The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-04-12

4 and had ito lbe settled before ,proceed.
/! ling further. All the members except
Conner were lawyers, but each one in
turn failed ito find "a way out of tho
difficulty until Conner spoke, when q
: few words from him ,sottled the
:, whole question.
a Nimble Wit.
Mr.. Conner was as quick as pro,
found. / remember with mortifica-
tion till this day an incident that ,oc-
currod at a Fourth of July ,colebra-
tion at Fellowship Church, in 1924
| BY the fault of some one no toasts
had been prepared and it was natural
that Catlott Conner and Iittleton
Myrick, both members of the Lcgis-
laLure, should, with Che orator of The
day, prepare them. We retired to
one side, agreed upon the subjects
and each one took his share. Before
Myrick and myself had written the
FIRST liuc Conner had appended Il
beautiful sentiment TO each one of
his aud then did the same with ours
about as fast us we could give them
ont to him.
No man huI a higher sense Of huu-
or or had Il higher regard for that of
his district. lie never indulged in
The use Of spirits, except in social
meetings with his friends, aud then
sometimes too freely. On one occas-
ion. when the village was crowded
with visltUrs-Sume TO get drunk, some
to make purchases, Somc to have a
horse race or to fight game chickens
and some to whip an enemy or to
gel whippod-thc writer, tired Of the
dull mouotony Of street fighting, con
cludcd for the sake of variety to go
up in to the library room. In pass
lug through the aute~room he stun
blcd upon Catlett Conner, James
Culcmau, Wm. Mays and Joseph
| Griffin engaged in q social game of
whist. Mr.. Mays was dealing out the
! cards, Griffin was Watching him to
see that thcre was no cheating, Cole
man was craekin" jokes lin which he
, was a great adepD and Conner hyp-
U~tira'iy iurlined, with his head at
riMb au~lc: with his body. was watch
my aut, waiting the beginning Of an
6. jrr 4uur. Mr.. Coleman. in his
II iarh.rF. iulroduccd mr to the Edge
t,r.U Nrlut"r. Squire Conner. The
>vH,..,.r ,~',:rd up iuuHcd;atr)y end
J : I. ~. al.
o,"" - spirits j. him. Friend
,.r,,y,.' 1t. ~aid, IL don'l care
vuD. N,u ~oy about Squire to@urr,
ru. Nuu $uuN u"i east reflect tuu;, up-
( "a t.dyrrirld district for the faults
Of hrr Scual"r.'
An Unmarked Grave.
Tni. nrrut aud good man died
abvtu the wear lN3l ; aud lhpu%h thr
two Gist,irl$ ~ AbbrVillr and Edge
/ Grld muurLrd thr loss aud many q
tear Wu>. :I.,J over lis grave. not a
tublrl Of stour points out his rest
lu2 place.
This sketch says the Index, of him
is supplemented by still another which
Is given below.
/ Thc writer rcmcmbcrs Callctt Cuu-
urr we'll. although but a school boy.
UftH. ~n Saturdays. his father Wpuld
arlld hi'r to- Cal,rlt Corners black
~,ni,H si."p VIII. plantation wprk. Nr
w. u.n ur'N 2 good D!uv>sm;lH and
rrg..r,, n.rtranjc. but statesman.
Il j lad I.t, cuutj|rucy ul The W:tot"
community. We believe ti" first cot
j tql press put in operation il that
purl If the country MAS made by Mr..
Conner Besides making his press he
made his own cotton gin and did
large business for nciYhbor$
Politics in Ye Olden Days.
The writer NiIl never forget thc eX-
.ritiu% Senatorial race between G.
tonrcr tas, Er always signed himsrlf)
and Eldrcd SimkinS jn 1926. About
4 Tea, time party spirit ran high in the
! district. There were two partles---
one called The old party and the 9th
: rr called The new party. Coz. Slmp-
] l>ins. with ,hc Buffers, headed The
: old party, AID Catlett Conner head
! Cd the new party, and was well sup
ported in his nei9hborhood by such
men as Uncle Jimmy Coleman, Billy
Andrews, John Ross, Jack Sale, the
Bullocks, Reuben Cooper and Jimmy
4, yiiSu bolf hr,t IpI tp II ('OOnpr,