The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-08-04

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ce2l.aI Methodist Church VII, meet
Monday afternoon al ) O'clock IN the
church parlors.
The Woman's Home and Foreign
missionary society OF the Lutheran
church Of the redeerAer, will meet
Monday afternoon at ) o'clock in the
church parlors.
A protracted meeting will begin at
New Hope Methodist church on the
fourth Sunday in August and continue
through the week, Rev. W. A. Duck
worth, pastor.
Lightning on Tuesday evening
struck big cherry tree in front of
the residence of Mr.. C. S. Cleland in
NO. s and tore up some cotton in the
neighborhood.
The heavy rains of Tuesday evening
completely ruined a fine field of alfal-
ia on the plantation of Mr.. l.. w.
Floyd in No. 6. 1t was about ready
for the reaper but is now all down.
The congressional campaign meet
/ ing will be held at Whitmire satur-
day evening at s o'clock. The candi-
dates viii so over from Newberry
after the meeting here
\ new garage and general repair
shop in the New5erry machine shop
as been opened and is now doing
business. The firm is Baker and Ok
ner they VIII sell Dodge cars and
repair automobiles.
EIr. 7. Burton who formerly occu-
pied the Newberry machine shops
adjacent to the Central House and
has moved into the vacant building
adjacent to the Central Hoane and
will continue to repair autos and
motorcycles
The barbecue at singley's old place,
Jolly Street, has been changed from
Wednesday, August Is, to Thursday,
August17. Note the change in the date
and do not forget the place. 1t is an
ideal place for a barbecue
Our people have maintained spirit
OF optimism remarkably well during
this long rainy spell through which
We have been passing. 1t is well so
to do. No use to complain Always
see where it might have been worse.
/ Lightning struck the residence of
Mr.. T. C. Pitts near Bush River church
on Tuesday evening. 1t struck a rock
pier and bored hole in it much like
a bullet shot and then seems to have
gone upward and splintered the sills
and did some other damage to the
! building but no hurt to any member
Of the family.
Two negro men on the place Of
Mr.. Cal. Baker tried to boost a little
business for the undertaken and fur
nish newly column for the news
papers, to say nothing of a little SEN
! sational diversion for themselves by
shooting at each other Tuesday last.
The performance. did very we'll for
amateurs as one of them got a slight
flesh wound and the other an over
dose OF fright.
The congressional campaign meet
ing will be held in the court house
ION Saturday at . o'clock. The hour
was changed SO that those who work
in the mills might have the oppor-
tunity to attend the meeting without
the loss of time if they desired to do
so. The mills all close on Saturday at
II o'clock and by making the hour 2
it will give all of them time to so
home and get dinner and come to the
meeting if they desire to do so.
One of the most terrific and most
damaging thunder storms that has
visited this section in a number Of
years passed over q large. part of
Newberry county Friday night. The
lights of the city went out leaving the
town in darkness except for the light
ming which was for time almost in
cessant. A large number of tele-
phone stations were put out of COM
mission and numbers of trees and
buildings were struck by lightning in
the path Of the storm. The rain fell
in torrents
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