The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1894-01-31

From Our Regular Correspondent.
PROSPERITY, January 30.-Messrs.
Bobbe Whites and Will Haltiwauger,
of Columbia, spent Saturday night and
Sunday with US.
Mrs. Mamie Birge and her three
children will start on their return trip
to Texas tomorrow.
The Prosperity Stock Company has
sent a representative to Atlanta again
to purchase another lot Of mules. This
is the third carload for this concern
this season.
A. c. Jones, the popular travelling
salesman for Hood, Foulkrod & Co., is
in town selling a big bill of goods. e.
Last October certain young man
who lives in the Dear country cane
here soliciting donations for mission
ary fund for his particular church.
Last week this same young man was
in town soliciting signatures looking
to the establishing of State liquor
barroOm in our midst, with view OF
becoming chief bottle handler of this
hydra-headed institution.
I told you last week that we were
muchly tangled Oh these coasts and
that We were no better than other peo-
pie who are manufactured of the same
material While large majority of
our white population in town are de-
cidedy and emphaticaliy opposed to
the Dispepsary, or the selling Of liquors
in any shape or form, yet we have the
"aualifed voter" C'qualitied voter'
was substituted for 'freeholder' in the
Act by leading Prohibitionist) with
US. 1t is now evident that a few white
people, with this "qualitied voter"
will call an election to determine
whether or not Dispensary shall be
established here. We are badly tan
gled, and the outcome is doubtful. |
would not bet red apples on the f1nal
result. The will of the people that we
hear so much about is not consulted IN
Dispensary matters. Truly, affairs IN
South Carolina pertaining to whiskey
are in lamentable and appalling con-
dition. Look at case in Charleston,
where we are told a drunken whiskey
spy strikes reputable lady with his
fist; she swears out warrant for bis
arrest-they 60 to trial-the lady iden-
llueS LuS spy III Coui SnSNo PoS..A.
Iy that he struck her-proves 1t by
three reputable witnesses-it is not
denied except by defendant himself.
The trial justice fined the defendant
$50, or thirty days in Jail. What else
could he do? The evidence was over
whelming. Yet Mr.. Tillman tele-
graphs the spy's full pardon, saying
that the lady and her witnesses swore
lies and that bis spy swore the truth
and asking for the resignation Of Trial
Justice Burnet because, forsooth, be
sentenced a convicted spy according to
law and not according to Mr.. Tillman's
will. That's all. never have liked
spies much since Maj. Andres time:
The Major got his deserts, buI lots OF
spies since then have been more for
tunate I used to be afraid of Scott's
and Moses spies and constables. Those
fellows used TO make me sleep away
from home of cold nights without a
bed, but we got even with some OF
them. Now I love Mr.. Tillman's spies
just about as much as I did Scott and
Moses, still | am not so afraid of them
because I am not in the liquor busi-
ness, in :uy shape or form; still I've
no love or even respect for spies, and if
they proceed to slap the faces of some
mems wives somebody's spies will get
worse burt than k!ll-his-man-blood-
thirsty Jack Bladon. These things
don't make me happy and serene.
That's all. YU-BE.