The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-04-09
OUR PROSPERITY LETTER.

- March is past and gone and ver
little corn planted. Farmers are abor
three "eeks.ln arrears It is going
r. take some sharp maupuyerinp to over
come this great disadvantage.
G1!ardening-yes, there are the oil
palinss and the place where the pat
10 once stood, and small plat of fine look
~ III g winter grass to mark the place
:: "here the garden once was. Nothint
more, nothing less. In fact there coulI
: be nothing less. O00 ~
The Executive Committee of the
e Lutheran Home and Foreign Mission
ary Society was to have met her
! to-day, but Mrs. r. W. Holloway wa
: the only one present. The other me m
oers of the committee seem to be in tn,
, hands of ia grippe.
Mr.. Rufus D. Boozer, wife and little
. enid, of Lake City, Fla, and Mr.. J,
Hayne BooZer. of Orlando, Fla, are on
a visit to their father, Capt. H. S.
booZer, and also to attend the marital
ceremonies of their only sister. Miss
Juliet Boozer, which are to take place
tonight, "wednesday in Grace church.
The bridegroom-elect is Mr.. J. Pattus
Wheeler
Old Jack Frost played the very mis-
chief in these coasts last Saturday m and
sunday nights. With malice afore-
thought and on mischief bent, h.
noidly Ventured right into the lap of
MISS Spring, and while costly resting
IN her lap, he noiselessly drew his long
icy, blade, and with two fell swoors'
right and left cuts, be Stayed the entire |
peach crop. Now Miss Spring sits and |
weeps because she granted the old
!rcsted "tooger" the privilege of sitting
IN her lap. Yes, and many more of
your sex do the same thing, nv dear
SSoprlng-Weep and weep over their fol-
lies when it is too late.
"Grip!" Don't talk about grin. r
was little of the sickest man with the
grip you ever did see last week, and 7
am calm and serene yet. had more
grip to the square inch than anv other
mortal except my larger half. I had
tne grip III my head, my eyes, my ears,
my nose, my mouth, my ba"k, nv
cnest, my arms, my hands, my legs.
my feet--all over, from the crown of
my Uranium to the soles of my pedes-
ais. The grip was so awful strong
mai J.! came near crushing all my ten
Ter little bones. Oh, horrible taste of
ne grip! Reader, did you ever taste
last y measles? If so, you have had a
oretaste OF la grippe. The only palli-
tlng arrangement connected with this
'rench animal is that the doctor really
I'd allow me to eat lots of candy. Ia!
a! mon ami Ia grippe.
1t seems that the States Newberrv
was about correct m the
chool district "agitation ouestion y
ulo truly "agltate," but it seems
lat the agitation was confined to a Sc
'ct rev. However, as result of the
Iltatlon, paper stating the fact, and
'klng the Schoc1 Commissioners to
y OFT school district four miles
luare with the town of Prosperity as
le centre, was circulated for sigma
res. Now [ would do nothing to re-
rd the advancement of any educa-
)nal plans or theories, for T have
ways been on the line Of educational
lvancement, but school district at
IS place and at this time strikes me
very unfortunate position for the
Wn alone. fit dealt with the town
one, would not have word to saw
opposition to the scheme, but would
-her huZZah for the young creature.
1t this school district has to deal with
and half miles of country in every
ectlon, outside of the town. This
'vey Will bring into the school dis
,t, outside of the incorporation, about
rty-hVe white and sixty-fye colored
1llles. This arrangement will give
negroes clear majority when it
nes to a vote, and they can vote a
mill tax just as easy as a two min
: Makes no difference to cufie, tt @
re the merrier. The colored people
l De compelled to have a larger
oetter mouse nearer the centre
a the one they now have. How
i! thls be done? It takes money to
ID houses. Where will it come from?
the taxpayer answer, mean the
payers of the proposed school dis
{. There is no use of trying to dis
e the fact, that there will be an
a tax levied tosupport these schools.
re must be a colored as we'll as
te school, and both. must run the
e length of time An additional
Vol tax is just as sure to follow as
scb""l district becomes a fixed -
A school district without a school
IS nonentity. This Very subject
axation is now convulsing our z
lie land from Maine to California. s''''1s@
! unwilling to help burden our
hbors outside the incorporation
an additional tax, and force them
nd their children probably where
do not desire. These people have
schools and good teachers. Let
alone. 1t seems to me that we
better build up our own school
1t shall have attained to that high
ION that it once held before it was
ec by internal dissensions. Ex-
'r Academy, 2l miles outside of
b, very fourishing school, is a
lment of our internal dissensions.
IS remedy these things around our
::resides before We say to our
'6oors, come, go along with US and
do you good. YUBE.