The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1893-07-26
HacI,man Chapel Chips.

Communion services will be held at
Bachman Chapel on the second Sun
day in Augus. and not the first as was
stated in my last letter. Remember,
there will be preparatory services on
Saturday previous at II Il. III. The
meeting will be protracted few days
if the congregation desires.
Mrs. Lizzie Hunter is spending this
week in the Sigh section.
A little strange to say, Mr.. Editor,
we have attended two barheruts aud
heard no speaking-no politics dis
cussed except little dispensary talk.
Died, on Sunday, the 10th instant,
little Willie Reeder, the five-mouths-
old child of Nj. Nj. NJ. Long. Little
Willie was left motherless babe when
only a few weeks old, but by the kind
treatment and tender care of a father
and sisters it bad grown to be quite an
affectionate ard bright babe. But God
in his infinite mercy, who always
knows best, has called it home with its
mother to rest. The little baby was
laid away by the side of its mother, in
Colony graveyard, on Monday follow
ing. DR.. Holland conducted the burial
services.
"Sleep on in thy beauty,
Thou sweet angel child;
By sorrow unhlighted,
BY sin undefiled.
Like the dove to the ark
Thou hast flown to thy rest,
From the wild sea Of strife
TO the home of the blest."
Hurrah for the Observer! 1t blows
off occasionally at the Reform party.
Last week it loaded up with DR.. Wyche
and took centre shot at the Honora-
BILE J. A. Sligh. We know that Mr..
Sigh is fully able to vindicate himself
from this, or any other attack that the
Observer may make upon him; but
still, Mr.. Editor, if we are allowed
space, we propose to have something
to say upon the subject in our next
letter.
We poor clodhoppers are about all
done rolling the clods and are now
taking a few days of recreation. The
prospect of a corn crop is very gloomy
now; indeed, we can't see at this time
where there can possibly be more than
a half crop made. Cotton, with the
help of few partial showers, seems to
be holding up pretty we'll so far, and
with favorable seasons from now on
there can be a very good average crop
made yet. We cannot say that our
crops have particularly suffered from
drought, but the excessive heat has
parched up cur corn, and unless We
get one of those good old time rains,
that reaches from the mountains to
the seaboard, soon, our cotton will also
begin to parcn up.
Vegetables have almost become a
thing of the past, although tomatoes
and okra are not quite dried up, and
we are still gnawing away at little
vegetable soup. [@rrhat's good
but say, "Chips," how is the water
melon crop down your way?-Type-
setter and pointer.
Jefferson Quattlebaum's old resi-.
dence, occupied by Sam Cannon, col.
ored, was consumed by fire on last
Sunday morning, about half-past three
o'clock. The dining room stood about
thirty feet from the house and was not
used by Cannon at all. While Spence
Scott was in Jail his wife moved all Of
their things to Cannon's, putting them
in the dining room. The fire first
caught in the back part OF the dining
room. Cannon says that there had
been no one in the dining room for the
past three or four days. So evidently
the fire originated either from flying
squirrel or rat getting among some
matches, or from the hands Of an in
cendiary. It has always been a ques
ton with me whether flying squirrel
or rat could set a house on fire. The
only way they can light a match i:
with, their mouth, and would not the
dampness from their mouth put out
the match as soon as it was lighted
[HSa.It would if it "got damp quick
But it would have to be damp quick.
And it should occnr during the wet
spell, when the mist penetrates into
the wardrobes, and not while ''siz
Zard" is blazing. 1t should also be
seen that there is no loose powder, etc.
else we wouldn't like to be the rat thai
gnawed the match that struck the
light that set the fire to the house thai
Jack or anybody else "uilt.-Type-set
tt and pointer. Mr.. Quattlebaun
bad no insurance on his house. Can
non saved the principa! part Of wha1
he had, but Scott lost his little all.
Mr.. Editor, will you please tell oul
honorable School Commissioner, Thos
w. Keitt, that we would like very
much if he would appoint the. trustee:
in this new school district: as we have
a house to build before we can be able
to start our school. 1t is very impor
tant the trustees be appointed at once
so that they can 60 to work in orde
that the opening of the school may no
be delayed longer than possible. w