The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-09-22
THE NEWS OF WFiTTRiiSE,
TOWN THAT DOES THINGS
Lumber Business Taking ire Day
Cotton C;as Stsrtea-Poiitics
Thing of the Past

Whitnlire, Sept. 21.-The lumber
business is about the biggest thing
about here. Three large saw mills
were unloaded from the train here
yesterday and are to be set Up on the
Gaines place near the brick house.
These mills with an abundance OF
help are from North Carolina and
the owners are buying all the timber
they can get, on the stump, by the
acre or so much a foot. II seems to
be an act of Providence that wnen
one industry fails, say cotton, an
other takes its place. We hear that
Mr.. C. H. Shannon has sold only a
part of his pine trees Tor $4,000.
On account of boil weevil damage
several of our young farmers are
going to Wilmington and other. plac-
es to build highway. So it's true,
.sYou can't keep working man
down.'
One cotton gin opened for business
today and prepared 6 bales for mar
ket. 90 1-2 offered by Gillian and
Tidmarsh but none sold.
The Sea Board, in addition to sew
erage in the depot, is putting Up sew
eral bath rooms along the track for
the accommodation OF It's employees.
This road has. an enviable reputation
for proropt payment OF claims against
it.
Al our little political differences
have been forgotten aad. ironed out
smoothly and we are pulling as one
nan fo- Whitnl;re and Newberry.
Ere long wen see TIE mayors Of these
respective cities shaking hands across
Indian creek-thgs meeting on half
way ground.
P. B. odell's garage Is growing ike
Jonah's- gourd, but much more sub
stantisl. So is the most modern cot
tags IN town. thatsof Geo. Young Of
Young Bros. # IS on the torner O.
Watson and Peaeh.cee st-eets-tae
most fashionable, select and elect
part of our far faseeess ifsessclty- clty George
married Newberry girl, Miss ne
Craekin. Now if a Newbe1y boy viii
enter the solemn bonds CT .asatr:no:.:y
with a Whitniire gill, t.e boosters
can shut up ss TO union Of the two
places.
P. B, oden takes the 9lace Of a.
n. Fortune as constable for Mags-
trate Aughtry. Mr.. Fortune IS state
constable wita headquarters in Co
lumbia.
Our school is now in session, hsv-
ing II teachers with one more need
ed. When school IS out the young
men shout because they can then
feast their eyes on the sehool-narnns.
Our people are sad On account of
the serious illness CT John Lees
youngesss child-a bright Et.le boy
now in the Charlotte hospital.
The wife of Rev. K. D. Smith has
also aean very ii. She is nov: recup-
Grating III the hospital at Spartan
burg.
There's some talk of a hospital
here. it's certain an idea! place
high and salubrious h,lls-ozone Of
the pines TO breathe a:ld the narcotic
lullaby of Duncan creek and Enocee.
Let Newberry and Whitnire get TO-
gether and build hospital here and
cult sending our sick felix's and 1aoa-
ey to other places.
TIE Glenn-Lowry has for some
time been using so looms N making
a beautiful cloth called pajanla-
check. The demand for it IS greater
than the supply. It can be used for
the construction of any garnle.'5
known to man or woman-bal':oral,
over-skirt, undersk;rt, f&scinator,
paciier, crem de chile, or just q
shirt for no-accoun5 nan.
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