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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-07-25
Capt. J. A. Lester Makes Good Again

Capt J. A. Lester Makes Good Again.
Capt. J. A. Lester, of Prosperity,
who led his class for four years at
the Citadel, South Carolina's military
school, has just been notified that he
won the competitive examination for
q cadetship at West Point the United
States military school, in New York.
Capt. Lester, though not quite 20
years of age, has shown himself to be
a son of a worthy sire. He led his
class in the graded schools, won a
scholarship to the Citadel, led his class
there for four years, taking away first
honor, and has now won scholarship
to West Point. At the time of his
graduation from the Citadel he ",
offered the chair of Mathematics and
French in Riverside Military academy,
at Gainesville, Ga.
Capt. Lester is a son of Mr. A. NJ.
Lester, a successful merchant of Pros
perity, and is a nephew of Col. Will
liam Lester, who distinguished him
self in the War Between the States.
Capt. Lester will leave for West
Point on the July 80, as he begin; his
new work on August 1.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-07-25
FARMERS TO MEET THIS WEEK.
Annual Session of South Carolina Un.
ion Called-PrOgrRm is Ar
ranged.

The regular annual meeting of the
South Carolina State Farmers Union
will be held in the city of Columbia in
the hall of the house of representa-
tives commencing Wednesday, July
26, at 4.90 p. m, and continuing
through the 9th.
This will be in some respects one
Of the most important union meetings
ever held in this State. Many matters
of importance to the organization and
to the agricultural interests in general
will come up for consideration.
J. B. O'Neall Holloway, State organ
izer, has labored hard for the benefit
of the union. It is expected that the
work of the organization department
will be continued and broadened b.
putting more organizers in the field
Addresses will be made before the
State union by Clarence Poe, editor
of the Progressive Farmer, and by
DR.. W. M. Riggs, president of Glenn
son college, as shown on the program.
R. A. n. Wilson, of Mississippi, we'll
known Farmers union speaker and
field worker, will also make an ad-
dress some time during the meetinf.
All members of the union, whether
delegates or not, are invited to be
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-07-25
WON'T GET NEAR.BEER BACK.
Governor Blease Refuses Demand Of
Newberry Man for Return Of Stun
Recently Seized Here.

Columbia, July 21.-Gov. Blease re-
ceived today a request almost de-
mand from J. T. Lawson, of Newberry,
that the barrels of near-beer seized
recently by constable be returned to
him, and the governor not only declin-
ed to return the stuff but told his cor
respondent that the authorities would
continue to make such seizures. Gov
ernor Blease wrote to lawson:
"The constable did right in taking
the near-beer and I have Instructed
him to keep on taking it and have
you put in jail if you keep on violating
the law. I do not propose to allow
it. A copy of this letter has been for
warded to the constable to act ac-
cordingly." Commenting on the sit
uation, the governor said: Il am not
a prohibitionist in principle or in prac-
tice, although so far as the practice
is concerned the doctors wont let me
indulge now, but I propose to do all
in my power to enforce the liquor
laws"
Lawson argues that he ought not
to be molested because he hears that
near-beer is being sold openly in other
South Carolina towns. He said also
that an analysis which he had made
showed that his beer contained moth
ing at all that was intoxicating.'
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-07-25
COLUMBIA LADY'S TRAGIC DEATH.
Mrs. Caroline Aiken Robertson Falls
Through Elevator Shaft.

Columbia, July 22.-Mrs. Caroline
Aiken Robertson, wife Of Manager Nc
Bride C: Robertson, Of the South Caro-
lima Cotton Oil company's plant in
Columbia, died at the Columbia hos
pital this evening, without regalnlng
consciousness, half an hour after fall
ing from the second floor level to the
basement, down the elevator shaft in
the National Loan and Exchange
bank building. Just how the accident
occurred may never be known. 1t is
the prevailing theory that as the ele-
vator came up the operator opened
the door, thinking Mrs. Robertson
wished to go to a higher floor; that On
finding she wished to go down instead,
he started his car upward and, as the
floor of the car rose and before the
door had closed, Mrs. Robertson,
whose hearing was defective, stepped
forward and fell into the shaft; or
else that the door did not catch as the
car rose and Mrs. Robertson, peering
down the shaft, was struck by the car
as it descended.
Mrs. Robertson was daughter OF
the late Gen. Hugh Aiken, of Wins
boro. Her only brother is DR.. Gayle
Aiken, a celebrated physician of New
Orleans, Mrs. Robertson's mother
died in New Orleans last winter. Her
children are the Misses Mary Gayle
Robertson and Minna Robertson, both
students at the College for Women,
Columbia. Miss Mary Gayle Robert
son is en- route here this evening,
from Kingstree, where she has been
visiting friends, and will not learn OF
her mothers tragic death until she
reaches home.
Mrs. Robertson was attended I'M
meQIdCSly dILSI Ac1 oNNAo0A" ~ S
Boozer and Lester, but there was moth
ing that could be done to save her
life. Her husband reached the hos
pital shortly before she passed away.
Mrs. Robertson had lett the Timrod
library room, On the second floor OF
the building, alone and it may never
be known just how she happened to
fall to her death from the shaft. Mrs
Robertson was one of the most charm
ing women of Columbia. She enter
tanned delightfully."-, and often in a
quiet way, and was very widely BE-
loved.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-07-25

Methodists own and run Baldwin,
the Presbyterians have a slight toe
hold in one of the suburbs and the
Catholics have a church with a dozen
or so members over near the railroad.
But it is hard sleddins cor both anti
Methodist Institutions. Some years
ago Topeka Presbyterian opened a
bank there, but he sold out later. He
said that Baldwin was no place for a.
Presbyterian to try to do business an-
Perhaps more superannuated preach
ers live in Baldwin than in any other
city Of it's size in the world. They
flock there to spend their last days, as
the spirit of the town just suits them
1t is also a great place for retired
farmers with religious tendencies
Parents move there from all sections
of the country in order to get the ef-
feet of the spirit upon their children
during the period of character form
ing.
A person can walk the streets for
six months and haunt every public
place, even the livery stable, without
hearing an oath uttered. ...'l*. =
Baker university has about 500 stu
dents. This makes Baldwin a lively
though solemn town during the school
term. Three or four young men stu
dents were discussing their studies
and the coming commencement exer-
cises on the hotel veranda the other
night. A stranger began to quiz them
about the town and it's peculiarities.
"Isn't it rather dull here in the sum-
mer when the students are away" he :
asked. T.. ~.
TT usually gets pretty dull" re-
marked one of the young men In great
earnestness. "But the town is going
to be lively, all right, this, summer"
whats going on?" he was asked:
ooh, the brotherhood is arranging
for a Fourth Of July celebration. And
besides that the Epworth League is to
hold it's convention here one week,
| The people are looking forward with
great interest to these two events. G
However, there is always something
going on in Baldwin in church way,
and that is what the people enjoy. A
good lecturer or preacher can draw
big audience. Theatrical outfits, es-
pecially musical comedies, couldn't
draw a corporals guard. In fact, they
are not wanted. Baldwin doesn't be-
lieve in frivolities nor any funny busi-
ness. Tom McNeal, of Topeka, once
made a speech there, and referred to.
Baker as "a preacher factory" He
shocked the people. ~,
Crime is thing almost unknown
in the town. Most people never lock
their doors at night. A bootlegger can
find no customers there. Once upon
time the town was scandalized, when
it learned that some Of the college
boys were drinking sweet cider. =
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-07-25

present. These addresses will doubt
less attract quite a number.
The program for the annual meet
ing of the State union is as follows:
Wednesday, 4.30 P. NJ, July 26.
Opening exercises.
Enrolment of delegates.
Presidents address.
Apopintment of committees.
Education, good OF the order, me-
MORALS, resolutions.
Recess until $50 p. m.
Minutes of previous session.
Communications, notices, memo
rials, resolutions and other papers to
be referred to proper committees.
Report of executive committee.
Reports of deputy organizers.
Address by DR.. W. M. Riggs, presl-
dent of Clemson college.
Thursday, 9 A. NJ, July n.
Minutes of previous meeting.
Election of officers.
Report of committees.
Report fom national meeting.
Unfinished business.
4.3O D. m.-AddTess by Clarence
Poe. editor of Progressive Farmer.
List of Officers State Union.
Presidential. J. A. Perritt, Lamar,
S. C.
Vice president-E. W. Dabbs, Route
1, Mayesville, S. c.
Secretary-rreasurer--J. Whltner
Reid, Columbia, S. C.
Chaplain-W. E.'Bodie, Wards, S. C.
Conductor-W. E. Hopkins, Hop
kins, S. C.
Sergeant-at-Arms-W. P. Caskey,
Lancaster, S. G.
Doorkeeper-A. P. Calvert Able
Vile, S. G.
Executive Committee-A. D. Hudson,
Newberry, S. c., Route L; Douglas Nc
.Intyre, Marion, S. c.; L. G. Padgett,
Smoaks, S. c., Route 2.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-07-25
Death Of Former NeWberrian.

Greenwood Journal, 21st.
DR.. Benjamin Furman Duckett died
at his home in this city last night al
ter an illness of several weeks. For
some days his death was expected
every moment
He was the son of Thomas Duckeh
one of the first graduates of Furman
university, who became a celebrated
teacher. His school in Newberry haV-
ing attained the distinction of being
one of the best in the State.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-07-25
VIM. E. GONZALES HURT.
Editor of The State Painfully Injured
by Automobile-The Machin,
Turns Turtle.

Greenville, July 21.-Capt W. e.
Gonzales, editor of The State, who was
Injured in an automobile wreck near
Fountain Inn this morning, was
brought to the city about noon and is
at the Greenville infirmary, where his
physician, DR.. c. B. Earle, said IT,
night after thorough examination,
that there are no injuries besides a
confusion on the back Of the head and
bruise on the back just above the
thigh. DR.. Earle says Mr.. Gonzales
will probably be out within the next
two or three days.
The State correspondent saw Capt
Gonzales at I o'clock tonight, and he
had sufficiently recovered from the
shock of the accident to be able to
give connected account of the wreck
Capt. Gonzales, with his negro chauf-
feur, left Columbia early this morning
in a. touring car for Asheville, and at
10 o'clock reached Fountain Inn
without mishap. Just north of Foun-
tain Inn on the direct road to Green
vile a party of telephone linemen
were at work and had lowered three
or four wires across the road. Going
at rate Of about 20 miles per hour
the automobile was within few
yards of the suspended wires before
the lineman stationed to warn pas
sengers Of the danger was seen, and
On seeing the wires before him the
driver mistook them for live wires
and veered to the roadside in order to
avoid them. At the same tfBe he ap-
piled the emergency brake. One Of
the tires Of the machine exploded,
causing the machine to rush with ter
rife force into an embankment along
side the road. The automobile turned
completely over, pinning under it Mr..
Gonzales and the driver, the only two
passengers. Fortunately deep ditch
held the machine off them in part, and
probably saved both Capt. Gonzales
and his driver from serious injury.
Capt. Gonzales was brought to Green
Vile in an automobile and given i'm
mediate attention by DR.. Earle The
negro driver was given attention at
Fountain Inn. He is not badly hurt.
Mrs. Gonzales, who was at Ashe-
vile, was notified of the accident and
is expected to reach Greenville before
midnight.
Capt. Gonzales, in telling Of the ac-
-cident tonight, said the car is almost
2 complete wreck. When the news Of
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-07-25
GOOD KANSAS TOWN
IN CLASS By ITSELF,
Nobody Smokes or Curses in Baldin-
No Other Place in the World Like
, It-Seat Of Big Methodist
:. University. -.

Asheville Citizen.
Baldwin, Kansas, the home of Ba-
ker university, the big Methodist
school of the West, is in a class by it.
self, says an exchange. There is no
other town in the state like it.
Religion forms the warp and wool
not only of the college and its at
taches and students, but of the busi-
ness interests as well. Talk with the
Baldwin banker, barber. druggist or
Tliveryman for five minutes and he will
say something about the religious spir-
it that pervades the toWnsite. And he
speaks OF it in friendly way, too. He
seems to take a great pride in it. The
spirit of the people is so entirely diff
ferent from that of the other towns
that it is very noticeable as well as re-
freshing.
Once upon a time Baldwin had
Commercial club, run on the same
lines as such clubs are run in other
towns. 1t failed of it's purpose. The
business men say it was due to the
lack of the true Baldwin spirit which
being interpreted means that it lack
ed the thread of religion in its fabric.
Another club has now arisen in the
ashes of the Continental club and 1t
is accomplishing all sorts Of things in
town development. 1t is the Metho-
dist Brotherhood. When someone
thinks of scheme that will. help the
town he presents it to the Methodist
Brotherhood, which gives it consider
alton. If it is approved then the
brotherhood gets behind and pushes
with all the vim of the Kansas City
Commercial club. If the brotherhood
disapproves it the scheme is dropped.
Every bushes man in the town
belongs to the brotherhood and all
take great interest in the club and its
work. The brotherhood meets once
month and all business houses close
except the drug store, so that the pro-
prietors and clerks can attend the
meeting. The brotherhood aroused In
terest in municipal Improvements un-
til the town now has a complete sew
er system, electric lights and water
works.
1t is working on a farewell recep-
ton to DR.. Murlin, retiring president
of Baker. These things are cited, SIM
Div to show the wide scope of its Work.
A stranger is soon impressed WIN
the seeming eccentricities OF the town.
For instance, the hotel will not keep
CIGARS in stock for it's customers. TIE
proprietor doesn't believe in smoking.
One druggist keeps cigars, the only
ore in town. A stranger noticed shat
tho cigar case was rather empty and
asked aboLt it.
"Oh we had quite a run last week.
said the druggist, "and I haven't got
around to ordering any more" For
many years, it is said, it was impos-
siole (" luy a cigar in the town.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-07-25
CroWning of King Georgc.

Mr.. D. R. Lavender, who has the
picture show at the old court house,
will put on Friday afternoon and
evening, the coronation of King
George. There will be good pictures
every day during the week
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-07-25
QUICK WORK.
Constables Cannon G. Blease and
ThOs. P. Adams Ceyer Four Miles
in Nine Minutes.

About - o'clock on Friday night,
Constable Blease got phone mes
sage to come to Mr. B. B. Leitzsey's
house, that a drunken negro was ours
ing around the house, there being no
male members of the family then pres
ent. Mr.. Blease, who Is as quick an
ofYicer as can be found in any city or
country, never did quicker work than
was done from the time he received
that message to the time OF finishing
the business in hand. He sought MS
partner in such work, Mr.. T. T.
Adams, who is good match in cour-
age and efficiency, and the two reach
ed the Leitzsey residence, four miles
on route two, in nine minutes, travel
ing in the car of Mr.. Fred H. Dom
mick, who had kindly placed it at the
DISPOSAL of the officers, and which
was driven by Mr.. ". G. Waldrop, who
is ever ready to accommodate his
friends in such work at any time OF
the day or night.
When they arrived at their destina-
ton they found the negro, Ben Gray
still cursing around the house. He
was so unruly, and resisted the Of
ficers to such an extent that in order
To subdue him Officer Blease had to
club him into submission. The party
brought the negro to town and got
DR.. W. G. Houseal to attend to MS
wounded head. DR.. Houseal seWed
four scalp wounds for him, at about l
o'clock in the morning. 1t was all
quick and effective work. At the ear
liest hour available Gary was tried
by MAGISTRATE J. c. Sample, (Who
knows what to do right away in sucn
cases,) and was sentenced to fine OF
$500 or to serve ninety days on
the road.
It just happened that there was no
male protector with Mrs. Leitzsey on
that night and Gray must have known
it, but he was not counting on Mrs.
Leitzsey's GOODNESS and presence OF
mind in so promptly surnoning the
authorities of the law to her assist
ance. In the good work of being on
hand with ability to do the job OF
bringing in violent offenders, Blease
and Adams are twin night hawks in
the department of justice and don't
get scared at shadows or substances.
This demonstrates the usefulness
of both the telephone and the automo-
bile.
At / o'clock a doctor is stitching
wounds in the scalp of negro who
about one hour before was four miles
in the country frightening lady by
his loud cursing around her house at
the midnight hour, the lady without
protection and the community asleep.
The telephone and the automobile
played their respective parts in this
instance, as they have in other in
stances in the welfare of the city and
county. And it would be we'll if the
authorities could be provided with
autos Of their own, in cases of emer-
gency when private cars may not be
available.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-07-25
Card of Thanks.

Mr.. Editor: We wish to express our
gracious appreciation through these
columns to our white and colored
friends for their aid and sympathy
during tha illness and death Of our
mother, Laura H. Whitener.
!. l.. Whitener.
L. D. Whitener.
- NJ I. Jones' =,
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-07-25
Beth Eden Passionate.

The joint council of Beth Eden pas
torate will meet at Beth Eden church
Thursday, Juy p, at 10 g.. N.
Jas D. Kinard,
Pastor
The Washington herald., 1911-10-10
ROB AND WRECK,
THEN ROB AGAIN
Mexican Bandits Hold Up
Passenger Train First.

Mexico City. oct 9.-The band Of Zap
atisrs. who Yesterday dynamited the
Bridge of Death" on the lnteroceanic
Railroad. near Axochiapam, in Puebla,
held up and robbed the passenger train
from AtenCingO.
BY refusing to permit trainmen to flag
following freight train, they caused
a wreck. in which the fireman ond a
trainboy were killed and fifteen passen-
gers injured.
Passengers had been lined up beside
the train and stripped of their valu-
ables, when the freight thundered
around a curve and crashed into the
passenger train.
There was little time to escape and
many were struck by bits of wood and
steel from splintered coaches.
Among the seriously injured We're a
British citizen named Mclaughlin and
his wife, of Publa. The Zapatistas, un-
deferred by the accident, robbed the
freight train and its crew.
The Washington herald., 1911-10-10
Is SAVED
BY TELEPHONE GIRL
Quick Wit of Operator Aids
Portuguese Troops.

Lisbon. Oct 9-A quick-witted tele-
phone girl has perhaps saved the Portu-
guese republic. Before the battle at
Vinhaes, in which the royalists lost 80
men, this girl from the window of her
little office, saw the approach of the
royalist army. Quick to realize the i'm
pOrtance of the invasion, she called up
the authorities at Braganza and sue
ceeded in notifying them that the roy
alists were entering the city. Hardly
had this message gone out of Vinhaes
before the advancing royalists cut the
wire. AS a result of the girls act the
republicans were able to surprise the
rOyalists by an attack in the rear, which
later grew into a defeat with a loss of
$50 men.
Dispatches tonight from Braganza say
that Capt. CouCiere, who is in command
of the movement of monarChists, is sur
rounded, with his 1000 men, near Sal
gueiros, where he is intrenched on the
heights. The republican army is await
ing the arrival of heavy artillery before
endeavOrinE to eXpel him from his last
stand. Another body of monarchial
troops is still unaccCunted for The gov
ernment believes tina. the uprising will
end in the complete defeat of the mon
arChistS within a day or two.
The governments cavalry and infantry
are being handled with difficulty in the
mountainous regions, where they are con-
stantly hampered by the guerrilla war
fare of the mOnarChists. Peasants in
Braganza and Chaves district are joining
the royalists in large numbers. The roy
alsts in these districts now number
OOn
The Washington herald., 1911-10-10
SUPREME COUNCIL
MASONS ARE HERE
Dignitaries Will Attend Cor
ner Stone Laying.

Members of the Supreme Council. of tn
Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of
Free Masonry. of the United States. be-
gan to arrive yesterday for committee
deliberations prior to the semi-annual
meeting of the council, which opens next
Monday morning at the House of the
Temple. 433 Third street northwest.
Among those who arrived yesterday
were Samuel +. Adams. lieutenant grand
commander of Scottish Rite, of Mime
sofa. of Minneapolis, Mimi, and Inspect
WASH; Adolphus G. Fitzgerald, of Reno,
New; Erasmus G. Carr, Of Miles City,
Mont; John W. Morris, of Wheeling. w.
Va. and j. Wakefield Cortland. of Char
lottr. " c.
When the Supreme Council Convenes on
October lf all Scottish Rite MaSonS of
the fourteenth degree or highen will be
admitted. After that date the attendance
will be confined to those of the thirty
third degree honorary and thirty-third
degree active. At the session Monday
night the Royal Order of Scotland will
meet and confer the degrees Of that or
der On Tuesday night. October II, mem
bers of the Royal Order of Scotland will
hold a banquet to which their wives have
been invited.
The most important event during the
session of the Supreme Council will be
the laying of the cornerstone of the new
dollar House of the Temple, at
Sixteenth and streets northwest, Octo-
Der Is President Taft and members of
his Cabinet will he present. The Supreme
Council session will close October %.
The Washington herald., 1911-10-10

This seems to me to be one OF the best
grounds in the city" Mr. Martin said.
'and the management could hardly be
improved. This opening day will go
down as one of the most successful in
the history of Washington Fairgrounds. -
Mr.. Martin arrived in his new automo-
bile, and when he went away he picked
UP several of the youngsters and gave
them a free ride home.
During the time he was at the play
ground Mr.. Martin had interesting chats
with w. H. Mattingly, who donated the
ground for use by the children: also
with a delegation from the Columbia
Heights Citizens Association, headed by
Arthur c. Moses and B. F. Gibbs.
Following the the winners in the diff
ferent athletic events:
Tether ball game for girls-Aldine
Dent, Helen Cummins. and Edith Mertz.
Croquet game for girls-Erminia Root
and Eunice Graham.
Goal-throwing between boys and girls
Aldine Dent, Louise Younger, Frances
LeibermannS and Roberta Doyle.
Because of darkness, the baseball and
basketball games remained unfinished.