The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-09-05
FAMILY REUNION.
Cant. H. n. Folk and His Children and
Grandchildren Hold Reunion at
T. ". Folks,

Possibly the oldest subscriber tt
The Herald and News in continuous
renewals is Captain H. H. Folk. H
| has been taking the paper and paying
for it since about 1855, with the eXcep,
ton of the last FIVE years, during
which time the paper has been SEN
to him with the compliments of the
! publisher A rule was adopted in the
office that when any subscriber had
been on the list for fifty years and
had been a paying subscriber all those
years that it would be sent to him the
remainder of his life with the compli-
ments of the paper. Captain Folk is
the only one We now have on that roll
though there are several more who
will soon be there.
On last Thursday the Folk family
held a most delightful reunion at the
home of Mr.. Thos. W. Folk, one of the
sons of Captain H. H. Folk. There
We're present all of the children and
grandchildren now living. In all, chill
dren and grandchildren and great
grandchildren, there were dfty-seven,
which made up the happy party at the
home; Of Mr.. Folk on Thursday last
The Oldest son of Mr.. Folk, Mr.. Jno.
NJ. Folk, died some years ago, but his
widow, Mrs. Folk, and four of his chill
dren Were present. The other chill
dren present were as follows: Mr.. and
Mrs. M. E[. Folk and eight children, and
one granichild; Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. W.
Folk and five children; Mr.. and Mrs.
C. M. Folk and one child; Mr.. and
Mrs. W. H. Folk and seven children; i;
Mr. Eugene C. Folk, Mr.. and Mrs. S.
W. Derrick; Mr.. and Mrs. J. c. Craps
and six children, and Mr.. and Mrs. R
G. Perry and five children.
The day was pleasantly spent and
The Herald and News hopes the fam
lily may have many more such reun-
ions.
Only three of the grandchildren OF
Captain Folk are married. The two
daughters of Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Perry;
one to Mr. Boyd Jacobs and the other
to Mr.. Russell Tidmarsn, and Mr
Hamp Folk, son of Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. H.
Folk. There is only one great grand
child that of Mr.. and Mrs. Hamp Foil.
Another Account.
Thurs day was bright day just af-
ter rain. Many Newberry people were
to meet at T. W. Folks to have good
time, and a. good time they had. 1t
was a family dinner. All the Folks
descended from Capt. Ham Folk were
there, and he, Capt. Folk, was the hap
piest of all the young people there.
He had smile and a kind word for
every body. Capt. Folk met with al
accident some months ago, a fall from
a buggy, on which account he has to
60 on crutches. Although afflicted,
and his movements encountered, he
seems thoroughly to enjoy life. HeI
and all the others present that day
laughed, conVersed and ate enough for
many days together; and Capt. Folk
laughed, talked and ate as much as
any other.
There was a. picnic barbecue, and
all the eight sons and daughters OF
Capt. Folk, and every one of his
grand d-children, but two, were pres
ent. The sons wives, the daughters
husbands, the grand-sons' wives, the
grand-daughters' husbands, and some
of them quite new, we're all there.
A large number of other relatives, !!
and some Of the many friends, in
cluding two clergymen, were on hand;
and one time in the life of those cler-
gymen they ate no chicken, and want
ed none. There was barbecued pork
and .barbecued mutton and hash, the
best ever made, for all that liked it, ;
and the clergymen, who know we'll
what is good, liked it, ate lots of it;
and the bones-well, Capt. Folk said
the clerygmen put their bones on his
plate In this the clergymen were
very glad to have some one to accom-
modate them.
In the afternoon there was a devo-
tional service conducted by Rev. Y.
von A. Riser, assisted by Rev. I. E.
Long. Two Psalms were read, two
prayers offered and two short address,
-.
Then the good-byes we're said, and
Zach family, joyful and glad, yet re-
yretting the time to go had CONS,