The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1901-05-31
am sorry to learn OF tho sickness OF

and the whole earth Is covered with
grass, SO you can imagine about what
time day it Is with us farmcrs.
The wheat Is not quito so good rs t.
was last year, but there Is an Increase
in the acreage which will moro than
make up for the shortage. Tho oat
crop is fully 40 per cent better than last,
year.
MIR. Luther Boozcr had the misfor.
tune to loose his family horse last week.
| There was preaching at Cannon's
Creek church last Saturday, and two
sermons with communion on Sunday.
Rev. II. 7. Counts preached quite an
interesting sermon last Sunday ut
Rarhman Chapel. His sermon was on
doubling Thomas. He showed how apt
We arc to doubt and what hard mat
ter to make believe.
Little Johnny McLaurin has got his
load at last. When hc gets through
with old Uncle Ben hc want know u
democrat from republican.
This is the condition Of the fruit
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! would like to ask oar dear old
| brother }. y. t., OF Greenwood, who
hoaStrd Of his hountitul supply Of good
things to eat, to please itcmi4c some OF
his Nil, ~ ,,r,s n>.rhr,,,,,u :, ,'>,,,,
ao ny, ,r,,5 :, w., yi,, go, ,,,, i,,m
that this ola hr,k, down ,,i;,s,,r,f,, ,,rs
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old son, who is ,hrnwn ,np,, 49,, W hoo
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their last few days in misery and dis.
content. Suppose the State wos -
appropriate five or six thonsand dol.
lars for an institution Of this Kind
there would be no wav To conno,l onv
one to 60 there. Don,t Won snnrooo
any moor old soldier or widow who T. ~
unfortunate. would rathor no 80 .hoio
own countv homo whoro +t.o;,, ta,-,;1..
and kindred could visit them occasionlv
than to be carried some forty or fiftv
miles away where perhaps thew would
never get to see them any more.
Another consideration: What's the
State going to do with the property
after the old soldiers have all died,
which, according to nature, will not be
long, would it not have to be sold at n
sacrifice. If there is such a growing
- i'ipeohSViS leclluP Ill DSnalI OF the Old
soldiers why not increase the appropri-
| alton to $500, 900 year. Leave them
at home where they can spend their
remaining few davs in neaoa and bo,,>;
ness with their family.
1t seems that our last legislature in
tended to increase the appropriation
$4,000; but the court stepped in and
claimed higher ruling in the matter,
and said they cannot get it now.
have always regarded the legislature
as tho highest tribunal in the State.
but it seems that the Supreme Court
has turned it down.
Some things are getting vf nucb
mixed. There is no use Of a State sendina
a delegation from each county - oon'
stitute q general assembly to enect
laws for the good of the wbo,a ,oon1o
and then let a few i,dooo ond ,p,1,'n o'
come right behind them and overrule