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PURELY PERSONAL. The Movements of Many People Newberrians and Those Who Visit Newberry. Mr. W. S. Langford reurned from Caesar's Head on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Jones have re turned from the mountains of North Carolina. Mr. W. G. Mayes has returned from Glenn Springs. Mr. G. F. Wearn. who spent sever al days in the city last week, left on Sunday. Mr. Hayne Abrams has returned from Glenn Springs. Mr. H. T. Renwick, afer spending several weeks at Glenn Springs and Hendersonville. will return home this week. Misses Genevieve and Ethel Booz er returned on Friday from the expo sition, Washington and other points. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Dominick and Miss Margaret Speake, of Kinards, returned on Friday from New York and WAshington, having also taken in the exposition. Dr. 0. B. Mayer. who is so well and favorably known here, as throughout the state, offered a resolution at the meeting last week of the physicians of Newberry. which resolution was unanimously adopted. that the New berrt. County Medical Sopiety endorse the effort to establish a hospital in the city of Newberry.-Laurensvi-lle Herald. Mrs. W. B. Werts, of Greenville, is visiting relaIves in Newberry. Mr. L. G. Eskridge left on Friday for his home in Shelby, N. C., where he will spend a few days. Mr. A. L Knighton left on Friday to visit his brother and sister in Vir ginia. He will be gone for several weeks. Mrs. Osborne Wells returned on Saturday from a visit to her sons and daughter in Minneapolis. Mr. Olin Fulmer. of Savannah. Ga., is on a' visit to his sister, Mrs. H. B. Wells. Mrs. Leroy Lee, of Kingstree, and .daughter Serena are visiting Mrs. S. A. Riser. The Rev. L. B. White is assisting .Rev. E. B. Mitchell in a protractive meeting, which is in progress this week at Enoree Baptist church. In giving a list of dhe pastors of the Baptist church of Newvberry our cotemporary of the Observer states the present pastor, Rev. G. A. Wright, succeeded the Rev. Luther Broaddus. This is an error. The Rev. C. P. Scott, a very able preacher, sue 'eeded Mr. Bi'oaddus and was pastor of the church for several years, going frTotn here to Virginia. There will be a called meeting of the Rutherford Farmers' Union on Thursday, August 22, at 4 p. m. Magistrate B. B. Lietzsey married his first couple on Sunday night. They were colored. J. B. 0O'Neall Holloway has gone to Oeonee county to attend a big Far mers' Union rally at Oakway tomor row where he will make an address. Mrs. J. L Bowles, who has been spending some time -with relatives in NTewberry, left foj her home in Au gusta yesterday. Mr. Thomas P. Johnson has return ed fromi Hendersonville.. Misses Cora, Lizzie adn Mazie Domi inick left. on Friday for a trip to the Jamestc.w. exposition Mrs. Maggie Felleis and daughter, Miss Mabel Fellers, have returned fromi Jamestown, Washington and other points. Mr. Hairry W. Dominick has re turned from Hendersonville. 'Mrs. J. C. Wilson and Roscoe B. Wilson attended the burial of her brother, Mr~. George Maffett at. Trin ity, Saluda county. Messrs. W. A. MeSwain, Henry Boozer, Henry Kibler, Grady Gog ganis, Roy Summer and Ernest Sum mer left on yesterday for Lake Toxa way. Brevard and Caesar's Head on a campting expedition. Mr. W. E. Reid, of Bennettsville, spent a few days last week with Mr. ,nd Mrs. W. A. Mc.Swain. Mrs. J. L. Webb, of Chappelils, spent Monday with relatives in the city this week. Mr. Sam West, of Louisville, Ky., after visiting his brother, Mr. C. M. West, has returned home. Mrs. Brown is visiting her son, Mr. Sims Brown. Mrs. Lyles, of Atlanta, is visiting relatives in Newberry. Misses Lou and Estelle Bowers left yesterday for Cameron, S. 0., where they will visit rel&tives. WRITES INTERESTING LETTER. Mr. W. P. Houseal, Formerly of The Herald and News Writes of Jno. Wicker. The Herald and News takes pleas ure in presenting the accompanying letter from Mr. W. P. Houseal. He did not write it foi publication or for the purpose of making a correction, but, as he says, to express his pleas ure that Mr. John Wicker had care ful attention -in his dying hours. It is entirely proper that it should be -prin ted in The Herald and News, and we have secured his permisslon to do so. It will be remembered that Mr. Houseal was our partner from 1887 to 1894 and for several years there after was closely associated with the office. the Lutheran Visitor havin2 been published in our of9ce for sev eral yea-!. after 1894. This letter helps to keel) the record straight and to Live soine history which we are satisfied mill be read with interest by many people in Newberry. Columbia, S. C., Aug 13th. Col. E. H. Aull, Newberry, S. C. Dear Mr. Aull: I am glad to read your tribute to .he memory of John Wicker in The Herald and News this a. m. It car ries my memory back to '87 and the work in the office as performed by him--ever faithful and doing the best he coul. His constaney was a .emarkable trait of character that he nessessed-ah Y nn hand for the 41v7s work. ii. matter what the con ditions were as to weather or physical d.i~L :::jless he was simply too ill to stand upon his feet. Then it is to him incidentally that I am a printer. I took the place he vacted in December, 1872, to go into an enterprise which did not succeed. At this point 'here is an error in the sket:h. He b';ran his apprenticeship in 1866 (or '65) on the Herald and served about seven years. When the enrerprise failed-a circus company or-1:nized in Newberry in Deeember, 1872-on account of snow and ice en countered in the tour of the ipper counties, and John Wicker not re turninz in time for the New Year, Mr. Thos. F. Greneker sent me a message by my father on the 8th of January, 1S73, that he needed an apprentice, and I began work the next day and set my first type at 10 a. m. after hav ing learned the "boxes.'' John Wick er did work for Mr. R. H. Greneker in 1873, but it was in connection with the partnership of Slider & Greneker, who ' began the purblication of The Progressive Age on February 14, 1873. Wicker had served his full time of seven years, although it was not considered the apprentice term at that time as former ly in printing offices. I would like to have helped smooth hs .dying pillow. Sincerely yours, Win. P. Houseal. JEREY CASE AFFIRMD. Supreme Court Refused New Trial to J. C. Perry-Motion ror Rear gument Made. The supreme court has decided the appeal case of J. C. Perry, of Saluda county, and has refused to grant him a new trial. It will be remembered that Perry is the man who killed a young Mr. Wills and was tried for murder. and convicted of manslaughter with rec ommendation to mercy and was sen tenced to five years. An appeal was taken to the supreme court, but that tribunal refused to change the sen tence or verdict of the lower court. We notice now that through his at torney the supreme court has issued an order .staying the remittitur for the purpose of determining whether or not a rehearing would be granted, Newberry Boy Makes Good. It is always a pleasu.re to hear of Newberry boys "making good." Charles Roberts Seabrook is one of them. He is going ahead rapidly. Af ter filling a responsible position with leading architects of Norfolk, Va., for about eighteen months, he was call ed by the Maryland Portland CementI Company to Hagerstown, Md., to hold the architectural end of the construc tion of its great .$300,000 plant near that city. The headquarters of Major Lewis are at Leeds. Alabama, and a few weeks ago your g Seabrook was temprarly transferred to Leeds, to there continue the designing for the Hagerstown plant. ______ Will Remain In Geneva. Miss Agnes Summer, after visiting Berlin, Dresden, Nuremberg, Munich, Germany, Austria, Venice, Florence, Rome, Pisa, Milon, Italy, Lucerne, Interlaken, Bale, Switzerland; May ene. Heidleberg. and the Rhine Ger many, Paris and Versai:les. France. decided to remain in Geneva, where she will spend a year studying the French and German languages and he histor of those countries. TO LAY CORNER STONE. Corner Stone of rirst Baptist Church Will Be Laid This Afternoon At Six O'clock. The corner stone of the First Bap tist church will be laid this after noon at 6 o'clock. Appropriate ser vices Wil be held and Rev. Mr. Wright, the pastor, wilL.r&0d a his tory of the church, taking up this his tory from 1S81. It will be recalled by some of the older members that on January 1st, 1882, the semi-ecenten nial of the founding of fe church was observed and the Rev. Luther Broaddus, pastor at that time. deliv ered a historical sketch covering the fitry years from the founding of the church. The Herald and News will print this sketch of Mr. Broaddus' in full in its Friday's issue together with the historical sketch, which will be read by the Rev. Mr. Wright this afternoon as well as the account of the ceremonies incident to the laying of the corner stone. Information Wanted. "If Sam B. Stanyard formerly of Charleston, who came to Newberry a year or so ago, will oommunieate with this office or write to Gen. J. L. Stop pelbein, 305 Capitol Avenue, AtLan ta. he will learn something to his in terest." Fine Cotton. Mr. J. M. Suber, who lives near Ja lapa. and who purchased a year ago the Wilson place from Mr. H. L. Parr, has one of the finest crops this year in the county. It will be recalled that he made a very large yield of oats and his cotton crop is exception ally fine, and the same may be said of his corn crop. He has cotton, which is four feet high. and he has counted as many as 377 bolls and shapes on a stalk. Cotten fruited in this way, if it all matures, ought to make from three to four bales to. the acre. It takes eighty to one hundred bolls to make a pound. Death of Miss Baker. Miss Carrie Hattie' Baker, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. A.-BIker, of near Prosperity, aged eleven years, died on August 16,41907,- of typhoid fever. *The funeral was eondueted on Sat urday, the 17th, at Bethel chin-ch by Rev. L. B. White and- was oie of the most largely attended funerals that has been held in this community for many years. It was only about a year ag-o that an older brother of the young lady died at Mollohon Mills after a brief illness, and at the present time anoth er brother and a sister are very ill with the same malady. The .family have the sympathy of their many friends. Two Pine Mules Killed. During the .heavy rain of last Thursday, whieh seems to have been pretty general throughout the county, the heaviest down-pour appeared to have be?n in the city. It ws accom panied in some sections by severe Mr. Ed Shealy, who lives in No. 10 Township near St. Pauls eihurch had the misfortune to have two very fine mules struck by lightning and in stantly killed. No other damage was done. The mules were probably worth $500. During the~ same day while hauling wood from a new ground another of Mr. Shealy 's mul es was snagged very~ severely. Large Melon. Mr. L. M. Fellers, who always grows very fine watermelons, had one in Newberry on Friday *hieh weigh ed 88 pounds... He has been trying to reah 100 pounds. Last year his heav est melon was 85 pounds. He start ed a few years ago with the largest one weighing 66 pounds. They are from the Florida Perfeition. The melon was bought by Capt. Langford. of 'the Express Company, and shipped away. The Death of Mr. George Maffett. Mr. .George C. Maffett one of Salu i: coi;nty's 'odest eiG9zens was hi ed last Sat urday afternoon at Trinity Luteran a h in t' pre.sence oft )me of the idigest gghrg~ crer seen at that church. Mr. Maffett wsa native og Newberry county, moving to Saluda after the war. He was a good soldier, serving the entire *four years. He was a lieut in his brother( Capt. Middleton Maffett 's) company of the Holcombe Legion. He was a good mnan, a faithful Christian, had for a number of years been a member of the Lutheran church. He leaves, a widow, six sons and two daughters. This being the first death in his immediate family. Mr. Maf fatt was a brother-in-law to the late Probate Judge J. C. Wilson, they REV. L. B. WHITE RESIGNS. Will Take Course in Southern Baptist Theological Seminary at Louis ville. Rev. L. B. White. who has been the pastor of West End Baptist church and in connection with several cliurch es in the county for the past year. has teqdered his resignation to take effect at once. Mr. White expects to go to Louisville. Ky., and will spend two years in the Southern Bap tist Theolo-ical Seminary located in this city. Mr. White has served the churches in this county very faithfully dur ing his brief pastorate and has very mulcl endeared himself to the peo ple of the community. He will enter the seminary at the opening of the fall session. No action has yet been taken as to his successor, but it is understood that the congregation will call a pastor in the next few days. NEWS FROM CHAPPELLS. Trying the Williamson Plan-Many Fair Visitors From Many Places. Chappells, S. C., Aug. 15, 1907. Glenn-Smith Mercantile Company are erecting a handsome new brick building. They expect to handle up to date furniture. Mr. W. R. Smith. Sr.. is rebuildinz warehouse which was lt)wl down some time aoo. Miss Julia Haitiwanges-, a very accomplished ,musician from Edge fielt. spent several days with Miss Julia Smith. Miss Christeen Frazier, one of Nine ty Six most popular young ladies, who has been visiting Miss Julia Smith left for her home last Monday. Miss Mae Reid left several days ago for Abbeville, Hendersonville vid other places. Miss Evans from Clemson and Miss Addison from Abbeville visited Miss Ewrin Addison last week. Mrs. W. T. Glenn returned home yesterday. Mr. Jess Hott. Jr., and Mr. Will Smith left for Glenia Springs today. Messrs John Muraud and Smith WUhit6 expect to join them in Hender sonville next Sunday. Mrs. and Miss Holmes from Texas, are visiting Mrs. F. V. Dickert. Mr. W. E. Reid from Bennettsvill camne up Sunday to spend a few days at his old home. Mr. B. W. Watkins is very much pleased with "Williamson plan" of raising corn. We believe he will make 50.. bushels per acre-stalks and all but putting all jokes aside he really has some very fine corn. Mr. A. P. Coleman and Mr. J. B. Surry, who tried severals acres on the "stunting plan" .reports that it (orn) is still stunted. Mrs. Sid Haltiwanger, of Ninety Sx, paid a short visit to Mrs. W. R. Reid. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Scurry from Newberry, attended preaching at Mor ris Chapel Sunday. Mr. White, pastor of Cross Roads and Saluda church resigned recently. Mr. White had the. confidence of the entire communtiy and we all deeply regret to see him leave. ' Mrs. L. H. Watts and Mr. W. J. Holloway, Jr., were in Chappells a few days ago. Messrs. Jim Scurry and Flemming Boyd on their way home to Spartan. burg, stopped over for a short while. / X. Old Folks' Day. Old Folk's Day will' be observed at Colony Lutheran church next Sun day, August 25th. There will be two services end dinner will be served on the rg;o'nds. Rev.' J..D.. Bowles is expected to make an ylress on this occasion and there will pobably be two or thrEee other talke. The Rev. J. A. Sligh is pastor of Colonyv. This will be an interesting and inernective occasion and no doubt a larac ettendance will bhe out. A Social Picnic at Union School There will be a social picnic of Un ion Academy in the grove near Mrs. Jimmie Epps' on Saturday next, the 24th. Superintendent of Education J. S. Wheeler and J. B. O'bieall Holloway are invited to -speak on that occasion. The public is cordially invited to at. tend and bring well filled baskets. Those distinguished gentlemen will tell you something worth hearing along the line of education. Excelsior Farmers' Union. There will be a meeting of the Ex elsior Farmers' Union at Excelsior Academy on Saturday. August 24. at 2 o'clock. - The memtbers are earnest ly requested to attend promptly. John M. Schumpert, WHITMIRE TO GREER. Proposed Road Connecting Seaboard And Southern-Subscription Plan for Bi1ding. The construction of a railroad from Whitinire. on the Seaboard Air Line, to (Jreer. on the Southern. a distance of (io miles. is now proposed. Mr. Lowiidles J. Browning. ot Sedalia, is the noving spirit behind the proposi tion. and although nothing definite has been decided upon he believes that his plans are feasible and can be easily carried through. The proposed route is through a very fine farming seetion, and would open up a territory that is badly in need of railroad facil ities. Mr. Brownin-_,'s idea. according to The Union Times of this week. is to build a railroad with Whitmire. on the Seaboard. and Greer, on the main line of the Southern, as terminals, crossing the Charleston and Wesfern Carolina road at Woodruff. The post offices along the proposed route at the present time are: Whitmire, Sedalia, Cross Keys, Cross Anchor, Hobbyville Cashville, Reidville and Greer. The line would be in Union, Spartanburg and Greenville counties. It . would reach within easy distance of several cotton mills, the Glenn-Lowry Mills being situated at Whitmire and the Enoree Mills and Pelham Mills not far off. Mr. Browning claims that of the sixty miles. fifty-five of them could be graded with a two-horse plow, so level is the ecuntry. and the ouly tres 'n the entire route would be at Whitmire. There are no streams to cross. the line following the ridge be tween Enoree and Tyger rivers. Because of the easy grading it is estimated that the cost of construe tion would be comparatively small. It is calculated that the grading could be done at the nominal cost of $1,500 per mile. The rolling stock would cost approximately $10,000 a mile, bringing the total cost of construe tion and equipment up to not exceed ing $80,000. Mr. Browning's plan is to raise $150,000 in cash subscriptions and float bonds for $600.000. He has al ready placed $300,000 of the bonds and if the cash subscriptions of $150, 000 ean be raised the remaining$300. 000 in bonds can be floated without any trouble and the road will be built. The above is from the Greenville News of Saturday. This road is head ed in the right direction, an2d if it should be built, it is so much more the reason why the road, which we have said so much about from Angus .ta to Whitmire, could be pushed. It would seem from this statement from the Greenville News that the persons behind that enterprise mean business. A road across the country tt r ards 'Augus*h will open 'a section of the state that is sadly in need of railroad facilities. We should be very glad to see this road built, be ause if it is, it will be eventually ex tended to Newberry even if our rail road enterprises and projects between Whitmire and Augusta, whikh are now being agitated, should fail Barbecue. The undersigned will furnish a first class barbecue at West End on Sat urday, August 31st. G. W. Hiller. James E. Shealy. WANTED-We want you to know that we still represent a good Laun dry and are prepared to do good work. Give us a trial. Agency at Herald and News. . Broaddus & Ruff. PROVIDE YOUR WINTER SUP PLY of coal now. Do not wait un til winter, or you will be disappoint ed. You can secure the best quality at the lowest price now as I am de livery from car, the indications even now are that it will be more difficult to h.ave shipments the comn ing fall and winter, than last win ter. the progress in the south sur passes the previous year, the de mand for coal is greater, and the best grades scarcer. Order now, and I will keep you supplied. Prices to day from car $3.50. John Scott. MUSIC CLASS--Miss Lois Goggans will begin her music school on the 11th of September. 2taw. 4t. 8-20. HAVE YOUR HOUSE wired by the Newberry Electric Co. Work promptly and carefdlly attended. For information apply to Jno. C. Gogga ns, Jr. LUMBBE FOR SALE-House bill furnished around at mill seven miles from Prosperity at $7.50 per thousand. Terms Cash'. Bozer and Koon, Prosperitv.,R. F. D. 1. The Local Market. Meat .. .. .. .. . . to 12 Hams .. .. ......... .. 16 to 18 Best Lard .. ...... 13 Best N. 0. Molasses ... ... 60 to 7 Good M. 0. Molasses.... 35 to 46 Corn .. .. .. .. .. ..... 85 Meal ................ 85 Mixed Chicken Food .... 90 Hay ..............1.35 to 1.50 Ist Patent Flour .. ....5.00 to 5.25 2nd Patent Flour .. ....4.50 to 4.75 Good Ordinary Flour... .3.50 to 4.00 Sugar .... .... .... ... 5 1-2 Rice .. .. .......... 5to8 1-3 Coffee Roasted .... .. .. 15 Coffee, Green .........10 to 20 Cotton Seed meal 1.40 Eggs.... ..........20 Poultry ..1.. .... ..10e. lb. Peas .... .. ........... 2.00 MISS MAZIE DOMINIOK (Peabody Conservatory of Musie, Baltimore.) PIANO. Peabody Method. Studio opens September 16, 1907. Apply for Terms. SPECIAL NOTICES. 1 CENTAWORD. No advertisement taken for less than 25 cents. FOR EXCHANGE OR SALE-Large draft horse, 9 years old. Lady or children can drive, absolutely fear less, want smaller buggy horse. Dr. Meldau. Newberry, S. C. FOR SALE-Babcock canopy top surry-been -used very little, will sell at a bargain to quick purchaser. Dr. Meldau, Newberry, S. C. WANTED-Teacher for Central School, term five or six months. State salary. Address L. A. Sheely, J. A. Counts, P. 0. W. Setzler, Pomaria, S. C. CHARLOTTE STEAM LAUNDRV, H. M. Lindsay agent. (at Jones' Grocery.) Satisfaction guaranteed. Basket leaves Wednesday, returns Saturday. 3t 2taw. CLOSING OUT SALE-Everd l in the house will be sold at cost until Sept. 1st. Preparing to move into store room recently occnpied by S. B. Jones, and rather than break up half our stuff in moving we will give onr friends a ohane to buy everything in china, crocekery, agate and tin ware at cost. Come and get a good selection before ev ery thing is picked over. Upper Watts' Racket Store. UprMain Street. FOR SALE-216 acres of land lying in S..maCo. north 5miles from ~ Leesville on Holley's Ferry publie road. The're is 3 good framped ten ant houses on place, 4 large farms in eultivation, good framed barai and cotton house, a good well of water and 2 good springs, a good pasture, 30 acres natural forest Isome sawstock cut out. This place Iis' just roling enough to drain the water off, all good cultivating -land except 5 or 6 acres and is in a good community with churches and schools near by. If you want a good place near town' now is your time to buy. Address. 4 S Crowel1 Mitchell, Box 274. Leesville, S. C. FOR SALE-Well improv'ed place 6 miles from Chappells and 8 miles from Saluda C. H. ~Address .J. C. Wyse, Chappells, S. C., R. F. D. No. 2 WANTED to buy 16,000 bushels red oats in car lots or less. Quote best price f o b your depot and send samples. Dixie Flour and Grain Co., Laurens., S. C. GREENWOOD LUMBER and 1301) bin Mfg. Co.,. Greenwood, S.- C. Manufacturers of doors, sash,. blinds, flooring, ceiling, mouldings. etc. Mill work a specialty. BEFORE BUYING or selling a farm or any property, write The Carolins Realty and Trust Company, Bishoprille, S. C. tf 2taw. I HAVE MOVED by sale, feed and livery stables to my new barn in Thoimpson street in rear of the new court house, where I will be pleas ed to have my friends call and I as sure them of the very best treat ment. J. G Brown.