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The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-26
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Rev. w. w. Memories filed his
regular appointment here Sunday after
noon and preached an able sermon to a
large audience. -.
The people in this section have killed
a nice chance of meat and can enjoy
pudding and sausage for Christmas.
One or two mad dogs have been killed
in this section recently. Newberry
County would be in better shape If all
of the useless dogs were killed and one
hog put IN place of each dog. Less dogs
and more hogs is what this country
needs now.
Mr.. Editor, allow us to congratulate
Won on gstting out a daily issue during
the meetingof the Methodist Confer
ence IN your city. The Herald and
News is always up to date in giving its
sreaders the news, and the conference
issues should be preserved for future
reference.
Rev. Jas. D. Kinard, of Leesvi'le,
was over on a visit to his mothers 8
family here last week.
Mr.. Robert Kingsmore and family
have fnoyed from this community in st.
PauPs section.
Miss Lena Wilson has been on a visit
10 Misses Bessie and Anna .Cromer.
We had a chance Of rain Sunday at
ternoon.
Mr. Cromes and wife spent Saturday
night and Sunday with relatives in St.
PauRs section.
Mr.. j. S. Werts and family, of near
Prosperity, nave moved into Saluda
County.
The chain gang hos done some good
work on the public road near here.
Glad to lean Mrs. Joe Lovelace, who
has been sick, is improving slowly.
Owing to the mild weather the grain
in this section is locking fine.
Oar school viii have Christmas tree
in the school building on Wednesday
afternoon oath. Hope the weather will
be favorable and the occasion one of
much pleasure.
Al pleasant Christmas and happy
New Year to The Herald and News
typos and readers is the wish of
Sigma.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-26
OF yalue 70 Cane Growers.

A pamphlet entitled "Fertilizipg su-
gar Cane, |" written by practical sugar
planter from Hawaii, has just been pub
iished by the German Kali Works, SO
Nassau street, New York, N. Y, and a
couy of it can be obtained free by
wiring to them. Nc doubt many of
our readers win be interested to learn
how this crop is treated so as to pro-
duce large yields Of cane and sugar and
the pamphlet mentioned contains many
valuable points pertaining thereto.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-26
Almost a Fire.

Late yesterday afternoon an oil stove
inJ. w. Whites hardware store was
accidentally knocked over, and Tor
few minutes it looked very much as If
there was going to be fire. The alarm
was turned in, but before the compa-
MES reached the scene the flames had
been extinguished.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-26
PROSPERITY NEWS.
Old Landmarks Passing Away-Incident
Showing Need Of Lighting
Streets Personal.

Prosperity, December 23.-Capt. Geo.
| S. Merchant lost horse last week
from blind staggers.
Miss Mamie Cook, returning home
from Prosperity last Wednesday eve
ming lost her purse, which was not an
empty one indeed. Fortune favored
her, however, and her Eneighbors re-
joice with her in finding that which was
lost.
A fire was very narrowly averted last
Saturday night, the explosion of gaso-
line in Hunter & Wheeler's drug store
being the cause. Little damage out
side of some burns sustained by DR..
Mackey.
Elm street in Prosperity was named
after large elm tree which has been
dead now several years. Last week
the street workers removed the old
mark and left not a sign to indicate
where it stood. The street remains,
but the object for which it is named is
gone.
There are two other old marks quite
familiar to every visitor, even in Pros
perity-the old market house which has
had no abiding place during it's long
existence, and the old guard house
which some passers-by on muggy eve
nings still think is haunted by the spirit
of dead negro. These are the old
outgrown shells which Prosperity has
cast off.
Some one tells how one of Little
Mountains citizens came here to initi-
ate the new cells, and of his complaints
at the doors being left open that all who
passed that way might see his predica-
ment-looking through the iron bars.
Mr.. Birge Wise hearing the cry of fire
last Saturday nigh, ran from his house
into the dark street to respond to the
call. He came in contact with tree
and was picked up unconscious and re-
mained so all night. His bruises are
considerable.
Miss Anna Geiger, ,fColleton County,
has gone home to spend the holidays.
Rev. P. H. E. Derrick's little Lizzie
accompanied her.
The chaingang has been on our streets
for several days.
The incident of last Saturday night
shows the need Of lighting our streets.
Our town officials have been vigligant
in looking after the public interest and
have made some commendable improve
ments, improvements that will increase
our respect for our town, and it would
be simply delightful if they could still
add-light-electric lights.
The literary society Of the school
here will give an entertainment that
promises much for the charging Of
the library of the school. The public is
invited. The play will be in the opera
house, Friday evening, December 26,
1902. Admission Is and 25 cents.
A Christmas service and tree will be
held at the AssociateReformed Presby-
terian church on Christmas day, Thurs
day evening. Mr.. Allen Crosson is Su-
perintendent.
Grace Lutheran Church will have
Christmas service and tree Tuesday
evening, December 80.
Bethel school, of Pomaria, will have
a Christmas tree Christmas eve. Miss
Rubie Holloway is teacher.
The school here will vacate for Christ
mas holidays at noon Wednesday Ath,
and will open again Monday, January
5th.
DR.. C. L. Kibler and family, of West
Virginia, are visiting in this community.
Mrs. Addie Hodges is visiting friends
in Prosperity.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-26
LeOna.
Dec. %, 1902.

ANY young man or young woman
n who would like to have a conve-
nient pocket Aluminium Calendar or
House Calendar for 1903, write to Mac
feat's Business College, Columbia, S. c.,
and YOU will receive one by return mail,
free Of charge. ltaW 4t.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-26
Here Is
Something

Here is something we want you to read,
and read carefully. We want to talk to you
about the good quality of our merchandise and
our low prices, and we want to impress upon
you right here that we never separate quality
and price. No matter how low the price, the
quality is still there--everything we sell is of
standard quality. Here is one of the elements
of our success: We make the price so low at
all times and the character of our merchan-
disc so high that any buyer can offord to buy
of us. We are specialist in our lines which
comprise
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-26
The Riser Millinery Co.

will have some pretty new ribbons
for holiday trade, and they are
closing out every hat and feather in
their stock at actual cost.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-26

Dry goods, Dress goods, Silks, Velvets,
White goods, Trimmings, Buttons,
Embroideries, Laces, White and Red
Flannel, Embroidered Flannel, Hand
kerchiefs. Hosiery, Underwear, Corsets,
Oomestics, Jeans, Calicoes, Homespuns,
Bleachings, Shirtings, Outings, Flanelette,
Ladies Wraps, Lace Curtain, Counter
panes. Yankee Notions.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-26
A CHRISTMAS POEM
From a Poem on Life Not Yet Published

saw this morn
Day breaking in the East. A glorious
light
In streams shot upwards through the
deep blue sky,
AS pure and bright as ever eye beheld,
1t made me think of that eternal light
That's coming soon to bathe the world
in joy,
And penetrate the very darkest dens,
And let in light and peace and life; and
then
Ali men will know all races, North and
South,
And East and West, and all the ocean
isles
Will learn and know, and nevermore
forget
The meaning of thy name, o Liberty
All will be free, free as the winds that
blow,
Free as the blest in heaven, moved only
by
Their own pure Wills, moved by the life
divine.
Is this too much? What is the trouble
now?
What hinders the downfow of life di-
vine
Into the world and into everything?
What but the wicked, perverse will OF
man?
This is the barrier, and this alone,
That now shuts off the holy ones from
earth.
And God is merciful, so good to us,
He wants to save us all and not destroy.
And so in mercy He withholds the life,
That comes, must come as destroying
fire
And burn up everything not like itself.
Therefore He waits, in mercy He with
holds
The strength Of His great life and gives
to man
Just so much, and no more than he can
bear.
God wants to rule, but not to rule by
force;
He wants to be the king of all the
world;
So wants the knees of every one to
bow
To Him in worship, every tongue to
sing
Hosannah in the highest! IT'S not His
will
That evil angels or that evil men
Should rule in this poor world. 0, can
man learn,
That he, by his devices, caused all i'll,
That ever did, or ever can af1ict
Himself, or any other form Of life?
Twas man built hell, twas man that
crucifed
The Son of God, and mocked and rallied
on Him,
Even while He hung upon the fatal
tree.
His wickedness in this last dreadful act
Has reached its bound and can no
farther 60,
But keeps repeating the sad story o'er.
But it will end, the end is drawing
near;
That glorious day of which Isaiah sang
So joyfully in the far olden time
How did he see, how did he know 'twould
come?
The clouds were rolled away and he
could see,
AS John on Patmas in his vision saw
The new Jerusalem descend, so he could
That war should be no more, and men
would learn
To beat their swords, those old, now
useless, swords
Into good plowshares to turn the mel
low soil,
And make it bear good fruits and gol-
den grain,
Rich food for man and beast, o, happy
day!
Isaiah saw, and he was not alone;
All poets in all ages, they have seen,
In vision, or in trance, or waking
dream
A golden age, which never was dream,
But grand fact of the eternal life.
Let life, not death, be now our endless
theme;
The Life that is, the Life that is to be;
Pervading all, from the far stars in
heaven,
From heaven itself, in that internal
world,
Where angels all abide, down to the
earth.
The only world in this vast universe
Where sorrow has home, where sin
abides;
The only world that rolls through the
deep sky,
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-26

In fact our large stock comprises almost anything you may
ask for all priced to suit you Millinery Of our strong
points in all grades cheap very fine We please you in
this department. Some Solid good shoes for ALL We do not
sell shoddy Mems Shoes Womens Shoes, Boys Shoes.
Girls Shoes, Baby Shoes Let fit your feet in solid
leather Shoes the kind that look WE'LL we'll and cost
moderately
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-26

NEW AND FULL stock of Paper
~ Patterns just received and are
sold for cash only, at Wooten's.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-26
SPECIAL NOTICES.
Fewer Gallons; Wears Longer.
Fewer Gallons; Wears Longer.

Fewer Gallons; Wears Longer.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-07-26
The Ferments in Milk.

Prof G. L. Mckay. Iowa Agricul-
tural College: In the month of June
when nature has covered the earth
with loveliness, the right kind of fer
mentation seems to be everywhere
Most anyone can make fine favored
butter at this time; but when the KIND
of bacteria that we have to deal with
changes to the undesirable kind, IL
VIII then require skill. At our schooi
our bacteriologist made number OF
tests to determine the kind of bac-
terra that milk contains during the
different months of the year In
March when it is quite difficult to
make. fine butter. 100 samples from
different patrons milk were taken.
Only 1914 per cent showed pure acid
flavor; 4S per cent impure acid flavor
and 391z per cent rapid decomposl-
ton of the curd. Samples taken April
vor; 27.7 impure acid flavor, and 1913
rapid decomposition of the curd- In
April we found decided improvement
in the kind of bacteria present. Sam
pies taken May 10 showed 80 per cent
pure acid flavor and 10 per cent i'm
pure. This largely explains why it is
easy to get good f1avors at some times
OF the year and not at other times.
Samples taken in June and July
showed about the same results as
May. Now If we could get our patrons
to exercise more care in regard to
cleanliness, lot of this trouble might
be obviated. Still at certain periods
makers will have to combat undesir-
able fermentations
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-07-26
Yearly KAN. JULY
Fate Of Ar1dree
Sfiu Uncertain

covery of any portion of the outfit be-
longing to Andree, and though natives
have gone in search of them they have
never returned, believing, as the Rev.
DIR. Farlies says, that they will in
some way be punished, for they now
understand that it was not an attack
upon them, but an accident by which
the gun was discharged that precipi-
tated the massacre.
Had Andree made friends with the
natives it is held he would have been
safely conducted south and would
eventually have reached civilization.
The Hudson Bay company has re-
Gently sent another party in search
of the balloon and outfit of Andree,
and hopes to have conclusive evidence
of the fate of the explorer within a
few months.
Solomon A. Andree, with two com
panions, Strindberg and Frankel, at
tempted in 1897 to find the North Pole
with a balloon. They embarked on
July IL from one of the islands in the
Spitzbergen group. Since that time,
many rumors of their being found,
dead or alive, have been circulated,
but in every case until now these
have proved false. Several of them
nave lC\9leQ the party Oh OT near tuS
north coast of the American conti-
nent.
The revival of an old story that An
dree and his companions were muir
dered by EsQuimaus up there raises
number of interesting questions The
first of these relates to the intelli-
gence of the men who from time to
time have passed this tale down from
Hudson's Bay to civilization, and who
pretend to have got it from the Es-
quimaus. In view of the large number
of fakes which have been perpe-
trated since Andree's disappearance in
regard to his fate, some doubts may
exist as to the honesty of the persons
who are responsible for this particular
account. But, granting their perfect
sincerity, it is not inconceivable that
they wrongly interpret the facts.
Early last March this same story
came from Winnipeg, and was attrib-
uted to Mr.. Aston, an agent of the
Hudson Bay company. The officials
of that organization, however, briefly
discredfted it.
What Andree hoped for when he
started was a breeze blowing fifteen
miles an hour to the northward. This
would have enabled him to cover the
seven hundred miles between Spitz-
bergen and the Pole in two days, and
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-07-26
No Poultry and Egg Trust.

There has been talk about a poultry
and egg trust The thing is an alb
surdity at the present time, Though +,
may become a possibility in the fu.
turc, if there shall ever rise a trust
in farm lands The cry of a trust was
based on the probable fact that the
packing companies had bought ur
large quantities of poultry and egxk
and had stored them for a rise. II
was simply q speculation on a big
scale The owners of flocks of hens
are numbered by the millions and are
too numerous to have their product
controlled Besides, under the stim
ulus of high prices to the farmers
the number of fowls in the country
could easily be doubled in q single
year. Unfortunately at the present
time it seems probable that the pro
ducers of poultry are not getting the
benefit of the high prices being PAID
by the consumers of poultry and
poultry products If that be SO, ther
the high prices the consumers are
paying will not stimulate production
and the present very unsatisfactory
state of things will continue We
would like to hear from our readers
as to the prices they are at the pres
ent time receiving for their poultry
and poultry products and q statement
as to the prices they have received
in past years.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-07-26

Commander of the Expedition.
curiosity. AS they did SO, one of An
dree's companions fired off gun. This
is a signal to uncivilized natives for a
general battle. 1t is regarded as a
challenge, and also instantly the ma
tives fell upon the three explorers and
massacred them.
Everything pertaining to their out
fit was carried away to the homes of
the natives on the north borders of
the Arctic region.
"Old Huskie" himself gave this in
formation to Ralph Alstine, agent for
the Hudson Bay company, and after
being Investigated by the Rev. Mr..
Tarlies, was told by him. He says
there is little room for doubt, as fire.
quent reports have since come of the
strange implements which the north
natives have in their possession, the
telescope being particularly described.
The Hudson Bay company has re-
peatedly offered reward for the re-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-07-26
Protect the Cows from Fire.

All dairy barns, creameries and the
like should be as amply as possible
protected against fire. This may be
done in several ways. If no better
way appears to the mind CT the own
er, he should have shelf construct
ed in the barn and on it keep a num-
Der of pals full of water and ready
to use at a moments notice. Ere
quently fires get beyond control be-
cause the means are not at hand for
extinguishing them in their incipient
stage Where farmers have wind
mills and elevated tanks that give a
good pressure to the water the ar
rangements for fighting fire can be of
the best, but will of course cost
something. Water pipes should be
laid to convenient points and hose
made ready. The fire may never
come, but it is a comfortable feeling
to know that If it comes it will get
cold reception. Where animals are
kept tied or locked up and beyond
possible escape from the flames IRE
cautions against fire should certainly
be taken.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-07-26
Farm Wealth of Nebraska

The census report on agriculture in
Nebraska shows that on June /, 1909
there were enumerated 121.525 farms
valued at S557, ,660, ,020. OF this amount
16 per cent represents the value O.
buildings ard "a per cent land and
improvements other than buildings
The value of farm implements ana
machinery in the state was S24, $40,
45O, and live stock S145, ,349, ,587- Tbs
total value of farm property was
$747 $50. .057. The total value of farm
products for 1899 was $40 .227, ,060, On
which 43 per cent was in animal prod
ucts and the rest in crops including
forest products cut or produced on
farms This farm product value ex
ceeds that for 1859 By lab per cent
The gross farm income of Nebrasks
ia 1899 was s124, ,e70.S and the gross
income on investment IT per cent
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-07-26

The Rev. DIR. Farlies, Church of
England clergyman, arrived at New
York from York Factory, Northwest
Territory, and brings authentic infor-
nation of the fate of the explorer An
dree, and his companions.
Two years ago, eight hundred miles
north of York, q party of Esqufmaus,
under the leadership of 'Old Huskie,' =
saw the Andree balloon alight on g
plane of snow in that vicinity, which
Is about two hundred miles north of
Fort Churchill. Three men emerged
from the balloon, and some of Illus
kie's" people approached them out of
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-07-26
Incubator Cellars.

Incubator cellars are constructed in
various ways, but however construct
ed they should be away from the
dwelling house and barns. They are
perhaps more likely to be fred than
are any of the other farm structures,
and they should be placed far enough
away so that in case of fire the other
buildings will not be ignited. A sim
pie method of constructing these eel
lars is to dig a deep pit and roof it
over, piling the dirt up to the caves.
The land must be, of course, per-
fectly drained II there is any dan
ger of the land accumulating moisture
or of the rains seeping through, it
would be well to use cement in the
bottom of the cellar and up the sides
as far as there is any danger of the
ingress of soil water. The benefit of
q cellar of this kind lies in its per-
feet temperature This is a great
thing in the Matching of chicks. The
even temperature outside of the in
cubators makes it more possible to
keep an even temperature within.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-07-26

carry him over to Behring Strait in
six. The last news received from him,
dated two days after starting, was dis
patched by a carrier pigeon This
report of latitude and longitude
showed that he had gone in a north
easterly direction about one hun
dred and fifty miles, or at the rate OF
three miles an hour. If there had
and no deviation from straight
course that speed would have brought
him to Eastern Siberia in about q
month or six weeks. But the winds
in the Arctic region are exceedingly
tickle in summer. What is still more
important, it is hard to render a bal
loon so completely gas tight as to re-
tain its buoyancy more tnan few
days. 1t is in the highest degree prob
able that Andree was compelled to
abandon his balloon for this reason al
some point hundreds, probably thou
sands, of miles from land. Search
parties have looked in vain for some
trace of him on the east coast of
sef Land, tle New Siberian Islands,
and Siberia The chance of his reach
ing Alaska or British North America
was muc1 smaller than that of land
ing in these other places. Hence, un-
til the relics which are reported to
have been found up near Hudson's
bay are identified by competent an
thority it will be wise to receive the
story with caution, not to say scepti-
cism.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-07-26
Control the Water in Butter.

A government bulletin says that
the presence of salt, the size of the
butter granules and the hardness of
the butter are factors exerting an in
f1uence on the amount of water in the
butter. Where a dry butter is de-
sired, as for export, these principles
may have considerable practical i'm
portance. By churning cream at a
low temperature and continuing the
churning until the granules were as
large as peas, washing for about
thirty minutes with water at As de-
grees to 4S degrees, and working
twice, the Iowa station secured but
ter containing as low as 6.72 per cent
of water. OF thirty-two analyses of
samples of butter made in this way,
seven showed less than per cent
of water, from s to 10 per cent,
and 10 from 10 to IL per cent 1t is
not, however, advised that export but
ter should be made with less than
from to 10 per cent of water.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-07-26
One serious Cause for Regret.

A former Virginian who migrated
to Australia twerty-four years ago II
making a visit to this country after
his long absence, and in conversation
with a gentleman in Washington re-
gretfuily said. Though / an q Brit
ish subject now, must confess to the
superiority Of some of the social Gus
toms of my native lard. For instance
though Eint is grown in Victoria
somehow or other tae people have
never learned the old Virginia wzJ
of making juiep.'
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-07-26

and left them far behind. From Bo
thell, where he so successfully battied
with the posse that attempted to kik
him, he has made remarkable jump
to Deception Pass, near Port Madison
where he was last reported to have
been seen.
His unexpected marches and coun
termarches, his fertility of resources
and his almost incredible enduranco
have apparently enabled him to ges
safely away from the rifles of hia
hunters, and the only clews that MAXI
it possible to follow him at all ara
those furnished by his own reckless
bravado. He is now supposed to bs
heading for Whatcom, where it ID
said he hopes to meet friend
His victims are as follows:
Killed-Policeman E. E. Breesa
Guard Neil Rawley, Deputy Sheriff
Charles Raymond and Deputy Sherie
Jack Williams.
Wounded-Karl Anderson.