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The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1889-12-19
Thomas +. Greneker.
+ From the Greenville News.

|
The death of Thomas Ferguson
Grpneker, of Newberry, will be felt by
each of the Older newspaper men OF the
State as personal loss. Mr.. Greneker
was one of the oldest members of the
State Press Association, was for many
years the treasurer of the organization
and while his health lasted was invari-
ably present at its meetings. He is
remembered with unalloyed pleasure
as one of the most genial an kindly of
men, the friend and we'll wisher Of all
his brethren and universally respected
and beloved.
1t would he hard to estimate the
good accomplished by L man like Mr..
GreneHer in Il long editorial career. 1t
is no doubt written IN the record than
can not be perused by mortal eyes. He
was unobtrusivt and conservative,
never claiming remarkable talent but
always putting in good clear English
the conclusions reached by honest and
intelligent thought, and writing as he
believed without fear. He was d hard,
conscientious worker and for d long
time published the only newspaper i'll
his town and county, lending strong
and timely aid to every movement for
the advancement of the community.
His fellow journalists will unite in
sorrow for the loss of their veteran
brother and in deep and earnest SYM
pathy for his bereaved family.
Watcree Messenger.
Mr.. Thomas F. Greneker, of New
berry, died on the Sd inst. Mr.. Greu-
eker was a veteran newspaper man be
having been editor and proprietor Of
the Newberry Herald and later as the
Herald and News. A good man has
fallen. Peace to his ashes.
[Christlan Neighbor.]
Mr.. Thomas F. Greneker, Of New
berry, ;. c., died December 3, 1889,
aged 81. The best years Of his life
were employed in journalisnl-The
Rising Sun which after the war was
changed to the Newberry Herald. Mr..
Greneker was Il consistent member of
the Methodist Church--a nan Of i'll
tegrity in his dealings with others-a
credit to the Press OF the State. Six
or seven years ago, he sold his p& per on
account of failing health and was for
the last few Years great sufferer. A
peaceful death ended the sutterings of
the faithful servant of God.
Anderson Journal.
Mr.. Thos. +. Greneker, one of the
veteran journalists of this State, died
at his home in Newberry last Wednes-
day morning. He was one OF the pub
fishers Of tile Rising Sun before the
war and after the war established the
Newberry Herald. He originated the
SYSTEM OF having d separateceiul1i1 io1 !
local matter When the custom was TO
mix locals and editorials together. He
was one Of the organizers OF the State
Press Association, and for many years
was its treasurer. He retired from
Journalism about five years ago on ac-
count of failing health.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1889-12-19
GRAND LODGE A. +. NJ.
Election of Ottcers-District Deputy Grand
Master Appointed.
Special to the Register.

CHARLESTON; S. e., Dec. 12.-The
Grand Lodge A. +. NJ. yesterday elected
the following officers for the ensuing
year: r. +. Diver, of Anderson,
Grand Master; L. T. Izlar, Blackville,
Deputy Grand Master; A. Doty, Char
lesion, Senior Grand Warden; W. T.
Branch, Abbeville, Junior Grand War
den; Il. Davis, Charleston, Grand
Treasurer; c. Inglesby, Charleston,
Grand Secretary; d. w. Hiott, Honea
Path, Grand Chaplain.
The Grand Lodge adjourned last
night, TO- meet in Anderson next year.
The following District Grand Masters
were appointed:
First district, L. B. Gary, Abbeville;
second district, N. +. Ansel, Green
vile; third district, J. B. McFadden,
Chester; fourth district, c. f. Sawyer,
Aiken; fifth district, r. H. Gore, Cross
Keys; sixth district, }. B. Black, Jr.,
Bamberg: seventh district, H. A.
DeSsussure, Charleston; eighth district,
J. +. tulpepper Timmonsvillc; ninth
district, J. G. Sellers, Sellers.
The Grand Lodge attended the
memorial services yesterday in body
without rpgalia.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1889-12-19
4 Good Trick.
Lewiston Journal. |


Take spool of white basting COTTON.
Drop it into your inside coat pocket,
and, threading needle with it, pass it
through the shoulder of your coat.
Leave the end all inch or SO long Oh
the outside of your coat and take of
the needle. -Four men out of five will
try to pick that whole thread off your
shoulder, and will pull OH the spool
until it actually does seem as though
your clothes are all hastings, and that
they were not only unraveling your
clothes, but yourself.
II was in to see Wilson Barrett in
'CIaudaiu' in Boston last week." said
the travelling man. lit was the most
interesting and pathetic portion of the
play. Everybody was rapt. 1 was
sitting bolt upright and didn't know or
didn't care to know 4 soul around me,
when suddenly felt sotue one tugging
at that basting cotton that [ myself
had clean forgotten. l didn't say Il
word and did not move. Foot by foot
it unrolled. Half glancing around L
saw man. total stranger
at that thread. His face was scarlet
He had pulled out about ten yards and
was now hauling in hand over hand.
He didn't dare to stop because he had
decorated my back and the whole
aisle with basting cotton. H. hardly
dared to 60 ahead, for he didn't know
what portion of my interior economy
he was tritling with. Rip. Rip! went
the thread. Hand over hand he yank-
ed it in. The aisle Was full oft. For
Heavens sake! will it never end?' said
he, above his breath. l sat perfectly
still and ran the spool while he pulled.
How l wanted toyelI, never saw any
thing in my life half SO funny. The
whole section Of the house got onto it.
They didn't know whether To laugh at
me or him, and some looked OH amazed
ut the Spectacle AT last the stranger
behind ne gave one. frantic. rip and
yanked out about II yards OH one
bunch, and as the cotton got twisted
around his watch chain, over his eye
glasses, iu his very hair and filled his
l,n I tnrn.ul .,r,,r,I;i .,l,l Il i,.it ~ tr
the spool from my pocket said: / am
very much obliged for your interest and
very sorry that | misled you. You see
that | have about III yards left, but
presume that you don't care for any
more at present. I am honestly sorry,
but I can't hel p smiliug.'"
1.-The man was Il modest sort Of gell-
tleman in appearance. His face was
as red us fire even to his ears. He
Looked ut me and then at the spool. He
changed color once or twice, and then
as the crowd caught on q big laugh
went up right in one of the painful
passages Of 'Claudian,' and the gentle
man who had intended To pull that
thread off Joined in the laugh and said,
Il will square that up on my wife when
| get home; but, my friend, swear to
heaven that did think at one time
that was goin. to undrc>S you where
Won sat-
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1889-12-19
JUST DO YOUR BEST.

The signs; is bad wien folks commence
A-tinGin' fault with Providence.
And bauIkln' cause the earth don't
shake
At ev'ry prancin' step they take.
No man is great till lie can see
How less than little he would be
Ef stripped TO self, and stark and bare
He hung his sign out anywhere.
Ny doctrine is to lay aside
Contentious, and be satisfied;
Jest do your best, ard praise er blame
That iollers that counts jest the sake.
I've allus noticed great success
rs mixed with troubles more, or less.
ana it's the man who does the best
That gifts more kicks than all the rest.
James HltHcOnob RIey.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1889-12-19
THE DEAD CHIEFTAIN.
Confederate Veterans Pledged to Raise
Funds to Provide for jefferson D&vis's
Family and for the Erection OF Il
Monument.

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. IA mass
meeting of Confederate veterans was
held last night and resolutions were
adopted mourning the death of the
great chieftaln and pledging themselves
to provide a fund for the family of the
deceased and to raise a monument to
bis memory. Governor John B. Cor
don, of Georgia, presided and addressed
the meeting as follows:
"To me, and doubtless to you, this is
one Of the saddest yet sweetest and
proudest occasions of Il life-time-sad-
dest, because we have just borne to his
tomb our great chieftlin; sweetest, be-
cause we have laid him to rest, after
life's fitful fever is over on 4 he'd softer
than was ever made by blooming roses
or a pillow Of down. We have buried
him with the blessings and honors and
esteem and affections of Il grateful peo-
pie. Let me add that it was fitting
that he should be laid to rest with the
nag of the Confederacy, which he loved
so we'll, folded about him living, and
buried with him-the stars and stripes
Of the republic, for whose honor and
defense he split his blood, waving over
him. Ifre could speak to us tonight
I am sure his injunction would be to
remain true to the memories Of the past
and be no less true to the duties of the
future and the glory of our American
republic. The grief over his death is
ours; but his fame will yet be claimed
for his country and for mankind"
Governor Gordon then urged that a
fund should be raised to build a monu-
ment to his memory, and provision
made for Mrs. Davis and the "Daugh-
ter Of the Confederacy," because it was
a holy duty to our own manhood and
the highest privilege left us.9
Addresses were also made by Cover
nor Buckner, of Kentucky, Lowry, of
Mississippi, Fowle, or North Carolina,
Eagle, of Arkansas, Fleming, of Florida
and Nichols, Of louisiana, and others.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1889-12-19
PROSPERITY LETTER.

PROSPERITY, December l1.-Sants
Claus is already beginning to put in ar
appearance, in our show cases, on oul
counters and on our shelves, in fact he
Is a Kind OF ubiquitous animal, and his
appearance is almost as varied in hues
and colors, and qualities and quantities
as is his universally.
Grace Church Sunday school will
not have Christmas tree, but in its
stead, will be given an entertainment
to the Sundayschool in the church on
Christmas night, when every scholar
from little marks to Jumbo Loss. will
receive an orange, an apple and can
dies. The children are already antici-
pating a real nice time. The features
OF tile entertainment will be of social
chararter, and interSpersed with sweet
music, both instrumental and vocal.
\ committee Of FIVE ladies, with Mrs.
Laura +. Wise as chairman, and five
men of whom l.. S. Bowers is CHAIR
man, were appointed TO make all Eeces-
sary arrangements. With two sue!
heads of committees, success ana a
joyous occasion are Insured. The la
dies of Grace congregation have also
been exercising their brains, which has
resulted in an arrangement for hot
supper in the academy building on the
night of the 26th December. The OBJ
ject is to raise funds for furnishing
room in the parsonage. The weather
permitting, this will also be pleasing
and interesting entertainment, for
whenever our ladies undertake a thing
their efforts are always crowned with
success, all other things being favora-
ble. 10 this entertainment the public
are cordially invited, and it is hoped
they vii! bring their best friends, and
don't you forget your pocket books,
ami then all will he happy and serene.
Man is surely Il strange animal.
The chameleon changes his color to
suit the surroundings. Some men
change their "faith," notion, opinion,
TO suit Il certain inclination, taste, de-
sire, or more frequently, their pocket
books. Some make the most perfect
contortions in swallowing gnats, while
they can gulp dow. prodigeous camels
with wonderful ease. What fools
these mortals be-"
Last Sunday was communion SER
vice in Grace church, when a large
number of communicants partook of
the Lords Supper. After this the con-
grcgation adopted the Apostolic plan
of giving to the support of the church.
This plan involves theenyeiopes system,
by which every member, male and
female, young and old contribute every
Lords dpy. This fund is not only to
pay the pastors salary, but all other
incidental expenses of the church.
1t is Il good plan. Gods plans are
always good. YUBE.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1889-12-19
THE FARMERS ALLIANCE.
adjournment Of the St. Louis Convention
Change of Name.to the National Far
mcr's Alliance and Ind ustrial Union

ST. Louis, December 6.-The Far
mers' Convention yesterday closed up
their business and adjourned to meet
on the second Tuesday in December,
1890, at Jacksonville, Fla. The day
was devoted to finishing the revision
of the constitution and trying to smooth
the way for consolidation with the
Northern Alliance. Terms were finally
agreed upon, and Kansas and South
Dakota go in at once, but the other
States defer action until the matter can
be submitted to the separate State AL
lianceS.
What the terms of the consolidation
are have not transpired. The new con-
stitution is the same as the old, with
the exception ofa few verbal changes.
One of the chief alterations is striking
out the word "country" before the
phrase "country mechanic" This
will enable large number of mechan-
les in villages and cities, who are
knights of Labor, to join the organiza-
ton. 1t is provided that negroes may
he taken into the union at the option
of the State organizations, but they
cannot be made delegates to the
National Convention.
The name OF the organization has
been changed to the National Farmers
Alliance and Industrial Union. Head
quarters will he established at Wash
ington, D. c., where the president,
secretary and chairinannf the executive
committee will transact business.
The judiciary committee, which is
practically trial Court, was appointed
as follows: r. &. Petty, OF Mississippi.
chairman: Isaac McCracken, of Arkan-
sas. and Evan Jones, of Texas.
The executive committee is composed
Of G. w. Mcclure, of Washington, D.
G.: A. Wardell, of South Dakota, and
J. +. TilIman, of Tennessee. Business
agents, who are purchasing agents and
look after the cooperative stores and
other traffirs OF the Order, have organ
lied and style themselves the State
business Agents Association. J. B.
Dimes. of ST. Louis, was elected presi-
dent; W. w. Holland, of Kentucky,
vice president, and Oswald Wilson, of
New York, secretary.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1889-12-19
Invested a Dollar and Realfzedy-
Brown and bis friend Pc
talking about investments.

Brown and bis friend Pc
talking about investments.
Once l invested $1,000 10 req
said Perkins, land doubled IL ID
than six months. That was the
investment | ever made. Prettyt
wasn't it?"
"i've done better than that,n
Brown. 1.-TWO years ago I was
by all my friends that was goins
consumption, and 1 thought they
right about it. 1 had a dry, has
cough, no appetite, my sleep cau3
fits and starts, and seemed TOTO }
good, and often there waSZdulI, I
pain III chest. kept grS
weaker AID weaker, and at last b
sweats s>t in. I thought it was
with me then. l had consyE
doctors and taken quartssf their
cine, and received no benefit III
One day 1 happened to read SOM
about Or. Pierce's Golden MedicS
covery, and l made up my ns
give it a trial, but I didn't ;:ex
would help me. invested a d&
a bottle Of it, and it helped nae
the first dose. 1t helped and III
me, and when | compare my ~
good health with the miserable E
OF two years ago l think I arm &
saying that my investment was
better one than yours. YOU
reckon health by any measure
lars and cents; if you could 4
say that had realized atieast
ion from my Si.90 investment.
Golden Medical Discovery" is
teed to benefit or cure in all
for which it is recommended or
paid for it will be refunded.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1889-12-19
4 FINANCIAL STIR.
\ New York Attorney After Money in
Caroiina's Capital.

COLUMBIA, 5. g., December 12.-Con-
siderable stir was created here to-day
in State financial circles by the ap-
pearunce before the committee on ways
and means Of The General Assembly Of
Russell Wise, of New York, as an at
torney in behalf Of a petition for the
recognition and payment Of bonds
issued under the act Of March %, 1869.
This action, coming at time when
the Legislature is considering the
question of funding the Brown consols
into per cent. bonds, causes. much
comment.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1889-12-19
&DS THE SOUTH.

n OF the Negro Pro-
Han the Load the
but she will never
al hx. Kim
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1889-12-19

ber I2.-The follow
the eloquent speech
Grady at the mer-
p-aight:
buth, Mr.. President,
lis section by a line
repres ibIe difference,
ratricidal blood and
but a vanishing
airest and richest do
b. It is the home of
able people. There is
can please or prosper
perfect climate above
to the husbandman
the temperate zone.
sotton whitens beneath
day wheat locks sun
he'd sheaf. In the same
the fragrance Of the
10 catches the quick
ns. There are noun
exhaustless treasures,
primeval, and rivers
sr lettering, run wanton
essential items Of all
In, iron and wood, that
control. In cotton a
in iron proven su-
Der the reserve supply
From this assured
1t advantage, against
conditions cannot much
ghas grown an amazing
astries-not maintained
contrivance of the tariff
off from the fullest and
of supply, but resting
ance within touch Of the
and forest-not set amid
rom which competition
farmc. in despair, but
b and sunny lands rich
Re, to which neither sea-
rs set a limit, this system
mounting to a splendor
azzle and illumine the
Is the picture and prom
BE. a land better and fairer
bid you, and yet but a ut
u material excellence for
1 gentle quality of its cit
Hat, sir, we have New
hitting the Republic from
is, shaking from its over
IS new swarms of workers,
E,this land all over with its
purage. And yet,
&ado of which I have
er cent. of the lands
its mines scarcely
s population so scant
"a equidistant the sound of
:oice could not be heard
i to Taxes; while on the
every house in New
ids a son, seeking with
) some new land in which
modest patrilnony, the
.emains that in 1880 the
ever Northern-born citi-
E had in 1870, fewer in
1850.
pat ? Why is it, s:r, that
ectional line be now but a
) breath may dispel, fewer
North have crossed it over
than when it was GRIM
le of the best blood Of the
. even when the slave
guard every inch Of its
l be but one answer. 1t IS
,blem we are now to con-
Key that opens that prob
,ck to the world the fairest
Republic and free the hal
thousands, whose eyes are
ling with its beauty. Bet
, it will open the hearts of
thirty years estranged and
NC comradeship a million
withheld in doubt. Moth
this problem, and the sus-
.eds, binders a clear under
perfect union. Nothing
etween US and such love as
ria and Massachusetts, at
and Yorktown, chastened
of Manassas and GettyS-
animated with the coming
rk and q nobler destiny
er wrought with sword or
nnon's mouth.
es not invite your patient
Ight, hear one thing more:
e, your brothers in the
ers in black, in destiny, in
st in our past and future,
18th this problem that their
ice depends on its right
Ior are they wholly to
presence. Slave ships of
; sailed from your ports;
8 in our fields. You will
.!e traffic. nor institution.
"a declare that IL It's Wise
administration, in lifting
lights Of which he had
his savage home and
sppiness he has not yet
our fathers left their
u excellent heritage.
war this institution
God as heartily as
slavery is gone for
E l soil. But the free
With him a problem
r parallel.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1889-12-19

Don hawk, hawk, blow, spit, and
disgust everybody with your offensive
breath, but use DR.. Sage's Catarrh
Remedy and end it. 80 cents, by drug
gists.
, 1889-12-01
Listening to the MockInr Birds.

A writer, who has recently visited the
Bridal Veil Falls in the Yosemite valley,
thus speaks of the knocking birds found
in that vicinity: millions of brown
coated birds there were everywhere, UNI
til the whole of our very natures seemed
permeated with their music. Sometimes
low and sweet, again sad and plaintive,
and then full, rich and triumphant, like
a pecan of joy and gladness, while we
looked at each other in wondering ST.
lence. Just as it seemed that the melody
was unexpectedly sweet, and that our
hearts could not contain more without
the relief of tears or shouts, the wind
died away and the water again struck
with an awesonle oar into its rocky hol-
low with a force that made the earth
tremble, and was again dashed to furious
foam, and the song of the hooking bird
hushed. Thus it goes on ever and ever
alternately, and has for ages, the song
OF the birds and the thunderous rever
beratbon of the cataract"
, 1889-12-01
stranr. custom. OF N. rslImo.

Like the Indians, the Eskimo often
kill the old. Often the old are tired
of life and beg to be dispatched. II
food is scarce they are turned out to
~starve, whether they like it or not.
The %superfluous women are also dis
posed of in this way. Barbarism
shows itself in the treatment of the
dead. The body of a favorite wife or
child is sometimes protected through
the winter and decently buried in the
spring; but, as ageneral rule, corpses
are dragged a short distance from the
village and abandoned to the dogs.
These savages have no idea of the
marriage relations. Women are treat
ed as chattels. The number of wives
a man may have is regulated not by
his possessions, as among u Nor
mons, but by his ability to manage
women. One infers from this that
p~olygamy is not carried on to any
great extent .-Chicago Tribune.
, 1889-12-01
A Settler, for Mrs. X.

The other day we overheard a table
conversation substantially like this:
What, dear, you haven't heard about
ity7
"No, dearie. not a word"
why, you see, Mrs. X "a very promi.
nen LADY, tried to get Mrs. rs (another
prominent LADY, cook away from her,
and actually went to Mrs. rs house when
Mrs. 2 vas away and offered the cook
more money"
my. myl What did Mrs. 2 do about
itY'
well, tho next time they met ut a
state dinner Mrs. z didn't notice her.
Some one who sat between them said,
Mrs. 2, you know Mrs. x, do you
not?
"'N-n-no,' said Mrs. z, 4 believe not.
She sometimes calls on my cook, I
understand, but I believe we do not az
change those courtesies. Waiter, an
other Of the breadsticks, please.'"-
Washington Post
, 1889-12-01

L would, however, conjure my
brothers and sisters of the writing fra
ternity, if they can cope with the
proofreader, not 10 fear those dreadful
letters Obs, with which the diction-
airy makers seek to bury out of good
company many noble words with
which Shakespeare and Spenser made
mirth and spoke wisdom What was
fit for those authors to use may still,
at a pinch, help us in the Nineteenth
century. l would indeed go further,
if might. and plead with the diction-
airy makers themselves that they
should in future omit those condem-
natory letters from their column. =
Let them still tell us what great
masters have employed certain words,
that we may be stimulated thereby to
emulate the knowledge possessed by
these writers as to the essential signih-
canoe of syllables, and that we may
recognize the skill with which those
syllables have been in former days
subordinated to the highest purpose OF
thought and art in literature; but let
them spare us the sight of those dis
%couraging italics, Obs. just as we be-
gin TO glow with a sort of intellectual
passion for a word, and would fain
seize upon it for our use. The sight Of
those three condemnatory letters-the
very abbreviation has something of
contempt in it-makes us think Of
stupid fashions in speech; it makes us
doubt, and while we doubt mspira-
ton flies away and fancy grows pale.
Language then becomes a question Of
times, Of mode, of manners and nos
what it should be, a question of power
and fitness, of usefulness and beauty
Atlantic.
, 1889-12-01
Don't Open Your Mouth Too wide.

Every one knows that it is vulgar
to yawn in company, but it is not gem
orally understood that it is dangerous.
An individual in Dublin-we are not
told how engaged, but it is supposed
in listening to one of the Hundred
Best Books" read aloud TO him by a
member of the Home Reading associa-
tion-has been stretching his jaws to
such an extent that he dislocated them.
This is not only q lesson in manners,
but should be a warning to all profess
sional and business men who are in
the habit of Opening their mouths
too wide" in view OF a financial pros
pect.-Iondon News.