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'11 VTEWBERRY, S. 0. TUES DAY. FEBRUARY 1 5. 1910 TWICE A WEEK. $1.50 A YEAR VOL XLVIII NO 13 ----. The Herald aj Grea) New Subscriptions and J $1.00 From Now Uutij A Great Bargain E The people of Newberry -have rea4 of many bargain sales during the pas ieveral years,' gbut they have neve read of one equal to this. It is the great Herald and New bargain sale. It begins to-day--Tuesday, Febru ary 15, .at 9 a. m. and will continu until Tuesday, May 3, 1910. During this time new subscrip -tions and renewals wil be taken fo $1.00 per .ear. This rate applie only to subseriptions for one year no less than one year and no mer -than one year. The Herald and News has trie giving away gold and diamond ring and buggies, and various other thing but under these plans only a few ge the benefit of the inducements offei 0d. Under the great bargain sal nw inaugurated, the subscribers, ge the benefit. No agents eommssionz No middle man. Rhe reduced price applies to re AT .TE OPERA HOUSE. Several Fine Attractions Boo6d. "The Bamier's Child," "St. El mo;" "The Girl." The management of the city oper house have booked several fine attrae tions for the near. future. "The Bankere's Child,, Feb. 24. Managers Earhardt & Baxter o the city opera house are to be con gratulated on the line of attraction they have been offering the publi, this season for never before do w, "emiember 'of there being a better lin offered, one after another. But tha onethat has .been, most depended o1 since tl:e bookin of the season be ga is Harry Shannon's "The Baik er's Child.". 'This, has been o'ne o thle standard attractions that has bee: offered for the past nine years, play ing some places as many as five con seeative seasons. This will be the at traction at the city ope'ri house. o: Thursday, Feb. 24th. "The Girl," March 4. .Tom Cunningham, a. rieh .man1 won, wants to marry ~Margare Simpson, "The Girl," yof tha attle, a farmer's daughter, who i also at the sanitarium with her fath tca.nd brothers: and others. Afte; the smi11por quarantine is declared~ de servants of the hotel.and sanitar jim desert and the guests are force ,to look after their own wants. Can ningham being chosen dictator of tI place, assigns a-eertain task to eaci of the gnests. The fun grows fas and furiious wheri Johnny Hicks, thi .slangy young gamnblcr, is made heaa eook,and Margaret Simpson, who ha . uarialed with Cunningham and .re jeeted his suit, is ordered to do scrub b ing. She 'refuses and her meals ar summarily cut off. The guests go oi a strike and refuse to work. Can~ singham breaks the strike by jerb ing;off his coat and offering to mtee \ hem one at a time. Ricks falls il .love, with Molly Kelly, the heas nurse. Among some of the others in quar aetine are Mrs. Taleott and her spci] ed son and an Italian organ grinde'z Throughout the entertainmenet th master handsof Ned Mayburn, th stae directo'r, can .plainly be seet tearranging of choruses and th grouping of the stage pictures. Th< "Dixie " naiber is a real surpris and is the creation of Arthur Evans Altogether 'The Time, the Place an the Girl" is one 'of the bess, snappi est an-d wittiest productions that wil be seen here this season. "St. Elmo," March 5. eil Twomev who has 'dramatizec ud News Bargain Sale. zenewals For One Vear For F May 3, and No Longer vent-Don't Miss It. I newals as well as to new subseribers, t in order to give'those who are now r taking the paper the benefit of it. The Herald and News does not claim to be the best semi-weekly in the State, but it makes the effort to be as good as- any of them, and gives the news fairly and impartially-and ed e that is what the people want in a newspaper, and that is what the people are appreciating. in The Her r ald and News., The paper is worth s $1.50-the regular price-of any man's money, but we want to run up our list even larger than it is now and we are offering this special in I I ducement. -And we want to :treat S old friends with the same consider I ation as new ones. t The. reduced price will continue in effect only until May 3-no longer. e This is giving away fifty cents to t everybody,who subscribes or renews ; for one year during that time. It is a givat bargain event. Don't miss e it. Augusta J. Evans'. famous novel "St. EImo,'" has provided a play which, - if possible, is of even greater intee est than the book. In the title role of St. Elmo Mur-.ay s found one of the most interestmg iharacters in the entire library of fiction, and this - persouage when reproduced in dra matie form becomes of even greater interest. St. Elmo long has been f one of the mgst popular novels 'with - southern readers.,and Mr. Twomey's s play which comes to the opera house 3 on March 5th seems destined to . share the success - enjoyed by the S-book. -CONGRESS ANID COURT CLASH. fdrlJudge Orders Committee Be 1 eHim.--Senate and House - -- . Discus Question. -Washington, Feb. 10.-Whether, a Court at law has power to summons before it a committee of Congress was the chief subject ot disecussion before the Senate and House' of Represenatives to-day. The .Senate required but a short time to, dispose of this question, and gave positive instructions to Sena tors Reed Smoot, Jonathan Boune and Duncan Fletcher, not to respond tomorrow to the order issued by Jus - ftiie Wright, of the Suprezr Court ofth District of Columbia, directing them to appear before him./ The tproceeding grew out of. a suit insti tuted by the Valley Paper Company, of Holyoke, Mass., as the result of the committee's award of a contract . or furnishing paper for the Gov . enent printing office.. e House Votes to Obey Swmmons IAfter six hours' debate, which in chded a night session, the House to nght voted to permit its members of the joint .committee on printing to obey a summons from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. This action wa;s exactly the reverse -of that of the Senate du.ring the af trnoon, and in consequence Repre sentatives Cooper, of Pennsylvania, e Sturgiss, of West Virginia, and Fin ,ley,, of South Carolina, will be the e only mem.bers of the committee e of six to appear in Court tomorrow morning at 10 o 'clock in mandamus proceedings instituted by the Valley Paper Company, of Holyoke, Mass., which was- dissatisfied with a paper cotract award made by the commit I , tee. DEATH OF AN AGED LADY. Mrs. E. Jane Reeder Passes Away at Home of Her Son in Golumbia. Interment at Bush River. Mrs. E. Jane Reeder, who was well known to a large number of people in the town and county of Newberry, i died in Columbia on Friday, where she was living with her son., Mr. James C. Reeder. Mrs. Reeder was! a little more than 77 years of age. Her body was brought to Newberry on Saturday afirnoon. A short fu neral seryice was held; at the resi dence of Mr. Cannon G. Blease on Sunday morning and the interment was had at the grave yard of Bush River Baptist church, the deceased for many years being a member of that church and a resident of that community. The services were con ducted by Rev. Geo. A. Wright, pas tor of the First Baptist churph, of which Mrs. Reeder was a niember, assisted by Rev. M. L. Banks, pastor of the Central Methodist eliurch. The deceased was the widow of William D. Reeder, who died more than thirty years ago. All of Mrs. Reeder's children-, except Mr. J. C. Reeder, preceded her to the grave. Besidsthe son who was living withI her in Columbia, she leaves a sister, Mrs. Elizabeth F. Blease, and three grandchildren, Messrs. Reeder, Clar ence and Ernest McElveen, to miss the mellowed inuuences exerted over loved ones in the family circle by the old member of the home who has reached the distant mile-post in the journey of life to shed a halo and leave hallowed memories for those left behind in the struggle and bat tle of living. And thus another. de parted soul has taken its' everlasting flight, and one more grave , is newly" maide and numbered among t9e fresh mounds of young wives and husbands and others to add to the glooin of the solemn hush that surrounds us and -bids us pause in. the mad rush and reflect that "in the midst of life we are in death." Notes From Allendale. By Rev. J. W. Wolling. No dbubt some of the friends in and around Newberry will be inter ested to kno.w where I am and some thing of what is happening in these parts. Allendale is at the junction of the Southern Railway with the Carolina and Western,~ which runrs -from Au gusta, Ga., to Charleston. The South ern is~ the main line from Columbia to Jacksonville and by here pass the fine tourist trains from the North. We have 'fifteen passenger trains a day and all have -to stop. . here be cause of the crossi.ng of the tracks.4 So that the to.wn is lively enough is - that part about the depot, and. that. is the main 'business part. In appearance the surroundings of the residence part of the to.wn are quite rura~l with -broad, well-ehaded streets, 'and large grounds around the residences. . ny .of .the .homes: are fine an'd in their surroundings do credit to a city. Dr. Breeland, whose wife is a sister of Rev. R. D. Smart, D). D., who used .to be pastor of .tthe Methodist chureh in Newberry, has quite a fine ,brick residence; Col Dar lington has a-. comnfortable, old-time house with very large grove suir rounding it. And indeed quite a numbe'of others are .modern and well arranged.' The Methodist parsonage is very comfortable. In the city there are no industries. except large gin-ning plants and two large cotton seed oil mills. There! are three large flowing wells, on'e of which comes from a depth of 650 feet with a temperature of 73 de grees. It was from this point that the commission sent out by the United States government to st'udy the transit of Venus in 1909, took their observations an,d the masonry con structed to 'hold the telescopes and other instruments now stands on the Methodist church lot. Speaking of the church I would say that it is a very attractive build ing, half Gothic in its architecture, well constructed and within beauti flly fin.ished, and funinshed in good tyle. It is all paid for and kept in ,ood repair. This is the region of beautifui 'arming lands and the farms are, nany of them, being cultivated after hes most modern and approved style, ind the results .are large. One of my officials has the credit of having nade $50,000 on his farm in fourteen years, and no doubt many others have lone quite as .well. Well, so it is, -I am at Allendale, 75 miles from Coltunbia and in the midst otf as pleasant sur;oundings as I could ask. The-Lyric Glee Club. The Lyric -Glee Club, the fifth number of the Lyceum Course, will give a concert in Holland Hall, Feb-; mary 16th, at 8:30 p. -m. We unhesi tatingly say that this is by far .he best musical attraction of the season. Their singing is of the highest 3rder. The instrumental music and readings are also 9f high class. The managers of the Lyric Glee clab have this to say: "In presenting the- club we do so with the confidemee born of the knowledge that no male quartetta in the Lyceum field has attained a more enviaible reputation as a company oi cultured and charming singerk. T.iey are known from coast to coast as one of the strongest and most popular musical organizations in America. There are two readers in the compa ny and sketches will be given, read ings in costume, and the. bass. quar tette will be-one of- the strong fea tures. As a singing organization, the Lyrics cannot be surpassed." The Lyric Glee clab appeared in Laurens a few nights ao. The uni versal4eport is-that it was the best musical attraetion Laurens has had for a number of years and they have already engaged these men for next season if it is possible for them to return. Aside from the quartette work, two favorite features are the deep rich basso solos of Tom Polk and the artistic trombone solo work' of Mr. Doolittle. Mr. Covert is tenor and dute soloist. . Mr. Hendry second tenor, cornet soloist and reader. Mr. Doolittle is Baritone, trombone so oist and pianist. ~Mr. Tom Polk is basso, reader and manager. This is the best musical of - the eourse and is one of the. very strong est companies of its ,kind on the platform. We urge all who are in the least interested in vocal music, instrumental inusic and readings to attend this concert. Perso4p not holding season tick ts will be charged the usual general admission ab'the door. Please bring yor tickets -end: please be on. time. A musical treat is in store for all B. F. D.'s Three-Gornered Mee. On February 22nd- there *ill b hree large meetings of, Rural Car riers. The earrier-s of 'Spartanburg and neighboring counties will meet at Spartanburg in the court house at 10 o'clock a. in.; the carriers -of- Or4 angeburg . and neighboririg counties will meet in the city! of Orangeburg-,1 und the carriers of Florence and eighboring counties will meet 'in Florence. Pres. Thos. E. Wieker of N'eiberry and Treas. A. W. Hill of Ereenville will attend the Spartan burg meeting; Vice-pres. E. W. Coin r of Rock Hill will atten,d the Flor nee meeting and Secretary Paul K. Crosby of Ruffin, Colleton Co., will .ttend the Orangeburg meeting. The indications are that eaeh of these meetings will be largely at bended since there appears to be some rivalry as to which meeeting will Iraw the largest number of carriers.I 4.11 carriers ai-e urged to attend one mf these meetings whether they are mnebers of the association or not. 'hese meetings, however, are not in tnded to interfere with the meet6 ing of any county association, which may have already made arrangements Eor' a meeting on that date. The carriers are beginning to see bhe necessity for organizing and the more progressive ones among them are* workint this end. ASKS RESIGNATION OF ASYLUM OFFICIALS me me MAJORITY SENATE JUDICIARY fo: COMMITTEE'S REQUEST. fo: er. Eight Members Sign Resolution Of- pa fered in the Senate.-Three mI Members Protest. se: by Columbia, Feb. 12.-Dr. J. W. w< Babcock, superintendent of the State so Hospital for the Insane, and the so board of regents of that institution Im are asked to resign in a resolution co adopted by: a majority of the mem- it bers of the judiciary committee of Se the Senate at a meeting of the com- w] mittee which was held late Friday th night. Three members of the. com- ag mittee, Senators Rogers, Lide and Earle, protested against the. resola tion in the following 'statement made public to-day: jae "We protest -against this resolu- w tion, hasitly considered by the eom mittee, at a midnight session thereof, h. called upon very short notice, overti our earnest plea that time be allowed for 4eliberate action, as an unneem sary and unwarranted attack , gpon the good name and reputation of cer tain officials, without investigationt on oir part and without giving the parties charged an opportunity to be heard before the committee. The th committee especially charged to in vestigate the Asylum and the con- te duet of said officials have made na e such recommeniation as is proposed P by this resolution. th ("Signed) -( T. I. Rogers, "Robert Lide, thl Senator Rogers stated-this MOrn- I ing that the judiciary conm'nittee was .1al called together 'fifteen minutes before. the 'Senate took an- adjournment lasti night; and at 11 o'clock or thereabout'a 'the committee began its session, aI-a though the members, at least himself, ed had- not been informed' for what pur pose the meeting was. e 1n this alleged . "star cham;ber" proceeding that lasted into the first in of the early morning hours, Senators of Rogers; Lide and Earle protested th against the resolution, but it was he passed over.their protest. Senator Rogers states that he tl mi the committee that he didn't believe p that a better man eb,uld be found la . all the United States than Dr. Bab-.s eqek and that he had known .him ford . iteen years.and bad seen 'somethingjj of his work. That the action of thej coramiittee was hasty in considering pj this resolution. .Senator Bates, ~of the majority committee, at the meeting, last night moved the- adoption of the resolutio - anid it was voted in a's follows: 8C The Besolution.H Be it resolved by the Senate of. the State og South Caf'olina: - 'c -'"Section- 1. That the 'superin tendeiit- and board of regents of the State Hospital for the Insane be and J~ they -are -hereby requisted to plae'w their rsignations in the . haxids of the t Govetrnor on or.' before Thursday, !t Februray 17, 1910." th . H. 'B. Carlisle, t B. F. ToWnsend, )les W. N. Graydon, re - Geo. HI. Bates, HuEger Sinkler, ' i B. Frank Kelley,p . John H. Clifton,p T. Yancey Williams. ap For the committee. th - -How it "Looks." s The House yesterday "sat down" co upon the majority of the Asylum in vestigating committee, or at least re th jeted its measures. . ho The Sena'te made a divided i-eport;d upon the "minority " recommend-t tion bill.. i Between the hours of the House ha vote, killing the bond bill, and thle a Senate vote, the plan proposed to re- pr quest the resignation of 'the Asylum ha officials. of The last proposition can best beis stated by quoting o'ne of the House 's influential members: Ian "The committee report shows eo that the managment was being i~t mped on all the way t1rougn. OA ,ry page ocf the report is aa indit nt against the Asylum. managa nt. The committee changed its ginal-plan and did not come ba e the General Assembly and asi the resignation of those manag they had indicted on the printed ge. The House went against. the jority recommendation whieh, it f, could not have been supportWd the committee's report, but which utld have to be support6d upo me other grounds. If there Uas nething wrong with the manag nt no $40,000,000 bond issue,coUJd creet this. Then the committee, or so appears, went to work on --the nate side, attempted to carry out at must originally have been ia ir minds as to the'Asylum man ement." Weston Asks for Minutes. Senators Smith and Walker, of the diciary committee were not pres t at last eight's meeting, Senator alker is at home -siek and Senatox aith stated, today that he ould not ,ve voted to request the resigna ms. It is stated by members of th& mmittee that Senator Townsend at st was with the minority, but af ward authorized the majority to ace his name on the reselation. When the resolution was, read ino e Senate today Senator Weston, ot chland, asked that Senatgr Chris 2sen, chairman of the Asylum in stigting committee, aid him I ti possession of the minutes:of. e bard of regents as he'felt thi.* mid vndicatetheboard, and Dr. tbeok. -Senator Christensen e iined that the mintes had t n removed from the Asylum . a,investig eg committee:\snd Ahat would beglad to ask.the boaid to ow. M Weston to see the. Mr. eston vishes .to be ready for the bate when it comes up. in the SerL No swjei resolution has been -offer-: on the House side. The man to whom the saperinte t and the board are asked to han4a their resignations-had this to sax. . the superintendent and the needs the AsyluAL: ".I feel assured thas e superintendent has done all tht could with the appropriations r'en him, and I earnestly recoms indtiat you e6nsiifer its, needs adi ovide adequately forithem." This.is .taken -from. the annual mes ge. of Governor Anseh. . LYLUM BON1D ISSUR DEAD~ an- to Leb Voters Ddcde is 3 eeed-ai Proposed by Minor ity Passes House. Columbia, Feb.1.-By a vote of to 27-a three to one vote-the muse of epresentatives4Odidi d a;ted theprosd$ O 9 neO recommended by mnmittee. eharged - il z~8 sane. 'The majority wit11dr the ipanion bill and then 'te ~house. thout further -diseussion '.adoptdX bill recommended and. submitteda the minority -of the ceommittee, reby authorizing the yurehase of a trat of land near GolumJia and~ ~ving the authority where it now rhe vote in favor of the minority 1 and against the bond issue was nhaps a little larger than was ex eted, but for some time it has been preciated, and has been stated iin L correspondence that the bond is a was a dream which'would kiever n.e true. By more than a two-thirds vote of ase voting, the memibers of the use right on the spot, and who ibtless read the reports in detail, lined to accept the bond proposi o as recommended by the majority. hat chance the bond issue would ye had before the hundred thous d voters of the state, where the portion in its favor would have d to be directly the reverse, can ly be surmised. No bonds can be ed except by a two-third vote. The evident purcposeof the house d senate iss to relievs the present agesti>n, to buy land in the vicin-.