The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-01-09
GREAT THINGS BEING DONE
IN WHITMIRE TOWN
New $4,000 Laundry to be Erected.
Street Improvement Going Merriiy
Along-Sewerage to be Installed.

] Whitnire, Jan. 5.-The Young
Brothers have opened up large
furniture store in the old drug
store location. Call on them for
what you want to make your home
more beautiful and comfortable.
The C. H. Cooper company has
changed the name of this mercantile
establishment to the Abrams and
Scott company.
Mr.. R. L. Cooper who has been IN
the life insurance business for The
i, ,Nirginia Life Insurance company has
wen that up and goes back to his
I'D trade that of barber, which has
gotten to be remunerative calling.
He. is succeeded in the life insurance
Abusiness by Mr.. Luther Watkins.
Mr.. W. B. Gordon is expected to
cacs hsssuRebruacy lst, to take
charge of the Y. NJ. c. A, at the
Glenn Lowry Gotten mill. For some
wears Mr.. Gordon has been associated
/ with the Y. NJ. c. A. of the Paclhe
! Mills, Columbia, S. c.
Miss Alma Lupo, who has charge
of the welfare work at the Glenn
Lowry mill has organized group OF
Camp Fire Girls and is getting up a
community library to be placed IN the
,eading room at the Y. NJ. c. A.
building.
A contract has been let for the
building and equipping of large and
perfectly equipped laundry here.
About $4,000 worth of fixtures has
: been ordered. When this laundry IS
Acomplete, there will be machines
ready to relieve the housewife OF all
drudgrSof linens for beds and tables
1snd all fat work.
Some of our enthusiastic citizens
are busy making plans for the modern
. and up-to-date sewerage system,
with which the town is soon to be
equipped.
A force of men representing the
firm of E. S. Draper, landscape gar
t,eners, have been here surveying our
streets and making plans for improv-
ING and beautifying our town.
Applications for permission to or
ganize American Legion in Whitmre
has been made to proper authorities.
Let every ex-soldier in and around
Whitmire join this chapter. Apply to
MIR. J. w. Gary or Mr.. Otis Suber.
Moss Frances Lupo after spending
: the Christmas holidays with her SIS
kter. Miss Alma Lupo, has returned to
columbia, where she will resume her
-studies- IN the Columbia high school.
Hiss Rouy Herren of Columbia
visited her parents Mr.. and Mrs. B.
H. Herren recently,
Miss Frances c. Jeter, after spend
ing the holidays here with her par
ents,, left Saturday to resume her
work as teacher Of Latin in the
Lancaster high school.
Mrs. John Higgins and baby and
Mrs. Marion Higgins of Newberry are
the guests this week Of Mr.. and Mrs.
! 3. H. Hardy.
aMiss Jessie Ray, after stay OF
kwo weeks with her mother and sis
ler, has returned to Greenwood. Miss
ay has nice position in the busl-
less college there teaching steno-
sraphy and typewriting.
Mr.. George Cofeld has rented Mr..
Will Duncan's house and will move
&.his family to our town tomorrow.
Mrs. C. E. Jeter visited Miss
! Ellen Lake recently.
Rev. D. ". Garvin, who has been
pastor of the Baptist church here for
several years has accepted call to
the church at Baldwin Mills near
Chester. He and his family left for
their new home last week.
Mrs. C. H. Cooper, who for a long
number of years has been the popu-
liar milliner for the c. H. Cooper
company has given up her work at the
store and will devote her whole time
in frightening the corner for her bet
! ter half. Mrs. Cooper will be sadly
missed by her many friends, who
4 patronize this company. May she be
as successful as home maker as she
has been a nnilliner.
Mr.. James Abrams, Jr., has returl.-
I'd from visit to his wife and son,
Who are spending awhile with her
mother, Mrs. Pruitt at Johnson, S.
C.
Mr.. and Mrs Pitts and son, James
Welsh, spent a few days Of last weeh
n Atlanta.
M VIII Duncan and family have