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THE NEWBERRY SUN
THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1957
Shown above is an inside scene in the aprtment of Miss Crozier Welch which burned Sunday, two
weeks ago. An outside scene was published in the last issue of The Sun. (Sunphoto.)
Mrs. Jennings Rites
In Whitmire Today
Mrs. r Nannie P. Davenport
Wheeler Jennings, 75, died late
Tuesday night at the Newberry
County Memorial Hospital after
an illness of over a year. She had
been seriously ill for the last two
months. Mrs. Jennings was born
and reared in Newberry County
and was the daughter of the late
W. P. and Martha Jane Pitts Jen
nings. She was twice married,
. first to Martin Wheeler and sec
ond to James P. Jennings, both
having preceded her to the grave
a number of years ago. For thirty
years prior to her illness sn/e had
made her home on Broome Street
in Whitmire, and was a member
of the First Baptist Church of
Whitmire. Mrs. Jennings is sur
vived by two sons, Rufus Martin
Wheeler, Saluda and Johnny
Frank Wheeler, Newberry; two
brothers, L. Andrew Davenport,
Newberry and I. Walter Daven
port, Broad Head, Ky.; Six grand
children and 11 great grandchil
dren survive.
Funeral services will be held
this (Thursday) afternoon at 2:30
o'clock from the First Baptist
Church in Whitmire, with Rev.
Linville and Rev. J. R. McKittrick
conducting the service. Interment
will follow in Trinity Methodist
Church Cemetery near Silver-
street.
Graveside Rites
For Slice Baby
Ray Harold Slice, infant son
of Mr. and Mrs. James Odell
Slice, died early Friday morning
at the Newberry County Memorial
Hospital.
He is survived by his parents,
James Odell and Betty Lindler
Slice of Newberry; grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Slice of New
berry and Mrs. Nora Agnes Lind
ler of Whitmire, and several
uncles and aunts.
Funeral services were held Sat
urday at the graveside in Rose-
mont Cemetery by the Rev. J. Ed
Taylor and the Rev. Fay L. Lan-
ford.
Mrs. Coleman, 72,
Rites Wednesday
Mrs. Carrie McCarty Cole
man, 72, lifelong resident of
Hickory Grove community of Sa
luda County, died at 7 a. m.
Tuesday at her home after a long
period of declining health.
She was the daughter of the
late A. P. and Tabitaj Thrailkill
McCarty, both of Saluda County.
She was a member of Hickory
Grove Adventist Christian
Church.
Survivors include her husband,
Andrew Coleman; four sons, A.
P. of Newberry, Dan and Bill
Coleman of Anderson, and Alfred
Coleman of Saluda; three daugh
ters, Mrs. J. C. Martin of New
berry and Mrs. Fred Force and
Mrs. J. W. Shaw, both of Saluda;
one brother, W. B. McCarty of
Dallas, Tex.; 16 grandchildren,
nine great - grandchildren and
nieces and nephews,
k Funeral services were held Wed
nesday from Hickory Grove Ad
ventist Christian Church by the
Rev. James R. Lee, assisted by
the Rev. B. F. Bauknight and the
Rev. George Sheppherd. Burial
was in the church cemetery.
Mayer Succumbs At
Home Of Brother
J. Frank Mayer, 72, died late
Saturday night at the home of
his brother, Joe E. Mayer, near
Peak. He w r as suddenly stricken
on Saturday morning -while as
sisting his brother with some
work about the. farm.
Mayer was born, reared, and
spent his entire life near Peak,
and was the son of the late O.
Luther and Mrs. Nora Stoude-
mayer Mayer. He was a promi
nent .farmer and citizen of the
Peak section, a member of St.
John’s Lutheran Church, and a
member of the Peak Fishing
Club.
Mr. Mayer is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Bessie Dailey Mayer,
Peak; a son, Herman E. Mayer,
Newberry; four daughters, Mrs.
Lucile Gould, Columbia, Mrs. Hel
en Kiker and Mrs. Nora Wicker,
both of Peak, and Mrs. Annie
Lou Fanning, Pomaria; a sister,
Miss Mary Mayer, Peak; five
brothers, John A. Mayer, G. W.
Mayer, and L. A. Mayer, all of
Pomaria, G. E. Mayer, Little
Mountain, and Joe E. Mayer,
Peak. Eight grandchildren also
survive.
Funeral services were held Mon
day from St. John’s Lutheran
Church near Pomaria, with Rev.
G. Alvin Fulmer and the Rev. J.
K. Webb conducting the service.
Burial was in the church cemetery.
John’s Lutheran Church.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Maude Setzler Harris; two sons,
William S. and Alva S. Harris,
both of Pomaria; three sisters,
Mrs. Ed Carson of Kingsville,
Tenxas; Mrs. W. L. Smith and
Mrs. L. O. Pollock, both of Ala
bama; a grandson, Keith L^Har-
ris, and a granddaughter, Donna
Patricia Harris.
Funeral services were held at 3
p. m. Sunday from St. John’s
Lutheran Church by his pastor,
Rev. G. Alvin Fulmer. Burial was
in the church demetery.
Harris Funeral
Held On Sunday
William Baxter Harris, 75, hus
band of Mrs. Maude Setzler Har
ris, died late Friday night at the
Newberry County Memorial Hos
pital, after several days illness.
Harris was born and reared in
Russellville, Ala., son of the late
William Daniel and Mrs. Martha
Maroney Harris. He had made
his home for many years near
Pomaria and was a member of St.
“I’ve told you time and time again not to lean on the table
until we get an auto loan from Purcell’s otbuy some new
furniture!”
These Purcell folks certainly help us to
take advantage of sale prices with quick
cash. We just phone, then stop in for the
money
(f'urcelld
“Your Private Bankers'*
1418 Main St. Newberry
Mrs. Alousia Dennis
Dies In Columbia
Mrs. Alousia Bell Long Dennis,
47, wife of Harry W. Dennis,
died Friday night at the Columbia
Hosital. She had been in declining
health for the past two years and
seriously ill for the past four
weeks:
Mrs. Dennis was born and
reared in the Bethel Section of
Newberry County, daughter of
Mrs. Sallie Bouknight Long and
the late Belton Long. She had
lived on Route Four for many
years and was a member of the
Lutheran Church of the Redeemer.
She was a member of the George
B. Cromer Bible Class, a life mem
ber of Womens’ Missionary Circle
Four, and the Ladies Aid.
She is survived by her husband
Harry W. Dennis; two sons, Hen
ry R. Dennis and Belton W. Den
nis, both of Newberry; a daugh
ter, Mrs. Carolyn D. Findley, of
Seaside, Calif.; her mother; four
sisters, Mrs. Wilbur Taylor, Mrs.
Guy Counts, Miss Leah Long, and
Miss Annas Long, all of Prosper
ity; a brother, Poteat Long of
Prosperity; three grandchildren
and a number of nieces and nep
hews.
Funeral services were held Sun
day from McSwain Funeral Home
by Rev. Jaul E. Monroe and Rev.
D. M. Shull. Burial was in Rose-
mont Cemetery.
GARDEN TOUR . . .
(Continued from page 1)
of historic old Newberry which is
known as “The City of Friendly
Folks.” Those attending the pil
grimage will not only enjoy the
beauty of tour attractions, but
they will learn much about the
history of Newberry. For instance,
from where did the name of New
berry originate ? It has been sug
gested that the first settlers en
chanted with the property might
have said .that the site was as
pretty as a new berry; hence it
was called Newberry.
All true Newberrians are in
accord with Colonel Rutherford’s
expression, ‘South Carolina is the
garden spot of the world and
Newberry the garden spot of that
garden spot.”
The town of Newberry, which
began to be settled before 1752,
stands upon land originally grant
ed to John Jones. When the court
house was located, it was built on
land then owned by John Coate.
In 1789 Mir. Coate conrtibuted two
acres upon which to erect the pub
lic buildings.
Newberry was settled mostly by
three classes of people, Germans,
Irish, and emigrants from North
Carolina, Virginia, and Pennsyl
vania.
The town was laid out in a
circle with a one mile radius. In
1939 Newberry celebrated its
sesqui-centennial. It is the home
of Newberry College, a Lutheran
institution which is celebrating
its one hundredth anniversary this
year. Today, Newberry is a pro
gressive town of a population of
8,000 and the location of three
textile plants.
Closely related to the history of
Newberry is the “Old Court
House” where the Newberry Pil
grimage begins.
Erected upon the site of the
first Court House of Newberry,
which by the way, was one of the
first erected in upper South Caro
lina, the “Old Court House” stands
as a landmark of justice in New
berry Courts.
In 1786 John Coate, who own
ed much of the property on which
the town of Newberry was built,
gave to the town two acres of
land for the “Court House and
other public buildings,” and in
1850 the present “Old Court
House” was built.
The architectural style is dis
tinctly of Doric design with its
large fluted columns and wide
roof—a plain design representa
tive of a house of justice. The
high flight of stone steps has
withstood the assault of many
footprints seeking the justice met- town of Newberry, four years as
Fellowship Program
Set At St Paul’s
On Friday evening, March 8th,
from seven to eight there will be
a fellowship supper at St. Paul’s
Lutheran Church near Pomaria.
Members and :■ ends of St. Pauls
and Bachman F'hapel Lutheran
Churches are invited to bring food
and all members of their families
and enjoy this fellowship family
night.
After the supper a program has
been arranged. Luther L >uers
will lead the World Day o' Pray
er program; Children’s Cnoir will
sing and film strip pictv.ies will
be shown.
All are invited to att
HU
Miss Joanne Half an- a and
roommate, Miss Janet P. "e of
Mullins and Columbia, cnt the
past weekend in the hon
Halfacre’s parents, Mr.
J. H. Halfacre on Hunt Ptreet.
of Miss
\ Mrs.
ed out to them.
The design on the front was
added by Mr. Osborne Wells who
contracted for repairs after the
War Between the States. It is
symbolic, signifying the southern
spirit that prevailed after the
war. The palmetto tree, taken
from the South Carolina coat of
arms, designates the State gov
ernment uprooted, being held in
the beak of an eagle (The Fed
eral Government) who weighs in
the scales of justice the people of
the state, represented by a crow
ing cock which stands at the base
of the tree in an attitude of be
ing unconquered. At the other end
among the fronds of the palmetto
is Dove of Peace with its Olive
branch.
The building, designed by archi
tect Jacob Graves, was erected by
Wallace A. Cline, contractor, and
has been in continuous use since
1852, first as Court House, later
as a Community Center housing
the Library, the Chamber of Com
merce, and the Community Hall.
It stands very nearly in the center
of Newberry County, from which
distances in any direction are de
termined.
(Condensed from “Newberry
County, Historical and Genealogi
cal”—G. L. Summer.))
One of the most beautiful at
tractions of the Newberry Tour
will be Wells Park. When it was
donated to the City of Newberry
by the estate of Osborne Wells,
this park consisted of five acres
of rolling wooded land covered
with tremendously thick under-
growth. The Green Thumb Garden
Club assumed the beautification of
this site, and have converted the
jungle into a lovely park. There is
a stream running the length of
the park and a natural spring near
the edge of the stream. The
spring has been enclosed in a ce
ment tank and stepping stones
lead down to the spring. A rock
garden has been constructed
around the tank.
Three picturesque cypress
bridges have been placed at var
ious spots along the stream, and
the aproaches to the bridges have
been built up with granite blocks
which are covered with ivy and
other vines. Facilities are avail
able fn the form of cypress tables
and benches for picnics. .
Several beds of azaleas, pyra-
cantha, nandinas, and cannas and
seven beds of chrysanthemums in
cluding one thousad plants along
with many other plants and trees
add brilliant colors which enhance
the beauty of the park.
For the beautification of Wells
Park tha Green Thumb Garden
Club received the Achievement
Certificate of Merit Number One
which was awarded on April 14,
1956, at the Twenty-sixth annual
State 'Convention of Garden Clubs
of South Carolina.
One of the many lovely homes
to be shown on the Newberry Pil
grimage will be the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Ralph Barre Baker at
1905 Main Street. The following
information on this home was
taken from a paper on the Parr-
Baker home which was written
by Lalla Stevenson. *
Robert Mills, South Carolina’s
most noted architect, is known
mainly for his public buildings.
However, he designed many out
standing homes throughout the
state. The Marshall deBruhl man
sion on the corner of Laurel and
Bull Streets in Columbia is one
of his designs. Newberry can
boast two Mills homes—the old
Johnstone home now occupied by
the family of Thomas Pope, and
the Parr-Baker home, which, with
other interesting Newberry scenes,
was chosen to be reproduced on
the Newberry plate.
The Parr-Baker home has twen
ty-two rooms. It exemplifies the
architecture of the period by the
use of porticoes, lofty ceilings,
and a cupola. It was built in 1820
by Captain James Williams, whose
father, Colonel James Williams,
was killed in the batttle of King3
Mountain. Captain Williams serv
ed during the War of 1812. His
son, General James H. Williams,
served four years as Mayor of the
Scout Promotions
Awards
Troop 1: Bobby Anderson from
Tenderfoot to Second Class; Billy
■Brice, Frank Partridge, Ben Rook
and David Schumpert from sec
ond class to First Class.
Troop 66: Stuart MacBeth from
Star to Life.
Merit Badges
Troop 1: Tommy Lewis, public
health; Lewis Lipscomb, cooking.
Troop 66: Jimmy Carter, public
health; Bqbby Derrick, woodcarv
ing; Stuart MacBeth, camping,
citizenship in the community; Cit
izenship in the Home; Wildlife
Management; Alex Theriot, pio
neering.
Troop 222: Bucky Catlin, fores
try; scholarship.
LOVELY SPRING PATTERNS
In 1 . In ted Acetate by
BEL^ lNG CORTICELLI
45 inc. es wide - $1.29 yd.
RAYON BEMBERG in Pink
Aqua, Navy and Beige
45 inches wide — 89 cents yd.
Butterick and Simplicity Patterns
Carolina
Remnant Shop
Newberry, S. C.
Main Street
Commissioner of Equity, and was
a member of the House of Repre
sentatives for several terms after
his return home from the Mexican
War. He lived in this home until
he moved to Arkansas in 1867.
This fine ante-bellum home then
passd into the hands of Thaddeus
T. Duncan, who occupied it until
1904. There were at that time no
bathrooms in the house, but Mr.
Duncan kept a bathtub in a chest
in the bedroom. Water for the tub
was heated from the fireplace.
The kitchen was in the basement.
Mr. Duncan kept his horses in the
back yard. Servants lived in the
hand-made brick houses back of
the home. Mr. Duncan’s brother
O’Dell Duncan, who lived here
with him, served as United States
Consul to Italy.
In 1905, Henry Lakin Parr,
builder of Parr Shoals, bought
the home. Tfie present owner is
Ralph Barre Baker who is mar
ried to Eddie Mae Parr, daughter
Mary Boyd and Henry Lakin Parr.
Mrs. Parr, Mr. and Mrs. Baker,
and their son, Dr. Ralph Parr Ba
ker and his family now occupy the
house.
In examining the decorations
and furniture of the magnificent
old Parr-Baker home, one comes
to a keener appreciation of a by
gone era in the history of our
state. Mr. Baker has chosen
woodwork as his hobby and has
become a master in the art.
Throughout the house are choice
pieces of furniture which he made.
In the parlor is the secretary desk
of General John Pearson, the first
white child born in Richland
County. General Pearson is Mrs.
Baker’s great-great-great grand
father. The handsome sofa in the
drawing room belonged to Mrs.
Baker’s great grandmother. Over
the mantel in this room hangs an
oil painting of Henry Parr Baker.
This painting was done by Mr.
Charles Mason Crowson of Co
lumbia.
The changes that have been
made to modernize the home have
been made with an eye to preserv
ing the spirit of the past age.
To Speak Sunday
At Bush River
Thomas H. Westmoreland, Di
rector of Music, department of the
General Board, of Columbia, will
be visiting speaker and singer on
March 10th at Fairview Baptist
Church at 10:00 a. m. and at Bush
River Baptist Church at 11:20 a.
m. Mr. Westmoreland has just
begun his work recently, coming
to South Carolina from the First
Baptist Church of Pensacola, Fla.
The public is cordially invited
to attend these two services.
NOTICE OF ELECTION
Notice is hereby given that Pri
mary election will be held Tues
day, March 19, 1957 in the Pros
perity and Ghappells-Silverstreet
Magesterial Districts for the pur
pose of electing a magistrate in
each of the said named Districts.
The Pol^s will open at 8 a. m. and
close at 4 p. m. The candidate re
ceiving the largest number of
votes in each District will be de
clared the nominee. Boxes will be
given out Saturday morning only.
Please have a representative of
your precinct call for the box.
Fairview — Voting Fairview
School. Carl Amick, C. H. Mills,
Mrs. Marcus Lester, Clerk.
Johnstone — Voting Newberry
Animal Hospital. Mrs. Rosine
Willard, Mrs. Herman Attaway,
Mliss Byrdie Dehihns, Mrs. Kate
Wilson. %
Jolly Street—Voting Communi
ty Center. T. L. Boinest, George
I. Kinard, Hugh Kingsmore, Miss
Pearl Shealy, Mrs. Paul Shealy.
Midway — Voting Richardson’s
Esso Station. C. A. Counts, War
ren Dowd, Berley Boland, Virgil
J. Shealy.
O’Neall No. 1—Voting Pat Wise
Home. J. H. White, Noah A.
Moore and Pat B. Wise.
O’Neall No. 2—Voting at old
Shop at O’Neall Garment Com
pany. J. P. Fellers, C. W. Beden-
baugh, J. S. Dawkins and Ira H.
Kinaid
Prosperity No 1—Voting at
Town Hall. Hunter Fellers, As-
bury Bedenbaugh, J. A. Williams,
Moody Bedenbaugh.
Prosperity, No. 2—Voting Shealy
Motor Co. Mrs. Bernice Ackerman,
Mrs. H. B. Hendrix, Buck Taylor,
Ralph B. Black.
Stoney Hill—Voting at Stoney
Hill School. Hoyt Morris, Cliff
The first floor is raised well above
the ground to allow more head
room in the basement which was
formerly used as a wine cellar
and kitchen. The basement now is
composed of a large recreation
room, laundry room, and wood
working shop.
The fine old front doorway
opens into a broad hall which
originally ran the length of the
house. Midway of the hall are
white columns matching those
across the front portico. When
the house was first built, there
were four large rooms downstairs.
Piazzas extended on both sides of
the house. These veradnas have
been eliminatd and playrooms for
the children of the household are
on the second floor. On the first
floor is a bright television room
on one side and a study on th€
other. Three rooms and baths
have been added at the back. A
modern kitchen was built to re
place the basement kitchen.
There are four separate sets of
stairs in this house. The topmost
flight of which ends in the cupola
where a view of the entire town
of Newberry may be had from its
six windows.
The spirit of the Old South
hovers over this magnificerit
home. The gracious hosts and hos
tesses have made it a mecca of
many social gatherings.
Further information about the
other attractions of this tour will
be published in the future.
Announcement Magistrate Disk 3
Friends of Joe N. Wilson of Prosperity, hereby an
nounce him a candidate for Magistrate District 3 Pros
perity (the vacancy made recently by the death of
Claude Wilson), and pledge him to abide by the rules
of the said election. They feel he is fully qualified for
the office.
FRIENDS
Boozer, W. H. Leaphart, C. E.
Wis*
St. Paul—Voting Parish Build
ing. Carl H. Epting, L. B. ’Beden-
baugh, Virgil Williamson, D. L.
Wedaman.
Union—Voting at Home of J. C.
Kinard. George S. Enlow, J. C.
Kinard, M. L. Long, J. J. Sligh.
Chappells—Voting L. E. Werts
Store. I. Q. Watkins, Bill Mont
gomery, L. E. Watkins, R. D.
Marett.
Saluda No 7—Voting at Shep
pard’s Store. Harry Burgess,
James Sanders, C. S. Fellers, Mrs.
Elizabeth Harris.
Trinity — Voting at Trinity
Church. M. B. Hendrix, Jim W.
Pitts, Ralph Walrop, J. C. Wald
rop.
Silverstreet—Voting at High
School. Jim Alewine, T. M. Fant,
Holland Epting, Murray Shep
pard.
Utopia—Voting J. C. Nichols
Store. Sherwood Cannon. George
Blair, Ernest W. Derrick, Gurnie
W. Nichols.
Vaughnville — Voting at Mrs.
Verona Dominick’s Home. J. H.
Boozer, P. N. Boozer, JV. M. Sal
ter, Miss Margaret Coats.
Longshore—Voting at Neel Bros.
Store. Horace L. Boozer, W. O.
Pitts, G. M. Neel, D. F. Seim.
Dominick—Voting at J. H. Wal-
lenzine’s Store. T J. Davenport,
Jr., Hayne Brehmer, J. H. Wallen-
zine and Mrs. Helen Epting.
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