The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-11-22
THE OLD TIME NEWBERRY
ITEMS OF BY GONE YEARS
Brought to Light Through Papers
sReaded the Reporter by MIR.
C.. 3. Martin

us several copies of old issues of the
Newberry Herald, as it was then call
ed. We thank him for them as it
saves US the trouble of looking
through the files of the publications
and gives US the opportunity of en-
joying their contents and preparing
dish for the mental appetite of those
readers of The Herald and News who
may be interested. The State repro
duces items Of 20 years ago. Mr..
Martin has made US beat the State by
many years. 1t is we'll to refresh
ones memory in this way and Friend
Barr is hereby giving the public of
NeWberry treat.
The first of these old papers we
pick up is dated June 25, 1878. 1t is
hpary with age and musty, though
otherwise well preserved, the marks
of<tirne having only yellowed its
pages. Among the selections was an
article by an exchange on Jacob,
wanting to know why Jacob lwept
when he kissed Rachel and lifted up
his voice. Right here we pause to
remark that we don't see why he
should have lifted up his voice after
that transaction, although he may
have wept for joy. This issue con-
tains an account Of the bursting of
the engine of Mr.. George Browns
thtesher on Mrs. Sarah Fellers' place
Ms the Prosperity neighborhood, when
Mr: Jesse Schumpert and two negroes,
Piak Reeder and Alfred Gary, were
Killed and Messrs. Drayton Brown and
j.. B. Whitman were wounded along
with six colored men: Brown Dal-
rymple, Hill Hipp, Anderson Singley,
Addison Porter, Simeon Gallman and
Shed Gibbes. The paper contained,
among others, the advertisements of
The following merchants: J. E. Webb
&Co. (Jno. E. Webb, Thos. M. Lake,
H. ON. Harrington), grocers and cot
ton buyers; r. Moorman & Co., gro
GERS; Mayes & Martin, hardware; j.
a. s0'Neia, agty grocer; Thomas F.
Harmon, grocer; Lovelace & Wheeler,
sf6cets; Webbs Jones & Parker, tan
1ety; Jehn A. Chapman, cotton gins;
james Packer, painter; ]. D. Bruce,
MD, electro chemical baths; Wright
q C0ppock, clethers; S. F. FAINT,
druggist and chemist; W. T. Tarrant,
dfy goods, etc.; Mrs. D. Mower, dry
goods, groceries, etc; M. Foot, grocer
ies and dry goods; P. W. & R. S:
Click, dry goods and groceries;
Thomas Cook, dry goods and grocer
ies;s j. S. Smith, baker; AN. Wicker,
confectioner; w. II. Wiseman, pho
tokrapher; ]. N. Fowles, shingles; j.
T. Glenn, insurance; Thomas S.
Norman, VIM. Langford and o. L.
Sshumpert, advisory board Cotton
States Life Insurance company; John
stone & Harrington, attorneys at law;
c. NJ. Harris, undertaken; R. B. Chap
man, undertaken; A. P. Pifer, Miss
Fannie Lsayell; F. Werber, Sr., New
berry Female academy; ]. S. Smith,
icescream; Frank Moon pumps; M Ma
than & Sons, dry goods, ETC.; ]. P.
Kinard, cheap goods at the four mile
house; John F. Speck, matchmaker
and ieweler; Henry H. Blease, cook
ing stoves, etc.; W. T. Wright, timer;
JIM. Sill, vegetables and fruits; be-
sides other ads. of various natures.
Tie above items are calculated to re-
E;vs "reminiscences in the minds of the
ofda inhabitants.
The next issue of the old Herald to
claim our attention is under date of
Jalys, 1873. It, also, contains lot
ofsads. and they cost more in those
days. than they do now. Most of the
ads are the same as IN the previous
keHHS.S we utcGStOR LtclS L. ID. Istii,
M1H;tL. H. Redus, sewing machines;
WMF. Nance, insurance; L. R. Mar
sba1f9ice cream; Jordan P. Pool, New
berry Hotel. In that issue there was
aasoaey to a garter, but as gartersr are
different these days the ode would
be- out of place. There was also an
article on railroads, and as the pres
snt. reporter wrote an article couple
issues back for The Herald and News
on railroads it is interesting to him to
note that the writer entertained SIM
ilar views when he said that "rail-
roads increase consumption of prod
uets and wealth of the people and
stimulate production" In that same
issue was an account of a fire under
these flaming headlines:
Destructive Confagration