The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1913-07-01

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Weeklies in Relation to Education" ,"
was read by E. H. Aull, of The New
berry Herald and News.-News and
Courier's report of press association.
The colored masonic hall, near Han
nah church in the Utopia section, was
burned on Friday night. 1t is not
known whether it was struck by light
ming or set on fire by an incendiary.
Monday just did miss being sales
day. 1t will be here next week, when
the master will be here. H. took a
good time to be absent from town. 1t
was convenient for his trip.
The 4th of JULY falls on Friday.
Nothing doing, out of the ordinary.
There are the moving pictures to see,
Fif any one wants to celebrate the
Gay.
When Mr.. Hill gets to be postmas-
ter, who is going to get the supervi-
sorship? That is the interesting ques-
ton. There always is an interesting
question in Newberry.
The "frst bloom of the season" ap-
peared simultaneously in about one
thousand Southern cotton fields last
week-Orangeburg Times and Demo
crat? But they all like to get the
first one. in from their neighborhood.
To those who won first prize at Alb
beville yesterday we might state that
for speed-making Greenwood long
since discarded the horse. We now
have an auto truck.-Greenwood
Journal. Good for Greenwood.
R. Y. Leavell and Son shipped two
fine caskets for interment of the bones
of the six members of Mr.. John D.
Jacobs family, the remains of the
six persons being buried in the two
caskets.
1ue fellow that DOESN'T work seems
to get along better than the fellow
that tolls daily. 1t is just one of those
things that we can't understand
Clinton Chronicle That has always
been a puzzling observation to us. It
is mystery.
Newberry furnishes the best posted
survivor of Gettysburg in the person
of Col D. A. Dickert. And he and
Capt. w. w. Riser are the only two
from this part of the country that
heard both the first gun at Fort Sum-
ter and the last at Greensboro.
The big furniture mems meeting
last week in Charlotte was represent
ed from this city by youthful fur
niture man-Mr. Marvin Summer-but
he was able to represent it well The
Southern Retail Furniture association
is big thing.
That the lightning struck nobody
I dead during the terrific storm of Sun
day morning is remarkable. We hear
/ of no damage other than the blowing
down of some trees, the killing of a
calf of two, and the striking of a
chimney at Mr.. 1. E. McDowell's
house.
The Dorchester Eagle counsels the
public not to be impatient with their
city council, as there is some criti-
cism that very little has been done
so far by the present administration
in the way of Improvements. Filling
the office of mayor or alderman is a
hard job.
If you are deaf you think it a hard
affliction, or blind or dumb; hard to
have lost only one Of your senses.
Think Of the person you read about
in the daily newspapers some time
last week. He was deaf, dumb. blind,
crippled and insane. Some people
don't have enough to grumble about
On Sunday afternoon lightning
struck washing machine at Mr.. An
drew Fulmer's in Crosson street,
tearing off two legs, tore up two trees
in the corner of the yard, and gave
Mr.. Fulmer quite severe shock,
from the stunning or which he had
not entirely recovered on Monday
morning.
Some one remarked that the report
er liked to mention the pictures taken
by the Salters. One reason for this
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