The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, April 07, 1911, Page EIGHT, Image 8

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PURELY PEUSONAL. Movements of Many People, New berrians and Those Who Visi Newberry. Mr. Luther Leonhirth, of Sumter, is visiting relatives at Helena. Mr. Walter L. Ruff h9. quit clerk ing to write insurance. Miss Moriat Martin has returned to Newberry, after spending esveal days here.-Spartanburg Journal, 4th. Mrs. Julia E. Smith, of Baltimore, will arrive Sunday on a visit to her daughter, Mrs. J. W. White. Mr. R. P. Fair, of Newberry, is spending the day in the city on busi ness.-Anderson Mail, 5th. Mrs R. D. Wicker, formerly of Nine ty Six, but now of Newberry, spent Saturday with friends here.-Ninety Six cor. Greenwood Journal, 5th. Miss Sallie Bell Buford was one of the bridesmaids at the McMillan-Gai loway wedding on Wedn sady en ing at Clinton. Mr. Geo. S. Merchant, policeman at Bishopville, spent Wednesday in New berry, visiting his sister, Mrs. Flossie Merchant. Mrs. Jno. A. Shealy and daughter,. Miss Bessie, 'of Little Mounlain, visit ed relatives in town the latter part of last w;ek.-Chapin News, 5th. Mr. Wilbur F. Huiet, of New Or leans, arrived yesterday on a visit to his sister, Mrs. G. G. Sale, accompa niel by his mother, Mrs. M. W. Huiet, of Columbia. Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Oxner, Mrs. Thomasson and her daughter, Miss Maggie, of Newberry, were among the attendants at the Parrott-Amick mar riage.-Pleasant Grove cor. Leesville News, 5th. Mr. Akos Conweli and family, of the St. Luke's section oi Newberry county, visited Mr. Marion Miller's yesterday and worshipped at St. Marks.-Pleasant Grove cor. Leesville News, 5th. Mr. and Mrs. Jas. H. SheU.ey. of Wilmington, and Mr., M. W. Sylley, also of Wilmington, were on a vizit last week to their patrents, Capt. and Mrs. W. H. Shelley, accompanied by their cousin, Mr. D. C. Shelley, of Cot lumnbia. We are -pleased to say that Dr. Frank D. Mower, of Newberry, who was operated on for appendicitis, is getting on well. It was a pleasure to speak to him in the hospita'l and find him quite cheerful.-A. R. Presbyte rinan, 5th. Hon. Fred Dominick, of Newberry, was a business visitor to the city yes terday. Mr. Dominick is a member of the new dispensary commission and a law partner of Gov. Blease. He has ~for several years represented New berry county in the State legislature. --Anderson Intelligencer, 4thi. Mr. Geo. A. Norwood, Jr., son of Mr. J. W. Nor'wood, of Greenville, 'passed through Newberry on Wednes day, returning to the South Carolina college, where he is a student. He made the trip on horseback. He spent Tuesday night with his cousin, Mr.' J. E. Norwood. Trainmaster George M. Bishop, of Columbial has on more than one oc casio,~ shown that he can be master of the situation in emergencies. The .railroad. was sihort of an engineer last Monday, and Mr. Bishop, who under stands the business, acted as engi n eer with a heavy freight train until1 he was relieved. As master of trains on th'e Greenville and Spartanburg di-' vision of the Southern, 'he is the right mian in .the right place. 'FAnROUS AND ALL ABOUT. All the banks of the city will be * ~ closed pn Good Friday, April 14. Quarterly conference for Central Methodist church will be held this' evening at the parsonage at 8 o'clock.' All ,the officials please take notice. If you want brooms, or to have can-e seat chairs repaired or pianos tuned see Mr. Lee A. Singley, the blind ma&, -who is in the city for a few days, this week. The service at the Molloahon mill. church oni Sunday evening at 7.45 o'clock will be conducted by the Rev. Jas. D. Kinard, who will preach f6;K the pastor, the Rev. J1. D. Shealy. The Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary society of the Luheran ~Church of the Redeemer will meet at the home of Mrs. E. R. Hi PP Monday, April 10, at 4.30 o'clock. Owing to the rain, the Calendar of Central church lpostponed the anni versary meeting from WednesdayV un til Friday, April 7, at 4 o'clock at the: residence of Mrs. J1. K. Gilder. Wednesday was a bad day in New berry-one broken leg and two brok en arms in the city, a fire in the coun try and one in town. The fires oc:ur red at near the same hour a:i the broken limbs were all on the left side. On the eighth of last April Boozer Bros. put a piece of beef in their Na tional refrigerator. It was shown a day or so ago to a represn,ativ' of The Herald and News. After a year in the refrigerator the dried meat is sound and "looks good." The Misses Salter, two young ladies from Vaughnville, were in town last Tuesday. The mule they were driing took fright, turned suddenly and up set the buggy. One of the ladies was right badly hurt and the buggy was badly broken up.-Cross Hill cor. Laurens Advertiser, 5th. The base ball season is about here. Laurens ought to get in the swim somehow or other. Newberry, Green wood, Clinton and Laurens might stir up a little interest along this line. Laurens Advertiser. The H?ra1d and News is trying to "'stir up a little ia terest along this line." A citizen of the county who observ ed the report of the grand jury as to hauling sand out of the public road, suggests that the grand jury investi gate the amount of sand taken out by the high -winds a few days ago. In tact, he thiv.ks it would help the pub lic road in sofne places to have some of the sand removed, or, at least, have some clay mixed with it. A couple of $5 drunks and disorder lies at the Adams shows were among the proceedings of the mayor's court, with one or two little $2.50 ones. But Ada Graham for stealing three chick ens from Carolina Williams was charged $5 by the mayor Thursday. It might pay to raise your own chick ens, Ada, but Mayor Langford shows you that it will not pay to raise your neighbor's chickens. THE LAYNE?N'S )IOVEXTENT. Plan for Interdenominationzl Conven. tion to be Held in Newberry. April 25-26. Mr. J. Galloway, of Athens, Ga., sec etary of the Laymen's Missionary movement, representing the inter-de nominational movement, was in Newberry on Wednesday morning, and made to a meeting which had been called, and which met in the rooms of the chamber of commerce, a proposi tion for a series of three conventions to be held in South Carolina, one at Abbeville, the second at Newberry, and the third at Ohester. The object of the conventions would be to appoint an executive committee for the va rious counties fto pu.sh the movement among the various denominations, and bringing the various deliominat-Ions closer together in the movement. It was prop'osed that the interde nominational movement would furnish the program for this series of con ventions, which would be held April 24 to April 27, both inclueive. Abbe yille, it -was stated, had already ac cepted one of the conventions, condi tioned upon acceptance by the two other cities. The representatives of the various churches present at the meetin. ac cepted the convention for Newbe.rry, ~pledging the raising of $60 to defray expenses, and also agreeing to enter-! tain the delegates from the various churches of the qounty, it being desir ed to have every church in the county represented. It is expected that in a day or two action wilil be taken by Chester, and then full and definite an.nouncement will be made to 'the public. .Should the series of conventions be held, rhe Newberry county convention would probably open on the night of Tues day, A pril 25, and continue thrcnigh Wednesday. It was suggested that an opening banquet on Tuesday night would be 'advisable, but these details will be arranged later, when the mat-! er is in definite shape. . The chamber of commerce will !end its aid in arranging for the conven tion here, if the program for the series goes through, as it is expected it will. Dr. George B. Cromer presided at the meeting here on Wednesday morn ing, and Mr. Paul S H-ilfacre acted as secretary. WORK ON SUB-STATI)N. Southern Power Company Buys Lot and Begins Work on Sub Station. The Southern Povwer company has purchased one and eighteen-one-hun dredths acres from the Mollohon Manufacturing company from n 'ar; where the septic tank was locatedl on the south side of the railroad. The material is on the ground, nA work has been coimmenced on the erection of the sub-station. The build-. ig for the sub-station will be of brick, 40 by 120 feet. The work will be pushed as rapidly as possible, and the company hopes to have every-. thing ready for the bringing in of power in \he very near future. THE CHARLESTON BOOSTERS. Proeram for Their Entertainment Dur ing One Hour's Stay in the Best Town in Their Itinerary. The en!tertainmLent committ (? of the Newberry chamber of ccmmerce and the other members have been active for the past ccuple of days making arrangements for the reception and entertainment of the Charleston busi ness men, who are expected <to arrive in Newberry .today over the C., N.: & L. railroad :'rom Greenville in a special train at 1.33 p. m. It is the purpose of the Charleston visitors to remain in Newberry just one' hour. The following program has been ar ranged for the entertainment of the visitors while they are here: Mr. Z. F. Wright has been appointed chief marshal with Mr. W. J. Round tree and Mr. W. B. Wallace as assist ants. The citizens of Newberry will meet the Charlestor. visitors at the train and- in charge of the chief marshal and his assistants, the visitors will be escorted to the public square in the following order: Leave the station at 1.38 p. m. in charge' of the chief mar !shall and his assistants. They will be followed by Metz' Band of Charles ton, the Charleston visitors, the mem bers of the chamber of commerce and other business men, Newberry Con cert band, Newberry college students, graded school and high school stu dents. On arrival at the public square, President Harms, of Newberry college, will deliver a one-minute speech of welcome to the visitors, and 20 min utes will be given the visitors to make short talks. ' Arrangements have been made by which autonnobiles will be at the dis posal of the visitors, and they'will be taken over the city by the following route: College street to Newberry college. College street to Harrington. Harring'ton to Calhoun. Main to Summer. Summer to Johnstone. Johnstone to Boundary. Boundary to Drayton. Drayton to Willowbrook. Wislo'wtrook to Station. Mr. I. H. Hun,t is chairman of the committee on entertainment and the committee to arrange for the automo biles is composed of J. B. Mayes, 0. F. S'ummer and E. H. Aull. The re-i ception committee is composed of all the 'members of, the chamber of com mnerce. The committee on college and schools is J. M. Kinard, J. H. Harms and H. L. Dean. The committee to' see the merchants is J. H. West and C. T. Summer. The committee on* music is J. M. Davis and W. A. Wherry. During the 20 mdites at the pub-1 lie square, the rmercha.nts and busi-1 ness men generally 'have agreed to close their places of .business and as semble on the public square to ex tend a cordial welcome to the visitors. -NEWBERY SAVINGS BANK. 1Solid Institution Passes a Most Suc cessful Year-Directors and Of ficers Are Elected. The annual meeting of the stock holders of the Newberry Savings bank was 'held 'at the offices of the bank'on Thursday morning. The president, Dr.' Jas. McIntosh, presented the annual report for the bank, 'which was en tirely satisfactory to the stockholders, and showed the 'bank in a healthy and prosperous condition. The following directors were elect ed for the 'ensuing year: J. K. Gilder, L. W. Floyd, B. C. Matthews, G. S. Mower, Jas. McIntosh, J. E. Norwood, W. D. Senn, C. E. Summer and R. McC. I Holmes. - There was no change in the direc torate except Mr. R. McC. Holmes was placed on the board to succeed his father, Mr. 0. McR. Holmes, who died a few months ago. After the ad.journment of the stock holders, the directors held a meeting and re-elected the present officers as follows: Jas. McIntosh, president; Geo. S. Mower, vice-president; J. E. Norwood, cashier; P. Fant Gilder,' bookkeeper, and Fraser L. Evans, col lector. Services at Bethlehem and Ponmaria. On the second Sunday in April Revi M. 0. J1. Kreps will preach at Bethle- i hem at 11 a. mn., and in Pomaria at 4 p. m. Rev. Mr. Kreps is the finan cial agent -in the United Synod, South. for -the Theological seminary, now be ing ere3cted in the city of Columbia. I He will present the cause of the semi- ( nary at these appointments, and then make a canvass of the entire pastor- I ate.t The public cordially invited to at- I Lend1 these services. FARMERS CORN CONTEST. Newberry Farmers' Uniou Announce Ruies and Regulations and Prizes for Contest. The following prizes are offered for the year 1911 by the Newberry County Farmers' union: First, second and third prizes for the 'greatest yield of corn on one acre.' First, second and third prizes for the cheapest yield per bushel of corn per 'acre. No yield less than 40 bush- 1 els to be considered. First, second and third prizes for! the best single ear of corn out of ex hibit of ten ears taken from the con test acre, or by a contestant who does not enter the other two contests. No yield less than 40 bushels to the aci e to be considered. Rules governing Farmers' Union Corn contest iii Newberry county: Any member of good standing in the union and who has contributed something for the fund offered in prizes, and who grows an' acre of corn complete, and has enrolled his narr e with the county secretary, J. 1. O'Neall Holloway, Newberry, by or before May 1, 1911, may compete. The amount of the yield and the measurement of the land must be made and certified to in writing by at least three disinterested witnesses who shall be satis:factory to the coun ty secretary. In eltima.ting p.rofits uniform prices c should be used; for instance, "5 per acre for rent, 10 cents per hour for1 work of each laborer and five cents, an hour for each horse; corn 80 ceis. a bushel as standard of value; stov,er $10 per ton, one ton o;f -stover for ev ery 25 bushels of corn. Prizes will be awarded in Newberry in November. The judges will l'e 's lected by the officers ol the counTy union. No announcement of the yeild by the judges shall be mad-" b.-fo. e November 1 or wh enever the awards shall be made. -.. A written statement o f disin erest od witnesses of the yield pPr acre; a written account of the history of the crop and a statement of the expenses of the 'crop 'by the grower, on blanks furnished by. county secretary, and a. ten-ear exhibit of corn taken from the: contest acre nilst be made to the county ecoretary at least ten days be-' fore November 1, 1911. Church of the Bedeemer. ~The following is the program of di vine services at the Lutherai Church .1 of the Redeemer next Sunday: 11 a. m.-Being Palm Sunday a class of young people will be confirm- ' ed. The beautiful and impressive confirmation service in the -Book of1 Worship wi.ll -be used. The pastor will preach an appropriate sermon. 8 p. ~m.-There will -be a song ser vice. The subject of the sermon will be: "Personal Responsibility." Text: "Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldesit not eat? And the man said, The wo man whom thou gayest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat. And the Lord God said unto the wo man, what is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent be guiled me, and I did eat." Gen. 3:11 3. Special Holy Week Serviefs. Beginning Monday night, April 10, here wi.ll be a series of sermons on bhe "Passion history" as follows: Monday, 8 p. m. the subject of the ermon will be: "The Last Supper. 1 Tuesday, 8 p. in., Rev. J. W. Carson, ~ f the A. R. P. church will preach on ~he .subject: 'The Momentous Hour."! [ext: "Jesus, lifted up his eyes to leaven, and said, Father, the hour is ome." John 17:1. Wednesday, 8 p. mi., Rev. Banks, of entral M. E. church will ,preach onL he subject: 'The Unwelcome Cross." Thursday 8 p. in., Rev. J. D. Kinard ~vill preach on the sub,ject: "Theia 'hree Crosses." Friday, 8 p. in., the subject of the0 ~ermon will be: "The Seven Words rom the Cross." An attem'pt will be made to make hese services interesting to z.11 pea le, and all are cordially invited to e present. Senator Sinkler in the City. Hon. Huger Sinkler, of Charleston, ~ s in the city, having come to Newber-1 y yesterday morning on business. Mr.' ~inker represents Charleston in the: tate senate, and is one of the leading embers of that body. He has many riends in Newberry, who are always: lad to see him. 'A .p From the Far East. K The editor of The Herald and News ~as received a post card from .Joe Bl. tE ~ooley, chief of the secret ser-vied~ de- d4 artment of -the 'United States in then ar east, upon which, among othere ings, Mr. Cooley inquires as to hisb nny friends here, and sends themn ti lrcigs s retn s. .s AN UNFORTUNATE DA. rwo Small Fires and Three Citizens Suffer Broken Limbs on Wed nesday. At a little before 2 o'clock Wednes lay morning Policemen H. H. Frank in and Sam Johnson, while on their I -ounds near the depot, saw a blaze, hereupon they made a dash for the :ity hall, Mr. Johnson sounding the ire bell and Mr. Franklin using the >hone, and soon the general stillness )f the early hours was broken by he shooting of pistols and the shrill iotes of the Syren whistle. The fire >roved to be at Mr. W. 0. Wilson's in .aldwell street. Mr. Wilson's barn vas burning. When the fire was dis ;overed it had made such headway hat the building could not be saved. C'he barn was in flames when Mr. Wil ;on first saw it. He was awakened by Ar. P. B. Asbill, his near neighbor, vho heard a noise, and after waiting t minute or so, heard other -.oises, as f some one walking. The barn was Xuickly destroyed with a carriage, hree sets of harness and some horse eed. The horse and wagon were sav-, d. Mr. Wilson estimates hi,sloss at etween $1,500 and $2,000. No insur nce. Mrs. Wilson says that several )f her hens and about 45 or 50 litti ,hickens lost their lives in the fire. ks to the origin of the fire, it is sup osed to -have been accidental. A negro nan slept in the barn. The man is a loper. Presumably while stupefied Lnd'smoking in bed, as was his habit, :he fire started, and spread fast be rond his conrtrol. He was 1 .te in get :ing home that night and must have )een in a some-what dazed condition, is Mr. Wilson says the negro didn't Lrouse any' one but was fighting- the hre alone when he and Mr. Asbill got here. The man manageT, nowever, :o get 'the thorse out and he , was ;hrewd enough to save his own 'little ffects, but everything else went At about a half hour (2.30) after tr. Wilson's fire Mr. Dan DeHart lost 21s stables by a fire which is thought :o have been of incendiary origin. The yuilding caught fire in the loft. It was consumed- witi about a ton of ay and 500 bundles 'of fodder. Mr. eHart lives on the Mike Werts' place ear Silverstreet. Loss about $150 or 12'0,- wiith no insu-rance. Luckily the our mules in the stables were saved. At about noon Wednesday Mr. J. D. Wheeler had 'his left .leg broken at' the nkle. He was pullring down cotton vles at the warehouse when his foot vas caugh.t by a plank. Before' he :old get ou't of the way of the fall ng bale as h~e has~ always heretofore one, the bale fell on him with the -esult as above'stated' Drs. P. G. EI esor and J. K. Gilder attended Mr.1 Vheeler. On Wednesday afternoon Mr. Ike S. avis, while at work on the new resi tence fo~r his sisters, Misses Marie .nd Nell Davis, in Davidson street, eli off e scaffold and broke his left r'm just above thee wrist. Mr. Davis ras stepdtng 'backward on the scaf oding when hie fell. Dr. W. G. Hoeu eal atitended. On Wedniesday afternoon Mr. Jim rethers, of the Main street candy itchen, fell on th~e pavement and1 roke is left arm at the elbow joint. )r. W. G. Houseal is attending Mr. ~rethers. Death of Mr. E. P. Lake. Mr. E. P. Lake was 'born August 24, 850, and died April '3, 1911, aged 60 ears, 7 months and 10 days. He was iarried to Miss Frances. Miller in 881, did has ever since lived a' beau fif life, both in connection with his uily and friends. The same 'was ighly testified by the number of -iends who assembled to pay their st tribute. Beautiful flowers in pro isn 'were another evidence of the teem in which he was held. He was man of whom any county would be roud to own as 'her son. Being one the foremost planters and busin'ess| en of Newberry county. Personally he was of the type of - en loved 'by the best of men, and ] ved most by those who knew him ~st. He leaves a wife, two sisters 1 a niece and .nephew to mourn his gath. The community has lost one of its ~st and most accommodating men in r. Lake, and his place can never be led either at 'horne or among his ighbors. A Friend. "A -Proposal Under Difficulties." The young people's society of .the .R. P. church will perform "A Pro sal Under Difficulties" at Mr. F. N. artin's at S o'clock on Wednesday ening. There will be no admission 6 e charged, but as the "Proposal Un r Difficulties" is a benefit perfor-; ance silver offerings during the ening will be in oraer. The -New ~rry college orchestra will furnish e music and that will be worth menen tonva nothing of the play. COTTON MARKET. Good middling.. .. .. .... ..14% Strict good middling .... .. .. .14% Middling... ... ... . .... .....1 SPECIAL NOTICES. One Cent a Word. No ad vertisement taken for 1 than 25 cents. ESTRAY-Hog, thin haired, black shoat taken up early in Febr If owner does not claim will sell keep. 0. B. CSaham, Pomaria, F. D. 1. AT THE RESIDENCE of Mr. Martin the young people's soc of the A. R. P. church will on day evening at 8 o'clock, present Proposal Under Difficulties," for. benefit of the society. No ad sion fee charged, but there will a silver offering during the evening. 4-7-1i. DR. I. E. CRMY, the well kiown eye sight specialist, will be in Newbe the last week of April. If you n glasses it will pay you to wait, to Dr. Crimm. FOR SALE-One five year old- hors one top, rubber tire Rock- Hill bu gy. Apply to 0. 0. Smith. 3-28-4t. FOR RENT-One four-room cottag" on Nance street. Electric lights and" dity water. Apply to T. M. Sanders. 3-28-ltaw-tf.-T WANTED-You to know that . am representing the Aetna Life Insur-) ance Company, a4d would, bi plea ed to explain our polices to thou3 desiring insurance, tiiUnrafde -fur nished by the Aetna is at the lowest possible cost, which abdolute safety: can warrant. Office. old Postoffice Building. W. W. Cromej. 3-17-8t. AUTOMOBILES for lire, Rates. re0s sonable. 'Phone 98. C. W. Fant~ 3-14-tf. BB{'NE COUNTY white eorn at $1 per peck. Big Boll Triumph cofton, $1' per bushel. Ylele 38 per cent. lint, A: D. Hudson, Newberry;R R VD 1. 3-14-tf. HAVE YOUR HORSE and miule cip ped at Dr. Sharp's- Veterinary bas pital. -Prices reasonable. Work, guaranteed. Corner McKibben and Friend streets. Residence phIoe 316. Office- phone 316. "3-7-tf2" CEDAR POSTS-200 cedar postsfo sale. J. L Mayer. R, D. . No. 2. 3-7-tf./ LEARN AUTOMOBELE BUSJIESS Take a 30 days practical course In our well equipped machine .obops and learn the 'autor$obll business and accept .good position1. Char lotte Auto Schoo,- Chqrlotte, N. 3-7-tf. WANTED-Young men and ladles ton learn te'igraphy. We are receiving more calls for our gradaates thane we can supply. Cha4'lotte Teleget phy School, Charlotte, N. C. ~3-7 PURE KING COTTON-500 bush 75 cents per bushel F. ,0. B. Cha pells, or two cents pound at. J. S. .Dominick, Chappells, & C. 3-7-8t. IVANTED-Second hand. bags burlaps. Write for prices. .RI mond Bag Company, Richmond, V 2-17-10t. rUST arrived, a carload of heart sap shingles. 'Langford & hardt. 1-1~ ING cotton seed, bure,'$1.00 p bushel. W. C. Sligh, Newberry, C., R. F. D. No. 3. / 2-14 00OR MAN'S DELIGHT cotton se pure. Early cotton; produces 5 12 locks to boll. Most prolific gro er. $4.00 per bushel. W. C. Slig Newberry, S. C., R. F. D. No. 3. 2-14-tf. HONE 95 for nice fresh meat. E. Rodelperger, Lower Main Stree 1-13-tf. ET YOUR GLASSES from l?r. G. Connor, a graduate of the large' optical college in the world-t Northern Illinois College -of Chica', Dr. Connor is located permanen; in Newberry, gives both the obf tive and subjective tests by elcs it a gnarantee his work. E