The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-06-14
PROSPERITY LETTER.

Prosperity is solid for Cleveland and
Thurman.
The female college movement is pro-
crossing nicely.
We have free pass Oh the G. & G.
railroad between Prosperity and New
berry-to walk when it suits us.
Mr.. Rufus D. Boozer, of Lake city,
Fla, arrived in town three hours after
his sister, Mrs. Lille Paysinger, was
buried.
Mr.. Thos. BooZer, manager for J. \.
Fowles, has the. finest crop of cotton
that we have seen anywhere, and in the
best condition.
There were too many strangers in
town last week attending the closing
exercise of school for us to mention all,
so we omit all.
The net receipts from the sale Of ice
cream at the closing exercises Of Pros
perity High School, for the musical de-
partment, amounted to Sl4.45.
The board of health through the town
council have had the old we'll at the
depot filled up, and the adjacent bitches
thoroughly cleansed. much to the adj
vantage Of the health of the place.
The condition Of the crops has I'M
proved since our last report. The ten
days of fair weather and hot sun have
enabled the farmers to make great head
way, and Notwithstanding this they
are yet far behind.
Mrs. Elizabeth Cook, an aged lady,
was buried at Colony church last Fri
day. "Aunt Betsy" had been in very
feeble health for long time and her
death was no surprise. She was Il con-
sistent member Of Colony church.
Grace church Sunday-school will
have a moonlight picnic in the grove
at the church, on Thursday evening,
June 2lst. a moonlight picnic is 4
novel thing here, and is looked forward
to with much eagerness by the chill
dren.
A colored infant in town was dropped
by it's nurse, the fall dislocating the
neck, and causing death Immediately.
Coroner Bass was notified. He came
and summoned a jury, viewed the body
and returned a verdict of accidental i'll
fanticide.
Measures are now being taken to
have the mineral well properly en-
closed and comfortably arranged for
persons to crest under the shade" and
drink of the health-giving waters
freely. The town council and business
men of the place have subscribed liber-
ally to this project, and now the ladies
(bless their noble hearts, are coming to
the rescue by giving a musical enter
tainment and ice cream festival to aid
in this public enterprise. We have
simply got the best ladies in the world
right here in Prosperity, and lots Of
them too. They are just too good and
nice to talk about
The closing exercises Of Prosperity
High School are over, and the little
children, and the big boys and girls,
have all gone home, and now their
slumbcrs are not disturbed by intricate
mathematical problems or dull history
or dry geography or lines and shadows
or Virgil or Cicero orany body else, but
they are all happy and serene. The
event Of the OCCASION was the address
of Rev. Prof. \. Coke Smith. We have
never, on any similar occasion, listened
to al address that was 50 thoroughly
rcplete with truly cornmoll-~cnsc and
practical observations. To give even i
synopsis of this address, would be futile
on our part. For tifty-tivc minutes, he
held his audience spell bound, by his
graceful, easy and eloquent appeals to
the young. His theme WAS, "Whrrc
hast thou CLEANED to day., applied
lovingly, educationally, morally and
religiously. An important question for
us all to answer. lrBE.
Shannon File, at J. w. Chapnnan's.