The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1889-08-29
RIDGE ROAD AND cASNoS's CREEK

? On Wednesday night, 2lst instan
: about nine o'clock, there was distin'
shock of earthquake felt throughol
this section. Some persons who lil
in high frame houses report that til
shock was pretty severe.
Mrs. Lizzie Hunter is visiting in tn
Mt. Tabor section. Mr.. and Mrs. Pei
tus Lominick of No. II Township, wer
visiting in our section Saturday an
Sabbath last, the guests of Mr.. J. X
Epps and family.
There was a good congregation in at
tendance at Ridge Road church on Sun
day last. Rev. J. A. Sigh preached
one of his usual stirring sermons from
Romans -: >.
i, We regret to learn that Mr.. p. B.
Ellison contemplates selling his place
and moving West.
Last week was one Of sunshine, anG
it just came in right for the farmers tc
gather their fodder. The principal part
ofthe crop has been gathered, and we
suppose better crop of fodder has
never been stored away.
Communion services will be held at
st. Paul's Church Oh the third Sunday
in September, with preparatory services
on the Saturday previous. Next Sab
bath, their regular day for preaching,
there will be an election for a part of
the church council. The elders will
first be elected, and OH the next preach
ing day the deacons will be elected,
Communion services will be held at
Mt. Tabor on the fourth Sunday, with
preparatory services and meeting of
the joint council on the Saturday pre-
vious.
1.-The barbecue season is about out, put
picnics are still in full bloom. We are
informed that there will be picnic
and school exhibition at Mt. Pilgrim
tomorrow.
On Wednesday next there Will be a
grand exhibition and picnic of the Ex-
celsior school. Thanks for an invita-
ton to be present.
The pastor and council of Ridge Road
church have decided to have the fall
communion OH the second Sabbath in
October. It has been also decided to
dedicate the church at this time. On
account of bad crops for the past few
years, and our congregation being COM
posed of small farmers, and only few
in number, an Indebtedness of one hun
dred dollars still remains on the church.
The congregation will endeavo1 to raise
this amount by that time, and proba-
bly it will not be known as Ridge Road
church any loHger. Full part culars
will be given later.
A Farmers Alliance was ORGANIZED
on Saturday last at Gallman Academy
by w. D. Hardy, county organizer,
with fifteen members and the follow
ing officers: G. L. Sease, president;
Middleton Griffin, vice-president; J.
J. Gallman, secretary; Lawson Fellers,
treasurer; w. F. Enlow, lecturer; Hill
lard Long, assistant lecturer; w. NJ.
Griffin, chaplain NJ. NJ. Long, door
keeper; Ernest Fellers, assistant door
keeper; G. L. Sease and S. H. FelleS,
committee on warehouse. The alli-
ance will hold a called meeting next
Saturday at 3 p. m.
Well, the corn crop is about made,
and, upon an average, is about as good
as could be expected. So the question
now is, what about king cotton? This
is the crop that is agitating the minds
of the most of our people, both in and
out Of town. This is the crop that will
soon put speculation OH boom, anG
also give work to many idle hand:
that have been waiting patiently until
the crop was made and gathered. Well
we farmers have nothing more thar
this to say: We have labored hard
and there has been nothing lacking il
this part. We have taken the liberty
to say what kind Of bagging it shall be
wrapped in. But some of the cotton
exchanges haye said it will not be re-
ceived in the cotton bagging. If it is
not put up in jute it will probably have
to be sold at a sacrifice to the farmers
Now, fellow farmers, if there is not
some way lin which to pluck out that
kind of middle men, we would just as
well throw up our hands and quit.
T. J. w.