The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-09-17

gave some of them to the reporter,
which he appreciates. Some married
women are so kind and thoughtful
and gentle-and pretty and sweet.
BY order of city council Heath
Officer S. 7. Matthews is to pro,iGe
kerosene oil and cover all stagnant
water wherever found in the city
limits. The presence of so many
mosquitoes suggested this movement
on the part of our city officials.
For not driving to the right, there
by blocking the road with his car, Al
vim Moon, colored, was up before
Magistrate Douglas on Monday. He
received sentence of $40 or 80 days.
! Through his lawyer, Attorney B. v.
jChapman, Moon appealed to higher
court.
The formal opening of Newoerry
college will take place on Thursday
morning, September %, at 9 o'clock.
There will be addresses by the pas
tors Of the city and Or. George B.
Cromer, chairman of the board OF
trustees. A treat is in store for all
who attend.
Mr.. James P. Settler, clerk of
Ashgrove, No. 1914, w. O. w., Po-
maria, sends the following announce
ment: eve will unveil Sow. 3. A.
Wicker's monument next Sunday
evening at S o'clock. All Woodmen
are expected to attend, and every
body is invited"
The recorder had Mary Kinard be-
fore him on Tuesday, charged with
assault and battery-throwing hot
water on another colored woman and
scaiding the left side of the body
down to the waist, with the left arm,
pealing the skin. The recorder
charged her SIS, which was paid.
! City council ordered Street Super
visor J. W. Werts to cement strip
of land 2 1-2 feet in Harrington
| street from College to Caldwell
streets, given the city by Mr.. B. A.
! sHavird along his new business build
! ines now in course Of construction.
Mr.. Werts will have the work done as
earlv as possible. Ben Havird knows
how to do things.
! The public will have with it again
Corinne Griffith in ''The Whisper
Market" Corinne is all right in the
movies and "The Whisper Market
i sounds like it is going to be good.
It is not alone the small boy who
is looking forward to the circus on
the 4th of October. Ever so many
more than one grown up is doing the
same thing. Well, circus day always
| did. and always will, make one have
lively feeling.
What would you do if you were
newspaper reporter and the editor
after Informing you that three pronll-
nent men of your city had been
found with their backs broken in a
most mysterious manner, and told
YOU to go and get the story-what
would you do? This is not our ques-
lion: it has been asked. See go
and Get it," at the opera house Fri
! Iav. It is said to be the masterpiece
IF Marshall Neilan's career. q
By the middle of October the build
ing for the Pepsi-Cola plant at Whit
nire will be ready for business, 1t IS
expected. The management will be
under the supervision of Mr.. c. r.
Templeton of the bottling works in
Newberry; which, however, we are
glad to say, will not take him away
| from this city, where he has been
livery successful and has brighter
prospects than ever for prosperous
future, with his Green River and
other fine soft drinks.
It may be dullness of compreHen-
sion or hardness Of understanding, or
lsomething like that, but for the life
us, or 'tthe love of Mike" we can not
grasp the idea for the necessity OF
j all that blowing of the whistle IN
dulged in by that locomotive engl-
| neer passing through Newberry, up
one day and down the next. 1t may
| be a pleasant sound to the ears OF
some one admirer, but to the ma
iority of people, who may like him
ever so much, it is Sweetness 90
wasted on the desert air"
| After serving for seven years and
four months at the Newberry post
|ofice Mr.. Walter H. Dickert has
transferred his janitorship to the
Exchange bank and will also keep up
his supervision as janitor at the court
house huildine. Mr.. Dickert is very