The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1896-12-19
FEasTERvILLE ITEMS.

We are panied to chronicle the re-
cent death Of Master David Crosby
son Of Mr.. W. W. Crosby, which
occurred on The sixth inst, after an
illness Of two weeks. Our young
friend was in his sixteenth year and
had by his quiet, unassumlng ana
manly disposition endeared himself to
bis many friends and acqualntences'
Heshad not passed on life's highway
the mile post that marks the number
Of his maturity, When al old man
after having passed his three score and
ten years succcmbs to the in7lnclole
adversary, who disarms alike the
young and the old, his friends accept
the decree with more complacency.
They feel that his race has been run
and lis Ii e's work is ended. But
when one di>s wLo is just entering the
mcrni, g Of auhood we feel that his
death was ;wo soon for his earthly
aspiration, aud for his future nseful-
ness to his Master and his felloWman;
but let US hope not Two soon for LIS
heavenly felicity. It is alarming that
so many OF our young men die just
as they are entering manhood's estate.
It is warning 20 those who survive
and is but additional evidence Of the
uncertainty of life and the certainty
If death. The deceased was former
pupil ofthe writer and thus it is that
Heis enabled to give a more perfect
oel;neation Of bis. disposition. His re-
mains we're conveyed 70 Cool Branch
Church and in in lhe absence Of the
pastor tie funeral services were coD-
Quoted by Mr.. J. Fly Legg, who
read spme appropriate chapters N tie
Bible and made very impressive talk,
after which the remains Of our deceas-
ei friend were carried TO the church
ward where they we're lowered to
their final resting place in the pres
ence of a sorrowing multitude Of re-
lativcs and friends. We tender our
syn,pathies 70 The bereaVcd family
AID trust that their loss will be our
dceeascd friends eternal gain.
Mr.. Editor most Of cur farmers are
done picking and selling cotton. The
small grain is almost all up q Dlce
stand. Some Of our people have beer
clearing up land and building, preEar-
atory for another crop.
Mil D. Coleman and Messrs. j
IN. and Frank Cr.wuer raTe- --lBa'sss L :!
themSa stole at tie forks Of b e
road near Miss Sallie Widner's,
they are now filling it up with
goods, they are soliciting custom, call
and make your purchases, they are
hustlers and we trust that they will
meet with success.
Mrs. Jare Wright who returned
from Louisiana some time ago is now
stayingat Mr.. NJ. D. c. Colviu's, MIS-.
Wright is native of this state and
and her many s;iends and relatives
are glad to have her in our midst.
Almost every body is done killing
hoss. Mr.. John Stone killed a very
large one rot long since, its head
weighed sixty pounds. He Gid not
weigh the whyle hog, but as a general
lule bog will average one hundred
pounds for ev ~ ten pounds CT
weight in the head. 1t was the largest
that I have seen.
; Christmas will soon be here and / eX-
pect it will be ra-her dull, and tie
scarcity Of money is the great hue and
and cry among The people. If The
kind of prices we have bad sice Nc
Kinley's election is an index 10 the
much needel prosperity which the
Republicans have 80 faithfully prom
ised if ele I'D, then we cannct promise
! ourselves advance in prices with
in the mex. four years.
Mr.. Ms D. G. Colvin has three mlleh
co rs from which he sells about eighty
pounds of butter per month and mas
enough left for home use. Mr. COL
vim is one of our most enterprlSlng
farmers, and is man Of progressive
ideas. While in conversation With
him my MUD was called to the at'en-
ion of what one COW will make It
she averages l lb. Of butter per day
sold for zoe. per pound which wonld
be S65 lbs. per year, which amount to
$500 per year, Ifone COW will yield
an income to that amount it is evident
that 5 or 6 would yield an income OF
8 or S43S ner year.