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~~- LOCAL MARKET COTTON MARKET - Corrected by Nat Gist. Gn g ..14 .50 t 7 StitAfiI&ng 14 5-8 I utr..2 By Robt. McC. Holmes Corn .. .... 795 Good Middling ..14 3-4 e Striet Middling ..14 3-8 Sugar ...53-4to614 Midding .... - .14 142/ Baon . ..133-4 to 16 Cotton seed 37 1-2 cents. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 1910. VOLUME XLVIII. NUMBER 23. THE SESSIONS COUPwT. Spring Term Convened YesterdaY With Special Judge James F. J. Caldwell Presiding. The tregulax spring 4erm of the general sessions court for Newberry county convened yesterday morming, Special Judge James J. F. Caldwell, of the Newberry bar, presiding,' in the absence of Judge Charles G. Dan&tler, of lorangeburg, who was unable to be present on, account of iness. Major Caldwell was ap pointed by Governor Ansel, upon the reeinadation of Ohief Justice Jones, aft-er colult2tion with the NTewherry bar. It is an unusual and high compliment for a member of the bar to be appointed special Judge for a term of court held at his home, ad Mjor Caldwell's apponitmeant is a recognition of the co-nsipicuous ability which has .haracterized his work as a member of the legal pro fession. Court Organized. When court convened yesterday morning Solitor Cooper, Stenogra er Aull, Clek of Court Gogg=s, heriff -Buford, and all the other of rs of the court were in their p1joes and ready for work. . Judge Caldwell's commission was read by Clerk Goggans, and the grand jury was organized iwith Mr. W. E Shelley as foreman. Charge to Grand JurY. -n his charge to the grand jury, Judge Caldwell said that it was not his purpose to detain the members of the jury longer than was absolute -1y necessary. in the pablici interests, .as he realized that this was a very busy and a very important season of the year with most persons, and es pially will the agricultural portiu of our eople.- He sa-tBe gTand jury was the grand inquest of the county, appointed by law above all others to look after the in-terests of the people of the cou.ty at large, and it was unavoidable that they should be kept here at least for a little while in order to discharge those 'duties. He said the members of the grand jury understood possibly as well as ,could be explained to them, the gen eral scope of their duty. They were to pass upon bills of indictment hand ed out by the solileitor, and were to ok after the public interests, par ieularly in the -line of the public of es and public buildings. The County Jail. In speang of the county jail, 'ge Caldwell said: "I wish to call your attention to the .on,dition of the county jail as it has been reported to me. Accord ing to the accounts whilch I ha.ve re eeived, the jail is in a very bad eon ditioan indeed. While there are iron es for the confinement of prisoners of a certain kind, they are few in - mber and e'itirely insufficient fox the -confinement -of ao ything like, frequently, half the number of pris onens there condfned. And the other places of co.nEfnemenlt are so inseeure that any main of strength and indus try with a partilele of ingenuity, can hardly Snd idiffieuity in working his way out, unless there is a guard kept over them all the time, and there is no provision of law by which any uard should be kept over them. I have no doubt that the sheriff, from my knowledge of him personally, and from his public record, has attend \ed to his duties .faithfulily in regard to thie jail, but it was absolutely im ~posible to prevent the escape of pris oners in t:hose cells whose limits are of wood entirely. There 'have beer escapes from the jail more than' once, .and about two or three rweeks ago: you may recall yourselves, two pris oners escaped-men who were charg ed with a serious crime. Sometimies tre sheriff by his industry and as tuteness, has been able' .o recaptur* .prisoners. But that is a thing nol to be scounted upon, and .these twc prisoners who last escaped-that is: about a fortnight ago-have not beer caught .yet. "So I insist that you inspect the jail, that you do it earefully, and confer with each other and with any persons who can give you assistance as to the proper means of securing . . sn&- and that you render to the court a report and presennt in accordance with your invstigation.' Bills Handed. A number of bills were -handed out by Soliitor Cooper, and Judge Cald well charged the grand jury speci fically as to the crimes aleged in the 1various indictments. Pleaded Guilty. Zeb Harmon, colored, pleaded guil ty to house breaking and' larceny, and was santenced to serve three years. . Number of Continuances. There were a numbey of conti-nu anees granted yesterday morning, on motion of cousel for defendants. Solicitor Cooper announced ready on behalf of the State, and strongly pressed for trial, saying that there were oases which had long been on the doeket and which ought to be tried. He said that when informed last week that Judge Dantzler would be unable to hold this term of court he had requested the appointment of a special judge in order that the bus iness might be disposed of. He urg I;ed that there would not be another term of sessions court niti& June, amid that the doeket ought to be clear ed so far as possible. Assault and Battery. James Jones, colored, pleaded guilty on two eharges of assault and batter with intent to kill and was sentenced to serve eighteen months in each ease. Langford Case Continued. .On motion of counsel for the de dendant the case of the State vs. Stanmore Langford was eontinued yesterday afternoon. Soleitor Coop er announced ready and pressed for a trial, saying the State had been ready since ithe first term of court after-the allege, -rime, that the eae had been on the docket a year, and that it ought to be tried. Col. John stone, of counsel for the defence -stated that the defendanit had evi dently, acting upon information as to the action of the bar, thought the case would not be tried, and was away from the city on business and counsel did not know where to find him just at this time. Col. Johnstone said the iawyers for the defene had likewise expected that the case would not be tried, and were not prepared at this tim. Judge Caldwell said that under all the circumstances he would continue the ease. Solicitor Cooper .annon'ced that he would call the ease on the first day of the next term. PEARY CURTAILS TOUR OF SOUTHEENI STATBS Hero of Icy North Daunted by Chilly Reception in Land of Tradition ally Warm Hospitality. New York, March 17.--Commander Robert E. Peary 'has cut short his ieture 'tour in 'the South. The re fusal of G'ov. Browui of Georgia to introduce him to an Atlanta audience last night, his reference to the com mander in an interview as "faker," and the smaHl erowd 'that attended the lecture, brought forth an an nouncement from 'the Civie Forum in New York, under whose auspices Peary is lecturing, .that his plans have been changed. The announcement says: "The Civic Forum lecture bureau has found it advisable to cancel all of Comma.nder Robert E. Peary 's Southern lecture dates owing to the desire on. its part to avoid any evi denc-e of coldness toward Comman der Peary. "The Civic Forum lecture bureau, which object is educational, refuses to allow 'Commander Peary to be sub jeted to a iiability of a gratutious *insult, such as was given in Atlanta by Gov. Brown of Georgia. " This affeets the lectures 'at Meri dian, Miss., and Birmingham, Ala., only."~ Arrived Safely at Trentona. Trenton, March 17.--Senator Till man, his wife and two daughters ar rivdi here on this morning's train, coming direct from Washington. The seator stood his trip remarkably well and w'as able to walk from the 't+an to his carria.ge unassisted. * * * * * *** * *++ * * - - p i * * dA * THE IDLER. o I 1 see that the city attorney has ti advised city ouncil that they can't (I enter into a contract for putting down in some street parement and bind suc eeeding councils, without an election being authorized by a vote of the m people, and that a committee of coun Ieil has been appointed to look into e the matter. I don't know whether w the people would rote it or not. They oi ought to, but the people seem to be IM afraid of bonds and debts for public In improvements although the improve- w ments from -ny point of view may h< be the very best kind of investments. I remember in the bond election is for good roads last ummer there was d( a great hue and tory against piling L up a debt which would fall on the la shoulders of future generations. I That kind of argument makes me tir- st ed-weary, very weary. If we build is the right kind of roads future gen- st erations will get the beneat and should pay their part of the cost. Of course good roads and street pax- 1i ing and permanent improvements of cl that kind are coming. The people di can't long do without them. Good roads and education are two things I can't help thinking and talking about. And rthe two are very intimately connected. The more of U the proper kind of education aind broadening of vision we have the stronger will be the. sentiment in favor of good roads, and the moref. goods roads we have, -the easier it te will be for the children of the rural te communities to secure an edeetion. You know, it is remarkable that when. good roads are mentioned the 1 people of the rural districts, who receive the greatest and the most di- "iO rect benefits, are the loudest kick rs. I can't undrstand it. This isf one thing which I must confess isV too mysterious for me to compre hend. - 18 I tell you what's a fact-if we:' shouid ever have a delegation in the! legisaature that didn't want to be re-elected and they would go-aheadi and bond the county in ~the proper I b way~;, fork building Iom pennn roads and provide the proper ma ehlinery for the expenditure of the money, they would go down in the animal of the counmty as among theK greatest benefactors of the whole people of the co'unty. Mind you, I said a delegatio?n that 'didn't wanti to be re-elected, because for a while ihey would have all kinds of abuse ad cussing heaped upon thei devot ed heads. And it wouldn't do any good for them to want to be re-elect ed, ibeeause they wouldn't be. L But as sooni as the roads *wee baidt and the people realized their' value, public sentiment would change and ebange fast. You remember wihen! Senator Blease and Te 'house dele gatio'n of that year went ahead andr bonded the county for building a mew ourt house, without surbmitting the matter to a vote of the dear people. There was (lots of kieking for a lirt tie while, but it soon died out, and you couldn'"t fmid a hundred peopla c in the county now who are not proud c of the new court house and willing to pay their part of its ,eost. I know taxes are going np e'very a year-'at least they tell me they are 01 -I pay mighty little myself-only ti on my 'head-but the trouble is we T are spending too much money for the wrong thing. M3y ehief characteris- s tic is my modesty, but I'll bet if they T would make me the whole legislature F for a little whi:le I could get things e in a little better shape than they B axe now. I am going to give the B next legislatuire some good advice, T and I want the editor to send mark ed copies of The Herald and News to every mnember. But that hasn't got a thing to do 2I with some of these new styles of spring hats. Have you seen them? t< I haven 't prileed them, because I do't have any to buy, but I just im- v: agine if their price is in proportion hi to thei siz that the are likely to it some people pretty ideeply in bt. I hope I won't get behind any the big-sized ones in church. You iow, I have often wondered why e ladies wi not wear hats to the eatres, but wear the biggest kind hate in church, regardles of those the rear. -0 But I am not kicking. The wo en--God bless 'em-whatever they is. all right, so fax as I am con rued. This would be a dreary old >rld without them, and goodness ly knows, if it were not for their uence, what would become of ere man. And goodness only knows rat is going to become of him, any Wj if hats keep getting larger. Style is a great thing-I mean it a powerful thing-,it exerts a won arfa.l influence. If the style were Lt5 about the size of a silver dol r.they would be all the rage. If were going to write an essay on yle I would begin by saying that it a-good deal like habit-except that y&es O-ange oftenar than habits. -0 But don't mistalke me for a mil er, and don't reach the rash eon us;on that I am try to give the la es any advice as to the style of ei hats. The Idler. NEWS OF WITWTr ipovements to Church Property. New Books Added to School Li brary.-Personal Meention. Whitmire, Mareh -21.-Mrs. Por r, of New York, isivisiting her sis r, Mrs. Wm. Coleman. Ms. Por r is the wife of Mr. WilliM Sid y Porter, who is gaining an en ad reputation as a writer of tort stories. His nom de plume is , Henry. Mrs. Thad. Coleman, leaves MOnday r New Orleans, where she will sit reatives and friends. The Ladies' Aid society of the :ethodist chureh servd n oyster tpper to the Woodmen Friday rening. About eighty members ere present. The proceeds of the Lpper wiH be used for painting and atifying the parsoinage within. e men of the church have just ad da& much to appearanlees by a new ilosurre for the lot. Messrs. G. S. Mower, J. B. Hun r and B. T. Bishop, of Newberry, ere in town Thursday. ODr. J. P. Duebkett, of Anderson, as here for a few days last week Miss Inez Dobbins has completed de year's sesio of school work id is at home again. iMiss .Myrtle Kyte, of Virginia, has rived and will have charge of the iinery departmenet at the Glen wawry Co's store. Mr. and Mrs. William Eraysor sand ildren, of Greenville, are visiting datives .here. The toxw'nship board of assessors et in th'e coneil room on Friday. .essrs. Jas. Duncan an~d S. W. Der ek were here during thait day. Mr. Jas. Taylor and family have oed to Newberry. Rev.. 0. A. Jefeoat will begin a >eeia.l meeting in the M.ethodist iurch on Sabbath morning. Rev. amian, traveling evangelist for North arolinia will preach. Through the effort of Mrs. S. A. ter, ~princi'pal of the school here, t following fifteen dollars worth new books have been added to ir school library: S. C. Womani in te Confederacy, Maid of Honor, he Little Colonel, Five Little Pep rs, Faith G-arbney's Girlhood, The unbonnet Babies, CQhildren of the enement, Rebecca of Sun.nybrook am, The Taming ~of Betty, An onor Girl, Polly of the Pines, The oy Forty-niner, Rose in Bloom, oys Who Beeame Famous Men, hirty More Famous Stories Retold, ed Rilding Hood, Mother Goose illage, Child Stories From the [asters, The Lame Prince, G3oody wo Shoes, Mother Goose, Hop 0, : Thumb. Mr. J. D. Epps, of Union, was in own last week. Mr. George Gary, after a pleasant sit to Mr. S. L. Gary and family, is returned home. M. JT E. Col.d mpent last week witi, his son, Mr. Geo. Cofield, of Cofield. Mrs. H. K. Boyd spent Saturday and Sunday in Newberry. Mr. J. Y. Ray died at his home anea.r here Thursday morning, and was buried Friday. THREE NEGROES DIE IN INCBNDIARY FIRB Flames Destroy Main Building of Harbeson College at AbbeIville. Citizebns Condemn Crime. The. State. Abbeville, March 17.-Three negro boys perished this morning in a fire, evidently of incendiary origin, which totally destroyed the main build'ng of Harbeson college. The fire began aboat 3 o'cloek. 'About 40 of the boys slept in this building. Most of them escaped by jumping from the seeon4 story win dows, but three were burned to death before they could make their escape. They were: Carl Daekett of Char lotte, N. .C.; Sam Jenkins of Carlisle, and Ed DuBose of Lamar. Five oth ers were seriously injured. Three have broken arms and two broken legs. President Young of the college says the building was faling in be fore any one got to it or knew of the fire. All say that the fumes of kero sene were ai about. President's House Fired. The home of President Young aso was set on fire, the ba& door and steps being oonsiderably charred. Kerosene had been thrown al over the door and step*. This fre was put out by the boys after they eseaped from the other fire. Drs. Gambrell and Necffer were 'phone'd for while the fire was going on and weTe the r'frst white people on the scene. 1 Ciods of people have been out to see the ruins and all con demn the deed in. the strongest terms. Harbeson college is a school for negroes, control14d and financed by .white people of Pittsburg, Pa. Some years ago there was trouble here with a former president of the school, but sinee Young has been here everything has been working smoothly. Worst in Yeacs. Th fire or isth wors thng hat as app.e.in this community in years and every effort is being made to 'apprehend the gul ty parties. Insurance Commissioner MeMaster has been communicaited with by tele phone end has promised to send hi deputy here at once. Citizens Condemnn Outrage. d-t a mass meeting of 150 citizens, resolutiens expressing sympathy fori the college authorities 'and condemn ing 'the burning of thie building were passed. The meeting also formally offered the assistanece of citizens in apprehending the are frenid, an.d re. quested that city council offer a. re word for 'the capture of the criminal. The resolution concluded *with the direction that the chairmani appoint a committee to solicit subscriptions for the employment, of a detecitive to track down the perpetrator, andd for the employment of a guard to protect the remairiing 'buildings as long as may be necessary. The meeting was presided over b W. W. Bradley, who appointed on the committe of three J. Hayne McDlil, F. B. G~ary and Sheriff Lyonm City council has offered a reward of $100, which will be raised by private subscription to $300. G3ov. Ansel will be asked to offer a $1,000 reward. Doubtful Advantage. ''Why is it that you take Miss Gazzam to dinner so often?" I"She can pronounce the Freneh words on 'the bill of fare and is al ways willing to do the ordering." 1 A Surprise. ''Had a great surprise today." ''How was that?''" "My son pointed out the famous football coach to me.'' "Wha.t surprised you in him?" "Why it was a man. I always 'ught it was an ambulance." Dner New& CANNON LOSES POWER BUT RETAINS CHAIR STRIPPED OF FORMER PRES TIGE AND POWE. Disbarred From Membership on All Powerful Committee on Eules, Which he Has Dominated Wasgington, March 19.-Joseph Guer=ey Cannon, of Danvile, Bl., is still speaker of the house of repre sentatives, but he lost today the an eient prestige and weapon of hat of flee when the allied Republican in surgents an dDemocrats took frm him not only the ehairn up of, but even membership in, the all-pow erful committee on rules, the obief asset in his stdok of power. Amid scenes of wildest disorder, for the ikbe of -whieh one must go back to the exciting days just prior to the civil war-perhaps even those times might not dupica it-& veteran speaker, almost 74 years old, stood erect and defiant, -his head "blooded but unbowed." And @t the end, when a big Texan Demout accepted -the speaker's daring dra1 ionge and introduced a resolution to fling him out of the speakership, the Republicans, reguam and insugentsv with few exteeptions, rallied with al moit unbroken front, and gave im a vote which almost offsemt the "re pudiation of Canonism." This is what happened: By a vote of 191 to 155, the Re publican insurgents voting soialy! with the Demoeraite, the houns .ado ed the resolution of Rpresentatiis Noris (Repub)ioan, of N hraska,) requiring a reorganization of the rules committee, inereasing its mem. bership from five to ten, and. deely ing the speaker ineligible to mem bership therein. To Retain Speakerahip. By -the curiously identieml vote of 191 to 155-but with a decidely dif ferent persomnnel of alignment-4the house defeated a resolution f Repre sentative Burlson, of Texas, declar ing the speakerhip vacant and or dering an immdiate eleetion of a smeeessor to Mr. anno. Here is the Norris resolution, which was adopted: "There shall1 be a committee on rules, eleeted by the house (&itherto dije committee of five, like dll other house committees, hbasibeen 'appoint ed by the speaker,).donsisting of ten members, six of whom sha4ll be mem bers of the majoity party and four of whom shall be members of the minority party. The speaker shedU not ,be a member of the coammittee, and the comnmittee shal elect its owun chairman. from its own members. "Resolved further, That .withia ten 'days after the adoption of this resohrinfthere shal-1 be an eleetion; mittee on rules shall be dissolved."I Hecre is the resolation of Repre-' sentative Burieson whah was :de feated: "Resolved, What the offee of speaker of the house of representa" an,d the house of representatives shaRl at once proceed to the eleetion of a speaker." Cannon Declines to Talk. Speaki!ar (Camnon tonigh deelined to comment upon the' extraordinary events of the day. He was in his office surroudeld by three or four loyal friends, when a newspaper ma approaehed him sand asked whiat he had to say about is"vitr. "Oh, nothing at all, I guess. There isn't any comment for me to make. Besides you will have your papers full in the morning anyiway, and 'don't need any comment from me." "But hasn't the newly-elected speaker any announcement to make of his future policy ?" The speaker laughed. "I'll just keep on speaking an praying,"h said. Champ Clark, minority leader in the house, said in the course of a for'mal statement issued tonight: " The Republicans are on the to boggan sli'de, and if Democrats out se et mges wml get together ne