The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-10-17
Is we'll known in circles. Dave is a
live wire in covering the town.

live wire in covering the town.
There came near being an automo-
bile collision on the corner OF Main
and Caldwell streets Saturday after
noon. Some of these days there is go
ing to be another serious accident in
this town.
The Kinard school Improvement as
sociation will serve an oyster supper
on Friday night from to 10 at the
residence of Mrs. Jane Gray. Candy
and ice cream will also be served for
the benefit of the association. The
public is cordially invited to attend.
Decrease of birds IN South Caro-
lina-Headline in Spartanburg Her
aid. Come to Newberry and you will
see an increase of English sparrows
everywhere. All of them are waiting
and watching, but not for extermina-
ton.
The public meeting of the W. c. T.
T.. to be held with Mrs. Mary Wright
Tuesday afternoon at four o'clock will
be addressed by the Rev. E. V. Babb
and Prof. JAS P Kinard, who will
handle the temperance question from
scientific. standpoint.
E. Pedleton Jones, Jr., who, upon
his departure from Newberry to Edge
field. was bitten by a cat and later
sued the Southern Railway company
for $4,000 damages, finally lost his
case in the supreme rourt, the rircuit
court having awarded him $3.50.
Blease Stages Out.-When We saw
that headline in the Spartanburg Jour-
nal, it was our look to see how he had
done it, but reading on it was dis
covered that Blease, Stages, lad who
had been struck by an automobile, was
out of the hospital.
Several citizens, we don't know how
many, deny that there was frost last
Thursday morning, the 18th instant,
as announced officially in The Herald
and News of Friday. Maybe they didn't
get up in time to see it. Others say
it was not killing frost.
Visitors to 'the contest department
of The Herald and News are enlivened
md entertained by the music from
grafanola while the votes roll in for
the prospective winner of the automo-
bile and the grafanola and the other
prizes. Outsiders would be, surprised
to know the "bigness'' Of this contest
You have heard people at the table
say: please pass the sam'-ons,
when they meant the salmon. You
can't pass the SSammons without CIV
ing it to him that he knows how to
conduct contest in newspaper. He
is the best yet. And his assistant Ep-
ting is no sardine either.
Ten negro gamblers, who played the
game on Mr.. Welch IWhlburfs country
place Saturday night, were before
Magistrate Player Monday morning
to answer for the same. They paid
SO each for it. The men were caught
by officers Taylor and Melton from
the sheriff's office some time before
County Supervisor ]. C. Sample and
Deputy Sheriff W. NJ. Dorroh went to
Easley Thursday and returned Satur-
day with Loomas Brown, colored, who
escaped from the Newberry county
chain gang with four others 49,
months ago. The supervisor and dep
uty sheriff returned by way of Green
vile and took in the circus.
The ladies of the Calendar society
of Central Methodist church made
something over $40 at the rummage
sales Saturday and Saturday before
last. No set Of mere men could make
that much at two little rummage
sales. 'fMr. Rummage' would fall
down on his job before he got half
way.
Newberry captured nearly all the
Offices at the meeting in G1eenville
last week of the State Federation of
Lutheran Young Peoples societies.
Mr.. Chas. P. Barre was made presi-
dent, DR.. John B. Settler vice presi-
dent, Miss Rosalyn Hipp correspond