The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-08-05

Church of the Redeemer will meet!
with Mrs. C. R. Wise, Mrs. Forrest
Summer and Mrs. 0. R. Summer at
the home of Mrs. Wise on Monday,
August 8 at o'clock.
Last Sunday, the 31st and last day
of July, must have been June bug
day in Newberry, although we always
had an idea that June bugs came IN
June, or at least should come in June,
else why June bug? On the morning
| lust mentioned Letter Carrier Thos.
E. Wicker, looking from the window
of his home overlooking the postof-
! flee grounds, saw what ne thought
was a swarm of bees on the flower
bushes between his house and the
postofice building. Believing in hon.
ey as we'll as sweet potatoes, and hav-
ling an eye for business, Mr.. Wicker
went down to investigate, when ne
beheld great numbers of June bugs
juning around. Asked if there were
many hundreds of them, he said there
were thousands, as though coming
from all sections and in convention
assembled. In all seriousness, what
was the meaning of this large gath
ering of June bugs on the last Sab
bath morning in July? Where did
they come from, why should they
swarm at one place and where were
they going?
A young Newberry man likes
mighty we'll to visit in Batesburg.
Sometimes a fellow calls for the
wrong number and puts the blame on
the telephone operator, which is very
mean to say the least.
There must be little difference be-
ltwe&n pumping auto tires and plow-
ing. This itemizer has never tried
either, but both jobs seem to be tire
some.
| Oakland and Watts Mills of Lau-
irens will play baseball at College
park Saturday afternoon at o'clock.
| A mans man was needed to curb
the riotous waters-and they chose
"Cold Steel" for the job. See the
picture at the opera house Friday.
Mr.. Daitch wants The Herald and
News to let the public know that
Clerk Jas. F. Epting is selling many
customers goods at his store.
1t will be of interest to many who
were in the audience at the opera
house during the Fox News showing
of the big Battleship Maryland to
know that a young Newberry colored
man is fireman on that great dread
naught, which was going in commits
sion at Norfolk when the picture was
=. taken. His name is VIM. C. Morgan,
son of Jno. B. and Lula C. Morgan of
our city.
A young Irish potato of the new
growth with nut grass grown through
it has been sent to this office from the
farm of Mr.. Pink Paysinger.
Whether or not you see how Full
mer Wells has added to the attrac-
tiveness of the window of Mayes' drug
store by his fine work of art, you will
want to see Kismet when that cele-
brated feature picture is shown at the
opera house.
! The dog days are bringing the
rains, and that IS the truth.
/ If cotton was selling around 40
cents and money was as plentiful as
when silk shirts were selling for SIS
or more the shirt, trade and pleasure
week would be more of success.
i Melon rinds and all other sorts of
Objectionable trash clog the street
drains during downpour of rain.
People ought to be made to put all
trash in'the garbage cans. Too much
liberty is allowed in this community
We submit to and put up with things
that are not tolerated in some COM
munities. For instance, dirty and un-
sanitary back yards, with tin cans full
of notwithstanding water, vacant
! lots overrun with weeds, and other
things.
Another sweetest of the sweet girls
of Newberry is soon to go the way of
such by stepping off, so to speak
Now you can't tell from this who she
is, for we believe several of them are
Sin the same boat leading to the sea
of mat
Read the interesting matter from
the Lime-Cola bottling plant in an
other column of this issue.
Chaplin Means, colored, had two
cases in the recorders court Thurs
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