The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-17

and Miss Daisy Epting we're married
last Sunday. All Of Little Mountain.
And again. ut the Lutheran parsonage
in Prosperity, Mr.. Malcolm SingIcy
and Miss Lena Troutman, Of the Jolly
Street section. Our congratulations
to the happy couples.
The farmers arc hard ut work get
ting ready to put in their fertilizers.
Uncle Squire from the Klondikc
made Il ilyinS visit to Prosperity Mon
day.
Prof. Aull has been on the sick list
much to the delight Of young Amcri.
| ca.
MIR. y. G.. Wise made Il flying trip to
Columbia Monday.
MIR. ). ). Birgc (Dork) is still busy
with cross ties. lie only receives
those that were cut prior to the 10Th of
| February.
| y very langhablc affair occurred on
the streets Monday. y Young I}alLi-
| more drumucr. just ont Of Baltimore
'Hcnty-four hours, and with his very
|
drug store when he heard the cry
"hcad him. "stop him." "catch him!'
and looking up saw Il mule coming full
tilt upon him with IL rope dragging
| after him. He made Il dive for the
rope and the mule iiiu,ic Ii DART Hu-
suits: crushed beaver, Scared face,
dirty shirt, mad drummcr. On getting
mp aud carefully taking an inventory
| and hearing the shouts Of the bystund-
crs up and down the street remarked
| that he didn't see anything so banked
fanny to laugh at. We'll, We guess he
| didn't but the others did. 1t was IL
young mule and 'unhrokrn and knew
| just how hard to have him hit the
| ground. He said uat to thiuk he had
come al! the way from Baltimore TO be
half killed by mule and laughed ut
| Tor his pains. Such is life lie left
town wiser and suddcr man. Josh
| Billings long ago said. 'don't fuIc with
Il mcwl even though he is said to be
| urd He maint be-
We used to hear II great dcul about
the Mason Cotton Harvester. Can Won
tell us, Mr.. Editor, what has become Of
it. Was it Il success or has it gone into
'innocuous dcsuctudc?"
We were quietly listening to the talk
OF one of our little friends us she was
| swapping experiences with another
little friend: "Wcll, don't care if YOUR
| ma has ordered all those flowers, nv
ma has ordered some gorillus, and your
ma aint.' She meant gladiolas
Mr.. Mark Long, Of Saluda County.
was visiting in town The past week, the
guest OF Mr.. ) l.. fclicrs
Miss Noah Long, Of No. was on a
visit to her uncle Mr.. $. l.. Fcllcrs.
Mcssrs. Tom johnson and =. y.
Simpson came down on their btcycl.s
last SUNDAY spending the day with AIr
j. y. Simpson and family. They re-
turned to Ncwhcrry in the evening.
The public school term ior our dis
trict closed with last Friday.
Miss Marie Bobb returned from a
visit to relatives in SaInda. She re.
ports Saluda as being on the up grade.
Mr.. j. l.. Wise has returned from
his trip to Johnston and Saludu.
Well, Mr.. Editor, think YOU were
right in what Won said about Ii. b. !,
| Not knowing who the writer is we vcn
turc the assertion that he is not at all
familiar with the work that the ordi-
nary preacher does every day. Out
side the 1.-TWO hours Il week of talk
ing that the writer mentions, he for
gets (or does not kn of) the homes
VI ''e S"o ana athlete 'owhich they
go carrying comfort nhu consolation
and the endless round Of work that is
both trying and hard. If Is. J. will
go Tor one short week with one II our
busy pastors and do nothing but look
| on his mind will undergo Il chance
| within that time. We have been with
them and know what it. is. And as Il
class there arc no poorer paid men
than the sclf-sacriiicing ministers of
the Gospel w" imagine that IT. b. J.
would be like the old Deacon who said
ION, pshaw, its no trouble to preach,
anyhody can do that.' And upon be-
ing invited into the pulpit could only
say "bclovcd brcthrcn." We doubt If
II. IS. j. has even had any practical
work along religious lines. We won.
der If he has ever felt the responsible
lty that rests upon II Sunday-School
teacher and the addc1 cares of trvino
TO lead them INTO the rightpath. Ah-