The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-08-12
VARIOUS AND ALL ABOUT.

Saturday.
The ticket for the primary will be 6
blanket affair.
The primary election is only two
weeks from today.
The cotton crop will be little earlier
this year than usual.
Miss Annie Tarrant is visiting rela,
tives in Greenville.
Mrs. H. C. Hunter has returned from
visit to relatives at Hodges.
Miss Louise Scott is spending while
with relatives in Greenville.
Miss Ethel Duncan, of Jalapa, is
visiting friends in Greenwood.
Miss Sarah Chalmers, of Jalapa, is
visiting relatives in Greenwood.
Brick-laying was begun on the hose
wagon house yesterday morning.
Mr.. C. W. Bishop has returned from
few days stay at Harris Springs.
Miss Myrtle Schumpert has returned
from a visit to friends in Charlotte,
N. C..
MIR. W. Ernest Merchant has re-
turned from Glenn Springs much i'm
proved.
MIR. Jas. A. Bowers, of Atlanta, is in
the city for week or ten days to visit
relatives.
It is estimated that in the coming
State primary election over 80, 600 votes
will be polled.
Ed Young, colored, brought a curl
osity in the shape of twin squash to
this office yesterday.
The Newberry Cotton Mills is closed
down this week and the operatives are
enjoying a vacation.
The Sunday Schools of West End will
give picnic at Ebenezer Camp Ground
on Friday of this week.
Miss Hattie Leavell has returned
from a trip to Wrightsville Beach and
other points in North Carolina.
MIR. o. M. Jameson left last week to
visit relatives in Mississippi. He will
be absent for about ten days.
Mrs. R. H. Jennings, of Columbia,
spent several days of the past week
with the family of Mr.. W. S. Mann.
Mr.. R. w. Hutchinson has returned
from visit to Greenville, Spartanburg,
and Gafney, and reports delightful
time.
Magistrate Chappell sent George
Lark, colored, to the chaingang last
Friday for thirty days for breaking
contract.
Mrs. T. C. Cannon received gold
medal on rug made by herself which
she had on exhibition at the Charleston
Exposition.
Miss Annie Aiken went to Newberry
yesterday to visit her friend, Miss Pei
ham, of that city.-Greenwood Daily
Index, 10th inst.
The sheriff did not make his delin-
quent tax sale on the first Monday, and
the sales are re-advertised for the first
Monday in September.
Rev. NJ. J. Epting, of Savannah, who
is visiting in the town and county,
preached an excellent sermon in the
Church of the Redeemer on Sunday.
Mr.. L. Irenius Epting has the thanks
of the force Of typos of this office for
a delightful treat on Saturday, consist
ing of watermelons and grapes. They
were highly enjoyed.
An old colored woman, Mary Sondley,
was found dead in bed at her home in
the county, one mile beyond Gibson's,
on Wednesday. Coroner Lindsay pro-
nounced it death from natural causes.
Mrs. B. F. Clark and daughter, of
Gainesville, Ca, have been in the city
for the past several days visiting rela-
tives. She is spending this week with
her sister, Mrs. A. P. Pifer.
Messrs. Jas. F. Todd, Jacob B. Eel
lers and J. Quincy Black have formed
partnership and will run grocery busi-
ness at McCarty's old stand under the
firm name of Jas. F. Todd & Co.
The ladies have returned S75 of the
500 appropriated by the city council
to them for the purpose of getting up
an exhibit at the Charleston Exposi-
ton. The ladies had very creditable
exhibit and did remarkably well.