The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-02-16

arv 20 comes only once in four years
the 18th. which viii he Monday. is
the correct date. and TIE :trgai?c Nc
place
The total is 10 dogs killed by Po-
liceman G. Y. Dickert since that MAD
dog got in its work in East Side. M.
Dickert having killed Two since the
last statement One Of the last two
was so bad il had been having fits.
They had been penned up since the
biting.
Some good work is the claying or
the sandbeds from the Old Wicker
place to Mr.. John Suber's on the Beth
Eden road. the work Of neighbors,
with the assistance of the changing.
Some of the head workers In this
movement have been trying to have
the work done for the last five years.
There will be no court Of common
p,eas this term. the court having been
called off, owing to the illness among
members Of the Newberry bar. Ju-
rors drawn for this term will take no.
tice and act accordingly.
Little Miss Julia Weeks, the daugh-
ter of DR.. and Mrs. C. D. Weeks, cel-
ebrated her seventh birthday anniver-
sary on Wednesday, the l4tn. She
enjoys the distinction Of having bee!
born on st. Valentines day. Julia
is a favorite in large circle. She
is bright, sweet and pretty little
living and moving valentine.
iA man in Virginia was sunstruck
en- one OF these ccld days while tn:
thermometer was 20 degrees belo"
zero in that part of the country. 1t
was not that bad down in these parts,
but q man in Newberry went home
with a chill the other Gay in the cold
weather. He took bad day to nave
a. chill.
i 1t was interesting, while enjoying Il
beautiful old time fire made from OAK
$50 dry that it burned like lightwoody
to be told that the wood was cut over
a hundred years ago. The sticks We're
part Of log cabin on the old planta-
ton, now the hospitaDle home Of Mrs.
Margaret Little, in LaurenS county.
From a private letter.
, Late Saturday afternoon two negro
men went to the office Of the judge OF
probate. One wanted marriage IL
cense. We'll, said Judge Ewart, who
is the woman? Lucy, answered the
would-be groom Lucy who? COM
manded the judge. Turning to his
companion the man said: John.
what dat niger name?' John didn't
know either, so they went out and
got the name of the woman, after
which the judge granted the license.
Wonder if anybody hereabout has
ever seen this weird bird, which, ac-
cording to superstition, is supposed
to hover over the undiscovered DJI;cs
of murdered people This myth sug
gested to Judge Harris Dickson his
famous story, The Belled Ruzzard, y
which is considered one Of the best
/ short stories published in late years.
--Greenville News in copying and an
swering an item about the belled buz-
zard in the last issue of The Herald
and News. The News just won't be-
lieve that there has been and is a
belled buzzard that has come ana
c.mes to Ne% berry.
The White Slave Question handled
Without Gloves is the heading to an
article which says that humanity on
it's sordid, seamy side is vividly por-
trayed in "The Little Girl Next Door,
the new picture now stirring the
country, and that more than ordinary
interest attaches to this film for the
reason that only seven professional
Essanay players are in the cast, while
twenty-eight we'll known officials,
churchmen and welfare workers Of
/ Illinois appear in the various scenes,
many Of which are based on incidents
Gaming under the personal notice of
members of the Illinois Vice Com
mission This play will be seen at
the Arcade Monday.
The first Sabbath of February was
spent with our congregation in New
berry, S.. C. Rev. J. w. Carson IS
the esteemed and efficient pastor.
Newberry college. the Lutheran inst1-
tuticn. is located here An able men,
Der of the faculty is Prof. Cannon, an
Associate Reformed Presbyterian or
the true blue steck. Our people in
Newberry and the surrounding COM
munity have gotten more direct Dene-
fit from this college than from Err
skine college. At the same tinya they
recognize that the Associate Reformed
church can not get along without Err
skine college, and the manner in
which they are rallying to the ell
dowment proposition is gratifying
J. S. NJ. in Associate Reformed Pres.
byterian.
Notice to the Farmers.
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