The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-09-03
NEWS FROM IIOREB.

InF EtQt0r: atn always Sido w SSI
10 read the news through your va!ua.
bic columns every Wednesday from
different parts of the county, and IN
order to tote fair. thought would
scribble doan few dots from old
Horeb.
Down in this corner of our pre-
cinct We arr blessed people, blessed
in many ways, one in particular: We
have three chorchs.-P:e>h: eri III,
Baptist and Me:hodi>t. All are SUI !
piled with good preachers and good
pastors. The Mc:hodistS anil Bapti-tS
have had their protracted mee.ings
and have proved big blessing to both
churches and people. The Presbyte-
rians will commence their protracted
meeting Friday night before the first
Sunday in September.
We will send notice for Insertion
when we intend to dedicate on: new
church, but want at this point special
mention made in your columns for the
liberal contributions that Your town
has so ably and willingly contributed
toward tue building of it. There has
been subscribed from 81 to 800 by
bankers, lawyers, merchants, doctors,
ofice-holders aud non-office-holderS,
aad friends. All has been paid. While
we, in our Irail financial condition,
NAV never be able to return to you for
your liberality, we trust that God, the
Giver of all COED gifts, will abundant
lv bless and reward you for the same.
The health of the community never
better, considering the abundance Of
fruit we have had; consequently the
doctors have been kept at home.
We are thankful for the big fruit
CROP, sadzHez onghtstoz be thankful to
seed yV;yss yyho have 50 aishfal!y fa !
future happiness.
Industry.-I can't say much for we
men folks down here on the line Of
industry. We all ride around, smoke
our pipes, chew our tobacco and come
in and brag to our wives what fine
crops we have, while thcy (our wiveS)
are hard at work-canning and drying
fruit. I knew an old faithful friend,
lived in NeWberry some years ago,
mad it for saying, that there was but
two classes OF people that worked
no Tadays, and that was the white
women and negro men. lie certainly
told big truth. can't think there
can be too much praise given our dcar
women for their perseverance in our
Gear land. Without the dear women,
who would build the churches, and
who would-in fact-Who would keep
the world together? Answer. no one.
Woman.-We had one to 60 almost
mad near here the other day. She
sent her son to 2 country store for
81 90 worth of sugar. The boy came
back and reported he only got sixteen
pounds. After the mother got her
pears and all necessary arrangements
made to preserve them, she opened
the bag, and it contai"ed sixteen
pounds of sand. "Oh, men' c"ied
out the lady for her bov, and tn n for
her S1.00. l suppose the boy missed
thrashing by returning the Sl0Q, as
the merchant had no sngar.
Public Roads.-Our supervisor, Mr..
J ". c., is having our roads put in
good fix. Joe makes good supervi-
sor, but says he would make better
sheriff.
Railroads.&c. is four miles 10 our
postof1Ice on thee. & &. r. r. It's
great convenience too, for we get our
mail daily. l believe if and my
esteemed friend of yeur town, Mr..
&. II. McMaster, could get our heads
together and some one else's money
together we could have another rail
road running through here. I would
vote for him to be president and he
would vote for me to be conductor.
The Crops.-Corn is fine beyond
douot, more particularly young corn
ON bottom lands. Cotton is poor, be- |
yond q doubt. 1t has had so many
drawbacks; cut off about 40 per cent.
Peas.-More peas planted than COM
mon, and if gathered will prove big
help to the farmers.
Sorghum.-There will be another |
big molasses making down here this
year, and l believe it will be the cause
Of molasses being lower in price than
ever.
Potatoes. We have been eat
ing potato custerd more than month,
and hope to be able to eat them until |
next April.
What glorious country if we only !
knew how to manage it; good lands,
good health, good water, good women
-ob, but bad politics.
. Politics Some Of US Conservatives
down here voted the division ticket,
not that the other ticket didn't have
some good men on it, but will by illus
tration give one reason for not voting
it: We don't like TO drink our coffee
sweetened with black sugar nor flaw
ored with sour cream.
Rain and Visitors.-We have had
showers of both, frequent and Often
particularly the former. Glal that
they all came early, and feel Thankful!
for such blessings. 1t is gso1 10 have
fine crops an6to have friends AID refa,
tives to come to see YOU; good to have
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