The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-11-14
VARIOUS AND ALL ABOUT.

VARIOUS AND ALL ABOUT.
AS we 60 to press the fair is be-
ing held for the first day.
So far there is only one candidate
for Mayor. ]. Langford.
Colonel Fair says it rained almost
all the time while he was in Men,
phis.-
Mr.. I. H. Hunt was also appointed
onthe Laymen's committee at the
Baptist convention in Columbia.
Some voters forgot and some came
very near forgetting the election
Tuesday. Don't forget the munici-
pal primary on the 25th.
Tuesday will be the day for
Sparks circus. The town will be
crowded with people and automo-
biles.
We don't exactly understand what
one girl meant when she said another
girl looked like "a walking hell"
Both are nice girls too.
There will be a partial eclipse of
the sun early on the morning of the
9th instant. It will begin before
sunrise east Of the Rocky Mountains.
They knew how to do the work
when they removed that big stump
from the field where Mr.. j. w.
Smith, Jr., is fixing up in style for
future development.
You can get to see "The Open
Door" at the opera house, with
Peggy May, Friday. Go in, if you
have the time and the inclination,
and many of you will.
The managers of the county fair
want you white people to attend it.
You will have all day Friday and
Saturday to see it. Many attended
the last one and enjoyed it.
Laws Paysinger found the whole
of a woman's shoe heel in the street
the other day. He says the owner
is welcome to it, as he has no use
for the heel without the (woman)
shoe.
There is plenty of sugar in the
United States, but it is in the hands
of the jobbers. 1t is being held by
them to advance prices. The COM
mission merchants in Newberry are
wisely refusing to pay the jobbers
the high prices asked.
Tonight, Thursday, you get
''What's The Idea?" At this musi-
cal comedy, the sort of show so
many people like, you will see two
good comedians. = And Newberry
''sure likes" to hear good comedian.
That's the idea.
Pulaski Lodge, No. 20, 1. O. O. F.,
will meet Friday night to elect dele
gates to the grand lodge of Odd Eel
lows, which will meet in extra ses-
sion at Anderson on November 25,
to consider the future of the Or
phan Home in Greenville.
Cards are out for the marriage
of Miss Fannie Trent Keitt and Mr..
Edward Bulfn (popularly known as
''Ned") Purcell, which will take
place on the evening of Wednesday,
the 26th instant, in Aveleigh Presby-
terian church, at seven o'clock.
Some people get the Farnums-
William and pustin-mixed in the
pictures at the opera house: They
are not as we'll acquainted with them
as they are with the Talmadges-
Norma and Constance-the the
Gishes-Lillian and Dorothy.
A little negro boy, only six years
old, Willie Connor, was accused by
Martha Henderson, also colored, of
stealing $3.50 from her. She had
Willie before Recorder Chapman
Wednesday. Of course the recorder
dismissed the case. Whoever heard
of convicting a baby of any crime?
Mr.. Walter B. Wallace was an
nounced in last issue for alderman
from Ward 3. Mr.. C. R. C'Pat"o
Wise is his opponent. In another
ward (5) there are two candidates,
Messrs. w. H. Hardeman and John
P. Livingston. Whitaker for Ward
/, Sigh for Ward 2 and Sem for
Ward have no opposition.
Two men from the same place OF
business attended funerals at the
same hour Wednesday afternoon,
Messrs Farrow and Mobiles OF Far
l..Ln .hoo o,cb bayipr lost q