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T1b COTTON MARKET. hat the Fleecy Staple Was Bringing Yesterday in the Various Portions of the County. Newberry. (Corrected by Nat Gist.) o d Middling ........ 10 40 trl Middling . . . . . . . 10 5-16 iddlin - . . - . . . . 10 1-4 Marke steady. Prosperity. (Corrected by J. L. and A. G. Wise.) od Middling . . . . . . . . 10 9-16 Chappells. (Corrected by Johri R. Scurry.) Go d Middling . . . . . . . . 103-8 Pomaria. (Corrected by Aull, Hentz & Co.) Good Middling . . . . . . . . 10 65 Little Mountain. (Corrected by J. B. Lathan.) -Goo- Middling . . . . . . . 105-8 Khiards. (Corrected by Smith Bros.) Good Middling . . . . . . . . 10 1-2 Death.of Mr. Sam Crouch. Mr. Sam Crouch, a native of this county and who lived here ip until about a year ago, died at his home near Columbia on Friday. The remains were interr ed in Rosemont cemetery on Saturday. Mr. Crouch leaves a wife and one child. He was about thirty years of age. He had many relatives and > friends in this county who sincerely mourn his death. Delegates Reedy River Association. The delegates from West End Bap tist church to the Reedy River Asso ciation, which meets with Saluda church, near Chappells, on next Thurs day, are Rev. N. N. Burton, W. 0. Wilson, B. C. Cannon, John G. Wilson, Jacob Senn, and W. R. Jones. The delegates from East Side church are J. D. Galloway, J. S. Galloway, J. H. Crisp, and J. H. Rhodes. The delegates from the First Baptist church are I)r. James McIntosh, Messrs. R. Y. Leavell, W. H1. Eunt, M. J. Scott, and the Rev. Geo. A. Wright. T Pump House Burned. The Southern's pump house, near the trestle on the Southern's track over Scott's creek, was destroyed by fire at .about 6 o'clock Sunday morning. It is \pot known how the fire started. All work in the place had ceased early Saturday afternoon. The flames leaped to the trestle and the trestle caught several times, but was saved by the de partment. Would Have Been Serious. 3 What would have been a very serious ire was prevented by a discovery by Policeman Koon Sunday night. Three barrels filled with hot ashes had been p)laced against the cotton shed of J. P. Neel's cotton yard in rear of the Cen tral House and1 when discovered two of the barrells had burned. The fire wvas extinguished by Policeman Koon with out turning in the alarm. . The Meeting at Aveleigh. The mnert ing at Aveleigh Prsbyter in chuirch clo'ned on Sunmdav night, and lie Rev. R. G. McL.ees returned yes * rday to his home in Greenwood. There were ten accessions to the church undlay morning Rev. Mr. McLees is Spreacher of great power, presenting the truthl simply and clearly and forci bly. The meeting was very signally blessed in many ways. On Sunday afternoon the Rev. Mr. AVIcLees add(r'essedi the Sunday Schools f the city. The address wvas heard by *n audlience wvhich could not find seat room in the large church. - Services at King's Creek. There wvill be services at King's :ieek on Satur day and Nabbath, the * th andl 20th. Preaching Saturday 1o'clock and Sabbath at 11, with on the groundl and a secondl ser.. vi~ollowving. 1'eRev. B. Hi. Grier, of Ora, S. C., an of great intellectual and spirit power, wvill (10 all the preaching. CHIAS. M. RoYl), Pastor. At West End Baptist Chur'ch. SThe meeting at West End Baptist church closed on Sunday night. Large * ngregations attended the services r tehtly for two weeks. Up to the close ' the meeting ten persons were re dived into fellowship and others were o~rtedl and will join this or other hslater. The meeting has been kat blessing to Christian people in ~ecided incr'ease of their spiritual A Freak of Nature, 2 Preston Livingston brought to t6 n Saturday a freak of nature in th$ epe of a cabbage wvhich had deC velo #d in the roots instead of heading. It wed in the shape of a large turnip and had very much the appear'ance of a turnip. It weighed about five pounds. - IFlour Higher. -Thila~te Government report makes theowheat crop) thirty-five million bush l1a less than last year. This means very much higher flour until another harvest '1904. All flour' is higher now, but te advance oin Bransford'e "Clifton" has h@t yet been ars great in prroportion to ot1 r flour. Howecver', it is a mighty gotime to buy a su pply before it goes stl higher. F'reshr flour constantly re effed T. J. H AYs, S ucessor t-o a& McCany.o PURBLY PERSONAL. The Movements of Many People, Newber rians and Those Who Visit Newberry. Miss Gussie Dickert has gone to Charleston to spend several weeks. Miss Eloise Bollinger, of Columbia, is visiting Miss Marguerite Cromer. Miss Annie Wheeler, of Columbia, is visiting her cousin Miss Jeanne Pelham. Miss Grace Harmon, of Prosperity, visited in Newberry Saturday and Sun day. Mr. A. T. Brown went to Glenn Springs and White Stone Lithia yester day. Miss Bessie Coppock left on Satur day for Hampton to teach In the city schools. Miss Lula Werts left yesterday for Mt. Pleasant, N. C., to enter Mont Amoena Seminary. Superintendent W. A. Stuckey came to Newberry yeaterday from his home at Bishopville. Misses Olena and May Connelly, of Ninety-Six, are visiting at their uncle's, Mr. S. G. Carter. Miss Margaret Jones, of Ridge Spring, is visiting her sister Miss Alice Jones at Mr. W. H. Wallace's. Mrs. Margaret Tarrant, of Monck's Corner, is visiting her brother, Mr. Robert Y. Leavell. Prof. S. L. Powell and MUr. Foster N. Martin are spending a week at Wal halla and in the mountains. Misses Kate and Bessie Summer, who have been visiting at Dr. T. W. Smith's, returned on Saturday to their home in Union. Mi- 3es Maggie and Myrtle Matthews left on Friday for Mt. Pleasant, N. C., to continue their course in Mont Amoena Seminary. Misses Carrie and Una Gibson went on Friday to Spartanburg, where they will teach in the city schools which opened yesterday. Misses Marye Roches and Nellie La Barbe, two milliners from the North, have arrived in the city to take charge of Mimnaugh's big millinery depart ment. Mr. J. W. Blake, representing San ders, Orr & Co., of Charlotte, N. C., is in the city for the season buying cot ton. He is located for the present at Purcell & Scott's. The Rev. and Mrs. H. P. Fitch left yesterday for Greenville, where they will rest a few weeks, after which Mr. Fitch will resume his labors and Mrs. Fitch will visit her parents in Nebraska. Mr. H. Sam Cannon, who is now with the Columbia Daily Record, is visiting friends and relatives in Pros perity and Newberry. Mr. Cannon was for many years connected with The Herald and News. Prof. William Hood has returned to his home at Due West after a very pleasant visit to relatives and friends in Newberry. Prof Hood at one time was a teacher in the old Newberry Acadamy for women, long since passed into history. The Rev. W. B. Aull, who has been serving a charge in Buenna Vista, Va., for the past several years, is visiting relatives in Newberry and other points in South Carolina. He p)reached in the Lutheran church in Columbia on Sun da~y morning. Capt. A. P. Pifer returned on Sun <iay from an extended visit to relatives and friends in Winchester and other points in Virginia and adjoining States. Capt. Pifer was very much improved in health by his p)leasant trip. His many friends are glad to see him back in Newberry. Miss Lillie Belle Hallman left on Sat urday for Salisbury, N. C., where she will teach in the Neave music school, conducted by Mrs. W. H. Neave. The Neave school is one of the leading music schools in the South. Miss Hallman is a daughter of the Rev. S. T. Hallman. She graduated with distinction at the Elizabeth Conservatory. Prof. W. E. Black, professor of mathe matics in Elizabeth college, Charlotte, N. C., was in the city last week, ac companied by his wife. Prof Black at tended the Summer School for the South at Knoxville and has spent the remain der of his vacation at his old home in Saluda. He is a graduate of Newberry College in the class of 1894. VARIOUS AND ALL ABOUT. The Hartford school, Mr. B. T. Buz hardt teacher, will open on Monday. Messrs. T. B. Ruff and Levi Kibler will give a first-class barbecue at St. Philip's church on the 19th day of Sep. tember. A first-class dinner is assured. The citizens' meeting to hear the annual report of the board of trustees of the Newberry graded schools will be held in the opera house on Tuesday, September 29, at 10 o'clock a. m. The annual election upon the question of the assessment and levy of the two mill tax for the purpose of the New berry graded schools for the ensuing year will be held at the Court House on Tuesday, September 29, from 10 a. m. to 5 p. m. City council has begun the regular sprinkling of the streets. The water is being funished free by the commis sioners of public works. This Is a move which has met with the heart approval of everybody. Mlnmnaugh's Warning Shot. Mimnaugh has fired the first warning shot of the new season. His big line of fall gooda has begun to arrive and is being put in his store. He tells of bar gains in another column. RURAL MAIL ROUTBS. Department Advises Congressman Aiker That Applications from Newberry Will be Considered Soon. Congressman Aiken has forwarded t< the postoffice department at Washing ington a petition from Sligh's with 1,100 names asking that the two rura free delivery mail routes from Sligh's be made daily. These two routes, which are in operation every other day, or three. times a week, are' the only routes in operation in Newberry county which are not now daily. Congressman Aiken has strorigly endorsed the peti tion asking that the routes be made daily, and will use every effort to have it acted upon favorably at as early a date as possible, and is satisfied that he will succeed in getting the change made in due course of time. Congressman Aiken recently wrote the departnimnt asking that a special agent be detailed to take up pending applications,from his district, and es pecially from Newberry county. In re ply he has received the following letter from Fourth Assistant Postmaster Gen eral Bristow: "Hon. Wyatt Aiken, M. C., Abbe ville, S. C.-Dear Sir: Your letter of September 7th concerning the investiga tion of pending applications for rural free delivery service in your district, particularly in Newberry county, and requesting that a special agent be de tailed at an early date to take up these matters, has been received. "In reply you are advised that it is now the policy of the department te investigate petition8 in the order of filing. The petitions referred to iri Newberry county have as you state, been pending for some time, but there are other petitions from the State of South Carolina filed at an earlier date which are entitled to consideration first. It is the earnest desire of the depart ment to bring up the distribution of rural free delivery to a more equitable basis, and with that end in view the older petitions are given priority of consideration, and in the States and Districts which have it yet received an equitable share of this service. The pending applications in your district will receive attention at as early a date as may be found practicable consistent with the policy of the department as herein outlined.'' A FAMILY REUNION. Mrs. Elizabeth Schumpert tiid Her De scendants Spend a Pleasant Day at Mr. G. M. B Epting's. There was a big family reunion at Mr. G. M. B. Epting's, in the city, on Wednesday of last Week. Mrs. Eliza beth Schumpert, who is Mr. Epting's mother, was present, with her children and grandchildren and several children of her grandchildren. It was a very happy occasion for the members of the family and their friends who were pres ent, and who enjoyed Mrs. Epting's large-hearted hospitality. Those present were: Mrs. Elizabeth Schumpert. Mrs. Schumpert's children and their families as follows: Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Whitesides, ol Yorkville. Mr-. and Mrs. J. C. Schunmpert an(: children, Mr. and Mrsi. D. E. Schum pert, J. Albert Schumpert and Mis~s E,. Pearl Schumnpe-t. Mr. and Mrs-. Luther M. Long anm children, the Rev. J. J. Long and t.wc children, Alr. andl Mrs. .J. A. Sease, Mr. and Mr-s. Geo. A. Epting, Mliss Violit Long, Miss Anna Long, Miss Mars Long, Edgar'Long, Robert Long, Rufus Long, Junius Long. Mr. and Mr-s. G. M. B. Epting and children, Miss Belle Epting, Miss Ids Epting, .Miss Jesse Epting, Rober-I Epting, Bennie Epting. Mr. and Mr-s. G. B. Summer and childr-en, Misses Weater and Genieve, and Mar-vin, Eugene, Adron and Ru dolph. Mr. and Mrs. Rober-t L. Schumper-t andl childr-en, Misses Ruth and Annie, andl Robert. Mr. and Mrs. N. R. Lester and chil dren, Misses Lucile and Louise, and Claude, Raymond andl James. Those not in the family p)resent wvere: G. F. Long, Miss Ethel Paysinger and Ms-s. J. H1. Summer. New berry College Opening. The fall ter-m will open Wednesday morning, Sept. 23, at 9 o'clock. Al: students and all applicants for- admis sion are urged to be p)resent at the open ing, in or-der that the wvor-k of the ses sion may begin .pronmptly and r-egular-ly. On the first (lay entr-ance examinations will be held and work will be as signed to the classes. Repairs have been made and th< dormitor-ies renovatedl; the prepar-ator-a department has been supp)liedl with auto matic single desks; the p)rospect foi new students is good, and the outlool for a prosperous yeas- encour-aging. Geo. B. Cromer. The Ewart-Pifer Sale. The great September- Sacrifice Salt being conducted by the Ewart-Pifes company is still going on. A beautiful line of goods is being sacrificed to makt room for a line still mnor-e beautiful. We will buy all the Cotton Seed brought to this market and will always pay the highest price. Bring your seed to us. E. M. Evnns & Con 113 YEARS OLD. An Old Negro, Healthy and Happy, Who Came To Town Yesterday to Secure a Fishing Line. There was in Newberry yesterday, from Tom Neel's place between Saluda and Little rivers, in the upper part of the ccinty, an old negro who gave his age as one hundred and thirteen years. le looked every week of it. le is about four ond one-half feet high but he is remarkably erect for one who has lived even the alloted three score and ten. He is slightly deaf and his hair is white like the snows of winter, but his eye-sight is keen and his memory is remarkably good. le came to town to buy a fishing line. le had little or no money and Mr. J. W. White took him in charge and gave him hooks and lines. He rode to town on a wagon his first trip to town in five years, though he lives but twelve miles up the country. He says he has not worked in two years, but that he can pick a hundred pounds of cotton any day. The old negro's name is Glasgow Harris. He has been married five times and his various unions have been blessed with thirty-seven children, but one of whom he now knows anything about. Others, he says, may be living. le didn't know and didn't seem to care. The old negro said his first master was Robert Hay, of whom he seemed to have an indistinct recollection. Harris says he recollects coming to Newberry long years ago, when there was nothing here but a court house, and when people came here only on legal business. He told of an old pond which he said was behind where the court house now stands, and where duck-shooting was the order of the (lay. le said that in those days there were few stores, and those they had sold only hardware and cloth and whiskeys - no one ever thought of buying corn or any thing else which could be raised or made at home. He said he was seven years old when George Washington was pres ident and he had an indistinct recollec tion of that period. A reporter for The Herald and News asked him what kind of habits he had that he should live so much longer than other men. He said his habits were all good--that he chewed habitually when he could get anything to chew, that Ie smoked all the time when he could get anything to smoke, and that he drank all the time when he could get anything to drink. With tears in his eyes lie saidl he hadn't had a drink in something over two years, but if he just had a drink now h'- would feel like a three year-old. He didn't seem to have much faith in the theory that liquor and to bacco shorteh life. He told of the whis key that used to be made in the "good old days." It was good and mellow, and people drank it and were happy and never got drunk. lie said, too, that in those days cotton was $1.00 a pound, and that maybe that was the reason. le saidl he joined the Baptist church some five or six years ago, when he was about 1.07 and thought that he wvas p)re pared to die when his time comes, though he said he didn't see any reason wihy it shouldl come at all soon. One could not but be imp)ressedl by the old negro's age. It could almost be felt as one looked at him, lBut lhe is contenltedl andI happy. A bout tile only thing lhe does now is fishling, andl he says lie catches fish wvhichl weigh as much as twvelve or fifteen poundls. A large crowd collected around him in Mr. J. W. White's store yesterday as he told tile story of his long life. A ProspeiIty Hirmn. Mrs. Sallie W. Calmes, at l'rosperity, has renlted1 the old H-. L. Kinard stand andl has installed a full line of millinery and ladies' furnishing goods. She wvill be assisted the ensuing season by Miss Addie Werts, who will be very glad to see and to serve her friends. W as Acquitted. John Suber, colored, was carried be fore Magistrate Chappell last week On a charge of petit larceny. Suber was rep)resentedi by S. C. Merchant, and was acquitted. At Copelaiid Brothers'. The following very eflicient and obliging salesmen and saleswomen are with Copeland Brothers: Miss Ella Abrams, formerly with S. J. Wooten; Miss Mattie Adams; Miss Nora Long, lately of IBatesburg; M lr. J. 11. Clary, of Saluda. A New FIrm. Messrs. lRobert Crouchl andl Ed. Crum Iey, of near Denny's, Saluda county, will open a general merchandise store in tile standl lately vacatedi by W. S. Melton, who has moved across the street. The new firm will begin busi ness about thle first of November. Letter to A. T. BIrowvn Newberry S. C. Dear Sir: Here's a bully one. Mr. Dooley (not of Chicago), p)ainlter, Lancaster, N. Hi., got the job of paint ing the Episcopal p'arsonage. lie wan usedl to a p)aint, as pure as I)evoe, but weak and short-measure- I'. didn't know it was weak or shori-measure. D)ooley surveyed the job, and said it would take 20 gallons. Mr. L,. F. Moore, our age'nt, ofl'eredl to give 10 gallons D)evoe. Aecepted of course. Eleven gallons did it: the~ 10 plus1 0one. Mr. Moore isn't paintinlg personages on shlares thlis year! Yours truly, F. W. I.:vo.: & Co. P. S.- The Newberry Iliardware Com.. SEEKING HOMES FOR HIS PEOPLE. The Rev. A. Maltais, a French Canadian, Looks Into Conditions In New berry County. The:Rev. Maltais, of Chicoutimi,Prov ince of Quebec, Canada, who has been in Greenvill and in the surrounding mountains fo some time in the interest of his health, and also with a view to locating desirable lands in this State and in the South which might be secured for numbers of his people who desire to immigrate to this section of the coun try, was in Newberry last week look ing into the conditions here. He stopped over in Newberry, on the invi tation of Mr. John Scott. on his return from a trip to the lower part of the State, and while in Newberry was Mr. Scott's guest. le arrived in Newberry Wednesday night and on Thursday drove over sections of the county, re turning to Greenville on Friday. Rev. Mr. Maltais was very favorably im pressed with Newberry and with the conditions prevailing hero. The people for whom Mr. Maltais is seeking homes are industrious and thrifty. They are essentially an agri cultural and stock-raising people, though their number includes those skilled in other vocations. They desire homes in a climate such as that of the South, and where they will be welcomed. They are a very desirable class of imi migrants, and would no doubt. infuse new life into the agricultural and com mercial interests of Newberry county if they should locate here. Mr. Scott has some very desirable lands in view along the lines of the Southern and the Seaboard railways. SPECIAL NOTICES. ANO''l I ER LO'r OF those nice dried IXbeef hams received at Davenport & Cavenaugh's. OG LOST1 . --- Yellow (log with white RJstreak down his forehead. Half hound. Suitable reward if returned to 'T. J. SENN. F OR SALE 0lt RENT-The house ' and lot on John11stonle St. now used as the Luthelrant p8arson1age. For terms, ec., apply to Df't. J AS. M. KIBLE,11, Newberry, S. C. or DIt. JNO. A. SIMPSON, Prosperity, S. C. iOlt SA LE A nice littlo hionje only one mile from Newberry Ccilege. Well built, neatly painted house, good stable, young orchard and vineyard, ei rht acres under good cultivation. 'erms One-hal f cash, balance in One year at 7 per cent. interest. Apply to Dit. D. L. Booza, f&t 2t Newberry, S. C. 1~TARDWARE HARNESS AND L Paints - We have just added to our stock a complete line of harness, hardware and paints and are prepared to serve your wants at lowest possible pricas. Apartment ad.joining grocery store. Coie in and inspect ou line. Car nails just received. SUMMEt BROS. -APARM FOR SALE.- Good Sixty Acre Farm, near town, for sale. Apply at this oflice. (3 LENN Springs Water is the great dA(yspepsma cur'e. [3 OOD01 M EALS- -Chais. W. D)ouglas Uis conducting a first-class Restau rant on lower Main str'eet in connection with his grocery stire. F"or goodl meals at right pices call 'in him. iIe is also selling a gallon of v inegair for 20 cents. liring your jug. A SK your' Druggist for .Glenn .L..Springs Ginger' Ale. { NUT OFF JIUST ONE DRINK P'ER Uweek at the sodla fount and the savings wvill enab)le you to drink the very best Morning Glory Cofl'ee every day dur'ing the month. Try this high gradle cofllec. Sold only by D)avenpor't & avenaugh. G1LENN Springs Mineral Water' Xclears the complexion and softens the skin. W'BY NOT llUY lB M lhI:'. Yucan get ii t6-om Guy D)an Ic Is. Evtv.h in g to b I ha<d fromii aL Iir:st-cl ass .Jewelry Store. TI e fi nest an<il large~tst stock of spteccs and *ycglasses in t he State. ThleRiser iilliery Co Will be lease15d to 81how you thesir elegant line of Iteoady to Wear Hats. R HEU MA TIS M Is what one of our custom ers told us a few days ago after using two bottles of our Ruby Nerve and Done Lininlent. It penetrates without harm, removes soreness, relaxes infiamation, swell ings and lameness, healing surely and quickly. Have it always on hand ready for accidents. It costs but twenty-five cents and may save you many dollars. Alcost fr T This sale includes everi In order to reduce our lI opening of the Fall seasor ?ut everything in our stor 0 days. Now is your I money. Don't miss it. All wool Dress Goods at All Silks and Velvets at All Ribbons, Laces and I All White Goods at cost. All Colored Lawns, Org4 at cost. All Clothing for Men at < All Boy's Clothing at cos All Shoes and Slippers a All Hats at cost. All Umbrellas and Para All Trunks, Valises and Coie and see us nl)w :ii l get the bell< and Seasonable (GOos Copland Oitfitt(.es for eUverybody. We are ablin(latittl 1 i % p s su r y fi ued. H,ach (d t s b iingss n a . s ..nd( honle8t gee n es,w ib . tees pernallelit s, Itp and sais fled clustoiners. It's a h i el ketIlls ot the d ollar t) ll il"tilln ts th;tt t'4 luts l'eopl. ia l t th i t Ilia I i a to Ies ' a t 11 11 11 1 1iic 10 ti lit.j ill eI i a I Si i Mnc wearin Laundryi-Wo S eep a slighest dgree f e ae nKepvig yo Thkaers re We constantleepor thngne Mtat il io Tatpon yte largst. B.A SCHOOL0 pt Why wait for the rush dr to buy your School I Books? If you will ci come early you will l find it more satisfac-- I0 tory for yourselves as well as for us. There qi will be no changes fl made this year so you will run no risk in buy ing early. Mayes' Book Store. ithing in the store. trge stock before the i, we have decided to e at Actual Cost for :pportunity to sive cost. cost. Embroideries at cost xndies and Dimities :ost. It. t cost. All Shirts at cost. sols at (;ost. relescopes at cost. !fit of these Cost Prices on New Bros. Newberry, S. C. IAYFLO WOMENb S , 50 jo STAR BAND SHOLS 4.ARE BETTER wI n WVAI I "I Star 11r.1114 Shoes for :Ny on this Space s for business, WOOTEN I rk that you know is the latest styles in eyes open for any ye our work in the ty of work equal to iirt and collar fac a let us have a trial you. A1ull, :reet. Is not what our comn ititors predicted, a aw back to our busi ass, but to the con ary business has in eased and we great appreciate the kind ass of our friends in oking us up in our aw quarters. - Our ef rts to favor you in aantity, cquality an d -ice, shall be greater an ever. Yours to please,