The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-12-20
PROSPERITY LETTER.

Mr.. Brown, father of Mrs. a. J.
Bowers, has returned to his home in
Va. Miss Brown remains ard will, in
all probability, remain during the
winter season.
The Rev. Mr.. Monson, the junior
Methodist preacher for Newberry cir
cult, has arrived in our town and will
probably make this his home. We eX-
tend to him a cordial welcome
Our cotton market for the past week
has been quite active at lower prices,
with sales for the week of $50 bales.
The market closed weak at S. to 81 for
midd:ing cottons. Total number OF
bales sold to date is 1868.
The weather has been Of u remarka-
bly, good character for faIming purposes
and the farmers are done sowing their
fall crop of small grain. The greater
part is up and is looking very fine. y
good and ea~ly oat and wheat crop is
badly needed.
Old Kris-kringle is here in town in
full blast. He is everywhere here. He
is in all the stores occupying the most
prominent positions on the shelves,
and in the show cases, and in the win
dows, and on the counters, and every
where else. / tell you be is big Kris
Kringle-he is huge fellow, but then
he is so good, so winning, so pleasing,
so fascinating and so enticing that it is
just simply impossible TO pass without
giving him pleasant call. You are
sure to so away happy and serene,
with we'll filed pockets, and satchels,
and baskets, and bundles, and every
thing except that your purses, are
minus some small change.
The Christmas turkey is gobbling in
every direction, and lives in blessed
ignorance of the near future. We have
already invitations to two Christmas
turkey dinners, and how to avail our
self of both is an enigma which We
can't solve, unless We can get one OF
the parties to wait with dinner until
supper. Well try that.
The marriage bells will soon ring
again in our town and still every body
is not happy.
The ladies Of town are going to give
another ore of their famous hot supper>
On the night Of the Goth inst, at the
Academy building, for the benefit O
the Y. NJ. c. \. and the Woman's Home
and Foreign Missionary Society Jointly
This affair is going to be no small pota
toes nor few in the bill either. 1t i:
going to be a big thing-the thing O
the season. and we are authorized tt
give every body most pressing invita-
ton, and especially you fe!lowsin New
berry. We want you all TO come. W.
are going to have lots to eat, and lot:
of fun, al .or a very lille money. AnC
we are going to have lots OF the pretties
girls there, with the sweetest faces anC
the best natures you ever did see. Come
on, all of you, We'll have lots Of rea
good fun and make you all happy.
About three months ago, Mr.. w. S
Birge, sold his stock Of merchandise tt
Messrs. Schumpert and Crooks. Soor
after Mr.. H. E. Baulnight, bought th'
interest Of Mr.. Scbulnpcrt. The busl
ness was then carried on by Messrs
Crooks and Bauknight until last week
when these gentlemen sold the entire
stock to Mr.. Birge again. Mr.. BiTge
sold goods for few days again, urti
yesterday morning, he sold his whole
stock to Mr.. f. O. Counts. This same
stock Of goods changed hands four time:
in three months. Query. How mucl
has been realized BY these sales? We
| think Mr.. Counts will stick. He wa:
book-keeper for Wise Bros.
Col. A. H. Wheeler killed a fifteen
month old porker, this morning which
weighed more than 425 lbs. gross. The
Col. is good deal older than the hog
was, and weighs right we'll himself bu
that pig out weighed him badly.
Christmas day will not be observed
by the business men of Prosperity, not
withstanding the members of tht
Lutheran Church here, propose tc
make special Christmas offering OF
that day. IrEE.
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