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VOL XLVIl NO. 97 NEWBERRY, S. 0. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17. 1909 TWICE A WEEK. $1.50 A YEAR Climbing Ste Votes in ew Subscriptions Have E of Ten This Week-Noi May Not be Overco Very I Climbing! Climbing!! Climbing!!! That's what the votes of the con testants who are at work i The Herald and News contest are doing every day. For every ten: new subscriptions for one year brought in during this week one thousand extra votes will be given, as was announced in last Friday's issue of The Herald and News. This will give five thousand votes for ten. new subscriptions for a year each. This offer holds until Saturday night. Several of the contestants have biought in new ones in bunches of teni this week, thus taking advantage of the offer. Nobody has a lead which may :not be overcome at any time, and that's what makes the contest so exciting. There is plenty of time, with a lit tle work, to pile uip thousands of votes. But the best time to work in .everythi,ng is to start now, and keep .working. The result of the count at six .o'clock on Wednesday afternoon was as follows: Barney Burr Leitzsey ......19,861 Annie Laurie Lominack.. ....13,453 Clyde Ward 4..... 4,831 .Jno. Douglass Davenport, Jr.. 4,021 Osear Summer ............3,178 CHBISTMAS AT PROSPERITY. Many Events of Interest Scheduled For Festive Season.-Local a--i Peirsonal. Prosperity, December 16.-Mr. Jim Schumpert left Wednesday night for North Carolina,- where he has gone to augment his stock of furniture. The Peterson Sisters gave a very delectable entertainment Friday ev -eing. The music was thoroughly enjoyed ,by all present. Messrs. A. G. and A. Birge Wise spent the week-end in Savannah. Mrs. Alonzo Calhoun, of Columbia, is visiting Mrs. C. M. Harmon. Mr. Keister Wheeler, who is stud ying pharmacy in Atlanta, will ar rive Saturday to spend the holidays. SRev. M. 0. J. Kreps went to Sahis bury on Wednesday to attend a meeting of the seminary board. R.emember that the U. D. C. will serve oysters on Friday evening at t.he auditorium, beginning at 6:30. They will also have a candy booth. This will be a good time and pla.ee to buy your supply of Christmas candy. -At- the A. R. P. church on Sunday morning a very interesting service was held. In view of the fact that Presbytery decrees that one Sauday in the year shall be devoted to Tem perance, the pastor 'decided upon last Sunday as the time. Rev. Mr. Cald well was assisted in the service by Drs. Wyche and Hunter. The pas tor gave what the Bible has to say upon the subject and the physicians spoke at length upon the question from seitifie and physical stand points. The service was highly edi fying and should be provocative of such good. Dr. WV. C. Brown, of Newberry, *will address the Farmers' institute at St. Luke 's on Saturday of this week. All the school boys and girls are expected home for the Yuletide. From Frid-ay~until next Friday there will be arrivals every day. Our streets will then be such a gay place that "he who runs may read'' that Christmas and its attendant pleas ures co:ne but once a year, therefore mirth and goodwill are the order of he day, or night, for that matter. Fr nou class on earth can muake night. particularly Christmas eve, mure'hideous than schiool fellows 0ut for a lark. r. Willam Gibson has gone to idily Are Great Contest een Coming In In Bunches )ody Has a Lead Which me, Making Contest 'xciting. James Harry Summer.. ....1,466 Geo. A. Wright, Jr.......... . 605 Heyward B. Ewart .. .. .... 597 J. E. Norwood, Jr............ 522 Clara Novice Brown ...... 500 Sue Ella Peterson ........ 462 Jim Tom Miller ......... 109 Herman Langford ......... 106 Osce Coleman ........... 103 Annie Mann ............ 101 Spencer Wolling ......... 100 Mallie Glasgow Sligh .. .. .. 100 Pearl Davis .. .. .. .... .. 100 There is no cause for any of the workers to be discouraged by the above figures. There is plenty of time yet for one who has not even been nominated to come in and bear off the honors and the handsome first prize, and there are fine prizes for those coming second, third, fourth and fifth. And those working in the contest who do not get any of the prizes will be paid ten per cent. commissions on their collections turned in. See the list of handsome prizes of fered, headed by a Browniekar, worth $175, or $150 in gold, at .the option of the winner. The full list of prizes and the details of the contest and all the rules are given in full elsewhere in this issue. of The Herald and News. Charleston to swell the number of enthusiastic Masons. Miss Erin Kohn visited in Colum bia last week. Mr. Olin Bobb spent Sunday under the parental roof. Dr. and Mrs. G. Y. Hunter have gone to Charleston to attend the Masonic conclave there. There will be a Christmas tree at Zion Christmas day. Rev. W. H. Whittaker, who has served this .eircuit for four years, has been assigned to Hickory Grove, York county. They leave in a few days. T*heir many friends are sorry to see them go, but they are attend ed, nevertheless, by the good wishes of all Prosperity. Rev. S. C. Morris has been changed from Pelzer to our town, and will' arrive at an early date. IMiss Carrie Lome, of Philadelphia, who has served the trade so success-, fully at the N. L. Black Co 's. store,! returned home Wednesday. - Miss Oteil'a Adams, of Wilming ton., N. C., leaves to-day for her home Miss Adams has made many friends during her sojourn here. The following is a partial calen-' dar for the holidays. We feel sure that many other festivities will be sandwiched in between these, but so far these are all that are announced: WXednesday morning -at 10 o'clock the graded school will have appro priate exercises and several short ad dresses to which the public is most cordially invited. Christmas morning at 10:30 a ser vice will be held at Grace chureb. On Sunday morning attractive invi tations will be given out by the Missionary society; joyful, inspiring music will be rendered by a choir of lads and lasses. You -are invited. The regular preaching services will be held in the various churches on Sunday. On Tuesday night comes the event, the Merry Maids' Minstrels, for which occasion many are storing their laughter an-d getti.ng their ris ibes in good trim. We are happy to say that they will not be disappoint ed. On New Year's eve the Ladies Aid society will give a Tack Measuring Party at t.he Auditorium. Be sure to come and look your tackiest and apear your tallest, then you will be fr the time being at your best. Eggs are cheap in Atlanta. but suh e!-News and Courier. DISASTROUS WRECK ON THE SOUTHERN 14 KILLED.-MORE THAN SCORE ARE INJURED. Accident Near Greensboro Wednes day Morning.-Derailment Caus ed by Broken Rail. Greensboro, N. C., Dec. 15.-Local passenger train No. 11, on the Southern railway, known as the Richmond and Atlanta train, due in Greensboro at 6.40 a. m., was wreck ed this morning at 6.32 at Reedy Fork trestle, ten miles north of here and at 6 o'clock this evening eleven dead bodies had been removed from the wreckage. Fourteen are reported dead and twenty-five injured are be ing cared for at St. Leo's hospital. The dead -bodies so far identified are: A. P. Cone, superintendent of the Richmond and Danville division of the Southern railway, with head quarters at Richmond, Va. H. C. White, traveling auditor, Washingtori, D. C. Isaac Dammals, porter on the Rich mond sleeper. C. B. Nolan, Pullman conductor, Greensboro. Frank W. Kilby, Anniston, Ala. Virgil E. Holcomb, Mount Airy, N. C. Ed. Sexton, Denton, N. C. Richard Eames, a prominent min ing engineer of Salisbury, N. C. John G. Broadnax, Richmond, Va. Ed. Bagby, Richmod, Va. Charles T. Broadfield, Amerieus, Georgia. The body of an unknown white man, apparently about 25 years old was recovered late this evening. Among the patients at the hospi tal who were fatally injured, are Henry L. Stribling, of Decatur, Ga., and F. Smith. Spencer, N. C. The list of the injured so far as ascertained, at least all of those se riously enough hurt to be taken to the hospital is as follows: List of the Injured. Thomas W. Eldridge, Richmond, Va.; John W. Phillips, Petersburg, Va.; David P. McBrayer, Anderson, S. C.; D. B. Hill, (colored) Reids ville, N. 'C.; Jonas Anderson, (color ed) Richmond, Va.; A. L. Harris, Reidsville; Will Kinnon, Davidson College, N. C.; tSutral Watson, Bas kerville, Va.; Arthur Watson, Bas krville, Va.; Robert Russell, New York; Burton Mayre,. Richmond,.Va.; Mrs. H. T. Cook, Norfolk, Va.; Thomas V. Chalkley, Greenisboro, N. C.; Phillips Nelson, Greensboro, N. C.; Richard Dobie, Norfolk, Va.; W. T. Carter, Danville, Va.; W. T. COar roll, Norfolk, Va.; W. T. .Deberry, (colored) .Portsmouth, Va.; H. L. Wood, Norfolk, Va.; Mrs. Robert Edmonds.. New Orleans; G. H. Cobie, Rihmond, Va. Owing to the character of t.he wreck much time was required to remove the dead and injured from the debris and .it was 8:30 before this work was well under way. The injured were brought to this city as rapidly as they coul'd be extricated from the wreck and placed in St. Leo's hospitaL iatd.enijJve-ntd e taoin shrdluETA WRECKED SCHOONER. Twelve Men and Captain's Wife Lose Their Lives.--Sailor Picked Up. Charleston, Dec. 16.-The five mated schooner Governor Ame~s bound from Brunswick, Ga., to New York, with a large cargo of railroad crossties. grounded and went to n%eres off Wimble Shoals, twenty-five nair n~rth of Cane Hatteras, Mon 'day afternoon at about 6 o'clock. The~ p*m1ta.. the crew, consisting of twelve meu', and the wife of the e'tain. were all killed or drowned ah on in exception. This ,is th]e story told by the sole survvor. a Nova Scotian, by the name of Josiah Spearing, a seaman Onl the vessel. IH was picked up from a mass of floating t ies by the steam ship Shawnmut. coming to this port fram Phih'delphia. aK;d was brought re lst nio-ht CASE DISMISSED. Nol Pros Entered in Case of Men Charged with Assault on Young Mr. Malcolm Johnstone. Magistrate Chappell, acting under a nol pros entered by the attorneys representing the State, has dismiss ed the case against H. V. Welch, George Martin and Brant Williams, the three white men who were some time ago arrested charged with as saulting young Mr. Malcolm John stone late on Thanksgiving night. It will be recalled that young Mr. Johnstone, who was spendi-ng the night at the home of his aunt, Mrs. Clara McCrary, had gone out in the rear of the house to investigate a noise which he heard, and found some one leading the horse out of the stable, the assault by three men following his efforts to prevent them from taking the horse. Young Mr. Johnstone did not recognize any of the parties, but three employes of the Mollohon Cotton Mills, this city, who left Newberry the next morning and went to Prosperity, from which place they went to the home of the brother of one of them to attend a dance, were arrested and brought back to Newberry. The arrest was made near Leesville by Sheriff Bu ford, who' was accompanied by Chief Adams, of Newberry, and Chief Workman, of Prosperity. Chief Ad ams had gona. to Prosperity, where he and Chief Workman worked on the case, and later sent for Sheriff Buford, who went down in an auto mobile with warrants against three fictitious parties, the names of the men the officers were seeking not being known by the sheriff at that time. The men on being brought back to Newberry retained the services of Eugene S. Blease, Esq., and were 'granted bail in the sum of two hun dred dollars each. They gave bond and were released from custody. The preliminary was set for the Monday following the assault, but was continued, young Mr. Johnstone at that time being in a critical con dition. The preliminary was - then set for Wednesday, but a day or two ago Mr. Cromer, of the firm of Johnstone and Cromer, who were representing the State, notified Mag istrate Chappell that they would en ter a nol- pros in the case, and the case was thereupon dismissed by Magistrate Chappell, and the bonds of Messrs. Welch, Martin and Wil liams cancelled. Messrs, Welch, Martin and Wil liams have many friends, who have been confident from the time of their arrest that they were in nowise implicated inl the affair. Their friends are very much pleased that the outcome of the investigat,ion justifies their confidence, but the re ult was not unexpected by them. It is very much hoped the guilty parties will be apprehended. ** ** * *** ** * ****** * * * THE IDLEE. * * * Seems to me the editor of Th'e Her aid and News quoted somethiang from a Spartanburg paper about always being right and never making a mis take. I don't agree with the editor of The Herald and News in some things and in his comments on the perfect man he must he mistaken, 'unless -he means the man who be ieves himself to be perfeeit- and never makes a mistake--that is in his own estimation. Now, if any com munity has such a one he is not dan gerous, and the perfect man--he doesn't hurt anybody because he is either paralyzed or dead. I read these lines once somewhere an-d I commend them most prayerfully to tis commu.ity: " There is a man who never drinks, Nor smokes, nor chews, nor swears, Who never gambles, never flirts, And shuns all sinful snares He's paralyzed! "There is a man who never does Anything that is not right; His wife can tell just where he is At morning, nboon and night He's dead!'' But hih, maybe there are some newspaper editors who are perfect. I read the other day a little joke from the London Opinion-I doni't take the London 'Opinion-but this was copied in another paper, and its peint was that hades was hades be cause there are no newspaeprs there. Now, if there are no ne- -r. there there must not be any ed,>rs .there, because they tell me that if' an editor should get stranded in the Sahara desert his first thought, even if he was out of water with no pros pect of water-would be how to es tablish a newspaper. But, then, if an editor ever does get down there-and I hope none of them do--I hope everybody goes to a. brighter and better world-possi bly his punishment is in being pro hibited from establishing a newspa per. It must be great fun to run a newspaper, and to get free railroad passes, and. free tickets to shows, and a load of wood or -a bushel of potatoes on subscriptious, and to colleet lots of money from subscrib ers and advertisers-I believe they say newspaper men are always wealthy. But to get back to the joke. Here it is, if you want to .print it: What the Place Lacks. London Opinion. A modern lady died and went to Hades. His majesty met her defer entially at the gate. . "Will it be possible for me to se cure an establishment herel" she asked. "Certainly, madam." "In a desirable locatiout" "I think so." "I don't care to be near the riff raff. And I should like to be sure and get suitable servants." "You should experience no diffi culty. There are several good agen cies." "I could give dinner parties when I liked?" "Dear me, yes." "And make a splash at it " "Oh, icertainly." "I should expect to spend my summers abroad." "Quite right. Return tickets free." "You have operas?" ".Several, devoted to the haut ton." The lady lifted her lorgnette. She smiled slightly. "Do you know," she said, "I am agreeably surprised. I was afraid this place was not kept up to con form to the best standards. It trou bled me to think I might possibly have to associate with my inferiors. I am glad to have renewed our brief acquaintance made on earth, and I ill trouble you to see that my arrival is chronicled in the so iety columns of the papers." His majesty bowed respvectfully. "Sorry, madam, but that will be impossible." She gazed at him haughtily. "How is that'?" she asked sternly. "There are no papers here. There are no society columns. No matter what you -are doing, the public is in absolute ignorance of it." And sinking back she muttered softly to herself: ''This is indeed hell!'' Now, I don't agree with the mani who wrote that joke about the mod ern lady. I am a great -admirer of the ladies, whether they are modern or whether they are ancient. The women-here's tb tiem-Cod ~bless hem! is the toast which J would drink-that is, if I had anything to drink, which I haven't, because, you knw, I had told you I dropped my dram si-nce all this talk about chem '1 V'mlor and pellagra in corn and the serious talk of the prohibition I 4 t drink is a creature of the devil and that 'it is an awful sin and a crime against humanity and all the womne! and little children, and the beathen i far-away lands, to take a drink. But what I started to say was tht I like to read the society col no. of the pa pers, and I like to see who: was wvhere and what they .did, and how lovely they were, and all ab ut the decorations and the n'rra of ihthts .brightly shining, or Ishedding a soft glow-as the case "" he. And all of us like to read ihem, and al of us do read. them, too, thouh lots of the mein folks don't know. whether the one who wore chif fon. over silk had on a finer dress than the one who wore a dainty crea tion of-I forget the name of it now, but you know what I mean. I wonder if anything is going to be done about the old eourt house. I passed up that way the other day and the guttering is falling dow and the building is beginning to look dilapidated. It would make a splen did library and there is enough room to set apart one room as a rest room for the ladies. Then there was talk of a Y. M. C. A. organization taking up the matter. Why not get up an organization and take it over from the county or tear it down and build a park. Suppose you get up some thing and get the next legislature to do something. But it makes no dif ference to me. If the rich folk who own the .town are satisfied, I am and can drag along to the end. I was trying to think of the names of the -senator and the members of the house from this county as I was writ iing, but it makes ng difference, I reckon they would want a referen dum and as next year is eleetion they would be afraid to do anything. . -o Well, it's nearly Christmas, and I intend to enjoy myself Christmas. I am not going to think about the wor ries I may have or the cares. For the time being I am going to live in the glad, happy present. I may have something 4o say about OhT" next time. The Idler. DEP. GEAND MASTER MOWER Masonic Grand Lodge. Elects Officers. -Dr. Van Smith Deputy Grand Master 11th District. At the regular annual communica tion of the Masonic Grand Lodge, held in Charleston this week, Hon. George S. Mower, of Newberry, was chosen deputy grand master, and Dr. Van Smith, of this city, was chosen district deputy grand master for the eleventh district. The officers chosen were as follows: Grand Master, James R. Johnson, of Charleston. Deputy Grand Master, George S Mower, of Newberry. 'Senior Grand Warden, George T. Bryan, of Greenavill.. 'Junior Grand Warden, R. A. Cooper, of Laurens. Grand Treasurer, Zimmerman Da vis, of Charleston. Grand Secretary, Jacob T. Barron, of 'Columbia. Grand Chaplain, Rev. W. P. Smith of Spartanburg. The newly elected officers were du ly installed according to the ancient rites of the Craft. The following officers were ap pointed: Senior Grand Deacons: J. P. Duck ett, of Anderson, and J. F. Kinney, of Bennettsville. Junior Grand Deacons: 0. F. Hart,* of Columbia, and A. H. Schade,' of Greenville. Grand Stewards: S. T. D. Laness ter, of Pauline, and L. L. Parrott. of Sumter. Grand Marshal, John Kennerly, of Cokesbury. .Grand Pursivant, J. E. Cogswell, of Charlesto. Grand Tyler, W. A. Winkler, of Charleston. The question of physical qualifica tion was left undistur.bed, the com mittee having reported that it had no recommendation to make. How eve'. it will be brought up again at the next Communication, Past Mas ter W. M. Whitehead, having giveu no'tice of an amendment to the rules in this particular, which will be con sidered next year. The Same Thing. Suburbs-The barber always talks while he cutt my hair. Mrs. Suburbs-Well, you use con siderable language when y ou cut the gras.-Harper's Bazaar. Would Speak Accordingly. Reporter: ''What shall we give as 'our last words to the publie?'' Sick Actor: ''How many words can