The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-06-23
OUR PROSPERITY LETTER.
All the News Of A Live and Progress
sive Town-The New School
Building.

TO our absence IN Columbia the hrSt
part Of the week we were not able
get our usual letter in last week; but
will try to make up for it this week
and in the future
Rev. NJ. O. J. Kreps, Of Augusta,
Ga, will preach in Grace church next
Sunday morning by special request.
There will also be joint council
meeting held Of the pastorate in Grace
church at 4 o'clock on Sunday even
ing.
Mrs. R. L. CASTOR has returned
from very pleasant visit to her
mother in the city by the sea.
Rev. E. H. Kohn, of Cherryville, N.
c., will preach in Grace church on
Sunday, July end. 1t has been quite
q long time since Rev. Kohn has been
back to his old home. He has until
recently served churches in Virginia
and Pennsylvania. He will spend his
vacation with his brother and relatives
in the county
The committee on program met at
Prosperity on Monday and arranged
the same and assigned subjects.
Dr.. Perry D. Simpson has gone to
Charleston to accept a position with
a drug store and left for his field Of
work on Saturday.
DR.. Haskell Kibler, of West Vir-
ginia, has been visiting his sister, Mrs.
A. a. Singley and other relatives, for
the past week.
The first cotton bloom that we have
heard of was in the field of Mr.. Jesse
D. Lorick the first of the week.
At last we are able to announce that
the Prosperity Graded School build
ing has been let to contractors and
work will begin in a few days. This
is thing that has been looked for
ward to by our people for the past
wear. and we are glad 10 be able to
make the announcement. 1t is ex-
pected to be completed by October.
At an election held for teachers
in the Prosperity graded schools the
former faculty were reelected, Prof.
E. 0. Counts, principal and Misses
Della Bowers and Frances Rawl as
sis,an1s.
Miss Erin Kohn is at Clemson IN
attendance upon the summer school.
The Prosperity high school assoc1a-
tion at meeting held last Monday
ordered the sale OF the old school
building on sales day in November.
Possession TO be given January Ist,
1906. unless earlier vacated by the
graded school. This building has
done a noble part in the work OF edu-
cation in our town; but it has served
its day and now it must go.
As we sad in Our last letter we do
not intend to get into controversy
with any one on the dispensary sub
iect, but we do expect to say some
thing 'agin'' when we feel like 1t.
Our answer to Hon. Cole. L. Blease S
article would be, St. Mark, Sth chap
ter and goth and 37th verses.
We received long letter from a
friend couple days ago and want
to make quotation or two from IT.
If what he says is true it is time and
high time to vote it out. "Sure enough
It is not question of dollars. This
is the question as I see it; can the
church afford to run a barroom any
longer: and is it not a fact that not
only the members. but the officers
the very foundation on which the
church rests (local management is
meant, think-K) has been running
the dispensary OF Newberry county
ever since II was first lnaugurated.
= They say we can't have prohi,
Di:iv1:. say we can try. Yes, lei
us DO our part. Let every church
member do his duty now and here
after and we will get rid Of the dis
pensary and we will have prohibition
Programme Of the Newbe1ry Con
ference Sunday School convention