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PURELY PERSOLAL. Novements of many People, New- Sc berrians and Those Who Visit Newberry. Mrs. Ashley, of Augusta. is visiting her da4ghter, Mrs. M. L. Spearman. of .Mr. Ashley returned home last week. m Miss Della Bowers, of Prosperity, th spent Wednesday with Mrs. J. R. Green. in th Mrs. R. D. Smith returned last ly week from a visit to her sister, Mrs. Johnson, in Charleston. se Mr. W. H. Wallace has returned ic 'from the meeting of the State Press ,association. PE Mrs. Stephen Prevost and little il children, of Columbia, are visiting so Mrs. E. L. Bailes. Mrs. W. E. Lawson, of Wilmington, Sc N. C., is visiting her sister, Mrs. G. to -G. Sale. fa Miss Sara Hayes is on a visit to es her aunt, Mrs. S. B. Bolick, in Colum. bia. to to Little Misses Virginia and Frances pc Marshall, of Anderson, are visiting W( their aunt, Mrs. E. L. Bailes. m Miss Lula Werts has been elected th to teach at the Conway graded school and has accepted the position. s Miss Annie Tucker, who has been B visiting Miss Aurelia Mayer in Brown th -street has returned to her home at Granite Quarry, N. C. ga Miss Ernestine Graichen, after a at pleasant visit to Miss Sara Houseal, he left Tuesday for her home in Weynes- sh boro, Va. fo Miss Juaiita Langford, accompa- a nied her sister, Mrs. H. 0. Sherrill, au to Georgetown last week, to make th her home there for a while. tol Miss Ola Hutchinson is in Green- re ville on a visit to her uncles, Messrs. pe J. T. Hutchinson and A. P. Caugh- w, man. an Miss Fannie McCaughrin and her te sister, Mrs. Harper, of Gr.en Vou!, are spending the summer at Waynes- en ville, N. C. 'Iti Mr. Brent Schaeffer, one of the re- ot cent college graduates to leave New berry last week, will travel in the interest of Elizabeth college. Dr. D. D. Wallace, of Wofford col- S lege, is visiting his parents, Mr. and s Mrs. W. H. Wallace, in the city, ac- 9e companied by two of his children, s Th little daughter and a little son. 20, Prof. J. E. Hunter, of Clemson col- to aege, left yesterday to take a sum-* Iner course in Chicago university. Le Prof. Hunter is a brother of our fel- n low-townsman, J. B. Hunter, Esq., pa and his friends were glad to see him di( a in the city last week.a Miss Louise Aull, of Newberry, w Milss Bllie Jacobs, of Peak, and Missu Elberta Sease, of Little Mountain, TI 'were members of the large graduat- M ing class at Winthrop this week, re- sa veiving the degree of bachelor of 1m arts. ho Mr. J. P. Carlisle, of Greenville, great senior sagamore of the Im proved Order of Red Men of the State, is in Newberry attending the first Great Chief's scalping day exer- ru cises of the local tribe of Red Men. While in the city he is the guest of JMr. and Mrs. P. F. Baxter. Prof. Thos. W. Keitt, of Clemson, I d 'was on a visit this week to his fath- a er, Col. Ellison S. Keitt, and other relatives' in the county. Prof. Keitt's sa passages through the city, however, Of * are too brief for his friends here, who O oui~ld like to see more of him on his gu occasional visits, pa Chief H. B. Wells, Assistant Chief fun J. W. Earhardt, President W. J. Swit-la tenburg and Mr. Jno. A. Peterson are * delegates to the State Firemen'sea convention at Sumter next week. th 'They go a day ahead of the company. co0 hose wagon and reel teams to be kn present at the first mneeting.di Messrs. Thos. P. Johnson and loc Harry W. Dominick are in Charles- wa ton, naving gone to that city Tues day to be present at the ceremonial .session of Omar Temple on Wednes- by dtay and to partake of the festivities Ki< +ine~raental to that great gathering of the Shiners. The two pilgrims from. Or 'this -city will impress the rest of the for cState wit~h :the sort of Shriners New- fr( berry has. "C IMr.. TJhos. E. Epting came home Ca Wednesday from the Columbia city tbi hospital, accompanied by Mrs. Ept- pa ing, who has been with her husband go since the serious and almost fatal ac-w cident recently befalling him in Co-- an lumbia. He was accompanied also in 'by Prof. B. L. Jones, who went to he Columbia to be of assistance to Mr. fo Epting on the trip home. Messrs.! in John M. Kinard and Jno. C. Goggans, be Jr., happening to be returning home KI on the same train, also gave assist ance. Mr. Epting stood the trip well, th and his friends will all be very glad tel to know that he is in a fair way to da . permnanent recovery of all injuries L 31st:nc1 be 1TE SESS10NS CURT. veral Cases Disposed of-Stand more Langford Case Given to Jury Last Night. Charged with murder in the killin Riley Penn, a negro, young Stan :re Langford was placed on trial i e sessions court here yesterda rning. There was little difficult securing a jury, and the Stat( rough Solicitor Cooper, immediatE entered upon the presentation C i case. The defendant was reprA nted by Messrs. Blease & Domir k and Johnstone & Cromer. Two of the witnesses for the Stato ao were under bond, did not al ar, Kirkland Wicker, who is no ing in Florida, and George Robir n, colored, who, it was stated, ha ne to Columbia on an excursioi licitor Cooper said that he desire go to trial, notwithstanding th et that these were two eye witnesc to the difficulty, but he said tha would ask the court for benc vrrants for their arrest for failur appear when they had been sut enaed and were under bond, an )uld take such action as the law dE anded in the premises. both as t e witnesses and as to their bonds. The first witness placed upon th and yesterday morning was Anni )ll Young, a negro woman, wh id that on- the night it is allege at Langford shot Penn, as she wa .ssing Mr. R. Y. Leavells's bac te, Langford was standing theri d caught hold of her arm, and sai was going to shoot her. She sai e pulled loose from him, and Lang rd fell down and then shot at hei Coroner Felker was sick at hom d unable to be in court and th ry, the solicitor and the counsel fo e defence, went to his home an k his testimony. He was asked i: gard to the dying declaration c nn. He said the dying declaratioi LS written by Mr. Cannon G. Bleas d Coroner Felker said he adminis ,ed an oath to Penn, and Pen: ned the declaration in his pres ce. This declaration was publish In The Herald and News at th ae of the difficulty, along with th, ier details. It is as follows: ite of South Carolina, Newberry County.. [, Riley Penn, of the county~ an< ate aforesaid, who, being -dul: orn, s,ays, that I believe I am i: stremis," i. e., I am going to die at on Saturday evening, Februar: ,1909, I was coming from toward: rn on my way home, and that afte. passed the residence of Mr. R. Y avell, a young man asked me for ttch. This young man was acconm nied by another young man, who: [ not know. When he asked me fo: match, I said alright, sir, here il e. Then Mr. Stanmore Langford to asked for the match,- says, hurr: ,and whirled his pistol around .en I says, alright, sir, and gave t< -Langford the match. Then d, I am going home. Then he sho in the back. Then I came 0: me unassisted. His Riley x Penn. mark. sworn to before me this 23rd Feb ary, 1909. W. E. Felker, (L. S.), Doroner for Newberry County, S. C Fle statement of Dr. P. G. Ellesor ren at the coroner's inquest, wal mitted, as follows: Dr. P. G. Ellesor, being duly sworn s: I was called to see Riley Peni Saturday night, between 8 and lock. He was at home, with n-shot wound in his back. He wa: rtly dressed. I had him undressed ssed his wound, and attended 'hin til he died. I understand he diet t night. He died from effects a und in back. He had no other dis se that I know of. That is wouni Lt I had covered with absorben :ton. I do not know of my owl owledge who shot Riley Penn. lnot probe for ball. I could no ate from exterior examinations. ,s first callde February 20, 1909. P. G. Ellesor. [he first witness put on the stan4 the State after dinner was Mr efer Wicker, who testified that 0i i evening of the shooting he an< lando Wicker left. Stanmore Lang -d and Kirkland Wicker down il nt of Jack Gilliam's house it annon Town," about 7 o'clock, an< ne on towards witness' home, i: Sdirection of the city. He said h< ssed two negroes along the road ing in the opposite direction, to rds where he had left Langf ort d Kirkland Wicker. When he go front of Dr. Gilder's gate, he said heard a pistol shot. He said Lang rd had a pistol and had shot on\c the air before he left him, and hat en drinking with Orlando ani rkland Wicker. E. N. Austin, who was policeman a at time, said that in response to; ephone message he went up Boun ry street and arrested Stanmor ngford at a point about half wa +weon Mr. e Y. Tavells and th home of the mother of the defend ant, where the defendant lived. He - said the defendant was drunk, and that he and the defefidant's brother Mr. J. J. Langford, who was at thal time mayor, and from whom he had g received the telephone message, took e the defendant home and put him tc n bed. y With this testimony the State clos y ed its case. , There was no testimony for the de fence, the announcement being made f by Col. Johnstone in the -following ,- words: "The defendant, Your Hon L- or, rests upon his plea of not guilty.' Following was the jury drawn tc , try the case: Ernest W. Werts, foro - man; W. H. Hardeman, L. W. Mills v 'J. C. Duncan, W. C. Waldrop, S. P - McCracken, E. M. Schumpert, J. B d Black, C. B. Bishop, Wm. C. Scott, J i. Fred Epting, F. L. Paysinger. d Dr. Cromer opened for the defence e and was followed by Col. Johnstone - Solicitor Cooper presented the cast t of the State, and Mr. Blease close< h for the defence. e A considerable amount of b 1sinesc has been disposed of at this term o: d court. Barnett Maybin, colored, was ac. o quietted of selling liquor. He was de. fended by Messrs. Schumpert and e Holloway. e Columbus Derrick, charged witb 0 murder, was acquitted. It was alleg ed in,the indictment that he shot and s killed one Henry Wheeler, in the low er part of the county. The testimon3 of the defence was to the effect tha d Wheeler sliot himself while playing di with a pistol, he and the defendant being together at the time. Derric was defended by Messrs. Blease and e Dominick. r Frank Crouch, John rouch and d Simp Sanders, charged with burglary and larceny, it being alleged that. they stole money and other things fron Bob Ammon, a Syrian, and brother in-law of one of the defendants, at Whitmire, a full account of which has appeared in The Herald and News, pleaded guilty to larceny, and were sentenced to serve two years each. They were not representd by counsel. S. R. Fortune, colored, was acquit ted of the charge of murder in the killing of John Pitts, colored, near Chappells. The jury took -the view that the homicide was purely acci 2denta!. The defendant was repre sented by Mr. Eugene S. Blease. H. C. Bye i,nd L. W. Cody were ac quitted of the charge of assault and r battery with intent to kill, the as .sault being alleged to have been coin mitted upon R. L. Brock at Whitinire .. The defendants were represented by ji Eugene S. Blease, Esq. r~ Lawson Singley was convicted of housebreaking and larceny, the alleg ,ed offence being the stealing of cot ton seed from Mr. W. F. Alewine. He .was given six months on each of the > two counts, making one year. He I was defended by Messrs. Schumnpert t and Holloway. 1 Martin Kinard, colored, was con victed of tlie charge of grand larceny, the indictment alleging that he istole forty dollars from the Newberry Say Ings bank while he was janitor at the bank. Judge Aldrich set the verdict aside and granted a new trial. The defendant was represented by Messrs. -Schumnpert & Holloway and John stone & Cromner. VARIOUS AND) ALL ABOUT. Mr. Win. M. Dorroh is announced as a candidate for magistrate No. 6 township. 3 The picnic announced for next Sat ,urday at Colony church has been postponed to a Iater day. The Sewing Circle of the Philathea class of the First Baptist church will meet with Mrs. H. L. Dean, Friday afternoon at 4.30 o'clock. The many friends of, Mr. Sam B. Jones are glad to see that he .has re t opened his restaurant at the same stand. The Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary society of the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer will meet at .the residence of Mrs. E. sR. Hipp, 1 Monday, the 20th, at 5 p. m. The Firemen's tournament at Sum ter next week will be attended by the Newberry Excelsior Hose Company, 1No. 1. The correspondent who said that Newberry had never been rep iresented at a firemen's tournamenit is way behind the times. The Newberry firemen have entered ~very .nearly every tournament for almost a quar 1ter of a century and have always been successful in carrying off some of the prizes. The Baraea Class. I A business sleeting of the Baraca class of the First Baptist church t will be held at Mr. J'. H. West's resi dence Tuesday night at 8.30 o'clock, - and all the members are urged to be e present. The meeting is a very im v portant one. It Is the regular time e for the election of officers. THE RED MEN. Bergell Tribe, Banner Tribe of State Receives the Great Senior Saganore. Under the administration of Great Sachem Otto Klettner the Imp-oved Order of Red Men in South Carolina has experienced a most remarkable growth during the short time Mr. Klettner has been at the head of the order. Wednesday night was ap pointed as the "great chiefs' scalping day," and time when the various trib es would be visited by the great chiefs Great Sachem Klettner promising to visit the tribe which had taken in the most members up to that night. Bergell Tribe, of Newberry, had this distinction, but Bergell tribe is gen erous, and she allowed Great Sachem Klettner to go away from his home tribe on this night and to visit tht tribe at Rock Hill, which came sec ond in the number of. new members ' taken in. Bergell tribe was visited by Great Senior Sagamore J. P. Carlisle, of Greenville. Dr. Carlisle is an en thusiastic Red Man and a hard work er for the order. Of magnetic p--r sonality, he makes friends whertv.r !he is known, and his coming to New berry was looked forward to by his many friend's here. The Red Men's hall was filled on Wednesday night to greet the great senior sagamore, several hundred of the members being in attendance. In addition to the large number of mem i bers who had already been taken in during the preceding few meeting nights, there was a big crowd to go in on Wednesday night. - Following the conferring of the de gress, the tribe was addressed by Great Senior Sagamore Carlisle.. He said that he was glad to be present at this meeting of the banner tribe of Red Men in South Carolina, which had done degree work as he had nev er before seen it done in all his ex perience as a' Red Man and as an officer in the order, and which had transacted blusiness as it had done degree work. He paid a fine tribute to Bergell tribe as the best tribe which he had ever seen work. He then delivered a fine address on the principles of Redmanism. The tribe extended him a rising vote of thanks for his visit and for his address. Great Representative Cole L. Blease followed Great Senior Saga more Carlisle, and delivered an elo quent talk, thanking the great senior sagamore for his presence and tellirg of the work which the Red Men ha.] done in South Carolina, and the good which they had done, and the duty of Red Men. The degree team which did such fine work on Wednesday night as to elicit the high praise from the great senior sagamore is in charge of De gree Master 0. S. Goree, who is also' deputy great sachem of the tribe. While in Newberry Great Senior Sagamore Carlisle was the guest at Mr. P. F. Baxter. Letter From Great Sachem. The following letter was read from Great Sachem Otto Klettner, who was, as stated, in Rock Hill on Wed! nesday night: To the Chiefs and Members of Ber gell Tribe, No. 24, I. 0. of 'R. M. Brethren: Although miles away, al low me to extend to you, one and al1, my sincere thanks and heartfelt ap preciation for your many acts of kindness, love and devotion towards me. since I have been a member of Bergell Tribe, No. 24, and your ever ready assistance and support in the discharge of my duty as great sachem and my earnest effort to build up our great and noble order. A mother can not be more tru~e, tender, loving or devoted to her child than the members of Bergell Tribe, No. 24; have been to me. God bless you. Words fail me to express the emotion of my heart. "May the Great Spirit be with you and guide you in all,your de liberations, On .this, the first great chiefs' scalp ing day of South Carolina, May the choicest blessing from above crown your pathway, brothers dear, May your life be one great dream of. love, undimmed by - shadow, sigh or tear. Yours gratefully, Otto Klettner, Great Sachem. A.Goes on the Road. a Mr. A C. Jones, Jr., has secureda poiinas traveling salesman for Sot arolina and North Carolina for Keen & Reville, foreign and domestic 1dress goods, 374, 376 and 378 Broad way, New York. They are the sole selling agents for Hitchcock fabrics and Airedale mohairs. He and his father, who represents John Pullman & Co., white goads, handkerchiefs and embroideries and laces, expect to* leave on Monday for a four weeks'. trip through the Carolinas, after* which they will be at home, until they go to New York in August to meet the trade comin to ,market. FIRE IN THE COUNTRI. Mr. McDuffie Slig Loses His Resi dence and Has No In surance. At 4 o'clock Tuesday morning fire destroyed the residence of Mr. G. Mc Duffie Sligh near,-Ebenezer church. When Mr. Sligh discovered the fire it had just reached the dining room, the stove room having been consumed. The flames had gained such headway, spreading rapidly, that Mr. Sligh had no chance of saving much in the house. His first thought was of his mother, old "Aunt Polly" Sligh, and the other inmates and his valuable pa pers. Aside from this all the con tents were destroyed with the excep tion of the articles in his bedroom. The fire originated in the stove flue, supposedly from the fire which had been made in the stove preparatory for getting supper the evening before. The other occupants of the house w,ere Mr. Sligh's daughters, Misses Lillie and Sarah. Sligh. The latter was sleeping up stairs and made a narrow escape, having been cut off from the stairway by the smoke when she attempted to descend, but was finally rescued from the building without injury to herself. Mr. Sligh had no insurance and his loss is between $2,000 and $2,500. His friends have the deepest sympathy for him in his heavy loss. TO SERVE LU-NCH. Committees of Home Mission Society to Serve Lunch to Epworth League Conference. The following committees from the Home Mission Society will serve the lunch to the Epworth League confer ence on Saturday. Committee for tables, flowers-Mrs. Jas. F. Epting, chairman; Mrs. Jas. D. Wheeler, Mrs. Geo. Johnstone, Miss Minnie Havird. Tea Committee-Mrs. Lambert W. Jones, Mrs. Mary Wright, Mrs. Colin Cook, Mrs. J. W. Chapman, Mrs. J. W. Humbert, Mrs. Cannon G. Blease, Mrs. Burr M. Martin. Iemonade Committee-Mrs. R. L. Tarrant, Mrs. J. B. Walton, Mrs. Mar garet Bynum, Mrs. Charlie M. West, Mrs. D. J. Williams. Sandwich Committee-Mrs. P. C. Gaillard, Mrs. J. K. Gilder, Mrs. S. 3. Wooten, Mrs. Cornell, Mrs. Jas. F. Epting, Miss Lizzie Salter, Mrs. R. D. Wright, Miss Daisy Cannon, Miss Eu genia Epps, Mrs. J. M. Fridy. Dish Committee-Mrs. J. W. White, Mrs. C. H. Cannon, Mrs. Delle Robin son, Mrs. J. H. Wicker, Mrs. Ida Boozer, Mrs. W. W. Hornsby, Miss Edith Henderson, Mrs. F. J. Russell, Mrs. F. M. Schumpert. Please send all contributions to the Sunday school rooms not later than Saturday morning. * * * * * * *-* * * * * * * *SOCIAL * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * The home of Mrs. J. M. Workman in Boundary street, was the scene of a most pleasant affair Wednesday evening when. her niece,' Miss Marce line Bradley entertained a few girl friends at a delightful dinner. Later in the evening several young men were invited to join the young ladles in their fun and this folly party spent the evening in an informal and most pleasant manner. An initial contest proved very interesting and exciting. At the close of the evening, a refresh ing ice course was served. Those invited were: Misses Alice Aull, Eva Goggans, Lillian Smith, Ethel Bowers; Messrs. John Gog gans, Clarence Wallace, Richard Bur ton, Homer Schumpert and Wardlaw, of Darlington. Thursday afternoon Miss Gertrude Carwile entertained at a miscellan eous shower in honor of one of New berry's attractivi June brides,.Ms Helen Goggans. * * * Invitations have been issued to two parties, for the younger society set. Miss Louise Jones entertains on Fri day evening for Miss Cassie Brown, of Augusta, and Master Robert Mc Caughrin Gist on Monday evening for Misses Reid and Blake. Card of Thanks. We desire to express our sincere thanks and appreciation to those who so thoughtfully and patiently minis tered to us and our beloved one dur ing his last illness. We shall ever feel grateful, and trust that God's richest blessings may rest upon them. Mrs. S. E. Dunbar and Family. Death of Infant. The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Widene'i' died at West End Wednesday morning of cholera infantum,: aged four months. The body was taken to Teesvill Wednesayv night for burial GOOD ROADS MEETING. To be Held in Whitmire Saturday Afternoon-Self Help to be the Slogan. Whitmire, June 16.-Tuesday even ing a very enthusiastic good roads meeting was held in the council chambers at Whitmire. The meeting was well attended by the business men of the town, who seem very much interested in the movement, and promise a substantial contribution to the cause. It was broighbt out in the meeting 1 that the farmers of the township, or at least a great number of them, had agreed to furnish their teams and hands, of ocurse we have not talked with all of the farmers, but believe that this movement will meet the ap proval of every one who travels these roads. The citizens of Whitmire and the farmers will hold a joint meeting Sat urday afternoon for the purpose o effecting a permanent* organization t promote the building of good roa in No. 4 township. We urge all who are interested in this movement for the building of g(.od roads to attend the joint meei ing Saturday afternoon, June 18, in the school auditorium. With the well directed efforts on the part of the citizens of Whitmire and the farmers of the township, we feel sure that we will soon have good roads. SPECIAL NOTICES. One Cent a Word- No ad vertisement taken for less than 25 cents. FOR SALE-Just twenty more Ans tin Butter Separators at six dol lars. After these are sold the price - will be ten dollars each. For sale at 'The Bee Hive. 6-17-1t. FRESH BREAD at Wilson's. Phone 202. 6-17-1t. LOST-Pocket book containing pa pers which will identify the own er. Finder will please return to m or to this office. Jno. K. Aull. 6-17-it FOR SALE-Philada. Singer arm sewing machine with a ments. First class 'order. .$35, at $12.50 cash. H. D. Ha 1100 Main street, Newberry. FOR SALE-One horse, buggy an harness. Cheap. R. McC. Holmes 6-14-2t FOR SALE-Good second-hand gan in good repair at a -b Apply H. D. Havird, -1100 M street. WAN~TED--A customer for 'ore .graphaphone and 15 records. W $30, at $10. H. D. Havird, 11 Main street; Newberry. W. H. ALDEEMAN-Veterinarian and Farrier, has moved to Newberry toe practice his profession, and may be found at Bishop's Stables. Long experience and thorough prepara-. tion. Dental work and operations a specialty. - 5-27-8t. CIGAR SALESMAN WANTED.-4 Experienee unnecessary. Sell our brands to t,he retail trade. Big pay. Write for full particulars at once. Globe Cigar Co., Cleveland, Ohio. 2-15-100t. CUT OUT the Typhoid germs from I yonr drinking watei, get it from the ek, pure and sparkling. By havipg you a well drilled, you eut of all surface water. I am prepared for .the business. See me or phone 275. I. A. MeDowell. 12-14-09-tf. GET YOUR GLASSES from Dr. G1. W. Connor, a graduate of the larg est cptical college ir the world-the Nor*hern Illinois College of Chics go. Dr. Connor is located perrean .ently in Newberry. gives both the ob.jeetive and sub.iective tests by electrieity and guaran~tees his work. TEACHER wanted for Jalapa schooL. Term 8 months. Salary $40.00 a month. None but experienced teach ers need apply. Address Newberry, S. C. G. C. Glasgow, J. Win. Folk, Mf. D., trustees. Win. M. Dorroh is hereby announc ed as a candidate for magistrate of No. 6 township, subject to the rules of the Democratic party.4 Frens