The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-24
VARIOUS AND ALI. ABOUT.

MAJ. l.. w. G. BlalOck, Of Goldville,
is in the city.
Magistrate Chappell has appointed
Mr.'C. B. Tidwell as his constable.
Mr.. j. w. White is having the in
terror of his store greatly improved.
DR.. and Mrs. j. B. Fox left yester-
day for their new home In StuuntOn, Va
l. G.. Speers, Esq, of the Grccnw wood
bhr, is spending this week in New
berry.
Everybody in town is going to hear
Rev. Sam Jones lecture when he
comes.
Fifty dollars was realized for charit-
able purposes by the Washington Tea
Wednesday night.
Mr.. Il. M. Wells, who has been at
Pelzer for several months, is at his
home in Nowberry.
The Legislature did one good thing
stopped the use of the Palmetto tree
on dispensary bottles.
The time for returning property for
taxation has expired and the Auditor
is now attaching the penalty.
Mr.. j. E. Norment, travelling agent
for the News & Courier, spent several
days in the city this week.
President Geo. b. Cromer will con-
duct lay services in the Lutheran
church next Sunday morning.
Mr.. r. J. Wynn, who has been in the
lower part of the State looking to his
farming interests, has returned to New
berry.
An exchange says North Carolina
tobacco growers are said to make
from $50 to 1888 per acre. That beats
cotton.
Those who thought there was small
crowd in town ought to have seen the
crowd in town yesterday just after the
runaway.
DR.. w. a. Young wants to sell you
your medicines which he will tell You
about in the near future in The n crald
aud News.
Postmaster Fair has had the parti-
tion in the postotlice moved up making
the office more roomy and giving them
more light.
Newberry's delegation to the Leg
islature all arrived home on Wednes-
day, having completed their labors at
the capital.
The contract to fill the excavation
where the new depot is to he built by
the Southern Railroad has been let to
Mr.. John II. Wicker.
The Commercial Bank has added a
savings department and will pay inter
est .n deposits hereafter at the rate of
i per cent. per annum.
a. G. Jones pays more than the
freight in his coming sacrifice sale.
See in his ad. what he intends to do.
He is always leader.
Hoods Sarsuparilla ncverdisappoints.
IL may be taken for impure and i'm
povcrished blood with perfect conf
dcnce that it will cure.
DR.. O. B. Mayer left for Laurens
yesterday and will return this after
noon. Alderman Earhardt is Mayor
pro TEN in his absence.
"The Ncwbcrry" was floating to the
breeZes a u. S. flag on Wednesday.
The only patriotism visible on Wash
ington's hi, thday in Newberry.
Miss Swittenburg, of Newberry, who
has been on II visit to Miss Mary Mil,
Ter, OF Little Mountain, returned home
Saturday.-Chapin News.
l. Supervisor Hill is having built q
| large and convenient stable for thc
county mules on the lower edge of the
Jail lot leading to "thc bottoms"
Mrs. r.. J. Wynn will leave in few
days for New York and other northern
markets to select her spring stock o.
Dry Goods, Notions and Millinery.
The city couhcil held called meet
ing Wednesday afternoon. No bust
ness of interest to the public was trans
! acted. The next regular meeting vii
bo held on next Tuesday night.
| Mr.. Benz. dalfacre was recommended
by the delegation and is the second sub
commissioner fo" Newberry County
So the Board Will stand as follows
w. A. Hill, S. S. Cunningham ant
BENZ. Halfacrc.
Exercises were held at the Boundar,
Street School on Wednesday commcm
orat!ve Of Washington's birthday
Several visitors were present and en-
joyed the exercises and commend botl
teachers and pupils.
1t is said that the last freeze not onl
killed out the blue birds, but thinnct
out the doves aud partridges also. Tn
Legislature ought to have passed Il las
to protect the birds, for with sucl
freezes and then being killed out, W