The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1894-08-29
Bachman Chapel and Union Academy
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Mr.. Editor, we are in no fix for pick
ing up chips at this time.
After suffering four or five days with
very severe cold, which many per-
sons would have determined a case Of
Ia grippe, our head feels almost the size
of a flour barrel. But so long as our
chips receive the proper attention We
will try and gather mp few.
There has been some sickness in our
section since our last writing. Among
the sick, 80 far as we could learn, are
Messrs. Thos. Epps, NJ. L. and E. T.
Strauss, II. T. and NJ. l.. Long, Robert
Taylor and J. J. Kinard, together with
two of Mr.. J. P. kinard's children, Mr..
S. A. Rikard's little two year old boy
and our own little Herman. The mala-
dies are bilious and remittent fevers-
some of them severe and p.otracted, as
in our own family-severe cold, car
buncle, etc. In Mr.. S. J. Kinard's
family are sore eyes in addition to bad
colds. III have failed to mention any
of the sick it is not intentional. but I
am glad to know they are all on the
mend.
Mrs. Lizzie Hunter is on a few weeks
visit to her daughter Mrs. Richard
Martin of No. 6, near Longshore's.
Mrs. Mary Wilson wes visiting her
son and family in the Saluda section
Mr.. Willie Sloan and family, Of
Slighs, was the guest of J. K. Epps
last Saturday and Sunday.
Our primary election will come of
down here tomorrow, the 2Sth, If
match game of base ball does not pre-
vent. Base oall takes the lead now of
any other organization I have ever
heard of. It is the only thing now
going that hasn't got ants and isms
mixed up with it. Our people, both
young and old, have gone perfectly wild
over the matter, and see no earthly
chance of stopping the thing DOW until
the Legislature meets and passes law
not to allow but ''6'' days out ofa week
for the crossing Of bats.
We have made right fair crop, but
how is it to be gathered? for don't you
know the negroes have gone to betting,
too, and when they start the jig is up.
After tomorrow few of the candi-
dates will enter into their rest as good
and faithful servants, but we will say
to all the rest weep not, for your time
has not come; you have one copsoia-
ton, and that Is. you are in the ma jor-
ity, and misery loves company.
a little more fruit from mo1keying
with a pistol. About two weeks ago
Noah Ruff, a negro boy, in fooling with
loaded pistol discharged it. Noah was
lucky, the ball through his hand could
as easily have gone through his head.
Mr.. II. Baird has moved from his
home place to what is known as his
Street place.
Thanks to our friend E. L. Strauss
for three of his fine. delicious melons.
We took in the jolly Street cam
paign meeting last Thursday and
thought We would load up little cam
paign gun to fire off this week, but our
friend Needle" of the Herald and
News force, came il later and relieved
US of that trodble. Now We hope to be
excused for being briefi in what we say,
for We never do like to butt against so
sharp thing as a needle.
But, in short, we must have a few
words to say for old Jolly Street. She
is always noted to have pretty good
crowd at all of her gatherings, and
crowd that sticks as tight together as
leech to a dead cooter. The candidates
knowing this fact, seem always anx-
ious to 90 to Cid Jolly. Yes, we had
pretty good crowd and a pretty full
delegation of candidates, and we were
all having big time until about two
O'Clock, when Needle gathered up the
bulk of the crowd and took them off to
the match game of baseball at Pros
perity. DR.. Werts and Bill Hill stayed
and tried to amuse the few that were
left. But the crowd was so weak. Take
everything else the baseball had the
advantage, and the few of US left we're
soon found on our way back home.
Now, friend Needle, we shall ever hold
you responsible for breaking it up.
Rev. J. D. Bowles commenced a
series of meetings at st. Philips church
or Saturday last. The meeting will 60
on for several days with two sermons
day.
Rev. J. D. Kinard, of the Seminary,
filled Rev. Bowles' pulpit at Bachman
chapel last Sunday evening.
The council of St. Paul's church has
given Rev J. A. Sigh vacation of one
month. Rev. and Mrs. Sigh will take
some recreation at Glenn Springs and
around the mountains.
DR.. Sampson Pope has caused much
wonder and surprise, especially among
the Reformers of Newberry County
and the State throughout, by the most
sudden and wonderful change of his
political career. We have always
knowa the doctor to be little tickle,
full of notions and high-tempered.
vet be has always been very entha-
siastic in everything be went into. and
has shown that be possesses full
share Of sound sense. If any man
had told me four months ago that the
doctor should have gone back so quick
upon the very plans that he always ad-
vocated in the reform ranks, would
have been forced to denounce it as
falsehood.
The Herald and News has caused DO
little comment by its last weeks edito-
rails in showing up the doctor in his
present shape. It was generally sup
posed that after the doctor found that
bis chances were gone among the Re-
lOEueTS aU(l IS udO tUIO"u ulhASCil
into the arms of the Conservatives for
protection, there would have been q
great big whoop and shout of hurrabs
from all of the newspapers that were
defending the Conservative side in be-
half of the doctor; but to great many
peoples surprise, the Herald and News
has come square out and said 1t cannot
stand by DR.. Pope in his present shape:
Now, Mr.. Editor, you have received
not few congratulations upoo this
editorial, for it is entirely contrary to
the plans laid ont by John &. Capers.
He says to the Conservatives to watch
those boys who are dropped from the
Reform ticket, they will be pretty mad
OF course, and ready to join US in sn
effort to run them any how, and each
of those can get certain Tillman fol-
lowing which, added to certain Con-
servative vote, would elect them, and
make vote for Butler in the Legisla-
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