Newspaper Page Text
12 PagesmPart 1I~A t1 ae-at
Pages 1 to 8. 1141 j $1.5sAtEAB
VOLU-NE XLVIII. -NU-"ER S:). -EWBERRY, SOUTHl CAROLINA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2.1, 1910.TWCAWEK$10AYA.
DOOMED TO DIE
AMERICAN DENTIST CONVICTED
OF WIFE 31URDER.
After Five Days' Trial Terdict Quickly
Rendered-Ethel De Neve's
London, Oct. 22.-Dr. Hawley Har
vey Crippen, after a trial extending
-over five days, and 30 minutes' delib
eration by the jury, today was found
guilty of the murder of his wife, an
American woman, known on the stage
a Belle Elmore. Lord Chief Justice
Alverstone, who presided at the trial,
sentenced Crippen to be hanged on
The-e is, however, prejudice in
England against executing a man on
purely circumstantial evidence, and
an incident at the close of Crippen's
trial has caused the impression that
the jury may have recommended a
life sentence. After Crippen was sen
tenced to death the foreman of the
jury handed to the lord chief justice
a note, after looking at which the jus
"That shall be forwarded to the
proper quarter." The proper quarter
might mean the home secretary, who
has jurisdiction in such matters. The
jurors refused to discuss the incident.
Crowd Waits Outside.
A large crowd awaited the depart
-ure of Crippen from New Bailey.
'There were a few "boos" as he drove
:away to the prison, but no other dem
The jury was out just 80 minutes.
When it returned and announced that
it had found he djefendant guilty,
'Lord Chief Justice Alverstone asked
-che physician if he had anything to
say. Crippen replied in a low voice!
"I still protest my in.nocenc!"
The chief justice then pronourEd
the sentence of death.
Addressing the condemned man,
Lord Alverstone said:
"You have been convicted oil evf
idence which can leave no doubt in
'the mind of any reasonable man that
you cruelly murdered your wife, and
then mutilated her body.
- "Leave Hope Behind."
"I advise you to entertain no hope
that you will escape the consequences
of your crime. I implore you to make
your peace with Almighty God."
As the lord chief justice concluded
a policeman stepped forward and in
the hush that had fallen over the
court room led Crippen from the
The trial of Ethel Clara Le Neve as
'an accessory after the facts in the
murder of Mrs. Crippen will begin on
Crippen received the death sente-nce
with the apparent calmness that
characterized him throughout the
He appeared rather nervous during
the judge's summing up, which was
strongly against him. As Lord Al
verstone mercilessly portrayed his
-character las developed during the
trial, Crippen twirled his thumbs, re
crossed his legs and occasionally
'shuffled his feet. However, as soon
as the charge had been concluded,
the prisoner seemed to pull himself
together. When the verdict was an
nounced Cripped did not flinch.
Clues for Crown.
Robert Muir made the closing
speech for the prosecution. He de
clared that the crown had proved
beyond a reasonable doubt that the
body found in the cellar of the Crip
pen home was that of the doctor's
wife. No one else, he said. had 'l
chance to murder the woman and bury
the body as it was found to have
Lord Alverstone immediately begar
his summing up of fhe case.
The justice described Crippen as
an extraordinary man. whether guilty
or innocent. If guilty he had covered
up a ghastly crime in a ghastly way.
-and, it was believed, in a most brutal
and callous manner. If he was in
nocent it was impossible to fathomY
his mind, as he was absolutely indif
ferent to the charge of murder. He
bad taken no step whatever to prov&
his innocence. C-ippen, the justice
declared, undoubtedly was a liar and
had Ujvd an immvoral life, but, he
,, n o i '-v co" 4 not convict the
''."- ?at on that score. It mnus
be quite convinced that the human
parts found were from the body of
Be.e Elmore and that her death was
caused by a wilful act of the pris
The lord chief justice charged the
jury that they must be convinced of
the identification beyond a reasonable
The marriage of Miss Minnie Hus
sung and A. G. Wise, of Prosperity,
was solemnized on Wednesday after
noon at "Rose Hill," the home of
Abrakn Stiork, the ceitemony .being
performed by Rev. C. A. Freed, pas
tor of Ebenezer Lutheran church. At
6 o'clock, the appointed hour, the
bride and groom entered the east
parlor where an altar was formed of
exquisite palms and ferns.i Mendels
sohn's wedding march was beautifully
rendeiled on piano ad violin and
during the ceremony the sweet strains
of music were heard. 'Immedately
after the ceremony a reception was
held and delicious refreshments were
The bride was married in a beau
tiful gown of white Bedford cord
with a picture hat trimmed with a
long willow plume, and. caitried a
shower bouquet of lilies of the valley
and asparagus fern. Her going away
gown was of soft gray santussa cou
til with a velvet turban to match.
Mr. and Mrs. Wise left for an ex
tended visit to several Northern
cities, on their return from which
they will make' their home at Pros
perity. The presents were handsome
and numerous.-The State, 23rd.
On Wednesday aftf oon, at t
o'clock, the marriage of Miss Minoli
Haltiwanger to Job S. Kleckley was
solemnized in St. Paul's Lutheran
church, Rev. Jno. D. Mauney officlat
Ing. The churcl was artistically dec
orated in gree-n and white, palms and
ferns forming a beautiful background
for the vases of large white chrysan
themums which were placed with ex
quisite taste among the plants. The
altar-rail was twined with smilax
vines, in which were imbedded masses
of the chrysanthemums, and an at
tractive fea.ture In the decorations
was a large bell of smilax and flow
ers suspended from the centre of the
ceiling. As the wedding march was
being played by Miss Hattie Smith
deal of .this city, the bride entered
with her brother. Ira Haltiwanger, at
tended by her sister, Miss Georgia
Haltiwanger, as maid of honor, Hart
Kohn, Paul Fellers, McKeown Webb
and Walter Kleckley as ushers, and
was met at the altar -by the groorm
The slender, graceful bride was most
attractive in a handsome tailored suit
of navy blue, and a stylish hat of
black. The maid of honor was be
comingly gowned in cream voile over
taffeta, with hat of same color.
Immediately after the ceremony
the bride and groom left for Wash
ington and Baltimore. After two
weeks they will be at home to theit
friends, 2023 Lincoln street. Both the
bride and groom enjoy wide-spread
popularity and many handsome and
useful presents were received.-The
The voting in general election~ for
county, State and federal for Walton
precinct will take place at J. L
Crooks' store at Cravenhill, the old
store at Walton having been torn
Two of a )find.
A well known humorist expressed
the opinion that the keenest repartee.
after all, was the half unconscious
sort that sprang so whole heartedly
from the masses. Here is a story that
he tells in support of his theory:
A woman who had been selling fish
entered a street car with an empty
basket on her arm, still giving forth
an unmistakable odor of the finny
tribe it had carried. She took a va
cant seat next to a young man, a no
ticeable "swell," who drew his coat
tails away and plainly showed his dis
"I s'pose '' remarked the womai'
presently, "that you'd rather therc.
was a gentleman sitting beside you?"
"Yes. I would." was the instant re
There was a moment's pause, and
then she looked up at him and said.
o oudA T"-.Chircro T?ordr-He"
THE NEWS OF PROSPERITY.
1INilliam Lester Chapter, '. D. C., to
Meet Tomorrow-People Who
Are Coming and Going.
Prosperity. Oct. 24.-Mrs. Andrew
Kinard, of Union, is visiting friends
and relatives in town.
Mrs. Lewis Scott, of Pacolet, and
Miss Lillian Scott, of Clinton, aft,,r a
visit to Mr. J. B. T. Scott, have re
turned to their respective homes.
Mrs. Lizzie DeWalt is visiting her
brother, Mr. Robert T. Caldwall, in
Mrs. W. L. Ma'as and little daugh
ter, Helen, have returned from se
eral days' stay in Newberry.
Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Kohn, of Co
lumbia, are the guests of Mrs. E. E
Dr. and Mrs. Pinner, Mrs. Tom Se*
ler, of Pomaria, Mrs. J. C. Caughmai,
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Caughnan, Mr. 1
A. Shealy, of Leesville, Route No 4,
were shoppers in Prosperity last
Mr. Vincent Joiner has returned to
Columbia, after spending a few da-s
with Mr. B. B. Schumpert.
Miss Blanch Parrott, of Route No.
4, left Saturday for Gilbert to take
charge of her school.
The William Lester chapter, U D.
C., wiU meet Wednesday afternoon at
4 o'clock with Mrs. J. P. Wheeler
Miss Miller, of Newberry, spent zhe
week-end with Miss Gertrude Bolt.
Miss Annie Belle Riser, of Pomaria.
was the guest Saturday of Miss Hat
tie Grosecloee. - - '
Miss Blanche Kibler is visiting
Miss Nannie Simpson in Greenwood.
Mrs. James Lominick, of Walton,,
is spending a few days with her sis
'ter, Mrs. Lois Dominick.
Mrs. C. M. Harmon spent Saturday
Messrs. S. S. Birge and E. S. Xobri
spent Saturday at the Wise hotel.
Messrs. Charles Barre and Robett
Wise, of Newberry college, spent the
week-end at home.
Mrs. Catherine DeHart, who has
been living with her daughter, Mrs.
S. P. Hawkins, died Friday and was
buried at Trinity church. She leaves
two daughters, Mrs. S. P. Hawkins
and Mrs. Eli Franklin, and three sons,
Dan, John and Noah DeHart.
DEA TH OF F. P. )IIMNAUTGH.
Former Columb)ia Business Nan,
Brother of James A. Mimnaugh
of This City.
The State, Oct. 23.
Frank P. Minmaugh, brother of
John L. Mimnaugh of this city and
James A. Mimnaugh, of Newberry,
died on Friday night at his home in
Denver, Col., after several weeks' ill
ness. The cause of death was typhoid
The body will.- arrive in Columbia
on Tuesday afternoon. The funeral
services will be held at St. Peter's
church on Tuesday afternoon at 3
o'clock. The interment will be in the
family plot at St. Peter's cemetery.
Mr. Mimnaugh was born in the
North of Ireland, 52 years ago. He
followed John L. Mimnaugh to this
country, and for years was associated
with him in business here. -Afterward
he lived for some time in Greenville.
Later he went West and for six or
seven years has been esta:blished in
business in the Colorado capital,
where he had prosp-ered. Mr. Mim
naugh was a man who made many
friends and kept them. His was a
particularly hearty and generous na
tui e and he counted his warm friends
by the score. The three brothers
John L., Franka P. and James A.
spent a week together in New York
city during September.
Mr. Mimnaugh was unmarried.
THE STATE FAIR.
Everythine Points to Successful Fair.
Fine Races-Several Organiza
tions to Hold Neetings.
The State Fair this year promises to
excel any of its 42 predecessors.
The fair opens the 31st of October
and continues all week.
President John G. Mobley has me
with great success in securing par
ticularly fine exhibits. Commissione"
Watson has arranged an exceptionalh
imresting exhibit for the State. Tb
gom f C1crnson en@ets will he i
rmhjin for the fair six T'ndrr
AH rla-s< aJ e:hibit. nron
ise better and higher grade displays.
The grounds will be open at nights.
Secretary Efird has a splendid lot of
midway attractions for the grounds.
There will be a great football game
on Wednesday, Davidson and Char
leston colleges meet, and on Thursday
the University of South Carolina and
Clemson struggle on the gridiron.
Secretary of agriculture, James
Wilson, has been invited to address
the farmers of the State on Friday
and will likely be there.
The horse races promise to be fine
and many entries have already been
made. On Saturday there will be
especial automobile races.
The Knights of Pythias, Odd Fel
lows, Traveling men, and other or
ganizations have arranged to have re
unions and meetings here during fair
Especially reduced rates have been
offered by all railroads for visitors
attending the fair. It is well to make
your plans remembering that the
State fair is from October 31, to No
vember 4, at Columbia.
Rally Day at Ebenezer.
There will be a missionary rally
day at Ebenezer next Sunday, Octob
er 30. Exercises beginning at 10
o'clock. Dinner on the grounds.
Preaching in the afternoon. Every
body invited. The program Is as fol
Opening song 268, Y. P. H.
"Work for the Master"-Ellen Lake.
"What Should We Do for Missions?"
"The Present Crises"-Mabel Der
rick. 'A 4
Song, 158. 0
"The Multitude's Need"-MarY
"The Two Offerngs"-Ida Mae
"I Shall Not Pass This Way Again"
"A Little Leson in Arithmetic"
Two boys aid two girls.
Bible Verse--=Thr6e little girls.
"No Money"-Inez Hutchinson.
"How to Save .the World"-Three
"The Burman Girls Lament and
"Harry's Report"-Thomas Hayes.
"A Cry From Africa"-Nettie Setz
"I wonder What I Would Do"
Dialogue by four girls.
"A Lesson of Nature"-Homer Sum
"A Missionary Call"-Lula Haw
"The Children Up in Heaven"
"The Silver Pla.te"--Maggie Boozer.
"The Great Famine Cry"-Albert
"Christ Wants the Best"-Maggie
"A Rift of Light"-Hugh Feagle.
"What I Would Do"-A boy and
"The Modern Prayer"-Sara Sligh.
Dialogue by two boys.
"The Little Missionary"-Bessie
"A Gift From Heaven"-Wesley
"What Would You Do?"-Sudie
"The Collection"-Ida Mae Hayes.
Fiction a la Node.
"Money Cheerfully Refunded- if
Goods Are Not Satisfactory."
"Yes, We're ''stinctly Related to
an English Nobleman, But We Sel
dom Speak of It."'
"No, I never Use It Except for
"Strange I Can't Call Your Name:
I Know it Just as Well as Mv Own."
"Don't Mention It, Jones; Glad to
"No Indeed, Mrs. Kicks; You
Havent Kept Us Waiting One Min
ute; Dinner Is Just Ready."--Chicago
The Important Question.I
"Didn't it almost break your hear:
to have to divorce your husband?"
"Oh, no; we had agree'd upon the
n Iifnony beforehad"-Chicago Her
NEWS OF LITTLE MOUNTAIN.
Attractive Lyceum Course Arranged.
Capital Stock of Farmers and
Ierchants Bank Increased.
Little Mountan, Oct. 24.-Trade
here has been good for the last few
Mr. and Mrs. N. B. Wheeler will
move in their remodeled residence
in Pomaria street in the course of a
Mrs. J. C. Swygert, Jr., and Miss
Ellie Jacobs, teachers in the school
here, are spending the week-end at
their respective homes in Peak.
Miss Toy Lathan, who is in the
hospital at Baltimore, Md., is much
improved and is expected. home about
the first of November.
The Woman's Home and Foreign
Missionary society held their annual
public meeting Sunday, the 16th. An
excellent missionary sermon was de
livered by Dr. R. C. Holland, of Or
e.ngeburg. At the meeting of this so
ciety Mrs. W. B. Shealy was elected
delegate, with Miss Elberta Sease al
ternate to the convention which meets
in Columbia in November.
An attractive lyceum course has
been arranged for the winter. The
first attraction is to appear here the
latter part of November. Season tick
ets will be put on sale soon.
The capital stock of the Farmers'
and Merchants' bank was indreased
to $20,000 about a month ago. The
additional stock of $10,000 has all
bee)i taken up, wbie applica,tiois
are still being recieved.
Everybody in town and the sur
rounding country is invited to a
Hallow-'een party to be given at the
school hous- Friday night, October
28, A small admission fee will be
,charged, tle proe6edsi to bo used.
for school purposes. All come and
* ~~-. SOCIAL- *
* * * * * * * * * * * *
In 'compliment to her guest, Mrs.
W. L. Seabrook, Mrs. Jas. McIntosh
gave the first reception of the season
at her home in Boundary street Mon
day afternoon. The hall and rooms
were beautiful with decorations of
palnms, ferns, chrysanthemums and
roses 'and about seventy-fiVe guests
called between the hours of 4 and 6.
Little Master Murray McIntosh open
ed the door to the guests and they
were welcomed in the hall by Mrs. J.
Y. McFall, Mrs. J. E. Norwood.
Mrs. McIntosh pid the .guest of
honor, Mrs. Seabrook, received the
ladies in the parlor and assisting in
the entertaining here, were Mrs. W.
G. Houseal, Mrs. Bernice Martin, Mrs
Simmons and Mrs Mutchinson
In the dining room assisting in the
entertaining were Mrs. John M. Kin
ard and Mrs. M. J. Carwile while the
Misses Carrie Lou Connor, Florence
Bowman, Sarah Simmons and Mar
garet McIntosh served delightful re
freshments and Mrs. W. H. Hunt and
Miss Lucy McCaughrin dispensed the
coffee. Before laaving refreshing
fruit punch was served each guest
by Misses Frances Seabiook and
The Junior Philathaas gave a
measuring party Friday night at the
Baptist parsonage. The decorations
were appropriate to the Hallow-'een
season, black cats, pumpkn faces,
owls, etc., and hallow-'een games
were played. Each gentleman present
was measured and his height in
inches taken and the corresponding
number of pennies given for a chari
table purpose. Ice cream and cake
were served and the evening much
The Bachelor Maids will meet this
afternoon with the Misses Dominick.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry G. Bates, of
Eastoved, issued annpun:cemv its of
the marriage of their sister, Miss Nine
Seay, to Dr. Frank D. Mower, of New
berry, on Wednesday. the 19th, at
their home in Eastover. The cere
mony was performed hy Rev. Hugh
R. Murchison, pastor of the Presby
terian church of Bishoprille. and war
followed by a course sulpper. Thr
bride wore a ?tv]ish gre tailore&
?2.i with b-a to mr-o~h pm.a.lWhen
casion in her life. For a number of
years she has made Columbia her
home, having graduated several years
ago from the Columbia hospital train
ing school for nurses and since then
having been one of the most efficient
and widely demanded young nurses
i1 the State. Her qualities of mind
and heart, her attractions of manner
and mien have mada her the ideal
trained nurse and she will be sadly
missed from the profession by her
associates therein. She has belonged
to the congenial household of nurses
at the nurses' home on Lumber street
for the past year. Dr. Mower is one
of the leading young physicians of
Newberry and in that town the young
couple will be at home after the first
of November.-The Sunday News.
INEWBERRY GETS POSTAL BANK.
First City in South Carolina to be
Washington, Oct. 221-The board of
trustees of the postal savings bank
system today approved a list of forty
eight second-class postoffi,ces at which
the plan will be given its first trial.
The list includes one office for each
State and territory.
Newberry is that city.
Death of An Infant.
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Hiott, of West
End, lost their little 18-months-old
baby girl yesterday morning. The bu
rial will be held at 10 o'clock this
morning. Interment at West End
cemetery. Fun)al sWervico by the
Rev. J. R, Greewe,
AN UNUSUAL ATTRACTION.
Thomas Dixon Himself to Appear in
Newberry in "The Sins of the
Father" Friday Night-Will
Address the Audience.
The managelent of the loal
theatre desires to take Ws itfidd
of stating to the public that fit he
ing able to present In this city
"The Sins of the Father," Thomas
Dixon's latest dramatic mAtter
piece, which is sweeping through
the South like a whirlwind, that
they are offering an unusual at
traction for a city of this size;
and they are able to do so solely
from the fact that they are rep
resented by one of the leading
theatrical booking agencies in the
This attraction will appear In
the opera house next Friday
nIght, 28th, and those who expect
to attend should get their tickets
at once, as the present outlook is
that they will play to capacity
business, and seats may be at a
premium. For the past few weeks
in most of the cities, the houses
hare been sold out a week In ad
vance. The management already
have several out of town orders.
An added interest has beenf
created in the appearance of "The
Sins of the Father" here, from the
fact that owing to the tragic
drowning of one of the prominent
members of the troupe, at Wil
mington, N. C., a few days ago,
MR. DIXON HIMSELF will ap
pear in the leading part In New
berry, and will address the aud
ience between the acts.
Don't miss this, the greatest
dramatic event that ever appear
ed in this city. Tickets will be
put on sale Wednesday Morning
at '7.30 o'clock, at the Newberry
Reforming the Sentence.
In western Kansas a teacher in a
primary grade was instructing her
class in the composition of sentences.
A writer in the Cosmopolitan gives the
story of her efforts. After a talk of
several minutes she wrote two sen
tences on the blackboard, one wrong
in syntax, and the other a misstate
ment of fact. The sentences were:
"The hen has three legs," and "Who
"Willie," said the teacher, to One of
the youngsters. "go to the board and
show where the fault lies in those
Willie slowly approached the board,
evidently studying hard on the tangle.
Then. to his teacher's consternation,
he took the crayon and wrote, "The
1en never done it. God done it."
Vnnuth's Compa nin.