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PAGE FOUR THE NEWBERRY SUN THURSDAY, SEPT. 10, 1953 Confederate Cabinet Held Last Meeting In House At Abbeville Hospital Patients Mrs. W. P. Bedenbaugh, Route 3, Prosperity. Mrs. J. E. Berley and Baby Boy, Route 2, Pomaria. Mrs. Ralph Blackwell, 1112 Key- rose Ave. Henry C. Bouknight, 2707 Fair Ave. Miss Frances Mae Calvert, Route 1, Box 11-A, Silverstreet. Mrs. Dan Chandler, 1102 Purcell St. Baby Berry Crayne, 431 Gra ham St., Whitmire. Miss Frances Davenport, Route 1, Kinards. B. W. Dominick, 912 Cline St. Mrs. J. S. Dowd, Route 1, New berry. v Mrs. W. E. Elmore, 1325 Pel ham St. Mrs. Frances Fowler, Route 2, Pomaria. Mrs. Colie Graddick, Route 1, Baby Elizabeth Ann Hunnicutt, Box 116, Whitmire. C. F. Kinard, Route 2, New berry. Henry L. Livingston, Jr., Route 1, Pomaria. Miss Fannie McCaughrin, 1917- A Harper St. Mrs. Frances Mack and Baby Boy, Route 2, Newberry. Mrs. Sam Marlowe, 1519 Har rington St. Mrs. Bethel Mazza, Route 3. Newberry. A. M. Miller, Route 3, Newber ry. * Mrs. E. L. Miller, Route 4, Saluda. Mrs. Guy Nichols, Route 1, Saluda. Mrs. Sara R. Norris, 415 Green St. Mrs. Callie Quattlebaum, Route 3, Prosperity. James L. Shealy, Prosperity. Mrs. Flossie Sligh, 1620 First St. Cleve Stoudemire, Route 1, Po- ABBEVILLE—There may be some dispute about Abbe ville’s claim to being the “cradle of the Confederacy,” but nobody disputes its assertion to the title of “the grave of the Confederacy.” Several other localities dispute Abbeville’s assertion that thB first meeting in the Southern secession movement was held on Secession Hill here. None deny the fact that the final meeting of the Con federate cabinet under President Jeff Davis was held at Burt Mansion in Abbeville. The old house still stands at Main and Greenville Sts. It is a two-story white frame structure, built about 1850, and stands stately behind a tall screen of magnolias, deodoras and old shrubbery. Pilasters accentuate the corners of the house, and its solid square chimneys have paneled sides. The Confederate States cabinet met in the house, May 2, 1865, after it left the Southern Capitol at Richmond, Va. President Davis still hoped to find a haven in the Deep South or west of the Mississippi River, from where he could rally the Southern forces. Pausing in their flight South, the cabinet met here and decided that Pres. Davis should go to Washington, Ga., to await developments, and that a wagon train of specie, the rempant of the Confederate treasury, should be divided equally among officers and men of the remaining forces. The Confederate president never reached Washington. He was captured after crossing the Savannah River. So end ed the South’s struggle to separate itself from the Federal Union. Newberry. Mrs. T. B. Harmon, Prosperity. Mrs. Will L. Hatchell, 1008 Her ron Ave., Whitmire Lawrence Hawkins, Route 2. Prosperity. maria. Robert Stoudemire, Silverstreet. Mrs. LeRoy Wedaman, Route 1, Pomaria. L. A. Wilson, 2123 Brown St. Furman Calvert, Chappells. 1 a 1 ■ JL A. „ , 3d ITI'OjJ LATTICE STEP STRINGERS . . . This type of stringers for wood en steps are attractive and require much less work to construct and keep In Repair. Any kind of one inch wood strips two or three Inches wide can be used* V LAFF OF THE WEEK “Had another boy last night, Phil—care to roll one?’* MAYOR McGUP By John Jarvis WAVES GO TO SEA . First WAVES ever to serve aboard ship are (left to right) HM/2 Eileen Paluzzi. Marie A. Myers and HM/3 Mavia Cain, shown receiving orders from Vice Admiral James I- Holloway. Jr. at Washington. D. C. Building Permits Sept. 2: Ruff Implement Com pany, repairs to roof, 1315 Cald well street, $700. Sept. 3: Mrs. J. T. Meeks, gen eral repairs to dwelling 1400 Drayton street, $155. Sept. 3: Reubern M. Minick general repairs to dwelling 2012 Lee street, $150. Sept. 3: J. H. Berry, general re pairs to dwelling 1311 Drayton street, $45. Sept. 3: Willie James, gen eral repairs to dwelling on Lind say street, $25. Sept. 3: A. T. Long, one seven room brick veneer dwelling, 2045 Mower street, $12,500. Sept. 7: J. B. Moore, general repairs to dwelling, 826 O’Neal street, $250. AT LOMINICK’S DRUG STORE PRESCRIPTIONS FILLED BY LICENSED DRUGGIST i PRESCRIPTIONS ARE CALLED FOR AND DELIVERED PHONE 981 Imported Worms From China To Supply His Needs In Silk By MRS. A. H. COUNTS Mrs. Lois Sheck Pitts of New berry relates an amusing incident concerning her father, the late A. H. E. Sheck, which occurred around a century ago and always brings a chuckle whenever it is told. Mr. Sheck was invited to a wed ding in the community and when the time came to dress for the occasion he was unable to find a pair of silk hose which he planned to wear. He refused to go unless they were found so all the mem bers of the household joined in the search and located them. He im mediately put them on and then slipped on his high top boots which completely covered his fine silk hose. Mrs. Pitts’ ancestors were well supplied with silk material as a number of silk worms were kept on hand to produce the material from which the silk thread was made The worms were kept in trays in an upstairs room of the nearly 200-year-old home in which Mrs. Pitts and her husband re side. They were fed mulberry leaves and four of the original trees are still standing in the yard. Today they afford a cool shady spot on a hot summer day instead of food for tiny little silk worms imported from China. Mrs. Pitts recalls hearing her family tell about the worms when they were fed. TfTey were fed on a regular schedule and made so much noise devouring the leaves that they could be heard all over the yard from their upstairs abode. She has a large skein of silk thread made at that time which is still strong and in excellent condition. It was thread sucb as this w r hich was spun on a little frame and used to make material for family use including her father’s silk hose. Mrs. Pitts lives in the ancestrial home of her maternal great-great- grandparents, Micajah and Mary Gallman Harris, located some eight miles from Newberry. She is the fifth generation to occupy the old home which has never changed hands and she is the sole surviving member of the Harris family in South Carolina. Her father, Mr. Sheck, who died at the age of 94, came into the Harris aFmily as a very young man. He was a lieutenant in the Confederate army and was sta tioned at various forts in. South Carolina. He was distantly related to his wife, but never knew her until the war, when her brother Thomas Harris, a private in the army died at a Winchester. Va., hospital. While the body was eu route to South Carolina for burial, Mr. Sheck joined the funeral pro cession to Newberry and while here, met the girl who was to be come his wife. Mr. Sheck’s father, the late John D. Sheck, was the first Lu theran missionary in South Caro lina. He came to Newberry Coun ty from Hagerstown, Md., and organized St. Luke’s and St. Mat thews Lutheran Churches. During the Revolutionary War, Mrs. Pitts’ home was used to care for wounded soldiers. Her great-- great-grandfather, Capt. Micajah Harris, while serving under Gen eral Greene, sent many of the wounded men from nearby terri tory there to be cared for by his family. Inscribed on the pages of the family Bible, which is over one hundred and fifty years old, are the names, births and death dates of members of the Sheck family. Also inscribed on other pages are likewise the, names, births and date of death of the slaves living on the plantation. 4 > Further evidence of the fine re lationship is shown by two grave yards within fifty feet of each other, one contains descendants of the Sheck and Harris Families and in the‘other lies the bodies of the slaves and their families. Also in the Sheck and Harris burial plot are a number of soldiers who died during the Revolutionary War. In this two-century old home are many prized possessions. Mrs. Pitts also/ has in her possession the original deed to the place dated 1772. The land was acquir ed by T. Burt Calvert Harris, who came to this section from Virginia, and for ten shillings purchased a part of the land from Jeremiah Williams, who had' a grant from the King of England. The follow ing year, he purchased the re maining part of the track for another ten shillings. 'Today this rugged old home still sits firmly on its foundation. Within its walls are modern con veniences for the pleasure and coi^enience of its owners. Cattle grazing on the land worked by modern machinery come to the milk barns each night to be milk ed in order to furnish their owners with their main source of in come. Clayton Memorial Church To Hold Meeting Friday A very important business meeting will be held at Clayton Memorial Universalist Church on Friday night, September 11, at 7:30 p.m. All members and others interested are urged to attend. Mother Club Meets Friday The Mothers Club School Group No. 2 will meet' on Friday, Sept ember 18, at 4 o’dlock at the home of Mrs. Duncan Johnson, Jr., on Harrington street with Mrs. John Lide as associate hostess. fUfotcL INTELEIGRAM Check correct word. 1. The Putrid Sea is in (Russia) (Turkey). 2. Baseball’s last 30-game winner was (Bob Fel ler) (Dizzy Dean). 3. “Seward’s Folly” refers to (Burlesque) (Alaska). 4. Yale University is in (Maine) (Connecticut). 5. The Munich Pact was signed in (1939) (1938). 6/ John Dillinger was killed in (1934) (1936). 7. The Monroe Doctrine was issued in (1810) (1820). 8. The Louisiana Purchase was negotiated with (France) (Spain). 9. V-J Day was (Aug. 14) (Sept. 2), 1945. 10. A longspur is a (bird) (fish). Check your answers, scoring yourself 10 points for each correct choice. A score of 0-20 is poor; 30-60, average; 70-80, superior; 90-100, very superior. Decoded Intelligram •poia—01 'Z Tdas—o -aDueij—8 0281—i ^*£61—9 ‘8861—5 ’inanoauuoo—* Mntseiv—€ ueaa Azziq—Z 'BtssnH—t CANDACE RUFF TO UNDERGO SURGERY IN COLUMBIA Little Candace Ruff, about two years old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Charles Ruff will be admitted to the x Providence Hos pital in Columbia Thursday where she will undergo surgery on Fri day. morning. Watch And , Jewelry* Repairs ■ BR0ADUS LIPSCOMB 1 WATCHMAKER 2309 Johnstone Street I Special $1.00 Sale Baby and Children Garments To Make ftoom For FALL MERCHANDISE PANTS WITH ELASTIC BACK PLAY StJITS POLO SHIRTS ROMPERS / COVERALLS l * PLASTIC PANTIES WITH APRON FRONT SKIRTS BOYS SPORT SHIRTS SIZES UP TO 6 INFANTS JACKET SUITS BABY DRESSES , PAJAMAS AND OTHER GARMENTS MRS. J. W. 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