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VOL XLVI NO, 23 NEWBERRY, S. (.. FRIDAY. MARCH 19,1909. TWICE A WEEK. ?1.50 A YEAR THE NEWS or PROSPERITY. St. Luke's Congregation Have Inter esting Services-Dr. and Mrs Hunter Entertain. Prosperity, March 19.-Mrs. F. E. Schumpert and little son have re turned from a vist to her mother at Ninety Six. * Dr. and Mrs. D. C. Lagrone, of Ward's are the guests of Dr. G. Y. Hunter's family. Rev. and Mrs. M. 0. J. Kreps and little Tracey, returned Tuesday from a pleasant stay at their former home in Augusta. Mr. L. C. Craig ran down to Lan easter on business this week. Mrs. Ellie Fellers returned Satur day from a visit to Mr. Lawrence Sease at Clemson collgee. Rev Dr. Scherer, president of Mar ion college, Marion, Va., spent Mon day and Tuesday in our city. This was Dr. Scherer's first visit to his friends and patrons in this community but we hope it will not be his last. The Palmetto Club will meet with Miss Kohn orr Friday. The club will be entertained socially in honor of St. Patrick. A very interesting Irish program will be rendered. Miss Richardson arrived in the city Friday to take charge of the N. L. Black Co's. millinery department. They will hold their opening about the 25th. Mr. Losson Paysinger , paid Mr. Pettus Wheeler's family a week-end visit. Miss Laurp Koon is spending a week at her home in Pomaria. Miss Julia Matthews, of Ninety Six, is visiting Miss Gertrude Bobb. Miss. Jessie Moseley has returned -home from her school on account of her health. Miss Mattie Miller is at Mr. Joe Hartman's. Mr. M. C. Morris has resigned his position on the road and will rest during the summer. St.'Luke's eiiigregation had a very happy gathering on Sunday last. In the morning a most excellent sermon was delivered by Rev. E. C. Cronk, of Cohunbia. In the afternoon he also delivered an address to the mission ary society. These services closed the eociety's week of prayer. Several very interesting readings and selec tions were given by members of the soeiety. Mrs. Robertson, of. Newber ry, assisted with the music and sangj two solos. A large offering was cob1 leeted from the envelopes. Dinner was served on the grounds, and a very helpful day was spent by all, notwith standing the inelemency of the weath er. Mr. Losson Bowers, of NLety Six, visited Mr. J. M. Harmon this week. Mrs. Ellie Kinard, who has been on a visit to f,riends here, has returned to Union. On Wednesday evening Dr. and' Mrs. G. Y. Hunter entertained in hon or of Dr. and Mrs. David C. Lagrone, of Wards. Their palatial residence was aglow for the occasion, and the entire first floor was thrown into one. The library and dining room were fra grant 'with yellow jessamin~e while pot ~plants adorned the halls and parlor. Mr. and Mrs. Hunter were assisted in receiving by Miss Kohin and Miss Russell. Miss Effie Hawkins and Mrs. Lillian Harmon presided at th&~punch! bowl. During the evening a 4elight ful musical program was rendered. Mrs. Browne gave half a dozen in strumental solos. Misses Russell. Groseelose, Kohn and Hawkins yen-' dered several dainty vocal solos. De lightful refreshments, were served. The .favors for the occasion were St. Patrick's jugs for the men and tiny -golden slippers for the ladies. Mr's. Lagrone was very handsomely gown ed in her white satin wedding dress.: Mrs. Hunter was charming in clinging blue crepe de ehine. Mr. Robert Craig, of Seneca, visited Mr. L. C. Craig on Sunday. Mrs. P. H. E. Derrick and children arrived in the city Tuesday. Miss Otilia Adams, of Baltimore. has come to take charge of Moseley Bros. millinery department. They are busy getting ready for the open ing, the date of which will be an nounced later. Mr. J. W. Matthe,ws, of Mountville, visited Mr. .J. M. Werts' family this week. Mr. Roce Shealy has gone to THE NEWS Or WHITMIRE. Flourishing Band of Hope-Death of Mrs. BrannouL-New Millinery Openings Soon. Whitmire, March 19.-Miss Mildred Hudson, milliner of the Glen-Lowry Manufacturing Co. store has return ed to her post of duty. Miss Hadson has. been with us several seasons, many pretty creations have come from her magic touch, she will soon be hav ing her spring opening and will wel come her lady friends to the store. Mr. Jno. P. Fant has returned from a visit of several days to 'his sister, Mrs. J. K. Gilder. Mr. Henry Miller has returned from a visit to his parents at Cross Hill. Mrs. W. E. Elmore spent last week with her mother, Mrs. Benson Suber; we were sory to learn of Mrs. Sabers illness. Our flourisbing Band of Hope pre sided over by Miss Reba Nance and directed by Mrs. J. E. Cofield, met at the chapel -on Saturday afternoon. After singing a few humns Mr. Allen Nance, hoisted the beautiful banner bearing the palmetto tree and all the youthful soldiers in our temper anee army fell into line. They march ed to the home of Mrs. L. C. Davis, where they enjoyed themselves at their pound party. Oh! the many nice things which they had to eat! Isn't it nice to make children happy? and what a glorious army this is. I hope these soldiers will be victorious and gain the day. "There is a little drinking house, Which everyone can close, And that's that little drinking house Just underneath' your nose." Mrs. M. J. Brannon died at her home here on last Wednesday, March 10, and was laid to rest beside her husband in the family grave yard at Bullock's Creek, York county. Mrs. Brannon had been in failing health for about a year and although we are never ready for the end, still her death was not unexpected. Mrs. Brannon was in her 62nd year. She leaves three sons, Messrs. Vener and James Brannon, of Whitmire, and Mr. Louis Brannon, o& Mobile, Ala., and two daughters, Mrs. J. C. Johnson, of Mobile, and Miss Ida Brannon of this place. The deceased was a sweet Christian woman, a loving mother and -faithful friend. She will be missed by all, es pecialiy the daughter, Miss Ida, with whom she lived and who nursed her so patiently and lovingly during her last illness. We extend our sympathy to tihe family. Rev. W. P. Yarborough is conduct ing a special meeting at the Chapel. Mr. Charley Briggs has opened the skating rink in the store formerly oc upied by Mr. H. V. Taylor. Mrs. J. C. Abrams and son James, spent a few days.of last week with her son, Mr. J. W. Hipp. Mrs. Joseph Payne has moved into her new house opposite Mr. J. G. Setz ler's. Mr. S. A. Jeter and son Cofield, were in town Saturday and Sunday. Nita. CENTRAL METHODIST CHURCH. Rev. J. W. Wolling, D. D., Pastor. The .regular serv.ices -Sunday morn in will be conducted by the paster. The subjeet presented will be "The church 'and the revival,'' and will be the beginning of the preparatory ser vices for the special meetings of the week following. Sunday night the services will be directed by Rev. Geo. A. Wright of the Baptist church, and on Mondav night, 22nd inst, Rev. Dr. D. G. Philips of the A. R. P. church will preach in Central. The entire membership is urged to be present on Sunday morning. Busi ness of importance will he brought before the congregation. Inclement weather wvill not hinder the services neither oni Suinday or during the week. Athens, Ga., to take a position as tele ghapist there. Mrs. Halfaere and Mrs. 'Ward, of Newberry, visitedl Mrs. B. B. Schum pert last week. Mr. W. W. Wheeler and Mr. A. N. Crioson are acting as jurors this week.. Dr. R. Z. Thomas was in the city CONDITIONS ARE SIC NING. Endangering the Health and Lives of the Children-A Visit Will Convince. To the People of Newberry: Consider with me the following statement. The present income of your schools for running expenses is $7300.00. You are asked to vote two more milis for the same purpose. If you do, you will have an income of $11800.00, the two additional mills yielding $4500.00 on an assessed val uation of $2,346,597. ThrL can Le no question about that, notwithstand ing the statement of the Newberr:v Observer that your maintenance fund will be $13430.00 wien the two mil's are voted. Is $11800.00 needed to run your schools? That is thc. only (liesti6a involved in voting this extra two mill levy. You will vote what is need ed for your schools. Then is it need ed. It is absolutely necessary to di vide the first six grades into twelve classes. The sm!allest of these grades is now 50, the largest is 70. So after divding th-em, the classes will range from 25 to 35 each. Full classes to start with after the sub-division, leav ing little room to take care of an in crease in school population. For the first six grades you need 12 teachers, the four higher grades need - four teachers at least. Sixteen teachers and a superintendent are absolutely necessary. Look at this. 16 teachers at $50 per month $7,200.00 1 superintendent .. .. .... 1,500.00 Fuel ... ... ... ....... 600.00 Janitor services ......... 360.00 Insurance ............ 250.00 Total white school .....$9,910.00 5 teachers colored school (present pay) .........1,415.00 Totail ..............$11,325.00 Of the $11800.00 income you have left less than $500.00 for incidentals and the two schools at the cotton mifflls. To give these mi!1 schools any11 thing at all worth considering you will have to put your teachers pay at $45.00, the present salary. Bear in mind that this calcultion is made in dependent of the building question. If you don't build, you must rent. You are endangering the health, even the lives of your children. Go to the school and see for yourselves. I've been, and I eame away sick in body and *mind. You complain of your schools. Go and see a most potent cause. Teaehers, with over crowded lasses, air too foul to breathe, even for a few minutes. Result, becloud ed brains, headaches, possible dissem nation of dislie. You form your so ieties 'to prevent LIe sprea(d of' cor sumption-I, hesitate, no, I will not say it. Go, see for yourselves. It pains me to write this. I went to the school yesterday. I've thought of what I saw and -felt nearly every waking moment since. I could not sleep last night. I said liut an hour ago, I will not wrjte, 1 will keep silent, it may hurt the town. But it is hurt ng the children a.nd I cannot be sil ent. The children are more valuable than the town. . Mothers, the men are busy looking - afiter th" town, can't ou give one hour Monday to look ing after the children in their school. life. If so, visit your school after it has been in session for three or four hou-s. Don't take my word for it. See for yourselves. We are told to wait another year. The mere sug getion is horrible. I started out to show what builgings are absolutely necessary. But what is the use. It has been stated that the two-mill levy is extravagant, unrea sonable. After it has been shown tat every cent of it is needed, the objection is shifted to the cost of buildings. So the objector will con tinue to object. He says the horse is sixteen feet high and lie st'icks to it. Now let me say simply this, your committee hras spent much time and given .its best thought to this subject. They are taxpayers and want to keep down taxes. They fully feel their re sponsibility in the ma'tter. They have triedl to find a practical way to do with less money. This committee tells' you frankly thazt it will take between $30,000.00 and $40,000.00. They tell ou frankly the reason -they can't g:ve you the ex.w't 0Th' .t. Ih more can you 'expeet. if "ma 'lon't vwte th.s nnnnrsitbon] dlon't- bl:ame THE NEWS or EXCELSIOR. Improvements Being Made-Young Men's Prayer Meeting-Mr. Hodges to Preach. Excelsior, March 18.-Mr. Aumerle Singley, of Newberry college, spent Sunday at -home. Our school is moving on nicely lvith good attendance. We have had some big frost this week after the rain. Our farners are hauling guano now while they -can't plow. Mrs. J. H. Kibler has returud home after spending some time witi her daughter, Mrs. J. D. Stone. Mrs. J. C. Cook, who has been sick for several days is much better, glad to say. The rains have put the public roads in a bad condition. . We learn that some more of our people will. touch up their dwellings with the paint brush in the near fu ture. Mrs. J. S. Wheeler and children have been spending a few days with her sister at Little Mountain. Mrs. Carbline Cook is visiting her daughter near Prosperity. There is some talk of organizing a. young men s prayer meeting in this section. Such a meeting would be helpful to old and young. We take pleasure in announcing that the Rev. J. L. Hodges will preach here again next Saturday night, Sun day afternoon and Sunday night. Mr. Hodges is an able speaker and it will be quite a treat for the people to hear him again. Public cordially in vited to the services. Sigma. Silver Street News. Silver Street, March 17.-We are having a few days of fine weather. Grain is looking fine and bids fair for a good erop. Farmers are hauling lots of fertili zers. There will be another store in town soon. The.chureh here is about completed and it is certainly a good piece of work. Mr. H. T. Fellers was in town yes terday, also Rev. S. P. Koon. Mr. S. L. Fellers, of Prosperity, has been here for a few days doing some tin work. Mrs. K. S. StPwell has been quite sick but we -are glad to state she is improving. Mrs. Fulmer, of Little Mountain, was up to see her sister, Mrs. Stil well, returned home Sunday. Mrs. Ellen Epting, of Little Moun tain, is staying with her sister, Mrs. Stiwell, this week. Miss May Crouch, of Batesburg, is visiting her sister, Mrs. J. P. Long. Mr. Dan Livingston is putting the Dead Fall road in good condition. We wish othiers would follow suit. Messrs. W. K. Sligh and Frank R. Hunter were here this week making a land deal. There will be preaching in the school house for a while, the first and third Sundays, until the church is ready.Seribler. Lou 3. Beauchamp Coming. The fifth and last number of the yeeu*m is "Everybody's Friend.'' Lou BeaucIhamp. Hie will be ~in Hoi land Hall on the evening of March 25th. Mr. Beauchamp is "The think er who makes you laugh and the huorist who makes you think.'' His favorite lecture is "Take the Sunuy Side." Mr. Beauc-hamp is a man of wvon drful magnetism, anud besides being perhaps -the most fluent sneaker on tihe Ameniean plaitform today, he is also a very eloquent speaker and an orator of high magnitude. For o-:er twenty years he has been before the America public, and he is loved and hoino.red by the people of the entire coun try. Everyone in Newberry sould endelavor to hear Mr. Beau champ on Thursday .night, March 23. "She is wearing her hair in so:ne entirely new style. I can 't make~it out.'' ''That 's the aeroplane tousle.'' *or t:rustees, don't blame yo,r teach (Ira, doin't bWame youri committee for the onsquenes. W. K. Siih. 106 YEARS OLD. Interesting History of Old Negro Who Was Killed by SoutBern Freight on Wednesday. Ned Kinard, the negro who was killed by a Southern frelght in New berry on Wednesday, was probably the oldest person in Newberry coun ty. He was brought to fhis country from Africa ma!ny years ago, and pur chased by General H. H. Kinard. He remained in the Kinard family until his death, and was buried yesterday on the Kinard plantation,-in the up per part of the county, where he liv ed. According to records which ap pear to be authentic, h-e was about 106 years old. New was in Newberry on Christ inas day, 1907, and in its issue of De cember 31, 1907, The Herald and News printed the following account of his long and faithf-:i life: "In Newberry on Christmas day was a negro, Ned Kinard, who. ac cording to authenac records, w"' he 105 VPars old in January, 190. He -d wal cd f eteen ile. to New 113 from hiz iiome on Mr. H. H. Kinard's plantation, in, the itqwr part of the county, and he walked back after spending Christma: (6y here. "Ned .was born in Afric, and brought to this country by a slave dealer, from whom he was purchased by Mr. Kinard 's father, Gen. H. H. Kinard. He was owned by Gen. Kin ard until slavery wash abolished at the close of the war.. When the sue cess of Northern arms made him free he remained on Gen. Kinard's plan tation, where he has lived continu ously since, and where he will in all probability be buried. "Ned is a ditcher. Digging ditches has been his life work, and' is al tie knows. "In the days before the War Be tween the States ma.y of the bottom lands in this county' which are now grown up in willows and v growth were fertile corn fields. They were made so by the excellent system irrigation which some of the old plan ters, whose plbnta'tion were their pride, had in use. Great ditches were dug and lands were drained; and in these ereek bottoms the dfinest corn was made. Many farmers in this see tion still keep lands which otherw.ise would be of no'-use except to hold the world together, in cultivation by this system, but there are thousands of acres together, in -eultivation by this systm, but there arg thousand of aeres of swampy land in the South, wherein formerly crops were grown, which have been reclaimed by the willows. "General Kiniard was one of tihe wealthiest and most successful plan te'rs in Ne-wberry county 'in ante-bel lum days. :Bis plantation was situat ed in the upper .part of the county, part of .it extending over the line into Laurens counity. Every acre of his land which coul~d be put into culti vation yielded its erop. The lottom lands were drained, 'and it was on these lands that General K.inard 's heaviest and f-inest crops of corn was grown. "When General K.in* i bought Ned, after his arrival in' America from his African home, he assigned him to the work of digging ditches. One had only 'to look at Ned's build to know that :his call-i-ng was that of a diteher. Today, in 'his 105th year, he reminds one very much of a square brikil low built to support a heavy strueture. He is almost as broad as he is 'tall. He -appears now to be very little, if any, over five feet in height; but his legs and arms -are those of a gian't. "When South Carolina seceded from the Unuion, and the War Be tween the Stiates was on, Ned was taken from his work of digging ditch es on Gen. 1(in'ard's plantiation and went with Gen. Kiina.rd to Charleston, where' Gen. Kinard put him on the work of aissis.tiing .in buiki!ng the fortifica'tions there. Of course, Ned 's duty was to tihrow up dirt. Consid erable rival.ry developed among the nearces on the fortifications as to which could throw the most dirt, and it -is still th]e pride of Ned's life that he was adjudged the champion dirt thrcnver. Nedl says whenever the question was 'asked they all said Ned adt Ge.neral Kinard's niegro fro:n RULE DISCHARGED. Oscar W. Roberts Fails in Efforts to Force Graded School to Admit His Daughter. Judge P.inee, yesterday discharged the rule in the matter of Oscar W. Roberts, petitioner, vs. W. A. Stuck ey, supfriitendmnt of the Newberry Graded schools. It will -be recalled that Roberts sought a mandamus to require the Newberry schools to ad mit his daughter to the first grade, the school setting up as defence a rule which forbids the superintend ent to admit a pupil to the first grade ater October 15 folloving the opening of the school. Judge Prince held ;that thiis rule was not repugnant to law, eind was a reasonable regla tion. The petitioner was represeit ed by E. S. Blease, -Esq., and the school by Messrs. Mower & Bynum and Johtstone & CroAmer. In the Original Greek. Dr. J. M. Kibler, one of Newber ry's popular physicians, has two daughters at Randolph-Macon college. The young ladies f the Greek de partme4 of this time-honored insti tuition recently gave a play entitled "The Alcestis of Euipides" render ed in the original Greek. In this play Misses Bessie and Julia Kibler, of this city, took part. iss Bessie took two parts, one the man-servant and the other Pheres. Miss Julia Kibler was a member of the horus, and the chorus as well as the whole play was rendered in -the original Greek. The professors of ancient languag es of the University of Virginia and Columbia college, Washington, D. C., Washington and Lee University, and Randolph-Macon Boys' college, and many other noted educators were present. The scenery for -the play was paint ed by .the Art Department of the col lege. Newberry, "kin t'row de mos'." "Ned still does whatever ditehing there is to-do around the plantation, and in addition he makes about one bale of cotton a year. He will not touch 'a plow. He prepares his 1arid and cltivates his ecitton- with a hoe. He seems to regard plows as sime tfing unholy. In fact, while Ned has. lived in Ame;nica aniing tihe lifetime of more than two generations, he has not yet been completely civilized. While he has led a peaceable life, he still retains many of the 'elements of his original savage nature, 'and his broken EngLish is ~yet Aard to under-. stand. "Ned has been merried .a number of times, his last marriage occurring only a fiew years ago. On that oc asion Ned thought he had won a prize in the lebtefy of life, and before. thes marriage his mind was consider abl;y .troAbed as to the make of his wedding clothes. He walked to New berry and -told his troubles to Mr. Kinard. Mr. Kinard told him that he thought t,he appropriate dress for a ditehe~r would be a pair of over alls, and' Ned eagerly consented for his "ole mrasser'' to make the pur ehase for him. Mr. K'in,ard pres ented him, with his compliments, a suit of the gautdiest overalls he' could find, and a high white beaver. In this wedding suit, and with a white' preaeh'er to perform the ceremony, because Ned, who must have been of royal blood in Africa, would not be married by a 'negro, he was joined to his last wife for better or for worse. THis last wife is now 'dead and Ned is again a widower. "Ned lives in a cabin by himself and is happy. The abolition of slav ery in n'o wise changed the manner of his Living. For tihe Kinard fain ily 'his hieart holds the same loyalty, and from t-hem he reeeives the same atentioin, 'as in 'the clays of the Old South. "Ned's 'age was recorded in the old Kinard family Bible, whieh was burned ,in the fire whichi destroyed Mr. K'inard 's residence on March 29, of 'this year. This date was authen tic and would make Ned 103 years old 'this coming month. Aside from 'the date, however, memnbers of the family by tracing thie family record back ito the date when Ned was pur hased, can approximate his age. and it wouaper that this is curreet.''