The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-02-18
NEWS OF PROSPERITY.

Necessity Of Two-Mill School Tax
Urged.-Personal Mention. 9th
er Matters.
Prosperity, Feb. H.-Mr. R. E.
Elmore, of Whitmire, is the guest Of
his daughter, Mrs. E. B. Kibler.
The Valentine party at Hunter
Heights had to be postponed until
Friday Of this week on account of
the very inelement weather. The
amusement will be the same as orig
inally planned with the addition Of
string band. Be sure to come and
bring your friends.
Messrs. A. C. Jones and Bachman
Smeltzer, of Newberry, visited Mr..
Hal Kohn last week.
Miss Lille May Russell has gone
for a few days stay at Peak and
Columbia.
Mr.. L. A. Black expects. to leave
early next week for northern mar
.kets in search of chic new spring
goods and millinery.
We are expecting treat this ev-
ening in the shape Of the Lyric Glee
club.
The. Literary Sorosis. will be ten
dere6 a reception on the afternoon
of the 22na by Mrs. Wyche. Every
thing will be Of patriotic nature and
SAVIOR of the cherry tree and little
hatchet, so we've been told.
Miss Della Bowers has accepted the
position of assistant in the St. Luke's
school. Miss Rebecca Mahon had to
resign on account Of illness.
The many friends Of Miss Ehie
Hawkins are pleased to know that
she is much improved and will soon
be restored to health.
Mr.. A.sG. Wise went to Columbia
to hear Senator Bailey's speech on
"the Income Tax" Monday evening.
Mrs. Myra Luther Rainey, Of Co.
lumbia, visited friends in the city
Wednesday.
Miss Julia Schumpert, who. is at
tending school at Chicora college in
Greenville, will come home Friday
for a short visit.
Don't forget the schools patriotic
exercises at the auditorium on the
evening of the 25th.
A very harmonious meeting in re-
gard to two mill tax for next years
school fund was held Tuesday ev-
ening. We trust that this will come
to pass-for unless it does come, the
high school goes. 1t would be too
bad to make progress backwards.
Education is assuredly the hope, and
the only hope of our country. There
fore, Mr.: Man, We not only bespeak
your vote for this, but your infu-
ence as well.
Mrs. W. S. Boatwright, Of Ridge
Spring, is the guest Of her aunt, Mrs.
Moseley.
Rev. H. W. Whitaker, former
pastor Of Wightman Chapel, was in
this city this week.
Mr.. Hart Kohn accompanied by
Messrs. Fellers, Hoffman and Bounds,
spent Sunday with Mr.. A. II. Kohn's
family.
We ran down to Columbia one day
this week. Everywhere the eye
turned cabalistic signs, Japanese
symbols, Egyptian hieroglyphics, OF
some other queer foreign looking
something met the gaze. Not caring
to tell our perplexity to the blue
coats in evidence we just sat and
looked and said nothing. Finally we
decided that these must be the pos
ters and tags of the tuberculosis e2-
hibit we had heard so much. about.
And sure enough they we're. We de-
cided We could not leave the city
without visiting this place and so
we accordingly hied ourselves there
to. The first objects were arrange
ments for sleeping indoors and yet
obtaining an unlimited supply Of
air. Further back were model rooms
and tents and pictures Of santa
RUNS and one unsanitary room. The
nurses in charge we're very solci-
tous and We thought Of course we
had gone there to see things that
would really be 50 scaringly convinc-
ing that we'd come home and seek
roof garden at once. But there was
nothing particularly convincing