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<$ <S>' <S> HOME DEMONSTRATION * ' <$> <? An interesting letter comes from the state marketing agent stating that Miss Alston, chamber of com merce, Charleston, S. C., will be glad to get each week 40 hens at 20c per pound; 50 chickens at 31c per pound; any number of eggs at 40c per dozen 1 will be accepted weekly. All interested parties please write directly to Miss Alston at above address. I , The Woman's Home Demonstration clubs of Newberry county- unite in thanking Col. Aull for his interest and - - - * ' ? i l ! kindness m puon^ning tut; uumc ucmonstration notes each week. It has jbrought a ntimber of dollars already j to thfese women. The cali for home J made products grows daily and we fcfiow that the publicity given us in. The Herald and News is the primary ret-son for the success. j ! Itinerary for Week Tnodnv. Oct. 11. 2:45; V/ V.UA1 J % WVWV*?^ y - # o'clock, O'Neail school. Tranwood, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 3 o'clock, Mrs. Gee's home. Hartford, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2 o'clock, Hartford school. Bethel Garmarty, Friday, Oct. 14, j 3 o'clock, MrS. Wilson Brown's. "? . I Miss Atkinson, state poultry spe-. cialist, was in Newberry on Thursday. A flock of fowls was culled at ; Smyrna in the morning. Eight ladies were present. Anpther flock was cull-1 ed in the afternoon at Jalapa. Twen- j ty ladies were present. It is earnest-1; W >mr?d thai all oresent will pass their , V/'vr- .4 knowledge of the subject Qn to neigh- [ tdrs or friends and help the good .1 work On. The Gin's club met at Mt. Bethel j' Germany Wednesday afternoon at 3, o'clock. The meeting was called to;; order by Miss Berrie. Margaret Ox- J ner was elected vice president. All ; ii-flro r^r<v5pnt.. Miss Berrie jiromutio nviv j/ ... ? read a letter from the state agent about culling. She told some very! interesting facts about things that, happened at the agents' meeting in Greeenwood, from which she has just returned. She also ^ol dabout the fair at Greenwood on the 19th, 20th and ; 21st of October. We decided to bake ; a sponge cake to exhibit at this fair. ,; ^ Virginia Rothrock, |J Sixth Grade,. Mt. Bethel-Garmany - " scSooi. .' f * ^<^<^3>^3><$><$'i^<ji>' ><?><3><$, ><$><3>' <fc <$>'' <$>BY-WAYS OF STATE HISTORY^; ? \ $> <$ By J. W.'Daniel ^ 1 ^ ? ' Old Roads 3> * - \; ' <e>j: We were talking about the lights /vn fKo maris n fpur nichta apo as we sit here by our campfire?headlights of automobiles. I see one now but, Evidently it is not on our Rayburn1 road. Look! it is going down the old Greenville and Columbia highway, which is eight or len miles from us. That is one of the oldest roads in upper South Carolina, a kind of asset the earliest settlers came into possession of with the country, it was an Indian trail nobody knows how old.! I have looked in vain through the statutes of South Carolina for any act by which this old road was established r -white it is referred to as in existence, I have found only one act relating definitely to it, and that was in reference to the establishment of a ferry, and was also no doubt a mil-' itary measure, that is, while not soj declared one may read between the' lilies of this statute enajcted by the Legislative Council January 16, 1777, and signed by Hugh Rutledge, speaker <*f the legislative council; John Matthews, speaker of the general assembly, and J. Rutledge, president, and see that there was military design in it. It is an interesting document and I will read it to you. "Whereas the establishing and making public a ferry over Saluda river, at the lands of Benjamin Coo'k, will be very convenient to the inhab-J itants living on the northwest side of the said river, as well as other per-! sons* traveling from the back parts of this state to Charlestown, and oth. er parts of the said state: "I. Be it therefore enacted, by his Excellency John Rutledge, Esquire, President and Commander-in-Chief in ? j n-F Qmifh rinmHna. ana over mc smvc v/i. 7 and by the honorable the legislative v council, and by the general assembly of the said state, and by the authority of tjie same, That from and immediately after the passing of this act, & public ferry shall be, and it is hereby, established, at the lands of Benjamin Cook, on Saluda river; and that the said ferry shall be, and it is hereby vested in the said Benjamin Cook, his executors, administrators and assigns, for and during the term of seven years. "II. And be it also enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That it shall and may be lawful to and for the said Benjamin Cook, his executors, admin- \ istrators and assigns, to take and re- ( ccive, for the ferrying over persons, i their servants, carriages, horses and j at the said ferry, the follow- ? ing rates and prices, and no more, , that is to say:?for a foot passenger, i the sum of one shilling and three i ?ence; for a man and horse, the sum a :\vo shillings and six pence; for a r i-ha^ir and horse, or cart and hbrse, i :he sum of seven shillings ana six pence; for a wagon, or any other four 1 ivheel carriage and five horses, twelve t shillings and six pence; for every t lead of black cattle and horses, fer-' i :ied or swam over the said ferry, one s shilling and three pence; and for ? jvery head of sheep or hogs ferried s )ne shilling, in the current money of ;his state. ' a "III. And be it also enacted by l ;he authority aforesaid. That the said c PnAl- Vtic pvppnt.nrs. admin- ? jcujai- ii wvikj . _ strators and assigns, shall always, 1 iuring the ?aid term of seven years, j v :eep and maintain a good and suffi-! a :ient ferry boat, with two able bodied j u nen to attend the said ferry, as well j r >y night as by day, for the transpor-! s ing of passengers, their servants, car- J d iages, horses and cattle; and if any j fc >erson coming to the said ferry to jn >ass over the same, shall meet with j a my unreasonable delay, or be un-: c lecessarily retarded in passing over! c he said ferry, the said Ben jam j: , t ?ook, his executors, administrators ! h ,na assigns, shall forfeit and pay to | ? he persons so delayed, the sum of j f c^iiiincrs. mrrent money: knd 11. Wi C,Y _ n case such delay exceed one hour, ti he sum of twenty shillings, like o noney, for every hour afterwards, to | fi >e recovered before any justice of j h he peace in the district of Ninety- j s iix, if sued for within ten days after ! e he offence committed. d "IV. And be it further enacted by r he authority aforesaid, That no per- v on or persons shall keep a public erry within four miles of the said n erry on Saluda river, except such s are now or may be hereafter es- 1 a-blished by law, . during the said E erm of'seven years. t! "V. And be it further enacted by t: he authority aforesaid, That the h resident and commander-in-chief of v his state for the ' time being, the c ice president for the time being, P 11 ministers of the gospel, all per- A ons on Sundays going to or return- tl tig from any place of divine worship, 11 persons going to or returning from A niuster, at any time appointed for the e luster of militia, and all persons go- t< ng to and returning from the elec- 1 ion of members of assembly, or in 1< ime of alarm, and all troops in the c onfinpntal service, all expresses and f nessengers sent in the service of this a tate, and also all free Indians, are t iereby exempted from paying any g arriage at the said ferry, for them- v elves, their servants, carriages or u lorses; anything herein before con- c ained to the contrary notwithstand- c ng." > 1 i VI fnra^fi n or f mm a ^ JL H15 fcldLUi'C 12 UUdvaviug lumber of points of view. The preimble is worthy of more than a pass- a ng notice. Let us lay it by the side r )f the preamble of a similar statute 1 :reating a ferry just a few miles be- * ow the crossing at Benjamin Cook's ^ and, "at the lands of Robert Cun- n lingham ' at what was known as the a Indian Island ford on Saluda river. r 3oth of the roads on which these fer- * ies were located led through Ninety- s Six and were both in the vicinity of ;hat strategic point so valiantly con- s ;ended for by patriot and royalist. a The pi'eamble petitioning for a ferry ^ vithin the Cunningham holdings reads 0 is follows, 1 "Whereas, the inhabitants living n n the fork of Broad and Saluda rivers. Ninety-Six, Stephen's creek, Long c k. 3anes and parts adjacent, by their lumble petition to the general assembly, have represented many : ive- ^ liences which they labor under, for g ivant of a public ferry over Saluda c river, at the lands of Robert Cun- j nihgham, and also another public fer- ^ ry over Savannah river opposite to ^ Augusta, in Georgia, and proper t roads established and made public, to bear thereto; and therefore prayed, that an act may be passed for estab- | lishing the said ferries and roads. We therefore humbly pray his most sacred majesty that it may be enacted." One may readily see by comparing the two preambles that the creation of Cook's ferry on January 16, 1777, ?v?oi*o originated, bv under seems l\J He* ? ^ , standing of course with Benjamin Cook, in "the honorable legislative council" and not through petitions of citizens. The sentence in the preamble of the act establishing Cook's ferry "Will be very convenient to the j inhabitants living on the northwest j side of the river" that is in the ter-! ritorv rtow embraced in Anderson,! Greenville, Pickens, and Oconee coun-{ ties, "as well as other persons traveling from the back parts of the state to Charlestown." The black words do not so occur in the original but were! made so bv me because they bear the unmistakable ear-marks of a dweller on the coast, an up-countryman would I never have used those worth. The first 1 4 ???1a?iqeapmr jm> i.uiijjul m iw )aragraph of the statute creating 'cok's ferry taken in connection with ts preamble seems to confirm my conecture that it was a military measure riving ingress and egress to and from vrinptv-Siv dtricr than Cunningham's 'erry at Indian Island ford which was mder Tory supervision. Such an a<H vould have been most natural, logical md thoroughly in accord with miliary strategy in 1777. If my conjecture is correct it is >ut another evidence of how correctly he patriots of the old Ninety-Six <1^ rict grasped the key to the real sittation as it related to the British cheme of the conquest of upper | >outh Carolina as I have already hown. These old statutes creating ferries :nd toi! bridges in upper South Caro :na also throw light on the mode ;f travel and the staple commercial; )roducts of that period of our history.; ["he sources of revenue at that time: vere largely in stock raising, cattle :nd sheep, therefore, in all these stat-; ites resrulatine the toll of ferries are ; ncntioncd; "Black cattle and horses, j heep and hogs." We are not to un-. erstand that the cattle was actually j lack, but "black .cattle" was a com-' nercial term used both in England j nd in America to designate beef-^ aitle, which was first called horncdattle then neat cattle and then lack-cattle. The last term seems to| ave arisen from the importation into j England of a breed of black cows, j rom Scotland, more suitable for beef j han the native English breeds. All ; he carriages and four wheeled wag-1 >ns seemed to have been drawn by! ve horses, except the chair and one- j orse wagon, for there is no provi-j ion made for the ferriage of any oth-1 r kind of vehicles. A chair was { rawn by one horse and was a crude , eproduction of the French chaise I >Thich means chair. Perhaps the j irger percentage of travel both by' len and women was on horse-back. Cook's ferry was rechartered in 785 and vested in William Anderson !sq. It is interesting to note that in-( liis new charter occur for the first! * -r - - a?n: I tme rates 01 con iur rumiig n^s-1 ead and horses," doubtless tobacco, j rhich indicates that not much tcrbac- j o was rolled to Charleston from up-j er South Carolina prior to this date.^ mother change worthy of note is tat "neat cattle" takes the place of black cattle" in the first charter. inderson's ferry was again recharterd in 1795 and it is also interesting 3 note that within the-period 1785 to 795 pence and shillings are ' no )nger used for ferriage fare but cnts?"for every person four cents; or every head of horses and mules, sses or> black cattle two cents"?so black cattle" reappears. Every waOn and team and four wheeled cariage was fifty cents and ever^ tworheeled carriage and horse fourteen ents. In connection -.with the re Hartering of Anderson's ferry in 795 we have a statute creating a new \ 0 oad, ? "And be it further enacted b.V the uthority aforesaid, That a public oad be laid out and opened, to run he nearest and best way, from David )avenport?s,' on Little Rlv^r, to Anlerson's ferry; and from thence, the learest and best way, to John Jones', !t the^ Long Cane and Augusta Cross oads; and that Elisha Brooks and saac Mitchell, Jun., to be commis-fat isivino' nut arm oneninsr iViiVIO AVX - x he said road, on the north side of aid ferry; and that Thomas Anderson nd Lewis Clarke be commissioners ( the same purpose the south side f the ferry." The Thomas Anderon mentioned was most probably the naternal grandfather of the writer. Tribute to Dr. Daniel Southern Christian Advocate. Newberry college people read with nuch sorrow the death of one of her >est loved and most disinguished T"\ v \\T \X7 n"f tho LlUlXllli, i~'l. TV. 11 . r ~ iouth Carolina Methodist church. Dr.1 )aniel was ono of the famous class of 879, distinguished in our annals as he banner class. The record shows hat Dr. Daniel stood second in the SECURIT Resoi % % The Natio Ne^ B. C. MATTHEWS, President. Mem 4iiiiii>i??iiw?Mu<w in ?n hi i?wrwwpiiwi. jr-^-rr J eminent body of men which was indeed a (Jistin*.-lion to b<> proud of. : While pastor of i.he .Methodist church at Newberry in the early nineties, he was a great friend ,of Newberty college boy.': of which body th*> waiter ! was then a member. \Y all loved him and he was renlly one of us, though t he* stud(nl body was mostly : Lutheran. (fur college, while Mr. Daniel was still almost a boy, conferred the decree of Doctor of Divinity on liini and I his distinguished brother at the same time. Xewberry men arc thankful that the Lord has made W. W. Daniel and J. W. Daniel, our brethren, so useful in the great Methodist church. Dr. Daniel, as I understand came of {he Virginia Daniels who were connected by blood and marriage with the Harrisons, Peytons, Boilings, Randolphs, Byrds, Lees, ??Iarshalls, Careys, Keiths, Blands and many others of that group. It would be a useless task to name the many great men who came from the same stock. They all belong to a distinguished past, yet the mention of these names calls up images of the chivalry, courtly manners and high ideals of the old South; for in those days and among those people, to be a gentleman, in the best sense of that term, J . ' was of prime importance. Dr. Daniel early made a reputation for himself. While still a school teacher in the "Dutch Fork" he met and vanquished in public debate one of the national lecturers of the Greenback party, at Spring Hill. The older men recall the power and fervor of the young orator who was able to "down" the "crack" speaker of the "Greenbackers," a man of national note. 4 v. * We join alls hfs. friends and relatives in their sorrow nt the passing of this fine intellect and gentle life. "Newberry" mourns at the going out of one of her great lights. C. J. Ramage. Oh! An elderly couple got married. The husband locked one room in the house, the inskle^of which his wife had never seen* ^Being curious as to itc r?nntents. she begged to be allow ed to enter the room. At last he consented, and, lo and behold the room was fall of cheese! He explained the matter by telling her that for every, sweetheart he had in his young days he bought a Iheesc. His wife, began jto cry. "Don't cry dcafr," he continued, "I've had no swetheart since T met you." "It's not that," she replied, still sobbing. "I wjsfc I had been as thoughtful as yo'^i and bought a loaf of bread for every man that kiss'ed ins when I was acgirl; we could have had enough bread and cheese?to last us all our days."-. * Fancho Villa says that neither the United States nor the Mexican government can take that absconding Chicago banker away from him. At any rate, we arc inclined to the belief that neither of them will?as long as there arc any pickings for Fancho. 2 NOTICE OF OPENING OF BOOKS OF REGISTRATION IN THE TOWN OF NEWBERRY. Notice is hereby given that the Registration Books for the Town of Newberry will be opened at the office of the Clerk and Treasurer of the Town of Newberry on September 3, 1921, and will remain open to and We have a high power, fast ci plete power plant in itself for t#p$i Lever control starts and stops sj p * r The first ten orders received ro for $125 each. ..Do not forget ] ) I of Battery. r No. 1844 Y?SERVICE?P irees Over $2,000,C nal Bank of >vberry, South Care T. K. JOHNSTONE, Cashier. ber Newberry Chamber of Com -9 I ? in?/lu"iintr December 3rd, 1921, for , the purpose of registering voters tor: the regular municipal election of the 'Town uf Newberry, which will be; h < -1?i on 1 )ecember 13, 1021. .1. \V .' Chapman has been appointed Superv; or of Registration. No one can vot.?? at the regular municipal election he-id on December 13, 102!, unless they obtain registrat.io ncertificate for said election during the time said hooks are on en. Ki'CENE S. B LEASE, Mayor. \ I?-2~! taw-tf. " ! NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT | 1 will make a final settlement of the j estate of John F. Kibler ill the Pro-; hate Court for Newberry county, S. ' C., on Thursday, the 10th day of Nov- j ember, 1021, at 10 o'clock in the! forenooon and will immediately there- j after ask for my discharge as execu-j tor "of said estate. I All persons" having claims against. ; the estate of John F. Kibler. decens-, ed, are hereby notfied to file the same j with t'he undersigned, or probate j judge, duly verified and those indebt- j i ed to said estate will please make i . i navment likewise. t W. H. KIBLER, Executor, j Ncw'bery, S. C., Oct. 3, 1921. TEACHERS EXAMINATION OCTO- j I BER 7 AND 8 I j ! P.y order of the State Board of Ed-1. ! ucation the regular teachers' exami- { nation will be held at the court house i at Newberry Friday. October 7t'n and I J Saturday, October 8th. j This .examination is given under j the certification rules adopted July I 1, 1921. It embraces three groups of questions?the first for Primary j certificates, the second for General; Elementary certificates and the third I for High Scnool certificates. The Primary examination embraces < the following twelve subjects: Eng-1 |:loll grammar and language, arith- j ' metic, playground and community ac-j tivitics; S. C., U. S., and general' his-! tory; geography; civics and current[events; literature; pedagogy; health; j 'nature study; school law; manual . training. | i The General Elementary cxamina-j I tion embraces the following twelve' 'subjects: English grammar and com-1 (position; arithmetic; history, U. S. i and S. C.; geography; civics and cur-i I rent events; spelling; reading; peda-j jgogy; physiology and hygiene; nature ; I study and agriculture; school law; aligebra; civics and current events . ! The High School examination embraces the following twelve subjects: . Grammatical analysis and composi-j ition; literature; principles of teach-j jing; American history and civics;! science (general science, physiology, | j biology, pfiysjcs, cnemisiry, agncui-1 !ture, home economics?seven offered,! , two required); arithmetic, algebra,'j {geometry; foreign language (Latin, j French, Spanish, German?four offer-i ed, one required); ancient and mod-j J crn history, school law. j Each applicant may choose the ex-1 lamination he or she prefers in accord! ance with the certificate he or she desires. I j Applicants will bring their own ? examination papers and writing ma- ? terial. If the number is too large (j to be accommodated in the office of j j the county superintendent of educa- i , tion we will use the court room in j which to hold the examination. J i Preparation will be made for the two: races and accommodation for both. ! E. n. AULL, (Superintendent of Education, NewJ berry County. NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT ; I .will make a final settlement of the ' estate of Druella Bowers in the probate court for Newberry county, S. ;C., on Saturday, the 20th day of Oc! tober, 1021, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon and will immediately thereafter 1ask for my discharge as administrator! ! of said estate. i All persons having claims against 'the estate of Druella Bowers, deceased, are hereby notified to file the .same, duly verrfied, with the underpinned, or probate judge, and those indebted to said estate will please make payment likewise. Abraham Meggett' Administrator. 1 Newberrv, S. C. ' ) Sept. 29th, 1021. WjjBWWPWM?WBMIWII I ?a?WWM?I?t Litting outfit forced feed?a comsawing logs to any length.* Does the work of six to ten men. Lever control of blade while TT -n engine is running. nave i 1M* R'ood assortment of Gasoline Engines. .All equipped v/ith Bosch Mrigneto and offered at factory prices. COLUMBIA SUPPLY CO. aw 823 West Gervais St. " 1 r* Columbia, o. k,. r..this engine will he ..furnished Bosch Magneto equipment instead 1 ROGRESS )00,00 I 1 Newberry >lina W. W. CROMER, Asst. Cashier. tmerce i in iibii n i in in , j ? J - - I Special Agencies: Ijl E?? CnnjJinc k d IIIIC V/aiIUIGO rm Liggett s Fine Candies 1 Waterman's Fountain * Pens f 9 \ Eastman Kodaks Edison Phonographs \ % > ^ > I Member Nev;berry C hamhor cf Cobimerce J PMMWBBMWBBBBBWBWBWBacry.'/xwrwms ^ ? m m%w ? wi ir> * j , < j * . v ' i t - , :: ' Don't Spare the Spoon j in time of sickness". Doses of _. . ? t - - - medicine must be taken to get well again, but a lot will ' depend upon the quality of the medicine the spoon holds. Bring your doctor's prescrip tion here and you win get just what his order calls for, made I up of the purest and freshest 1 drugs, with, consummate care 1 and skill, yet charged for most ] reasonably. Prompt service. Mayes Drug Store ' Newberry, South Carolina * ? V 0 Member Newberry Chamber cf Commerce. I r