Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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PURELY PERSONAL. Movements of Many People, New berrians and Those Who Visit Newberry. Miss Ola Wilson is visiting friends in Columbia and Orangeburg. Mr. L. B. Aull, of Dyson, was in the -city yesterday. Mrs. J. M. Bowers has returned from a visit to relatives in Saluda. Mr. J. T. Smith, of ainesville, Fla., ts visting his old home in the city. Dr. W. F. Bedenbaugh has gone from Atlanta to Chattanooga. Miss Hattie Porter is visiting Mrs. John Morse, at Whitmire. Miss Ruth Braswell has returned from visiting at Clinton. Mrs. S. M. Duncan was a visitor in the city Saturday. Dr. and Mrs. W. G. Houseal are in Charlotte to witness the graduation -of their daughter, Miss Sarah. Mr. Jno. B. Bedenbaugh, one of the 'progressive planters of the county, -was in Newberry on Saturday. Mr. J. 0. Havird, of the South Caro lina university, is visting at his old home in Newberry for a few days. Mrs. Macie George has returned to .her home at Greenwood, after a visit -to Mrs. James Culbertson. Miss Ida Murtishaw has returned to her home in Columbia 'from a visit to Mrs. E .Y. Morris. Mr. E. T. Rivers, of Lexington, vis ited his father, Mr. J. R. Rivers, last week. . Mr. J. E- Summer has moved from Columbia to Maxville, Fla. The Max -ille Farm and Development company is spreading. Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Mann will go to W, Columbia today to attend the fifttieth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. .R. H. Jennings, cousins of Mr. Mann. Mr. Frank Day, of the Southern Bell Telephone Co., Jacksonville, Fla., is visiting his mother, Mrs. B. F. Day, ;and other relatives in the city and -#county. Miss Mattie Cromer,, of the Mt. 33ethel section, 17eturned yesterday from a visit to McCormnick. She was secompanied by her sister, Miss Maie Cromer, who has been teaching * in that community. Mr. and Mrs. Fred J. Russell leave (or Columbia today to attend the fif ltetb anniversary of the marriage of :Mr.. and Mrs. R. H. Jennings, of that 'city. Mr. Jennings is an uncle of Mr. Russell. * Capt. B. F. Day, guard of the Stafe 'penitentiary, was visiting his family in Newberry and mingling among his many frieids who were glad to wel come him in their midst. His looks .show that Columbia agrees with him * ,and his work is not pulling him down! Miss Vera Houseal, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.' Wmn. P. Houseal, formerly of Ne'wberry, was recently elected a tbeacher in the Columbia city schools. .~Mns Houseal Is a, graduate of 'New a'berry college.. She served the past S Ttwo years as principal of New Brook lianud griadedschool -Mr. I. H. Hunt, a prominent attor-' ,yiey of Newberry, and president of the -.chamber of commerce of that city, is *one of the distinguished delegates to Athe .grand 'lodge of Odd Fellows. Mr. -. uEt ways one of those who received 4 - andA entertained so pleasantly the Spartanburg scout party upon their recent visit to Newberry.-Spartan .burg Herald, 12th. Prof. Burr H. Johnstone, who holds the chair of mathematics at Clemson d%uilege, was in. the city the. latter part of the week, taking advantage of the, opportunity afforded by a trip to Co lumbia on business connected with *the college to stop over for a short visit to his relatives here. Friends were delighted to see this thorough educator of whom Newberry is proud.! Mr. A, C. Jones represented New tmrey at the T. P. A. convention in Greenville last week. He was the only representative from the local * post on hand in person. Through him Mr. J. W.. Kibler 'was elected a * ivce-president and Mr. E. A. Griffin .a delegate from the State at large to the national convention at Chattn 'ooga. Mr.- Jones can be counted on in Mthe 'T. P. A.cor in any other body that * tkles' tilings lilong. -VXEtIUS AND A LL ABOUT. Chief of Police C. W. Bishop says ,who lost money tied in black ribbon rgo to him and get it by proving 'claim. eclean, as it should be, being opposite the A. R. P. church. Other owners of vacant lots ought to follow Mr. S. J. 'Wooten's example. Tomorrow night, Wednesday, is the time for the comet to transit the sun's tace-between the hours of 7 and 1. That vacant lot corner Main and Cal1houn has iust been cleared of bushes, weeds and trash, now pre senting a neat appearance. It is The Ladies Aid socety of the Lu theran Church of the Redeemer willi hold a social meeting at the residence of Mrs. Van Smith this afternoon,' Tuesday, at 4.30 o'clock. Sheriff Buford has been served with claim and delivery papers for the whiskey which he seized at Pomaria some time ago by the house that ship ped the liquor. He gave the bond re quired, $75, and will make a test case. At the meeting in Spartanburg last week of the grand lodge of Odd Fel lows, Mr. C. L. Blease was elected trustee of the orphanage and Dr. Van Smith chairman of committee on mileage and per diem. There will, be a regular meeting of the Calvin Crozier chapter, U. D. C., at the home of Miss Sara Caldwell, Thursday afternoon at 4.30 o'clock. A full attendance is desired as this is. the time for the election of officers. The Home Mission and Parsonage Aid society of Central church will meet hereafter on Tuesday instead of Monday afternoon. The May meeting will be held with Mrs. Banks, at the parsonage on Tuesday afternoon, May 17, at.4.30 o'clock. The W. C. T. U. will meet at the i residence of Mrs. Mary Wright on Wednesday afternoon at 4.30 o'clock. This will be a particularly interesting meeting, and a full attendance is de sired. Mayor Blease sentenced two ne groes yesterday morning for a Sunday fight-$50 each or 30 days on gang. They accepted the days. The Mayor fined them thus heavily because he wants to break up this Sunday row ing among the negroes. Mr. Wm. Johnson, the new treasur er of the James D. Nance camp, U. C. V., has been successful in receiving contributions for a new flag which the camp wants at the State conven tion.: The necessary amount was rais ed and the flag has been ordered. the flag has been ordered. Hung in front of the store of E. M. Evans & Co. on last Friday was a jointed snake that had been killed on Mr. Milton B. Caldwell's place. The snake was a curiosity to most people who had never seen one of the kind. When struck the snake disjoinied its body In many places. On the charge for which he was lately arrested of selling liquor at a negro church, Barnet Maybin, color ed, had his preliminary hearing last Thursday before Magistrate John Henderson at Maybinton, and was bound over- to court, Constable T. G. Williams conducting the case against the prisoner. - The little negro boy reported in last issue as having received serious in jury from a piece of flying rock at the sewer work two rfiules south of the city, from a blast, crushing his skull, was still alive yesterday after noon. The fine, surgical work of Drs. Ellerbe, Mower' and Pelham saved the boy from death last week. The contract has been awarded to Mr. Irby D). Shockley for the repairing and improving of Mrs. Rebacda Pay singer's residence in Boundary street, and work has begun. The house is to be circled by a large piazza, with a smaller upper piazza in front, having colonial supports. Much other im provement is going on In the same neighborhood. It has been over three months since Mrs. George L. Neel met with the ac ident which came very near costing her the loss of a limb and she has not ntirery recovered yet.. It will be ,re alled that one evening about the mid ile of February Mrs. Neel was se -iously shot in the right leg by walk ng into- a trap set by Mr. Neel for :hicken thieves and that Drs. Houseal Viower and Pelham entertained grave oubts of being able to save the limb m.d even fearing that the results night prove fatal to their patient. sincethen Mrs. Neel has been improv-1 ng but very sfowf3r. Negro Accidentally Shot and Dies. On last Friday a negro boy, the son >f Patrick Pitts, was accidentalIy shot hrough the thigh, shatterinig the one. He lived on MWr. J. S. Domin ek's place in No. 'T township. He was aken to the Taylor hospital, in Co umbia, on Saturday, and died from he wound on Sunday. The body was1 aken to Chappells yesterday after noon. The shooting, as stated, was accidental, but Coroner Felker went to Chappells yesterday to investigate. Death of a Young MWan. Mr. Willie Thomasson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Beauregard Thomasson, liv ing at Col. E. S. Keitt's place on Enoree, died last Thursday morning and was buried at Enoree church cemetery on Friday morning. Mr. Thomasson was about twenty-five yers of agco and unmnarried. The sympathies of the public are with the bereaved parents anud oth'e- relatives of the deceaed young man. LITTLE MOUNTAIN HIGH SCHOOL. Will Have Closing Exercises Begin ning Next Sunday-Address by Dr. Roy Z. Thomas. Little Mountain, May 16.-The clos ing exercises of the Little Mountain high school will begin on Sunday, May 22, at 8 o'clock p. m. with an edu cational sermon in Holy Trinity church by the Rev. E. J. Sox. On Mon day night the exercises will be fur nished by the scholars. On Tuesday. night, the graduating class consisting of nine boys and girls, will read their essays and receive their certificates; and an address will be delivered by Dr. Roy Z. Thomas, of Newberry col lege. EPWORTH LEAGUE. Literary Meeting Friday Evening. Wim Study Life Florence Nightingale. The monthly literary meeting of the league will be on Friday evenihg, at 8.15 in the church parlors. Since May brings the 90th anniver sary of the birth of Florence Nightin gale, her life and achievements will be the subject of the program, sup plemented with readings and recita tions bearing on the Crimean war. Visitors will be cordially welcomed. Church Notice. There will be service at the McCul lough school house on the fifth Sun day at 11 a. m. conducted by Rev. Jas. D. Kinard. The joint council of Colony, Beth Eden and St. James' churches will meet at Newberry in chamber of com merce rooms on Saturday, 21st, at 3 p. m. Let all be present promptly at the hour designated. Death of Mr. F. A. Boozer. Mr. F. A. Boozer died at the home of his son, Mr. H. J. Boozer, in the county, on Sunday morning, at the age of 77 years, and was buried at Sti Lukes yesterday morning, ser vices conducted by Revs. Messrs. Koon and Morris. A Capital Issue. The Newberry Herald and News is sued a sitxeen-page edition on Me morial day, - 10th instant, devoted largely to matter appropriate .to that occasion, and other interestlpg and historical facts. It was a fine issue of that enterprising journal. We haave laid It aside for future reference;-. Laurensville Herald. s A T ue Fish Story. A party of seven (eight with George Eampton, the cook) spent three nights of last week fishing in the lakes of Sumter county. Iteaving Newberry Tuesday the party-Mes'srs. J. W. White, R. D. Wright, Haskell Wright, Derre! Smith, J. W. Denning, J. C. Sample and W. J. Wicker, andI he cook-returned Friday, having caught with hook and line nearly three hundred pounds of fish, some of which were very fine, the largest weighing six pounds. The men report, an enjoyable time, Besides fish they iad plenty to ~eat of good things, in eludng an abundance of squirrel neat. There was some class to the sport and fun of the trip and camp ife a the lake. Notice. The executive and historical com ittees of the Drayton Rutherford :hapter, U. D. C., will meet at the -esidence of Mrs. J. A. Burton on next Wednesday afternoon at 5 o'clock. Mrs. 0. L. Schumpert, Secretary. AA Homing Pigeon. Ahoming pigeon stopped -at the iome of Mr. J. S. Dominick, in No. 7 ownship, on last Friday. Under date >f May 14, Mr. Dominick sends the ollowing note to The Herald and1 ews:, "Yesterday a pigeon came to my touse and the children fed it and ~aughit It, and it has a band on each eg. On one of the bands is 'T. B. 8156." I suppose it Is a homing'or ~arrier pigeon. The owner can get] ~ame by identifying same." - 1 limhnaugh's May Sale. Mimnaugh's big May sale has been Ettracting wide attention, and has leen drawing crowds which have in reased every day. Mimnaugh always las bargains on hand, and when he dvertises special bargains in the big ;ales which he conducts it means ex eptional values for the trading puib ic. See Mimnaugh's advertisement in [he Herald and News today. It Will Be All Right. We confess that we do not under stand this new law regulating the ale of feedstuffs, but we are assured that it will be all right if Mr. W Aull, Jr., is to have charge of the enforcement of it. A better selection rould not have been made.-Anderson Mail. WEST END DEFEATS WATTS. Newberry Boys Outelassed Laurens Opponents-Game Here Next Saturday. In a good game of ball in Laurens on last Saturday, West End (Newberry) defeated the Watts mill by a score of 10 to 5, West End out-classing Watts mill all along the line. Aside from two wild throws by Boozer at third, West End played an errorless game. Among the features of the game were the effective pitching of Out-fielder Scurry, only one run being scored on him; the brilliant fielding of John son at short, the heavy batting of Wicker, Jones, Boozer, Smith and Bouknight. Batteries: West End-Garlington and Scurry, and McCall; Laurens Prince and Swygert. Hits, West End 16, Watts 7; errors, West End 2, Watts 9. Umpire, Nes bit. Game Next Saturday. West End aid Watts will cross bats on the West End diamond on next Saturday, and a fine exhibition! of the national sport is expected. The game will be called at 4.15 o'clock. Prices, 25 and 15 cents. Ufopia School. The Utopia school will give a pic nic on the school grounds on Saturday May 21. The exercises will begin at 10.30 a. m., and are as follows: "Welcome"-Ethel Blair. Our Work-Furman Cromer, Mat Todd, Horace Reagin. "Let the Corners of Your Mouth Turn Up"-Raymond Blair. "Ma's Old Hat"-Drue Todd. "An Accident"-May Nichols. Song-"Battle Hymn of the Repub lic." Debate-Resolved, That the South should plant more corn and less cot ton: Affirmative-John Herbert, Lena Belle blair, Alice Cannon. Negative-Sherwood Cannon, Neely Cromer, Rose Herbert Song-"Aunt Jemima's Plaster." "Jim Jolly"-Otto Nichols. "Moving"-Pauline Nichols. "The Housewife's Part"-Ethel Blair, Nannie Grace Cromer, Mary Cannon. "The Zoo"-David Cannon. "My Best Friend"-Helen Herbert, Furman Reagin. "Sammie-Sallie"--Helen Nichols.. D4cison of judges. Song-"Auld Lang Syne." After this short program there will be several interesting talks by prom inent speakers. All are cordially in vited. News of Pomarla. Pomaria, May 16.-It seems after every rain it thrns cold and conse quently it is not very beneficial to-the crops-too cool almost for anything to germinate. Cotton selling at 15 cents causes a great many bales to -the sold. From the way it has been coming in our little town the farmers must have been holding for the above .price. Mrs. J. J. Hentz, who has been confined to her home -witha. rheuma tism for about four months, land who was also at the point of death for several days, was able to take a trip through the country to Whitmir~e on a. visit to her mother's family. While it was Go&~s will for her to be so af flicted, our church and Sunday school are deprived of one who was always at the post of duty. We will have to bow with humble submission. She, with -all her pa:in and suffering, took [t as a true Christian ',- never com plaining of what God put upon her, now we hope through the will of God th.t she will soon be relieved of her: affliction. Mr. E. A. Hentz has been sick with, 3hills and fever, but it is gratifying, ,o say that he is doing some better. Mrs. B. M. Setzler, of whom we niade mention last week as being very; ;ick with fever, is doing some better. Mr. V. L. Smith's baby has gotten wvell again. Chapin's baseball team will play Pomaria on their diamond next Sat irday afternoon. Come and see Po naria do some more of her good play ng, for she can do that. We will soon, with a little more practice, aave one among the crack teams. On next Sunday afternoon at 5 'clock there will be divine services it the schol house by Rev. Bodies, of Saluda. who is now traveling in the interest of the Lutheran church of Saluda, raising money to relieve it Erom debt. While visiting the church-; as around us he kindly accepted an in v'Itation to preach for us. He will also preach at St. Paul's on the fifth Sunday of this month. Mr. J. T. Kinard's children all h~ave measles. They are all doing fine Mr. and Airs. J. P. Setzler went to Newberry Sunday to see their son, B3raker, wesohii. Tc FlmankWse( Braker, who is pick. He is a student, of Newberry college. .....................- k::.;.~ JOHN CROUCH CAPTURED. ( Sheriff Buford Finds Him in Virginia. v Crouch, it is Said, Was Going I to Marry. d Sheriff' M. M. Buford returned last 1 week from Lynchburg, Va., with John Crouch, white, who escaped jail sev- t eral months since, a full account of i which has already been given in The f Herald and News, along with a story i of the robbery -which Crouch~and two c others are charged with. Some time ago Simp Sanders, the other white < man who escaped with Crouch, was i caught while visiting his wife in Un- < ion. When Sanders was recommitted i he told Sheriff Buford that he had ] separated from Crouch near Lynch- 1 burg and had not seen him since. Sheriff Buford, who has a well earned I and well deserved reputation as a re- i markably successful officer in the line of running down and* recapturing i escaped prisoners, as well as ferret- i ing out new cases, went immediately 1 to work to recapture Crouch after be- i ing told of his separation from San ders. He laid his plans and kept quiet, as he always does when look-It ing for big game. He quietly follows one clue after another until the time for action comes and then when everything is ready he swoops down upon his unsuspecting victim. By keeping still and exercising that great patience for which he, among other qualifications of a good officer, is not ed, Sheriff Buford knew that some day in the course~ of human events t Crouch would be in Lynchburg. He bided his time and went about in the performance of his many other- duties 1 as though Crouch had been forgotten, i successfully throwing Crouch' off I guard. In the meantime the secret work was going on. One day last week I the reporter was in the sheriff's of fice looking around. He overheard the sheriff talking to the governor's pri vate secretary, telling him to get the governor to have the chief of police of Lynchburg rung up. The. reporter heard the name Crouch and . some thing about requisition papers, etc., and thought he was' about to get a good' piece of news for last Tuesday's paper, but the sheriff, in that qpiet 4 and determined manner of his says, "Hold on a while, something might. slip; don't say anything yet." After completing arangements as far as -p4 sible by phone through the governor's] office Sheriff Buford gQt busy, but did not get off' to Lynchburg U. asty as he expected on account of other press ing business matters that unexpected ly came into his hands just then. Fin ally he went to Lynchburg and re turned with his -prisoner as above stated. But a more detailed account of the trip will be interesting to the readers o~f The Herald and.News. The sheriff left Newberry on Tues day of ,a..st week on his mission, stop-] ping in Columbia to get his commis sion, etc., from the 'governor. The re quisition papers were to be forward ed to the governor of Virginia at Richmond. The sheriff proceeded to Lynchburg, expecting Crouch to ac company him back to Newberry with-1 out delay. Crouch refused to do so' without the papers. .The sheriff wait ed two days and still the papers had not arrived. Becoming tired of such a state of affairs Sheriff Buford t4Ie- 1 graphed Governor Mann's office, and was answered that thy requisition pa pers would not be sent until the fee of fouN dollars had been received. ( Sheriff Buford promptly wired the' amount and in due time got the pq ners. That was all the trouble he had with Crouch. They returned Sat- - urday. One 'reason why Sheriff Buford had no more trouble in the matter was that he had, in the first stages of the game, found out that Crouch had for- - merly worked in Lynchburg three or 3 rour years. He had written the chief of police there to that effect and giv en him other information, asking the ( e~hief to be on the look-out for* the ~scaped prisoner; to set his traps and 'lay low," for the man would be sure Lo get caught. Sheriff Buford's prophetic forecast was right a gain, as the sequel shows. While in Lynchburg Sheriff Buford was treated with the utmost courtesy and kindness by the officials of that sity and by other citizens with whom die came in-'contact, -and he appre 3iates the same. In connection with lis visit the Lynchburg News of the 14th has a complime:izary allusion 'to _ sheriff Buford in its write-up of' the arrest of the prisoner. The News says: "The sheriff said he had been Lreated most courteously by the po lice officials of this city. He is an ald "Confed," having served in the' Eifth South CArolina cavalry, in But ler's brigade, which was in engage nents near Winchester, Petersburg ind Richmond. At the second battle, f Cold Harbor he was slightly vourdled by a spent ball." - In the same paper is reproduced from the Richmond Times-Dispatch in interesting piece of news connect ad with this affair, recounting the in ~eliigence, that the prisoner wanted :o get married, which accounts for his' drotest against returning .t Sogthj 'arolina. Following is the same: "John Crouch, of South Carolin rants to get married, says the Rich iond Times-Dispatch. Therefore, he oes not want to go back to his native ;tate in charge of an officer of the aw. "Crouch is in jail at Lynchburg. In he Hitl City is also M. M. Buford, vho is ,awaiting requisition papers rom Governor Mann. The prisoner s under indictment in Newberry ounty, S. C., for grand larceny. "About the same time that the re Luest for the official papers reached he governor's office yesterday there ame a letter from Crouch.- He says hat he has reformed and wants to ead an honest life in Virginia. Fur hermore, he has won the heart of a Tirginia woman and wants to marry ier. He does not want his plans in- - erfered with. "But the governor can not do any hing in the premises. He has a for nal request from Governor Ansel for he person of Crouch. Everything Is n order excepting the necessary fee, md when that comes in the request ;ill be honored and the papers sent o Lynchburg. "Crouch is accused with two others >f the crime of stealing the sum of 85 against certain statutes . and' tgainst the peace and dignity of the state. The alleged crime was cos. nitted on January 1 last and Crouch ,scaped on February 5." The story of the crime which the nen. are charged with is famillr to he public. Johh Crouch and Simp ;anders are indicted for grand lar ,eny, as is also Frank Crouch, a. >rother of John, who was asleep whe - he other two made their escape ta iight during the latter part of la"t February. It is recalled tbAt th f' .hree are charged with the- stealin )f $85 in money and about.$1. leposit .slips from Bob AmOn, a S ir.a who married a sister of Sanders Lnd who was on a visit to his wife's amily at Whitmire during the ChriWt nas holidays, when the alleged thef V Pas said, to have been commntt " SPECIAL NOTICF Dne Cent a Word- Nade vertisement taken foi.ss than 25 cents. (lID 00W PEAS for sa!e>at $* per bushel. Iron peas, $2.5 bushel. .Pop corn, $2.O00 eL. J. IL Mayer. iTRATED.u-Red heifer -about one-half ye&t" old hr pen. Rturn to L. M.Pae ~'0C ~J~~A god,young' Apply to this offie 50ST-Sanday, May 15, betwese residence of R. H. Swittenberg the Lutheran church a old c bracelet. Liberal rewaM hr ed -to R. H. -Swittenber ag Ewart-Perry Co., : VAN[TED-From two hundre do hundred cedar posts. A "Post," Box 42, Newbeiry, & 5-10-4t 'OB BElXT-One flve-room. corner Harria and Cilne P. F. Baxter &Son. 4 BT YOUR Tu2lgsten -amnps,2 phone and electrieal siapples Miss Annie O.!Euff. S48-tf. Neberry Electrie Co. 'WILL pay ~3 1-2' toA4 1-2 cents heef cattle deliv-ered it New J. C.. Sample. 4-12-tf. IEALS AT Central Ho 4-12-tt. IGAE SALESMAN ANTED. Expe i~ce unnecessarj . Sell dur brandvto the retailf rade. B pay. Write for full particulars ae Glob/~Cigar Co., Cieveland, Ohie-' 2-15-100t. - .B. WALTON -has -Mills' a Wonder, Crimson -Cuho;'n-a rosa, Mill's Prize -aad4Maniea&o cess tomat~o plants for sale. Cal at Newberry Hardware Cob ~UT OUT the Typhoid, germs from yonr drinking water, get it frqin the roek, pure and sparkling. By havirg you a well drilled, youa cut of all surface wtr m preiredl for thebsie.Se m or phone 2'75. I. A. McDowell. 1 2-14-09-tf. ~T YO)UR? GLASSES from Dr. G W . .or, a griuate of the 1arg .-t aeL -oilei &l' c . wprid- ti.' o r.~ Con i' locaed pelg a~' leutie in NTewvberry. gives boJth eisetricir5 and g i'atees ~.-' V III ..'. -~