The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-02-27
THE NEWS OF PROSPERITY.
Mr.. Samuel Cannon Loses An Arm
Advertise and There Will Be
Something Doing-Other
Matters.

Cannon, son of J. J. Cannon, of Lit
! tie Mountain, on Saturday while
; cleaning out from under the brick
machine at MI Robinson brick
yard, at Chaplin, was caught ili the
Tmachinery and had his arm crushed.
The wound was so severe that the
young man was taken to the Columbia
hospital on the o'clock train. It
was found necessary to amputate the
arm just below the shoulder.
A friend handed US the following
with request to publish:
"The lightning bug is brilliant
But he hasn't any mind.
He meanders' through the darkness.
With his headlight on behind.
Likewise the foolish merchant
Whom no one can advise.
He claims theirs nothing doing
When asked to advertiser
We guess the point is for all to ad
vertise.. in The Herald and News and
then there will be something doing.
The District conference Or quarter
ly meeting of the Newberry circuit
was held with Wightman Chapel,
Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Rev.
W. T. Duncan, P. E., presiding.
Rev: D. P. Boyd and wife are yis-
iting Mrs. J. Y. Thompson and at
tending the quarterly conference.
Mrs. W. A. Moseley and Mrs. Sa-
rah Gaines have gone north to pur-
chase new spring millinery. ;
! Miss Mary Sheldon, of Westmins-
tel, is visiting Jacob B. Fellers.
MI. J. B. Harmon has about COM
:pleted his new shop.
+ Mr. Ira Amick has also opened his
shoe shop in the same building.
Messrs. Hawkins Bros. have just
completed commodious iron sheeted
warehouse near the c.. n. & L. depot.
Jesse Rikard is completing a nice
barber shop on the lot he recently
purchased.
The smell Of fertilizer is abroad
again in the land. and regales us on
every breeze. .
We note that St. Luke's Sunday
school has added some very nice
equipments to it's forces.
We want to make suggestion once
more to the effect that a business
league for the town could be of much
service and do great good for the
town. Business men Of the town
should organize one and push their
town along.
Unfortunately we can only suggest.
| If we could we would put some Of our
suggestions into action. We would
have electric lights for one thing and
several other things that we do not
now have. More houses to rent, for
instance.
Mrs. McNaters, of Atlanta, is Wis
iting her sister, Miss Mary Kinard.
We return our thanks to the ladies
of the Sorosis for courtesies extend
ed.
Your correspondent has been asked
how our representatives voted on the
| appropriation and other bliss and we
are unable to answer. Where can this
information be had. Can the editor
tell us? .
Come Chips, don't be so east down.
Join the ranks Of the A and while
stumping the county for Retrench-
ment and Reform with a big + to
each) YOU can tell us what you will
do when you get down there. You can
make the fur fly on the stumps and
we, the people, will sit on the fence
and see the procession 60 by.
We have heard Of a couple from our
Baliwick who are thinking Of cast
ing their glove into the political arena
and when once the bee gets to buz-
zing there's only one thing to do and
that is to let it swarm.
The president has changed his mind