The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-10-20
THE NEWS OF PROSPERITY
Personal and Otherwise-The Sick
Improving-Two Small Fires
The Farmers Urged to Or
ganize-Likewise Retail
Merchants.

Prosperity, October Io.-One Of Our
merchants took notion to go pos
sum hunting one night not long ago.
After tramping for 4 or hours and
vainly trying to imagine he was boy
again he said, ''boys, lets go home.
Result: shoes ruined, pants torn, gen.
orally tired Out a nd, one small pos
sum. -.
Mr.. Raymond Fellers spent Sunday
at home with his parents.
Miss Lucy Wheeler will teach the
Tabernacle school near Jalapa this
term. t.-.
:: Mr.. J. D. Quattlebaum has gone to
St. Louis, the metropolis OF the west,
for car of mules. He is expected to
2 return by Monday.
The first congregational social will
: be held on tomorrow (Friday) even
:. ing at the Lutheran parsonage. These
pleasant gatherings are quite fea-
ture in some pastorates. All the mem
bers of Grace church are invited.
Rev. I. S. Caldwell, of Georgia,
preached in the A. R. P. church on
Sunday afternoon. His sermon was
very highly appreciated.
We note that in a number OF towns
manual training is being given promi-
nence. The little town of Hopkins
has equipped separate building for
this work. Why can't Prosperity do
likewise?
Mr.. John D. Boozer, who has been
assistant in the work in the c. N. & l..
depot at this place, has been appoint
ed agent at Kinards.
Children's day in Grace Sunday
school will be given on the first Sum-
day. in November The sermon that
day will be to the children and the col
lection will be for missions.
The Mt. Pilgrim school opened last
Monday. Mr.. w. E. Pugh, princi-
pal
The first number Of the lyceum
course will be given on Monday night,
October 23. A full house should
greet this quartette as they are rec
ornmended very highly and should be
well patronized.
We do hope that the cotton growers
will not fail to meet and organize on
Saturday and elect delegates to the
meeting on October 18th. President
Smith has promised for sure to be at
Newberry on that day. Let all at
tend who can and help on the good
cause.
The old High school association lot
has been divided into four lots and
will be sold at public auction salesday
in November.
The Lutheran synod of South Caro-
lima will be held in St. Pauls church
beginning Wednesday, November 9th.
The Women's Missionary convention
of synod will meet in .Newberry on
Sunday, November 5th.
Mrs. Joe Hunter. of St. Lukes, is
reported 70 be much improved.
As time rolls on we are frequently
confronted. with the fact that all is
change and change brings separation
How often is it that we are called
upon to stand by the open grave OF
a friend Of boyhood days, which do
not seem so long ago and realize that
one by one they are passing over and
we stop and wonder how long, yes,
how short, is the time when we too
will pass to the great beyond. We re-
call that but few short years ago we
were at school in the old log school
house at Little Mountain and one Of
our playnates was Jas. w. Derrick
and today we are called upon to
mourn his death. ~
He was laid to rest in the cemetery
at Ebenezer church on Wednesday,
October 18th. He leaves wife and
three children to mourn their loss.
Miss Mary Kinard has returned at
ter q pleasant visit to her brother in