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PURELY PERSONAL. Ifovements of Many People, New berrian And Those Who Visit Newberry. Miss Lizzie Glenn, of Clin-on, is a guest of Mrs. 0. B. Mayer. Mrs. W. J. Montgonery. of Spar tanbur, is visiting Mrs. 0. B. Mayer. Prof. W. K. Sligh and family have returned from Florida. Mrs. J. B. lumbert, of Honea Path. is visiting Mrs. J. W. Humbert. Dr. and Mrs. E. P. McCiintock have returned to Newberry, after an extended trip to Boston. 31r. Yaneey Senn, of Birmingham, claim agent of the street. railway company of Birmingham, is visiting his mother, Mrs. Susan Senn. Miss Mamie Payne left Monday 1or Baltimore, where she will make -her :home wi*h her brother, Mr. Pope Piyne. Mr. Thos. 0. West is in the city on a visit to relatives. Mr. West's home for the past several years has been in Louisville, where he will re turn on Sunday. VARIOUS AND ALL ABOUT. Rev. A. J. Bowers, pastor, will hold regular servik-es at Colony church next Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. Rev. W. Ray Anderson is conduct ing a meeting a;t Ebenezer this week, preaching in the morning at 11 o'clock and in the evening at 7:30. The meeting will be continued through Sunday, the last service be ing held Sunday evening. Two Big Mortgages. Two big mortgages Y re filed in the clerk of court's office at Newber ry last week. They are givea by the Seaboard Air Line company in eon nection with its reorganization, and one is for $25,000,000.00 to the Fi delity Trust company, of Maryland; the one is for $125,000,000.'00, to the New York Trust company. The recording of these mortgages will occupy considerable time and will cover a number of pages in the record books. Piiett-Blease. Cards have been r~eceived in this . iz.y announcing the marriage of Menefee, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. B. .Blease, form-erly of Newberry, zo Mr. Johyn Durant Puett,' of Win ston-Salem, December 1, 1909, at Lhe home of the bride's parents in Win sto'n-Salem, 'N C. Miss Blease is pleasantly remembered here, where she made many friends during her visit to relatives here last summer. ' DOOMPJMENTS JURORS. Judge Shipp Comments on Unusual Record of Newberry's Petit Jurors This Week.. In discharging the petit jurors yes * terday morning from further attend anee upon the sessions .court, Judge Shipp paid a very high and de served compliment .o the ju ~rors this term. He said this was one of the few times in his whole experience at the bar or on the ben'ch * that every one of .the thirty-six petit * urors had answered, and not one had been excused. He said this willingness to serve on the juries spoke well for Newberry county. At lea.st one of the jurors was ex empt by; stat.ute, but .e did not c'aim The business of the court was con ducted smoothly throughout the term, and a remarkably large volume -of businiess was disposed of in a short time. Judge Shipp is making .an en viable reputation as a learned and fair and impartial judge, and So li-eitor Cooper is one of the ablest prosecuting officers in the State, and :they had 'the cooperation of the Newberry bar and of all t'he officers ~f the court in disposing of business -rapidly.. tentral Methodist Church. The regular services on Sunday uorning .in Central church will be di rected by the pastor, who will speak :on the "Eternal rest and reward of ~the Christian. " An urgent request .is .made -to ..the members to remem be atheir offerings. Two more Sun days will close the Conference year. The Sunday school meets at 4 o'clock and has classes for Bible study. The singing is good. At night the usual half hour of -song service will be .given and Dr. "Wolling will preach a revival ser mon on the subject, "A sinner ac cepted of God." Persons having church letters or wishing to join on .profession are re quested to preesnt themselves to the SESSIONS COURT ADJOURNS. Large Volume of Business Disposed Of.-Adjournment on Thurs day Morning. The general sessions court has dis posed of a great deal of business this week, and the docket is in bet ter shape ;han it has been for some time past. An anusual number of pleas of guilty were taken, which disposed of the business rapidly. Henry McMorris, colored, pleaded guilty to violating the dispensary law, and was sentenced to pay a fine of $100 or ito serve three months. Rich Davenport, colored, was tried on three separate charges of assault and battery with intent to kill, the cases by agreement. being tried to Igether before the same jury. The offences with which Davenport Ivas charged were the cutting of Magis trate John Henry Chappell and Messrs. Tom Sanders apd James W. Henderson, in Magistrate Chappell's office, in February of this year. It will be recalled that Davenport had been arrested by Special Constable Henderson on a warrant-sworn out before Magistrate Chappell by Mr. Sanders charging Davenport with ob'aining money under false pre tenses, the charge growing out of the sale by Davenport to Mr. Sanders of some ho-s a few days before. Daven port was taken into the office, where the trouble occuried. The deitails of the affair were fully published at the time. Davenport was convicted in eaeh case of assault and battery of a high and aggravated na1ture, and sentenced, to serve three months or to pay a fine of $100 in each case. He paid the fine. Davenport was rep resented by Col. 0. L. Schumpert. Marvin Bridges pleaded guilty to (the charge of larceny of live stock, aid, being under sixteen years of age, he was sentenced to the reformatory. His sentence was five years. The crime to which 'he pleaded guilty was the stealing of Dr. J. J' Dominick's horse and buggy at Prosperity. When ihe team was found -ear Leesville Bridges had with him in the buggy another negro, John Boyd, Jr. Boyd pleaded not guilty, but the jury con victed him, and 'he was sentenced to serve three years on the public works or in ithe State penitentiary. Glenn MceMorris pleaded -guilty to the charge of housebreaking and larceny and was sentence'd to the re forma tory for eighteen months. He also pleaded guilty to another charge of larceny, and was senitenced to the reformatory for one year, the latter sentence to begin at the expiration of the former. Walter Motley and James Smiith, colored, were convicted of house breaking and larceny, and sentenced to serve two years in the penitentiary or on the publie works of the Qopm, ty. They ceame Ito Newhberry as la-I borers with the John Robinson circus. The charge against them was break ing into the 'house of Tom Suber, eol ored, who lives a short distance out of town, and stealing :therefrom a coat, pistol, razor, pants and other articles of the value of $25.00. J. S. Rawl, colored, was convicted in his ab'sence of disposing of prop erty under lien, and a sealed sentence was left for him. John Wal.lace, colored, pleaded guilty to violation of the dispensary law, a.nd was senten:eed to pay a fine of $100 or to serve three months. Ben Burton, alias Ben Campbell, colored, pleaded guilty to assau-lt of a 'hg and aggravated nature, anvd was sentenced ito pay a fine of $40 or to serve 60 days. James Gary, colored, pleaded guil-I ty to violation of t'he di'spensary law, and was sentenced to pay a fine of $100 or to serve three months. Nels Sims, eolored, pleaded guilty o assault of a high and aggravated nature, and was sentenced to pay a line of $100 or to serve four months. John Wallace, colored, pleaded guilty of forgery, and was sentenced to pay a fine of one dollar' and to serve one year. Grand Jurors for Next Year. This being the 'last Iterm of the Sessions Court for this year, the names of six of the present grand jurors were drawn to serve on the grand jury next year. The names drawn were: J. McDuffie Sclhumpert. R. M. Caldwell. W. L. Reighley. L. C. PiUts. W. .L. Cromer'. Following the presentment of the! grand jury, the court adjourned sine die, at 10:30 o'clock on Thursday morning. President Finley of the Southern Railroad in his address to a large ga:hering at Salisbury. N. C.. cheers the southern farmer, and says that i':e demand for cotton is increasing, thinks that the day wheni :wentyv mil ionl bales will be -needed is soon to THE CITY PRIMARY. Pledges Signed.-Public Meeting To night at New Court House. Another in West End Sat urday Night. The time for filing pledges in order to enter the municipal primary closes to-day at noon. Those who were not registered yesterday cannot use reg istration cetificates for the primary and therefore cannot vote in the pri mary. Registration during the past few days 'has been active, and while there is no.t. a full registration, it is much larger than was indicated some few days ago. Up to yesterday the following can didates had filed their pledges with the Chairman of the executive com mittee, Dr.. O. B. Mayer. For Mayor-Cole L. Blease and J. J. Langford. Alderman for Ward 1-P. F. Bax ter. Alderman for Ward 2-J. 49. Green, R. B. Lominack. Alderman for Ward 3-C H. Can non. Alderman for Ward 4-E. L. Ro delsperger, Geo. W. Summer. Alderman for Ward 5-G. C. Evans. School Trustee, Ward 4-J. H. Wicker. School Trustee, Ward 5-J. Mar ion Davis. According to the resolutions of the Citzens' Meeting the executive com mit-tee has arranged for a public meeting at the new Court House to night beginning at eight o'clock, at which meeting all of the candidates for ithe different positions will be ex pected to address the voters. We understand that arrangements have been made for a meetinginWest End tomorrow night, though that meeting has not been provided for by the executive committee. However, we suppose -the voters in West End will be glad to have the candidates present and they will be given an op portunity to speak, if they so desire. Mr. T. F. Turner, who is announced as a candidate from Ward 5, had not signed the pledge yesterday, but he has un-il to-day at 12 o'clock to sign, if he so desires. The Registration. The registration up until 4:30 yes terday afternoon was .as follows: Ward 1 115 Ward 2 147 Ward 3 112 Ward 4 106 Ward 5 -164 Total 644 Senior Class High School. The Senior year of the Newberry High Scehool organized ,their class on the four,th of November. The follow ing officers were elected: James Smith, President; Ethel Jones, Vice President; Estelle Bow ers, Secretary; Catherine Garlington, Treasurer. The class pin and pennant were se leeted and have been ordered. They have chosen garneit..and gold as their class colors. The first graduating class of the new High Se0hool of Newberry, the class of 1910, hopes to be the banner class. Special Meeting U. D. C. Chapter. A special meeting of Drayton Rutherford Chapter, U. D. C. is call ed for Tuesday afterpoon, November 23rd, at half past three o 'clock, Chamber of Commerce. All members are urged to attend as business of great importance to be transaeted. Mrs. J. A. Burton, Pres. Mamie E Schumpert, Sece'ty. At Bush River. At Bush River church on Sunday, Deacon W. H. Wallace was chosen sperini:endent of the Sunday school, J. A. Bozart, assistant superintend ent, Reeder Brooks, clerk. The res ignation of Rev. C. W. Hidden was accepted, and the board of deacons appointed a committee to selee!: a new pastor. It is understood that a call is to be extended to Rev. W. J. Lang:on, of Conway, S. C, a form er pastor. Dr. Hidden will preach his farewell sermon .t Bush River on the fourth Sunday forenoon, and will go at once to his new field of la bor in Kansas City, Mo. Lutherani Church of the Redeemer. (Rev. Edward Fulenwider, Pastor.) The following is the program of divine services at t.he Lutheran Church of the Redeemer next Sun day: At 11 a. m. The morning service with a sermon by the pastor on the, subject, "Religion of the Doorstep." At 7:30 p. m. the subject of the sermon wvill be "'The Geneesis."' Thi~ will be the first of a series of ser mous on the Book of Genesis. There will be gtod music at both services. At 4 p. m. Sunday school meets. The public is cordially invited to dli servieea U. D. C. CONVENTION. Will Meet in Newberry Nov. 30-Dec. 3.-Newberry Will Do Her Best. -Committee Desires Names. The 14th ainual convention of :e S.C. division, U. D. C., will meet in Newberry, November 30-December 3. The committees .from the enter taining chapter, the Drayton Ruther ford, have all their plans praetically perfected for the meeting. The only committee that cannot so report is the one on homes, of which Mrs. Jas. McIntosh is chairman. As yet :the names of delegates from seven chap ters have not been sent in, as.follows: Bishopville, Edisto Island, Gaffney, Bennettsville, :0ld Point, Williams burg, Beech Island. In order thalf delegates may be con genially and pleasantly plaed by the committee it is absolutely nec essary. that their names be sent in at least a week beforehand. Homes will be provided for all delegates. In ease a delegate cannot come she is request ed to inform Mrs. McIntosh whether or not to expect her alternate. All visitors to t!he convention can find pleasant accommodation at the Crotwell Hotel, Mrs. M. A. Hueitt, proprietress, next door to the court house, at the reduced rate of $1.50 a day. T'he business sessions will be held in the.new court house in College street, and the :two night sessions will be in the opera house. On the evening of Tuesday, -No vember 30, the opening exercises will be held. Addresses of welcome will be made by representatives from the organizations in the city :that invit ed the convention to Newberry. Mrs. J. W. Doar, of Georgetown, will de liver the respouse for the Division. Hon. A.. L. Gaston, Commandant of the S. C. Division. U. S. C. V., will bring greetings from the sons. ' A visitor to the tonvention, who will add much interest to the meeting, will be the president of the Florida Division, Sister Esther Carlotta, a woman of the highest literary attain ments, and whose interest in the work of the U. D. :C. knows no bounds. One of tne features of .fihe Histori cal Evening will be the return of the flag once belonging to the Claremont Rifles, of Sumter County-the first Confederate flag raised over Fort Sumter. Cadet Spann, of Suxmter, will be present to receive the flag, and in turn present it to the U. D. C. of South Carolina, to be preserved in t'h,e Capitol at Columbia. C~ol. D'avid Cardwell, chairman of the commis.sion for the Conf,derate Infirmary, will attend the convention on? Thursday, and talk of -this insti tution. In all probabilit'v, there will be founid necessity for holding a busi ness session on Friday morning. Each day luneh will be served by the Drayton Rutherford Chapter in MCaugh'rin Rail, within a stone 's Trrow of the court house. The one social affair will .be a re eeption tendered delegates, visitors, hosts and hostesses, by Col. and Mrs. George Johnstone, ai their home in College street. The credentials committee, con sisting of Mrs. McWhirter, of Jones ville, Mr's. Evans, of Edgefield, Mrs. Perry, of Lancaster, Mrs. Graham, of Greenville and Mrs. Aull of Newber ry, will be in session immediately af ter the .arrival of the last 'train on Tuesday, (3.20 p. in.) in the parlors of the Newberry hotel. Delegates will please bring their credentials in their handbags so that no delay ir, the delivery of trunks will prevent their reporting to t'he committee that afternoon. This is absolutely neces sary. Each delegate is requested to wear, on arrival. a knoit of red and of white ribbon, in case she does not wear her chapter badge. The reas6n is obvious. The people of Newberry are en thusiastic over the coming to their iry of these representiative women from all over the State. They are anxious that the visitors shall enjoy their stay; and, to aid in this phase of the meeting, those who intend coming will greatly oblige the various committees -by heeding the sugges tions -here given at the request of these committees. The railroads have offered redireed rates provided 100 delegates attend. County papers are requested to copy. They Are Moving. Herald and News :-We want to ithank you for the nice display you made of, our ad in your i.ssue of the 16th. It is doing t'he work and yes terday we -had people calling from all n~rs. Your paper reaches the peo ple. We are sure the people appre eiate the fact th : We are offerinig barains that cannot be over looked. We expect to hear more and more of from it each day. until tihe end of 'the ten dlays. These are the days of in ve:.tiat*io)n. People want to see what's goin on. The . L. Bowles Co. DISCUSS TYPHOID FEVER. Doctors Meet at Greenwood- Sever al From Newberry Present.-Dr. Houseal Reads a Paper. On Wednesday, November 17, a large representation of the doctors ( for the five counties of Abbeville, Greenwood. Laurens, Newberry and Saluda. comprising the Third Counci lor District, assembled at Greenwood to discuss the subject of typhoid fev er. A number of very inrteersting papers were read by men whose ex perience and skill in this disease axe well recognized in their profession and the diacussions of these papers brought out many new points, and made the meeting one of scientific value to all present. Dr. 0. B. Mayer, as Councilor of I Jie Third Councilor District, presid ed. Those who attended the meet ing from Newberry are: Drs. 0. B. Mayer, W. G. Houseal, P. G. Elle sor; Dr. G. Y. Hunter, Dr. J. I. Bedenbaugh, of Prosperity, Dr. J. M/1. 0 Sease, of Little Mountain. Dr. Houseal read an able paper on the Antisepitic Treatment of Typhoid Fever. After the reading and discussing of all papers, a motion was made to orga-nize a County District Society to be made up of the doctbrs in 'these counties who are in good standing in their County Medical Societties. This motion was carried, and Dr. G. A. Neuffer, of'Abbeville, was eleet ed president; Dr. R. E. Hughes, of Laurens, vice-president and Dr. G. P. Neal, of Greenwood , secretary. I Dr. Neuffer extended an invitation for the first meeting to be -held in Abbeville, whieh invitation was ae cepted. The time of :this -meeting will be announced later. At a quarter to three the meeting adjourned and the members were the guests of Dr. R. B. Epting at a de lightfully served dinner at the Ore gon hotel. All of the doctors 'present spent a profitable time as well as a delight ful one socially. Foreign Misionary Society. The Woman's Foreign Missionar-y Society of Cent.ral Methodist church will observe "Week of Prayer," be ginning November 22, and closing November 26, meeting each' after-. noon at 4 o'clock, in the chnreh par lor. All the ladies of the church and of other churches are invited to at ~tend. The following ladies have been ap pointed as leaders of the meetings: Monday--Mrs. J. W. Humbert. Tuesday-Mrs. W. H. Wallace. Wednesday-Mrs. C. H. Cannon. Thursday-Mrs. G. L. Epps. Friday-Mrs. C. B. Martia Capt. Williani C. Armor, of Ha~r-. risburg, Pa., who was aide ito Gen. W. T. Shermana, and received the surrender of the city of Savanparb 45 years ago, is attending the meeting of t.he local camp of the Uniited Con federate Veiterans, and he attempted unsuccessfully to locate the . exact spot of the surrender. FOR SALE.-Good large farm mule for sale cheap. Good conidition. Call at The J. L. Bowles Co. 1316 Main St. 11-19- '09.3 KRAUT-KRAUT. The finest made. In barrel, at Wilson's, Phone 202. FOR SALE-Three Mileh cows with young calves. G. Henry Cromer, R. F. D. 1, Blairs, S. C. 11-16-09-2t FRESH SHIPMENT-Hand packed Tomatoes, 10c. can; New crop can ned Corn, the M. M. Brand, white, tender and sweet.] At WILSON 'S. FOR RENT.-Nice new six room .cot tage, with all modern conveniences, centrally -located. .Apply to '1~9t Miss Serena Riser. Golden Rule Encampment No. 25, I. 0. 0. F., will meet at Klettner's Hall the 4th Monday night in each 'month at 8 o'dock. C. G. Blease, Chief Patriar<-h. WV. G. Peterson, Sribe Teachers' Meeting. The Newberry County Teachers' Association will meet in the new court house next Saturday, Novem-! ber 20th, at 11 o 'elock a. m. Programme. Organization. Address: The Teacher and the Teacher's Associati--J. B. O'N. Holloway.] All teachers are urged to attend. J. S. Wheeler, Co. Superintendent Edur-ation. COTTION MARKE7. (Corrected by Nat Gi.) rood Middling 14 1 5trict Middling 14 liddling 14 (Corrected by 0. MeR. Holmes. rood Middling 14 1 'friet Middling 14 iliddliug 14 Cotton Seed 42 cents. SPECIAL NOTICES. I CENT A WOR qo advertisement take ss than 25 cents. [IME to eook that fruit cake .for Thanksgiving. New crop seedeL Raisins, Currants, Citron, just re ceived. 'Quality guaranteed. W. 0. Wilson. "OR RENT-A five or six horse farx, with a new six room ottage on it. All buildings in thorough repair. Hay meadow and pasture. Can rent three mules and wagon with farm. One year with privilege of fiva Will rent part or all for 900 lbs. to the horse. John C. HIR. 11-9-09. SWEET and SOUR Pickles. In bot-' ties or barrels. Apples by the peek or dozen. W. 0. Wilson, Phone 202. MOT FRESH CURRANTS, Citron and raisins for Thanksgiving cake. 10-26-St. .. H. Longshore. ;oME OF OUR sPECIALS.-Solid Gold Cuff Buttons, $2.00; Solid Gold Scarf Pins, 75e.; Solid Gold Elgin Watches, $20.00, Ladies' ize; 8-inch Cut Glass Bowls, $4.00, very 'heavy. Daniels & Williamson. 10-8.49. POR RENT.-Nice office, frbnting on Friend street. In Herald and News Building. Apply to Broaddus & RufE. 10-22-09. FINE NORFOLK OYSTERS every Tuesday, Friday and Stra 40 cents a quart. J.C. 8ample. 10-19-09-4t,. P12.50 Hampden Watches, 20 year, Gold filled cases. New thin models. *Daniels & Williamson, 10-8-09. '1 SRE WS $$F6RB SELLING YOUR COTTONT SEED. WE WANTI THM. E .M. EVAE 8-29-09-t f. EIDE.-ighest price paid by Wise at Prosperity.. ET YOUR GLASSES from Dr. (d. W. Connor, a graduate of the larg est optical college in the world-the Northern Illinois College' of Chica-. go Dr. Connor is located perman I ently in' Newberry, gives both the ob.iective .and subjeeti?e tests by electricity and guarantees hiis work.' WONEY TO DOAN.-At 5 per est. on Real Estate. Easy payment. We will buy you a 'home. The Equitable Home Co., F. M. Grady,.Agent. Office over Dr. Van Smith's Drug Store. Call or write. 10-12-09-tf. IOWARD WATCHES Daniels & Williamsbn. 10-8-09. PINEST CABBAGE for krauting .at Wilson's. Danish variety, heads firm an& round. IET our prices on anytiing in our line, it will pay you. Daniels & Williamson. 10-8-09. .. WEW YORK APPLES, Danish cab bage. All fresh. 10-26-8t. ' E. H. Longsfore. EPRTTIEST and la-test patterns of Silverware bought cheap and sold cneap. - Daniels & Williamson. 10-8-09. ['HIS will be my last car, the fifth ear of Guano, and acid. S. J. Kohn, Prosperity, S. C. L1-2-09-6t. 30N'T buy or sell a plantation with out seeing The Newberry Land & Security Co. 0. B. Mayer, Presiden-i. 11.9t. 1taw