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ABOUT P.RSONS Anu INGS. News Briefly Told.-Gathered From In and Out of the State, Nation and World. It was believed Sunday night that nearly 400 men and boys are dead or perishing in the St. Paul mine in Illinois, as a result of a fire on Sat urday. Experts who penetrated the smoke filled air shaft to a depth of nearly 300 feet early Sunday night returned with a ray of hope for the grief-stricken relatives, as -they find the .temperature not intolerable. Foot ball has claimed another vic tim. Archer Christian, eighteen years old, and half-.back of the University of Virginia team, whose injury in the game with Georgetown on Saturday reulted in his death Sunday morn ing at Georgetown University hospi tal The body was taken to Rich mond Sunday afternoon for burial. Fifteen counties became dry on Monday. Dispensaries close and pro hibition began its reign on Monday. On. Wednesday the affairs of the old State dispensary are to be wound up. By the claimants against the State Aispensary the amounts to be paid them by the dispensary commission has been the subject of much specu lation. South Carolina will be represented at the National Farm Land Congress, which is to be -held in Chicago from November 16 to 20, by Commissioner Watson, who will leave for the West to-day. The northern side of the island of Jamaica suffered seriously from a hurricane. Normal weather condi -tions now prevail but it is difficult to ascertain the extent of the damage. All of the telephone wires are down and the railroads have been washed out. The department of agricult-ure has began a campaign against a beetle recently discovered, that is causing much damage to pine logs in the South Atlantic States. This beetle is known as the Soathern pine slayer and investigations made show that the beetle infests from 75 to 90 per cent. of the trees blown down by a recent storm. Miss Iris Machem, died in Green ville of tetanus, which developed on Tuesday. The disease was the result oif a fall, and lockjaw set in Thurs day night. The Chamber of Commerce of Co lumbia .appointed a committee to rep resent that city at -the meeting of the Lutheran synod in Charlotte. Decem ber 1, when plans for the removal of the Lutheran Seminary from Mt. Pleasant will be discussed. Major William H. Echols, capital ist, and an officer whbo directed for tification work on the South Atlantic Coast. during the Civil War, died sud denly on Saturday of paralysis. He was 75 years old and a native of Alabama. President Diaz of Mexico City, received a delegation of working men in Chapultepec castle on Saturday. President Diaz says that it is worth ~ ~tha~t makes the man and ennobles him, r niot money; the latter often degrades while -he former dignifies. Calvin Bowden, the fifteen-year-old i son of Joe Bowden, a prosperous far- 1 2mer of Anderson county, was horri- j bly mangled in his father's gin. He t was found a few seconds after the z :accident and died in a short time. The convention of the American 'ederation of Labor went on record Saturday as highly favoring woman suffrage.E t Although American automobile track records were bfoken right and : left, the first meeting on the new At- a lanta speedway was finished Satur- 5 day without the loss of a life and a without an injury of -more than the s slightest importance. Dlrivers of note ; declare that the track is perhaps the E safest in the world. ~ 'The C., -C. & 0. road is in suspense' awaiting the action of the State Su- t preme Court. No trains have been announced yet and the freight tar iffs, involving many detailed calcula tions, can not be promulgated. The steps now being taken looking to the organization of a state confer- j ence of .eharities and correction is re- t ceiving the encouragement of many ( thinking people. A meeting will .be held in Columbia this week for the purpose of organizing this confer- i ence, and Dr. Babeoek, Dr. McKelway I and others will talk upon questions of live interest. (3REAT I [Amt & Selling hund ple Suits just la bigmanufactur on display. N to buy your about half pric Suits sold at count of 25 pe ae selling price. G today and ge while the sizes Ladies' Long Coats. Hundreds of Ladies Long Coats at New York cost. We have too many Coats, owing to the mild winter, so have dec.ded to sell every one at positively New York cost. COME. About 100 Misses' and Children s Jack ets to go at special prices. If you need a Cloak for your school girl come to- head qudrters and buy one at almost your own price. Shoes! Shoes!! Shoes!!! Here is where we are making friends every day selling the best Shoes made in the worfd. W. L. Douglass Shoes for men wear longer. LaFrance Shoes for ladles look better. Wolfe Bros'. Shoes for women and chil iren's every day wear are the greatest Shoe made for hard servIce. GALDELL & Big XME. STEINHEIL IS- FREED. )amatic Scene Follows Announce ment, -Men and Women in .Curg Room Jump anid Scream in Joy. Paris, Nov. 14.-Mmne. Margherita teinheil was aequitted by a jury at n early hour this morning of the m b F N mrder of her husband, Adolphe ~teinheil, a noted painter, and her tepmother, Mmne. Japy. The verdict jn this as rendered at 12 :55 a. in., after 1-2 hours' deliberation, during prices o hich the jury thrice summoned the Tablets, resident of the court for explana ops, thus proving that the original my price ajority was for conviction. and worn To some degree sentiment and a! tuffy, crowded court room favored he prisoner and the delay caused B. B. H I L mech apprehension. With the first ppearance of the ju.y, however, sev ral of whom were smiling,:'an in- I tinctive feeling of acquittal- flashed rough the court room. j A dramatic scene followed. The B j N ed robed judges and counsel filed in U nd took their places. Every eye as riveted on the door through shich the prisoner should enter, butan he did not appear. M. de Valles, the residing judge, turned to the jury nd said: "Have you reached a ver iet '' F o.r... The foreman arose and replied: 'On our conscience we answer 'no' o every question.'' (Not good A salvo of "bravos'' followed this nnouncement and a perfect bedlam_________ roke loose. M. Aubin, counsel for ine. Steinheil, embr.aced his .col agues. Men and women in the rear man swayed and s~ f the hall jumped and screamed for1 ing, .but in respox y. The judge threatened to clear burst of cheers sh e court room, and when a semblance and looked about, f order was restored. he called: acknowledgement. "Bring in the accused.'' forward and sank< Fully two minutes passed before bhe rail. he black-robed figure, with a white When the judge ace droopinig on her breast, appear- verdict her faint d in the doorway, supported on ~ei- was hardly heard. her sie by a gendarme. The wo- M. Aubin Wa3 ove HALT WAG LBS VEEK OF Ini reds of Sam nded from the -ersand placed ow's the time Coat Suit at a. All Sample i special dis r ct. off from Et ready, come t first choice are hereP Great Sale Ladies' Skirts. About 200 Sample Skirts, no two alike made by New York's best skirt maker, a special prices for our big sale. Great Rug Sale. Our Rug -department is offering somc great values. About 300 nice large Rugs worth $2.5C at $1.74. About 25 large Art Squares at specd prices. Great Sale Blankets! 200 large $3.00 Blankets at $1.98. 200 large $2.00 Blankets at 98c. 1,000 large Blankets at 25c. each. 500 yds Drill at 5c. yard. 1,000 Towels at 4c. each. 500 yds. 8 l-2c. Outing at 5c. vd Greatest line Underwear in- Newberry at special prices. Come and buy at IALTIANGERS itore. ONUM ENTS. I am representing the urr Marble aqd ranite Co., CHARLOTT, N. C., secton, and am prepared to make you. ri anything in the way of Headstones, Monuments, Etc. See my cuts and get s. before placing your order. Material guaranteed first-class. .LER -NEWBER RY, S. C. !gr i Vote in The Herald | News Voing Contest after 6 o'clock Monday, Nov. 19, 1909.) ~emed to be faint- Iher in his arms. The crowd surged tse to a~ wild out- forward in a solid wall, making the e lifted her, head' rafters ring with cheers. Outside smiling faintly in the gloomy court house tens of thous Then she tottered ands, who had been waiting for hours >thfoobeietook upthe cr.Special editions of the papers spread the news like wild pronounced tihe tire through the boulevards, where nurmur of thaniks thousands more were waiting in front An instant after o f the cafes, and the same scenes of r the rail, lifting' rejoi'cing were witnessed there. SNOTII After DeCm*be 1909= I Will Sell Meats for I will keep no books wh not charge any meat to ain I wish to thank those w] ized me in the past and I share of their business in I I will endeavor to ke stock of good meats at al liver promptly anywher where purchases justify it J. A.W JON ES' GRI S. B. JONES, -PROPRIE STAPLE i FANCY C PRODUCE, CONFECTIONE RIES, FRUiTS, Newberry, S. C.,( Mr s. Par ti cular Hous ek eeper. Dear Madam: We beg to inform you Stock anything necessary for ron, Currants,, Raisins., Spic tracts, &c , &c.). Our line ceries is complete, anla iti up to a high s tandard, not ( and~ varie ty- but in QUALI TY. We also carry -a full line ceries--FLOUR, MEAL, -HAMS, I Our stock of Cof fee and Tea and we ear nes tly r eques t tha prove this by supplying the We try to keep EVERYTHIN( any orders you send us will careful attention. Thanking many favors in the pas t and ance of same, we remain, Yours to pl Opposite Newberry Hotel. ~~w4OHN WkIITE & CASH ONLY atever and will ybody. io have patron iope to have a he future. ep a complete times, and de ein .the city )CERY Tro IROCERIES CIOARS AND TOBACCO ct. 30 th, 1909. that we have inT Cake Baking (Cit ~es, Flavorirg Exc ~of Fancy Gr o-e s our aim to keep ~nly in- quanti ty of;Staple Gi ACON, LARD, Et.e is second to none t you allow us to next you buy. - GOOD TO EAT and have prompt and you for your asking a continu ease, )NES' GROCERY, SAND HIDES leBEst MAlET iRICi ?MDa ro UaT IURS AND DES. W1usooan. 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