The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-08-15

the reporter a watermelon Monday.
Said melon was eaten by the report
er with the aid of some invited
guests, including couple of ladies',
at the office. 1t was beautiful
piece Of fruit, with the greehest rlnd
and the reddest meat you ever saw,
of heavy weight and large measure
ments. He didn't pick out a little
runt of melon as a present, but pre-
ferred one worth while, for which
we thank him most sincerely. The
eaters, enjoying it to the fullest,
with one accord said it was the best
melon they had tasted this season.
The spokesman made the remark and
they all agreed so unanimously that
it sounded like one voice 'secondlng
the motion"
Col. E. H. Aull and two little sons,
with Miss Hortense Woodson, motor
ed to Edgefeld Sunday, the car driv-
en- by young Mr.. 'Metts of Movers
garage. They went to attend the
burial of Mr.. A. S. Tompkins, the
! father of Mrs. Jno. K. Aull. They
were accompanied on their return to
/ Newberry by Mr.. Jno. K. Aull.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lambert w. Jones
left yesterday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert E. LeavelI and Miss Ruth
Leavell, by auto for Glenn Springs
Mrs. Leavell going also to Gaffney
and Mrs. Jones to visit her sister in
North Carolina.
Mr.. R. E. Bigby is visiting his pa
rents, DR.. and Mrs. H. NJ. Bigby. He
is connected with chain of drug
stores in Knoxville, Tenn.
Mrs. T. C. Aull of Pomaria is Wis
iting her sister, Mrs. C. 7. Wooten
of 1882 Hampton street.-The State,
18th.
John Irwin Leavell of Newberry
was one of 13 out of 4S applicants
at the navy recruiting station in Co.
lumbia last week to pass examination
and be sent to Atlanta to await
transfer to the naval training station
at Norfolk.
Mr.. F. R. Shanks of Texas will be
in this county next Monday, to speak
at Little Mountain in the morning at
II o'clock and at the court house IN
the afternoon at o'clock, in the in
terest of the membership campaign
of the South Carolina Cotton Grow
ers' Cooperative association.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Fred Epting and
daughter and Mr.. Jesse Kibler and
sister Miss Narvice, passed through
Saturday afternoon on
their way to visit in Tennessee.
Mollohon will play the Elks team
Of Columbia at Mollohon Park We'd
nesday afternoon at o'clock.
Rich Williams, colored, shot at
his wife but missed her, for which
miss deed he was made to pay S25 in
the recorders court Monday.
Chappell league was called at
midnight of Sunday to take the
blood hounds to a point about 80
miles below Columbia. No particu-
lars we're given. Young Teegue and
the dogs left here without delay.
Monday morning while the large
crowd was gathering the thickest in
the neighborhood of the court house
the alarm Of fire sounded. We man
aged to find out that some one. said
it was Will Swittenberg's car doing
the work, some people thinking it
was only spontaneous or instanta-
neous flare up of gas or hot air ow-
ing to the presence of so many speak
ing politicians.
Mr.. Pearl Rikard, expert linotype
operator on the Georgian and fine
citizen of Atlanta, is visiting his
brothers, Messrs. Elmer and George
Rikard.
A large crowd was in town Mon
day to hear the speakers of the state
campaign party. Owing to the over
flow meeting at the, opera house the
speaking was adjourned to the court
house lawn.