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luesaay, augusi > <S> <$>' JOHN D. SHEALY | $> | c 1 ( One of the oldest and among the | ^ yvs rvcf cnkcf nr?^iol il !DO IT"! \' OW- i iiiuoi iuuotauuai iuiuuko m . v .? . , berry county is the Shealy family. It U is also one of the largest family con- i nections in this county. And in fact i the connection extends to a very i large portion of Lexington and other j South Carolina sections. The origi- s nal settlement no doubt was very f near where the town of Little Moun- c Mr. and Mrs. Johi fore her death, June tain now stands, and from that day s to this this section has been the r Mecca for the Shealys. The historian says that John Win- r dell Shealy was the first to come over j 1 from Heidelberg and that < a man i c named John Adam EDtinsr brought i I over a small colony consisting of t Shealy, Leitzsey, Setzler, Cromer a and Myer ir> the year 1763, and that c the settlement of John Win dell 1 Shealy was near; or at the place r where Mr. W. C. Shealy lives, and j t that John Windell Shealy married a S daughter of one of the Eptings. This h wedding took place in the year 1770. a so the historian says. i i The Shealys have continued to live ' I in this section and they have pros- j I 1 \ John D. Shea'y in uniform. Frcm ? made during the wa pered and multiplied and are among S our most substantial and patriotic : g citizens. a T i;l-a +/n iTrr?ifo cfr?vio? n-f human ir.- a -L 'lia^ IV niibv VA . ^ terest, and in this case I am going to n try to write one from the facts which t. I gathered from Mr. John D. Shealy It! on a recent visit to his home in the j c Pomaria section, or rather the sec- o tion between Little Mountain and ; J Pomaria, and only a short way from j o where the pioneer John Windell j c Shealy settled away back in 1770 : i] when he set up his own household. | John D. Shealy is the son of Maj. ! a Sam Shealy and his wife who was! v Miss Annie Fulmer and they lived in j t * 1 T ! the house now occupied Dy ivxr. n Ernest Wheeler and his family, and ] a it is here that Mr. D. Shealy j t was born on May 12, j.342. At that ^ - time there was no railroad around t the place though Little Mountain f was a rather famous resort, and there ^ % was the old muster grounds and a v sort of get together -place for the t community. All the land round i about where the town nows stands ] s was in woodland. j e Maj. Sam Shealy nad five sons I c who about the time they ^rew to j v manhood heard the cali of the South : r to arms in defense of what thev con-1 i sidered their home and their native ; r land, and at the opening of the war , s all five enlisted as volunteers in the j service. Four of them gave their | c lives to the cause and either died on v the field of battle or of disease dur-'t ing those terrible days. There was 3 another son who died after the war. v John D. Shealy is the only son now .-1 living. Maj. Sam Shealy also Tiad four daughters two of whom are still ;i living, Mrs. Frances Wessinger of I c r 1 Qlioolr , Liexingxun aim V4 , t Little Mountain. j I Mary became the wife of Mr. M. j 1 L. Riser and they lived at the old 11 home of Maj. Sam Shealy. After their death the old homestead be-'t came the property of their daughter, j 5 Mrs. Ernest Wheeler and Mr. andja > ? III! l?WI I 1 I W ?t \Irs. Wheeler now reside there. One very remarkable thing to me n the life story of Mr. John P. Shealy is that he went through the jntire war, having volunteered at the irst vail along: with four brothers. ind while the four brothers gave up heir lives he was in every engage nent in which his company fought, md the company was in practically J ill the fights from Manassas to Ap-! )omattox, and he never received the j 'lightest wound and was never alfsent 'rom roll call during the four years of arnage. and he endured all the hard-' ; n D. Shealy. 'From a photograph n 6, 1914. hips of the private from the beginting to the end of the struggle. He joined Company C, Twentieth egiment, Capt. Godfrey Leaphart. [his company was made up largely (f men from Lexington county, as kittle Mountain was right on the line letween Newberry and Lexington, Contain Leaohart commanded the ompany all through until March, 865, when he was promoted to najor. The company lost a lot "of he men but all the officers, Mr. ihealy says, were able to return iome. Of the 62 men who marched :way in '61 there are five still livng. John D. Shealv, George C. laltiwanger, Frank Suber, John T. Daily, D. K. Haltiwanger. Mr. i his Confederate i daguerreotype r 18S1-55. Jhealy and Mr. Suber messed toether all through the war and only , .short time ago* Mr. Suber was on / / visit to his old home and spent the ( light at the home of Mr. Shealy and j hev had tne pleasure of occupying ' he same room once more and recunting the days and experiences f the long ago. Mr. Suber lives at j ohnston with his daughter. The j ther members of this old original j ompany still living reside in Lex- j igton county. Of course like all true Confederte soldiers Mr. Shealy had some rich nd exciting adventure, but it seems hat probably the one that made the lost lasting impression upon him was j t the battle of Strasburg when j he Confederates had driven the! Yankees back to Woodstock where hey received reenforcements and lanked the Confederates and they >*ere stampeded. Mr. Shealy along irith Mr. D. J. Wessinger concluded hat they would not be captured and he only escape was to run, and they - j* 1 i? truck out tor the mountains anci ior i ight miles they outran the Yankee ! avalry and every other thing1 that | ras in pursuit, but probably what I eally saved the day for them they j umped into the river and . took( efuge in the mountains, but it was i ome race. Mr. Shealy has continuously lived | >n the same place where he settled j rhen he married Miss Laura Dickert, | i 1.4.? ' f IT,, rirund nici-tn't no uaujimei ui .?u. t/av m , Jarch l.~>, 180(j. lie surrendered, v.-ith his company at Greensboro v.pr'1 2tf, 180."). Mrs. Shealy died about fix years Liio. June 0, 1914, and then he defied to otuit farming and the home ; dace is now occupied by his son, j Crnest S. Sher*Iy. and he makes his : ?:ai. a j?. ,K. Ulcl 10me Wliri l"l?J uiviwiug mo ' ime anions the other children. Mr. Shealy is a devout member of' he Lutheran church and joined* the I >t. John's church near Hopes, but ifter the war united with St. Pauls i ~ > -k % ' v. ! and still holds his membership in t ; this church, and has been an officer -Fmv "O vpivc roars an elder. 2 Mr. Shealy has six children living. ~\ James P. Shealy, the agent for the ? Southern railway at Newberry, L. A. Shealy, who lives at Pomaria, Ernest r S. Shealy. who lives at the old home r and in connection with his farm is r rural letter carrier from Pomaria, Edgar L. Shealy, who lives in Aiken i rmd is in the banking business, Sara, t the wife of Thomas A. Setzler of r the Setzler brothers, merchants at Pcmaria, Ida, the wife of Joe M. Ale- 3 ? lade shortlv bce n wine, who lives near the old home and c is engaged in farming. E. H.. A. t CAMPAIGN DAY AT v p YOUNG'S GROVE FRIDAY c b The county campaign met at Yminp-'s Grove on last Friday and _ ? >r C? ? ? ^ was one of the largest attended and best of the meetings yet held. There g was not the usual large crowd for t which this place is famous, :but those who did attend gave good and undivided attention to the speakers and rj the best of good order prevailed all ^ day long. Chairman Hunter pre- ^ sided at this meeting and it seemed to _ me that all the candidates made their g best speeches, probably realizing that this is the largest voting precinct in 1 1 ? ^ ?11 -f r\ trie county anu *ui ui mem hoihwu kv *< make a good and lasting impression. g The barbecue dinner was served ^ by Mr. Nichols and the hash cooked by that expert in the making of hash? * Mr. J. E. Fulmer and every one saic) it was a good, dinner all round. c After the campaign meeting closed 4. Chairman Hunter called on Dr. J. S. j Wheeler and Mr. Joe B. Derrick to c explain the proposed bond election ? next Tuesday, today, and they did so, j and in fact the people seemed more interested-in this than any other mat- r ter that was before them, and it is t well, because there is no matter of s greater moment before the people }-, than the question of better roads, t The people desire to understand the \ question^and they will always do the right or very nearly so certainly the right as they are able to see the right, fc Somehow this bond matter was not v fully explained to the voters until r light here on the eve of the electioti. The Herald and News on April " 30 0 printed the acts relating to the mat- c ter and called attention to the acts n but no one seemed interested at that ! time, but the people are now under- J t standing the meaning and the effect ? of the whole matter and the bonds s will be voted, or that is the way it t appears at this writing. * t The roads from Newberry to a Prosperity and on out to the Grove t are just as bad as they could be and >->/-v v>.vi-i w> r\?+ Jc noodof) + r\ nr\r\ vinr?o T] iXVJ (I I U111 VJil L 10 uvy vv/imiivv * any one of the importance of irnprov- r> ing the roads. And I believe that i; the people are willing to put up the 8 money to do it, but they may want a a little too much assurance as to how d it is going to be spent, but they should remember that in order to do e anything somebody must be trusted. And that a good road through the v county in any direction will help alljt the people of the county and make ^ the chance better for getting another 11 road through the county in another 0 direction. . In other words we must ^ siart somewhere if we ever exoect to ^ get anywhere, and that we can not ^ start everywhere at the same time. .J p VARIOUS AND ALL ABOUT. g For his act of speeding: Ernest j Ward paid SI5 Friday. v "Married Life'' at the opera house s Friday was a comedy. a Nobody "can't do no work no sich n weather" we have been having:. h if you think land dear in Newberry county, ask Mr. J. Fred Schumpert s how it sells in Anderson county. p Bear in mind and remember not to t forget the big singing meeting at the v mission church on the fifth Sunday, f Railroads to keep coal cars mov- s ing.?Headline in Friday's news and g Courier. We hope this is true. f They are carrying tools in auto-i mobiles in some counties, to use in t digging out of the mud. t It rained Thursday afternoon and r kept us from getting: some personals |i and other matter, which appear in g ' - . ! * -his issue. Paint is surely helping business ! tnd residential houses in Newberry. I Ve like to see the beautiful work i i :oing on. i We mentioned the probability of a j ie\v barber shop for Newberry. The J >roposition having fallen through is!" | t' lot even now a possiomcy. , The Herald and News is still be- J " nir asked about that proposed new ! f ' h >akery. We have no further infor-1 nation on the subject. There will be divine servics at the j J1 IcCullough school house Sunday, j ^ August 29, at 11 o'clock, conducted! * >y the Rev. L. P. Boland. j ( Peoole ask us what sort of stores j ire those to be under the new an- ^ tex to the Newberry hotel now build- j ng. We have no information for the j v' tublic at this time. . a I Crowds thronged the opera house :s< Thursday night to see Norma Tal-1 nadge in the picture, "Yes or No," b vhich was fine and true to life. She ! ti s a drawing card, as the people j o narch to Norma. e In the recorder's court on Friday iV here was a wrangle aired in the trial' P if Dave Dawkins for assault and bat- tl ery and Mary Jenkins and Lillie Bell P Uston for cursing. Dave paid $10, P ?Iary $10 and Lillie Bell $5. d The Easley paper mentions a "dam fi oad" in that county. There are sev ral roads in Newberry county which c. uany of the male population put an c :n" in whenever they use the word a [uoted, which is very often. E It is stated that at least 25,000 ri emigrants a week are expected soon si o begin passing through Ellis Island, d f they are the right sort and should g ome South maybe the servant prob- P sm would be solved. t< It is true that God made the earth ir ,nd sends the rain, but it was left to nan to put mud producing clay top- j, oil in front of, the Pepsi-Cola Bot- ( ] ling work in Newberry, interfering j? ;ith drayage there. q The attraction at the opera house g "hursday will Jbe "Don't Ever Si larry." It is hard to understand 0 iow such advice can be given, but g ierhaps the picture will clear the p ituation. p A mean little hair in Val Romney's ? mhershirt caused, all the trouble in :Scratch My Back/' which will be _ een Wednesday at the opera house. ? fou were told Sunday how to put on 'our coat; you can now have a rtiack at "Scratch My Back." It is a peculiar trait of Christian ; haracter that allows some people ; o stay away from Sunday service j ust because their- own church is J losed for the season. It might be aid this is one of the things we o not understand;/ ; Turrt *?*%! nrof] wfimpn nf NpwbeiTV A ?V \J VV1VI VW ?? w. ? . w | let a few days since and "passed he time of day." When one anwefred to the question as to the ; ealth of her family, "They're well," he other replied "You're welcome." Ve took it that she just wanted to se polite. ; A certain man, once living in New-; ierry, now in another city, while ' 'isiting here on the 11th of this! aonth got a marriage license. We iave been waiting to see an account i his marriage in the papers of that ' 1 4 - - ? AM /-I C* ! ity, out no account 01 iu? uunus ux natrimony have we as yet seen. A Washington merchant is adverising "s'uits that were S70 at 129.75. There must have been pretty teep profiteering before the reduc- j ion.?Exchange. That is just what! his reporter has been saying all J .long. Glad that others are seeing i he truth. Notwithstanding the fact that many ieople have adverse criticism to tiake of certain moving pictures, it 5 also a fact that among the crowds 1 1.. i. ^ 4-U^v wi'nfnvn ol-i/Wire . omg reguiany tu mc re fathers and mothers with their aughters, little girls and boys, and oung men and women. Some go / very afternoon or night. What a pity the rain interfered 1 ;ith the nice ic$ cream festival on I he lawn of the Central church Fri- \ av afternoon, but it was concluded ^ i the church. They didn't sell out, ' wing to the rain, but realized a neat I ittle sum. However, whoever made 1 hat chocolate cake can certainly j ake good cake. j When the Newberry Lumber com>anv puts up that contemplated bun- j alow on the Boundary street lot j ust across the overhead bridge it / ? ;ill have set an example we hope to ee followed soon by others, as there ' re more vacant lots about this city leeding to be adorned with new louses. Several Xewberrians decided to j pend their vacation at home. If re- j oris are not too exaggerated as to j | he treatment received by some vvno ; rent away, those remaining: here j ared far better. "They say'' in i ome places the prices were outra-' ;eously high for the poorest kind of i oo(i and lodging. He came as a newspaper reporter o "get the story/' because he had >een assigned to get the facts in a eported scandal. But he stayed to orget the assignment and marry the ;irl. For fascinating, engrossing eni i i - . Come and See SCRATCH MY BACK Opera House Wednesday ertainment see "Whispers," a Selz ick picture, with Elaine Hammertein and Matt Moore, hi the opera ouse Tuesday. , Two important business deals have List been made through, the real esate agency of Keitt and Caldwell, 'he Haddon property in the city near the Farmers warehouse under lie management of Mr. Partlow 'eel for the Cotton Holding associaion), has been bought by Mr. H. A. Workman. The Lake place of 236 cres on the Piedmont highway was :>ld to Mr. John C. Neel. Manager Wells has been written y the management of the First Naonal Pictures as to the advisability f sending five reel slap-stick comdies on the Mack Sennett order, lanager Wells wants to know if the atrons of the picture show wish lese pictures. It depends upon their leasure in the matter. If the peo 1 ?--1J ' " - ~ *" le WUUiU Hive IU 3CC Uicac ies let it be known at the ticket ofce as you pass in. Another negro shot, by one of his lass but not killed. At Little River hurch, near Silverstreet on Sunday fternoon about 2 o'clock, Andrew Irown shot Talley Lindsey in the ight breast and left shoulder. The - ^ -X.-PP r> nnf ifior) oVl/Mlf r] I? vV SlITI liCJLlll ?C4D 11U1111VU uyvuu ps^ ?*** ay evening and went up to investiate. He arrested Brown at Mr. ress Boozer's place and brought him d jail. Brown admitted the shootig One of the branches of business idustry affected most seriously by he continuous electrical disturbances ? the telephone system. Mr. V. F. look, plant foreman of the local /Mifliflm "Rail Tftlpnhrtnp nnmnanv. UUbll^lU x>v,44 J. W w ...r ^ y ays it is his desire, as well as that f the entire management, to give ood service. To that end he wants atrons of the system to report romptly all phones out of order. on't delay and then get sore about > /?$, ! Made to Your MeasureFine All Wool Suits s / -? -r i rx ^ J ivieil wno appreciate guuu clothes and who know value are buying at this exceptional selling. Two Piece All Wool Suits specially priced at Full Suits or Overcoats at $40 Because there is more quality and style than we have sppti in a lon<r time at this price it is distinctly an opportunity for money saving. L. Morris THE CLOUDS THAT PASS IN THE DAY People of Newberry witnessed a ?t?ange sight late Friday afternoon in a peculiar looking rloud floating above the southwestern hoiizon and passing over the city. The cloud spanned the heavens in a smooth arch as though chiseled by invisible hands, even was the edge thereof. It was a scene of beauty in the accompanying brilliant glow. One young lady described the unusual cloud as i being fan shaped. To many it ap| peared a? an immense funnel shaped phenomenon which portended a water spot or cloud burst or other awful engine of destruction. It passed however with very little rain and no blow here. While thrilling to behold, vot. ir. ravfi the spirit of fright to I many who felt as though they didn't j know what might happen during these i times of hidden dangers. Guessing en the Election. Mr. William Johnson gives me Herald and News a prediction in the presidential, election for November, 1920, shoeing that Cox would win with a majority of eight votes in the electoral college, Cox to receive 268 votes to 260 for Harding. The prefar nf Sugar 7 O IN BARRELS AND A good many of ( requesting that we le could sell them a la have been selling th the present able to si GET OU] / Summer I fgSubdivide;and Sell fey 11 Results are Quick ..- H \ iXJLUUglX ICULCU iUi A liw JL au ??0 be worth hundreds of dollars to ] ATLANTIC ! ??ces: petersbi References; Any Ban; , DAVIS REALTY C Local Contract Re ?LTXX^ rain-'- i Farm L City Pi I MM???MM (52 acres just outsi 19 1-2 acres just j limits. . 35 acres two mile 107 acres three mi the Longshore road. 417 acres seven mi 187 acres eight mi 350 acres nine mil 75 acres eight mil 126 acres near Be Q A onvQ Tror-Qnt In 6i/Vi v uvunv * v Vacant lot (27 fe j right in the business Vacant lot (25 fe street. I have dwelling's ? ?' -l T charge that I will be any time. j Frank R Real Estate, Fire Ins PKone 9 i j diction is based as follows: Cox? | Alabama 12, Arizona 3, Arkansas 9, i j Florida 0, Georgia 14, Kentucky 13, i Louisiana 10, Maryland 8, Mississippi ! 10, Missouri 18, Montana 4, Nevada I > -v? '"wv 14. \tpw York 45. | O. .\UW ti j ? * j j North Carolina 12, Ohio 24, Cklaj noma 10, South Carolina 9, Tennessee ' 4 j 12, Texas 20, Virginia 12. Total 268. !| Harding?California 13, Colorado 1 G. Connecticut 7, Delaware 3, Idaho j 4, Illinois 29, Indiana 15, Iowa 13, i Kansas 10, Maine 6, Massachusetts | 18, Michigan 15, Minnesota 12, Nej braska 8, New Hampshire 4, North : Dakota 5, Oregon 5, Pennsylvania | 38, Rhode Island 5, South Dakota 5, I Utah 4, Vermont 4, Washington 7, . : 'West Virginia 8,^ Wisconsin 13, | Wyoming 3. Total 260. i * iwlsl m <9K9i GEORGIA OIL AND GAS g HAS FINE PROSPECTS j Captain Buford has received the ! following telegram from Mr. Beach </ in regard 5to the prospects in the .y Georgia field for gas and oil. Mr. Beach is t^e president of the Middle j Georgia Oil and Gas company: v. ! I "Just returned from Beach field. Drill going good. Expect to hit th? j ground first of September. Everybody very enthusiastic.'' , 4 jvM ' .' ' i ** i I "M Just Received 100 POUND SACKS >ur friends have been |S| t them know when we rger amount than we I em. We are now for I i apply such customers. . | R PRICES RfOS. Co. Our Modern Method | ~ Our Scientific Service, endorsed by hundreds of sellers, yields you largir farm will readily sell now, even jjm hfinder erives full narticulars?it mav Bsl pou. Send fcr it TODAY. E COAST REALTY CO. I 'hat Justifies Your Confidence" ?g%| JRG, VA. and GREENVILLE, N.C. 11 O., GREENWOOD, S. C., presentatives. and and roperty | ' - :--k^ i de of the city limits. OUlSlUt! U1 'tiic ciitf i s from Newberry, les from Newberry on iles from Newberry, les from Newberry. I ps from Newberrv. i es from Newberry., th Eden church, t on Main street. et) on Main street, j section. et) on Lower Main r\+Viov* rivnnnvfv ir\ lliCl V/?/V^JL UJ ill i glad to show you at .. Hunter surance as a Business 4 and 28 4.