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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-06-16

and l do not suppose it has had any
work worth while in many years, but
I have been told that away back
wonder Mr.. w. A. HentZ who lived on
the road undertook the job of work
ing it and he put on some good top
soil and it is there to this day, and so
far as he worked it the road IS good
today. 1t needs to be widened and
some of the kinks taken out and IN
some places little grading would
help. The Hughey's ferry road is an
important road for this entire sec
ton, and it should be surveyed and
relocated in some places! There are
some fine homes down this way and
this road is their direct route to New
berry and to Pomaria, and they
strike the highway at Bethlehem
church. They need better road to
reach the highway. On the top OF
Lemon hill just this side the hand
some country place of Mr.. Geo.
Bundrick is lone grave enclosed by
a wood fence now partly falling
down. Lemon hill I am told gets the
name from man of that name who
once lived there or very near. This
lone grave has head stone and en-
graved on it is the name of Hulda
Hinson the wife of J. R. Hinson. She
died in 1874 at the age of 20 years
the engraving says. | wonder II any
one can tell me who ]. R. Hinson was
and what became of him, and who
was Hulda Hinson before she be-
came the wife of ]. R. Hinson. There
were some sHinsons who lived near
Kinards a good many years ago, II
/ am not mistaken, but so far as my
information goes the name Hinson
does not belong to the Broad river
section. The building of couple
cross roads in this section will work
wonders in developing schools and
helping churches and in building
homes, and these things 60 a long
way in the general development of
any country. And the only way to
save the civilization of this country
is to develop and build up rural COM
munities. And the big factors in
this development are the building OF
roads and schools and churches.
People are not going to remain in
communities where there are not
good schools and churches and no
new folk are going in. I am count
ing on Engineer Smith having this
survey made within the rext Two
weeks.
Il II a
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-06-16
Friday, June 16, 1922.

We publish an editorial from the
Greenwood Index-Journal on Senator
Laney, and it is very true in what 1t
says of Laney, but he is not the only
candidate for governor who has an
nounced a platform, and the plat
forms are all about the same as the
Index-Journal says Lanes is: econo-
nv. But Blease announced his plat
form some while ago and so did
Swearingen and Coleman, though we
have not seen any platform from Nc
Leod and Duncan.
Geo. Laney is a fine fellow and has
stood for reform and economy, and
yet he has during nineteen years IN
the legislature seen the appropria-
ton bill climb from less than a mil
lion dollars to more than six millions.
And when a man can not keep this
climbing as member of the legisla-
ture it is going to be difficult for any
of them to do the thing as governor.
We were in the legislature with La
ney and served on some committees
with him and we know he is fine
fellow and deserving fellow, and
one who has made his own way in
the world, and to know him is to be
fond of him, if you are fond of an
honest and manly man.
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Mr.. Rice's Letter

fr. May 13, 1922.
My Dear Ebert:
The invitation to the sixty-sixth
anniversary of your parents wedding
has reached me.
My greeting to them both, and
congratulation on this long and hon.
orable record. Few among the chill
dren of men live to celebrate such an
event; and still fewer are surrounded
with so many of life's blessings.
l am forcibly reminded of Lord
Robert Lytton's verse:
"All We who roam abroad, what seek
ye there? Change?
But in search of change what need to
roam?
Change comes to all and comes un-
sought;
Then why not stay at home?"
He points out further that the soft
succession of the years and seasons
hides their harsh effect.
All which is beautifully exempli-
fled in the lives of your father AND
mother. If it has been long road, it
has been a pleasant one, shut off from
much that the wayfarer must face
and undergo.
What a flood of memories rushes
back when 1 think of the old days
when I first knew them. It must have
been nearly forty years since l saw
either of your parents, and yet they
are distinctly in my mind at this
hour.
They are almost the only survivors
of the old community. can not now
recall single one that l used to
know outside Of them.
Ninety-Six, Dyson, Cow Grove,
Halfway Swamp, Sister Springs all
signify far different things than what
they did forty years ago. When one
tries to recall people, he meets up
with vacant places. Nearly all of the
people sleep their long sleep in the
churchyards.
The old up-country, with its splen-
did manhood, it's neighborliness, It's
hospitality has passed away. These
things doubtless exist among certain
people; but they are no longer prac-
ticed by entire communities as they
were then. Such was the feeding at
a free barbecue of over ten thousand
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-06-16

The state press association will
meet next week at Myrtle Beach and
we are going to make an effort to get
off and attend 1t has been good
while since we had the pleasure of a
trip in the Pee Dee section of the
state and this trip give an opportun-
ity for trip across country as the
plan is, as we understand to go
by way of auto from Marion.
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AMONG THE SCHOOLS

O o o @ o o o o o o o o @ o o o
I went to Columbia on Tuesday to
have talk with the folk in the
state department of education about
several matters. Mr.. B. B. Leitzsey
went along to attend to some business
he had down that side and for COM
pany. l was pleased to have him. The
road is now open all the way and the
cement part is finished from Ballen-
tine to Columbia and the force has
just started work on laying cement
from Ballentine to Hilton, and this
should not take so long for there is
now a fine road along here, and l
can not help the feeling that it is a
sin to tear up this fine dirt road and
spend so much money and labor in
putting down cement road, when
there are so many places that have no
roads at all. But it is going to be
done and l am going to be satisfied
that it is to be done.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-06-16

The following are the amounts for
the districts in this county qualifying
under the equalizing law. 1t will be
insufficient in each district even if all
the tax is paid to prevent the district
from overdrawing if it pays the
teachers and if the term had been
the results would have been
the same.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-06-16

There is called a citizens meeting
in the court house for Saturday morn
ing at 10 o'clock tc hear the annual
report of the trustees of the city
schools. There should be full at
tendance of the citizens at this meet
ing. 1t is an important meeting and
deals with very important subject.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-06-16

Sorry we can not attend the Con-
federate reunion in Richmond. We
had our heart set on going to this
reunion, but the meeting of the
press association is the same time and
we can not be at both places. Two
such big events should not conflict as
to dates of meeting.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-06-16

Mayor Cromer has raised the
quota asked for Newberry for the
Salvation army. We knew that it
could be raised very easily. Any good
cause meets a hearty response from
the good people of Newberry.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-06-16

Thursday afteroon at six o'clock
I am going out to Long Lane to talk
to the people about improving condl-
tions in this community and to see If
we can not agree on plan by which
we can have better school and more
education for the money we are pay
ing. The meeting is to be held at the
home of Mr.. Felker on the highway
and I trust all the people will attend
and let us talk together and see what
can be done and that the main idea in
the minds of all Of them will be what
is best for all the children of this
community and then let us all go to-
gether as one man to do that thing.
would be pleased to see many of
the good women present. They are
really more interested sometimes than
the men and it is their duty now to
take an active part in all these mat
ters.
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This matter could have been much
more intelligently handled if the leg
islature had permitted or authorized
the survey of the county which l sug-
gested, and that is the only way see
by which it can be done at all salts
factorily or intelligently.
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izing money and he said that all he
had been doing lately was to scale.
He asked for $4,000 for this fund
and the legislature gave him $4,000
and of course there had to be scaling,
and he told me that he had been able
to pay only IT per cent Of the
amount approved in each of the
euualizing districts in the state. This
means that all of them will be short
to run seven months, unless money is
made up from some other source. He
will also have to scale the appropria-
tion for guaranteeing pay in the ele-
mentary department of high schools.
That affects two schools in Newberry,
Little Mountain and Pomaria. 1t is a
bad state of affairs. l take the posi-
ton that the legislature should do
one of two things, either repeal the
law guaranteeing these terms or fur
nish the money to carry out the
guarantee, and unless something IS
done by the county or the state it is
going to injure some of the best
schools in this county. AS soon as
the county treasurer can give me the
amount of the local income for these
districts l am going to ask the trus-
tees to meet me and let us discuss and
make some arrangement to run the
school for another year, and also to
take care of the expense for the year
just closed. / do not see how l can
pay any more claims until I find out
just where we are at. I do not see
any way out except for the county to
provide a county board fund and per-
nit the county board to take care of
these weak schools, and really from
selfish standpoint if the county
could only get what it pays to. the
state for these various state aid funds
we would be in fine shape, but that
would be selfish view to take of the
matter. And another thing to which
/ have frequently referred is that the
districts in this county which are be-
low the minimum in area will have to
join with some others or there will
not be state aid, because l do not be-
lieve the legislature is going on appro-
priating money to so many small dis
tricts when there could Se consolida-
ton to the great interest of the chill
dren and the community, and schools
could be maintained at SO much less
cost. In other words we are not get
ting enough education for our
money. A great number of the dis
tricts in this county are below the
minimum fixed by the constitution.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-06-16

Returning we came down the Broad
river road over the upper fill and up
the Hugheys ferry road. Part of that
old Broad river road is fine road
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On the other road about three
miles away lived the Kings and Mr.. J.
Hampden Brooks. They too are all
gone, except l believe Mr.. Loudon
Brooks, a son of Capt. Brooks as l
knew him, a title won in the war of
sixties, by the way, lives at the old
Brooks homestead and is succeeding
as farmer.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-06-16

On Wednesday by appointment l
went with Highway Chairman Geo.
P. Boulware and Engineer j. C..
Smith to the New Hope-Zion district
to drive over the road from Bethle-
hem church out to the Broad river
road, and scout out the road so that
we may go ahead and locate the
consolidated school house for this
district. Along the way we stopped
and picked up Mr.. Holland, Ruff the
commissioner for No. II township.
We were little off schedule in start
ing from Newberry and by the time
we reache ed Mr.. G. S.. Longs who was
to go with US it was getting around
11:30. Mr.. Long said it was about
the dinner hour for the farmer who
rose around o'clock and insisted
that we eat with him. / am one of
those farmers who rise around
q and 5 o'clock this season of the
year, and the suggestion met a rather
responsive note in my ear, and I
agreed that it would be good thing
to do. We had most excellent dim
ner just such as you get in the coun-
try round about Newberry, beans and
Irish potatoes, ham and sausage and
peach pie and all the good things you
can think Of, and of course we felt
much better for kthe drive across
country.
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Somehow, as Mr.. Rice says, the
people seemed to be more neighborly
then than they are now, and were
not in such a hurry and lie seemed
worth while. 1t may be, Mr.. Rice:
that we were younger then, and the
viewpoint was different, but l am not
So sure of that, except that | know
VIC were really younger. 1t has been
forty and more years since those days
and many changes have taken place,
not only in that community but in ev-
erything that pertains to life.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-06-16

There is to be an educational rally
at Trinity Methodist church on Sun
day afternoon at $3.50 o'lock June 25
The pastor, the Rev. G. F. Clarkson,
has kindly consented to let those in
terested in the development of the
education of the children devote
this hour to discussion of the sub
ject and it also has the approval of
DR.. w. D. Sem the superintendent of
the Sunday school. There are some
important and vital questions I would
like to have the people Of this ccm-
munity know and think about, and
the only way to reach them is to talk
to them on the Sunday preaching day,
and the growth Of the church depends
very largely upon the growth Of the
school. President Derrick IF New
berry college has agreed . 60 out
with me and make an address and I
will try to talk to The people about
local conditions and | nope every one
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-06-16

But | intended only to write a
brief introduction to the personal let.
ter of Mr.. Rice, and here have writ
ten story aboutl as long as the let
ter. 1t is all very interesting to me,
and if not to some of the readers the
story and Mr.. Rice's letter will make
good "filler."
E. H. A.
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Mr.. Swearingen had just finished
seuding out the checks for the equal
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-06-16
A BIT OF INTERESTING
PERSONAL REMINISCENCE

. l take the liberty of printing the
following letter from Mr.. James Hen
ry Rice, Jr., as in my opinion, apart
from it's personal reference, it, con-
tains bit of interesting personal
reminiscence and brings out strik-
ingly the great changes that are TAX
ing place all the time, and which,
those of us who happen to live at the
same place, do not notice as one who
has moved away and stops long
enough in the mad rush of this age to
take thought of the past.
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interested in the school whether ne or
she is a Methodist or not will be pre-
sent at this time. l may have some
one else also to make a short ad-
dress. This is very important meet
ing and l thank the pastor and the
officers of the church in ehalf Of the
children for this opportunity of pre-
senting to the people the vital inter
ests of the school in the community.
of the school in the community.
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enough in the mad rush OF tnls age W
take thought of the past.
The recollections fo Mr.. Rice bring
to my mind the fact that when you
come to think of the past, even so
recent past as the time when Mr..
]. L. Aull moved to the place where
he now lives, there is not family
living there now that lived there
forty years ago. Just a half mile
up the road at that time lived DR..
Lovick P. Hill and after him Mr.. w.
H. Boulware. And little further on
lived Mr.. Frank Cooper and Mr.. Mllt
Watson and Mr.. Press Brooks. And
in the other direction toward Ninety
Six lived Mr.. William Haltiwanger:
and William and Nick Burkhalter and
the Foys, and after the Burkhalters
came DR.. H. N. Sloan. And down
toward the Newberry line lived the
Dysons, Mr.. Jeff Burnett and the
Proctors and the Colemans, and at
present not even a descendant of any
of these good old families is left, ex-
cept a granddaughter of Mr.. Jeff Dy-
son, Mrs. Henry Williamson. Near
Mr.. William Haltiwanger's stood the
Baptist church known as Sister
Springs, at which the Rev. Jonas
Coleman ministered and preached in
the good and forceful old. style of
preaching. Not a vestige of the church
is left, and the beautiful oak grove
which surrounded the church has fall
en- before the axe of progress, | reck-
on you would call it progress in this
day, but would rather term it al
most the desecration Of the sacred
place. The spring with its cooling
waters which flow from under the
everlasting hills is all that is left to
remind you of the other days. The
old school house that was built large
ly by Mr.. J. L. Aull and Mr.. William
Haltiwanger and Mr.. Adam Hipp:
who, by the way, lived not far away:
has been moved. Mr.. Hipp and his
family have all passed away or moved
out. This school was taught first and
for two years by Mr.. Geo. D. Hal
tiwanger and one of the best teachers
who ever went in school room. Not
one of forty or more boys and girls
who went to school to Mr.. Haltiwan-
ger at that time, so far as l can re-
call, now lives in the neighborhood.
John C. Hipp who lives in Newberry
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was one of the pupils at this school
at the time Mr.. Haltiwanger taught
it.
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The Pomarla highway is hne down
to where it has been finished, but
from there on it is bad, but as the
work is to begin on this end very
soon it would be useless to put any
work on it now. Mr.. Boulware said
that Contractor Newell said he
would have builder on the road in
the next few days. From Bethlehem
church on over to the Broad river
road is fine section of country and
a good road is badly needed through
here. The road will go in by Zion
school and Mr.. NJ. Hayne Folks and
by the Lutheran parsonage and New
Hope Methodist church and across
Hellers creek out into the Broad riv-
er road. A good bridge has been
built across Heller's creek, but when
the road is Strengthened and relocat-
ed / believe that couple miles in
distance will be saved. 1t is some
eight miles from one road to the
other. Ny interest in going down
with Mr.. Boulware and Mr.. Smith
and Mr.. Ruff was to get the road To-
Gated so that the good patrons of
New Hope-Zion school district might
locate the new school house that is
to be built in here. l have decided
in my own mind where the new school
house should be, and 1 have selected
the land, but l can not tell because
the selection is up to the trustees
and the folk down there, but l am
satisfied that they will select the
same place.
When this road is built and the
new school house is erected it, or
they, and both, will mean great
deal for this entire community and
all the people will wonder why these
things were not done long ago. |
want every one IN this whole COM
bined district to get together and let
us build real school out here, not
only good house but a good school.
Engineer J. C. Smith promises me
to make the permanent survey with
in the next ten days. I hope he will
have the cooperation of all the peo-
pie. And let me say this, when he
makes the survey there may be some
who may think that he is wrong but
when the road is built according to
the survey you will wonder why you
did not see it before, because you
will find out that it is better to take
the advice of some one who knows
how to build roads.
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Mr.. Swearingen approved the plan
of a one teacher building 1 am going
to build at Central. l do not care to
encourage the building of one teach
er school house but there are some
places in which it seems the best
thing to do and Central comes under
that list. We will not undertake to
teach any high school grades at this
school and will insist that all the chill
dren ready for high school go either
to Little Mountain or Pomaria. The
trustees hope will soon get busy and
put up this building.
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About that time the late Mllos 3.
McSweeney, at one time governor of
South Carolina, published newspap-
er at Ninety Six called the Ninety
Six Guardian, and Gen. M. L. Bon-
ham, now a prominent lawyer at An
derson, opened a law Office at Ninety
Six, and 1 think was a partner OF
Col. James H. Rice, the father Of Mr..
James Henry Rice, Jr., and Mr.. Bon
ham was also editor of the Guardian.
He organized a fine military company
at Ninety Six. And, by the way, the
first article I ever wrote for news
paper was for the Ninety Six Guardl-
an. l was the country correspondent
from my neighborhood. When the
new county Of Hampton was formed
Mr.. McSweeney moved his paper to
Hampton and grew up with the new
county and the paper is still published
by his son Eugene b. McSWeeney as
the Hampton County Guardian. A
few years later, when 1 had finished
college, 1 located at Ninety Six to
engage in the business of selling farm
machinery, but after residence OF
about three months gave it up and
went to Abbeville to teach school at
S35 per month. We bought lo5 and
built house on it. The lot was di-
agonally across the railroad from
from the depot and the house stood
there until a few years ago, but / no.
ticed recently that it had been torn
down and brick house put up in
stead.
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E.. H. A..
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E.. H. A.
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Borough Of brooklyn.

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HOUSES TO LET, FURNISHED.

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New Jersey.

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