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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-06-25
NEW CROP CORN.

The editor of The Common
wealth is under obligations to
Master Ray Elliott for a nice bunch
of delicious new crop sweet
corn, which he. kindly sent us the
first Of this week. Ray has a
splendid two-acre crop of this
excellent corn, as we'll as a big lot
of Kentucky Wonder beans, which
he is marketing in this city at
good prices. This is Rays first
crop, and we congratulate him
upon his success with same.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-06-25
SHE EVIDENTLY KNEW.

A chiropodist received a call from a woman
stopping at a Clarksdale hotel, and on being shown
to her room, found her in a kimona. will you
promise to trim my corns and keep your mouth
shut?" asked the woman. He assured her that he
would, but began to protest when she started to re-
move her kimona. Lady, lady" he implored, you
mustn't do anything like that" Listen to me-" the
woman said heatedly; I've ridden all the way from
Colorado in a Ford, and | guess l know where my
corns are better than you do"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-06-25
SPOKE TO BIG CROWD AT sCHLAFEFR.

Congressman B. G. Humphreys spoke
to an intensely interested audience Of about
two hundred Of the good people Of Schlater
and vicinity last Tuesday evening, and was
very much pleased at the cordial reception
Of his views on National issues at the hands
of the citizenship Of that splendid commune
Mr.. Humphreys support Of the ship pur-
chase bill and the Panama Canal toll bill, as
well as practically everything he has voted
for during his entire career as our Repre-.
sentative in Congress,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-06-25
WINDSTORM TUESDAY.

A pretty considerable wind
storm visited Greenwood and vi.
cinity last Tuesday afternoon,
tearing off a good many limbs
from trees, blowing down consid-
cradle corn, and causing other
minor damage. The wind twisted
off 112 feet Of roofing from one
of the cotton sheds at the Talla-
hatchie Compress and Storage
Company, which was the greatest
damage reported in this immedi-
ate section.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-06-25
WITH GREENWOOD.

Mr.. L. L. Dawson, a prominent
citizen of Childress, Texas, was
here Tuesday and Wednesday
looking after his plantation inter-
ests near this city. Mr.. Dawson
is an intelligent and progressive
business man; he is delighted
with Greenwood and his invest
ment in Leflore county lands, and
we hope to claim him as a Green
wood citizen at some date in the
near future.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-06-25

On THURSDAY, JULY LIST, Hon. H.
M. Quin, one of the leading candidates for
Governor, will speak to the people OF LIE,
fore county at the following places ana
hours:
Schlater at 1000 o'clock a. m.
Sidon at $50 o'clock p. m.
Itta Bena at 800 o'clock p. m.
All of the voters, as we'll as the ladies,
are earnestly requested to go out and hear
Mr.. Quin's able and interesting ~presenta-
ton Of his candidacy for the Governorship
of Mississippi.
Mr.. Quin has been making votes. very
rapidly since opening his campaign, and IS
gaining such Roadway in the race that his
Opponents are now fully realizing that he is
an important contender for the highest
honor within the gift Of the people.
You should 60 and hear him on July LIST
He makes a good, sensible, business-like
speech-and if you want a man for Cover.
nor who will practice what he breaches
Quin is the man to vote for.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-06-25

Mr.. j. A. Richardson. the tai
ented editor of the Sunf!ower
Tocsin, visited The Commonwealth
editor and attended the big bar
becue in Greenwood last week.
Joe doesn't publish the largest
paper in Mississippi. but he edits
decidedly one Of the ablest and
best journals received at this Of
flee.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-06-25
FEEDSTUFFS GALORE

II present prospects materialize, this part Of
the South will hand the North a proposition in
this fall in the feed line. Never before
was there such an outlook for bumper crops of
corn, oats and hay. The oats is made and corn is
laid by and hay was always a sure crop. So our
planters have bid goodbye to high prices for feed
|stuffs for awhile.-Sunflower Tocsin.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-06-25

The local merchant pays local taxes, supports
local institutions, contributes to the churches and
schools and in many other ways contributes to the
development and well being Of this section. This
being 50, he is entitled to your patronage and sup
port, and he must have II il he continues in bust
sness. We urge upon everyone to look on this mail
order habit ii the right uaysand quit IL. It's wrong,
rpr11u nd desKpcttYo q 1ocal pEoopoEi
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-06-25
RUSSELL AND CARTER HERE LAST
TUESDAY NIGHT.

house in this city last Tuesday night to al
crowd Of about 200 people-men and ladiesl
some Of whom were from different sec-]
Of the county, and few of the faith
fu4' from adjacent counties.
Russell ranted for two hours and was
very bitter in his denunciation of Governor
Brewer and his administration-and pre-
ended to reply to the speech Of the Cover
nor made here on June 9Th.
After announcing his text, Russell inn
mediately departed from it and absolutely
failed to return to the subject during his
entire harangue of abuse-Which proved SO
disgusting to quite a number of the small
audience that they left the court room with
supreme contempt for both Russell and his
candidacy. During his whole rambling talk,
1--WE are reliably informed by several gentle
who were PRESENT. the fellow didn't
really reply to anything in the Governors
great speech, but contented himself by in
dulging in a sickening diatribe Of abuse and
villiication of the Chief Executive Of the
State of Mississippi.
At the conclusion of Russells fiasco,
Representative E. Bunyan Carter, of Amite
county, the only other candidate for Lieu
tenant-Governor, asked Russell if he would
give him time to nnounce his candidacy.
Russell said to Carter that he would leave
it entirely with the audience. Mr.. Carter
then turned to the audience and asked them
for time to announce his candidacy, stating
that he was Mr.. Russell's only opponent.
Mr. Carter was given time and spoke for
about thirty minutes. His speech was free
from abuse and personalities,
Mr.. Garter reminded Senator Russell Of
the fact that he had addressed him an open
letter recently in which he, Carter, had
offered to run the race off in their home
counties, Amite and Lafayette, agreeing to
share half Of the expense of the primary,
and the one who received the most votes in
the two counties taken together, the other
to withdraw from the race. He then asked
Senator Russell what he was going to do
about it. Russell said that he intended to
ignore the challenge; that he, Russell, had
offered tie run it off with Carter in his home
county, Amite, last fall, when he spoke at
Liberty, This Carter fatty denied and said
to Senator Russell that there was not one
word Of truth in his statement. At this
luncture, Mr.. Carter was interrupted by
Mr., Russell and a little tilt followed which
created quite a good deal Of excitement, and
the mee6ng, which is said to have been a
farce 50 far as Russell is concerned, broke
up.
Senator Russells p%retension to answer
Governor Brewers speech here resulted in
making quite a number Of supporters for
Representative Garter for Lieutenant Gov
ernor, who will now carry Lefore county
overwhelmingly at the August 3rd primary
Judging from the numerous favorable ex-
pressions we have heard in Carriers favor
since Tuesday evenings farce performance
by the aforesaid Russell.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-06-25

FOR R~ENT-Furnishea Rooms.
Rhone ma 8 M Y. Z. Sunsop.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-12-03
When They Can't Fix It

either send it back to the factory or
throw it on the scrap heap, is what
those who know the men say of SAM
Dominick and the Dominick Auto
Motor and Repair Company. Sam and
Gus Settler know automobiles from
crank shaft to windshield-and the
are the doctors. Both skilled mechanics
and both of them hustlers in all tnat
the word implies. The Dominick Auto
and Repair Company is the newest
garaCe in NeWberry-and "a new
broom sweeps Clean If you need re-
pairs on you auto or any kind of motor
you will do we'll to phone Sam. And,
say, have you seen that Overland car
he's selling? Well if you haven't and
need car, "just take tip from dad"
and phone Sam. It's some car; can't
be touched by any of 'em at the price.
Guess you've heard about the knight
motor. Well the Overland has the
Knight motor in it-and it's the only
car that sells for anything near the
price that has. Kings, princes and
potentates buy cars with Knight mo-
tors. Phone Sam. He'll be glad to
demonstrate the Overland.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-12-03
CALDWELL s. HALTIWANGER
A Very Attractive Store For the Ladies
of the Community-Well EsSab-
ished Business.

One of the most attractive stores to
the feminine view of things in New
berry is Caldwell & Haltiwanger's, on
Main street. This store makes a spe-
cialty of ladies ready to wear, and car
ries large stock of a high grade Of
goods. offering to it's patrons the very
best thati put on the market in ladies
ready-to-wear and notions to suit the
feminine taste. This business has been
in successful operation for about ft-
teen years, having succeeded the well
known and popular Cash Company.
Messrs Caldwell & IaltiWahger have,
after making conspicuous success in
Newberry, gone to Columbia and open
ed ladies' store which is one of the
leading business houses of the capital
city. The business here is under the
management of Mr.. Joseph T. Hutchi-
son, who is thoroughly familiar with
the business and with the trade. He
is an authority on ladies goods, having
had long and wide experience in that
line of work, and being affable and
pleasing to the women Of the COM
munity who do the trading.
This store handles all kinds of ladies
ready-to-wear and dry, goods, notions
and fancy goods. They have ulilli.
merry department that is second to none
in the state, and is patronized by the
ladies from all parts Of this section
who come to oNewberry to trade with
Caldwell & Haltiwanger. Mr.. Hutchi-
son is a good buyer and an excellent
salesman. He keeps his stock up, and
can supply all that the lady making
her own outfit wants to complete It.
He is good advertiser and his an
nouncements to the trade are always
read eagerly by the housewives.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-12-03

original capacity of tie plant vas 20
tons OF seed crushed every "a hours.
AID in addition, large quantities of
fertilizers were mixed. For several
seasons thereafter the hulls were
DuI@ed II tie boilers, there being no
other known use for thsm m at that time.
Tie ginnery was erected in 1891.
Tie tnterr rise proved 10 lie one Of
the best-raying industries in this sec
ton, hands oma diyiieads being de-
cared annually. When the plant was
sold 10 the Virginia -~arc!ina Chemical
company on May l., 1901, the stock
holders received $1.50 for each dollar
invested in the property. 'Ihis mill
was afterwards absorbed by the South
ern Cotton Oil company, and is still
numbered among the plants Of that
vast system of oil mills. The capacity
of this mill is now sixty tons of seed
crushed daily, in addition to the oper-
alton of large fertilizer mixing plant
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-12-03
Editor The Herald and. News:

Editor The Herald and. News:
| had intended to prepare an article
for the semi-centennial edition of your
paper, but ! was so overwhelmed by
the mention Of my name as contrib
uior that l confess that am almost
ashamed to write line However,
as I have been announced as a con-
rributor l vii say something Of my
life in NeWberry Will begin with
my life as 90, in Columbia
was then about Is or II years OF
age, and began my life in the business
world as a printer in the Office Of The
Caroiinian, that paper then being
owned by Dr.. r. W. Gi5be5 1t was my
privilege then to set up the ad er,ise-
ments. They were what printers know
as "fat''-that is it paid weIl-yous
job paid for great deal Of Wnat was
already set up.
One night there was sila adver-
tisement from the Newberry Sen incl,
a paper then printed in Newberry, for
three printers. l kept this to myself,
but the next morning at the depot in
Columbia l found four of the boys from
our office ready to take the train for
Newberry. This is enough of how 1
came to Newberry to live l worked
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-12-03

and 3 e:rnery OF ont nunGleu bales OF
cotton per day capacity. This mill is
now under the management OF L. w.
Floyd, Harry ". Dominick being cash
:er. 1t viii thus be Ee5 that iEr. Floyd
has served for a quarter Of century
as manager of this plant, ha ing served
uninterruptedly in this capacity since
tae organization of the mill in 1890.
;!he rast' decade or so has seen the
establishment Of four other oil mills
in Newberry county, the Prosperity
Cotton Oil Mill company, Prosperity;
the Farmers Oil Mill, Newberry; the
Pomaria Oil Mill, Pomaria; the Little
Mountain Oil and Fertilizer company
Little Mountain.
The Prosperity Oil Mill company
was organized in 1908, with a capital
of $4,000. This plant has a capacity
of 90 tons of seed daily, and has a
ginnery which can turn out so bales
of cotton per day. The officers of the
company are: President, DR.. J. S.
Wheeler; vice president. R. T. Pugh;
secretary and treasurer, G. B. Beden-
baugh; general monoge1, H. ]. Rawl.
The Farmers Oil Mill, capitalized at
$4,000, was organized in May, 1904,
and began operations in September of
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-12-03
TIE C0TTONsEED OIL INDUSTRY.
iRv Harry ". Dominick.l


The cotton seed oil mills of New
berry county have played no little part
in the development-agr agricultural and
inancial-of this section, and to them
is due a share of the credit of placing
the once-despised outcast-but now
I Prince cotton seed in his rightful
position alongside King Cotton. Al
though yet in its infancy, perhaps nc
industry has made such rapid strides
as has the cotton oil industry in tie
comparatively few years OF its exist
ence, and it is today one Of the giants
of activity in this state.
The cotton oil industry had its be-
binning in Columbia, South Carolina
several years prior to the War Between
the Sections, and from that small be-
ginning mas spread 10 all parts OF the
cotton growing section Of the country.
TIE pract:cability and the possibilities
of the business were not fully realized.
however, until several years after the
close of the war, and it was not until
some wears later that oil mills began
20 spring up il different portions o.
the state There were only few mills
in South Carolina when the citizens
of Newberry county decided to erect a
plant in the town of Newberry.
On June "a, 1890, a number of cit;-
zens of tais county met in the council
chamber to discuss the proposition,
John o. Peoples presiding The pro-
ject recei, ed the enthusiastic endorse
ment of the citizens, and on July 9,
1890, the Newberry Cotton Seed Oil
Mill and Fertilizer company was
formed, with a capitalization Of $780,
600. The stockholders elected the fol-
lowing board Of directors: G. F. Long,
]. NJ tombstone, L. W. FLOYD. T. NJ.
Neel, T. V. Wicker, O. B. Mayer, H. H.
Folk, Geo. S. Mower, Geo. W. Summer
The following officers were elected:
President. J NJ. tombstone vice pres
idqnt T. NJ. Neel; secretary, treasurer
and general MANAGER. L. W Floyd; at
torney, Geo. S. Mower. On July 4,
1894, L. w. Floyd was elected president
to succeed ]. NJ. Johnstone. retaining
also the Offices of secretary. treasurer
and general manager He held these
positions until the property changed
hands in 1901.
On August 4, 1890, the building was
begun on the site on South Caldwell
street, facing the Southern and c., \.
& L. railroads, and on December 29,
1890. the mill began operations. The
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-12-03
Good Old Days In Newberry
From 1850 to 1860 Recalled

Importance The farmers all OF sud
cen began to move to town and open
stores. 1t only required two or three
years to ruin them all To the best
of my recollection Henry Halfacre was
the only one that succeeded. He was
prudent and saved for himself and his
family. At that time What had been
an old field was built up into stores
hundred feet long by thirty feet vide.
Newberry was a town having a rail-
road then, and drew trade from grea-
many other places Tne streets were
always crowded with wagons loaded
with cotton from Edgefeld, Laurens,
Union and Fairfield. There WAS no end
20 the trade the town received. There
were two firms in Newberry that did q
million-a-year business. Walker &
Gem and Agnew & GO. But as the
railroad was extended farther up the
country the NAL ,et decreased. From
forty thousand bales year it grad
ually decreased to thirty and twenty
thousand, and while tie town still
grew in Importance it was materially
hurt with the extension Of the railroad.
But the good cid town of NeWberry
still lives all the same, and am glad
TO say she is Ii irg yet not with the
same growth of those early years be-
fore the ra:lroa3S ". re extended. but
in ne true worth and quality OF her
reOp,e
In those days Newberry had a line
lot Of men as doctors. lawyers and
merchants. In the way Of JUDGES there
were Judge O'Neall and Chancellor
,Jchnstone. At the bar were LAMBERT
Jones. ]. II. Williams, James NJ baX-
ter, Silas Johnstone, Christ Suher,
Simeon Fair and masy others. In the
ire of doctors We had DR.. 0. B, Mayer
(who was always my best friend
and in structor). P. B. Ruff, I.
". Thompson and D. E. EWart
(whom | think has son now living
in Newberryl, and many others whose
names | can not now recall,
We were a very happy people in
those days. Parties were given by
many OF the best people in town, and
everybody who was anybody was al
was invited. A few years ago James
II. Bacon of Edgefeld was sent an old
copy of The Rising Sun, a paper then
printed in Newberry, giving an account
of fancy dress ball given by Mrs. Col.
Fair in 1858. He had it repub!ished in
the Charleston News and Courier, and
the only comment he made was: "fre
any now living who attended that par
ty?" | wrote to him and told that Mrs.
Y. J. Pope and myself were two still
living that were present on that occa-
sion. Mrs. Pope was at that time about
Is years of age, and as pretty as
pink. and the last time | saw her,
which was a few years ago, she was
truly a beautiful woman. Before |
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-12-03

the same year. This mill has capac'
ity Of 40 tons of seed per day. A gin
merry, with a capacity Of Is bales OF
cotton per day, an ice plant, with q
capacity of 20 tons of ice daily, and
70 Ter mill, with a capacity Of 5C
barrels of -four, are. operated in con-
I n ction with the oil mill and under
tie same management. The ice plant
was erected in May, 1907, and the roll
er mill in June, 1915. The officers OF
the Farmers Oil Mill are as follows:
President, Alan Johnstone, Sr.;; secre-
tary, treasurer and general manager
J. H. Wicker; bookkeeper and cashier
X. a Feagle.
The Little Mountain Oil Mill and
Fertilizer company, with paid up
capital of $4,000, is an up-to-date plant
of 20 tons capacity. 1t has in addi-
ton an improved ginnery and roller
mill Under the supervision of eff
cient officers, this enterprise has been
most successful, and is today numbered
among the best paying investments in
,his section. ]. C. Epting of Little
Mountain is president, secretary and
treasurer and J. W. Washington super
interdent
lie Pomaria Oil Mill of Pomaria is
owned and operated by A. H. Shealy,
who is a young, energetic and practi-
cal oil mill man. This plant was
sreeted about ten years ago, and has
been the leading industrial enterprise
of that community since its organiza-
ten. The capacity of the plant is 20
tons of seed per day, and in connec-
ton with the mill large ginnery is
operated.
All of the oil mills in Newberry
county have been successfully man
AGED. and have proved to be good in
ycstments for the stockholders. Since
tie beginning of the industry in this
county, the price of cotton seed has
,isen from SO a ton-which was the
!verage cost during the first season
10 $45 per ton, which has been paid on
lie local market this season.
Many other startling and important
.;acts could be mentioned in connection
with the Industry, such as the many
new uses which have been found for
the products Of oil mills in recent
years but, after all, they would only
emphasize the fact that, although oil
mills haze now been in operation for
almost half a century, the industry is
still in its infancy, and time alone can
unfold the many wonders that are yet
to come out of the. once-despised cot
ton seed-and ali the result of the cot
ton seed oil industry. In the words
of another: ':Cotton seed feeds you
ard your beast, clothes you, dresses
wounds, cures your diseases, gives you
n soft bed to sleep upon, covers you
wnen cold, keeps you clean, lights
vour houses and your mines, beauti-
fes YOUR temples paints your houses,
'ubricates your machinery. disinte-
crates the rocks that impede your
progress, gives you a roof over your
head, repels the foe from your soil
If there is any other product of ma
ture under the canopy of heaven that
is so intimately connected with the
welfare and progress of man, I can
not find it.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-12-03

close, l would like to mention two
otaer food friends OF mine who are
still living in Newberry, and they are
Spencer G. Welch and w Y. Fair. |
could say a great deal more about the
people Of Newberry during the tel
years of my residence there, but sup
pose others Will do that. }Hhile ii gives
me great pleasure to recall those
good old days now gone by, there is d
tinge of sadness as realize how many
of those whom loved and revered
nave long ago passed into the great
beyond -
Very truly yours,
R. H. Land
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-12-03

in the Office of the Newberry Sentinel
from January till September, after
which time I decided to quit the print
ing business. I then went to work in
the drug store of DR.. Pratt, Later on
! became a member of the firm of Land
& Bruce, druggists.
I was in Newberry from 1851 to 81,
and know all about the town in those
days. Newberry was at that time a
very small village of about 500 inhabi-
tants, but grew rapidly into town Of
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-05-20
FOURTEEN IN CLASS IS
Eleven Young Ladies' And Three
Young Men Will Graduate.

The Senior class Of Penn college
will this year number fourteen Eley.
en- Young ladies and three young
men will receive the following de.
greCs:
Grace Brady, Oskaloosa, Pin. b.
Clara Lorcna Briggs, Oskaloosa,
Phi. B.
Marguerite Jozcla Cowan, Oaka.
lOosa, Phi. b.
Ethel Rachel Day, Kellogg, 3. $.
Harley Allen Helm, Fremont, b. A.
Wayne |. Hockett, Oskaloosa,
Phi. B.
Annctta NJ. McMurray, Beacon,
In. b.
Franklin o. Marshall, Collins, Ma.
braska PHI. b.
Walter William Martin, New Provi-
dence, p. S.
Gladys Moreen Musick, Oskaloosa,
B. A.
Edith Ncwlin, Earlham, b. S.
Nellie Alice TruebIOOd, Mt. Pleas
ant, B. A.
Hazel V. Weant, Patton, r. S.
Eva WickcrSham, OskalOOSa, Phi. r.
Another member of the class who
has been absent during the year OK
poets to return and complete the
course during the summer, in which
this splendid class of young ladies
and young men who will finish their
college life in OSkalOOsa.