The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1899-09-22
Trumps From Various Quarters.
Since our last letter, much work h


been done on the newLutheran church.
Ask our friend, Colonel T. s. Hudsen,
how he likes to be detained by his many
friends, and especially his pastor, who
insists on shaking hands with him and
enQuiring after his welfare, while his
best girl passes by, leaving him be-
hind.
The undersigned has just returned
from trip to Clinton, where he spent
two or three days with his uncle, Mr..
Ihos. Il. Cromer. Clinton is hustling
little place, many new buildings having
been erected since our visit last summer
summer OF '9S) Since then, we find
that another newspaper, the Clinton
News, has sprung into existence, the
friendly rival, we trust. of the Clinton
Gazette. DR.. Jacobs, Of the orphan
age, Is having TWO handsome stone
dwellings erected, which will cost
about 81 GO piece when completed.
The cotton mill is being enlarged and
we were told that in about six weeks,
the night work will cease, as the new
part will then oe ready to start up, and
the night hands will be employed there.
Or course, Clinton knows her business,
but she only needs to open her eyes a
little wider to see that her bicycle men
could greatly benefit her by doing their
part towards helping to extend the BIZ
cycle track from Jalapa to Clinton.
The saving of railroad fare is only one
item out of many for those who ride
wheels, and their name is legion.
The finest patch of corn in New
Brooklyn belongs to Mr.. John Lee. The
stalks are nearly as high as his house.
The world is full Of new inventions.
She is boiling and foaming plum up to
the brim with them, and its a wonder
to the undersigned that some people
are not caught up by some unseen force
and hurled out over the horizon like
bean from boiling pot. Only the
other day q fellow put himself to
great deal of trouble and pains-though
he said it was only pleasure and we
believe he spoke the truth--to show us
a pencil lately invented, which, by
means Of an electric button, would
write red, white and blue at pleasure,
although the lead Or graphite was
black. All doubts we're soon dispelle(,
Tor the thing worked to perfection.
We didn't have time to compliment the
inventor, or to thank the owner Of the
pencil for his trouble, but it has since
occurred to us that if black rcncil
can be made that will write three dif-
fercnt colors, viz; rcd, white and blue,
VIC believe we can write book
with black ink that will read les
sons on how to escape when fools per-
sue. Pardon cur presumption for pre-
dieting for our automatic reading book
rs much popularity as this wonderful
pencil now enjoys.
Mr.. ThOs. II. Cromer and son, Her.
man, of Clinton, spent last Saturday
night and Sunday in town visiting rela-
tivcs and friends.
only little over q week till college
opens again, and the session of 1899
l9C0 begins, and while it is with pleas
ure that we look forward TO the OPEN
ing, yet it is with fear and trembling
that We launch out for nine months
cruise upon troubled waters, dark and
deep. There has been seasons of
smooth sailing as we'll as times when
the light of reason was not sufficient to
penetrate the murky elements sur
rounding the helpless mariner. These
seasons will return. There have been
those who, when the good ship was
mpest-tosscd, were not able to hold
| fast and have tumblcd headlong over
board into the dark waters of obscuri-
ty. There will be others. There have
been those who, upon arriving too late
to sail with the ship, have set out to
make the voyage on horseback; but
alas. nine times out of ten the poor fell
| lows horse was transformed into hor-
| rlbio sca-serpcnt and if the rider was
not swallowed up Immediately, he was
left to fondcr around for u while and
at last possibly tried to console himself
by singing out:
ltoll on thou dark and deep blue ocean
roll,
Ten thousand times 1 kick thy crest in
vain.
Mighty poor consolation; but, in spite
OF the advice and vigilance OF the man
at the helm, there will be others.
Bo all this as it may, the undersign-
ed Is hoping to meet many new stu
dents, and especially that the Junior
! c'ass will present an unbroken rOll-ca|l
from James Monroe Buckley to Oscar
Patrick Wise.
JOSH TRUMP.
Sept. 20, 1899.