The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-06-27

of the best quartets NeWberry has ever
had the pleasure of hearing. The gen
tlemen composing it made many per
sonal friends while here, and at every
appearance the quartet was enthus-
iastically received, and was called up
on to respond to encore after encore
Their part in the program was one OF
the most delightful features of the
week.
From every point of view, Chautau-
qua and Homecoming week was easily
the biggest undertaking NeWberry has
ever made for the pleasure of her peo-
pie and their friends, and the splendid
success of the week is very gratifying
Merchants Parade anu Trades Display,
Aside from the Cnautauqua features
which included the lectures of Bryan
and Hobson, the crowning feature OF
the week was the merchants parade
and trades display on Friday after
noon. It was magnificent display.
There We're large number of floats
in line, and hundreds of enthusiastic
Newberrians and visitors thronged the
streets along the line of march. Near
ly every merchant in Newberry CO.
operated with the chamber of COM
merce committee in making this dis
play creditable to Newberry, and sue
cess beyond the expectations of the
most enthusiastic was the result
The committee Of judges, composed
of Walter H. Hunt, of Newberry, DR..
G. Y. Hunter, of Prosperity, W. S.
Scott, Of Anderson, Joseph L. Keitt,
of the county, Coppock Speers, of
New York, and George C. Glasgow, OF
Jalapa, awarded first price,
handsome mahogany rocking chair
offered by J. H. Vests furni-
ture store-to the Newberry cotton
mills, with honorable mention Of
Mayes' Book Store as taking second
place, and the Farmers Oil Mill, as
being third.
Mr.. W. G.. Mayes offered $5 foun-
tain pen as second prize, which was
awarded to the float of Mayes' Book
Store. The young ladies who were in
the float drew straws for the pen and
it fell to Miss Genevieve Evans, who
in turn presented it to the DeKoven
Quartet.
The float of the Newberry cotton
mills, which received first prize, was
a magnificent representation Of the
cotton mill industry, and the machin-
cry in operation on the float showed
the progress which had been made
from work by hand with the old spin
ming wheel to the latest pattern Of
machinery now used. This float was
preceded by the Newberry Concert
Band, an organization of the New
berry Cotton Mills.
Charlie Smith and Robert Taylor,
two boys from West End, carried
large banner in front Of the float Of
the Newberry Cotton Mill, bearing on
either side in large letters, E'The New
berry Cotton Mil"
The float accorded second place,
Mayes' Book Store, car
ried Grecian goddesses of wisdom and
Of love and of learning and of the
other higher essentials, who, when not
in this role, are among Newberry's
most beautiful young ladies, They re-
ceived an ovation all along the line of
march.
The following are the young ladies
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wisdom, learning, etc., in Mr.. Mayes'
beautiful float: Misses Agnes Houseal,
Bessie Glider, Pauline Glider, Sarah
Houseal, Genevieve Evans and Mary
Butler Fant
Little Misses Pauline FAINT and
Nancy Fox also added to tho beauty
of the float
The decision of third place went to
a wagon load of children, "raised on
cotton seed OIL" drawn by four hors-
es, and driven by Mr.. John H. Wick
er, manager of the Farmers Oil Mill.
The Farmers Oil Mill also had two
other floats in the parade, one drawn
by COW which bore the emblem, 81
eat hulls and meal-do you?" and the
other, representing the ice plant de-
partm ent of the enterprise, with fruit
k