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Pl'KELl PKKSOftAJL MoTeui 'nts of ir.aay feopic, S?w-; iierrians, and Those >Vho Visit Newberry. David Hayes visired his brother. ^W. CV' iii Columbia las: week. Mr. Roy Cannon of Columbia spent tbe week-end here with relatives. Air. Aumerle Schumpert of Cclum iz. spent Sunday with his mother. Mrs. D. L. Schumpert. Mrs. J. R. Workman and son, Eu gene. of I>aurens spent the week-end LLS tiiC Capt. W. S. Langford has returned to Wichita Falls, Texas, after wit-? aiessing the court here last week. I Messrs. Henry Wells and Gordon "lieslie attended the State association ?.>' moving pictures men in Columbia Wednesday. The stork made a visit to Air. and Mrs. Pat Livingston on Monday morn ing, March 19, leaving a little daugh ter. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Wharton and lit- ! lie daughter, Kathryn, have return ed to Greenwood after visiting Mr. and Mrs. T. N. Parks. | Mrs. Alan Johnstone, Sr., returned "last Friday from Norfolk. Va.. where,' she had been since seeing the in auguration and visiting her daughter; in Washington. Mr. Tom JLi. a. tvpps Wits m uic ?Sty Saturday. His friends here were to see him after his protracted' ajlness which interfered with his "visits to the county seat. t The Rev. and Mrs. E. C. Cronk and tfceir son, John Edward, have gone to ^Prosperity to spend the week-end 'with Mr. Cronk's brother, the Rev. 31 W. Cronk.?The State, 24th. Mr. H. T. Higgins and Miss Annie Ik Green spent Sunday last at New berry. They made the trip in Mr. Biggins' new car and reported a most delightful trip.?Buffalo Cor. Union Times, 23rd. Miss Helen Baldwin, the trained THirse, leaves today on her return to Columbia, after spending four weeks in Newberry attending Mrs. Chas. >W. Oouglas, who is improving since her recent serious illness. Mrs. Edward Houseal and two chil ctren of Buffalo, N. Y., and Miss Ains ley Houseal of Columbia were in Newberry Friday, the s^iests of Dr. and Mrs. iW. G. Houseal. Miss Edith Henderson has return ed from Blairs, where she has been for the past three weeks with, her brother, Mr. John Henderson, who was very ill. threatened with pneu monia, but has recovered. i Mr. William Johnson no-*- walks to ~th? store, having discarded tne use of auto transfers, which he has been using since something struck in the leg. something was the rheu-; "matism or something. I Mr. Alvin iWright, the right hand nan and steady linotype operator in, the office of the Greenville Piedmont,! spent the week-end in Newberry, ac companied by his little nephew, SSeorge Harrison, of Greenville. -Mr. L. G. Balle of Laurens spent: week-end in Newberry, returning1 iiis home with Mrs. Balle and the -J**o children, who had been visiting ?*?rs. Balle's parents, Mr. and 3> 3. J /"" Serverca n O -~mJ kr(J. V - Dr. Y. Hunter of Prosperity, ^one of the vice-presidents, is on the program to deliver an address at the invention of the Southern Cattle men's association, which is to be held m Atlanta April 4, 5 and 6. A. M. Wyse and his son, F. C. Wvse, rity engineer, were called t.o the Wyse Jerry community of Newberry county yesterday, on account of the illness <of Mr. Wyse's brother, A. L. Wise, has been very feeble for some nime.?The State, 24th. Mr. John K. Aull, the well known newspaper man, now in charge of the Columbia bureau of the Charleston American, was in the city Saturday evening. Mrs. Aull and Miss Julia Kate Aull, are visiting at the home or Col. and Mrs. E. H. Aull. J. T. Payne of near Cbappells was in Saluda Friday on business. Mr. Payne owns a 400-acre farm. He says he will plant the usual amount of cotton, but will also raise a suffi cient quantity of corn. This year he was able to have a surplus supply of corn, which he sold at a good price. ?Saluda Standard, 22nd. .Mr. Earle Bullock, traveling out of Morristown, Tenn.. with Tennessee and North Carolina as liis territory, is visiting his parents at the New berry hotel. The many friends of ihis young "commercial traveler," more familiarly known as "drummer," -ire glad to see him. It would be out of order if, as the son of his father, he were not a successful and popu lar "knight of the road." j Col. D. A. Dickert walked out into tile city Saturday afternoon to the '?Teat delight of the many friends -who saw him. The old war horse ? >1- on/I wftTl flS8 lO WiilK. ?ci J siun ij wuu .. .. _ aiuch difficulty now. but his eye Is still bright with the fires of his in tellect and courage. We hope the spring weather will help him to re gain a good portion of his health and strength and enable him to walk i ^ftener to town, and much faster. \fica risflTvnell of Newberry spent, ihe week-end with her aunt, Mrs. B. B. Kinard. That was a very pleas- | ant social gathering of the young peo-! pie at the hospitable home of Mrs. j 8. B. Kinard on Saturday evening to. * meet Miss Gladys Chappell of New- j fcerry. After exciting progressive, rook, delicious refreshments were! itairriHy served. Mrs. Kinard is' gifted ' m 'entertaining, and a most gracious j ;tnd genial hostess.?Ninety Six Cor.; "reen"uood Index, 22nd. YA'fifOUS AND AlX ABOUT. Chautauqua mis year uc 61wi vr than last and that was great. The Calendar society will meet Fri day afternoon at 4 o'clock at the ^ ome of Mrs. Smith Livingstone. All wanting to see "The Red Wo iman" go to the opera house Tuesday. Gail Kane takes the part. JWie are all delighted to know that -3Ir. and Mrs. Reed Miller will be among the great attractions at tlie Redpath Chautauqua here May 8-1 o. Harold and May Allison will he In "The Big Tremaine" at the opera, house Wednesday. The play is from the novel of the same name by Marie Van Vorst. "tileat Expectations, irom ojich. ens, is what you will get Thursdav 4it the opera house, with Louise Huh and Jack Pickl'ord. These are the stars that appeared in "Seventeen.' Contractor P. F. Baxter is tearing down the old three stores on the corner of .Main and College streets preparatory to the building of the fine structure for the Exchange ban*.. Our live wire deputy sheriff, Wm. M. Dorroh, is an apt scholar in the intricacies of the law, the latest les son he learned being a chapter on ? J/vK* J r\ Ki tH COipUS UtUl'H. luiuiam o a i/uu. That German spy they saw 'In Greenville was probably going some where and lost his way.?Spartanburg Herald. Perhaps it was the same man some people saw in Newberry. "Wild Bill"' in his Chandler Six had a long race with a train and beat the train. So, it was "Wild Bill Scott" of San Francisco, and he was running from that city to Sacramento. Great Heavenly Phenomenon Mign ty Body Blazing Forth Night After I\ight?Tail Will Sweep Mother Earth. ?Headlines in paper telling of "Com et B 1916" coming this way, say as trometers. A quantity of spirituous goods, seized within the last 30 days, was destroyed by Jailer Boland in the Richland county jail.?The State. The Richaland jailer is Mr. ueorge co land, formerly of Newberry. The Burton School Improvement association will serve ice cream at Mr. D. R. Senn's residence Saturday, March 31, from 4:30 p. m. to 10: 3u o'clock. The public is cordially in vited. Four of the coiored gamblers, left over from the bunch convicted some time ago in the magistrate's office, were tried by Magistrate C. W. Doug las Saturday, convicted and sentenc ed. i^ach paid his line of $5. We submit that Fred Germany of Mimington, .N. u., ougnt io oe auuw ed by the authorities to change his name.?Spartanburg Journal. This will put Fred, who is known in New oe ry. in the limelight. A lady in the city of Newberry by mistake had set her hen on glass eggs. She wondered why the eggs did not hatch. Her husband discovered that the eggs were of glass and he now wants to know of his wife how long it would take a hen to hatch glass eggs. The primary department is fittea with necessary equipment, such as picture charts, blackboards, picture carus, eic., huu uuuvi tuc leadership of Mrs. B. W. Cronk, as sisted by Miss Nannie Pugh and Mrs. R. C. Hunter, the little ones, fifty in number, are showing a beautiful spir it of interest.?St. Luke's Cor. Lu theran Church Visitor. For the sake of those citizens be lieving to the contrary we will posi tively state that we were not in Yarn ville week before last attending the "49" show.?Jasper Herald. The lit tle Jasper paper is not quoted as; of ten as two or three editors quote thp Piokpns man hut he eets off some as good stuff. There is nothing like getting a reputation. The Greenville News has been brag ging powerfully lately on Greenville lawyers, saying they are the best in the State. We challenge that state ment. For the size of this city New berry has always had the finest set of lawyers in South Carolina. She has several here now that are sec ond to none in the entire common wealth. And we can as truly say tht ?'rae for our ministers and doctors We are far ahead of other cities 01 that combination. Xow listen to this from the Green ville News: "In another respec1 Greenville leads the State. It has ai efficient and business like clerk o', court unexcelled in South Carolina.' We like to see a man take up for hi: own town, but the News is going ? little too far. Clerk Dargan may h and of course is all right, but he jus can't be unexcelled in the State a; long as Mr. Jno. C. Goggans is clerl 'of court in Newberry; that is, thi Greenville clerk can't be unexcellec all by himself. The News can't sa: that and get away writh it as long a; this reporter is on the job in New berry. Greenville does not lead th< State in this respect. One former Newberry boy is trav eling around sonae of the circuits o j the moving pictures and being th* ;>wi , upon the screen before the eye of th< public. It is Pullman Conductoi Claude Morris. In a letter to Mr William Johnson. Dr. James M. John son (^Washington says he was at a i moving: picture show in that city one f night last week and one of the pic i tures shown was of Ambassador Gerard and party traveling from Key West to Washington. Dr. Johnsor saw the picture of Conductor Morris helping the ambassador on the train. It was worth seeing, and is worth HI K^Ll HUl Fire Chief Henry B. Wells has re ceived instructions through copies o! the act to provide for inquiry into the origin of fires. As building inspec tor Mr. Wells has to inquire into all fires and report to the insurance com missioner. He has power to send for persons and papers, subpoena wit nesses and to compel attendance as are possessed by magistrates. Mayor Wright. Chief Rodelsperger or other municipal officer may be ex officio inspector of buildings. In a circular letter to Inspector Wells Commission er -McMaster, among other things, says: "The purpose of this law is to make people more careful and practically to impose the $3 fee for carelessness in not having a good roof, or a properly constructed chim nev, or in any other way causing a fire which could be prevented." He says the law must be enforced, which he believes will make the people more careful. Firemen risk their lives at fires. 1 CONCLUSION OF (01 KT. Jra Kurton Found Guilty and Sen tenced?Nesrro for Arson to We Electrocuted. The Herald and News went to press the Ira 0. Burton case for murJei and carrying a concealed weapon was deliberating. The case was giv en to the jury at 2:20 o'clock Fri day afternoon and at G: 10 the ver dict was announced: puilty of man slaughter and carrying concealed weapon, the crime being the killing of David A. Langford in the street i in Newberry on the 29th of January. 1916. Counsel made motion for a new trial, which was refused by tha judge and Burton was sentenced to 10 years in the penitentiary or on 'the chaingang. Notice of appeal wa^ given and Judge Puerifov granted ; :ho defendant bail in the sum of $3, ; ooo. mi? " ~r*HG.fr n-a? 1 XiC ilCAl ill V^O L IIU^VX bUilW vwv/v ,T v. I that of the State against George ! Werts and J. P. Young for arson. The ! prisoners being without counsel the court appointed Attorney C. P. Barre ! to defend AVerts, and Attorney J. 0. j Havird to defend Young. The jury ! took eight hours to deliberate on this ! case. Young was cleared of thw I charge. Werts was found guilty. Mr. Barre moved for a new trial, but [he judge refused the motion and tlie prisoner was sentenced to be electro ' cuted on May 24, 1917. two months from the day of sentence. The following are the other casei disposed of before the final adjourn . ment of court on Saturday after jnoon: j Jim Todd, violation of dispensary law, nol prossed. j Tom Dean, larceny of live siock, nol prossed on payment of $7o. j Spence Werts and Henry Scurry, murder and carrying concealed wea | pons, continued. The defendants were repiesented by Attorneys .T. 0. Havird, C. P. Barre and George John stone. Will Haigler, who was found guilty of housebreaking and larceny, was ' ? ~ j a-1 j sentenced to z years duu ??i. Albert Butler, who pleaded guilty to forgery, was sentenced to 18 months. David Ruff, who pleaded guilty to privily stealing from the person, was i sentenced to serve 3 months or to pay a fine of $100. The case against Anderson Moon for vio1rtJon of the prohibition law "/->] nrnssed on terms. The case against John Bowers for malicious mischief was continued Defended by Blease and Blease. The case against Morgan Boyd and j Will Williams, mumci emu /concealed weapons, continued. Boya was defended bv Attorney X. W. ("Workman; Wi'liams by Blease and . Blease. ! The case against I. A. Attaway, dis posing of property under lien, was j continued. Defended by Attorney B. i V. Chapman. I The following appeal cases were ' disposed of: ! Town of Newberry against Char ley Collins. (Appeal dismissed. Same against John Ruff. Appeal ' sustained. Same against W. W. Caldwell ' Judgment affirmed. ! Same against Tom Lawson. Set tled. Blease and Blease represented the > defendants in the above appeal cases*. Town of Prosperity against W. L. Mathis. Continued. Blease ana Blease foi defense. ' Dnnenarifr Qfrflinst FYefl w 1 U ? II \JL 1 lUOI'V* iv(j ? Valentine. Decision reserved. De fended by Blease and Blease. i The State against Minnie Sum mers. Appeal sustained. Defender! by Attorney J. 0. Havird. ' ~ ' * ^ ., State against oerry i\eci v. rs-yycoi i sustained and new trial ordered. i Prosecution bv Attorney H. C. Hollo - way. defense by Blease and Blease. t ?: Death of Mrs. U. T. Reagin. f Mrs. Ursula Tranquilla Reagin "i wife of Mr. Jas. B. Reagin, died at s her home in the Tranwood section 01 i the county on Saturday evening ai a about 8 o'clock, and was buried at tht t Reagin burial ground, 5 and a hail 3 miles from the city, on Sunday after < noon at 3:30 o'clock. The service is was conducted by the Rev. Edw. I Fulenwider, the following being tht 7 pallbearers; Robert, Rufus, Wil 3 iiam and Junius Long, George Epting - and Karl Heller. i! Mrs. Reagin was nearly 72 years old. She had been ill with heart dis -' ease since the 15th of last November, f She was a devout member of the II Evangelical Lutheran denomination, 5 i and died sublimely and triumphantly ; in that faith. The community mourns j the loss of a good woman. j Mrs. Reagin was the daughter of the late Jacob and "Aunt Polly" Long of sainted memory. Besides a j large circle of ^ther relatives she is : survived ay her husband and five : daughters, as follows: Mrs. S. C. ! Cureton of Moreland, Ga., Mrs. WI1 ; liam Beatty of Anderson. Mrs. Clark j lAbrams, Mrs. Oscar ADrams ana Mrs. Ben Sease. the latter three living in I the same neighborhood. One sister, i Mrs. Lizsrie Hall of Laurens, and a , brother. Mr. Luther Long of the county, also survive. j "The Brookdale Farm" will be pre i sented at the Silverstreet school I house on Friday evening. | The president on Monday called out ; twenty more regiments of the Nation 1 al guard. Summer Brothers Co. sold 400 bales of cotton Monday to Robt. McC. Holmes at 19 5-S. A recruiting officer for the U. -S. j naw arrived in the city Monday af-, ternoon. i Mr. James Miller, who died at Hope ' well last Saturday afternoon, was I the father of Mr. J. G. Miller of this j city. When a young lady in Newberry I loses her shoe in the mud the man ' who wades in to rescue it goes at it j like he thinks it is a torpedo from a German submarine. > EWBEKiiY LA Ml LOAN ASSOCI A TIO N TO ME El The Newberry Land Loan associa ticn will meet in the court house ai Newberry on Saturday. .March 31. a VI o'clock noon. There are matters cf importance to come before th< v or tin o- t!r this time and it is urgec that all persons interested be prea' ent promptly. Ail applicants for loans will pleas< ! be on hand at the hour named. Val uable information from the Federa board in Columbia to be given out. W. C. BROWN*. Secretary. i The Ladies Aid society of the Lu i theran Church of the Redeemer wil meet with Mrs. Wm. Johnson Tues day afternoon at 5 o'clock. The large assortment of hand bags , has been sent to Mrs. J. T. Mayes tt , sell, the proceeds to be given to tm 1 Tl-l - * 1 J -* r * ueigian war ennaren. .>irs. .viaye; ; will be glad to have the ladies call ai her house. 1711 Main street Tuesdaj afternoon. The bags are well wortl i the money. i SPFCIAL HOTltKS ! LOST?A bunch of keys withoui name. Finder will please return ti , H. M. Player, 1002 Main street. ; 3-27It. FOR SALE?Pot plants. All van ties. Mrs. R. P. Franklin, Helena. S. C 3-27-2t. BARBECUE. I will give a first-class Baroecu* Friday, Field day, ?April 13 at raj I residence. Will sell meat and hast 1 by 10 o'clock. J. M. Count3. 1 3-23-td. i i ' i ! WANTED?-A reliable. hustling ; party to sell cemetery work for us ; in this section. Old established com pany. Good proposition to right man Write for particulars. Mecklenburg 1 "VTarhlp & OranitP f'n Pharlottp X P 3-9-6tp. | WANTED?Hogs, sheep, goats anc beeves. Highest market price paid 1 Also 50 gallons home made lard foi ! sale. Write or phone L. T. Adams i Newberry, S. C., R. F. D. 1. Phon< ; 214?3. | 3-23-4t. | PARK AND POLLARDS Dry Mast i makes them lay or bust. For aale bj ! Johnson McCrackin Co. 2,27-tf. FOR SALE?Webber No. 82 Lon* Staple cotton seed, guaranteed pure Two (2) Dollars per bushel. R. McC. Holmes. 3-16-it. RICE, MEAL, Fresh for sale JcAnson-McCrackin Co. , 2-13-tf. POP CORN for sale. Johnson-Mc CrackiD Co. 2-20-tf. MONEY to lend on rear estate Chas. P. Barre, Attorney. 2-2 it TRIUMPH BIG BOLL Cotton See( (culled) for sale by H. L. Parr. 3-20-tf. I Here s a Sto to Serving E Values?and Its Pw You'll find the thing to draw on vice with a mei Satisfied custome . greater assets t vAliimA-.wA arrm through the form You ought to maki store--the clothes pro sively than we can. In nrder to make emphatic, obvious of assured qualil value 'giving, we TUESDAY, tf AKl H 26. 1 Bluebird I1 resents Rupert Julieii In j 'T1IE BUGLER OF ALGIERS" A Bluebird in 5 Acts. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27. Lnbin Presents Ethel Clayton and Tom Moore In "DOLLlAiBS AND THE WOMAN* A V. L. S. E. in 6 Acts. r~ THURSDAY, MARCH 28 A Selected Greater Yita^raph in a Acts. [I FRIDAY, MARCH 29. Yitairraph Presents Alice Joyce and Harry T. Morey In "WHOM THE GODS DESTBOY* A V. L. S. E. in 6 Acts. M SATURDAY, MARCH 3#. '! "Grant, Police Reporter*4?Kalem. | "Hazards of Helen"?Kalem. | ' Ham and Bud*?Kalem, "Dangers of Doris"?VHasra ph. 2 Other Reels. I DR. P. G. KLLESQB Office Over : Johnson-JToCrackin Co. HOURS: 1 8-9 a. in.?1^-2 p. m.?*-6 p. m. 3.23-4t. ir your eyes trouDie you see us. P. C. JEANS & CO. Exclusive Opticians and Jewelers Mf. C. EZELL Optometrist. 1116 Main Street. HOURS: Daily, Except Snnday, 8:30 A. M. to 12:30 P. 3U and 1:30 P. 3L to 5:30 P. 3T. Evenings, Wednesday and Saturday only, 8:00 P. M. to 9:00 P. 3K. Other Honrs by Appointment, re Devoted *est Clothes Zealous in 'pose. service a good i?it isn't a ser re money goal. ;rs we consider ban increasing nplish the latter er. ? this your clothes ve it more conclu the proof real ; and convincing I y, service ana ^ offer ON CLC >15.00 to $20.0< Opera PROGRAMME Tuesday, March 27. >Villiam Hn:ciy in Association Willi World Pictures 1'resents GAIL KA>E In 'Tilt KEI) WOMAN'' Wednesday, March 2S. Yorke Film Corporation Present! The Screen Favorites. HAKOLD LULU WWII And MAY ALLISOX In *THE BIG TREJLMXE* A New Metro Wbnderplay in Fire Wonderful Acts. Thursday, March 29. Daniel Frohman Present.* Those Springtime Screen Sweethearts LOUISE HUFF And JACK PICKFOBD In "GREAT EXPECTATIONS* A Picturizatiqn of Charles Dickens* Book. See or Write Us for Selec /VA nun m, a^nagc Of anything in the line of Presents for Weddings, Personal Gifts, or Own Use. SINGLE DIAMONDS OR FANCY DIAMOND JEWELRY, WATCHES, CLOCKS, STER UNG SILVER, CUT GLASS & ART GOODS Jewelry of the newer patterns, DOtn in piaui ana iancy jeweiry. We Only Handle Solid and Gen nine Goods and compete with all mail order houses. Orders filled at once. TRY US SYLVAN BROS. Columbia, S. C. Phone 104b Cor, Msin and Hampton Sts. Buist Garden Seed You'll not experiment if you plant Buist Garden Seed. Come here and make | your selection now. Time i ' to plant P. E. WAY, Druggist Phone 158 Newberry, S. C. >THES 1