The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-03-28
A BIRTHDAY

| 1nere are people WHO diIei |Hey
reach forty do not have any more
birthdays until after they pass seven
ty. Just why this is we do not know.
But Mr.. John B. Bedenbaugh who is
now a little past forty adopted the
habit some years ago of having at
least one birthday each year. l sup
pose the custom started before the
fortieth birthday had come, at any
rate he keeps up the good custom OF
having one birthday each year, and 1t
s the occasion for the coming to-
|.-ether of his mother and brothers and
sisters in one family dinner at his
home, and he always has few
friends apart from the immediate
members of the family.
1t so happened that the birthday
/ this year was the fourth Sunday in
March. l suppose it comes about the
same time each year. John Backs S
wife knows how to prepare dinner
and how to serve it and the dinner On
this occasion was one that would have
satisfied the most critical eplcurean
and it was greatly enjoyed by all
present.
have had an invitation to great
manv of these annual dinners, but
have not had the pleasure of attend
| ing all of them, but l did go on Sun
day and I took along in my car Mr..
Eugene S. Blease and Mr.. Henry c.
Holloway. This is the home town
of Mr.. Holloway and it was an es-
pecial pleasure for him to go among
the scenes of his childhood and youth.
When we reached Pomaria Mr.. Hollo-
way suggested that we drive on down
to Mrs. Jas. Hopes place, and as Mr..
| Blease had never been over this way
| we drove down the road to the old
! Columbia road in front of the resi-
dence of Mrs. Hope. There were ma
nv scenes that reminded Mr.. Hollo-
way Of the days when he hunted rab-
bits and birds among woods or along
the ravines and also when he plowed
| mule over the hillsides that remain
very much the same as they were IN
| the other days. / am sure that Mr..
Holloway enjoyed the viewing OF
these scenes that reminded him of the
other days, not so long ago of course
because Mr.. Holloway is still a very
young man, out then you know even
after few years we all have pleas
IRE in riding over and among the
scenes of the days that are gone.
We drove down the new road by
Bethlehem church and st. Phillips
| nd really this is the nearest way to
Pomaria and when the road is COM
pleted from Mr.. Caldwell Ruff's the
distance will be even less than it is
now.
There were several friends from
Columbia at the dinner and we all
had very pleasant day together and
all Joined in the wish that Mr.. Beden-
baugh might be able to have many
more birthdays.
Coming back Mr.. Holloway rode
with Sheriff Blease and Mr.. Blease
and l drove around by the Mt. He
bron colored school that Mr.. Blease
might see it and have the pleasure
of coming back another route. At
Ricnardsonville we picked up Mr.. I.
jP. Richardson who wanted to go to
the county home, and this gave me an
opportunity to take Mr.. Blease around
by another negro school which has
recently been built at Mt. Bethel
Garmany district.
In going out this way we found a
county truck in a ditch just beyonc
the Unity church and l came near
getting stuck in the same ditch IN
the effort to drive around, but for
tunately pulled out.
The road across from Pomaria te
the old Excelsior school house on the
/! Columbia road is in bad condition anC
! they say that Mr.. Kinard has had n<
work done on this road for quite
while. I hope he will see the lmpor
!, tance of having this road worked up
It traverses very thickly settled sec
tion and is the main way from Poma
ria out to Prosperity.
T. TT