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PURELY PERSONAL. Kovements of Many People, New herrians and Those Who Visit Newberry. Mr. S. S. Langford. of Georgetown, is in the city of his old home. Drunmier Rundrick. from Laurens, was in the city Monday. Mr. J. H. West returned last Thursday from a trip to Augusta. Mr. S. J. Kilgore spent the week end in Newberry with rel-atives.-Clin-' ton Chronicl,e. Miss Salter, of Newberry. spent sev -eral days of last week the guest of Mrs. B. C. Bell.--Mullins E.terprise. Mrs. G. Landrum Kirby and Mrs. B. 'Wardell are visiting in Newbrry. Union Progrezs. 12th. Mr. I. A. McDowell left Sunday for Corinth. Ark., to visit his broth-er, Mr. J. T. McDowell. Absent about 10 days. Superintnd:at of Laurens schools. Prof. B. L. Jones, spent the week-end at his old home in Newberry. Miss Emily Meng, of Laurens, was a pleasant Sunday visitor in Newber ry. Miss Louise Wilson, of Ulmer, spent .rhe week-end with Miss Elizabeth Dominick. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Harrison, of Dil-. ]on. spent fe2w hours in the city ys terday with her father. Rev. G. A. Wright, and family. Misses Mattie, Lee Smoke, Mattie and Blanche Wimberly. of the Colum bla college, spent the week-end at the home of their uncle, Rev. M. L. Banks. Mr. Bill Ewart left Saturday for Hendersonville as summer clerk at Gates' hotel. Bill will make life lively and worth living in Hendersonville. Miss Louise Wilson, of Barnwell, wno is attending the Columbia college, spent the week-end in Newberry with the Misses Dominick. Among the popular visitors in Mul lins during the Missionary conterence was Miss Saluda Blease, of Newber ry, who is the neice of Governor Blease.-Mullins Enterprise. Frank McCullum has returned to Leington. N. C.. and accepted the po sition of overseer of weaving at the We'nnonah Mills.-Southern Textile Bulletin.. J. C. Humphrey has resigned :-6 overs.er of cloth room at Calhoun Falls, S. C., to accept a similar posi tile Bulletin. S .Suien''x .After a long siege of sickness, part' of which time he was seriously ill, Mr. F. J. Russell1, is able to be out again. His friends are glad to see him once more. :Mr. B. L. Dority returned last Thurs day frcen the hiospital in Columbia, ha.ving recovered from the operation 1101r appeDdicitis, which is good news to his friende. Mrs. R. B. Wallace and 'her baby daughter leave today for Atlanta, to' visit Mr. Wallace's mothier, Mrs. Cor-, mielia Wallace. That grandmother will. not want 'to give the baby up when the time of parting conies. Mr. J. P. Williams arrived Saturday 'with his bride from Marlinton, W. Va., and will today return to Manming. The' many friends in Newberry of Mr. Wil-. liams are congratulating him and wishing for him and his bride an abundance olf the blessings of life. Mrs. Nellie Davis, accompanied by jher faithful mother, Mrs. Katie Coats. retturned Saturday from Columbia. The man-y friends of Mrs. Davis will be --pleased to learn that she has' recover ed from her recent serious illness with appendioitis, undergoing operation at Knowltoni's hospital some time since. VARIOUS ANDl ALL ABOUT. Are you talking Chautauqua? June 19 is the day. Home coming week. Th.is doesn't look like signs oif the wettest summer since the fiood. Prayer meeting of Central church wiBl be held at the church WVednesday evening at 8 o'clock. The worst dust storm in years rag edl here for a time on Saturday after noon. It was dirty. Id-lerfs intelligent items increasing in interest. Park plans progressing pleasantly. Pull. people, pull. The hour for evening service at the E~pisc-opal church has 'been changed to ->.30 o'clock. every second and fourth Sunday. Mr. B. C. Matthews. the live presi dent of the National bank of Newber ry, has received his new Oadillac, a beautiful and costly touring car. Constable T. G. Williams has been trferred to Saluda. and is already on record for successful raiding of blind tigers in that county. One of the most enjoyable enter tainments of the week was a Bowling party given by Miss Jessie Todd in honor of Mss Lucy McCaughrin Mon day evening.-Greenwood Index. A colored man living in the county was in the city on Memorial day giv ing his name as James Madison Thom as Lafayette Charles Whitfield Hilliard Edgar Bluford Gilliam. Mr. J. H. Humbert, of the Whitmire cotton mills. has been elected to suc ceed Mr. H. H. Orr, as secretary and assistant treasurer of the Orr cotton mills in Anderson. The primary class of the A. R. P. Sabbath. school will entertain the cradle roll and the mothers on Wed nesday afternoon from 4 to 6 o'clock at the church. Mr. J. A. Boyett and family having gone to Charleston, Mr. Paul S: Half acre, manager of the Newberry Insur an.e and Realty company, is conduct ing the Crotwell hotel until the arrival of the new hotel manager. The Philathea class of Central church have elected Miss Mattie Adams as their delegate, with Miss Minnie Havird as alternate, to the district ention of the Woman's Home Mis sionary society to be held at Tranquil, Greenwood county, on June 3 and 4. Drs. T. W. Smith and I. E. Crimm accepted an invitation to -take tea at Mr. J. C. Wicker's Friday evening. They enjoyed the trip to the country and had a fine supper. It was an in formal affair, but a very enjoyable, all-round one to the little party. The Lutherans of the State are tak ing steps to establish a college for girls. There is no reason why this denomination should not have an in stitution of learning for young wo men in the State. It has a strong col lege for boys at Newberry.-Greenville Piedmont. When that new motorcycle for Mr. Yancy T. Dickert arrived Monday one would have thought from the crowd in front of Langford's expressage that a sensation was being sprung. It doesn't take a great deal to draw a crowd in a hurry. but a motorcycle is a good thing in the hands of R. F. D. men. A North Carolina Red Man writing in the Charlotte Observer of the 10th says: "Next week we will celebrate our victory in charlotte on the 18th when we will have hundreds of visit ing Red Men with us to join us in a great torchlight parade and to hear Gvernor Cole. L. Blease of South Carolina on the principles of the or der." Death of MUr. GUIliam. Mr. Jno. R. Giilliaim, who was- para. lyed ilast Wednesday noon, died on Sunday evening at about 6 o'clock. He was in h:is 56th year, and leaves a wife and several children. Mr. Gil iam was twice married. He was a member of the Methodtst cniurcn, and belonged to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Improved Or der of Red Men. The deceased was a good main and citizen. The burlal was at Rosemont cemetery yesterday afternoon, service by the Rev. A. M. Gardner. The pallbearers were from the local -lodges of the two orde'rs of which the deceased was a member. For the Children. Manager Lavender has a fine picture -for this (Monday) afternoon and evening that he is very anxious for children especially to see. Every Sunday school child from ten years down bringing another child outside of the Sunday school 'will each be ad nitted free. Mr. Lavender is uiberal, and his liberality ought to touch the public. This is one of the most gen erous propositions ever made. Mr. Lavender will not be forgotten in Newberry. The Mayor's Court. There have been few cases of vio lation of the city ordinances docketed recently, and there were no offenders before Mayor Langford yesterday morning. On Saturday morning State Consta ble T. Gri'f. Williams and Mr. Fred Harmon were before the mayor charg ed with fighting. Mr. Williams plead ed guilty and was fined $7.50. Mr. Harmon pleaded not guilty. and the case against him was aismissed The Piano Contest. Looks like letting little lassie Lot tie's long lead last. Leading ladies in the' piano contest at Summer & Hipp's. Last vote was: Lossie Mae Boozer, 230,30; Annie Mae Bedenbaugh, 227, 930; Bell Harmon, 224.294; Edith Folk, 223,434: Annie Singley. 207.075. It will be seen that the two Maes are near together, Miss Bedenbaugh being a good second. with Miss Harmon and 'iss Folk close to them, and Miss Singley following with a flattering vote. KILLED BY TRAIN. Aged Negro Struck by Southern Pas senger No. 16. Near Pomaria, on Friday Night. William Preston. a negro between fifty-five and sixty years of age. was struck and killed by Southern pas senger train No. 16. bound from Greenville to Columbia, about one and one-half miles this side of Pomaria, at 4 about 9.30 o'clock on Friay niglt. The negra work-ad around Prosperity, and it seems that he was walking from Pomaria to Prosperity, and had sat down on the cross-ties. The engineer Isaid that his engine was almost on the negro whein he saw him. and it was impossible to stop the engine before it struck him. He said the negro ap peared to be asleep on the ties. Coroner Felker went to Pomaria on Saturday morni'ng and held an inquest, the verdict being in accordance with I the facts stated. Inquest Over Negro Woman. The verdict of the coroner's jury at the ir.quest held over the dead body of Rebecca Williams. colored, on Thurs day afternoon. was to the effect tnat the woman came to her death by a gun-shot wound at the hands of Mose Williams--her husband. The facts de veloped at the inquest were as stated in the last issue of The Herald and News. It a,ppears that M'se Williams and his wife. who lived on Mr. John Harmon's place, i No. 11 townshi.p. were alone at their home when the killing occurred. The woman's body was found lying on the piazza. and it is supposed she was there when she! was shot by her 'husband in the house. Mose. who was subject to spells of insanity. had been sick t1le day before. and th,ere seems to be little doubt that his mind was unbalanced. He was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Pope Bu ford, and lodged in jail. Negro Woman Injured in Accident. In a runaway accident yesterday afternoon a negro woman, Sarah Thacker was thrown from a buggy standIing in the vacant lot on Friend street. behind the Copeland stores, and injured. She was placed under the care of Drs. Mower and Dunn. and at the hoeur olf going to press the ex tent of her injuries had not been de' termined. Richard Thacker and his wife had just driven in from their home in the Maybinton section, and Richard had' stepped across to Main street to get something to eat, leaving his wife sit ting in 'the 'buggy, the mule being hitched to a tree. Mr. J. M. K. Buz hardt's horse was standing h.itched to a bug'gy near~by, when it broke loose from the tree to which it was tied~ and ran die buggy into the buggy oc cupied by Thacker's wife. Mr. Buz ardt's horse broke the harness a-ndl ran a considerable distance throughI the st-ree'ts before it was coaght. Death of Mrs. Martha Wilson. Martha Anne Elizabeth Wilson, wife of Join 'W ilLiamn Wilson, died April 23, 19 .1, makirng her pilgrim age here on :rth 77 years. 4 months and 20! days. She 'was very sick for five weeks. She bore her pains' with great pat Iience. She was unable to go to chiurch for some time, but she did not forget her Bible. It was her Sunday morn ing's work. She was not afraid of death. She did not mind telling any one that she was. going to her blessed *home. She also told h:r minster that iit was the Lord's will for her to get well it was hers, and if it was his will to take her she was willing. She is greatly missed in our home, but we are trying to bear it with patience for we feel better than those that have no hope. She was a good, kind mother to her children, and a good kind neighbor. Her husband has preceded her to the spirit land 19 yrears ago. She leaves four daughters living and three! dead; 23 grandchildren living and six dead, and nine~ great-grandchildren. We hated to give 'her up but the Lords knows best. Let us walk in her footsteps that we might meet her on tahat beautifu.1 shore where there 1will be no parting. Her grand-daughter, Mattie Ola Werts. Death of a Little Child. The death of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. T.ong's eigate en-months-old daughter,' Jessie Etta, occurred on Friday even ing at 9.30 o'clock, and the burial was held ait Colony dhurch ceretemy on Saturday at 3 p. m. Service by the Rev. Jas. D. Kinard. Death of an Infant. Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Griffin, of Mol-1 lohon, lost their three-months-Old son! on Friday morning. The burial at .Roseont cemetery Saturday morning at 11 o'clock. Service by the Rev. J. D h3aay at the home' of the child's' g.andprmes Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Lee. RUTHERFORD SCHOOL. Uttractive Program Arranged for Clos ing Exercises. to be Held on Sat urday. May 20. Rutherford school, Miss Annie iggins teacher. will have its closing ?xercises and annual picnic on Sat irday. May 20. commencing at 10 a. m. ;b,arp. The public is cordially invit d. The following is the program for ;he occasion: Welcome song-School. Flag March and Drill-School. The Colored Witness-Owens Wick r, Drayton Nance. Charlie Lominick. Frnest Wicker. Song, "Beautiful Flowers of Spring" -School. "The Oyster Resurrection"-Trent Keitt. Mary Lominick, Vernon Living iton, Bachman Wicker. The Sister Band-Marie Sease, Lula rominick, Minnie Livingston. Inez [ivingston. Clyde Lever, Louise Wick ar, Lucile Dickert. May Wicker. Song. "Violets"-Janie, Sease. Ola Lominick, Mary Lominick. Lula Lom inck, Trent Keitt. Marie Sease. Cla-ra Wicker. Ida Wicker, Louise Wicker, Anna McCollum. Cummins Lever. Upside Down-Henry Lominick. Lil Uian Livingston. Clyde Livingston, Edgar Dickert. Mary Rawls. A Family Not to Pattern After-Ola Lominick, Sarah Lominick. Owens Wicker, Barton Wicker. Drayton Nance. Alvin Rawls, Bachman Wick ar, Charlie Lominick. Henry Lominick. Freedom's Glorious Song-School. The Investigating Committee ouise Wicker, Ida Wicker, Clara Wicker. Cummins Lever. Ola Lominick. Mary Lominick. Anna McCollum, Jiane ease, Mallie Wicker. The Four Wishes-Minnie Wicker, Edna Wicker, Aurelia Sease, Mary Nance. Song, "Do Rae Me Fa Sol La Si Do" -School. Beauties of Gossip-Cummins Lev 5r, Mary Lominick, Janie Sease, Trent Keitt. Mother Goose Medley-Aurelia Sease. Iola Wicker, May Wicker, Ern est Wicker, Bartow Wicker, Tommie Rawis, Anna McCollam, Lula Lomin ick, Olin Lomi'ndck, Clyde Lever. Testing Her Scholars-Trent Kettit, Drayton Nance, Lula Lominick, Bes ie Lominick, Bernice Livingston, harlie Lomninick. Song, "Farewell"-School. Burton School Closing. The Burton school, successfully taught the~ past session by Miss Dollie Mae Senn, will close Thursday, May 18, and will have an exhibition in the hall of the Woodmven of the World, which is located in fronf of the school house, on Friday night. May 19. B: .r's the exercises' by the child ren, there will probably be several shrt talks by others. The exercises wil-l begin ..at 8 o'clock. The public is cordially in vited to attend. M ~ imnaugh's May Sale. M.innau.gih is advertising some genui in bargais for a big May Sale, which ts has under way, an-d which promises M be the most successful of the many big sales pulled off by Mimnaugh. For a Hospital. At the last meeting cf the Newberry County Medical s'ociety a committee was appointed consisting of Dr's. W. 3. Houseal, chairman; P. G. Eidesor, W. E. Pelbam. Jr., and T. H. Pope to look into the cost of building and euipping a 25-bed hospital for New berry. Said committee to have its re port in full by the 26th. Dr. Crimm Extends Stay. Dr. I. E. Crimm 'will remain in N.'w ' ry until next Saturday evening. He bas had to extend his stay here on acount of pness of business. It will be well for those interested to make a note o~f this fact. Dr. Criemm is giv i satisfaction to the best citizens in this community and in the surround mng country. Case of Smallpox. Dr. J. M. Kib.ler discovered a case f smallpox in a colored girl on Mr. Will Hornsby's Bush river plave near 'Neall's bridge. The girl had been i-nfected in community near Tala pa. Dr. Kibler at once reported the case to State Health Officer C. F. Willi-ams, who came up immediately and put th:e nfected community under regulation. Orangeburg College. The Herald and News has received the following invitation rrom Presi ent Walter S. Peterson: You are cordially invitea to attend the eventeenth annual comnmenc~~' rnent exercises of Orangeb.urg College, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, May 19th, 20th. 21st, 22nd. a,nd 23rd, nineteen hundred and eleven, at the College, Orangeburg Soth Carolina. NEGRO OF MANY NAMES. And Made Several Escapes. But Ser- I vos Sei lence Here and Then Goes to Alabama Prison. Ike Glenn, colored, was convicted in the court here of stealing cotton on < January 27, 1906. He made three 1 escapes. The last time he escaped was i on November 20. 1909. He was last I caught by Sheriff M. M. Buford. the I capture being effected on the 10th of i April, this year, at Parksville, Tenn. And thereby hangs a tale of interest. Sheriff Buford received a letter from Sheriff J. T.. Moon, of Opeleika, Ala., stating that John Curley had killed I a woman in Lee county, Ala., and I that the man was from Newberry county. and for Sheriff Buford to be on the lookout for him. The sheriff searched the county over and couldk find no negro by the name of John Curley answering to the description given by the Alabama sheriff. About four months after the above said killing, Sheriff Buford was in formed that John Curley was Ike Glenn. The Newberry sheriff got Ike Glenn located at Parksville, Tenn. Glenn had a short time to serve, and Supervisor L. T. Feagle instructed the sheriff to go and get the negro. His .time is now out and Sheriff Buford notified Sheriff G. P. Butler. the pres ent sheriff of Lee county. Ala.. to come for Ike Glenn, alias John Curley. alias John Scully, alias John Scurry, I as the negro passed under these sever al aliases. Sheriff Butler reacbed Newberry Sunday afternoon and left yesterday morning with his prisoner. Woman's Home Mission Society. The Woman's Home Mission society had charge of the services in Central Methodist church on Sunday morning, and an interesting program was ear ried out, including addresses by Mesrs. W. H. Wallace and J. W. Chapman. and an address by Miss Mc Cullough, on the work done during the past year. A fine showing was made. A Marriage. Mr. S. Wilbur Shealy and Miss Mary Eva Boozer, both of Prosperity, R. F. D. No. 4, were mairried on Sunoay af ternoon at 3 o'clock by -the Rev. J. D. Shealy, at the home of the officiating minister. Pardon Refused Newberry Negro.I Governor Blease refused to pardon George Walker of Newberry, who from November. 1907, has been serving a five years' sentence for manslaughter. Judge Gary did not recommend clem ency. Walker is a negro. I Pue.Willams. The following announcement will be of interest in Newberry, where the groom is well known, being the son of Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Williams, of the city: Mrs. Edward Hill Dorsey Pue an nounces the marriage of her daughter Eliz-beta Ballard and Mr. Jamets Pinckney Williams on Wednesday the tenth day of May nineteen hundred and eleven Marlinton, West Virginia. At Home af-ter the first of Junet Davies Station, South Carolina. For Clerk-Carrier. The Herald and News has been handed the following:I A competitive examination under the rules of the U. S. civil service comn mission for the position of clerk-car rier in the postoffice at Newberry, 8S. 'C., will be held on June 7, 1911, com mencing at 9 o'clock a. mn. Applications for this examination must be made on the prescribed form, which, with necessary instructions, may be obtained from the commis Ision's local representative, locai sec retary, at the Newberry, S. C., post office, or from the undersigned. AppHications -will not be accep :ed unless received by the undersif ned before 4.30 o'clock p. in. on May 31, 1911. All persons wishing to take this ex ainatio.n should secure blanKs and fill the'm out at once in order to allow time for any ne'essary corrections. Geo. S. Do.nnell, Secretary Civil Service Board, Atlan Ita Ga. Nwberry Savings Bank Won Case. Columbia State, 11th. The Savings Bank of Newberry, won its suit against the Bank of Co lumbia in the court of comimoi: pleas which was concluded yesterday morn ing b:r .Judge Aldrich directing~ +h. j'iry to find a verdict in favor of the plain tiff. This was a suit for the~ recovery of $392.04. alleged to have been paid by the Newberry bank on three checks which were found to be forgeries after they had bY?en pFesented and paid by the Bank of Columbia and the amount later collected from the Newberry hank on which the checks were drawn. NOT IN THE CELLAR. 3at Newberry Team Dropped Danger onsly Near It--lemson the Col lege Champions. Newberry college didn't land in :ellar in the S. C. intercollegiat eague, but she came dangerously near t. By losing two games to rurman Friday and Saturday afternoons, New >erry handed Furman second place, iext to Clemson. Clemson taking the ,hampionship. Erskine bringa up ths rear. Newberry college played some good )all during the season, end had as yood team as was put out by any of :he colleges in the State, but at too many critical moments things wen wrong. The standing of the va xiams, as given by the sporting edi )f the Greenville News, is as follows: Won. Lost. P.C. emnson ........9 1 .900 Furman.. .. ... ..5 5 .500 wofford .. ......4. 5 .444 fresbyterian .....4 5 .444 Newberry.. ......3 5 .375 Erskine.. .. .....7 .300 COTTON MARKET. ood middling ..................15% SPECIAL NOTICES. Dne Cent a Word. No ad vertisement taken for less% than 25 cents. LOST-One bay mare 3nule with blind bridle on. Kipper Rogers, Leesville, R. F. D. No. 6. J. L. CANNON, colored, on Mr. F. R. Huniter's place near the city, bas a light mare mule that strayed there last Friday, which the owner may have by paying for this advertse memt FOR SALE-Two milk cows with first calves. For further particul&rs phone or call on A. L. Coleman, Sil verstreet, R. F. D. No. 1. 5-16-4t-ltaw. FOR RENT-One 4-room cottage on Nance street. Electric lights and. city water. Rent reasoniable. Ap ply to T. M. Sanders. 5-12-f-tf. LOST-On evening of Monday, May 1, a diamond brooch containing seven diamonds and 42 pearls, somewhere on Na.nce street between Mrs. Hair's millinery store and residence. Lib eral reward paid for return to-Mrsi Emma Hair. 5-5-ti KULSIC PUPILS-I would be glad to have a limited nrumber of music pupils to begin at any time. Any one interested will please confer with me. Mrs. S. B. Jones. 5-5-4t. WANTED-You to know that y am representing the Aetna Life Insur ance Company, and would be pleaa' *ed to explain our polices to those desiring insurance, Insurance fur nished by the,Aetna is at the lowest possible cost, which absolute safety can warrant. Offie old Postoffice Building. W. W. Cromer. 3-17-8w' AUTOMOBILES for 'hire. Rates rea sonable. 'Phone 98. C. W. Fant. 3-14-tf. BOONE COUNTY white corn at $1 per peck. Big Boll Triumph cotton, $1 per busheL Yields 38 per cent. lint. A. D. Hudson, Newberry, R. F. D. 1.. 3-14-tf. HAVE YOUR HORSE and mule cdip-. ped at Dr. Sharp's Veterinary hes pital. Prices reasonable. Work guaranteed. Corner McKibben and. Friend streets. Residence phone 316. Office phone 316. 3-7-ti. LEARN AUTOMOBILE BUSINESS Take a 30 days practical course in our well equipped machine shops and learn the automobile business and accept good positions. Char lotte Auto School, Charlotte, N. C. 3-7-tf. WANTED-Young men and ladies to' learn telegraphy. We are receiving more calls for our graduates than' we can supply. Charlotte Telegra Sphy School, Charlotte, N. C. 3-7-tf.., JUST arrived, a carload of heart and sap shingles. Langford & Buz hardt. 1-17-ti. 1 ET YOUR GLASSES from Dr. G. W. Connor, a graduate of the largest optical college in the world-the Northern Illinois College of Chicago. Dr. Connor is located permanenti in Newberry, gives both the objec tive and subjective tests by electric ity and guarantees his work. The Herald and News-the pape :a+ gives the nw while It 1s nea i'