The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-03-30
VARIOUS AND ALL ABOUT.

Thursday will be April Fool Day."
Brush up with Your jokes.
Jack Chappell put SIS into the
speeding purse Saturday.
The banks will be closed on April
2, Good Friday.
Will Rogers will give you ''Jubilo''
at the opera house Tuesday.
youthful Folly will be exhibited
at the opera house Thursday, featur-
ing Olive Thomas.
Constance Talmadge will show up
in ''The Virtuous Vamp" at the opera
house Wednesday.
At the Church of the Redeemer
ON Sunday morning the Rev. Edward
Fulenwider confirmed a class of four
children, two boys and two girls.
Isaiah Boozer, colored, paid the fine
of $40 before Recorder Chapman on
Monday for cursing and creating dis
turbance, and Will Cureton, also
.colored, paid s5.75 for assault and
battery. l.
r. L. Turner, white, who made his
third escape from the asylum for the
insane six weeks ago, was arrested
by Sheriff Blease Sunday and car
ried to Columbia BY Deputy Taylor
Monday.
When a widower buys the second
box of candy after successfully dis f.,
posing Of the first to his hearts con-
tent-two hearts content in the con-
tents of the box-it is about time for
bachelors to get out Of the way.
1t was only SIX to nothing in favor
of Newberry against, that Georgia
college baseball team Saturday aft
ernoon: Our boys had already
whipped them 6 to 3 Friday. They;
were simply "eaten up" by Newberry
in the last game.
It would probably save the lives
of many human beings, animals and
birds, and do boys lots of good, if
their parents, instead of buying guns
for them, would buy tools and start
the boys building bird houses.-San
Jose, California, News.
An up to date and best equipped
shooting gallery is to be opened up
in the vacant lot below Leavelfs (the
old carnival ground) by T. j. Rau-
ton. It will be managed by NJ. r.
Williams. This will give the men
good practice in the art of shooting
and be a place of recreation and
amusement.
Sheriff Blease sent Deputy Taylor
to Greenwood Saturday afternoon to
arrest Alonzo Cook, young white
man, who is charged with havir two
wives, wife No. living in West End.
The deputy succeeded in serving the
warrant and the young bigamist is
in the Newberry jail. 1t is not often
we have case of bigamy to report.
During the terrific electrical bonn
bardment Sunday night big cotton
wood tree in Mr.. Jno. W. Chapman's
back yard was ripped open from top
to bottom, and lights were knocked
out from Col. Fairs residence to MIR.
Farrow's. Many fuse plugs and
transformers were also put out OF
commission, and no doubt other dam
age done of which we have not heard.
A case of scarlet fever in Mollo-
hon was reported Saturday. The
health officer quarantined the house.
He had also been over to Cannon
town last week to investigate sus-
pected case of smallpox which turned
out to be chickenpox. The one case
called smallpox at Oakland some time
ago died out. The case of mumps
confined itself to the one person. And
the health officer had taken down all
except three of the influenza quaran-
tine placards.
One of the biggest surprises of the
seaaon wc.s the rain Saturday night
and Sunday. The surprise was turned
into CONSERVATION Sunday night when
a great electrical storm broke out.
The thunder, the lightning, the rain,
and some hail, made time to be re-
membered. The thunder seemed to
roll and roar all night and the rapid
fire lightning flashes were binding.
Never saw such vivid lightning.
Seemed like shooting from a machine
gun. The disturbance was the pass
ing expiring gasp Of the South and
Central West tornado.
Central Methodist church was
closed Sunday, owing to interior work
going on. However, the Rev. }. L.
Daniel did not have rest, as Presld-