The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1897-04-23
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PROSPERITY, S. c., April %, 1897.
told-"evoryono is "a shivcrin' an
| shakin'" these mornings.
Rev. Thos. Lcitch has begun u meet
ing here in the Methodist church. He
breaches twice Il day, and We trust NAV
40 much good. He is accompanied bv
the sweet Singer Marshall They will
| be here for Il week or two.
Luther League services in Grace
church next Sunday morning instead
OF night, as DR.. Halmun will preach
and administer the communion at Mr.
Tabor in the morning. This is q
change in the services from afternoon
to morning ut Tabor.
Mr.. E. B. Hayden returned from his
visit to Charleston last week. He was
much pleased with his trip.
The new council was sworn in lo.t
Friday. Mr.. a. Nj. I>ster was re-
elected clerk and treasurer. DR.. J, B,
Simpson, II. l. Stoudcmaycr and n. T..
ochumpcrt appointed board of health.
The Luther League of Grace church
elected Misses Lizzie Reagin, Della
Bowers, Olive Fcaglc, Gertrude Simp-
son and Mary Luther delegates to the
Central League, which meets at ST.,
Phillips May 1st
Mcssrs. d. M. Langford and ]. =,
bowers went to the State Epworth
League, which met at Spartanburr last
Thursday. They were delegates from
Wlghtman League. They returned
last Saturday.
Mrs. Lizzie Hunter passed through
town last Saturday on her way to visit
Aunt Katie Moore, who has been ouitc
sick.
Mrs. Mary Riley died at the resi-
dence OF her son-in-law, Mr.. Living
ston, on Tuesday morning. She was
upwards of 60 years OF age.
Rev. Mr.. Orr, the evangelist of the
a. X. p. Synod, will begin u meeting
in the Presbyterian church here on
Friday before the first Sunday in Nav,
IN accordance with appointment made
February IS, 1897.
Miss Belle Boozer will leave to-dov
Tor an extended visit to relatives nt
Newbcrry and Greenwood.
Mr.. j. f.. Browne, agent of the
Southern Railway Company, who has
been confined to his room three or four
weeks with rheumatism, has been hob
bling around town on crutchcs. He
mas been granted leave of absence for
two months, and will go to his home at
Cherryvillc, N. c., and will go from
there to Hot Springs, Ark, and will
return to Prosperity about July Ist,
and says he will whip your humble
scribe on his return, us he cxpccts to
be the best man in town. We hone
he may.
The Easter attendance at t;racc
church was the largest in years. The
decorations were pretty and in good
taste. The sermon was good and the
number OF communicates large. Seven
we're added to the church membership
The Sunday school was large, and the
exercises of the Little Workers were
perfectly splendid and captured the
large audience. The little folks, led hv
Mrs. DIR. Hallman, acquitted themselves
nicely, and many were the praises We
heard of the excellent manner i'm which
th y rendered their parts.
RcV. Mr.. kirkpatrick preached in
the A. II. =. church morning and night
ana MS sermons were full of the Gospcl
and will certainly bring forth good
fruit.
Rev. Mr.. Price, as previously an
nounced, preached on "Hcavcnly Rec
ognition." His sermon, while long.
was well received, and he made it very
plain that "we will know each other
there" The question for us to decide
is are we going to be there. We are
willing to risk all else if we can lust
be one who will be there.
Capt. II. II. Russell and COL d. w,
Boland arc in attendance upon court in
Columbia this week, and MIR. j. A.
Derrick, of Little Mountain, is attend
IT,,
r. r. this week.
Large crowds were in town on Good
Friday and Saturday, and many were
the hats and suits carried home for use
on Easter Sunday. Wo heard of one
firm that sold in the two days over 20
suits and nearly one hundred hats
ladies and gents. 1t put one in mind of
Coco Fridays of old, when our town
used to DC crowded on this day.
Annie Abbott and her wonderful
power, az exhibited in the academy
last Saturday night, was the talk Of the
town. Haync says he don't know what
it was, but the power was there and
lots OF it. Cap says he don't want any
more such "foolin" round him, as he