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~- - LOCAL KABEET. COTTON MARKET ~ EggectedTw.ce..Week Corrected by Nat Gist. Es .. a.W... . Middling . . . . . .14%Butter..........25 Strict Middling. . .14% Hams, (co) .. ..17 to 20 Good Middling. . .14% F . .77 By Robt. McC. Holmes. C For........5. to .75 Middling. .14% Meal............-95 Strict Middling. . -14% Cor........5%.to6% Good Middling. . .14% ........--1 to615 Cotton seed 30 cents. VOLUMtE XLVIII. NUMBER 37. NEWBERRY, SOVTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MAY 13, 1910. TWICE A WEE M A TiE NEWS OF PROSPERITY. "Old Folks Day" to be Observed on Fourth Sunday-The Program. Personal Mention. Prosperity, May 12.-Grace Sunday school will observe "Old Folks Day' the fourth Sunday in May. The fol lowing program has been prepared: Voluntary-The Glory Song. Song-B. of W., No. 23; T. H., 633. Reading Scripture and prayer-Mr. W. E. Pugh. Welcome song by school. Address of welcome-Mr. R. C. Counts. Response-Mr. A. H. Kohn. Song, "Shall We Gather"-By Sun day schooL Song-"Bless be the Tie"-No. 712. Address-Rev. S. T. Hallman, D. D. Song-"When the Roll is Called Up Yonder"-No. -21. offertory-Quartette. Announcements. Song-"God be With You 'Till We Meet Again"-No. 340. Benedictiol. Mr. Jeff Baker, who has been work Ing in Greenville,- is home for the summer vacation. Misses Madge and Y. Genia Har man spent Tuesday in Newberry. Miss Mattie Miller is visiting her sister, Mrs. Joe Hartma. Mr. J. B. Bedenbaugh and Miss Fulk, of Lander college, spent Mon day in town with friends. Miss Annie Singley has been visit ing Mrs. P. C. Sing7ey. Mrs. C. M. Harman and- daughter, Rebecca, are visiting in Columbia this week. Mr. Geo. W. Harman, a well known oung man of ProsperitY, who has essfil1y finished the last session e Southern Dental college, of At Ga., has returned for the sum vacation. and Mrs. C. P. Pelhaiji spent eral hours in town Tuesday. Dr. A. J. Bowers made a most, in resting talk Tuesday .ftern6on, emorial day, to a very a#preciative udience. Dr. Bowers has many warm friends here, who a;e always glad to hear him. -Mr. J. C. Riley, of Silver Street, :was shaking hands with friends in town Monday. Miss Pearle Harman is here for the summer vacation studying music un der Mrs. J. Frank Browne. Misses Bla?iche Parrott and Sudie Derrick, .of Saluda, were in town Ishopping'Wednesday. SRev. M. 0. J. Kreps spent Tuesday in Columbia. .Mr. Frank W. Schumpert will.have cs.rge of C., N. & L. depot here for a few weeks while Mr; May goes to Florida to attend to his pineapple farm. Mr. A. B. Wise is spending a few days out of town. $1,(hl CLUP TO i.anM~ERS. ican Agrieuiturist Offers Prize in Lurn Exp~ositian. ia, May 9.-Commissioner as received a letter from the of the Judd publicationls to that the company will give rophy cup in the Corn Ex ntest to be held here next eAmerican Agriculturist is the per to give the cup. The cup will be given each year, it is stated. 0th Ier publications may offer cups. The Corn Exposition will be among four States. "Tabernacle Shadows of the Better Sacrifices." This little book is not for the ordi nary readers, but most decided' v it is what every advanced Bible student and earnest Christian should posses and study thoroughly. It costs but 10 cents, is illustrated and draws its lessons on the higher life from L.he types and. shadows of Isreal's typ1ca atonement day and oth*er sacrifices. Surely every earnest Christian should have this little book and find in it a mine of spiritual wealth, health and refreshment. Order it now from the Bie and Tract Society, 17 Hicks St., roln,v N. Y CREIGHTON CASE SETTLED. Methodist Committee Rules Agains Expelled'ifinister-Deny Rumors of Fisticuff. Columbia State. Asheville, May 10.-The committec on appeals of the general conferencE of the Methodist Episcopal church South, tonight held in the case ol Rev. C. W. Creighton of ~Greenwood that the action of the South Carolina general conference be ratified. Thi report will be made to the conferenc( tomorrow. Rev. Mr. - Creighton, ag 'editor of a church paper ' in Soutt Carolina, was charged with express ing views not in harmony with th church's teachings and was tried an convicted. He was expelled from th( I South Carolina conference. This action 'of the general confer ence committee is final. Th6e charge algafnst the depose minister grew out of his publicatio of a paper in Greenwood known a. ,The Christian Appeal in which wer published antagonistic articles relat ing to church matters. Asheville, May 10.-Dr. W. F. Mc Murray and Dr. A. L. Andrews, twc of the delegates to the general con ference of the Methodist Episcopa: church, South, who were reported lasi night to have had a personal encoun ter in connection with the election ol bishops at the conference, issued de .i trouble betwee them. Dr McMirray declared the reports wer( an outrage to the principals and tht entire conference, while Dr. Andrewi stated that the parties interested were never on more friendly terms. ISS ELIZA CALHOUN DEAD. ' - 'Descendant of Grefit Statesman Pass. ed Away in Washington.. Washington, May 9.-Miss Eliz: Calhoun, of Abbeville, aged 'about 8, years, and for the last twenty-fiv, -years a guest of the "Louise Home, of this city, died here early thi. morning. Many .years ago Willian Corcoran, of Washington, a wel: known public spirited citizen, cofnceiv ed the idea of establishing a hone fo: old ladies of the South. This h'e did and upon.his invitation, as long a: he lived, an upon that of the man agers since his death, many Southeri ladies have been the recipients of Mr Corcoran's generosity. While Miss Calhoun has not beegz well for some tinie, h'ei death waE urlexpected. After brief services a' the "home" this afternoon, the re mains were taken to Abbeville by th4 Southern railway, where, tomorrow afternoon, they will be interred a' Calhoun Mills on the waters of Long Cane, where the father of John C Calhoun lies buried. Miss Calhoun's body was accompan ied to Abbeville by her niece, MisE Kate Marshall. Representative Aiker upon learning of Miss Calhoun's death, perfected arrangements for having the body taken home and has been attentive in other ways. Capt. Calhoun Marshall, of the C. and R. railroad, is a nephew of Miss Cal houn. Took Them at Their Word. "Any article removed from the 'window" was the notice prominently displayed at an outfitter's shop. At~ tracted by it, a supercilious persox entered the shop and as'ked to be- al lowed to inspect a particularly vivid tie in the front row. The salesmar having disarranged the window, and brought out the desired object, the supercilious person remarked: "Rather loud, isn't it?" "Well, somewhat striking," agreed the shopman. "I thought so," replied the visitor as he turned to leave the shop. "It offends 'my taste. You needn't pu1 it back. Good day-!"-Dundee Ad. vertiser. "It is our duty to scatter sunshine,' said the cheery citizen. "Yes," replied Col. Stillwell; "but some of the boys out our way got toc enthusiastic. Feeling that there wasn't enough sunshine to gc around, they took to distributina monhine "-Waschingt+on Star. LAST HOPE FOR JOYES VAMISHED Supreme Court Denies Union Man Rehearing-Fighting to the Last Ditch-Life Sentence. Columbia, May 9.-Praying, per haps, that the last ray of hope may bring to him favorable returns, W. T. Jones, convicted wife murderer, is now spending what may be his last night in the Union county jail. To morrow the word of the highest court in the State will be officially borne to him, and very probably tomorrow I night he will spend his first night ia the State penitentiary. Convicted of the killing of his own wife, Marion Jones, the prisoner, who has spent many months in the Upion jail, was this evening refused a rehearing bY the supreme court,,and the remittitur will be sent down immediately. The supreme court, in few words,tells that Jones's only hope for even a stay of sentence is over: "After careful consideration of the within petition, the court is unable to discover that any material matter or question has been overlooked or disregarded. It is, therefore, ordered that the petition be dismissed and that the order here tofore granted, staying remittitur, be revoked." This order, signed by Chief I Justice Ifa B. Jonas and Associate Justices Eugene B. Gary and C. A. Woods, means a life term in the peni tentiary for W. T. Jones. No Federal Question Involved. As no Federal question is involved, the opinion of attorneys her;e is that te case is ended, and that Jones must spend the remainder' of his days in the State prison, unless a petition for slould be granted. There was considerable talk of an appeal to the United States court at the time Jones's case was affirmed by the su preme court of this State, but this is not regarded as within the range of possibility. W. T. Jones, wealthy planter, of Santuc, Union county, has a serious -crime to lie wake nights and think over when he comes to the State pris on.: His wife, on July 8, 1908, met a horrible death, by strychnine and the testimony pointed- to her husband as the guilty man. Statements of, his counted strongly against him at" the trial. A chain of circumstantial evi deuce was woven around Jones, and in February, 1909, a jury declared he was guilty of murder. Some Interesting Circumstances. The case, while as jto the evidence, must have been very-strong against Jones,. Instances of ill treatment o1 his wife and testimony that on ,the night of the killing cursing was heard at the Jones home, the frightened look of Mrs. Jones as she entered the room of ,a man, who stopped at her home one night, these and other mat ters'were brought out' at the triel It is even true that efforts were made to cast a shadow upon the character of Mrs. Jones, in order to save her hus band from the hand of the law. She was then in her~ grave, but the ver dict of the jury showed that these 12 men did not believe what was told them about Mrs. Jones. Refused bail Def ore (then judge) Hydrick, Jones was placed in the county jail, where he has been ever' since. It is said that he declared that he would not come .to the State prison. There is, also, the story from Union that he carries on 'his business from his cell in the jail. Jones, however, has been reported in the News and Courier as eenying that he ever said he would not come sto the peniten tiary. By the order of the supreme court tonight, W. T. Jones must leave the county jail and come to the peni tentiary, where he is doomed to spend the rest of his life. Judge Memminger Sustained Through out. Aside from the general interest that the order of the court will create as to Jones, there is an added legal interest, especially to the people of Charleston, because Judge* Memmin ger, throughout, has been upheld by the supreme court and the latest or der is even more strongly comtplimen tary to Judge Memminger's ability, it will be recalled by those who hav'e followed the case, that Judge Memn minger urged the jury to agree upon a verdict, calting the attention of the~ j rv to the nea' wiitv of jurors agree ing, it being their solemn duty. On ?his point ths -;upreme court said it was la circuit judge's duty to so in str'et the jarv in such a situattoa. Then Judge Memminger, taking the Hoyt-Hayes case as an example, charged the jury as to circumstantial e,.kUn.ce. In taQis. too, he wa's upheld by the suprema court. In the matte of statements by jrrors, the circuit judge's rulinfl was upheld also. The croer refusing .a ehearing but em pbasizes these rulings of Judge Mem miger, because neai1 all the excep tions were based uporn these rulings. Circuit -Judge Charles G. Dantzler wNte the oplia'n ito the'case, after sitting with the svp (me court, on.ac count of the disqualification of Jus tice Hydrick, for the reason above stated. Thus the order this evening is signed by only three of the justices. HEARING TO BEGIN MAY 23. Announceient Made in .Matter .of Boyd-Brock Inquiry. Columbia, May 9.-The court of in quiry to inquire into the Boyd-Brock controversy will hold its first meeting May 23, according to an announce ment tonight. Gen. Wilie Jones, of this city, who is president of 'the court, said that ,the meeting will be held in the State library, beginning at 12 noon Monday, May 23. The sessions will be open. A conference between Gen. Jones and Governor Ansel resulted in the fixing lof the date for the first meeting. Col. t Brobk stated tonight that he had not yet decided whether or not he would retaia counsel. WHITMIRE SCHOOL. Will Plose a Very Successful Session on May 20-Program of Clos ing Exercises. Whitmire, May 12.-The Whitmire graded school will have its closing exercises in the school auditorium at 8 p. m., Fay 20. All are cordially invited. The following is the program: Opening address-Mari6n Nance. iiMurder Will Out-Myrtle Duckett, [Ella Watson, Sarah Fant, Reba Nance, Gladys McCarley and Ray Duckett. ISong-Johnnie Pool. FThe Dignity of Labor-Cofield Jeter. Temperance-Coleman Gary. Cho'ice of Trades-Ten small boys. The Little Teacher-Dorothy Wat son. Song-"Maryland, My' Maryland."' Half-Way Doins'-Roy Suber. ITraveling-Ernest Young, Grayson Cole, Francis Douglass, Sam- Gary, Marion Nance and Edgar Fant.. Motion song-"The Li'ttle, Mothers" -Twenty little girls. The School-Myrtle Duckett, Bertha McCarley, Sarah Fant, Edgar 'Fant, John Payne, Roy Suher,;Marion Nance and Grayson Cole. Grandma's Beau-Sarah Fant. The Dutchman's Telephone-Ma rion Nance. Song-"Mt. Vernon's Bells." The Doll's HospitalLR6ba. Nance, Lois Tidmarsh, Vera Sims, Marie Thrett, Dorothy Watson and Sudie Brocki y. Curfew Must not Ring Tonight Ollie Howard. Alpiabet-Twenty-six boys and girls. Scarf Drill-Ten girls. Our Flag-J. C. Kohn, Aiken Me Carley, Hugh Porter, Bertie Watson, Lairron Kchn and Fred Street. . Song-"The Red, White and Blue." The Courtship of Mother Goose. The Man in the MoonL'Coleman .lary. g, Santa Claus-Cofield Jeter. Mother Goose-Margaret Meyers. Jack Hornier-Arthur Howard. About fifteen children of the lower grades represent Mother Goose's children. -Valedictory-Myrtle Duckett. Song-"Home, Sweet Home." This school, with Mrs. S. A. .Jeter as principal, Mrs. H. K. Boyd and Miss Lula Dunnan, assistants, is closiing a very pleasaht and successful year. Nita. PERSONALLY PRESENT PETITION Methodist Women Ask Church for Recognition-Consolidation of Bible Societies. Asheville, N. C., May 9.-It is not impossible that, had the conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, South; heard the eloquent pleas made before the committee on revisals this evening the women would have. won their plea for laymen's rights. The committee had announced that it would hear arguments for and against the memorials that have been pouring in under the auspices of the Woman's' Home Mission society. The assembly room of the Presbyterian church was crowded long before the timeJP the meeting and most of the audience, was composed of women. The chairman of the committeq, Dr. E. W. Alderson, of the Texas confer ence, asked if the women had -ank plans to offer for the hearing. In an swer'Mrs. MacDonald, secretary of the board-of foreign missions, stepped forward and opened a suit case. Sge toq4 out a stack of petitions and aU-, nounced that Mrs. Luke Johnson would open for the petitioners. Mrs. Johnson made a stirring plea for -the women. She said that for centuries women had been -gaining their rights and that it remained for the church to be the one institution. that stood in the way. "The Eternal Question? "We don't ask: for offed or posi tion," she said "all we ask ii a"larger place in the service of God. What is the matter with us? Why can not we have what we ask? It is because we are women, because we are jour wives, your mothers, your siWters,.your loved oies. Does all this bkiae us unworthy to stand by your side and discuss the great questions of our' church? I never felt so lonely as I did when I found that I *as not real ly a member of the church, but was merely tolerated as an outer court connection." Mrs. Johnson was followed by. Miss Head,'prominent in the Women's For eign. Mission society, who made a logi -cal and humorous argument for jus tice. She declared that in many places women were serving as stew ards ifegally, because there were no men competent to do the work; and that the church was putting the wo men in the position of church law-. ~breakers. .She asked that, if for 'Anly this reason, the church make such work legal. Miss Belle Bennett, presi dent of the Woman's Kame Mission society, closed for ,the petitioners. When Chairman Alderson asked If th're, were any women. present to spea'rk against the memorial there was a moment of silence, and the commit tee went into executive session. Its findings will be reported to the don ference some time this week or next. Vanderbilt University Case. ~While the revisals committee were litening to the women, the commnit tee on educationi listened to the. dis puted points in.. the Va.nderbilt uni versity case. This is the, argumerit as to whether the N.ashville university shall.hbe taken out. of.th .hands of the chureh, and niade, a..national univer sity, almost non-sectarian in charac ter, or whether the church shall con trol. On one side are arrayed the chancellor, Dr. Kirkland, and the board of trustees, who exect their own successors, and. on the other, the Col-. lege of Bishops. Instead of the bitter feeling that it was expected would mark the discussion, there, was only. the most kindly language used. Bish op Hoss opened for the bishops and' Bishop Hendrix replied for the trus tees. Several otliers spoke and Chan cellor Kirkland ctosed for the trus tees. This committee likewise will re port later. Aside from the dispute as to the method of electing stewards, which was the first fight on the- conference floor, and which was won. by the con servatives, who favored the present plan of having the preachers appoint them, as opposed to the idea of their election by the church members, the main matter _of interest in the con feernce today, was the report of the Sunday school committee, which rec ommends the establishment of adult mBil classes to replace the various ocieties of young men and young Wo men under different names, which' now exist in the various churches. It is proposed to appoint a general n-8 perintendent and assistants for this work and inaugurate a church syl tem. The report will probably be adopted without debate. NEWS OF POKAIA Good Baseball Team-New Lutheran Church to be Built-Well o Good Water-Personal Pomaria, May 9.-The much need ed rain has come at last. Cotton and corn are a very poor stand. A great deal of both had to be planted over., Our baseball team - played Chapin on their diamond last Thursday th score' stood 18 to 1 in favor of Po maria. Pomaria also beat Pr'osper ity on their diamond last Friday a week 8 to .2. Our. team Is 'get things down flne. We will have W - eral gam'es playedk here this seaso The public is. cordially Invited. Mrs. B. K Setzler Is quite.sickadth fever. Mr. V. L. -Smith's, ce bauk cash ier, little baby. is sick at thiswritng Misses Ida May Sheely and Ida May Setzler left last Saturday for Aiken: on a visit to Miss Sheely's . brothOr's family. Mr. Thomason, superintendent the oil mll, and family, have gone on < a visit to relatives in Simpsonvile', There have beeh ladies 1Point ed town to.ralse ds for.the - pos'e of erecting a Lutheran hiu , our little town. Any one .wishing'. give anything voluntaily ean to e6gier Mesdames3C. 1p, Seybt, Z. T. Pinner, J FetzIe R. a Hipp. Any utiinunti wil 1 gladly received. The committe alrady subscribed abodt $5001St> v $609.. Misses Cam Myers and -ce rook, of Walton, e'visiting el tives in town and county. Mrs. Mildred Wooten Is visiting her sisters, Mrs. J. C. Aul an#Mrs. J. getzler. Mr. Gus Fulmer, of Columbia, is O a visit to his \iincle,, Warren Eptig. The iomi has recently had a wel drilled. It is onIf 63, feet deep a about 23 feet of .hat is solid I It was drilled by' Mr4 Mcnowell, wl says he struck two flows of ,watsr about sirinches deep. From Its tast*; apd effects it must have sorne 2 ziheralN ' in it. The twon fathers are speaking I of having it analysed. Our Silver street Letter. Silver Street, May ' 12.-The .graL ! crop is looking much- better iln thlh . section. . A very heavy rain fell last Wednes day night with much hail, but doing no damage. The young people enjoyu a fine party last Friday night at M~ W.'OtiS Sen.n's. - *-. The So4itberii -oweircompany have' heir-ni1#' at' woi-k through th(s pait of t cduntryon thiird'ray to Green wood." - .a ~ - Qife a nuii'e dE ,ther young p~o pie ofths ''se6tio'riaattended,the con test at Greenwoo'd. Among ti.em'were r. J. - Foster Senn and .Claude Abrams. Mr'. W. 0. Bowen, the depot agent at this place, will lea.ve in a few days for Ninety Six, where he has accept ed a position. We are very sorry to see "Billie" go. The Trinity school, taught the pas four sessions by Miss Dollie. May Senn, closed last Friday, and will have a picnic at Moats spring Satur day, May 14. to which the public is cordilly invited to come and bring well filled baskets. Messrs. Walter Seen Sand. J. B. Smith- went to Greenwood last Friday and returned Sunday. They report a fine time.. A good many people have been set gooking on Little river the last few days with very good luck. The Burton school, taught the past session by Miss Ella MuDdy, of Abbe vlle, will close Friday, May 20, and will have a picnic at Longshores Sat urday, May 21. Ccraie one, come all, and let others enjoy the day. with o. Judex.