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Ijfie Recall) and Jem Entered at the Postoffict- * N'~w- J ?KTy, S. C., as 2"<1 class mattrr. E. H. AULL, EDITOR Tuesday, December 9. 1913. ? i j The Herald and News has from time to time called attention to certain improvements, which, it seems, would Jf- ~ - recommend themselves to the city authorities, that were needed at the opera house. We have spoken of the terrible calamity which would result in the event of fire, or even in the alarm of fire, when the opera house was crowded. Only one exit in a panic of this kind would probably result in a number of deaths and accidents. The citv authorities seem to have taken i no thought of this, or any action that j would lead one to conclude that they had. i We would be very pleased to have i the city authorities undertake to have exercises on the stage during the least wind. The tin roof rattles like a freight train of forty cars going over a bad track, and it is impossible for one to hear one's self think on the stage while the wind is blowing. What causes it we do not know, unless the tin roof is loose. It certainly makes a very disagreeable noise. At a recent meeting of the city coun- ' cil it was carried that a city park be purchased. The motion was carried by a vote of three to two, and will be located between West Main street and South street. The patfk win contain about S acres and is made up of a part of the Flynn land, land of the Excelsior Knitting mills and the Nicholson lands. The price to be paid is about $1,000 per acre.?Union Times. Pity we couldn't get city council in Xewberry to do something like that, though we would mucn prefer a private corporation to own the pai;k so as to < be controlled for the benefit of the ' f public. The city could help in the maintenance of the park. If we were as wealthy as some of the Xewberry t Vvnil/1 9 of our t men v> c nuuiu uui>u t. r-? ? own for the benefit of the children and 6 the poor. To see them enjoy it and'| to know that they were benefited by it 2 would gi-ve us more pleasure than to j clip coupons or foreclose mortgages 1 on the poor, as to contemplate the 1 laying aside of a big pile of money c for some one else to quarrel over. < Somehow, it seems that those who ] would bie Inclined to do things never * have the wi'erewith and those who ' hav? it cling on to it untH death us do part?and surely that time will , not be long in .coming. Brag tlie roads before the " bad weather settles down upon York county. That is the wise thing to 1 do.?Rock Hill Herald. This would be wise for Newberry ii county. In fact it would be wise for { any county. Drag the roads, but not when they are too wet. Wonder why people won't do it. A little co-operation in all things is a good thing, even in the use of the split log drag. A> INTERESTING SKETCH. Being an Account of the l^-lals and Tribulations of a Couple of Shriners Traveling. There is hardly any way to estimate just to what extent a Shriner will go ^ ?just what troubles and worries he 1 will endure?in order to attend a 1 meeting of the Nobles of the Mystic ( Shrine. With visions of a plentiful ' supply of "fresh meat" and "camel's ' milk''?otherwise known as "zem- 5 zem" galore, he would be willing to cross the hot sands again himself, just for the sake of mingling with the ' fezwearers. If there is such a thing as "the lim- 1 it" for a Shriner, t)hat limit was reach- 1 ed by two Nobles of the Mystic Shrine ?one a Newberrian and the other hail- J ing from Greenwood on Thanksgiving day, in their efforts to reach Sumter for the Shrine festivities. Their troubles began in Columbia on Thursday morning when, allowing two trains to depart for the gamecock city, they wait- ! ed for the third and last morning train ' for t'hat place and missed it by two minutes! They were informed that their next train would leave at 4.10 in the afternoon?and such a program J as had been prepared by the Sumter J Shriners for the entire day! The j1 thought of what they were missing was |r enough to 6icken the stoutest heart?11 k but not so with the two young Shriners in question. They quickly enlisted the services of an auto nolrilist, , and away they sped over the good Garner's ferry road for Sumter. This road was selected because it was known by the chauffeur to be very good?and considerably shorter; "The route by Camden is good, but longer", quoth the driver. Reaching Eastover, which is twenty-three miles from Columbia, some very obliging citizens of that community kindly directed the party to t.i-e ferry. After taking the wrong road at least a half dozen times and riding for miles over bridges spanning an almost limitless swamp, the ferry was reached and the river crossed. It was then that the very accommodating ferrvman ventured tha information that this was not the way to Sumter! In a very short while, a little town was reached and the party was informed that the place was Fort Motte! And, further, the information was vouchsafed that the only way to get to Sumter from that place was to retrace their steps to Eastover, a distance of twelve or fifteen miles and 2:n in the 0DD0site direction towards Wateree River. It was only then discovered that Congaree river had been crossed at Bates' ferry, when the worn-out Shriners had every reason to believe?from the directions given them enroute that it was Garner's ferry over Wateree river. The party, not to be out-done by such a little circumstanco as going twenty-five miles out of the way just for the mere purpose of crossing the Con garee river and viewing tne tnrivmg hamlet of Fort Motte, (although many of their thoughts would not sound well if expressed, and the majority of their expressions would not look well in print) hiked back over the bridgespanned swamp, and after a long enough time, reached Acton, which is a small station on the Coast Line a few miles from Eastover. There a new road was discovered?and the assur ance was more than once given by those who were met on the road, that the right road to Garner's ferry had at last been struck. And Garner's ferry is on the way to Sumter! There another swamp?Wateree swamp was encountered, and while no bears, tigsrs, wild-cats, etc., were seen, it is >aid that these animals abound in these ; parts. Ttae party proceeded captiously < ;hrough the boggy roads, only to lose ;heir way in the net-work of suppos- . >on to put them on the road to Gar- ] iu-io-ue roaao more tiian once; but iach time there was found some perler's ferry" again. AO last, after nuch wandering, "cussin", heart-sicKless, and a little of everything else, ;ney found a sign marked "Garners. Ferry", with a hand pointing down i desolate-looking roaa among large jypress trees. They had now , aeen traveling for about five aours in search of some evidence of "Garner's < RVrrv ori/1 tho cicrhf /">.f fhio cicm k v* * J 3 mill! WMV UiQUW VA WUAU aade them "get a move on". A mi'ie" 3r so through this rough road brought them to a little stream?unbridged? ( and one of the party, acting as scout, j got out of the machine to look for tne i; ferry and ferryman. In a few minutes the "scout" return- ; Bd with a friendly looking old gentleman who lives on tine edge of the i 3tream, and to him they related our aims and desires, the chauffeur at the ?ame time "turning on the juice" preparatory to boarding the ferry with :he machine. Mr. House?for that was tiie gentleman's name?very quietly ( md modestly informed them that 1 ;here was no ferry there?that it <bad s Deen discontinued for more than a ] rear! Being assured further that the < learest way to Summer from the ferry 1 [?) a la auto was via Columbia and i Camden, at lPftst. nnp mpmhpr nf tno * )arty came very near "throwing a fit". ( 3ut, as there was no time to waste } m "tit-throwing", and being informed t jy Mr. House that he had not yet 1 iaugnt and killed his dinner?consist- t ng of fish and squirrels?toe now- i horcughiy-fagged and disbusted Shrin- 1 ?rs had their chauffeur to turn around 1 ind proceed to the nearest railroad < station, which was Eastover, about ] six or eight nines distant. There he < svas told to hike for Columbia?or any- ] where else that he mignt want to go and toe two Nobles, after taking in the sights of the town, took a comfortable ; seat in the depot, where they amused themselves with a few games of "set : back" for a few hours, while they awaited for the train which passes Lie station at rive o'clock. The dis- ' tance from this place to Sumter is twenty miles, waicii was most too far to walk, 'hence there was nothing for them to do but wait for the train. The two Shriners met some very sympathetic friends, the railroad agent and other citiLens of the town, to i ivhom. they related their troubles. < rhese waved iiiew a fond farewell as < the train, with the Xobles aboard, 5 pulled out of the station for Sumter. ( From the reports of J.'c meeting t n the Gamecock City, the young men < nade up for ioit time when they did c each that p.ace, mingling with the i I other six hundred who had made the ! journey with much more ease. This is the story of the day's hap-! penings as given by a member of the | "Shriner's automobile special." The : members of the party at one time decided to keep their eventful trip a i secret, but found that it was most too good to keep and just had to tell it. It is safe m nredict that these two Nobles?at least?will be at the station long before time for the departure of their train when they attend the next Shrine meeting. ?I Left! right! left.! right! left! cheer up?don't you know we are going to meet old St. Nicholas at Robinson's ten cent store today? ' The solid quartered oak suit of bed ; room furniture on exhibition at West-; Martin's will be given on December 19th, to the young lady polling second in The Herald and News contest. Santa Claus Robinson will be at his office, the ten cent store?from 7 a.; m., till 9 p. m., every day till Dece-n-j her 25, to receive orders and communir>o c? from >hic little friprirls; V.-UUVHO 4.1 v/ili iiw V .. Gilder and Weeks have some very attractive articles that would please any one as a Christmas gift. Among them are cut glass, hand-painted, china, silver, fountain pens, toilet water, perfumes, mesh bags, etc. NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF J. H. DOMIMCK, DECEASED. It is hereby ordered, adjudged and decreed that all creditors of the late J. H. Dominick, deceased, and all persons, firms and corporations holding ? i XT-- ~ C 11. * Claims against uie estate 01 me baiu J. H. Dominick, deceased, be and they , are hereby required to properly file, | present and prove before the Master I of Newberry county their respective claims on or before the first day of i January, 1914; and it is "further or-, dered, adjudged and decreed that all , the creditors of the said J. H. Domi- ! nick, deceased, be and they are hereby ; enjoined and prohibited from collecting or attempting to collect their said , claims in any manner whatever save 1 and except in the manner herein pro vided for. I H. H. RIKARD, Master Newberry County, S. C. December 8th, 1913. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF NEWBERRY, Court of Comon Pleas. Mary Alice Dominick, in her own right and as administratrix of tne Personal Estate of J. H. Dominick, j deceased, Willie Lake Dominick, Victoria Elizabeth Dominick, Furman T. Dominick and Jacob Raymond Dominick, .Fiaiii tiffs, against James P. Cook, Ezra A. Counts, Sid-j ney Eugene Cook, Ruby Cook, Annie j Cook, Paul Cbok and Alice Louise Cook, Defendants. By virtue of an order of court herein, I will sell before the court house I at Newberry on Salesday in January, 1914, within the legal hours of sale to the highest bidder all that piece or parcel 01 iana lying ana oemg situate 1 in the county and State aforesaid, containing one hundred and ten (110) acres, more or less, the same being located near the town of Prosperity j and being bounded now or formerly by j lands of Diclc Wheeler, Anderson ! Nates, E. M. Cook, J. D. H. Kibler, J.! 2. Counts and the public road leading from Prosperity to Columbia, the same being known as the "Home Place" of the said J. H. Dominick. Terms of sale: One-half of the purchase money to be paid in cash, the Daiance on a credit of twelve months, vith interest from date at the rate of iight per cent per annum, to be secur- ' id by bond of the purchaser and mortgage of the premises, said mortgage ;o provide for ten per cent attorneys ' 'po in fi'jcn rvf frirppl ncnro nr ;ion by suit. Purcbpser to pay $100 Immediately upon the acceptance of lis bid, and if he fails to do so land to je resold immediately at his risk. Purchaser will have leave to anticipate payment of credit portion in whole Dr in part. Purchaser to pay for papers and for recording same. H. H. Rikard, Master Newberry County, S. C. December 8, 1913. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF NEWBERRY, I Court of Common Pleas. Samuel Pressley, as Trustee of Ers kine College, Plaintiff, j Against Milton A. Carlisle and others, Defendants. By virtue of an order of court herein, I will sell before the court house at Newberry, S. C, to the highest bidder, within the legal hours of sale, on Salesday in January, 1914, all that lot i )f land lying and being situate in the :own of Newberry, county and State < iforesaid, fronting on Main or Pratt i ;treet twenty-six feet and three inches, j unning back therefrom ten feet and (] A TICKLISH s-j-L-ip ?.J[/' < ^ ^ ^ This is a tickl covered roofs Think you coi not think so n not disappoint a roof in my I got a fall ye\ r have their sto< and sleet. So mas morning, of Toys and a at MY HEAj Robinso: If I should atter w paper a yard wic half would, not he i comes and things < pick. Dont forget day, go at night, an Robinso two inches, on the east side and one hundred and two feet and four inches on the west side, bounded by Main street, by lots No. 2 and 4 of the real estate of the Carolina Manufacturing company as shown on a plat of the same made by F. W. Higgins, surveyor, on October 30th, 1906, and recorded in ins v^icimv ui v>um v. o u^uw at Newberry, S. C., in Plat Book D. at page 239. Terms of sale: One-third of the purchase money to be paid in cash, and the balance on a credit of one and two years in equal installments, to bear interest from the date of sale at eight per cent per annum, to be secured by bond of the purchaser and mortgage r)f the premises sold, with leave to the purchaser to pay all cash. Purchaser to pay for all papers and recording. H.-H. RIKARD, Master Newberry County, S. C. December 8th, 1918. CLIMB FOR Si y ish job, climbin with a pack < ild do it? I wi tuch of the chi them. I have rtnn time, h " f ~ -t. The childn ckings filled, in you can expe* ? TT 1 Meantime l h< 11 sorts of Ch DQUARTERl n's Ten Cei npt to name them a le and two yards < told. Go there ear1 xre picked over. Fi the place, If you ht d see the prettiest i nslOCe Just A Carloa Young For Sa Purcell I ______________ WTA CLAUS floral <>:+. > s v g over snowon your back. juldnt if I did 1 A<%*s*i<v+ jrvfl fit# UllrU li/lll 2 scaled many >ut have never m have qot to spite of snow zt me Christ~ ave left oodles ristmas tricks S it Store. 11 it would take a Inn a find then tht> I\/# ^ w m v V w W y, before the rush frst comes gets the xverit time in the sign in town. nt Store arrived id of Mules le by J in.. fc Ml -