The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-05-19
A WEEK OF GREATEST
PLEASURE AND PROFIT
CHAUTAJQUA WILL MARK ~
EPOCH CITY'S HlSTORY
The Weeks Entertainments Are the
Best That Can be Aff0rded-S0-
cial and Intellectual Feast.

The object of the NeWberry Chau-
! tauqua association IS TO take the sweet
flower scented month of June and set
| it apart as the special time for New
Lcrry TO attire herself in robes Of So
cial and intellectual pleasures. The
origin of this association sprang from
an unselfsh and public spirit; and it's
promoters do not expect financial
gain. They will be satisfied if the
public cooperate in making the Chau-
tauqua self-susCaining.
Looking Backward
NeWberry has a long and unsullied
history. No one will deny, however,
that our people have been too con-
tented. The town for good many
years did not have that buoyant and
contagious spirit for progress that has
been characterising Southern cities
for the past decade.
The Great Fire.
But with the great fire that nearly
destroyed the city a few years ago
there came change over our people.
! They shook off their Indifference, and
went about the job of building town
with a seriousness and enthusiasm
| that has produced magnificent results.
The City Itself.
! Newberry has a population Of over
! five thousand inhabitants; and IS
spread out so that the packed, crowd
ed feeling so characteristic OF many
! Southern towrs is entirely lacking in
our city. To attempt 20 enuueraIe
what NeWberry has would be to fall
into a common habit that has been
worked over time by towns heavily
engaged in advertising themselves.
We have our full share of everything
a town the size of ours needs, for our
growth has all along been uniform
and coordinate. Education, religion,
business and social development have
held their own grounds while being
friendly and helpful each to the other.
This is condition seldom found, and
Of which Newberry is justly proud.
The Long Summers Behind Us.
Out of the long span of summers
already behind some Of US how many
OF the mare fresh and green in our
memories because Of special and pc
culiar occasions? Does not the ner-
vous system need a rest from the iron
grip of the business life? And is there
| a better time to live and to love than
in the month of June when the woods
are green and when the fields are
scented and colored with countless
hundreds of wild flowers native to
! this cline
Looking Forward.
Newberry is the place and the time
is ripe for us to have a Chautauqua
week. It. can and is going to be made
THE best and happiest week in the
history of this beautiful and shady
town. The weeks entertainments are
the best that can be afforded. 1t takes
nearly two thousand dollars to put on
this Chautauqua, and talent is going
to be brought here that our people
have never before and probably will
never again have the opportunity to
hear; but the entertainments them
! selves are not the only things that
should appeal to us and our visitors
Outdoor EXERCISES.
Not only mas this city beautiful
streets specially Suitable for driving
and horseback riding and also for au-
tomobiles, but many streets leaving
the city merge into fine country roads
that stretch for miles along ideal
woodland scenery, and along as fine
farming land as can be found in the
Southland. Two Chautauqua numbers
will be given each day, and the re-
mainder Of the day can be spent in a
hundred different ways that will pro-
duce lasting memories, and to which
one can look backward with pleasure
as the years come and go.
Newberry's Hospitality.
Commercial prosperity and genuine
hospitality do not usually go hand-ln-
hand: and one of the things Of which
Newberry is proud is that fortune has
:; not robbed her OF that finer and
sweeter spirit of Southern hospitality
and wherever this city is known it is
associated with the older school o1
ethics. Our people still have time tc
y-;cit ond to 1incer at the gate post IL