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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-10-10
ANOTHER NEGRO KILLED
WAS At SOCIETY MEETING

spence iNelIS, VI 1lIN1Pe1A' 011o
Scurry, accessory, are in jail for the
killing of Clinton Sims at the meet
ing Friday night of the Union Bene-
fit society at James Hopewell church.
A full account of the tragedy is to
be gathered from the mass of evidence
before the. corners jury, which is pub
lished below.
Ine first intimation here of the kill
ing was message to the sheriff S
office Friday night. Sheriff Blease
was absent, in Fernandiana, Fla,
whittier he ad gone with Magistrate
Henry Dorroh to bring to Newberry
Marsall Vance, colored, wanted here
for the killing of his wife sixteen
wears ago, an account of which may
be found in another column.
Upon receipt Of the information OF
the row at Hopewell Deputies Dorroh'
Taylor and Melton, with Policeman
Stone of the city department, went to
the scene, a short distance from Ed
enezer church. They arrested Spence
Eerts and Henry Scurry and brought
them to jail, arriving here about day
break Saturday.
Corner Lindsay went down and held
n. inouest, which began at nine o.
clock Saturday morning, closing at
one .. m. The report is as follows:
Copy of Testimony at Coroner's IN
quest OF the dead body of Clinton Sims
colored, Oct. Z, 1915.
Clarence Butler, sworn, said: AT
lanes Hopewell church on the nlgnt
Of the 9Th of October, 1915, 1 was door
marshal in the lower door in the So
ciety Union Benefit. 1 heard such a
fuss I'D there upstairs, went up
stairs to hee, what Was the matter.
When I got up there Spence Werts
was talking some rough talk to the
secretary, Sylvester Reeder; some
thing concerning about money TO
paw to sick lady; and then LIZZIE
Werts she goes in and starts the russ
and then one word brought on an
o+1,ar and then Clinton Sims he came
there and tried to quiet her, and ne
could not quiet her; and then ne tolo
snence Werts if he did not be quiet
here he would put him out doors
rizzie Werts told him. Clinton Sims
rough. he was not going to put him
ont because he paid as much money
az anv one Then Clinton Sims sald'
Eyes, will put you out" Tnen
said to Clinton Sims, Don't you push
her or hit her, Lizzie Werts; liable TO
be bigger fuss than it is" Then
went on away from there-aoout TWO
or three steps from there. 1 head
Henry scurry say, "I want you all 70
ston this fuss. If you don't Will
ot YOU afire." Clinton Sims. Spence
Werts and Lizzie Werts and Henry
scurry went back toward the steps,
>~a after that the pistol fired Spence
Werts. Henry Scurry, Lizzie Werts
and Clinton Sims were the only ones
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-10-10

in fact too full for comfort and good
teaching. In the fftrh grade. at Dotn
Boundary and Speers has an enroll
ment of so each.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-10-10

greatest tragedy in its history for
which one man can be held account
able
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-10-10

/ 8 o g @ o o o % o o o o o o o q
Do it for Newberry.
Do what? You naturally ask.
Always and ever anything that will
make Newberry bigger, better, more
beautiful town to live in.
But right now, on the twentieth
of the month, do a mans part or a
woman's part to make the first enter
tainment given this year by the New
berry schools a real success. The
details of this entertainment will be
published later.
The public schools Of city are one
thing that belongs to everybody. Stores
belong to merchants, homes to indi-
viduals, but the schools to everybody.
Twenty years from today the work
ing citizens of Newberry will be COM
posed chiefly Of the girls and boys
now being trained in the public
schools Of Newberry. Whether the!
will be working for a good town. or
a poor one will depend on the train
ing the citizens Of NeWberry give
them now.
Realizing that parents should know
what the schools ARE trying to do,
how they are hampered, and what their
needs are, the teachers and parents
have formed associations.
At present there is fiourishlns
Parent Teachers association at Boun-
dary Street School Both schools have
god, we'll equipped buildings, but at
each school some things are needed.
Boundary Street school has an audi
torium, but it is not furnished with
seats. This means that the school
cannot assemble as whole. the
school ought to be unit, ought to 90
things together. Assembling the chill
dren in one room for opening exer-
cises would help them catch the spir-
it of working together for the good OF
the whole. They will be better citl-
zens in the future if they learn this
lesson in school days.
The two associations will divide
the proceeds of the entertainment, and
each will apply it's share to what 1t
need most now.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-10-10

Newberry is growing and it Will be
necessary to do something very soon
to make proper provision for the IN
creased number of children IN the
schools.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-10-10

Mr.. Wallace Prior, the principal OF
the High School, was born in Fayette-
Vile, N. c.. When he was small boy
his parents moved to Belton, S. G.
where he attended the graded school
for five years. He ATTENDED the An
derson high schol for ne year, after
which he won scholarship to the
Citadel. He took high stand at the
Citadel, being chosen, on the compile
ton of his course, to represent MS
class as the commencement orator.
was interested in the library society,"
serving as it's president for several
terms. His interest in the other fea-
lures of the institution was no less
keen. He was lieutenant of his COM
pany, and took an active part In all
forms of athletics.
On his graduation from tre Citadel
Mr.. Prior was principal for ons
wear of the school at Monetta, S. c.,
The next year he went to Virginia,
where he served as instructor and as
sistant commandant of the Black
stone Military Academy. The summer
of 1915 he spent at Nashville, Tenn,
attending the summer session OF the
George Peabody College for Teachers.
Mr.. Prior is member of the Pr -sby-
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-10-10

Some of the grades are very full;
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-10-10

DR.. Kinard is in correspondence
with the War Department and hopes
to have guns for the cadets Of the
high school as soon as tey are needed.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-10-10
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SCHOOL NOTES

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Do it for Newberry.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-10-10

Last year the State of Indiana ap-
pointed October 7th as "Riley Day" in
tat tate. On Thursday morning at
the high school Dr. Kinard told the
story of Riley's life, and read severa.
selections from is work, On Friday
the children of the Speers street school
devoted one period to Riley. Several
interesting papers were read, and
three or four of the children gave re-
citations. Mrs. R. D. Wright read the
famous "Bear" story. Another pleas
ing feature of the entertainment was
the recitation in concert OF Little
Orphant Annie by several members
of the sixth grade.
Como of tho grades are Very full 3,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-03-28
Beware of Ointments for
Catarrh That Contain Mercruy

as mercury VIII surely destroy the sense
of smell and completely derange the
whole system when entering II through
never be used except on prescriptions
from reputable physicians, as the damage
they will do is ten fold to the good you
can possibly derive from them. Halls
Cheney & Co, Toledo O., contains no
mercury. and is taken internally. acting
directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the sytsem In buying Halls
Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genu-
inc. 1t is taken internally and made in
Toledo. Ohio. by r. j. Cheney & Co. .Tes-
timonials free. y
Sold by Druggists. Price 75c per bottle.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-03-28
TO THE voTRS or
CHlcKASHA, OKLAHOMA

Notice is hereby given that there
will be elected on April 4th, 1916, in
the City of Chickasha, Oklahoma, four
aldermen:
One III alderman in ward one.
One (1) alderman in ward two.
One ID alderman in ward three,
One Cd alderman in ward four.
At the same time and place in said
wards there shall be submitted to the
voters Of said wards in the City OF
Chickasha the following:
Shall the City OF Chickasha incur
Indebtedness not exceeding the sum
of Ten thousand dollars for the pur
pose Of purchasing motor equipment
and fixtures for the fire department
of the City Of Chickasha, Oklahoma?
O. COFFMAN,
Mayor.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-03-28
. Personal
~ Mention

Quality plumbing; prices right. Roy
English. Phone BAL. 2.Stf
Oscar Early of Amber is in the
city today.
T. ]. King is in Hobart today on
business.
Get your harness and harness re
pairing at Wadsworth & White. SILT
Dave Goode of futile. was in the
City yesterday on business.
DIR. Hathaway of Mountain View, ~
in the city today.
Complete assortment Ladies, Misses
and Childrens Sport Hats at the
Eagle. 3-27-2t
Mrs. g. II. Miller of Tuttle, was in
the city yesterday
Geo. Patten left yesterday for Kan
sas City.
| Ford Demountable rims free, at Bar
ton Bros. Garage with set Of Michelin
w. H. Moore of Ell Reno is in the
Miss Verma Robinson of Verden Il
Piano tuning and repairing. Phone
e95, ]. L. Frost. s-25-St
Mrs. Ernest Ray of Comanche is in
tine city, the guest of friends.
r. M. Cayett made a business trip
to Anadarko today.
Complete assortment Ladies', Misses
and Children's Sport Hats at the
Eagle. 3-27-2t
Judge F. M. Bailey is spending the
day in Oklahoma City.
L. A. Cook of Oklahoma City is a
visitor in Chickasha.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-03-28

j. d. Doughty from Weatherford.
Texas, is in the city ON business.
Look. folks. The Raven is here
today-Kozy.
DR.. and Mrs. Martin of Oklahoma
City are in Chickasha today.
Miss. Ruby Bower of Amber, has
been visiting her sister, Mrs l.. iIol-
lingsworth.
Or. w. II. Livermore is in Oklaho-
ma City today on professional bust
ness.
Mattress making and renovating,
furniture repaired. and vanished
Cau residence phone 1858 w. A. Hur-
ley. 27-3t
Jack Kilgore leaves today for
business trip to the eastern part Of
the state.
THE RAvEN--6 parts-a classic
kozy today.
Ted and E. r. Hampton are home
after an extended stay in Columbus,
New Mexico.
Mrs. A. C. Calvert of Easton, Mis-
souri,, is in the city visiting her
mother, Mrs. Fl. r. Shull.
Y. L. 5. e. features shown at Kozy
every Tuesday.
Miss Myrtle Elder, who underwent
an operation for appendicitis, return
cd today TO her home in Pond Creek.
Mrs. Eva M. Cooper. who has beer
wishing her mother, Mrs. Ismert, LETT
today for nler home in Los Angeles.
Driggers, Hendricks and Company
shipped five carloads of steers to the
Kansas City market today
w. S. Kennedy, representing P. K.
Wilson and Company of New York, is
a visitor at the Eagle.
L. d. Richards, Rock Island master
mechanic, at Little Rock, is bust
ness visitor in the city.
Earl Coyle returned yesterday from
Lawton, Okla, where he spent sever
al days with friends.
Blake House returned yesterday
tc his home in Gillette, Wyoming, af-
ter an extended visit with friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Chincholl re-
turned Monday from a visit with
friends and relatives in Dallas anc
Fl Worth.
The Chickasha concert band will
have rehaarsals every Monday night
at the city hall All musicians are
invited to attend
Mrs. Edna Maddox and mother,
Mrs. Lawson, have returned from Ok
lahoma City, called there by the
death of a relative
Blue Bird feature-Kozy every
Wednesday-5c and 1oc.
Mrs. M. c. Cannon has returned
from Piquaville, Ohio, and Cameron
Missouri, where she has been for the
past few weeks.
Mrs. S. Simpson, who has been the
guest Of her Sister. Mrs. H. A. Deck.
er and family, leaves today for her
home. in Herington, Kansas
A. E. Wlckizer. superintendent of
the Amber schools, was Chickasha
business visitor this morning.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-03-28

wANTED-A thoroughly reliable
German girl for housework in family
of three. Good home for right party
Write box 42i. 3-ZS-5t
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-03-28

Ladies--C The Raven-6 parts. 4
classic. Kozy today.
The Raven, with Henry B. Walthali
al the Kozy today.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. p Berry Of Minco
were shopping in this city today.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Showen were
visitors from Minco in this city to-
day.
Attorneys Hamilton Pearsons, Golf
and Swan are in Tuttle today on legal
business.
Sheriff Bailey left this morning for
Tuttle where he goes on business
connected with his office.
Judge John II. Venable was called
to Rush Springs this morning on
business connected with the county
attorneys office.
Cndersheriff Rucker returned this
morning from Minco, where he went
to get the bicycles stolen in Chicka-
sha and sold in the former town.
w. G. Hays. of Woodward, Okla"
father of Councilman Harry Hays, ar
rived in Chickasha this morning and
win remain several days, the guest Of
his son and family.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-03-28

WANTED = Sewing; children's
clothing a speciality. So2 Minpesot@
S-2S-3t
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-03-28
STRENGTH
For a Thousand Tasks

Strength and endurance only from the blood.
II your daily life calls for either mental physical
work. you cannot accomplish satisfactory results with
out energy which is produced by pure, rich blood
Signals of bad blood usually shown in forms of
languor appetite headaches. constipation skin
eruptions. etc. Usually one bottle of
NYAL'S SARSAPARILLA COMPOUND
will put the blood in good condition 1t enriches the
blood and stimulates the vital organs, thereby equip
ping your brain and body for better work helps in
remarkably short time and the good accomplishes
is lasting
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-03-28
Our S0da Fountain

We invite you early to make
our Ice Cream Parlor your
down town home. You are
always welcome TO our cool
air, ice water newspapers
a n d comfortable chairs.
Meet your friends here,
write your letters here, Our
soda girls can certainly fix
you up some delicious Sun
daes and Drinks. Fresh
Strawberry Ice ream this
week. Our Sherbet is-welI
you taste it,
The midland journal., 1916-11-03
COLD FRAMES FOR WINTERIMG
PLANTS
BY /. M. BENNINGTON.

Successful gardening depends Oh
early production. Cold frame plants
are more certain to live than hotbed
plants and give a larger per cent of
good stuff than do the more tender
hotbed plants.
To construct one use two frames in
stead of one. The larger frame is four
and one-half feet by seven and one-half
feet and one foot deep. The inner one
is one foot smaller each way and only
eight inches deep.
The space all around the inner
frame, six inches wide, is filed with
dry sawdust well packed down.
The covering for the inner frame is
a glass-covered sash made to fit quite
close to the frame to exclude the air.
The outer frame is covered with an
oiled canvassed frame so as to be wa
terproof.
A strip of carpet, or other good
material, is kept over the inner sash
in severe weather.
We prefer shallow frames to keep
the plants from growing spindling.'
We choose location free from cold
winds and where a good exposure to
the sun can be had.
In such a frame there are 3,276
square inches, and allowing three
square inches to the plant, one can
have over 1000 plants per frame.
Good rich soil is used and the under
soil is made quite loose to give a
chance for root growth. It is best to
grow the plants in the open and trans
plant on the approach of severe
weather.
Frames of larger size are not
easily handled. nor can the same pro-
lection be given them. On mild days
we give light to the plants by remov-
ing the outer sash, and if safe we raise
the inner sash to admit fresh air.
These frames are not expensive where
one can do his own work and they add
good per cent to the investment.
The midland journal., 1916-11-03
PREPARE SOIL FOR LEGUMEs
Trouble Experienced in Getting Stand
of Alfalfa, Glover, Peas, ETC.,
on New Land.

Legume crops (clover, alfalfa. peas,
etc) are among the most valuable Of
farm crops. Trouble is experienced
at times, however, in growing them in
new agricultural districts or regions
where legumes have not been grown
before. This difficulty ofttimes is due
to the absence of the necessary tu-
bercle bacteria from the soil in ques-
tion. The practice should be followed,
therefore, of inoculating the soil or
seed when any of these crops are
grown upon ground which has never
grown the crop before.
This inoculation may be made by
the use of soil from field in which
the legume has grown. This soil
should be obtained from the old le-
gume field and distributed over the
field to be sown in legumes at the
rate of approximately 300 pounds per
acre, and at once narrowed or disked
in. This operation should take place
during the morning or evening, or upon
cloudy day.
The midland journal., 1916-11-03
MOST PROFITABLE FARM JOB
After Every cutting-Proft Re-
turned in Following Crops.

One of the most profitable jobs on
the farm is cultivating the alfalfa
fields. A good. many farmers cultivate
after every cutting, and find that 1t
pays big dividends in the following
crops. Cultivation roots out the weeds
and grass, loosens up the ground, and
the alfalfa responds by making an in
creased growth.
The best implement for cultivating
alfalfa is the spring-tooth harrow. 1t
tears out the weeds and loosens the
soil without injurlng the alfalfa
crowns. The disk harrow is fairly
good tool for alfalfa cultivation, but
there will be more or less injury to
the crowns when using 1t.
Whatever tool you use, cultivate the
alfalfa. 1t is crop that will pay
literally for all the labor spent upon it
Prairie Farmer.
The midland journal., 1916-11-03
TREATMENT OF COLLAR GALL
Tannic Acid Is One of Best Remedies
Easily Applied by Rubbing
Lightly Over Collar.

Tannic acid is one of the very best
remedies for collar gals, according to
L. S. Backus of the Missouri college of
agriculture. 1t can be secured from
any drug store and is easily applied by
rubbing lightly over the collar every
morning and evening If the horse Is
working.
Collar gals usually appear either at
the top of the neck or at the point of
the shoulder where an improperly-fit-
ted collar rubs. 1t is important that
the collar be kept clean at all times
in order that It may be kept from cut
ting into the neck, but special care in
keen,ng it clean is necessary after
these gals start. "An ounce of pre-
vention is worth a pound of cure"
The midland journal., 1916-11-03

duce what is known as "crown-rot,' -
which kills all buds which form.
Much is said of using thumb pots"
in which to root cuttings. but (after
roofing hundreds) I prefer three-inch
pots to the smaller ones.
Or, you can heap the earth against
1t, on the side toward which you
propose to bend it, and over this the
canes can be bent. prefer this meth
cd because it does not disturb the
roots. The earth should not be as
high where it touches the plant as it
is a few inches from it.
The. object is to form support of
soil which will enable you to curve
the bushes over it, thus avoiding the
sharp sudden bends which do so much
injury to ones plants.
Lay all the bushes in one direction,
placing the stalks close together. BY
doing this, much covering can be
saved.
When the plants are laid down,
The midland journal., 1916-11-03

place pieces of so1 on them to hold
them in place. II this is not done,
they will be sure to spring back to
an upright position before you get
them covered.
Cover with dry earth to the depth
of four inches. If leaves are used, it
will be necessary to make little pen
to confine the leaves.
After covering the bushes with soil
or leaves provide second covering
Of boards, or something that will shed
rain. If water is allowed to settle in
to the soil above the bushes, and re-
main there, they will be greatly in
jured by it. One must plan to keep
the covering as dry as possible. This
is of the greatest Importance. If the
ground is not well drained, make little
bitches between your plants in the fall,
for surplus to run into.
If tiny seedlings are to be potted off,
then the thumb pot may be best for
the first transplanting, but even mere
would use small, shallow boxes for
flats until the second or third trans
planting would bring the plants up
to where they are ready for the three
inch pots, or the open ground.
The commercial grower who must
economize in space, and gives con-
stant attention to the plants, has use
for the smallest pots, but they are a
nuisance to the average grower of
plants.
The midland journal., 1916-11-03
William and Mary colleae.

At the far end of Duke of Glouces-
ter street williamsburg, Va.) stands
William and Mary college, the second
oldest institution of learning in Amer
lea, from which such able men have
been graduated that it is hard to be-
lieve they were ever boys like those
of today, going about the grounds with
or without white flannel trousers (ycu
understand me, of course). / viewed
them respectfully. "Presidents?" l
asked myself. If they had understood
and returned, "No; good mechanics" !"
1t would have been quite as impressive
an answer.-Louise Closer Hale in
Harper's Magazine.
The midland journal., 1916-11-03
POINTS IN PoTTING PLANTS
Bv EVA RYMAN-GAILLARD.


Plants grown for beauty of their
foliage should be given rather large
pots, holding plenty of rich soil, while
those grown for blossoms should be in
smaller ones.
Root-bound plants seem to produce
more and finer blossoms, but this
should not be construed to mean keep
ing them SO tightly root-bound that
they starve to death.
When the pot is full of roots shift
the plant to one an inch or two larger,
and fill the space with good soil.
Never fill pot so full of soil that
the water runs off the top instead OF
settling into the soil. Leave space
vacant in the top of the pot, an inch or
more, according to the size of the pot
and the amount of water needed by
the plant.
For plants having hard, woody
stems, the soil may be level on the
surface and no harm is done as the
water standing around the stem will
not injure it, but for soft, crown-cen-
tered plants like the primrose, the
soil should be higher in the center
than at the edge.
It is well, too, to avoid pouring wa
ter into the crown of the plant, as the
manner in which the leaves come up
makes them drain the water down in
to the crown of the plant, and pro-
The midland journal., 1916-11-03
SWAMP ROOT STOPS
SERIOUS BACKACHE

When your back aches, and your blad-
der and kidneys seem to be disordered, re
member it is needless to suffer-go to your
nearest drug store and get bottle of Dr..
Kilmer's Swamp p-Root. 1t is physicians
prescription for diseases of the kidneys
and bladder.
It has stood the test of years and has
reputation for quickly and effectively
giving results in thousands of cases.
This prescription was used by DR.. Kill
mer in his private practice and was so
cry effective that it has been placed on
sale everywhere. Get bottle, SOC and
sl.00, at your nearest druggist.
However, if you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to DR..
Kilmer l. Co., Binghamton, N. Y, for q
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper.-Adv.
The midland journal., 1916-11-03

and in thousands of cases the seed is
simply selected in the spring from the
crib.
If the harvesting of seed corn, like
the feeding of the stock, came every
day, it would be attended to on time,
but it is nothing more or less than hu.
man that the work which comes only
occasionally or once a year, as in the
case of harvesting of seed corn, should
be put off or neglected altogether, un-
less there is definite time and plan
for the work.