The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-05-05

: like to do his part in welcoming the
new arrangement in the Observer Of
fee. whereby Messrs. Jno. W. Ear
hardt and Arthur H. Counts have be-
come third owners each in the news
paper and job printing plant, Mr.. W.
i H. Wallace retaining third interest.
We are glad Mr.. Wallace IS able to
''keep hold on the work he loves
so we'll and does so well. Mr.. Ear
hardt is a newspaper man Of expert
ence and Mr.. Counts is beginner
who has yet to gain his experience
! in the business. We congratulate
these two younger men upon their
good fortune in being associated with
splendid man in fine plant.
Mr.. W. E Myers of Greenville, spe-
cial agent Of the Liberty Life Insur-
ance company, is spending the week
in Newberry with Local Agent John
H. Baxter.
| Mr.. Jno. A. Lindsay returned last
week from a visit to his sons and
their families in Atlanta.
Summerfeld Lark, the we'll known
colored man who was the body guard
of the late Confederate soldier, Den
mis- Lark, was mingling with the vet
Grams during Memorial day. He says
he reached his Tooth birthday on
Wednesday.
Colonel Buford says there were 81
ex-Confederate and II ladies here
for the 1922 Memorial day exercises
and dinner, as against 81 Of the for
mer and 80 of the latter present last
year. He says the average age of the
veterans this year was rs or 70 years.
For 1921 it was II.
Mrs. J. C. baltimore. Of Newberry,
who has been i'll at the Baptist hos
pital, was dismissed yesterday
Mrs. ]. L. Howard of Newberry is a
patient at the Baptist hospital.-The
State, 4th.
| Mr.. Gordon Leslie, representing
Fox News, received wire Thursday
morning from the director in chief
of Fox News to leave Immediately for
Durham, N. c., to cover the first an
nual Olympic games to be staged in
that city on Friday and Saturday.
Mr.. E. P. Matthews, we regret to
say, is seriously i'll, with his wife sick
at the same time. A trained nurse
was expected Thursday.
The Leslie Brothers, representing
the Fox News, received notice the
other day that their pictures of the
Palmafesta had been accepted and
were issued in Volume 3, Number so.
This issue will be shown at the opera
house today, Friday. The Leslie
Brothers received the highest footage
for the week, the Palmafesta subject
being 95 feet. They also received
honorable mention for photography
on their picture.
Mrs. Chas. E. Cheatham and daugh-
ter of Greenville are visiting her pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. E. Lee Hayes.
Since the "food" Wednesday night,
after so much previous rain, every
body, it would seem to US, will see the
wisdom of the change of ground for
the chautauqua tent. 1t simply would
not dc to have it at the other place
now. The Boundary street lot is an
ideal place, high and sloping. The
people have had experience in the
rain on SCOTS creek.
Thirty-nine more nights of down
pour like that of Wednesday night
and some of our fine house contrac-
tors will get the bid for building an
other ark. Times are all out Of
Joint or there is a screw loose some
where.
Mr.. Reed C. Boyleston is in the
Columbia hospital recovering from
an operation for masterioditis. He
went on last Saturday to stand an X
ray examination, came home on Sun
day, returned to the hospital Sunday
night and underwent the operation
on Monday afternoon. DR.. F. D.
Mower was with him during the oper-
alton. 1t was successful and the pa
tient, his many friends will be glad
to know, is doing well. His sister
in-law, Miss Blanche Davidson, is re-
naming at the hospital with him.
Cloudy weather on Friday and Sat
urday Of last week interfered with
the work of Leslie Brothers, moving
picture photographers. who were here
last week and returned again Mon
day to make two-reel picture OF