The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-09-09

had won. LleUCeuduC CotSuidA ID q
son of MIR. and Mrs. A. P. Coleman
of Chappells, and it will be. remem-
bered that he won the cross Of honor,
Croix de Guerre, some time last year,
and that he also lost one of his
hands in battle. AS stated some time
ago. in The Herald and News, Lieu
tenant Coleman is with Gen. Perish
ing and is now on his way home with
the generals party. Lieutenant
Coleman will probably be home in a
short time.
AS / always do when I go to Chap
pells, I dropped in to shake hands
with my friend, Mr.. j. R. Irwin. He
is one of those Confederate veterans
who remains young because of his
good nature and pleasant disposition.
He resigned as postmaster at Chap
pells some few years ago but contin-
ues to discharge the duties of the Of
flee. He is looking remarkably well
and says he enjoys the best of health.
May he live many more decades. The
business firms in the town Of Chap
pells have changed very much in the
past few years. Mr.. Geo. T. Reid
one of the land marks. passed this
last year during the influenza, and
Mr.. Will Reid has come to Newberry
to live, and so about the only ones
left up there of the old guard are
Mr.. Irwin, DR.. w J. Holloway and his
sons, and maybe one or two more.
Some day before long / am going
to stop longer and give Some time to
getting up the names Of the firms
of the town. This is good business
place. The new ginnery under the
direction of Mr.. Strother is in oper-
alton and the cotton was coming IN.
The bank is flourishing and all the
merchants seemed to be doing fine
business. Like other towns it needs
the building of some roads leading
to the place so that the people might
the more easily reach the town.
But Chappells of today is not the
Chappells of the good old days.
I found the old folks at home by
themselves, and the mill engine was
steamed up, and the planer was IN
operation. The sound of the whistle
and the buzz Of the planer carried
me back to other days when I had a
part in making the wheels at the old
mill 90 round and round. Many a
day and many a night have l had
part in keeping the wheels going, and
it brought back pleasant memories OF
the long ago to hear the saw and the
buzz of the planer and the sound of
the old steam whistle, and l have no
doubt now that this old mill and the
machinery that are attached thereto
and the continuous running of them
has had much to do with the length
of years and the good health
with which the two good old
people at home have been
blessed. The mill does not grind
any more, but just now and then the
planer or the saw mill is run, and it
is reminder that once upon a time
there were busy scenes around the
old mill. If all the meal and the
flour that have come out from this
old mill could be gathered at one
time it would feed Pershing's army
for season. But the people do not
grow wheat in this section as they
once did. And as they should do
even now with the high price of cot
ton, because there is also high
price Of flour and meal.
At one time l thought I 1s:i&ht re,
main Over IN Chappells fer the meet
ing at the sclooi house n the inter
est of the often association, bat
some Of the Cha, pelis people did nc: