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J ' ' ' '? ' . TWICE a WEEK, (Ml A TEAS. NEWBERRY, S. C., TUESDAY. DECEMBER .10, *913. ^ VOLUME LI., NUMBER 103. ' ? BLEASE PAROLtS GREENWOOD MAN j GEO. W. LONG, SERVING TER3I j FOR MANSLArGHTER, FREE. ( Ion? Was a Newberry Man?Killed L. P. Mullinax of Greenwood County. Columbia, December 2S.?George W. Long, a wtjite man of Greenwod. who is serving a sentence for manslaugh- ! tpr for shooting L. P. Mullinax, anoth- ! er prominent white man of Green- j wood county, has oeen paroled by j Governor Blease. The papers will be ' sent to the office of the secretary of! State tomorrow morning for his sig- f nature and Long will be released from J the State prison tomorrow. . , v This case is of considerable inter-! est in Newberry as Mr. Long is a I native of Newberry and has many re-; latives in this county. Our Colum- i bia correspondent phoned The Herald j and News from Columbia Monday Chat the reasons actuating Governor Blease and assigned by him for granting the parole had been mailed The Herald and News on Sunday but the letter! must have gone astray. Inquiry at the postoffice Monday afternoon elecited the information that no letter was there. The Herald and News will print the j reasons in the next issue. MllE RETURNED. Stolen December 7, 1912?Returned to Owner December 27, 1913.?Two Negroes Arrested. Mr. J. 0. Johnson, of Chappells, had ' a mule stolen from his stables December 7, 1912, and on December 27, 1913, the mule was returned. Not only the mule but saddle and bridle were also taken. -Mr. Johnson is very grateful to Deputy William Dorroh and Sheriff Biease for the good work tlhey did in \ the return of the mule and the cap- j ture of two negroes implicated in the ' stealing. It has already been mentioned iiy! The Herald and ' News that Frank j Singleton had been arrested in the j case. He confessed his guilt and told j Sheriff Blease where the mule could be found and the stoeri^ got the mule. Singleton had sold it, saddle and bridle to a negro some twenty miles from Augusta for $50. Singleton says that Olin Hentz assisted him in getting the muie away from Mr. Johnson's and Hentz has also been arrested. Arrested In Atlanta. * 'Vieriff Blease had arrested.Tin At-1 lanta Sunday Lewis Williams, wanted j in Newberry on the charge of house breaking and larceny. Deputy Wm. Dorroh went to Atlanta Monday to l)ring Williams to Newberry. Death of an -Old Confederate Veteran. Mr. Andrew Niciiols died at his home in the St. Luke's community on Saturday afternoon at five o'clock and I was buried at St. Lukes' church Mon-1 day morning at 11 o'clock. Mr. j Nicfaflls was 88 years old and was a [ , good old Confederate veteran, having I been a member of Co. F, Captain Jno. M. Kinard's command, 20th regiment. He leaves six children?John, Luke, Sheck and Archie, Mrs. Susannah Bedenbaugh and Mrs. Alice Reynolds, all of the county. He is survived also by one sister, Mrs. Emily Taylor, living in Florida. Attention, Pensioners. I will be at the auditor's office every Saturday during the month of i January to give special attention to all parties having pension business to transact. J. W. Reagin, Pension Commissioner. Fire Officers. * Tine following are^the newly made officers of Excelsior Hose Fire com pany, No. 1: H. B. Wells, chief. J. W. Earhardt, first assistant chief. Y?\ J. Swittenberg, second assistant chief. R. H. Wright, president. J. A. Peterson, vice president. J. H. Baxter, secretary and treasurer. W. C. Waldrop, captain. John Nance, foremam DANIEL'S PROFANITY (THE. As Editor, Sent Profane Reporters to Cover Cliurcli Services. t Washington, December 28.?If there's one thing that Secretary of the Xavv Daniels dislikes above everything else, it is profanity. During the twenty years teat he was a newspaper man he evolved what he declared is an effective method of curing a man oi the habit. As editor ot me paper ne u?ns m North Carolina, Secretary Daniels fought against profane "explosions" from members of his staff. He didn't resort to calling a man down when the "explosion" occurred. "When I was editor of my paper," said Daniels, "and I heard a man swear. 1 would bear it in mind. Tiie next time there was a church convention of similar assignment to be covered, I'd send that man to cover it. After a while the men realized the treatment?and it usually cured them." BRY.VN IN THE PULPIT. ^Vhitcomfo Riley Hears Secretary of State's Address. 4 Miami, Fla., December 28.?William J. Bryan, secretary of State, occupied the pulpit of a local Presbyterian church tonight. His subject was "The Child and Christmas." James Whitcomb Riley, the Indiana poet, whose winter home is near that of Mr. Bryan here, was among those who heard the address. Death of Maiden Lady. Miss Georgia Jones, aged 68, died at her home at Whitmire on Saturday night about 9 o'clock and was buried at Rosemont cemetery Sunday afternoon at 4, service by the Rev. T. H. Garrett. She was a sister of the late W. H. Jones. mil * The >*ewspaper Heart. Give me tne Doys wiui me newspaper heart, That love the smell of the printer's t ink; That get ri^ht down where the presses are / And love the labor of making men think; The boys, the boys Witn the newspaper heart, That l:now the old office a mile away By that unmistakable smell of the shop Where the ink rolls black and tfne presses sway. i ? t Down* in a little eountrv town OrtYVinKAll A/Ml m _ wiiere ,nu cmu wuc vamyucn wuntry press Printed the weekly sheet to crown The world with its knowledge more or less, There are great old souls in their world apart, Loving the type and the smell and grind? The boys, the boys of the newspaper heart, In the best old game that the world can find. f Give me the boys that can love it still, Can bury themselves in a pile of papers? "Prines" that the loved "exchanges" send, Of all odd shapes and sizes and capers;; The boys that know it afar, far off. That smell of the print shop, and who love That odor fine of the ink, and oil, And tihe old benzine, all smells above. \ The boys that come up from the Wash ington hand-press The Country Campbell, .?nd all, to know The whirl and crash and the roaring motion Ofi the twenty-four-thousand-anhour Hoe; Give me the boys with tftie newspaper heart, The smudge and stain and the smell of ink, And the slap-bag sort of righteous service In helping the old worldling and think. Benton Bard THE NEWS OF PROSPERITY. Entertainment by Younur Peoples Society?Hoys and Girls Goliisr Hack to ( olleere. D^onoritv n^pprnhpr 29.?Dr. and I i i uo|;ui it; , ^ v v/v ... - ,? Mrs. .J. S.j Wheeler are visiting in J Winnsboro. Mr. Allen Lester returned today to j West Point after spending a,week with i "ni:i parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Les ter. Dr. and MrV E. P. Taylor, of Batesburg. spent Christmas day with Rev. and Mrs. E. P. Taylor. Misses Lillie Mae Russell, of Carroll. ; ton, Ga.. and Ruby Russell, of Colum- ! i 1 bia, are spending the holidays with Miss Ellen Wheeler. Master George Wise and little Rebecca Harmon are visiting in Ninety Six. Mrs. M. -C. Morris returned from a short stay to Lykeland. Mrs. Joe B. Hartman has as her I guest Mrs. Francis Bogguss, of Rock ! Hill. Mrs. W. A. Moselev has gone to Jacksonville for a month's stay to her daughter, Mrs. D. E. Ridgell. Dr. L. D. Simpson, of Cheraw, is home for the holidays. Dr.-. Jack Kinard and Miss -Toe V Kinard, of Ninety Six, visited Miss Annie Moseley last week. Mr. C. F. Saner ihas returned from a short stay to Columbia. Mr. H. J. Rawl sftent Christmas week with his brother in Charleston. Miss Eula Taylor has returned to/ Columbia after a few days stay to hefrj J parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Taylor. ? Dr. T. J. Littlej&WL of Pacolet, ancf Mr. Raymond Fellf^ of Newberry, are visiting Mr. S. L. Fellers. Miss Lucy Wheeler, of Columbia, spent several days last week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Wheeler. Miss uilie uounis, oi JCi.vueisiui, IS j the guest of Miss Ellen Werts. Mr. A. B. Wise left Saturday for i Ridgeland to visit his brotlher, John Pat Wise. Miss Rebe Langford re-.urned Sunday to Spartanburg, after \spending a few days with, her home fo\ks. Mr. A. L. WTheeler has returned ito Columbia. \ - Mrs. Livingston, of Saluda, . and j Miss Maud Livingston, of Camden, are i the guests of Mrs. F. E. Schumpert. Misa Lena Lester, of Columbia, spent Christmas day nere. .Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Wise left Thursday for Western mule market, where Mr. Wise will buy a car of mules. 'Mr. Herbert Langford, of Columbia, Is home for the yule tide season. Mr. Pierce Scott, of Clinton, spent : the week end with his father, Mr. J. P. B. Scott. "Dr. (Jeorge W. Harmon is visiting his parents in Ninety Six. Misses Rosa Crosso^ and Mary Alma Matthews, of Leesville, are the guests of Mis? Victoria Crosson. Mr. G. X. Gallman, of Augusta, spent the week end with Mrs. L. S. Bowers. Mrs. A. H. Kohn and Mr. E. S. Kohn, of Columbia, attended the silver anniversary Saturday of Mr. and'"5frs. J. W. Hunter. The Young Peoples' society of 'Grace church will give an entertainment Wednesday evening, December 31, at the town hall, consisting of vocal and instrumental music, tableaus and icenic readings. Admission 10 and 15 ! cents. DISSOLVED. Thirteen South Carolina Cotton Mills Filed Certificates With Secretary of State. Columbia, S. C., Dec. 27.?Thirteen cotton mills -of South Carolina today filed certificates of dissolution with the secretary of State. The mills are: Richland Cotton mills, Columbia; Fairfield Cotton mills, Winnsboro; Wylie mills, Chester; Greer Manufacturing company, Greer; Seneca Cotton mills, Seneca; Ottaray mills, Union; Walhalla Cotton mills, Walhalla; Wallace mill, Greenville; Capital City mills, Columbia; Anaiaohp mills. Greer; Pine Creek Manufacturing company, Kershaw county; Olympia Cotton mills, Columbia, and Granby Cottoiv mills, Columbia. It was said here that the dissolutions were filed in order to allow the companies to enter the Parker company. SEGROES SHOOT NEGROES. Two Dead in Newberry County?One Shot in Head Just Across Line and May Recover. It was the general impression that the Christmas time had come and passed in Xewberry without serious or.otriAnt nr without tragedy, but late reports are to the effect that at least two negroes were killed or met violent deaths. Jack Toland, a negro who lived on Mr. James Renwick's place in Xo. 4 township, was found dead in 'his house on Saturday night with a hole in his head as if inflicted by some blunt instrument, and he had been dead since Tuesday night. It seems that he livI ed alone and was not discovered unt'il Saturday night. The coroner empaneled a jury of inquest on Sunday and adjourned to a future day to continue the inquiry. It is tine suspicion I that several other negroes were in the j house with Toland and that they were | gambling and Toland hadlieen a winner and the killing of Toland was one i way to get the money back that he ! / had won. Sheriff Blease went out on Sunday and arrested tJhree negroes who are held on suspicion until the i inquest is completed. A negro was killed on the 24th of the month on Mrs. Richards' place in Maybinton. A jury of inquest was empaneled and began the investigation and was to have completed it on Monday. The negro was shot in the I left breast and the theory was that it was suicide, but the position of the tyound and other circumstances were a little suspicious and it was thought best to investigate, so Magistrate Henderson, acting as coroner, has been investigating the case. The editor of Th Herald ana .News spent a part of the day, Friday at Dyson, just across the river in Greenwood county. Just before we rraived at the station about four o'clock we understand that a negro by the name of Wm. Blocker had shot another negro by name John Williams, in the head, and it )vas thought . that he nnVht nossihlv die. The negro wllio was shot is said to have been a bad negro and was one of the hands who worked at the brickyard. We heard several of his own race talking about what a bad negro he was and that they had been expecting tihat he would sooner or later be killed by some one* Jus^ what the row started about no one seemed to know except that we heard several say that it was "liquor and women.'' We have not heard whether the wounded man ,died or not. T)vson is a great place. The peo I pie out there dv, about as they please and tlhere is no one ro molest or make afraid. In fact, it is one of the' few places in this country where pure and unadulterated American liberty still holds sway. There was some talk during the last session of the legislature about having some rural police out there, but the governor and the delegation in the legislature, we are told, could not agree and so there are 110 police officers of any kind in the community. Everything is moving on very smoothly and it is about as well as not that there are no rural nniif-pmpn \"ow and then some one ?-? takes a little too much, or there is a chicken main on, or a negro is killed, or some one may sell a little of the stuff that makes glad, but there is no complaint and the people are good and clever and are getting along about as well as the rest of the State where there are so many officers of the law. We 'have too many laws any way and too many law officers. A man (has to pinch himself now and again to see if it is he and if he has not violated some law. The old axiom the least fgoverned are the best governed is as true today as it was when it was littered and it was certainly true then. But what is is best or it wouldn't be. Evidence at Inquest of Jack Toland. Jim Young, sworn, says: Jeff Toland and I left Jeff Means' house about 12 o'clock Tuesday, December 23rd, 1913, and we eaipe on over here about t)he old Brimaset field and Jeff Means caught up with us and we came on to Jack Toland's house. Jack got an oak rail off the fence and cut and made a fire and we sat down and got warm and I got sleepy. Cousin Jack, I believe I will go home. Jack Means says to me I 'thought you were going to have another game. You all done beat me out of all my money and you j don't want to give me another chance I at it. I said no I am tired and sleepy, and I left Jeff Means and Jack Toland I I sitting at the fire. Jeff Means had a j stick of wood about two and a half I feet long and axe putting iheel-plate i on his shoe. Had been gambling Monday night and I had won five dolTool TrvlnnH h flr? WOn Piffllt icli s aau > t?.\_iv a. uiitiiu .. _.. ,.u I 'dollars. Jeff Means, Jim Young and J, . Jack Toland were in the game. Dave Gilliam, sworn says: Satur- | i day, December 27, 1913, I was hunting j ' and Jaines Toland called me and said ' come up here and see what is the matter with Uncle Jack, he looks like he Lias s hole knocked in his head, sitting ; up in a chair, and I came on up to the : door and looked at him, and then I i told him to go on and tell his pa about : it. ! James Toland, sworn, says: I come I over here Saturday, December 27, 11913, about twelve o'clock. When I i got there I started to go back home ! because I thought he wasn't at home; j tlhen I walked up to the door and saw jit was shut; then I went round \o the ! Afhor dnnr nnd it was ODen. and then I looked and saw his hat under the | ; bed, and then r saw him in the chair j and his head was bloody and no lhair , on it. And then I called Jim Young | and Dave Gilliam and told them to .come anii see about Uncle Jack. And ! \ i th^n I went and. told my papa about | it. i i)r. W. A. Dunn, sworn, says: That Jack Toland came to his death by a 1 1 1-J~ rn A r-/-\m n Wunt in ? i I DIOW Oil 111*5 IICCIU >>11,11 OUXX1C/ UiUMb 'strument which crushed Ibis skull. Verdict of Jnry. That Jack Toland came to his' death from a blow on the head by a blunt instrument inflicted about December 23, 1913, by party or parties unknown to the jury. Jeff Means, Belt Cooper and Jim Young have been arrested in tfhe case of Jack Toland and are in the Newberry jail. , MI LE FOOD. Stolen a Year .t?o?\esrro Confesses and Tells Sheriff Blease Where ti? fipit, Mule. Mention has been made of the arrest of a negro in Georgia the otl'.ier day who stole a mule from Mr. Oscar i Johnson on December 7, 1912, and of! i his *being in ?he Newberry jail. The j ! other day the negro told Sheriff J Blease where he could find the mule and he made the trip and brought tine mule back with him. He went some twenty miles beyond Augusta and found the mule where the negro said it was. White-Kerr. >. Greenwood Index, 18th. The following invitations have been received here. "Mrs. Leonard Waller White requests tihe pleasure of your company at the wedding reception of her daughter, Helen O'N'eall to Mr. Edgar 1 Davis Kerr on Wednesday evening, December the thirty-first, at nine j o'clock, at home, Abbeville, S. C. At I home after January the fifteenth, New" berry, S. C. A Good Resolution. T!ie West-Martin Co., suggest a good ? t - - i - < ? * V< o f vnii i I new year resoiuuuu?uuc mat can keep, and one that it will pay you to keep. See it elsewhere. A Play of Re&I Merit , The dramatic treat of tfte year, j "Paid In Full," will be presented at j fn-r nno nip^ht nnlv. Wednes- ! | .\ C V* i J 1UI uuv v , ' day, December 31. "Paid In Full" is i the best play ever written by an Amer| ican dramatist. The story is a pro! foundly movii.g one, yet not without j its lighter touches, and it is protray, ed with an unerring realism that , shows the author's thorough compre- I j hension and understanding or' tfne con[ ditions he has thus ably depicted, i Through it all runs a vein of senti-* ment that tugs at the heart with al- 1 most irresistible appeal. The acting j company is headed by Eiley O'Connor." a Miss not yet out of her teens, but) who fhas won her spurs on Broadway, : and she has the support of one of the best acting companies ever in the ( South, each member being entirely j adequate to the requirement of the jH various roles. The play is too well j known to intelligent people to need j comment, and the management guar- 1 antee a high-class, clean, clever production of tihis great play. Prices for the engagement are 25, 50, 75 and 1.00 j Seats on sale at Gilder and 'Veeks. j t * i . K J* r I BJLH SEK11VE I'UMISSIUX Gov. Blease Makes Appointment? IJijriit t<> Fix Rates tor Water, Gas and Electricity. Special to The Herald and News. Columbia, December 29.?The Code of 1912 provides for a public service (commission. Governor Blease this morning appointed the following: D. W. Smoak, Greenvjjip, "Glenn W. . ' Ragsdale, Winns.boro; D. W. Gaston,' Sr., Aiken. Soctioif 922 cf the Code of 1912 provides that there shall be a public service commission of three reputable and competent citizens of this State, to be aps'0:r.tel by the governor. by a :.d with the cod sent cf the senate, who shall be authorized to fix and estai?lisa in all cHies i?f tris State, now or hereafter incorporated under any general or special law of this State, maximum rate and charges for the supply of water, gas or electricity furnished by aijv person, firm or corporation to such city and the inhabitants thereof, such rates to be reasonable - and'just. Section 923 provides that upon a complaint in writing of twenty or m^re citizens to the mayor or- council of any city, that any firm, person or corporation is charging an unjust or unreasonable rate for .gas, water or electricity, furnished by the same, that the mayor or council may request the public sajvice commission to summon such person or persons to appear before them, with their books; and that if the rates are found unreasonable or unjust, it shall be the duty of the commission to fix sudh rates. If the public service commission should fix unjust or unreasonable rates, they may be reviewed by the circuit court. Section 924 provides that the members of the public service commission shall give a bond in the sum.of one thousand dollars and shall receive ten dollars per day while actually employed and necessary expenses. Section 925 provides that the term of office of tfae members shall be two,? four or six years, te be determined by ^ lot at their first meeting, and every two years thereafter the governor shall appoint one imember to serve for six years. The cities of Charleston, Marion, Spartanburg, Sumter and ; Union and the town of Conway are exempt from the provisions of the act. '*" ?? A Ci:AA J v AIUICK'OUCC* , i Chapin, Dec. 18.?Miss Masory Amick and RoDert P. Slice, both of Chapin, were married Thursday iifternoon at the Lutheran parsonage, the Rev. J.. C. Wessinger performing the ceremony. The groom is one of Chapin's most successful farmers. The bride is well known in Chapin and has many warm friends. >OTICE OF ELECTIQX. Notice is hereby given tljat the Town Council of Newberry, S. C., will ihold an election on Tuesday, December 30, 1913, at seven thirty o'clock p. m., for the following officers: Cl^rk and Treasurer, at a salary of $70 a month. Chief of Police, at a salary of $70 a month. Four Policemen, at a salary of $55 per month esc"'.. One PoHcexrian for the Newberry 21- 11 ~ ?rtlnr?tr r\f ^9A HOT* VJOLtOn 1111115, at a oaiai; \JL ?j??V |/v* month: '? One Street Superintendent, at asalary of $55 per month. One LampUghier and Janitor, at a salary cf $25 per month. Two Hose wagon Drivers, at 5. salary of $5 per week each. A City Attorney, at a salary of $200 a year, whicr.i includes all fees. The CIc-"k and Treasurer will be / required to give bond for the fai'hful performance of bis d'/.ies in the sum / of $H?.0f0. The Chief of ^ will be required t)"s:ive boid fcr tb* faithful performance of his duties in the sum of $1,000 and each policeman, will be required to give bond for .'he faithful ?e?^^ fiutv in th#? sum pex'iuriiicuivc wi uio ... ?_ Df $500. Applications must be filed with the Clerk and Treasurer by seven o'clock p. m., December 30th, 1913. For further information apply to Clerk and Treasurer, Z. F. Wright. Mayor. T. R. Scurry. Clerk and Treasurer. 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