Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-10-26
Interesting Letter About the
City of Newberry.
Dear Advertiser:

Dear Advertiser:
have been in Newberry now for
several weeks, and each day / become
more and more impressed with the
progress OF her people and the great
extent of her growth during the past
decade. This is instanced particular
ly in the number and beauty of her
churches. The following denomina-
tions have fine brick churches and
progressive congregations: Methodist,
Lutheran, Baptist, Episcopalian, Pres
byterian and A. R. P. While in the
Newberry Mill village are three large
church edifces, with beautiful par
sonages of the Baptist, Methodist and
Lutheran churches, and in one of the
other Mill villages are Methodist and
Baptist churches. 1 had the pleasure
of being driven all over the city yes
terday afternoon and had not until
then realized the size and beauty of
the town. AS evidence of its wealth
and material prosperity are the many
very beautiful homes and well kept
acres, and I say acres advisedly, for
there are very few of the handsome
homes without the beautiful lawns
and grounds.
One thing that / particularly like
are the great number of flowers,
both those grown out doors close up
to the buildings and pot plants in the
windows of stores, garages and even
in the windows and door way of the
Chamber of Commerce. It speaks Of
the great degree of culture and re-
inement in the taste of her business
men.
The town numbers about seven
thousand people and her business ac-
tivities are not confined to one small
street or square but are scattered
over large area. Many of her streets
are very narrow, but nearly all Of
them have paved sidewalks while the
street proper is of asphalt. There is
a beautiful government Post Office
building and Newberry's old Court
House which is a good brick struc-
ture, is used for Offices and as home
FOR the Newberry Post of the Ameri-
can Legion. The beautiful new Court
House is up to date in every sense
of the word and is credit to this
wide awake community and her love
for the law.
There are many organizations be-
sides the fraternal orders, among
them a Rotary Club, Chamber of
Commerce, Free Library, two organi-
cations of the United Daughters of
the Confederacy, a post of the Amer
lean Legion with its accompanying
auxiliary of women, chapter of the
Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton and many others.
There are several beautiful parks
and nowhere have I seen more beau
tiful trees than are here, but the van
dal hand of progress is being laid to
the root of many of these, as to prop
erly build sidewalks many of the old
land marks have to be sacrificed.
There are two fine newspapers in
Newberry, one, the Observer, with
Editor Wallace at the helm, the other
The Herald and News, under the ed
itorship of the Aulls. This is the old
est paper in this section, / think. Hor-
tense is in charge of the social col
umn of this paper and is also the lin
otpye operator. 1t is issued twice a
week, so she is kept pretty busy.
The town lies on the route of two
railway lines, the Southern and the
Columbia, Newberry and Laurens, so
there are ample facilities for travel.
The graded school and High School
is under fine dictatorship and occu-
pies a fine and commodious brick
home.
This is rather random letter, but
in my next I shall try to say little
of Newberry's prominent men and
women and the work they are doing
for the world.
AGATHA A. WooDsoN.
Masons to Have Oyster
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