The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1889-10-31

p The rains have come and the dust
has disappeared.
Cotton lively, business brisk, goods
cheap, no dust and everybody is happy
and serene.
We are the most fortunate family in
Prosperity We had all, and the only
Love of the A. R. P. Synod.
The members of synod did not eat
all the chickens and eggs. We Still
have plenty left. Come again, brethren.
Mrs. T. B. Steward, wife of the Rev.
r. 3. Steward. of Mooresville, n. c.,
is visiting her brother, S. B. Latham,
Esq.
The Ladies' Home and Foreign Mis-
sionary Society of Grace church, are
observing a week Of prayer and self
conservation.
! Sales of cotton for the past week
! 513 bales, making total to dale of
! 1854 bales. The market closed yester-
day with an upward tendency, the
price ranging yesterday from 8 3-l6 to
8 5-l6, with a good feeling.
The school books ado..ted " the
State Board of Education and r :onl-
mended by the County Board ot In
aminers can be found at y. II. hohn's.
These books will be uniformly ;ltn)ted
! in every school where<there is auN, pub
lie money appropriated or received.
| Teachers will do well to bear THIS in
| mind.
Almost cotton fire occurred on the
cotton platform near the'depot last
week. TWO bales caught simultane-
| ously, but the fire was quickly discov-
cred and the burning bales thrown off
and the fire eXtinguiShed. 1t is almost
certain that they caught from an en-
gine which was shifting on the side
track.
Last Wednesday was Alliance day
! here. There WAS EOt near so nlucn
! cotton put on the market rs on the
| week before, still the number belong
/ ing to the Alliance ran up to l33 bales.
| The cotton was all sampled, the hales
! numbered, and buyers were requested
to bid. Messrs. Wheeler and Moseley
bought the lot at 81 round. This Was
week before, or in oth"r words it WAS
sold at a loss of about $l.7O per bale.
We are satisfied that selling cotton III
large lots at this season of the year is
no. advantageous to either seller or
buyer. In fact we doubt whether it
Will ever be advantageous to the sellers
in bulk. individuals can get more for
their cotton in this market by selling
as individuals.
On last Thursday, the Associated
Reformed Presbyterian Synod, South,
convened in the A. r. P. Church here.
The opening sermon from Heb. 8: 5, WAS
preached by the retiring Moderator,
Rev. S. A. AZ lew. Upon organization
it was found tat the were ninety dele
gates present, OF whom tifty-four were
clerical. The Rev. D. q. Caldwell was
elected Moderator for the ensuing
synodical year.
This synod is a large and very inter-
esting body. 1t is composed of eight
different Presbyteries throughout the
South. The first two days Of synod
were mostly spent in hearing the re-
ports from these different Presbyteries,
which all showed the church to be in a
live, growing condition. Six hundred
members have been added during the
past year. The Foreign Mission work
Of the church is confined to Tampico,
Mexico, at which point they need an
additional female teacher. The report
on Erskine College showed it to be in
fourishing condition. 1t is an institu-
ton of which the synod isjusuly proud.
Reports from other committees were
favorably received. Rev. J. G. Boyd
D. D., of Pennsylvania, a delegate from
the u. P. Church Of North America,
was present, and III an able and forcible
effort presented the salutations Of his
church. The Moderator responded in
fitting terms.
On Sunday morning the Moderator,
D G Caldwell. nreached TO a crowded