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COTTON MARK-T Corrected by Nat Gist. Good Middling ...141-2 Strict Middling ...143-8 Middling ......141-4 By Robt. McC. Holmeo Good Middling ...14 1-4 Strict Middling ...14 3-8 - Middling ......141-4 Cotton seed -r 1I-2 eents. VOLUME XLVILf NU3BER 32. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA* FRIDAX. APRIL 22, 1910.TWCAWEK$10A.Y L THE NEWS OF PROSPERITY. Chamber Commerce Organized-Dedi cation of Church-School Clos ing-Good Lecture. sperity, April 21.-The dedicia of Grace church, as pre announeed, will be held Sun y 1. Rev. M. G. G. Scherer, eston, will deliver the ser in the morning. He will be assisted by Rev. C. A. Freed, of synod, and several other ers who have been invited for ion. The latter will preach evening. Special music by bock and the choir will be both services. You and iends are cordially urged to d join in the praisee and dedi .ee. Annie May Bedenbaugh, of Bridge, visited the Miaes is week. - irge Wise made a week-end 'Columbia and elsawhere this ie Counts, the popular of the Little Mountain ed his sister, Mrs. Reagin, Iangford is spending a 'with relatives at Utopia. exercises of the high be held on the evening of at the auditorium. The of the evemng will be a ad;dress, songs by the school, and the awardin gof medals and dis tinetions. The exercises will ibegin ,at 8 o'cloek sharp. Mr. S. S. Birge attended court at Greenville this week. Superintendent Brown has asked us to make a note of the fact that nearly a hundred books belonging to the school library are scattered around in the various homes of the town, and that it will be apprelciated if these books are sent in during the nert few d;ays, so. that a complete list of them may be mad'e before the close of school. As it is about every third Qr f0urth number missing, to please see if your own book ease is ,ot unwittingly harboring one or tw6 of these straying books. The Literary Sorosis will be en tertained by Mrs. F. E. Schumpert on Friday at 4:00 p. m. At this time the Revolutionary period will be liished. Several intei'esting papers .ad tories will be read relative to his tiniOj o~n 't forget tIr #~iity contest hat was announced last fall. Now the time, little men, to plaft 7(ear ptumpkin seed and begin building GM castles around a dandy, shining green Studebaker, Jr., wagon. tMrs. Cald,well closed her private school last Tuesday, after a very sue c&ssful year. 1he majority of our houseiwives can say without a frown that the pdiee of meats may come and go and] go and come, so far as they are per sonasly concerne'd, for they haveI made themselves independent of such Things as the capriees in prices. Yes, ineubators are abnost as ubiqu.itous as the piano-and we do not exag gerate when we say that a thousand downey chicks-that would otherwise never have eheeped!-are the result of' this enterprise. Isn'? this an ad for~ ourlw:n to those who are fond of fried ehieken. Please don't tell a ' erain kind of ministers about this or they'll be wanting to change Con ~ference from elsewhere to Prosper ity-not that they wouldn't be wel come, but we don't fancy being see ond choice-and there are enough D.~ D.'s (desperate devourers) in our town already.. The cham1ber of commerce organiza tion was a phenomenal success Tues day afternoon. The folloswing ofli er were elected: President, Dr. G. Y. -Hunter; vice-president, Mr. W.1 W. Wheeler; second vice-.president,I Mr. J. L. Wise; secretary, Mr. R. C Counts; treasurer, Mr. J. C. Schumn pert; governors, Messrs. J. B Quatlebaumn, T. A. Dominick, Rev. Ira Caldwell With these competnet1 men at the helm, we can but foretell air w.aather' and smooith sailing forj his w*orthy craft. 2afr. Tom Thompson, of Columbia, 'nt Sunday with his home people. Mrs. C. P. Lathan and little visit-ing at Wise hotel. We have heard a number of would be comet gazers complaining that there were sma' hours rising has not been rewarded with a sight of Hal-: ley's heavenly bugaboo. We read yesterday why it is not on exhibition or just as advertised. It has been arrested for speeding by an airship polieeman and can't get in on sche-' dule, time until it has paid its fine, retiailed itself or -made whatever other repairs were necessary to complete restoration to the ethereal pathway. We don't mind this cool snap for we've had a most refreshing rain. Fvery kind and color of vegetation seems to be dressed in a brighter, -brand new green. Mr. Olin Bobb spent Saturday and Sunday at home. Mr. and Mrs. Whitmire, of Winns boro, are spending the week at Mr. B. B. Schumpert's. Mrs. Iawremee Sease and little daughter, of Clemson College, are guests at Hunter Heights. Rev. Ira Caldwell claims to be the latest would-be chauffeur. He has just fallen heir to a hansome Ford' car. We are glad he has a machine for it will facilitate very much his Sabbath appointments and pastoral Cals. Little Misses Mayes, Burton, Jones tand MoCracken, of Newberry, visited Miss 'Mary Lizzie Wise last week. A bevy o-f gay young folk eame dc:wn this far with the Attaway Meador wedding party, and: seemed to fill - the interim between, trains very pleasantly. Mr. J. M. Wheeler, we are glad to say, is inieh improved and still im praving. Prosperity has decided to raise her quota, $300, which, by the way is entirely too much in comparison, to wards the ereetion of a steel bridge over Kempson's ferry. The contract will be let within the next 10 days, and the bridge built during the sum mer, 30 we've been -told. Dr. Herbert's lecture Wednesday evening was righitly given the last plaee on the program, for it was worth all the other attractions com bined. But then we must not make comparisons, suffice it to say his efrort was superb It was long, btu no one r'ealized the fact. It was humorous and witty Without anyI seeming effort on the speaketa part; and all realized and applaudnd. It was practical, interesting, and in structive, thoughtful, comparative, which features were realized and ap preciated. If this gifted man does iiot come Prosperityavard next year, w.e are forced to believe that it will be he'sae we have no lyceum orlbe cause h.g has retired from the plat-1 We had the pleasare9 along with the others of our teaehing force, of attending the Teach' association at Little Mountain Sturdaiy last. We had heard nothing but favorable res ports of thre school 'building there1 standing out in a'll its pristine ie ness and whiteness, and for once ru mor had not been eareless or ex travagant in her use of descriptives.. We went, we saw, but the conquer ing was on the part of Little Moun tan-her hospita'ble people, her thoughtful, solicitous superintendent, Mr. V. B. Sease, and his corps of1 happy, competent assistants, Mrs. Shealey, Misses 'Summer and Davis. We were met at the train and given a hearty welcome and more invitations to dinner than any ordinary mortal could accept in one day. We repaired presently to the beau tiful school building of whitch the whole ceounty is proud-as our paper opened the advertised discussions, in the absence of Mr. Deerrick, whom the teachers will never forgive for his absence, for we wanted to hear from a layman for a change. Then we were prepared to sit ba'ck and really enjoy the rest of the meeting, Mr. Sease entertained all withi his thoughtful abservations about the schools' relation to the comm'unity," and by request, gave some personal, local items of interest bearing on this. A meeting of the teachers would 'a thing apart' if Prof. Derriek and Dean Holloway absented themselves. We alwayss look forward to their lmw of wit aud wisdom and knocks and pats and reminiseences and ideas-,their charges and countar charges. Rev. Mr. Shearouse in the name of the city, bade us welcome and invited us to come again. He made a very interesting short talk on "The school's relation to the trudbees,"' and illustrated hisremarks by person al, almost forgotten (?) incidents that occurred during his experience as .a pedagogue. His remarks, too, were timely and well received. After deciding that this successful meeting should close the association's year's work, the meeting adjourned to admire the rooms separately and to get acquainted, and decline more invitations to dinner until the train came. This initial meeting, so far as the town was 'concerned, we hope will prove an annual occurrence. 'Long flourish the Little Mountain school and its teachers," so say we all. Mr Forest Stillwell has returnel from his school in Arizona, and is visiting friends in thecity. DBMANDS INVESTIGATION. Col. Brock Asks Gov. Ansel to Ap point a Court of Inquiry-Goes on With Inspections. Columbia State, 21st. Col. W. T. Brock, assistant ad jutant general, has demanded of Gffv. -Ansel that recent charges against Col. Broek be heard by a court of inquiry. These charges were made b Col. Brook's superior officer, Adjt Gen. J. C. Boyd. It had been expected that Col. Broek might resign from his position as assistant to Gen, Boyd, but his action has put a new face on the matter and developments will be watched with interest. Col. Brock does not ask for a court of inquiry upon the general conditions in the ad jutant general's office, but merely with reference to the charges made against himself. Col. Brook has also given to the State a card in which he does not speak with ani feeling of Gen. Boy's attack upon him, but ,presents the ease dispassionately. On a court of inquiry, the board would consist of officers of rank qual to or greater than that o the officer whose coiduect would *be re viewed. Thereieore a court of in quii'y iii CoL Brook 's case would be made uip of officers of the grade. of euAonel or higher rank. Capt. M. C. Willis of Yo,rkvlle, who brought Col. Brock 's ttatement and letter to Columbia last nigh4 a nounced that Col. Broek would hav.ie preferred to have brought the papers in person., but he conceived it to be his military du.ty to continue the in spee.tions, and he goes to Spartan burg today to inspect the company there. In the original copy of Gen. Boyd's statement, the word ''traitor'' was used. Later he amended this to read ''man,'' but unfortunately'one of the odiiaal eopies reached the news de partment of the State. Following is Col. ]Noek's statement in reiply to Gen. Boyd's- ei*arges against him: To the Editor of The Etate: The card of Glen.- J. C. Boyd, pub lished in the newspapers of thes state yesterday, in which he afags m~e and aceuses me of disloyalty, has' een called to my atten'tioli. tWiir cad is addressed to the militia and voters of South 'Carolina; if it hadi been addressed to the militia only it would not be necessary for me to make reply, but inasmuch as it is addressed to the public generally, I feel that I should take some notice of it. In discussing with Gen. Boyd the question of his entering 'the race for reelection, he had stated that he in tended to be a candid'ate if the con dition of his health would permit, and on my part I had always stated that I would not oppose, him. There is absolutely no truth in or foundation for the statement that Gn. Boyd requested me, when I start ed on the tour of inspection of the militia this year, to ascertain what his chances of reelection would be; and if such a request had been made of me I should have flatly refused, to omply, a I feel th at it is unhbe-' coming an officer to mix polities with military duty. I have made the in spoetions of the militia for three con secutive years, and have just about complitida the tour of the fourth year, and have never broached the subject of politics while on this duty. However, there is not a place I have visited on the present tour of inspec tion that the subject of Gen. Boyd's reeleation was not mentioned to me and it was the opinion of the large maj6rity that due to Gen. Boyd's phy sieal condition, he could not be re elected. When I started on the present tour of inspection, Gen. Boyd was critically ill and had been for eight or ten; days. When I returned to Columia, after making about one third of the tour, I called on Gen. Poyd at his room, where he was still 11l, and in consideration of his phy sical and mental condition I would :ot iseuss politikes with him. A few days later, when, his condition had improved, and upon the advice of his friends, I stated to him my opinion with regard to his chances of reelee tion, based utpon what I .had heard the militia officers say. 1 have been assistant adjutant gen eral for nearly four years and dur ing all of this timae I have done my) full duty, as I saw it, to both the State of 'South Carolina and' to Gen. J. C. Boyd, the adjutant general and now, when I am charged by Gen. Boyd with being a traitor to him, I am perfeetly willing for eareh and every one of my offical and personal acts to be investigated and will stand upon the result of such investigation. I emphatically deny that I ever stated to Gen. Boyd that I had deceived InsteAd of entering into a news pa,per controversy, I have decided to request the governor to .appoint a I court of inquiry, in ac-ordance with the provisions of section 80 of the military code of South Carolina, to investigate the charges made by Gen. Boyd and I ask that all interest ed will await the decision of that court, William T. Brock. Yorkville, April 207 1910. The Military Code.. Section 80 of the military code of& the State is as follows: "Section 80. Court of inquiry, to consist of three officers and a judge, advuate, may be instituted by the commixanader~ a ehief, or by the sm man?ding blfieer of the 4brigade, ofr reginient, in retatioti to *idseofficer's for whose trial they are authoiati?.d to appoint codttsmartial, fdf th d pose of emdi.ng into arxiy ilitary transactioni, of' the conduaet of anos fleer, either (by isa o'. solicitation, or on a complaint or eharge of improper, conduct, or for tha pufrgose of set tling a military question, or for es tablishing good order awd discipline. Such court of inqury s1ha1% without delay, report the evidenmee adduced, a statement of facts, and Whn re quired, an opinion thereon, to t'6 of ficer instituting such court, 'who may,. in his discretion, thereupon appoint -a courtmartial for the trial of the of fieer whose conduct shall have ,been inquired into.'' K. of P. Meting.' At me fing qf the New.berry lodge, No,. 75, K. of P., held on Tues day evening W. F. Ewart and W. E. Pelham were elected representatives to the grand Iodge, whieh mreets in Benn&tsvilIe og May 24. Mr. J. A. Blaeliwelder was chosen alternate. Mr. G. S. Mower, P. G. C., is also a member of the grand lodge as is Mr. E. H. Aull, and bot.h expect toI attend. The distriet' convention for the fourth distfiet: will be held at Pros perity on Saturday, April 30 and May 1. The following: were elected dele gates to this. convention: A. J. Bow-' ers, Robert Norris, S. J. Derrick and W. H. Hardeman. Mr. H. B. Wells is a delegate also by virtue of being vice-chancellor of the lodge. Grand Chancellor Remnbert will attend this convention, and make an address in one of the churches on Su:nda.y morn 1i71g. MARSE JAKE AND A STORY OF THl BY COL D. A The firing of the evening's guns w moment-arily ceased, allowing their o infantry to get in action and ini the iuterval the wind lifteld the great , Clouds of smoke, when one vast line ( of blue clad warriors could be seen Ii emerging from over the hills. Sol diers, brave, strong ind indomitable bn as were the Southeraers themselvesl!t On they came, thsir starry banners In waving in the -lazy breeze, their pol- g ihed rifles glistening in the bright e sunlight, a magnigeent spectacle, I even to their enemies. The Confed- I erate ibatteries belched forth anew, I sending shot and shell into the ranks I of the oncoming mass, * while the I enemy replied with their long range i rifle guns. Jake Baldwim holding - his command in rigid ranks, all cool, I brave and determ*ined. Fivery man ' feeling the supreme moment Wad Longstreet from his position on a little eminence, held his men in lesh,, while the columns of blue came near er. Shells plowed great windows through their ranks but on; they came. Notwithstanding his premonition of death, and a feeling that the mes senger was eveno then on its way, no :1 1palladin of old ever went forth to;j battle with a prouder mein thag did Col. Baldwin on that fateful field' of earnage. Cage h.ad selected a plaae for himself, high up on the moun tain, perched on a boulder, where he could witness the tide of battle - and the fate of his master. After what seemed an age of wait ing the command was given to "fire," the armies coming together like two thunder clouds, a sheet of flame, from the blue nd t-he gray, lit up thQ. feld, wile dve s colmn oif smoke drifted away toward the moun tain. The -battle raged with varying. success, now the blue, then the gray, I then now with that dreaded "Rebel yell'' the Southerners resorted to cold steel, rushing upon the enemy with the bayonet. iCage, from his perch, wa.tched is~ 4 master as h'e advanced, now giving command, now urging his men for ward, his sword wtving aloft, but al ways obiward through the smoke of battle. Prayers and tears involun barf eame .to the watehing servant. At last die saw his master throW u his hand, sway to the right, then talL. No doubt both said in their~ hearts, "It is finished.'' Cage rush-1 ed down the mountain and was soon at his master's side. 'We will not prolong this barrow ing scene. This story as far as it relates to. Jake B'aldwin 'has ended. 3j By the pale light of a smouldering , campfire, Cage -briI the body of his t master. Longstreet having .accom pished his purpose of holding Me Cl.ellan in cheek until. the. plans of t Lee had .been c.onsumniated, early j next morning began moving his army i t.hrough the mountain passes, then in a. short while met his illustrious comn mander in chief, .and prepared to take issues again,, with his old antogonist of South Mountain on the bloody fields and 'historie plateau of An tietama. Armed with proper passports, Cage mounted Shoestring .and with Col. Baldwin's personal belongings turn ed his steps Southward, alone on his 't long journey to his home. In crossing th'te Potomac he lingered awhile, watching its rippl.ing waters, while he ] thought sadly of his master's prophe tie words, "'how many will never cross again this river.'' Even as he reflected he could faintly hear the distant rumbling of the guns at An tietam. He followed the route the army had taken in its advance, passing through mountain gaps, rivers and fertile va.l leys. On the plains of Manassas hie witnessed wit'h horror and su*persti tious awe, the bleaching bones, the han1f fille aesof nfriend ann foe, RUNAWAY CAGE. I DUTCH FOK DICKERT:, rho twice had mingled their blood n this fateful field of earnage. The colored friends along the route 7ere entertained highly at night by 'age 's wondrous tales of his ezper ance of army life, and picturing in -lowing colors the battles he had wit iess ed in all of which "Earse Jake" ilayed the leading rol. Stopping one ight at a farm house, Aunt Huldy, a pod old soul, entertained Cage with xeeptional hospitality, for some. of [er people had been sold in the outh, whenee eame Qge. The mis ress had his horse attended to, and old Huldy to give the guest plenty or supper and breakBast. Sead at; he kitche table, which was filled ith vegetables left over from din ter, corn dodgers and pknty of but ermilk, Cage spread himself, both in ,ting and tales of the war. n repeating his experience io oross ng the bloody plains 'f Lunt Huldy shivered and said, "Dare aust be lots of sperets dare. Cage- laughed bravely. "Oh, yes, ere is sho nuff plenty, but we call em spooks in my country. De white !oiks~ea 'em ghosts. , Did i ever me a VpookI No, I aik't never seen wy myself, but our Inaz seed 'em nany times. One mornin' befo' day, rhen he went to his fish baske a Ppook chased him plum home, a grab un' at him ever step." "Oh, myghty," exclaimed Au4t Euldy, throwing up her hands. "I rould er dropped ded. "Aa Bo would'er Isaa too, buf le spook was a chasing hhn too elose. 3omebhing he said it looked like a ,reat white bullefant, an den agin t looked like a sheet on 'er marti "'An' how did he get 'or way from t,'" asked Huldy. Cage drained his bowl of rilk, set. ding it down with a thud, and: as lie imld his 'hostess' attention he raked >ut two mfor e oin eee "Well, he Iidn't till he jumped over de hoide hoe in 'de stable d'o', an at dat,'' lage slapped his hands, i.ntimating he spook had fled. "Well, and doyou know out )en-nis dat is wid Marse George, in le warf'' Cage. took up the empty bowl, training it as in a study, and then es Huldy got up to refill it Cage rak d out several more corn cakes. "Oh, eOs, nowlIknow him, a yallerish, dlaek fellow, Oh, I know him, he's He no doubt had some strange tegro in his mind and negr'oike took tim to be the one in question. While Iuldy stepped out to notif~y Den is' aunty that a guest -Was- present hiat could tell her all about her kins. aan, Cage looked inito a large old noJboard standing in the corner, and bere be discovered a dish filled with .icuits, as Cage said, "sho nuf flour read.'' Now Cage was not a thief t heart, but his experience in the rmy taught thim to prepare ,"for ays of scarcity in times of plenty't o he emptied the contents of the ish into his ragged bosom and sat gain at the table, his head bowed etween his hands. When the others ntered Cage roused up and a lively .nunating con.versation ensued. Cage ehearsed his war and ghost stories, old many exciting scenes and yarns bhout Dennis. "Glood people,'' shouted Aunt Ifuldy from the cupboard door, 'what On earth gone wid demi bis nits?'' She told of leaviing a plateful and LOW they were gone. All looked as onished, and none more so than Cage. 'No, er dog couldn't er open d e Loor.'' 'Cage had "just drapped off ter leep, an I never took de wrapper of finger less axeni for it." "It must er been old Miss, dis venia." and so the incident was