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- - - - - Ta - L RLV.~NEl BERI Y S. C. FRIDAY NOVEMBTR 261909T Enthusiam Incre Herald a) Fourteen Contestants, Wh f ork-Others Will Be test In Which Everyt In The Herald and News contest the result at 4 o'cloek Wednesday afternoon was as follows: Annie Laurie Lominack.. ....3,595 Oscar Summer.. ..........2,722 Barney Burr Leitzsey Jr... ...2,250 Jas. Harry Summer.. .. .. ..1,206 Clyde Ward.. ............1,105 Geo. A. Wright, Jr... .... ..604 J. E. Norwood, Jr... 5...... Sue Ella Peterson....... ....204 Hey ward' B Ewart. ..... . 117 Jim Tom Miller.. ..........102 Clara No.vice Brown.:'.... 100 Mahon Smith.. .......... 100 Spencer Wolling.. .. ...100 Pearl Davis............ . ..100 Interest in The Herald an)d News eontest has grown steadily and rap idly since the contest was announced. The friends of the contestants have been at work, and fine' gains have geen made daily. At four o 'clock- on Wednesday afternoon there were fourteen contestants, and at that hour Annie Laurie Lominack was leading, with 3,595 votes. Oscar Summer was second, with 2,722 votes and "Barney Burr Leitzsey, Jr., was third, witi 2,250 votes. . It was announced in the last is vue of The Herald and News that the votes would be counted op Wednes day.afternoon of eadh week at 6 o'clock, and the results published in FTiday's issue. The votes were counted two hours earlier on Wed nesday afternoon for the reason that The Herald anid News went to press on Wednesday night instead of Thursday night, in order to give the staff an opportunity, to observe Thanksgiving day. Hereafter, as previously annoua eed, the count will be made at six o'clock each Wednesday afternoon, and the result published in Friday's issue of eaeh week. Some of the contestants want the Browniekar and some of them -ant the $150.00 in gold. The winner of the first prize has the choice of ei ther. The Browniekar sells for $175.QO5,but if the winner of the first prize would rather have $130.00 in gold, he or she has the option, and may take either. The second prize is a idiamond ring, wh'ieh is on exhibition in the window of Daniels and Williamson's jewel ry store. The third prize is a gold watch which is also on exhibition ',the window of Daniels and Will.anson 's jewelry store. The fourth prize is a gold headed umbrella, which is on exhibition in the window of Mayes' Book Storer The fiftih prize is a $10.00 overcoat DAVD A. DE ARIONII' DIES HERO'S DEATH DEMOCRATIC LEADER PERISH E,IN FIRE. Goes tio Dreadful End with Boy in His Arms.-Veteranl of the Lower House... -Kansas City, Nov. 23.-In a vain effort to save the life ofi his little randson, .Congressman David A. De Armond of the Sixth Missouri dis trict perished in a fire that destroyed his home in Butler, Mo., early to-day. His act of heroism became known late this afternoon when . his body was found, his arms locked around the blackened and burned body of the .little son. He -had caught up the 6 v ear-old lad, David .A. (Waddie) De Armond, Jr., and rushed with him -through the flames that filled is room. He fell with his unconscious b urdeni and hoth sank through tihe floor to death. What makes the tragedy unusually r pathetic is the fact that the boy was his grandfather's idol. *The two were inseparable and often slept together. Last night the boy went to his grand fater house as usual and after a ases IL 7d News Contest. Dse Friends Are Actively At In The Running-A Con= ody Wins Something. or cloak, to be selected by bhe win- j ner. Go and see the- prizes. They are beauties. You can 't see the Brownie- It kar, because it hasn't been brought a to Newberry yet, but it will be here if the winner of the first prize se- I leets it instead of the $150.00 in I gold. The $150.00 in gold, if the. winner should select that, will be on 1 deposit in The Newberry Savings 1 ~Bank, to-the !edit :of,bbe winner, to be -rtfiled to lby the contest iman- 'S The contest manager, Mr. James L. t Aull, has had his hands full during I fhe past few days keeping -tab on e the votes and giving instructions to a the contestants and their friends. He a may be found at The Herald and News office at any time, and will * give Any information in reference to * the contest which may be desired. * The interest grows every day. The * votes increase every iday. It is the * greatest contest ever inaugurated in Newberry. The winners will not only 1 receive handsome prizes, but they T will be signally honored in winning. I Nobody loses, because a commis- v sion of ten per cent. will be paid to v all contestants who fail to win on the t subscriptions which they turn in. t The rules and a full statement of o the details in connection with the t contest will be found on page six of t this issue of The Herald and News. t Nobody over 18 years of age is z eligible. It is a contest for the young people, and of the young peo ple-and the young people of New- v berry county.. Nobody is eligible e who does not live in Newberry coun- o ty. t In each issue, of The Herald and e News until the contest closes will be e published a nomination ballot, which n is goad for 100 votes. This nomina- t] tion ballot can only be used in nom- t inating a candidate who is not al- 1( ready a contestant. In each issue of The Herald and v~ News also .will be published a blank t ballot good for one vote, which may b be voted by any,body for any contest ant. Read the rules.f Nominate the young person of your e choice if. he. or she. is not already t nominated.I Work for your contestant. --f The contest is open to any white f boy or girl, of good repute, under 18 jf years of age, in the city or county 3 of Newberry.a It costs nobody anything to vote. TJ It costs your friends nothing to vote ib for you.f This is a contest where every k worker wins. .g happy evening the tiwo retired; Boy's Voice Heard. IThe next the family heard of them ws early to-day when, from behind j~ te smoke and flames that enveloped the house, the' boy screamed. LOh,-grandpa, get me .out of herea 'quik. I'm buraing to death." 'TYes, son; don't be afraid. Grand-b pa'il take -you out;" was the .reply. li Then both went down.to their death. a The others of the fattily sleepings tin the .house at the time of the firet Mrs. De. Armond, her daugher, Mrs. Clark, and a maid, Nettie Boles, es- a caped. Messages of condolence from all Vj parts of the comitry reached the De Armonds this afternoon. Son Would Rescue rather.o James De Armond, editor of the Bates County Democrat, son of the. congressman and father of the boy who was burned to death, tried to ru.lh into the burnling house to sasve t them, but was prevented by others, who knew *his sacrifice would be in a vain.s The De Armond iome was a large t: two-story frame structure set well li bak from the street. On two sides a of the house equal with the second n 'floor four rooms, or outdoor sleeping apartments, had been constructed and at the time the fire broke out the n growing town--in fact, it has grown beygnd 'th'6 .conAnes .of a town, and has becnie -a growinck city. As Mi. Baxter said in his speech at the cam paign meeting on last Friday night, Newberry is larger now than it used to be when Capt. Jackson could get up in the morning and walk all over town before breakfast. Newberry is growing, and every 'hour and every day there are larger and heavier demands. We want permanent public im provements-as many of them as we can get and as fast as we can get them-for the public. good. I know that everything can't be idlne in a day. God, who could have spoken the world-into being in the fragment of a second, took six days, we are told by the Scriptures. We can't get everything right now, but the more business mehods we employ the great er will be the result. In my mind I. ,was not.long ago..comparing men of my acquaintange. I venture the as sertion that a-fy one can pick out two men of his acquainance 'f equal abil ity and honesty ind sobriety, and who h,ave worked equally hard, but one of whom has succeeded greatly, while the'other has failed in the same or similar line of business. Business methods are required by the age in wihih we live, and it takes. business. methods to achieve suoe6ss. I am not trying to give anybody .any advice. -I was just expressing my thoughts, as the editor told. me I could. But if I feel as if I want to give editor will print it, and: he says he wilL And I wouli'n't be surprised if I should have some advice to give, too, because I know it will be appreciated -and it ought to be appreciated. The editor tod me the other day Lat some one hatd been praising my modesty. Modesty is a great virtue, which I would commend to every one. The Idler. KILL. BY A LEAD PBNCIL. Two-Year-Old Child Fell From a Ohair and Ran Pencil in Her Throat. Greer, Nov. 23.-A sad and fatal aeident occurred here last -night wEen Elizabeth, the 2-year-old daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Thompsoni, fell from a chair, running a pencil into her throat. The little child, suffering severely, lingered until about 1 o'clock to-mday when she pass ed away. Elizi.beth was a beautiful child, dearly loved by all .who knev her. The bereaved parents have the deepest sympathy of this entire com munity.. - .- . . GIRL CAUSBS FATAL AFFRAt. Rfusal 'of Youag Womain to Dance With Young Man Results in Two ipg. Mobile, A.la., Nov. 22.-When' the daghter of. Simon Nelson refused to dane with Wesley' McKenzie at; al social affair being, gi.ven in her ownI home at Bar'newall, a town in a i-e mote section of Baldwin .County, Sit urday night, a bloody duel followed. Two men are dead, four are injured, and. fotir are undef- arrest on the earge of murder. 'The dead ar&: Bert Pierce, beaten to death" and head crushed. Mack M,cKenzie, shot through the heart. John Farley, two brothers of theI dead Pierce boy, and one of the Mc Kenzie brothers were wounded. According to the story' told by offi ers investigating the case, Wesley McKenzie .approached Miss Nelson and asked her to dance with him. She is said to have -'refused on the ground that he was drinking, and'he then began cursing in her presence. A general fight followed with the above result. There is nothing like th' clutch of conventiality for squeezing the breath out of individuality.-Decem ecupants of the house occupied these The financial loss is placed b"t $20. 00, and i-nclidued one of the.best fi raries in the State. Besides James A. DeArmond, the on of the dead congressman, are Ed ard H. De Armond, instructoir at Vest Point, and.Lieut. George W. De Lrmond. now serving with the army :i the Philippines. Mrs. Clark is a aughter. The Congressional Directory gives he following brief sketch of Con ressma'n DeArmond: "David Albaugh De Armond, )emocrat, of Butler, was born in 'lair county. Pa., March 18, 1844; ras brought up on a farm; educated a the common schools and at Wil amsport Dickinson Seminary; was tate senator, circuit judge and, Mis ouri 'upreme court commissioner; as elected to the Fifty-seeond, Fif y-third, Fifty-fourth. fty-fifth, 'ifty-sixth. Fifty-seventh, Fifty ighth. and Fifty-ninth congresses nd reeected to the Sixtieth con ress. ***** * * * * * * * * * * * * THE IDLE3. * * * * * * * * * * * * * *e * Well, t-he election is over, and no* t's all. get together-those of us rho won and those of us who lost mean those of us who were on the rinning side and those of us who rere on the losing side-and work )gether to make the new adminis ration a success, and for the good f Newsberry. What is good for the Ivn is good for everybody in the wn-that is, everybody who ought > be in the town-every good citi mns. This is a great government of ours, here the citizen is king, anid: where very citizen has a voice in the affairs f government. The only trouble is iat in the stress and theat of an ection hard feelings are sometimes ngendered. This should not be. but len are only human, and subject to le pitiful frailties of human na ire. If we were all perfect the mil mium would have come, and there rould be no further need for the orld, because the period of proba on would be over, .and .we would all e ready fiar a better world. I don't mean to say that any .thard elings were engendered in the teetion just passed. There was cer inly no reason for any. Mayor angford had served the town faith ally for two years, and offered him elf for re-election. Mr. Blease of red himself for the position. They rere both running .on their merits, nd it was' a. matter for the people. 'he vote was close. Both gentlemen ad many friends, and attong riends. I have known Mayor ILang ord a long time, and, from what I now .of him, I feel sure that he will* ive the incoming mayor his hearty >operation in advancing the -inter ;ts of Newberry. The good ~of Newberry-the pub c good-thiat is a great' thing. The ublic good-the good of'all the peo leou and' .me and your neighbor nd iny neighbor. Did'a you : ever ink"'yhat a' great World' this would e if we'-were' all wvorking for the'pub e good? The overpowering bane nd sin of the twentieth .eentury is lfishness, and-"so- it :has :been since e fall'-of man. AS matter of fact, lfiiihness is .the origin-'oif all sin, n' includes all *sin. ' 'When- we get~ d of all selfishness then we will be 1st men made perfect. What we 'ant to do is to fight, it as much as e can. The impossible is expected fno man. There is too much strife every here today. That was a great seeh Prof. Rembert made .in Cen al Methodist churdh last Sunday a 'eek ago. He struck. tihe key-note of r trouble. To get together and to ;ay together and work together iat should be the motto-for he pub good-for the good of you and of te and of your neighbor and my' eighbor. The new administration will have iany rempnsibilite Newhberv is a Bishop Henry_ The Greatest I (By Col. D. i Newberry county, S. C., has been the birthplace of some of our country's most illustrious citizens. This county has given to the State three chief justices of the supreme court, his torians of national fame, novelists, poets,and statesmen of no mean order. Mese, of . course, are all of the White race. But it was given to this eoun ty, also to furnish to the, world one of the greatest of living Afrieans, Bishop Henry MeNeal Turner, of the African Methodist Episcopal Chureh. He is not only the most distinguished. of his race, but is highly edaeated, a great linguist and possibly to-day one of America's greatest travelers through Canada, the West Indies, th'e Dark Continent, and the States. Although%, the writer and the sub ject of this sketch, are of dierent races, and fought on opposite sidez, during the' War of the Sections, or, as the writer likes to cali it, the "Great Rebellion,". still we are countrymen, born under the same sunny skies, breathed the same balmy. otm,osphere-first saw the light of day in this same God's country. So it is with pride and pleasure that the writer accords to him the honors he has won and the merit that is his due. The writer of this sketch fought for the Sou':h, and for the institu tions of his fathers and lost. Bishop Turner fought for the liberation from saery of his countrymen, and for a ~government that now, grudgingly allows his race to live,'- anad won. Still I bear him no malice, and glad ly accord him justice. In the race fr preferment and eminence, he wes handiapped .. .from ..- his infaney, through ..his - rgee and .color, but by industry, ambition .and high ideals, he4as- risen to the- highest rungs of be #Ldder attainable 'in .this country, by. his race. Many,of the ~raits .of gi character might.well be emulated by.the young men -of either . of the raees It takes a master mind anj it will of heroic mould tp-.rise from such depths ..of obscu4;ty -to .stations 'so towering and, ~hoi.orable. . -. The grandfather.-of Bishop Tur ner, on the m.atekI-al side, came over to this country in a slave ship, by way of the deadly ''Middle Pass age,' in 1770. .By force of cireum . ances, he found a. permane'nt home in what is now ' Newberry- county. Tradition has it that he was a son of a king or. prince in his country, and that his father sent. over in the .next slave ship seven slaves of his own for the liberation of his son. However true this may be, it is only in keep ing with the Darwin 'theory, that where talent or genius has lain dor mant in a family for generations, and then suddenly rises above .. the sur face with erreme brilliancy, it is traceable to some ancestors in the Tutonic wilds, or in the reed hut of ':he jungle. The grandfather had ten chikdren, the mother of Hienry being the youngest. This family and their de scendants were known before the war as "free niggers.'' A remnant of the original family are yet living in this: comty -near their ncstral home. 4cNe a Tumer. .iving African A. DickerL) Henry McNeal Turner was born nine miles weat of the county seat, near New Chapel Methodist euh&, on the first day of February, 1834. His father was a son of a white wo man, the offspring of an illicit inter course with one of her slaves, a mu latto, and her foreman on a large plantation, with many slaves. This is all the white blood in Bishop Tur ner's veins, he being what 'Might be called an octoroon or oheeighth white. His father and --mother sep arated when- Henry was onlf three years of- age, and his mother--married a-3nan named-Iabez Noble, -:likewise free- Henry work:ed' bith' ,eotton fields until his fourteentdi: year;. when he found employment in anbffice as servant and messenger boy, in Abbe ville county, this State. Some young men of the legal profession; observ ing his reat ambition to acquire a radiment of learning, asisted him in his studies and taught him reading, writing,- grammar and geography u' fact all that learning known as the "three R's.' The young men wh gave -him this assiscance in his efforts to learn were J;ohn. W. Wilson, Lu cian Wilcox,'John' Jacob -Basom ani Edward Noble, a sdi of Governor Noble. .General Samuel MeGowah, late chief justice, also rendered him great service. By -the friendly bene.. frts of such men, it is easily .seen how the young, ambitious negro boy was esteemed by some of -the best white men of the State. This one instance among the 'thousands, should show that the South held no hatred to the. blacks. Young Turner was not satissfied with a common Engliah education, but sought the higher learning, and finding no opportunity in this State to gratify his -ambition, .he.. went to Baltimore. There, -through, the in fluence of white friends, he got em ployment as a laborer in thefMedica;l college. But he was not content to labor with his hands alone, but em ployed his mind as well. While there he studied anatomy, physiology and hygiene. Afterwards he secured a foothold at Trinity college, and there learned Latin,- Greek, Hebrew, Ger man and Divinity. He was taught ldention and oratory by..- .Bishop Cummings, of the Protestant. Episco i 1848 he -associated himself with the Methodist 'chiireb, arid."-was li censed to 'preach in 1853. He now be gan on that, great career as a minis. er of the Gospel, in which:his great learning 'and native oratory - stood hi -so well in -hanid. HeUtAiaveled and preaehed throughout -the whole South, to large congregations, both white and blaet - He .gransferred his- membership to he A. M. E. chiurchi in 1858, and joined' the Missouri conference, be coming an itirie'ant minister, preach in~g throughout the States-i of the N'orh, Canada and the West Indies. He was transferred .to 'the BalW more conference, by Bishop Payne, D. D., and remained in that .city for four: years. Ele was gived~ the' degree of D. D. by the University of Penn sylvania in 1?'2, and the degree of LL. D., by Wilberforce university in 1873. By t'he Liberia..college,..Africa, he was given D. C. L in 1894. In 1856 he. married a quadroon of Columbia, S. C., daughter ..of Joseph A. Peechir, a colored carpenter, who by thrift and industry purchased the freedom of. himself, his wife and in fant, afterwards the wife of Bishop Iurner. By this union he~ .has two ehildren living, John P. Turner, M. D., of Washingtc-n, D. C., and David. H1. Tunrer of. Philadelphia..- He was narried again in 1890 to Mrs. De Witt, and then in 1.900 to the widow f the late Bishop A. W. Wayman. At' the outbreak of the war, he was occupying the pulpit at Israel hurh, Washington, D. C., a tony olored congregation. He remained here during the years of '62 and '63. After the undecisive battle. of A.ntietam, which gave President Lin on an opportunity to issue his Emaniptinn Procnma'ion. i. was