The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1899-09-26
OUR PROSPERITY BUDGET
ALL TIE NEWS OF n LIVE AND PRO.
GRESSIVE TOWN.
Capt. w. G.. Gilston is in town.

| sick list for the past few days. Mr.. j.
X. Derrick of Little Mountain is at
the Southern filling his place.
Miss Fannie Chappcll Of Jackson
vile, Fla, is visiting Misses Barre.
Miss Maggie Russell returned from
Winnsboro Thursday.
Capt. j. M. Wheeler had his leg hurt
some time ago by a largo piccc of fac.
tory timber falling on it. lie has been
suffering from these injuries.
Mr.. J. r. Scurry, of Chappclls, is
now located here buying cotton for
Newberry Mills.
The annual meeting Of the Womcn's
Home and Foreign Missionary Society
of the Evangelical Luthcrn Synod, of
South Carolina will convene in Grace
church on Monday October 10th. Be-
tween thirty and forty delegates will be
present. Speakers for this occasion
will be announced next week
Rev. y. G. kirkpatrick has returned
from North Carolina where he has
been spending his vacation. lie is
much improved.
We neglected to say last week that
MIR. Eddie Counts accompanied his
brother to Vanderbilt University.
Dr. Il. G. Kiblcr came i'm from At
lanta Monday. This completes the
cotton seed force. DR.. kiblcr will buy
for Hawkins Bros, John Barre for j.
l. y
Bowers and Wheeler, Berry Hartman
for G.. a. MaITctt, and "Govcrnor"
Merchant for Mosclcy Bros. All Of
these gentlemen want to buy your seed.
DrS. Hunter, Wychc and Wheeler
went to Ncwbcrry Monday.
The tobacco field on MIR. Johnst0n's
place is certainly beautiful. We hope
tobacco will prove more profitable to
the planter than cotton.
Mr.. Allen Cannon requests us to say
he takes this method Of thanking al,
friends who so kindly administered to
his mother during her illness.
a car OF corn was unloalcd here last
Monday. One Of our Oldest citizens
who has been in business here for forty
years said he had never before seen a
car Of corn shipped to Prosperity in
the month Of September. This shows
what the drought did for No.9
The holy communion will be admin
istcrcd in Grace church next Sunday
morning. This is the regular fall COM
munion and Pastor llallman desires all
commandments to be present. This is
the last communion DR.. IIallman will
administer as pastor of this congrcga-
ton.
MIR. Henry Rice, Jr. spent Thursday
IN town among his many friends. He
says "hc wants the records correctly
kept" for he was the first man to pre-
dict after Dcwcy's famous victory at
Manila that "to hold the Philippines
would donbl>: the price of cotton for
twenty years to come" Hc is conf
dent, that as soon as peace and order
are restored we will get good benefits
from our new possessions. He is an
cXpansionist.
will leave next Thursday for WoMorG
College.
Mr.. Frank Schumpcrt left Wcdncs.
day 20 fire on the Southern. We re-
grct to lose him and hope soon to see
him at the throttle.
Thirty for mo dispcnsary" and 81 for
"dispcnsary.' We are glad the dis
pcnSary issue caused SO little agitation
and has been pcaccably settled. The
vote vas very close, much closer than
great many thought. and as in all
elections, there were some disappoint-
mcnts. Who flew the "doubtfnl nag?"
MIR. {. +. Latham has gone to Gov
ington, Ca, to buy cotton.
Mr.. S. S. Birgc, accompanied by
Master Robert Wise, spent Monday in
Columbia.
Rev. S. G. Bal!cntinc delivered a lee
turc in Grace church Sunday night be-
fore the Luther League on "Why Our
Young People Need the Christian Re-
ligion."
]. Because it lies at the foundation OF
all true success in life.
IL. Because it is conducive to the
highest happiness.
III. because it meets and satisfies
the longing Of the soul.
". Because it gives the true solu-
tion Of man.
Mr. Balicntine was well received and