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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-10-13
FORMAL OPENING
OF The SEMINARY
LI-THERANS FROM FOUR STATES
GATHER IN COLUMBIA.
Handsome New Building Turned OTel
to Board OF DirectOrs-lntereSt-
ing Exercises.
The State, 18th.

The State, 18th.
Yesterday was a notable day for
the Lutherans of the Southern States.
Hundreds of people gathered at the
new seminary building at Eau Claire
to hear the addresses and to witness
the ceremonies connected with the de-
livery of the keys to the board of dl-
rctors, and the formal conservation
of the building. Representative peo-
ple were here from at least four
States.
At the morning hour the dean OF
the seminary, DR.. A. G. Foigt, pre-
sided., DR.. O. B. Mayer, Of Newberry,
as the chairman of the building COM
nittee, delivered the keys OF the
building, with a copy of the plans and
specifications, to DR.. NJ. G. G. ScheTer'
of Charleston the president of the
board. This DR.. Mayer did in most
appropriate manner.
DR.. Mayer extended thanks to those
who assisted in the erection OF the
beautiful administration building OF
the seminary. He SAID that the erec-
tion of the administration building
was an important event in the history
of the Lutheran church in the South.
"There is" said the speaker, chow
ever, an unavoidable responsibility
that goes with this privilege and non
or and; that is they present it to their
denomination free of debt"
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-10-13
UNKNOWN PARTIES"
LYNCHED JACKSON
CORONER HOLDS INQUEST OVER
BULLET-PlERCED BODY.
No Further Excitement at HOnea Path
Except That Negro is Whipped
For Insulting Remark.

Anderson, Oct. 11.-"Willis Jackson
came to his death from gunshot
wounds at the hands of an unknown
mob was the verdict reached by the
coroner's jury at Honea Path today.
The horribly muti.ated body was
viewed by the jury, and then cut
down from the telephone pole by
Coroner Beasley. The mother OF the
negro refused to take the body, say
ing she would not haa anything to
do with a son of hers that would COM
nit such a crime. The negroes re-
fused to allow the body to be Inferred
in their burial grounds, so it was
buried at the expense of the county.
Several fingers of the negro had
been severed for souvenirs during the
night, and the rope as It fell to the
ground, was cut in pieces and distrlb-
uted among a large crowd that had
gathered to see the negro cut from
the pole.
Coroner Beasley and Sheriff King
arrived on the scene at $50 o'clock
this morning, and after experiencing
a little trouble in getting jury will
ing to serve the inquest was begun.
The body was viewed, and the jury
then repaired to the Office of Magis-
trate Wilson to hear the testimony.
Five or six witnessed were examined,
but it was impossible to locate any
person who admitted seeing the lynch
ing. Everybody in the community
was reticent, and the examination OF
the witnesses required only short
time. :"
Sheriff King forwarded a short re-
port from Honea Path to Gov. BleasS
In the report he referred the governo.
to the newspaper accounts, which
the sheriff stated were correct in ev-
cry particular, as far as he could de-
termine.
sCitizen" Josh Ashley was not a
witness of the lynching, and neither
was his son, Joe Ashley. These men
left the mob with the negro before the
crowd reached Honea Path. At Honea
Path Mayor Sullivan last night plead
ed that the law be allowed to dis
pose Of the negro. He read tele-
gram he had received from Gov.
Blease, asking that the mob allow the
law to take its course, stating that
he would order special term OF court
to try the negro within two weeks. All
of the pleading was of no avail, how
ever, for after taking the negro be-
fore the little girl for a second identi-
fcation the crowd proceeded to the
scene of the attack, and there he was
strung up by his left foot.
The negro's body was literally rid
died with bullets, not spot as large
as silver dollar remaining where
bullets did not pierce
Everything is quiet at Honea Pafh'
and no further demonstration will oc-
cur. One negro man was dealt with
for making an insulting remark to a
man looking on the body this morn
ing. The remark was about blocking
the road. The negro was not injur-
ed, being only subjected to a light
whipping.
n,,io& Of Ennoo Doth
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-10-13

= countryman myself and believe in
sticking to the country and have ao-
solutely no interest in any mercantile
business in the town of Newberry OF
for that matter in any other town IN
the county. And if Uncle Briggs WILL
guarantee that he can get anything like
a sufficient sum for the old court house
to build a jail 1 will join him in
request for it to be sold forthwith
and Immediately. Here is his last de-
liverance:
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high est st."

WertZ million: ~ motlVe
was in searching for the various
branches of the family whose where
abouts were unknown. Sunday, Feb
ruary 26, my mother, Mary Louise
Wertz Williams, called my attention
TO a cable dispatch in the Chicago
Sunday Examiner. This dispatch bore
the date Of January IA, and purport-
ed to have been a cablegram from
Paris. 7 read the dispatch carefully
and my mother and l discussed the
probability of kinship between the
General Wertz mentioned in the cable
gram and my mothers family. Moth
or recalled the story Of the great
wealth in the Wertz family which had
been told her many times IN her
Younger days by her mother, who stat
ed that if the Wertzs had what was
coming to them, they would be enor-
mously rich. Upon being questioned
why the Wertzs did not have the for
tune spoken of by Grandmother Wertz
(the widow Christopher Wertz) grand
mother said that the estate was IN the
hands of the Holland government;
that Holland had never rel1nqulsneo
It and would law the heirs to death,
as they did not have the available
funds to contest and fight such power
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-10-13

were paid a fee to look up this tltle'
and may be they can tell Uncle Briggs
about it. Possibly Mr.. Geo. S. Now
er could enlighten him.
The Idler.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-10-13

Again-"There is no h3ip for the
man who does not read the news
papers. No human use for him eth
er."
And yet I am told that there are
some people in this enlightened age
who do not even subscribe for their
county paper. I wonder how they
manage to get along. I reckon they
borrow from their neighbors. And
what do you think of the man who
would borrow his neighbor's paper IN
stead of taking one for himself when
the price is so low. And then another
thing that puzzles me is how any one
in Newberry can get along without my
hits of wisdom from week to week.
To be entirely frank it makes very
little difference to me personally
whether anybody reads what I write
or not. When l have writ l have writ
and I have discharged my duty to the
community and told the community
what is for the best of the community
and if my admonitions are not needed
my responsibility has been discharged.
And as the editor does not pay for my
living expenses I am as Independent
as the famous March hare.
Talking about newspapers and their
s,1bscription accounts I read the fol-
lowing the other day from the Rich
mond Times-Dispatch. You will see
that I read the newspapers and l like
to read those that are edited by men
whom I have met or whom I know
personally, and of course every South
Carolinian has either met or heard
of Major Hemphill. And by the way
see he is to leave the Times-Dispatch
and come to Charlotte. But here is
what I read:
who Wants An Owl!
Is an owl good in trade for a years
subscription? That is the question
which has worried the brain of the
Bedford Bulletin, which says:
1--WE have taken WOOD, potatoes, corn,
eggs, butter. onions, eaupage, chick
ems, stone, lumber, lsbor, SAM, Calico
sauer kraut, second-ha1- clothlng'
coon skins, bug juice, scrap iron, shoe
negs, rawhides, chinquapins, tanbark,
fee dogs, sorghum, seed, jugware and
wheat straw ON subscriptions, and
now a man wants to know if we would
send the paper for six months for a
arge owl. We have no precedent for
efusing, and if we can find man who
out of an owl and wants one we'll
it. In, the meantime, those sub
ibers who pay in stove wood are
ifed that we are out of wood"
ut why does the Bulletin want
d when it has bug juice and sor-
~ Thoso two things combined
"a Virginian-Pilot cocktail that
make an ice man warm.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-10-13

Well, Mr.. Idler, I know you are
much older than l am and OF course
you had the advantages of an old time
college education of which you had
something to say recently. I am an
old country man and can't see how my
last letter answered itself. Yes, I
say sell the lot if the county has that
right. If it belongs to the Goats estate
turn it over to them. Why should
Newberry try to just simply confscate
the property. Suppose the property
was in Whitmire or Pomaria. What
would Nevherry say? Mr.. Idler, you
would be the first to raise a howl. Why
not give the proceeds OF the farm at
the county home to maintain a rest
room at Pomaria or Whitmire. There
are many, many women over the
county that never get to NeWberry.
Then, do you think it right for the
county to furnish building for rest
room for a few. We did not have ref
erence to the ladies of NeWberry, for
they will never use it. Now, Mr.. 1dler,
do you catch.my point. You seem to
have a greatdeal of leisure time, sup
pose you look up the deed to the
property and publish the exact word
ing in reference to the use of the lot.
IF it belongs to the county want to
see it sold and. use the proceeds in
building and furnishing Jail and It
any surplus let it be applied On new
court house debt. If the deed says
lot must be used for court house then
we have lost it, by moving court house
to another lot and the property should
revert to the Coats estate. Let it go
where it belongs. I hope the next leg
islature will do something for us. They
never notice US poor old country
folks until election year. bet yor
they'll be out patting us on the back
next summer.
summer.
D,.Sor
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-10-13

An owl is very useful animal and
I should think would be Of incalcula-
BILE value to the average newspaper Of
fee unless all that l have heard about
the animal is pure mytn. l have al
WAYS understood that it was the bird
of wisdom and if l am not badly mis-
informed such an animal would be OF
great benefit to the average newspaper
shop, for most of them are in great
need of the commodity which the ami
NAL is noted for furnishing. Maybe,
however, that wisdom is not necessary
to the average newspaper shop, though
nv observation leads me to a contrary
opinion.
The editor has sent me the follow
ing additional communication from
Uncle Briggs. l think I have fully
answered all the points raised except
possibly as to the o,Ser towns OF the
county. Of course I would be glad
for all of them to provide rest rooms
for the ladies from the country and
if the county has any property in any
Of them that is as we'll adapted to the
nurpose as the old court house build
ing I will advocate the county turning
it over to the town for this purpose.
But YOU know the court house is the
caDital of the county and everybody
comes to the court house. Now | am
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The Herald and News-NeWoerr! 8
Aest paper-s1.50 per year.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-10-13
Uncle Briggs.

Uncle Briggs is getting restless. The
editor has handed me the following
from him. l did not receive his other
in time to get it into the paper before
this issue. If Uncle Briggs can sell
the old building for a sufficient sum
to build a jail and pay off the debt on
the new court house I say let him sell
it at once and Immediately. Further,
if he can sell it for a sum sufficient
to build a Jail I say let him Sell it. AS
to looking up the title 10 the land
have neither time nor inclination
lacking mostly in inclination, because
I am averse to anything that resem-
bles labor. Now I write as past time,
because I love to write and 1t does
not require labor. There is one thing
that Uncle Briggs should bear IN mind
in the discussion of this matter, and
that is that the people, OF the town OF
Newberry are a part of the county
and along about tax paying time they
constitute about one-1lird of the
county. But a great many NeWberry
people would like to see the old build
ing 20 down or up or in any direction
to get it off the square. The fCI oW-
ing is the addition from Uncle Briggs:
Mr.. Idler, you must have been sick
or looking after Mr.. Langford's goats
this week. sent you an article and
asked you to have it printed, but 1t
failed to appear, though you hred
away answering my questions, or tried
To answer them. l haven't said a
word about tearing old court house
down. / said sell court house, ana
the lot-the land the court mouse seCs
IN and whatever else is included, one
fourth. one-half or one acre. Now LOOK
up my article and hand it to the edl-
tor. I know be will print it as have
seen so many editorials ne has written
about newspaper men giving only one
side. Now, Mr. Idler, lets be fair.
There are hundreds that believe like
do. but we may be wrong.
Uncle Briggs.
7 think, however, that some years
go some of the lawyers Of Ae"Oerry
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-10-13

THE IDLER.

= + X x X + +
From the pen and press
We mortals owe
All We believe,
And almost all We know.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1911-01-12
No Clock Wanted.

There had been some talk of placing
clock in the tower of the village
church. But John, the old sexton, who
lived in the little cottage opposite the
church, declared himself dead agfu
it, and expressed the opinion that it
would mean IAN awful waste o. BRASS
We're the scheme carried out
we want no clocks" he said the
other day. We've done without clocks
mp to now, am we shall manage Why
lyin' + my bed of a momin' l can see
the time by the sundial over the
porch"
Yes replied one who approved of
the scheme, that's all right SO far as
it goes But the sun doesn't shine
every morning What do you do
them"
why" answered John surprisedly.
Il knows then as it amt fit weather
to DE out o bed, an I just stops where
is."-Londou Tit-Bits.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1911-01-12

IN Per rual iHmia.sccnces Of Hem
~ lviu-' ,i.9.I StoEer lets his read
crs iutO the secret Of how the snow
scene !. "Isc Corsican brothers" was
made 80 cHe.tiyc:
All over tine stage was a thick blan-
ket of SNOW, white and glistening in
the winter Suurise-Snow that lay so
thick that when the duelists, stripped
and armed, stood face to face they
each secured Grmer foothold by
clearing ii away. OF many wonderful
effects this snow was perhaps the
strongest and most impressive of real
ity The public could never imagine
how it was done. 1t was salt-common
coarse salt-which was white in the
appointed light and glistened like real
snow. There We're tons of it. 4 crowd
of men stood ready in the wings with
little baggage trucks such as are now
used IN the corridors of great hotels.
silent with rubber wheels. On them
were great wide mouthed sacks full Of
salt. When the signal came they rush
ed in on al sides. each to his appoint
cd spot. and tumbled out his load,
spreading it evenly with great wide
bladed wooden shovels."
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1911-01-12
lncapacitated.

'The fussy individual who always
has run in with the waiter never
fares any better than the rest of Us
who are satisfied to take things as
they come said the homeless bach
elor. IL took breakfast with one OF
these fussers the other morning in a
little cafe uptown that was new 10
both of us
"Al1 he wanted was Il cup of coffee
and couple of boiled eggs. But you
might have thought the universe de
pended upon those eggs. After having
given the waiter minute instructions
as to their preparation, he sat with his
watch in his hands.
FINALLY the eggs came, and there
was lot more powwOw. AS he crack
ed the shell of one he turned to abe
waiter and said, Are you sure these
eggs are positively freshE
And the waiter. who had watery
eyes and very red nose, replied with
all seriousness: 4 really can't say sir.
l have a frightful cold in my head "
New York Times.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1911-01-12
Entertaining Royalty.

Nothing puts bigger feather ia
the cap of sorir." hostess. says the
London Saturday JDIrnal. or at. the
same time causps ter more anxious
cares and Thought rather than mere
expenditure than the presence at one
of her dinners or dances in the huge
Mayfair mansion of Il member of the
royal family most Of all the king and
queen. The entertaining of royalty IS
one Of the most driirate triumphS the
society woman. whether she b" n
duchess or merely miliionaireSs. can
achieve. 1t has II cod" of etiquette
all to itSclf-a code which must be
rigil'y Observed Or no hope is there
of ever securing another visit from Il
royal guest of the rcigniug house. The
number of titled ana untitled guests
biddcn To meet the sovereign ut. say,
a dinner party is strictly limited and
of course highly select ON one oc-
casiOn $4,000 was spent by Il hostess
in entertaining n crowned head for
week end, while another example is
that of a certain baronet who had a
marble staircase put in his house sole
ly because of IN approaching visit
from the late king.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1911-01-12
THEY DIDN'T FIGHT.
It Was Only Little Friendly Discus
sion That Excited Them.

1t Was Only a Little Friendly Discus
sion That Excited Them.
Two Spaniards were conversing ear
nestly, then eXcitedly, at last angrily.
The young American woman who pass
ed them looked with frightened eyes
toward her Spanish guide.
What are they talking about, Senior
JOSEF she asked timidly DO you
think they will fight-or maybe llill?"
"Ah, no, Senorita Marie replied
Jose, smiling and showing his pretty
teeth. 'One man-that one, you see,
senorita, with the long muStachios-he
is saying. Me, | prefer much the col
laire button which is steel, and the
other one-lOOk, senOrita-he is running
his fingers through his hair now and
his sombrero has gold cord-he is
saying, 'Ah, no. senior the button which
is of gold-si, senor. that Is the button
for me-
But as for myself, senorita, the bone
collaire button-that I prefer above all
The others.
DO l not speak with good sense.
senorita? Listen. If the button is of
steel it will cut. if it is of gold one can
not afford to lose it, but if it is of bone
it does not cut, and if it goes what mat
torf have a dozen at home in my
little top drawer"
You speak with great good sense,
Don Jose, but tell me-were the men
really angry"
oh, not at all, senorita. 1t is only
our southern way of being interested
in what we discuss. If it had been
two Germans, senorita, or maybe two
Englishman, you would never have no
ticed them. m."-Philadelphia Ledger.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1911-01-12

In October, 1856, religiously mind
ed BucEinghamshire farmer named
Jenkins brought his tirstborn to the
parish church to be christened, and
this was to be the name: Abel Benia-
min Caleb Daniel Ezra Felix Gabriel
IIaggai Isaac Jacob Kish Levi Ma
noah Nehemiah Obdiah Peter Quartus
Rechab Samuel Tobah UZziel Vaniah
Word Nystus Xechariah. 1t viii be
observed that the names are all ar
ranged in alphabetical order and are
as far rs possible selected from Scrip
ture. 1t was only With the very great
est difficulty that the clergyman dis
suaded Mr.. Jenkins from doing the
lasting wrong to his child that he had
unwittingly devised, but eventually it
was decided To christen the boy simply
ALeI.-Ch1mbgrS' Journal.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1911-01-12

What beautiful tone that bell
has" is often heard. There are few.
however, who know how a bell re-
ceiveS its joyful or solemn tones. All
bells after they are cast and finished
must go through Il process of tuning
the same as any other musical instru-
mcut before they respond with clear
true tone. Every bell sounds five
notes which must blend together in
order TO produce perfect harmony Tie
tuning Of bell is done by means Of
shaving thin bits from various parts
Of the metal 1t is rs easy for an eX-
pert bell tuner to put 4 bell in tune
as it is for a piano tuner to adjust his
instrument to perfect chords. At first
thought it would seem that a bell
would be ruined should n tuner shave
off too much ut the last tuning, or the
fifth sound, but such is not the case
He would, however, be obliged to be
gin over, starting again with the first
tone and shaving the bell till it gave
forth its harmonious sound at the fifth
tone.-Scientilic American
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1911-01-12

A couple of Cleveland business men
visited Mexico. In Mexico City their
train was switched from one station
to another. one Of the Clevelanders
went to the first station to make in
quiries. Approaching a pair Of dark
visaged employees, he cudgeled his
memory for the proper words from the
phrase book
"Donde esta?" he hesitatingly asked
and paused.
The two dark visaged persons listen
ed attentively.
"Gracias." stammered the Cleveland
man. "Donde estan?"
Then one of the men looked at the
other.
Say, Bill" he growled. what in
merry blue blazes is this fellow tal5in'
aboutf"
And after that It was easy.-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1911-01-12
Where Plato TAUGHT.

The famous academy of Plato was
in a suburb of Athens, about a mile
north Of the Dypilum gate 1t is said to
have belonged to the hero Academus:
hence the name. 1t was surrounded
with a wall ana adorned with walks
groves and fountains. Plato possessed
a small estate in the ncighborhood and
for some fifty years taught his divine
philosophy To- young and old assem-
bleI in ,he academy to listen to his
wise words. After Plato's death ina
aIS l.. C. The academy lost much of It's
fame, but the beauty remained for
centuries after the great teacher was
uo more New York American
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1911-01-12
a Queer Freak,

Milreau, who was said to have been
connected with some of the best fami-
lies in France and to have possessed
considerable means until ruined by the
Panama canal disaster, was one of the
best friends the beggars of Paris ever
had, and to obtain funds for helping
them he became a systematic thief. He
used to frequent the fashionable streets
uuring the day and pick pockets, and
by night, dressed in ragged clothes, he
dispensed the spoils to the first beg
gars he met. For years he continued
the practice without being suspected,
and it was by pure chance that he
eventually did fall into the hands of
the police. When his lodgings were
searched sufficiently empty purses were
found TO fill large packing case, and
it was made clear that he had stolen
hundreds of watches and scarfpins,
while he had been pinching and con-
irving to live a respectable man on a
few francs week saved from the ruin
of his fortune
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1911-01-12

There is an odd provision in the
English law on wrecks. 1t used to
be that wrecks, like pretty nearly ey-
erything else, belonged to the king.
Sometimes, if a vessel were only part
ly wrecked and it could be raised, an
owner was averse to surrendering it,,
but it was generally seized for the king
in accordance with the law until the
question came up as to just what was
a wreck. 1t was generally admitted
that when all hands were lost that
was a wreck, but as they wanted to
get as narrow definition us they
could they got parliament to establish
law that in future nothing shall
be considered a wreck out of which Il
cat or dog escapes alive, and from
that time until the present day no
vessel coasts about England without
carrying a cat or dog.