Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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^ THE NEWBERRY PRESS OF SIXTY YEARS Mi( H (Continued to Page lo.) (reader, I learned to lo'. e her ever more than 1 loved thc> Sunday sehoo lessons, but I did not tell her so. anc 1 doubt if she ever suspected my devotion or the cause of my regular atI tendance on Sunday school. Several years later she married Dr. W. M Grier. one of the best men 1 ever knew, She and her husband are now in their !ho:ne beycnd the stars. 1 don't know if the "kiss candy" of today, as it did in 18." 6 includes sentimental verses, which young folk ol either sex may give to the ether a.; expression of esteem, which expression of esteem they may have been too mc-Jest to speak, but away back in ;.he f fifties of the last century, such things were in existence. A young lady of the A. R. P. congregation in Xewberrv on one occasion gave mc a -verse which . fread something like tms: "I'll watch thy youth, I'll watch thy 'Till thou arr called from this earthly stage." These are simple lines, but in mv loneliness and my yearning for affection, as well as my susceptibility to kindness, is such that the remembrance of these lines is as fresh to I day as they were on the day the verse was handed to me. I presume, however. that the young lady who was responsible for this act has long sine? ceastd her vigil. In 1856. I joined the lodge of the Sons of Temperance in Xewberrv, at which meetings I had much pleasure. I remember a regular attendant. Mr. John Leavell, who had a handsome son named Robert. Robert was a handsome and lovable boy. and the most expert stone-cutter that I ever W knew. Robert Leavell, I believe, still lives and is now a good citizen of p Newberry. Judge O'Neall was a member of the lodge at that time, and fre%uenxtly attended its meetings. His absence was always noted and regret(ted. He was looked upon with tiie same reverence and respect as was Col. J. R. Leavell. Robert Land, druggist, was one of the noble young men of Newberry dur Iing the fifties. He survives and is now a highly respected citizen of Augusta. Ga. Like myself, in one particular at least, he is now far advanced in life. Billy Biatz was a handy boy about J I I n A IP vi /*ir I 1SC11 ICIY f AT L A Full Line oi C The Place for t If we t] \ I Large Stock i I \ | RESIDENCE OF ii. DEKR i | the Rising Sun office in 1S56. He often I helped me in the office at night. One i rn<rht hp worked until the small hours j for twenty-five cent:. He paid twenty ! cents for his lunch. Dr. Land has : 'incwn him in later years and on rej cent occasions pronounced Billy Blatz ; ;:n honest man of the best type. .'oe Brazilton, as handsome and as ?;>od a young man as an-one coulJ wish to tee, was foreman of the office when I went to- Newberry. He had tuberculosis and soon was compelled lo give up the situation. He died in 'rhc summer of 1856. IHiring That year. 18.">6, printers were I paid by the piece for setting type The ruling price was thirty-seven and a half (37y2) cents per thousand ems. j I never made as much any year at the I printer's trade as I did the year that I was in thc> Rising Sun office. At i.he c'ose of the -year I recei. ed a note on Dr. Thompson for one hundred and fifty ($150) dollars and cash for the remainder Dr. Thompson was a big nisn in the A. R. P. church. Mrs. James M. Crosson was a wholebisr-hearted woman with the | noblest impulses. One day in the early | history of the G. and C. work, and before the trestle was filled up wito | dirt between her home and the depot, the trestle was found on fire. With a noble impulse sbe ran toward the flr?j f / * TRY s Genen JTTLE M0UN1 \ c Dry Goods, Cloth ieneral Merchandisi Overalls and Wo / please you, we keep rade?and we wan your trade. 4 New Goods, l/ci f ten >. / - ' ' . " <s . >v ' / ' s v :{ ?? f v " - - ' with a bucket ni >vater. She fell 011 iho way. when the water fell all over her. When the workers saw the circumstances some of them laughed. She was cisgusted and went back home. William F. Xance was a notable character and one of the handsomest men in Newberry in 1856. He was a son of Drayton Xince of Laurens and a kinsman of Capt. F. W. R. Xance ~ e \ 1->n r. Vi^ mi Vil 10 riffi i-'l ;V J Jr V li/C, iH/ :ia.i utiu uv-^ for fifteen or twenty years. Billy Xancs married !V:iss Sarah Calmes of Newberry. When the war broke out he entered the military service on Gen. Ripley's staff. After returning from the war with distinction, he soon died. T think he was at one time before the war identified with The Herald. Patting: It I'p to Father. After several unsuccessful attempts to draw her husband into conversation at the restaurant the wife discovered the cause of his abstraction to be a beautiful girl dre?sed in black and seated at a nearby table. "An attractive widow," observed the wife, coolly. "Yes, indeed, a very attractive wiuc\v" agreed the husband enthusiastically. "Yes," sighed the wife, "I wish I were one."?Ladies Heme Journal. .| / il Store i [ AIIN ling, Shoes and e ! rking Outfits. i j i > your t \ ! ' i * i Close Sales j i I I 0 w Co. I ! i ! Wa Fnrnieli 1 TV v 1 UilllOll I General Supply the \X7 I O. wagons dim 01 i Little i A !?,/va n lmgc aiiu vane meet al ; We Are Bidd | We get it and hold i vwi/vcsc f friT* AWU JL If you have traded a If you never have, COUNT* We Buy Col I PUBLK ? *r? & r\/ ritALA Blacksmithing, Horse Sho WW T Wooc / If I can't do what help you get where j fixing you up first, than I found you. JAS. I Worker ii Little M Rpnaifina am A ***^ ? of all kinds, P Hard Woods. Have you trie particular peopl to Little Mounts % \na Hatha anil Lllv 1IU1111/ U11U Store for All f n isommunuy iggies, nirniture, ^ ? "O Dry Goods and . l&SHEJ Mountain, S. C. luce Bought < d line of goods at cloi 1 community needs. ing for General G it by meeting your m? 11 i* rr i or all lines ottered, t Little Mountain you a cordial welcome av s ftr shf A tton and Sell Ford Ca ni ?ri T\ V 7 ^ atKV JUARTI I \ X f eing, {working, Auto and Machi you want I'll tell yc rou can get it, but I'll I will not leave you i nnrii MMAI i Wood and Met* ountain, S. i Rebuilding M? laning Mill, Wc d Shealy's Meal e say it's worth i in to {ret snme. I Farm v ? dm bleeds ot Supplies. & Sold se prices to 1 I I m Irade seds at fair * i know us. raits you. ,LY. . \ rs. i rv RS / na An ilv UAlV|/? >u so and come near i worse off \ [ V J I ll, c. ichinery >rker in ? Most coming /