The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1897-09-17
OUR PROSPERITY BUDGET
ALL THE NEWS OF A LIVE AND PRO.
GRESSIVE TOWN.

| Especial Correspondence Herald and News.
| Prosperity, S. c., Sept. 16.-Dry and
| dusty.
How we do wish old .Probs would
send us q shower.
| MIR. Fred Russell, wife and two chill
drcn visited the family OF Mr.. r. H..
| Russell last Sunday.
| Mr.. Edward and Miss Lizzie Eleazer,
OF White Rock, have been visiting
] friends in town.
Miss Maude Hopkins, of Bolton, is
visiting Miss Maggie Russell this
week
Rev. J. w. Blanton will resume his
Bible training class on Thursday
| night.
A negro, Vim. Boston, who works for
mr.: Godfroy Harmon, died suddenly
| last Saturday night. He was coming
| home from work and in attempting to
turn In from Main street with u mower
attached to the wagon he had to lift
the mower around and the strain or
eXertion ruptured blood vessel or
brought on heart trouble, and he fell
over and died almost instantly.
Miss Ruby Holloway has been on n
visit to Miss Della Bowers.
Miss May Witherspoon is visiting
her brother, Mr.. ID. II. Witherspoon,
| this week.
Mr.. w. B. Wise has gonc to Ninety
Six to buy cotton for j. l.. and A. G.
Wise, who arc buying for the Pucolet
Mills.
MIR. Percy Boyd, of Wcaverville, N.
g., spent couple days in to" n the
past week.
Mcssrs. II. II. Russell and b. B.
Hair have gone to Glenn Springs to
try those far famed waters. both
have been "under the wcathcr'' for
some time, and we hope will be much
benefited. Judge Hair says he wants
to get in trim and get his voice clear
to cry sales this fall and winter.
DR.. r. G.. Kibler is on his native
ever buying cotton seed, and as usual
he gets his full share, and some OF the
boys say more than his share.
MIR. ). Pettus Dawkins lost his bright
little 3-year-old girl last week. This
was severe dispensation to both father
and mother. We know how dear this
little one was to them. We ccxtend our
sympathy and trust they may be able
to say, "Thy will be done" They have
two sons now sick with typhoid fever.
A number of our girls will attend
schools for higher education this year.
Misses Della Bowers and Ruby Hollo-
way will go to Elizabeth, Miss Maybelle
Stewart to Converse, Miss Maggie
Russell to Greenville Female College,
Miss Gertrude Bobb to Elizabeth, Miss
Fulmer to Hagerstown, Nj isses Bessie
Monts and Toy Latham to Mt. Pleasant.
Miss Kate Smith, of Florence, Is
visiting her uncle's family DR.. II. l..
Luther.
Rev. Jas. D. Kinard and wife, Of
Leesville, arc visiting the parental
roof this week. Mr.. kinard is taking
a short vacation. We we're glad to see
him in town.
We are told that Prosperity is to
have an "original PACKAGE" house
probably in a week ~ ten days yet.
Let her come.-Prosperity Advertiser.
Not In week Or ten weeks II the citi-
Zens will but do their duty. If the
"original" only has the privileges of
the dispensary and rs the dispensary
has no privileges here neither can the
original have any. This Is our opinion.
Who can gainsay it.
Delegates from Wightman Chapel to
the County S. S. Convention: Messrs.
+. V. Capers, d. Nj. Langford and Miss
Joe La..gford.
The S. c.. Lutheran Synod will meet
in Macedonia church next month and
the good people are making d number
of improvements to their church. They
are painting it and will carpet it and
have put in a set of now pulpit chairs
| and scttee and arc preparing to give
| the Synod q royal welcome. If any pco-
pie know how to do this these good
| people do, and all may look forward
with pleasure to this meeting. BE sure
| to attend.
| Rev. Mr.. kirkpatrick and Mr. II. c..
| Moseley delegates will attend the
meeting of Presbytery which meets at
mick is alternate. There will be no
preaching in the a. II. p. Church
! Sunday.
Cotton coming in freely now. Price
| from 6 3.8 to 6 7-16 and 1-2 for fine
] grades. This is the market in which
to sell your cotton and by your goods.