The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-07-21
KENNETH KREPS ELECTED
PRINCIPAL POMARIA SCHOOL
Minstrel to be Staged-Cut OH From
Mail by FlOOds-CrOps Injured
Barbecue Despite Rain.

negro minstrel will be given in the
Graded School Auditorium. It's
superior quality may be Judged rom
lie program, whicG follows
Miss Breaker Settler, "Interlocu-
tress.''
l. Dixie Land, all.
2. Ebony Flats and Black Sharps.
A play in one act.
Cast of characters:
Mrs Judy Sharpe, A respectable
widow, Ethel Seybt.
Miss Sal. Sharpe, her daughter,
Marion Settler.
Mrs. Possumly, neighbor, Edna
Koon.
Mrs. Shadow, another neighbor,
Lucy Koon.
Mrs. Darke, a third neighbor,
Willie Livingston.
Ghost, an unfortunate, Vera Kinard.
3. Songs and minstrels.
My Old Kentucky Home.
Cant yo' Heah me calm Caro-
line" soil and chorus.
''The Old Family Tooth Brush"
Quartette,
Buffalo Gals, solo and chorus.
The Old Folks at Home.
Way Down Yonder in the Corn
Field.
4. 'aMrs. Blacks Pink Tea"
A play in one act.
Cast of characters:
Mrs. Black, short" on culture but
"long" on mistakes, Eloise Hipp.
Pansy Black, her daughter, Vera
Kinard.
Mrs. White, Ethel Seybt.
Mrs. Blue, Lucy Koon.
Mrs. Red, Willie Livingston.
Mrs. Pink, Marion Settler.
Mrs. Green, Edna Koon.
Saratoga Washington, maid,
Novice Settler.
Mrs. Lincoln, a WasherWoman,
Felicia Koon.
5. Good Night Ladies'"
Admission will be 16 and 20 cents.
The rain here as elsewhere mas
played havoc with the crops. The
corn has bowed until it now parallels
the surface of the earth, and in
places it is beaten and twisted be-
yond recovery. Even King cotton has
not escaped. The big boil has been
shanghaied so that it would be diff
cult for "Slim Jim to pass through.
But not so with the grass, it has
flourished with the rains and now de-
.mands room to live at the expense OF
more profitable produce.
It seems that the experience Of
1908 will again be repeated as to our
mail, shifting engines pass through,
but no mail do they bring. And were
it not for the generosity of a few citi-
zens who occasionally motor to pros
perity and bring what mail they can
find, we would be as it were, maroon
ed on wee small island. But we
hope that in the near future it will be
remembered that we are on the map.
Mr.. George E. Berley, who gradual
ed at Clemson college in 1915, and has
since been working for his alma ma
ter, has gone to Salt Lake City to be-
gin work as an electrical engineer.
The Newberry Conference will meet
here $3.50 of July, and every efforl
is being made by the Lutheran church.
to get new light plant installed by
then. 1t is to be hoped that the pro-
ject will succeed.
IMr. Kenneth Kreps of Columbia has
been chosen as superintendent of the
school for the ensuing year, with MISS
Ethel Seybt as assistant. Mr.. Kreps
finished at Newberry college this
year, and comes with high recon-
mendation. Miss Seybt has had two
years of experience teaching in
school in the lower part of the State.
With these as leaders we expect
very successful session the coming
year.
Despite the inclemency Of the
weather upon last Saturday, there
was a barbecue at ST. Pauls. Very
few people could brave the tempest
to enjoy the delightful dinner, but all
the meat was sold, and quite nice
little sum was netted as result OF
tho ora Tiout Gov a J. Bethea