The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-10-11

bi none. nad the pleasure of meet
in Mr.. Wright, an he made a mitey
Favorable compression on me an L
am orrul hard to fool.
Ever forth Sunday mite Mr. Wright
gets sum big hifalutin' d. d., or 9TH
cr title minister, to lcctcr in won of
the three churches OH the mill hill.
It's a union sarvice an ever body
goes am injoycs it. hearn the A. r..
=. preacher frum up town, but L
can't rccomcmbcr his name. He made
the grandcst lcctcr | ever hcarn, on
Chrlstm character. 1t was grand,
thrillim' and sole inspirin' an won
couldn't hear it with out longin' to
reach a hicr plane Of livin'. The lee
Ter was made in the Metherlist
church, am [ will say rite here that
it is The finest church | ever seen on
Il mill nill, an I haint never seen
many no where that wns finer. :
went to see mi old friend, Mrs. Har-
mon. who is a charmin' young wild
er, the third or forth wife Of the late
Thomas Harmon, who was insur-
anco man.
Me an w. NJ. Thomas an wife ali
accepted invite to Dr. Smiths won
mite, an shore did have nice time.
! There's two DR.. Smiths at Ncwbcrrv,
but this won is Il fizzickin' DR.. am
mlt2y poplcr. lie shore has ~ot a
lovely wife an sum sweet children.
The other Dr.. Smith, DR.. Van
Smith, is a medicine an pill mixer.
Me an Jcems used ter bi all our fiz-
zick from hum, an we amt ded vet.
Jcems thinks there aint nobody like
DR.. Van Smith, an I guess there
amt. Won day I was uptown an
wanted to get sum buttins an threw
a mistake an not bcin' used to the
place, l went into the drug store look
in fur 'em. DR.. Smith didn't keep
buttins, but he axed me if I node
what went "around buttin.' I told
him [ al ers raped the thread round
'cm when I sowed 'cm on. lie sed
he alters herd that billy cote went
round ca buttin',''
Jessie Burns, whose mother lives
i'll Wadesboro, is runnin' grocer
store in Newbcrry, an gettin' rich
in reel estate.
We used to get all onr groceries
frum O. Klettncr, the pore mans
friend, an we found him still hustlin
around at the same place.
And there's James Mimnaugh, won
or the biggest an most reliable dry
goods merchants in the place. doin' a
nustlm' bizncss at the same old
stand. I don't believe You could call
fur a solitary thing but what MINI
naugh has got it. in all sizes, shapes,
c'lors an prices. an he'll suite YOU
or die tryin.'
I seen our old friend Tom Wicker
an his pa an ma. We used to live
close to 'rm an shore thought site
Of 'cm. Tom is wider, now.
) found the Editcr of Herald an
News was also fat--likc micy nj ever
won else. Well, I've alters herd that
to make a lon" tale Snort You have to
cut il off. an | rcrkin' I'd better not
let this narrative get too long or the
Editer mite ampcriatc it. SO I'll nur-
ry on.
| didn't intend to go back bi Sauls-
berry, but JrcmS writ that he cudn I
meet me at WadcSboro, an | had to-
L left Ncwbcrry at 1890 a. M.
Aug. ., goin' bi way Of Columby
Soon as I got outcn Ncwbcrry, I no.
, ticcd that the craps was better than
had seen 'em any where on mi ira
vcls. The rode was good, too, an ]
cud actilly write an read what
writ
= Prosperity was the first stoppir
place and was won place that
had a comporcratc name. Ever
| thing round there looked mitey
l prosporiferous. The scenery along tho
G way was jest grand an dignifercent
Sumtimcs we was in deep cut witt
, hi walls on each side, an sumtime:
= on hi pinnacle, an lookin' down in
!. to deep an dangerous lookin' preci
5 pircs an ravincs.
s There's lots of woodland betwixt
Q Newberry an Columby, too, the homo
OF many fcthcrcd songstcr.
: Have .hearn Of swamps, an red how
= dcscrtcrs am criminals often hid ir