The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-02-16
OUR PROSPERITY LETTER.

reading Congressional proceedings.
Mr.. II. II. Eleazrr and Johnnie Der
rick, of Spring Hill, spent Sunday in
town, the guests OF Judge Hair.
Miss Mamie Whites has returned
home after pleasant visit Of several
weeks in the Utopia section Of the C"un-
ty.
Mr.. T.. w. Brown. OF Spring Grove,
Laurcns County, and Mrs. Fannie Floyd
we're married on TUESDAY ut the resi-
dcnce of Rev. w. B. Elkin. Good Val
cntines.
The mule business is still bri>k at fair
prices. Boozer, Vaughn and MaycS have
each made a number of sales, and still
they arc not happy. They have more to
follow,
The movement OF cotton for the past
week has been moderate, at fair prices,
ranging from % to 9.95 for class OF
good cotton. l25 bales were sold during
the week, making 4 total to date OF
SOLO bales.
Rev. W. G. schaeffer, Of Newberry,
will lecture before the Y. NJ. G. 4. in
Grace Church on next Sunday night.
His subject will be THE ideal man."
The public is invited, and may expect to
be edited.
There seems to be some disappoint-
ment among the farmers clubs, at least
up to this time, in not being able to buy
fertilizers cheaper for cash, directly
from the manufacturers, than from the
local agents.
:, The mildncSs Of the winter has been
advantageous to the small grain crop,
and farmers say that both wheat and
oats never looked better at this season.
\ good oat crop will put the most OF the
farmers beyond ghtened circumstan-
ces for the coming summer.
Strange things will never cease to hap
pen. Nil Nina G. Wheeler married to-
day "wednesday in Grace Church, and
thereby not only changed her name, but
also her nalionality-she became a
| Norman. The church was t"stefully
decorated, and As the brital party enter
ed the church Mcndrlssohn's wedding
march was we'll rendered by Miss Mamie
Johnson on the organ. The happy couple
with their attendants. left on the O'Clock
train for Walhalla, the home OF the
groom.
The more we travel over the public
roads in our county the more forcibly
arewe impressed with tn, fact that it S
only by Il system of taxation, either
capitation or otherwise, that the public
roads will ever be put and kept in a
proper and passaDle condition. The
system OF working the roads is, with the
majority OF people, looked upon as a
forced duty to the public, and the gen
eral idea is to get over the road in a
given time, without due regard to the
requirements of the same. The result is
that instead Of the roads being gradual
" raised from either side to the centre
so as to allow easy and perfect drainage,
they are permitted to remain not only
fiat, but often hollow and dipping, and
are really reservoirs for holding the wa
ter. This will remain so until the sys-
tenn is changed.
\ few days ago in going a circuitous
route to Newberry in company with
friend we passed what is known as ''the
stockadc.' We had heard of ''the stock
ade," but had never seen the institution
before. The approach to ''the stockade"
was "sticky." The buildings, so called,
forming part and appertaining to the
enclosure, are of very ancient architect
ure, and are in an exceedingly dilapi-
dated condition. Two structures twenty
f.et apart, were used as abiding places
for the inmates, and as part OF the walls
of the enclosure The other parts at the
ends, and short distance beyond the
houses are enclosed by kind Of lattice
work-the apertures are not quite large
enough for q calf to pass through. The
entrance is through a rickety gate, mid
way between the !wo structures for tue
bipcdS. and between these two places
the quadrupeds ba>k in the sunshine,
slrlver in the rain, and wallow in the
| filth and mire. We did not enter ''the
stockade," but We did get a glance at
the old partriarch standing in the door,
who, to our minds, presented somewhat
the appearance of All ancient Turk, tur-
baned and not over particular about
| his person or habitue.
On last salcsday, myself and friend
whose circumference and attitude are
both greater than mine, Il drew lS5 lbs
before breakfasU hence he has greater
tonnage, started for the Courthouse, and
we got there too. The horse we drove
belonged to the Judge, and was destined
for "Foot's bone-yard." The boys ieered
and chccred as we started out Of town,
and did not blame them at all, for the
horse was of exceedingly light weight.
l, myself doubted seriously if Bucepha-
lus would make The trip. Friend Lee
thought he would. We had not got tal
before fellow offered to bet that and
Lee would weigh more than the horse
that was pulling lis. We didn't take the
bet. We were afraid we'd loose. Buccp
halus did not travel as fast As Jay-eye'
see or Maude S.. still he had the vim ot
either and kept ''pegging away" Lee
had ouly to walk around one bad place
in the road, aid eventually we arrived
II. Ill