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VOLUME XLVH. NUMBER 80. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7,1910. TWICE A WEEK, $.5 A YEAR. PORTUGUESE REBE . PROCLAIM REPUBIC SET UP PROVISIONAL GOVERN MENT IN LISBON. and Family Flee From City Royalties Take Refuge at Queen Dowager's Summer Resi deuCe. Portugal has been declared a re -public. According to the latest Li!on ad - es, Theophile Braga, republican leader, is the new preseident. The Portuguese Marseillaise is the new -national anthem and the emblem of monarchy on the palace has been re placed by the flag of red and green, the colors of the republican party. That there was fierce fighting in the str,eets of Lisbon is evident by dis patches from all quarters. Disorders at Oporto have been repressed by the troops, many regiments of which are said to be still loyal to the king. . oyalties Safe, . Ring Manuel, the queen mother and the queen dowager are reported to have taken refuge in the palace at Mafra, a short distance out of Lisbon. 'They may now be on a warship bound .for Gibraltar. At least they are con -idered to have reached a place of safety. London advices state that by a treaty of alliance Great Britain is bound to afford protection to the king -of Portugal if this is duly applied for. The French newspapers are urging the government of France not to per mit intervention, even if Spain, too, is threatened with an overthrow. France May Take Hand. 'The French cabinet will meet to 'morrow to deliberate on the Portu -guese situation and the advisability of sending a warship to Lisbon. Already British warships are on the ,way to protect British interests at the ,scene of the trouble. The American -gunboats Petrel and Wheeling are at -Genoa within easy reach of Lisbon if 'the American government decides to send them there. No detailed ac count of the fighting has yet been re ~ceived or any definite estimate of the casualties. A significant incident, according to the Lisbon dispatches, is the visit paid by the Spanish minister to the republican leaders after the fall of the palace and the flag of the revolu tion was hoisted on the town hall. . MILLS TO CLOSE. 'Those in Anderson County to Shut Down in Accordance With Agreement. The State. Anderson, Oct. 5.-The agreement reached between the cotton manufac 'turers of the State for a further cur tailment of their output during the month of October will be respected by ~several of the mills in Anderson. The Anderson cotton mills closed down today as did the Chiquola mills at Honea Path. The Orr mills will close n1ext week, and while no arrange ments for a closing down has been made for the Riverside and Toxaway mills, it is believed they will close also next week. The Bnogon mills closed a month this summer when the b other mills closed only a fortnight. and there is no arrangement there for closing down now. The Gluck and 'Cox mills will not close. Death of a Young Wife. Mrs. Mary Abrams Long, wife of MNr. J. Robert Long, died at her home in the Tranwood section of the coun ty on Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock, after a week's illness of malaria hematuria, aged about 23 years, and was buried at Rosemont cemetery Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock, service by the Rev. Edw. Fulenwider. She was the daughter of Mr. Ivy Z. Abrams and leaves a husband and one little child about a year old. In the death of this young wife and mother a devoted husband loses a fond companion and a loving father sustains the loss of an affectionat' daughter. She was a loyal Lutheran and a true Christian woman, gentle sister and warm friend. The sym pathies of the community are with the bhaevd family in their affiiction. MAY FORM PARTY OF LILLY WHITES Capers Issues Call for Reorganization in This State-To Canvene October 27. The State. Washington, Oct. 5.-Fresh from the Republican gathering in New York on Saturday night, John G. Capevs, national committeemain for South Carolina, today mailed out ths following letter to over 100 men in various parts of South Carolina, in the effort to found a new Republican organization in that State: Greenville, S. C., Oct. 5. 1910. "Dear Sir: It will be established, when the next Republican national convention meets, that there is no Republican organization in the State of South Carolina at this time. Any organization, through a State central committee, or a State executive com mittee, which may have existed, has now ceased to exist and the neces sity for party reorganization is ap parent. ,..A3 iBy "Where no party organization ex ists in a newly created State of th, Union, or where a party organization has ceased, under the party law, to perform its functions the Republican national committee recognizes what is called the mass meeting plan, for organization or reorganization as the case may be. "No such opportunity has existed to improve the personnel of the Re publican party in South Carolina since the Philadelphia convention of 1900, at which President McKinley was renominated without opposition and at that time the opportunity was not taken advantage of. "Under the circumstances, made possible only by recent developments, I feel it my duty, in spite of a strong personal desire to refrain from fur ther political effort, to' advise our people of this opportunity to organize in South Carolina a respectable, mili tant opposition party with some pro mise for a discussion hereafter of party issues and questions of govern ment, rather than a continuance of the one party plan, where the cam paigns are confined solely to a dis cussion of the merits or demerits of the candidates themselves, frequently accompanied by violent personal at tacks of mouth and muscle. "Therefore, as the member of the national Republican committee for our State, I write you to say that after full consultation with personal friends and due notice, you will please cause to be assembled at your coun ty seat at 12 o'clock Wednesday, Oc tober 26, meeting of men in sym pathy with the policies of the nation al Republican party, and from such a meeting elect delegates ,and an equal number of alternates(C the number al lowed your county by law), said dele gates to meet in convention at the opera house in the city of Columbia at 11 o'clock Thursday morning, Oc tober 27, for the purposes of party reorganization. "Those in your county who have participated recently in the Demo cratic primaries, the candidates being for purely local or State officers, are entirely eligible to come as candidates to the convention herein mentioned, if they are in sympathy with the Re publican party and its administration of national affairs, all of which are of vital interest to the whole country and particularly at this time to the South. "Respectfully yours, (Signed) "John G. Capers, "South Carolina Member Republican National Committee." It is understood that 'he Republi can national leaders are aaterested in this movement and that an effort will be made to build up a white Republi can party in South Carolina in time to participate in the campaign of 1912. Mart Floyd, postmaster, and L. W. C. Blalock, of* Goldville, who have been in New York and Washington for several days, returned to South Carolina tonight. T. H. D. New Mixtures. It was after the stone-laying cere mony and a wire was sent to the builder with the news, "Stone laid with great ec1at." The builder, smothering an awful oath, muttered. "Another new foreign cement," and fiung the missive from FIRE CAUSES MUCH LOSS. Damage Amounting to $1,500,000 in New York-Largest Area in Years. New York, Oct. 3.-Fire in the vicin ity of Twenty-fourth street and Elev enth avenue early tonight swept on aiea of 500 by 300 feet, causing dam age estimated at $1,500,000. Chief Croker atnounced that it was the greatest area burned during his ex perience in New York city. The space swept comprises almost three acres of lumber yards, fact->ries and stables on Eleventh avenue, Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth streets. For nearly three hours the fire was beyond the control of the fire department and it was stopped at length by apparatus, which combined threw water at the rate of 25,000 gal lons a minute. Five hundred horses were rescued from the stables. 1-1 spite of the size of the blaze and dif ficulty of fi! hting it, it was remark ably free from serious accident. One fireman was badly hurt by a bucking hose and ?everal were less seriously hurt. The fire started in the lumber yard of Moore Bros., Eleventh avenue and Twenty-fourth street, quickly de stroyed it and soon ignited a kindling wood factory which was likewise burned. , Besides these structures, the fol lowing were either destroyed or badly damaged: Six story factory of the New Yorli Metal Ceiling company; stables and storehouse of James J. Duffy, contrac tor; the Pennsylvania hotel, three story structure; warehouse of the United States Express company; va cant two story building of the Metro politian Iron and Steel company; four stor'y factory of the Atlas Metal Bed company. For a while the- flames threatened the Baltimore & Ohio freight yards and the specialty department of the Standard Oil company, but hard work saved them. LOS ANGELES DASTARDS PROBABLY WERE JUNERS Believed That Men Who Destroyed ment in Tennessee Will Prob ably Select Bob Taylor. Los Angeles, Cal., Oct. 5.-It is be lieved here tonight that the men who carried out the plot to wreck The Times building and attempt to de stroy the homes of Harrison Gray Otis and F. K. Zeehandalaar were ex pert quartz miners from the gold dis tricts of northern California. The theory is based on the fact that the men who purchased the dynamite used the names of J. L. Bryson, the Placer county miner, and of Bryson's neighbor, Morris, and it is'supposed that detectives are trying to trace them back to the mining districts. Another body was recovered from The Times ruins today. It was Iden tified as that of Grant Moore, a lino type operator. The total of bodies recovered is now 16 and the known dead, includ ing Churchill Harvey Elder number 17. It is belie'ged there are seven more bodies in the ruins. Jones Scores. A schoolmaster had just finished a lesson on "Food" when a little boy put up his hand. On being asked what he wanted, he replied: "Please, sir, Jones said he knew a baby that was brought up on ele phant's milk, and it gained ten pounds in weight every day." "Jones ought not to tell you such rubbish," said the master. Then ad dressing Jones, he added: "Tell me whose baby was brought up on ele phant's milk?" To which Jones hesitatingly replied: "Please, sir, it was the elephant's baby."-Tit-Bits. A Correction. The habit of contradicting some times "o'erleaps itself" unwitting. "I've heard it said," remarked a lounger at the crossroads store, "that John Henderson over by Woodville was one of eighteen sons." "That's whar he heerd wrong," con tributed the chronic kicker. "T'wan't John Henderson at all. 'Twas a broth MOODY RETIRES. Associate Justice of Supreme Court Resigns-Appointed by Roose velt. Beverly, Mass., Oct. 4.-Associated Justice Moody of the supreme court of the United States today tendered his- resignation to President Taft to take effect November 20. The presi dent wrote to Justice Moody, who is In Magnolia, accepting the resigna tion and expressing his high regard for the retiring jurist. In' retiring from-the judiciary he will receive pay for an active member of the court, $12,000 a year. It had been announced early in the summer that Justice Moody would! retire. Justice Moody has been ill for mor1 than a year. William Henry Moody, of Haverhill, Mass., was born in Newbury, Mass., December 23, 1853; he was graduated at Phillips academy, Andover, Mass., 'in 1872, and from Harvard college in 1876; was district attorney for the eastern district of Massachusetts from 1890 to 1896; was elected to the Fifty fourth congress to fill a vacancy, and to the Ffty-fifth, Fifty-sixth and Fifty seventh congresses; was appointed secretary of the navy by President Roosevelt and assumed the duties 'of that office May 1, 1902, in which of fice he served until appointed attorney general by President Roosevelt to suceeded Philander C. Knox, July 1, 1904. On December 3, 1906, was ap pointed by Presideit Roosevelt an associate justice of the supreme court of the United States, and was con firmed by the senate December 12, 1906, and took his seat on the bench on the 17th day of December, 1906. MAY SELECT TAYLOR. State Convention of Harmony Ele. ment in Tennessee Will Meet in Nashville Today. Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 5.-The State convention of "regular" or "har mony' Democrats which meets here tomorrow for the purpose of nominat ing a candidate for governor and a candidate for State railroad commis sioner for west Tennessee, promises tonight to be well attended. Larg3 delegations have been appointed in the various counties, mainly compos ed of former followers of Gov. Patter son. Some of the leaders have been in Nashville since last night, and con ferences on the governorship are con tinuous. It appears to be the general opin ion that United States Senator Robert L. Taylor will be the nominee, al though he is said to be anxious to have the nomination conferred upon some other man. What Did the Claim Agent Do? Up in Minnesota Mr. Olsen had a cow killed by a railroad train. In due season the claim agent for the railroad called. "We understand, of course, that the deceased was a very docile and valu able animal," said the claim agent in his most pensuasive claim-agentle manly manner, "and we sympathize with you and your family in your loss. But, Mr. Olsen, you must remember this: Your cow had no business being on our tracks. Those tracks are our private property and when she in vaded them she became a trespasser. Technically speaking you, as her owner, became a trespasser also. But we have no desire to carry the issue into court and possibly give youi trou ble. Now, then, what would you re gard as a fair settlement between you and the railroad company?" "VaIl," said Hr. Olsen slowly, "Ay, bane poor Swede farmer; but ay shall give you $2."-Everybody's Magazine. Sensational Advertising. Suitor-If you reject me, I shall shoot myself. Actress-Oh, how lovely! In that case the manager will give me a bet ter role.-Simplicissimus. Pitying the Bee. Spartan Mother--What's the mat ter? What are you crying for? Stung Hero (who has been taught neer to cry for bodily pain)-Oh, I I've sat down on a hem a.d-I'm so PROGRESSIVE LITTLE MOUNTAIN. Fine Graded School and School Build. ing-Prosperous Bank and Oil Mill-LiTe Merchants. Little Mountain, on the C., N. & L. railroad fifteen miles from Newberry, is one of the most progressive of the small towns of this county. President Childs, of the railroad, has recently completed one of the handsomest brick stations on his line. In fact the Southern has no station between Co lumbia and Greenville that is super ior to the one at Little Mountain. This town is located In one of the fertile sections of the State and is the market place for a large area settled by small farmers who do their own work largely and who own th*eir homes and who make on the farms what they need for the farm In the way of pro visions and as a result most of them have a cash balance to their credit at the end of the year. I. .. ; . Recently several very handsomd brick stores have been erected, and they are operated by live and progres sive merchants. Among the first of these was the Little Mountain Drug company, owned by Dr. J. M. Sease and Mr. J. B. Derrick. They keep a full line of drugs, and Dr. Sease has been the physician for that community for many years and has been very successful in his jractice. l Mr. Jas. H. Wise has also eredted a brick store and in addition to a general line of merchandise, carries an up-to-date and complete line of the latest in millinery. This depart ment is in charge of Mrs. Wise, who has several very competent assist ants. Mr. Wise was for many years a partner with Mr. J. B. Lathan. Mr. Lathan was the pioneer merchant at Little Mountain, locating there as soon as the railroad was completed to that point from Columbia, and Is still conducting one of the largest general merchandise business that is done at that place. During this year Counts & Shealy have completed a very handsome brick store and they are just now moving into it. They do also general business and have been very success ful. Shealy Bros. are also engaged in the mercantile business at Little Mountain and have a very complete line of general merchandise. Mr. R. P. Huffman is also one of the mer chants at Little Mountain and carries a line of groceries. Shealy & Shealy conduct a general machine and repair shop. The Little Mountain Oil Mill and Fertilizer company is one of the most successful institutions of the place. and Mr. J. B. Addy, tlie secretary and treasurer, is one of the busiest men at Little Mountain, unless it Is Joe Derrick, president of the mill. In connection with the mill there Is a ginnery, and they also manufacture fertilizer. Mr. C. F. Lathan, in addition to his work in connection with his father's store, buys cotton and conducts a sales stable. The agent for the railroad at Little Mountain is Mr. K. S. Derrick. Mr. A. N. Boland Is postmaster, and Mr. J. A. Boland rides 'the rural route, which goes out from this place. The Farmers' and Merchants' bank was organized only a few years ago with a capital stock of $10,000, with Dr. J. M. Sease as president, Mr. J. H. Wise, vice-president, and Mr. W. A. Counts, cashier. The bank has been successful since the beginning and Is paying a semi-annual dividend of 3 1-2 per cent. and has carried to the surplus account something like $2,500 Only recently it was decided to In crease the capital stock to $20,000, and the new stock is selling readily at $120. The deposit account is good and most of the loans are in small amounts and the bank has lost prac tically nothing since its organization. Mr. V. B. Sease has recently been made bookkeeper at the bank and business is gradually increasing. One of the main characteristics of the community, however, is the inter est which has been taken in educa tional matters. About a year ago the citizens decided that they should have a better school building and they' have about completed one of the hand somest and best appointed schoo' buildings in any town of that size in South Carolina. It is understood that they spent only $6.006 in cash for the building but they have a building that where from $12,000 to $15,000. As evidence of interest taken in the com munity in education, the patrons of the school, and those who are not patrons, but who live in the commu nity, gave their time and labor and teams and in this way they had the building erected with the small out lay of cash as stated. It is not a fancy building but a very substantial one. This school is a regular graded school with a high school department and has an enrolment at present of about 80 children, with four teachers. The superintendent this year is Prof. L. 0. Black. Prof. Black graduated at Newberry college in 1909, and last year was principal of the high school department of the Prosperity graded school, and is a very competent and efficient teacher. He is assisted this year at Little Mountain by Miss Ellie Jacobs, assistant of the high school department; Mrs. J. C. Swygert and Miss Ernestine Graichen. The school opened on Monday. There is also a very florishing Luth eran church In the town under the pastoral care of Rev. 0. B. Shearouse. This community, as is known, is largely made up of the Lutheran de nomination and the Lutheran church is the only church in the town. Dr. E. E. Stuck, a young dentist, spends two weeks in each month a4 Little Mountain and has a good prac tice. HEARST MEN DECIDE TO PUT OUT TICKET s Independence League Will iomtni4d State Officers In New York In Order to Knife Democrats. New York, Oct. 6.-Contrary to the wishes of Clarence J. Sheran, one of W. R. Hearst's chief lieutenants, th3 Independence league in StAte Conea tion here, voted early this morning to put a straight ticket in the field and. not to indorse the Republican ticket as had been proposed. The vote was 212 In favor of a straight ticket, as against 34 for an indorsement of the Republicans. John J. Hooper, State chairman of the league, and W. R. Hearst were duly chosen to lead the ticket, re spectively for governor and lieuten ant governor, and the convention ad journed until Friday to give time~ for a discussion as to the remainder of the ticket. The convention organized during yesterday afternoon, then ad journed until last night, when perma pent officers were chosen and the platform adopted. Mr. Shearn introduced a resolution that the convention debate and de cide to nominate a straight Independ ence league ticket, or to- indorse the Republican. This immediately caused confusion among the delegates. The disorder continued until the Rev. Ivan Merlen Jones, of Sayracuse, begged the convention to help the up-State people defeat the Democratic ticket. He was cheered when he closed by saying the best way to do it was by nominating a straight ticket. James A. Allen made the point of order that only regular delegates and alternates should be allowed to vote and was upheld. The platform declares that it is the duty of the league "In the interest of honesty and public decency, to deal a crushing blow to Murphy's scheme to Tammanize New York State." The platform declares for direct nominations, the Initiative and refer endum, the right to recall public of ficials from public positions and pop ular election of United States sena tors. Continuing, the platform says: "We call for a new and Immediate vote in the legislature upon the Ina come tax. "We call for a public inheritance tax law to be shared between the State and the national government. "We call for constitutional amend ments which will permit the munici pal ownership and operation of all municipal utilities. "We favor the submission to the voters of the State a constitutional amendment guaranteeing suffrage to the women of New York." Omitting Important Detail "I don't see any difference between you and a trained nurse except the uniform," said her sick husband. "And the salary," she added, thomwhfuln11v-Harner's Bazar.