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VOLUME LI., MT51BEB 94. NEWBERRY, S. C., FRIDAY, NOYEtfBER 28, 1913. TWICE A WEEK, $U? A YBAM. GEXEHAL SESSIONS COURT. Convened Monday?Will Byrd Sentenced to 80 Years?Henry Carter Acquitted?Other Cases. The couri of general sessions con- j i ifnnfi^v mornins". with His ! Honor, Judge S. W. G. Shipp of Florence presiding. Solicitor Cooper was on hand, ready with a number of bills to be handed to the grand jury. Ste- j nographer Dodson was at his post, j Four extra jurors were ordered drawn by the court to fill the places of members of the regular panel absent or excused. The following gentlemen were drawn: Paul S. Halfacre, Aiken Feagle, S. W. Brown &nd T. Roy Summer. TTT 1 ?A 1 Awn/1 u'A'^on ttagar wesia. wwicu . living in the Broad river section i was the firsc person tried. She was .charged with assault and battery with intent to kill on the person of Carrie Derrick, colored. She claimed self defense, and the jury accepted her view of the matter and returned a verdict of not guilty. k Henry Carter, a negr6, was acquitted 1 of the charge of murder. Carter kill B ed Walter Cannon, colored, in uc-i V .tober, in the Mount Pleasant section, j K He had a very good case of self deJ fense, it being shown that Cannon was ^ in the act of striking Carter with a large maul at the time Carter shot. Hunt, Hunt & Hunter represented the defendant. Will Bvrd, a young negro of Whitmire, who was charged with a serious I crime upon the person of a negro [ girl about nine years of age, several months ago was convicted with a reM ? -v?f -t-Vio commendation 10 uie uieic* uj. m*, court, and was set^uced to 30 years on the chaingang. He was represented by F. W. Fant, Esq. J. C. Berry and W. V. Bledsoe, young white men of Silverstreet, were tried Tuesday on a cfoarge of murder, it I being alleged that they killed Dave Boazman, a negro, in Silverstreet on September 28, 1912. The testimony of the State was to the effect that on the night Boazman was killed, Bledsoe and Berry called him from his home, and assaulted him with some blunt and that from the wounds I 111 Oti UUivuv, ?AA*v* ? | he received death ensued. The defendants contended that taey went to k Boazman's house for the purpose of L trying to make a case against him for V selling whiskey, Mr. Berry being a jL warden of the town of Silverstreet, Mm and that Boazman, who was under the V influence of whiskey, assaulted Mr. Berry, witaout cause, and that Mr. v *' 1 o nietnl Tt I nit urn uncc ^rxbu a ^Bwas claimed by the defense that Bled soe did not strike the negro. The |B jury acquitted the defendants. 1% ey W were represented by Blease & Blease. | Luke Johnson, colored, was convict-1 F ed of violating the dispensary law, j he having sold one pint of whiskey to a young white man. The jury, owing *to his old age and had health, recom' mended Johnson to mercy, and he was setenced to se~ve four months, the sentence to be suspended on the payment of the sum of twenty-five | dollars. Johnson paid the fine and twas released. ! Elias Worthy, colored, was convicted in 'nis absence of selling whiskey. developed afterward that the Solicitor had agreed with Worthy's attorney that the case would not be sed at this time, nnd Mr. Cooper Bry promptly and properly agreed mat the negro should have a new | The following cases have been conpnued to the next term of court: Hagood Brown, charged with mur Ider; John Boyce, charged with murder: Bill Spearman, charged with murder; Sam Simm?, violation of dispensary, law; George Freeman, viofeion of dispensary law; 0. J. Havird, Beach of trust. The following cases were nol prossH on terms: KSesson Davis, selling cocaine, on i Re payment of $50; Frank Davis, selling cocaine, en the payment of $100: D. F. Sawyer, violation dispenlow rwn tho ravmpnf. nf S7i>: John P.. . ^ T , violation of dispensary law. i payment of $100; John Butler, j n of dispensary law, on the ' ; of $100; John 0. Hipp, two j f assault and battery with inkill, on the paymenr of $ 1 ~.u; i Hill, violation of dispensary the pr*.' 11ionT of ?~0. rr >n T .iury rn- (i no Irll ? and as to Ben Woodward, charged with murder. Woodward was charged j with being implicated in the killing; of Felix Henley, colored. The case of S. D. Spray, charged i with housebreaking and grand larcen- j ly, was remanded to the magistrate's j court, the solicitor holding that i: was | nnlv u msp nf nptir larffmv I>arkin Dembo. colored, plead guilty to a charge of assault and battery i with intent to kill on a negro woman. It did not appear to be an aggravated case, and he was sentenced to pay a fine of $100 or to serve six months, j James Johnson, colored, also charged with shooting a negro woman, ! fared worse t'iian Dembo, but he shot j AirirlAnflxr U'onto/I tn . SCV Ci <Xl UliiCO cliiU c? 1UCUU,I numvu tv kill He tried to excuse himself by i saying "I shot her 4 cause I loved her." j Judge Shipp didn't think much of his ' excuse, and gave him five years to get i over his case of love. Aaron Tribble, colored, from near j Old Town, plead guilty to whiskey! selling and goc one year. Tribble had j been convicted for violating the dis- j pensary law once before in Saluda ! i county. In the case against J. C. Baker, J. j C. Seymore, and C. K. Baker, charged j with malicious damage to real es- . tate, a nolle prosequi was entered. I This is the case growing out of a road j matter in the Wliitmire neighborhood, i The parties settled their differences ! out of the court room, and tne solicitor agreed for the case to be stopped. Wednesday morning the court entered upon the trial of Benjamin Reagin and Fletcher Beggs, two young | white men, charged with ..he murder of Felix Henley, a colored boy, in Gravaltown on the night of July 17th. Paul Young, colored, is to be tried on this same charge. Reagin and -Beggs deny their guilt, and claim that Young killed Henley. Mr. N. W. Workman was appointed by the court to defend I Beggs, who was unable to employ counsel. Blease and Blease represented Reagin. They were acquitted of the charge of murder, and found guilty of carrying concealed weapons. They were fined $25 each. The grand jury made its report on | Wednesday. It will be published in I full in the next issue of The Herald'| and News. There will be no session of the court j I on Thursday, the 27th, that day being j a legal holiday. The court will take j up work again Friday morning, when ' it is expected the ca^es of Paul Young; . , , L-ii- -i I and Will Moses, doui cuargcu mm i murder, will be tried. MuCii business has been disposed of, J and Solicitor Cooper and Judge Shipp i are to be complimented at the manner t in which they have rid the docket of ; such a large number of cases. Onlyone prisoner will be in jail when the session of the court is ended. ? ? GOV. BLEASE IS TO SPEAK. Mr. Fred Dominkk May Also Make Address Next Saturday. I Anderson,'Nov. 25.?Gov. Blease will speak here next Saturday at 3"o clock at the court house, and it is probable . that Mr. Fred Dominick, assistant attorney general, and candidate for congres, will also speak at this time. They j will both be here Friday night to at- ' tend the public meeting of the Red Men at the Orr Mills hall, on the occasion of fhe official visit of the great; sachem of the State, Mr. E. H. Aull of Xewberry. The governor's frends asked him several days ago to arrange to stay over Saturday and speak, and he has , * 1 * f? r] r\ ' now announced ms nueuuuii w so. H. Wilen, General agent for Barkoot, has made all arrangements for big shows J for Newberry for 1 week, commencing February 9th. 1914. This company has been announced by the public and press the largest anct cleanest amusement enterprise. One of the special prizes, to be giv- j en this week in The Herald and j Xews contest, conies from "the ri^ht dma store"'. Gilder u'.iu Weeks. n. : Ask any one at West-Martin fumi- ! ti:re store in show you the elesant of furniture we are giving Decern- ! Xews prize toting contests PiSJSIDENTS DAUGHTER 3IAR1UED TO F. B. SAYRE Rich Dresses and Furnishings of Executive Mansion Furnish Appropriate Background. Washington, Nov. 25.?With smiles j of confident hammiess turned towards ! I each other Francis Bowers Savre and J Miss Jessie Woodrow Wilson, second j daughter of the president and Mrs. j Woodrow Wilson, late today were i joined in marriage at the White j House before a co;upany of distinguished officials of the United States j government, members of the diplo- j matic corps, close friends and rela- ! tives. It was a scene ot rare brilliance, touched, through the 10 minutes of ceremony with a grave solemnity as the president of the United States stood by his wife, their faces a study in deep emotion, as they gave in marriage the first of their children. It was an intensely human sight as the words of the service were softly spoken befpre an altar of palms, ferns and white liles. With the double ring ser-1 vice the couples were united and the assemblage spoke the Lord's Prayer in monotones. Then the Marine band struck up the wedding march of Men- j delssohn and from that moment the j White House was transformed into a I scene of gay animation and joyfulness. Dance at Their Wedding. A recepton for guests by the presi-! dent, Mrs. Wilson and the wedded couple followed, and soon the- East room was cleared o' its carpets and tae young folk danced well into the evening, brilliant uniforms and elaborate gowns gliding over the glisten ing floor under the glow of the crystal j chandeliers. When the guests had gone the bridal party sat down in the breakfast room and the bride cut the wedding cake with the sword of Dr Cary T. Grayson, U. S. N., the president's physician^ and companion. Tfoen there came a merry dinner, an affectionate good- 1 bye and the couple whirled away in a White House automobile on their honeymoon. Their destination was kept secret, but in a few days they will go to Europe to return early in January to Williamstown, Mass., where Mr. | Sayre will be assistant to President Garfield of Williams college. With smooth precision the day's events had moved into the evening hours. A Distinguished Audience. Promptly at 4.30 all guests were asembled and waiting in the East j room, members of the cabinet and i the justices of tfhe United States su- j preme court, the diplomatic corps, resplendent in their uniforms of bright colors and gold brocades, being gathered in the south half of the : room. In the other half, north of the j green carpeted aisle, marked by white I t satin bands, were the close friends and relatives, in all about 300 persons. In their elaborate afternoon toilettes of soft pastel tones of blue, violet, ] pink and green and with many a black j velvet, the women gave the picture a j brilliant lustre of fas'hion. First Mrs. Wilson, descended the main staircase, escorted by Col. W. W. Harts, chief aide to the president, j She was followed by Joseph K. wn- i son, brother of the president, and his i wife, and Miss Helen Woodrow Bones,! a cousin of the president, escorted by J Dr. Carv T. Grayson, Commander j Xeedham Jones, V S. X., escorted j Mrs. Savre, mother of the groom, i ! They took their places on the left i of the dais, where the bridal party j stood. A Touch of the Academic. TVie Rev. Dr. Sylvester W. Beach of Princeton. X. .1.. attired in a collegiate gown, with a master's hood of white silk, entered next with the Rev. Jcxhn ! Nevin Sayre, a brother of the groom. J The latter's white surplice of the Epis- ' copaiian form was in marked con-! trast to rhe dark vestment of his col- j J league. There was pause of a mo- ; ment and soon the Marine hand spread through the White Hou?e the strains of nlie bridal chorus from 1 I Lohengrin, and the groom, accompanied by Dr. Wilfred T. Grenfell. h:s Vie.-1 man. walked -b wly to the altar. T'v v. .:*'rs led tlm bridal process? n in two-- ("baric.- Kr.T.s H u rrli <\-. Jr.. Dr. 1 \VltT Clark and Deri. Fb:n vi. The bridesmaids, the first two gowned in d ep pink and be others in pink 1 of a lighter shade, followed. Miss Eleanor Wilson, the youngest of the president's daughters, and Miss Mary White were first, followed by Miss Adeline Mitchell Scott and Miss Marjorie Brown. All wore piquant little ; bonnets with upstanding frills of sil- i ver lace. Miss Margaret Wilson, the j maid of honor, wore the palest pink. J All carried pink roses toned in with j tlieir dresses. \ FIRST SHOT FIKED IX MOXEY DEBATE Owen Charges Bank Reserves are Con- i eentrated in Xew York.?Says Bill Will Stop Evil. Washington, November 24.?Under j the present system the bank reserves j of the country are concentrated largely in New York, where they are loaned in speculative accounts on the X. Y., exchange, Senator Owen asserted today in opening the debate on the * # ? ~ ~ Vk*11 T *-? "f Vl administration currency um m tut senate. He declared tJiiat the administraton bill as reported by the democrats of the banking committee would remedy this condition. Senator Owen reviewed the details of the bill and urged that, by the creation of a market for discounted commercial paper and by mobilizing the reserves in public utlitity regional banks, the measure would improve the great dangers of the present financial system. Tlie Town Election. The democratic primary on Tuesday, 25th, resulted as follows, there being of course no opposition to Mayor Z. F. Wright, Alderman C. T. Summer in Ward 3 and Alderman W. H. Hardeman in Ward 5, also to L. G. Eskridge and J. Y. Jones as school trustees from Wards 4 and 5 respectively: Ward 1, P. F. Baxtter 67, J. Cliesley Dominick 12. Ward 2, J. R. Green 63, H. H. Abrams 50. Ward 4, E: L. Rodelsperger 64, C. M. West 37. Death of John P. QuattleWauni. Who was born January 2, 1838, near what is now Bachman chapel J church, at the old homestead eight miles north of Prosperity. He went to Mississippi in 1857, and wmen the war broke out Between the States, he joined a company raised by Captain * "* VnurKnr Joseph Keia, also a nauve ui , ry county, which served through the ! war in the 20t;.i Mississippi regiment. Captain Reid returned to this, his native county after the war. Captain Reid told this writer that John Quattlebaum was a good and faithful soldier, always at his post of duty, except when he was disabled by wounds. He was wounded once in C.ie shoulder by a rainnie ball, and was left on the battlefield for dead, but revived I j and got treatment. His wound healed and he returned to his command and he fought to the end. The ball lodged against his shoulder blade and remained there until a few years ago ~ A when it gave him some irouuit-, auu ( he had it cut out. He married a lady in Mississippi,! and settled down afier the war near j Decatur in Newton county, where he I accumulated a nice estate. He died j on the Oth of October in the 77th year of his age He leaves an aged widow, j one son and two daughters and one i step-daughter to mourn his departure. ! i Also out of his parental family of ten he leaves one brother, who is in j his seventy-fifth year, and many other i relatives and friends to mourn his ; rJppth He had been on the decline for sometime, with bronchitis supposed to have originated from the wound in 'his shoulder. J. E. Quattlebaum. Silent on Whaley Case. Washington. November 24.?Mayor j John P. Grace, of Charleston, when i seen here at the Willard hotel and ask od what was the occasion of his visit, j replied that'lie was looking after mat- ! s ters at the navy department and at the department of commerce, which he < ')::!<! not at this time discuss, and th"t ho was incidentally getting some : nation from exports with regard to water-works. Tli".1 ,.:yor said that tor ir.c pre.?."u; . ! v.- I.- out of tito j.ors as. to the ccnte ; of Mr. Whaley's soar in 1 congress. COOPER DEMES WITHDRAWN. ?I Getting Encouragement and is Conficlent of Success.?Has Campaigned During Summer. Columbia, Nov. 24.?Solicitor R. A. Cooper of Laurens declares himself woll coticfio^ with -fho favr?rahlA nnt. " V/?i UUOlOiiVU (I 1 VU U1V AM T w V*. V j look in his race for governor. "I am I getting encouragement on every hand and am confident," said Mr. Cooper when asked about his candidacy while in Columbia last week. Mr. Cooper says that despite reports that 'have been circulated in some quarters he is still in the race for governor and expects to be elected. He has been doing some effective campaign work all during the summer and fall months and has visited scores of places in the up country within the past several weeks. Mr. Cooper expects to make several visits in the Pee-Dee *\nd southern ........ ,, , I secrons 01 tne state in me near iuture in the interest of his candidacy. Solicitor R. A. Cooper lives at Laurens and has served the eighth circuit for several terms as prosecuting officer. He is one of tlhe best known solicitors in the State and has a strong hold 011 Ills people. He lives in a strong voting section and his friends believe that with the majorities which he will command in his home and adjoining counties and with the vote he looks for in other parts of the State that he will prove a winner. E. M. Lane and Co., have the most complete line of fancy groceries in Newberry. E E. Stuck and C. C. Schumpert, of Newberry were at the Imperial yesterday.?The State, 24th. Miss Janie Thomasson left Saturday for Lancaster to teach school. CITY LOSES BIG EXHIBIT. Williamston Man ('liainnan of Com-! inittee to Make i Arrangements for Great Textile Exhibit Greeville Piedmont, 25th. Delegates from Greenville and ; other nearby cities and towns, who attended the semi-annual session of the Southern Textihe association in Atlanta on Saturday, returned yes- j terday to their homes aftter a most enjoyable, as well as profitable meeting in t'lie Georgia city. The Isle of Palms, near Charleston, was chosen j nc thp noYt meeting nlace. though , ' majority of the delegates was in favor of holding the next session, six months hence, in Greenville. However. the majority finally acquiesced to he minority with .he promise that the meeting, next fall, should be held in Greenville. Mr. T. B. Wallace, superintendent of the Duncan mill and president of the Southern mill and president of the Southern Textile association, presided over the meeting in Atlanta. He I stated today that the Isle of Palms was ! selected for the summer meetng be- j cause of the pleasure and certain j amusements afforded by a seashore j resort in the summer. Mr w. M. Sherard. of the William- : stem Cotton mills, was made chairman j of the most important committee ap- j pointed at the past meeting. He is at i the head of a committee appointed to make arrangements for bringing t'he great textile exhibit held in Boston one i year to some southern city. Mr. j Sherard stated to a representative of j The Daily Piedmont over the telo- i phone, today, that, an effort would be J made by he and his committee to have the exhibition held in Atlanta in the spring of 1915. The textile exhibit, which is comj posed of products of America's leadins manufacturers, is the largest of its kind in the world and heretofore ! has always been held in Boston. It has never been brought to a south-I em city because no hall large enough j ronld bo Tnund in the South. Atlanta ' now possesses the largest auditorium 1n the South and anions the largest ; in the United States, and the eom- 1 e of whK-h Mr. Sherard is at r":e 1 head, believes this auditorium amply rro to :ir commodate the exhibit. rf Greenville could onlv boast <~,c '< . i-.r-r-o - . this city would ; I'rr-io " have the support and "nfluence of the Southern Textile as-' I fLzteLir: >V. W. FOLEY IS DEAD. President Fiuley Victim of Stroke of Paralysis?Died Suddenly Tuesday. ?i Washington, Nov. 25.?President W. W. Finley of the Southern railway died suddenly this morning from a stroke ^ 1 ?vm* n A X m LT*1 %-> 1 A?r ? /\/] f U ifi ui paraijr &is. ?ii~. r micj uicu at uia home in this city. He was stricken at the breakfast table this morning and sank rapidly. Mr. Finley had been apparently in good heal I'll and the fatal stroke came without warning. With his family he had recently returned from his country home at Warrenton, Va., and re- > opened his town house in the capital. He is survived by a widow, a son and three daughters. President Finley was stricken with apoplexy and hemorrhage of the brain, while he was preparing to leave his <home for his office. Before medical attention could be summoned he was dead . Although he was stricken be fore noon, word of his death did not reach the Southern railway offices for several hours. ??^ COAST LINE HEAD DIES. ?) Thomas M. Emerson, for fciig-ht Years President of System Succumbs to Acute Indigestion. Wilmington, X. C., Nov. 25.?Thomas Martin Emerson, president of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad company, died late tonight at his home here, following an attack of acute indigestion yesterday while on a trip of inspection over the system with members of the board of directors. Mr. Emerson, attended by his phy sician ana irienas, eariy ioaay reauuea Wilmington on a special train from the South and while it was announced that his condition was improved, he later grew worse and died at IX o'clock. Talk happiness! The world is sad enough .xofl, ,*o VV 1UIUUI \ Ulll WUt5. j^aui JO wholly rough; Look for the places that are smooth and clear. And speak of those to rest the weary ear. (>f earth so rust bv one continuous V strain Of human discontent, and grief, and pain. Talk faith! The world is better off without Your uttered ignorance and morbid UULIIJL. It you have faith in God, or man, or self Say so: if not, push back upon the self Of silence all your thoughts till faith shall come : Xo one will grieve because your lips are dumb. Talk health! The dreary, never changing tale Of mortal maladies is worn and siaie. You cannot charm, or interest, or please, Uy harping on that minor chord, disease. Say you are well, or all is well with you, And God shall hear your words and make them true. ?Ella IVheeler IV iI cox. sociation, American Manufacturer's associations and others in any move that it should make towards securing the textile exhibition, according to a statement made today by Mr. Sherard. It will be remembered that last year, the directors of the American Manufacturer's association met in Greenville and adopted a resolution asking that the exhibit be brought to Greenville. But because of the absence of the aforesaid large auditorium, Greenville's invitation was u-ii ,w]ra vvn. ru:>t prio" to the meeting of the >50!?thern Textile association in At:;:nta. Mr. Sherard conferred with Mr. J. } :. Shrine in regard to the feasibility of bringing the exhibit to Greenville in 131o.