The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1884-06-05
WILLIAMSTON PAYS HER RE
SPECTSTO s'S.o OFTHE OBSER-
YER.
WILLIAMSON, s. C, May so. '94

the recent cNcllfSlOl ifOlu New DciIS
to WILLIAMSON. l beg 4 little space
of you that may reply to few OF
the filings of this badly balanced ami
nal ION the wing"
II ones words are an index to his
character, we would not deem the low
thrusts in the Observer worthy Of no.
tice, but the fact that they are publish
ed in a paper read, we presume, by
the intelligent citizens of Newberry,
outside of natural feeling of resent
ment. makes it necessary that some
| one pay his respects to this feathcrlcSs
monstrosity 'on the wing.'Williamston
has been congratulating herself that
! during this season all the excursion
parties that have visited the town we're
composed OF the best elements OF Sc
ciety; and especially was she delight
ed with the party from Newberry,
whose perfect department and happy
faces made Profound impression
upon our people, and made their visit
to the town memorable. We had
hoped too that the good people OF
Newberry carried back to their homes
pleasant recollcctions Of their visit 10
our town, and might be induced to
make lis another in the not distant
future. But 10. ere a fortnight had
passed, this fcathcrleSs monstrosity of
Ncwberry rose to explain that things
did not 60 to suit his important self
altogether. Georgia can not boast of
being very far ahead of her little sis
ter yet; she has her walking phenomc-
non. her electrical, ineNplicable girl;
Carolina, her featherless, winged mon
strosity in the shape OF "A man.
Why did this wonder of the nineteenth
century, this strange thing, deign to
set dorn on WILLIAMSON in snch q
barbarous manner? or why were the
happy cXcursion!Sts chaperoned by
such an anomaly? Echo answers,
! why?
Mr.. Editor, Williamson is not what
she would like to be. The Spring
Park is not as nicely fixed up as we
would desire; her houses are not as
large and elegant as some folks like:
her church cdiliccs are not as grand as
those OF other towns perhaps, but her
people arc civil and decorouS, and
when visitors are disposed TO find
fault and criticisc, so long as they con-
| fine themselves to the truth, her
people are quiet and ready to submit
with all the dignity ut their command,
but when bold misrepresentation are
made then is she ready to rise to q
point of order.
IS" the Observers flying man. either
Intentionally or inadvertently misrep-
resents and perverts facts. In the
first place, the gentieman's language,
some of it ut least, is unworthy OF a
place in 4 dignitied paper and too low
to drop from the pen Of gentcel Ie-
porter. He speaks OF the ''nasty''
mineral water. We admit that not all
persons are fond of our mineral water,
but, Mr.. Editor, is it nasty! Was
the gentleman rot mistaken: Is it not
possible that the ''nasty" thing was at
the other end of the dipper:
Again, the gentleman declares that
the Williamson boys bantered the
excursiOnists for game of baseball.
The facts show up in different light
1t could be proven, il it were matter
of sufficient Importance. that the cX-
cur$ionists gave the challenge. Fur
thermore, the Williamson boys have
no regularly organized club, no first
nine" if you please, and never play
except when challenged by other
clubs. The WILLIAMSON boys are sat.
isficd with the result of the game with
Newberry and we'll pleased with the
young men who played with them: ii
Newberry is rot satisfied, we, though
unorganized, will get up 4 ''nine" that
will play them at any time that may
suit their convenience. 50 says
again that the umpire was a''William-
ston dude" and that he, the "William-
ston dude" and the WILLIAMSON boys
played town-ball while the Newberry
boys played baseball. The umpire.
Mr.. Editor, wasa young man from
Grccnvillc, a disintereStcd party alto,
gcther; and if the two mines carried
on the two games, town-ball and base
ball. at the same time, the ''man on
the wing was the only one present
who was sharp enough to detect it.
After telling what WILLIAMSON has
in the way OF houses, churches, "and
more'n co'c-pen .fW Of folks" ect.
IS says: ''Pelzer Cotton Mills, about
two miles from town, is its greatest
feature; it is three-story brick build
ing and is nearly ready to BEGIN opera
tons, the machinery on two floors be-
ing in place" I am sorry the gentle
man makes here such bold exhibit OF
himself. The intelligent readers OF
Ncwbcrry know that the Pelzer Mills
have been in operation many months,
and that instead OF being ''nearly
ready to begin operations" the Mills
have already made thousands OF yards
OF cloth. The Pclzcr Factory is not a
feature OF WILLIAMSON at all. Pelznr
| and WILLIAMSON are separate and dis
tinct towns. For the information OF
the gentleman l will state that Pelzcr
is a, growing town Oh Saluda, two
miles from WILLIAMSON, that the Cot
ton Mills there are oiliccrcd by rs good
men as the intelligence and capital OF
Charleston could command, and are
daily making cloth equal to that OF the
best Mills in ;hc State. ave could
find nobody around says the gentle
man, '.who knew anything about its
dimensions or capacity. and the fullest
description that we are able to give is
that it is all wide and a yard wool,
weighs toM, c;irlS its hair, and Will
give slight rise to the cotton market
in that immediate vicinity" Ii that
isn't the vcricSt nonsense, then I'm a
Dutchman. Mr.. Editor, was the gen
! tleman sleeping all the day: Sure
enough, there was a man in the
Spring Park who slept considerably
during the day. Was that this feath-
erleSs, winged monstrosity who claims
that he buzZed around considerably
and could find no one who could give
him any information concerning the
Pclzer Mills: Can lie make the intel
ligcnt people OF Ncwberry believe
that he could not findone man in Viii
liamston who could give him the de-
sired Information. Wont they rather
conclude that the gentleman spent the
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