The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-08-27
E4HIO. : AND Az ABOUT.

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Tuesday will be the day for the
election. Spend part of the time in
seeizg "Opportunity" as It will be
nor-rayed by VIZ: Dana at lie opera
house.
The large crowd seeing Nell Ship
man d. the opera house last FRIDAY
vii, have the opportunity of seeing
her i, "A Geatleman's Agreement
Wednesday.
4 charter to the Chappells Gin
company of Chappells has been grant
Ell TIE capital stock is $4,000 and
tie officers are Il c. Strcther. p"esi-
dent and treasurer; NJ. T. Turner,
vice president and secretary.
The Clary Clothing company's store
has opened for business at the con-
venient place between the NewOerry
Erug on1pany's and Haltiwanger's
J. H Clary is president and treasurer
&C the company and the general man.
ager is J. r. Clary, who are associ-
ated on the board of directors win
j. w. Ni5ier, W. johnson and y.
p. Wallace.
Another call has been issued, this
time for 1900, of whom 1900 viii De
whites and 900 negroes. Among those
for Camp Greenleaf will be zen whites
from New5err? ard an eaTal number
OF lie same for Camp Jackson.
Ears of corn growing ON the tops
Of the stalks among the tassels is the
latest nature fake in Newberry.
Eight of these ears were found by
Mrs T. M. Rogers in her patch. An
other unusual freak :. off, the corn
gYowth was a sprig like wheat in a
head of tass!els. There are. many
strange things these war times.
Rural Policeman Taylor was depu-
tized to carry a colored desterted, Ar
thur Johnson, to Camp Jackson Fri
day night. Deputy Taylor arrested
Johnson Thursday at st. Luke's
It was not much of fire Friday
afternoon at 6 o'clock in the S. NJ
Duncan house now occupied by Mr..
pnncan's son-in-law, Express Agent
H. C. Wofford, and family. "A bed
burned was the extent of the damage.
An electric iron fell from the iron
ing board to the bed and caused the
fire
There will be special and reserved
-, z 'n~ white people who go to hear
Rev. Richard Carroll speak at Flint
ht.ll Baptist church, in the Mollohon
,~>'~Nhorhood. rear the Whitmire COM
munity. At that time the colored
u..zens will rally to hear the speaker
o. the subject of "The Negro of To-
day and His Duty" The occasion will
be holiday affair on the 3rd of Sep
tcmber. Everybody is invited and it
will be both white and colored to
hear the speaker A large crowd is
expected with much benefit as the re-
suit of the meeting
Can you picture a refined society
girl marrying the toughest gangster
# the toughest section Of the town,
who ruled the toughest toughs in
the toughest saloon of Hell's End?
Then see William Desmond and Josie
sedgwick at the opera house Thurs
day.
01:sees Mae and Mildred Tarrant,
Hulda Longshore, Mary Alice Suber
and Cora Ewart formed a delightful
weekend house party at the residence
of MIR. and Mrs. Charlie Suber near
Whitmire.
Mr.. w. W. Richardson, after visit
here to her father, Col. VIM. Y. Fair.
and Mrs. Fair, left Monday for her
home in Athens, Ala, to spend two
weeks there, after which she will sail
fer France as member of the Red
Cross hospital corps. Mrs. Richard
IN was accompanied to Athens by
Col. Fairs little grandchild Armilee,
Mr.. Geo. c. Hipp and family went
to Greenville Sunday, going through
the country in their car.
T. W. Smith, Jr., has returned from
a delightful visit to his sister, Mrs.
F. W. Wright, in Spartanburg While
enjoying his visit he also made him.
self. useful as usual in assisting his
brother-in-law with the busy work at
the Fair Forest express office, where
the express for Camp Wadsworth IS
done.