The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-04-08
OUR PROSPERITY BUDGET
ALL THE NEWS OF a LIVE AND PRO
GRESSIVE TOWN.
Especial Correspondence Herald and News

Prosperity, S. G., April 7.-Rain aud
cold, with indications that tho fruit
crop is again killed. There Is u failul,
about live years out Of six.
| From the newspaper accounts we
need volunteers to put down the insur.
rection IN No. II Township, The casu-
alties are about like the Cuban battles
that we read So much about. We
spec they'v" Grcn reading tho New
York World uvrr in that section aad
| know how TO Lave u pitched battle and
do no damase.
The address Uf Rev. DR.. Rice in
| Wightmun Chapel Sunday evening
was one OF the strongest presentations
| OF the mission cause VIC have heard.
Hc said all the forces now ut work.
the parceling Of China, the Cuban rev.
olution-was working by and under tho
guiding hand of Providence to prove
the brotherhood Of man and the father
hood of God. The programme was rem
derpd in its entirety and the singing
was exceptionally good.
! DR.. Rice delivered his lecture on
| "Christian Flu ation" in Grace church
Sunday night 1t was not our good
| fortune to b" present, but We have
heard it spok, Z t in tho very highest
terms, and We nnow it must have been
fine, and regret our absence.
Prof. w. IL. Wallace was in town
| Sunday to hear DR.. Rice lecture.
DR.. O b. Mayer was in town on
| "Wednesday to see Mrs. Whites.
| Mrs. Kate A'o:its and Mir. W. IL.
| Counts, o. Little Mountain, have been
up tho past week to SEQ Mrs. U. b.
| Whitcs-Annt Josie as she is so fumil-
iarly known. Mrs. Whites has been
| sick for tho pas, five months and came
| to prosperity ~ be cured. She il do
ing some better.
| Capt. j. N. Eragle was in town We'd
ncsday. He reports everything quiet
In the "Ceaars' and plenty Of hiding
| places in case Of war.
In speaking Of war, IL only We could
! get rid of this suspense Either quit or
| go to fighting, and relieve the tension
about. 1t Is war, war, war wherever
you so, even the children arc talking
| war.
Miss Anna Fulmcr has been called to
| Little Mountain by the sickness Of her
brother-in-law, Mr.. S. ". Young.
Cap an Dock have gone into the
COW business, and arc buyi. { up all the
COWS they can. Anyone having them
for sale would do well to sec them
Dock bought one that takes the cake
| and is worth coming to see. 1t is Il
shaped COW, but never suw one as
"sway-backed" rs she is. Ask a. G.. TO
show her to You. And it is said she
gives four gallons Of milk duy-won-
| derlul in more ways than one.
Mr.. Jacob III. BooZcr, II we'll known
citizen of lower No 8 Township, gently
passed away last Friday night. Mr..
BooZer, am told, studied law in his
younger days and WIS admitted to tho
bar, but prcIcrring an agricultural to II
legal life, he settled on Saluda river
and followed the vocation Of Il planter.
He accumulated a nice property in real
estate. Hc was buried ut the old home
in Lexington County. He leaves IL
wife and five children. He was we'll
known throughout the county.
| The old shoemaker, Levi Douglns.
who was SO severely burned some
weeks ago, report of which appeared
in The Herald and News ut the time,
after much suffering and pain, died
Sunday night. His son, Il teacher in
Clatlin University, came up and was
with him when the end came. He was
u good shoemaker.
The strawberry festival Of the King 5
Daughters on Friday night ~ the
Graded School building was Il success,
and nice little sum was realized.
The humorous address of Prof. Haynes
on the "Risc and Fall of the Mustachc'
was decided hit, SO much SO that sew
eral of the boys who are just now sport
ing their first hirsutc thought he was
hitting at them.
Rev. Mr.. McClintock, of your city,
preached morning and night in the
a. Il. Z. church Sunday.
The committee in charge of the Easter
service to be held in Grace church aud
the Sunday-schOol are practicing each
night this week aud will be prepared to
render the "Princc Victoriousn ON
Easter Sunday night. The exercises
will begin at 7.45. We give the pro
grammc and invite all to come out and
enjoy the glad Easter tide
| Song by school-"Once scorncd OF
men,"
Responsive rcading-St. John Xxx:
Song by school-"IIail to the happy
morning"
Prayer.
Solo-"C0me let us join our cheerful
sOng"-Miss Marie Bobb, with chorus
by school.
Recitation by Miss Erin Kohn.
Song by school--'The day of rcsur,
Recitation by Miss Annie Belle
, Wise.
Song by school--"o happy Eastc,
day"
Recitation by Granville Wychc, Al.
len Lester, Roy Kohn, Lillius Simpson
Song by school-'Swcct Easter joys
: Recitation by Rosa Belle Harmon
Annie Laurie Lester, Willie May Wise
Annie Moselcy, John Pat Wisc, Virgil
HOhn.
) Song -"My faith looks up u thee
by isolinc Wychc, Lena Les. r, Jennie
Hallman, Lillian Wise.
Song Characteristics Blanche Kib
Ter, Gertrude Simpson, Mcssrs. Frank
Browne and Haskell Fcaglc.
Address by superintendent.
Song by school-"O blessed Lord"
BcncdictiOn.
AS the time approaches for the usua
t commencement exercises OF the Graded
} School we hear it asked, "Who gradu
ates this year? Who will make the ad
} drcss?" and SO on. Prof. Aul inform.
= me that Hon. II. Frank Wilson, O
= Sumter, will deliver the address thi:
t year on June 9th. This will be another
! opportunity for our renp.c to hear
} something good Don't forget tho 6a