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rA TOLUNWE XLMX NU"MBER 1S. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLBNA, FRIDAL, .1ARCH 3, 1911. TIEAWE,P EB THE NEWS OF PROSPERITY. Net Work of Phones-Alive to the I portance of Good Roads.-Per sonal Mention. Prosperity, March 2.-Mesdames Y. Hunter and J. C. Schumpert sp, Tuesday in Newberry. Mrs. E. E. Young is visiting Mrs. H. Kohn in Columbia. Mr. Birge Wise and Miss Ad Werts have returned from a few d' stay at Kiblers Bridge. Mrs. J. M. Suber, and daughter, M Myrtle, have returned to Whitmire ter spending a few days with Mrs. B. Kibler. , Mrs. J. W. Reames, of Spartanbu is the guest of her mother, Mrs. M. Bedenbaugh. Rev. M. 0. J. Kreps spent the we end with Mr. A. G. Wise. The following attended the Bedi baugh-Hope wedding: Mr. and Mrs. G. Wise, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Wise, M J. F. Browne, Mrs. C. M. Harmon,' M W. A. Moseley, Mrs. B. B. Schumpe Misses Julia Schumpert, Mary Liz Wise, Tena Wise, Helen Lathan, I die and Ellen Werts; Messr. H. Rawl, A. B. Wise, T. A. Berley, W. Wise and W. E. Moseley. The Literary Sorosis will meet t: afternoon at 4 o'clock -with Miss De Bowers at which time the follow program will be rendered: "It is exercise alone that suppo the spirits and keeps the mind -vigor."-Cicero. Athletics. Football--Mrs. F. E. Schumpert. Baseball-Mrs. J. C. Schumpert. Basketball and tennis-Mrs. Whe er. Current Events-Mrs. Browne. Mrs. W. A. McLean, of Blythewo is visiting her father, Judge B. B. HE Prof. F. 0. Black, of Little Mot tain, spent' the week-end with PT Brown. Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Barrier, of Lit Mountain, have been on a few d visit to Mr. S. J. Kohn's f=uily. The Young People's society of Gr church will meet next Monday nig insterA of Friday night, on accot of the Mitchtll lecture. Mr. Ira B. Nates returned to( lumbia grs~edgy after spending few days 'with the home folks. Mr. L. A. Black ieft today fori Northern mnarkets to purchase 1 spring stock for N. L. Black & Son Mrs. F. W. Schumpert, of Augus has been on afew days' vist toM B. B. Schumpert. Mrs. J. B. T. Scott and Mr. M. Carlisle, of Newberry, have added v -uable books to our school libra;ry. 'I -former 40 volumes and the latters volumes. 4 The Newberry conference of 1 South Carolina synod will meet w Bachman Chapel congregation on F -day before the fifta Sunday in Ap: Will give the program later. Another pshone line 'has been add to our "hello" list -this week and1 following can now talk to their dikte neighbors: Messrs. T. B. Hawkins, L. Hawkins, Geo. I. Hawkins, W. Counts, J. E. Pugh and Pierce Bowe No. 9 township will soon be a co plete net work of phone wires. Come down, Mr. Editor, and tak( spin in your auto over the steel brid road and see what a fine section country--fine homes, fine farms, gc roads and the phone wires over he will make you think you are in so: large city. Many of the farmers taking an interest in the road dt and with the cooperation~ of :e C) mnercial league they h; ro C a gn good to many of the r'o:ds. At the last meug of the ecmaru el league a c~ommi ties was ~:1:poin te onfer with all: pesons living aioC the road from P rosperity Po NewbeYr with a view of chantging the road The road should run on the rih :M of rte railroad all t;ho way ami ti change could be made at. lit tle< pense. Newbwrry. should aid 1in matter' a- a chai1: wou bi e:tmi bring morp trade to Ne'wberry. 21 of the peole in this sectio~ woud Oftenr lbuI on ae0o0i :. of (eroSsi dlang(rouis. W\e hope :you will spiee in gretting( the Greenvile-Columi] highway. Give us; your best eff~orts t road at once. T'he to'lowj ing louer has been M\r. G;eo. D). Brown,j'1G Pronry. S. hear iTr. Brw: You (can nnULt u on my coming on the 3rd. My lecture will be upon "Picturesque America.' m. This lecture treats in a popular non technical way of the beautiful scenery of our own country. It is illustrated with over 75 fine slides of Fiagara G. Falls, Yellowstone Park, Yosemite nt Valley, Grand Canon of the Colorado, Rocky Mountains, Alaska and other A. famous places. I have already given this leoture in over ten places in die South Caroline, in most cases by spe Lys cial request. Trust you find it botb entertaining and instructive. iss Will come on the train-Southern af- arriving at Prosperity at 2.33 p. m. E. With kind regards, I am as ever, Very truly yours, rg, M. W. Twitchell. B. Public cordially invited at city hall Friday evening at 7.30. The News of Bachman Chapel. n- Slighs, March 2.-Don't we continue A. to have beautiful spring weather? If rs. the next two months are as bad in rs. proportion as the past two have been rt; good we will have a late spring. But Zie let's not cross the bridge before me Ld- reach it. With the exception of colds the B. health of this community is fairly good. Rev. M. 0. J. Kreps, who is travel Ila ing in the interest of the Lutheran Theological seminary, which has been transferred from Charleston to Co r lumbia, and is now being built, preach in ed an interesting sermon at Colony last Sunday morning from St. John, 19:27: "Behold thy mother." This was an appropriate text for the occa sion, and Rev. Kreps handled it well. el- Three new members were added to Colony by transfer. Mr. and Mrs. J. Maxey Morris, of [ Newberry, spent last Sunday after ir. noon at the home of Mrs. Morris's in- mother. 'Of. Mr. and Mrs. Levi Schumpert spent last Sun%Iay at the home of Mr. Schum te pei t's mother near Mt. Pilgrim. Mr N_Xah Di;ndt and family, oaf Saluda, visited at the home of Mr. and Me T4rs. E. S. Franklin last .Saturday rht night and Sunday. Mrs. Franklin and son, Mr. Willie, returned home'with mnt them Sunday afternoon to spend a short while. a Miss Lucy Dominick, of near Colony, is spending this week with her sister, ~he Mrs. J. M. Wilson. lie Mr. Edwards, of the Mollohon .mill, 'has moved with Mr. L L. Moore. - The farmers couId 'have been partly rs through planting had it been the right season for it. The land has remained in fine condition. al- Grain is looking fine for this sea son of the year. 18 The farmers are hauling in fertiliz .er. The roads are in good condition le for hauling. They haven't been very bad long at a time during the winter. ri- 'We suppose about the usua'l amount ci r.fertilizer will be used in this section. The Bachman Chapel missionary sc e ciety met at the church last Satur hday afternoon. Some of the menmbers hof Colony church hauled the singles to cover the church last Tuesday from Saluda county. W. I._______________ rs. Buried in Newb)erry. At Rosemont cemetery Wednesday afternoon there was laid to rest the ga body of an a:ged lady who had died in geColumbia on Tuesday afternoon-Mis M.C. DeN'oon, eighty-nlve years old. The remains were carried from the a train to the grave, service by the Rev. J1. E. James. The pallbearers re were Drs. Van Smith WV. E. Pelham, dW. G. Mayes, Robert D. Smith, R. D. mSmith, Jr., and Claude Giraudeau, of atFColumbia. Mliss DeNoon was for years a highly ~ rspected teacher in Camden. She ddied at. the home of her cousin, Mr. ~Dougl1as A. Sale, son of the late Re.. A. M. Sale and nephew of Mr. G. G. Sae, of Newberry. Let the Hall Roli. s !.anrens Advertiser. We hea - whisperings of a baseball ague. vomposed of a niumse~r cof townis jin this section: Abbeville. ( Gre.'nwood~. NewbeJ(rry, Che-ster, Clin cton an il Lau~rens in Soutil Carolina, d and E!be~r;on a::d Athens in Georgia, >iIih entionledl to"wns. This is a ightI~y good id''a and one which will n:I~IOst probably meet with hearty sup p ,orl1 in ach place. It would be we.l; -' dor hse who~ ar.e most interested to Iall a wee g here aml discuss the (C.IT nro liio fr Iom thje Lau rens stand QUIET IN COUMIA. Railroad Commissioners Issue Imi portant Order-Major Jno. Black Returns. Special to The Herald and,News. Columbia, March 2.-Everything is exceedingly quiet here today, particu larly around the State house. Maj. Jno. Black has returned from Charleston, but has not yet paid the fine. The railroad commissioners at their meeting today passed a very import ant and far-reaching resolution to the effect that all of the railroads in this State be required to fill in, all cuts on all of their roads within six months. THE SESSIONS COURT. Will Convene in Newberry on 20th of This Month--Judge R. C. Watts to Preside. The court ot general sessions wi' convene at N:v,1zrv on tho 20th o this month with Judge R. C. Watts presid ug. There are quite a nuMo r cf casts 'or )T*.,. and if we are 1o judge by the past, the criminal class wil-l now get busy, and increase the business. It is to be hoped, how ever, that this will not be done this year. The grand jury for the year was drawn yesterday morning as follows: Joe F. Harmon. W. E. Wallace. J. A. Schroeder. W. H. Shannon. R. C. Counts. S. J. Sheeley. B. F. Cannon. D. E. Oxner. Jno. A. Nichols. J. S. Bickley. B. B. Hiller. C. F. Saner. The following members of the grand jury of last year are the hold-overs, and will serve on the grand jury this yaar: J. D. Kinard. H. F. Lominack. M. W. Long. E. T. Werts. Clayton L. Boozer. M. T. Oxner. The following is the petty jury fo the present term of court: J. C. 'Craps. J. W. Hendrix. J. H. Swnmmer. B. 0. Lovelace. T. A. Steely. W. 0. Wilson. C. B. Eargie. Ohris. S. Ruff. T. C. Ban:ks. W. H. Suber. S. A. Quattlebaum. S. P. Hawkins. 0. V. Higgins. Geo. A. Addy. H. R. Parsinger.. A. T. Dennis. Harry W. Dominick. Furman Brooks. J. D. Dominick. J. M. Aughtry. W. H. Blats. A. D. Hudson. G. P. Boozer. J. H. Werts. Jno. S. Floyd, Jr. L. ,W. Derrick. C. F. Lathan. S. W. Williamson. T. N. Sheely. T. T. Pugh. .Jno. T. Timmerman. T. P. Johnson. .no. W. Earhardt. G. 0. .Johnson. Geo. W. Cromer. B. B. Richardson. lMeeorological Record. February, t911. Temperature. Mean maximum, 61.1. M'ean minimum, 40.0. Mean, 50.5. Mak~ximium, 76; date 15th. Minimum, 22; date 22nd. G;retest daily range, 39. Precipitation. Total. 2.05 inches. G3reatest in 24.hours, 63; date, 9th. Number of days with .01 or more ~Cprecipitton, 9: clear.. 9 ; fair, 10; c.loldy. 9. Dates of killing' froz; 21, 22, 23, 24. Rainfall for tw' uL'tms, 4.20 inches. S pMndflid month .ani farmers have put in full time. Rainfall only about one-halIf the average for two months. W. G. Peterson. THE SOUTHERN POWER COMPANY A "Looker On" Urges Granting a Franchise to the Southern Pow. er Co. As it Appears to Him. Editor The Herald and News: It is amusing to stand aside at times and watch the passing show. Many flash lights and side lights are thrown upon the curtain; and many varying scenes are shown. I have no personal inter est whether either one way or the other in the show, but just to watch the good and ill effects' it has upon the passers -by and public in general. To a looker on the actions of the city council in its objections to the Southern Power company entering the city seems over cautious, futile, and a backward step, in the great march of progress. While they miy not have actually objected, yet as a member of the power company puts it, "You give us permission to come in, yet make conditions that render it impossible." That is the old story of the boy's per mission to fish, with the restriction "not to go nea,r the water." It is an old, old axiom, that "revolutions never go backward" -and that 'history re peats itself." This is true. The city council may retard and delay the com ing of this great public utility, bu.t never stop it. The same objections to "something new" is as old as recorded history. The world' is full of easy going and sceptical souls, .Who abhor a change, as -nature does a vacu.m. When electricity was first spoken of as light for city and private homes, it was bitterly fought, by "intersts" and those who wanted "well enough" let alone, and "what was good enough for our fathers is good enough for us." And yet almost every town and city in Christendom is lighted by elec tricity. Steam, when first agitated in Eng land, as a road motor, was strenuous ly objected to, by the conservative ehment. And so in this country. When a resolution was up in the Mas sachusetts legislature looking towards building a Tailroad frcm Boston to the Connecticut river, it was declared on *the floor of the house, "Pass this resolution and the pblic credit will be overthrown and every dollar's wort' of prop,erty in the common wealt4 would be in jeopardy." When the Old Colony road was pro jected, the .cities of Quincy and Dor chester, through which the road was proposed to be buildt, almost read the riot act, public meetings were held, and delegations sent to the legisla ture, priyinxg that no railtroad should run through their towns, giving as reasons, that "it would be a great calamity to their towns, injure the farming interests, change the price of oats, and break up Mr. Gillett's 'hack business." Mr. Gifllett ran a stage coach, carrying sly passen'gers daily to Boston. Well, the towns got their wish, for the roads kept away from them many years, but the 'hack bu.si ness was, as they expected, broken up, and land along 'the railroad rose .from $75 per acre to $5,000. Might~ not our .town council see some analogy in the two cases that the coming oft this new industry 'may "break up our own lighting plant?" Why should the council be so suspi cious and cautilous of the powei's of this great compaany? The legislatures of every State, as well as congress, have taken care to curb and control these great public monopolies, and they are under the supervision of the "commnission of public corporations." The courts, too, are always ready to 'lay a hand upon these powers of o.r ganized wealth. This grea.t hue and cry against the "grasping corpora tions," like the universa! charge of "bribery and corruption in official life" is all more imaginary than real. The gentlemen behind the Southern Power company, the Dukes, are the head of a $400,000.000 tobacco trust, the second largest organization of its kind in the world, and with its ally in England controls every pound of to bacco and its subsidiary industries, in the world. Not a pound is manufac tured or sold, but must be priced by this cmpany and sold at they direct. Could they not arbitrarily raise the price of t.obacco 50 per cent., and rea lize millions upon mi.l'lions almost iE a day? Yet tobacco is as cheap now or perhaps cheaper, than in 50 years. The much abused Standard Oil com nany thait own-s the ont nf all the petitor of any power, the most gigan tic monopoly on earth, that could raise the price of its products only a few cents on the gallon and realize millions over night! Yet we get bet ter oil and cheaper oil than ever known before. These are all private concerns, deal ing in no necessities, only luxuries, yet if they should raise their prices arbitrarily, without good and suffi cient reasons, see .how quick the courts would come to the rescue of the common people. They would find a way. The supreme court, it is true, has held since Justice Marshal's time, that a charter is a con-tract, and a contract is unvoidable. But the su preme court only recently reversed itself in that particular, and held that "contracts can be chaniged, when ef fecting the public interests." Now, it is a little surprisipg that the city attorney, as familiar with all these facts! usually so clear-head -ed, -progressive and unbiased, should advise in almost prohibitive restric tion against this great pubilic utility coming into city. It is to -be expect ed that when this, great moneyed or ganization undertook to develop the powers, which they proposed selfing throughout the country, they laid out their plans, their regulations, their terms, and considered "w;hat they could do and what they could not do." Now is it to be thought for a mo ment that this great combination would change their plans, or give benefits, or binding promises, just to enter a small town lile Newberry? If they made exceptions for Newberry they would be accused of favoritism, and other itowns and cities very justly would demand ,the same treatment. Then, -again, if our mill men, who control millions of dollars worth of property, are willing and anxious for the advent of this power company, they must have figured it out that a foreign concern could deliver thein power cheaper than they could make it themselves. Then, why should they not have it? If other towns and cities are will ing to agree to the power company's terms, and see no dahnger, why should our city be over cautious, and shy .t remote possibilities? All the council should exact is a fair and square deal with other bene ficiaries, and this ,the court will see that they get. There seems to be some flear of the fate of the city's own power plant. Why, if a foreigd com pany ca'n come in and sell light and power ch!eapier -than the hiome concern does, by all means let them do so. Is the home ,plant paying expenses' now and laying by any dividends for the taxpayers? We doubt it. Now, I may be wrong in all my surmises, wruor in my conclusions, and wrong in my views, but it is the way it seems to a Looker On. LORIIMER KEEPS SEAT IN SENATE. His Election Declared Legal by Small Majority-Tillman for and Smith Against Lorimer. Washington, March 1.-Win. Lori mer retains 'his seat in the United States senate. By a vote of 46 to 40 that body today defeated Senator Beveridge's resolution declaring the Illinois senator had not legally been elected. The end to'the case that for so many months had been before the senate and which had provoked one of the most bitter fights in that body for years-a fight in which the personal equaLtioI served .to heighten and intensify the, feeling-came -shortly after 1.30 o'clock. Promptly at that hour the vice-president brought-his gavel down sharply upon his desk and calimd for' a vote on the resolu'tion. The a.rgree ment, entered into by tihe members yesterday, called for the shutting off of all debate at that hour, until the settlement of the issue by vore. Newb)erry to be in It! Coy. BAease l'as signed the act re cently passed, to incorporate the Pied mont and Northern Raihvay company. the Duke concern which p,roposas to build trolley linms over the up-country from An;derson to Greenvillean Greenwood. and from Gireenvil!e to Charlorie, with, pe.rhaps. branches to Ches.ter. Camden. Uion and Newber ry and ultimately to Columbia.1 Don't fail to hetar the Skovenard ('ancert l'arItv at t he college on Thiurs dar Mnrebi 16.j so HOBBY COURT. Jail Crowded With Prisoners-Jurors and Witnesses But No Judge. News and Couriers. Conway, Feb. 28.-Court was called here this morning, and it being ascer tained that no judge 'had yet arrived, was adjourned sine die. All jurors, witnesses, and the solicitor and steno grapher were on hand yesterday, but consented to remain over till today in the hope that presiding judge might reach her during the night. It was a large crowd of indignant citizens that met -here yesterday, many of them leaving work of importance.at -home, 'When it was. learned -that no court would be held and that they would probably be caliled Aack at a time when they could 111 afford to leave their farm work. . Indignation Meeting Talked OL Gov. Blease came in for a great share of censure and ithis afternoon there was talk of an indignation meet ing being held. This, however, was quieted down. It is- estimated that the failure to hold court at this time has cost the county $500, to say nothing of the ex pense incurred by a number of citis ens, who appeared as prosecutors' and as defendants' witnesses. Clerk of Court W. L. Bryan today issued pay warrants to, jurors and baififfs sggre gating $325.30. The many State's wit nesses present were not paid. Jail Crowded-Court Needed. \ The jail here is _rowded and has been for several months, bond baviig been refused a number of parties held in two murder casas. Twenty lsrnc: pale and witnesses are in jail and a number out on bond. The urgent ne cessity of court here is appareng t6.-. every one. Solicitor Wells yesterday, beforo reaching Conway, wired the clerk to hold the jury, but to no avail. The ao." cal bar associationj though extremely. desirous of having court, is with the chief justee in his stand taken, fully appreciating bis legal right to take the position that he does. -NO CIRCUIT JUDGE AVAILABLE J$eason For Supreme Court Recom.-~ mending Attorney QuattlebaIua Lancaster, February 28.-Governor - Blease is quoted in the daily papers as saying tha.~ he declined to commis sion C. P. Quattlebasun as special judge to hold court at Oonway, as rec onmmended by the supreme court, be cause Judges Copes and Memminger were disengaged. The supreme court kanew, so The News and Courier correspondent is informed, though not by any member tiebaum Tecommnendation, that neither Judge Capes nor Judge Memminger could be assigned to hold :the Conway court;. it knew that upon his qualifi cation Judge Copes would preside at the Richland court in ColuAmbia~ this week. It also knew that Judge Mem- - minger was sick at his home in Char leston, the judge 'having informed the court, upon its inquiry, that in the op-A iin of his physicians be was not physically able ,to go to Coanway, Judge Aldrich to Marion. Lancaster, Feb. 28.-Chief Justice Jones has assigned Judge Robert Al drich to hold court at Marion next week. DEFE(CTIVE ELECTRIC iyIEIYG. Probable Cause of Ninety Six Oil Y1I Fire-Insurance. Greenwood, March 1.-The~ .in-:y Six Oil mill was destroyed by a fi:e ;m. ped to have origin.ated from <- - 'ecti;e electric wiring yesterday. The fire is still burning today ani eforts are being made to save part og the r:ock of meal and seed. The stck -f meal, cil and bulls was full-y C07 ered by insurance and the buildirg ar:1 machinery practically so. The lant was valued at $50,000. It was owned at one tim.? by &. I- - derson Phosphate and Oil company, but a few years ago was bought by Ninety Six business men. President John B. Sloan, of the Cambridge banka is president of the c-nmpany; Pre?si dent W. 0. Self. of the Bank of Nine ty Six, is secretary and treasurer, and Mr. D. M. Lips::sub a g: rai man