The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-07-02

("Independence danceD in the hall
over DR.. Mayes' durg store, on Friday
nigi@t, July ,. Wherry's orchestra will
furnish the music.
Newberry gets still hotter. Come
up boys and enjoy the cooling atmos-
phere of Laurens.-Laurens Adver
tser. Been pleasant here ever since
you wrote that first paragraph.
The South Carolina association for
the deaf will meet in Columbia on
August 12-14 Miss L. Gaillard, for
merly of Newberry now of Spartan
burgh, is vice president of the associa-
ton.
Some people think there is no use
for them to throw their tin cans in a
box to be carted away, while their
neighbor tarow theirs in the back yard
to be filed with notwithstanding
water.
Super ]. W. Werts had his street
hands to do a good piece Of work when
he made them clear the tall grass and
thick weeds from the sidewalk of the
street east of the new park which is
being built, and by the time he gets
the new. bridge up on the west side,
things will be in good shape.
The annual Newberry college re-
union will be held at Mt. Pleasant
.-Hurdl on July 14th, with DR.. Geo.
3. Cromer of Newberry as the prin-
>ipaI speaker. The public and all
graduates and ex-students of the col
lege are cordially invited to attend.
f-Ehrhardt cor. Bamberg Herald.
Ray Williams, colored boy, was
before Magistrate Player on Tuesday
for stealing two chickens from Mrs.
Geo. A. Shealy, to which Indictment he
pleaded guilty. The magistrate infor-
med him that 'twould be So or 10 days.
Ray paid $1.50 piece for the chick
ems. Magistrate Player torpedoed his
scheme as a chicken fnancier.
Sunday being the fourth of July the
post Office people will observe the
national holiday on Monday; hence
on that day, Monday, the post Office
hours will be from 9 to II o'clock, a.
M, with the carriers windows open
from 10 to II. There will be no rural
carrier delivery, and but one city de-
livery, the business delivery at 8
o'clock.
Bennie Lee Willis, colored, paid $40
which tee recorder had fined him for
disorderly conduct, but Mary Lee To
land had to go to work on the county
home farm, which will last as long as
Noah's food lasted, because she
couldn't pay the unlucky $13. Mary
Lee was up on two charges, disorderly
conduct and leading an idle life. For
the former she got So or 10; for the
latter, SO or 80 days.
1t is growing here. People are now
seen at the opera house moving pic
ture SHOWS who were never seen there
before. One paper speaks of "the
hundrds of thousands of motion pic
ture fans" in the United States.
Turn QUO on next Wednesday for the
benefit of the Calendar society Of Cen
trail Methodist church. Henry Wells
is not only furnishing recreation and
amusement for the public but he is
doing good to the community, and
nearly everybody is thinking tie same
way.
-Four weeks ago the writer went to
Abbeville in a buggy. She came home,
went to bed and stayed there three
weeks. We are not saying that tae
bad roads was the whole cause of her
illness, but it surely had great deal
to do with it. During her Illness she
was visited by her mother, Mrs. w. 1.
Herbert from Newberry. Mrs. Her
bert's first remarks on reaching our
home was, "Well, your Abbyeille roads
are no better than tie ones in New
berry Now, this is no compliment, for
the Newberry roads are nothing to be
proud of.-Watts cor. Abbeville Press
and Banner.
A policeman tried to stop one a few
nights ago and by the time the sound
of tie cops voice reached the ears of
the fiend he was in the suburbs of the
village of New Market. He did not
have time to phone the officer VINO
was on duty there to halt the fellow.
The cop thought it useless expert