The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, December 25, 1906, PART TWO Pages 9 to 16, Page TEN, Image 10
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- e S:I!iitll a: d by lt people inl.
:l d 3 ah1ow, but ahta wohIl
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\\ Ito ld t nl .and ill' onth,
was I lit' alct*_,:IIll/:II t a deIre
t -i r1a.II ! rT' w n 1I t ha st th11
flo I 1e !.iet in 1we,b inrza.
th:t i s ofM.winh an
fai'iti'eu wlitnevr.ntge
Chorbuibit0 treharbrso ranzti ontis
oter': pairft'e -nitd Sta:te et'
stesd Jan'" the g:weata beit t h
$1ale.onu and te nec, on of ah-entr
hte n cotritt t, n' ithwtratariy bl
BTeh. vngb Mr. Tinunes an a te
Mr.' \ hiaiE'n aplne(in. i the sie
rouht ar n thi tls ht.
roadtt et was edrm teibusnes2
disue o the cin thrungh onhich ia
evnag.MsFed. Iat withniah sa
t hat tender tent prefete cst feuird
%vie'i linbeen1 thrown a ound an is
u o,16 0f bondls he thought it would be
b.ttIr to) vote bonds 1o tbe Omount
ir:es, so that the burden -wouI fall
wi ie whole couity, the whole county
receiving the benefit. The law pro
vide, uNw that n o ilibonds which may
I.I v t. lid vin issie 1unt1il the road is
- n hl. mi avel-pt'-l by Ohe rail
u s finallyu drid, n Mr. Doml
ii's S Iiionu, f appohint ao loilit
I I live too nel. withli Ilte tranlspor
1. it .1 e rnm1illve and14 wonfer with the
I rpre-Seit:t -ives I-' tle South Carolina
V, A ,I N
I Public Servive Corporation. Of this
I t i-mmillee, ir. Wright, president of
- Ile ('hiailber. of* Commerce, was matte
Iex oflivio chlairmanki. Presidenit Wright
appindilitt4 (he uowig spveial col
tilittev: W illiam CtIlemailln, J.red. If.
DIll in ick. .114hn1 M. K inlard, C. ,1. 1111
voll, anld A. T. Brown. The tralnspo.
p ( W.Stnnir.W. P'. Sithl
.r:e '.I'r m lrlTisc m i
lnwt' lilt' ropunt entatives of tlhe!
S. C'h 'linalm 'Sevicve Cor
Oli Weni-. \'wbyld y m ili it
. ek, w en : t a1t ter .I s tilor
"iIIY., ne 41vet - :an mni \w n (lhe
111 i llo I ll*.._r v4e i l. i m11pori:llcev of -
1; 11 r h. ill 'I . ,1 i,t \\'it irin . N v ... I
VltilliNts Wolelihn
-' i s I ;k. ?a . :. l. prmmi v isor
- : .ipr tie ia
I e ''~'i'he 1 aiim o' aeselgimies i
\'i . -t , , \\'istlli r ed, alI
That i tl en t)f Newherry
W ' 1 ::(d f t whis emiity
an.t lt' Ni't ii 'ae,is shown by fte
Wvr.-( they :r'. takil- il (t m'ove
Williamn Colmn
ir. W illi:111 (dean the progr
JV vIt ted of the
ttnhif t'h'e lare ol.ntIl otherC -
man.tTe antestra hemaned is tiers
teirivrin'n only a fiewe iesg
rs imr and isi tO oeo hest ognied
pls n t'he sot. ea as roabl
! state. tWfodcler,teUi
e vlinteyeofe nrh barin nda
s irad wife wrepared himelf Coe
i thmaw an opeinda offheile. in. Ca..
, hee. his till oethois fatr .Clet
ma to crgelrge landedhend herl
1 estkas an teeactomandte hsection
-faitdb hitento. Hebegan the bildn
- ni copa onilyod fmite ago
s andfl hanti on o thbes oaniz
planTi lhe cnh accmish probalye
el nerte t do anin. eraie
the Iecessity of it aId there is ml
doubt of his iiterest. Ii tii wort
really Newberry should be more inter
ested than Whitmirc but the move
ment imiust be it. onl fool someilwhor
else and Mr. Coleman is Ihe man Li
inaguateIlld earry to) a sitccessfil
eI(11m1inat ionl tisli II I tin) ineed ul(.11
'ss th1111n t wo ytars 1.r-lley vars loIh
le running In;m Newherry tIo WItil
Glenn-Lowry Ginnory.
III (411111cli) witi the Imill here i!
allso the (ilenli-Ilowry (liinnwry. 'Thi:
is a two story brick blind i,l withl al
m111dern1 convmnift-Iles Salld improve
nillets and Ile latesl illmr.-ved 1111.
Ohiley. Th'lle calmicity 0' I've .inl i!
it bi%. Iah's pt.r 'i.r1 , and Y qli-Y ii
,ln- I ll the S atiil lboti 3000 hales
in c ionnetiln Witi the giinery is alhu
a 1m41odern 'rist mill.
Henry E. Kohn.
i. Mr ( . Kohnm. Iiw secmit
ill the C:m r m1, is we!I ep iip
-1 f'rr flhe dut04s I.I h1is. plisitionl
ih- i,- A m aclivel. inllvrtvn I i l
i..
11. E. KON.
Ipro,eI)TtIss and development of th
Iown. anld is at present 111man11.11 Il-onl
his wan1.
Witmire Drug Co.
I,'' - ;fth ww OnlrMim:ta wil
be inalp11t'ed at W hNiVt1tnIliw soonl af'
tr he Ipidavs is the Whituir.e )1n
'mpanly. witi a caplit.al stock )
-5000.00. Air. l.. V. Chibd is pweAidenli
it". W .1). 1 T. V 4I - side.1 ; T. Il
W altson, st-cretoaryv; a nd T. 11. Younl"
t reasurler. and Imlaai,pr. TlI will b)
IIIilt of concerete block.
Lever Stays In Washington.
Washlingiton. D)eeember 2L--All o
Suth Carolina's 'conting-ent inl Conl
rss hald left tihe city this afterinoo
witi thile exception oI' lepresenttativ
I.ever. lIle will probably not go homl
at all. but will remain Ilhere to catc
I witi several m1a12itter' ot imporitane
anld wvill, during the holidays, do
cons41iderale1 amlountt of wyork ini th
variious depart ments.
An Agricultural College in Each Dli
trict.
Washington,. Dec. 21 .-Congr'ess
men'1 fromt all Southr d1m (istr'iets ar*
''leasedl with the hill int rodued( b)
li(epresenltat ive Livingstone, of Geom
en. pr'ovidinig $10,000 for the estal
li'shment of an agr'icul tural collegei
everyV congress511ioallistit in th
I'nited States. The hill provides tha
tese amonn)1ts may1O be 'onlsolidalted,i
the different reprtesentatives in an
state should desire to (do SO and i
I he governfor's shold deemIl this pla:
hettIer n toI4 deCvote the mToney t
smiailer' institutions.
There is little doubIit t hat the Ir
;s t or tihe puripose o4f adding a iarge
fun to colle(MZes alreadyi est abl)ishei
antd will probably bin ii about a '2oo(
f'i'zht some time in the future.
W. H. Lanhamn.
Mr'. W. II. Lacnhiam, (verseer of tht
card1 room, is a thoroughly experient
W. H. LANHAM.
edml mnadunesadsted
tal n lltewr vnetdwt
he ilnlman adtmdrtnsted
UNCLE NED AND HIS
BLUEBACK SPELLU!
THE GOOD OLD TIMES WHEb
FAITH WAS SUPREME.
How Uncle Ned Was Loved by th
Others On the FEantation-Debate
With Blue Gunmed Preacher.
-lls. 11. I 4-m inl Sulinday State.
" He that l.vvrerlleth, the samt
shall e clothdil inl white raiment
anld I wVill n11t bhot his nam11e ouit of til
!k f . '
TIhe Indian silnmer had laste(
spaIk hp ti (' bristmllas. Indeed il
SNIMP1d mlwrv like mlidslimmervi than In.
dial summ1i11ier. The iees actuiall
dronied in tih(e air, ia lloccasinl Ia3
Stninglil. onl (lte fool-loo, an1d at mnoel.
inl". bird called fiar and near tromn tit
iipland bilutl 1nele Ned did iti see til
Illzy mnweensinl milr lwarl thle mlellifilu
lilt m1eIVking." bir-d.
A pl-t11id:-e, wilh 18 little oies i
Ilie N., sem0i -41' ;wl Ss to thie hai
11-- vh(e t ni li:- hi fet. ht-i lwle Ne
-i! I sm. llm hii len I-. lie wa
' l ilt h Il ad I'eW. a in It -h:1le Ii
pe 1,1 11 whl. 1) %lich thl
il h eavy, v. -v%ll w aid so't
sill " n pitt2 iiebed'' bv hr-st
" it li in 't no usen I ryin ' ter set ul
ter dis, '' Uncle Ned sighed, takinj
ioff his -igantic brass-rimmed specta
eles and wiping them, "I jess bauda
eiisly gotter git dowin tei' hit!'' an
suiting the action to the word, Uiel
Ned stretched himself upon tl
ronlld. sieadin- soinethling out tetl
derly hefore hiil, and again his lip
ml. red like tie breatihinlr of an itl
ill Uncle Ned was no hodoo. an
'0th he anid his (1celpation wvere ver-.N
very human. ll afiter a while, Ilh
? 'Ititail lnbir. lo.:oether with the ti
seasmnable lea1, the dronlinui of tl
bees and the si:n ing cf the iockin
I-ird, proved till mu11(lh for him,y an
e he#1 (pll ne.')r all his I'ace 11pon1 hi
Indk anld Slept.
S'nele Ned w7is MLthodist presi
i1 :hl r alld f'irst exholrtvr on Ith
;-hnit:ltir! (r the (,Il widl w lBrace
ile widow "f "Neil' ,'' the "0
--in Seenes, and11 :300 iir:es "sa
ller' him <'1 rikld days. Ever
ni' t 1f Uncle Ned's ieetim!'S was
rewilval. .\s a1 "Zmrler. a' sIlpinder
ie hm(a 11(n equai, his rame iiv;
spreaId for 50 miles down Turke
creek and Stevens creek and Savai
niahl river to "JAumsty, Georgy.
Consequently, Uncle Ned was somi
tillies borrowed to minister to a dih
hant flock.
It was tho-hlit by the negroes thi
he had great "book larnin', ' ab1no1(
is much as "old Marse'' )efore ti
latter s detlit. And no other hand ha
ber ritshed "old Marse's'' man111
blooks ill his library. And lie had wai
0ed on1 "~ Marse Jedge (ius L4ongstre<
e a rtde Georgy Scns' hen tli
"'jedge'' had visited ''old Miarse.
Besides possessing all these overweei
-ing! aidvanitages, Uncle Ned diligentl
studtiedl a mysterious little blue boo
n iearly aill the tuie, and wheni it wr
e nt ini use lie carried it in his bosson
"Da1)r 's wundert's an' powers hidi
dait boo(k. 's saidl Aunt Keziah, wt
helped miatnmai in thle plantation "ne1:
ser'' with tihe black b)abies, " ai
eon 'y a wise mani kin onder stan' 'cir
t 1n'11n' Mobse lie say dant Une' Ne
feit dat book fum a dead an' gor
kin'g sho'. ef he ai' bin git it wid
rabb)iit paw ouitende grab)eyard. ''
Withi unispeakablle pride, Uncle Ne<
0 1! nall state liccasion', w66re "'ol
31Ia ''s ' broade') dnI. thle onily slas
r d'h wed' to2 '14eoy i; thatiinir. .\nid
I t'ren Ihad26 b)een very ro(tund. while i
"z rt '' ' shan ik was dec'idedtly lea
1 2e'le0 Ne were W "told( Marse 's
broi ade!oth ithViI all thle d1ig.nity th1
e should( e'xten'id from ba r to plit .
..The afternoon wore lazily awn
and although it was within ten d1a.
of ('hrialmnas, not a soul seemed ast
on that side of the plantation. Bt
nuor 50 feet away, by the side of
pairling brank, a pretty, bright-eye
small boy was very wideawake, I
the utter discomfiture of the minnom~
sporting in its wvaters.
"Unker Ned I Oh-h-h, Unker Ne<l
Please come and untangle my fishir
line.''
Uncle Ned stirred and rolled ove
on a dozen mushy persimmons, fc
the voeie was as clear' as a bugle cal
"Oh-h-h, Unker Ned, come, come !
lUcle Ned hurried, or rathier hol
bled heavily to the branch, and sai
to the pretty small boy: "Look a her,
little Marse, fore Oawvd !-what ye
bin doin'? Jesus marster, your gran
ma ai ' knowv~(i 0y11 ouen hoe harl''feel
ed wvid fishhook an ' line. same like
was July. Fore Oaw,1. we zwi ' ha
trnbb)le 'lbout dis."
"HIlush your 01(1 monithi. Unker Net
antd please uintang'le my line for me.
"Yah. yah. little Marse.'' said Ur
I1 da Ned, trint y,awn himself amat.
M 1101
.44
"(but, donl't youl wNviter hecar. old Unle'
Ned outten. de boook tftr er leettle bit,
S11.1 ol.i aN. elt lie
S:o smal boy'lul v a I j vc ki fe.
itI-Nw, Just likie thevy do) inl Aul.-ust,
to
ke grndn:aStare.'
"He:a- I'ne(' Nedl jess a leetle bit
tmit,ende book, huney-.lak er gvjodi
chile as, youi is-'case I knows 'emi all
now. Deni we ontangles de line,'
pleaded the old man.
"Well, you didn't know 'em thelj
la.st timie I heard you, and I'm tired
tryinw. to teach you. I just don't be
lieve that youl can learn 'em, Unker
Ned!''
-"Yas, yas, Vine' Ned know 'em all
no0w, honey-kniow 'emi good. Ef youl
:1h-als 'em rio-ht nlow, I gwi' onitanigle
de Iinie anl' tekc you dlown ter de bot
', t- m' blaze dat bi!r swee' mn I bin
ile you 'bvul. Anld denl, honecy, you
iikm ch.)w swee' gutm twell way arter
New Year.''
1"Gumertietty! you promised me
sOuht w%hen I heard you before! Unker
Nf!d, T donl't see what you Want to
f' ol with book1s for aniyhiow. I cer
t:iinly _et enouiiih (if 'em every nipuhtI
and mt.i withoult wvorrying( with,
yt u.whenl I wanlt to play."
t "Locek herv. !;Htle Arsl.v I ,it, miiss:
t(I erlmmie teli *y. it dow!) whal. yml kill
a ket ch hornyi-he 'd ;sies von', hialn',
den,''" sug-,gested1 thle trnelree
"GemlernIelty! VInker Ned, these
inniows righit here alre as longi as ity
hanild, if youl wolid only unltanigle miy'
Hln,'' exclaimned thle smiall boy.
-"MEs bitr es my han', deni,'' suggrest-'
d thle old n teerro.
t The smiall boy cautiously and sil-i
t etly m leasured thle lenth of Une711leI
Ned's hamt mliet oally, and his bile
cl eyes sparkled. "That's twice as long
y as( anly Sam11 ever eaugh-It. Will youl,1
1 '? ' e'
o " il you eros your'~ heart and ,
y od and'V hop5tlie to(~ die anmka
kI cros ar nd spitu 'in the m-idde?"
s queiit~: e ed the lad.fle l
d'o
e1W ci eotage,e ie'
d e!'
t
fliThen "l hars efore graner
I held withi hand,fo' anyncl Ne te..I
r book out of is'l bofsomeey i
r ' Eigh chilren of "oldh Maarse," gin i
l. turn hadii tessaye in O' vain1 totec
a'fncle e hrhi eters o' that th lit- '
v "Butm darhaity no hierr, sid, tUn
ii le iNed h ap hoericarely onghe bue
- handb, fyor woud onlye untange marn
ln, m' 'low lack,( thue sman boeinyf.
t ''i hit' m h n' en' ug et
ei te s flimdcr lrn ae.n
went.The first boy cat miush now lid sl
in ay homeof~ he lnbt b ofIuht
eac ear osihgandmieial. ammahi blue
- daint coepar.'Tt twdiged long
es al teac inCV'nel Noa "g ,.. - ---h ~'i
:,.4 'X
W11 OVE111i llIt./
na, did it whlpil -he was a girl."
And the lesit-n begins. The per
imt Ion1,-st i'Vk p oint er in ''little
Ila'S a- n 11:111d wa,Is -rasped with
i'ness. as le sat with dignity on a
w sililup. his le's Ilng' eioulglh to
"1.1. ha:1. ca: d1-1, dal; '-a, fa.
pelled icile Ned vohibly af'er N \
ie"eptor. Anld theni tile oral lesson
>ver, the p)pil rubbed his "lsies"
Alld j)ut them on for the alphabet.
"A !-you know big A, Unker
"ed I
"Yas, yas, des like do plow hand
les, wid de cross p.ece en de middle,"
assented Uncle Ned. "A !"
With much tender prompting an
ulling on the part of the teacher
and with many homely suggestions b
way of better remembrance nex
tint on the part of the pupil, the cap)
itals were dismissed, and the blue
eyed precelitor. with all axe of *
min to griN wa1s encouraging an
patted the student oil tile back mos
"You said that well, mighty wel
Uncle Ned."
The old man's dull eyes glowed a C
the warm1th1 of tle praise. It
"Didn't I dun tole you Une'
kinowed 'Cm dis time, hIonley?"
"Now." said tle ilstrietor, thin s
i! of the fresh sweet gum, "we' n
try the liit!v lelters. bevause I wa I
Io eiarn he sweet iiii and the fis d
b nest!v. bi
"A, b). v. 0.e. . repeated Une l
Ned. ns 1"Ist as the pelsimmiliol-Stic
p'itIer was Ioved. "Didnl' I tole yp'N
I k'owed 'eml), honey?" cried une (11
Ned exultantly. "Now we sho gi el
tinn ie pagoe!" wV'
A stiddeii personal recollection sti
red the memlory of the little pedag th
gue, an11d he proveeled to cover tI lIl'
capitals witit a very dirty, Chubb i
hanld. die
"Now. I'n1ke' NeI. what's that?'
''A.' sail It lnle Ned. Hm
"G~ood, g'ood,"' said the wily teae ha
er', "'amnd now T'm going to skip y An
ahoi, andlu if you 'paiss,' ' theni I' "'f
goinit toi tirn the patle. ''
fichee Ned striaiThtenecd and st Pa
fened his b)ack, anid bit off a fre mel
uie ce ofl tobaceo, ait the mere id
/ LN-O R O
- - parso
4ul. .ied
md~ piilssy "tels ete s4 ,
ff' his aspitio, bethed iupmon CI'I
Abbe them~ni Uarefle and, tdi C
hemly aginudr
"uo Th)t iesy 's'th, Unker Netter is g l
"lh Hitlmilglyie prlitl, toei l! otm
em pag dn eikube,. nle sa
i'eakly suggested. d i
$ 4 11-1 t sn'te b, rubbe.d 0