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PURELY PERSONAL. The Movement of Many People, Newberrians and Those Who Visit Newberry. Mr. Z. F. Wrida hais one to W\ashington on1 a1 business trip. Rev. C. W. Hi(iden. of Clinton. wia in Newherry tle first of the week. Rev. G. P. Watson while in the city was entertained by his cousin, Mrs. C. H. Cannon. Eugene S. Blease, Esq., is in atten dance upon the court of general ses sions in Saluda. Mr. Frank Austin, of Simpsonville, is the guest of his brother, Mr. E. N. Austin, for a week. Mrs. Marie D. Wightman, widow of the late Bishop Wightman, will be the guest of Mrs. J. W. Humbert on Thursday and Friday of this week. Mrs. Duke Hay, of Winston-Salem, was the charming guest of Miss Mae Lucile Smith over Saturday and Sun day. Mrs. Hay left Monday for Greenville to visit relatives. VARIOUS AND ALL ABOUT. 'Rev. J. E. James, pastor of Aveleigh Presbyterian church, preached at O'Neall Street Methodist church on Sunday evening. The Baptist ladies will give an 'egg hunt on Miss Fannie Ramage 's lawn on next Saturday afternoon at four o'clock. Admission five cents. The meeting of the W. C. T. U. called for the eighth of April has been postponed to the fifteenth, and will be held at Mrs. Mary Wright's residence. There will be a meeting of the Cal endar of Central Methodist church, on Wednesday afternoon at four thir ty o'clock at the residence of Mrs. C-lharlie West. Mr. Ira Sligh, who has been with The Herald and News since his first jentra-riZe to a print-shqp aeft 'last week to accept a position in the lino type department of the Columbia State. The young ladies who will take part in the contest for the medal to be given by th eW. C. T. U. during the May Festival -are requested by the superinter.deLt to see Dr. R. Z. Thom as atE on!ce. The ladies of the A. R. P. church will conduct a rummage sale on the next two Saturdays, that is, the .10th and 17th. The sale will be held in t.he vacant store room between Play er's market and *Mrsfi Thomasson 's store. Sheriff Buford on Sunday receiv ed at the county jail John Henary Burton charged with assault an.I bat tery on George Washington. The ne groes live in No. 7 township and 't is said .it the difficulty grew out of a game cof eaids. The owners of 'dogs who have not paid the tax on them had better do so at once or the dogs will be taken up and shot. The council expects to have this ordinance also strictly en forced. This also includes the ordi .nance requiring all dogs on streets to be muzzled. Chidf J. C. Adams has instructions from the mayor, and has passed the instructi,es on to his men, to enforce -strictly the ordinance against shoot ing of air guns and sling shots on 'the streets. He desires that notice shall be given of this so that those who * are inclined to obey the law may have * warning in advance. The regular meeting of the Wo man's Foreign Missionary society which would shave been held yester day afternoon has been postponed un til Thursday afternoon at four thirty o'clock in order that Mrs.. M. D. Wightman, the State president may meet with, the ladies. Mrs. Wight man will be in :he city fo a short * stay the latter part of the week, and the president of the society, Mrs. J. W. Humbert, is especially -anxious that all members come ont and meet Mrs. Wightman and hear her talk on the work. Mt. Zion and Bush River. Rev. C.-W. Hidden, pastor of Bush .River Baptist church, preached at Mount Zion church of Silver .Street, .on Sunday. At the close of the morn ing service a conference was held, and by a unanimous vote, Dr. Ridden was called to be pastor of Mount Zion in addition to his duties at Bush River. It is understood that he will accept, entering upon his pastorate'the first Sunday in May. There are indications of an awakening of religious interest in both churches, and the new pastor reports himself a~s very happy over the outlook. U.D. C. The Drayton Rutherford chapter, U. D. C., will meet with Mrs. T. C. Pool Tuesday afternoon, April 6, at four o'clock. All of the members are requested to notify the hostess whether or not they will atend. Mrs. George Johnstone, A SUCCESSFUL MEETING. he Strong Sermons by Rev. G. P. Watson Appreciated and Enjoy ed by Large Congregations. 1aes. i'!who has bn aing a ofrves at Central Metho) di-t e.hurci for the past week and whIch were <-oncluded last iii:ht, is today visiting his uncle Mr. Walter I. Herbert in the New Chapel section and other relatives in that vicinity. Mr. Watson has made a most favor able impression upon the people of Newberry. His bright, sunny disposi tion and kind, genial nature combined with the strong, logical, forceful, and spiritual sermons which he has been preaching here in Newberry for the past week must leave an impression for good on all who have heard him as well as on the entire city. As a preacher Mr. Watson holds t'Ze.undivided attention of his congre gation and a great solemnity prevails throughout the services. Only after time has ceased to be measured by days and nights and has been dissolv ed into the gre'at eternity can the in fluence of such faithful preaching be measured. Pauline or An Eventful Day. The little opera given by Mrs. R. Z. Thomas' choral class Friday even ing, April 2, in the opera house was indeed a successful, unique and at tractive entertainment. The special parts as well as the choruses were wholly made up of the young talent of the town, and too much cannot be said of the artistic way in which all the parts were interpreted. The space will not permit to give full credit to each of the special parts. Miss Simmons made a beautiful queen and rendered three solos in a coquettish and charming manner. Miss Mabel Williamson or Cullie, with her natural graces and Mr. Marion Bowles with .his boyish lover-like admiration of Callie, sang quite an effectual duet.. Mr. Alan Johnstone as the New York reporter essayed a difficult. role and played it to perfection. The charac ter part of Old Black Joe was ad mirably, taken by Mr. Ruff. The choruses were spirited and wonder fully trained making a, beautiful background for the special parts. The overw0helmning success of the whole performance was due to Mrs. Thomas' untiring energy. Passion Week Services at the Luth eran Church of the Redeemer. There will be services at the Church of the Redeemer every night this week except Satorday night. These services will follow the Passion His tory of our Lord and Savior. Among th6se who will preach at these serv.iy es will be Rev. Prof. G.-P. Voigt, Rev. J. J..Long, and Rev. S. P. Koon. A cordial invitation to all these ser vices is extended the public. Services will begin promptly at 8 p. m. CENTRAL ME,THODIST CHURCH. (Rev. J. W. Wolling, D. D., Pastor.. A beautiful and inviting day call-, ed a large congregation to Central church on Sunday morning. At elev en o'clock, Rev. Mr. Watson preach-' ed an interesting aiid impiessive ser mon. It was the commun-ion occasion and a solemn and beauifil .3xvie it was. While the large number. of. partici'pants were gathering around the altar the choir, directed by Mrs. Dr. Connor, sang in gentle tones an appropriate selection. At 6 in the evening the communion was carried by Dr. Wolling to Mi'ss Lula Bynum who beca'use of failing health could not attend,.in the sanctuary. A congregation which filled .the auditorium and Sunday school room essembled at night and listen&d with the utmost attention to an earnest and really eloquent appeal by Mr. Watson to young men. The singing at this service was very inspiring, several pieces being repeated by re quest. During the day two young persons applied for church member ship and these with others who may apply will be received on next Sunday morning. C. G. Blease & Co. Messrs. Cannon G. Blease & Co., who ~have purchased the business of Mr. A. H. Monteith, in Caldwell street, opposite the Newberry hotel, will keep the business up to the high standard set by Mr. Monteith, and will strive to improve and increase it, keeping it in line with the advance ment of the city. Mr. Blease will be assisted in the management of the business by Mr. Henry Adams. A first-class ,line of cigars and to bacco, and magazines and reading matter of all kinds, will be kept in the future as in the past, and the management of the pool room will be kept up to the high standards set and lived -up to by Mr. Monteith. Mr. Monteith has not yet definite ly decided whether or not he will leave Newberry. His many friends here hope that he will decide to re UNWRITTEN HISTORY. How Bridges, A Negro, Gave The Wallace House a Majority in 1876. Ti aeo:n1pan.yi.ng V;)c117n1miV.aLion from Col. E. S. Keitt. of Enoree plan tation. to CoL D1). A. DIkert, of New berr'y. is responsive to a conversatiln had between them concerning the rniater in which a quorum was se eured for the AWallace'House in 1876. It was a Republican representa tive from Newberry who gave to the Wallace House a quorum in 1876. The three candidates on the Re publican ticket from Newberry for the legislaturt were negroes. The three Democratic candidates were Col. E. S. Keitt. Dr. W. M. Dorroh, and Judge Y. J. Pope. Col. Keitt explains that it was his suogestion (in response to a state ment of President Grant) that they secured one of the Republican mem bers to identify himself with the Wallace House. Just how that was done, of coarse, has never been print ed, but at any rate it was one of the three negro representatives from New berry who gave to the Wallace House its quorum. In addition to U. B. Whites and Bates Maffett, who are mentioned by Col. Keitt as remaining with the ne gro Bridges all night at the hotel, Mr. D. W. T. Kibler was also with them, and was largely instrumental in keeping Bridges at the hotel. The Bridges negroes had been slaves of Mr. Kibler's father before the war, and Bridges at the time he was a member of the legislature liv ed at Prosperity, where Mr. Whites and Mr. Maffett' also lived. The legislature of 1876 after hav ing been secured by the DemQerats held a session in '77, and in May '77, Thomas, the negro representative from Newberry, was denied -his seat or ex pelled from the house on 4eount of his gross contempt and defiant atti tude toward the lawful house. Follow ing his rem.>;a as member of the leg islature a convention was held in Newberry and Judge Y. . Pope was elected as his successor. During 1877 Tom Keitt was con victed of bigamy .and he was expelled during the session of 1877 and George Johnstone was elected in his place. Bridges on account of having secur ed a quorum~ for the Wallace House served out his term. The following is Col' Keitt 's let ter which throws additional light on the proceedings incident to the organ ization of the Wallace House. Enoree Plantation, Mch. 30, '09. Col. D. A. Dickert, Dear Sir: I recently had a* alk with you in regard to Bridges going over to the Wallace House in 187.6 and what brought it about.' Thomas Keitt (colored), Samps Bridges :(colored), and Wi-lliam H. Thomas (col.), were nominees of, the republican party in this eounty in 1876. Y. J. Pope, .E. S. Keitt, and Dr. W. M. Dorrgh..were nominees of the Democratie part,y. At the potlls we were *defrauded and. [ determined to put in a prote.t and contest their rights to theii' seats. ,I went to Columbia the da.y before the legisature met. That night George. D. Till'man Tand ~I went to .the. State huse lonTked'arms. Hamgpon4e us a speedh int i$i of representa tives. Thiat niglit after w'e^1eft Cham berlain took aitary pssession of the State house. -~No one yasadinittid in to - the State house the next inorning unless he had a certificate of his elec tion signed by the se-cretary :of ' he State. Hampton made us a; speech from the steps of the State hou.se. He requested us all to . retire and not stand in squads in the streets; that a confliet might' be avoided. When all .Qf our members could not get in the State house Wallace wi'thdrew a-ll to Carolina Hall where he organized. That evening I proposed to James N. Lipscomb that we go to Gary's room and alearn what was up. When we knocked at the door 'and were admit ted there were thirty or forty men in the room. George Tillman was in the chair. dHe rose and said, ''Gentlemen, every man who comes in hers tonight is expeeted to give his sentiments what of tomorrow a~t twelve o'clock. Shall the Wallace house go down to the State house.'' I said to Col. Lips comb get up and speak, ''I followed you all last sammer and will do so now.'' He said, ''I will not.'' I was then called on. I rose and said, 'Mr. Chairman, The Wallace house should go to the State house at t.wslve o'lock tomorrow 'and fight it out on the floor of the house. We began the late war and were defeated. We can not begin this one now or we will be overwhelmed.'' Many questions were proounded to me especially by Mr. Addison, a member from Edgefield. I answered all their questions. After every speech we took a drink. James Lipscomb was t4hen called on. He was full of fire and tore everything to pieces. The men went around the room showing by their fingers that Newber ry m.a anode.a Geneal Gary in 4t04ilii-vil le 'I1) C en. Rosser as I vil t-re<d the rn) arid lie was at onve -a ilw( l i I' tle l'iH m. Oll li- return I -i:nl con<-hled my speevi and I :n Ii n dlsh ( Z i .1. R oss' . w lla'k iil tf Isee!-h d<l Keitt make? "He , tl l 0 (' 10vfid-l e n l ft aul ' mila I I ive i net il C,Ih1im la. I klnew t ilent 1we ZagrPe 4 W:tIl '.". G.")1. Brla(lfw NI 'l :l1e ill anie l n was ealled on. He ;-poke in linie with tie prevailing though.t. I then called on Gen. Rosser. He rose and said, "Gen t,enen. I am just from the Northwest. There are four hundred thousand men there ready to move on you as soon as you begin the fight." He tracked in my speech. After this speech we ad journed. The next morning I was on the street talking -to Secretary of State Simms, Mr. James Lipscomb rushed up and said to me, "Keitt, the legis lature has sent to me to come and make to them the same speech I made last night.'" He hardly had it out be fore a great shout was heard at Caro lina Hall "The Wallace house is go ing to the State house." I said, "Why, it ilooks, Jim, like they have taken my advice instead of yours." Col. Simms and I locked arms and started to the State house. We went right in with the Wallace house. Wal lace dropped in the speaker's chair. Mackey came in soon after and they got a chair for him. I stood on Wa'l lace's right. A. C. Haskell was on his left. When all was quiet I walked down and out ,to th;e Mansion house where I was boarding.jaing heard that President Grant had just sent a telegram to -Columbia that he would not recognize either house unless a majority of the members held certifi cates of election from the eeretary of State, I went into the parlor of the hotel and lay on the sofa,. and went to close thinking to unravel the prob lem. Just after dinner Y. J. Pope was passing the door of the parlor. I c Ul ed him to come. to me and I said "I have solved -this whole matter on law.'' He drew up a chair and tock a seat by me on the sofa. He said, "Tell me.'' I said, "President Grant has sent a telegram here that he will not recognize either house unless the majority of the members have a cer tificate of election from the Secretary of State. We must go to work 'and get that majority for the Wallace 'house. When we get it Wallace wi then have all the power exercised by the speaker in the English parliament who can ea'll on every man in the empire to come to 'their support.'' Pope said, "You have done it.'' I then said to him, "We will go to -th'e State hocuse tonight and propose to Tom Keitt and Bridges if they will join 'the Wallace house and sup'port Hampton to the full we will withdfaw ourL' protest and give you the seats.'' After Pope 'left I went to the room of the State executive committee; on ly two mem~bers were in, Cdl. William Wallaee and Mr. Fraser,- after judge. I said to them,, "I don 't belong to your committee but I have as 'much interest in the soinution of .the question before you as any man in the State. I'have come to make you some sugges tions.'' Both replied, "We will be glad to hear them.'' I began at once. Soon .Speaker Wallace came in. I stopped. Mfr. .Fraser asked Speaker ~Weilace, "What now,.Mr. Speaker'?'' Hie b'egan to ~tell. Mr. Fraser saids.to himr, ''Keitt has been giving us some much better suggestions. '' Speaker Wal4ace th:en turned to me and asked what they werd. I then explained the matter to him and the executive com mittee and -left. I 'then went to the State 'house and proposed to Tom Keitt and Bridges if they would go over to the Wallace house and give Hampton a full support I would with draw the protest and give them the seats. Mr. Pope was present and gave his free- and full consent. The next morning I went to see Hampton. As I entered 'the room .of the execu tive committee Ma.j. Thomas Wood ard was there. He said, "Keitt, the 'xeeutive committee 'last night adopt ed your .plan. '' I said, "I have come to see 'Gen. Hampton.'' At that instance Hampton came in out 'of his private office. He said, "We had your plan before us last night and I have agreed to it.'' I replied, " Then I will not consume your time. Good bye.'' IWhen Bridges agreed to go over to the Wallace house Pope came to me and said ";Bridges has agreed to be sworn in the Wallace house. Go down and hoild the house until we get there with 'him.'' I went as fast Its I could. Before I got .to Carolina 'hall I met several members. They told me the house had adjourned. I re pled, "We have Bridges. He is now on the way here to be sworn in the Wallace house. He will make the quorum. You are no't fit for revolu tion. You should have remai-ned in session"' Speaker Wallace .eame up. He told me to keep Bridges and bring him up the next morning to be sworn in. Bates Maffett and U. R. Whites kept him in the ho tel all night and the 'next morin he was sworn inq Tom KeitR eame to Carolina hall to :.:et Dri.s from us. when he was alrut - I)e swori in t.!re Wallace housew. f order ei him t leave and he did ,) pwmr lY. I knew when we seeud -, i C >n fr' the Walace house w 1 had .h,? St:itr :i fe an-d could ina,nza rate Ia:nptnn i,vernor de jure. To ac oiiih~ th'e I devoted all my 11 time ain d powers w hiiL, in Columbia. I was in tl:,v eam1paign! of 1876 from the be ginning to the end. Y. J. Pope and I were the executive committee, Col. Thomas Lipsco:nb and Jack Hair were on it at the beginning and withdrew. Pope and I stuck to the end. I made twenty-two speeches in the county. I told the people if Hampton failed to make good what he promised I would go out and be shot. Such was my faith in our grand chief. I never said that for any other man. The expelling of Tom Keitt from the legislature e:eated a vacancy in the house of rep resentatives from this county. The Democratic convention was called to fill it. When the convention met my action in withdrawing the protest and giving the sea.t to Bridges for goinc over to Wallace house and making it a quorum came up. I arose and as samed- the entire responsibility. By resolution offered by Dr. McIntosh, my action was approved by an over wheiming vote. While in Columbia I said -to Pope, ''I will never be a can did-ate for any office before the peo pIle of Newberry. If you desire to come back you can count on my sup port.'' I was compelled todeeline the nomination three times in the conven tion. I said to .the convention, "I will not go if elected," when urged by, Mr. Jos. Caldwel to let them send me. I could not let my name go be fore the convention as I had said to Pope what I did. Tihe above are facts. Chief Justice Pope knows all about them. We were intimately associated and worked together ffroughout the campaign. He -wiU verify what I have said. Ellison S. Keitt. Whitmire Defeats: Clinton. Whitmire, April 3.-Whitmire played rings around Clinton this af ternoon and, won by a score of 7 to 1. The vitors were unable to 'hit Gilliam at opportune times, while the locals made 8 hits off of Benton, the crack southpaw. The features of the game were Davis' and Fant 's hitting gadid Gil liam's pitching. Score by innings: R H E Whitmaire 1 0 2 0 2 2 4) 0 0-7 8 2 Clinton 0 0 000 01-h.5 b Batteries: Gilliam and Painter; '-nton and Cambell. The board of governors of the chamber of commerce at their 'meet ing the other day re-elected Mr. S. S. Cunningham secretary." THE IDLER. 2 (Continued from gage 1.) your father .cannot .pay your debts then sell your property and pay what you can and don't be making false remarks about those who do pay. ''Remarks of this kind cause peo ple who would never mention certaini things to tell their children many things about others that charity should draw a-veil over and try and forget, but when your child comes home and tells you of'some dirty re mark made to your child about you or to some of his or her friends you are forced in self-defense to tell your child some things,that you would love t'o 'let be forgotten for the sake of the child of another but self protec tion i's the first .law of nature.'' -o All that The Idler has to say is that parents ought to teach their children not to say unkind things of others, even if they are true, and they them selves do not live in glass houses. Certainly they should not speak them if they are not true. The wise man said: ''A false witness shall not be unpunished and he that speaketh lies~ shaall not escape.'' And again-. ''A false witness shall perish.'' -0 And it is true that those who talk most about others and make unkind remarks are themselves, as a rule, the most vulnerable. -0 I will just ask the editor to pass the suggestions of the article on. The following item appeared in the Atlanta Georgian under a New York date line, April 2: ''"Messrs. Jno. M. Hunt and Walter Kerr, of Newberry. S..-C., are at the Park Avenue.'' A gentleman has, sent it to The Id ler. knowing that [ take pleasure in noting the doings of Newberry people. The question is who are these gentle men? I have searched the directory and do not find any names similar. It seems to me that I saw in the news pprthat Mr. Jno. M. Kinard and ~ColWalter H. Hunt had gone to New York but T can conceive of no rea son for them to change their names cr to travel imeog. Nor of -any condi tion in which they could get by which in registering at t.he Park Avenue thev could get their names mixed. The Idler. Cotton Market Reported by 0. McR. Holmes. Good Middling ........ ..9 1-2 Strict Middling ..-........9 3-8 Middling ..-............9 14 Market steady. Cotton Market. (Correeted by Nat Gist.) Good Middling ........ ..9 1-2 Strict Middling ..........9 34 Middling ..........6....9 14 SPECIAL NOTICES. I CENT A WORD. No advertisement taken for less than 25 cents. WANTED-By Mollohon Mfg. Co. a first class man with small family, as boarding house keeper. - Apply in person at Company's office. 4-2-2t New supply Easter Post Cards just in Anderson 10c. Store. ROUGH FOOD-FOR SALE-Fodder, hay, oatstraw, stover, all baled Also milk cows for sale. Walter L Herbert, 3-26-09-tf. R. F. D. No. 4. Another shipmnt sid combs, bak combs, barrett, bauda's etc.. Andeson 1c. Str .. WANTED-Trustworthy man or wo man in each county to advertisq, -raeeive orders.and mange buine for New York 'Mil Order Hus. $18.00 weekly; position permanen; no investment required. Previout. experience not essential to engag ing. Spare time valuable. Enlose s6lf addressed envelope for fuR partioular Address, Clarke Co., Wholesale Dept., 103 Park Ave., New York. 3-12-09-8t. New Linen Elastic Belts Anderson 10c. Store. "PACQUILIE," famous staltion for med~y owned by Jack Brown, e::i a big fine jack, at Epting's old shed, at cotton yar'd, for service. Fee, $10.00. Groom:fee 50c. Thos. J. Davenport. 3-9-8t-liaw Easter lNovelties at Anderson 10c.- Stgre.. WANTED-The ladies- of Newbei-ry to i'nspect the samples and fashi(n plates of made-to-order suits, etc., of the Chas. A., Stevens & Bros., af Chicago. Mrs. Claudia N. Hunter EASTEE DYES and Post Cards e'? .. Mayes' Book Store. GET YOUR GLASSES fromDr W. .Connor, a. graduate 'of the larg est optical college in the world-the Northern Illinois College of Chica go. Dr. Connor is located permuan-. ently in Newberry, gives both the objective and subjective tests by electricity and guarantees his work. Office over Copeland Brothers. IT'S GOOD SHOE SENSE To get a ,last that suits your foot. Better let us fit) you this Spring with a pair of WAIR IGH T'S that don't need breaking in. $4.00 All Leathers. Why Not Buy Them Today? EWART-ERRY 00.