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* A SOUTH CAROL
* The Former Prosperity Correspoi
* Some Interestiz
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Shelbyville, Tenn., Dec. 5.-As I be
.gin my letter in this distant town I
am reminded of the Walrus' speech in
"Alice in Wonderland:"
"The time has come," the Walrus said,
To talk of many things,
Of shoes, and ships and sealing wax,
And cabbages and kings."
There are so many things I might
mention that I am at a loss just where
to begin. Many moons have waxed
and waned since I had the pleasure of
talking to my friends through these
columns. I have come to realize how
others far away from home appreciate
and regrd The Harald and News. It
'is, as it were, hands across the con
tinent or half continent twice a week
when this paper is given me. And
doesn't it happify me to see something
not strictly Tennessean! I'm not
meaning to depreciate Tennessee. It
is a great State, and we South Caro
inians can learn some lessons from
Ner. But "east or west, home's best,"
and there's no land like .this fair land
of -ours. We are always having to re
mind some boastful Tennessean that
we were a centre of culture, arts,
ideas, and such things, while this State
was still a howling wilderness, a for
est primeval. But why talk of South
Carolina to South Carolinians! We
are equally proud of our State. The
mere way we pronounce her name is
significant of such. On Thanksgiving
Day I bad the pleasure of dining with
a prominent minister here, who grew
up in Sumter (his father was, by the
way, pastor of the First Presbyterian
church there for 40 years). Wh'en
"rice" was mentioned our host said:
"Now we shall see whether or not you
are the genuine article." I replied
that this 'Was not the only test, that
I had never yet heard any one besides
a native say "South Carolina" or
"South Carolinian," "other folks" say
"Na'line" <And "Ca'linian."
The omission of this "o" always
maes mre think of a poor old hen,
caught out in the rain, with every
feather drooping, the very picture of
dejection and misfortune.
Bat, as I staid before, why compare
oureeaves with ourselves when there
are items of interest outside? When
I used to come into violent contact
with Cajear's "Ga%ic War" I wondered
why he said so much about the tribes
differing amiong themsea1ves. in lan
guages, customs and manners. What a
pity children 'at school are not made
Sto realize they are reading real his
tory, instead of a combination of con
structions thrown together haphazard
for their mystification and so called
edification! As I tarry in various sec
tions, I find that there was "method
'in his madness."
I 'have been impressed with several
things since coming 'here-4:hings that
do not pirtain in Dixie proper..
First of all the people here are do
Ing what Commissioner Watson et al.
have been urging so strenuously,
namely, they live at home. Shelby
ville is the county seat of Bedford.
This is one of the most aristocratic
counties asnd the third richest, I be
lieve, in the State. The -latter is easily
accounted for. In this town of 4,500
inhabitants there is no dairy for one
riemarkable thing. Nobody walks here.
I don't blame them, "the roads are so
rough and the lanes are so narrow."
They need wheelbarrows or other
wheeled veJhiclies just as much as did
'the bachelor of Mother Goose fame.
Horses are just as commn-and a.
little more so-as autos in Newberry
Scounty. They have a certain day in
September known as "mule day."
Scarcely a farmer in this county fails
to bring in stock for sale. Recently
I visited a stock farm, and though
I'm no judge of horseflesh, I believe
it has on it the finest mule I've ever
seen. This mule's dam was pointed
out to me, with the remark 'that four
years ago she was bought for $75, and
that since then 'her owner had realized
$2,000 from the sale of her colts. This
goes to p0- that ta:r"a is mn- in
stock farming. The major rrart of 2
feed, too, they say is usually ras:a
on ~ca respective farm. Evxery one
possesres pigs in twos. Threes and
sing'rn. Nearly every day a drove or
herd of some kind is driven past. On"
weathy farmer ha za young packing
bouse. Hle ships yearly tYhe carera~'
of 2,000 hogs. Near'ly aP hrge f0-'
Oox:. With eatt'o' Er' C :U' :0o'21 -
meats 'her- has3 ne:e: 5o,' es 21n
the en o dry go:y's is correspond
ingly steer.
To return to "roads," these Middle
Tennesseans taink they have solved
the good roads question and say th.
their pikes are the crowning glory of
hs e con. Tolasare. about ac
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MAN IN TENNESSEE.
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ident of The Herald and News Makes
ig Observations.
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thick as the railroad crossings be
tween Prosperity and Newberry, which
is saying a great deal for the cross
ings. There are so many pikes lead
ing from and through this place that
to the uninitiated they seem as num
erous as the characters in the Chinese
alphabet. We have been accused of
walking up the pike instaad of the
street-4hrough ignorance-but when
we do leave the sidewalk (?) it is mere
ly taking the lesser of the evils.
They say that the cedar of the
world is to be found in this and three
adjacent counties. They think it is
second to none-not even Lebanon's
far-famed trees. Cedars take the place
of pines with us. We didn't know
the pine was so picturesque, so poetic,
so necessary to the daily view, until
we came here. When we go out in
the commons, as they term the sub
urbs, we are constantly fnding oursel
ves on the alert for even a lonesome
pine-but none has, as yet, rewarded
our vigilance. Pencil factories are not
scarce. It is worth one's while to
loiter past these, for the air is quite
filled with an aromatic fragrance not
unlike sandal wood. People in this
town don't know what ".lightwood" is.
All fires are induced to burn by
means of cedar and coal oil.
The weather here ts something else.
Winter left his visiting card in the
shape of snow six weeks ago. Nearly
eveiry morning for the last week the
Ithermometer -has registered 22. We
have been informed that this is not
real weather, just a mere sample of
the good(?) times that are coming
after and "endurin' of the Chris'mus,''
as -the darkey said. But then we
mustn't complain about the climate,
for we've gain;ed 23 pounds (a con
summation devoutly to be wished) and
who cares for a few shivers and
shakes when they make for health -and
strength. "A smiling morning face,"
as Shakespeare says, is a good thing
to have around, but not entirely nec
ersJary 'to existence or happiniees'
leaving one's colleagues an'd pupils
out of the question, of course.
There is one ubiquitous foodstuff
on every table here to 'which we can't
recqncile oursialves. That is corn
bread. We naturally are not fond of
it, and since the pellagra wave ha.s
swept in we have -a hard time trying
to be polite and nibble at it They
assutie us that this dread disease is
unknown here and that ~their corn
bread is just as advertised. Previous
ly they have imagined, so many say,
that pellagra and hookworm were
merely newspaper scares.
Speaking of politics, and yet not be
ing a suffragette, or even a candidate
for such, honors, we have veryllittle
in'sighst into the present complicated
state of affairs here. We thought
dear old South Carolina was the only
State that indulged ,in political tangles
and wrangles, but we find ourselves
sadly mistaken. Not only nominal,
but real Repubilicans are found with
out getting lanterns to aid in the
search. The Patterson-Hooper-Taylor
candidacy waxied pretty hot and elo
quent. This county, in view of the
fact that it is the home county of all
the Coopers, and those who figured
in the Carmack murder, was looked
upon with much concern. The Demo
crats agreed to vote a Republican
ticket in order to oust Patterson, and
after their many-sided Bob Taylor
entered the race a great many did not
know 'what to do or how to vote. A
loud wail went up over Hooper's elec
tion, for by it the Solid South was
broken.
This brings me to speak of things a
little nearer my present home and
work. The headmaster of this school
is a man who is known far and wide;
who has 'toured the 'United States as
a prohibition lecturer. To Mr. Jas. A.
Tate is due the present prohibition
wave in this section of the country.
He, it seems, was the pionieer speaker
--the man who made the advance of
the water wagon possible and popular
-aod to' him is accorded the credit of
rai.?ing the f'unds which carried on
the r"ecent campaign. Profesionally
Mir. Tate was a lawyer, but gave up
this more lucrative business to con
'luct a school modelled after an ori
ginal an d moet excellent plan. It is
a rel pitam to meet a man who
:as an ide'Al W sacrifices other
1hings for its se'ke. We hope that be
fora e waVs th's estiicable gentleman
wml ir-h:de the aimr to State in his
2 et~ r ar < at di the wearers
of C' : I' w . rine ;): , ill have the
llno':;' ri e:t r.nling 1i'm a welcom
ing hand.
Parentheticall!y w~ -XIl add an Rem
that for its uniqreness has no equal
so far as we have ever heard. It seems
that Edison is not 'the only genius in
t'he building line. He can mould
huein less than an hour, but the
Im7a1l' Ohrifin can build chnEh
A Christmas
In Cut Cass, Sil
Among the sayings of the 17th Century
dom and eloquence-is this: "When thou n
last long; to the end they may be in some sc
ory of the receiver." These words may we
Fancy China and while these goods are im:
excellence and beauty in design of which thi
ly-the wreaths and festoons of green, the
when the immediate joy of the holiday is o:
Sterling Silver, Cut Glass or China will rem
the pleasantest of reminders. Come and in,
Fancy China
Chocolate Sets
Tea Sets
,RNu-er Sets
Cracker Jars ;I _ _
Olive Dishes
Bric-a-Bracs
Fancy Bowls
CUT
MLSWM }YSMOur'display o
somest ever shc
/19952 in design and i
VEN wanted pieces,
Y2Elf3RiMIMilEV Bowl to the Ind
MMESAEE057Take a look,
early. You wil
SILVERWARE
A handsome line to
select from.
Shaving Sets and Razors Rememt
A ansoese .wt We are giv
A hadsom setwithmirror, purchase of (
mug, brush and nickle soap box. of $1.00 and
Just the present for his honor. See our wi
. few things ir
Fine Line of Meat Choppers. ecure ; ,i
Newberry I
si a day. On Thanksgiving Day at W ntnl xlie,"h,s
.mi. these peope met for religious l o'ea halsoif. yg
sices on the site *of their new wswogt h xedo e
chch which they proposed to erecttonWeonfunthtw
inoe day. A thousand workmen agetmn red n neet
vnteeed their services and all cmo,adec n etaltl
wt as merri1y as a marriage bell, lnl.Bigs lae ihD
awhien the Thanksgiving sun set aaeyadaltig on
itbheld a veritabla Arabian night'sthewh,heOnprsad
tsformation, for in the place where mte t pn h itr l
enight before lay a heterogeneousBohftesldesrehamn
3a of materials, a bleautiful, painted landadadmc oorc~
chch, with. its haaven,towerng W'efrotnwa lete'
spile stood proclaiming tlag energy, rssi,btw elsr er
tght and devotion of many handscalduotoepesnopin
dhearts. Th~is Eastlanid Church ofthsunur ewlday
rst must surely be a work of lovehradndNwhaa cptto
htis almost as representative asbcn acooatg,ads'
sSolomon's temple. At noon thetoa' :wsoay
goo women of the city served a regu- aes7: tckEdorAl
n dinner to all who were lending j cxara baueo y
ahnd in the worthy cause. I~ucL7o o ~ fteps
hen we came a stranger to thistcmuhwwiloyadtiL
tage land we were, of course, pain- fl nwt hs ae h ey1
rfll aware of the fact. One of the'ogodwhefrtecmigY
esant surprises in store for us was td n e erfralorfi
aom-mate who at once betrayed her,
tvity. The minrt she opened her
lip he acen casedthe"Cty y wtes owrn o the ten of Gieto
~-""to iseto ur m~ttown.. Wea~ on foudwhasw
SGift for All
verware and China
divine, Thomas Fuller-so eminent for his wis
takest presents let them be of such things as will
rt immortal and may frequently refresh the mem
1 be applied to our Sterling Silver, Cut Glass and
erishable in material they also have the artistic
.e eye will never tire. When the decorative hol
sprig of mistletoe, maybe-have been removed;
aly a treasured memory-then the gifts of our
ain to fulfill its intended purpose and to serve as
pect them and make your selection today.
d apanese Ware
Set Pieces
Vases
Saled Plates
Cake Plates
Game Sets
Fish Sets
Fruit Plates
GLASS /
f Cut Class is the hand
wn inNewberry, both
inish. We have evey
themSalt superb adPunch ~ ~
mnd make your selection_
1find our prices right.
~~ SILVYERWARE
Table Silver is a joy
to the.housewife.
er the Prizes Scissor Sets in Fancy Case
ng away with every This is something new and will
shna to the amount
displaymake a very pleasing present for
ndow dslyfor. a your wife, sister or sweetheart.
China and come in
e hrstmas JpresesntdGlssar
~ard ware Co.
ire- sALE OF PEESON(AL PEOPERTY. The pains of rheumatism,
ssS. By virtue of an order from the Pro- The tired-out feelings,
ge- bate Court, I will sell at public out- You must ~reachi the spot-get a
bad once dispatched to the mayor. the cause.
in cry to the highest bidder at the late In most cases 'tis the kidneys.
ess residence of H. Archie Haltiwanger, Doan's Kidney Pills are for the kid
ron deceased, near Newberry, S. C., at 11 neys.
>ted o'clock a. in., Wednesday, December Mrs. M. Q. Chappell, 929 Fair stireet,
her 7, 1910, all of the personal property NewherryJ, S. C., says: "I suffered from
are. of tiae said deceased, consisting of;kd":ey trouble for several years.
ind farming Implements. merchandise,' There was a severe pain in the small
ie. etc. Terms of sale, cash. lof my back, I had -dull,headaches and
ral- .'rances L. Haltiwanger, IfelL ieal noeywy ykd
e No.2,11. Amnsrti.neys were weak and caused me added
at 112-t1a'annoyance. Several 'neks ago I de
rhe ________-___ - --- cided to try Doan's Kidniey Pills and
for D.MEDUprocured a supply at W. E. Pelham &
Son's brug Stora. They have already
u 'viE answer emergency calls in con- give- me great relief and I am gcing
to' '-ation ithfl : hiJs oCic work. Sperl- to continue Iv,:::g them, feeEng con
ur Ities, mcrphine and other drug ha.bid flEant that they; wijl er.tirely dispouse
ogHours 9 to 1. forenoon; 4 to S nftar- of my trouble. I ca.s recomma~nd
am ~ 10-28-621c S as Kidney Pills ac a g->od ridney
est remnedy."
1- RE ACIIlNG TH E SPOT- For sale by all dealers. Pricc i50
tds cens!. Fositer-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
.It Can B~e Done, So Scores of New- New York, sole agents for the United
- berry Citizens Say. states.
I'e-- Remember the na~me-Doan's--and