The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-08-08
VARIOUS AND ALL ABOUT.

4, VARIOUS AND ALL ABOUT.
The sun came out beautifully on
Thursday morning and the morning
was delightful.
Cotton dropped about five cents
the pound in a week, or about $50
the bale. A pretty good fall.
There was heavy rain in New
berry Wednesday afternoon and
! some lightning.
The Ladies' Aid society Of the
Lutheran Church of the Redeemer
will meet Monday afternoon with
Mrs. H. w. Schumpert at 6 o'clock.
We understand that Supervisor
Sample is going to have tie new
road to Prosperity worked OUT as
soon as it is dry enough to Go the
! work.
Miss Annie L. Smith wlthdraws
from the firm of Miss Annie L.
Smith and company and the business
will be continued by Mrs. J. ".
White.
Watermelons are getting more
plentiful on the streets and the price
has come down at little, 5ut the
quality is not as good as usual, most
too much rain to make good n,e!ons.
Mr.. Homer Schumpert received a
slight stroke from lightning while
taking shelter from the rain in the
garage at Mr.. C. H. Williams on
Wednesday afternoon.
Rev. w. O. Bodell Will preach at
Clayton Memorial church Sunday
morning at II o'clock, old time, also
Sunday night at $50 o'clock. All
are invited to attend these services.
The people of the Utopia section
have purchased community road
scrape and will keep the road from
that section to town worked up and
also other much travelled community
roads in good condition.
On Tuesday it was reported at
Newberry that the heavy rains up
the road around Chappells. and Old
Town had flooded the track so that
the trains had to run over in the wa
ter.
The Mt. Pilgrim school district re-
ported that there was no white per-
son in the district over fourteen
years of age who could not write and
read. There was no need for lay
by school in that district.
Mr.. Wilbur R. Gauntt woh aban-
doned his Maxwell farm in Florida to
come back to Newberry as good
sensible man would do brings in the
first open boil of cotton and he says
it comes from Gauntt and Hunters
farm near Newberry.
Mr.. Herbert Franklin has pur-
chased the Newberry cafe from John
son and Johnson at 803 Main street
and will continue the business and
promises to give the best service the
market affords and will appreciate
the trade.
They tell US that the road from
the Gum Spring branch to Kinards
is in excellent condition. Mr.. John
son has been using the scrape on it.
The recent heavy rains have made it
difficult to keep any roads like those
we have in this section in very s:oud
condition.
The meeting at Unity will begin
this Friday morning. The pastor, the
Rev. DR.. J. w. Carson, will be assist
ed by the Rev. J. R. Hooten. There
will be service each day at II o'clock
and in the evening at $50 o'clock
and the meeting will go through Sab
bath and possibly through Monday.
Street Overseer 10 Werts has had
Boundary street from Caldwell west
scraped for which we thank him, but
we would be pleased to have him haul
some gravel and fill the ditch which
they left in front of our door, or have
it drained so that the water would
not stand there and maintain an un-
slightly mudhole in front Of the gate.
Polly of the Circus the greatest
child's play ever written will be seen
at the opera house in pictures on
Thursday, August IA. You certainly
will want to remember this and be
sure to let all the children see it. In
the same connection without extra
charge will be presented the 4th cpl
sode of the Masked Rider.
The Rev. w. E. Furcron will hold
a baptismal service at Oakland Sun