The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1899-07-04
VARIOUS AND ALI ABOUT.


The books Of registration were open
| on Monday.
The cotton mill is shut down obscrv-
ing the 4th.
| The city council will meet this after
tcrnoon at O'clock.
| The James ID. Nance Camp will
hold Il meeting next Monday.
Miss Neville Pope has returned
| from Il visit to Columbia.
! Miss Maud Schacifcr has returned to
her home in Savannah.
The jury for the sessions court will
be drawn in the morning
The sessions court will convene O,
the 24th instant-third Monday.
"Big Ben" the fire bell will be tested
tomorrow. Don't get alarmed
Col. 0. l.. Schumpert is attending
court in Spartanburg this week.
The old depot at the Southern road
will be torn away in Il few days.
Miss Mary Allen, of Wadcsboro, N.
g., is visiting Miss Hattie Leavell.
Rev. NJ. j. Epting will preach in the
Lutheran church next Sunday morn
| ing.
Mr.. David Mittlc will leave tomorrow
for Beaufort, where he will spend about
two months.
Mr.. w. T.. Smith, of Orangeburg,
came up Saturday to spend II few days
with his wife's relatives.
The Sheriff sold few small tracks of
land yesterday for delinquent taxes.
The land sold well for taxes.
The lucious Georgia watcrmelous are
| being hauled in today by Sam b. Jones.
He received Il fresh car load this morn
ing.
Mr.. VIM. G. Bynum return cd home
last week from Ehrhartlt, where he
has been teaching school for the past
year.
The covering over the cistcrn on the
public square cavcd in on Sunday. The
| authorities will have it. recovered in Il
| few days.
Remember the games of baseball this
! afternoon and tomorrow morning be-
| tween Ncwbcrry and Laurens on col
| lcgc campus.
MIR. i. l.. Goggans, after spending
several weeks with his parents and rel
atives in this city, has returned to his
work in Florida.
The "Irish Potato" hereafter will be
known in the statistics of the L.. s. De-
partment agricultural crop reports ~
| the "White potato."
The Citadcl Cadets arrived home
| last week: Cadets Ed. Mittlc, William
Fair and Jesse kilgorc were the rep
rcsc"tativcs from Ncwberry.
Mis- scs Dele and Bcttic Land after
spending some time in Ncwbcrry with
their sister, Mrs. Jno. NJ. Kirard have
returned to their home in Augusta.
The County Board of Commissioners
net on Saturday. No business of i'm
portancc was transacted, except the
granting of Il franchise to the Stluda
Telcphon? Company to come into New
berry.
70 catch the breezy brcez4s You
don't have TO go to the mountains now,
but just go over to the new depot aud
you will keep as cool as a cucumber.
1T was opened np for service last Fri
day and the.train stops there regular
ly now.
We are in receipt of copy of the
handsome catalogue and book of views
OF ErSkine College. of Duc West. The
catalogue shows that this institution
is in Ilourshing condition and that
| the attendance the last session was
| large.
The Exc .lsior Fire Company paraded
| Friday afternoon in their new uniforms
| and made quite Il handsome appearances
The reel team made some pretty races
after the parade, lowering the time
made in Columbia considerable The
difference, about 60 pounds in pressure.
Messrs. G.. j. Purcell, T. =. Pawlcv
and j. II. Wicker will leave today to
visit the tobacco farms around Flor
ence. They will soon begin prcpara-
| tiOns to plant the weed more extern
sively next summer should the results
of the experiments this year prove as
| fatisfactory as they now promise.
DR.. BOOZcr's roller mill which has
| been closed down for few DAYS to
make repairs on engine. began opera
tions Monday, and is now ready to uc
commodatc the public. AS the exchange
system which is in vogue among all up
to-date roller mills, gave some dissat-
| isfaction, the old system Of tolling the
wheat has been resumed.