The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-01-13

County Teachers association on next
Saturday.
The Drayton Rutherford chapter,
L. D. c., will meet with Mrs. NJ. l..
Spearman Tuesday afternoon. 18Th,
at $50 o'clock.
Thursday there will be a Leave
it to Susan picture at the opera
house and Madge Kennedy will show
how it is to be done.
The jail prisoners have been made
happier by the gift Of an Edison, COM
ing from that rince of good fellows,
Dr.. C. D. Weeks. it is a good idea
to let prisoners enjoy music.
Today, Tuesday, being the second
Tuesday in January the legislature
meets, when Senator tombstone and
Representative Evans, Folk and
Mower, with Sergeant Schumpert,
will get busy.
an address Will be delivered at the
court house on Tuesday night at 7.3O
o'clock, by Rev. NJ. G. Morris of
Columbia, in the interest Of the anti
saloon league. The public is invited.
No collection will be taken.
There are some of the keenest of
bright eyes in this city. They see
points in the column of various
paragraphs that are hidden from eyes
of lesser intelligence. We enjoy
writing for intelligent people.
Alumni and former students of
Newberry college will meet in Colum-
bia tonight. Tuesday, to revive the
Columbia organization of Newberry
men. President Derrick is expected
at the meeting.
Newberry commandery, Knights
Templar, is credited with SIS in the
report published in Sundays State
for the support of the fatherless chill
dren of France, the amount men,
toned being for two babies.
Frank Copeland, colored, arrested
by Deputy Dorroh at Clinton last
Thursday on warrant for disposing of
crop under landlord lien, was let out
on bond for $500 before Magistrate
Douglas on Monday.
Admission to mickey" special
feature picture Tuesday, Will be 20
and 80 cents, tax included. See
Mabel Normand in Mickey In
addition there will be new Fay
Tincher comedy.
The Laurens Herald says Mr.. Jas.
W. Henderson's statement that this
is the first February in "a years hav-
ing five Sundays is disputed by Mr..
Thomas NJ. Workman, who says that
the last one was in 1880, and that
the next will be in 194S.
The State Suffrage convention will
meet in Columbia on next Thursday.
A member Of that party appealed,
through the State of Sunday, to her
sisters in every county to write their
legislative delegations for their sup
port.
In a table of figures published in
the daily papers last week showing
the ''enormcus rise in the value of
cotton mill stocks in the three years
1916 to 1919, we find the following:
Mollohon Mig. Co., from 95 to 800.
Newberry Mills from 40 to $50.
In an article on the present convict
systen, Secretary Croft Williams of
the State board OF charities and cor
rections. cites Newberry as among
the counties lacking in cooking equip
ment for chaingang camps. III 5
small matter can be easily remedied.
There is one official of the county.
and the only one, who will not have
to bother about running for ree!ec-
ton. ard he is Probate Judge VIM.
T. Ewart. After serving the ureN-
p:red term of his predecessor he be-
Gan his regular four-year term the
first Of January, 1919.
County Treasurer C. c. Schun1rect
had the most busy December Last
month than any December since he
has been in Office. All taxes collect
ed that month amounted to $153.95l.-
50, Of which amount the states part
was s49.177.0s. Newberry treasurer
does business on a big scale.
Albert Anderson, about 70 years
old and living alone near Whitmire,
was shot at his home Friday night
about s o'clock Eugene Bird, his
step-son was arrested and lodged IN
Jail, charged with the shooting. by
Sheriff Rleasa and Constable For
tune of Whitm;re.
All interested. which includes
everybody. will bear in mind the
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