The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-02-07
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AN INTERESTING LETTER.
'Chips" Gives the News Around Rach"an
Chapel and Union Academy - nome
Timely Thoughts on the New Year.

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Fridays paper.
Representative John F. Banks
spent last Sunday at home.
Thos. w. Gallman, Of near Pros
perity, visited his brother J. j. Gall
man last Saturday.
Miss Rosa Long accompanied Miss
Cora Dominick home last Saturday
and spent Sunday with her.
Rev. ?. II. E. Derrick, of Sandy
Run, S. c., has accepted call to
preach at Bachman Chapel. We
learn that he will not start preach,
ing before about the first of March.
There was singing at the church
last Sunday evening by the choir
We are requested to give notice
that the Bachman Chapel Sunday
school will meet on the second Sun.
dsy evening in next month at Z
o'clock for the purpose of reorgsn-
izing. We sincerely hope that all
parents who have children able to
turn out will not only send them but
come with them. Let's infuse new
life into the Sunday school. We
have a lot of children throughout
this section who ought to be going
to Sunday. school every Sunday
God is going to hold US responsible,
dear parents, for neglecting the
spiritual training of our children.
Miss Loise Wedeman, of Walton
section, visited Mr.. and Mrs. S. j..
Kinard last Saturday and Sunday.
L. o. Griffin and mot her have
moved to Newberry.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. L. B. Epps' little
daughter who has been suffering
with q bronchial trouble for the past
two weeks is improving,
We are also thankful to say our
son Holland, who has been quite sick
with pneumonia for the past two
weeks, is improving.
We heard a man say not long
since that DR.. W. A. Dunn, of Poma-
ria, was mighty nice little man.
Yes, we can 60 further than that
and say he is mighty good little
doctor.
Dear friends, I wanted to have
something to say about the past old
year, 1901, and tn beginning of this
new year il my last letter, but other
matters crowded it out. Some may
think as there is one month of the
new year almost gone that it is rather
too late to spring up new ideas into
q broken year, or at least say things
that perhaps should have been said q
month ago. But if | can create a
single thought into q single heart
that would be of any moral good l
will feel that I am doubly paid for
m7 trouble or time. There should
be time when all human hearts
should lift up their united voices in
thanksgiving and praise to that dear
one from whom all our blessings,
both temporal and spiritual come;
and think that time should espe
cially be at the close of the old year
and the beginning of new year. 1t
is solemn thing to see how swiftly
time is being marked down against
our lives, and to consider only ayear
ago how many dear ones was as we
are now, enjoying the mortal pleas
ures of life who are now sharing the
realities Of an unknown world to US.
Yes, many have died, from the very
highest ruler of our nation down to
the very lowest and humblest ones on
earth, and no doubt but that there
are many who will look upon these
very lines who will be buried during
the year 1902. Good people, death
is no respecter of persons; it matters
not how vigorous your physical body
may be, this is no assurance that you
are going to live another "a hours.
The past year has been very hard
one, at least to the poor laboring class
who till the soil. We have all summed
up our last years situation, counted
out what we have made and what we
have lost, and the most of us have
long since found that the past year
has left Us in debt. Now in literal