The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-09-02
OUR PROSPERITY BUDGET
ALL THE NEWS OF A LIVE AND PRO
GRESSIVE TOWN.

| Especial Correspondence Herald and News
Miss FAINT and Miss Robertson, Of
| Ncwberry, arc visiting Mr.. J. II. Hun
ter and family.
am requested by Capt. II. ~. G.
| lluutcr to cull attention to the Auxil-
larry Institute Of Clemson College. A
| meeting will be held At Ncwbcrry g.
] the first Monday and all who feel an
interest in advancing the farming in
| tcrcsts should attend.
Misses Corrc and Gussic Houscal, of
Georgia, and Mr.. Fred Houscal, of Mem
phis, TcnD., are visiting Mr.. }. A.
Simpson and family.
Tho many friends Of Rev. ~. O.
| k"istcr will regret to hear Of the
| death Of Mrs. Kcster, in Philadelphia
last week where she had gone to un-
dcrgo surgical operation.
Burglars have again been at work in
town ana the c., N Il L..R. r.. was
| raidcd and the ticket case broken
open. The burglar or burglars seem
| to know just where to go to get shoes
us they got Ii or 20 pairs of Schumpert
Il Testers shoes. Second time hey
have worn their shoes and they must
like them. They cut the glass out of
| the window unu went iii and opened
several cases Of s;lln and pottcd ham
| and not being in Il hurry they sat down
and cat their full by the light OF the
mo III in the silc door of the depot a
reward Of 30 has been offered for the
arrest Of the right parties. We trust
| they will get caught.
Mrs. Mnior and the children of MIR.
ID. NJ. Iangford arc visiting in Column
bia this week.
Miss Mary Npct Luthrr has gone to
Ashcvillc, N. c., to visit relatives aud
| enjoy the mountain air.
MIR. Elisha CurcLon, II former New
| bcrrian, but now Of Gcorgiu, is visiting
! relatives in and around town this week.
Kay did not get to attend but one
day on the Sunduy-Schoo! Convention
at Colony. All who were there report
" very pleasant time. The discussions
were full and no doubt many new ideas
| wore taken home. The one tonic,
"Thc advantages Of the international
| lcssons.' was alone sufficient to repay
for time spent. The convention elected
n President, Mr.. R. n. G. Hum
ter, and for Nice-l'rcsidcnt, II. II.
| Folk. Secretary, w. Aug Shecly:
| Trcas'lrrr, Mr.. ID B. Wheeler.
Time and place of next meet
! ing was left to the officers. a
committee was appointed to arrange Il
program for Childrcn's Day exercises
and all the schools were urged to adopt
this program when ready so as to have
uniformity. Committee: Messrs. Geo.
B' Cromer, w. A. Sheely, a. II. Kohn.
| tiud our fellow tOwnsmuu, DR.. Wyche
! been nominated on the first ballot he
/ would have been the happicst man in
town and he is happy any way. He
had nice pleasant young lady to make
him II visit last Friday aud in tho years
to come she will call him "papu."
Mr.. l.. Baker, Of Gaifncy, IL large
contractor and builder who has been on
visit to his son, Mr.. Is. Baker, re-
turned home Tuesday. He says there
is too much material on the ground to
let it. go to waste aud that the Cotton
Mill co. ought to utilize it in building
ana erect yarn mill If no more. He
says the Gaifney Carpet Mills broke
dirt June 4th and by August 4th was
ready to steam up, and is now running
night and day with orders ahead for 6
months. This is push and pluck.
Communion services in Grace church
Sunday morning.
MIR. G. b. Martin is visiting Mr.. O.
/. Harris, his uncle, this week.
Mr.. j. G. Boozcr, Of Williamson, has
been ON visit in Prosperity.
Misses Lilly and Ruby Russell are Wis
iting relatives in Fairfield County.
Miss Lizzie Rcagin, who has been
ON visit to the home folks, spent q
counlc days in town and worshippcd in
Grac" church last Sunday. Her former
pupils wore glad to meet and greet her
again.
Mrs. Whites, (Annt Josic) and Miss
Connie, will leave for their Atlanta
home today, Thursday.
Our young friend, Frank Hunter, is
now holding the fort for Mcssrs. Hum
ter x Wheeler at the new drug store.
We had long letter handed us u
couple OF days ago bearing on the
trouhlouS times Of it. and the Dart
played by s. 5. Bridges and the WAL
lace House. And Col. Kcitt tells me
that when he GOT the number 63. he
knew that we would succeed, for the
Wallace House was tue then legal
house. We may quote from this letter
ut II later date, and the writer says he
may write history Of those times. We
trust he may, as it viii make interest.
ing reading. Old Man Kay knows Il
little about it himself, being on the
ground, aud was present at several Of