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Prosperit PROSPERTTY OIL MLL. Phenomenal Sucoss of am Enterpri Which Was Organize in 19.n Business Done During the Pa Season. Gio'h busine.ss~ mana.comTeni is 11 secret of the suceNss of the Prospei 1y Cotton Oil Mill company. TI compaun waS og- nie in wi a capital stock of $:t0, which 19 wa inreased to $'\as0. The frst Presient was Mr, L. ease, who served for two years, b iig Si(-ded by Mr. A. II Hlawkil 1he Psemi president. Dr. Giorme Hnnier iII vi e-Prdem and 'Mr. T. PIh secretn and tre.u-imer. The ICIiIr. Cle n cm '11f- uaM iecos L. A. Se-a A. 13- Jki . J L Wi-;e. W. Pugh Dr. G. Y Hnnlr. 11. Kein saD:-. J. -. Wh:celer. R. T.Puh Tht blt nni Ihe Nuce Ilwiq 1--ibI shown by the ti uri-r- evi-- lhe amount of busine Maeks of meal and nine ears of k were manufactured, about 2.000 toi of seed bein I brought to Prosperit With lhi- it was impossible to supp the loca demand for hulls. The was a ready market for them. and persistent denialnd for more. Two ginneries, including eigi gins. are operated, and during ti past season over 3,000 bales of cottt were ginned. The mill is situated on the trai of the Columbia, Newberry Ond Lau ens road1 and its locationl is peculiar suited for the oil mill business. T briek buildings and the machine Iesident A~ . Hawkins. airefl)utdern, the plant as a whole h ing one of the best equipped in ii state. Mr. R. T'. Pugh,zl the secret arv at tesurer, is a good practical busine: man, and ha, -iven his best efforts the sueces. tot' the mill, lie has stu< ied the 'il mill husiness closely, at s in toumch with t he smallest det ai t' the business. To his untirim'r e fots and eli se attent ion to its a fairs muchI ot the success of' the mi is due. Mersa 4 n msserv. Oil MIn, Prmsdent A. H. Hawkins. The preiden of the lProsperity Cotton Oil Mill ompaiy is Mr. A Ii. - Hawkins. Mr. lawkins was born sev st en miles below Prosperity in 1S63. and duringi the whole of his life he has been pminently conneeted witi the le uliness affairs of Prosperity and i.Newherry county. He lived at the iepalvntal home uintil %89, when he th movel to P1rosperity and went into inthe mercantile business. He was a member of the firm of LIutiher. Lang A ford & Co. for one year. He was e- afterwards a member of the firm of s, Luther & Hawkins. In 1.97 the firm S7. of Hawkins Brotlhers was established, R1. composed of Messrs. A. H1. and George EC. I hawkins. This imercantile tirm se has a lare business. and ranks as one e, of the safest and most solid mercan . tile firms in Newherry county. Mr. . Hawkins is also eilag1ed extensively in farming". h With wihat ability and success Mr. f Hawkins has directed tle affairs of the Prosperity Cotton Oil Mill com s pany during the past season is read l0 ily seen by a gI'alice at the figures il which ,ive the business done by that company. Mr. Hawkins was elected y. vice-president of the company whenl y it was organized in 1903. Mr. L. A. r Sease being chosen president at that a time and serving" for two years, Mr. Hawkins succeding Mr. Sease as it president. le Mr. Hawkins is a public spirited m1 citizen and has done much for the ad vancement of the community in which k he .has spent his life. r- . THE RAILROADS. 'Y Messrs. Langford and Boland Agents For the Southern and 0. N. & L. Mr. 1'. .. Lang-ford isl agient for the Southern railway at Prosperitv. and Mr. ). W. l1olalnd is a,ent for the Colutnbia. Newberry and Latrels. oth . entleeinl are co11urteolns and obligin. aid the affairs of the two railways in P'rosperily are sa fe in t heie lhands. Ioth railwmay hiles have done illl aid Prosperity,* and arie leniding t heir ailtite st eady advancement of' thle towni anid the' surrounding community. In this t hey have the hearty co-oper atijon of their agents at Prosperity. Is l'- - P. L. Langford, Agent Southern Railway. Factory of J. C. GRAIN CRADLES. y About Six Hundred Manufactured 31 Each Year in Prosperity by the pn Counts Manufacturing Company, J. i C. Counts and Son. a I$ Abiout six hundred grain eradles are mianufiactuiredl in Prosperity each ti year antd sold1 to the wholesale mner chanits thbroughout t he count ry. The Counts Maimfacturing comn Pan.vy. nOW comlpos.ed of iMr. J1. (1. Counts and his son. Mr. E. C. Count s, was organized1 ini 188:2. In that year Mr.~ Counts erected a two-story wosod en building for his plant, Ibut has recently put uI ai niew brick b)uiline. :30 x 100 feet. part of which is two stories in hieit Mr. C'ounts was enigag~ed in the fur niture b)usiness from 1871 until 1879, and t hen dlealIt in fancy groceries and furniiture unitil 1881. wheni he sold his business to Sehumpert Bruothers. lHe has been engaged in thle manu foe ture of grain cradles since 1878. lIe ailso manuftutires plow stocks and sells steel and wire fencing and runs a planing mill. His plant is well equipped. The Power used is steam, and the manu factory is run duiring thle whole of thle QUAT TLEBAUM & LANGFORD. Large and Successful Feed and Sale Establishment. P For more than a y'ear and a half Messrs. Quat tlebaum an~d Lansford have conducted a large feed and sale pl business in Prosperity. This -firm ed snieeeede'd Schiumpeirt and Quattle-- to baum. which tirim was in the same t i business for sixteen monthls priiori tn es, lie pairtne rship formed by Mr. Quat tiebaum and Mr. Langftid. au Qunattlebaum and ILngford, do no ph livery- business, giving therir whle at tenition to thle feed1 anmd sale business. te. Iluring t he past seaso n th1ey brought ei to P ro'speri ty andm. s' Id abu h1in evenity- ehi flve mules.M The tirm is ~emitosed ut' Messrs. J. of D. Quattiehaum and D). M. Lanis.fo)rd, who are bh p leasanit gent lernen and * . R. C. Counts. tW --------- - ~*IJ RS in of n N - d * 01 - i f ft Counts and Son. te arl. The garin cradle manufactured by r. (1un's is his own patent, belig teiited July 2S, 1903. He has stead iproved it and broludit it up to high standard before lie secured a teni. His sonl was a(mitted aEl rtner in the business the first of is year1. J . N - --.... .. VV J. 0. Counts. w ' THE BELL TELEPHONE. osperity Talks to all the World- of Obliging Genttals. t N( Prosperity talks to all the world at be lasure. The Bell Telephone enter Prosperity some time ago, and the 'Vi now has lont distance connec n.- wherever the Bell system reach- at The operators are Misses Maggie 1 d Kate Barre, and they are always Ti asanlt and ofli6inu. is The Bell system is easily the best ephine system and Prosperity is en an excellent service. The ex an*e_iswnder the m-annement of r.wln . Spearnman. manne~ertf the Newberry exchange. M. C. Morris. n Traveling Sa'.eman, Resident of t osperity. t o * * . . i 4- . Me aIrai er st. On.n-. PRoSPERITY'S PHYSIOIANS >mething of the Lives of the h Whose High Calling it is to 8 To AReviate Human Suffering. Dr. J. S. Whedler. Dr. J. S. Wheeler was born inl I gton county eight'miles south c Prosperity, October 0, 1872. tended the common sclioolg of unty and entered Newberry coll 1891, graduating with distinct the class of 1894 with. the A. ,gree. He entered the medical rtment of Tulane university '95, from which institution adtuated with onors in the class 9S. Dr. Wheeler located in Prospei r the practice of his professi riming a partiership with Dr. H r in 1898. He was married to A aggie Russell, June 24, 1900. I)r. Wheeler was a member of 'ug ihm of Hunter and Wheeler i Icn the Prosperity Drug compi is formed lie was elected treasu d general manager, and when it i corporated he was elected vice-pr Dr. 0. T. Wyche. tt. .Dr. Wheeler was. twice elec iyor of the town and lie carried f rd the improvements begun un predecessor. Dr. Wheeler has large interests s and Lexington county, and p his time is given to the large 'ests in his hands. Dr. G. Y. Hunter. Dr. G. Y. Hunter ivas born in loi >. 9 twonship, on Saida river Oc r 20, 1868. His early training was had in 1nmn schools of the county. tended Newberry college for I ars, completing his classical tra : at the South Carolina universi entered the medical department dlane university, New Orleans. SS. graduating from that institut 1891. He located at Prosperitv for acteic of medicine .June 1. 1891. q us married to Carrie. only dauiih Mai (. (. I)eWalt. on May 9, 18 Dr. Hunt er hias bween en;ganed in necral pract ice of medicine to1 Dr. G. Y. Hunter. mo - 1 later an :i WhAeeleri. a nd wV unet .f the fouir stoekho.lder's I u Pr.Leity Dru i1 ci mpa nv. Hewas electedi intenidmzit of 1 onI fr tour t ermns, 1900 to 1994. is dlurinli theamnsrainoi inter that tedwonnsand I cotton Seed Oil mill were bul took an active part in the orWa [e1 tion of the Bank of Prosperity a . )ek the oil mill, and has always worke for the upbuilding of the town. X was during his third term that the plan matured for a city hall, which e was' built during his fourth year as ast mayor. He Dr. Hunter was active in the organ the izationl of the Prosperity graded ege schools and in the erection of the ion graded school building. le is a mei B. ber of the advisory board (it trustees de- and has been a member of this board inl for miiany Years. he Dr. J. B. Simpson. of was born inl Laurens county about seven miles west of the vourt. -ity on, uin [iss the ild Mny rer Vas Dr. J. I. bedenbaugh. house. His education was had in the schools of his home county and Williainston institute.. He at tended the Georgia Medical school at Augusta from which ho graduated in 1859. He first located at Helena, but realizing the growing importanceQ of the lower section of Newberizy coun ty, he located at the cross roads, t1ree miles.below Prosperity, in 1860. When the toesin of war sounded lie volun teered and was physician of the Way side hospital for 14 months, after 1 ed which lie was duly commissioned as or- medical sergeant and assigned to duty ler with the 17th Georgia regiment. . On his return from the war he located in i the town of Prosperity and has con art tiiuously, with the exception of about in.. two ye4rs'7pent in Greenwood, prac ticed his profession in the Prosperity conmunity, covLring a period -of'45 t ver yeats. to- Dr. Simpson was rarried-to Miss Elizabeth Cook, September 18, 1860. the Two daughters aire still living to He cheer the doctor as he sits by his Wo cheerful licarti stone and recounts in. the deeds of the long ago. ty. Dr. Simpson has served his town in of the capacity of a varden and as a in member of t lie board of health. He On is ever* ready to help on every good cause. he Dr. J. I. Bedenbaugh. n1d D. J. I. Hleenah was horni near ter St. Lukes c'hurch, Nebrycounity -)4 MIay 29. 1."4-. His early traiinw lie in thle commiion schools. at St. Luikes lie aceadenmy. Hie entered Newberry col leize in 1S91. graduating .,ith distine tion in the class 6f 1895. After graduating fi'om Newberry college lie .taught school -iln Saluda, and( Big Creek, Newberry conty, and Mt. Pilgrim and Fairfiew, and was first assistaiit iln the ProspIerity grad ed scho(ol. Hie was census enumerator for' No. 9 towiiship in 1900. He enitered1 the medical college of Memphis. Tenn., in 1900, attended the inedical dlepartmuent of tihe University 'ft thie Sou1th in 1902, and graduated in 1903 from the miedical dlepartmnent ''t' the Univ'ersity of Georgia, at Au- ' gust a. lie practiced medicine at Etheridge, he~ of ' It -.t Dr. J.3J. Dominick. Saluda county, for about one year andl then located at Prosperity, Jant nary 1, 1904. lIe is also president, secretary and treasurer of the Pros perit y, Drdlg company. Dr. Beden hang was married to Miss Bessh, daughter of T. L. Wheeler, April 261, 1903. Dr. Jno. J. Dominick. 'Dr. John J. Dominiek was born Oetober~ 17, 3877 in the $t. Lukes