The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1900-03-09
HCndrlx's MIL Nc,ya,
MIR. Jno. Clamp, OF near Chappclls,
spent Saturday night and Sunday down

MIR. Jno. Clamp, OF near Chappclls,
spent Saturday night and Sunday down
here recently.
Chappclls, visited down here recently,
Candidates seem to be plentiful in
some Of the townships, but so far, No.
8 has only Il few spoken Of yet.
Well, March has come and very lit
tic work has been done on the farms.
A number Of our people have been
hauling corn home from town that were
never known to buy corn before on ac-
count OF the short crop raised last year
and 1t has been very seldom that many
Of our farmers ever buy corn, and We do
hope that they will plant enough this
year and not try and raise SO much
cheap cotton.
The Monticello aud Saluda school
boys crossed bats ut Monticello on last
Saturday and had an old time gamo of
"chimncy or base ball"
Well, Chips, Josh Trump has return
ed, and has become "ono of the boys"
again, and we were real glad to hear
from him, but sorry that he was suffer-
ing with a boil and mumps, but we hope
he will soon be himself again, and that
he will let us hear from him often. 1t
seems that little printers ink had the
desired effect on him.
II II person had left this section before
tho war and not returned until now, he
would not recognize it rs the same sec
tion of country. People then lived far
apart and very few on the roads, then
nearly the whole country was Il forest
of pine and oaks; today that has given
away under the heavy blow of the axe
have been planted thereon for years
and today only patches OF oaks and
pines arc standing, all the thickcts
have been cut down; then there were
only Il few families living on the Hollcy
Ferry road, now you cant halloo along
that road unless from half to dozen
families hear your voice. There Is not
but one man, according to my knowl-
edge, living at the same place he was
living on this road when the war began
that is there yet, and that is Henry NJ.
Dominick. Today cotton is the staple ar
ticlc, then diversified farm OF wheat.
oats, corn, peas, etc. Then they were
large land owners. now we have a num-
Der Of prosperous small land owners
and farmers: ,hcn they made what they
needed at home and lived a; the same
place. To-day they principally raise
cotton and use the town for the fcrti-
lizer$. cribs and smoke houses.
We read what the editor had TO say
about staying on the farm: also, the
clipping taken from another journal,
and it was certainly true anu had the
right ring.
What our country needs is small en-
terprises Of different kinds-factories
TO manufacture our raw material at
home. We are glad to see that our
State is making such strides in her cot
ton mills, and we predict that South
Carolina will soon be leading manu-
featuring State.
Calk's Ferry road is nearly impassablc
in places, and we call our Supervisors
attention to its condition at once. The
majority Of the travelling public has to
travel the Bush River road until they
strike the McNary Ferry road in going
to Prosperity. The road bed should be
paved and done at once.
Bethel Baptist Church is still with
out a pastor.
Well, the legislature did adjourn at
last, and some Of that body have done
the last work in the halls of the Senate
and House they will ever do for the
people, and we do wonder what they are
going to tell the people as they stump
the counties this year they have done,
and what they tried to do and they
want to 20 back to do SO and SO next
year. We guess that will be about
their plea. Lcona,
March S, 1900.