Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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S()c |lerali) and Jems. Entered at the Postoffice at Newfr*rry, S. C., as 2nd class matter. / ?. H. AULL, EDITOR. Tuesday, June 1, 1920. A PLEASANT SABBATH WITH THE SECEDERS President Derrick who had experience with the government on the exemption board, or whatever it is called, told me some time ago that my work in connection with the taking of the census would not end for a long time after I had rinished, and I have about concluded that he knew what he was talking about. The work of the enumerators was completed some weeks ago, and early in April all of the portfolios and other papers had been shipped to Washington and I closed the census office, as I thought, on the first of April. That is the help that the government allowed was dispensed with, but it seems that my work will not end. And there is no extra compensation on my job. Well, at any rate it has its compensation, because there are many pleasant features connected with it as I have aforetime remarked. One is it gives me the opportunity to meet more people and to see more of this fine section of South Carolina which is comprised within the third district, and not the least the additional opportunity to write some "fillers" for The Herald and News and which I trust the readers can enjoy with me. It would do all of us good if we could occasionally get away from home and extend our trips out into other territory and see what other people are doing and learn that there are sections of the country just as cnnd as ours. and some that are not so good and we would the more j appreciate what we ourselves have. And in this day of the auto car more | people are traveling and seeing things j and places they never couldv have seen without the aid of this machine, and sometimes it seems to me that we use this vehicle a little more than is good for us and the country, but that is neither here nor there, and j does not belong to this story.. I had occasion to make another) trip to McCormick to get* some information for the department, and I had j really postponed it longer than 11 should. I planned my business trip I for Saturday, May 22nd, arid to take j it in my new III so that I might have the pleasure of spending Sabbath; with some of my friends who had assisted me in the taking of the census, and who had extended me very cor ' C1_ dial invitations to visit tnem. ou m 6 a. m. on Saturday we pulled out from Newberry and I took as far as the old home in Greenwood county my two American ' boys and their mother, and the American soldier boy, his mother's baby, and I found that he was not averse in the least to making the trip with me. In fact he was very anxious to go, and so Mr. Humbert Aull went along and did the driving for us. We arrived at home about 8 o'clock and had a ,good breakfast and then drove over to Greenwood where a short stop was to ?et some information and at 1:30 p. m., we were in the town of McCormick the county seat of the new county of McCormick. I called on Auditor Penall and Clerk of Court Arch Talbert and with their kind and helpful assistance soon had the information that I de* '1 TTTQyo -ronrlv for the sired ana tnen wc WC1V xvmv.^ pleasant part of the journey. I called up my friend Mr. S. P. Morrah who lives about nine miles from McCormick out in the Lower Long Cane community of what was once part of old Abbeville, and I told him that if it were entirely agreeable that I would drive out and spend the night with him. Just as I knew, he said he would be delighted to have me do so, or that is to say his daughter, Miss Janie Lee Morrah answered the phone. So later in the afternoon we went out to this fine section and had a very pleasant visit. Before leaving McCormick I called on Editor McCracken of the McCormick ^Messenger and found that he was having paper trouble just like the rest of us, and having to pay exorbitant prices for it and then could scarcely secure enough to get out his paper. Editor McCracken prints one of the best of the country weeklies in the State, the McCormick Messenger. The town of McCormick is growing very rapidly and has made very decided gains in population since the last census. The new court house will be built some time in the near future. For the present the courts are held in a room over the stores and the county c-liices are in rooms over the banks and stores, but this is I" ? ! ^ ~F*rr i -AS3hrf: ">J I (f|S| I $^3^ j p|g \ t-ts i Don't feel that you full of money to star We encourage small < that you deposit a po \ i with us each week. j | TheComnu The Bank That Alws i !i = BASEI * We have secured . official league ba ? ? m m -k 1 Y. M. t. A. stock values, at $1.50 i \ I I Gilder J &1 a good county and there are some J very fine farms and farm lands in the county and some of the best people i in the state. I ?o? Mr. Morrah* lives in one of the j finest sections in which I have everj had the pleasure to visit. It is Bordeaux township and most of the people are Presbyterians and they all have nice country homes with all j modern conveniences and large farms, i and they tell me that they have! plenty of labor and have no trouble j with it and it must be a real pleasure j to farm in such a community. Mr. j Morrah said the same labor that he j had now had been on the place with him for 25 years, and the same j oto+omont was m&He bv Mr. John OUU VViUVliw f! vww ... v Wardlaw who lives near by. And they tell me that in this neighborhood the people all attend to their own business and do not interfere or meddle in the affairs of their neighbors and that they all cooperate for! the uplift of the community. On Sabbath morning we all went; out to church at Lower Long Cane one of the oldest churches in the State. Its centennial was celebrated 35 years ago so the organization is i now 135 year old. The Rev. R. F. I Bradley is the pastor. The church | is located in a beautiful grove of j original forest, hickory and white oak and many of the other stately trees of the original forest. And by the way this is th^ home of the Bradley's and the Britts as well as the Morrahs and the Wardlaws. Mr. W. D. Morrah who is a brother of Mr. S. P. Morrah has one of the best equipped and arranged country homes in South Carolina and is a very large and successful farmer as well as the other Morrahs and Wardlaws. I do not know when I have spent a more pleasant day or Tiad more of that genuine old time South Carolina hospitality extended which makes one feel ?4.:?of v.nmp nnH at ease in the eiitiicij ctu ?company. In the afternoon Mr. W. D. Morrah came by in his Buick and in company with Mr. S. P. Morrah and Mr. John Wardlaw we had the pleasure of a trip to the John de la Howe s property. This is an estate which f was left by John de la Howe more than a hundred years ago for the education of the youth of that section and a school has been maintained there all the years. It was his purpose to establish a school of apiculture and he limited the number of pupils to 24. I understand. It is , called "Lethe" which I understand is, being' interpreted, "Here I rest." The land is on the banks of the Little river not far from the Savannah and r i ' " . ! need a wheelbarrow i t an account with us. deposits, and suggest j rtion of your income . . ;rcial Bank lys Treats You Right BALLS BBBDHnannnH !j ! a good supply of | lis from the Army j Regular $2.25 ! w ' | ind $1.75 each. / Weeks Co. I i' i contains 1,700 acres or \hereabout, and it is provided that at least onethird shall remain in woodland. The original forest is still there and the land that is in cultivation is very productive. The state has recently taken the property over and is building a big dormitory and maintaining the school. I have not? looked up the terms under which this is done. We drove down through the woodland to the tomb of de la Howe and it is near where his home stood when he lived in the forest of the early days of the republic. It stood on an emi nence overlooking the Liitue river, but there is nothing left of it now. It is said that he had built around the place tall timbers of poles so that he might protect himself from the attacks of the Indians who roamed j * the forest in those days. The tomb I is enclosed by four walls of brick j and cemented on the outsde, the walls about ten feet high. There is nothing to mark the place except these four walls and the iron gate which gives entrance and on the gate is the following inscription: 1 Rebecca Woodin Obit. IV Oct MDCCCLXXXVIII Joanes ve L-a nowe i Hujus Agriculturis Seminarii : fundator Ob Januarii II MDCCCXCVII Rebecca Woodin was his woman whom he brought across the seas with him and they two lived in this forest I I ?? I - WaiatIiawit 1 , iicnucnjf i : ! i Waffle Irons place turn out nice hot I minutes. Hughes Electric Fans Hoovt Percolators Sewi: Vibrators ? i Newberry J John C. Goggans, Jr - Next Door to Gi.' Haltiwan tof ! set all ees - . kstag!) | Pe? 1 'p^H the ' ula ^ A C r I of WIJ fro feVM? kin Haltiwan 1216-20 Main St. among the Indians all to themselves for the years until their death. I think he was a surveyor or may be a teacher. I have not had opportunity to look up the history. The tomb should hVve better attention if the state is to take charge of this fine property as it is and I suppose will establish a good agricultural school here. Lethe is a Greek word and means forgetfulness. In mythology it means the river of Oblivion, one of the streams of the lower regions celebrated in ancient mythology, whose waters had the power of making those who drank of it forget the whole of their former existence. Souls before passing into Elysium drank to forget their earthly sor - i rows; souls returning to tne upper world drank to forget the pleasures of Elysium. I do not know if the name as applied to this school has this significance or not, or whether the name has anything to do with the river of Oblivion or not, or may be Mr. de la Howe felt that he had t-ioocoH into "Rlvsium when he reached ? this beautiful spot of nature and that the river which runs by the f a lb w? id on the dining table waffles every two Ranges jr Vaccuum Cleaners ng Machine Motors Electric Irons ilectric Co. W. S. Cameron sts Cotton Office . / iger & Carpenter, Inc. J ?*. /V-- r or sets? f I J^l A.ny Corset has good qualities?but buy arid fl ar the corset which adapts itself most readily H I'A'IVJ r\-P fl/wiiin tiT^iln miirliytflr it irvtn liliac yuui l>y UJ. Ii^,UlC Willie guiuing iv mvu n style. j Every women recognizes styles as the first cor- M , essential, quality and price naturally follow, three are present in Bon Ton and Royal Wor- ? i --- At mi. _ j* l _i? i.T /] xer oorseis. i ne comioii ui mese cursets ay i *t lis to the wearer, while the observer admires I i fine figure lines. fl n Dur stock is now complete with the most pop- fc IS I r models for all figures. Prices ? I ? - mm mm An aa An A A AA ^ 50, $^?UU, !^ZiZbj $Z* / d, $3.UU, y4iW, $4.50, $5.00, *6.00 4 r , i BRASSIER OR BANDEAUX FOR EVERY 1 iE OR FIGURE $ ? ii I 'j We have just received a new shipment. Plenty j^J styles to select from in cotton, silk and satin, J m| m the plain to the most elaborately trimmed / I 1 ds. Prices . (' j I 50c, 75c, 85c, $1, $1.50, $2, $2.50, $3, $3.50 J ?: ?-r ger & Carpenter, Inc. "Mower Corner" Newberry, $> C. vf' ' ' i I . ... Obst-r-ve I Traffic Rules! | The police officers have instructions to. enforce strietlv the ordinances of the nfl Town of Newberry regulating the use of j automobiles and other vehicles.. 1 ? 4 Don't drive more than 15 miles per hour. ; I Don't park yoUr vehicles in places where parking is prohibited. . Watch the signs/ i WVipvp narlHnff is nllnwprl nnrlr fr? +V?p > ' ? 1 X1VX X-/ A?J MIAfcV fl V VfcJ ^/VVAA& V V VAAV right, having the front right wheel within 18 inches of the sidewalk and the right rear wheel within three feet of the sidewalk. / Don't use cut-outs. : Have your lights according to law and use them accordingly. , * * Be sure to stop at the "Stop Corners." ' ? * c ' * ' < Don't drive an automobile in Newberry '!', if you are not 15 years of age or over. ; v \ Stop your vehicles for full 7 minutes at / the alarm of fire. ' ?mi?.1 We don't want your money. We want to save life, limb and property. The J drivers of automobiles can help us and themselves if they will be careful to ob XI. _ 1 serve trie law. E. L. Rodelsperger <;j 1 Chief of Police. r : - . ? 4