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^ mIm , vmntF.it 36. NEWBERRT, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MAT 3, 1912. TWICE A WEEK, HM A TB*?
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(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
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proverD uiax puuuu umv;*; 10 a yuwiv, ?
trust. bi
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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.
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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.
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" <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.
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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,