The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-07-10


Mr.. II. c.. Pool was placed on the
board in his place. Later DR.. Gid
er declined reelection and Mr.. C. T..
Summer was elected. Upon the re-
signation of Mr.. Pool, Mr.. w. r.
Ewart was appointed by Mr.. Ear
hardt, and at the expiration of that
term was elected. So the present
board is composed of DR.. Mcintosh,
Messrs. G.. E. Summer and w. r,
Ewart. DR.. Mcintosh has been chair
man of the board from the installa-
tlon of the plant, and has given much
OF his time and attention to placing
it in such excellent financial con-
dition. He is president of the New
berry Savings Bank and has been long
identified with the business and COM
mercial development Of the city Of
Newberry, always taking an active
interest in everything that was for
the betterment of the community. E..
Mr.. G. E. Summer has been in New
berry for quite number of years and
is Il member Of the firm of Summer
Brothers, one of the largest mer-
camille establishments in this part Of
the country, and the management Of
this concern has been largely in his
hands for Il number of years and to
his good business Judgment much of
the success of the business is due.
Mr.. w. +. Ewart is native Of
Ncwbcrry and deeply interested in its
development and growth.
The first superintendent of the
plant was Mr.. p. J. Voss, who came
to Newberry with the contractor who
built the water works and electric
light plant, and was superintendent
for five years when he resigned to
take a position as travelling salesman.
Upon his resignation the board Sc
cured the services of Mr.. +. NJ. Boyd,
who took charge of the plant in Feb
ruary, 1901, coming here from Ches-
ter, S. c. Mr. Boyd is q son of Mr.
NJ. j. Boyd and a grand son Of Gun
cle' Mark Boyd, who was known and
loved by everybody in these parts,
and was born in the New Chapel see
ton of Newberry county. He is ac-
tive and energetic and by his close
attention to the business and his
knowledge of all it's details, has done
much to put this plant in the excellent
condition in which it is today, and
much credit is due him for the cy-
cellent service which we now have.
His assistant in this work is Mr..
Floyd Bradley, son of Mr.. e. P.
Bradley, of Newberry. He has been
IN the service for four years and by
his efficiency and attention to duty
and courteous treatment to every
one has had his salary increased
from time to time, and though he has
received flattering offers elsewhere.
has remained in Newberry.
AS stated above, Newberry can well
boast Of her excellent water and the
excellent service which she receives
from her electric light and water
plants. There is no better electric
light system anywhere that we know
of and no better and purer water to
be found. Really the first step in
Newberry's progress was when she
installed her s.:stem of water works
and electric lights, and it should he
stated also that in connection with
this, we have system of sewerage
which has given general satisfaction.
though it needs very much to be en-
tended.
= We sometimes fear that our people
do not realize as they should how rap
idly Newberry is growing and expand
ing. AS newspaper gentleman said,
who was here some time ago, We
need to take some lessons from some
of our neighbors. in the matter Of
"claiming. Our people, however,
have always been conservative and the
growth has been steady and substan-
tial.
During the last twelve months,
fourteen new. brick stores have been
erected and all of them are rented and
none of the old ones are vacant. In
the matter of population, we are sat,
lsiicd that a conservative estimate will
give us twice the population that APP
pears in the census of 1900. For that
reason, we have constantly insisted
that the city council have a police