The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1913-11-21

Mr.. P. F. Baxter is announced for
alderman from Ward 1-reelection
Mr.. L. G. Eskridge is announced as
a candidate for school truste~
Mr.. ]. Y. Jones is announced for
school trustee from Ward ).
City election next Tuesday. Happy
time in the lives Of some voters.
The people of Trinity have put a
new cover to the Methodist church
there. That was a good act.
There were eight applicants stand
ing examination at the postofice We'd
aesday for the railway mail service.
! The regular meeting of the W. C.
T. U. VII be held at the residence of
Mrs. j. w. White on Friday afternoon
at o'clock.
Next Thursday will be Thanksgiv-
ing day. Mr.. Tom P. Wicker will OBJ
serve the day in Virginia and eat his
turkey as a bridegroom. Lucky boy.
After the present court comes the
big court. Tnen High Sheriff Blease
will sing his little song, order in
court"
Sunday was bad day for some ne
groes. One man was killed by anoth-
er in the afternoon in the county and
a woman was wounded at night.
Under the supervision of officer Joe
w. Werts there is some good and ne
cessary work being done on street
crossings and other places in the city.
A marriage license was issued on
Monday by Probate Judge Schumpert
to Mr.. F. W. Huble and Miss Irene
Jennings, both of Whitmire.
The people in the country who
heard the fire whistle the other day
naturally want to know what it was
about Some grass burning.
Thirty nine to nothing. There is it
again That's what Newberry did for
Charleston in football Saturday. Moth
ing is a common thing, for those op
posing Newberry to get.
What with the piano contest prizes,
and the moving picture shows prizes,
and any other prizes that may be ad-
yertised by merchants, Newberry is
having il lively in this line.
Will the city authorities allow
Santa Claus to violate the speed limit
when he reaches Newberry? They are
going to allow him that liberty in
New York with MS automobile. Jno.
B. Mayes had better be looking into
his matter.
In giving the list of gentlemen who
so kindly carried the faculty and
students of Newbery college to Mr..
Karl Counts funeral at Little Noun
ain last Sunday, the names of Mes
;rs. q. F. Wright and R. H. Wright
we're unintentionally omitted.
A five and a half feet long coach
whip snake was killed Sunday after
noon in an old dry well on the place
Of the late old man Sim Edwards,
back of the Fair place. The party to
the killing embraced the colored Ber-
ry Neely, John Scott, john Baker and !
Kay Burton.
On Mr.. Geo. w. Summers out-of-
town place on Sunday night Larkin
Denbow, colored, shot Minnie Stevens,
colored, in the right shoulder with
a pistol. The wound was not
dangerous. Sheriff Blease and Depu-
ty DOrC0l arreSle1 DenuOW anu puI
him in Jail.
At the opera house, next Monday
afternoon and night, Manager Hen
ry B. Wells says he will have on ex-
hibition the original production of
Edison's wonderful talking pictures,
those you have been reading about.
They will be worth seeing. Give Mr..
Wells a capacity house.
For cruelty to animals, Chief w. H.
Jernigin, pulled Berry McMorris, color
ed, who was fined SO by Recorder
Jno. W. Earhardt Monday. The fine
was paid. Chief Jernigin saw Nc
Morris throw rock at the baboon on
the carnival grounds and the negro
was in the act Of throwing again when
the chief arrested him.