The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1900-01-05
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For the past I've months We have
been absent from the columns Of The
Herald and New rhc CditVr has al
ready explained ihat our difference has
been ttlrd, a,d u" has also assured us
that there was no intention whatever
on the part Of The Urruld and News to
treat us wrong. U:on these grounds
we take ur our pen and try it again.
We take this method to say again,
We thu' K every one Of our kind friends
who have used expressions of l'raise to
II it. | gard 20 our writing. Since our
nbscnrc wc have net numbers Of friends
fr0'H iariuU5 = tiuus vito have cX-
pressed their r,Ire! Of ourabscnce, aud
$" - n ":h. i kind words of praise
which a;'"i- fills our heart with pleas
urc. We ..nnw lhnt m3ny times We
receive little llattcry beyond what we
deserve, but VIC promise YOU that it
shall never turn us Il fool. We have
been writing for newspapers for tho
past thirteen years, not because we
have had special ambition to become
journalist (for VIC know that we are
not capacitatcd in every respect for
post ion OF that kind(, but it seems that
great many people, from the begin
ming of our writing have enjoyed our
!aiU way OF talking about things,
therefore wc never tire, especially
when We feel that our work is APP
prcciatcd. But let it be understood,
wc don't write cspcciallyto please IN
dividuals, and our communications are
always open to criticism. But when
they are criticised we want it done in II
decent manner.
Christmas passed OF remarkably
quiet in this sCction--no special cnthur
SiaSm ovcv anything that wo havo
heard. The little folks were not dis
appointed IN the annual visit Of cold
Santa Claus" and we only regret that
We can't keep their little hearts re-
ioicinE all the year round as they were
when anticipating the coming of "Old
SANTA
Please excuse us from saying where
our Christmas eating took place, it has
just been all around, aud we have ate
so much pork, beef, chicken and goose,
with numerous other things that our
old digcStcr is in perfect uproar.
But this is all over, and we have not
only slept out upon the borders of
new year, but also upon the beginning
OF another century. 1t always brings
~ Il Iii
goodbye to another old year, especially
when we say goodbye TO old 1900, and
feel assured that we have lived over
half Of our days in her. 1t causes feel
must forget the things that are behind
Us. and look forward for a brighter
prospect in the future, and pray God to
give us the moral courage to stand up
for vcracity and Integrity and let these
be our guides and our watch.words in
the beginning OF this new year. "Do
unto others as you would they should
DO unto you, and as sure as you live
according to this text you will have
nothing to regret ut the ending OF 1900.
We country people are not blessed
with the use OF the telegraph and tcle-
phone wires ard many other conve,
nicnccs rs the cities and towns are, but
since oar new mail delivery has been
in operation we feel like we arc living
in town. Rev. Sigh has made it still q
little more convenient by having plenty
of horse power. His mail carrier now
makes the through trip. This gives
him time to send letters of the same
day. We can now drop letter in our
box at Il. H., and by I p. m. it will
be in Columbia. Our people are per-
fectly delighted with this new mail ar.
rangement, and we feel sure that this
route will make such favorable re.
port to the United States mail depart
mcnt, this year it will be made q
daily routc.
We are not fully up TO date with our
Christmas visitors any social gather,
ings, therefore, as it is never our pur.
pose to slight any one, we will omit
them all.
When our white people get done
moving we will try to inform you where
they have stopped.
The last thing that old 1899 did was
to give us a light snow, and VIC have
had some very hard frozen weather for
the past week which we fear has in.
Jurcd the grain, but we trust not.
~ great many people thought that
when Supervisor Hill advertised that
all the road hands should put in their
full six days on the public roads last
year that he was just talking through
his hat, and tina: it was only tho same
Old song re-snng-too much policy una
politics In the land to make q man do
his dnty-but some of them have been
sadly disappointed. Bill Hill is an
entcrprising, public spirited man, ono
who delights in public improvements
for tho general good OF his people
There has been moro dirt moved on the
puslic highways for the past twelve
mOntha n h..