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The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-07-09
NEW RIVER AND NEW LAKE.
The Arizona Wonder Continues to Cause
Intense Excitement.

YUMA, Ariz., July THE water IS
still rising two inches a day. The lake
is fifteen by fifty miles. Three times
as much water is coming into the lake
as three days ago. =,
The water in the current is fresh, at
1O5 degrees heat, caused by the sun, hot
sands and width Of exposure. Excite
ment is intense. ,;
An Indian just in from the South
and West saws an immense spring has
broken out, and that big river runs
from it into the lake. Tracing the
Indians story, the outbreak OF water
is thirty miles west of North Indian
wells, in the ancient bed of Carson
creek on the north side Of the run that
separates the two great basins. This is
theory from the start, that water sank
into sand holes, ran under the river
and came to the surface down near th,
desert.
n ar Threnberg, report says an inn
mense whirlpool exists in the rver;
that the water is sinking fast; that the
river is falling at that point. Just be-
low there the water is twenty feet,
having fallen six inches in three days.
The railroad company is eXhaustlng
every source to get at the facts. Its
engineers say they cannot protect the
tract across the desert for two months
from the present rate of rise. Com
petent engineers compute to to-day
that it will take two years to fill the
great basin.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-07-09
Beth Eden Items.

Mrs. L. A. Hawkins has just returned
from a visit to Cannon's Creek neigh
borhood.
Miss Fannie Chandler is spending a
few days in Newberry with her cousin
Mrs. Hunter.
June Bug" we have certainly en-
joyed your stay, and shall miss your
:'dotsn very much. Rest up but not
too long, and come back again soon.
Rev. w. A. Julian has finished
taking up his onions. They are nice
indeed. He planted half bushel of
sets on OIL e-sixth ofan acre, and gathered
fourteen bushels Of onions. Who can
beat that?
Mis- Eumice Sigh will visit friends
at Clinton the last of this week. She
will leave US Wednesday, the Sth. We
shall miss her very much, as two of
our young ladies, Misses Julia and
Mamie Folk have already gone to
Columbia to spend a month or two.
On last Friday an1 Saturday we at
tended the Teachers Association which
met at Rutherford Academy. The
meeting passed off very pleasantly, and
every one went home feeling that the
time had been we'll spent. We think
much valuable information can be
gained from attending these meetings.
Mr.. Jas. Lee, of Union, visited our
community last Saturday, and was
seen out riding with his best girl. Is
it possible that one of our young ladies
prefers a home in Union to the pleas
ant one she now has in Newberry? We
think We have the incest place in the
whole country to live, and can't see
why any one would care to mako a
change but guess Miss can eX-
Dlain
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-07-09
Resolutions Of Respect.

The following resolutions were
adopted by the Alumni Association of
Newberry College at the annual meet
ing in June, 1891:
WHEREAS, In his inscrutable provi-
dence, an all-wise God has allowed
death to rob US of our we'll beloved
brother aud friend, Rev. J. E. Berly,
in whom we knew, from long and init
mate association, many precious Vir-
tues united, unselfishness, kindness,
purity and peace, and for!whom We had
learned to cherish regard such as few
men are able to call forth; therefore,
Resolved /, That in the death of Bro.
Berley the Alumni Association of New
berry College has lost one of its most
useful mem bers, Newberry College one
of its best friends, the church one Of
its most promising men, and the State
a valuable citizen.
,. That our sympathy is hereby ex-
tended to the relatives and friends of
our deceased brother, with the consola-
ton that we believe in this life he was
the servant of those forces which make
for the betterment of the human race,
and in the life to come he is the recipi-
ent of those blessings that are the lot of
the faithful followers of Jesus Christ.
3. That copy of these resolutions be
transmitted TO his family, and sent to
the Lutheran Visitor, the Newberry
Herald and News, the Newberry OBJ
server, and the Lexington Dispatch.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-07-09
THE JURY QUESTION.
Judge Hudson Does Not Agree with Judge
Frazer.

YoRKvILLE, S. c., July 2:-Court OF
general sessions convened here Mon
day, Judge Hudson presiding. The
case which excited most interest at this
term of the court was the case of the
State against DR.. John May, Jr., for
selling liquor without license. Verdict,
not guilty. DR.. May was represented
by Maj. J. F. Hart, Thos. +. Mellow
and J. S. Brice. =
When the case was called, the de-
fendant's attorneys moved for con-
tlnuance on the ground Of the absence
of material witnesses for the defence.
This molten WAS refused, and the case
ordered for Trial.
Counsel for defendant then moved to
ouash the veGire for grand and petit
jurors drawn for the present term OF
the court.
In presenting the motion, Maj. J. F.
Hart made most clear and admirable
argument. Al the conclusion of the
arguments of Solicitor Mcdonald,
Judge Hudson Immediately rendered
decision refusing to quash the venires
on the grounds that informalities are
not sufficient to vitiate legal proceed
ings.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-07-09
TauchanVille Notes.

We are needing rain badly; crops are
falling.
On Saturday, the negroes gave a
large barbecue in Vaughanville.
Miss Bennie Matthews has returned
home from WILLIAMSON.
Miss Belle Williams, our little friend,
has gone to Goldville. She expects to
make that her home.
Mrs. P. II. Koon paid a flying visit
to Cross Hill last Saturday.
Rev. G. NJ. Boyd and wife have been
visiting his father at Newberry.
The postoffice at Vaughanville is not
so crowded with such large letters.
Surely some of the young ladies have
left.
Miss Annie Leece Day has been Wis
ting Miss Fannie Matthews.
There are so many new buggies roll
ing Vaughanville. What does it mean?
why, it means the girls will get to ride.
Mrs. l.. Pitts and Miss Lucy have
been visiting Mrs. Whit Goodwin at
Goldville.
Mr.. P. H. Koon is out with bis
thresher. Grain crops are small.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-07-09
THACKSTON'S STATEMENT.

The Herald and News publishes this
week Mr.. Thackston's second chapter
of explanation. He says now he was
mistaken as Mr.. Mayfield says he was.
When it is remembered that he IS Sec
retary Of the State Board of Examiners
in whose hands the official proceedings
of the board ought to be, it looks little
strange that he should be so badly mis-
taken in the actions of the board es-
pecially in matter so nearly concern
ing him. Then 100, how is it be should
write that first defence Of his and yet
not know that the board never passed
the resolution subsidizing his publica-
ton. But then We do not care to be
hard in our urjudgment Of Ir. Thackston
and will have to take it for granted,
we presume, that he was only "mls'
taken" But how much better II
would have been if he had gotten the
facts before writing his first explana'
ton and just admitted then that he
was mistaken.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-07-09
ANNUAL SUMMER MEETING
OF the Colored State Fair Association al
Newberry.

The summer meeting of the Colored
State Agricultural and Mechanical AS
sociation of South Carolina will be held
at Newberry August and 5, next.
The railroad authorities have been re-
quested to grant reduced rates to dele
gai es and visitors to the meeting. The
netting promises to be of important
il terest, as several counties have been
canvassed with good success. The COM
mittee at Newberry will make ample
arrangements for the reception and
entertainment of delegate md visitors.
The following programme of essays
will be read and discussed: "Science
of Experimental Agriculture" by Rev.
J. H. Williams; Utility of Inven-
tions," by G. G.. Garrick; practical
economy" by R. NJ. Minton; "Neces-
sity of Comfortable Homes" by Prof.
B. F. Means; "Capability of the Col
ored Race" by Prof. A. E. Hampton:
There will be several other essays of
practical interest. The summer meet
ing promises to be largely attended,
and the management expect to give a
fine Ia. next year.-The State, 7th.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-07-09
yEsuy1Us GIVES TIMELY WARNING
A Great Eruption Believd to Be lmpend'
1nc-The Inhabitants Terror Stricken.

LONDON, July "A dispatch from
Rome says that the villagers in the Vi
cinity of Mount Vesuvius are abandon
ing their homes and their vineyards,
fearing that one of the greatest erup-
tions in the history Of the mountain is
impending. The earthquake shocks
that have always preceded destructive
out-bursts of the volcano in the past
have been felt in several parts of Italy,
and of late in close proximity to the
mountain. The authorities Of Naples
are keeping a close watch for signs of
increasing danger, and visitors have
been warned not to approach too near
to the crater, and to avoid the path OF
the lava.
Since the death of a Brazilian jour
nalist a few days ago by falling into the
crater, several travellers have shown a
morbid desire to gaze into the pit of
moulten lava in which the unfortunate
man disappeared. In such cases, should
another fatal accident occur, the guide,
the perfect of police has stated, will be
prosecuted.
It is the opinion of Italian scientists
that the earthquakes now afflicting the
peninsula will increase in violence until
Vesuvius breaks out in serious erup-
ton, and that then the earthquake
visitations will for the present SUBJ
side.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-07-09
AN EDITOR MURDERED BY ToUGHs.
Stabbed to Death at Sumter PIC Nc
While Trying to Stop Row.

CAMDEN, July 5:-Some particulars
of the death of Editor ]. D. Shaw, OF
the Bishopville Eagle, at a picnic at
Kings mill, in this county, have been
obtained, although neither the coroner
nor sheriff, who went to the scene
Immediately y on receipt of the first news,
have returned.
About p. m. the ladies and gentle
men were dancing under gin house,
when Del and Doras Kelly came up,
cursirg and apparently drunk. They
were 50 offensive that several persons,
among them J. D. Shaw, Robert. A.
Baskins and J. W. Gardner, tried 10
get them to leave and walked OH Win
them. When they were about nifty
wards from the gin Doras Kelly and
:. D. Shaw clinched. The crowd soon
gathered thick around the complaints.
When they were separated Shaw
walked off, saying he was cut, and died
in a few moments. He had been
stabbed in the left side of his back with
a pocket knife. Baskins was bleeding,
and was found to be cut in nearly the
same place by Del Kelly, and the
wound is feared to be fatal, ]. W. Gard
ner received severe bruises on the arm.
Del Kelly was captured and securely
tied to a tree, and was threatened with
lynching at the time my informant
left.
Dozier Kelly ran fast, got gun out OF
neighboring house, and had not been
caught when my informant left, who
thinks that the crowd was terribly IN
earnest, but it is thought that some
cool men would prevent the lynchlng
until the arrival of Sheriff Halle.
Del Kelly had little or nothing TO say
except to request to be turned loose.
He was tied hard and fast to tree.
There seems to be no doubt that the
Kellys were drunk and trying TO break
up the pleasures of the day, and Shaw
and others were trying to get them to
leave peaceably.
The governor has offered reward OF
$3.50 for the missing murderer. There
are yet fears oflynching.
DEATH OF ROBERT BAsKINs.
BIsuoPvILLE. July 6.-Robert Bas-
kins, who was stabbed in the melee IN
which Editor Shaw was killed, died
this morning. D. O. Kelly, a brother
of Doras Kelly, has been arrested and
lodged in Camden jail as an accessory.
Doras Kelly is still at large.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-07-09
SILK CULTURE.
An Experiment by Sumter Lady which
has Succeeded Handsomely.
News and Courier.


Mrs. Z. P. Moses, of Sumter, has
sent the News and Courier several
beautiful samples of silk raised by her
at her home in Sumter. This silk is
the product of the eighth years crop
and is as fine a specimen as can be
found anywhere.
In a note to the News and Courier
Mrs. Moses says that she has raised q
quantity Of silk cocoons for market, and
has enough to produce 10000 silk
worms next spring.
The breed raised is of rich yellow
color known as Marches" She says
that the climate of this State is admira-
BILE for silk culture, all the conditions
being favorable to the growth OF the
trees needed by the worms. The season
Just ended has been short but very
successful cue.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-07-09
SENATOR TREY GIVEN THE LIE.
Ex-Supervisor McElroy Draws His Pistol
on Him-An Encounter Prevented.
jSpecial to the State. |


LAURESs, S. c., July,3.-In the ALI
ance convention to-day in the court
house, the work and words were red
hot. McElroy, the lately beheaded
supervisor of registration, lntimated
that Senator Irby and Congressman
Shell inspired the Evans-Haskell letter
and failed to back him later. They
denied the soft impeachment. McElroy
gave the lie to the senator. Both ad-
vanced, McElroy with d drawn pistol,
announcing that be was ready for the
fray. Men of peace prevented an en-
counter. There was much excitement.
In reference to his charge against
Senator Irby, AlcElroy's statement is
about as follows: That Senator Irby
rallied him and said that the invitation
| to Haskell was an insult to himselfand
the Tillman party: and requested him
(N1cElroy) to write the original anti
Haskell article, which appeared in the
Herald; that Col. Irby told him that
he had much of the brains CT the party
and welded facile pen; that he then
wrote the article. On the evening Of
the Evans explanation, after Evans
| udO NSluduuSO IL, NiC14I4oS "Sht w q
law office where IrDy was. 1t is said
that he asked the senator for 4 pistol or
the loan of money to buy one with
which to defend himself, and that the
senator declined to obiige him. Nc
Elroy then went to Roland's store
alone, and the dramatic incidents oc-
Cured which have already been pub
! lished.
The part of this dispatch relating to
the visit to the law office The State
correspondent did not get from Nc
Elroy, but the facts are given as they
are current here. There seems to be no
doubt that Col. Irby was in the law
office on the evening mentioned, and
that Immediately after Mr.. Evans
demand for a retraction Mr.. McElroy
paid the alleged visit.
The issue seems to be simply one of
veracity between the senator and the
eX-supervisor.
l have not been able to learn the
groundes of the charge against Shell.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-07-09

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF NEWBERRY-IN
PROBATE COURT.
BY J. B. Fellers, Esq, Probate Judge.
WHEREAS Eustatia A. Wedaman
w hath made suit to me to grant
her Letters of Administration of the
Estate and effects of John D. Weda-
man, deceased.
These are, therefore, to cite and ad-
monish all and singular the kindred
and creditors of the said John D. We'd
aman, deceased, that they be and
appear before ne, in the Court Of Pro
bate, to be held at Newberry Court
House, on the 18th day of July,
1891, after publication hereof, at II
o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause,
if any they have, why the said Admin
istration should not be granted.
Given under my hand this End day
of July A. D., 1891.
J. B. FELLERS, J. P. n. c..
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-07-09
Jackson aud His Daughter Rest Togeth' r.

LEXINGTON, Va, July Cit has
Just been learned that on Friday night
last the body of Mrs. Julia Jackson
Christian, daughter of Stonewall Jack
son, was on Friday night at 10 o'clock
secretly removed from its resting
place in the city cemetery and placed
in crypt in the vault besides her dis.
tinguished father, whose remains will
be placed under the Jackson statue
Her husband on Friday gave permis-
sion for the removal of the body.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-07-09
The Slate Business.
fGreonvi1]e News |

We do not think the Newberry
Herald and News has got the slate for
next wear correct. Putting past events
and present developments together,
we are inclined to believe that Alliance
Lecturer Talbert is camping on the
trail of Uncle George Tillman and has
his eye glued upon the seat in congress
now occupied by that robust states
man.
Anyhow, sanguine and ambitious
brethren should not forget that the
Tillman family is in the slate business
itself and will oe mighty likely to have
some remarks to make and some scuf-
fling to do before the grand divide is
completed.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-07-09

The pension roll of the Government
now amounts TO one hundred and
twenty-five million dollars year. 1t
hes increased about S50,000,000 in the
past five years. Another war or two
would pauperize the nation.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-07-09
A Record-Breaking Year.
1Greenyille News.

Mrs. Lucinda Jones, living near Hun
tersville, has recently cut eight new
teeth. She is 81 years old and does not
know what to make Of the strange oc-
currence. The story is vouched for by
Mrs. Jones' brother, Jackson Brown,
well known farmer Of this county.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-07-09

Gov. Tillman is right when he wants
the sub-treasury tilt between himself
and Major Terrell to be held in the
open air where everybody can hear it.
1t will all come out anyhow, so what
is the use of closed doors?
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-07-09

Hannibal Hamlin died at his home
in Bangor, Maine, on July 4th. He
was vice-president during Lineoln's
first term, and prior to 1856 had been a
lifelong Democrat. He was eighty
one years old.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-07-09

DR.. G. W. Holland, of Newberry
College, will make an address on
"Habits of Education" anG Prof. J. +.
Brown, of the Newberry Graded
Schools, will read a paper on 1.-The
Graded School system as modified by
the needs of small towns" at the State
Teachers Association at Anderson on
July 22-24.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-07-09

A hundred years ago people were
hanged in South Carolina for horse
stealing. It isn't fashionable now to
hang them for numbering q fellow
mortal.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-07-09

Four murders occurred in South
Carolina on the GLORIOUS fourth" I"
That is the part the nimble pistol plays
in the celebration.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-07-09

National Lecturer Willetts, Of the AL
lance, will speak at Greenwood to-day.
DR.. J. VIM. Stokes, State President,
will also be present.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-07-09

Mr.. Williams said, I cant a0eN do 1t,
when Gov. Tillman telegraphed him
to go to jail rather than surrender the
registration books.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-07-09
.Ne2C Advertisements.
House P2jltiDQ.

THE undersigned beg leave to in
i form the public that they are
prepared to make estimates on House
Painting and Kalsomining.
All work guaranteed.
KIBLER & JACKSON.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-07-09

Trains :. s, 6, 10, X, II, Il, Is, 4, 43, Daily
excepr sunday. Pullman Sleeper on Trains
IS and ,6 between Charleston and Cincinnati
Ohio, via Atlantic Coast Lire, Columbia
Asheville, Paint Rock, Morrstown, Knox
vile, Jellico and Junction city.
j. A. DODSON. Superintendent.
". H. GREEN, General Manager
JAS, L. TAYLOR, Gent Pass. Agent
D. CALDWELL. Div. Pass. Agt.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-07-09
IS he IN IT?
An Alarming Ru,nor of John Peter Rich
ardSon.
1Snartanh1ro Herald I

lSpartanburg Herald:
How does Ex-Governor John Peter
Richardson stand on the suo-treasury?
Rumors are afoat that he has taken
his medicine-swallowed the Ocala
prescription without question and ex-
poets to go to Congress straightway.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-07-09

Galveston and Baton Rouge were
visited last Saturday and Sunday by
fierce and destructive tornadoes.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-07-09
TERRELL AND TILLMAS.
President Stokes Says that their Debate
Must take Place in Secret.
GCotton Plant, 4th. !


In its issue of June 80 a reporter for
the News and Courier represents
Governor Tillman as talking about bis
proposed debate with Colonel Terrell
before the Ste e Alliance. The governor
is represented as saying be expected the
debate to be in public.
The reporter has evidently misunder-
stood the governor. This Is evident Tor
several reasons.
l. The governor is an alliance man,
and knows that the alliance never
stultities itself by putting up two of its
members TO wrangle over its plans and
policies in public. The challenge was
TO debate the question before tbe State
Alliance, which sits with closed doors.
2. The governor certainly knows, II
he has kept up his general reading
even, that the Ocaia demands have
been adopted by more than one State
Alliance, as the reporter makes hlm
say. He should know, as every reading
non alliance man knows, that the sub
treasury plan was adopted by our State
Alliance last year; and by every state
Alliance that has taken actlon-on!y
one, so for, having failed to take ac-
| ton.
). Besides, the governor was ADVISED
several weeks ago, When he approached
me Oh this subject, that | understood a
debate between two alliance men be-
fore the State Alliance, for the avowed
purpose of changing that body from
its Judgment deliberately expressed a
year ago, to be necessarily private
| affair.
4. AS we'll posted alliance man the
governor would not speak Of Colonel
Terrell as the national lecturer.
For all these reasons, am convinced
that the reporter misunderstood the
governor.
Nevertheless, to avoid the possibility
| of a mistake, growing out OF the pur-
ported interview, l hereby announce
that the debate between Colonel Terrell
and Governor Tillman will take place
| before the State Alliance, i'll regular
session, as at first agreed upon, July
%, at Spartanburg.
J. WM. SToKFs,
President 5. T.. +. n.
WANTS 1T IN OPEN AIR.
lThe State, 5th.
Governor Tillman as already lndl'
Gated docs not wish to discuss the sub
treasury scheme with Ben Terrell on
the 22ld, in secret meeting. fester-
day he said he greatly preferred to
speak out in the open air where every
body could hear if they wished to. he
has great horror he says in speaking
in a packed hall, as on this occasion
his audience will be such, for he suffers
from heat very much. He wants the
open air as it is hard on a speaker tc
talk about an hour, especially when be
become wrapped up i'll his subject as be
does. But Stokes decree spoils all.
AN ALLIANCEMAN's PREDICTION.
Especial to the State.]
| GREESv1LLE, S. c., July Ga
prominent Allianceman and politician
predicted to-day to a reporter that Gov
ernor Tillman will change front on the
sub-treasury question in three weeks.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-07-09
ADVERTISED LETTERS.

POST OFFICE, NEwBERRT, s. G.
List OF letters unclaimed and advertised
July 8, 1891.
cromer. Miss Kate Maddox. Green
neNoou, NC May, Miss Alice
Durra. Mrs Harriet Pat.er, Mrs Mary
Gallman, Charlie Randle, Lima
Hawkins L Shelton, Maggie
Hunter, George Williams, Miss Mamie
Persons calling for the above letters will
please say that they were advertised.
r. MooRMAN, r. NJ.