The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-10-08

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| visor J. W. Werts' direction on &
cement drain from College street to
| Thompson street along Harrington.
In the recorders court Monday q
S5 gambling bond was forfeited and
a So fine was paid in a case of re-
sisting of officer.
There will be exercises by the chill
dren Of the cradle roll department of
the Church of the Redeemer on Fri
day afternoon at 4 80 o'clock at the
church.
There will be communion service
at Clayton Memorial church Sunday
morning at 80. Preaching by ".
! O. Bodell, pastor. All are invited to
attend.
Cotton ginned in Newberry county
prior to September 25, 1920, count
ing round bales as half bales, 3,549
as compared with 5,212 same date
last year.
A wreck of the early Southern
freight train on Thursday morning
near the Cotton Oil mill delayed the
Cannon Ball until about IL o'clock.
A box car was thrown from the track
and the track torn up for a little
distance.
| Lumber is being hauled for Mr.. F.
! P. Devore's new residence to be built
on his lot at the corner of Harrington
and Thompson streets. 1t is pleasant
and encouraging to see these signs of
progress and prosperity in our grow
ing city.
A charter has been granted to the
Chappells Warehouse company Of
Chappells, the capital stock of which
is $500, the officers being A. P.
Coleman, president; w. A. Webb,
vice president; J. J. Murran, secre-
tary and treasurer.
! 1t is hoped that large number Of
young men will be at the meeting IN
the court house at s o'clock on Fri
day night to hear Adjutant General
Moore and join in the movement for
a Newberry company in the national
guard of South Carolina.
At the meeting in Prosperity on
Monday of the board of directors of
the Newberry Alliance Warehouse
company the stockholders unani-
mously agreed to sell the warehouse
to the Farmers Cooperative assocls-
ton of the county, the price being
$4,000.
In speaking of the death of the
late John Dee Shochley, the Clinton
Chronicle says: During his stay
here the deceased made many friends
who were shocked to learn OF his
sudden death and whose sincere SYM
pathy goes out to his son and sor-
rowing relatives"
Sheriff Blease and his deputies and
extras and Mayor Blease and Chief
Rodelsperger and the regular and
extra force handled the big crowds
admirably on circus day. 1t was due
to their watchfulness and alectness
that there were no accidents other
than the one little niishap reported
elsewhere and which was the fault OF
the colored woman who was hurt.
Chairman J. B. Hunter for the
Dollar Democracy fund, has sent IN
s912.5O, with more in hand. New
berry county is doing very we'll in
this matter, and while ahead of a
good many counties is not acting her
best part. AS money is needed to
run the campaign to success, it be-
hooves every Democrat to do his and
her duty. Hand your dollar to Chair
man Hunter.
! There are necessarily several ar
ticles as we'll as items in this issue
that would have appeared Tuesday #
the paper had not been put to press
so early on Monday. The boys n
the Office got ahead Of the reporter
that time. They had determined to
get the paper out Of the way for the
circus and when the reporter reached
the office Monday morning with his
note book he was told that the forms
were ready for the press. That
ended it for the time being.
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