The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1884-05-08
Various and All About.
Saleday was quiet.

Old books were sold at a sacrifice,
in trout of the Court house Monday.
Quite heavy rains in some sections
the County Saturday evening.
The Helena people have organized a
Democratic Club.
The ladies and juvenile missionary
society will meet Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. w. R. Davis, has his cotton office
over the Law office OF NJ. A. Carlisle
Esq.
The Excelsior fire company is soon
to have big parade, and q reel race,
between Squad |. and Squad
Prof. Smiths singing school closed
! Monday night last. There were sev-
Sral speeches, andsome good music rem
dessa;
Mr.. Frank Baxter has begun to clear
away theNlebris preparatory to the
construction of the remainder of the
Mollohon Row.
We had laid on our table Tuesday a
radish, the root of which measured 3feet
in length, it was grown..on Mr.. j. G. S.
Browns place.
The Carolina Democratic Club was
re-organized Tuesday night. The old
officers were reelected, and some fifty
five new members enrolled.
Messrs. w. T. Tarrant, J. E. Brown
and J. n. Martin, the board OF assess
ors have been bnsy making assess
ments for our town, the past week.
Wheat and oats are looking re-
markably we'll. Some OF our oldest
farmers say they never saw better
prospect for wheat than what it is this
spring.
The number of persons in town
Monday was small. No legal sales of
property. Mr.. Thomason, auctioneer,
sold a lot OF books furniture &c, OF
DR.. Wardlaw.
The Woman's Christian Temperance
Union opened coffee house, and
ice cream room last Monday, salcday.
They seem to be in earnest in this
good cause. Hurrah for the ladies.
What a number Of white ribbons
were seen on the streets Monday, the
coffee house must have done good
work. 1t was a very pleasant place to
goto. 1t will be opened again Satur-
day.
Mr.. OS. Wells is busy fixing the cot
ton office formerly occupied by Mr.. w.
r. Davis, for DR.. Peter Robertson of
Charleston. who is going to open a
first class Drug Store. He wants to
get into it by the lst of July.
On account of the extreme illness OF
a near relative, Mrs. Wightman was
not able to meet her appointment in
our city yesterday. She hopes to be
able to make some future arrangement
with the ladies in this great missionary
work.
Assist the child in time. Do not
wait until an army Of worms have been
recruited and the health of the child
destroyed. A few doses of Shriner's
Indian Vermifuge, the infallible reme-
dy, never fails to do this work well. if
used according to the directions. For
sale BY DR.. S. F. FAINT.
The local desires to express very
many thanks to Miss Fannie Johnstone
for the exquisite and tastefully arrang-
ed waiter OF rare and beautiful flowers
sent to cheer the sick chamber at his
home. Those flowers accomplished
their mission, they did cheer and may
the fair donor ever be as happy as
those flowers were beautiful.
1t will be seen that the Executive
Committee have called the County
Convention to meet on the 14th day Of
June. The Secretary of each clnb will
send to the Secretary Of the Executive
Committee the names of the delegates
and the alternates appointed to attend
the Convention so soon as they are ap-
| pointed that the Secretary can have a
complete roll made out before the con-
vention meets. 1t will save time.
| What is the matter with your mer-
chants" is asked by different farmers.
1--WE come to your town to get corn.
and have to return with empty wag-
onS, we want to know what they eX-
pect US to feed our stock on, until the
oat crop is ready" We think if the
farmers would plant little more
corn instead of cotton they would be
independent, but as it is now. when
the merchants can't get corn for them
they have to do withoAt.