The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-02-22
other games? Doesn't every one know
who the winner is?

SaturQayS S CFOWQS at Inc ATCduo
broke all house records; the pictures
we're fine and everyone went away
with satisfied look Leslie knows
jus, what his patrons want and he
gives it to them regardless of expense
and without raising his prices.
The rural carriers will hake no
deliveries today; the city carriers will
make the moning delivery and the
postoffice vii be open from to II at
all windows. This is the birthday of
the late lamented Geo. Washington
and legal holiday.
A gentleman who has Travelled over
most of the counties eastern sec
ton of tie State says that Newberry
is the most prosperous town he has
visited. Good for old Neyberry!
The gallon-a-month has now been
reduced to two quarts months. This
means South Carolina has been on a
big drunk ever since Colonial times,
and she is now tapering Off She has
always been a grand old State, even
in the days when she was sot drunk
ard. What will she be when she gets
plain sober?
i1he mail carrier saw two moose
and a track that thought might have
been made by panther one day last
week.-Smyrna cor. Lincoln Chron-
icle, Me. Newberry rural carriers
are not troubled about moose and
panther tracks, but if they were to
strain their eyes little, they might
discern the outlines Of blind tiger
track, now in the while on their daily
rounds
The Hazards of Helen will be re-
sumed at the opera house next Wed
nesday March l. The Kalem people
are the originators of the railroad Sc
ries and they nave recently doubled
sreir equipment for this picture. Miss
Gibson is by far the most daring OF
the actors in the movie world.
The total amount collected for the
work on the seeel bridge road or The
Dead Fall road from voluntary sub
scriptions was $163.10; the total
amount expended, $191,25; LEAVING a
deficit OF $2S.15. The farmers along
the way furnished their teams without
cost and the money spent was to pay
the drivers. 1ne money contributions
we're from the merchants and city Of
Newberry. The road is being COM
pleted down to the river. The Herald
and News will print the itemized
statement in fridays paper. We did
ncl receive the copy until II o'clock
Monday-too late to handle for this
issue with the other copy we had.
Mr.. Robert E. Leayell, wno is
spending few days in Newberry with
his family sent us letter written on
the great Lackinaw railroad when he
was en- route to Buffalo and Niagara
and on to Canada. The point Of the
letter was that he had the pleasure
of reading The Herald and News on
this journey and it called to his mind
the fact that there was after all NO
place like Newberry, and surrounded
by all the beauty Of the scenery and
the wealth of this great section he
longed for the old home. He is the
Southern representative of the Casket
Hardware Manufacturing company OF
Detroit, Mich, and sells to the jobbers
of the South
"A, copy of the Lincoln Chronicle, a
paper published n the far-aWay state
of Maine, has been received by the
reporter from a friend and brother
Odd Fellow, Mr.. w. H. Dovette, of
Lincoln, Me- In looking through this
paper we see lot of names Of peo-
pie which almost make us believe they
ae Newberry names For instance.
Dennis, Wells, Taylor, Perry. Cham
bers, Bennett, Greene, Carson. Wilson,
Clark, Hunt, Harris, Cook. Davis,
Gee, Robinson, Neal, White, Bowers,
Caldwell. Lee. Higgins, Williams, Por-
tr, Mcintyre, Ward, Hamilton, Bur