The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-07-10

ter of MIR. Wheat, is devoted cntirc-
~ to these mcrccrized goods. Did any
one dream there was such an cstab-
lislrment in South Carolina7 So at
the generous hands of Mr.. Wheat,
who we are told is IL genuine native
Gaffncy boy, every wretched news
paper man i'll South Carolinu-and
his "dcpcncnt female HAS Il very
lovely bureau scarf. Good for Wheat
Golden Wheat!
Something Good OH the Ice, Boss"
Our surrey. drawn by two spanking
grcys, draws up in little valley be-
fore the Ice Factory. We say, and
the three ladies with us, "Drivcr,
we are very hot and tired, so we will
just sit in the surrey until you are
ready to drive to the next place" )"
/" which Charlie, the driver, re-
spends, "Boss, they got something
mighty good on the ice fof YOU up
there: something that will help the
ladies from being SO tired. - Beer on
ice! Cuffs and oceans, rivers of it!
And the ladies leap nimbly to the
ground. And we offer Charlie the
last quarter that the whcclbarrow
boy had rejected. And Charlie drew
back and said proudly, "Givc it to
the hcathcn, boss; Gallncy is yourn. -
Oscar Shanks.
Who Is Oscar Shanks2 lie is the
noblcst Kentucky gentleman that
ever came to live and love and labor
in South Carolina lie is supcrin-
tcndcnl of the great electric power
plant on Broad river, eight miles
eastward of Gaifncy-thc cast-iron-
ed bulwark from which flow ont the
currents that move and tu,N all mills,
etc. in Gatfncy, in Blacksburg, in
Clifton, and many even in Spartan
burg, thirty miles away. And here
again we might ask the question,
"1iow many people in South Caro-
lima know that this gigantic. Stupcn-
d"us work is within her borders -
After crossing Broad river ON a
bridge Of the Southern railway. a
spur railway runs three miles ur the
river through lovely country, to
this wonderful electrical fortress. II
is owned, if we mistake not, by Penn
sylvanla captal; il WAS begun only
tw" years ago and is not yet abso-
Iutcly finished; it has cost some
thin" like Il million and half of
dollars. Oscar ShankS is its super
lntrnhent. He is native Of the
Louisville section Of Kentucky and
he IS all that such bc"innin" stands
For. He is Young. strikinelv hand
some. sl,prcmcly genial, generous and
polished and practical; has
Il wife and three little children. is an
earnest EpiScopalian and has pret-
~ home in Spartanbmg. We make
II" apology for saying these strong
and truthful things. Unaffcctcdlv,
we want all South Carolina to know
Oscar Shanks.
A Power-Plant Dinner and Dizzy
Height.
BY the generous courtesy of the
Southern railway the newspaper men
Of South Carolina and their "dcpcnd-
emf fcmalcS' and haplesS Young are
by special train from
Gatfncy to the great power plant. Os-
car Shanks receives us with open
arms and Il Kentucky luvc~hgh in his
eyes. lie locks arms with
Jupiter DcCamp, and We are as safe
and happy as though we were in Ab-
raham's bosom. Oscar Shanks eX-
plains the electrical mysteries, and
leads us through lofty vaultcd halls,
fearful labyrinths of deadly wires,
and along gigantic stone battlcmcnts
that imprison The waters of the
hitherto free Broad. And then he
washes and mcnds and darns us. And
then he seats uS--onc hundred strong
-at such Il dinner as the visionary
Barmccide, in the Arabian Nights,
never dreamed of--whilc iced beer
and ale flow down like the Mississippi
or the Amazon. And then he ac-
us back to the "towered
city Of Camclot,' and we all take
ont our hearts and throw them at his
feet
Not in Thirty-eight Years!
Not in It's long and chcckcred thir-
ty-right years has the Press Associa-
ton of South Carolina had such Il
glorious timc--such II happy, pleas
L.