Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

PURELY PERSONAL. Movements of Many People, New berrian And Those Who Visit Newberry. 3i. Nell Fridav is visiting in Misses Louise and Aline Friday are k isiting in Spartanburg and Laurens. Misses Elizabeth and Maisie Domi nick spent Tuesday in Columbia. Mrs. J. E. Gelston, of Columbia. is the guest of Miss Sarah Robinson. Mrs. W. H. Shelly is visiting -rela tives at Fair Bluff. Mrs. Annie P. Oxner and Master W. B. Oxner are visiting in Whitmire. Mrs. Charlotte Spearnian and Miss AE.ele Fellers. of Old Town. spent Wednesdav and Thursday in the city. Mrs. W. F. Pvart and Mrs. Cora .Twart left yesterday for a visit to Pickens. Mesis. G. B. Summer. J. H. Sum ier and Huh Summer left on Tues day for Oklahoma and Seattle. Miss Sarah Caldwell and Mr. David faldwell. of N.ewberry. are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Haddon.-A. R. Presbyterian. Due West. July 21st. MIr. W. L. Epps, county treaSurer of Spartanburg. is visiting his broth er. Mr. 1J. L. Epps. county treasurer of Newberry. Miss Grace W. Vandiver. of Spar tanburg. while in the city this week for a short while. was the guest of Mfr-z. R. D. Wright. Miss Virginia G. Quattlebaum. of Conway. S. C., is visiting her sister. Mrs. 0. C. Stewart. at Mr. E. H.; Leslie 's. Mr. Walter W. Colton, the genial reporter of "Progress," Union. S. C.. was in Newberrv on Wednesdav. Mr. Colton is always a welcome visitor in the newspaper offices of the State. President J. H. Harms has gone to New Brookland to attend a Sunday School Normal. While there lie will deF ;er about fi-e lectures on subjects pe aining to the Sunday School. Fr-om this point he goes to Lexington. where he will preach three times on Sunday in and around that city. VARIOUS AND ALL ABOUT. Dr. F. Y. Pressly, of Du3 West. will preach at the A. R. F. churchci next Sunday at eleven o'clock. Mr. Geo. A. Dickert will open a singing school at New Hope on the 26th and at St. Philip's on the 29th. The Ladies' Aid society o)f Gac Lutheran church. P.rosperity. w'll '-e a barbecue at Young's Grove to-dy to which t-he public is cordfially in vited. Transportation v:'ill be Erih ed by the ladies from Prospeity. In speaking of an educational rally to be held at Sharon. in Abbeville county, the Abbeville Press and Ban ner gives in the list of speakers Miss Mayme Cromer, of Newberry, who is president of the Abbeville County Rural Se!hool Improvement associa tion. Miss Cromer 's many friends in Newberry are delighted at the merited success which has been hers in edu cational work in old Abbeville. Oxford Examinations. President MiteTbell, of the Univer sity at Columbia, has just received from Mr. George C. Parkin, of Lou don, a letter fixing the date for the next "Qualifying Exainination for the Rhodes Scholarships'' at the va rious centers throughout the United States. The sealed packages of the examination papers will be sent, as in previous years. to each centre, while the time tables and regulations governing the examination will be for warded in advance in sufficient time to 'complete tihe necessary arrangements for holding the examination. Tues day, the 19th, and Wednesday, the 20th of .October, have been fixed as t.he dates for holding these examina :tions, and the place will be the Uni *versity of South Carolina. Professor C. W. Bain, of the department of ancient languages, will act as super vising examiner, who will see that t'he 'eamination is eonducted with strict fairness and impartiality. Any fur ther information about threse examina tions or about the scholarships can be obtained by writing to President 7iitchell. Mr. William Verner, of Columbia, was the first to hold one of these scholarshIps. He was followed in the same scholarship by Mr. W. P. -Mills, of Camden, who is still in Eng land. The present examination is to select a successor to Mr. Mills at the end of his three years. which means that the man who is sent in his place will go in September. 1910. The other scholarship assigned to South Caro lina has been held by Mr. Towles, of Charleston,. and by Mr. Hydirick, of Spartanbur'g, who went to Oxford last year. THE RECORD'S SCOUTS. Good Roads Cars Will Reach New berry on Monday Afternoon and Spend Night Here. The Herald and News yesterday afternoon received a message from Mr. Jans A. Hoyt. editor and man aer Of the Columbia Record, saying that the good roads scout cars of the Recoid would come to Newberry on Monday afternoon and spend Monday night in Newberry. Newberry is to be congratulated upon the decision of th-e party to spend the night here, thus giving the people of Newberry an opportuity better to welcome them, and to have them in Newberry longer. As was stated in the last issue of 're Herald and News. a number of Newberrv cars will meet the good roads scouts at Little Mountain. Ac companying the Newberry cars will also probably be several cars from Prosperity. The Herald and News has a letter from Dr. J. I. Bedenbaugh, of Prosperity, stating that he hopes to be able to accompany the party in his machine to Little Mountain,. and other Prosperity automobiles. includ ing that of Dr. J. J. Dominick, will no doubt be numbered among those going to Little Mountain to extend Newherry eounty's welcome and to bring the ears on to Prosperity and Newberry. A stop will be made at Prosperity, where a reception will be tendered the party. and the ears will then proceed to Newberry. where a reception will be tendered them. and where they will spend the night. Next morning they will pioceedI on their way to Green .ille. via Greenwood. The scout cars are expected to leave Columbia on Monday afternoon, which will put them in Newberry be fore dark the same afternoon. Among the Newberrv ca!rs which will go to Little Mountain to meet the scouts are the following: Capt. W. S. Langford's Ford road ster, which led the Journal-Herald cars from Greenwood to Newberry. Capt. Langford's car. driven by Capt. Langford himself, will represent The Herald and News. A car from the Forde Mortor Co. It was expected that this car would be driven by Mr. W. C. Waldrop, who drove Capt. Langfo'rd 's car in the lead piloting the Journal-Herald cars from Greenwood to Newberry, and who on that trip proved himself one of the best drivers in the South, and it is still hoped that he may be able to do so, bu-t he was confined to his bed wit'h sickness yesterday, and he may not be able to go out on the trip. Mr. Forde, howevei. of the Forde Mortor Co.. a driver who has proved himself an expert on many occasions eretofore, will take the Forde Motor Co 's. car in <-ase Mr. WValdrop is not* able to go. and in Mr. Forde his comn any will be ably represented in the matter of driving and piloting. Dr. Frank D. Mower's Ford road ster. which went to Greenwood and Abbeville to meet the Journal-Herald: cars, and which came to Newberry ahead of the party to have some bad places in the road fixed. Mr. George W. Summer's Rambler touring ear. Mr. Z. F. Wright 's White Steamer, which acted as one of the pilots of the Journal-Hcrald cars from Green wood to Newberry. On that occasion the car was driven by Mr. R. Herman! Wright and Mr. W. C. Moran, both f whom gave evidence of the excel-! lene of their driving. Mr. C. E. Summer's Ford touring Mr. R. Herman Wright 's Ratmbler louring car. Dr. W. G. Houseal 's R.eo roadster. Accompanying the party on to Greenwood will be Capt. W. S. Lang ford 's Ford -roadster, driven b%v Capt. Langford, and, as stated. representing T'he Herald and News. In t.his ear will be Capt. Langford and a representative of The Herald and News. Mr. G. W. Gardner, Jr., of the. Greenwood Journal, will bring a car to Newberry to meet the scouts here and go on with the party to Green wood. Capt. Langford and Mr. E. H. Aull editor of The Herald and News, will go out over the road to Greenwood this week looking out for the best The trip from Columbia will be via Spring Hill, Chapin, Little Mountain and Prosperity. Among those who will go to Little Mountain to meet the cars on Mon a afternoon will be President 0. B. Mayver. of the chamber of commerce, and Supervisor L. I. Feagle. A cordial reception will be tendered the members of the party while they are in Newberry, and the co-opera i. of all the people of Newberry is dsired in the matter. It is probable that a number of Coluimbia automo biles will accompany the party to RiMARKABLE GROWTH. Newberry County a Net-Work of Tel ephone Wires, Putting Her Peo ple in Close Touch. The three things which in the past decade have contributed most to the inprovement of conditions in illw ru ral and faruie-s' liiie. In Tie lie: fore. to the piog:ess of the whole South, are the building of better roads, rural free mail delivery, and the telephone. The telephone long since became an almost absolute necessity in the towns and cities, and it is fast becoming a necessity in the rural districts. Newberry county today has a net work of telephone lines. There is hardly a section of t.he county that is not in telephonic communication with the city ot Newberry and with every othe,r section of the county. Pros perity has an exchange which has ex perienced a remarkable growth with in the past year. Connected with this exchange by a trunk line is the Po maria exchange. and a number of ru ral and farmbrs' lines. In The Her ald and News some time agr -tention was palled to the remarkable increase in the number of telephones connect ed with the Little Mountain exchange. There are today more than one huin dred stations on the Little M_1umntainl .iles. wit:h the central at Little Moun t'lli, and the Little Mountain central has a trunk line which connects it wit i the central at Chapin, with a large number of phones. Little Moun tain. of course. has connection with the Newberry exchange. It is gratifying to note this increase in the number of telephone lines in t:he county. It is a sign of healthy growth and of .remarkable progress along material lines and intellectual lines, as well. The telephone is not only a great asset in business, but it is an educator. as well. It keeps people in touch with one another. It puts a ct untry home in constant touch with the city. It keeps the city in constant touch with the country, its backbone, as it were. And not only that, but' the telep.hone in the rural districts is one of the most complete protections which could be devised. A home with a telephone, however isolated in the days gone by. is no longer isolated. Danger from sickness or from any other cause no longer has the same terror. Relief may be sumimon~d in stantly. A representative of The Herald and News asked Manager J. E. Robinson, Jr., of tihe Newberry exchange of the Sout!hern Bell, for the figu'res showing the number of phones in the county in .toucih with the Newber'ry exchange. and also for some facts in regard to the increase in the number of phones during the past year. The increase under the management of Manager Rocbinson has been phenomenal. This remarkable increase has been brough-t about from a number of causes. I the first place, the Southern.Bell fur nishes a service which is unexcelled by any common carrier of its kind in the world. In addition to this, the vice-president and general manager of the company, Mr. J. Epps Brown, of Atlanta, is a native of Newberry, having been born and reared here, and Newberry county feels somewhat as if the Southern Bell were a Newber ryv enterprise. .And, in addition to. this. t:he local manager. Mr. J. E. Robinson, J-r., is a telephone man who knows how to do things, and who: does them. The Newberry Exchange. The following figures show the num ber of phones connected direefly with the Newberry exchange: City .... .... .... .... .....284 Rural .. .. ...... .... .. ....102 Farmers' line basis .... .... ...33 Dead Fall Farmers' exchange .. 13 Coleman's exchange .. ........22 454 The distinction between rural phones and phones on the farmers' line basis, in the~ above tabulation, is that the Southern Bell furnishes the phones on the lines denominated as rural, while on the farmers' line basis the~ phones are furnished by the stock holders of the line, or the subscrib ers. The Dead Fall line is of the latest ~equipment, having metallic circuits, and standard Southern Bell 100-drop switchboard. Coleman's Farmers' Exchange cov ers a large part of Saluda county, having fifty miles of circuit.I Both the Dead Fall and the Cole-' man's exchanges are connected wit'h tie Newbery exchange by a "trunk'' line. The Prosperity Exchange. The following figures show the num )er of stations connected directly with the Prosprity exchange: Pr;sperity .... .... .... ... 48 Rural .. .... .... .... .......23 Farmers' line basis .... .... ...35 Pomaria Farmers' Exc.hange .. .. 53 159 These figures as to the Prosperity cange, ompared with the figures as to the same exchange for a year ago, will give an idea of the remark able increase of the phone service in Newberry county. The Prosperity ex liange is one of the besi and most flourishing, comparatively, in the whole system of the Southern Bell. This growth is a credit to the people of Prosperity and the surrounding communities, and is very gratifying to the Southern Bell people. The Little Mountain Exchange. As stated above. The Herald and News some time ago gave the figures showing the remarkable increase in the number of stations connected with the Little Mountain exchange, which, ,as stated, is also connected direetv by trunK line with the Chapin ex change. This gives the county an ad ditional more than one hundred phones in the Little Mountain see ion, in addition to the connections on the Chapin switch board, in Lex 4ington county. New Lines Being Constructed. The Herald and News has frequent ly during the past several months called attention to the new lines which have been built. Manager Robin-son stated yesterday that the Southern Bell had contraets for and had completed its work on two lines running out the lower steel bridge road. which will conneet fourteen stations. The subscribers have almost romplete(d their part of the work. and they will conneet within a short time, as soon as tie erops are laid by. "Also.'' said Manager Robinson, '"as soon as the grass is out of the cotton there is no doubt about my connectig two, and most probably three, lines. two to extend out the lower steel bridge road into Saluda county. and one of these to be about thirteen miles long." The development of the Newberry exchange has far exceeded Manager Robinson's expectations. and lie ex pects to accomplish a great deal more as soon as the farmers 'have time to talk to him. There is now no road leading into Prosperity that is not lined with telephone poles. All of the thirty-five farmers' line stations connected with the Prosper ity exchange have been connected since last September, and ten of the telephone stations in the town. have been installed since that time. The Pomaria Telephone exchange has also been connected since that time. and has now grown to fifty three stations, and it is expected that it will reach seventy-five this fail. The total increase in stations since September 1 is 98. Tflhis is a story of remarkable progress, and the development is something of which the coun.ty and Manager Robinson and the Southern Bell have a right to be proud. LAND AND SECURITY CO. Annual Meeting on Tuesday of a Re markably Successful Newberry Enterprise. Th]e Newberry Land and Security company held its annual meeting on Tuesday. This company :has been in business for a number of years and has been very successful. Besides ac umulating a handsome surplus. an annual divids:1 of eight per cent. has been paid f:r several years, and at the meeting on Tuesday this dividend was de:~ied for the past year. The capit-:i .stoek is $25,900. The follow ing di t.:s were reelected: Dr. 0. B. Mayer, C. E. Summer. 0. McR. Holmes, L.. W. Floyd, T. C. Pool. E. B. Wilbur, George B. Cromer, Otto Klet tner, John M. Kinard. The present officers were elected as follows: Dr. 0. B. Mayer, president; C. E. I. -er, vice-president; John M. Kinard, secretaryv and treasurer; Hunt, Hun't, and Hunter. atto'rneys. Central Methodist Church. (Rev. J. W. Wolling, D. D., Pastor.) Tihe -regular services in Central church on Sunday morning will be di reted by the pastor, who will preach on the subject of "Self Control, or Ruling the Spirit.'' The choir will give much attention to the singing and familiar hymns will be sung. The Sunday school meets at 5 o'clock and the exercises are lively and well di reted. Visitors are invited. In Central church tlhere will be no services at night. The services at Tranquil church be gin at four in the afternoon and on next Sunday. 25th inst., will be con ducted by Rev. Dr. Wolling, pastor of C.entral chureb. The subject will be "The Love of God and the Proofs He Gives.'' Rain will not hinder the services. PULASKILODGE, NO. 20, I. 0.0O. F. Will meet at 8 o'clock p. in.. at their hall on Friday night. July 23. A full attendance is desired. After ad *journment of the Lodge. the Golden Rule Encampment. No). 23. will meet and install officers for the next term. W. G. Peterson. Seeretary. TO RETURN FROM EUROPE. Miss Agnes Summer Expects to Sail on August 7, For New York. Miss Aunes Summer, who has been, in France fwr the pas t vcral years studying Frinich and -ttiing an in sight into .-ld-worldl (-4)nditions and affair-, is exp)ected to sail for New York on August 7. and she is sched uled to reach New York on August 14. Miss Summer will sail from Liv erpool. after sepnding some time in London and other parts of England. From New York Miss Summer will come to her home in Newberry. She is a daughter of Mr. C. E. Summer, of Newberry. Her many friends here will be glad to welcome her home ag-ain, after her extended absence on her trip in the old world. During her stay in France Miss Summer has traveled extensively, going into other countries on the continent. A number of bright and interesting letters from her. telling of her ex perienees have appeared in The Her ald and News. News From St. Paul. St. Paul. S. C.. Julv 22.-Mrs. (3. P. Werts is spending a while xiLh her, daughter. Mrs. Maggie Graham. ;f the New Hope section. Miss Louise Counts spent Saiday night and Sunday with he: friend, Miss Laura Koon. Mr. T. P. Richardson has gone to Columbia, where he will speinl awhile with his uncle. Mr. W. F. Ko'ey. of Clinton, who is in the Columbia hos pital for treatment. Mr.s. Levi Gruber is confined t ) her room with sickness. Mrs. George A. Livingston, who has been very sick for the pas feW weeks, is improving somewhat at tiis writing. Mr. J. C. Baker and wife, of the Long Lane section, spent Saturday night and Sunday with Mrs. Baker's parents here. Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Richardson spent Saturday night with Mr. J. B. Bobb. Mr. Sam Sligh and granddaughter, Miss Robertson, of Florida, are vis iting Mr. Sligh's brother, the Rev. J. A. Sligh. The following delegates were eleet ed at our last appointment to repre sent the St. Paul Sunday School at the Sunday School convention at Smyrna: Mr. A. J. Bedenbaugh, Miss Ula Ray Sligh and Mr. Cebas Koon. To the Lutheran convention to be held by the Newberry conference at St. Luke 's church, Mr. W. L. Beden baugh, Miss Daisy Fellers and Prof. F. A. Boland. Don 't forget that Friday, July 30. is the day for the barbecue at St. Paul's echurch. At this gathering the good roads question will be discussed by Mess'rs. C. L. Blease, J. B. 0O'Neall Holloway, E. H. Aull and Rev. W. K. Slighi. Probably Rev. J. A. Sligh will have something to say also. if vell enough to do so. In the afor':oon there will be an interesting game of ball. The game will take place in Mr. T. A. Epting's pasture. Mr. J. W. Richardson and Mr. L. C. Troutman began -threshing this (veek, and will continue until they' have served all their customers Miss Jettie Livingston is viiti: at Mr. H. P. Counts' this week. Mr. W. B. Boinest who has been confined to his bed for the past six weeks, is improving nicely. InaDid Not Break Jail. - nadispatch from Prosperity in teColumbia State of Tuesday, it was stated that the negro. Marvin Bridges, who was captured with Dr. J. J. Bedenbaugh's horse and buggy, which was stolen from Prosperity on Sunday night, had broken ouit of jail in Newberry. This is a mistake,. Bridges was i jail in Newberry charged with using stock without the consent of the owner, and at the last iterm of court his case was placed on 'the contingent docket and Bridges was allowed to go on his own recog nizance. Before leaving Newberry. however, he stole a bicycle, which was captured in Prosperity,and which has (been returned to the owner hero. Operated On For Old Wound. Mr'. WV. F. Kelley, who moved from the Fairview neighborhood about t,vo. years ago to Clinton, is now in the hospital in Columbia. His physiei'u Dr. Davis, went with him on last Fri day. He underwent an operation on Saturday and stood the operation well andi is now doing as well as could be expected. The doctors split the leg from his knee to the hip and took out tihe diseased bonie. Mr. Kelley has been a great sufferer from an old wound received at the battle of Boonsborough Gap, Decem er 14th, 1862. After it healed up, when the war closed he was able to do any kind of farm work for about fifteen years before it gave him any trouble. Then it began to trouble himi, and for the last twenty or twenty-live 1yar it ha caused him great pain. DR. J. R. LITTLE HERE. Medical Director Southern Loan and Trust Co. Tendered Smoker by Dr. Mayer Last Evening. Dr. J. R. Little. of Greensbvro, N. C.. medical director of the Southern Loan and T. ust company. is in New berrV. This company is represented in Newberry by the Security, Loan and Investment company, and Dr. 0. B. Iaver is the medical examiner. Dr Mayer last night gave a smoker a his handsome residence in Main stree in honor of Dr. Little to which t directors of the Security Loan an Investment company were invited. Lindsay-King. A zarriatre of interest to some o our citizens Occurred in Atlanta or Sunday when Mr. H. M. Lindsay was married to Miss Mamie King. of that city. Mr. Lindsay is a former New berry boy and is now filling the re sponsible position of manager of the Atlanta Coal and Ice company. The 'best wishes of The Herald and News )'re exterded to him and his bride. SPECIAL NOTICES. 1 CENT A WORD. No advertisement taken fo less than 25 cents. WANTED-Prices on 3,000 or less all wthite ash logs, seconid growth, to be cut in O.ctober and delivered November to January. Write us. Branchville Pole, Tie & Timber Co., 1204 Main St., Columbia, S. C. 7-23-09-It. NEWBERRY COLLEGE REUNION -I will furnish a first class barbe cue dinner at 50 cents for all thos who don't care to bring dinner wit them. Also will sell pork and mat ton right from the pit, and also re freshments of various kinds on the grounds. Come one and all, and enjoy one day off meeting your frienids. Respectfully, A. N. Boland. Date is Friday, August 6, 1909. 7-23-09-4t. FOR EENT-I offer for rent from' September 1st, the Paysinger store now occapied by Messrs. J. J. Dean & Son. It is located on Main Sv., next door to Dr. Van Smith's Drug Store, is a good store room with a room upstairs the same size as the lower floor. Mrs. Paysinger rented the first floor before slie put sev eral thousand dollars improvements on it for $35.00 a month. I will rent for one year at $40 per month, for both up-stairs and down-stairs. Has electric lights, waterworks an sewerage; would make a good gro eery store, furniture store or gen eral merchandise. A. C. Jones. I HAVE OPENED A Restaurnt il the rear of the old Candy K4tehea next door above Klettner's, whier I will serve the best the n;&ket affords. My old customers and others are cordially invited to'eall Chas. W. Douglas. 7-21-09.-5t. FRESH HOME RAISED Saur Krant for sale by J. C. Sample. 7-20-09-tf. FOR SALE-One Tozier Engine 20 horse power; one boiler 30 Lorse power, two Eagle gins, one no .3 Bass press. Also belting, pulleys, all in good shape. B. M. HavirdL 7-20-09--tf. Silver Street, S. C. FOR SALFE- Bull Terriers-pedi greed stock. Absol.utely dead game.4 The best watch dog or compasion, and fastest fighting dog on ear'tk. Correspondence solicited. Burn~ett Kennels, 7-21-09. 2t. Kovle en WE HAVE OPENED a shop back of postoffice. If you want all kinuds of woodwork and :horseshoeing done it will pay you to see Williams and Fred. Horseshoeing, 60e. Setting tires $1.50 per set. All ot'her work at cut prices. All work guaranteed or money refunded. . Davis and Robinson. 7-2- '09-8t. GET YOUR GLASSES from Dr. W. Connor, a graduate of the lar est optical college in the world-t Northern Illinois College of Chie~ go. Dr. Connor is located perma ently in Newberry, gives both t objective and subjective tests electricity and guarantees his wo Ofie over Coneland Brothers.