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The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1893-05-03
Fine Books Fabulously Cheap.

Many of the choicest books Of the
world are now being issued in styles
and at prices to delight book-lovers
with limited purses. John B. Alden,
Publisher, 81 Rose ST., New York, who
was the pioneer, and is still the leader
in the "Literary Revolution" sends us
a copy Of Bayard Taylor's famous and
delightful "Views Afoot, or Europe
Seen with Knapsack and Staff" as
sample or bis half-morocco gilt top
style, in which he publishes some Of
the worlds most famous books at prices
ranging from 30 cents to 80 cents each,
the same books being issued also in
neat cloth binding at prices ranging
from Is cents up. These books are al
ways in large type, printed on fine
paper, the cloth binding being of ex-
cellent quality, and the half-morocco,
gilt top-style fit to adorn any library.
4 32-page descriptive pamphlet may be
had free, or l2S-page catalogue, a veri-
table feast for book-lovers, may be had
for a 2-cent stamp. Address John B.
Alden, Publisher, 81 Rose Street, New
York,
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1893-05-03
Sand.
Richmond Register.


I observed locomotive in the railroad
yard one day;
1t was waiting in the roundhouse,
where the locomotives stay;
1t was painting for journey, it was
coaled and fully manned,
And it had a box the fireman was fill
ing full of sand.
1t appears that locomotives cannot al
ways get grip
On their slender iron pavement, cause
the wheels are apt to slip;
And when they reach slippery spot
their tactics they command,
And to get grip upon the rail they
sprinkle it with sand.
It's about the way with travel along
life's slippery track,
If your load is rather heavy, and you're
always sliding back;
So, if common locomotive you COM
pletely understand,
You'll provide yourself in starting with
good supply of sand.
If your track is steep and billy and
you have heavy grade,
If those who've gone before you have
the rails quite slippery made,
If you ever reach the summit of the
= upper table-land,
You'll find you'll have to do it with
liberal use of sand.
If you strike some frigid weather, and
discover to your cost
That you are liable to slip on a heavy
coat Of frost,
Then some prompt, decisive action will
he called into demand,
And you'll slip way to the bottom if
you haven't any sand.
You can get TO any station that is on
life's schedule seen
If there's fire beneath the boiler Of am
bition's strong machine;
And you'll reach a place called Flush
town at rate of speed that's grand,
If for all the slippery places you've a
good supply Of sand.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1893-05-03
Ladies' Summer Styles are Nearly Fac
similics Of Those of Our Grandmothers.

Leading designers of fashions are az
ready discussing the revival ofthe styles
of the Louis XIII period, and believe
also that Elizabethan rufies and stoma-
chers will come into fashion for the
summer casino toilets. In making
the new skirts dressmakers perform :
real stroke of magic. Fog while the
amateur modiste finds herself at a loss
to reproduce one of these new models,
the experienced professional knows
how to fit the hips in front gore or
pleat and cause the skirt to suddenly
expand and flare outward at the feet,
where it measures many yards in cir
cumfererce. And this simply because
she wisely takes her knowledge from
the Fashion Magazines published both
in Paris and New York, by A. Nc
Dowell & Co. These illustrated mag
azines are an invaluable guide to any
one who SEEKS information in the latest
fashions. LA Mode de Paris" and
"Paris Album of Fashion, each cost
$3.50 a year, or IS cents copy, and
contain cyclop@dia Of knowledge;on
this subject. THE French Dress
maker" which costs only $500 per
annum, or 80 cents copy, is without a
peer for practical dressmaking. They
also contain lessons on current styles
which alone place them above competi-
ton. "La Mode" with its low sub
scription price of $3.50 year, or Is
cents a copy, is the Home Journal
"par excellence" If unable to find
any of these magazines at your news
dealers do not accept any substitute,
but apply directly to Messrs. A. Nc
Dowell & Co., 4 West 14th Street,
New York.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1893-05-03

In 1852 Mr.. Holloway was elected
cashier of the Bank of Newberry, which
position he held until he purchased
farm at Pomaria in 1885, engaging at
the same time in merchandising and
farming. The former business he con-
tinued until 1850, while also giving his
attention to the supervision of his farm,
Of which he is very fond.
He still resides at Pomaria, devoting
his time entirely to his favorite occu-
patton, at the same time employing
bis unwearying energies in performing
the pressing duties of Secretary of the
State Agricultural and Mechanical So
ciety of South Carolina.
Col. Holloway was member of Po--.
maria Grange, No. q, P. Of H., at its
organization, and the first Worthy Mas
ter. The State Grange was organized
in 1878, and he was the Worthy Stew"
ard until 1877, when he was elected
Secretary, which position he held until
that order was superseded by the AL
lance.
Col. Holloway became member Of
the State Agricultural and Mechanical
Society of South Carolina at its organi-
zation in 1858, and was head clerk
under the late Secretary, A. G. Sum-
mer, and also under Robert G. Gage,
who succeeded Col. Summer, until the
war between the States.
In 1869 the society was reorganized
with Gen. Johnson Hagood as Presi-
dent and the late D. Wyatt Aiken as
Secretary. Under this organization Mr..
Holloway held the position Of head
clerk until 1874, when Col. Aiken de-
clined reelection, and Mr.. Holloway
succeeded him as Secretary and Treas
urer. Owing to the increased work of
the two positions the two offices were
divided few years ago, and he has for
many years been secretary alone. he
has been secretary, altogether, for II
years.
Under his judicious management,
wisely assisted by the President and
the Executive Com mittee, the State
fairs have been a series Of progressive
succe sses, until they are unequaled IN
the South. Col. Holloway has repeat
edly received the merited distinction Of
being the most aggressive and best
qualified secretary in any Of the States.
Col. Holloway has been twice mar
ried. BY his first union be has three
children and fourteen grandchildren.
His second wife is still living, and they
are the happy parents of two children,
a son and daughter, aged, respectively,
Is and 10.
HIS faith is in connection with the
Lutheran Church, and be has been a
member of the Board of Trustees Of
Newberry College for many years. By
his active interest in this institution,
and in other ways, he has Shown him
self the friend and patron Of higher
education.
His course in life has, in large
measure, been directed by the advice
and example of the learned and pious
Chief Justice, John Belton O'Neall, of
whom be was a 1)rOtOge.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1893-05-03
How 10 Pronounce Iowa.
From the Dubuque Herald.

From the Dubuque Herald.
Why do the effete customs thus pre-
vail in mispronouncing the name Of
this State as I-o-wah, accenting the
second syllable? No resident ofthe State
pronounces it in that heathenish way
but correctly I-o-way, the first syllable
accented. In fact, the name was some
times spelled "Ioway' on old maps,
noticeably one accompanying report
of Lewis and Clarke's expedition, pub
lished in 1914. In the body of the re-
port the name is also spelled Ayauway,
a French spelling of the same sounds.
In order to secure firm establishment
Of our rights as to the pronunciation Of
the name of the Hawkeye State, per-
haps the Legislature will have to do as
was done in Arkansas, pass law fix
ing it.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1893-05-03
COL THOS. W. HOLLOWAY.
Secretary of the South Carolina Agricul-
tural and Mechanical Society.
I American Farmer, March l. I


Col. Thos. w. Holloway was born in
the county in which he now resides
(Newberry, S. c. March %, 1929. His
school advantages were limited, but by
wise and careful self-culture he has ac-
quired ready and accurate knowledge
of the English language, and accumu-
lated a large fund of useful informa-
tion7on general subjects.
At the age of Is years he was bereft
Of father and mother, and was COM
PEELED to rely upon his own efforts to
support himselfund to prepare for life's
duties.
In 1916 he went to Columbia, the
Capital of the State, and engaged him
self as clerk in a grocery store, unit!
the Columbia and Greenville Railroad
was built, 25 miles from Columbia,
where he was placed in charge of the
freight department. The road being
continued to Newberry, lie was trans
ferred to this place as agent, but at that
time he was too young to give bond.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1893-05-03
A PRODIGIOUS MEMORY.
An Incident os the Remarkable Ability OF
Librarian Spofford.
Washington Star.7


The prodigious memory Of Librarian
Ainsworth Spotford, of the Congress
sional Library, his remarkable ability
to locate any book among the hun
dreds of thousands under his charge
and his familiarity with the contents
of most of them, is we'll known. In a
chat with The Star representative, AS
sistant Postmaster General H. Clay
Evans related an interesting instance
of Mr.. Spofford's ability.
General Lew Wallace, while dining
with me some time ago." said General
Evans, told me how he got some of
the material for the chapter which
deals with the chariot race between
Ben Hur and MESSIAH. He doubted if
there existed a book in the United
States that contained what he wanted
and referred to his particular matter
and at the period-29 8. C.-but con-
cluded that ifit was not in the Congress
sional library Mr. Spofford could aid
him.
"He came to Washington anu saw
Mr.. Spoford, explaining what he
wanted. No book was on the shelves
ofthe Congressional Library that would
aid him, he was informed, that there
was but one book in the United States
that had any bearing upon the SUBJ
ject.
"'Yor will find it, said Mr.. SpoGord
in the Athenaum Library in Boston.
I don't remember its title; in fact it has
none. Itisan old plainly bound volume.
The librarian will probably tell you he
hasn't it, but he has, because have
seen it and it contains the material you
want. I'll draw diagram of the
library so you can 90 to the book
HE drew the diagram and explained
how General Wallace was to go down
this aisle and into that alcove and that
the book would be found upon a GER
tain shelf so many books from the end.
Armed with the diagram, General
Wallace proceeded tc the Athenaum
library and was informed that they
knew of no volume that contained the
material be sought.
"He received permission to inspect
the library, and consulting his diagram,
soon placed his hand upon an old musty
volume that contained just the material
as to the customs, chariots and races of
the people of whom he wrote, that he
lacked.
II recall another instance. It was
during the debate in congress over the
rules, Speaker Reed presiding. At
torney-General John Ruhm, of Nash
vile, reading of the question in the
newspapers, recalled like question
having come up in the English House
of Lords. He telegraphed me that some
where in the parliament report the de-
bate and its result could be found. T
hurried with the telegram to Mr.. Spof-
ford. He contracted his brows, thought
a moment, and pulled out volume of
the English reports, thumbed over the
pages and said, There's what you
want I ran with it to Tom Bayne,
who was speaking and used it in his
argument. Speaker Reed afterward
using it in an article in one of the
magazines"
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1893-05-03
STORM-sWEPT OKLAHOMA,
Five Cyclones in Seven Hours-Fifty Killed
and Over Hundred Seriously Injured.

GUTHRIE, ONT, April 27.-The very
latest and most authentic information
obtainable from the cyclone devastated
section of the territory is to the effect
that from fifty to sixty human lives
were lost: twenty-five people fatally
injured, and hundred more with in
juries more or less serious. Five dis
tinct cyclones visited different parts of
the Territory between 3 to 9 o'clock
Tuesday evening, and it will be day
before the full amount of the damage
will be known.
The list of fatalities by the cyclone of
Tuesday night grows larger each hour.
In the devastated district near Nor
man thirty-four bodies have been pre-
pared for burial. Several more were
found this morning and half a score of
people are still missing A hundred
and fifty people were injured, six or
eight of whom will die. Near Purcell
eleven people, all members of one Cath
olic congregation, are dead.
Atthe town of Case the storm swept
away nearly every building, and eight
people are killed. At Langston two
are dead. At Cimarron City four are
dead and two dying, and twelve in
jured. East of there two families, num-.
bering five and Six respectively, per-
ished, and in the extreme eastern part
Of Payne County it is believed that
nearly score were killed.
The list of dead will surely aggregate
one hundred, and that of the injured
five times that many.
THE TORNADO IN TEXAS.
GAINESVILLE, TEYAs, April ga
death-dealing cyclone swept down
Montague County, thirty miles west Of
here, Tuesday night. The storm struck
two miles east of Bonita, small rail-
road town, and utterly destroyed every
thing in its path, demolishing houses,
twisting down trees and swapping of
telegraph poles.
The house Of farmer q few miles
from Bonita was strewn for a mile
around and a man killed outright.
Three of his children were blown into
a well and all of them, it is thought,
will die. st. 10. Town, eight miles from
Bonita, also suffered, but no loss of life
is reported.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1893-05-03
DEATH OF a GREAT DIVINE.
The Rev. DR.. Whitefoord Smith, of Spartan
burg, Dies Full of Years and Honors.
rSneciai TO News and Courier.7

Especial to News and Courier.]
SPARTASBURG, April 27.-Dr. White
foord Smith quietly passed away this
morning at 1 o'clock. He has been
declining in health for several months,
and for the last two or three weeks be
failed rapidly. He was conscious to
the last and was as serene and COM
posed as if be was only retiring for the
night. To his last hours he manifested
his usual interest in his family and
friends, his church and the condition
Of his country.
Mrs. Charles F. Smith, of Nashville,
died last night. She was sister OF
Prof. D. A. DuPre, of Wofford College.
He, with several other members of the
family, went on to Nashville yesterday
afternoon. DR.. Smith is professor in
Vanderbilt University, and has been
there several years.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1893-05-03
Electric Cars for Charleston.

CHARLESTON, April 25.-The city
council of Charleston tonight by
unanimous vote granted franchise to
the Enterprise Street Railway COM
pany to construct an electric railway
system throughout the city. The En-
terprise Railroad has been bought by
the Great Western Manufacturing
Company of Chicago.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1893-05-03

Those two.fold #cousins, children of
Aunt Ruth and Uncle John;
Who grew up right within thy sight
Where are they now?- they're gone.
And three-score other cousins, too,
Who lived in thy own age
Alas! alas! but very few
Now walk upon lfe'S stage.
Thy comrades Of the log-hoase schools,
Who Murray's Readers read,
And studied Webster's Spelling Book,
Are nearly all now dead.
Now looking back to childhood's days,
while resting at thy ease),
Thou caust the wondrous difference
mark
Betwixt those days and these.
Of changes thou mayest some approve,
And blessings deem; but still,
Some others thou, perhaps, mayest
think
Have less Of good than i'll.
The Big Spring, from its creviced rock,
Flows as in days Of youth;
Fit type of the unchanging state
OF Righteousness and Truth.
Through long life, up its sloping bank,
Till age did thee assail,
Thou borest its crystal treasures up,
In bucket or in pail.
Thou now canst view its waters flow
Beneath that beechen tree,
Which in thy youth was but a shrub,
But now can shelter thee:
Reminding thee that people soon
Grow up, mature and die,
While long lived trees still grow and
grow,
And spread their branches high.
A Prophetess,f as we are told,
Lived in the days Of yore,
Who near the Holy Temple dwelt
At four-score years and four.
Whose piety most fervent was,
In keeping of the Law;
Who prayed and tasted night and day,
And the young Saviour saw.
Inspired by the Holy One,
She did to friends avow:
Redemption in Jerusalem
Was come unto them now.
Though long her life was there, it was
Not longer much than thine;
And that she died happy death,
We surely may opine.
Should thy age+ be as great as hers,
When life's weak cords are riven,
I'll hope thy future dwelling-place
May be, like hers, in Heaven.
From thy cousin,
DAVID JONES.
~Their fathers were brothers and their
mothers sisters.
fAnna-Luke 2: So, 81, IS.
tSince writing the above, she died.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1893-05-03

a revivifying of natures latent forces
occurs every spring. At this time,
better than at any other, the blood may
be cleansed from the humors which in
fest it. The best and most popular
remedy to use for this purpose is Ayers
Compound Extract OF Sarsaparilla.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1893-05-03
Died on the Iustallment Plan.

"You don't offer any inducements to
an editor in this town:
1--WE don't jerusalem. Why, we've
buried six of 'em an let their widders
pay for their funerals in installments."
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1893-05-03

The man who calls Sarsaparilla
fraud, had good reason; for he got hold
of worthless mixture at reduced
rates." He changed his opinion; how
ever, when he began to take Ayers
Sarsaparilla. It pays to be careful,
when buying medicines.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1893-05-03
1t Was Complete.

Coin on a fishin' eXcursion?'
YES"
"What's your outfit ?"
"Six liars and ten jugs"
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1893-05-03
The Good Time Coming.

It may be quite a way off
An the boys are badly drilled,
But the country'll take day off
When the offices are filled.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1893-05-03

Buckingham's Dye for the Whiskers
is a popular preparation III one bottle,
and colors evenly a brown or bla K.
ANY person can easily apply it at home.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1893-05-03

Not women, men, nor children then,
From labor sought to shirk,
For twas apparent unto ALL
That they must starve or work.
To those who for best living sought,
This fact was soon revealed;
One luxury, unknown there yet;
: Trees might he made to yield.
These gen'rous trees,t each early spring
Were by the wimble bored;
And guiding tubes in troughs or pans'
Their streams Nectareous poured.
For more than half century,
While that short season reigned-
Thou helpedst those sweets to gather in,
And boil It'll most were grained.
Obtaining thus bev'rage rich,
No salesman could control;
Molasses in the crystal can,
And sugar in the bowl.
No stores for raiment in those years,
Nor factories were nigh,
So garmentssfor those pioneers,
Their own hands must supply.
They raised their native tibrous lax,
Then broke and scutched with care;
The first and coarsest labor done
In making summer wear.
Twas thine, then, seated by the wheel,
To make it swiftly run,
And to draw out the fibres fine
It'll they to threads were spun.
Twas thine next with the ready loom,
The last act to achieve:
With batin, shuttle, harness, thread
The fieXile web to weave.
Which being bleached without much
skill,
Was into garments wrought;
That wearers were with right good will
Aud not of pride o'erthought.
The garments wore through winters
cold,
: Were wrought by dif7rent rule;
Then snow-white wool displaced the
AS did the broach the spool.
The spinner who before could sit,
With treadle oscillating,
Must now continuously walk
With movements alternating.
While the big wheel, with the. right
hand,
Was turned with humming sound,
The other drew the twisted thread,
Then on the spindle wound.
Twas thine again, with ready loom,
The warp and woof t. unite,
And linsey, woolsey, flannel, make,
All pleasant to the sight.
Nor did plain common weaving them,
Alone thy skill command;
For many & complex coverlet
Was wovep by thy hand.
And patrons who bad not thy skill,
Materials often brought,
Which by thy hands and servant loom
In wished-for styles were wrought.
Year in, year out, from youth to age,
Thy labors thus did run;
'T.l now with eyes bedimmed thou
seest
Life's low descending sun.
lis pleasant to me now to know,
Thy life's hard tolls are DER;
That humming wheels, and looms and
reels,
By thee'll be run no more.
That thou, now in thy long loved
home,
Free from care, toll and strife,
Caust forward look, with Christian
hope,
And back on weil-spent life.
But looking back, on life's long track,
How solemn It's to know
That thy compeers of youthful years
Are few now here below.
sBig Spring the largestin Miami County.
The Sugar Maple. from which is Obtained
the best sugar and mo!aSSes.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1893-05-03
Strongly Endorsed.

The advertising of Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla appeals to the sober, common
sense of thinking people, because it is
true; and it is always fully substanti-
ated by endorsements which in the
financial world would be accepted
without a moments hesitation. They
tell the story-HOOD'S CURES.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1893-05-03

HOOPS PILLS cure liver ills, jaun-
dice, biIliousness, sick headache, con-
stipation.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1893-05-03

II heard the conversation between
Governor Tillman and John Peterson
at the Governors Mansion last Satur-
day afternoon as stated above.
w. A. NEAL.
superintendent Penitentiary.'
1t will thus be seen that the negro
expressed perfect confidence in being
able to prove his innocence and that
under the circumstances there is no
blame to be attached to the Governor.
The blame, ifany, rests with the Gro Hd
that lynched him.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1893-05-03
THE CHANGING YEARS.
Drawn Out are the Fibres Fine ana the
Threads OF Life are Spun.

Lines addressed to Susanna Pearson
on the completion of her seventy
seventh years residence at the Big
Spring. in Union Township, Miami
County, Ohio. She, (being very small }
had been brought from Ne"oerry,
South Carolina, in 1905, ana after tnree
years renting, her father Kooere
whom I've heard tell of Tarleton's
operations on Bush River in lISl. When
en- route to the Cowpens,) bought the
land containing the Big Spring, and
settled there in the depth Of winter.
Thy hair is gray with length OF years.
Thy walk is bent and slow;
Caused by unnumbered tolls and cares
Endured since long ago.
Twas in the cent'ry's Eleventh year,
When then Southern child,
Was brought, in winter, cold and drear'
To live in this-then wild
Where Nature her unchallengea sway,
Unnumbered years had held;
Nor had her untamed denizons
Been, from her woods expelled.
But thy dear parents, brave and tfue'
Whom fear could not o'ercome,
By the Big Spring a log house built
And made that place your home.
A home! home! how very dear,
That home to thee has been,
Which seventy years, with seven more,
Thy residence takes in.
Can one who's lived so long as this,
In one place now be found?
Should we throughout this country
search,
Unto its utmost bound.
There midst surrounding forests tall,
With toll and danger rife,
Thou didst in childhood's days begin,
Thy pioneering life.
Not women, men, nor children then,
From labor sought to shirk,
For twas apparent unto all,
That they must starve or work.
To those who for best living sought,
This fact was soon revealed;
One luxury, unknown there yet;
Trees might he made to yield.
These gen'rous trees each early spring
Were by the wimble bored;
And guiding tubes in troughs or pans'
Their streams Nectareous poured.