The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-03
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| community. NlIcn AL. NICHOLS mas Dalu
natures last obligation and rests with
his fathers. He was nearly 7S years
old. lacking only about two months.
| He had b, on Il sufferer for Il long time.
which he bore with fortitudc. He
leaves one brother, three sisters aud
- children, and many friends to
mourn his death. Two sisters reside
| in Florida. MIR. Nichols had accumu-
lated quite competency. He was laid
to rest in ST. Lukc's cemetery on
| Thursday.
Some thief or vundal broke into
| Grace church some time during the
past week. The sexton found the door
to the primary room open on Sunday
morning and the floor 'Jvrrcd with
snow. There was nothing missed. The
party on parties used Il piece Of timber
and shivcr,d the catch on the fucing.
There has been Il number Of buglurics
| here during the past year, and we re-
grct to see it beginning. We had
| hoped that the arrest Of Riley and
others )uid put an end to it.
| Well, Mr.. prOof-rcalcr. You allowed
| the typo to butcher up several Of my
! old German names last week in our uc-
count Of the early settlers. Several
prrso' have spoken to us in regard to
| II, aud unr gentleman told me he had Il
friend nanrd Gclsingnr who would be
| glad To learn Of the original home OF
his forciithcrs in tn Dutch Fork. We
arc gathering what data we can and
will gather more this summer and will
write it out or up more fully when We
| get more facts for the benefit Of all in
tcr"strd, and will try to give some in
tcrcsling Information. Anyone having
such information will confer Il favor by
giving me the s;lmc.
We'll, Mir. Editor, YOU lave two pump
klns with people guessing at the num-
Der Of seed in them: and now old man
kay is way up in &C" on the same line.
Mr.. j. Cattle Cook came into our place
ON day last week while the old man
waS away, and left us one Of the incest
pumpkins YOU ever saw .and YOU can lust
rest assured that old man Kay is going
to have some good old time pumpkin
pics, and We want to return our thanks
to Mr. Cook, the generous .ivcr for il.
and would say that | can ncronn.o-
date y few more. Pumpkins and pump
kin yamS are my favoritrs.
DR.. ila!lman has gone ON IL visit to
his brother near l."wicdnIr. He will
return during the week. Owing TO his
absences, there were nu services in
Grace church Sunday.
Rev. y. G. Kirkpatrick had the usual
services in his church ON Sunday.
| Rev. j. Pcttus Boyd filled the Meth
odist pupil last Sunday afternoon. \
large number Of our citizens went TO
hear him.
Rev. Arial has been giving us some
good Gospel sermons.
Owing TO our absence from home last
week We failed to see the announce
mcnt of the change in the News of our
town. We note that the former editor
ana publisher has turned the paper
over TO Mrs Beard, Of Chaplin. The
News will be issued ON Thursday hcrc
after instead Of "Wednesday. We cx-
trn' hearty welcome to Mrs. Beard
ana trust that her stay may be long,
pleasant aud profitable in our town.
MIR. y. II. Kohn has sold his drug
store to DR.. l.. G. Corbctt. DR., Cor
brtt is native Of Sumter, and was for
six years superintendent OF the Hos
l.,rt l..
lnm to accept the position Of Chief
Mcdical Director Of the kcrly lnsti-
tnte at Columbia. He staid wit. the
Institute until November 70, lS9&. IT,
has been his ambition to have u o,nr
business OF his own, and the opportu-
hitN presenting, he bought Kohns
drug store, and has come to make his
home among us, and We extend Il
hearty welcome DR.. C0rbcu is Il grad.
uatc of Wolrord College and the Sou,b
Carolina Medical College, taking a
special course at Dwight, Illinois, i'm
nervous diseases, Nc. He will do Il
general practice Mr.. J. n. Simpson
will still hold the fort in the store, and
all who trade there will find the Same
courteous and kind treatment us for
mcrly.
Death cast in his cycle in the St,
IMkc's community the second time this
week, and Aunt Polly Rikurd was the
sheaf gathered by the reaper. She
was about 81 years old and leaves one
sister and numerous relatives to mourn
tb,ir 1,>s,