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VLMXLIINUBR0.NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROINA, FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 1910. TIEAWE,$.0AYA
COUNTY POLITICS.
Ward Clubs in the City-Reorganiza
tion to Take Place-Candia,tes
Are Slow Moving.
unty Chairman Fred. H. Dom
k issues a call to the Democratic
of the county to meet on Sat
ay, April 23, for the purpose of
nization and the election of
egtes to the county convention,
is to be held at Newberry Mon
May 2.
e Herald and News would be
ed to have the clubs, when they
to send in their delegates, of
and committeemen promptly.
will ,be recalled that at the last
ty convention a resolution was
adop*ed requiring that the city of
Newberry be organized into ward
clubs." This organization was effect
ed and for this convention the dele
gates to the, county convention will
be elected from the wards.
In Order that those Democrats, who
live it Mollohon. might have a club,
an additional club known as Mollohon
was organized.
Tthet Herald and News prints in
this connection for the imformation of
the wards, the officers elected at the
organization of the ward clubs two
years ago. It will be recalled that
these clubs were organized after the
adjourlnient of the convention two
yearg ago.
Up to this time there has been aa
almost absolute quietness in the po
litical field in Newtberry county. Now
that the call for the reorganization
of clubs is made it is probable that
the politicias will get active and
come out from their hiding places.
These Hold Over.
The officers who hold over until the
.1912 election are as foliows:
Senatog-Alan Johnstone.
Clerk of Court-J. C. Goggans.
Sheriff-M. M. Buford.
.Master-H. H. Rikard.
Superintendent of Education-J.
S. Wheeler.
'County Supervisor-L. I. Feagle.
County Commissioners-L. C. Liv
ingston and C. L. Leitzsey.
Coroner-W. E Felker.
These Don't.
Representatives-C. T. Wyche,
Arthur Kibler, Godfrey Harmon.
Judge of Probate-F. M. Schum
~pert.
~County Treasurer--J. L. Epps.
Auditor-E. S. Werts.
The following is the list of the
ela~bs and club officers of the city:
Ward 1.
Presdeult-Geo. B. iOromer.
Vice-president-Jos. H. Hunter.
Seeretary and Treasurer-Jno. W.
Earhardt.
Memnber of Counby Exeoutive Com
mititee-W. H. Wallace.I
Executive Comzmittee-W. A. Hill,
W.~ G. Peterson and B. M. Buzhardt.
Registration Committee-P. F.
&Bater, B. 0. Epting and T. G. Wil
Aliams.
Ward 2.
President-J. F. J. Caldwell.
First Vice-president - William;
Johuson.
Second Vice,presiden?-E. 0.1
Secretary and Treasurer-H. W.
Dominick.
--Member County Executive Corn
Exeeutive Com.mittee-0. B. May
er, chairman; W. K. Sligh, S. J.
Derrick.; !
Committee on Registration-L H.
SHunt, chairman; J. B. Mayes, R. B.
Lominiek.
Ward 3.
President-Alan Johnstone.
First Vice-president-Geo. S.
Mower.
Second Vice-president-McK. Hut
chinson.
Secretary-L. W. Jones.
Member Executive Committee-F.
L. Bynum.
Executive Committee-E. ML.
Evans, J. W. Reagin, J. B. 0O'Neall'
Bfolloway. J. A. B11:aekwalder, F. L.
Bynum.
Registration Committee -W. F.
FEwart. W. H. Jones, Clarence T.
&mmer.Mollohon 0klb.
/President-W. W. Searborough.
/ First Vice-president-J. A. Der
Second vice-president-J. F. Mc
Connell.
Secretary and Treasurer-I. T.
Timmerman.
Member County Executive Coin
mittee-D. D. Darby.
Ward 4.
President-Geo. W. Summer.
Vice-president-E. H. Aull.
Secretary-W. S. Langford.
Treasurer-E. A. Griffin.
Committee to Prepare By-Laws for
t,he Club-G. W. Summer, W. S.
Langford, E. H. Aull, E. T. Carison
and E. A. Griffin.
CYmmittee to assist Secretary to
get a Complete Enrolment of the
Voters in this Club-C. R. Wise, Jno.
A. Senn, Geo. W. Sunmmer, Jr.
Ward 5.
President-T. S. Hudson.
First Vite-president-J. Y. Jones.
Second Vice-president-E. C. Bed
enbaugh.
Secretary-E. L. Crump.
Member County Executive Commit
tee-J. P. Cook.
Registration :Committee-B. L.
Kiser, B. L. Albritton, C. R. Wesson.
MOE SCARE IN CHEROKEE.
Altogether Probable That Explosion
Which Scared Arat People Was
Dynamite Tbrown by Fish
ermen.
News and Courier.
Sparta'aburg, April 12.-Yesteray
at Gaffney the News and Courier or
respoudent made some inquiry as to I
the re~ort _d an-aerolite, which was
said to have fallen last week on the
Broad river hills, a;bout eight miles
southeast of Gaffney. No one had
visited the place. Reports said that
there was a loud explosion and a big
hole blown out in a field.
Now, meteoric stones do not sail
around through space with fuses at
tached to them ready to explode when
they hury themselves in the earth.
Some of the older people about Ohar
leston. if they were not hiding in
bomb-proofs, may remember the be
havior of large mortar shells when
they exploded after sinking several
feet in the earth. They made a hole
large enough to bury a horse or two.
Whean the shell did not explode the
hle was only as large as the shell.
That was the way it was on the hills
about Petersburg in 1864.
A meteor striking the earth would
sink se :eral feet below the surface
perhaps, but there would ,be no blow
ing out. Hence the story was not
believed by many persons.
There was no doubt as to the ex
plosion, for man1y of the neighbors
heamd it. But no flash or long trail!
of light was reported. It is said
that some of the men on the river
hd .been killing fish with dynamite
on the sly and they had some ear
tridges and concluded that they
would fire them out in a field. That
stroy is told about G.affney, but it
needs corroborating.
dn the fall of 1848 or '49 there was
an aerolite that fell not far from
Gaff ney, in the "Coaling grounmd.''
About 5 o'clock in the afternoon
there was a bright flash of light fol
lowed by a report, whieh was heard.
for miles. Around Cherokee Ford
and the Kings Mountain Iron Works
there were thousands of acres of land
known as the coaling ground. The
wood had been cut to heat th'e iron
furnaces and a thiek undergrowthi
had succeeded the forest timber.
Somewhere in that region the met
eoric stone buried itself in the earth
and its resting splace is as unknown as
that of Moses, the Hetbraw lawgiver.
Teachers Association.
The next meeting of the T'eachers'j]
association will be held Saturday,.
April 16th, a.t 10:30, in the graded
school building at Little Mountain.
Following is the program:
"Relation of school to trustees' '
J. B. Derrick.
"Relation of school to patrons' '
Miss Erin Kohn.1
"Relation of school to communlity''
-irgil B. Sease.
You are urged to attend.
Geo. D. Brown,
President.
Miss Elizabeth Dominieck,
THE NEWS OF PROSPERITY.
"hamber of Commerce to be Organ
ized.-W. C. T. U. Organized.
Buying Automobiles.
Prosperity, April 14.-Mr. R. L.
Werts, the genial editor of the Sa
Lodla Standard, was in our city Tues
lay.
Mr. J. C. Schumpert left Wed
aesday for Spartanburg to attend
the Furniture Dealers' convention.
While gone he will visit High Point
ind other furniture factory centres
>f North 'Carolina.
Old Folks' Day has been appoint
d for the fourth Sunday in May.
Mr. S. S. Birge, who lately has
been spending most of his time at
iis plantation in Little Mountain, this
week moved his goods and chattels
th:ere to take up his permanent abode
)n his house-erested hill. We wish
Ur. Birge all kinds of good luck in
iis enterprises, even to the sharing
)f his joys and he dividing of his
;orrows.
Prosperity continues to press for
ward. On Friday at 5 p. m. at the
iuditorium the business men, of the
ity will meet for the purpose of or
ranizing a chaniber of commerce. We
rust this may be suecessfully con
nmmated for we believe this league
will tend towards the improvement
ind future saeass of our town.
ay its promotors' shadows never
roW lews ._-_"___"_
Mr. Sam Kohn who has been spend
ng a week at Wise Hotel, returned
;o Columbia Wednesday.
Mr. Birge Wise, not to be eeeaded
n fast moving by the numerous au
;os has just purchased 4 fine Ken
ucky horse "Wistaria" with a his
ory. When he goes flashing by
eryone is heard to exclaim again
tud again, "Oh, how I do wish it
vould rain.'
Mr. and Mrs. T. Duck Copelaind,
)f Clinton, visited Mr. W. A. Mose
ey's family this week.
Mrs. Eine.s, of Atlanta, is the
rnest of her s irets,HjOYflfi. rMs-.
uest of her sister, Mrs. Oaldwell.
Mr. J. H. Hunter, one of our for
ner citizens, was again on our streets
his week shaking hands with old
'riends.
Tinrough the efforts of Mrs. Zehner
LW. C. T. U. has been organized.
[he first regular m'eeting was held
with Miss Susie Langford on Tues
lay. In conjunction with this there
vill be operated a L. T. L.
Mrs. Jiohn Scott has gone to Po
naria to spend a few days with rel
W\e admonish our readers that it
vill be to their adv.aintage to be ready
:o give Mr. Bushnell Bowers the glad
land in a few days when hre comes
round in the interest of Uncle Sam's
esus bureau.
Mrs. Lizzie DeWalt has returned
rom a visit to her sister, Mrs. Mit
hell, near Salu'da.
Miss Rosa Ridgell, of Batesbuirg,
a route for the Baraeia-Philathea
3onvention stopped over with Mrs.
J. L. Wise's family.
Mr. and Mrs. C. Gr Barrie and
ittle soni visited Mr. S. J. Kohin's
~amily last week.
Miss Mary Lizzie Wiss spent from
riday until Monday with Miss Wil
e Kohn in: Columnbia.
Mrs. Kreps and her sister, Mrs.
[ovelok, of Lynchburg, Va, -leave
~oday to visit Mr. Carper K.reps in
l.ugsta.
Drs. Hunter and Wheeler have
>urchased handsome Studebaker tour
.ng cars. We have nine autos al
edy and they tend mightily to
vards making us think we are in some
sity with their incessant hond-honk
ng. We hear that this number will
>robably be augmented very soon.
WVe hope that it may.
Mr. Belton Stockman, of the Zion
sommunity, has also recently pur'
~hased a good looking Ford ma
:hie.
There will be a Lyceum attraction
it the Auditorium on the eveni'Lg of
.he 17th inst. So do-n't forget this
Mr. C. C. Wyehe, of Sparta:nburg,
s on a short visit to his parents.
People in different secetions of the
tate, up and down -are seeing the
D. B. COOPER PARDONED.
Gov. Patterson Grants Full Absolu
tion to Elder of Carmack's
Slayers.
Nashville, Tenn., April 13.-Gover
nor Paltterson( this aftkrnoon par
done;d Colonel Duncan B. Cooper,
whose . sentence of twenty years in
the penitentiary for the murder of
United States Senator E. W. 'Car
matk was affirmed today by ithe
iState supreme count. Although it
was believed by many that the chief
executive would take this action, the
pardaon, coming so soon after the
a.etion of the court, created a sensa
tion.
What Governor Patterson Says.
Governor Patterson, in pazdning
Colonel Cooper, said:
"'Being ithoroughly familiar with
the record, havi-ng read all the testi
mony and testified to certain faets
within my personal knowledge, it is
neither desirable nor necessary to
detail action 'for petition to be pre
sentetd asking executive clemency.
"In my opinion, neither of i
,defendants are guilty, and they have
not had a fair and impartial trial,
4bat were convicted con,trary to the
law and evidence. The action of the
suprene o6unt, in vacating the judg
ment as to Robin Cooper, leaves the
sentence of final co-nvietion as to his
co-defendant. The proof showed that
Robin Cooper k1il itha deceased and
that D. B. Cooper did not fire a shot.
Without reflecting upon the court, it
is inconceivable to my mind and re
pugnant to every principle of justice
that a man should be found guilty of
murder, who was not in a conspiracy
to kill and who, in fact, dild, not kill."
,Friends of Carmack Indignant.
The friends of Senator Carmaek
are indignant over the hasty action
of the governor and the matter is
being discussed by excited groups of
nen on the streets.
After being handed his pardon,
Colonel Cooper was immediately sur
rounded by his friends and congrat
ulated. Accompanidd by his son
.1id other relatives he then repaired
to the home of his daughter, Mrs.
Lucius Burch.
It is dotbteld here that the ease
against Robin Cooper, which was re
versed today, will ever again be
brough.t to trial.
JUDGE A. C. HASKELL DBAD.
Diii in Columbia as Result of a
Surgical Operation.
Columibia, April 13.-Judge A. C.
Haakell, for many years one of the
leading men of the State, both in
pulblic life and in business affairs,
died this morning ait 2:30. Last
ight JuIdge Haskell was operated on
for an obstruction of the intestines.
He stood the operation well and his
condition was such as greatly to en
courage his physicians and friends.
Later in the night, however, he
grew rapidly worse and early this
morning the end came. He was 71
years old.
Newberry Swamps Charleston.
At the college on Monday after
noon the Newberry swamiked the
"Ibattery 'boys'' by a score of 9 to 1.
The whole Ne'wberry team played an
excellent game, hitting the ball al
most at will, while the Charleston
ans were unable to connect success
fully with Eitdson's curves. Scurry
for New'berry got a home run by hit
tingo a line drive to left field when the
ball bounced over the fenee. B.urton
again hit well, and the batting of
Eidson was nothing less than senea
tional. For Charleston, the batting
honors were between Lawman and
Levi.
"Westward the stfar of empire
takes its course'' seems to have
been somewhat changed recently. It
now appears to be the star of love.
Only, like the coming comet, it die
viates, first to the Florida side and
then to the land of Louisiana, near
the border mark of Texas, the lone
star State. Who will be the next to
sing: "Bright star of hope, come shed
MARSE JAKE AN
A STORY OF TI
BY COL D.
(Continued from April 8.)
The rolling thunder and seismetie
disturbance of pdlitics for a half cen
tury or more, burst forth at last
with a suddenness of Mount Pelee,
I in which was destined to engulf so
many people in ruin and distraction.
South Carolina had east its lone Pal
meitto 'banner to the bold breeze of
heaven,'" and stood for a time, soli
tary and alone against the autocratie
government of the United States. At
a eall men rushed to arms from the
mountains to the sea, to defend the
course of their State.
No section of the eonatry was
more patriotic or more loyal to the
principles of States rights than the
Dutch Fork, nor none more willing
to defend its course with their lives.
Drums were beat, and military com
panies were formed all over the State.
D-ne of these was formed. near the
home of Jake Baldwin, he being
among the very first to insist, and was
chosen second officer in his company.
A good old citizen, one who "would
take care of the boy,'" was first ehos
en for comm"der, but it wi soon
evident that he could not endure the
hardships in store for real soldiers.
He resigned and Lieutenant Jake
Baldwin was unanimously ielated
captain instead and soon became the
dominant figure in the company, the
source of .power and authority. Great
enthusiasm and excitement were e
hilbited everywhere. The company
met for drill and instruction weekly,
and a short time before the de>arture
for the regimental rendezvous, a
"camps muster" was ori:eed. For
three days the soldier boys had the
carousal of their lives. Ladies for
miles around graced the occasion with
their presence, and through their in
terest and assistance, gave great- im
1-ciis to tha men. The. r-ame iL
buggies, carriages and wagons, all
loaded with <ehoicest of eatables, mak
ing this "camp mu.ter,: one long
picnic. During the intervals of drills
and inspection the young gallants,
kd t;he ~beauties of the Fork in the
giddy mazes of the dance.
Cage came tne last day to witness
the exercises and to bring the rock
away in which Marse Jake and Miss
Calline were to return home. The
soul of Cage was stirred to its inner
most when he behe?ld his young mas
to in the regulation ain,torm of bhat
day, blaek broadeloth coat, adorned
with double rows of shiny palmetto
iuttons, gray trouse, with git
stripes 'down the seams; high top
b:..ts, broad 3,rrmirn-d :. hat, mi 1
golden band and ostrich plume, crim
son sash and savord belt around the
waist, all of which caused Cage to
say in his ad'miration, "Dog my cat,
ef Marse Jake ain't the finest muster
man I ever seed. He jist natterly
beats any of dem b& nns I uswer
see mustering in Mike Koons old
field, when ole Lindler hbead de drum
so, he mashed the headen outer hit.''
Then afser witnessing a few
evolutions he continued, "if he was
jist straddle of ole Shoestring (his
horse) wid his big spurs, he would
ho look' proud nuf for de govmor's
son.''
The spectre of war that had been
before the people so long that it
eeased .to be feared, now had become
a reality, a-ud J'ake Bald win's comn
pany was ordered to the front; The
day was appointed for their depart
ure, it being the intention of 'rap
tain Baldwin, to take old Ransom
along, as a servant,..to cook and wait
upon him. But the night before leav
ing, Cage came in to take issue with
his master and give him some sage
advice. "Nowy, look here Marse Jake,
you saiy you gwine to take UJnkle
Rance er long to tend to you. But
I .done study bout this matter. UJnk
Ranee ain't gwine ter do a tall, case
ou de white sweillin done make em
lame, and he can't get about pert
lik me Wat he know bout cookin?
IRUNAWAY CAGE.
IE DUTCH FORK.
A. DICKERT.
An den if dere be any runnin in dis
ihere war, old Maxher gwine to loss
a nigger. Den how he gwine wash
wid rhumatics in his hant Wat"he
-know bout grabbin pulle&t off do
roost, when times git skaeof No
Marse Jake let Unk Rance stay to
home, an see bout Miss Calline, an
I'm sho gwine wid you." That night
Jake and his wife had an earnest
talk over Cage's advice and logie con
eluding he was about half right. Jk
too, remembering the past, thought
it possible that Cage might get back
into his old ways and run away
again.
It was decided at last to dress him
Up into some of Jake's east of
clothes a!nd allow him .to go, so he
marched away with the soldier boys
amid the cheers, drum beats and
flags waving, with' the good wishes
and silent prayers of the anxious eon
course of people assem led to see
them off. : ; ;K,
At the capitol of the Sta;k -he Ooil
pany was joined by the other organ
izations of the regiment, the whole
going ipto "camp of instruction" for
some'time. But the troops could not
afford to remain in camp long, for
the grat battle of Manassas had
been fought, iwhile McClelMan, with
the grand army of the Potomac was
forcing a landing im the Yorktorwn
peninsular, and would soon be on his
march to Richmond. The command
to which Capt. Baldwin's company
was attached was soon on the firing
line,
At Seven Pines the Confederat*
comma.nder was disabled and an ob
scure Virginian was aippointed com
mander in eihief. That obscure sol
dier became the irommtal Robert E.
Lee. He drew his lines nearer around
the confines of Richmond.
Night and day C:ptain Baldwin
was active and vigilant in his du
ties, keeping his ceompany well equip
ped, his pickets always on the elert.
T'hen during the last days of Stone
wall Jackson, who had been watch
ig Patterson in the Shenaindoah val
ley, eame down and joined forces
with Lee. Then for seven days the
roar of combat sounded a;nd the con- --
fliet raged with .flenidish vehemene'e.
Jake Baldwin's plumes waved trium
phantly at the head of his command
during all the bloody carnage, bold,
defiant and aggressive, until the last
shot was fired by the retreating foe
from the top of MaWlern Hill. After
a .brief respite Lee began 'his long
mareh of invasion of the North.
Old Maj. Baldwin lived long
enough to learn of the brimiant
career of his son as a soldier. The
time came for him to meet the mes
senger of death and one night as
the beams of the pale moon fedll upon
the foliage without, the low moon of
the distant river was sighing a
requiem, Maj. Baldwim called iMingo
to his bed side and reminded him of
tfhe promise he was to fulfill to his
son at his death, turned his Lae to
the walil and passed into the valley
of eternal rest.
Maj. Gen. John Pope 'was organz
ing a great army in northern Virginia
and Stonewall Jackson was sent to.
meet hri. Then Meol<4llan began
moving his army from the James back
to the Potomac, by way of steamers
and sailing vessels while Lee under
took to circumvent his movement by
an oveAland march through the val
ey of the Shenandoah. lIi passing.
through the valleys and over the
mountains Longstreet met the enemy
in force at Thoroughfare Gap in the
Bull Run mountain. Here he had to
force a passage at the point of the
bayonet. Jake Baldwin was now at
the head of his regiment, having,
through the casualties of battle, been
made full coloneql. He stormed the
mountain heights on the right of the
great Thoroughfare, opening a pas
sage, by which Longstreet came in
n time for the preat battle, then