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i I j'a VOL XLY NO. 87 NEWBERRY, S. O.. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 30, 1908. TWICE A WEEK, SI.50 A YEAR Energy and F Building ( A TOWN BACKED BY GOOD FARMING LAND! ENTERPRISING BUSINESS ME1 PULLING TOGETHER. i Commodious and Attractive HomesOne of Most Modem Ginning Plants in This Section of Country. Silver Street during' the past fe> years lias rapidly increased in im portanee as a town and as a busmen centre, not only because-of its natui ;>1 advantages, but also because th people of the community are public VIKW OF (it NX Kl\ Y OF TllF SI spirited and progressive. Public spii it and harmonious work are neede to build up a town, and when the.' are combined in the effort to make town grow, and when the town backed by rich farming lands -m I favorably located as a distriln.tin point, it can not but experienc-.' healthy and rapid development. Sucli has been the history of Silv< Street during the past few years. It was only last year that severs of the business men of the cotnnuu ity, having faith in the future of Si ver Street, organized the Silvt Street Warehouse company, capita i/.ed at $.">,000. The purpose of tl company was to conduct a generi warehouse business. During th year a ginnery as modern as coul be purchased in the country has bee installed, and the company is succeet ing beyond the most sanguine ex>pe< tat ions of its originators. This is merely an instance of tli work which is being done, showin the determination of the people c the eommunitv - who' realize its at vantages, to build up and to develo Silver Street as a town and as a bus ness ecu're. Located on the Columbia an .(treei)ville line of the Southern rail Hy \wnv. Silver Street is the natuni ^ nVarkel and distributing point for th W surroandiiur community. The conn r trv <itrronnding includes some of th best farming lands in Newberry conn ty and in Sointli Carolina. (!ooi homes ami attractive homes are 111 almost universal rule, evidencing th prosperity of the people. A sehoo ? yublic Spirit >/ Silver Street is located in the town, and a modern new church building will soon he in > process of construction. 5 In this issue The Herald and News presents cuts of some of the store ^ buildings and the attractive homes, and also cuts of some of the prominent business men who have aided in - making this section of Newberry county what it is today. The town and the homes for miles around are conn cot cd with each other and with Newberry and the outside world by the Farmers' Dead Fall Telephone line, which connects at Newberry with the Bell telephone, - giving its subscribers long distance e connection with every section of the >- country. The Dead Fall line, which jl LVHK STKKKT WAKEllOl'SE CO. f- was recently built, will accommodate d one hundred subscribers. More exit; tended mention is made of it elsea where. J* The Southern railway has a comls modious freight and passenger dc-iot at Silver Street. The railway agent ,l is Mr. W. R. Edmunds. Silver Street is not only the shipping point *r for people in Newberry county living in proximity, but it is the nearest il railroad station for numbers of peoi pie across the river in Saluda county, 1- and it draws a great deal of business >r and the merchants secure a great deal 1- of trade from that county. In fact, ie Silver Street is only about one mile ill to the right of the direct, road from is Newberry to Saluda Court House, d making it easily accessible to Saluda ii people livng on this side of Saluda 1- Court House. The Saluda river p. bridge is only about three miles frun Silver Street, being in the neighbor* hood of onlv two miles from Dead ? F?H. o >f The post office and the office of 1- the Southern Express company are p located in 'the general merchandise i- establishment of Sheppard Brothers, Mr. Molte G. Sheppard being post d master and the agent of the express company. Two rural mail routes start from this post office, and these, in connection wi'th (lit1 mail routes from Newberry ??oing in that direction, give I I ree delivery to practically every I home in that section of the couutv. The carriers on the two routes from Silver Street are Mr. Walter Perry and Mr. Duke Sheppard. Silver Street Warehouse Co. 1 lie Silver Street Warehouse com. paiiv was organized last year, with a capital slock of $.">,000. A warehouse I was erected at a o*t of about $l,f>00, and up until this fall, when the ginj new was installed, only a general warehouse business was conducted. During this year the ginnery was adI ded, and it was put in operation on j September 12. The ginning plant is j the most modern which could be purchased, and the ginnery is one of the I best equipped for work in this sec'";tion of the South. The plant consists j of tour Tainius air-blast gins, of scvcienty saws each, made bv F. II. Lumi | niu.s Sons Co., nf Columbus, Ga.; a e..)0-horse power Atla.* engine, and a i- j (50-horse power Lombard boiler, the il engine being built by the makers of e the famous Atlas engines, in Indiana, e and the boiler by the Lombard Iron ?1 Works, in Augusta. The capacity of I f i;-> : ' : '"n ! 5 ? ' " *?#* |^Ea V < ill ' ijtP ll^P^ /S !??. |^|k IlKN-UY 0. U)NG. (ho ginnery is about forty ball's of cotton per day. The gins are of the new air-blast type, which :rcmoves tin1 lint from the seed as it is ginned with powerful air-blasts, and which is a vast improvement over I ho, old process of removing it with a brush wheel. The press is operated by a hydraulic pump, which gives a swifl, steady pressure. The seed eottnii is taken from I 1m? wagons with a suction pipe, and il is a matter of a very short space of time until the bales of o| lint and the seed?clean seed, because the air-blast gins thoroughly clean the seed?are ready to he delivered. The company buys cotton seed, and if the customer desires to sell his seed, they are carried through a pipe from the ginnery and delivered to the warehouse, whicii is near-bv, as shown in the cut of the ginnerv and warehouse, which is presented in this issue of The Herald and News. If the customer does not desire to part with his seed, they are delivered into a receptacle situated along the pipe between the ginnery and the warehouse, and he drives his wagon under this receptacle, and the seed are delivered into his wagon. The ginnery was erected at a cost ot about $(>,000. The purpose of the company was to get a-, near perfect a plant as they could secure, and considerable iime and expense wee givcn by them to the selection of" what they sh-mld decide, after thorni?!: invest Ijjat n-n, w.t; |\e veiy best. That they have succeeded is evidenced bv the plant itself. With machinery of the latest pattern, and with a plant harmonious in its details throughout, , it has to be seen in operation to be fully appreciated. The plant gives employment to about ten hands, in charge of Mr. Joe ( lark Berry, of Saluda county. The president of the company, Mr. 11. M. 11A VI If I >. II. (>. Long, gives a great <leal of personal attention to the ginnery, and j Mr. I). L. 11am, one of the officers of' the company is manager of the ware-i house. I he directors of the company! are Messrs. H. (). Long, P. L Ham, i and li. M. Ilavird, who own all the J stock. j The oHirers are: I If. O. Long, president, secretary [and treasurer; I). L. Ham. manager. ; Directors: II. (). Lo. I). L. Ham. 11. I M. Ilavird. i In addition to its other business, the Warehouse company handles a large amount of fertilizers each sea-j son. j I Mr. Henry O, Long, the president' of the Warehouse company, is one of the most energetic and enterprising young business men of the upper seelion of the county, and lie has done a great deal to aid in (he progress and advancement of Silver Si reel and the surrounding community. Mr. Long is also one of the successful farmers of that section. lie makes his home with his father, Mr. .). W. Long, a cut of their home appearing in this paper. Mr. 1). li. 11am, one of the promoters and officers of (he company, has also given li is most earnest endeavors to the adviiucement of the hest interests of his (own and section of the county, lie is ;i successful business man and planter. The Merchants. There ;ire three general merchandise establishments at Silver Street, and Mr. 1). (5. Livingston does a mercantile business in the store room in front of his home at Dead Fall. Mr. H. M. liavird has been in business at Silver Street longer than any other merchant there, having conducted :i mercantile establishment in the town for the past thirteen years. During that time he has held the entile confidence of his customers, ami he lias done :i large amount of business and given thorough satisfaction throughout. In addition to his mer-{ cantile interests Mr. liavird has been J and is n?w prominently identified) witli oilier interests in the town. The general merchandise establish- J mont of Sheppard Brothers, i-* situM-i e?l on i lit* r in lit of the railroad, going from < 'o1111111>ia towards (ireenville. being the only store on that side of j the track. flic Messrs. Shcppar<l i lirothers have been in business at j Silver Street for several years past. I and during tluiit time they have built ! up a large and successful business, and they are carrying a well-selected I stock of goods. They arc located in a steel siding building, which pres-1 cuts a handsome appearance, as is shown by the cut in this issue. While Mr. John I\ Long has been in the mercantile business at Silver Street for only about a year, he has established his business firmly, and lias a fine patronage, lie is located in a two-story steel siding building, a out of which is presented iu this paper. His stock of goods is well selected, and special attention is paid to the needs of his customers. His business, already large, is steadily increasing in volume, and will continue to increase. All of the merchants at Silver Street are energetic and enterprising, and they are imbued with that publie spirit which is characteristic of the people of the community generally* The building in which Mr. I). 0. Livingston conducts his mercantile business at Dead Fall is more fully referre 1 to elsewhere. This building has an interesting history, having been erected long before the War Between the States. Mr. Livingston has a nice line of general merchandise. Mr. T. S. Blair buys cotton seed at Silver Street for the Farmers' Oil Mill, at Newberry. Silver Street School. The school at Silver Street is J taught bv Miss Trannic Fulmcr, of) Ml. Willing. The school building is attractive, ami Miss Fulincr's work is thorough. Her scholars number about twenty. The trustees of the i school are Messrs. J. 1*. Long, U. Wash Suber and T. M. Watts. The Churchcs. Mt. /ion Baptist church is located about one mile from Silver St reel and is among the oldest churches of Newberry county. It was organized in July IH.T2. the olliciating ministers j having been Revs. Daniel Mangum ami N. W. Hodges. Rev. Mangum served the church as pastor for 18 years. The church was then served bv Rev. Jas. F. Peterson for 1;~> years. It is now served by Rev. J. F. fason. The Lutherans in Silver Street have organized a eongrcgation, and Mr. Henry (). Long has given a lot j in the town and specifications fori the building are being prepared audi it is ex nee ted that work on the build- I ing will be commenced very soon, j The congregation at present is organ-j i/.ed with only about 20 members but | 11 icy have already in hand some $1200 or $l."?00 for the erect inn of of the hnihliii". 'ljhe congregation is being served at present hy Kev. S. I'. sr Koon, pastor of St. Luke's Lutheran ' church. Mr. Koon preaches in the atternoon about twice a month. A ^ Sunday school has heen organized i c I il with Mr. I). M. Wheeler as superintendent. The officers of the church are S(, Messrs. 1). 15. Wheeler, J. F. Still- |)( well, (t>. A. Mptinji, 11. O. Long, H. |> M. llavird, and I). 1.. 1 lam. (J VIKW OK (IINNKKY oF TIIK S11 - \ IFor many years Mr. T. J. MalVellill condiieii'.I a general merchandise bus- | 1 iliess ;i| Silver Street and Ins wasjt' the i>nl_\ >lore there. Ili^ widow still j live? in the town and o w n v ;i large u I arm adjacent. I lie nhl Spearmen |i bonieste.ad which i? within a halt' |i mile of Sil\er Street i-* one of the n nii?t eomplele ami comfortable conn- t< try homes in Newberry counts. e i Mr. .lames llenrv Hice, Jr.. secre- I I jtary of the Amluhon Socii I v. is de- j?? ! termined to prevent the making ofjtl fine lady birds with fine feathers. i I OFFICE OF TIIK SILVER S'J TELEPHONE LINE. |n | x Farmers' Dead Tall Line Modern and 'e Well-Equipped, With Excellent j t Service. '<> I he fanners Dead Fall Telephone Line L one of the most modern and I best-ei|uijiped rural telephone lines to v\ be found anywhere. Tl e movemenl e lo build this line, which took shape t f'>* < ' '': '* - . : ' ; ? f : ' ' : oiil) SOTWK AT I) some time ago, was in keeping with j the progressive spirit of the people! whom il places in constant, touch with 0 flic whole outside world. The subscribers formed 'themselves into a' company, with the following officers: President - .1. Fred. Schuuiperl. Vice-president-?I). (J. Livingston. jS Secretary Henry O. Jyong. : s< I'reasurer?James I*'. Stephens. j sr The line was completed in March lliis year. It was constructed oC ie best material, and it is extremely ldom thai any repairs are needed, he IDD-phonc drop switchboard is cated at the residence of Mr. D. G. ivingston, at Dead Fall, the central lice being in charge of Miss Efiio e Ituzhardt. At present there are twelve subribers, as follows: .1. Fred. Sebum rl, It. I,. Domiuick, .1. F. Stephens, rcston S. Livingston, J. 1'. lilair, D. . Livingston, Anthnr F. Werts, > ll?'- .-fi . . .V.... Hi ST I? MKT WAKK.IKHSK ( < > <> I g. I). I,. Mam. 15. M. lavinl, Silver Street Warehouse < ii 11 ia 11 \. Milliard Long. I'he line has ;i working arrangelenl with the Southern I tell Telehotie company lx>ili for local and for mg-disiauce service, giving its palms service wherever the Hell ex'nil ami the I tell covers almost the ' I ire I'uileil States. The Itell peolc speak in the highest terms of the >cad Kail line, saying that it is one I the best county Inies with which hey connect in their entire service. The company is prepared to take in I'HKKT \VAKKlIOt'SK CO. liter /MilMcribers who may desire the ervice, and *cvei'al riiotv arc expectd |o be added in the v(Yy near fuure. As stated, it can accoittuiadutfll tie hundred subscribers. All hough John I). Rockefeller has hrec hundred million dollars, lie i-< M liont ev'en the title of "colonel," wept, of course, during the winter lui.: lie sp.-rt-; in Augusta, (ia. F,AI> FALL. DEAD TALL. nc of the Oldest Settlements in the County?The Old Store Building and Its History. Dead Fall, one mile to the left of ilvcr Street, is one of the oldest IIlements in Newberry county. The 'I(lenient was there many years ago,