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COTTON MARKET Z Corrected by -Nat t. Good Middling. . . .14%c Strict M iddling... ..14%,/t Middling. . . . . . .14%E By Robt NcC. Holmes. Good Middling. . . . 14% Strict Middling. . . .14% WIddling. .--- 14% Bo3t Cotton seed 30 cents. y0LUXE IVM NUXBER 40. NEWBERBY, SOUTH CAWeLTYA, TUESDAY, MAY 24, 1910. THE NEWS OF PROSPERITY. Old Folks Day Beautifully and Touch ingly Observed-Personal Mention. Prosperity, May 23.-Mrs. G. Y. Hunter spent Thursday in Columbia. Mrs. RL L. Murrell and daugbter, Nora, of Peaks, spent severai days this week with Miss Lillie Mae Rus sell. Dr. J. H. Wilson is visiting friends in town. Mrs. I. S. Caldwell was called to her home in Staunton, Va., on account of the serious illness of her father. Mrs. J. A. Counts and son, James Lee, have returned from a visit to Mrs. B. L. Wheeler, in Columbia. Mrs C. M. Harmon had as her guests Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Wise, of Newberry, and Misses Lula Rich ardson and -Carrie Glenn, of Bates burg. Jessie May, the two-year-old daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Hunt, died Saturday morning after an illness of one week. Funeral services were held at Prosperity cemetery at 4.30 Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Olin Evans and little daughter, Dorothy Lun, returned to their home i' Orangeburg, after a pleasant visit to Miss Lucy Fellers. Mrs. John Long and daughters, El Iira and Eytine, and Miss Dorcas Long, -of Silver Street, are the week end guests of Miss Lillie Mie Russell. 'Pro. Y. M. Brown, who has been teaching at Spread, Ga., is home for 'the summer vacation. Mr. F. '. Fellers, of Newberry, spent Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Fellers. Mss Mary Lizzie Wise has return ed from a visit to Miss Louise Jones Newberry. Mis Kathleen Merchant, of Ia, is visiting relatives in town. 'S. B. Cartledge and little son, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Black. Annie Mae Bedenbaugh is vis Mrs. W. A. Moseley. M. and Mrs. A. H. Kohn, of Colum ia, are visiting their many friends in to*n. Mr. and Mrs. Gee. 1urch, Of baim bia, spent Sunday with Dr. i; Wheeler. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wise were guests Sunday of' Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Wise. Old Folks' day has become such an established custom with Grace ,Sun day school that one now as naturally thinks of May without its flowers as without this grand day when the care free youths in the heydey of their lives and men and women on whose temaples and faces Father Time has threaded unkind ornaments, meet around one common mercy seat, and there unite their voices in centuries old hymns of praise to the "G3.er of .every good and perfect gift." Old Folks' Day! What a happy thoughit in this age of haste and speed, the race seems usually to the swrlftest! May each succeeding year brink together beneath Grace church's, open portals a host of expectant faces just as eager to participate in the celebration of this occasion as were tseof yesterday. The -church wore its usual festal array of flowers, ferns and paims The targe choir again rendered most ap - ropriate music in which the congre ~ation joined most he.artily. The whole occasion was so well planned ~and executed that linguistic despera tion seizes us when we attempt to go into detail concerning the component parts, for the benefit of those not so fortunate as to meet with age and age here yesterday. Aside from the choir a ,bevy of children sang a welcome most asweetly. In behalf of the Sunday school Mr. Xufus Counts, its very active and ef ficient superintendent made a short welcome address, in his usual happy way. This was -responded to by Mr. A. H. Kohn, Columbia, the former be loved superintendent. He, too, spoke nmost felicitously, being the origina tor of this custom, and said he at pres ent was in a position to enjoy and ap preciate the hearty way in which all preser.t had been made to feel wel come and at home. Our friend and former pastor, Rev. Dy. Hallman, of Spartanburg and Greenwood, happified us again with iris genial presence. That he was as lad to be among us as we were glad have him was plainly evidenced by expression, -facial and verbal. fe c romnlimentary remarks, and all addresses .by former friend, of old Grace church are necessarilb prefaced by such, Dr. Hallman thei began his address proper, taking ai his the,me, "The hoary head is a crowr of glory, if it be found in a way o righteousness." He first addressed himself to th( young people and impressed upor them the importance of the respec and reverence for the aged. Afte: treating this phase of his subject h( addressed himself to the old folk present telling them what a glory i was after having filled, their sphere of usefulness to be gathered home t( wear a crown of righteousness. The occasion was thoroughly en joyed by the large number of old peo ple attending. Messrs. G. P. Voigt, W. H. Johnson Hal Kohn, E. S. Kohn, Orion Higgins Tom Wicker, and Mr. and Mrs. J. E Hunter, and Mrs. S. P. McCrackii were guests Sunday. at the Wise hotel Clemson Agricultural College Exam inations. The examination for the award o scholarships in Clemson Agricultura college will be held in the count; c6urt house on Friday, July 8 at a.'m.. Applicants must fill out prope: forms, to be secured from the count; superintendent of education, befor they will be allowed to stand the ex aminations. For detailed informa tion, apply to the superintendent o education, or to the president of Clem son college. Applicants for admission to the col lege, but not seeking for the scholar ships, will also stand entrance ex aminations at the court house July 8 The scholarships are worth $10 and free tuition. The next session of the colleg opens Sept. 14th, 1910. Cost and Courses of Study.. (1) Agriculture. (2) Agrie"txlture and Chemistry. (3) Agriculture and Animal Indus try. (4) Chemistry and Geology. (5) Civil Engineering. (6) ,Mechanical and Electrical En gineering. (7 Textile Industry. Cost per session, including Board Laundry, Heat, Light, Uniform and al fees, $118.70.' Books and all other mis cellaneous supplies, about $20.00. Fo students ivho pay tuition, $40.00 addi tional. KFor catalog and 1information, appl: to--. W. M. 1Eiggs, Acting President. TELLMAN IS ILL AGAIN. He is Said to be Suffering From ai Attack of Rheumatism and East Have Treatment. Atlanta, Ga., May 21.-Senator Ben jamin R3 Tillman has suffered from a serious attack of rhematism, fol lowing his paralytic stroke of some4 weeks ago, and is coming back to thi sanitarium in Atlanta for treatmen within a few days. The head physician at the sanV+ar ium said today that he didn't know ex actly when the senator would arrive but he expected him within a day ol two. Since Senator Tifiman left her< after .his treatment he has been on hi: far-m ~'at Trenton, recuperating. DROP DEAD ON~ SEEING COMET. Appearance of Nucleus Also Make: CoP;Tegations in Alabama Leave Their Churches. Talladega, Ala., May 22.-The ap pearance of the comet this evenini caused intense excitement in Tallb dega. Congregations of severa churches left their pews and hun dreds of persons stood, excited, in th square and gazed at the celestial vis itor. Miss Ruth Jordan, daughter of; farmer iliving two miles from herE was called to the door of her home t. see the comet and immediately fe] dead, physician. assigning heart fail ure as the cause. An unknown negr on the depot platform was shown th comet and instantly dropped dead. Clemson Scholarship. Scholarship examinations for Clew son college will be held at the coul house in Newberry, on July' These scholarships are worth $10 and free tuition. For full informa timr write to W M Riggs, actin BOYD-BROCK HEAR IrG O3. Court of Inquiry Met in Columbia Yesterday.-Sessions Will Be Open. Columbia, May 23.-The court of Inquiry to investigate the Boyd-Brock controversy meets today at noon, in the library at the State house. The sessions will be open according .to Gen. Wilie Jones, the president of the court. Governor Ansel appointed the court after charges of wasting the State's money by W. T. Brock, assistant adju tant, had been made by J. C. Boyd, - adjutant and inspector general. The request for the appointment was made by Col. Brock. The members of the court are: Gen. Wilie Jones, president, of Coltribia, brigadier general; Col. William W. Lewis, of the 1st regiment; Col. Ed win H. Cox, of the 2d regiment, aad Col. Julius E. Cogswell, of the 3d reg iment, recorder of the court. The court is authorized by Governor Ansel, the commandier-in-chief of the National Guard of South Carolina, to take such testimony as may e pre sented, and that it shall be conduct(d in all respects as courts of inquiry are conducted. It is also required that the court after a thorough investiga tion give their opinion as to the weight of the testimony presented. The work of the court will present an interesting scene. All members of the court, the accused and the accus er, and the military witnesses will be in full uniform and the rules of a udil itary court will be adhered to strictly. The business of the court will open with the reading of the charges, af ter which Gen. Boyd will put up his witnesses to be examined after the example of a regular -court Sich questions as the attorneys may desre will be asked the witnesses. Col. Brock will then present bis 1 through a nuinter 6f Fitnes6e, and the examination will be In charge of an attorney. . After argument by counsel"'for bol sides the doors of the court will be closed and the members of the court will then consider the testimony aid 1 arrive at some"decision. Several weeks ago Gen. Boyd an . nounced that he would not offer for reelection. Following tltis annouL.c ment Col. Brook, his assistant, an - nounced that. he would enter the race' ,for adjutant and inspector general. Afterwards Gen. Boyd issued a state-: ment in which he charged Col. Brock; with being false to him in a political~ way. He also announced that he would enter the race in opposition to Col Brock. Col. Brock. immediately) called upon Governor Ansel "fora * ourt of inquiry to investigate the' charges made by Gen. Boyd. tI ILater Gen. Boyd issued another statemniet in which he charged1 Col. Brock with wasting the money of the: State in ma~king the inspections of the State militia. In this statement Gen. Boyd called upon Governor Ansel to appoint a court of inquiry to ini esti-j gate the expense accounts of Col.1 Brock, and also other acts tha t he had) committed while in the service of the State. Governor Ansel was never of ficially notified of these charges, but at the request of Cor. Brock eppoint ed the court. IGen. Boyd, who has been il for the past several days, has rec:vered a.-id vill attend the court tomorrow There was some discussionu as to how the expenses of the court would be met. Governor Ansel has stated - that he will decide this matter whed ever the question is presented to him. - The controversy has attracted a great deal of attention throughout the Statc, - and the proceeding will be 'watched Swith interest. GLASS FACTORY Tests Constitutionality of Act of 1909. >Appeals From Judgment. - The constitutionality of the act of. >1909 which gave the dispensary com e mission additional powers in winding up the affairs of the State dispensary is attacked in the argument of the attorneys for the Carolina Glass com . pany which was filed with the su preme court Saturday. The argument declares that the commission acted be ) yond its jurisdiction when it passed . an overjudgment against the Caro p lina Glass company of Columbia for $23,000. THE RURAL CARRIERS. President Wicker Urges Every Carrier *o Attend Convention Next Monday. The State convention, which meets with .us this year, is only a few weeks off. 't is, therefore, important that we get together on May 30 to elect delegates and to appoint committees on reception, entertainment, finance, etc. We have 26 carriers in this county, and we hope to be able, when the State convention meets, to boast that every carrier in the county is a mem ber .of the association. Twenty-six members w6uld give us four votes; if as many ag ten substitute carriers will join the association we will be entitled to five votes. At our ilast county convention it was decided to accept substitute carriers at reduced rates and it is hoped that they will take advantage of this cut rate this year. Let me urge every carrier in the county to be present May 30, rain or shine. There will be something about midday to interest you. Be sure to come and persuade your, "sub" to come withoytu. Come, whether you are a member of the association or not. Mayor Cole. L. Blease has consent ed to address"our meeting on the 30th, and he will have some helpful sugges tions to offer, which you can not af ford -to miss. Mr. I. H. Hunt, vresi dent'of-the chamber of commerce, will also give us a talk that will mean much to us. It is hoped and believed that the people of the town and the county will coopierate with us in our efforts to make the coming State convention In 11y a complete success. Both the town- and the county have much to gain by a largely-attended convention of rura1 ,carriers,* for the simpte rea son. that the occupation of the rural arrier brings him in. contact with people. residig in both ,town and rural distflg, thus ralr-g of him a good traveling advertiser for any town that he may visit. The Oirriers who will visit Newberry next July wIll number among their friends and lac quaintances at home, the farmer, the merchant, the manufacturer, the me chanic, the 'physician, the minister, and many others, and when these car riers return to their homes, their friends and their patrons, they will be plied with questions like these: "Well, how did you like Newberry?" "How did the people treat you?" "What sort of town have they got?" "'How about their schools, churches and railroad facilities?" "How about their mills and mill villages?" "How about the farm lands of the county?" "Do the farmers 'seem to be prospering?" "Do they raise anything besides cotton'~" "o the farmers find a ready market for tiheir produce?" "Did you find good roads? These, or similar questica~s will be~ asked every carrier on h.is return home from our convention, and one or two hundred rural carie~rs leaving Newberry and scattering out all over So?.ith Carolina will have a message to deliver as ithey traverse the rural ditricts or talk with their acquain t.nces on 'the streets. It is iip to th'e .eople of the town and .coun.-y to de cide what that message shaij be. Let every carrier and sub -arrier in tre county come to Newber :y on the 30th insant. T. E. Wicker. A Card of Thanks. We wish to express our sincere thanks -to our many friends for the kindness shown us during the rpcent i.ness and death of our father. May our heavenly Father abundantly bless vry one. Sincerely, Henry J. Boozer. Mary E. Boozer. An Ignorant Unbeliever. The late Nell Burgess used to clinch, with an anecdote, his claims that atheists were always ignorant. "A: course, swaggering fellow," he would begin, "declared in a barber " "I don't believe in no hereafter You live and die, and that's the end of ye.' "'Why, you must be a Unitarian, George,' the barber said. "'Hub, not me,' was the reply. 'I'm too fond o' me meat for, that.'".~ --e xv York Times. NEWS OF EWBERRY COLLEGE. Reception to Seniors-Preparations for Commencement One of the most pleasing social af fairs of the season was the reception tendered to the senior class of New berry college by President and Mrs. J. Henry Harms on last Friday even ing.' The beautiful residence of the president was tastefully decorated in pale blue and white, the colors of the class of 1910. Delicious and tempting refreshments were served during the evening by several charming young ladies of the college community. A feature 'of the entertainment which added greatly to the pleasure of the occasion was the singing of many fa miliar songs by the guests, led by the host and hostess of ~the evening. The last of the senior examid-ations having been. held on Friday, the work of the seniors is almost completed. At a recenrmeeting of the faculty the subjects of the senior orations were announced. The announcement was also made that Mr. Alan Johnstone, Jr., of Newberry, S. C., will be vale dictorian, and Mr. H. Brent Schaeffer, of Greenville, Tenn., salutatorian. The preliminary contest in oratory for seniors will be held on June 4,-at which time five speakers will be se lected to speak on graduation day. the preliminary contest in oratory for juniors will be held on Wednes day afternoon, May 25. All juniors who are working for a degree will be re quired to speak on this ocesion. Six speakers will be selected by the fa culty at this time to contest for a gold medal on Monday night of commence ment week. A recent visitor at Newberry col lege was Prof. B. HEre, of Leesville, S. C. Prof. Hare-is a member of the class of 1909-and sinbe. graduation has been making an enviable record I as an Instructor, ** * * * * * * * * * L* rf * * SCINTILLATION$. * By Squibs. * * '~ * * * * * * * * * * * .* * Movements have been started for hospitals in Abbeville and Orange burg. In speaking of this The State says: "Every hospital is headquarters of organization against disease and for its prevention." True. Newberry ought to have one. -Wherever there are hospitals there are better physicians and surgeons. The State. Newberry has the better physicans and surgeons, the . hospital is what is lacking. A hog at the depot Monday morning wanted to turn round in its box. The box was too small for the perfor mance. All that the hog did was to put its head to the bottom and fall over just as easy as any child would do playing on a bed. CO.XFERENCE -CLOSED. Several Matters Received Attention During Final Session. Asheville, N. C., May 21.-The 26th quadrennial session of the General Conference of the Methodist Episco~ pal Church, South, came to a close to night. The closing exercises were con ducted by Bishop A. W. Wilson, :who, as segior bishop, expressed the belief that in his opinion, safe, sane and con servative measures should be adopted, and that it was his opinion that the church would in the near future go Iforard in leaps and bounds. The majority of delegates will leave here Monday morning' for ,their homes. At the afternoon session, presided over by Bishop H. C. Morrison, an nouncement of the election of Bish op Collins Denny, as secretary of the College of Bishops, was made. The question of assessment for an endow ment fund for wornout preachers was discussed at length. Adverse action was taken on the proposition. Among the resolutions passed was one asking that a committee be al. pointed by the College of Bishops, cnsisting of one bishop, two preach er and two laymen, to consider a plan for increased activities among the laymen for learger representation of laymen in annual confirences. * UNCLE ELPS VIEWS. * * * * * * * * * * e. Did you notice how the old veterans seemed to enjoy themselves memorial day. Looked to me like everything went in perfect harmony, they all en joy themselves at the little county, reunions and I know they do at the State reunion because they can see more of their dear old comrades who wore the grey and fought under the stars and bars. Some of them are al ready making preparations for- the coming reunion to be held in Spartan burg. It is a very pretty place and I think most, if not all, who go will en joy themselves. How much do you suppose the pen sion. helped the old veterans. To find out ask one that had already consum ed it before it was due and 'he will tell you how muc'h he missed, then you will have' a fair idea of how much it helps. I would like to say here to the pension board or -the legislature or whoever has it in charge to pass a bill that no one can take nor give an order or a mortgage on their pensoL I heard a veteran say Sunday that It was in the list for him to draw $48.00 but instead of him getting It, "Mr. got it. Sope may think that I am meddlln4 where 1 have no business, but now look at the man I have Just mention ed. Think Now he. is. Some of -the veterans with their pension and he with not as much as a.penny of his. he have been getting 'provisions and clothing without it, so why,ean't 4 they still get it. This can be stoptedi -,F' and why don't it be. What hAve 17G , to say about it, Mr. Idler? 14% Have You been ovr to West lately. The street force bag .o e all the streets, went over' t1fe the scrape and got-all the rough plac es out. I *ronder if The Idler -got-t see.e X Wood before he left the city. I hop i he did for'I doiope he will- getthe park he hasi sO long wanted f6ir he ig gettiig too old to V*try himself- 'S much. Mr. Idler, the . people you d sire to build the park for you do n see the need of a.real good up-to.date park as you and Mr. Zack Wright do. By the way, what has 'becomie of The Idler? Is he-sick, scared 'or stop' ped oq for a-rest Come on, Mr. Tdley ~ with something. We all miss you so much. I)oaet think I want your job, for I don't. I have-as much as I can d to look after number one. I roul& be glad to hear from "Thinker" egain. I see that somJ of the people don't *i want oq nights at Willowbrook the way they come on the regular' -ights. That's right, they don't want -to take advantage of any one because they can have permission. The entire - county was pretty well represented a ' Willowbrook Saturday nikht, there be ing-the largest crowd there that -I've seen this sea,son to be. as cool~as It Now I hop 3'that Mr. ,Idler will soon entertain us again as we are 'all anx ious for our papers to see what hie has to say. ~Uncle 1l. Rural Sympathy. - 'The rural free delivery reaches Its flower of perfection in Vermont. "Mr. Carrier," said a lady who *as summering among'ithe mountains "I have a letter received several days ago, saying a package -has been for warded to me by mail. I have not re ceived it yet. Have you seen anything ~ of It?" "'A package?" asked the- rural free : deliverer. "Yes, sir." "What kind of a package?" "Why, a small package-a box, in fact-covered with -paper, containing some property." "A smail box-pasteboard 4prob ably?" "Yes." "Let me see," pondered the rural free deliverer. "A package?' Oh, yes. I- guess that was your package I de iered to Mrs. Brown down in. the foothills a few days ago. She hadn' - ny, mail for a long time, and I kind fetsorry for h -atdy.