The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-04-08
FAMOUS BALTIMORE CORNER
New and Modern Building to be
Erected by Copeland Bros Some
thing of the Old Corner.

Time, which never would and never
will turn backward in its fight to
make king or tramp a child again
just for one night once played the
music Of its passage around and about
a corner store within whose walls
there stood unique figure in the per-
son Of Mr.. Andrew Wicker, long
since gone down the road that never
turns. He was known to his cotem-
poraries as candy" for short and
convenience Of speech. He called
his place "The Baltimore Corner"
by which catchy title it was long and
favorably known. That was many
years ago. 1t was during the times Of
1.-THE old time religion" as shouted
and sung by "Unele Mark'' Boyd,
good old soul, in the little wooden
building of the Observation-Disclosures
church, when the "amen' Of "Un-
Gle Andy" could be regularly heard
in the meetings. This simple heart
ed and homes: old merchant used to
sell candy to the children on the prln-
ciple that if they were entitled to SIX
sticks for five cents they ought to get
five sticks for four cents, four for
three cents, three for two cents, two
for one cent and one stick for moth
ing, and many were the children who
got a stick Of candy each, time and
again. Babies who cried for it and
babies who didn't, got their candy all
the same, and some dropped their
candy and got more. How Nan would
cry all day. Those We're the times
when some boys wore day shirts as
long as night gowns and used to make
flutter mills on the creek In john
stones pasture in knee pants. That
was long before any one ever dream
ed, that Jones woods would be
transformd into beautiful part of
a large and flourishing city, or that
magnificent cotton mills and other
industrial enterprises would adorn
the prosperous land and add strength
to the growing place. Many changes
have taken place there and here since
Mr.. William A. Kinard, then a boy,
clerked at baltimore Corner" Age
and fire and other destructive agen-
cies and elements have played their
various parts and exerted their COM
bined influences in the checkered life
of the old corner. Other buildings
came and went and the famous old
corner passed into the ownership OF
Copeland Brothers--Messrs. b. B.
and O. O.-who came to Newiberry IN
l996-97, and worked their way up
through the dry goods business, IN
creasing their trade ard accumulatlng
property until finally they added to
their valuable possessions the lot Of
the old Baltimore corner Of happy
memories, where the reporter, than
a small boy (children weren't called
kids in those days. used to get his
stick of candy through the week
living across the street. and see the
sign "Andy sells candy" daily AM
hear Nan cry. Gone is all that.
Copeland Bros. will make the big
:gest change and Improvement IN
the appearance of the corner that 1t
has ever known in its history. A
new building running the length and
height Of their adjoining building
will at once be erected. The Herald
and News colnmends the enterpnslng
spirit of these progressive young men
and looks for forward march in the
city. There are other fine building,
as well as residence lots in the city
that should he utilized.