The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-04-18
VARIOUS AND ALL ABOUT.

| The, railroads are doing ruSnlng
business these days, mostly exposition
travel.
"Chidren's Day" will be celebrated
at Zion on Saturday before the third
Sunday in May.
The frenen are auxiously and pa
tiently awaiting the arrival of their
new hose wagon.
The c., N. & L road is doing big
freight business, it seems TO us the
largest in its history.
The "Chinese Palace" is in town,
having pitched tent on the public
square near the opera house.
Many of OR early gardeners have to
plant their seeds over, the first having
failed to come up on account OF the
cold.
Mr.. F. G. Spearman, Sr., has moved
to Helena and occupies the house he
recently bought from Mr.. Il. H. Ri
kard.
H. II. Rikard, Master, has moved
from Helena to the city and occupies
the cottage on Main street next to Col.
Schumpert's residence.
The Newberry College ball team will
go to Greenwood today to play match
game with the Erskine College boys
this afternoon.
The banana market was overstocked
in Newberry on Wednesday, and at
places the very incest could be bought
st 10 cents per dozen.
Candidates are coming to the front.
The ice has been broken in The Her.
aid and News, and from now on we ex-
pect new ones weekly.
A new front, with large plate glass
windows at J. II. Hairs barber shop, is
big improvement going on at the
west end of Main street.
JAMIE Pratt, a young colored woman,
died suddenly at her home in Ward /,
Tuesday night. Coroner Lindsay pro-
nounced it death from natural causes.
Reference was held in the case of the
Goldville Manufacturing Company be-
fore Referee Schumpert here yester-
day. Considerable testimony was taken.
The city of Sumter has raised the
necessary amount of money to pull off
the tournament there in June and it is
an assured fact. The first prize, it is
said, will be S2C0.
Contractor Davis is making good
headway on Dr., Kibler's residence on
Main street. 1t is going to be one OF
the neatest houses in the city when
completed.
Mr.. Jno. II. Wicker had Lewis
Childs, colored, before the mayor
Thursday morning on charge of steal
ing $40. The case was transferred to
the Magistrates Court.
The railroads will offer reduced rates
to Columbia for the occasion OF the
meeting of the State Convention on
May 2lst. The fare will be $2.25 from
Newberry and So from Prosperity.
A mule attached to a one-horse
wagon ran away On Main street We'd
nesday afternoon late and caused con-
siderable excitement. Nothing was
broken and no damage whatever was
done.
Rev. Dr. Lander, President of Will
liamston Female College, will preach
in the Central Methodist church next
Sunday morning. at II o'clock, and in
O'Neall Street Methodist church at
night.
Mr.. J A. G.. Kibler is announced din
this paper as y candidate for Sub-Sup-
erviSor. Mr.. KjbIer has in the past
been connected with this branch OF
the government of the county and
would make u good officer.
The State Federation ofWoman 'sClubs
will meet inSpartan burg May 10th. The
Bachelor Mlids' Club has elected
Misses Mamie McCaughrin and Azile
Pool delegates with Misses Elizabeth
Dominick and Mary Nance Fair alter
mates.
We publish on the first page of this
paper an interesting letter from Judge
J. NJ. CrosSou, Of Bellenger, Texas.
Judge Cr"sSon was at one time editor
of the Newbrrry Sentinel, the first pa
per published in Newberry, of which
The Herald and News is a lineal de-
scendant. He will be pleasantly re-
membered by many of our Oldest citi-
zens as a prominent lawyer of the sos.
Inter-Collegiate Oratorical Contest.
The State intercollegiate Oratorical
Contest will take place at Green wood
tonight. Dr.. Geo. B. Cromer, Prof