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1 14 VOLUME XlMI NUMBER 82.- NEiTDERRY, SOUTH CAROLINAq TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1911.*W EK i ER FIGHT DEATH DUEL WITHOUT WEAPONS FARfErS SKULL BEATEN IN WITH FISTS AND STONES. Edwards Brothers Charged With Kill. Ing Robert Perry Haie Not Been Arrested. Greenville, Oct. 7.-Between the morning, out in the yard of a lonely farmhouse eight .miles from Greenville with none looking on but a single man and the pale harvest moon, three white men, one of them among the county's wealthiest citizens, fought a hand to hand duel with bare fists and stones until the skull of one was beat en into an almost unrecognizable mass -with a rock. The coroner this after noon by virtue of the findings of the .jury of inquest issued a warrant .charging B. Perry Edwards and Will .Edwards, brothers, with the death of Robert Perry. Perhaps because B. Perry Edwards .can easily sign a check for f100,000 and is an influential citizen, he will mot be arrested and brought to jail, according to the. statement from a county official this afteznoon..- Mr. Ed wards will come to town next Monday and see about arranging his bond, it is said. The brother, Will. Edwards, issaid to be too' badly brUised to be -soved from biS home. T4e quarrel took place In the yard -f one Burl Hudson, who is a ten -ant 0n -the farm of Robert Perry, the 4 man. The gist of testimony ad .ded at the inquest this . afternoon 7W_Io effect that the Edwards brothers, i to Burl Hudson's house Friday ."P about 8 o'clock to collect a bill M, him, Pery lived about 3 f4ards from this man's house and w4s en ggeil.gantil 11 oeclock that night in uIng forage to. his barn from. the -1fields. The only eye witness to the affair said that h iwasin his porch iile the FEdwardsbrothers and Perry wera in the yard; that suddenly he 2ard blows being -passed and heard Will -Edwards -call: for help. Looking about, the witness said he saw Will .dwards and :Perry . linched; that .erry Edwards came to his brother's aid .and the three locked again and -el to the ground. When the struggle ended the Edwards brothers arose, at Perry lay dead. The Cotton Caterillar. Inf the more Southerly portion of the the cotton belt the cotton leaf -cater pillar is an ever present pest, and the adult moth is often found amonfg trap-. like materiale Every season we hear of sporadiC outbreaks ov1er limited areas. Widespread outDreaks like the one this eason occur only once in 2lany years. The full grown m~ot.hs spend the winter normally in the Southe~rn por ?ion of the cotton belt- in -rank vegeta gton and in sheltered woodland. The dath rate is viiery high, but the sur vivors begin laying their eggs on A oung cotton in early sprg. ach female lays upwards of 500 eggs, ihich during the warm portions of the summer hatch in three, to four days. The caterpillars are too -well iown to require description. When .ull grown each caterpillar crawls nto a folded leaf and there spins a ococon inside of which it transforms o a chrysalis from which a full grown soth emerges. The full grown moth is of a dull olive gray color and flies .t night. They are powerful flyers, it being recorded that the moths of the later broods fly as far as Canada. This migration is by degrees; the adults of ach generation flying farther North than those of the preceding, and to 'ward the end of the season they occur .oer the entire cotton belt. The fluctuation in numbers from year to year is governed no doubt to a agreat extent by -its natural enemies, viz., parasite t.nd insectivorous birds. Some years ago its principal egg para site destroyed to 90 per cent of eggs, of the fourth generation in Florida, 90 per cent. of the fifth generation, while only about 3 to 4 per cent. of the eegs of ~the sixth generation escaped *the parasites. Another species of paarsite destroyed nearly all of the ch.said of the last brood in 1847. Besides these there are other parasiteE that prey upon the worm itself. Con sidering this in connection with th( work of insect eating birds, we can see that in most years this caterpillar is working against difficulties. At the present time we are unablE to rear any parasites at Clemsop in sectary and the worms are unusually healthy. This is undoubtedly the lasi generation of worms and according to the - present outlook more than the usual number will enter hibernation. The distribution of the caterpillars at present is not in the area where the greatest ntmbers will successfully -hibernate, but the limit of distribution will not be reached until the latter part of the monthf It may be ex pected that sporadic outbreaks will appear in different parts of the State during July, 1912, but there should be little difficulty in controlling them. This insect is kept under observation by the Clemson entomologists and re ports issued at intervIals. GAVE CIULD CARBOLIC ACID. Mother's Mistake Caused Death of Two-Year-Old Son. Albany, Ga., Oct 6.-Mrs. A. N. Hil burn this afternoon accidentally caus ed the death of her two-year-old son, Alton, when, after putting a teaspoon ful. of carbolic acid in a quart of wat er,-she administered t;he mixture in ternally to the boy. The .hild lived two hours. The mother was prostrated by grief. RICHMOND PAPERS IN TROUBLE. Uncle Sam Takes Notice of Beulah Bnf'rd, Interview. - Richmond, Va., Oct. 6.-ndidtments charging the publication and mailing of improper matter- in connection with. the Beattie murder ease were'returned here -today again the Richmond Evening Jouinal and ,the Richmnd News-Leader, afternoon papers, by the. grand jury in the United States circuit court. The cases are based on a published interview with Beulah Binford. Postoffice Inspector Saffel was the principal witness against the papers. IOLSTEINIS ARE FLIED FOB WHIPPING SPRADLEY Kurder Charge Will Not be Taken Up at This Term of Alken County Court. Aiken, Oct. 5.-For the whipping of oung Columbus Spradley when h4 went to Monetta several weeks ago to claim Miss Gussie May Holstein as is bride, A. L., Sidney, Albert, Rich rd and Grover Holstein and Dock ockrel late this afternoon plead guil ty to assault anci battery of a high and aggraviated nature and were each *ined $75. This disposes of all cases against these men in this -county, ex ept the indictment for murder. Whe murder trial has been continuea on account of the congested docket at this term until the February term. Co Ambus Spradley and his pretty young wife appeared in court today and con ented to the plea of guilty. There was also a charge against the men for the alleged whipping of Ben Spradley, but it has been found that this occurred just over the line n Saluda county, and the case will.not e tried in Aiken. The disposition of the Holstein case for this term carried away most of the crowd from the court room. Card of Appreciation. We wish to take this opportunity to xpress our sincere appreciation of the many kindnesses shown us during the recent illness and death of my wife and our dear mother. Only those who have been called upon to pass through similar sad hours can fully easure the consolation such sympa thetic service gives. In the time of trial, may each one of you reap in re turn rich rewards in the good deeds ministered by comforting and obliging friends. Gorge H. Livingston and Children. Look! The Herald and Newson yea fe $1.50. TO HOLD ANDERSON COURT Chief Justice Names J. E. Breazeale, Request Anderson Bar. Columbia, Oct. 6.-Mr. J. E. Brea zeale, a lrominent attorney of Ander son, was today appointed by Govern:a Blease as special judge to hold the regular terms of general sessions and common pleas court for Anderson county, beginning Monday, October 9, Upon request of the Anderson bar, Chief Justice Jones Thursday recom mended to the governor the appoint ment of Mr. Breazeale, who is on the governor's celebrated "eligible list.' Mr. Breazeale is appointed to take the place of Judge J. C. Klugh, who is ill. * SOCIAL . sc . An enjoyable meeting of the D. A. Dickert chapter, Children of the Con federacy, was held at the residence of Mrs. W. A. McFall Saturady afternoon. Finding that the chapter had on its rolls more than the humber, 40, al lowed for children's chapters, Mrs. McFall, assisted by Mrs. James A. Bur ton, formed another chapter. This is to be called the 0. L. Schumpert chapter, and has fifteen. charter mem V bers. Mrs. CA.. Bowman was hostess for the Fortnightly club Tuesday morning. Mrs. W. H. Carwile read the opening chapters of "Real Amarica in Ro. mance," by Markham. Current events were discussed and a delightful n cheon served the,following membersp Mesdames. J. N. Martin, P. E. S6tL S. B. Jones, W. G. Houseal, :. Harms, James McInisah, W. H. Car. wile and L.'W. Floyd. The Drayton Rutherford. Chapter, U. D. C., held its first meetinj of the season at the residence df Mrs. J. N. IMartin ''lueiday afternroo 'The new officers elected at this meeting were; President, Mrs. J. H. West;, 1st vice, president, Mrs. L. W. Floyd; 2nd vice president, Mrs. J. E. :Norwood; secreLv tary, 'Mrs. W H. Carwile; historianaT M[rs.J. A. Burton and Mrs. P. E. c'tt; gleaner, Miss. Gertrude Car wile. Mrs. Geo. Johnstone and Mrs.j . D. Wright were elected delegates o Richmond, and Mrs. J. A. Burton ad Mrs. Carwile delegates to the State convention at Greenrwood. Ini honor of her guest, Miss Ruth Trice, of Tampa, 1ia., Mies Juanita vans gave one of the loveliest and ost elaborate parties tra.t has been uerade ball and reception, and was urade ball and recept-ion, and was ovely in every detail.. .The -guests were met at the gate by two fairies, ildred Evans and. Katherine Harms. At the front door' also were fairies, oodei Burton and Frances Houseal who showed the guests to the dressing, 'o0n3s. The Newgberry orchestra fur-' ished the miusic and promptly at 9 'clock the mysterious masked visi tors promenaded on -the spacious ver ndas. 4fter dancing until about 10.39 ll unmasked and were received in the parlor by Misses Juanita Evans, .Ruth Trice, Geneyieve Evians, Mrs. E. H. ibler anid Messrs, Richard Burton, uy Brown, Z. F. Wright and E. H. Kiber. The whole lower floor of the beauti ful Evans hon;e was thrown open and elaborately decorated with plants, ines, flowers, and punch was served y Miss Agnes Chapman as a Japa nese maiden. The dining room was decorated in pink and white with my riads of pink candles in silver cande labra. The table had for a centre piece a vase of pink roses on a cen tre piece of venetian lace. Here an elaborate salad course was served. mong those present were: Miss Sarah Houseal and Mr. John Goggans as erro and Perriott; Miss Genevieve Evans and Mr. Zach Wright as .Yama and Yama, (twins);' - Miss Trice and Mr. Guy Brown, Spanish fl.ower girl and grandee; Miss Bess Gilder and Mr. Jno. Mayes, Spanish dancer and ourtier; Miss Vanessa Williams and Mr. J. H. Robertson, as Pocahontas and Capt. Jno. Smith; MisS Mazie Dominick and Mr. Frank Chapman, as' nsnh and ColoniaL Courtier; Miss Adeline Johnston and Prof. Rountree, colonial couple; Caroline Cromer and Prof. Setzler, Indian couple; Miss Florence Bowman and Mr. Harry Dominick, Night and Dawn; Miss Marguerite Cromer and Mr. Mor gan, colonial dancer and courtier; Mr. and irs. Herman Wright, Puritan Maiden and Indian; Miss Juanita -Evans and Mr. Richard Burton, Phi lomel and Rustic Shepherd; Messrs. Malcolm Johnstone and Frazier Ev ans as clowns, and Roscoe Evans, a minstrel. HOW TO GET GOOD ROADS. "Hot Air" Will Not do It, But the King Drag Will Help Mightily In That Direction-A Case In Point. Editor Observer: I note in the last issue of the Observer that you had an editorial on bad roads. You speak of the piece of road built by the govern ment and other roads that are in bad condition since the recent rains. Your editorial was timely and to the point. You spoke the truth when you said too much "hot air" was spent for the improvement of the roads. I have seen'the "hot air" plan tried, and the consequence is since the recent tains our roads are all cut up and in bad condition. But I have the pleasure of telling you that I ha* seen Ianother plan tried on two miles of road that passes my residence, with entirely different results to the "hot air" sys tem. At the end, of the late wet spell this two miles of road was in fine con dition; no more cut up after much travel than your streets were and to day is as bard and smooth almost as a,plank floor. I will give you and all who feel an interest in' good roads. the latter plan, used o.pthis two miles of road: After the road was widened and put into shapp by 'the chaingang, a wooden Arag, with two mules hitched to it anda man with common sense to drive it, has.. been used all the year after -wet spells. The only "hot air' that was used was to tell the mules to "get, up and get." . These are facts that I can vouch for from personal knowledge. Mr. Editor, you will be doing your c6unty a great service to continue to preach from the same text- every week ad emphasize the fact for the people to do less talking and do more drag ging, and my word for .It the dividends will be large. - .Jno- W. Scott. Whitmlre, Sept. 27. Our New and First Recorder. ewberry Observer. Mr. Earhardt is a native of' Lexing ton, but has lided since boyhood in ewberry, and has b?en engaged all his life in the printing business, being1 ow linotype operator'. He has served h term in the legislature, five terms s alderman and twu terms as mayor. Iis experience in the mayor's ,offie willprove of great help to him in hlis new position, and his record there is1 nasurance to the public that he will use his office in the interest of law and order and good -government and] n- making and keeping New.be2rry a lean. town. He is a man of goodi judgment and common sense and hasi his own opinionls, and will do his duty in kindness and firmness. . Congratulates Us. Cinton Gazette. Friend John W. Earhardt, who has many friends and acquaintances in Clinton, has recently been made re order for the city of Newberry. We ongratulate the city oouncil of our neighboring city on the selection of Brother Earhatrdt for this important office. 1 Meteorological Record, Sept., 1911. Temperature. Mean maximum 89.7-. Main minimum 68.6. Mean 79.1. Maximum 96, dates 13, 14 and 15. Greatest daily range 28-. Precipitatiod- t Total '3.83 inches, Greatest in 24 hours 1.30, date 22.r Number of days with .01 inch or more precipitation 10, clear 5, fair 16, loudy 9.( Dates of thunder storms 4, 5, 6, 19, t 21, 2 . Il Rainfall nine months 23.76 inches. e W. G. Peterson, C. 0. 1 * THE IDLEB. * Another word or two as to Uncle Briggs and the tearing down of the old court house. So far as I am Con cerned.personally, it makes very little difference to me what is done with the old building. I am frank to say that if it is to be left as it Is it would be better to tear it down, for it does not present a very sightly appearance. Any building will go to the bad if it is given no attention. I do maintain, however, that if It was put in repair and the town was given permision of course that is all that is necessary to extend the coping around the build ing to the front and on the sides, and a nice little park was placed around the front-one like Chief Bishop is keeping up around the monument-and the building was kept In any sort of condition, it would be an ideal place for a rest room for the ladies from the country-mind- you, from the country-to go and refresh themsel ves and to hav their bundles sent And then there could be conducted in connection with it a reading room and library, and the up stairs could be used for conventions and meetings of various kinds. Of 'course, It would cost something to do this, but-I feel that the town would b6 glad to bear this expense. I notice the Obsi ri wants to tear it down., I know I am sort of an old fogy, put. I ever did want to pull things down. This, an unique old buldin and 1i my way of thinking it cod be used for a good many good purposes. . All. live, towns and citieI the size of Newberry are considering the advisability f establishin- ret rooms for the ladlesirom the country -from the country, mind' you-a-end some of them are having . hard time finding suitable places, and Newberry has a building that is convieniently lo ated an< that could beturne4 into an Ideal place of -.the kind. Then, .why not use it? That Is the way it a4 pears to me. .So far ,as.realizing any money out of it to pay for' the new court house, or to repair thie jail, you had Just as well disalbuse your mind of any' thing like unto that. It will cost all you can get for the building to tear It sown and move It. And I doubt If ou can find any one who wrill under ake the job. As to the new .court house, why Uncle Briggs should be. proud that 'ewerry has such a 'handsome and ip-to-date temple of justice, and it is ~osting so little that no one feels the urde, and if the, people could only ee it, they could get some roads that woud be worth .while in the same way. If you had undertaken to put ip such a building .without going In ebt, then you ..would -have heard omething drop. And yet, we will Leave a little debt for our elldren, but he court house will 'be here too, and 'hy shouldn't they pay some part of And let me tell you, that is the wily1 'or us 'to get a new jail. Borrow the noney and build a modern jail and ay the money back in small annual )ayments. Try the "dollar down" )lan. I am in favor of that What ay you, Uncle Brigs? You are sure ght. We oght to have a new and nodern jail. 'And the grand jury has alled attention to conditions several imes, but I reckon our legislators are frald to do anything without refer nce to the people. And,the people of lwerry will vote against any sort. ff tax. They are proverbial on that There is one other thing. I notice hat the pu'blic square is getting a lit le bit crowded with automobiles these [ys, and there is scarcely sufficient 'o for the wood wagons, and theI rnter is coming on, and it might be a ood idea to get the old court house u of the way to make room for these1 hngs. Of course, there is an ordi-1 anCe against all this, but that is now n of those ornamental ordinances ikea thnne rieribhing the fire lim. Its. Only a convienience Law. Ye have heard of them, I suppose. -0 You know, I have been thinking a good deal lately. You remember I told you once a long time,ago that I some times think. You may not believe it, but it is true all the same. But I have been thinking. And I am going to tell you what I have been thinking. This town needs a stirring up. Yes, a rev olution. And I am not an anarcbst" either. But the town needs to arouse itself and put a man In the mayors office who will go ahead and turn the old town up side down, and make some of these old mossbacks sit up and take notice. A man who will not try to please anybody, and who wil not give . a hborah whither he pleases anybody or not, but who will do things. Yes, sir, that is my deliberate conclusion. And if we could Just do that, or Just get that sort of mn we would soon have -the best town in the United States. Of.course we havb the best town in South Carolina now already, but we want even more than that. Pave the streets, clean up the grass and fAll up the ditches. Maybe now! that *e are to have a recorder -We can get that sort of man, for -that sort of nan has no -time nor patience to gct as a polRce,judge. I reckon that is what you mean when you say record er. Well, maybe when. Uncle Briggs sells the old court- house and buHds a new. jail And pays off 'the debt on the new. court house, all out of the proceeds of sale it will stimulate the city. toaction.- It will take some ,sort ofdemonstration like thatoPw the Icity how to do things. I have exprm ed mys opinij now, and.I do't.cire what they do, it will not woiry me. Ic n est. onone of those 6enches.I see on the streets near Gilder & Weeks drug store. I have seen some vrl distinguished citizens sitng on that bench, but I.reckon that the .authori ties would not iol.egt au signif lus n inoividual like.upto syselt sitting it, fI became very tired., The Idjer P. 8.-I passed lown Main street the other day towards the:union depot and noticed that -someb6dy ia placing a lot of graviel in the street just as -you leave 'the depot; I was wondering if Mayor Langford had begun his paY ngof Mai street and if this was the begnning, and .if it was I wanted to hurry up and mnake the suggestion that I did not think it was neessary to -put gravel on the cement sidewalks, and as one who always walks-wak from necessity-I wanted to enter a vigorous protest against it. It not only hurts your feet but I am sure it will be of great dertiment to shoe lea ther. T. . lade a VioIli Greenwood -Journal, 2nd..- -. Our old friend, ,Dr. S. T. Hiallman, whom we have .known- for -nearly 40 yers brought to our office this mon ing a .violin that.hediad made...- The instrument is a beautiful one, finished in every particule;r. --It- could. not.,have been more perfect had it been turned out by a factory. Dr. Hallman safd he could not get a violin with a tone that suited him, and so he determined to make one. The doctor began work on the vio lin the last of June and opi the .29th of August it was strung and played. He did the work as a summer recrea tion. The fixtures used were impro- ~ vised by him. The general pattern is Stradivarius, ut its chief outlines follow the .sug gestions of Mayson, the great English violin maker. The. inscription on the inside of the violin is "Gloria in alisimlis' Deo. Made by S. T. Hallman, D. D., sum mer of 1911, in his 67th year." Very Much Alike.. Sumter Herald. Here's a conundrum. W{hy is Hon. Coy Blease and Hon. Teddy Roose velt alike? Now we thought we would let you guess, but as we know you are just dying to know the answer we will tell you; this is it: The news paer nilublish lies about each of