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THE NEWBERRY SUN
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1956
&
BOYS ARE
THAT WAY
By J. M. ELEAZER
My first recollection of riding-
was in a steel tired buggy, a wa
gon without springs, and on the
old wood-burner that ran by our
station, White Rock, on its way
between Laurens and Columbia.
The buggy was fair, for most
of the time the horse had to walk,
up grades and over the rocky
roads of the Stone Hills. But that
wagon was rugged, unless you
were on the soft carpet of woods
of cultivated fields. On the roads,
if the mflles trotted, it would
travel. On those red velvet seats
shake you dizzy unless you stood
on tip-toe. Lour arched feet
would then take the sharpness
out of the constant jolts of steel
tires against flint rocks.
And the old wood-burner mixed
train, that was the very acme of
it was going at perhaps 20 miles
per hour. But you had to sit. It
was hard to walk, as the coach
bumped and bounced along with
mud at times spurting up be
tween the ties, as it slushed
along in poorly drained places.
RIVIERA BEAUTY . . . Lina
Mancel, 18, French drama stu
dent, furthered her career by
winning title of “Queen of Cote
D’Azur” at Nice.
*
Building Permits
Sept. 13: M, W, Clary, repairs
to roof and asbestos siding o n
building, 808 Langford st., $900;
Charlie Goings, repairs to dwel
ling on McKibben St. $275.
Sept. 15: W. C. Lee, one-car
garage, woodframe, 309 Player
street, $50; Miss Maude Lee, gen
eral repairs to dwelling, 1808 Mil
ligan street $600; Newberry Jay-
cees, one 28x48 Boy Scout cabin
on Glenn street $4000.
Sept. 18: Chris Kaufmann, add
one room and general repairs to
dwelling on Harrington street,
$6000; Newberry Gin and Trading
company, one warehouse on Cald
well street $9000; Mayer Memor
ial Lutheran church, one church
building on Drayton St. $88,475.
RECENT
MARRIAGES
Bennie W. Hinton, Douglas, Ga.
and Shirley Miller of Newberry
were married Sunday, September
9 by the Rev. T. B. Altman at
Kinards.
Charles Lee Sims and Shelby
Jean Watkins of Whitmire were
married by the Rev. C. O. Bell
on Wednesday, Sept. 12 at Whit
mire.
John Richard Morris and Betty
Lee Reeves of Newberry were
married on Friday, Sept. 14 at
Newberry by Rev. Thos- F. Suber.
A 1 * *- '4 -
When I was about 8 the first
autos came through,, two togeth
er. That marked an era in the
Stone Hills like the atomic bomb
that hit Hiroshima. We had heard
of the horseless carriage. But no
one had seen one. And then along
came the puffing, popping thing.
Folks had read about it and knew
what it was when they heard it.
All ran to the road. But not too
close. Half scared, I hid in my
mother’s skirts when it got too
near.
After that one would come along
every few months. We’d drop
what we were doing and light out
for the big road. It was usually
dry and we could see the dust
billowing. In about a year, one
stopped at our house for water. I
drew a bucket of it from our well
and the man filled the steaming
radiator. He asked me if I wanted
to ride. A ride to the moon now
wouldn’t bring greater surprise
and elation, mingled with fear.
I summond all of my courage
and gbt in. What a ride, down to
the creek, a mile away! I hurried
back and summond our gang. I
was a marked kid then, and talk
ed about the great experience, as
each new person came to ask me
how it felt.
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(This is the third installment of
the Charleston earthquake story,
published in Charleston in 1886.
Last week's installment told of
the damages to many historical
buildings in the city.)
Hardly a building in the city
had escaped some damage, and
the frightened owners and ten
ants dared not occupy them again
or in many cases even enter them.
Little was done towards repairing
the ravages of the disaster, and
another shock at 8:25 so alarmed
every one that those who had re
entered their dwellings hurriedly
left them, and the day was spent,
like the preceding night, in wea
ry waiting. All places of business
were closed, even those seemingly
most necesary—the drug stores.
Only the dealers in stimulating
beverages stood by. The telegraph
offices were for a time unable to
forward messages. By the des
truction of their tracks at several
points the railroads were unable
to run trains from the city; none
came in, and Charleston was thus
for a time entirely isolated from
the rest of the world, and those
in the stricken city obliged to re
main there unless they could se
cure conveyance thence by car
riage, or chose, as some did, to
walk out. The enterprise of the
telegraph companies soon enabled
communication by wire, and by
the activity and energy of the of
ficials of the South Carolina and
Charleston & Savannah roads rail
communication was aflso epened
the next day, Thursday, regular
schedules being resumed Friday.
Besides the morning shock at
8:25, others were felt at 9:55 a.
m. and 5:16 and 5:22 p.m. As
night drew near preparations
were made for passing it in the
open air. Upon the parks and
open lots, at the corners of the
streets and in back yards, a
strange encampment arose. Tents
and shelters of all colors, shapes
and sizes, and of almost all ma
terials imaginable, were erected,
and beneath quilts, blankets, and
mattresses spread. Early in the
evening the religious demonstra
tions of the colored people bega,n
and consisted of alternate praying
and the singing of hymns, with
occasional vigorous exhortations,
in which the calamity was claim
ed to be the work of the Almighty
and all called on the repent as the
end of the world was at hand.
This continued most of the night
and to the nervous and excitable
formed an aggravating cause of
fear and unrest. At exactly five
minutes before midnight a shock
of considerable severity came, ac
companied by detonations, and
after that no other similar dis
turbance occurred till dawn.
Thursday passed without shocks
of any severity, but the night was
again spent in the open air by al
most everyone, and the weather
having become cool much suffer
ing ensued. The following day
was marked by a partial return of
confidence, and most offices and
stores not too badly damaged
were opened, and some efforts
made toward the removal of the
debris which encumbered the
streets and private premises.
A meeting of the City govern
ment took action in regard to
protecting the community from
injury from unsafe buildings, and
in regard to reception and dispos
al of the relief fund which num
erous telegrams from all parts
of the country made certain would
be sent to aid Charleston in the
hour of her need. The Charleston
Exchange & Merchant’s Exchan
ge also met in joint session, and
adopterd resolutions acquainting
the country at large with the fact
that, while prostrated and in need
of assistance. Charleston fully
appreciated the value of helping
herself as much as possible, and
was in condition to resume her
commercial relations w h the
outside world.
Friday night, at 11:05 o’clock,
another shock, the most severe
since that of Tuesday night,again
alarmed the people who had be
gun to hope all trouble was over.
In spite of it, however, the next
day witnesses new efforts to re
store the city to a habital condi
tion, and in the direction of the
resumption of its . interrupted
commercial relations. From that
day on, notwithstanding the num
erous difficulties surrounding
them, the feeling of insecurity
which daily tremors, more or less
severe, could but evoke, that line
of effort has never been aban
doned, until now, in most respects
the City of Charleston has been
made as well fitted as ever to
transact all business- that may
come to her.
WIDE, WONDERFUL
WORLD
BT FRANKLIN J. HEINE
Editor, The American Peoples
Encyclopedia
I F YOU know the difference be
tween a golf course and a golf
links—and where the game origi
nated—you are likely to be a good
golfer and a sports historian. A
golf course is built on Inland ter
rain. A golf links runs along the
seaside. The game originated in
the 14th century in Holland—not
Scotland. The first golf balls were
made by stuffing a hatful of feath
ers into a small horsehide cover
and sewing the seams to form a
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small, hard sphere. It was super
seded about 1845 by the “gutty,” a
ball made of solid gutta-percha.
According to the American Peo
ples Encyclopedia, the average
weight of golf clubs in recent
years has been from 13 to 15
ouppes. The Royal and Ancient
Golf Club of St. Andrews, Scotland,
founded in 1774, is the parent
body in the formation of golf rules
and specifications for clubs and
balls. In the United States, the
U. S. Golf Association is the recog
nized authority.
• • •
The practice of branding ani
mals has a rather gruesome back-
ground. Modern-day branding is
a mark made upon cattle or other
livestock to designate ownership.
But it originated with the Greeks
and Romans of centuries ago who
branded felons and slaves with
hnt irons
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Hospital Patients
Baby Randy Eugent Bundrick,
route one, Chapin.
Mr. Bernard Banks, route 3,
Prosperity.
Mrs. Virginia Berley, route 2,
Pomaria.
Mr. T. Monroe Bickley, 1309
Jefferson street.
Mrs. Jessie Mae Bedenbaugh,
route three, Newberry.
Mrs. Myra Cannon' 1407 Boun
dary street.
Mrs. Julia Dyskin, 1508 Cald
well street.
Mrs. Sarah Epting, Prosperity.
Miss Olive Eargle, Pomaria.
Mrs. Lucy Elmore, 1602 Cal
houn street.
Mr. Bob Fair, 1220 Chapman* st.
Mrs. Willette Griffith, route 5
Saluda.
Mr. F. D. Gamble, Charleston
Heights.
Mrs Evie Glenn, 2305 Main St-
Mrs. Essie Holliday, 902 Mc
Kibben street.
Mr. Claude Hester, 512 Wright
street.
Mr. Millard Knight, route one,
Whitmire.
Mrs. Cora Lindsey, 1209 Davis
street.
Baby Johnny Miller, 613 Grey-
mont avenue, Columbia.
; Mrs. Ara Metts, Lit. Mountain.
Mrs. Estelle Marlowe, 1195 Har
rington street.
Mrs. Euna Mize, route 1, New
berry.
Mrs. Naomi Putnam, route 1,
Chapin.
Mrs. Irma Perry, 2110 Adelaid
street. ; < ««
Mrs. Jessie Phillips, 1300 Sec
ond street.
Master Terry Rollins, 900 Ma
mie street.
Mrs. Cathryn Summer, Little
Mountain.
Mrs. Patricia Schumpert, 701
Main street.
Miss Bessie Thrift, 1405 Dray
ton street.
Colored Patients
Jesse Bouknight, 308 Bound
ary street.
Ella Chapman, route 3, New
berry.
Frances Jessie, route 1, Chap
pells.
Ulysees Summer, Little Moun
tain.
Lottie Mae Williams, route 1,
Prosperity.
Hospital Births
BOLICK
Mr. and Mrs. John Spratt Bo-
lick of Blairs announce the birth
of an eight pound, six ounce son,
John Randall, at the Newberry
hospital on September 12. Mrs.
Bolick is the former Doris Ringer.
DOWD
Mr. and Mrs. James Paul Dowd
of Pomaria announce the birth of
a seven pound, seven ounce
daughter, Deborah Jane, at the
Newberry hospital on September
13. The mother is the former
Olive Christine Lindler.
Deed Transfers
Newberry No. 1
Annie Lou C. Dominick to T. L.
Millstead Jr. et al one lot and one
building on Washington street,
$5.00 and other valuable consid
erations.
Lewis L. Purvis to I. D. Wilson,
one lot and one building on Hill-
crest Road, $9,500.
Citizens Home PTre Insurance
Co. to Newberry Jaycees Inc. one
lot on Glenn street, $10.00.
R. Herman Wright to O. F.
Armfield Sr., one lot on Crosson
street, $5.00 and other valuable
considerations.
Newberry No- 1 Outside
W. F. Wells to O. F. Armfield
Sr., one lot on Rosalyn Drive,
$5.00 and other valuable considera
tions. te.
Silverstreet No. 2
E. Maxcy Stone, Probate Judge,
to Guy V. Whitener Jr., 178 acres,
$28,200.00.
E. L. Cook, John S. Webb, J. J.
Boazman, trustees of Chappell
Warehouse Co. to Louie F. Spear
man 7.08 acres and two buildings,
$3,000.
Whitmire No. 4
Cromer N. Silver and Ruth B.
Silver to Dorothy S. 'Baker and
Annie S. Dickert, one lot and one
building on Spring street, $5.00
and assumption of martgage.
Whitmire No. 4 Outside
Mamie W. James to Haskell
E. Wilbanks and Ella S. Wilbanks
one lot, $250.
Pomaria No. 5
Maggie Caldwell Lennerly to
Otis Sims Jr., 2 acres, $300.
Little Mountain No. 6
Marilza Shealy, et al to David
L. Shealy, 108 acres, $2,500.
Mrs. Aria A. (Charlie C.)
Shealy to Roy H. Elam, one lot,
$5.00 and the premises.
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One of the problems of Mr. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. concerned hie
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