The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-11-11
VARIOUS AND ALL ABOUT.

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the opera house.
Mr.. H. L. Parr declines to be
candidate for mayor.
I his is the week Of national prayer,
held annually over the United States.
We are hearing something about
November and December brides in
Newberry.
Cotton was bringing SO cents in
The Newberry market Monday, with
seed at S1.35.
The Bachelor Maids will meet
Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock with
the Misses Dominick.
The weevil is little but loud. 1t
will, more than a woovil of a man
to get ahead of him.
For failing to obtain State No.
for automobile license Tom Lyles
paid SIS in Newberry.
The Woman's Patriot calls Maj.
j. F. J. Caldwell the Clemenceau Of
South Carolina. A fine and fitting
tribute.
81 Love You" was better. It was
a clean show, with no Objectionable
features, and good audience wit
messed it.
Now that there is a sugar famine
TIE price of coffee should fall. 1t
ought to be "an i'll wind that blows
nobody good.''
At the Negro state fair in Colum-
bia last week Thomas A. Williams
of Newberry was retained as treasur-
er of the association.
Messrs jim Lominick and O. B.
Cannon sold two bales of cotton
Saturday ,one Of which brought
s264.66, and the other $2O3.82.
Recorder B. v. Chapman had his
first case for speeding to be tried
in his court Saturday, for which
Anderson Gauntt paid SIS.
It is the whole state instead of only
from Columbia to Augusta that Mr..
j. Monroe Swindler has as his terri
tory in travelling for the Southern
-Cultivator.
We will have our Country
Cousins" with us Tuesday at the
opera house, with Elaine Hamer-
st;ne in the title role. Also a Gail
Henry comedy.
The many friends Of Mr.. Jno- W.
Earhardt are urging him to run for
mayor. 1t is not known as yet
whether or not Mr.. Earhardt will
yield to the pressure.
On Wednesday it will be "The Man
in the Open, led by Dustin Far
| mum, at the opera house, followed by
Capitol comedy. Dustin Farnum is
very popular in Newberry.
'sFor the love of Nike" said a
young girl to- another Saturday after
noon in looking at that rat proof
corn crib opposite the postofiee, put
ithese to demonstrate the crib.
"What's the Idea?" is not pic
ture; it's musical comedy, to be
here on Thursday. How many people
in :Newberry 20 like musical
comedy; next to circus or min
strea show.
Join the Red Cross while the
joining is good, if you haven't al
ready had heart and given your
dollar. Today, Tuesday, the ami
yersary Of the signing of the arnis-
tice, is your golden opportunity,
knocking at your door.
During the state fair Mr.. W. A.
Stuckey, former superintendent of
the Newberry schools, met President
Derrick and voluntarily handed him
contribution Of s40o for Newberry
college, saying that the college was
doing the work of the people.
An ignoramus with fortune is
something like a drunkard driving
Ford-no one knows where he may
land or. how much damage he may
cause to other people while he is on
the way. Thus spoke the DeKalb
New Era. And it spoke truly, amen.
There were eight negro gamblers
before Magistrate Douglas on Mon
day. Eight times $40 made $50 the
Dunch turned over in fines to the
magistrate. Two other negroes, pis-
tol toters, paid $50 each the same
day. Pretty good days work, $3.50.
From what we observe in this
town some more plumbers are needed
here. It seems that those who are
here are kept tco busy to do all the
work It may be that some Of them
are not "on the job" We don't
know, but there is some work
neglected by somebody's