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rro VOLUKE XLVIII. NUKBER 738. NEWBERBYs SOUTH CAROLINA. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1910. TIEAWE,UNATA THE '_NEWS OF PROSPERITY. Going at Road Work in the Right Way. Social Functions-Personal Mention. Prosperity, September 12.-Misses Mary Lathan, Elberta Sease, and Ger trude Efird, who have been on a visit to Miss Willie Mae Wise, returned to their homes in Little Mountain last week. Mrs. J. L. Wise and Misses Mary Liz zie and Marguerite Wise spent Tues day in Columbia. Mr. Ralph Wise has returned to Plains, Ga., after a visit to Mr. A. B. Wise. Mr. Allen Lester has as his guest Mr. Willie Cappelman, of Charleston. Friday evening, September 16, the Ladies' Aid society will give a Dime Reading in city hall. Full program will appear in next issue. Miss Rosabelle Harmann returned Friday from Ruby, where she has been teaching a summer school. Mrs. P. N. Livingston and daughter, Miss Maud, have returned to Saluda after a visit to Mrs. F. E. Schumpert. Mesdames T. D. Copeland, of Clin ton, and H. R. White, of Savannah, Ga., who have been the guests of Mrs. W. A. Moseley, have returned to their respective homes. Mesdames J. M. Cook and A. Wither spoon spent Saturday in Newberry. Mr. B. S. Schumpert, of Columbia, re turned to his home oIn Saturday, after a visit to his sister, Mrs. W. A. Moseley. Mid-week services every Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock in Grace church. Program urged to etaoschmretoiadMF Mvery one urged to attend. Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Lorick and little H. C., Jr., of Augusta, and Mr. Holland Paysinger, of Newberry, have been vis iting Mrs. J. P. Wheeler. Mr. Thomas N. Hunter, who has been in Schenectady, N. Y., for the past year, has returned home for a few days en route to Augusta, Ga., where he will be professor of mathematics in A. R. C. academy. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Bedenbaugh have moved to town,. and will occupy the Kinard house in Main street. The last, and one of the most enjoY able dances of the summer, was large ly attended at the city hall Thursday evening. Mrs. J. Frank Browne fur iiished the music for this occasion, -and received many encores during the evening. When 12 o'clock came -a.nd "Home, Sweet Home" was played, the dancers were sorry that this one had to be numbered with the past. Miss Della Bowers was the charm ing hostess of the Literary Sorosis club on Friday afternoon in honor of ber -guest, Miss Elizabeth Dreher, of Selwood, S. C. Progressive miscel laneo~us games were played and Miss Edna Fellers making top score, was given a dainty jabot, which she pre sented to the guest of honor. Later in the afternoon a delicious sweet course was served the following: Mes dames C. T. Wyche, J. D. Quattlebauml. J. Frank Browne, M. C. Morris, C. M. Harmon, Misses Effie and Elizabeth ~Hawkins, Ellen Werts, Kate Thomp son, Gertrude Bobb, Blanche Kibler, 'Susie Langford, Hattie Groseclose, Lucy and Edna Fellers, Bessie Bowers and Elizabeth Dreher. The secretary of the commercial 'league and the committee on roads raised a few dollars the past week and with the cooperation of the people on the road from Pros'perity to Cook's ,nill removed all the loose rocks last Friday. A number of hands were hir ed and with several wagons the rock were hauled off. It certainly has ad ded much to the appearance of the road and to the convenience of the traveling public. The following of our citizens contributed to this work: N. L. Black & Son... ... ... ... 1.00 B. B. Schumpert & Co.......-- 1.00 R. C. Counts...........--... 1.00 Dr. Geo. Y. Hunter... ..... ...1.00 Dr. J. S. Wheeler.. ....... . -- 1.00 Dr. J. L. Bedenbaugh......... 1.00 J. F. Browne... ... .......---.1.00 Moseley Bros. ..... ........--1.00 Quattlebaum & Langford .. .. 1.00 S. B. Hawkins... ... ... ... ...1.00 'Dr. J. J. Dominick... ... .. ...1.00 A. B. Wise... ...........---..1.00 .G. W. Kinard... ... ... .... ...75 A. N. Crosson... ... ... ... .....50 J. A. Counts... ... ............50 W. W. Wheeler. ... ..... ... ....50 A. M. Lester... ... ... .........50 J. C. Schumpert... ... ........50 DR. CEO. B. CROMER, SAYS "STATE" M SIGNED STATEMENTS FR( SCURRY, ALDER Show That The State Newspaper in its Cromer and Publishes False Defeat Ma Editor of "The State": The statement in your paper of September 12, with regard to the connection of Mr. Cole. L. Blease with the case of J. M. Guin, should be corrected in several particulars. The information was given by mc over the telephone, and it was not taken down acurately. Up to the time at which the notice of appeal was given from the circuit court to the supreme court, I am familiar with the whole matter. Guin had been represented by Messrs. Cole. L. Blease and E. S. Blease, but my recollection is that the notice of appeal to the su. preme court was signed by Mr. E. S. Blease alone. As'I stated, I do not know what took place before the town council, except upon information. I did not state that Mr. Cole. L. Rlease "got council to reduce Guin's fine to $50." I simply stated that the council had re duced the fine to $50 and suspended sentence during good behavior, and I did not say "Blease practically secured his pardon," for I do r.ot know what took place at the meeting of the town council. It is due to Mr. Blease that this correction be made. *. ';, Yours truly, - (Signed) ~uGeo. B. Cromer. WHAT TOO1K LACE. Newberry, S. C., September 12, 1910. I, J. R. Scurry, clerk and treasurer of the town of Newberry, S. C., do hereby certify that on the 15th day of March, 1910, the town c(uncil of Newberry had up for consideration a motion of Alderman P. F. Baxter, that the town council reduce the fine imposed upon one J. M. Guln from $100 to $50, and that the sentence be suspended during the good behavior of the said J. M. Guin. That on the said motion Mayor Cole. L. Blease declined to vote, and was excused by the town cuncil from voting on the ground that he had formerly been attorney for Guin. Any statement from any one that Mayor Blease pardoned Guin, or secured a pardon for him, or took any action to relieve Guin from the sentence imposed upon him is a false statement. Given under my hand and the seal of the town of Newberry, on the 12th day of September, 1910. (Signed) J. R. Scurry. Clerk and Treasurer of the Town of Newberry, S. C. W. L. Mathis.......... .. ---.50knw hitobgulyfaywrg J. L. Wise one hand, S. J. Kohn wa-jdin.Sm clmthtesukto on and team, and Dr. J. 5. Wheeler coet oeo i ipnayfins wagon and tea. ytn a a vrtidt mlct The greater part of the above will hmi n ipnayda.Ee t be used on- the road from the Elmore tre eea ynhsnvree place to Bush river. This is one ofinmaethtBeswsmxdupn the rockiest roads in the county. The tedsesr ude h epeo citizens along the road will aid in the Bes' iyadcut emt hn work. We congratulate our folks in heiasfemnbelcngimt town and on these* roads for takingeerofiehhaevrskdo,in this great interest in having bettereldn th lgiaur,Stesae roads.oinnd maor. Wli hat the people too Bleae anFeahersoneose him Hoe ofas dieeated frenstt "Ar yo onthefene? ave'to-yetno man legis vrtu ried for imiaor tice in he Itelencr tht hyo invny fipenhsr eer Een At- h favoed ay cndidte or gver orneys deea. onleas enemies even in te frst aceandsinc ithas n timJ7atesthat Bis wa s ixed bui ps man roweddown o Blase adFe the adispgenaraymuer. Ifhe iseonnect hlase' acmulatnd aony property, thin Theisabosefeuesnionseleceifiredmat eeofice e ha ever arde for, gting andrmayor.what doethopeoplemo Blease and Featherstone.wr h on him? Hewsfaeor threen occasins only twou meon the fence? foagve'tnor senate,hisapitren anfo maeor. htced werte pentellye auite ouv.r Affie and was pvroal rougrhe favore anyewol cnotdate for goeither smpfated. BleaAsesh betena otmin the first race. sine hare nac- ehifoverstor. isaeoo beliee an rowned dwitnco to e netet-o ing evr greet mawnr Ifhei caneect hisbengliutean gvenorfo te hat acmleaeadecn man poevidence past twoe eason weeaieftaveer hearindiytefc tha hit. Teouny fr spesehadaviorng by talk ofithe im, pee honede hiad oday etn cnty' hetpoien lnes was the betmappoigtndinmert oe speca atudge Hereys ag.w, we have neehoedeetdimenran:edn' eiv forae n Featherstone ere thge willw be, ithe wirnt occsouns, olwe hen ad the hace to govrnohr and his nesponthentfic was beaseb imes and to swyouIa not voefrethe sypeopehy heaue elievedhimatn thi bence ieaygvro h that Blease is beoeladecnth bransu eviece past gtwoteas,n aftr howring his oy o the SO-CtAthat deeis ot hasre decided he wa thbs mani ;runing stand higher ate home thas alway and otedfor im i hi raeafwpro in0, hi lie.~ If Feathrston is OF NEWBERRY, ISREPRESENTS BLEASE )M DR. CROMER, CLERKd t MAN BAXTER. 0 Desperation, Garbles Interview of Dr. ] * Statements In Its Effort to f1 yor Blease. t WHAT ALDERMAN BAXTER SAYS. Personally comes, P. F. Baxter, who on oath, says: That he is an alderman of the town of Newberry and is now serving his fourth T term. That he has read the article in "The State" of September 12, t 1910, headed, "Stood by His Friends in His Home Town," in which it is reported that Dr. Geo. B. Cromer of Newberry, S. C., stated N "Cole. Blease made the race for mayor and got into office and, after abandoning appeal, got council to reduce Guin's fine to $50, all of which was suspended during good behavior. This was Blease's client; Blease practically secured his pardon." Deponent is glad that Dr. Cromer has denied making such state rtment, and has written "The State" newspaper a contradiction there of, as the statements made in the article are untrue. t Deponent himself made the motion to reduce Guin's fine, and to I suspend sentence during good behavior. His reasons for doing so t were because Guin was an old man, unable to work on the chaingang, t and confinement in the town guardhouse would have beefi it rl ful punishment, on account of its smallness. Then Guin was mov ing out of town, and promised that he would never again violate any 6rfdinance of the town. 44 - "" - -* MAYOR COLE. L. BLEASE WOULD NOT VOTE ON DEPON t ENT'S MOTION, stating that he had once been his -attorney, and that he did not believe it was right for a man to act as a judge on any matter in which he had ever been an attorney. MAYOR BLEASE DID NOT PARDON GUIN OR DO ANYTHING TO RELIEVE HIM OF THE SENTENCE. My motion was unanimously adopted by every member of the council, except Mayor Blease. I'want to add that I am a prohibitionist, and have endeavored in f my service as alderman, and recently as mayor pro. tem. of the town of Newberry, to enforce the prohibition laws. I KNOW THAT MAYOR COLE. L. BLEASE HAS TRIED TO EN FORCE THE PROHIBITION LAWS ALSO, AND WE HAVE TO DAY UNDER HIS ADMINISTRATION THE CLEANEST TOWN WE RAVE HAD IN YEARS. (Signed) P. F. Baxter. Sworn to before me September 12, 1910. F. L. Bynum (L. S.) Notary Public for S. C. in that body and Ben Tillman saysmagetothropevntelssf that he is the smartest man in the teSaei oeibr State." ilAdNmne After this return volley our friend H ae ee~c oitreec could not tell whether we would on o eulcnpei~ti ense next Tuesday support Featherstofle orplicsInait. jefoointh Blease with our ballot, or could theisuneo hsatm t,Gvrr newspaper man tell whether his ques- Ptesndca'sta eh~u tioner was a Featherstone or Blease oaprern nthma'9fa man.Deortcnm'e,adtahewl PAT TERSONi RESIGNS NONINATION myb.Ptesnspltctcre Acceded to Demands of Friends, WhosedeatofrmrSnorEW.Cr Course Subsequent Events Have mc o h uentra oia Proven Was Unwise. to,i estoa apin olw Nashville, Tenn., September 10.- opes hi til hchatat Governor M. R. Patterson tonight with -ednto-ieatnin n atr drew from the race to succeed himselfso'padnfD.BCoerwtia as governor of Tennessee. G.wernor ssandb h urm or Fatterson was the nominee of thet "regular" faction of the Democratic party and has been bitterly opposed by TeUiiain the Independent State-wide Prohibi- "Hlo olny"sith vlag b ition Democrats, who, in coalition with bakmt," eryu a a the Republicans, elected a State indi- gn nopltc. ciary last month, defeating a tickec for "Sr.d which Governor Patterson made a "o' hthpe? strenuous campaign of the State. On "Wl,munelfthmaskht Wednesday next the Independents adaPic letca nhswl meet here in State convention, a ma- adpwhdt osmtigwt jority of the delegates coming instruct- thm-W hngnSar ed to vote for the endorsement of B. W. Hooper, the Republican nominee for1 o oe'm governor. Governor Patterson, in his SeW aebe rigorbs address announcing his withdrawal,toidcinrwmetojnorh declares he will not be as obstseCle in Stra ih lb u ihu u-I the way of his lparty's saecess at theces polls, nor will he willingly' conti12ute H-hti h ntainfe in any way to the possibility jZ s:Ic- SeTodlas cess of the RepuD::cans in T anessee. IhMk ~$.Sadyuwl e iewitdras n te: n~r~ f hirthoe Stae inNember.hnYO u rnon ard thHe monoakes.rfh c o nterfeenc OSAWATORIE. Or the Guerillas of the West. * By Col. D. A. Dickert. S The Northern press is going wild ver the speeches of ex-President oosevelt on the classic fields of Old sawatomie. Gov. Stubbs, of KanSa, lid it was the finest ever. No won er Col. Roosevelt had an inspira on, on the fields made famous by the Id fanatic Southern hater, John rown, "for his soul keeps marching n." The Northerners could sing John Brown's body lies mouldering in ie grave," while the Southerners uld shout, "We hung John Brown n a sour apple tree, as we go march ig by." Now, what of those classic elds, on which the ex-president made is greatest speech? And what about Id John Brown? There are at this ime, so far as is known, only two eople living who took part in this reat battle between the "pro-slavery" ien, and the "free soilers" and In rhich the leader on one side attained ie sobriquet of "Osawatomie Brown." About the middle of the late fifties, 7hen Kansas was struggling for "tatehood, and her brillian.t future, the .11 absorbing question, both North and )outh, was "Should Kansas be a slave ;tate or free." This question was to >e settled by popular vote. Adven urers, good men, bad men mostly, the atter flocked to Kansas, from every Mtate In the Union, in order to swell he vote for their particular political >arty, "free soilers" or "slave." Poll ical clubs were organized in the louth, a well as the North, tQ raise n6y to defray the expensol of t se Aventurers (or real emigrants) until Ater the electloi. The election was Leld, after much blood being shed 61 th sides, and the free soilers won. 3y a strange coincidence, the very day hat Kansas was admitted into the Isterhood of States, Jefferson Davis eft the United States senate. The free sollers were led by a reat, double-jointed, fanatical giant iy the name -of John Brown. General John W. Reid was the mo'V ng genius of the Southerners, and tad as a' subaltern a -strip of a lad, rom nobody knew where, and called imself Quantrell, Charles Quantre11. L man's antecedents In those days rere not closely scrutinized and so ong as he held up his end of the ght, did not take horses or cattle rom his friends, he was -taken at his ace value. There was nothing of the ero in Quantrell's get up, but his riends said that when he was under musual stress, his eyes flashed like parks from the steel, and his square aws came together like a snapping urtle. Oh! but Quantrell's was a iame,. to conjure with, in after years, iow he was trusted a-id admired by s 'friends, detested aud feared by his memes. Old John Brown's butcheries became o intolerable that the Southern sym athizer determined to run him out of he country or slay him. On August |0, 1856, Gen. Reid, with. about 400 nen, the left wing under the comn nand of Young Quantrell, crossed the >order of Missouri with a six-pounder annon, and sportsmen rifles, fell up-. >n Brown and his followers near a gamlet and river, both aalled Osawa omie, routed them, killing Brown's on and many of his leaders and fol owers. Old man Browi#made his es ape, by swimming the river and hikeing" back to the east. From this attle he was thenceforward called Osawatomie Brown." It was after his battle that he swore his famous ath, that "he would devote all his fe to the freeing of the negroes, If e had to kill every white man In the outh." The negroes were freed, but ohn Brown never lived t6 see that ay, for he took his last look towards 1e South in 1858, from the foot of the allows in Charlestown, Va. It was at the battle of Osawatomie dat Quantrell won his spurs, as a arless soldier, and born leader of ien. Even after the bloody election ays the issues were kept keenly ' rawn, men against men, neighbor oods against neighiborhocods, until at Lt most of the Southerners were rced over in to Missouri. Then the reat war came~ on, Quantrell and his ten were driven from their homes, :ii further South. United States 'ofps were swarming over the am sas ~ i:3uri. then