The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-08-10

accompanying there was wholcheart-
ed music and the old songs were
rendered with spirit and enthusiasm
and good cheer and good will pre-
vailed all the day long. The Chris,
Ian college, past present and future
was discussed by Col. E. H. Auil,
he Rev. Enoch Hite and the Rev. {.
J. s;healy respectively, the tlrat
speaker using the history and hard
ships of Newberry college as type
of all the Christian colleges and re-
ferred to that period of the history
particularly up to the removal OF the
college from Walhaila to Newberry,
he others speaking generally of the
work and future Of the Christian
.ollege. M. 0. W. Bundrick spoke
IF summerland college and her mis-
:;on and some of her needs. The
opening prayer was made by the Rev.
W. H. Roof and the words of welcome
we're beautifully and appropriately
spoken in an address by Mr.. W. II.
Derrick. It seems to me that more
people give attention to the speak
inc than was done in former days al
,hese reunions. And no doubt If the
auditorium was enlarged as suggested
that there would be more who woulc
listen to the speeches. I remember
hat some few years ago spoke or
similar occasion but there was no
auditorium to speak of and no speak
RS stand and 10 seats and it was dlf-
icult to speak to the few who made
ne effort to listen. 1t was a good
1ay last Friday and l am persuaded
hat some good was done and some
;ccd planted that will bring forth
fr1it in due season. This is an ideal
,lacc for such events and with just
title more Improvement it would IN
Iced be a place the Like of which
would be difficult to find.
Owing to the many automobiles
that were there and not being an eX-
oert in the handling of car l de-
,ided to come home around by 70
maria anu this l did. They say II
always rai~% on these reunion occas-
ions and this one was no exception
The cloud came up very suddenly and
while there was no evidence OF ralr
when / left Little Mountain by the
sine 1 had passed Pomaria there ap-
,oared as black and threatening
,1oud as YOU ever saw, and by the
.;ue I reached Richardsonville the
wind and the rain were in evidence.
+ drove in to the home of MIR. L. +.
Richardson and there waited for the
clouds TO roll by. There was lne
rain here and l am told that 1t eN-
5ended ON down below Pomarla and
the mountain. And it came up as
Ear as Prosperity and all the inter-
vening territory had good rain, but
none this side of Prosperity. And
ain was very much needed. The hne
nrospects of good crop some time
ago were fast disappearing and the
rood corn was whitening and the
lotion rot looking so we'll all for the
want of a little water. in fact un-
less the rains soon become more gen.
oral the prospect for fine corn crop
IS going to be dissipated. The cotton
s not yet hurt as it seems to me.
That new road from Prosperity to
little Mountain is not improving at
ALL In. fact from Excelsior school
house on to Prosperity it is worse and
worse and the holes make it just like
driving over corn rows or the pun
chcons" they used to cross muddy
places with and there is no comfort
or pleasur, in the driving. 1t IS even
worse than it was before it was
worked. and worse than the new road
opened by Supervisor Sample from
Prosperity to Newberry. 1t does
seem that something could be done
to preserve this road so that we
would not feel that our money had
been wasted in the building Of 1t,
This new road from Prosperity to
has been scraped and the
bitches cleaned out and the sand
placed in the middle of the road and
ror 4bo nrnsnnt If is UNPLEASANT to