Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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r f ? Good Old Days I From 1850 i iiditor The Herald and. News: 1 had intended to prepare an article I for the semi-centennial edition of your I j aper, but I was so overwhelmed by ' r lie mention of my name as a contrib[ uior that 1 confess that 1 am almost asiiamed to write a iine. However, j as I have been announced as a con! tributor 1 wi'l say something of my j life in Newberry. 1 will begin with ; my life as a bo.- in Columbia. ! I was then about 16 or 17 years of: age, and began my life in the business j world as a printer in the office of The j ICaroiinian, that paper men d, mg oaued by Dr. R. VV. Gibbes. It was mv i privilege then to set up the ad.erase-' ments. They were what printers know J as "fat"'?that is it paid well?your \ job paid for a great deal of \Vhat was 1 already set up. i One night there was a s;na 1 advertisement from the Newberry Sen;inel,, a paper then printed in Newberry, for three printers. 1 "kept this to myself, but the next morning at the depot in Columbia 1 found four of the boys from our office ready to take the train for Xewberry. This is enough of how I came to Xewberry to live l worked -;;:V-S:i;Iiii:- ::'fT>'; 1 -... / Ml '. ' ' 1 in the office of the Newberry Sentinel K from January till September, after which time I decided to quit the print ing business. I then went to work in the drug store of Dr. Pratt. Later on i became a member of the firm of Land & Bruce, druggists. I was in Newberry from 1851 to *61, \ and I know all about the town in those days. Newberry was at that time a very small village of about 500 inhabitants, but grew rapidly into a town of j / IR. H. v ' ii: ; * One case 7 1-2 special One case solid co yard 50c roils quilt bund at One lot all wool ? 50c value, special yarc I A CO Efk U? QU IVUT JV a ica v y %ju< I $2.98 MBJIWAIIAWVliWriWf i I I I I ! n Newberry j f-rk 1 R&fl U??>m11p.d l %- A V V A a. w 'w w m. ? w I ' j importance. The farmers all of a sud-1 den began to move to town and open, i stores. It only required two or threeyeais to ruin tht-m ail. To the best' - - - 1 1 ? - TT .... LI n 1 fo r? v \v* o o I Ol my l'trCOiltCt iun ncm > nanav-ic " ctvj j the only one that succeeded. He was j prudent and saved for himself and his I family. At that time what had been an old field was built up into stores a Iiundnd feet long by thirty feet widefj Newberry was a town having a rail-! road then, and drew trade from a great j many other places. The streets were always crowded with wagons loaded with cotton from Edgefield, Laurens, l"nicn and Fairfield. There was no endto the trado the town received. There we-e two firms in Newberry that did a million-a-year business. Walker & Glenn and Agnew <? :Co. But as the j railroad was t-xJ ended farther up the j rnuntrv tho mavLet decreased. From j i'orty thousand bales a ye;ir it gradually decreased to thirty and twenty thousand, and while the town still grew in importance it was materially hurt with the extension of the railroad, j Riit the good eld town of Xewberry ! still lives all the same, and 1 am glad j to say she is li ins yet. not with the j same scrowth cf those early years be- j fore the raUroal- w re extender], bat J in the true worth and quality of her) people j In those days Xeu berry had a :ine lot of men a? doctors, lawyers and in^2-chants. In the way of juries there were Judg<- O'Xeall and Chancellor Johnstone. At the bar were I.anu>ert Jones, J. H. Williams. James M Kax- f ter, Silas Johnstone. Christ Suber, j Simeon Fair and masv others. In the ire of doctors we had Dr. 0. B. Mayer (who was always my best friend r> T3 Rnff t ana m siruciui-;. r. uu?, W. Thompson and I). E. Ewart (whom I think has a son now living in Newberry), and many others whose m.mes I can not now recall. We were a very happy people in! those days. Parties were given by many of the best people in town, and eve rytjody who was anybody was alTi-o O invituH A fp\V vpar? n !?0 .TflmPS' 'V. Bacon of Edgefield was sent an old opy of The Rising Sun. a paper then printed in Newberry, giving an account of a fancv dress ball given by Mrs. Col. [ Fair in 1S5S. He had it republished in j the Charleston News and Courier, and; the only comment he made was: "/re any now living who attended that party?" I wrote to him and told that Mrs. V. J. Pope and myself were two still living that were present on that occasion. iVrs. Pope was at that time about 16 years of age, and as pretty as a j pink, and the last time I saw. her, which was a few years ago, she was truly a beautiful woman. Before 1 c. nBHBBnBBMflni Big Clothing Values j- /f ^ du lviens an w J suits, a regular 3 j value, sale price $ i n fl/) C/i/* /M /v li \ y Z/*ZS\J. IJCC UUi ll Prices rang from $6.50 up $18. All wo $9.90. c apron gingham, lor oil calico, special lies, special bundle, yjg^ jrge, leading shades 39c ~\ 1 J IV. J close, I would like to mention two otd'T food friends of mine who are still living in Newberry, and they ar<Spencer G. Welch and W. Y. Fair. I could say a great deal more about the people cf Xewberry during the tea . thorp hilt sill) ?? t'tf: \.i i in* itoiuvuvi .. peso others will do that. i.Yhile if given me great pleasure to recall those seed old days now gone by, there is a tinge of sadness as I realize how manv . of those whom 1 loved and revered | have long a^o pass; d into the "sreat byvond." _ _ , . i Very truly yours. R. H. Land. | THE COTTONSEED OIL IMH'STKY. | (Py Harry W. Dominick.) The cotton seed oil mills of .New-, berry county have played no little part. in the development?agricultural and financial?of this section, and to them : is due a share of the credit of placing j the once-despised outcast?but now i "Prince'?cotion seed in his rightful i position alongside King Cotton. Although yet in its infancy, perhaps 110 1 industry has made such rapid strides : as lias the cotton oil industry in the comparatively few years of its exist- j ence, and it is toda.v one of the giant? J of activity in this state. The cotton oil industry had its be- ; binning in Columbia, South Carolina, ! several years prior to the War Between I the Sections, and from that small be- j ginning has spread >o all parts of the j cotton growing section of the country. ! The practicability and the possibilities of the business were not fully realized, however, until several yi>ars after the close of the war, and it was not until I some years later that oil mills began j :o spring up i:i different portions o; i tlie ^tat*1. There were orrK a few mil!? j in South Carolina when the citizen? j of Newberry county decided to erect a plant in the town of Xewberry. On .Inn 24, 1S90. a number of citi- J zens of this county met in the council chamber to discuss the proposition.! John 0 Peep'es presiding. The pro-' ject received the enthusiastic endorse-; men* nf thp citizens. and on July 9. i 1S90, the Xewberry Cotton Seed Oil ! Mill and Fertilizer company was' formed, with a capitalization of $30,-j 000. The stockholders elected the fol- j lowing board of directors: G. F. Long, j .T. M. Johnstone, L. W. Fiovd. T. M. j Xeel, T. V. Wicke r, 0. B. Mayer, H. H. j Folk, Geo. S. Mower. Geo. W. Summer.: The fo'lo\Ving officers were elected: | President. J. M. Johnstone- vice pres- , idmt T. M. Xeel; secretary, treasurer; and general manager. L. W Floyd; at-i torney, Geo. S. Mower. On July 4,1 1S94. L W Flovd was elected president! to succeed .7. M. Johnstone, retaining j also the offices of secretary,, treasurer * and general manager. He held these ' positions until the property changed j hands.in 1901. On August 4, 1890, the building was! begun on the site on South Caldwell j street, facing the Southern and C.. X. | & L. railroads, and on December 29, j 1890, the mill began operations. The RSON'S (MHO ne tpl.JO TO . 7 $4.50 to T , All the late o / styles. Give a look. 3 solid cases ladies' i in fleeced and ribbed, soe * Lot Big cotton at 1 nt Wnnl klanWu. at.i BOYS' AND GIR] Guaranteed Ladies' Rain coals at ..." ^ u A Ml LI. '-SHPHHHHBSBHHHHBKflHHBSHHHH original capacity of trie plant was 20 tons of seed crushed every 24 hours a?;d in addition, large quantities of fei tilizers were mixed. For several seasons thereafter the hulls were | ?.ui:;td in i.'.e boilers, there being no; other known use for th. ni at that time, j T:e ginnery was erected in 1S91. The ?JiU'i j ri?< p:oved to i.e one of i the best-i/avina, industries in this sec-i tion, handsom.* dividends being de- j clared annually. When the plant was! sold to the \ irginia-. arclina Chemical j company on May l.~, 1:01, the stock- [ holders received $l.."?rt for each dollar! invested in the property. 11 his mill was afterwards absorbed by the South-1 prn Cotton Oil company, and is still numbered among the plants of that vast system of oil mills. The capacity of this mill is now sixty tons of seed crushed daily, in addition to the operation of a large fertilizer mixing plant y jH^SP^ fflHHHH .!".(] ginnery of o'i? nuiidiea bales ot cotton per day capacity. This mill is / now under the management of L. W. j Floyd, Harry VY. Dominick being cash- 1 - ? * a ? U .? ^ U /n " a n + V> o f .\ r Flnvrl I it'I". Jt Wil IUUO UC it; II uiaui.i. * u. has served for a quarter of a cemurj as manager of rhis plant, ha. ing served uninterruptedly in this capacity since the organization of the mill in 1890. ' he rast decade or so has sreii the establishment of four other oil mills in Newberry county, the Prosperity Cotton Oil Mill company, Prosperity; the Farmers' Oil Mill, Newberry; ttic Pomaria Oil Mill, Pomaria; the Little Mountain Oil and Fertilizer company,/ Little Mountain. The Prosperity Oil Mill company''was organized in 190-3, with a capital Ann Thic r*lnnt hnj; a canacitv W L ?)'TV,V VV, A Ah t KJ v ? ? x v of 20 tons of seed daily, and has a ginnery which can turn out 60 bales of eocton per day. The officers of the company are: President, Dr. .T. S. Wheeler; vice president. R. T. Pugh; secretary and treasurer, C. B._ Bedenbaugh; general monogei, H. J. Rawl. Tbe Farmers' Oil Mill, capitalized at $50,000, was organized in May, 1904, and began operations in September of DECE1 V 51.W TO. A A* $5.% ;st T us Cloth Top, al latest stvles 50c underwear, i O cial garment tOC blankets, now "ow $2.48 up LS' RAINCOATS Waterproof \ A r\ m A AO :.48 to $4.90 DERSC the same year. This mill has a capacity of 40 tons of seed per day. A ginnery, with a capacity of 75 bales of cotton per day, an ice plant, with a capacity of 20 tons of ice daily, and ?> vn'lof mill wirVi a oo na r?it v nf nfl ! Ci. i u X L ulil x, '? itii u vu^uv*v; v a. v v barrels of flour, are operated in connection with the oil mill and under ue tame management. The ice plant was erected in May, 1907, and the roller mill ir. June, 1915. The officers of the Farmer's Oil Mill are as follows: President, Alan Johnstone, Sr.; secretary, treasurer and general manager, j J. H. IvYicker; bookkeeper and cashier, i K. A Feagle. The Little (Mountain Oil Mill ana j Fertilizer company, with a paid up j capital or ^o.tjuu, is an up-to-ciate piant | of 20 tons capacity. It has in addition an improved ginnery and roller mill. Under the supervision of efficient officers, this enterprise has been most succssful, and is today numbered among the best paying investments in :hi? cprHnn .T H 'Rntiniy nf T.itt.l** .Mountain is president, secretary and measurer and J. W. Washington superintendent. The Pomaria Oil Mill of Pomaria is j o\\ ned and operated by A. H. Shealy, who is a young, energetic and practical oil mill man. This plant was : rested about ten years ago, and has been the leading industrial enterprise of that community since its organization. The capacity of the plant is 20 fens of seed per day, and m connection with the mill a large ginnery is operated. All of the oil mills in Newberry rornty have been successfully manned. and have proved to be good investments for the stockholders. Since ti e beginning of the industry in this county, the price of cotton seed has :i>on from $9 a ton?which was the iverage cost during the first seasonto $45 per ton, which has been paid on ti e local market this season. Many other startling and important ar ts could be mentioned in connection with the industry, such as the many ;huv uses which have been found for j tl?p products of oil mills in recent j vears but, after all, they would only ; ^rrpiiasize tne tact tnat, aitnougn on mills ha e now been in operation for ilmcst half a century, the industry is still in its infancy, and time alone can unfold the many wonders that are ?yet to come out of the once-despised cotton seed?and all the result of the cotton seed oil industry. In the words of another: ''Cotton seed feeds you ard your beast, clothes you, dresses wounds, cures your diseases, gives you i soft bed to sleep upon, covers you when cold, keeps you clean, lights ' our houses and vour mines, beauti-i fips vour temples paints vour houses, j 'ubricates your machinery, disinte-! urates the rocks that impede your nrogress, gives you a roof over your head, repels the foe from your soil. If there is any other product of nature under the canopy of heaven that is so intimately connected with the welfare and progress of man, I can not find it." t | * VIBER I , ? AH wool sere $10.00, $ 12.51 $14.98, $18 an $22.50; fur trm mings; sale $9.9 Ladies' coa\ just arrived b express. Hei you can get good coat fc little mone $2.98 to $18. J \inii are. anina t ^ V U huy a coat c 1 coat suit, do nc miss this chanc ftfA K?n.v #f% &/UU fc * V4 w die Boys' Clothing; suits.. Sr Lot Men's 60c Le\ at Lot Men's Overga at - a# 4U0 pairs men's sftoes, $3.00 values, sale price P 1 [ When They fan't Fix It either send it back to the factory or throw it on the scrap heap, is what those who know the men say of Sam Dominick and the Dominick Auto Motor and Repair Company. Sam and Gus Seizler know automobiles from crank shaft to windshield?and the are the doctors. Both skilled mechanics and both of them hustlers in all that the word implies. The Dominick Auto and Repair Company is the newest garace in Newberry?and "a new broom sweeps clean." If you need repairs on you auto or any kind of motor you will do well to phone Sam. And, ? rtw/J r\f\ r S3.V, nave you seen max uvcuouu he's selling? W?ll if you haven't and need a car, "just take a itip from dad" and phone Sam. It's some car; can't he touched by any of 'em at the price. Guess you've heard about the Knight motor. Well the Overland has the Knight motor in it?and it's the only car that sells for anything near the price that has. Kings, princes and potentates buy cars with Knight motors. Phone Sain. He'll be glad to demonstrate the Overland. CALDWELL & HALTIWANGER A Very Attractive Store For the Ladies of the Commnnity?Well Esfabished Business. One of the most attractive stores to the feminine view of things in Newberry is Caldwell & Haltiwanger's, on Main street. This store makes a specialty of ladies ready to wear, and carries a large stock of a high grade of goods, offering to its patrons the verybest that is put on the market in ladies' ready-to-wear and notions to suit the feminine taste. This business has been in successful operation for about fit teen years, having succeeded tfie well known and popular Cash Company. Messrs Caldwell & Ialtiwahger have, after making a conspicuous success in Newberry, gone to Columbia and opened a ladies' store which is one of the leading business houses of the capital city. The business here is under the management of Mr. Joseph T. Hutchi son, who is thoroughly familiar with - 9t * - J- J- TT _ the business and witn me traoe. ne is an authority on ladies' goods, having had a long and wide experience in that line of work, and being affable and pleasing to the women of the community who do the trading. This store handles all kinds of ladies ready-to-wear and dry. goods, notions and fancy goods. They have a miiu. nery department that is second to none in the state, and is patronized by the ladies from all parts of this section who come to Newberry to trade with Caldwell & Halttwanger. Mr. Hutchison is a good buyer and. an excellent salesman. He'keeps his stock up, and can supply all that the lady making her own outfit^, wants to complete It. He is a good advertiser and his an nouncements to the trade are always read eagerly by the housewives. s A I F. II 1.98 to $10 ggins, now iters, now 25c I ! 50",,, $1.98 Crepe de Chine Waist $1.98 __ y * ' l" 1 j . 'i