The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1886-08-18
&'hra.i ira;icmN and Exhibition.


At tn" O'N,all Acadcmy picnic and en-
lIihitjon on last Thur>d day. Father
Ryan'> porIu. "Thc Conquered Bannrr,'
WAS r"cltrl by class OF young ladies,
AnH Il uniformed young man bearing an
set al flag WAS introduced on the stage
in order to give Il realistic effect to this
part oi the days programme. After the
recitation IL WAS announced that the
banner WAS that oi Go. +. :'rtl Reg. $. &.
v: amd Hon. O. l.. Schumpert, who was
tn" youngest member OF that company,
MAS introduced and called upon for Il
speech. His address was one OF the
finest "f the kind that we remember
ever tn have heard. 1t brought tears to
the eyes OF many old veterans, and even
IN" speakers voice was sometimes al
most chukcd with emotion. In the au-
'irncr there were two members of Go.
f.. hr>id"S Capt. Schumpcrl, viz: W. w.
lti~"r, our ciicicn, Sllrriif, and G.. +.
| kNNd. the genial local editor Of the
| Prosperity Press and Reporter. When
| the flag waS presented TO the company
! th"$" three men. who now occupy po-
| ~itiou> Of trust and honor, were mere
| boys from fifteen to twenty years Of ace.
Besides thcm 4 number Of 3rd Reg. men
| were present and thr occasion was made
| quite pleasant reunion, and war stories
| both gray" and gay were told on all
sides.
| The IlaG which occasioncd such an out
! bUrS. a. feeling is Il SQUARE banner of
heavy blue silk surrounded with gold
! iriM%" aNd mounted on Il mahogany stan
about ten feet in height. On one side
in gold letters the words sour God and
| Our Right are archcu over Il palmrt t.
tree. worked in gold coorcd silk. The
other >ilr reads, "'rhc Ladies' of New
berry to the Quitman Rilrm"n." II
WAS presented TO the company Feb. 5th
| 1851, from the Court House steps in
Nrwbcrry, by Rev. Thomas III. Pope on
behalf Of the ladies, and an address was
made in reply to the presentation speech
| 10y j.. +. j. Caldwell, Esq, the color.
| bearer OF the company. IL was borne
| 10y the company on all occasions after
the outbreak Of the war, until ut Cen.
| irrvillr, Va, in Nov. 1861, the war de.
parimcnt OF the Confcdcracy substituted
rrSlhrntal for company flags.
y 4!cvrr 'Thicf Caught.
Chief OF police Chappcli returned from
jacksonville, Fla, on Saturday last
bringing with him a. T.. Small$, the nc
81" who broke into Mrs. Wilbur's house
some time ago and stole watch ant
| so i'm money. The story Of the CAPTURE
i interesting, and it shows that our eli
Gent police officer is possessed of nc
| little skill IL Il detective. lie asccr
tanned some time ago, by means whcl
hr hocS not feel at liberty to make known
that Smalls was in Jacksonville workina
rs Il hricklaycr under the assumed name
OF :. i. HooZcr. \ description of tho
ihicf, his occupation and place of resi-
dcncc were trlcgraphcd to the police o
that city. but repeated attempts to cap
turr him resulted in failure. Mr.. Chap
prll then ascrrtaincd that Il letter hat
been sent from Ncwbcrry to IS. y
Ho"zcr, Jacksonville, Fla.", and thi.
fact was tclc%raphrd to the chief Of 20
lice OF that place with instructions tt
watch the post Office. This was done
An officer sat near the general deliver,
window oi the Jacksonville post oilic(
nearly two days, and at last $. =. Boozcl
came in and asked for his mail, and wa:
Immediately arrested. The stolen watcl
was ON his person, and he made Il ful
confession which implicated his father
Miles Marshal and Dave Holman rs ac
crS>orics in the crime. The two las
were arrested Saturday, and all three
are now in Jail. The chief reports ;
every attention from the officials o
jacksonville.
The Hnrbc"ur nt Prosperity.
The local reporter went down to Pros
| pcrity on Friday last to take in the bar
brcN"--or ut least Il small portion of it
| Ihr crowd in attendance was not large
Candidates were abundant and hand
| shaking and confidential conversation
were the ordcroi the day. In the hottest
| part OF the afternoon the crowd assem-
bed in front Of Scllumpcrt's hotel, aut
speeches were made by Jos. l.. Kcitt, O.
l.. Srhumpcrt and Geo. JohnStone. The
| University, Citadel Academy, Farmers
College and the cana! were the principal
topics discussed. 1t was thought that
candidates for county Offices would bC
given IA chance to speak, but rs soon as
these three gentlemen had finished
speaking the audience scattered and Il
threatening cloud drove many home.
| The day was quiet one and vas enjoy.
cd hy ali present.