Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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PURELY PERSONAL. Movements of Many People, New berrian And Those Who Visit Newberry. MIrs. T. N. Parks s)enit Sunday in the St. Luke's section. Rev. H. B. Blakeley, of Troy, spent Mondav in Newberry. Masters Pierre and James Gaillard are visiting in Charleston. M:s. P. B. Langston, of Anderson, is the guest of Mrs. E. M. Evans. Mr. James Goggans, of Columbia, spent Sunday in the city. Mrs. Della Davenport has returned from a visit to Columbia. Masters William and W. B. Oxner returned today from Whitmire. Mr. J. J. Garvin. of Kinards, spent Sunday and Monday in the city. Mr. J. E. Summer, of Columbia, spent Sunday in Newbe.rry. Mr. and Mrs. G. Witt Connor are visiting in Cokesbury. Miss Daisy Cannon leaves this week for Fountain Inn to visit relatives. Mr. L. P. Mills is spending 'his va cation at Glenn Springs. Mrs. Minnie Workman, who has been visiting in Kinards. :has returned home. Mrs.Dolly Long, of St. Luke's sec tion, spent Saturday in town with her sister. Mrs. T. N. Parks. Mrs. Lake Cely, of Greenville, is spending a short while with her moth er. Mrs. Wilson, in College street. Miss Essie Pearson l,aves tomorrow for Little Mountain to attend the Sease-Halfacre wedding. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Jamieson, of Atlanta, spent a few days recently in the city. Mr. J. H. Hair. who is in the River side hospital in Oharleston, is re ported as being better. Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Hutchinson leave today for Union, after a visit to relatives in this city. Mrs. F. J. Russell and children left Saturday for Donnalds to visit rela tives. Miss Essie Adams returned to Whit * mire yesterday, after a visit to her grandmother, Mrs. Della Davenport. Mrs. James A. Bowers, of Atlanta, is visiting her mother, Mrs. Martha Todd. Miss Lois Fant is now away from her post of duty for a two weeks' * ~ vacation. Mr. J. Humbert Watson, of. Green ville, was in Newberry the first of the week. Misses Anna Lucile and Helen: Minter Bobo are visiting Mrs. Claude T. Boyd. Mr. Jas. C. Sample spent a couple days last week in Columbia, on busi ness. Mrs. Cole L. Blease is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Sum mers, at Pendleton. Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Austin left yes terday for Greenville to visit Mr. Austin's relatives. Mrs. E. L. Bailes returned Satur day from a visit to relatives in An derson. Mr. T. Y. Chalmers, of Oconee eoun ty. stopped over in Newberry on Fri day to visit relatives. Mr. W. A. Asbill has returned from Poughikeepsie, N. T., where :he has completed his business eourse. Mrs. Annie P. Oxner returned to day to the city, after spending a few days quite pleasantly with friends in Whitmire. Mrs. Theodore Scarborough. of Sumter, is visiting her parents, Dr. and Mrs. E. C. Jones, in Calhoun street. Mrs. Reese and daughter, of Au -gusta, who have been visiting Mr. T. J. Davenport, left yesterday for their .home in that city. Rev. C. W. Hidden leaves Newbury port, Mass., today and will start a protracted meeting at Bush River ~next Sunday. Miss Dessie Shackelford has re turned from Hendersonville and Ashe ville, N. C., whe.re s'he has been spend ing her vacation. 'Mrs. M. A. Evans 'has gone to Edneyville, N. C., a delightful sum mer resort to spend the balance of the season. Mrs. J. A. Thornton and Master Louis Thornton have returned from a long visit to her daughter, Miss Ma *. mie Thornton, in Atlanta. Messrs. Hugh, J. H., and G. B. Summer returned Sunday from Louis iana, Texas and Oklahoma, They re port that the crops in Texas are poor. Mrs . W. Nance and daughter, Miss Katie May Nance, of Lake City, Fla., are at Little Mountain in atten dance upon the Sease-Halfacre wed ding. Mr. Roy Anderson, of Anderson, and Mr. Ben Anderson. of Greenwood, spent Sunday and Monday in this city with their brother. Mr. W. H. Anderson. Miss Lizzie Salter left for Chester Saturday to take charge of the Sal ter photograph gallery in that city. Mr. Salter will come to Newberry and be in charge of the gallery here for several months. VARIOUS AND ALL ABOUT. Miss Estelle Lancaster, of Govan, has been elected to teach the Smyrna school to begin the middle of October, t"he term to last eight miles. President J. H. Harms lost a foun tain pen one day last week and would appreciate its return if found by anyone. Rev. 0. W. Carmichael, sn A. R. P. minister, preached two very enjoyable sermons in the A. R. P. church here on last Sabbath. The Calendar of Central Methodist ciiarch will meet on Thursday with Mrs. James F. Epting. Notice will please ba taken that the day is changed from Wednesday to Thurs day, and the hour of meeting will be five o'clock. Rev. G. A. Wright left yesterday for Parksville and ot'her points where he will spend sometime. During his month's vacation there will be no services in the First Baptist church on Sunday mornings, but there will be Sunday school and the mid-week prayer meetings will be in charge of the Baraca class. Of eourse on Sun day nights the union services are be ing held. ASKS A HEARING. County Auditor Werts, Through His Attorneys, Asks to Offer Testi mony as .to Offices. Messrs. Blease and Dominick, at torneys for County Auditor Werts. appeared before the county commis sioners at their regular meeting on Saturday afternoon, and asked the commissioners for a 'hearing on the question of t'he occupancy of the offi es in the new court honse. They brought to the attention of the commissioners that the case has never been decided on .its merits, the supreme cou.rt,inl its recent opinion, re fusing to consider the merits of the ase. It wvill be recalled that the county commissioners some time ago decided to move County Auditov Werts into the little office i-n the rear of the office hyo occupies, givng .the lat ter office to Judy, of Probate Scham pert. T:he matter went to the su preme court, that court holding that it was a matter entirely with the county commissioners, all that was de cided in the opinion being that the county commissioners are the proper officers to locate the offices in the court 'ouse. Mr. Werts now asks that he be al ~lowed a hearing before the commis sioners so that he can offer such tes 'timony as may be relevant to the issue and let the commissioners decide 'the controversy on the testimony of fered. It is undrstood that when the jommssoners made their fonnmer rul ing changing the offices, Mr. WVerts was not notified of the meeting when the matter was considered, nor was any testimony taken by the commis 'sioners. The county comnmissioners reserved their decision. Mr. W. B. Seabrook. Mr. W. B. Seabrook. who -has dur ing the past year been touring the eontinent and whose letters 'have ap peared in The Herald and News has! returned to America and has taken a position on the staff of the Atlanta Journal. Mr. Seabrook is a graduate of New berry college and received bis first! newspape.r training in The Herald and News office. We are pleased to know that the is going to continue his labors in the South. Thbe following in regard to him is1 taken from ''Talking It Over'' in the Augusta Chronicle of Sunday: ''Mr. William B. Seabrook, city ed itor of the Chronicle up to the time that he left on his tour afoot of the continent, is in the city today. He has signed with t'he Atlanta Journal, and before settling down in the Geor-I gia capital, he is down for a hand shake and pleasant greeting wit-h his friends in Augusta-and they are leg-* ion here. ''Mr. Seabrook is to be the honor <,est. this evening, at a banquet by the Augusta Press Club, at which there will be present t'he newspaper workers of the city. 'He will return to Atlanta to 'gh. T D. M." A HORRIBLE DOUBLE TRAGEDY ON SUhDAY TWO YOUNG MEN KILLED BY PASSENGER TRAIN. Charlie Williams and Ernest Bouk night Struck by C., N. & L. Pas senger Train No. 53. Getting out of vhe way of an ap proaching passenger train on the Southern railway, on which they were walking, Charlie Williams and Er nest Bouknight, two young men, em ployees of the Newberry Cotton Mills, stepped on the parallel track of the Columbia, Newberry and Laurens road immediately in front of a passenger train approaching them from the rear, and were struck and killed opposite tie residence of Mr. M. M. Satter white, about fifty yards below the Cline street crossing, and about three hundred yards above the union sta tion, shortly after three o'clock on Sunday afternoon. :The young men were walking down the Southern railway track from Helena to Newberry, and had just passed the Cline street crossing when they saw the Southrn passenger train No. 11, bound from Columbia to Greenville, approaching them. This train, which is due in Newberry at 2.47, was about thirty minutes late. At the point where they saw the train approaching, the tracks of the South ern railway and of the Columbia, Newberry and Laurens .railway are parallel and very close together. Seei-g the Southern passenger ahead of t'hem, th; young men stepped over on t-he track of the Columbia, New berry and Laurens railway. Almost immediately after they had got on the C., N. and L. track, with their faces toward Newberry, they were struck from the rear by the Columbia, New berry and Laurens passenger No. 53, bound from Laurens to Columbia. Train Close on Them. Shortly above -the Cline street crossing the C., N. and L. track makes a 'harp curve, and it is impossible to see a train for any distance up the track. Tihe train, however, was on the young men almost immediately af ter they had stepped upon the C., N. and L. track. The engineer states that he had given the signal for the rossing, and that he blew the warn ing ignal and applied the emergency brakes as soon as he saw the young men, but that it was a human impossi bility to stop the train before rit truck them, after they stepped upon the track. Both young men were horribly man led. Williams was .instantly killed, and Boiiknight lived but a short time afterwards. The body of young Williams, and young Bouknight, with barely the breath of life in him, were brought to the undertaking parlors of Mr. P. F. Baxter. As state4, Bouknight lived only a very short 'ehile. . Inquest Today. On account of t-be fact that young Bouknight had not yet died while the train was in Newberry, but that there was no possibility of saving his life, it was decided to let the train go on to columbia and to bring the crew back to Newberry for the inquest. After the death of Bouknight two ju ries of inquest were empanelled, and th-e bodies were viewed and the testi mony of Dr. J. K. Gilder and a part of the testimony of Jno. Andrew Sat terwhite, the only eye witness except the egineer and fireman was taken. The inquest was then adjourned until this morning at 8 o'clock. The young men had just begun their vacation of two weeks out of the Newberry Cotton Mills. Both bore very excellent reputations in the com muity and had many friends. Neither was miarried. The former homes of obh were at Chiapin, where t.heir bod-. ies were taken for interment on the C. N. and L. train which left New berry at S :47 o'clock yesterday morn Mr. Williams was a son of Mr. C. P. Wiiams. He was aged about 21 years, and was an active member of Bergell Tribe, No. 24, Improved Or d.e.r of Red Men, and of Cateechee Council, No. 4, Degree of Pocahontas. Young Bouknight was a son of Mr. E. R. Bouknight. He war- about 17 years of age. Red Men a.nd Pocahontas Meet. A joint meeting of Bergell Tribe and of Cateechee Coneil was 'held on Sunday evening at eight o'clock to seleet pall bearers and an escort of honor for the remains of Mr. Wil liams, their departed brother. The meeting wvas attended by a great num ber of the members of both. Orders. The joint mxeeting was called to order by Sachem 0. 0. Smith, after which Gireat Junior Sagamore Otto Klett nr was called to the chair, and in appropriate words made tihe announce ment of the sad death of the two young men, one of whom was a mem ber of the two Orders which had gath ered to pay respect to his memory. Tle following. membem of Bergtell Tribe were appointed to accompany -the remains to Chapin, in the capaci ties stated: I Escort For Deceased Member. Rev. W. C. Kelly. young Bouknight's pastor, who conducted Ithe funeral exercises over his body, the funeral exercises over the body of youlg Wil iams being conducted by is pastor. t-.e Rev. .J. F'. Alaaill. Honorary Pall Bearers-Cannon G. Blease, prophet; 0. 0. Smith, sachem; R. P. Franklin, senior sagamore; B. B. Leitzsey. junior sagamore: Otto Klettner, chief of records; P. F. Baxter, keeper of wampum; E. L. Rodelsperger. deputy great sachem. Marshal-J. H. Chappell. Active Pall Bearers-Van Smith, James Caldwell, J. M. Gui. J. L. Williams, H. C. Boukight., Mason Wrioht. Honorary Pall Bearers from the Council of Pocahontas-Miss Annie Mae Chappell, Mrs. S. A. Attaway, Mrs. C. A. Bouknight, Mrs. Rebecca Rikard. Miss Viola Rikard, Miss An nie Bouknight, Miss Jessie Coleman, Miss Lizzie Clamp, Miss Katie Spence, Miss Be.rtha Metts. Courtesy of The C., N. & L. Messrs. Blease & Dominick, who represent the Columbia, Nevberry and Laurens Railroad company in Newberry, were in communication with President Childs on Sunday af ternoon and arranged wi}h him to offer to take the bodies of the young men to Chiapin, and to take the fathers and mothers and brothers and sisters of the young men, and the pall bearers and honorary escort from Bergell Tribe and Cateechee Council, free of cost. In making this offer at the meeting on Sunday evening Mr. Blease stated that, while the railroad in no way felt itself responsible for the death of the young men, looking upon it as an accident which no hu man foresight could have prevented, yet the .railroad officials, as did ev erybody else regretted the unfortunate tragedy deeply, and in accordance with his suggestion President Childs Oad readily consented to. the arrange ment which he had suggested. Orders Escorted Remains to Train. The members of Bergell Tribe and of Cateechee Council met in their hall at 7:30 o'clock yesterday morning, and accompanied the remains to the train in a body. In addition to t'he relatives and pall bearers and escort, a number of the friends of the two young men ac companied the remains to Chapin. The families declined to accept t'he offer of the C., N. & L. The: courtesy of t'he railr.oad, how ever, was accepted and appreciated by the representatives of the two or ders, who accompanied the remains. Southern Returned to Newberry. The Southern train was just pass ing or had just passed as the young men were struck by the other train, the young men having just got out of the way of the Southern. Just after the train 'had passed two pas sengers on the rear coach of the Southern saw the two young men ly-. ing by t-he side of the track, and they also saw a negro between the two tracks. It appears that a negro who was a passenger on the Southern had lost his hat, 'his hat having blown off at about that point, and he had attempted to jump off the train to get ~is hat, and -had fallen. The two pas sengers thought the Southern train had killed the two you.ng men and also the negro, and informed t'he conductor of what they had seen. By this time the Southern had reacihed Helena. Thinking the Southern had killed the three parties, the conductor of the Southern train brought his train back to the union station at v Newberry. After learning that the tragedy was on tihe other road the Southern pro eeeded on its way. The negro who jumped oftf the Southern train was not hurt. ISecond Tragedy of Kind. It was very near this same spot ~some months ago that a negro, Elbert Brown, was killed in almost exactly the same manner. He was walking along t'he Southern~track when he saw Southern passenger No. 16, the night train coming down, approaching him. He stepped off the Southern track to be struck by the night freight on the C., N. & L. coming down. On that oc asion both trains were going in the same direction. The City Sympathizes. It was a great shock, not only to the parents and relatives and friends of the young men, but to the commun ity generally, when it was learned that two young men -had been thus sudenly hurled into eternity, and the sorely bereaved families have the deep and heartfelt sympathy of the entire city. rarmers' Union Picnic. There will be a Farmers' Union naniec in front of the parsonage near Piney Woods church on Friday, Au ust 20th. There will be speaking by prominent men and music for the occasion. Everybody is invited to at FARM EXTENSION SCHOOL. Opened Yesterday Morning With Fairly Good Attendance.-To Continue Through Friday. The farm extension school opened in the g-raded school building vester day morning, with Prof. D. N. Bar row, of Clemson colle-e. in charge. There were about twenty or twenty five farmers present, coming from all sections of the county. The school will continue through Friday. The subjects of soil fertility, in sects and their treatment, handling and treatment of animals, commercial fertilizers,. -improvement of seed plants. and all subjects relating to the farm. will be discussed by the pro fessors of Clemson college and rep resentatives of the United States de partment of agriculture. On Friday, Prof. D. W. Daniel Will deliver an ad dress on the value of education to the armer. Those in charge of the school are experts in their various lines, and it is hoped as many of the farmers as can will attend these meetings. There will be two sessions a day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Not only the farmers, but the citi zens of Newberry and the county gen erally are inNited to attend this school and to lend their co-operation and encouragement. Swittnberg-Hunter. The following invitations 'have been received in Newberry and will inter est 'a large number of friends of the popular young people: Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. Swittenberg request the honor of your presence at the marriage of their daughter Georgia Mae to Mr. L. L. Hunter August the eleventh, nineteen hun dred and nine, at seven o'clock At Home Newberry, S. C. W. C. T. U. MEDAL CONTEST. Winners of Silver Medals Will Con test for Gold Medal.- Barbe ene at Utopia. On the tenth of this month, whieh will be the second Tuesday, Mr. Water I., Herbert, expects to have his annual barbeeue in the grove in front of his home at Utopia. 'This day will also be celebrated by a temperance rally to be under the auspic'es of the Newberry and county W. C. T. Unions. The contest for the Gold Medal~ offered by t'he Newberry union will be held on'this day, the con testants all being winners of silver medals at former contests. Those wvho will enter this contest for t7he gold medal are Misses Mabel Williamson, Etta Shelley, Josephine Dunbar, and Master James Kinard. A large crowd is expected at Utopia on this occasion. Mrs. J. W. White, president of the Ne'wberry union, is endeavoring to get one or more cele brated temperance speakrs to be present and make a speech on that day on this all important question. Old Song Concert. An affair which promises to'be a very enjoyable and interpsting one is the Old Song Concert whiebh will be given at the handsome residence of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Summer in East Main street, Tuesday evening, Au gust 10th, at 8.30 o'clock. This con cert is under the auspices of the ladies aid society of the Church of th2e Re deemer and no invitations other than given through the newspapers will be extended. The public is invited. Meteorological R~ecord. July, 1909. Mean maximum 89.2 Mean minimum 63.1 Mean 76.1 Maximum 98; date 3rd. Minimum 62; date 21st. Greatest daily .range, 27th. Precipitation. Total 6.35 inches. Greatest in 24 hours 2.24 inches; date 26th. Number of days with .01 inch or more precipitation, 13. Clear 9; fair 11; cloudy 11. Dates of Taunderstorms. 6th, 7th, 13th, 15th, 16t'b, 22nd. 23rd, 26th, 28th, 29th. On 26th precipitation 1.50 inches in 45 minutes. W. G. Peterson, C. 0. Beth Eden Union. Beth Eden Farmers' Union. No. 109 will give a Hash picnic. August 11th. Everybody 'is invited and if any farmers of any community wish to join us, wili be glad to consider their applications that day. N. H. Caldwell. President. C. M. Folk, -Secretary. CIVIC ASSOCIATION 'CUE. Dinner to Be Served in %be Old Court House on Wednesday.--Good Dinner Looked Forward To. The civic association barbecue on Wednesday will be served in the old court house. The dinner will be cooked by the famous 'eueist, Mr. Pat Blair, which is a guarantee that it will be good. There will be some addresses on civic improvement and other sub jects of interest. The 'cue is given in a.worthy cause and this, in conneetion with the fact that the dinner will be first-class and will be served by the ladies them .selve;, should bring out a large crowd. SPECIAL NOTICES. 1 CENT A WORD. No advertisement taken for less than 25 cents. ALL PERSONS are hereby forbid den to -hire or harbor Call Chal mers for the year 1909, as he is under contract for me during that time. George F. Krell. 8-3-09-2t. "FLOUR, FLOUR,' This week, best in sacks per bbl., $6.50; per sack 4 85 cents. If you have been paying too much, come to see me. Smith Bros. , 8-3-09-It. LOST-On Main Street, Wishbone brooch. set with pearls and r ner alds. Reward if returned to this office. 8-3-09-1t. FOR SALr-One gentle pony, - six r' . years old, well broken. Suitableifor use of ladies or child'ren. . Apply to P. B. Odell, Whitmire, S. C. 8-3-09-4t. FOR SALE-At Slighs," Newberry County, 108 acres good land in cluding the J. A.- Sligh old 'home. Apply to R. A. Sligh, Slighs, S. C. or Hunter & Sligh, 8-3-09-tf. Newberry, S. C. FOR RENT-The Paysinger Store now occupied by J. J. Dean. Posses sion given September 1. For terms, apply to A. -C. Jones, Newberry, S. C. 7-30-09-tf. FOR.RENT-Store and eight rroom house with all modern conv.enieriees. Mrs. R. L. Paysinger. 7-27-09-8t. NEWERY COLLEGE REUION -I will furnish a first class barbe cue dinner at 50 cents for all those who don't care to bring dinner with them. Also will sell pork and matr ton right from the pit, and also re freshments of various kinds on the gr6unds. Come one and all, and enjoy one day off meeting your frienids. Respectfully, A. N. Boland. Date is FKriday, August 6, 1909. 7-23-094t. I HAVE OPENED A Restaurant in the rea~r of the old Candy Kitehen, next door above Klettner's, whrere I will serve the best the market affords. My old customers and all otVhers are cordially invited to call. Chas. W. Douglas. 7-21-09.-5t. FRESH HOME RAISED Saur Kraut for sale by J. C. Sample. I7-20-09-tf. FOR SALE-One Tozier Engine 20 horse power; one boiler 30 Lorse power, two Eagle gins, one no 3 Bass press. Also belting, pulleys, all in good shape. - B. M. Havird, 7-20-09-tf. Silver Street, S. C. GET YOUR GLASSES from Dr. G. W. Connor. a eraduate of the larg est optical college in the world-tbe Northern Illinois College of Chica go. Dr. Connor is located perman ently in Newberry, gives both the objective and sub.jective tests by electricity and guarantees his work Office over Copeland Brothers. SUMMER CLEARANCE SALE. We offer at and below cost all men's9 and boys' clothing, straw hats, men's and boys' pants. Summer dress goods. All laces and embroid eries. Summer lap-robes. Ham mocks, fans, Ladies' hats and flow ers, Summer parasols. Ready made skirts. Men's and Ladies' slippers, tans, whites and blacks. .Moseley Bros. 7-30-9-2t. Prosperity, S. C.