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PURELY PERSONAL. Movements of Many People, New berrian And Those Who Visit Newberry. MAr. JZ1Ake Ixells. of Columbia, was in the city yesterday. Mrs. Cole. L. Blease is visit-ing her parents. Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Summers 'at. Auton. Anderson county. John M. Canon, Esq., of the Lau rens bar, was in Newberry yester day on professional business. General E. A. Garlington of the U. S. Army, and Mr. Harry H. Gar lington, of Atlanta, are in Newber ry. called here by the serious illess of their mother, who lives with her Laughter, Mrs. Wm. Y. Fair. Mr. R. L. Whites, a son of the late Capt. U. B. Whites. now of At lant.a, has recently been elected president of Atlanta Local No. 48, Typ'ographical Union. Mr. Whites is linotype operator on the Consti tution. Judge S. W. G. Shipp went to Dy son on Friday on a bird hunt, he having fiz,ished the abusiness of the Newberry court on Thursday night. From Dyson Judge Shipp went to his Coma et Florence. The Newberry court remains open for the passing of orders and such like matters. VARIOUS AND ALL ABOUT. The work on the extension to the ewberry Cotton mills is getting on icely. The roof is being put on. The Aid society of the Lutheran Clurch of the Redeemer. will meet this afternoon at 4 o'clock, at the residence of Mrs. Edw, R. Hipp. T. D. M. in the Augusta Chronicle tells of an honored citizen Jona than Miller, who just celebrated his 99th birthday and is hale and hearty. Theo. Danielson had a serious ac cident last Thursday night by slip ping down the steps of the old mill and hurt himself badly, but is now d1oing nicely. Rev. C. Lewis Fowler, of Clinton, will give a lecture in West End Bap tist church, Wednesday, December 1.5, at 7:30. Everybody cordially in vited. Rev. W. Ray Anderson, the well known eva.ngelist, will begin services at King's Creek church this evening at 7:30 o'clock. The meeting will con ti-ne through the week. Mr. Pat Stoekman and Miss Lillie Bell Mills were married on Sutnday by Rev. S. P. Koon at the parsonage near St. Lukes. Miss Mills is a daughter of Mr.'B. F. Mills. The Ladies' Aid society of the First Baptist churich wil1l, with -The "Philatheas,'' hold their annual Christmas -sale of fancy work Fri day afternoon and evening in the building formerly oceupied by "t;he Cash Store." A salad course and oysters will1 be served during the evening. Everybody cordially invit ed. Euif's Cigar and~ Novelty Store. A large and well selected stock of Christmas novelties, inzcluding toys and fire works for the young folks, and nice Christmas 'presents for the older folks, , has been received by Ruff 's Cigar and Novelty Store, in The Herald and News ,building, and more holiday goods are being receiv ed each day. This 'stock is in addi tion to the fine stock of cigars, to .baceos, statioifery and novelties kept on hand du-ring all seasons of the vear. The articles and t.he prices are attractive and the holiday buy ing public w-ill do well to give Miss Ruff a call. Artlistie Windows. Fellers and Morgan have display ed excellent taste in the arrangement and display in their show windows. Old Santa Claus stands in the centre ofone to seleet you a beautiful shirt, fancy vest or box of socks or any other useful article for person al use. In the other window is a fine display of .beautiful shoes. In fact, it will pay you to look at these displays whether you purehase or not. A Card Qf Thanks. We wish to express to our kind friends -and neighbors our heartfelt gratitude for their kindness to us during the sickness and death of our dear little baby, and trust that a kind Heavenly Father will reward them and that they may never have to suffer the loss that we now feel. Sincerely, Marcus and Hattie Lester. December 11, 1909. Are we going out of busine.ss? Well 1 should say we were. Our entire stock of goods including furniture for sale without reserve. Daniels & Williamson. Jewelers. COTTON SOLD AT NEWBERRY. Comparison With Last Year.-Four Thousand Bales Short.-Fifty Thousand Dollars Long. The total receipts for cotton sold on the Newberry market from the fisrt of September, 1909, to the tenth of December, 1909, are 12,689 bales. For the same time last year the re ceipts were 17,298 bales. This shows an increase last year over this year of 4,609 bales, or a falling off of about twenty-five per cent. Taking the price received for the crop last year as compared with the price this year, however, the farmers have received considerably more in cash for their cotton than they did last year. The average price in 1908 from Septem,ber 1, to December 40, was less than nine cents. In fact, a-z; examination of the records shows that cotton was quoted from Sep tember 4, 1909, to September 18, at 9 1-2 cents, and for the balance of the season, for less than nine cents, wh'ich would make the average price really about 8 1-2 cents. The average price this year has been above 13 cents. Taking 13 cents as the average price for this year, and 9 cents as the overage price for last year, and averaging the cotton at 500 pounds per bae, would give for the 17,298 bales in 1908, $778,410.00, and for the 12, 689 bales in 1909, at an average price of 15 cents would realize $824, 785.00, a gain for the farmer for 1909, of $46,375.00. The City Clock Again. Now come, Idler, don't get ner vous, the cat is not going to take your bread and if the city clock is correeted this side of doomsday you 1 shall have all the credit for it. The Idler took up a lot of space in The Herald and News offerilng advice to T. E. W. We are sure that if The Idler had not wasted this space, but had used it in discussing the clock situation much more good might L.ave been accomplished. The writer is not at all -excited as The Iler seems to think, nor is he making any threats. A threat implies bitter feeling and we assure The Idler that there is ino such feeling on our part. Now why is the city clock run eight minutes .shead of standard time? The reasons given us by MIr. J. Monroe Wicker, the street over seer, are these: When Davis' whis tle blows for noon, the street hands throw downi their work and come i.x and ,by running the clock eight minutes fast he (Wicker) can get them back to work that much sooner. Also, he added, that he could get them out earlier in thre morning. Now, as we said l-ast week, we be lieve the people want the correct time, or else the city clock would never have been purchiased. A city clock is a public timepiece, the pur pose *of whiceh is to indicate the ex act t-ime to passers by as well as to afford a standard by which every lock and every watch in th'e com munity may be uniformly set to cor rect time. Of course, if any person, for any special reason, wishes 'to run his timepiece 'ahead of or behind standard time, he has a perfect right to do so because it is his own pri vate property, but we contend that no public official, street overseer or what 'not, has any right to run a public timepiece ahead of time, m'ere ly to suit his private convenience. If the street .ve;seer has the right to run the city elock eight min utes ahead of time, then he has a perfect right to run it .eight hours ahead of time; thus, when the sun in isdaily journey 'through the heaf esreaches the zenith, the city clock of Newberry. with a silly smile on its face. will be pointing at the chilly hour of eight ! If the man whose duty it is to set the clock and keep it running. has a right to disregard the universally accepted standard of time and set it and run it to suit himself, then, in case Rial Bates, the street lamp -lighter, should be assign ed th'is duty, he would have the same right to set the clock to suit any private whim that he might have. Are the reasons for running the clock eight minutes ahead of stand ard time good and sufficient, or not? T. E. W. Nineteen Inquests. Coroner Felker has held, since go ing into office on the 18th of Jaa uary, 1909, seventeen inquests. Five of these were charges of murder, four were killed by the railroad, and eight were deaths from natural causes. The magistrate at Whitmire held one inquest, the verdiet being that the death was a suicide and the magistrate at Little Mountain held one& inquest, where a negro wos kill ed by the caving in of a wall. This makes a total of nineteen inquests DEATH FROM BURNS. Ezzie Brown Receives Two Stabs from Knife.-Afterwards Falls in Fire and Dies. Coroner Feilker held an inquest on saturday, over -the dead body of Liz ie Brown. According to the testi nonv she received a severe stab from 4 knife in the hands of Andrew WIitchell, som-e weeks ago, but ac :ording to the testimony of Dr. Eouseal, .the immediate cause of her leath was a burn% which she received rom falling in the fire. It is pos ible, according to 'he testimony of )r. Houseal, that the stabs which he received at the 'hands of Mitch 11, may have caused her to fall i ;he fire. Mitchell left town some reeks ago, and no warrant, so far s we have been informed, has been: ssued for his arrest, and unider the erdict of the coroner's jury, the -oroner has not issued a warrant. The following is the testimony ta en at the inquest on Saturday. and he verdict of the jury: Carrie Werts being duly sworn ays: I live in room next to Lizzie 3rown. I woke up and called Lizzie irown. I went into room. I found ier standing in floor burned; sh;e iid not speak unt.il I threw water on ter. Said she had a spell and had :ell in fire and could not get up and -uld not call anybody. I,. saw Andrew Mitchel1 stab Liz :ie Brown in the side with knife. I isked Mr. Franklin and Mr. Brad ey to look at cut place. She had been there abopt three nociths and I have not known her to iave fainty spells before. She went :o Mr. Cannon Blease after she had >een stabbed and came back and set ip. I went to bed. She did not )leed much. Lizzie Brown said she lid not think it necessary to send or doctor. her Carrie X Werts. .mark. H. H. Firanklin being duly sworn av-a: On Friday night a week ago, t two o'clock, I found Lizzie Brown d Carrie Werts. Lizzie Brown said Indrew Mitchell had stabbed her, Lizzie Brown, with a knife. I saw I gash in left shoulder look as .if inife had been stab. Lizzie Brown laimed 'that the cut .in side was the sause of her falling in fire. Lizzie said the reason sho was i-tting up at that time of night was >eeause she could no't lay down on ecount of gash in. side. She, Liz ie, said that she must have fainted vuen she fell in the fire. HI. H. Franklin. Dr. W. G. Houseal being duly worn says: I went to see Lizzie Brown early Saturday morning, two ~vees ago at 4 o 'clock in morniing. he was suffering great pain on ac ou'nt of a burned face. Both eyes were swollen shut, hair was swinged, eft side was burned across the breast :o breast bone and extended down :o nipple of breast ,and nearly half vay aeross back, under surface of .eft arm to elbow. It was a burn of hird degree, a severe burn. Shei said she had been stabbed twice, nee in shoulder and onice in left ide. I saw wound in left side. Did 2t probe. Saw no blood at afll Vound did not seem to h.ave been ~iving her any trouble. I went to see ier various times afterwards. Death wvas caused by burn'. She could have ~ainte~d from shock caused by the ;tab wound. - W. G. Houseail, M. D. The verdict at the coroner 's jury s5 " That the said Lizzie Brown ~ame to her death from burns.'' Burned to Death. Jane Christian, an old niegro wo nan, who lived on Mr. Ed. Senn 's place ~in No. 6 township, was burned to death last Thursday night. She ived in a house by herself and it was said she was subject to vertigo. She was fou'::d. next morning, lying n the fire-place dead.I Coroner Felker held the inquest >n Friday but, under the facts, did aot summon a jury. Death of Mr. W. H. Bowen. W. H. Bowen died at Asheville, N. D., December 9th, and was buried b the Odd Fellows at Henderson dlle last Saturday, the 11th. Mr. Bowen lived in Newberry for a curm ber of years and had many friends ere, who will be sorry to learn of ais death. -Balloon Ascension. Mayes' Book Store, Santa Claus' rradquarters, invite alil the ~chil ken to come to -the store on 'next Friday night, Decem,ber 18, at 8 'elock. to witness a balloon ascen ;ioni in front of the store which is einlg arran~ged for their pleasure. Aetioua! Auetion ! Anetion,! WVhere ? A+ Daniels & Williammmu s Jewel NEW TELEPHONE LINES.1 Another Line Connected with Pros-! perity Exchange.-Toll Line Built to Chappells. The line of G. E. Dominiek was connected with the Prosperity ex change of the Southern Bell Tele phoile company a short time ago.1 This line is ten miles in length, reaching almost to the lower steel bridge over Saluda river, giving ser vice to the following subscribers: G. E. Dominick, J. B. Dominick, J. L. Boozer, H. L. Fellers, J. C. Cook, G. W. Dominick and J. A. Monts. Manager Robinson expects severall other lines to be connected with the Prosperity exchange in. the very near inture. A toll line has been built from Newberry to Chappells, and within a hort time stations will be installed at Silver Street. Old Town and Chap pells. This will give the people of this section of the county an opportunity to build an exchange connecting with the long distance lines of the South ern Bell, and it is probable that the establishment of an exchange at Chappells will come in the near fu ture. The growth of the telephone in Newberry county has been remark able during the past several years, and this growth con.inues steady aind rapid. McCaughrin Rebecca. MeCaughlrin Rebecca Lodge, No. 9, I. 0. 0. F., will meet in Klettner Hall, on Saturday, December 18, at eight o'clock, to elect officers and to hold memorial exercises upon the death of Brother W1. H. Bowen. All members are urged to be present. Mattie Vaughn, Secretary. The Year's Work in Central Church. As another year of work in Cen tral has to be reported at our annual session, I thought some of the friends at least would be interested in a shoit review of what had been done. No pastor can accomplish much in church work without the support and cordial cooperation of his official board and indeed of the entire mem bership. And this is what fortu nately I have had in our Central church during the two years of my ministry. I could with pleasure speak a word of praise of each member of thefull board, but it is not necessary. The Sunday school has ibeen- faith fully attended to by Mr. J. F. Ept ing with Mr. P. C. Gaillard, the de voted secretary, and a faithful body of teachers. The enrollment ~during the year has been about 230 schol ars with a good average attendance. The ladies have as always been very active in the various organiza tions and societies under their di rection. During my ministry of two years I have received 104 persons into the communion of our church, the con gregations have been uniformly good and often' quite large. The financial affairs have been well looked after as is shown by the fact that during these two years over nine thousand dollars have been paid into the treasury of the church. Dur ing the year just .elosed the amounts contributed were as follows: Pastoral support .. ......$1575 00 Benevolences .. ...... ...519 00 Payments on debt .. .......856 00 Sunday Schools.. .. .......181 50 Woman's For. Miss Soc. ..190 50 Woman's Home Mis. Soc 198 50 Calendar Society .. .......264 50 Sndries......-...---.--.285 50 Making a total of.. ..' . ...$4070 50 This in itself is a very good show ing, but with a church well organized and with a good plan very much more can be raised. I wish personally to thank all who have so kindly and liberally worked with me anad for the good of the church and to essure all that if for another year I am returned to New berry it will be my pleasure to serve so kind and generous a congregation.' At the same time I wish to mention my grateful remembrance of the kind and sympathetic treatment and at tention shown me by so large a part of the members of other churches and indeed by many not .identified with any branch of the church. J. WV. Wolling. Just think of buying Diamonds, Gold Jewelry, Cut Glass, Watehes, Silverware at less than one-half of actual cost that 1is just what the pub lie of Newberry have been doing at :1n- auction. Have yon been one of the lucky ones? If not, why niot? )aiels & Williamson. Jewelers. FOR SALE.-Homne raised celery. W. G. Houseal. Jr. BOYS' COTTON CONTEST. Prize for Largest Yield to Be Award ed in Old Court House on Sat urday, December 18. l1 the boys' farm contest in this county this year, among other prizes offered was one of five dollars for the largest yield of cotton. At the meeting of the boys in Newberry some days ago, at which time the prizes were awarded, it was impossi ble to award this prize for the largest yield of cotton for the reason that the boys had not made their re ports, many of them not having fin ished gathering all their cotton. It was decided at that time to. award the prize later, and it was announced that it would be awarded on Decem ber 15, but this date has been post poned to Saturday,. December 18. All of the boys are requested to get their reports to County Super intendent Wheeler before 11 o'clock on Saturday, December 18, and all of them are urged to be present at the meeting to ,be held in the old court house at that time. Dots from O'Neall. Mr. G. L. Wise anid mother, Mrs. Martha Wise, went to Lexington Monday on business. Rev. C. L. Craig will preach his -farewell sermon the fourth Sunday in December. The following gentlemen of the O'Neall section are building tenant houses on -their places: Messrs. J. W. Wise, W. P. Pugh, T. M. Mills, P. W. Shealy, S. W. Wessinger and Belton -Stockman. The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Mareus Lester, little Thompson Lee, departed this life on Friday, De cember 3, 1909, and was buried at Mt. Olivet Lutheran church on Sat urday evening, by Rev. M. 0. J. Kreps. Messrs. Wm. B. Wise, J. A. Wise and J. M. Swi,bert went to Bates burg Wednesday on business. A rural phone line has been meas ured off and they are now putting the posts up. The following will have phones at their residences: Messrs. J. E. Long, I. J. Lowman, P. W. Shealy, E. T. Long, S. W. Wes singer, M. D. Derriek and J W. Long. Miss Myrtle, and little brothers, Simpson anid Robertson Harmon, were visiting their granidparents of Sauda county last Saturday and Su day. The visit was greatly en joyed. There will be a Christmas tree at o 'Neall school on Friday, December 24, 1909, at eleven o 'clock, and ev erybody is kindly invited to come, and especially the friends of. 0O'Neall school. Mr. Jimmie Fields, of Lexington, visited friends and relatives in the o 'Neall section last Sunday. Jim mie attended school at 0O'Neall shool about 22 years ago and has many friends here who are always glad .to have him visit them. Mr. George Steele and family, the popular blacksmith of Prosperity, attended chureh at Mt. Olivet last Sunday. Come again, Mr. Steele. Student. Daniels and Williamson have a special sale Tuesday afternoon for ladies, a beautiful present will be given away. CORN IN BAE.-- All those who spoke to me about corn in ear please -call at once and leave order. S. J. Kohn. 12-14-09-3t. We are positively selling our en tire stock of Diamonds, Watches, Jewelry, Cut Glass and Brie-a-brac at auction without limit or' reserve., Our object .is to rettire from business'. CUT OUT the Typhoid germs from~ you1a drinking water, get it from' the rock, pure and sparkling. By having you a well drilled, you eut off all surface water, thereby get ting it pure 'and sparkling. I am' prepared for the business. See me' or .phone 175. IL A. McDowell. '12-14-09-tf. Have you attended thie auction at Daniels & Williamson's? If not, you don 't know what you have,.missed. An opportunity of a life time to purchase Christmas gifts at your prices, not ours. Daniels & William son, Jewelers. FURNITURE and Stoves. If you don't buy your Furniture and Stores from us we both lose mon ey. The J. L. Bowles Co. 12-14-09-tf. ~Evr art.icle soIld at aulction] bears1 our persoi.ai guarantee. D)aniels & wmiimmon .Tewelers. COTTON KARKET. (CoriEted by Nat Gist.) Good Middling 15 Strict Middling 14 7 Middling 14 3 (Corrected by 0 MeR. Holmes.) Good Middling 15 . Strict. Middling 14 7-8 Middling 14 3-4 Cotton Seed 42 cents. SPECIAL NOTICES. 1 CENT A WORD. No advertisement taken foi ess than 25 cents. Have you atteaded the auction sale at Dan:iels & Williamson's? If not, why not? FOR PENT or Lease. Three one horsv farms aud houses. H. D. Boozer, Newb.-iy, S. C. 12-44-09-2t. Special Auction for ladies TRWs day afternoon at 2:30. Came one, come all, whether you put.-hase or not. Special prize givenp awe-. Rv erybody has an equal e-hance. Dan iels & Williamson. LOST.-Black barrow, weIghs about 200 pounds. Long body, short legs. Please notify M. L. Cousin, R. F. D. No. 6. Pohne 910-5. 12-7-09-4t. EVERY LADY wanted to call and try our fine cand:es. We have the best, such as can be found in any city, have plenty of them and our prices are very r.asonable. Theo Lambry. U-30-09-6t. WE Specially invite the Ladies of the County when in town shopping to call on us for lunch. We can serve you luscious oysters or juicy steak. Every thing the best the market affords. Jones' Restaurant. CANDIES, CANDIES, plenty of them. Fine Chocolates, Box Bone, Caramels, Peanut and Cocoanut Brittles; all first class goods at very reasonable prices. Theo Lambry. 11-30-09-6t. CELERY, Cranberries, BasketGrapes just received at~ Jones' Grocery. FINE~ NOEFOLK OYSTERS every Tuesday, Friday and Saturday at 40 cents a quart. J. C. Sample. 10-19-09-tf. GET YOUR GLASSES from Dr. G. WV. Connor, a graduate of the larg sst optical college in the world-the Northern Illinois College of Chica go. Dr. Connor is located permnan ently in Newberry, gives.both the objective and subjective tests by electricity and guarantees his work, Golden Rule Encampment No. 32, I.. 0. 0. F., will meet at Klettiner'q Hall the 4th Monday nig.ht in each~ month at 8 o'clock. C. G. Blease,. ' Chief Patiarchx. V. G. Peterson, Sribe FOR RENT-Store in good location; 2 cottages, 6 and 7 rooms, .with bath rooms and lights. '. Mrs: R.. L. Paysinger. 11-9-09-1taw. FOR RENT.-Bushi River plantation of the estate of F. Werber de cease-d is offered for rent as a whole, comprising nineteen one horse farms. Nine tenants on the place, who wish to remain. Mrs. M. L. Werber. WE HAVE large, luscious Oysters direct from Norfolk. We give solid 'neat measure. Jones' Restaurant. THE BEST Norfolk Oysters re eeived every day. If you . want these large, fat, juicy oysters call at Jones' Restaurant. MONEY TO LOAN at 5 per cent.. We will buy you a home. Easy payments--in ten years and six months. EQUITABLE HOME 00., 1013 Caldwell St., Call or write. TRESPASS NOTIOE.-All persons are hereby notified not to tres pass on ,the lands of the under signed in No. 7 township, by hunting or in any other manner. Clemenee M. Werts. FOR SALE.-Good Milch cow. C. W. Buford. Kinards, S. C. R. F. D. No. 2.