The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-05-02

mic basket and go. The school clos
isg scheduled for Thursday night has
been called off.
O'Neall school in lower No Town
shop will close next Saturday a-d as
usual there will be good things to
eat world without end A table $50
feet long has been built and when
those good ladies get through empty
ing their baskets there won't be room
enough left on the table for a mos
quito to rest his elbow. Prof Will
lie Mills and Miss Julia Settler have
been the teachers during the present
session.
The reporter, while at st. Pauls
last Sunday, was shown the first
grave dug in the St. Pauls cemetery.
This is the grave Of William CALVIN
Aull who was killed in the war be-
! tween the sections. The date on the
marble tablet bears the date Of 1869.
| There is nothicg to show that Con-
! federate soldier sleeps there beneath
the sod, no mention being made OF
the fact on the simple slab at the
head OF the grave.
William Dorroh, Sheriff Blease's
efficient deputy and DR.. P E. Way,
stole away from their duties for
short breathing spell and motored in
| Dr. Ways car to the chanting wat
! ers of the Edisto river below st.
George where they spent few days
fishing and alligator hunting. evil
lum" says he killed three alligators
and DR.. Way killed one He also says
they caguht stacks of fish and he
thought they we're big fish but the
folks down there said they were lit
| tie ones. Of course this all depecds
on which end of the telescope you
look through first. Messrs Dorroh
and Way went down Sunday the %
and returned to Newberry Wednesday
1ight following.
There was a 1el1glous mass meet
ing at the chautauqgua te~t Sunday
night. The large tent Was crwoded
almost to its capacity and mixed de-
nominational choir occupied the stage.
There was no preaching in a-y of
the churches Sunday night After a
song and prayer services and solo
by Miss Pauline Glider, the manager
of the chautauqua Mr.. Tetley, who
was at oae time a. travelling evange-
list in the west, preaced a sermon
from I'd Kings, 20:15. 'iN'hat have
they seen in thine house" The SER
mon was addressed to the fathers
and mothers on the making Of hap
py home life aad the proper training
of their children, and while the
speaker INDUCED in some Of the un-
polished language of the Sam Jones
type. which was not at/all rellsned
bv the finer sensibilities Of some of
his audience and perhaps all New
berry audiences are a little super-sen-
sitive,-yet as a whole, his address
or sermon whichever it m ght be cal
led. was strong and wholesome and
true to life. After singing "Home
Sweet Home the audience was DIS
missed by Rev. Babb.
The chain gang of the county IS
busy building good roads. 1t is dl-
vided into three parts operating IN
three different parts of the county |
Oee gang is in charge of Mr.. Tom
league and is camping near Excel
sior school house. Mr.. league has
on his force about II hands. Another |
gang is in charge of Mr. Putz Miller |
and is working on the Belfast road !
i. ear Mr.. Fed Harman's. Mr.. Miller |
has about 10 men in his charge. The
other gang consisting of about u
hands is operating under Mr. w. j.
Miller on the Chappells road leading
to the Dyson bridge. This road has
log been neglected although it is
one of the connecting links between
Anderson, Greenwood, Silvertseret.
Newberry, etc. This piece of road. |
hitherto a narrow, rough trail no wild
er jim some places than a wagon track,
in other places having one ditch in
the middle instead of one on each side,
is being widened to 25 feet and round |
ed up in the middle and put in hrst
class shape. You may mark it down
+bot whom ohamDiOn road builder