The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1897-06-25
OUR PROSPERITY BUDGET.
ALL THE NEWS or a LIVE AND PRO-
GRESSIyE TOWN.
Especial Correspondence Herald and News.


and Mt. Tabor Sunday-schools will
have Il joint picnic July 1st at Mt.
Tabor church. Grace Sunday-school
will go down by private conveyance.
The Kings Daughters OF the a. X. p.
church are organizing for another of
their enjoyable entertainments.
Mrs. Nettie Kinard and little daugh-
ter Martha, of Atlanta, are visiting
grand parents and relatives for u few
weeks.
Our old friend "Statry" (F. nj. Bow
ers) met with serions accident last
Friday. In setting up an overturned
hay cutter the knife fell on his hand,
nearly severing the large tendon. DR..
Hunter attended to stitching it up, and
he Is now doing we'll.
Capt. Gilston was wired early this
morning to go to the ballast pit and
settle row in progress there. TO
what extent, or if anyone was hurt, I
have not heard up to this writing.
This has gotten to be quite rowdy
place Of late, and we hope will be rem
edied.
Miss Sue Corley, of Lexington, is
visiting Mrs. j. w. Hunter, of St.
Luke's, and she and Miss Mamie Hun
tcr have been visiting Mrs. G. G. Lane
and Mrs. A. II. Hawkins in town for
the past few days.
Mis-. Tucker, of Laureps, has been on
a visit to her friend Mrs. II. S.
BoOzer.
Our continge ent of Vets consisted Of
Messrs. i. G. Wise and wife, X. Baker
and wife, S. +. Kohn and Il. Bobb.
Cap say he was as good II Veteran as
ever cracked Il joke or lighted Il camp
fire, but he Is not anxious for u praci-
cal demonstration of his Vet quail
ties.
All our college boys and girls have
returned home and are enjoying well
earned vacation.
Ou old friend Col. j. T.. Browne will
return to Prosperity on Saturday, and
your correspondent is beginning to
tremble in his boots, for who can with
stand the wrath of the Colonel, alas
who? Come on, Frank, we have II
masked battery for you. Look out!
"ren Original packages of 'Oh, be
Joyful were delivered In Prosperity
last Saturday by the express company.
They were jugs and kegs, all for 'pri-
vate use Prosperity is doing we'll for
dry town-ten kegs in one day. This
beats dispensary all to death, because,
forsoOth, IL isn't sold here nor do VIC
get any revenue from it TO build up the
town, help the school or sustain police
regulations in hunting down the tigers.
Yes, yes; ten kegs in one day and no
revenue beats having Il dispensary. (?r'
The above clipped from the Prosper
ity Advertiser does our town great in
justice. Now we all know that the
editor is dispensary man, but that is
sue was settled by tho people on No
vember 9th, and for the editor to use
such items rs this to bclittl0 the tenn
perance and anti-dispensary people of
our town, is uncalled for. If there
were ten kegs in one day come here, 7
don't believe that there was single
one for Il citizen of the town, and nm
sure Prosperity is not to be held respon-
sible for the sins of No. 8 Township OF
Newbcrry County aud possibly two
townships in Lexington. If our town
and school are to be built up by pulling
others down and damning souls, say let
it not be built up. Building up Il school
with blood money, God forbid! And
then, too, the practical side of the
question is that there is no money com,
ing from dispensaries TO help anything
OF any consequence. You've got to
have the police and the drunks with
the dispcnsary, but after all salaries,
breakage, leakage and shortage are
made good, there is usually very little
left to pay town, county or State.
Those who are familiar with facts will
know that the great big profits talked
of were only on paper, and have never
materialized. Mr.. Editor, II you had a
dispensary here with all its evils
wouldn't you have IN original package
shop too? And your remarks in regard
to "tigers;" can't you write something
that will not be so obnoxious to the
temperance people and sentiment OF
the town? If you know where the lair
of a "tigcr" is, is it not'yom duty rs a
good law-abiding citizen mot to put it
on any higher grounds) to lead II party
OF hunters and nproot the evil and drive
out the beast?
Glad to see you down last week, Mr.
Editor; come again. Say, can't you
brag little on the soda dispensed by
your old friend ut Kohn's drugstore?
Hon. Arthur Kiber was IN town last
Friday. He was on insurance bust
| ness.
Mrs. Owens, of Laurens, visited hcl
sister Mrs. Fl. S. BooZcr last week
Miss Rosa Wyse, of Columbia, has
been visiting friends in town.
Several Of our teachers have been il
| attendance upon the County Teachers
| Institute i'm session this week in the
| 0nnro h0nse at Nowbnrry Amono ~ ~