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I VOL XLY NO. 35 NEWBERRY. S. 0.. FRIDAY. MAY 1 1908. TWICE A WEEK. $1.50 A YEAR I NEWBERRY AS IT I APPEARED LONG AGO r JUDGE J. M. CROSSON VISITS THE TOWN AGAIN. f Only a Small Hamlet Then?Strong Men and Handsome Women Were Here. Sweet scenes of youraful bliss tu faithful memory dear, Still proudly cherished' with saci\\l tear. When iii the .softened light of summer *^^Fa 11 iii my soul life's Jirst illusions rise. II Sweet scenes (?)' your?il'nl bliss un | known Ij pain: Iff I come to uaeo your soothing haunts Hj; To marke each grace that pleased my Iff stripling prime B\ 'By absence lias loved and endeared Bj by time. r.yj: B What an old. plo?,-.-,nt, humorous, B melancholy feeling it is. t<> sit alone B|1 aiuF quiet, thinking of people now Hit gone. Tne dead s!r.\r?.'\vs >?,-? *<(? Ml. around us and we live in the past c^a<>ai)i. In my drc-am I walked urn it rut '>ho village and* saw it as it was sovjS' mty-six years ago. Seen ticiw r*ie yMt stretch ol.' seventy-six years, the old village with its small circle of wellIB' known families was a delightful ijfli' place. Am I the sole survivor? Am I, nn old man that has remained wak|Vf ing, while my old friends have drop i ped asleep t 7 T B As I slept I (freauicf? it was night Hff and I saw heaven's ebony vault stnd^B }ded with stars unutterably bright, Jhrough which the moon, with nnW> tloiuled grandeur rolled antT seemed (ke a canopy had spread to curtain a keeping world. ^ /in a flash the scene change and in y iny dream I was standing on the rfilge | south of the village at the end of B Caldwell street, and overlooking the jp / village. I went easterly through a pl& grove of large oaks and met Capt. ||y Jack Caldwell and family; he was an H able and eloquent lawyer and many |B thought him as able a man as his PS eousin John C. Calhoun. TT-is wife, 'Mrs. Abigail, sister of that great and Hp' good man, Judge O'Neall, was an K| amiable and wise woman, having the B beautiful traits of character of the B Quaker women. Dr. John Caldwell, a K pleasant young man, was their son. K Miss Lizize was their daughter. 'Tis m years since I heard her laughing voice r or saw her bnilliant dark eyes. Ah, * both then were young: she was witty, ( bright, vivacious and a favorite with the young men. ("Join;? easterly I saw the family of I Hon. F. B. Higgins; he was a man of probity, intelligence and" was a most useful man, oHicer and citizen and able legislator. Of liini Judge O'Neall wrote: "He was characterized by ^educated . intelligence, undeviating B. onesty, purity of purpose and great ^>-sefulness." Calvin. John and Alfred were fine looking boys; John was talented. At Divvcr's school on Friday evening John orated from the 1 Columbian orator: L "You would scarce expect one of my I ago, | To ?pcak in public on the stage, V Tf Pshould chance to fall below T Detnnsl hones or Oicero. | Don't view me with a critic's eye. | But pass my imperfections by. | Tall oaks from little acorns grow, | Large streams from little fountain'.' and lie diet it well. I Mrs. lliggins was an intelligent, entertaining and dignified lady. L Goinsf in a liorthornly direction we r find the home of that eiilorprizing, in dust rious and prosperous citizen, John llolman and his wife, Catherine, as indnslrious as bo was. In m.v dream as I passed them I met Hob Dave and John, thoir three sons, who inherited the energy of tiieir parents, and also Miss Fannie, a fine, elegant woman who married that amiable and intelligent man, F. Y. McMorris. TJienc in my dream 1 went in a \ norfhernly direction and fourd Joel ^Stevenson and his wife, Elizabeth, in a luxuriant home. lie moved to Co- li lunibia ami tlicT a fine business as a si merchant tailor.- Ilis wife was the ? dam-liter of mirth-loving Katy si Schopert. t. 'I'llonce a'-ros.s Scott's creek to Dr. urr Johnstone 's, whore 1 saw him <1 ami liis lively ami interesting family; j si ; he ami they were urea; ly beloved. lie... j was a ureal hearted gentleman, genial, ' h natuial, co.diai, inu'cpcndcut and an j tl eminent physician. v>i j From thence to the hill on the ei ( northwest of the village and overlook- c; imr it, where Phil Schopert once lived vi and where dear wife and I passed I b, seven blessed sumnu-is. J(.| Thence to a luxuriant yrove west of a the village, where lived Major Fred , lc Nance, one ??i the first settlers and |t> one of its most eminent and useful hi i citizens. ., ! I hence to the old academy, where so hi I many of the prominent citizens have | received their academic education. V Thence to Nathan Hunter's, a pioneer I'; ol industry in the villa ye, whose htfiu- i'( jtilul flower yaruen was the evening j I' i resort of couples on flirtation bent: a I thence i<> the starting point. These IJ 'lines int'lmle all the village resideuc?'s J c. j at that time, forty-three in all. i;i-jb j eluding the little cabin in the brush 1 h j on the side of the depot hill, like a h , swallow's nest ami occupied by M rs. is j Kstlier Moore, a little wrinkled old i lady with a sharp shrewd face, with < j plenty of ?ood sense and i?rit. f, I Iiese lines imdmle much "round it not then built upon. The points de- tl scribe?T stood like senti.nels yuardiny ]; the ideal village. The nearest, resi- i| deuces outside of these lines were Y. li J. Harrington's. ajid Billy Carroll's t, near the Cedar sprinjr, and the inlia- (i bitants may be considered as of the e< village. j. The three largest families of ehil- n jdren were Major Fred Nance's, Tims, j", | Pratt's and Y. J. Harrington's. each w I having lour sons and live daughters. j The Nance sons were spirited, u j earnest, hiuh minded men, with warm i generous natures, the daughters were |j handsome, diynified and comely. T ;l Ihouyht Laura and W. T. Mutilor, p whom she married was as handsome a ,, couple as I ever saw. ., Thos. Pratt was a man of energy, ;l jnteurity and intelligence. Of his two ti sons yen tie Simeon and handsome Priestly. I wrote in my last: his five e daughters were a bouquet of beauty. y The lives of Y. J. Harrington and r his amiable wife were a continued <> hor.eyineon. Of the sons Spencer and S) John, i Knew but little. The doctor I j> mentioned in my last. James, my o school-mate. had cheery ?-ood sense |] and deiiyhted in bad pranks. There was a .->veetness and charm of youth ]j and beauty, with a touch of quiet j, sweetness and winning yraee about <> the daughters. Miss Harriet (Mrs. Tom Pope) was a stately, dignified fiyuiv, calm, eleyant and refined. L, In my dream standing at the south w of Caldwell street, 1 looked over this ( small inviting ideal village. It was f the abiding place of the most potent ? religious and moral sentiment; a / ininimuni of vice; private virtues ex- w alted the lives of its citizens. They a carried peace and Vest fulness around w with them like an atmosphere. Intimate association between fain- v ilies and neighbors, mutual sympathy n was pfeneral. hospitality frank and ( generous, confidence and yood will |) common and they depended upon each t, other for the amenities of life. They were a race of singularly strong men s and yood will common and they depended upon each other for the amen" ^ ilies of life. They were a race of h singularly strong men ami hamlsome i i women; lony hea<led and wise were j the men; their marked charactieris- v tics were independence of thought, It t rul it fulness, loyalty to friends, phv-J' sical and moral courage and a Iiiyh | , sense of honor. ! ) The ladies inherited their beauty-j , physical, intellectual. pleasant inan-j'l . ners. low mv.vI voices, yen! lene-s, at-^ tractive yrace and beauty of cliarac-j , l.-r. Sliakesjtoare says; "Love audi-' , fair looks are what the ladies owe to I , t he men ' :?i?(l the Newherrv ladies j fully paid. _ i \ From the centre of Caldwell street, in my dream, I followed on the windi in<_j paths of memory. Many faces I 0 round me throny, many hands v i stretch forth to my touch, as with s f urrvinjr feel I pass alony, on every i ide with smiling happy faces they | reel nii> as I pass alony. Art! they but I lades that briny a fleeti11 joy to my ve ami car/ I met Miss Mary -I ?lisi.-^t(Kauai!) ami while talkiuy with her my istors, Sarah ami Mary. joined us s ..." !;k'::":!v lauuhiuy with 'I or -they were warm friends from J icir school i?irl days up to the pros- i i! time; their beauty was striking, I U'h of them had the three ureal I iuses by wiiieb beauty is developed. I ilirst. beauty of person: second, li eauty of intellect; third, beauty of t uiracter. Their personal beauty ji wakened admiration ; their intel- < 'duality aroused esteem; their beau- t , of eharacler had its home in the I I'arl and was nurtured by the soul? i never fading flower. They had this I eauty that glorifies a woman. ;i As I passed alony a dear friend, W. ;i . llouseal. met me with a smilin.y c ice and 1 was ylad. When leaving >r Texas he accompanied me to t rosperity, where he bid me farewell ;i nd afterwards wrote kindly to me. j l'e was a yooit" man, free from insin- 1 ,'iity. whose character was illumed 1 y the Christian virtues and who il- ; ist rati d in his life the principles he. \ ;id learned from his divine Master. 1^ ; yood to have known such a man. \ Passing through Amisoka, the west i ml td pratt street, 1 met my old fiend, Y. B. Pope, who .nave Amisoka i s name, and as 1 clasped his hand 1 louyht of the advice lie jrave me in <j ^(50 in Texas. Secession was raying, s le air was thick with war feeliny, \ ke the electricity of a storm ready s > burst. I was opposing the policy i not the right) of seecession. Pope | nmselled me not to let the people ^ now that my father bad set his no.y- ^ tes, free, or they would make it hot i ?r me. I thanked him but only yielded' i hen South Carolina seceded; then T ili.-u'd in the C. S. Army. I shall al- ! ays remember him kindly. t At. (iilliam's hotel, opposite Or. \ lurr J.idinstone's otliee. I saw a i yoiinu* lady. looking' exceediuyly I roily. with eyes as bright as drops | f dew in a May morning. gentle as i soft southern zephyr stealing o'er bed of violets and il was Miss I let - * o Gilliam. I Meeting me with smiling face and xtended hand was my friend Tlios. 1 V. Ilolloway, a kind-hearted, up- | iirht eitii/.en. a loyal friend and a v ood man. Several years since he < mt to my dear wife and myself his i holograph and a kind letter, and we ; ft en spoke of him an excellent .iron- > Ionian. i Again in my dream I mot a great- ; carted yentIonian, of clear intellect. | ist spirit of shrewdness, energy and ( ood judgment. Newberry has proneed many .ureal men but none reator than Joseph Caldwell, deseribd above. I feel especially kind toard him. lie was an elder in King's 'rook A. H. P. church. Shortly be- i ore I left for Texas he proposed to ] le to study for the ministry in the R. P. church and that whilst 1 i as so studying he would supporL me | nd my family. The world loses ] lion such men die. I was next attracted by a merry j oung lady full of a wistful sweet- i ess and charm. Miss Elizabeth i Puss) Wilson. She was strikingly ( atulsomo and full of life, beauty, in- i el I i yen ce and sprightliness. When It. ). Ramaye married her ister. she and I wore the attendants. A ureal number of old friends with j ini 1 in*>- faces spoke to mo but I ran- , iot mention all in this letter. Are hey but shades who briny a fleet iny | ov to eve and oar? I can see them itli distinctness across the abyss of imo. 'Hut in vain do 1 sigh for the faces ( and forms. 'o I he >truyylo of life, with its sunshine and storms ( 'hey have bidden a la<tiny adieu. Shall wc meet tliem a ??ain ?>n some 1 beautiI'ul shore. ^<licu for a time. .1. M Crosson. Wooilville. Texa^. ^pril I!'. l!)0^. the (Kith anniversary of our marriaye. i Once in a great while a married I'oman admits that slio doesn't wish lie had remained single. A GOOD ROADS BILL. ntroduced in the Legislature by Mr. Aull at the Session of 1903 Failed of Passage. While I lie impi'o wiiitMi ( of any requires time and' avitation 11 era Id and NV?s is U|.AI ^ See "at tin' siMUiim.ni in favor of road in I m'o which | is orowino. so ra]?idlv in >?s t-ouiil.v. Tin' IIVraid and News ias l?r years Iiad as one of its hob??'s tin* beticrnieu t of (J,,. public ii.uhway. The editor while a member V ? ll'.?Mrtluiy in I}>(>.{ introduced 1,1looking to ihe raisin- of a speial fund for road improvement to he aised sillier by issuing bonds or the I'vyin.u- of a special tax. At that time 1,1,1 ''"list it in ion such a law had 0 be of sreneral application. I'mlcr 1,1 amendment to the constitution such 1 'aw may now be passed for amount v. At that time we donht if i|,e people d Xcwberry county were sullicicnt I v iwak,. to the importance of ihe suli,vl I'ave voted the tax. It m?v diHVr.Mil now. \V?. |,ope j, jl ''1 ' ,'1' is a very 'jood otic and with 1 l('xv <"11:1 Hues we do iio| believe v""!d be a bad law. \\ c would be u 1 a?I to have the proisions of this bill discussed and crit' i/ed and any surest ions made. We print the bill as it was introtnced at that time: A bill to direct and authorize the :'ovei nor to appoint two discreet porous in each comity of the State, who, Mth the supervisors of each county,' ball be known as the good roads com. nissioners, and to authorize and eni ower said commissioners to appoint me supervisor for each township in ach county of the State, and to di< < 1 and authorize said commissioners, n their discretion, an 'iJio.i in |he various counties in the Mate on the <|ueslion of issuing inerest-bearing coupon bonds, or to <?te the levy of an annual tax, not o exced two mills, in lieu d' bonds, or I lie purpose of build' and re>airin?' public roads and bridyes in he State. lie it enacted by the (ieneral Assembly < )' the State of South (aroma : Section. 1. 1 hat the yovern.ir is ) ere by authorized and directed to appoint and commission two discreet ilectors in each county in the State. ^ hose term of ollice shall be four '('a's from date of the commission, md who, with the county supervisor, diall be known as the county jjood '>ads coin in iirsioiHM's, who shailil be nilnoriz.ed and empowered to perI'Ji'in the duties hereinal'icr mentionScction That the countv ?ood |-'?ads commissioners provided for in l!?is Act are hereby authorized, in discretion, to order a special .'lection, for the purpose of deciding upon the question of issuiny interestIjcariiio coupon bonds, or of voting hi annual tax, not to exceed two '"ills, in lien of bonds, (o be used in macadamizing or permanently improving the public roads ami hiyhays in said county, except as hereinafter provided. And that said election shall be ordered and held after Ihe publication of the notice hereof nice a week for at least four conseenlivc weeks, in one or more of the papers published in the county. That said notice shall set forth the object id the election so ordered and the mount of the. bonds or the number "f the mills to be voted on. S,M"! ion '{. That said election shall l)f' at the vol in- precincts as now I'stablislie.l in each county duriny the 'lours for general elections, at the lime advertised in the notice of said t'lection, and by managers appointed or that purposo by said county ynod '"ads commissioners: that the return 'd' <aid mauavers -liiill be made to the ''"."."V - "ails co?in,i?ioners "i'-'i" o;ie Week after .;i:d election u !?'ni:iiialioii -baH ' . j ' "O'i- ' ' appeal S, ,e, I. "lie w. j, tlieieafter to ||lt. Stale board "I" can\ a-M'i'-, Which boaid have such jurisdiction as now exercised under ycni-ral election laws. Section I. That the question shall bo submitted to such qualified electors as a i < i echoldcrs of the countv, and at such election there shall be writ(vii or printed on ballots, to b prepared by said commissioners, ib \\oi<ls tor ilie.' issue,'' or ''u^jains I ho issue,' or "for tlu1 levy," o against tlu; U?vy;" lliat if a major il.v of I lie qualified electors wh< " ball be I ivchohlers Voting at sail (election shall be "for tin* issue." o coupon 114 1111s, i,i hear not more J ban I per criii in (binominalions of $101) ain foOt), |n 11extent oI I lie amoiin lor tbe levy, llien said commission ?'i> are authorized and directs lorihwiib to prepare and issue sab mentioned in l lie notice of said elec i'?n. and payable within thirty year alter tln> dale of issue, or shall pro coed to l.-\y and collect tbe nnmbe oL mills voted Cor al said election thronnh the county treasurer, in I fi same manner and by the same mean as now provided bv law. The proceed of which bonds and special levy slial be used for tbe purpose ol' buiblin "id repairing public roads and bridge and macadamizing or perinaiienl I iinproviiiir the public road-. hi-li ways and bridges in said county, a hereiua I ter provided. 1 i??u I 11 a I the amount oi' th bond- i-i be voted for in ati\ muni under the order of the count\ moo ' "ad- commissioners shall not e\eeee 1 he <iiii. of i w.i hundred sand" do lars: Provided. tile amount voted }*, in any county shall not exceed X ,u. ceiituiu per annum of |h.. assesse value ol all taxable property thereii Sect inn (;. That if the result o said election be in favor of the issu ol bonds the county yood roads com missioners are hereby authorized am required to advertise for the sale <? *uid bonds, and to sell the same t the bin host bidder in blocks of no l('ss Iban ( ; t!: mi- ,id dollars, no more i ha" \' , , ; , . t lie disci i t . :.u : ,, .. at an\ one lime. I'llis advert iscim-n and sale to c :n \n ; ; t; Y , r ..ee : "r >ll?' lir>l .sale sil;,.! have 1 e, .1 ex l,(,;l(b'd np( . i.:.. , :rn .,r.,N. " '"I "f the public roads, highway and bridges, and until the u hole i\ sue shall have been disposed of; I'n \ ided, that no successive issue n bonds shall be sold until (! < proceed ??f the previous issue of bonds sha have been expended, as herein pn vided for: And provided' further, th; the proceeds of said bonds shall ne\ er be applied for any other purpos than for |he permanent improvem.'i of the public roads, highways an bridges in said county: AinT provide further. Dial said county ?ood ro.ui commissioners shall have the aulho: il.v. and are hereby directed, in thei discretion lo appropriate ami s? Jiparl to each township in said coin !.v ' iMin I he proceeds of (he sale < sain" bonds, or from the proceeds < said special levy, a sum of money m to exceed live hundred dollars, whic Slim of money shall be used and e: pended only lor the permam'i improvement of the public roads an bridu-es therein under the direclm ol the tnwuslAp supervisors bereina Icr provided for. Section 7. That the county yon roads commissioners are hereby ai thorized and directed", as soon as II money is received from the sale of || Ill'st block ol bonds, forthwith to a| ply the same to the yradiny niacadan izin."' <?r pernianenl improvement ? the public roads, highways, and bri? ucs in I he county. Section S. It shall be tbe duty < the countv yoofl roads coinmissionei ! to select a competent engineer i | each county, who-.. ,|?|y il shall b I under the direction of the said count ,'j'H.d mads commissioners, to relocal l sar\ i \ a.io' make estimates ami pr< j lib's of | he public roads to he pc j ina ncn t ly improved, and lha! l.'i shall be done helorc any permanet ; worl- i- undertaken, ami these est ; mates, -in vcys and profiles , hall I filed ;11;11 ae.-eple,| b\ -aid ^i?.d ioa< commission. ! ,.i lore any p, 1111:1 mi M "I k i-- done. ' 1 a. y ol the ill oil e\ received from the : : ! i-ne of bond "I- fr< III I be ' \ of i! 1, -p. cia! la !i"i 1 . | ) .'> id - < \ | 'ended*. An 111 >11 :i i v oil roads coiutni ||,'" < ?" . | ; hoi iZi 11 an directed to elect competent civil el j i 1 leer lor each county and to dire , for ami' pay his services toil of |j proceeds ol the sale of said bonds 1 Die proceeds from t lie special ]e\ herein provided for. o Sod ion <>. Thai I lie otlice of boar.l 0 of county commissioners be, and the t same is hereby abolished, ami all the r duties now imposed npon said boai'd b?' imposed upon the counlv siipervisi? or, except such dutie- as are provided 1 for in I lie Act, and in lien thereof r the said county youd roads commi-li sinners are hereby authorized and di| reeled to appoint a competent and dist creel person in each town-hip of the - comities in the State, who shall |>o 1 known and designated as township 1 supervisors, who shall have charge of . the maintenance of the public roads s ami bridges in his township, and see - that the road's are properly worked r :<ud kept in .yood repair with the nioni, ey bcloniiinu' and set apart to thai 0 township, and to see (hat all persons s liable to road duty, and who do not s pay the computation lax. shall peril form labor on the public roads and ^ bridjres within his township, as is s provided by law: Provided, that tire v coimnutat urn t:i\ paid by persons liable to road duty shall be returned to s a lid be applied to the mads in the township in which it i- paid, and , -hall be expended in (he 'Maintenance v '11 * i"ad- ol tin1 township under I oe diveetion <>| the -aid county tiva-,1 uref. |- Scetion lit. That the township -np! ervisor herein provided for shall, bcr I ore he enter- upon hi- duties as d such, enter into a yood and -ull'u'ient i. bond, with not more than three suref lies, to |),. approved by the clerk of e the court ol eomiuou pleas and .i?ener. al sessions, in the penal sum of two if hundred dollars, and conditioned for 1 the laihitill discharge of his duties () as township supervisor. That said t bond shall be filed with the clerk of r s;>id court for the inspection t f t!.e "I ' I !' II. I h a I the sa id eon u t v I '.rood i'.ids coin in i -.- ioners sha!! kce:? s j 1 he coi iiv chain yamr enipl<\id i " ! : , e: 11a)i? 111 works and inpmvin each county, and I?tiiis s purpose they are hereby aut liori/?'I and direetcif to hire from 1 -e Si a: 1 I '<'ii i I en t ia ry such a nuin'.er of eo::'1 vict- as. in their judgment. can be Is profitably employed ;- -aid. " Section 1J. That .-aid commission. ers shall each receive line,, dollars l' lor each day actually served, for not more than lilty day- in any one vear. That said township supervisors shall 'I each i.'ceive two dollar- for each dav d actually served, for not more than d fifty days in any one year. s Section l:>. hal the funds result1 in if Irom the sale of bonds shall be " payable to the county treasurer of *' said county, and lie shall also collec". and receive the moneys lax as herein I provided, to be di-lnirsed by him on warrants issued by the count \' yood ' ?*' ?;n I - commissiuiiers. 'h .. . Section II. I hat all Acts and part- of Act iucoii-islent wi;h this . \i I I lie herebv repealed. (I ' II f. ANSEL NAMES SOLICITORS. ,,| Columbia. April 2S.?(iov. Ansei to. j_ nay announced his appointment of |0 the two new circuit solicitors reipiir1(i ed by the new circuit act. J. 15. Mid/auuhlin, id' Iiishopville, was named for the third and \V. ,( Christie (tenet, of Columbia, for the p fifth. I'liere were a score or more of ap.. plicants. ?t I'S ii Wintlirop 'College Scholarship and Entrance y Examination. The cxamimition for the award of - vat-ant -cluda r-hip- in Wintlirop colr r.".:e <" ml for the ;<<Tuiissi<>n of new is -Indent- will be held al the county 'I Court House on Friday. July Ii, at 9 i- a. m. Applicant- mu-t be not less >c than fifteen \ear- of a-.-e, When r> M*;io|arships are vacant after .Inlv .'t it they will bi awarded to iho-c making ~ the hivhe-i a vera this examnias? 11"". pro-, n! ,! ' _>. ni' ; I !o- coin!i1 * j ! i<M:- i, v < rid': 'be a ward. Applicants id i toe scholar-hi)*- -homd write I'rc-idcnt loiiu-o:i before the examd ination for sciiolar.-hip examination ii- l.la-ik-. ('i Scholarships are worth $100 and ic frca tuition. The next session will >r -.pen September K>. 1!M)R. For further 'y j infornint.ion and catalogue, address Pre?. D. B. Johnson, Ifock Hill, S. C.