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PURELY PERSONAL. Movements of Many People, New berrian And Those Who Visit Newberry. Mrs..1). iA. Lngford spent Tuesday in Colutublia. Mlrs. T. C. I'ool i riiting rela tives in Asheville. Mrs. E. S. Herbert, of Orangeburg,. is In the city for a few days. Mr. I. H. Hunt went over to t'n ion yesterlda on business. Capt. V. S. Lang-ford has gone to New York and other points North on a pleasure trip. Mr.s. .J. A. Blackwelder a,1ld chIl dren are spending a few %veeks with relative; in North Carolina. Dr. 0. B. Mayer and family are spending a couple weeks at Atlantie Mr. B. C. Matthews and Mr. Rob rt Norris left on Wednesday for New York. Mrs. 0. Klettier has gone to Phila delphia to visit relatives. She is ac tompanied by two of hr ehildren. Mr. John B. Mayes has gone to New York to purchase his line of holiday goods and novelties and to enjoy a few days in the metropolis. Mrs. James McIntosh and children, of Columbia, are the guests of her sister, Mrs. W. H. Hunt, in Calhoun street. Col. W. H. Hunt and Mr. W A. MeSwain have gone to Baltimore --and New York and will be absent probably until the first of September. Miss Sara Robinson left Tuesday for Augusta. Ga. She will also spend some time in Aiken and at Wrights ville Beach. N. C.. before returning xxome. Misses Minnie Stansill. of Rock ingham, N. C., Blancbe Simmons, of Gre4nwood. and Lucy Hbuseal. of Cedartown. Ga., are the guests of Miss Sarah Houseal. Dr. J. W. Wolling. pastor of Cen -tral Methodist church, is at old Rem bert ehurch. in Sumter county, hold ilng special services. He will retu.rn to 'Newberry on Monday. Mr. J. E. Scurry, assistant book 'keeper for the Jefferson hotel, Rich mond. Va.. and Mr. B. M. Scurry, of! Columbia, are visiting their parents. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Seurry, in the city. ~Miss Lula Mae Summers. of A.la 'bama, has been in the city the past 'several days, the guest of Mrs. Cole 'L. Blease. iWrs. BQease and Miss Summers spent Saturday and Sunday in Charleston and at the Isle of Palms. Col. and Mrs. 0. L. Schumpert and: little Miss Mary McClure went over to Hendersonville on Tuesday. Col. Schumpert returned on Wednesday. He said it was so cool over there that he slept under two blankets. Miss Pearl McCreery, who has been visiting Miss Anita Davidson, in Boundary street, returned to her home at Blackville .on Wednesday. Miss McCreery was accompanied home by Miss Anita Davidson, who will spend ten days in Bla.ckville. MAIU AND ALL ABOUT. -Judge of Probate F. M. Sebum pert has moved into his new residence; in Hunt street. Mr. J. H. West has one hundred loads of dirt which he desires to give away. Mr. James W. McKittrick, of No. 6, while digging in his garden on Tues day, unearthed a one-cent piece mint ed in 1817. -G. &. Sale has moved his law office to the chamber of commerce building, opposite the Newberry hotel, occupy ing tVhe room formerly occup)ied by Mr. J. A. Burton. 'There will be a very important 'meeting of the Philathea (lass of the First Baptist church, on Friday af 'ternoon at 5:30 o'clock, at the res :idence of Mrs. W. H. Hunt. A tenant house on the place owned by Sam Tribble, colored, in No. 6 township, was burned on Sunday night. The house was occupied by Aus -in Atchison, colored. Mr. L. W. Floyd has threshed 2,950 "bushels of oats, grown on his place in 'No. 6 township. In addition to this the has about five hundred bushels not threshed, making a total of about 3.450 bushels. Mr. Floyd had about -125 acres planted in oats. Tshe Rev. Geo. A. Wright, pastor of -the First Baptist church, has gone to Hendersonville to spend 'some time. 'There will be no services in his church on Sunday morning. Sunday schlool will be held at 5 o'c-lock in the afternoon; and the prayer meeting on next Wednesday evening will be 'at the nsual hour. ATTEMPT TO BREAK JAIL. Effort Discovered and Thwarted by Sheriff Buford at the Dinner Hour Yesterday. Sheriff Buford yesterday dic-:t\ ered anI ittemII)t )eing made by his trisners to file their way* oat of, the Newberry jail. As he went into tie cell to iVe the prisoners -eir dinner, Sheriff Buford noticed that the iuside bar across the door was bright in one phw-e. le exainiiied the bar. aiiil found that it had been filed nearly in two. Thiere were two locks uponl the dorh above he bar, and it would have beenl IevessarY for the prisolners !wt ton1\y to sever the bar. but tf) opeil b-)tl tle locks above. S.eriff Buford at t.he time had -Ix prisoners in the jail. all negroes. The prisoners were in adjoining cells, and during the day the sheriff had thrown tile cells together in order to give the P:isoners more latitude. Those in the cells which had been thus turown together were Jonas Sulton, charged with forgery; Marvin Bridges and John Boyd, charged with steal i-ng Dr. J. J. Domini-k's horse at Prosperity; two Wicker negroes, charged with assault and battery with intent to kill, and Nelson Sims, charged with assault and battery with intent to kill. It will be recalled that at tbe last term of court there was an indict uent against Bridg,es for using a horse without tihe consent of the own er. On account of lack of evidence to make ort the crime. the case was placed on the contingent docket, and Bridges; who had been in jail, was released on his own recognizance. Later he was captured. with John Boyd. iln Dr. Dominick's buggy. the two Phaving taken it from Prosperity the night before. driving it off from the place where Dr. Dominick 'had it hitched. Bridges came back to jail and along with him came Boyd. After discovering the filed bar yes terday. Sheriff Buford began an in ves,tigation. and learned from the prisoners that after being released from jail after the last term of court Bridges had taken a file from the jail yard. whieh Sheriff Buford had bought to file his hoe. and had taken it up into the jail and given it to Jonas Sulton. and it was this file which was being used. Investigating further. Sheriff Bu ford found that the negroes had been tiling an old house key, which Sims had in his pocket, trying to make it fit the first lock: With a less vigilant sheriff the at tempt to break jail might have sue reeded. But the prisoners had Sher iff Buford to contend with, and had his vigilanee to escape before they could seeirte geir flibIerty witihouit due process of law, and their effort failed. Ever alert. Sheriff Buford ipped the attempt in the bud, and the prisoners are probably sadder on acount of tiheir thwarted hopes, but re no doubt wiser. AME NEAR BEING SERIOUS. ail Carrier W. G. Peterson Met With Accident as He Started Out on Tuesda.y. Mail Carrier W. G. Peterson, as he started out on his route on Tuesday orning, suffered an accident which ame near resulting seriously. Going out 0O'Neall street. just be fore passing Senn 's store, he was in ormed t:hat he could not pass brough tihe street further down ~on eount of ditches whieh had been ug for laying sewerage pipes. He urned to tile right and went to the zrallel street. down which he drove r a bloc-k. and then started back into 0O'Neall street. Ini order to avoidI i ditch on his right. just as he was driving over the b)ridge across the ditch coming into O 'Neall street. he uned a little to t'he left and his ugy wen iupl on the dirt which had een piled up after having been ta ken f-m the ditchles which were be ing dug. His buggy turned over and caught him under it. Judge Peterson managed to hold tile lines, but the horse kept on and dragged the buggy some yards with him under it. About e;s time Henry Sligh came up and1 caught t'he horse. and, with the as sistance of a negro. the buggy was righted. Judge Peterson's right arm and right leg were bruised. but he suffer el no serious injury. He says he be lieves the timely assistance of Henry Sligh probably saved his life. His bugzy top and harness were )adly damaged. The horse wvas not hurt. After making some repairs. Judge Peterson continued on his route. Barbecue at W. C. Sligh's. There will be a barbeeue at W. C. Sih's grove on Thursd.ay. August 26. The good roads question will be dis cussed by several speakers. D. A. Kl&ekley. SEWERAGE CONTRACT LET. Bowe and Page Lowest Bidders at $34,622.71.-Very Best in Sep tic Tank to be Installed. The .omiIII1ssi)Iner. of )ti)li. woiks let the contract for the extension of the sewerag-e system ol Tiielay af ternooli to Bowe and Page of Augusta, (Ia.. for $34.622.~1. The contract iII cludes about five and a half miles of sewerage and the huilding of a sepeti tank under the most nioderii and lat est improved design. The other bids submitted were: Waltoii and Wagner, of Atlant, $36,239.26; J. W. Gurley and C>., of Knoxville, $42.018.40: erglionse aad Mo i.of 1"'enns'ylvania. --":3.060.20; Geo. W. Wariii. of Colutmbia, . 864.90: McKay EngineeiIg company, $38,44. L. The estimates for the septic tank in all the bids ranged from about twelve thousand to fifteen thousand dollar-. It will be the first septic tank of the kind ever erected in the South. A num ber have been erected and tesied in the North and it is said they are as near perfect as it is possib!e to have fhem and that they give absolutely no toruble. The tank is to be erected at the confluence of the north and south forks of Scott's creek about t wo miles from the city. The commis3ioners have purchased about t.hree ar-res of land at this place and there will abso lutely be no bad effects from the se' er after passing through the septic tank. The main sewers will be carried down the two streams on either side of the city as nearly as it is possible and there should be no trouble in e euring the rights of way from the geo ple who own the land along these streams as it will in no way damage their property but on the contrary will place sewage in easy reach of any building they may desire to do op this land and will in this way en hance the value of these lands. When this sewerage is put down it will practically place within the reach of every one the opportunity to have sewerage connection. It should be made as easy and as cheap as pos sible to every one to put sewerage in his or her premises and in some cases where the buildings are crowded it should be made necessary to connect with the sewerage system for it in olves the health of the community. As will be seen from the bids sub mitted it will take practically all of the bond issue to put in the system. And as stated it will practically place! t in all parts of the city where it is1 necessary to have it. The commis sioners have secured the very best and the very latest in a septic tank. The septic tanks which we had before were never entirely satisfactory: Communion at St. Matthews. There will be communion services at St. Matthews Lutheran church on the irst Sunday in September and preaching also in the afternoon. Din aer will be served on the grounds. The pastor, the Rev. J. J. Long, will be assisted in the services by President J. Henry Harms, of Newberry college. President Harms will do the preach Eng. There will also be two services n the Monday following with dinner n the grounds and preaching morning and afternoon. To Teach in Georgia. Prof. Young Brown, of Prosperity. on of Mr. Geo. D. Brown, has been ected principal of the graded school t Spread, Ga. Prof. Browvn gradu ited the past summer at Erskine eol ese a.nd is a young man of tine arts. It is quite a compliment to his ibility to be chosen principal of this ~choo. He has five assistant teachers d will go to his school early in Sep ember. J. A. Mimnaugh. Mr. J. A. Mimnaugh has gone to e York to purchase his fall and yinter stoek and it goes without say .ng that he will look out for bargains wvhile in the Northern markets and with his experience and the cash lie will select articles as bargains to please his large trade. Miss Stokes, who had charge of his millinery de partment the past season, will beI with him again the coming season. She is an experienced milliner and the Newberry people were so well pleased with her the past season that they will be delighted to know that she is to return. She is also in New York ma~king personal selectin of the mil liner for the fall season. Right on Time. The first of Archie Gunn's series of studio studies of Stage Beauties is in next Sunday 's New York World. Six dainty color pictures of six beau tiful actresses are given in the issue of Sunday. August 28. Every one will wanut these pictures. The set will be '(i)lmplete without thiem. Begin at once. This is the most novel and unie newspap)er offer made in years. There will also be the words and music (complete) of a new song. WATSON-WOOD. The Approaching Marriage of Miss Buena Vista Wood and Mr. Johi Humbert Watson. Invitatiols ha1ve heenl reevived in Newberry an'noneing the appro-ach inr :mu-ri:nt.e or Ai.s Iuena Vista Wood. as follows: Mr. Foster T. Wood requests the pleasure of your company at tie Ill marriae of his dauhliter Buena N'ista to Mr. .John Humbert Watson ol t;,e eveniing of Wednesday the tirst ot Sep)tember inieteen hundel0ld and lile at 1in 1 past eight o'(lock ,ne huindred and twenty West Main St reet Roek Hill South Ca.rolina At Home after September the twentieth, Green ville South Carolina. Miss Wood was connected with The Herald and News from the latter part of July, 1908. up until last Saturday, when she severed her connection with t-his newspaper to return to her .home in Rock Hill for the happy event an nounced above to take place on Sep tember 1. Miss Wood was the effi cient stenographer in The Herald a-nd News office: but her duties were bf no means contined to this work. Dur ing her stay here she had mide her self an invaluable assistant in the work on the local page of The Herald and News. A young woman of fine talents, wibh previous experience in a newspaper office.she readily adapted herself to newspaper work in New berry, and many articles have ap peared in The Herald and News dur ing the past year from her pen. Miss Wood combines with her many accomplis-hments a charming :isposition. whieh made her many warm friends in Newberry. She was active in the work of Central Meth odist church. and took a prominent part in the activities of the Epworth league and the other auxiliary. organi zations of the church. Her many friends in Newberry re ret very much her departure from among tlem, but offer her their sin cere best wishes for her happiness axherever she may be. Mr. Watson is a nephew of Mrs. J. W. Humbert, of this eity. He is in he employ of the Southern railway, runing as conductor from Greenville o Spencer. N. C. He is a man of ~terling worth. and with bright pros lets in the railroad world. Attention Veterans! Ne. The Confederate Veterans of Nw erry county are requested to meet in heir respective townships Saturday, August 28, 1909, to elect a Township; representative whose duty will be to eet at Newberry, S. C., at council hamber, the 1st Monday (5th) in September at 11 o'clock A. M. to elect pension board for the year 1910. Township No. 1-Meet in council hamber at 6 P. M. Township No. 2--Garmany School ouse, 3 P. M. Township No. 3-Mount Pleasant t 3TP.M. Township No. 4-Whitmire at 3 P. Township No. 5-Jalapa at 3 P. M. Township No. 6-Longshore 3 P. M. Township No. 7-Chappells at 3?P. Township No. 8.-Utopia at 3 P. M. Township No. 9-Prosperity at 3. .M. Township No. 10-Jolly Street at :3P. M. Township No. 11--Pomaria at 3 P. W. G. Peterson. Chairman, Pension Board N. C., S. C. SOaIAL.* * * * * * * Miss Se r ih HI ose! v,~s the charm ng h ,- aon i :~her friends m Tue la -nin. Ia compliment to her guests. Mliss Lucy Houseal, of 'edartown. Georgia. Miss Minnie Stansill. oj Rockingham. N. (C., and Miss BlanThe Simmons, of Green wood. The enesfs were entertained wit'h the gy'ne of "hearts," and de lighitful re freThmn~en t; were servid during t-he evening. Mrs. J. EK. Norw >od very chiarming i entertained i euchre on Wednes day aftermo-1v onplimentary to her gest. Mrs. Joyner, of Baltimore. De licious refreshments were served and the large number of guests e njoyed a deliihtful afternoon. The board of trustees of the New berry graded school did not accept my of thbe bids for the remodeling fthe Pope building. Thre board iought the priees were too high arnd ome moditieations of the plains may bave to be made. T-he bids were about p.nnnan00 FARM DEMONSTRATION WORK. Some Fine Crops as Result of Inter est Taken in It by Newberry Farmers. During" last year thI Fedeal ov e:'nment )egall ill this viuunty the dlemistratiion and vo-op%erative work with a nIumber of farmers and the results were strong evidence of the wisdom of such work. The readers of The [Herald and News are familiar vith what is this work, as last year The Herald and News printed the results of the work as re)orted by the aIent. There were alout a hun dred de1lmonstrators and co-operators last year. and there are about the aile lluinher t his year. ex'elpt that the polic has )een to have Most or 11(arly all o theiem take ili) the work as demonstrators. Mr. H. H. Abrams was tbe first county agent and it was under his di rection that the work was started, but he found that it took more time than he could give to it, and, there fore, he resigned. Mr. S. M. Duncan was appointed as the successor to Mr. Abrams. and he has taken great interest in the work. and is always gratified when he sees a good field of cotton or corn, and more particu larly gratified when he sees a farmer Wvho is diversifying his crops and planting more peas and vetch and clover and crimson clover, because it means that he is not only provid ing those things whioh he needs at home to make farming successful, but it also means that he is putting his land in condition to make better crops of corn and cotton and, there fore, to make a better s.kowing in demonstration work. The Herald and 17ews took great interest in the work when it was first inaugurated in t'his county and gave it all the encouragement in its power, because it has always been an ardent advocate of making the farm suc cessful and stistained on home raised supplies and it saw in tihis an educa tion in that direction. The Federal overnment is doing a great work in the encouragement it is giving the farmers in trying to show the ad vantages of intelligent and scientific farming. At the invitation of Mr. S. M. Dun can, the county agent for this county, the editor of The Herald and News spent a couple hours one afternoon his week.driving around a few of the demonstration fields, and it was a reat pleasure to see the work that s being done and the interest the far mers are taking in the improvement f methods and the fine results that are already visible. The first farm on which there is emonstration work which was visit d was Mr. R. C. Neel 's, just beyond the city. Mr. Neel always makes good rops, but, being a progressive farm r, he wanted to get all the informa tion the could, so he readily became ne of tile government demonstrators. He >has eight acres of corn. The seed is the Marlboro Prolific. He used :300 pounds of fertilizer per acre. I-t is fine corn. The corn is practically ade and will yield 50 bushels per ere. He has six acres in cotton and lanted the Moss cotton. It is on and that has been in cultivation at east 50 years. He put per acre two oads stable manure, 100 pounds acid. 2 bushels cotton seed, before plant ng, and 100 pounds 8-44 gua-no with he eultivation. It is fine cotton, and ooks as i* it would make more than bale to the acre. It is well fruited. Mr. A. D. Hudson was the next armer visited. He is a young farm er, wiho is very enthusiastic. and is illing to learn all he can, and is aking good use of his knowledge. r. Hudson is not only energetie. but he is progressive as well. He experi nented with clovers a little the past ear.. His crimson clover did well,~ nd he has now on the land as fine a .piece of cotton as any one would ant to see, and it was planted on t.he 8th of May. He has one acre in his emonstration piece, and the seed 13. the big boll Triumph variety, a seed which was developed in Texas. T-he fertilizer used was 400 pounds of acid;. meal and potash, and 50 pounds of soda. The stalks are lairge and weE fruited, many of~ them having from fifty to seventy-five grown bol[s, and as many shapes and blooms. Mr. Hudson also has one acre of demou stration corn which is a fine piece of corn. The corn wvas planted April 23. and is tall and has from two to three ears to tile stalk. The fertiliz er used was 500 pounds of acid, meal and potash. and 50 ponds of soda. Mr. Hudson is not only interested in otton and corn. but he also has some fine Jersey cows and makes an ex ellent quality of butter, for which he finds a ready market. He is also raising hogs, and says tihat this has been his most profitable business this year. He has sold several hundred dollars' worth of hogs this year. He raises the Berkshire. Mr. J. S. Boozer is also a demon dtrator, and -has one acre iln cotton. r ueda f-i ve tw hrse loads of sta ble manure. 300 pouiids of meal, acid and kainit. and 75 pounds of soda. This aere is on sandy land and is good cotton for sandy land this year. Mr. Geo. P. Boozer has one acre whicil is well fruited. It is also a stift sandy land. lie used ten two horse loads of stable manure, 100 Po4und1: of meal. and 100 pounds of s(yd Ia. Mr. D. S. Teague has one acre of demonstration cotton. He used only 200 pounds of acid and meal, and tiiough it is on red land it is not as large z where minre fertilizer was ised. It is a matter of regret that time did not permit to see more of these demonstration farms. These few acres are generally better than the erops adjoining and ou similar soil, and only g) to show what can be done with the right kind of work and the proper use of fertilizer and care in t;he selection of seed. One thing that impressed the ed itor of The Herald and News was the great amount of fine peas the farm ers in this section are growing, and the attention which seems to be given to forage crops. Another thing, the people out this way have -been working the roads and the roads all tthe way are now in fine condition and have been worked with intelligence. In some places they ought to be widened and the ditches cleaned, but on the whole, if we had roads as good throughout tihe county, there could be but. little ground for complaint. First Open Bols. Tihe first open bolls of c*otton seen by The Herald and News were brought to this office on last Friday, grown on Magist4rate J. H. 0happeR's farm, near the city. Magistrate Chappell is one of Newberry county's most pro gressive farmers, and has some fine crops. Central Methodist Church. (Rev. 3. W. Wolling, D. D., Pastor.) There will be services in Central 'Iethodist church on Sunday morn ing at 11 o'lock, with an address by Prof. Thornwell Haynes, on "The Otlent and the influences of the gospel. SPECIAL NOTICEL. I CENT A WORD. No adIvertisemnent taken isr less than 25 cents. FOUND-Masonic scarf pin near residence of Mr. W. H. Hunter. Owner can get same by callin~g at this office and paying for advertise ment and identifying same. 8-20-09-tf. FOR SALE.--The W. P. Gibson Hoine place, now owned by Mrs. Lucy Boozer, 33 acres, 3 miles from Prosperity and 1 1-2 miles from St. Lukes church. Hunter & Sligh, -20-2t. Agents. FOUD-Red yearling, white spot on face and white feet, on the Coppock place.. Owner can get same by pay ing iamnges. E. M. Evans. 8-17-09-tf.. FOUND-Gold pin with "Prize E. G. S. W"~~', engraved thereon. Owner may secure same by calling at this office- and paying for advertisement. WE WILL GIVE a 'cue at Fork School house near Caldwell Ruff's on the 20th of August. aLoamma Ruff. W. R. Koon. 8-6-09. FOR SALE-At Slighs. Newberry County. 108 acres good land in ehuding 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 i now occupied by J. J. Dean. Pisses sion given September 1. For terms,. apply to A. C. Jones, Newberry, S. C.. ~7-30-09-tf. GET YOUR GLASSES from Dr.. G. W. Connor, a graduate of the larg est optical college ini the world-the Northern Illinois College of Chica go Dr. Connor is located perman ently in Newberry, gives both the o,biective and subjective tests by electricity and guarantees his work. Office over Copeland Brothers. FOR RENT-Store and eight house with all modern eonveni Mrs. R. L. Paysin 7-27-09-8t. FRESH HOME RAISED Saur Kra for sale by J. C. Sample.