The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-05-17
v1s1r TO oHAPPE1.I.s.
Old Town Lodge Prospering-Picnic
by the School-Town should
be Moved.

1t was our pleasure on last Thurs
day to make a visit to Old Town
Lodge, Knights Of Pythias at Chap
pells. This lodge when it was first
instituted held its meetings at Old
Town, but 'afterward some of the
members decided to withdraw and
form new lodge at Mt. Enon in Sa-
luda county, and it was decided that
the place Of meeting for Old Town
Lodge should be changed from Old
Town to Williams store, and through
the kindness of Mr.. J. H. johnson,
who lives at the Williams place, a
room in the second story Of the old
Williams mansion has been fit
ted up as meeting place for the
lodge.
This lodge is now in fairly good
shape and has a membership of from
35 to 40, with Mr.. Sam Werts as
chancellor commander and Mr.. J. Y.
Floyd as keeper of record and seal.
On Thursday pight they had eleven
candidates, who were given the sec
ond rank, ten of whom also took the
first rank. These candidates COM
pose those among the best citizens of
that community and the lodge is now
in good shape and we are satisfied
will do much good.
The members of this lodge had a
most delightful supper, which they
served before the lodge convened,
and meetings of this kind, where men
of the neighborhood get together in
a social way, do good apart from the
principles which are taught by the
order of the Knights of PythiaS.
On Friday morning it was our
purpose to return to Newberry by
1920 in time for the memorial day
exercises. Unfortunately the train
waS four hours late and fortunately
we were enabled to spend the time
very pleasantly through the kindness
of Miss Marion Williamson, who is
the teacher of the school Mt Chap
pellS. and who was taking her child
rem out to picnic in Saluda county.
The picnic was in beautiful grove
about one and half miles from
Chappells, and in addition to spend
ing the time pleasantly with the chill
dren and parents we were enabled to
enjoy most excellent picnic din
ner. and among other things had the
opportunity of renewing the games
of youth by playing mumblepeg with
the children.
Miss Williamson has taught this
school for two sessions and has Civ
Ell general satisfaction. She comes
from Virginia and the patrons are
very anxious for her to take the
school for another session.
Really there should be established
at Chappells high school under the
provisions Of the act providing for
these schools, which was passed by
the last session of the legislature.
We hope the people of Chappells
may get one Of these schools.
Nothing definite has yet been done
towards moving the town to the hill
just beyond the present location. It
should be moved.
The bank should be established
and then this would be one Of the
best trading points in the county:
The Stevens Bros, and Webb Bros,
are erecting new stores at the old
town but these could be easily moved
or used as warehouses.
We understand that by fall the
town will be doing business on the
hill.
This is fine section of Newberry
county. Good farm lands and an in
telligent citizenship. There is no rea-
son why there should not be flour
ishing town at this point.