The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-05-06
VARIOUS AND ALL ABOUT.

to have jumped into summer with tho
first of May.
| Mrs. M. Higgins has some Of the
largest and handsomest rosc3 VIC have
seen this spring.
Cole l.. Bleaso, ESQ, is acting as an
assistant secretary in the Governors
oiIicc in Columbia.
! 1t is not too latc for our farmers to
plant plenty of corn and Irish potatoes
and sweet potatoes.
Mr.. John Buckley and Mr.. Joel w.
Riser have both given bond and have
| been released from JUL.
There will be no preaching in the
Baptist church at Nowberry next SUI
| day owing to absence of pastor.
Mr.. b. NJ. Aull returned from Co
lumbia yesterday having resigned us
End lieutenant in the Newherry Guards.
Mr.. w. G. Swittenberg left on Mon
day with his son for New York where
he takes the latter for treatment by Il
specialist.
Six boys in a tent made for two makes
army life not altogether too comfort
able and yet that is the condition of the
soldiers in Columbia.
Senator Geo. S. Mower attended p
meeting Of the stockholders of the
Prosperity Cotton Mill Co. hold at
Prosperity yesterday.
AS soon as our company gets new
guns and the present ones are returned
we should organize another company
to be known as the Home Guard.
Candidates for county officers seem to
be timid this year in announcing their
names. We suppose tho old officers
will just be permitted to hold over.
The soldier boys in camp in Colum-
bia are being vaccinated and in few
days they will have plenty of sore arms
and will be unable to handle their guns.
Rev. Geo. A. Wright, Mr.. and Mrs.
r. Y. Leavc)l, Mrs. Turnipsecd and
Mrs. Y. j. Pope left yesterday for Nor
folk, Va, to attcndthc Southern Bap-
tist convention.
Mr.. j. II. Hutchinson has opened up
fresh stock of groceries atJ. g. Craps
old stand where he will be pleased to
serve his friends and old customers.
Look out for ad next week.
DR.. Il. Y. PRESLEY, of Erskine Col
lege, will preach in Thompson ST.
church tonight, tomorrow morning,
Sabbath morning and night. The pub
lie cordially invited to all the services.
Mcrd Noote, Esq, Of Atlanta, Ga,
spent several hours here yesterday.
He had been down to Columbia to bury
his sister, Miss Salena Footc, and was
on his way home. His friends here
were glad TO sec him.
DR.. J. S. Wheeler returned last night
from New Orleans where he has Just
graduated in medicine from Tulane
University. He has not yet fully de-
termined where he will locate for the
practice OF his profession.
We invite you to examine the market
reports and notice how all provisions
arc advancing in price and then plant
moro corn. Wheat advanced yestcr-
day % cents q bushel and went to 81 so.
Flour goes up accordingly.
Mr.. II. j. LAM ottc has como to New
berry to tako charge of the headquar-
ters Of the Prohibition party under
direction Of State Chairman A. G.
Jones. The Office will be in the old
billiard room under the Newberry ho-
tel.
There was one case of small poX
developed at Ncwberry on Saturday
and it was taken in charge by the
health authorities and removed on Sun
day night to the pest house. The nj.
gro man had been working at the oil
mill and lived in Mr.. ~. T.. Harmon's
house.
Mr.. d. a. Russell, of Atlanta, is on q
visit to his father Mr.. j. S Russell.
He is still in the Railway Mail service
and rams between Atlanta and Bir-
mingham and holds down ono Of the
best jobs in the service that goes out of
Atlanta. We are always glad no note
the success of our boys.
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