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PURELY PERSONAL. Movements of Many People. New berrian And Those Who Visit Newberry. Mr. Henry Devega, of Chester, is i- the city. Miss Susan Dean, of Laurens, was in the city yesterday. Miss Leslie Worthington, of Cald well, N. J., is visiting Mrs. J. E. Norwood. Mrs. W. Y. Fair is in Washing ton visiting her brother, Gea. E. A. Garlington. Dr. James H. McIntosh, of Co lumbia, spent Sundray in Newiberry, with is father, Dr. James McIn tosh. Mr. Geo. W. Summer, Jr., enjoy ed a visit- to Prospereity yesterday, when the question in some quarters was, "Have you seen George '' Mr. and Mrs. James H. Gaillard, of Greenwood, are in the city, visit ing their parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Harvey Gaillard, the latter being very ill -at her home in Drayton st. VARIOUS AND ALL ABOUT. Mr. Fransk R. Hunter will rebuild soon. It is proba-ble that aa unknown dark horse will enter the race forl the Laurens postmastership. .The site for the new postoffice building is to be cleaned up. The spot on which stands the house va eated last week iby Mrs. Cohr Cook. As pablishod in Friday's issue the various .committees on the en ertainment of the Baraa-Philathea union will meet ton!ght in the cham ber of commerce. There will be union services at the Lutheran church Sunday night at 8 o',clock. Mrs. M. L. Bullqek, of New York. will lecture on temper ance. The ladies of the Baptist Aid so ciety will have their annual white sale this morning at the vacant store next to the Anderson Ten Gent Co. Light refreshments will be served during the morning. The commissioti to adjust the good roads machinery met on Monday and organized by electing Mr. Geo. W. Summer, chairman, and Mr. W. A. Hill secretary. The commission will meet subjee.t to the call of the chairman. The W. C. T. U. will meet at the residence of Mrs. Mary Wright Wednesday afternoon, March 16, at four 'o'clock. Many matters of im portance will be brought before the members, beside the election of offi cers will take place, therefore, a full atteodance is great-ly desired. Mayor Blea.se disposed of a couple eases Monday morning, Sim Mc Crackeni, colore~d, for selling whis key, was sentenced to pay a fine of $100or go to the gang for thirty days. He is taking the days. An other negro for drunk and carsing was fined $2. Paid. Case against a K ~ white man for selliieg liquor was continued. While in Wed.ngton last Satur 4ay on legal business in the office of Mr. John G. Capers, Mayor Cole L. .Blease was informed by Mr. Capers ~that Postmaster C. J. Purcell would soon be reappointed. Mr. Capers .had& just returned from the office of the Postmaster Ge.neral with the . information that! the matter was .deflnitely settled. Milliney Opening. There will be great times in New berry Tuesday and Wednesday, 15th and 16th, to-day and tomorrow, dur ing the millinery opening at C'ald well and Haitiw'anger' , Mimnaugh 's and Mrs. H'air 's. The best that the beautiful milliners can design with their artistic touch and refined taste in their profession of running the artificial parallel with the natural, will be displayed and exhibited at these several stores en the dates above mentioned. If the ladies fail to take advantage of this opportuni ty, Easter will find them in an un satisfactory mood. .Caldwell and Haltiwanger. Mr. Mimnaugh and Mrs. Hair will prepare all the ladies in the city and county for the full enjoyment of Easter and the spring. Hiawatha. The rendition of Hiawatha by the Utopia school on last Friday night was so much enjoyed that the chail 1dren have been requested to repeat it. They have consented and it will be given' at the school house Wed n*;day eve4ing, March 16, ibegin ning- promptly at eight o'clock. CHAMBER OF CLMBROE. Annual Meeting Thursday EvenIng Offic*s th Be Electel-Every Business Man Should Join. The chamber of commerce will hold its annual meeting on Thurs day evening of this week. At this meeting the officers for the ensuing year will be elected. It is very im portant that every member be present. The work of the chamber during the past year has resulted in much good for the community but the lack of members and, therefore, the lack of money, has prevented- the accomplishment of many things that might have been done if the member ship had been larger and the treas ury more flourishing. A little folder stating facts about Newberry has just been issued and will be distributed. It is unfortunate that more of our businless men do not identify them selves with this organization. Or ganized and united effort could ac complish a good deal more for the enlargement of the community. Death of Mrs. George S. Mower. Mrs. Fannie Dunbar Mower, wife of the Hon. George S. Mower, died on Friday morning at 9:30 o'clock. She is survived by her husba-nd and four children-Mrs. F. N. Martin, Dr. Frank D. Mower, Mr. McHardy Mower and Miss Myra Mower. In terment was had on Saturday after noon at Rosemont. Funeral services were conducted at the residence by Rev. D. G. Phillips, a former pastor, assisted by the Rev. G. A. Wright, of the Baptist chureh. Mrs. Mower wa a daughter of the late Maj. and Mrs. Lambert J. Jones, and was married to Mr. Mow er in 1876. She had been in bad health for several years and had been a num ber of times to hospitals and sanita riums under the treatment of the most skilled physicians but none had been able to give but temporary re lief. Eveerything. that loving hands, tender nursing and skilled physi eians coul, do had been done. She was a devoted and devout member of the -A. R. P. Church and .a truly Christian woman and the spirit was ready and willing to be rlleased. -Besi-des the devoted husband and ehidren, she leaves two sisters, Mrs. Mary H. White, of Abbeville, and Mrs. T. C. Pool, of Newberry, and oe brother, Mr. Lambert W. Jones, of Newberry; all of whom, with her nephew, Mr. Win. H. White, of Ab beville, and her niece, Miss Grace McH. Jones, of Asheville, were present at her death and burial. Onsly four o~f the groomsmen at hex marriage are now living. Dr. Strother Pope, of Columbia, one of them, was also present at the burial. There was a great profusion of fowers and the grave was literally hiddens by them, showing more than anything else the high esteem in whieh she was held. She died a ealm and peaceful death. Her only concern was about others and when the end came she was content to go. NEWBERRY Y. M. C. A. Meeting to Be Held To-!night to Elect Delegates to InteT-State Convention. A meeting of the Y. M. C. A. is called by the chairman, W. A. Me Swain, to meet at the chanmber of commerce, this afternoon at five o'clock (Ma.rch the 15th) for the purpose of electing delegates to the Inter-State Convention to be held at Anderson, S. C., which meets on the 17th, and continues through the 20th, inst. All whose names are enrolled are urged to be present, as this associa tion should seend at least three del egates. The invitation to this meeting Tuesday is cordially extended to ev ery young man in Newberry. At this meeting we would be glad to enroll as members, every young man in Newberry, who is imterested in the Y. M. C. A. work, and in the boys and young men of, Newberry county. Epworth League. The Epworth League of Central church will meet on Thursday night of this week instead of Friday night. Being the time for the literary meeting, the program -will pertain to Fannie Crosby, the blind hymn writer, her life and her writings. Several of her hym'ns will be sung as choruses by the girls of the League, a.s solos by some of the older members, and one vocal num ber by the youngest singer in the League. An enjoyable and instructive even in is promie to11l who and. EARLY MORNING FIRE. Barn and Stables Burned.-Good WFork of Department Saves Adjoining Residences. At four o'clock Monday morning fire was discovered on the permises of Mr. J. H. Summer, corner East Main and Summer streets by Mr. D. A. Livingston who happened to get up for a drink of water. He gave the alarm and aroused the sleepers. When Mr. Livingston discovered the fire the top of the barn was begin ning to fall in, but he risked going into the burni.ng building to save the stock. With some difficulty he rescued two cows and a horse which were in the barn hedged in, by flames and he also got two buggies and a carriage from the buggy house,all of which would undoubtedly have been lost but for his timely discovery and quick work. The barn and huggy house were burned, together with five or six ,hundred bundles of fodder, some meal and hulls, at a loss of about $500. The fire company responded promptly and did splendid work, ar riving at the scene in twelve min utes from the time the alarm was sounded-about three-fouTths of a mile from the public square. I The handsome residence, a cut of which appeared in The Herald and News recently, was only about forty yards from the burning buildings, but it was not injured, the wind for tunately blowing from it. The wind, although not high, was blow ing across to Mr. Livingston's, when it changed and blew towards the residence of Mr. T. J. Hayes, both of which buildings- were in danger, sparks falling on the roogs of these nearby houses, but the water thrown by the firemen prevented further conflagration, helped by the absence of fieree winds. Mr. Summer says he is confident a rat and a match in the fodder caused the fire. He cannot other wise account for it. It is a suppo sition on his part and is doubtless correct, as he has no enemies but rather has the good o,pinion and friendship of all classes. There was no insurance on the buildings or contents. SUN~DAY CRAP GAME. One Negro Seriously Womnded. Fourteen Convicte'd of Gambling. -Pay Their Fines. 'About four o'dlock on Sunday af ternoon, Sheriff Buford got a phone message from Mr. Oxner, living on Mrs. MoCrary 's place, that Johnnie Jones was shot by Ben Kelly and thought to be mortally wounded. Both colored. The shooting occur red on the premises of Mr. John T. Norris, about five miles east of the~ city. lThe sheriff got there in about 30 minqtes after notification and imme diat'ely secured a list of all the ne groes present who had beeangamnbling when the row oceurred; had war rants issued forthwith for their ar rest and turned the prisoners ov'er to Magistraite 'Chappell who ha~d the gang before him Monday morning on charge of gambling. They plead ed guilty and Mr. Ohapp'ell sen tenced them to pay a fi.ne of $15.40 each or serve 30 days on the chain gang.. All paid their fines, aggregating $215.60, almost enough to ,build a mile~ of good' road. There were four teen in the banch. Dr. W. A. Dann attende-d the wounded man. He says the negro is not fatally shbot. He is seriously injured, but is recovering. Kelly, who did the shooting, is in jail. Sheriff Buford made quick work of jailing him. Kelly and Jones were 'also gambling bat a~s one is shot and the other is in jail on charge of shooti.ng, their trial is yet to come off on charge of gambling. Hackman Makes Profit on a Pig iMr. D. A. Rivers, the well known, reiable and suecesul passenrger transferrer of Newberry, bought a pig for $1.50 last July, a.nd& last Thursday he sold the hog to Mr. L. M. Player for $25.02. Mr. Rivers says the actual cost of raising the porker was~ not over $5. There is profit in such. Why cannot others do the same? Home raised hog and hominy would work wonders in this favored ad& une4uailled couLngv~. Money is in it, consequently expansion. Pulaski Lodge. Pulaski Lodge, No. 20, I. 0. 0. F., will meet Friday night March 18, in Klettner's Hall, at 8 o'cloek. Let every member attend. C. G. Blease, W. G. Peterson, Noble Grand. ANSWES HUMANITAS. Mrs. Ethel Thomas Invites Humani tas to Willowbrook.-Conditions at Newberry 0. K. Dear Mr. Humanitas: Am makin! my nost graceful bow to you, an acknowledgig your compliment with smiles and thanks. Ia. the fir place, my letter to the legisla',ur was not intended for publication, an, was only oni- of many protests tha were sent .to Columbia at the saa time. But, somehow, the paper ge Lold of everything-do, t theyl a31 sometimes we get bef,-' LLe pub li: end become targets fur iritient when least expected. In all good-nature, pleasei ali me to say candidly that I though your firmt communication to The He ald and News indicated bias and prE judice. Perhaps I would have a-' wered if Aunt Jerushy hadn't, an I thought it proba,ble that the edito would object giving his valuabl space to us for controversy. I hop /Aunt Jerushy's last attack won' cause you to succumb under an i7 surmountable day-mare,-,a ".whor( son lethargy," as Falstaff calls i Poor old soul-,she doesn't Wgean t -be rud; I'm sure. Several readers of The Herald an News are still under th-e impressio that your views are antagonistic t .our interests, aud have insisted th2 I "shoot back" at you; but reall, that is extremely difficult since yo are saffly hidden in ambush behin a nom d&e plume,---neither do I kno the character of your ammunitioi In short, will frankly admit that may be dull of comprehension, for certainly do not understand your loc ie and rhetorle. . People who for years have bee closely allied with .cotton, mill wor and are familiar with every detail < the average mill life, are hard I convince that their health is "syt tenlatically impaired or lives shor 'ened" by mill work. Not being i timately acquainted, with the scieni es, they are guided by reason, con mon sense <and a God give instine which is strengthened by practie, experience. Sensational writers from the nort have for years .been giving reins their imagir?ations, pieturing cond tions which do not and never 'has existed. Special agents of the goe ernmgat have imagined rbbat ther is a sor~t of seconidary slavery in e: istence in the southern cotton mil and area going about now, trying 1 relieve that situ'ati,on. People wou] not go to cotton mills were they n< thoroughly convinced that 'they we: betteing their conditions. Thae would not stay there if exiperien< did not verify their expectation Yet, these utterly false and sense tional articles concerning imaginar evils of' mill life, are swallowed a sweer; morsel, and fanatics who ai preying on public sentiment throug iuch .rot, are growing rich. The would have the world believe Vh< our work is a drudgery and our li' es a buiden. That we are affliete witih an~ indisposition to do anythir else or be anything; a total deadnet and distaste; a suspension of vitality a numb soporifical good-for-nothimi ness; an ossification all over; a m stupor, etc. It' is enough to stir ti indignation of an intelligent peopl What can we do to relieve the si ation in Illinois and Massachusetta As a bright little boy in West E-n Baptist Sunday sehool said of til heathesn recently, ".Tell 'em to cont to Newberry,'' those oppressed wi men in Illi.nois, I mean-not the het then! And Humanitas, you surely woul not 'have us believe that Louis ] Bradeis has had absolutely notl i.ng for his services to .those women n this day of "Greed'' every ma is looking after "the almighty .do lax"' and if he served without r< compense, it was because his teles copic vision saw a side issue alor t'he track, where the reward woul be doable what his services wei worth. . That quotation from h "brief,'' masterpiece though it ma be from a scientific point of vies is ridiculously absurd and 'has bee proven so by praettical experienec which is a good antidote for misaj plied science or twisted ideais. Inges1l gave us some "mastel pieces,'' too, d'idn 't he? But is te world any better for his having li' .d in it'?-and how did he die? Do you know what happenedi Thonr as R. Dawley, Jr., who was ri cently ~a special agent for the burea of labor of the goveri4rent? E was assigned to. North Carolina I make investgations into mill cond tions. It was his mission, given hi3 by the government, to make a specii udy of the social, i'ndustrial, 'mora e ducatolal and physical comnditior of people in the mill settlement li wa istrute to sketch the cor ditions on the farms from which the workers went. anid the condition of - the same people after they had beeu installed into mill life. He is a yankee and started out with the same old yankee prejudic es and preconceived ideas regarding i mill life in the South, but after he s had thoroughly investigated the his t tory of about nine hundred families e representing about five thousaj:d in a dividuals, his mind changed. t He returned to Washington, and, . true to his convictions reported to , ommissioner Neil that evefything - was in favor of mill life, and was .given to understand that the bureau a did not want such reports. He was called from the field of investiga tion and told that his work was of no value in connection with -the nee r essary investigation. You will find a full account of the above in last Sunday's Oharlotte Ob Cerve -Mill Life Preferable.'" Pl;ase read it-it will do you good, perhaps, and give you an idea that e the bureau of labor should entertaik an investigating committee, compos ed of honest, conscientious men who would dare stand true ito their con victions even though they shouli lose a job, as did Thomas R. Daw lev. *As to "coistant work," why, Hu d manitas, there are very few people n in cotton mills who do not take a 0 day off occasionally. I know some who T rarely work -over half time! There ' are lots of people who work harder a and have a harder time I'm sure, d yet, the' sympathetic finger of the O public is always direeted to the - 'poor cotton, mil people." Why I, is it? But I have precm-ved upon Mr. Aull's goodness t,. iteh I fear, and will close asking you to be pres n' ent at the opening of Willowbrook k! park (witch for the announcement) and if you are not favorably impress ed with conditions ih West End, at least, I shall think you are like t- Aunt JerushyI 'hard to consequence.'' i- Then, too, I think I should like to discuss these problems with you, i- face to face, though they have been t,'cuswed and discussed" till stale. Ll Yoa might at least vanquish me by your fluency, but by the strength of h your arguments--never. ' Respectfully, [(Mrs.) Ethel Thomas. rCHAEGED WITH EAPE. <- Two Negroes Said to Have Commit ts ted Deed.-One ArestcL-The , Other Still at Large. >t Ro,b Sanders and Rufus Churcher, -e two young negroes of Helena, are y charged with having committed rape e upon the person of a colored girl, s. also of Helena. The crime is al - leged to have been committed on the y third. of January last, in the town LS of Helena in the night time, and that - the charge can be substantiated by h* credible witnesses who will be pro y duced. The two negroes have been t dodging since the committal of the T- crime. d 'Churcher is still at large, but g' Sanders was captured yesterday by IMr. John V. Clary, acting for Con -stable Cannon G. Blease. The accused ~was caught at Mr. Ciary 's home, five d miles west of Newberry. e M4gitrate .Chappell commitbtled e.him to jail. 3 FIRE AT KINARDS. ,e Store House anid Contents Destroyed te -Loss $6,250, Insuraice $5,250 >Supposed to Be Incendiary. There was a fire between ten and d' eleven o'clock Friday night, which . destroyed the store and stock of - goods of Mr. M. W. Oxner .at Kin Sards, thirteen mile~s noitlhwest of Newberry on the C., N. & I. R. R. 1. The fire is supposed to have been incendiary. Mr. Oxner was in Greenville. Mr. W. 0. Goree, the clerk, thinks Sthe store was undoubtedly set on fire. Sheriff Buford, whose duty it is to investigate sueh fires, went there and has made his report. The value of the building was .$1,250, insurance $750. Value of Smerchandise $5,000, insurance, $4, 500. Both insured equally in~ two companies, the Southern Underwrit .ers, of GreensboLro, N. C., and the e Globe Rutgers Fire Insurance Co., of New Yorkj three-fourths of whi,eh insurance is recoverable in 0case of law suit. March Debate Friday. e The March debate of the literary o societies of N#vberry college~ wil ~be held in the opera house on Fri a day evening of this week. In addi I tion to the set speeches of the de 1, baters. a few minutes will be given 5each side to speak in' rebuttal. s. The Herald and News will print L- Friday the program. .-. -..- .. SPECIAL NOTICES. One Cent a Word- No ad vertisement taken for less than 25 cents. Fresh Broad Today-Tuesday. Annie Ruf. 3-15-1t. LIZZIE Wadsworth strayed from home in No. 10, on Tuesday. Last seen in Prosperity. White spot o right jaw, hair short, age 13. Brin to Newberry jail. ,Arch Wadswort. 3-15-It. CLEVELAND'S big boll cotton and Cook's Improved big boll a $1.00 per bushel, delivered a Newberry, S. C. They are the best cottons I ever planted. Henry D. Boozer, Newberry, S. C. 3-11-4t. WE MAKE THE DIRT FLY.-You ha.d beter get some of the, Green wood kind. There is money in it. New South Real Estate Trust Co., 4reenwood, S. C. 1-4-5t. COMMETCEMENT INVIT&TONS .The Herald and News has a. nies lot of samples of commencement invitations. Those interested will do well to call and see the sam ples and get prices. Call early. WANTED.-Second hand bags and iburlaps; any kind; any quantity, anywhere. Richmond Bag Comp* ny, Richmond, Virginia. 3-1-10t. CIGAR SALESMAN WANTED, Experience unnecessary. Sell our brands to the retail trade. Big pay. Write for full particulars at once. Globe Cigar Co. Cleveland, Ohio; 2-15-100t. MAPLE CAMP NO. 437, W. 0. W. meets every first and third WeI. nesday evenings at 7:45 o'elok. Visiting brethren are cordially welcome. D. D. Darby, Cleak. T. Burton, C. C. Fresh Bread Today-Tuesday. Annie RE. 3-15-it. GREEN BONE for chickens on short notice at - L. M. Player & Co's. -14-10-tf. CUT OUT the Typhoid germs fras your drinking water, 'get it from the roek, pure and sparkling. By having you a well drilled, you eut off all surface water, thereby get. ting it pure and sparkling. I a prepared for the business. See me or phone 275. I. A. McDowell. 12-14-09-tf. TABLE BOARD.-The best the mar ket affords. We have secured thie services of Mr. Jas. Dunbar with the view of taking regular board ers. If you are looking for a een venient boarding place confer with us. Our price will be rea sonable. Jones' Restaurant. 1-14-10-tf. GET YOUR. GLASSBS from Dr. G. W. Connor, a graduate of the larg est optical college ir. the world-the Northern Illinois College of Chica go. Dr. Connor is located perman ently in Newberry, gives both the objective and subjective tests by ettrricity and guaran.tees his work. KIN(COTTON SEED.-I have a limited supply of the latest im proved for sale at one ($1.00)'d A lar per bushel, sacked and deli7 ered F. 0. B. cars at Jalapa, S. C. This seed is pure and was ginned. on my private gin. Will make more cotton to the acre than anyKcotton planted on rich or poor land. W. C. Sligh, Newberry, R. F. D. 3. 1-4-10-16t tf. ALL GRADES LEATHER. -High est to lowest aiways on hand. Prices for repairs regulated ac cording to material amd work re quired by customer. Always as cheap as any for same class of work and material. Give us a trial. J. W. Reagin. 3-8-8t. Fresh Bread Today-Tuesday. Annie Ruf. 3-15-1t.