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il 0. H. Cooper Co. The C. H1. Cooper Company, one of leading mercantile establishments 'of WhAimire, is capitalized at $10,000.00, withi J. D). Stokes as pr-esident and] Treasurer, Mf. E. Abrams, secretary,: and C. H. Cooper, mnanager. Mir. Coop)er is a native of Sp)artan-i bui- counity. and has, been ait WhIit-' mnire about four y%ear-s, thiree ot' Whc lie n'as miianager, (f the Gfleni-Lowry C( m11an-,'s stor-e, whichl p)osition hie resitnied las,t jtlme (o organIliZe thle C. K. Cooperi-Compauny. . M,r. J. D). Stokes is a native of San Unli( n counity, and has been InI hr1itmire for several years. MIr. Mt. E,'. Abramis is a son of Mrt. -Tht mans AMbamis. one of the miost suc eess-ful farmlers inl Newberry counity. WHITMIRE IN THE HILLS AND ITS FAST PROGRESS. --le'etric Lights, W ater, Steam-Heated Biildings ar d All the Paraphernalia of Modern L:i'fe-In Close Touch by - Wire With the World... 'By James Henriy Rice, Jr. Whitilire ,inl the upp1er- edlge of -Nlewberry contiy, hiis hardly been mnore thanl a name to the 1,. average Southi Carolinian. Thie great tier of hiills thant shiouldler upl - fromn the pietur-esque Enoree and that Sgive the region an alp)ine appearance hark back to the old days when the land was aliadht was a living and lov ing0 reality, and a contest, internecinc and remorseless, wa agdbewe . 9 C.ugl HieCoertra Co. hi paTieC.lar roegi omper,hose bood Wanlage, isinaied yet $10,000.00, of Mary.) Msgoe,bhas a sn singl tarsn ur kyM s. Aba' eceay nd I-.Th historian mhaer.l testr Mr oper oion to ntihe ofi Spatan .' t abou fonn a , thra of ~hiIi 1 STORE OF C. H. COOPER CO. last, worn with her labors, she waste< aWay and at her death was borne tc her grave by four maidens, clad i, white, who held tip the body on a sill handkerchief. Whitmire lies sonme 18 miles fron Musgrove's mill, where Mary Mus grove lived, and for a hundred yearf it has been a sturdy up)-country com. munity. 'Twenty years a2o the en gineers of the Seaboard Air Line rail way came throught. The railroad fol lowed, antu the towni of Whitmir< spran,g iinto life later. T1he health i fine, due to lre water an: elevate< situation.: tile surrouldin-' ceitry i fertile; the farmers well to do. Tie mlen-ixwry Manlureturin; companly was or-1anized and thle p)res eni fine mill buili after a d-sign of W H. . Whlaley & Co. It h-is di.eC. Aec trical cnci I and r mod0r vor vni t. TIhll :e m11-(, 33.000 slid :nnd 900 eems. The m11 ilri ern otl !n-:nid di.,rilmles 1r, pro(Ine --h New\% York. it,tke 5.001 hwl A' e(%ttonl anVi andI has . woh ecapacity (if fr-,im 2.500 t( -e.14 the n1ill viikei a m1del, tho :1.000. Thvere are some '350 , perative houses he -" eletll. Nell ar-ranged anl, e, mfortabl". Fire Protect'on. Tiere is an v'Tniient sy,t i, of fir ,rw0eetion, theie L-einx abundant wat er availahle. Thei v* enJines aic of the s'me typi as hese used inl the 01lmpia aind the develol 1,450 herseprwer, te capacit of fihe boilers beinu less. Tlhie system of humidiftires. the ek vators. Ithe general i aianzement a the building arc all evidcnces of hoa 'mn-Io-date everythim'r is. From in roof of the main buildin't one can se far away across the hills, now wvrar Jns a! mieaa steEoe fomngad uhngoersonsa beo ndonobr whichrie the afvUio e left b)y groves of u'rormIions depItl Some of -its looks as wvild- as the ha lndsl of th.n Wast. ............. 44' The chpital of the mills is $500, Mr. William Coleman is president a Dr. Russell R. Jeter is vice presid4 and general superintendent. The First National Bank of W mire was oragnized five years ago, has a capital of $25,000 and unldivi, pr6fits of $5,000. The olicers a William Coleman. president : Earle (1hild, vice-president, and Lloyd borie, cashier. The new%% bank buildin.-, comple durinw the past summer, is ('lne of 1idsollest in ,Southl Carolina hanldsomest in fact With tie sin exception of the Loan and Exchai bank of Columbia. The mill has its offhes on one S vf the first floor; the bank ocen the oiier. The floor is tile. The it r-1. I'l f1r ishin s are f 1111 stuf hialdsomle. (t ter-sawn Iwik, of d; rain, contrastin. beaut1iuIN1y 1 the white tiling and the inarble )p Ser f t (hel walb The oli'ves are ...cIed witi le presi 'e-t by '..:1d have outisidle conlmpeti-Onl by ti 1hjm- 1A all parts or Oh eoin Modern Bat: Equipment. Tlie bank has miodern manigan safe, strong vaults, calculating I (!ines, and all the fixtures of mod city offices. U)stlairs tile biuilding",- contains a - epilone exelanle, Vwith lon-r dista collnections, a general hall for hold a business or. o1her meetings; there v a nmb11r of elegant bedrVoms, an I physician s office, Dr. Boyd being C0omDalP'a physician at rrosent. - The bedrooms are connected wit f kind. at el conneyion of( courst. There is afsiner bathdovde of itszei an ou kendc. Shn&Laaedsg The building has stam-dentgin lierted by electricity and hs se The monets of cse. Thremts put iding ote psz few ayeaS neishcity. StrshandvLLe eg thothe redan hs, thden .tonn eilete lgts eerity and twhi connetion, aouthCouhihnsweag not~ amougntraof colitd, butrv wilt ie donein the paust f time zwishm tret ha ehisened.a an thuhe ie rno lr twne thewSn eeis lightes seherasgte very w (lpe ioa tat itsg twen hillsra aie scenery ll mk tasm resort when the traveling public finds it.. It is more accessible than the mountains and the climate is to all intents and purposes just as good. Thiere is 11o town inl the South of equal size a)d a-e that has hal* its iml)proveieits. I vThere is i splendi(i graded school bhin Steami hieait,ed, mlodernl ml every Ov and1111d line. presided over by a ;rincipal and two assistiits, which uittst have cost frui $S.000 to 10,000. Thle collily olerates a large de nirInent Atcre. but there are a numn betr of other indelpoitent establish ints. tll doinr vel. These stores are far ahtive the average South Car oliia sttoe fer towis of this size. The hokises are sitbated on good sites onl the hills, anl the natural drainage is so fine that maila1ria practially Canl obtain no footing at any season of the year . h'lie sceial toine is exceptional fine, I there being none of the rawiess usual ly attei(dant un new places. The rea son for this is that Witifmive is set tvd atid run by the hest blood and brainl of thle up-counitr.y. ahvays proli lie in hi;I h. Mr. William Coleman. W illiaml ('rlolm..n, prevsidl t (d' Oihe lem ,wry (4-1mpayll, i- tIhe soin tht. latev H. L. Coleman1,1. knlown all1 or Souli Caroltia as a large heart ed, publie-spirited citifen, who made a )0) success of everythinig lie undertook. nd The firm to which the elder Coleman t belonged was Coleman & Rice, the other partner being Maj. Spencer M. .t- Rice of Union. William Coleman is a it young man of strong character, quiek, ledI decisive-a man of action. He has the re. promise of great things in him. E. Dr. Russell R. Jeter, the vice-presi Os-- dent and teneral maiager. is a soti of ite late 3ohn R. Jeter o' Santue and eda raduate of the Citadel. He grad unated ini imedicine and praf-ticed for a t me b1)er of vear s before bin'illess claim tie ed him. ie has inherited his father's -r1lefine coimn sel e and to it has ad ge fled ilthe advanitage of a modern busi ness education. As ieneral manager .te of the ollpAlly ie ha- made unusual lies 1Cceqss an1d is ri-owinl strolmer every ite- dIlay. He has hareiv turined fortv and q :as his life before him. it Evv ne is Mr. rl. Chil, . ice n Vic ien . . I- the FiriL Nalional as all 6:11 (1 W liilv. 11v is ti ot'll *' ill v Hinfuns A. Child. fiinaicial ae t -allI - 1, W(ff'ord (lle() anid has taken up hle- wilu-k u-th vinthu4sism . Th'le others y e filline- their positiois with credit. I \1 T. 11. Watson. set-ctary ol tie ese (olei-Lowry 1ipan1JIlly, comes of old na- 1'reenwood stock and is a fiie fellow. ern Sine idea of tle size of operation of the mill may be gatlered from the t- fact that. more than $20,000 a year is nce paid in freight onl cotton goods alone. ing Like every mill inl tle State, the are freighlt ploposition is a1 seotis one1 I a and grows in -ravity each m4ontl. It the is not the time and ]place to go fully i-to tIe freight situ ation. Tis w.ould h a require separate antd careful treat ment, for the future of the whole State is closely bound up in its solu t ion. .Owned at Home. One of the gratifyin- thtingts abtout the Glenn-Lowry comlPanty is flint ii is Iowned and conitrolled at hlomte. Whatt e ver' line of policy they map out may be followed without askire leave of somebody else away Prom home.' They hiave gatheet airoundi them 01ne of' the fi nest bodies of1 youing buisi 11e5s men1 ini SoiithI Carin' a, and t hey are till SouthI i iarolliniants, sprunig (of lie regioni in wichi Iney are doing One can t hlpj Ih-hikinig what a vasi improi4vemen(lt this is over' the4 (old ni01hi d. where'ini nohedyVIito ha anythin and niah -dy .mld aeayhn x Ie- of~5ii s2vinl t'he hits th1ron1i2h lon-r yearis of1 pat ient stivinug. IEveryv mlove 11ade spells develol) oldl ment, the0 puttIing of somnet hing where Iso noting existed before. It is thle new nera-an era that will inmake Soultn Carolina one of tIe mightiest units nad in the American commonwieal th. eri- The multiplication of suchb towns as no Whlitmite is hastening indiustr'ial re th generation-hastening the time when ied the waste ptlaces will be built upl. ryIt is a p)leasiure to reflect that this ' is being done b)y the rresh brain of young South Carolina. mit, The town has, besides the building' is mentioned(, two churches, Baptist and led Methodist, anid a hotei. Thlere is talk has of a newspaper and of a new county, ter as both the population anld wealth is are to b)e had, as well as the required his area. -'There is no0 prophecy necessar'y to see that Whitmire has onily b)egun to ton ro, and that what has been done is itold buit a faint foreshadowin1: of whiat filhe next ten yearis will see'. nts- - ite- Tphere 's ' no elhance for selatives '-ever* tot be intIimate, for you have no' ila nseO for you r pooi'r ones antd your rich ncr onne have nOnS or m om. I)r. 111,011 K WASTE SHIPPED DIRECT. Routing via Charloston-Count Wedel t Buys Land Near Cc4umbia-May Become Citizens of South t Carolina. t poduiet t o (tiany. lor dlist ribuit ion 1 tCelle to (ninental am1i even Ovi "uta3 marikts, is a chelrishe pila i 1 o, < ('omli -Sih n1me Watlsmn Im- the vot tonl mills ot' this stale. lie lias just tv tin-nledl I'r--1n :III trp t) G;reenlville, mnidev f r he ;artse o coferror ith (he mill mi:1inates oIf Ie l'eilnlt upon11 this . and(1 especially upon et I project ro rlie (irect exportation of cotton waste products, says the Co lumbia Iecor(l. "Germany uses practically the cn tire production of waste materials from the cotton mills of the Unitau States," says the commissioner, "and heretofore these have been exporten tlrougi New York ldl(] other Northern and Eastenii ports. Now that the Wit tekind ik to sail oil i return voyage to Cl11harleston, and it Seems alt ogether likely 11ha1t onlr. elerisled plan of a ji re'el steaishil finle from Cihar-leston to Bremen will be realized. T woul(T 1Ike to sve lie eotton ills interested to a fuller etxend in the 111(Vellielit to ma1.1ke ilheir sihipment of waste and 4ther nroduiels by way of Chiarleston. r Ive beien ilivestigatini' tle m11.arikets ill irmany duin hle 1vpast few weeks. an(1 T swe theli a bii fi iehl op Ien lo Southl C:rolinla tl'111'achio el.r C,'lnna1is!si illn;- W l.,( n111 has Vbe l inl, in W 3 tliai the tieNt sie s11Sll]p sail C: hr'hI: -I wvi'l dt-1m11 hroml '1aril Il i frel.1bt II' l ,nn vl I-anls has alreadybensenrv TheI '-:ct num ,e 41 aliens wl will conwv yt.t. but ('41l. Vatsonl is e- Itideit ,Ihat Ilire will lie more of Ihemil th1iain camiie over* in the first. ''le V itt ek i Id broul-ht 475. Upwards oi' 150 self'-lIny int passe i ave 35i 1ve ahvalr y booked Ilheir bentls fori' tle (il1. Mr. Watsoii has loifiel Iis enllis abroa( that I is w in i positiini 140 -eceive all the ininui.-, lits of' tle lasses desirel that may come over. There is a demIiaiid for jseople of1 thle riti kind all 4lses t he SouthI, a ndlII the comi ission'ers has receiv'ed requjlest s for farm Iand11( inidus trvial labor'ers from as fari Nor'thI as Illinois. 1He is greatl1y encoura3 s'Iged Repori'its5 firoim th depalil *rtmens4it :ia'ents inl Europe ar e hii'ly pilea,m13. 1For inistanie, thieli''' ni at Bru'ssels hats spect ale, hiard-wor'kin's' folk, ambii wvishi to 'omeli'n( '"'SiuthI airolinia. tion in partanh1liiurg,113 January 2, and will aild iess thle amsill men'3' usponl the nra V \. Wedel, the erman1' coilunt.1 who eane over oni thle Wit Iekiiid wi'tt' ('old. Watson44. ands( w ho ('stabl1ished( his ('ba3 :i avd "-o I sens~e. 'lir; wI'. his shtoit vPiIil i this f'ily, is apt) to' iebecoe a1 e4t-i.a - ' (r Coh1nnh1ia1. tsr at least f,o 1imke this c'it y bhl; h'omseo duraing aI lairge par1 t' f lhe yearui. Ie ha lus purchaiused1 r'i..thi.ri ' 14'(' or limi:' on ,. the BOYD. d to I'rui t -growi Ig, adiI will bring le plae to a high sim C of cultiva ion. Conit Wedel is a settler of a higher ype thani Col. Watsoii diared hope r. 1111d Ie will be given the heartiest ind tit Welcomle. The pe-ople a, 10o innhin would he deliglited if he 1ouild tilt iinilvN voifetinde to make his his liille in; Ia'i. and inake Op ,Iit-nal11 trips to his Valliterland, in lIeid oh'f ipendiin g a few mionths dur iir te voar ill Sutilll ('arolilia and ing ihis li.mp illarters ll "eilrmany. I is ii t inflikol-y that Ii( will induce eini of his friends aioi- the Gor nim iirisitirnvy to iiivest in Carolina realty also. lie intimated during is stay here that he knew of several xcalthy Berliners who were seriously NoIsidering removal to America ana ;aid that in case any of them put their [)lans into effect, he should certainly Ise all his influence to turn them to ivard South Carolina. Count. Wedel left Colnbia Tues :lay. lie base been spending several lays inl Washington and New Yort und sails this week for Bremen, in rder that le may% arrive home at hout the sanme tie as Kris Kringle. R. W. Moore. Nir. It. W. Moore, wIo4 mana1ges the Celimpain st ore, was colnected with Ohe (hrelnwOod (Irovery companly be 1,4rn (4in 1t Whitmlire, and when lie f'irst eniv ti Whitmire, wits man 11. Wi. MOOlHE. Ce o the Wh li tmiret ( receriy com .aiiy. le ha~s been mianiag.er of thme Ciimpan y stor sinceil ~ te first of Jain nay 1ttI. ha:ivinrg sneeeed ted Mr. C. In After Years. .du-I a lit the meret ing uin the sItreet~ one day. hi e seda t e and( ler, i.,hIi sweet f'aced Just a li ttle handlu-elasI , .jinst ai word or two, A~ 8 . MIIL4ER. du ist a pi or or hazel eyes smiling in to blue. list a little low, sweet laugh, more thanr haltf a teai, Anrd his mindut went racing back ailong~ withI hers, .1 xear, Toi a little tgrdniate, dressed in pur est white A rol a li le said g.ood-bye o'er the iate one. i:blt. And lhe? )lh! hie reciovere'd, an d now hias chil drenu ten, And,( she? WeV(ll, she 's been married twice, and lh.neje tn he nernin