The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-09-21

allow of the meeting of cotton day
people.
The Civic association will meet
next Wednesday afternoon at 8
O'Clock with Mrs. l. H. Hunt in Cal
houn street.
We have a small package at the
office for the owner should he call
for it. He need not pay damages
Just "come and get it," otherwise the
finder will use the same.
Wednesday and Thursday will be
two more big days this week at the
opera house, respectively with Alice
Joyce in "The Prey" and Corinne
Griffith in "The Whisper Market"
Paper suits may "never be popu-
lar in this section where it rains SO
much," but even after a hard rain
thew would be as becoming as the
bathing suits of Adam and Eve.
The w. C. T. U. will meet on
Tuesday afternoon, September FL, al
IS O'Clock, with Mrs. Mary Wright.
All members will please be prepared
to pay dues.
If a newspaper man told all he
"suspicioned," he would raise a
commotion. Like the owl in the oak
"The more he saw the less he spoke
the less he spoke the more he heard
Nothing like the wise old bird"
The registration books will be oper
again on Monday and Tuesday OF
next week, September q and 2S
Those who have not as yet registered
men and women alike, will have the
opportunity on those days of putting
their names on the books and qualify
ing themselves to vote.
Read the lighting ad of the New
berry Electric company and ere
member the Alamo" That's a gooe
! point, which we hope will be seen IL
it's fullest light by those wanting
; light; and lots more people neee
light and ought to have it. Re
me nber the Alamo" We like that.
We often wonder if nice young
girl; know what the shimmey dance
rea .iy means. We would rather thins
!! they were innocent and ignorant o:
the fact that the plumper and more
developed the girl the more pro
. no1nced and successful the shake o:
the body from the neck to knee.
Several additional road agreement
! between county officials and the state
highway commission as to the main
tair ing of highways in the severa
counties were announced yesterda!
bv L. H. Thomas, secretary OF tht
commission. State, 18th. New
berry county agrees to use $1,000 to-
maintenance and the fund to go bac!
to The county will be S6,320.47.
Special Pullman cars for the Con
fedcrate veterans from South Caro-
lima who are to attend the annua
general reunion of the United Con
federate veterans at Houston, Texas
October 6, 7 and 8, will leave Co
lumbia at 7:15 o'clock on the morn
ing of October 4, running via New
berry. The official rate from New
berry to Houston and return will be
$3.50; from Prosperity, S22.76.
AS the appointment of Mrs. Floyt
on the board of health has given 81
much satisfaction to the general pub
lie, it is nothing but right that th'
right person should have credit fol
the same. Now Mayor Eugene 5
Blease has not said one word to thf
reporter about it, but it was through
him that the said appointment wa
made. That was one of the thlng
we misunderstood in making the an
nouncement.
Four white boys paid So each a
the recorders court Monday on the
charge of playing pool under age
Jim Smith, colored, paid $40 for as
sault and battery and using abusive
language, while Rosalyn johnson ant
Ruby Atwood, also colored, were
present under indictment for cursln$
and using abusive language. Up t.
noon Monday Ruby had not paid. he!
fine of $40, neither had Rosalyl
handed in her S., in lieu of the tel
and five days of "servitude."
The Sweet Potato Special.