The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-05-31
PROSPERITY LETTER.
No End to Festivities in the Growing Town
Church Sews-Fed Hodga, the Negro
Desperate, Sent Up in Default
of Bail in the Sum of $4,000.

| of Bail in the Sum of $4,000.
Miss Emma Havird spent Saturday,
Sunday and Mouday in amd near
town.
Miss Saliie Lee Boinest, of ponaria,
and Miss--Smith of Charleston were
in town last week.
The enterprising firm Of Ncs$r>.
Wheeler l. Moscley have :. system of
cash railways in operation III their
store.
The cotton market, during the wet
days last week, was quite lively, and
the whole number of bales sold to date
is S,9S6. Price to-day 9.35.
The o'clock arrangement for closing
the stores here is now in full force, and
the boys are all happy and serene-not
quite all.
"kemp" says that if the man who
stole his blanket and chickens will
just bring the blanket back he may
keep the chicks.
The cold rains ten days and two
weeks ago were very un1lvOrable both
crops Wheat and oats are being llar-
vested. Both are short from % to 80
per cent.
Mr.. Henncssv of our town has fer
tilizcd his potatoes by using cement III
stead of guano. Jimmie is a mason
| and q plasterer but whether he in
tended to cement the potatoes to the
ground or to the vines we are unable to
say.
We do not have to skirmish quite SO
| hard now to supply the table. Pot;l-
toes, beans, peas, lettuce, collards, &c.,
are becoming plentiful, but it still re-
| quires some strategic movements To
| obtain the meats, and the biscuit and
the lard, but then weare ali happy.
The colored congregation Of Hannah
church on last Sunday raised Sll2.!)
to complete and beautify their church.
This is indeed commendable in these
people and we bid them Gods speed III
their noble work.
Rev. G.. a. Marks preached two opow-
crful and impressive sermons in Grace
church on Sunday. Rev. W. b. FL
kin held services in the Baptist church
when he received two members by
letter, and one by the rite Of baptism.
The lawn party given last week by
the lady members of Grace church Was
quite a pleasant affair and the snug
little sum of S31.G5 was realized for the
Woman's Home and Foreign Mission
ary work, and there was only one cam
didate present.
The committee appointed to make
the arrangements for an inter-county
mass meeting of the Lutheran Sunday
schools, have decided on the time and
place, and the topics. Time, July Is,
place-Littfe Mountain, Lexington
County. Topics Will be made public as
soon as assignees are heard from.
The outlaw and desperate, Fed
Hodge atlas Fed Hopkins, had 4 pre-
liminary hearing before Justice Hair,
in two cases for burglary in the night
time, to-day "Wednesday. The cvi-
dence in both these cases was so strong
that the justice committed him to Jail
to await the General Sessions Court in
default of s., 600 BAIL Another case for
burglary in the night time is pending,
as is also divers charges for assault and
battery, breach of the peace, and resist
ing with deadly weapon, an officer of
the law.
Don't forget the broom drill and ice
cream festival On next Friday night,
June the 1st. This festival is got up
by the ladies of our town for the bene-
fit of the Baptist church here. There
are twenty-four young ladies who take
part in the exercises, and who are well
drilled in their parts. The exercises
will consist of something like the fol-
lowing: Opening grand march, I'd,
Coil Heart march. Sd, Hand and foot
exercises with broons. 4th, kaleidos-
cope march. At this stage of the cX-
ercises, a unique character appears in
the role of an old "wOman" dressed in
costume with a common straw broom
in her hand. "Her' part will be rich.
| We know the character and all may
expect a side-splitting performance
here. The young ladies will be dressed
in uniform, and their dresses trimmed
in gold tinsel paper in military designs.
Military caps with rich golden plumes
will decorate their beautiful heads.
The brooms will also be handsomely
decorated, and after the exercises will
be sold at auction.
The exercises throughout will he ac-
companied and interspersedW with superb
music, rendered on violins guitar and
piannoforte by accomplished and eN-
perienced musicians. After these cX-
erciscd are concluded, the ice-crcaln
booths and tables will be in full blast,
presided over by the fair and lovely.
Don't miss this rare occasion. It's
worth a great deal more than Il circus,
besides the cause for which it is origi-
mated is such a commendablc one.
There will be nominal admission fec
OF ten cents charged to witness the
broom drill. Come every body.