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PURELY PERSONAL. The Movements of Many People, Newberrians and Those Who Visit Newberry. Miss Lilla Kibler is visiting iriends in Columbia. Miss J nnie Hallman is visiting friends in Augusta. Miss Gertrude Carwile is visiting friends at Cross Hill. President James A. B. Scherer has returned to Newberry. - Miss Mary Burton is visiting iriends at Winnsboro. Mrs. W. H. Hunt is visiting Mrs. James H. Mcl-itosh in Columbia. Mr. J. K. S. Ray, of Whitmire. was in the city on Wednesday. Miss Louise Coleman. of Saluda, is visiting Miss Mattie Sloan. Miss -Lucy Wright is visiting Miss Lucia Spearman at Silver Street. Miss Mattie Sloan. who has been teaching school in Saluda. is home for vacation. Mr. J. D. Miller. of Abbeville coun ty. is visiting his nephew. Mr. J. F Miller, at Kinards. Mrs. M. J. Moore. and daughter. Miss Rosa Moore. are visiting Miss Meta Jones in Lancaster. Mr. W. C. Byniini. principal of the Georgetown city sehools. is at home for the summer. Viss Janie Lee '. f .\udero1. is v: iting at the home of her lincle. Rev. T. L Williamson. Mrs. Cole. I.- Blease has returned home from Pendleton. where she has been visiting relatives. Miss Verna Lane has returned home from Charlotte after a visit to friends in that city. Miss Margaret Daniel has returned to her home in Spartanburg. after a pea?ant visit to the Misses Carwile. in the city. Miss Agnes Erchman returned to her home in Charleston on Tuesday. after a very pleasant visit to friends in Newberry. The Rev. W. L. Seabrook returned on Tuesday from Savannah. where he attended the Georgia synod of the Lutheran church. Mrs. D. A. Boyd has returned to her home in Union after a pkasant visit to her parents. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Bishop. Mr. W. S. Peterson. associate pres ident of the Orangeburg Collegiate! Institute, accompanied by his fan ily. is on a visit to his parents. Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Peterson. Mrs. J. .W. Nance. of Lake City Fla.. who is visiting relatives in the ,county, and Mrs. E. L. Sease were in Newberry on Tuesday and paid this office a pleasant call. Col. M. P. Tribble. of Anderson. who entered the race for secretary~ of state, but who withdrew from the campaign on Wednesday. spent Tues day- afternoon in Newberry. Mr. John H. Williams is in the city again after a visit to his father's place in Newberry. Mr. XWilliams will return to New York in the fall to pursue his studies in music. Greenville Motibtaineer. 2ad. Miss Annie Jamieson is visiting friends in Laurens. -VARIOUS AND ALL ABOUT. The first cotton bloms sent to this ot'tice this year came from the nelds of Messrs. M. L. and XW. T. Wicker of the St. Philips community. A recent circular letter issued by the State Bar association shows that two Newberry lawyers have been placed on the most important com mittee in the association. Dr. George B. Cromer is chairman of the com mittee on Education and Admission to the Bar, and Mr. T. H. Hunt is a member of this committee. Last week when in Newberry coun ty we passed,. the old homestead where we were born 50 years ago to day. June 21. The same dwelling. granite steps, the magnificent white oak by the well, the wvell walled and curbed with granite rock--all were there as in days of yore. We drove around the premtises with our friend, Haynie Chalm ers, and how past mem ories stirred.--R. S. Galloway in A. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. Meeting To Be Held Here Tomorrow To Appoint Managers of Elec tion-The Schedule. A niceting of the county demo cratic executive committee will be held in the court house at ii o'clock tomorrow for the purpose of appoint ing managers of election and to re arrange some of the campaign ap pointments on account of conflicts. The following campaign has been suggested and has received consider able discussion. Monday, July 4--Whitmire. Tuesday, August 9-Williams Store Wednesday. August io-Longshore Tuesday. August ii-Jalapa. Friday, August 12-Utopia. Tuesday. August i6-Mt. Pleasant. Wednesday. August 17-Mt. Beth el. Thursday. August i8-Pomaria. Friday. August 19-Jolly Street. Tuesday. August 23.-Little Moun tain. Wednesday. August 24--Prosperity Friday night. August 26-Mollohon mill. Saturday. August 27-Newberry. Saturday night. August 27-New herrv Mill. MR. HILL'S CONDITION. Letter Received In Newberry Yes terday Morning From Mr. W. A. Hill Was Hopeful. c etvr was reci%,ed in Newbe-hrry yr-terdayx orin from Mr. W. A. N\a. in z \'ahington. stating that hi Mr. _\l. Ltther Hil!, who waS recently inint:rid by falling from a treet car. was slightly improved. and that there was strong hope for his recoverv. Mr. TTill. the letter stated. fell back wardz from his car. his head striking the pavement. and is now suffering frnm concussion. He remains at the Garfield hospital. where he was first aken after the accident. Greenwood to Charlotte. An excursion. under the manage aent of Newberry parties. will be run from Greenwood to Charlotte, via Columbia. on Wednesday. the 29th. leaving Greenwood at 7 a. in., pass ng Newberry at 8.ro a. m.. and ar riving in Charlotte at T p. m. The rain will leave Charlotte at 6 o'clock .n the afternoon of the 30th for the return trip. The fare for all points between Greenwood and Pomaria is 2. Barn Burned. \\'ednesday night ae barn belong ng to Mr. R. K. Reeder. of Long 4iores. was entirely destroyed by ire. The structure was filed with sheat, oats, corn, and other produce. til of which was lost. A new mowing uachined was also ruined. Tt is said :at there was no insurance. The Summer School. Prof. S. 3. Derrick, who is in charge of the summer school for the teach yrs of the county now in progren n the Boundry street graded school. tates that he will be glad to see the school trustees of the county at the smmer school at any time which n.ay suit thenm to call. He urges :hat they attend at some time dutr ng the session and meet the teach The enrolmnent of the school has een contsidierably increased and the york is progressing nicely. Special Judge Hunt. P. H. Fike. in his Curbstone Fh''es in the Spartanburg Herald f Tt'esdav. says: . "There's been more work accomn ilished today in court than any one lay that I can recall in six years." re narked a man whose duties are such is to make him thoroughly convers nt with the grindings of the wheels if .iustice. "Just take the list of cases md see the amount of work trans icted. Of course there was an excep :ional number of "guilty" pleas en :-ed: but there was no clogging the .vheels. Why, this Special Judge Hunt toes at it like a man who meant busi ess and knew just exactly what he meant. He is running the court in a >ractical. result-achieving manner and vith such excellent cooperation and ssistance as our popular solicitor. Mr. Sease, gives, the mills of justice re grinding along, not exceedingly THE NEWBERRY BAR. Lawyers Of Newberry Ably Sustain Her Reputation As A Center Of Legal Lore. The following is taken from the Spartanburg Journal: A gentleman remarked this morn ing that the criminal court now in session in this city is being conducted by a Newberry judge and a New berry solicitor. Special Judge Wal ter H. Hunt is an able and distin guished member of the Newberry bar and Solicitor Sease is, as is well known, a native of Newberry. al though. of course, he is now and has been for six or eight years a citizen of Spartanburg. and is. by the way. one of the best prosecuting officers in the state. This led to a remark about the legal and intellectual strength of the Newberry bar. With out intending any discrimination against those who are omitted, for all of the Newberry lawyers are not so well known in Spartanburg. there ik Chief Justice Y. J. Pope of the state supreme court: George Johnstone. who has a reputation ex tending beyond the limits of the state: 0. L. Schumpert. the fearless and elqiuent orat-r. w1ose voice has miany a time rung in )>r curt house: J. Y. Culhreath. the c erudite and studi us exp utn.ier 'f the intricacies of rth real estate law and whose clear and de rea., ning powers ct, the quick every qtestion he exililles: Ge,. 1 Cr'imr. the scholarlv an-' I,he m1 I tplar , of ilichest ideas (f and Walter I. l1nt,. wh' ha.. been r: izedI by thi h, liorah!e app.iMment t:- ?Peci nd- . There are oth.-rs at Xewhtr ry. who are good lawyers anl are r::pidly achiev;:ng (list inct ion and ;nC cec anld these include soie of the yol:n-r members of the bar. Tt is pecrliarly fitting that the home of _ind-e O'Neall should produce able lawyers and certain it is that the bar of the present day at that point is ably sustaining Newberry's reputa tion as a center of legal lore. SLIGH-HILL. Quiet Marriage of a Popular Couple Solemnized at the Lutheran Par sonage Wednesday. .\r. Frank C. Sligh and Miss Mamie Hill. both of the city. were married at the Lutheran parsonage at 6:30 o'clock on Wednesday evening by the Rev. W. L. Seabrook. The marriage was a very quiet affair and was as complete a surprise to the -family of the bride as to the city. The young couple. without giving any previous notice to any one except the witnesses present. drove to the parsonage and were married. They are at the home of Mr. William F. Ewart. The bride is a daughter of Mr.' Tabor Hill. She attended the Pres byterian college in Columbia and is attractive and deservedly popular. Mr. Cligh holds a responsible posi tionl with the cotton seed oil mill here. and is a young man of energy and promise. Both have hosts of friends who wish them a life of happiness. .The St. Louis Gavel. Culunmbia Record. Mr. D. H. Fairbanks. of Nashville. Tenn. was today sent a piece of wood from a S'o'th Carolina oak which wvill lie used in the gavel iheldi by the pre .mhing iftieer at the St. Lounis Demo :ratic convention. Mr. Fairbanks s''me time ago requiested tihe gover nor for a piece of South Carolina wood. stating in his letter that the avel would containl a piece of wood from every State in the Union. The request was granted as soon as pos ible. The Southern Schedules. Schednle oi Southern Railwtay trdnia passing Newberry. S. C. Ef *tive April 171i: No 7ri. (mixed) daily excep? Sunday. wvestbound. 8:40 a. m. No. it. daily. westbound, 1:23 p. mn. No. 12. daily eastbound, 12:50 p. mn. No. 72. (mixed) daily except Sunday. eastbound. 8:45 p. mi. No. 16. daily, eastbound, 11.40 p. m. MONEY TO LEND-Long time: 8 per cent.! easy terms. John stone & Cromer. *PROSPERITY NEWS. The Comings and Goings Of The People of Newberry's Sister City. Pr,,.perity. June 23.-Misses Pinkie and Willine Br-oni and Mr. Alfred Broom. A,f Aaltanta. are here on a visit to freinds and relatives. Miss Pearl Langford, of Rock Hill. is visiting friends in town. .1rs. W. K. Sligh and Mrs. Henry Harms spent Wednesday with the family of Mr. L. S. Bowers. Mr. Lawson Kibler spent Sunday in our town. Miss Georgie Schumpert, who has been clerking at the Cash Store at Newberry, is at home for the sum mer months. Rev. Mr. Snipes preached at the A. R. P. church last Sunday after noon. The young people have enjoyed socials this week at the residences of Mr. H. S. Boozer and Dr. C. T. WVche. Miss Lilla Kibler. of Newberry, is visiting at Dr. J. A. Simpson's. Miss .Alma Hartman has returned from Atlanta accompanied by her brother. Mr. Willie Hartman, who will spend a few days under the pa rental roof. Policeman Franklin. of Newberrv. was in t.own ye!.terday. There have been two fishing parties this week. one tN Broad river and the other to Saluda. 0 Prospcrity is ging to Colnmhia on an -xcursin *n next Wednesday. Junc s. Th.: f 'r Sunuday Schools 1!! t en liave arrangcd to run the exc:rIon. and they- will he joined by Mt. Tah.r and Zion. The .-choni, wA!) icnic at IIvatt park ai enjoy the dny, returning' the same night. The stores of Prosperity will be closed on account of the occasion. and a citizer of Prosp-rity says that ervrybodv is going except the police meni. who will stay 'at home to pro tect the property. The Sunday Schools of Prosperity have taken an annual outing of this kind for the past ceveral years. and the occasion is alway very pleasant and thoroughly enioyed. and the ap proaching excursion is being looked forward to with a great deal of pleas ure. SPECIAL NOTICES. WANTED-A horse or.' mule to do light work for its feed. Newberry Hotel. BEAUTIFUL SOUVENIRS FROM the Gulf of Mexico. I gathered them at the Gulf. Magnificent spec imens 2 cents each. Stamps or Silver. Address: A. Forrest Connts. Tampa. Fla. STRAY MULE was taken up by me on June 6. on the Werber place fiye miles from town. Owner may secure by paying damages. G. J. Cannon. COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON. Charleston, S. C., Entrance exmina tions will be held in the County court on Friday< July 8. at 9 a. mn. One scholarship giving free tuition is assigned to each county in South - Carolina. Board and furnished room in Dormitory, $10 a month. All candidates for admission are permitted to compete for Boyce scholarships. which pay $1oo a y'ear. For further information and catalogue, address Harrison Ran dlolph. p)resident. MONEY TO LOAN-We negotiate loans on improved farm lands at seven per cent. interest on amounts over one thousand dollars, and eight per cent. interest on amounts less than $1,ooo. Long time and easy payments. Hunt. Hunt & Hunter. Best Mineral As phalt Roofing. C. H. CA NNON, Near C., N. & L. Depot. OTS FOR SALE-On Saturday. July 2d. at Pomaria, we will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash half dozen or mnore lots suit able for store buildings. H. C. Holloway CHAIN Gi G INVESTIGATION. The Testimony Submitted To The Court By Referee F. H. Domi nick. The testini,ny in the recent chain gang investigation. conducted by Referee Fred. H. Dominick. has been put in shape to be submitted to the presiding judge at the approaching term of the court of general sessions for this county. The full testimony. a synopsis of which was published at the time it was taken, includes forty six typewritten pages. Following is the statement of Referee Dominick with which the testimony will be presented: To the Honorable. the Presiding Judge of the August Term of the Court of General Sessions for New berry County: The final presentment of the grand jury at the last term of this court contained among other things. the following: "We are also advised that punitive measures of an excessive na ture are used in the control of the persins composing the chain gang and we would recommend that the prop-r authorities be instructed by the Court to see that the law govern the same be enforced." Tn accord 7nCe with said presentment. the fol wing order was pa-ed: "T: is fur her ordered that Fr,d. H. Dominick. (q.. do forthwith pr 'ceed to take on th idic ra;sed in para 'taph rmrked 4 Of the grand jury's ..al pre-sentmn ai! he 's herehy i th. vi, day te next term f1this co:rt.: Pur-nan to :h s .rder.-' the c-ert. I proceeded to take :est.imony on the -atter on the ninth1 day of March. 'o1. an( on diver; day- thereafter. B-lieving that the court desired to be in possession of all the facts and n. -t only an Q:-: parte statement ot said facts. T pernitted the c-unty supervisor. John M. Scihmpert. to he represented by his counsel at all hearins before ic and I also allow ed hin to offer testiniony in rebuttal to the testimony given by those who were snmmond at the request of the grand jury. and testimony in his own behalf insofar as the manage nient of the chain gang by him and his employees was concerned. 'I employed a stenographer. Mr. A. H. Booth. to take the testimony and on this account. I am enabled to transmit to the court a full report of the testimony as taken. I recom mend that he be allowed a reasonable fee for his services. T also recommend that the wit nesses who testitied and whose names are herewith transmitted, marlwd Exhibit "B." be allowed the per diem and mileage paid to wit nesses in the court of general ses sions. As will be seen from the order herein. I was ordered to take the tes timony only and was required to make no recommendlations as to same. The testimony is therefore transmitted without recommendation and the attached forty-six pages, marked Exhibit "A." is a true and correct copy thereof. Respectfully submitted. Fred. H. Dominick. Referee. Newberry. S. C.. June 22. i904 Week End Rates via Southern. F r Saturday and Sunday morning trains the Southern railway will sell r undl trip tickets to the following points at very low rates. Tickets good returning until Tuesday following! (late of sale: Wahalla. S. C.. $3.40 Spartanburg. S. C. 2-10 Greenville. S. C.. 2.10 \sheville. N. C.. 3.85 Hot Spring. N. C.. 4.60 Arden. N. C.. 3.85 Fletchers. N. C.. 3.85 Rendersonville.. N. C.. 3.85 Flat Rock. N. C.. 3.85 Saluda. N. C.. 3.85 Tryon. N. C.. 3.85 Brevard. N. C.. 4.60 Lake Toxaway. N. C.. 5- . Taylors. N. C.. (for Chicks Springs) 2.31 Isle of Palmts 5.15 Sullivan's 3.15 Summer excursion tickets good un til October 31st aslo on sale. For schedules. etc.. apply to S. H. McLean. Agent. Every new invention is expected to re..lutionize thing--but it doesn't.