton in this city' next sea-son we hope he will pay ig for all he b,yv-. A large measure of suecess to him in either event. In The Mayor's Court. John Kelly. calored, was arrested on Saturday night by Policeman E. N. Austin, charged with selling coa traband whiskey, and was yesterday morning sentenced by Mayor Lang ferd to pay a fine of fifty dollars or serve thirty days. A number of other cases have been disposed of in the mayor's court dur ing the past several days. These in clude Geo. Whitene-r, sentenced to pay a fine of .$25 or serve 30 days on the charge of resisting an officer, and to pay a fine of $10 or serve 30 days on the charge of fighting his wife. Several days ago David Pearson and John Douglas wvere arrested charzed with stealing a pistol and watch from the residence of Mr. .J. 31. Alexander. The case was worked upi and the arrests made by Police men Franklin and T. C. Adams. The negrToes confessed and were sentenced to pay a fine of $10 or serve 30 days each. The watch has been recovered, bat the pistol has not yet been found. Policeman Franklin yesterday took a negro out of a stock car on a freight on the Southern railway go ing towards Greenville. The negro gave his name as Henry Williams. but an envelope was found on his person which had come through the mails addressed to Eddie Durham. The negro is being held on the charge of heating a ride, and Policeman Frank. lini expects to investigate him somec what. 100,000 FEET OF PINE and pOp'LIn lumber for sale. E. M. Evans. A DISASTROUS FIRE. Chappells Visited by Disastrous Con flagration Early Yesterday Morning-The Losses. A disastrous fire occurred at Chap pell, at an early hour yesterday mornng.de:troying prprty v-alued at abiot twenty-five thousand dol lars. While few definite figures have been secured as to the amount of in surance. it is thought the property was about half covered by insurance. The fire occurred at about three o'clock. The section foreman of the Southern railway, and two of his hands. who were first on the scene after the conflagration began, think it must have started in the general merchandise establishment of W. R. Reid. This is a frame building, on the west side of the street which runs north from the depot. The two brick stores occupied by the Glenn-Smith Meretantile company next to Reid's store, going towards the depot, and the frame buildings on the north of Reid's store. occupied by Leo Hamil ton's general merchandise establish ment, and 1. A. Attaway's barber shop,. were totally destroyed. The general merchandise stock of Hollo way Brothers, west of the Glenn Smith Mercantile Co.. was somewhat damaged by removal. So far as The Herald and News had been able to learn up to yester day afternoon. the losses were about as follows, going up the street from the depot: . General merchandise stock of -Hol lowav Brothers, slightly damaged by removal. Brick building occupied by Holloway Brothers not damaged. Brick building occupied by Glenn Smith Mercantile Company'. two story-building owned by Smith Irothers-:11 wood-work oxf btild ing burned and building almost total lv ruined. A conservative estimate would place the loss on this building in the neighborhood of $2,000. The amount of insurance on the building has not been lerrned. The Glenn Smith Mercantile Company conduct ed a furniture store in one side of the building. and in the side also was the post office. In the other side was the general merchandise estab lishment of the Glenn-Smith Co. The stocks of goods in the stores were entirely destroyed, the loss being about $8,000, with about $4,000 in-. surance. Frame building occupied by W. R. Reid's general merchandise estab lishment and owned by W. R. Reid, entirely destroyed. Building valued at about $1,500. partially covered by insurance. General merchandise stock ofW. R. Reid entirely destroy ed. Loss on stock about $8,000. about $4,500) of which was covered by insuranuce. Frame building occupied by Leo Hamilton's general merchandise es tablishment-building owne dby W. R. Reid-entirely destroyed. The' building, it is estimated, was worth about $800. What insurance Mr. Reid carried on the building has not been learned. The general merchan dise stock of Leo Hamilton, valued ait about $3,000. was entirely de strovedi. About half the value of the stock, it is estimated, was covered by insurance. The frame building. owned bx Dr. W. 0. Holloway, occupied by M. A. Attawavy's barber shop. -was entirely destroyed, but the barber shop fix tures were saved. The building. it is estimated, was worth from $300 to $500; amount of insurance unknown. The above figures have not been secured from the property holders, it having been impossible to reach them yesterday, but are estimates of those who are somewhat familiar with the situation, ard are thought to be con servative. How the fire started is unknown, but it is thought by some to have been of ineendiary origin. Secure Your License. The license ordinance for this year has ben published in the county pa pers and may be found in this issue of The Herald and News. Under this ordinance all licenses reparable annually and the city council states that they must be paid on or before the 15th of February. Those who have not attended to this matter will take notice and gover'.1 themselves accordingly. The amounts for the different busi nesses, professions, and trades may be seen by referring to the ordinance in anoth'er column. J A. Mimnaugh. . Great baresins are being offered at Mimna'gh's annual op ine sale of white earls and sa i:-1a-wea. gar ments. A visit to this store may save you not only money but the worry and trouble of making your spring g'arments. The season 's goods are very b)eautiful and the dainty goods and garments on sale at this bhr sore ar a delbyht to lovers of FARMERS 'PHONE EXCHANGE. The County is Being Connected by Telephone-New Exchanges at Pomaria. A Farmers' Telephone Exchang. -located at Poiaria S. C.. h:'s been connected with the exchange of tlhe Southern Bell Telephone coilpan.y at Prosperity. This Farmers' Exchange has 22 subscribers, reaching the homes and offices of a large number of well known people. As a restlt of the arrangement with the Southern Bell company the merchants and other residents of Prosperity are placed in direct coIl Ilunication with the subscribers of this line, and the advantage is most beneficial. Among those who are connected with the Farmers' Exchange at Po maria and who are now able to se cure service through the Prosperity Exchange are the following well known people: Aull & Hipp, The Setzler Co.. Bank of Pomaria. Hentz Bros.. P0 maria Oil & Mfg. Co., Southern De pot, Dr. Z. T. Pinner, Thos, A. Setz Ie r, J. L. Girahian. R. H. Hipp. J. W. Shealy. Geo. B. Aull, T). L. Wedaman. J. J. Epting. J. Fred Epting, Rev. J. A. Sligh, Jno. B. Bedenbaugh, C. D. Shealy, W. S. Seybt, W. B. Boinest, P. B. Ellisor. Jas. P. Setzler. Another important Farmer.s' line to have 17 subscribers is in course f constrietion aiid will be connected with the Pomnara Farmers' Ex clange. This farmers development is inportant to the entire community and enables Prosperity to maintain social and commercial relations with a. large and important population in the surrounding section. The names of those to be connect ed on this new line. now in course of construction are: Thos. W. Harmon, H. M. Wicker, J. P. Wicker. J. A. Graham, W. L. Graham, D. J. Hentz, Dr. E. 0. Hentz, Mrs. Carrie Lane. M. H. Folk. Rev. J. J. Long, G. H. Amick. H. F. Counts,. W. H. Counts. J. B. Living ton. T. T. Stone. D. W. Wicker, G. H. Singley. Luthera.n Church of the Redeemer. (Rev. Edward Fulenwider, pastor.) A eongregation that filled.the audi torium was present at the night ser vice last Sunday. The singing led by the young men of the college was greatly enjoyed by all present. These services will be continued. The pas tor and officers of the church are very grateful to the faculty and young men of the college for thle interest they aemanifesting in these. eca services. which will do much good. At the midweek service Wednesday nighlt the address will be made by Mr. J. B. O3'Neall Holloway. The atten dance at these services is steadily in ereasmg~. The public is cordially invited to all the services of the chureh. CENTRAL METHODIST CHURCH Rev. J. W. Wolling, D. D., Pastor. The first quarterly conference of this charge for the current y-ear was held on Friday. 22nd inst.. night with the presence of Rev. JT. C. Roper, pre siding elder of this district, and a full ~ot1cial board. All the reports showed that the year had started well. The various amounts reported showed that during the past two months .872.00 had been contributed for var ious purposes. By a unanimous vote Capt. W. Smith Langford was added to the board of trustees. On Sunday morning the attendance was large. many visitors being pres ent, and the pastor spoke on "The mission of the church and the means used to save the lost.'' At night ser vice a large congregation listened with the utmost attentionl to the dis ussion by Dr. Wolling of the "Bel shazzar feast and its historic setting.'' Attention was called to the three feasts of lessing with the presence of Christ, and then to the three disastrous feasts or ban quets in each of which an empire was lost. The singing was inspiring, the 'ntr.? conzregat ion taking p)art. Next Sunday night the Rev. Mr. James of the Presbyteria n chiurch will preach. a''hi congregation andl the general pblie are invited. Ewart-Perry Co. IEwart-Perry Company has on one of the biggest, and most wonderful sales ever conducted in Newberry. Be sure to visit this store before all these wonderfully cheap articles of cloth ing are disposed of. At the prices named in this issue of The Herald andI News they will not be long in A-styp-to-dyn. Conzh remedy for colds and coughs. pile ointment for piles, pneumonia and croup salve for pneumonia or croup. THE OLD ROCK JAIL. Structure in Which Newberry's Pris oners Were Confined More Than Fifty Years Ago. Whiere !D>w\ :s~lane lt 0 ( ' LfderaI m1n'11nm1eIt. iI I'ea of itle ()d (oulit holu-w. ice st4wil the Newherry conl - tv jail. M o h;i half a centilury has passed since il was torn11 down, and there are not naily people in Newberry today who know that it ever stood there. and fewer -till whose memories actually run baek to that time. Fifty-seven or fifty-eight years is a long time in a human life, and he whose recollection goes back that length of time has not many *.* .o X>iaana H. M. BARGER. years before reaching the allotted span. On Christmas day, 1S49, Mr. H. M. BQrger. now, and for many years past of the mechanical department of The Herald and News and its prede cessors, first set foot in Newberry, having come here from Hickory, N. C., the piace of his birth. He was at that time a small child. His home since then has been in Newberry, and his recollections of the Nwberry of the days of his childhood and young manhood are entertaining and valu able. Mr. Barger says that he spent many a happy hour of play in the old jail with the children of the jailer, Solomon P. Kinard. The jail was built of rock, and when it was torn down part of the rock was used in .uilding the wall around the present Monument square. Its front, accord ing to the location p)oinlted out to The Herald and News by Mr. Barger, was on a line with the rear wall of the square. along Nance street. tile jail facing Nance street. In this wall now may be noticed a portion of one of .tihe corners as it originally stood the north-west corner. According to Mr. Barger 's recollection. the jail was about thirty feet wide and about forty feet long, or possibly longer, running back towvards the r-ear wall of the present old court house. The family of the jailer lived down-stairs, and up-stairs there were four cells. In the early fifties it wvas decided to build a new court house, and it was about this time that the old rock jail was torn down. Mr. Barger says that his p)laymate ill the jail was John A. Kinard, a son of Solomon P. Kinard, the jail er, and an elder brother of Mr. James H. M. Kinard, now of the Oh 'server. Mr. Barger recalls very viv idly *a "hawk-bill'' knife. on the or der of a pruning knife, with a curved blade. that his young playmate used to show him, telling him that it had been used in cutting out of jail by the only p)risoner who escaped during Mr. Kinar'd's administration as jail er. 'The story was that tile prisoner had torn out a hole in his cell with the knife and had eut a b1anket in st rings anld mlade a rope. withI which he lowered hlimself through the floor into one of the bed rooms~ down sairs. f r: which.l he mad? hi< es While the jail w:as small, it must ha1ve beeni a very sub)stantial strue tre. being~ co4nstruetedl of heavy. rok. and with the masonry il. voeue in those days. W. P. Harris p)receded Solomon P. Kinard as jailer. Mr. Haris' term, however, was before Mr. Barger 's recollection. It may be interesting to note t hat at that time there was a deep gully 'running from near tile corner of where is now Mayes' drug store. dia e m-'!lv across the square, westward, t w:>:rs the present jail. In this ll--. not far from thle rear of whlere Leavell 's furniture store now stands. was a spring. When the gzully was filled in this spring was made well, and it servedi a- a nim well until very recent ye?ars. when it wvas filled up. The contractor for the erection of the court house which was built about te time the old ror-k jail was torn lown-the present old court house on the public square--was Dammons. Mr. Barger says that h does nor a know where Danmons lived, but Col. WV. Y. Fair and others sav that he;: amnne froin North Carolina. Mr. Bar- I ,er poiited iut to The Herald and ews t1he place where ihe brick used a nl the (oullrt hiouse were made. The L mill used in grindilng the mud. he 1 4ays, was located iii the field in West q End about midway between Crosson and O'Neall streets, and directly v south of the West End base ball park v -about three hundred yards, direct- p ly south of the grand stand. The clay I was secured here and the brick made. j Mr. Barger has seen many changes in Newberry since the days when he f played in the old rock jail. He las 4een the town along with the whole r South, devasted by the cruel hand of war, and h has seen it grow from a I small villagt, immediately after the war. to one of the most progressive 1 eities in upper Carolina. Mr. Barger attended school until he was fourten years of age, at which time he went to work in one of the printing offices in Newberry, and, with the exception of the four years he spent in the war, he has continu ed at the printers' trade almost con tinuously up to the present time. At the opening of the War Between tile States he elitered the Confederate service as a member of Company D, 3d South Carolina battalion, and served throughout the war, taking part in most of the great battles. He did not receive a serious wound dur ing lie entire four years. At Gettys burg, however, he was knocked un conscious by a spent ball and had to be carried from the field. and on a retreat shortly after that he was tak en prisoner and remained for seven months a prisoner of war at Fort De laware. At Gettysburg, the turning point in the war, his company was a member of Kershaw's brigade, the daring of whose achievements; under the shadow of little "Round Top," has probably never been surpasse4 in ancient or modern warfare. It . on the next day, in this same great battle. that the gray ranks underl Piekett dyed themselves crimson as they beat against Cemetery ridge in a charge which, though it failed, will live in song and story so long as he roism is admired and patriotism in stilled into the minds of ynnth. The men of Kershaw 's brigade were not in this charge, but they were doing effective and brilliant work through out the battle, as every body of Southern troops did in every battle of the war. Only hallowed memories of those days now' survive, and Newberry, from the small village which the war left it. has growvn until it is now a city of some eight thousand souls. A magnificent new temple of justice was only this year completed to take the place of the building erected in 't.he early fift&es. The remarkable growth which the towvn has experienc ed in the past few years continues steady and rapid, and Mr. Barger ex pects to live to see Newberry double1 its preseiit population. A BREACH OF PROMISE CASE. Prominent Citizen Charged with Trif liug With a Widow's Af fections. .For some time. it is alleged, one of our prominent citizens has paid more or less attention to a young and beau tiful widow of this town forgetting or at least not heeding the advice of the immortal Mr. Weller to his son Samuel to "beware of the vidders" He now claims that he was not ser ious in his intentions and that he was not attached to her, but however that may have been the widow be came attached to him, and as he seeas to have lost interest in the matter she has attached his property which is a form of attachment that he does not en.loy. The result is. that lie finds hims elf tne defendant in a first-class Breach of. Promise case and his questionable au titu~de towards the widow w~ill be uiven an airing in the near. future. I; will be held in the niew court house, on Friday evening. February 12th, under the auspices of the Bachelor Maids, for whiose benefit the p)roceeds will beC devoted. In other words, it will be a Mock Court Trial, and it promises to ha~ one of the most enjoyable affairs ofi many years, as a large number of our leading people will participate in the proceedings. The committee having the trial in charge have engaged Col. A. V. New to, the well-known lawyer-lecturer of WAorcester, Mass., to attend to the details and personally conduct the entertainment. Col. Newton has had remarkable success in conducting similar enter tainments and without doubt the Breach of Promise Trial will be here, Charms Two Large Audiences. The following is from the News ud Courier of Sunday. the 25th: Full houses witnessed the matinee nd evening performances of "A igrht for a )aY' at the Academy ' Music yesterday. and none went way disappointed. No more delight III musical comedy ha-; visired Char .Ston thiS season, as the rectp0tion ecorded it will attest. Comedian Frank Deshon, about ehoi the calcium plays continually, ;as at his best, which is to say t-hat ide-splitting mirth abounded from eginning to end. Music, staging and eting were all that could be desired. he chorus was clever. lovely and ull of life. Of the songs, 'Garden f Dreams." sung by Miss Ellen rate. and "The Little Girl in Blue" leserve mention, but the hit of the )lay was "Life Is a See-Saw,'" Vhich wound up the first act. The )eautiful spectacle of the dainty lit le chorus girls playing at see-saw :eeping time with the music of the, on1, will not soon be forgotten by hose who were fortunate enough to ee it. The play concerns the adventures )f Jonathan Joy, impersonated by Jr. Deshon, a little waiter who maz iierades as a knight under a bor owed name, and Miss Darrell, put lown in the cast as Tillie Day, - hore girl at Mme Woodbury's 5eminary for Young Ladies at Ev uiston. Ill. The elopement scene in :he frist act is deliciously fumny. Iiss Darrell's rendition of "Hang { )ut the Front Door Key" is as aughable as it is elever, and it aiso ;ook well with the audiences. Altogether, "A Koi,ht for a Day' vas a glowing succ-e;. and it is cer ain of A welcome on its next appear ince here. Cotton Market. Reported by 0. MeR. Ho.Imes. .ood middling ... .... ... .. 9 3-8 trict Middling .... ........9 14 Nliddling ...............9 1-8 Cotton Market. (Correeted by Nat Gist.) ;ood Middling ...... ...... .. 91-2 Strict Middling.. ........9 3-8 Nliddling .. ........ ...... 9 14 SPECIAL NOTICES. I CENT A WORD. No advertisement taken for ess than' 25 cents. PURCELL & SCOTT are now in their new and commodious store rooms in the post office block, and a.re better prepared to serve their customers than before. F. W. WHITE, store in the post office building, ready to do any kind of plumbing business on short notice and in good style. PURCELL & SCOTT will be pleased to see their old customers and to have new ones in their new and commodious store rooms in the post office building. GOR GOOD WORK in the plambing line that will stand the test of time call on J. W. White. WE ARE NOW occupying two store rooms in the post office building where we hope to serve all our old customers and many~ new ones. Call and see us. Purcell 4 Scott. 3. W. WHITE, Newberry 's up-to date and competent plumber guar antees perfect satisfaction in 'all work entrusted to him.. 3. W. WHITE is prepared to give en tire satisfaction On all plumbing business that is required to be done in Newberrv. FOR RENT OR SALE-Twohorse farm five miles from town. 13-acre tract near Mrllo..i Mihk. Another4 small tract near Mollohon Mill. Anticie B.uzhardt. J WANTED-To buy a second hand corn mill rock. Write Mill Rock, R. F. D. No. 2. Newberry. S. C. 'PONE 261 for Pork and Beef. L-1-09-f&t-1m. 3ET 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 perman ently in Newberry, gives both the objective and subjective 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. tf POR NICE pork chops and steaks J C. Sample old dispnsary stand.