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COTTON LOCAL RET. Corrected by Nat Gist. . - Corrected Twice a Week. Strict Middling. ...14-1/am,(c)...0so2 Middling . . . . . .14 r. . o 6. By Robt. XeC. Holmes. C.95 Good Middling. .14% Meal..............95 Strict Middling. .14% Sugar.........5%to6% Middling. . . . . .14% B Cotton seed 30 cents. VOLUME XLV . NUMBER 47. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 1910. H. H. EVANS INDICTED BY THE GRAND JURY HARGED WITH HAVING ACCEPT ED REBATES. etment Handed Out by Attorney General and Solicitor on Tuesday. a bill of indictment, handed out torney General J. Fraser Lyon Solicitor R. A. Cooper, the grand ry, in the general sessions court for s county, on *Tuesday returned a true bill against H. H. Evans, ex member and ex-chairman of the old State dispensary board of directors, charging him with receiving rebates while in office. Immediately follow ing the returning of the true bill by the grand jury Mr. Evans sarrender ed to the sheriff,, and, upon motion of his attorney, Eugene S. Blease, Esq., was admitted to bail in the sum of one thousand dollars. Attorney General Lyon contended for a bail of at least ten thousand dollars. The defend ant's attorney stated that it would be no hardship upon the defendant to give this amount, as he was at home among his friends, but that he felt such amount was excessive, and would tend to prejudice the case. Judge Aldrich held that the letter and the spirit of the law was that bail should not be excessive, and, inas much as the maximum fine for the offence charged was only five hundred llars, he thought double the amount e maximum fine provided would cient. Accordingly he ad'mitted ans to bail in the sum of one d dollars. The baii was im y given, the sureties being E. M. Evans, a brother of the t; C. White Fant, of this city, . Ndrwood, cashier of the y Savings bank. ans's attorney, Mr. Eugene e, pressed for an immediate this term of the court. The ey general stated that one of itnesses for the State was in and another in Virginia, "as the ant himself, if his counsel he said, "ought to know, and -tate could not go to trial at He said he\hoped the de d be as ready at the next e court as it now was, and State woul'd then accommo defence. In reply the attor the defendant said that he et the next tbrm speak for it yen as the counsel for the State ebasing their action today- upon tters as they presented themselves them at this term. Judge Aldrich said that, on the motion of the State. be' would grant the continuance to the n'ext term, as the attorney general and the solicitor were in command of the case for the State, as he would have continued it for the defendant upon a similar showing at the first term at which a true bill was found. Mr. Evans was elected a member of the board of directors of the old State dispensary in 1900 and served for four years as a member' of the board and then for two years as chairman of the board. His home is in Newberry, and since his retirement from the board he has devoted himself princi pall-y to farming. The indictment charges two rebates, one of two hun dred and fifty dollars and one of two bundred dollars, from M. A. Good man, who, at the times mentioned in the indictment has his headquarters n Savannah, Ga., and represented Ivarious liquor houses. It will be re ealled that recently in the Richland court indictments against Goodman were nol prossed. The indictment charges, in the first two counts, which charge the same offence in different words, that Evans ccepted a draft from Goodman, rawn on the National Bank of Sa annah, for the sum of two hundred d fifty dollars, bearing date the 10th ay of December, 1900, which draft, it is alleged, Evans had cashed at the National bank of Newberry. The last two counts, charging the same offence in different words, allege that Evans accepted a draft from Goodman for wo hundred dollars, drawn on the National bank of Savannah, and bearing date the 11th day of April, 1902, which draft, it is alleged Evans had cashed at the Newberry Savings bank. Some witnesses in the case are: C. .Davis, a contractor of Newberry, gation, stated that he had seen a "beaver" full of green backs in Evans's house, while doing some work upon it; G. H. Charles, clerk of the State dispensary board, at the time it is alleged that Evans received the rebates; J. E. Norwood, cashier of the Newberry Savings bank, which bank is alleged to have cashed one of the drafts for the acceptance of which Evans is indicted. Mr. Nor wood is one of Evans's bondsmen. On the motion for bail and for fix ing a day for the trial of the case, there was, a spicy exchange of words between the attorney general and the attorney for the defendant. The at torney general suggested, oi the motion for bail, that in the other cas es, which had been brought in the va rious courts of the State, bail had been fixed at from ten thousand to twenty-five thousand dollars, and uot less than ten thousand dollars. The defendant's attorneys said that the only one of those who had been tried, and in whose case a verdict bad been rendered, was acquitted and that there had been delay on the part of the State in the other cases, resulting in their not having been tried up to the present time. Mr. Blease said that, among his friends as the defenal ant was, he could give the brnd sug gested by the attorney general, but Ic felt that it was so excessive as to tend to prejudice the case. Attorney General Lyon, in reply, said that the man to whom Mr Blease referred, who had been acquitted, had la.ter appeared in court and pleaded guilty to another indictment, upon substantially the same state of facts, on which the jury had acquitted him, and that in the other case, which had been tried, a mistrial had been order ed by the trial judge, in which case - "unfortunately for the good name of South Carolina," he said, " in addition to the disgrace which these unfaithful officers have brought upon her fair name, the jury was interferel with and the presiding-judge had to dis miss the jury and order a mistrial." In other cases, which were pending the attorney general said, two of the attorneys for the defense were se riously ill and their sons had come to him and pleaded for a continuance upon this account, which he%could not refuse. He said that he felt that the small amount of rebates with which Evans was charged with having ac cepted should not operate in making the bond light, as the acceptance of a small rebate was all the more "con temptible." Mr. Blease, .for Mr. Evans, replied that when a small rebate, was charg ed, it was necessary, in the first in stance, to prove a rebate at all. The aniount of the bond, with Mr. Evans in his home town aid among his friends, he said, was a -small matter, but he did not think the case ought to be prejudiced by excessive bond in a case of this kind, especially when the defendant had come into court anid surrendered only a minute after the true bill had been found against him. Judge Aldrich said that under the old statute the judge could not fix bail in a sum exceeding twice .the amount of the maximum fine, but that he did not find this statute re-enact ed in the code of 1902. However, he said, for the reasons given above, he did not feel that the bond should ex ceed one thousand dollars. On the motion of the defence for a trial at this term of the court, Attor ney Eugene S. .Blease said that the State had been preparing for these cases for five years, and that the de fence had had no notice that a bill of indictment would be handed out. against Mr. Evans, and he felt that surely* the State ought to be ready to go to trial immediately, if the defence, without notice, was ready. He said that Mr. Evains wanted a trial, and that the nature of the charge demand ed that he be given a trial at this term in accordance with the constitution, which guarantees a speedy trial. Attorney General Lyon said that from the experien?ce which he had with similar cases in other counties, he had no idea that the defence would be pressing for a trial, and that some of the State's witnesses were in oth er States and the State could not go to trial at this term. The motion, on the part of the State, for a continu ance until the next term, was there upon, granted. This term of the court for Newberry GRAND JURY REVIEWS COUNTY'S CONDITION FINAL PRESENTMENT GOES INTO MATTERS'FULLY. Condition of the Roads-County Of. flees in Fine Shape-Number of Recommendations. The grand jury in the court of gen ral sessions made its final present ment on Wednesday morning. The presentment is as follows: Grand Jury7s Presentment. To the Hon. Robert Aldrich, Presid ing Judge: This body has acted upon all indict ments handed it by the solicitor, and have reported our finding to the ourt. Committees have called on the sev ral officers of the county, and after making as careful inspection of the books and other matters pertaining to the offices as we were able, beg to report favorably on the same. We have made an especially thor ough investigation of the affairs of the county home. We find that thi farm is in good hands; that the lands are well preserved and well till d. We find that there are sixteen in mates in the alms-houses. These poor, unfortunate people, notwith 3tanding their condition, seem to be ontented -and satisfied with their treatment by the keep er of the home. The houses generally are clean and well kept. De would, however, rec ommend the purchase by the super visor of at least six single iron beds and mattresses for the whites. These beds need not be costly, and would be a source of considerable comfort to t}ese poor people. As to the insurance on the county buildings, the county supervisor re ports $25,964.45 fire insurance with the State sinking fund commission on the new court house, with $6,285.55 of concurrent additonal insurance with old line companies, making a to tal of $32,250. And he also repcAts $3,00 tornado insurance on the new court house. There is $3.000 of in surance on the furniture aid fixtures in the new court house. These sev eral amounts we think adequate. We find that there is $7,155.70 fire insur ance on the old court house busilding; 4,000 on the county jail; $75O on the dwelling of. the keeper of the county home; and a total of $600 on four dwellings county alms-houses. All of this latter insurance is carried 'with the State. We would recommend that the insurance on the county farm property be increased, so th'at there will be $1,000 on the keeper's dwell ing, $1,250 on - the four almshouses, p250 on the barn. .Complaint has been made to' 'this bdy that there is stagnant 'water ini the old Pool brick yard, which is the cause of fever. We would recom mend that the same be keot well Irained, and to that end we further recommend that the superv.isor nm mediately take such steps as raay l'e necessary for the draining off of the water. At the spring term of court we rec ommended the purchase by the sui pervisor of two blood hounds, and also that certain repairinig be dIone~ on the jail building. We find that neither of these recommendations have been arried out. We again recommend the purchase of a pair of blood bounds for the use of the county, and barge upon the supervisor the advisa bility of having the jail building re uttered at once wherever needed. rhe public buildings should not be allowed to go to waste or to depre iate in value on account of the lack o proper attention. At the spring term of court, the onorable J. F. J. Caldwell, presid ing judge, addressed this body quite Eully with respect to the adoption by his county of system of rural police, and urged upon it the advisability of tooking carefully into the matter. We tave, therefore, considered the mat :er thoughtfully, but do not think that just at this time the system should be inaugurated in this county, for the reason of the expense incident to its success. We believe, however, that the dangers spoken of* by Mr. Cald well could be greatly lessened if the peace officers of the county, particu larly the country magistrates and onstables, would be more diligent and alert in the performance of their It is a matter of great satisfaction to us to be able to-report to this court I that our public roads, generally, are in fair condition, and in some parts of the county are in good condition. We endorse the purchase by the county supervisor of road plows and road machines, and hope they will be used, but we deplore the seeming in difference on the part of the people in some sections of the county, to ward the working of the public roads. It is impossible for the supervisor and .the chain gang to work the roads of the county, section after section, and unless the people at large will t take a greater interest in good roads, and see that they are worked, our county will remain behind in that re spect. In fact, by law, the supervis or is required to use the chain gang I in the building of permanent roads,1 and can not employ it, therefore, for the working of the entire roads of the county. We urge upon the people, especially the country peop'e, that they take a greater pride In their roads, and see to it that every one liable to do road duty performs his full six days of work as required by law. By law it is made the duty of this body, at each session of this court, to make special inquiry as to the manner in which the road laws have been carried out by the several officers charged therewith, and the foreman of the grand jury to institute all prosecutions for any neglect oei failure of any of said officers. This will certainly be done, unless it is r shown that every person liable to road duty carries out the law. We beg to report that none of the road inspectors under the act of 19140 have delivered to the' foreman of the grand jury the report provided for in said act. We beg of them to file these reports as the law requires in order that we may take notice of the same in our next presentment. We would respectfully urge upon the members of the legislature the levy of a $3.00 commutation tax, in stead of a $2.00 tax, as at present, and we desire to express the opinion that a system of road working. by contract, as contemplated by our sta tutes, would give us better roads than the system now in vogue in our coun ty. We believe that such system could be adopted without destroying or lessening the usefulness of the chain gang. We heartily recommend to the county supervisor the use of the King road drag. Wherever used it has proven a great success, and we urge that the supervisor have one King road drag built for each over-3 seer t#1roughp,ut the county. We are proud to report to the court] that we have anl excellent system of < public schools throughout the coun- I ty, both graded and common schools, 2 and especially are we pleased to re port the decided increase in the length of our school terms. The school finances are in splendid shape. j We regret, however, to note that one school district should vote off the special tax which it has beertejy ( ing to the good of the community. We regard this as a backward step in< education.I We think we can report a ggeral I improvement in the moral tone of the I people. Moral and educational im- 1 provement has beeni noticeable for C several years. Crime seems to have ~ decreased to a degree and the people t generally are in better financial cir- I cumstances as a result thereof. We have examined the books of five magistrates and find that all moneys collected have been turned over to the treasurer and his receipt for the ' same. We beg to report the road leading from Silver Street to the Workman place in bad condition. Also a pond of stagnant water two and one-half miles on the poor house road near Mr. Henry Caldwell's house. We would recommend that a large pipe be laid in the low place ~ and then filled up so as to prevent ~ water from standing at this place. ~ It is reported to us that one Carrie c Suber, is keeping a disorderly house, ( near what is known as Cannon Town. g It gives us pleasure to report the a excellent manner that this jury found the books of the countytreasurer, the supervisor and the sheriff. We can't see how any set of officers could do g better. We beg to thank His Honor for the c plain and clear manner in which he aedr in all matter cnming before V We recommend that our clerk N) >aid the usual fee. Respectfully submitted, W. H. Shelley, Foreman. Pomaria. News. Pomaria, June 16.-The farmer, re getting plenty of rest now, it be ng too wet to plough or do anythinj 1Ise. The mail riders have been having t pretty tough these days, with hig] vater and plenty of mud. We hqve been requested to sa hat on next Tuesday night, the 21sl here will be -supper given to thi nembers of the Woodmen of thi Vorld by their wives. All intereste< Lre invited to come with well fille askets. There was a permanent organiza ion of the new church which Is t( ie built at this place on last Sunda: ,vening, with 24 members. Ther vere six officers elected: Elders, W . Seybt and T. A. Setzler. Deacons Z. H. Hipp, T. E. Hentz, J. P. Setzler . W. Alewine. Mrs. W. S. Seybt has been confin d to her bed for a couple of days Mrs. J. J. Hentz returned on las donday from Whitmire, where shi Las been to see her sick mother. Miss Annie Folk came home fron Winthrop on last Wednesday t pend her vacation. Mrs. J. L. Keitt left on last Wed iesday for Virginia on a visit to he: >arents. Our mineral water, it seems, ha, lone away with chills and fever I, own. There was a meeting of the Rei den on last Wednesday nighi here were three new members tak n in. We had a very interesting ad Iress from Mr. J. T. Gaston, of Co umbia, S. C. There was a row at a negro churc iear Hope station on last Sunday i vhich a negro by the name of Ernes 3ishop got cut up pretty badly. H -ame up to Pomaria on the 2 o'cloc ;rain and had Dr. Pinner to dress hi wounds. .Misses Cathleen Hentz and Ethe 3eybt, Mr. and Mrs.s Hipp and Mis knna Hatton attended commence nent last week at Newberry. Invited to iNew Field. 4urens Advertiser, June 15. The Rev. E. C. Watson, of this city who is pastor of Rabun Creek,- Chest ut Ridge and other Laurens count: 3aptst churches, has received a cal o the pastorate of Bush River ani t. Zion churches in Newberr, ounty. It is a very inviting field, bu Ir. Watson has not as yet arrived a decision in the matter. THE BLUE GOOSE.. L eal Bird and Common in Places Ii Spite of the Books. )uting. "As the first flock approached m: :ompanion called them 'brant.' :new that this could hardly be cor 'ect, because brant are known t< each the Gulf of Mexico. They were owever, smaller than thiek big Cana ian geese and had shorter necks eesides, many in the flock, mare an half, I should. think, had 'th4 Lead and neck distinctly whiIte,.and il r's such as these that we picked up "Subsequent investigation proves hat they were the blue geese, whici s called in the manuals of ornithol >gy an uncommon bird. The strang 'st thing of all was that, both on this orning and on my entire trip, near13 .11 the various flocks of geese whici ame near enough to be examined ere largely composed of this sam4 incommon' species. I should say hat three-quarters of them were robably this kind. "This fact is surprising and per aps throws new light upon our pres nt knowledge of the species. The lue goose is rare on the Atlantic oast,' and in the eastern part of the uif of Mexico. Collectors in the re 'ions of the south of this, as In Tex s, seem to know little about it." Divorce or flarriage. "What do you think of a man that oes around with only two buttons om 'is waistcoat and the back ripped ut?" "He should either get married or di~ orce."-New York Evening - Tele 1*L~ ~' Oil Mill Declares Good Dividend. Principal High School Elected. Personals. Prosperity, June 16.-Cadet Allen 3 Lester, who has been attending the - citadel, is home for the summer. He i has as'his guest this week.Mr. H. 3. Pickett, of Ridgeway. ; Misses Blanch and Bertha Gray 1 Gallman, of Newberry, are visiting Miss Bessie Bowers. r Miss Kate Harper returned Tues day to her home in Honea Path, ac a copanied by Miss Janie Russell. 3 Miss Fay Rikard has returned to i her home in Newberry after a visit i to her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Wheeler. - Mr. and Mrs. N. L Black, and Miss Essie, of Saluda, spent Wednesday r with Mr. L. A.' Black. Misses Kate and Mary Shealy, of * Little Mountain, are visiting Mr. D. L Shealy. Mrs. P. L. Langford left Tuesday for Blackstock, having been called there on account of the serious ill ness of her mother. t Misses Willie Mae Wise and Clara Gibson, of Winthrop college, are home for the suimer. 1 Miss Della Bowers spent Wednes 3 day in Newberry. Mr. A. B. Wise is in Charleston at - tending the ceremonial session'of the r Omar Temple. Mr. Chas. P. Barre leaves a Friday for Charlotte, N.- C. During a the summer he will canvass both North Carolina and Virginia for the i interest of the Lutheran Visitor. On last Tuesday afternoon the - chamber of commerce held its regu - lar monthly meeting. The question . of the annexation to Newberry coun ty of that part of Lexington county 3 between Amick's ferry and- Peaks was discussed. t Ms. I. S. Caldwell has returned home from a visit to Staunton, -Va. Miss Catherine Davis, Black's popu lar milliner, has ',returned to.. her home in Baltimore, Md. Mrs. J. C. Schumpert is visiting her parents in -Wicomico, Va. Prof, J. E. Hunter left Thursday for Chicago, where he will take a 12 weeks course in mathematics at the University of Chicago.* Miss JAllie Warner, who has been teaching in Georgia, has returned . home for thie summer. , Mr. Geo. D. Brown has as his guest i this week, Mr. Rich, of Columbia. i The' regular annual meeting of the r stockholders of the Prosperity Cot L ton Oil Mill was held Wednesday at t the city hall. Mr. A. G. Wise presid-. ed, and Mr. H. 3. Rawl acted -as- sec-' retary. /Thei president's report show ed' the mill1 to be in a most flourishing condition. All the present board re. elected. A dividend of 5 per cent. do dlared. Immediately after the meet ing of'the stockholders, a meeting 6f the board was held, and all the old officers reelected, with the exception iof Mr. A. T. Mayer, who resigned, and Mr. T. M. Mills was elected to' fill his place. The officers are' Dr. J. S. Wheeler, president; R. T. Pugh, vice-presi dent; H. 3. Rawl, superintendent, see ret'ary, treasurer and general manag Ser; T. M. Mills, bookkeeper.. Wednesday, at a meeting of the trustees of the Prosperity High school, Prof. J. Moody Bedenbaugh was elected principal. Prof. Beden .baugh is a graduate of Newberry col .lege, being a member of the class of 1908, and has taken a special course at Knoxville, Tenn. Being a teacher of experience we feel sure that Pros perity is the gainer by being able to' secure the service of such a compet ent teacher. Surprise Marriage at Clinton. Laurens Advertiser. Clinton, June 14.-Mr. Sydney Den son, a prominent young business man, and Miss Ella Nabors, one of the popular young women of Clinton, were married by the Rev. C. L Fow ler at his residence Sunday afternoon at 7 o'clock. The announcement of this marriage was a complete sur prise to their many friends here. Just Out Patron (to busy waitress)-You haven't any sinecure, have you? Waitress-Sori-y, sir; but we just. ~served the last order.-Boston Tran