The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-02-17
VARIOUS AND ALL ABOUT.
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VARIOUS AND ALL ABOUT.
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Now we can all 60 to church again,
beginning with next Sunday.
! Harry McGraw paid SIS Monday
morning for reckless horseback riding.
! The banks will be closed next
Monday, 2srd, as Washington's birth
day falls on Sunday.
! A railroad wreck in the morning
and fire at night made Sunday lose
some of its quiet ways.
Quarantine remains against the
colored churches and schools of
Helena.
; Wednesday will be Ash-Wednes-
day, the beginning Of Lent. Easter
Sunday will fall on the 4th of April.
The thermometer registered 16
Monday morning. Cold enough, as
the mercury fell from 40 degrees at
6 o'clock Saturday evening.
What pity it is that there were no
services in the churches Sunday.
Such a beautiful day, and Mr.. Babb
"out from under the influenza"
! People are interested in the land
lot sale to take place Wednesday,
next to the building holding the
grocery store of D. A. Livingston &
Son.
! At meeting of the board of
trustees of the city schools, held on
Monday morning, it was decided not
to reopen the schools until Monday,
February %.
There may be lots Of oil under the
ground here as well as throughout
the state and country at large, only it
has not been. located" The oil
and automobile industries are the big
gest business things in the land.
The reason for subscribers on
Route 8 failing to get The Herald
and News lately was because both
the carrier and his substitute were
down with influenza and help was
hard to get at the postofice, as every
body else, more or less, had "the same
thing"
Keitt & Caldwell sold to Purcell
& Lominack a 3-4 acre lot in Har-
rington street just beyond DR.. W. E..
Lakes residence, corner Glenn street.
That's fine country out there. Are
these young men, Purcell and Lomi-
mack, the coming men of Ncwberry?
Maybe so. They're Qualified
While doing a good and much need
ed job of cleaning the old village
graveyard last week, Supervisor Joe
". Werts found many empty bottles
of extracts, etc. This condition of
affairs makes some people wonder
which is better, prohibition or open
liquor.
The board of health met Sunday
morning in council chambers. AS
only two new cases of influenza had
been reported for the previous day,
and the situation being so greatly
improved, the quarantine was order
ed to be removed Tuesday night at
IL o'clock. Hence all closed places
will reopen on Wednesday morning.
In the course of statement issued
Friday, DR.. J. Mercier Green, health
officer at Charleston, says the News
and Courier of Saturday, tells why
he has not recommended quarantine
against Spanish influenza in that city.
He declares that Quarantine as ap-
piled has proven most disappointing
and has not given us any hope in
checking the advance in the number
of cases or in the severity of its
symptoms or in the reduction of the
death rate"
Eight the boil weevil with pea
nuts" When we read that headline
in a daily newspaper the other day
we thought of the time when the
opera house was full Of people look
ing at the pictures and hearing the
music. And now every time we see a
fellow eating peanuts at the opera
house-whether or not he buys them
at Harry Campsen's popcorn parcher
we will think he is fighting the boil
weevil, in his mind If that would
kill him, the boil weevil would have
been dead in Newberry long ago.
See the big ad Of L. Morris in this
paper. He takes whole page to let
you know of some good goods he has.
# he can take the time to do that you
can take the time to read what he
says. And it will pay you to take
time to visit his store for the pur-
pose of getting some of the things you
need. Mr.. Morris has the reputation