Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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SOCIAL. * Pleasant At Home. Fully one hundred and fifty guests were at the At Home given by the ladies of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian church at the beaut iU home of Mrs. Bernice M.rti" in Main street last Thursday ereing. T1e exceedingly spaeious halls of this home were exquisitely d'eCoroited in ;e ns, palms. roses and t'.e back cf i e hall had been con: erted into a regular stage so that those who were on the program- were able to render their parts with ease and the listen ers were able to see an dhear with out difficulty. At the end of the program the guests were escorted into the dining room where ice chocalate, ice tea, and cake were served. One lovely feature about this was the charming appearance of the dining table, which had been changed into the appear ance of a lake. A large mirror was placed on the table and this was decorated with ferns, water lilies, and roses as well as frogs and swans. It created a beautiful ef feet. The following - young ladies served the refreshments: Misses Eleanor Martin, Annie May Young, Ruth Halfacre. Julia Phillips, Ma;ie and Ethel Jones, and Marion Hig gins. The Misses Martin, Gibson, Mower and others also assisted in the dining room. On Wednesday night a "tackey party" was given at the home of Dr. 0. B. Mayer.. There were about thirty boys and girls present. The large lawn and piazzas were beauti fully illuminated and the evening was one of much pleasure. Miss Ruby Goggans. Wok the prize for being dressed in the tackiest fashion. The prize was graeefully_ presented by Dr.- Mayer. in. a very witty little speech. During the evening ice cream and cake were served in paste board iboxes and lemonade in tin cups, thus carrying out the idea of the evening. The chaperones were Mesdames J. T. Mayes, S. B. Aull, Leland Summer. B. M. Dennis. Epworth League. On Tflursday evening in the Sun day school room,.of Central Method ist church there was a farewell ser vice given to Miss Lucy Epps who in a few days will go to Nashville, Tenn., to enter the trainig school for home and foreign mission aries. An interesting programme was carried out. In addition to this Mrs. J. W. Humbert made a few pleasing re marks on the nature of the work which Miss Epps intends taking up. Miss Epps is one of Newberry 's most charming young ladies and it is with regret that her friends and associa tes see her leave. Saluda's Opportunity. Saluda Standard. Saluda has before her a great op portunity. We have for some time contended that much trade that goes to near-by railroad towns could be brought to Saluda, and that this could be done by our merchants lay ing in such stocks of goods as would warrant the people to reasonably ex pet to find what they would want here, and then advertising the fact sufficiently to let them know it. Why they have not done this is a mystery, since every thinking man knows that judicious advertising pays-but we will speak of adver tising in another editorial in another issue. Floods have cut off some of our people from Newberry and Chap pells, temporarily, except by "flat,'' and to our mind there is now pres ented to the business men of Saluda and vicinity a wonderful opportun ity to prove to these good people that they can find right here practi cally everything that they have been going to Newberry for. There will be plenty of time to prove this, for, even if the bridges are ever rebuilt, it will be quite a time before that is done, and meantime many people would prefer coming here rather than crossing the river on a flat boat. Then, even if the bridges should be rebuilt, if Saluda shall by that time have proven to these people that she can more nearly supply their needs than they had thought, there is no dubt that much of that trade can be held here permanently. This is the proposition. Will Saluda arise to the situation0? It can be easily damonstrated that Saluda een sell goods as cheaply as Newerry. We can prove that this is being done righit now. So. if our businefl(s men wan trade, let the~m nut in the goods- aa bidl for it. As to the Bridges. The folloing appeared in the \e\;!eiV IIleal l :llId New.= f 11 28: :.\ Izil;l d tilt' eitiZvtl Wz leld i nhe 1(llnhtT Cf lieree 1ooilI' Vesterdav afternloon to take into consideration what is best to be done in view of the steel bridge over Sluda river heavin been washed away by the freshet. Tt was decidel to authoi rize S' - pervisor J. Monroe Wicker to build the ferry at once. the cost of build in the flat to be provided by the citizens of the town and the salary of the ferryman guaranteed by the chamber of commerce. "Mr. Wicker estimates that the construction of the ferry will cost .$250. "The follow'10 committee from the citizens' meeting was appointed to raise the money, which they will proced to do at once: John M. Kin ard, chairman: C. E. Summer, Pat E. Scott, 0. Klettner, and W. H. Shelley.'" This action on the part of New berry's business men shows that they consider it more to Newberry's interest than to- anybody's else that a way be provided for people to cross the river-and in this they are right. We would take the save position, es pecially if we were in business there. It also proves that the bridge was worth more to Newberry than to our _people; this we contended from the start. The action taken by the business men of Newberry also shows that the business they get from the Saluda side is so valuable that they are will ing to pay for some way to keep it coming! And to this we will agree. whether it be a question of flats or bridges-let them pay for what they want.' The editor of the Standard has been in this country practically twen ty-one years. Up to the time that Saluda county was formed and a court house town was an assurance, we were a parf of Edgefield county, and we remember that there was an occasional agitation on this side for bridges, but Newberry county did not seem anxious to help us much. If we are wrong about this let the New berry papers prove it by quotations from their files-and we'll stand corrected! But after our court house was established, and there arose a possibility of business houses here taking trade that had been going to Newberry, then business interests in Newberry aroused public sentiment over there in favor of free bridges,1 and their Supervisor bowed obeis anee! We took this position once before,1 and The Herald and News could find nothing _authentic to meet us with,I and so Bro. Aull classified us, laid us away, and labelled us, ''narrow.'' Now, if there is any proof of as much interest at Newberry in favor of free bridges before Saluda county was formed as after, then we await its production! Nar'row? Is it narrow for us to speak in the interess of our people? Is it narrow for us to talk business for the business men who ought to be a help .0 us? Is it narrow for Newberry 's two excellent papgrs to do all they can for the business in terests of Newberry ? Then, if -that be narrowness we are narrow in that sense, for as long as we remain in the newspaper business we are going to take a stand for these people, and that in the very face of the fact that some of them do not appreciate our efforts as they should. The Fiancial Situation. Saluda county is behind. 'She has to borrow money every year to run on-several thousand dollars. Our taxes are already high. Our crops are short, and the indications do not point to an enormous price. No use to flatter; the plain truth is, this country is in a bad fix. It will be all that we can do to attend to internal affairs. Let's leave the bridges and ferries on the line streams to those who make so much money out of them, and let our peo ple arise and realize that now is Sa luda 's opportunity. Will she grasp it'! They're All Like This. A young and pretty school teacher once asked her class for an orgtinal definition of the word "'wife."' "A wife is a rib,'' said one little girl. "Wives are guiding stars,'' said another. "A comforter,'' said a third. "An inspiration,'' said a fourth. Altogether the definitions were rather prosy and commonplace, but finaaly. a child of eleven, smiling archly, said: '"A wife is a person fori a metn to find fault with when thines go "'Good !"' cried the pretty teacher. laughing. "Good! That is the best efinitin of all, the best, the tru 1h k; VVan~ MIMN HAS RETURNED I New goods pouring in. Case aft I shall make the most strenuous e and winter business Newberry ha; pains have been spent this season than ever before. There will be finer materials than have ever bee roofs. The coming feature of our netic words, viz: CHEAPER THA In a few days we'll hurl the stuff at you. Keep an eye on this store. We shall, this season as heretofore, lead the procession in sty'e, quality, variety and economical prices. Tremendous Values Secured in All Lines, New Wool Dress Goods and Silks. In all our history of merchandising we have never shown such a complete and attractive line of Dress Goods and Silks, and still they come. Shoes By the Car Load. The next good piece of news we have to break is concerning Heavy Shoes for Men, Women, Boys and Girls, that I am positively going to sell at from 15 to 25 per cent. less than you can buy the identical same Shoe any where else in Newberry, and some of the same Shoes, under the same name and made by the same factory, will be for sale here by other stores, thus making it very easy for us to substantiate the above statement. Jump on the Mimnaugh Barga riding this fall. We Sell It Cheaper Because Bu it that afternoon on the way home from school the little girl whose On next Tues efinition had so pleased the teacher, tember Sth, bety tripped demurely up to the teacher three and six, [ and said: at my residenc ."Are you going to marry that tall, Campus, certaii andsome young man I see you with 'embracing early every night ?" T be "Yes," said the teacher.Tals "Well, then, if my definition of a Chairs, wife was true"- Becds al "Ah, but, dear, with us nothing Fittin will ever go wrong. He says so him-Bo ef." Bo VERY LOW RATES F T'o Lexington, Ky., and Return via Kitchen U Southern Railway. Account 28th Annual Session; Na- T er rr tional, Baptist Convention, the South- JJSA ern Railway announces greatly reduc-* d rates to Lexington, Ky., and re turn. Tickets to be. sold September 13th, 14th and 15th, good to leave Lexington returning, September 23, The Standa TheS Southern Railway has been Copn Is selected as the "Official Route'' first 1st. The rates of lass coaches will be provided and to the farmer, in leave Columbia 7.05 a. mn., Tuesday, theeis as fromfr September 15th, via Spartanburg, fh a isuaseo Aheville and Knoxville, arriving farhme.a mue Lxington the following morning. a oe For rates, tickets, etc., apply to 2. Its warehouse Southern Railway ticket agents or as the highest clas~ address J uk ~ thing it can be bor: J' C. Luk of The Standard V I)ivision Passanger Agent, 4. The identical Charleston, S. C.I in the warehouse: J. L. Meek, surrender of receil Asst. Gen. Pass. Agt.' 5. In case of fir< Atlanta, Ga. for at market val: difficulty as to 11 SPECIAL SUMMER EXCURSIONS surance being maia Via Southern Railway. ard Warehouse co: Estremely low round trip week-end 6. The Standarc excursion tickets are now on sale for is absolutelv indei all trains Saturdays and for Sunday organizationi and c, morning trains only, to Isle of Palms, strict business me1 Tybee; also to many attractive moun- 7. The paid up tain resort points, from principal Standard Warehou stations in South Carolina. Tickets c - .oo and the c good to return until Tuesday follow- safe, and its war ing date of sale. ahead of the stock) Also special Sunday excursion rates 8. The Standard from Columbia, Augusta a'nd inter- is anxious to have mediate stations to Isle of Palms and others stored, and Tybee. plete protection ai For details, rates, etc., apply to farmers desiring t( Southern Railway agents, or 9. Rates will be J. C. Lusk, cation to Mr. J. I: Division Passenger Agent, ager Standardl War Charleston, S. C. J. L. Meek, Paslt,T B. USTACKU Asst. Gen. PasIAt,Columir . Atlanta, Ga.j AUGH :ROM NEff YORK. er case on every south bound train. ffort of my life for the largest fall ever seen. Mare time and greater in the selection of our big fall stock more of it-a greater variety and n gathered beneath our well known fall business lies in the three mag N EVER. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. Did you know that Mimnaugh has got the other fellow "skint a mile" when it comes to prices? HE HAS. Did you know that we have received more fall goods to date than any two con cerns in Newberry? WE HAVE. Did you know that I am better "hooked up" for big business than ever before, and that we are going to sell goods mighty cheap this fall? WE ARE. Did you know that every article you buy from us is backed by an iron clad guaran tee? IT IS. A Big Voile Skirt Sale! 50 Black Voile Skirts picked up when in New York, worth $8.50, this week's special $5 00. in Band Wagon, you'll have easy We Buy LU6'S- And Sell For Cash, te Sale. NOTICE OF ELECTION. Iayaferoo, epSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ayn athernounrs of COUNTY OF NEWBERRY. shall offer for sale In accordance with the rules of th4 Son the College Democratic party, a second primary iodds and ends, eleetion is hereby called to be held ui Newberry county on Tuesday, Sep tember 8th, 1908, for the following offices: United States Senator. - d State Siuperintendent of Education Railroad Commissioner. g S, House of Representatives. ~.s Printing County Supervisor. Coroner. ress Outfit, Magistrates in respective town tenSilS, Et C hcounty Commissioners. sh. The managers of election shall opei the polls at 8 a. m. and shall clos B. SCHERER. them at 4 p. m. The same manager will serve who served in the firs primary. The qualifications for voting shal rd Warehouse be as follows: The voter ahall b twenty-one years of age or shall be s to Announas: come so before the succeeding gen torage cover all costs eral election, and be a white Demo uding protection for crat or a negro who voted for Gener and the weather, and al Hampton in 1876 and has vote' e or lower than the the Democratic ticket continuousl; is cotton when housed since; Provided, that no white ma: shall be excluded from participatio: receipts are regarded in the Democratic primary who shal of bankable collateral- take the pledge required by the rule be borrowed on any- of the Democratic party. ~owed on the receipts No person shall be permitted t arehouse company. vote unless he has been enrolled o: cotton that you place the club list at least five days befor s returned upon the the said primary election. ts- dAfter tabulating the results of sai< your cotton is p-delection the managers shall certif: .e, and you have no thie same and forward the ballot hos isurance, the full in- poll lists and all other papers relai atained by The Stand- ing to such election to the chairmai npany. within forty-eight hours after thi Warehouse Company. clbose of the polls. nduct itsafa irs Mao~nagers will call for the ballo :hods. boxes on and after September 4, at th capital stock of The oflice formerly occupied by the supex se Company is $350,- visor, in the old court house, wher >mpany is absolutely they will receive same, ballots an house receipts come full instructions. iolders. Fred H. Dominick, Warehouse company County Chairman. cotton of farmers and B. B. Leitzsey, offers the most corn- I eretary. d encouragement for hold their cotton. DR. IHUIET 'S All-Healing Lir.iment furnished upon appli the best household remedy on th . Wheeler, Local Man market, try it and. be convineed -houe Newberry, S. C. Mayes' Drug Store. 0 UE, r8idet,oINCO CIGARS can be bought fror Newberr Hardware ConipanU 0 0 Cmy oWe mo t|L 1