The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-03-01
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Il Genius nas Been Taken---New
tlousss Being Built Personal
- Mention.

Mention.
Prosperity, Feo. 2S.---An election
will be held March.,7th to determine
ii the town Of Prosperity shall issue
bonds for fire department. 1t is
thought that with the money we have
on hand if not expended $500 Of
bonds will be enough. The council
has been considering the macadamiz-
ing Of Main street from the c., N.
& l.. depot to the bank of Prosperity.
If the bonds are not voted they will
consider this work. .. -
Mr.. Jno. H. Dickert's house was
burned last week. He lost all his
household goods and had no insur-
ance.v
There are eight new houses going
up in town. This will give some of
the people who were anxious to come
to town an opportunity to do so.
The town council has had an enum-
Grafton made Of the town. This cen
sus shows that the town has 722 in
habitants AT white and 305 colored
citizens. White males, 205; females,
212. Black males, 100; females, IT'S.
Dogs, AZ. We are growing some. By
and by we will be a city (7) Well
hardly not so long as there so many
little hammers in use. The census
shows that there are 153 children ov-
er ten years of age and 166 under
ten. OF this number l57 are in school
White children, Ill: negro children,
46. Less than one-half Of the child
rem i'll the incorporate limits accord
ing to this tabulation are in school.
This comes from the fact Of the
number of small children 6 or years
and under.
Our very efficient and obiging
clerk of the city council has moved
con the hil.' to the house vacated
con the hill," to the house vacated
TO the home vacated by Mr.. H. X.
Livingston.
Messrs. y. l.. Aull and Jno. Hentz,
Of Pomaria. were in town last week.
Messrs. Hunter Caldwell, of New
nan, Ga, and Dallas Caldwell, of
Charlotte, n. c., have been on visit
to their BROTHER, the Rev. I. S. Cald-
we'll.
Jno. Pat Wise, of Newberry col
lege, has been at home for some days
sick. He is able to be up at this writ
ing.
DR.. II. r. Littlejohn, of Pacolct, has
been visiting in town the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. G.. Wise have re-
turned from their visit to Atlanta.
Miss Lizzie Hawkins has been Wis
ting in the Mt. Pilgrim section.
Miss ELY Pugh has been visiting
at the home of Mrs. Brown.
Mr.. and Mrs. e. Y. Morris and
children, of Newberry, paid a visit to
Mr.. M. c.. Morris on last Sunday.
Mrs. Gaines will return from her
trip to the north on Friday.
Miss Lulie Hunt visited relatives
the past week.
Misses Annie Mae and Beatrice
Bedenbaugh and Miss Johnson spent
the day, Monday, with Miss Addie
Werts.
Miss Lola Folk, of Columbia, is
visiting Mrs. Ella Bedenbaugh of
KILLERS bridge.
Mr.. Ira B. Mates, Of Columbia, has
been on visit to his father this
week.
Miss Claire Wheeler, youngest
daughter of our former townsman,
Mr.. J! I. Wheeler, was married last
Thursday evening to Mr.. Thos. A.
Blair, cashier of the Southern Ex-
press company, in Columbia.
Mr.. r. T. Pugh is building homo
on his lot recently Purchased from
Mr.. B. B. Schumpert.
Mr. B. B. Schumpert has purchas-
cd the home in which he has been liv-
ing for the past three years and is
now at home under his own vine and
fig tree.
Everybody Works But Father