The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1894-05-09

The band will play memorial day,
aud the exercises Of the occasion
promise TO be Interesting.
Cash is lever. If you leave your
cash at Matthews & Caunon's you are
not likely to set left. See ad.
The Helena singing circle continues
to improve. The singing at the last
meeting was exceptionally sweet.
The practical as we'll as the ''scienti-
ficr aspect Of the water works question
vas presented at the meeting : esterday
at eruooG.
Two of the three County Commits
sioners are announced candidates for
County Supervisor-why shouldn't we
have alp?
Ex-Constable Swan has. opened a
barroom in BarnweIl. We suggest that
be label his meanest grade of liquor
"S~ansdown."
We wish the C's could be revived
at this end Of the line; and built this
time-at least between this point and
BlacksOurg.
The material for the Voice OF the
People has arrived, and Mr.. Capers
says be expects to get out the first issue
during the next week.
"Aunt" Easter Brown, an old FAM
i!y, servant formerly belonging to Mr..
John b. Carwile, died III Gravelto"n
Oh Sunday morning.
Some young people were playing
crouuet III the country week or two
ago, when big black snake quietly
crawled across the yard.
When trade is dull on q rainy day at
the Mower Company store, that popu-
lar house is kept lively anyway by the
Bill Nye'' of the establishment.
The Newberry Band is progressing
finely. Some new music has la'eiy
been received, and is being mastered
preparatory to whatever "turns up"
Mr.. Ledford Cromer, living near Mr..
G. NJ. SlighS, has been quite Ill for
week past with an abscess in bis left ear.
At last report heSwas not much better.
MIR. Geo. 4. Langford Was walking
few miles out Of town several days
since and had the pleasure Of killing
five water-moccasins. He kills snakes.
The moderate shower of rain which
fell Saturday afternoon, laying the
dust and cooling the air, was followed
Monday afternoon by glorious down.
pour.
Politics is so debauched that it is
harder now for politician ITO enter
the kingdom of heaven than for a
camel to 60 through the eye Of q
needle"
The Newberry College and Prosperity
base bal! teams will. play match game
of ball Oh the Prosperity grounds'to. day
at o'clock. Round trip railroad fare,
80 cents.
Hon. Ira 3. Jones, q former Newber-
rian, was elected president OF the oung
Peoples convention of the Associate
Reformed Presbyterian Church which
met at Due West on the Sd inst.
Rev. A. J. Stokes Of our city will
preach the opening sermon Of the
Cokesbury District Conference, Metho-
dist Episcopal CHURCH, South, which
is to convene in Cokesbury, S. c., July
12h.
DR.. Mayer may go to Rock Hill and
speak as eloquently as he please
about woman being an angel IN adVer-
sity, but we know whereof we speak
when we say that woman is an angel
also in Prosperity-which is about
eight miles from adversity.
A Columbia man wrote a note to one
of his city papers and signed 1t Mar
ried Reb." AS he was writing on the
artificial limb question, we suspect he
meant "maimed.n AS to the merits OF
the case, it would make no difference
whether be was married or single.
The man, or boy, or whatever it is
that writes for an Anderson paper over
the borrowed non de plume OF ''Need!e''
will please stick pin at the bottom OF
| the next article. There is only one
| needle of that brand in South Carolina,
and it is from Piuetop, Newberry-and
has not yet been declared unconstltu-
tional.
The Episcopal church is undergoing
repairs, which when completed will
add materially to its appearance. Last
Sunday being the stated occasion fol
services by the rector, The church was
open both morning and afternoon
| During the morning service Rev. Mr.
| Gregory administered the rite Of infant
baptism.
Monday was saleday, but in name
only. No business Of a public nature
was t: ansacted. No more people were
in town than any other common day
Judge Feilers says if it wasa't for the
almanac vou couldn't have told it wa:
saleday. Undoubtedly it was shou
the dullest first Monday that eve
rolled around.
There are several busy men in New
berlv-but this scribe can vouch fo
the editor and proprietors ofthe Herald
and News being undoubtedly the twt
busiest men in the place, if not II
South Carolina. They are on a rust
from Monday morning unit! Saturday
night every week in the year. If yol
could spend seven days of the 3G3 II
this office you would find it out 70
yourself.
The Colored Baptist State Convention
met last Wednesday with Rev. +. Il
Wallace's congregation. Inclusive o
ministers and delegates there wer
about three hundred present, and il
the number were some bright men ant
good takers. Rev. Luke, Of Texas
spoke in the Court House Sunda,
morning to a large number of peopl
who were we'll pleased with his talk
Seats were reserved for the white peo
pie and quite number heard him
The colored people had about twent.
More homes than delegates to fill.
The Pearson meeting at IorGville j
creating as much interest there as thu
meeting produced here. Excursion
trains are being run from adjacen
points and crowds are ava!ling them
selves Of the opportunity to hear tn
gifted preacher. Iorkvilie is now en-
loving what Newherrv so recently en-
loved. Speaking of the meeting he'll
here. we have read glowing accounts @
it in the religious press, from local cor
respondents, and we are pleased 10 $a.
that The Herald and News article ha
been copied by secular as we'll as rel
gIouS papers.