The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1892-05-18
OUR PROSPERITY LETTER

: rCorrespondcnce Of The Herald and News
PROSPERITY, May l6.-Mr. Henry
Summer, an aged citizen, Is quite Ill.
Mai. Jacob Epting, whose life was
despaired of a few weeks ago, has re-
covered sufficiently to walk out on the
streets.
The majority Of our people are op-
posed to Sunday trains, but like sam
Jones, if his Satanic majesty were 60
ing his way he would ride rather than
walk.
Keneth Baker, the cotton buyer,
leaves for Charlotte tomorrow to take
in the Charlotte Exposition. He will
return after weeks absence, and buy
more fine cotton at cents per pound.
The only newspaper read here to-
day, Monday, as we'll as at all other
other points on the C.. and q. railroad
and its branches, is The State. Truly
| The State is { newspaper, and every
body who wants fresh crisp, juicy
news ought to subscribe for The State.
Yesterday evening DR.. 0. B. Mayer
assisted by Drs. A. +. and J. r. Lang
ford performed an important opera
ton on the person Of MIR. Henry Sum-
mers. The patient was suffering un-
told agonies from an enlargement Of
the PROSTATE gland which fills nearly
the entire cavity OF the pelvis, and
from which death would have followed
very soon. The only way to give any
relief from the intense pain, was a
super-puUic operation which was sue
cessfully performed. This does not
remove the cause or heal the disease
only gives the patient ease. This kind
Of operation, | am told is exceedingly
rare. At Il a. NJ. the pstient is doing
we'll.
Trade is as good as usual at this
season of the year, Notwithstanding
the depressing continued cries Of GER
tain people. I do positively assert,
without fear of successful contradic-
ton, that our people as class, and As
q general rule, are in more prosperous
and better condition to-day than they
have been since the war. To-day they
have more corn, bacon and other sus-
tepances OF life, owe less money, and
have more glorious prospect for all
other abundant crop than they have
ever had. I speak OF our own imme-
diate section Of country, No. 8 espec-
tally. TO any person who doubts this,
be is asked only to take a ride or drive
through the country, and be will be
convinced of this truth. He will see
signs of prosperity on every Side. In
the homes of these people there is Joy
and peace, happiness and pleasure. AS
an illustration of this fact / will relate
an incident which occurred last week.
Young DR.. L. and myself took drive
into the country, and just at II O'Clock
(the dinner hour for everybody in the
country we drove up to farm where
an aged couple lived all alone.
We felt delicacy in driving up at
that hour, as they had no notice what
ever of our coming. But we Grove up
were kindly invited to "get out and
come in." The good old host remarked
as we "got out" of the buggy: you'll
have to take pot luck to-day; we didn't
know you were coming, but 1 reckon
you can make out for one meal with
what me and the old woman live on
every day." We walked into the
dining room to partake of "pot luck"
and oh! what "pot luck just think Of
it--here is that "pot luck" bill Of fare:
Fried eggs, fried ham, nice sweet coun-
try ham, fresh water fish fried, corn
bread highly ''shortened," nice hot
biscuit, fresh rich butter, buttermilk
and coffee. That was "pot luck" good
enough for a prince. Oh! for such
"pot luck" at my house every day.
Now this is the kind Of people, and
the way they live, that the political
bosses and backs and croakers are try
ing to array against other classes Of
men, and telling them that they are
only slaves, that they must be edu-
Gated educated here means told and
forced) how to vote. I honestly be-
lieve, yes I am convinced, that II it
were left to vote Of the whole white
people of Newberry County, there
would not be a single political speech
made in the county during this cam
paign. Let US alone. Let US have
peace and then We will remain happy
and serene. YU-BE.