The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-05-13
THERE is FINE SPORT
IN NEWBERRY

Mr. Editor:
For some time | have been think
+ ing what a great place Newberry is
for fishing. They come from Seattle,
Wyoming, Waco, Texas, and all over
the world to fish here, and they catch
them-little ones, big ones, and all
kinds, mostly suckers. Old men,
young men, and anybody can catch
them. and they don't need any bait.
All you have to do is to put little
vile in your vest pocket, with little
oil, rub a little on your hook, drop it
in, and they bite.
Last week man came all the way
from Waco, Texas, to fish here. He
came in little red automobile. He
stopped over and next morning got
his hook and oil, went down to Scots
creek, creased his hook, dropped it in,
waited a minute, something grabbed
the hook, and you ought to have seen
the little man that came in the little
red automobile! He pulled and
landed the biggest yet. When it his
| the ground it fell up there near Gil
der's corner. Everybody said, S'My
God, he caught the bell cow
MI, H. 1;441o E., +b.+ canoa in
! the little car took his fish and went to
one of our big banks (that hasn't any
money when farmer goes there with
tears in his eyes and asks for thirty
dollars to pay his taxes) and says to
the big bank, "What will you give me
for this fish, s5OO?" eyes, I'll take
him. says the bank. The little man
threw in some little ones. He jumped
! in his little red car and tried to out
run the little car to Columbia. |
don't which got there first, the little
man or the little car, but I'm told It
was tight race.
Then here is where the fun comes
in: When the big man at the big
bank and also the big man
at the corner found that the fish were
rotten, they Topped from side to side'
turned a somersault a time or two,
gasped and died. By this time the
little man in the little red automo-
bile was in Columbia.
When the big men caught their
breath we have another race. Mr..
Player in Ford tried to catch the
little red car, but the Ford got there.
He never would have caught him If
Mr.. Edwards had not stopped to talk
with the judge.
They have Mr.. Edwards now in
jail. am sorry for Mr.. Edwards and
! if | can be of any service to him l
am ready. l can't see that he has
done anything wrong.
If | understand the case he only
sold these parties some land that be-
longed to his uncle, for S5oO.OO per
acre, telling them he thought there
was oil on the land. If Mr.. Edwards,
before he left Wyoming, had gotten
some cotton seed oil and, put it in
hole on this land; or if he had said
to his uncle: "Put some oil there
and | will furnish the OIL then he
! has done no wrong. Instead OF put
ting him in jail 1 would give him a
| Cromo.
If l could draw picture l would
draw this; A, little creek crooked;
call this SCOTS creek. a little man
fishing who had caught the bell cow.
And under this picture l would write,
EASY. !
And now, Mr.. Editor, if Newberry
I had all the money that has been sent
away for oil stock, and all other
worthless stock, we could put New
berry on the map, with paved streets
and all other things that Newberry
needs.
One Who Sympathizes With the
Little Man, Who Rode in the Little
Red Automobile.