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P?11 " |j| y ^ mIm , vmntF.it 36. NEWBERRT, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MAT 3, 1912. TWICE A WEEK, HM A TB*? V > ? (OL WIH G. QUIDS i DIED ON THURSDAY PRESIDENT OF C., X. & L. AND SJ BANK OF COLUMBIA, Was Sick Only Few Hours?A Man of Fi Weight in the Business World. News was received in Newberry on q little KofrvrA nrtrtn of tlie fr> X U\U U ??vv?v w vw v r sudden death of Mr. W. G. Childs in m Columbia, which took pace at 11.35 th o'clock Thursday moaning. Mr. Childs wi was in his usual health on Wednesday R< and was taken sick suddenly at 5 in o'clock Thursday morning and con- W tinued to grow worse until the end W came. w< Mr. Childs was president of the hz Bank of Columbia and also of the C.,- ar N. & L. railroad. He had many friends de ^ * ia Newberry and throughout this sec- st tion of the State, who will be greatly j ea pained to learn of his sudden end. u 4 He was the son of Lysander D. Childs and Mary Hope Childs, and was tb horn in Lincolnton, N. C. He graduat- v< ed from the Virginia Military Institute, in On September 2, 1872, he was married lij to Miss Alice Gibbes. who died several tb years ago. In his younger days, Mr. Childs was a prominent member of ai the Governor's Guards and lieutenant bi " *>"" ~ -n A TOne oleft -Q/llIltflnt r\r OI 'Cue CUiupauj, tfViivo. " cw> v*?v?. of the Palmetto regiment. b< L S CONNOR IN GOVERNOR'S RACE ti 01 Orangeburg Man Will Enter Lists Against Jones and Blease. U The Orangeburg News publishes the IOllOWing bwij . Orangeburg county will have a representative among the candidates for State offices this summer. te re For the first time in many years the . ta county will put forth a candidate for ^ the position of governor. A representative of the Evening News, while in conversation with a citizen of the city this ^ morning was told that the Hon. L. S. Connor would enter the primaries this year as a candidate for governor. Mr. B Connor lias been in county politics off and on for many years, and has always made good. He has served as county commissioner, as member or trie nouse vi of representatives, as senator and as to member of the constitutional conven- dj tion. He has always made a faithful d< and efficient public servant. In ail probability he will discuss politics not S< made prominent by other candidates. j He is for an economical administration y( of public affairs, stressing the old 1 -T- - ?ui;. ,-t. o n?Ki,-n tr proverD uiax puuuu umv;*; 10 a yuwiv, ? trust. bi ?. tl Folk-Houseman. There was a beautiful wedding at ^ the residence of Dr. and Mrs. J. W. ?* Folk, at Jalapa, April 30, 1912, when 1)1 Miss Anna Maude was united in holy Sc wedlock to Mr. Gerard McPherson u * Houseman, of Columbia, by Rev. D. P. at Boyd. The bride looked beautiful as she stood by the side of her future m husband, beneath an arch of natural ai flowers, with a large white bell sus- tr pended from it. ? .. . , th There were quite a numDer 01 incited guests from the community, Newberry and Columbia, who, after having enjoyed the splendid feast of good b> W things, left for their respective homes, ci ^ The presents were numerous and or beautiful. The happy couple left on "* the 9.30 Southern train for their future pi home in Columbia, where their friends de will be welcomed. F< at Death of Dr. William T. Dickert. tli Dr. William T. Dickert died at his af home on Thursday morning at 10.27 co o'clock at the age of about 40 years. He had not been well for several days, th but was taken much worse on Wed- th > nesday and forced to go to bed. He wj was attended by Drs. F. D. Mower and co V W. E. Pelham. hi He is survived by his wife and three Cc small children and a number of other wi relatives and friends. He lived in the pe Caldwell community in No. 2 township, ga and had a large practice throughout hi that entire community. He was much { ha beloved by the people to whom he en ministered and will be greatly missed as in the community. ev He will be buried PYiday at St. Phil- sfc ips. ot1 NDERWOOD CARRIES FLORIDA AND GEORGIA LID CONGRESSMAN HAS CARRIED GEORGIA BY 10,000. ir in the Lead In Florida?Underwood and Wilson the Main Contestants. Atlanta, Ga., May 1.?Early returns 5ni the presidential preference prfary held in Georgia today indicate at Oscar Underwood, of Alabama, ill carry a majority of the counties, sturns from 113 counties show that 84 Underwood had a majority over "ilson of 11,535, while in 29 counties ilson gets a majority over Underood of 3,482. In five or six counties ;ard from the vote is so close that i official count will be necessary tc ;cicte the winner. The Atlanta Conitution, an Underwood paper, in its irly editions is claiming the State foi nderwood by 10,000 majority. Warm, sunny weather throughou-1 .e State resulted in unusually heavj xtes in the cities and the towns, bul the country precincts the vote was ?ht, the farmers taking advantage ol :e weather to continue farm work. While the names of Judson Harmor id Champ Clark also appeared on th< illot today only a scattering vote was ist for them, the fight: in this Stat* iing between Underwood and Wilson A State convention to ratify the aeon of the voters will be held here 1 May 10. NDERWOOD RETAINS HIS LEAD IX FLORIDA Jacksonville, Fla., May 1.?Not ovei ) per cent, of the vote polled in yes^ ;rday's primary election has yet beer jported. This shows Underwood stil ir in the lead. It will be impossibh might to give complete figures. LARK A>D TAFT HAVE CARRIED MASSACHUSETTS ut Peculiar Situation Has Arisei GroTvihg Out of the Primaries. x 1 TVi^ rafncQ JzSOSLUIl, -Yietas., iuaj1 x.? xut : the Republican delegates at larg< accept Col. Roosevelt's decision to ly that they should vote for Presi mt Taft at the Chicago convention though elected as Roosevelt dele ites has further complicated the sit ition arising from the State primary isterday. The situation is acknowliged by party leaders of both side.' > be without parallel in the politica istory of the commonwealth, ai tough the Republicans of the Stat< ected President Taft as their candati for renominaMon by a majorit] : 3,655 over Col. Roosevelt on th< residential pereference ballot, at the ime time they elected by a decisive >te the entire slate of eight delegates . large pledged to the former presi* r-z-vi T?r?noovioit somi rp./i tei IXC. Wi. XfcVVUVf W % ore delegates in the district election id the president carried nine disicts, so that Taft and Roosevelt eact ive 18 delegates from the State k e national convention. On Democratic Side. Some similar situation was created r the Democratic ballot. Speaker ark, who had no pledged delegates 1 the ticket, won a 2 to 1 victorj *er Gov. Wilson in the presidential eference contest. At the same time legates at large pledged to Gov, )ss, of Massachusetts, were elected to tend the Baltimore convention, ough the name of Gov. Foss did not >pear-in the presidential preference lumn. Roosevelt followers have announced eir intention of asking a recount in e Eighth district, while the Taft men ill do likewise in the Ninth, on acunt of the closeness of the vote. In s request to the delegates at large, >1. Roosevelt declared it to be his ish to abide by the will of the iople, and that therefore the deletes, though elected as pledged to m, should vote for Mr. Taft who id received the presidential preferce vote. One by one the delegates, they were heard from today, hower, protested that under no circuminces would they cast their ballots her than as they had been pledged. LOWNDES J. BROWNING DEFEATED IN UNION CLUB FAILED TO ELECT HIM A DELEGATE. >'o Effect on Primary This Summer, But Just as Well to Give Both Sides. It is probable the election of dele gates to the various county conveni tions is very little indicative of the , political sentiment of the State; but , inasmuch as several newspapers have ; made a great hurrah about the fact that Mr. George R. Rembert witnarew i from his club meeting in Columbia without letting his name be voted up; on for a delegate, charging a slate ; against him, and inasmuch as these newspapers are prominently display ing in big headlines the defeat of any ; pronounced Blease leader for a seat in his county convention, it may be only fair to give both sides, and to state that the Hon. Lowndes J. Brownr ing was defeated in his club in Union county for delegate to the county con5 vention in Union. f Mr. Browning is chairman of the ways and means committee of the t house of representatives, and was one of those prominently engaged in the "steam roller" practice against the Blease measures in the last house of He was one of the lLp:V?VU'WM.V? . vw. anti-Blease leaders. His club at Sedalia not only defeated him for the county convention, but elected a Blease delegation. This will probably not have any effect on the primaries this summer, nor L will the Rembert matter in Columbia have any effect, nor the other matters r connected with the precinct club meet - ings. It is a fact that very few of the 1 precinct club meetings were at all ful1 ly attended, and if they had been, the i election of delegates to the county conventions would have been far from indicative of the way the votes will fall ? this summer. ^ But wnue tne enon is uemg mauc lu draw the lines, it is just as well to give i both sides. Give the whole facts, let the chips fall where they may. The people are entitled to the whole truth. 1 J <$> <?> <$> <$<$><?><$><$> <s> <s> <$ <$><$><$> <g> <$> <?> <$> , <$> " <S> THE COBURN PLAYERS. <S> ' <S> $> The Coburn Players, that band of | men and women who through their simple, sincere and tnorougniy arusj tic performances of Shakespearian and other classic plays have made themselves noted through the length and breadth of the land will appear at Newberry on college campus, when they will present "As You Like It." ? With the Coburns "the play's the i thing" in reality, and scorning the limitations imposed by the theatre, they give all their productions out of 11 doors where the scenic artist is Nature t1 herself, where the "drops" are trees . that really grow the arras actual l shrubbery, and the stage, the grass. ) The plays that this company presents are not those which depend for effect upon tricks of lighting, or elaborate stake pictures, and, indeed, it is when ^ these are absent, and one may lose oneself in the charm of the poetic ' thought of a Shakespearian comedy, for instance, that its appeal is felt 1 most potently. i Not the least exquisite incidents in ( Shakespearian comedy are the incidental songs, Mr. Coburn has succeed. ed after a great deal of research in obtaining music for these that seems authentic and truly Elizabethan. There is no orchestra with the players?as there wasn't when the plays had their ;? ? *. ii,. ^ n IaKd thoatrp premiers &l mt; uiu uiwuv i.uv>?v*v but the music is sung by a quartet of men's voices. The men are hidden away in the shrubbery somewhere, and the rising and falling of the. quaint, appealing old tunes on the night air lends much to the sylvan atmosphere of the productions. i Mr. Coburn's company this year is larger and stronger than ever and its appearance here may be anticipated with a great deal of pleasure. Tickets on sale at Newberry Hardware company, $1.00, 75 cents and 50 cents. Each seat reserved. TEMPLE OF WORSHIP ERECTED IN A DAY RAISED AS IF BY MAGIC IS SPARTAXBURG CHURCH. . 6 First Service Held Wednesday Niglit. * T Largest Cliurcli In World Erected in One Day. 1 Spartanburg, May 1.?A church, not 5 a stone or timber of which was stand- * ing at sunrise this morning, was wor- * shipped in tonight by a great congre- 1 gation that filled the building and ( overflowed into the street. Members 1 of the Bethel Methodist church an- 1 nounced recently that they would erect J a building in one day. More than 100 ( workmen gathered at the scene this * morning and began construction. Mo- 1 j tion picture machines played upon the 1 crowds of onlookers and upon the r building at every stage of its erection. Tonight the building stands completed, { painted, papered, carpeted and furnished throughout. Promptly with the rising of the sun t this morning work on the one-day- < church in this city and started. By ( nightfall the church had been compiet- i H Ckf} i />Q + i r\ n edrvipp.c Wftre CU auu IUC uvuivuuuu UV held in the edifice. It is complete in i every respect, painted all over, inside and out, the pews arranged, electric i wiring installed and lights burning to- ; night. All scaffolding has been torn i away and nothing remains to be done : on the .building. Thousands and thou- i sands of persons journeyed to the new church building. during the day. A * 1 i** * 1 1 PAVAA 1o _ Drass Dana was uiexe iu iuu .indies of the church conducted lunch counters and served meals to the workmen and every man went about his business in a perfectly systematic manner. When the sun rose ; this morning a great mass of lumber and other material was scattered around the foundations, which had already been prepared. These foundations where erected several days ago in or I der that it would be safe to build the church on them. Aside from this, however, not one lick of work was done until this morning. First >"ail Driver. Major Kirby is the oldest Methodist in Spartanburg county, and one of the oldest in the State. In driving the nail he used a hammer that has been in i Mais possession, for over ou years. me real work began at 6.07; it had all been clearly and carefully outlined. Every man knew what he had to do. There t was no stepping on each other's toes. There was no getting in each other's way. While a squad of men were placing the studding, another was laying floor. It looked as if it was a contest royal as to which squad would comnlpfp. its task first. The squad placing the studs was victorious. They completed their work at 7.50 and those laying the floor, which was a much larger job, completed at 8.42. All hands then fell into weatherboarding and it seemed as if this part J of the work was raised by magic, at this stage of the game, though work had been done to allow the electricians to begin work. All hands were then turned into the direction of placing the skeleton for the tin shingles, and this was accomplished in short order, and the roof was turned over the Bur- < ris people at 110011. The Task at >oon. ] Thus with the day half gone the roof < was ready for the tin shingles, part of the wiring had been done, the steps built, the vestibules completed, and most of the weatherboarding in place, i Then came the lunch- hour. Shortly after 1 o'clock the work of putting on < the tin shingles began. By 5 o'clock this was completed in every respect. ? At 6 o'clock all the outside work had i been completed and a force of hands ? were busy clearing away the debris, around the entrance. Then the work t of completing the inside was entered 1 into by the entire rorce. ine eteciric lights were burning so that the work- ? men could see more clearly. The I church was not plastered, but a composition of paper used in place. This 1 is very attractive and gives the inter ior a mission appearance. The auditorium of the new church is 35 by 50 feet and the Sunday-school room is 15 r by 29 feet. There are two entrances, r each with a vestibule. I Ten Thousand See-Work. j This is the largest fcaiiding that has ? f Chamber of Ct Most Deli ;ver been erected in one day anywhere TIT a ^hnrp.h was built in XX n vi Av4 A* w~*? - Maco, Texas, in one day, but not neary so large as the building here. Almost everybody in Spartanburg spent part of the day at the scene of iih<e new building. Hundreds of ama;eurs and professional photographers ;vere on hand. A moving picture concern had a representative here and he nade many pictures of the work at its m rinns stages. No less than ten thou sand people were there during the lay. It was necessary for the Street Dar company to operate many additional cars all day long. The force of nen was composed of 126 carpenters, nechanics, painters and electricians* These were divided into several squads ind each had its foreman. Dedication Success. The church was dedicated tonight, appropriate talks made by the pastor :>f Bethel Methodist church, who conceived the idea of building El-Bethel in one day; the Rev. J. W. Speake, C. P. Hammond, chkirman of the building committee; the Rev. J. W. Shell, who took an active interest in the oneday church, materially aided in completing the edifice, and others also spoke. The Bible used in dedicating the DUlKUng was tiie i/ruyeicj ui nuoo Carrie McMakin and was used when the first Methodist church in Spartanburg was erected. This was over one hundred years ago. One man drove his mule eight miles through the country to witness the erection of this church. The mule is over 30 years old and has been driven to a Methodist church every Sunday for the past 26 years without missing a single Sunday. NEWS OF PROSPERITY. The Coming and Going of Prosperity People antf Visitors?Social Items. Prosperity, May 2.?Mrs. Geo. W. Harmon has gone to Atlanta for several weeks' stay. TVT/acr?omcks ivr f! Morris and G. Y. W. Hunter have gone to Rock Hill to attend the twenty-fifth; anniversary of Winthrop college. Mrs. Elizabeth DeWalt spent Tuesday in Columbia. Miss Jessie Lorick has returned from a short visit to friends in Little Mountain. Mr. H. J. Rawl spent the week-end in Lexington. ? * ? * +*- ? rr* Mrs. E. W. wens ana miss -rva.ee Barre spent Wednesday in Newberry. Mrs. Mary Brown spent Saturday and Sunday in Clinton. Mrs. J. F. Browne and little daughter, Elizabeth, are visiting Miss Erin Kohn in Columbia. Miss Annie Mae Bedenbaugh, of Kibler's Bridge, was the guest Sunday of Miss Ellen Werts. Messrs. B. B. Schurapert and A. B. T-icitnpo i>1 Pnllim wise were uuaiucoj twnuiu m bia Tuesday. Mr. W. B. Wise, of Little Mountain, was in town Wednesday. Mr. Roy Kohn left Wednesday for Columbia for several days' stay. Mesdames Hipp, Pinner, Smith and Hentz were shoppers in town last Friiay. Mrs. P. C. Singley has as her guest Miss Rosalie Wheeler of Excelsior. Mr. Pink Cook, of Columbia, is visiting his mother, Mrs. Lizzie Cook. Mr. Johnnie Langford spent Tueslay in Little Mountain. Mr. Olin Shealy was operated on for ippendicitis in the Columbia hospital Saturday. His many friends will be ?lad to learn that he is doing nicely. The Literary Sorosis will not meet intil May 11. The hostess will be virs. vv. a. Moseie^. Mrs. W. G. Houseal has returned to dewberry, after a visit to Mrs. Z. W. Bedenbaugh. Mrs. J. C. Garrett nas as ner guest ler father from Anderson. D. R. Dicker! Chapter. The D. A. Dickert chapter's regular neeting will be held Saturday afterloon at 4 o'clock at the residence of vlrs. H. L. Parr. Cornelia Mayer, Secretary. j . .. / immerce Has f ghtful Banquet BRILLIANT SOCIALLY; ronniAi rnMMFRflAHY Lil UVIinJU VVllllliuiivuiMua GETTING CLOSER TOGETHER FOR A GREATER XEWBERRY. i An Elegant Supper Served?Several Happy Addresses?Occasion Was Generally Inspirational* (By Jno. K. Aull.) The annual banquet of the NewbeiTy chamber of commerce on Tuesday night was on? of the most brilliant occasions in the social life of the city, and was significant in the commercial advancement of Newberry. The chamber of commerce is reaching out after tangible things in the building of a Greater Newberry, and the business comradeship engendered and strength J ened by the gathering of Tuesday night can not ^>ut be far-reaching in its results. "The greatest good to thi? greatest number, and any good thing for the city and county of Newberry," was the sentiment which permeated the atmosphere of the occasion, and will be the motto of the chamber of commerce during the coming year. The banquet was served in the din ing room of the Crotwell hotel. The supper was prepared by the ladies of the A. R. P. church. A delightful menu had been arranged, and the supper was all that could be desired. Quantities of red and white roses, ar\ tistically arranged, adorned the tablee* - and in the centre of the cross tables was a huge basket of roses. The whole > / arrangement was in excellent taste, and the effect was in keeping with the whole spirit of the evening. Many ladies added the charm of their | presence to tlie occasion, music was furnished by the Newberry concert band, and appropriate songs were sung by the Newberry college sextette. The bright lights, the flowers, the music and the many lovely costumes of the ^ & ladies combined with the spirit of good ? "1 fellowship in a tout ensemble animated and brilliant. Tlie Menu. The menu was as follows: Oranges Strawberries ' Rost Turkey With Dressing jRice Gravey Pickles Cranberries Green Peas Macaroni Sliced Tomatoes Lettuce Mayonnaise Dressing Biscuit Bread Ice Tea Chicken Salad Crackers Neapolitan Cream White Cake Cafe Noir Cheese Wafers. Postprandial Talks. Following the supper there were several happy addresses. President j John M. Kinard, of the chamber of commerce, was toast master, and under his skilful and graceful direction: the aims of the chamber of commerce and the appeal for the co-operation of all business Newberry were succinctly presented, and the speakers appro priately introduced. Work of Chamber of Commerce. President Kinard, after remarking upon the inspiring scene, and paying a tribute to the charm of the ladies, said the chamber of commerce was fortunate in having more in the organization than ever before. He spoke of the faithful work of the first president, Mr. Z. F. Wright, and of the presidents who had succeeded Mr. Wright?Dr. 0. B. Mayer, Mr. I. H. Hunt, and Mr. John B. Mayes. He said the chamber of commerce was this year working for two or three preeminent things. One was the betterment of the sanitary conditions of Newberry. Another was a county hospital, permission having been secured oit Tuesday to open books of subscription to the capital stock of a $15,000 corporation, the books of subscription to be opened on May 10. Another thing uroc? a mi hliV lihrarv. He sDOke of W - - ? w - the work of the chamber of commerce under way for these things, and spoke confidently of the success of the undertakings. 1 It was a matter of regret that the first speaker on the program, Mayor Wade Hampton Gibbes, of Columbia,