The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-05-21
by Mr.. T. M. Rogers.

by Mr.. T. M. Rogers.
The feast of weeks will be observ.
ed on Sunday by our Jewish friends.
| Monday is also observed by orthodox
congregations in this festival.
! It is provoking to have persons in
front of you with their arms on the
back of chairs and their heads TO-
gether at the picture shows.
The chautauqua hours are 4
o'clock in the afternoon and $50
at night. The attraction opened
auspiciously and crowds are attending
the entertainments.
Motion for new trial in the Adams
case was argued before Recorder
Chapman Thursday. Another trial
was not granted and the case will be
appealed to the higher court.
| Among the new Lutheran minis
| ters graduating from the Theological
seminary in Columbia are two young
men from Chaplin Rev. John Perry
Derrick and Bernice Justus Wes-
singer.
We are pleased to state that a sur
plus army goods store will be open
ed next door to the National bank
! and that Mr.. W. w. Bullock will be
manager. Look for ad in next issue.
This will be good news to the COM
munity.
Friday will bring you the concert
by the Mendelssohn Trio and Louise
Stallings and lecture under the
chautauqua tent, and Loucile Cotton
in "The Prodigal Wife," Christy
comedy and Fox News at the opera
house.
If anyone in :Newberry should hap
pen to know what that brick founda-
ton at the corner of the Newberry
hotel lot was used for we would like
to have him estate the case" for the
benefit Of citizen whose curiosity
has been aroused.
Two alarms of fire close together
in one day alarm nervous people, al
though the alarms have been so fire.
quent many people don't pay much
attention to them, as most Of the fires
lately haven't amounted to much.
People become used to things.
The dish to be served the public on
Monday will be an orchestral concert
lecture and the famous opera of III.
M. s. Pinafore," chautuaqua attrac-
tions and Partners of the Night" a
special picture and Fox News at the
opera house.
The Kinards school district on
Wednesday voted q mills additional
tax for the schools which gives them
8 mills special taA and will enable the
district to share in the State equali-
zation money. Miss Lucy Riser has
been reelected teacher of the school
for the next session.
Three negro boys-Julius Cannon,
Clarance Williams and Henry Will
liams, each paid SIS in the recorders
court Wednesday for indulgihg in the
pasttime of fighting. Recorder
Chapman charges people for scrap
ping and Treasurer Chapman likes to
receive the cash proceeds. We don't
know that he likes for people'to fight,
but he wants to add to the city's
funds.
We are Gin the midst" of the great
Redpath chautuaqua; hope everybody
will make the most of it. Like
Christmas and several other "things"
it comes only once year. The COM
munity is thankfully and gratefully
free of influenza and other contagious
diseases. After chautuaqua we will
see after the other happy season Of
commencement and be comparatively
happy.
Newberry. The latest one before the
recorder was James Allen, colored,
who answered to the roll call on
Wednesday morning. He was allowed
the choice Of giving SIS to the city
or taking 10 days out in work. When
we looked into the matter yesterday
the appearances were that James
Allen would work under Supervisor
Joe W. Werts, along Harrington or
some other street.
The Peak and the st. Johns school
districts have mutually. agreed to
consolidate into one district and to
have two separate sets Of trustees
to manage each school separately and
to divide the corporate wealth be-
tween the two schools. Superinten-
dent C. NJ. Wilson went to Peak on
Wednesday and met with the patrons
of the two districts and effected the
arrangement and by this arrange
ment there can be maintained at
each place good school with ade-
quate funds to operate it.
j. c. Whitener wrote his uncle,
Jack Gillian, the barber, to send him
a copy of Newberry paper, as he
wanted to see one. It was most
natural thing for the request to be
handed The Herald and News report
er, everything of that nature coming
his way. We will send Whitener a
copy Of this issue to Columbus, New
Mexico, where he has been ever since
the end of the Spanish-American
war. He is member Of the @. NJ. D.
in that far-away country. At the
breaking out of the S.-A. war White
nor nafriot;cal1v volunteered fo1. ser.