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PURELY PERSONAL WI of Novements of Many People, New. pI 16errians and Those Who Visit II Newberry. Mrs. E. B. Blease, of Winston-Salem, is visiting relatives in Newberry. is Miss Mary Hutchinson is visiting relatives in Columbia. Mrs. Margaret Alexander, of Char lotte, is visiting Miss Marie Wendt. a I al Miss Kittie Norris has changed her K address from Newberry to Little Mouitain. t3 Messrs. Jno. K. and Jas. L. Aull 0< went to Columbia yesterday to attend M the Merry Widow.< Capt. Silas J. McCaughrin, of Bir- V mingham, Ala., made a brief visit to L relatives in Newberry this week. Mr. L. Q. Fellers is spending a few days - with relatives in Greenwood ' county. R Mrs. S. E. Dunbar and Miss Jose piine Dunbar have returned from Spartamburg. - Miss Lou Allen and Mr. Robert Dil lard spent Sunday with relatives in Whitmire.-Cliuton Chronicle, 11th. L Miss Lena Young, of Whitmire, is 1: visiting Mr. and Mrs. Will Martin this week.---Clinton Chronicle, 11th. Mr. Jas. B. Morgan, of Newberry, spent several days in Union.-Prog ress, 10th. b Maj. B. J. Herndon has returned from a business trip .to N4wberry and I, Greenville.-Cokesbury cor. The State, 12th. V Mr. E. L. Bailes, of the Bee Hive, left on Wednesday night for Niew York, where he will buy his spring stock. Mr. P. F. Baxter returned Wednes- f day night from Cherryville, N. C., af ter attending the bu-rial of his aged S father. F Col. W. H. Hunt attended a meeting of the board of trustees of the new female college to be established in Anderson, on Tuesday of this week. Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Hutchinson and. little son haive returned to their home * in Greenville after a visit to relatives * in Newberry. * Mrs. W. 0. Wilson and little daugh- :r ter, Edith, of Newberry, were -among st the visitors here yesterday.-Ander son Mail, 10th.. * Mr. . Jno. A. Blats, of St. Matthews, Orangeburg county, last wiek paid a visit to his father, Mr. W. H. Blats, whq was seriously ill. Miss Saralh Scott, of Whitmnire, spenit part of past week her.e visiting Miss Mary Johnso'n.-Clinton Chroni el,11th-. * Mrs. M. C. Willard and children, of g2 Coronaca, Greenwood county, ar., vis- - iting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Luther bf M. Fellers. Mr. and Mrs. C.' C. Chase, 'who have't been visiting relatives 'here, left yes- hi terday to visit relatives in Columbia, he * ~ before retumning to their home in At- a lanta. . . Mr. Jno. M. Kiniard, president of the P aIlmni assiociationl of tbe University of South Carolina. presided over the h1 einnual meeting of the association in sI Columbia yesteidlay. -e Mr. and Mrs. Porter Whitworth,o Bookmais-, Richland county, returned Tuesday to their home after a visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Luther M. Ji Fellers. Mr. W. H. Eddy, of Jalapa, left1 Tuesday for the North to visit his brother at Tabor, N. J., and his old borne on -Sta'ten Island, and relatives in New York City. He will be away d4 about two weeks.G *- Miss Mary Muse, who is teaching at Nickles, Marion county, and Miss. Eunice Muse, teaeher of Sligh's school ' in Newberry county, were with her parents last week.-Verdery cor. Greenwood Journal, 11th. Ihi Dr. E&. H. Kibler left yesterday for Ial White $rings, Fla. He was .joined he at Columbia by his brother, Dr. C. L. Kibler. They will be absent about ten days. Mrs. Kibier we'nt as far as Ca lumbia with Dlr. Kibier, where she will remain until he returns. it di * Messrs. D. A. Livingston and F. L- th -Pays.inger left Wednesday night for th Jackson,ville, thence to Taimpa, Key in -West and Cuba on a pleasure trip to last ten days. Hoping for them a pleasant journey and a safe return . -The Herald and News remains theirs .. -truly. of Mrs. I. E. Long, of Pomaria, S. C., is : at .Mt. Pleasant, spending a few weeks is *with her .paren.ts, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. g Weinheimer.-Oharlestonl Post, 10th. Misses Iva and Rachel Counts re- mn turned yeeterday from a visit to rela tives in Newberry.-Union Progress, m 10th. itr Drs. F. D. Mower a'd W. E. Pelham, r .Jr.. leave today .for New Orleans to ti * *, *-** . . >rk, operative surgery and diseases children. These two rising youn. iysicians give promise of a life of ;efuhiess as well as of eminence ir eir noble profession. Miss Ola Hutchinson, of Newberry visiting her sister, Mrs. J. L. Snel -ove.-Delmar cor. Le.esville News th. Mr. John W. Holland, of Chappell' Yent last week in Edgefield with hif int and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. W. T inard.-Edgefield Advertiser, 11th. Mr. James Hipp, of Newberry coun , has moved into the house foirmerl1 xcupied by Mr. Jos. F. Caughman r. Bach Oromer, from Newberr )umty, has moved into a hous-e nea ryse's ferry.-Pleasant Grove cor eesville News, 11th. Rev. and:Mrs. M. C. Riser returne< 'onday morning, -having spent thi >lidays with Mrs, Riser's people, neal owberry, and Rev. Riser's brother ev. Y. von A. Riser, near Pomaria -Leesville News, 11th. Mr. Geo. D. Franklow made a trii Newberry county on Thursday o Lst week for Mrs. ,.Catherine Long ,ho has been with her sister, Harrie ong, for some time.-Le-esville NewE Lth. VARIOUS AND ALL ABOUT. The deadlock as to chief of police I eing prolonged. The next regular meetjng of Pulash )dge will be Friday night, the 20th. Now for Newberry. This line is jus irown out for a little slogan talk. If funeralized is a good word wh: ot marriagized? As notary public Mr. Francis '% [iggins married a colored coupl uesday. The down town restaurant in Mait .reet is now being conducted by Mis lossie Merchant. The Rev. Geo. A. Wright will preacl . Bethlehem Baptist church, colored knight, Thursday, at 8 o'clock. Mr. M. C. Moore has bought a hal terest from Mr. A. P. Boozer in his re. Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Shealy move< ~sterday to their handsome no ~sidence, corner Friend and Wilsox reets. Sheriff Buford went to the penitent -ry Wednesday with a colored wo an, Lou Singley, alias Sue Singley ho was last March sentenced to tw< ars for manslaughter. She has beet capacitated from serving before. Traveling .to Newberry for the pur se of making a deposit in the posta: vings bank, 'recently. establis'hed it a~t city, will not be regarded as 2 eat bardsh'ip by very many people -Laurens Advertiser. "Now for New ~rry" 'has reached Laurens. Milton Spears, who works at Bax r's marble yard, in the goodnaess ol s heart and fine workmanhip of his Lds, has presented the reporter widi handsome little block of marble foi eful as well as ornamental -pur >es. We bhad the Newberry concert bani yre on Saturday, under the leader Lip of P'rof. W. A. Wheri-y. The5 iie tip to make music for the Oak md Heights Realty company. This >mpany sold about 40 lots at gooi -ices-Ninety 'Six cor. Greenwoot >urnal, 11th. Yesterday 'morning at the breakfas :ble a bright little four-year-old 1bo3 td to his grandifather, "Grandpa ~orge Washington is dead." Grand ther said:, "Yes, Geo. Washbington is ~ad." "Well," said: the little fellow vben are they going -to bury him?' randfather was knocked out. A lady who -keeps a boarding house Missouri was whipped the oth~er ty for having turkey hash every day r a week. It is the duty of every ragrapher, who has the interest ol s country at heart, to pass the word ong.-Greenwood Journal. Pass the 'sh first. The News and Courier says Smith inks Wilson is crazy. Did it ever :u.r to you that the average mamn ~nks the other fellow crazy if 'he sagrees with him? In Georgia Seely nks Watson is crazy and W'atsoE inks Seely is crazy. And so it goes every town. At Leavell's marble works Wednes sy The Hjerald and News saw a most autiful piece of work being finished -A. J. Moon which he had cut out a square piece of granite and chis led the finest kind of lettering. It a monument made of WaynesborC anite which Miss Laura Blease has d erected to the memory of 'hex other. Among the improvements not yei entioned as showing Newberry to be the front ranks of the progressive arch are some new machines' fox e quick mending of sho~Ns, etc.. al Reagiin, the well experienced, well in formed and reliable home made shoe man. See the machines manipulate on your shoes while you wait, if you want to. Finest of leather, neatest of work and no extra charge. At the meeting of the directors of the Farmers' bank of Prosperity held on Wednesday of this week, Mr. Eu gene S. Blease, of Newberry, was elect ed attorney for the bank. Many people in Newberry will be sorry that Mr. D.-A. Rivers has given up the hack line business. The banks will be closed next Thursday, the 19th, Lee's birthday. You grandfathers who have chil dren to wean do as did Grandpa Luth er Fellers who has been reading Bill Arp. Mr. Fellers had a little grand child which the mother wanted him and Mrs. Feilers to help in the wean ing process. Mr. Fellers says every time the little thing cried he got out his fiddle and played. It worked like a charm and put baby to sleep. Beats dope. Newbeiry has sent down a new rep resentative well equipped for useful service-Hon. Ge(o. S. Mower is no stranger at the capitol. He was a representative from 1888 to 1890 and a senator from 1.893 to 1904. Mr. Mower holds the master of arts degree from Bowdoin college, in his native State of Maine. At Newberry he has -pmacticed law with distinction and been prominent In banking and cot tca,manufacturing. He was of counsel for the State in the Coosaw phosphate zase and the famous registration cas ,s.-Columbia Record. PYTHIAN BANQUET POSTPONED. Will be Held January 2-Same Pro. gram Followed-See the Com mittee. The annual banquet of Newberry 1 Lodge, K. of P., which was scheduled for last night, has been postponed to January 26. This was dohi, on a: oount of the death of the wife of a member of the lodge. The visiting brethren, who had been invited and who wer'e on the program for the banquet, have been notified cof the postponemerit and have accepted the invitation for the evening of the 26th. Those members who had agreed to take ticloefts for the banquet last right, .and who may find it inconven ient to attend on the 26th, may have their orders .oancelled if they Will no tify the comnmitte'e in time. Any of thosel who have' paid for tickeits, who may find it in,convenient to attend, may have their money refunded .by calling on the committee. .It is hoped by the membership, however, that the evening of the 26'tht will suit all of th'em just as well as the 12th. Unless the committee is noti fed, arran.gemients will be mad'e for the list which 'was made up for the THE COMMERCIAL BANK. Annual Meeting of Stockholders Bank in Fine Condition--Election. Board Directors. The annual meeting of the stock holders of the Commercial bank of Newberry, South Carolina, was held at the office of the bank in Neiwberry on Wednesday of ;this week. Mr. I. H. Hunt presided at the meeting, and Mr. J. Y. MVcFalI acted as seeretary. Presi dent Jno. M. Kinard submibted his an unal report, 'which 'showed the bank in a very Ihealthy condition. Durinig the past year the bank has dclared a total of 11 -per cent. in divi dends on the capital stock of $50,000, and at the same time has car-ried to the surplus anid undivided profit ac count a good large sum. .Mr. Geo. W. Summer, who h.as been on the board since the organization of the bank, declined reelection, and Mr. J. Y. McFall 'was elected in his place. In 'place of Mr. A. J. Gibson, deceased, Mr.' F. Z. Wilson was elect ed a member of the board. At a meeting of the board~ of direc tors, the same officers were elected as follows: Jno. M. Kin'ard, president. . Y. McFall, cashier. R. H. Wright. first assistant cash R. L. Tarrant, second assistant cash ier and teller. Floyd :Bradley, bookkeeper. Hunt, Hunt and Hunter, attorneys. President Kinard and Cashier Mc Fall and all of the officers of this bank are polite and courteous to all cus tomers, and, on account of this, and the safe and business-like methods pursued by the bank. it is growing in populaity every day as the large de posit accounts and the growing sur plus are evidence.. Crosses of Honor. The following Confederate crosses of fionbr have been appliied for by the Drayton -Ritherford dhapter;~ U. 'D. C., to be bestowed .Janruary 19. .Lee's birhd.: . P. r>orermr and 1. H. NOW FOR THE PARK. Mr. J. A. Burton Offers to Contribute Tract of Land if Other Land is Secured. In a letter to the editor of The Her ald and News Mr. J. A. Burton offers to contribute, a piece of land on 'the east side of Scott's creek, containing about one and one-third acres, valued at six hundred dollars, for the pur poses of a park as soon as enough -money is contributed to pay for the balance of the land which it is desir ed to include in -the park. Some time ago Mr. Burton and the editor of The Herald and News looked over this piece of land, and decided that six hundred dollard was a rea sonable price for it. This sihows public spirit of a higI order on Mr. Burton's part, and nm there ought to be no trouble in get ting the park. With this contribu tion asa-nucleus with which to'work certainly there ought ,to be enough public-spirited pitizens in Newberry with the means, to make the park a certainty now. Mr. Burton says he is ready to deed this land either to the town or to e commission, upon condition -that i1 will always be used as a park, an that he shall not be connected witl the park commision. However, iJ there is no objection, fhe says, h would like to name one membor o the commission. It is now up to Newberry. THE NATIONAL BANK. Oldest Banking Institution in this See. tion-Has Had a'Successful Year. All Officers Reelected. The annual meeting of the stock holders of the National bank of New. berry, South Carolina, was held or Tuesday at the offices of the bamk ir Newberry. Mr. Geo. Johnstone pre si,ded, and Mr. S. S. Cunningham act ed as secretary. All of the-stocke, ex cept 109 shares, was represented either in persons or by proxy, which~ is possibly the largest per cent. of the stock represented 'at any meeting of the bank for a number of years. President B. C. Matthews and the special committees all submitted their annual. reports, and everything indi cated a satisfactory ''condition of the affairs of the bank. The National bank is. one of the old est banks in this section of the State, its first charter .having been granted in 1871,. and renewed in 1891. The~ charter will 'be renewed again during this year. At one tkrne the Nationial bank was not only the only bank in Newberry county, 'but did the 'banking business for a large section of upper Carolina. With three other banks in the town of Newberry and a number of others in different portions of the county, the National bank still holds its friende and is, gaining new ones every day. The ftollowing board of directo)rs was reelected for this year: Robeit Norris, G-eo. Johnstone, W. S. Langford, Geo. S. Mower, T. E. Car lisle, J. P. MattheWs and B. C. Mat thews. At"the meeting of the board held im mediately after 'adjournment of the stocktholders, the following officers were re-electedl: B. C. Mathews, president. IR. D. Smith, cashier. H. T. Cannon, assistant cashier and Thos. K. Johnstone, bookkeeper.' Frank Davis, collector. Miss Alice West, stenographer. Geo. Johnstone, attorney. The bank during the past year has declared semi-annual d.ividends of 4 per cent. or a total of 8 per cent. on the capital stock of $150,000. , 3iegro Girl Terribly Burned. A knegro girl ten years old, the daughtqr of Aif Rhode, of the Cole man section of Saluda county, was horribly burned While filling a kero sene lamnp on Tuesday night. Dr. Moore reached her in about two hours. It is not thought she will live. .Banquet Postponed. On account of tihe'de'ath of Mrs. W. F. Ewa.rt, whose husband is a mem ber of the lodge, the banquet which was ','> be tendered last evening by Newberry lodge, No. 75, Knights of Pythias, ha.s 'been postponed to the night of January 26. The guests who had accepted the invitation to be pres ent were notified, and they will attend on the 26th. Death of tnfant. The infant son-12 months old--of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Langford, of Mol lohon mill, died of pneumonia yester day morning and will be buried at Rosemont cemietery this morning at 10 ~ DEATH OF MRS. W. F. EWART. Suffered Stroke of Paralysis on Mon day Evening and the End Came Tuesday Night. Mrs. Cora Cannon Ewart, wife, of Mr. W. F. Ewart, died at her home in this city on Tuesday night at 11 o'clock, following a stroke of paraly sis which she suffered on Monday evening at the dining table at the home of her neighbor, Mrs. C. A. Bow man. Mrs. Ewart was a native of this county, a daughter of the late Dr. William Cannon. Her mother survives her. She leaves, besides her hus band, four children to mourn her de parture: William, Frank, Heyward, Clara and Marcus. She is also sur vived by one brother, Mr. Bruce Can non, of Florida. Mrs. Ewart was 49 years of age., She was a wbman of fine Christian character, and her death is a loss to the entire community. She made friends of all with whom she came in contact. For some time past her health had not been good, but she bore up with true Christian fortitude. Her death is sincerely mourned. The funeral services were conduct ed at the home yesterday morning at 10 o'clock by her pastor, the Rev. Geo. A. Wright, of the First Baptist church, assisted by the Rev. J. E. James, of Aveleigh Presbyterian church. Inter ment was in Rosemont. - Church of the Redeemer. (Rev. Edward Fulenwider, Pastor). The following program of divine ser vices has been arranged for the Luth eran Church of the Redeemer next Sunday. 11 a. m.-The morning service. The pastor will preach on the subject: "The $carlet Line." In a way our homes today are in danger as those in thQ days of Rahab in the tfty of Jericho. In this sermon four thigs will be discussed that every citizen of Newberry should consider at the be ginning of this New Year, A. D. 1911. They are "Pardon," "Price," "Pass word," and "Possibility." 7.30 p. m.-There will be a 'song service in which all can engage. The s'ubject:of the sermon. will be: "At imosphere." This will be snother one of,'tIie night sermons in which a very common ~thing of this world wrnl be used as an illustration to impress some of the great lessons of life. There will be good music at both ser-. vices. 3.30) p. m.-The class in the catech Iism will meet in the Sunday school Iroom. The lesson will be the last three petitions, anid the conclu!sioni of the L6rdi's Prayer. 4 p. m. the Sunday school meets. There are classes and teachers for. all ages. A cordial invitation to all the ser vices is extended the public. A. B. Presbyterian Church. (Rev. J. W. Carson, Pastor.) The regular services will be held in the A. R. Presbyterian church next Sabbath. The' subject for the. morn ing sennon will be: ~"The* Glorified Church," concluding the series en "The Chrurch That Pleasea- Christ." The evening sermon will be based on II Sam., 9:1.3: "So Mephoboshesh dwelt in, Jerusalem; for he did ...t continually at the king's / table; and was lame on both his feet" Pulaski Lodge, No. 20, I. 0. 0. F., will hold its regular -meeting on Fri day evening, January 20. .The special meeting for the degree team sto prac tice will 1be 'held on Friday evenin January 17. FOR RENT-One new three-room cot tage. Good water and garden spot. Apply to T. M. Sanders. 1-13-1tw-tf WANTED-Four districts gents and Isix special agents.to represt-S6itti Carolina's first and only Old Iine Life Insurance Company, the South eastern of Greanvil-le, S. C., in Or angeburg, Bamberg, Barnwell, Aik Ien, Edgefikeld, Saluda, Newberry Fairfield, Lexington, Calheun, Ches ter, York, and Ricbhland counties. Excelent and liberal contracts for good men. Address with references McCain and Parfbam, General Agts., 304 Skyscraper, Columbia, S. C. 12-20-5t. WANTED YOU to know turn plow points will be sharpened by the Newberry Machine Shops at 10 cents eaeh, and .that they will do the sama work as new ones wh4i cost you 25 cents. Bring your points to New bemv- Machine Shops. 12-20-ti FOR RENT-Seven room dwelling, modern convenience, 1326 College Istreet. Large garden and ysrds. Apply- o Miss Ola Wilson, 1325 College street. I12-16-4t. LANGFORD & BUSHA RDT are in the market for cotton seed and will pay the highest prices. Best shingles in! - 9-1I3-tr. COTTON MARKET. The Price of Cotton and of Cotto Seed in the Various Markets of the County. Newberry. (Corrected by Nat Gist.) Strict good middling ...........4 Good middling ............. Strict middling ........-----14 (By Robert McC. Holmes). Strict good middling ............14%, Good middling ..................14$ Strict middling ...............14% (By C. J. Purcell & Co. Strict good middling.... (By Summer Bros.) Cotton seed ...............50 (Southern Cotton Oil Co.) Cotton seed .....................t Slverstreet, (By Silverptreet Warehouse C0) Strict good dling...... Cotton seed ........... Pomaria. (By Aull.& Hipp). Strict good middling........14 Cotton -seed............... Prosperity. (By J L. aaid G. Wise4) Strict good middling.........14 Cotton ieed ................ . 5 SPECIAL NOTICE$ One Cent a Word vertisement 0taken for than 25 cents. PHOE 95 for nice fresh most Rodelperger, Lower Main r DIS. F. D. MOWER and Wi HAM, Jr., will be abs.ent city until the 1st of Will practile -in hospit New Orleans,-La., In gery.addiese. FRESH BR -- the tim nie 0. Riif .egaI building. WANTD-To bujy~ thirty bushkels of cori 4 B. Setzl'er, 2001 Colee. 3 1 s PHONE 95 for nice frieshr me t E Rodelsperser, Lower ManStet 1-13-tf. Ir PHONE 95 for nice fresh meat Rodelsperger,, Lower Man 1-13-tf. FINE FRESHFS-eeg -larly. during the& sesoa whd isif now on. Fish of dlEerent efte Spanish metckerel a singer & Coward. LOST-A smln jet breast iiAt ~wkh three ,pearls in ceneL e r-eward 'rillebe paid I i~o .Mrs. F. C. Holbrook, 20~elP Street. STRAYED .OR STOLEN os gremises on Sunday night,.onsi~ bay mare mule, mediumi 4ue information willt be.ir lt. LOST-Philomathian society E rn~ collegel badge. 'Nime H. -W.o4n reyerse side. Icst'about bro ~ek ago i town Newberry. 'Please 'r Sturn to Mrs. Henry I Parr. 1-1-t Now boys, when a* pretty 1t14 with a faoe like-oh, a fairy, ok W into your face anad says, "I want that piai.o," bow in this wrorld is g fellow togzet around a proposition flkepihst' FOR SALE AT ONCE-Three seeon4 hand beating stoves, fine cooking stove, wrater back; I- White Moun -itinsretrigeratoii l. doegn RkI i land Red chickens, - s garden tools 1 second hand buggy,4 rock'ers-, 1 porch swing, 1 mower, 2 oak chiffoniers. Mrs. *Bowles, 1831 Johnstone street. FOR SALE CHEAP-Good horse mule. Annie 0. -Ruff. 1. HOUSE AND LOT YORE A salesday in Februar, before, court house'at Nevberry, tbr cottage wtih .one-fourth of anE on Vincent street, just on the between Newberry and H Terms cash. / John Jaclison. 1-6-5t-ltaw. FOB SALE-House and lot ($4g street, No. 510. If not sol4 in-st Monday in Feiu~ary, wIbe sold on that day to highest t in front of court house. W. A. Graddick. 1-3-3ty,ta GBT YOUR GLAS from D,r.0. W. Connor, a graduate of the lm* est optical college in the w Northern Tll'nois College of g. Dr. Connor is loeatelI ently in Newberry, gives obMectvea su bjenM ive ted a 10