The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1899-08-25
IMurens Lcttcr.

| XVI" u great 'nanN poor OnCS. IN TIL iS
| Immediate nciGhbothood Mr.. w. y.
, ~'N"i has about Ii acres Of bottom corn
which experts think will yield % bush.
els ~ III" aero,
III" telephone wires have boon
'"trhcd from l.aurcns to tho Tylcrs-
willie poS,oilicc, y distance of eight
miles.
There WAS brilliant electric storm
las! night The hravruS lit up tho
earth with ;hr celestial flash lights. tt
was scene ot dazzling splcndor.
We had five young fellows hero with
rs last week nn the return to Colum.
hia from their mountain trip. They
were Will Coleman, Brown Hyatt,
! l.ylrS Eynum and Henry and Haskell
| Nathrar,. They travelled by private
conveyance and had " very pleasant
outing. Columhia's we'll known Shrr-
| III tathcart and Mrs. Cuthcart are al
SO enjoying rrStful season with their
daughter, Mrs w. d. Byrd.
Yesterday three sweet and charming
yong ladies paid call to our hostess.
They were the Misses Maggie Wright
and May Little OF the county. and
Miss Bessie Davidson Of Spar,anburS
We have never before enjoyed the
delightful shade trees with the COM
fort we have experienced in this So
Qurslrrrd vale this hot weather.
Company + (tarolina Bcrs) of the
l4th ). &. v, celebrated the annivcr-
sary OF its departure for the war ON the
18th instant. The company went out
$50 SttonE and today there are - sur
rivorS. in charge Of the gallant Cap
tain j. t. Sloan. The first captain Of
the company. Il. $. Owens. was killed
at Malvern Hill. J. II. Dunlap. who
assumed command by promo; ION. died
on the field Of battle at ShcppardStown,
and Lieut.. JAS. NJ. McCarley. who sue
cccdcd Capt. Dunlap, was permanently
disabled. The survivors, with about
TT" persons present, enjoyed the day at
Rocky Springs church. The exercises
consisted Of the roll call, music by an
excellent choir, Invocation by Rev.
MIR. PlaSco and an ad crcss by Rev. MIR.
Smith Of Spartauburg. Col. Brown Of
the regiment and Col. Ball were both
expected. but neither found it possible
to be present Rev. Mr.. smith thought
his avoirdupois was equal TO that of
Coils. Brown and Ball united and that
he would try to fill their places. He
made capital address. His theme
was the "Confcdcratc Soldier" And
he presented him not only as Il Fighter,
whom the world had come to admire and
think about, but also as gentleman,
under every stress of circumstances
and Il: all times and places. and that
the war developed the lofticst ideal of
womanhood the world had ever seen.
Lincoln wanted our great captains, said
the speaker, at any price, but they
were not for sale, and the sons Of those
worthy sircS have shown to the world
their lighting qualities 1t was Il
Georgia boy at Manila, an Alabama
boy and North and South Carolina bows
in Cuba, together with Confederate
Southern genius and valor. Lee
should be in command at Cuba, and
had Wade Hampton and NJ. G. Butler
been sent to Paris, on the peace COM
mission, it would have closed three
weeks earlier. lie sang song, two
verses Of which we shall try to recall
here:
"If their pension rolls are right, boys,
(And / will not say they licd,)
We must have crippled all the word
And half tho coons beside.
"Thc Yankees never whipped us, boys.
oh, no; let it nc'cr he said,
We wore ourselves out whipping them,
And stopped for the want Of bread. "
The Rev. II. II. Jones, of the Meth.
odist church at I.aurcns, preached an
| excellent sermon before thcunitcd con-
grcgations Of the city. His theme was
''walking by faith" The central
Thought Of his high argument was that
chc most perfect mental condition or
state Of the mind is attained when the
subjective aid objective phases or
| there's arc in harmonious action. In
| dependent action of the former pro-
duccs the fanatic and through the lat
ter the arnOstic. The one works by
intuition and the other by induction
One accepts everything blindly the
other rejects everything not within the
| sphere Of the senses. United, man
reaches his highest mental and spirit.
ual condition and learns to "wall1 by
| faith.' 1t was the strong and logical
| argument Of Il master. mind.
omitted to mention in the proper
connection the pleasure afforded me in
meeting with the venerable color bearer
Of the Third Regiment, S. G.. ", w. b.
| Lamb, who was Gen. Kcrshaws centre
| color bearer. Mr.. Lamb was the colo,
| bearer who gave out' on the march
! in Charleston, and was so kindly cared
for by the citizens. | had also the
pleasure of meeting, together with 4
| lot of bright bows and GIRLS the twf