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PIKfcLl PEKS03AL AoYeni^nts ?f ir.any People, 3fe*? iierrians, and Those Who Visit dewberry. Miss iaaiia nomussnuuu ui vi^o.-i Kill is visiting relatives in Newberry- ^ Aliss Mary Keith of Chappells is ^ tjie guest of Miss Josie Reid. Dr. E. H. Kibler will return from a Florida January IT. j t< Mr. W. H. Kibler has changed to Prosperity from Newberry 5. i .Mr. H. I j. Parr was at the meeting . m Columbia oh Monday of the presi- j i 1 nlontArc "UT-JULJai CiVVlVl , Messrs. G. K. Hutchinson and M. 0. ^ Summer of Newberry were in the city f yesterday.?Greenwood Journal. ; 0 .Mrs. Paul E. Anderson is visiting .Mesdames W. H. and W. R. Anderson -0 in Greenwood. ?Mr. Paul E. Anderson and little s r.on, Paul, Jr., have gone to Baltimore y -ana .New York to buy spring goods. ( j] -Miss Lola bowman oi' Prosperity i *^as a recent visitor to Mrs. Thos.; b iVw-?iov?i PHSvilie News. !h Mr. Roy K. Fricfc, a student oT T\e"W btrry college, was hoin^ last Sunday., ?Chapin Cor. Lexington News. | M. Wheeler, a leading citizen i from near Prosperity, is a visitor in ; Lexington.?News. Miss Lulie Cauthen of Ninety Six is spending the week with Kev. and Mrs. F. E. Dibble. Miss Kitty Coke Ssiith has return ed from a visit to relatives and friends in Virginia. .Mr. Ned Purcell spent Wednesday Bight in Columbia, attending a dance *t tke Jefferson hotel. j Mrs. Mary Kinard of Ninety Six anrl JKiss Kate unapman 01 tnappens <nc -Use guests of Mrs. B. M. Dennis. < ' -Mrs. H. M. Bryson and little daugh-' Scr, Dorothy, returned Monday t\om n "Mullins. Mr. P. B. Odellt the clever Ford [ dealer of Whitmire, was in the city u yesterday. ! 3klrs. S. J. Kilgore has returned from a visit to Mrs. R. L. Tarrant in New berry.?Clinton Chronicle. : i i: .Mrs. A. W. Knight has returned to t 'the city from Newberry, where she. " A T) /-v K/\??rr .TfStS D 6n VISiling retail? cs.?oauiuci& i Herald. , , s Mr. J. H. Lindsay of Monck's Corn- t ht is visiting his uncle, Coroner F. M. Lindsay and his cousin, Mr. Jno. g " &. Lindsay. - . J ] -Mr. and Mrs. Fred C. Henry of Ashe- ? *ille will arrive today to visit Mr. H. Y. Leavell and Mrs. Harry O'Don- i \< Mrs. A. B. Henrv went to X'wbo'-**? ? Tuesday'to see "The Birth af a Na "-^Clinton Chronicle. It was i tfon-derful, bu-t you couldn't begin to i enumerate tbe people present. Mr. and Mrs. H. D. l?alrchild of Pitcher, X. Y., are spending a few days with Rev. and Mrs." K. V. IJaDb, en >ute to Tampa, Fla., to spend the v inter. Mr. T. S. Humphries and family r iving moved to Cline street, Mr. M. t . Moore and family have taken pos- ? jssion of their new home in College : I :reet. Mrs. A. C. Thomasson, jr., went 10 | - avannah Wednesday and returned j1 liursday with his wife and two lit- , ? te sons, who had been visiting rel- j 1 tives in Florida and' Georgia. Misses Mary L. and Margaret Bur-j i m returned last week from their ex- j 1 ;ended holiday trip to New York,! < rhere they had a lovejy time visit-1 - ;)g relatives and seeing the city, j Messrs. Douglas Davenport and j < lack Wilson of Saluda were in New- * erry Tuesday and Wednesday. Their!] riends were ?lad to see them in their j< Id hom? town. < Miss Elizabeth Deaver, who h?% een the guest of her sister, Mrs. E. I. Evans, Jr., left Wednesday for a hort visit to Miss Myrtle Su>5r at j Hiitmire, before returnig to her homa j n Carlisle. President J. Henry Harms of New-1 erry college made a strong address ' ere this afternoon to men in the Y. I. C. A. lecture course. He "was eard by a large and appreciative .au- j ience.?Sumter Cor. The State. Dr. and Mrs. L. C. Kibler, accom anied by Dr. Kibler,s brother7 Dr. ). H. Kibler, of Newberry, left yester ay for a visit to White Springs, Fla 'hey will be gone about three weeks. -The State. Mr. Gerald Reeder and bride of 'lorpnee and Mr. Claude Reeder of dewberry spent the we^k-end with heir parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. K. leeder.?Long View Cor. Laurens advertiser. But everybody is charmed with trother John Wesley Speake and his amily. He has reorganized a Wes'ley tible class that has already put mucn e\v life and energy into the church. ?Editor Southern Christian Advo ate after a visit to Grace church, Un Dn. VARIOUS AND AiL ABOUT. Over $2,000 was the amount taken j n by "The Birth of a Nation" in XeT-| terry. Policeman D.ikes came from Nine-j y Six and returned Wednesday with i colored woman for violating oon raot. Many of. the. reporter's items got imothered by "The Birth of a Nation'." ( s'obody else felt mucn like working ifter seeing that. I Jasper chapter,^ D. A. R., will hold regular meeting Friday afternoon it four o'clock, at the home of Mrs. \lan Johnstone. iThe regular monthly 'mf-eting of :he Kind's Daughters., will be held at the Lutheran Church of the Redeem er on Friday afternoon, at 4 o'clock. ! Postmaster Bill is in receipt of blanks for those of our citizens who are subject to income tax returns. FUlVlrtl ^BERF JAP BIG 1 t Minstrel . . ; / , J. BIG ( mm Will Exl vhich. they should st-e about. There will be a very important call neeting of the Calvin Crozier drap er with Mrs. Herman Wright Friday ifternoon at 3:30 o clock. All mem rs are urged :o attend. There will be communion service it the Colony Lutheran church ne\t Sunday morning at 11 o'clock, ir.c service will be conducted by the pas- j or, the Rev. L. P. Boland. At the Opera House yesterday af Lernoon Prof. D. L). Wallace of War- ! .'ord college devliverd a most inter- ' isting address on "The Spirit of the Age.'?Greenville Piedmont. i The Civic L.ague will hold its re gular meeting with Mrs. J. T. Mc (Jrackin at 4 o'clock Monday after noon. A full attendance is desired as this is the time for the election of Dfllcers. "The carnival is ccraing.*' Good man's Greater Shows will be in .\\w. i.r fr\r- thp wppL' heeinnine Janu 1 ? 1V1 W --J 0 - - ary 15. They will occupy the vacant lot next R. Y. Lea veil and Son's mar ble yard. A number of Clinton people attend- j Dd "The Birth of a Nation ' at New berry and Greenwood this week.? 1 Clinton Chronicle. It was remarkable and was seen here by more than two thousand people. ! The total amount of cotton ginned in Newberry county up to January I. 1917, according to the ginner's re- j port, is 30,360 bales as against 3~'.7Gr> bales for the same time the yea.- be fore. i From the firm of R. Y. Lea veil and ! Son a beautiful granite manument, handsomely engraved, was put up at CmVrianf nomoforv t r\ f h o mpmnn mc ran ?ic?y tvuiwwi j ww . af the late J. W. D. Johnson and his ' two wives, along with markers at the graves_of three children. ; I>r. E. C. Cronk will preach at the Silverstreet Lutheran church on Sun-| day morning at 11 o'clock and in the I evening at 7. Every member is urg- j ed to be present at tlr-se special j services and the public is invited to; attend. "The Birth of a Nation" is giving j Anderson a return date today and tomorrow. Newberry ought to get" a | return date, as many who wanted to j see it failed to get peats and were > turned away from the three perform-; , l hay?a antes nci c, Miss Eudora I\V. Ramsey, national j suffrage Organizer, of Greenville, will i speak to the Equal-Suffrage league on Monday, January 15th,-at 3:30 p. m.tj in the high school building. All mern-i bers are urged to be present and the, country people are especially invit ed. " Xick Bowman, colored, ran up against several stumps, as recorded in the recorder's court Thursday. He paid $5 for a drunk charge;, but took the days on three other charges, on which the sentences were: Twenty /Inloro nr /lave fr>r oaftaillt battery, $15 or 30 days far cursing and \ising abusive language and $15 L \ "K-&JL %.J = w;:.l ex IY FC j * t A I? " i u ri jiv IIGH C , Show v Class P< :ircu Wild W< >ys and < [libit on Ma: JANUAR or 30 days for petit larceny. We saw an automobile from Fair-'s field return home Tuehday afternoon s with its passengers who failed to gel 1 into the Opera House owing to the ? Others from various nearbly counties ] shared the same fate. The hear.. or "sardine* condition of the audience, this public went out in sympathy to \ them. Tliev missed a great ireac. i S.veral mc/ii have said it was wortn $ ">. Three men floated thirty miles in the Salu.ua VV dnesday. making th*i trip from Dyson to the.Saluda bridge in five hours. They were: Dr. ('. 1). Weeks, Mr. Haskell Wright and Mr. Walter S. Cameron. Many ducks were seen but only two killed, and Mr. Wright killed tliem at one shoL Messrs. Jno. C. Goggans and Robt. McC. Holmes joined the party at the Saluda bridge. The reason more ducks w.-re not killed is because the shot were too small. "i lie paying of tax s is greatly bet ter this time than last. Up to jail ucii'V 1 UL tllltj > cai" J>uiii^t?iiii^ u?c; $i0M.000 were collected in County 4 Treasurer Schumpert's.office, whereas only a littl? over $C0.000 was tile amount to the first of January the previous year. In December past $38,000 more of taxes were paid tha:? , in December of the preceding year, a majority of the larger taxpayers hav ing paid, the full amount for la-it D cember being $93,622.42. We never before saw people more < ea.ger or ?o anxious to spend a than on the occasion of the visit of , "The Birth of a* Nation." Just ?r,;p nose thev could set un courage to flock to churches and contribute ?ri that manner. It would be fin-> nee capacity houses at churches. The Opera House overflowed with ?>eo?ie Monday night, Tuesday afternoon and Tuesday night. You would think judgment day was at hand if the mass es of humanity packed the churches to the standing room limit. The managers of "The Birth of a Nation" were high in their ["^ws of Mr. Henry B. Wells and his assistant, complimenting them -it. mous opinion that the screen and other fixtures at the Newberry Opera House were the best they had com? across in their travels. Peonle her^ will be pleased to hear this, i5r they have long been of the oifmion them selves that the Opera House moving picture showing place here is hard to equal, much less "beat. The general public of Newberry found out^the first of this week what, capacity houses really meant. The Opera House was packed and jam med at the three exhibitions of "The Birth of a Nation." On each occa sion people were turned away, "as not even standing room was left. at. an early hour Tuesday morning all,* reserved s^ats had been taken for matinee and night. So great was the rush that crowds surged in "front of the ticket offices an hour ahead of opening time. \ EATEI HIB1T IN = %.r -a e? I 1 ij - LASS S \ fith Sixtee srformers est with Cow Gir] in St. Show v 1 OA I 1 1 P. B. ASBILL Has removed hi3 stock to D. A. Livingstone and Son's store. Main street, next to Sorg's Ea tery, wilt-re lie wiii coi.linuo to sell ! iiid repair jewelry, watches, etc. -12-11. WANTED- House to rent by man vim tinail family, wire and two ht it- cuuuien. h.ou~e with garden pry Address l>ox .ju6. -11'-] I. i.^V-LL LrORING?I have bougac tut' veil boring machinery of G. Hiu i..a -a.j-. ^epaieu lo uore your Satisiactioa guaranteed. rjoct; or: a me iia: vin vViUon, Newberry, It. rV .no 2. Phone 4404. L- i--11. : : I ixji* cali'.-lol ui nice rodder, J.| H. kiaet, .Newberry, 6. l-i3-2tiJ. i j x o ioi iv.nU taat you can buy. . 1-. /w.^ ^iohh _ ri.jili- icir iihp at Tli?? ! 114 IjUV. 1 1 i ^ O * vw v? j aw* ? w w. ? ? ? N.wotrry L-n.g Co. and Miss Auhij j li'uu, UiOp ili auj $C(! W Udt tUe.V I uave. 1-9-tf. ' wi-m you are in need o*' rubber slumps, bianij) pads and any iiaau stamp supplies Nwrite Dixie Stamp & i Stationery Co., Columbia, S. C. 1-9-tf. ' j Would you like to iave your name j dii your dog s collar. We will put j your name, ?udress and dog a name i;n a luce u.a^s plate which you can easily aLtae.i to collar. The price is i.e. Dogs v>ould not get lost if they ! <.<vrv,?r;i'n<r liL-n thic /in t '.I f.i r ' f'Ol _ lldU DUlUCVit nau iiitu vii - ? - iar to identify them. Dixi > Stamp &' Stationery ^o, Columbia. S. C. 1-9-tf. FOR SALE?Lot of nice fodder, J H. Riser, Newberry, S. C. l-13-2tp. THE BYE is a small and very deli cate membtr but it does a big work, therefore you should be very careful to whom you take your eyes for treat ment. I have bought the office ana practice of Dr. F. C. Martin and guar antee results, giving you the best and most comfortable vision. E. C. JEzell, Optometrist. 1-12-11. THREE-HORSE FAKM lor reni. Good land, sood water, good 4 room house. See E. M. Evans. 1-5-tf. ___________ STALK CLTTER?John A. JtfcKar Stalk Cutter. Get our prices. The Purceli Company. l-2tf. ( WANTED?Yon to know that I have bought .the office-and practice of Dr. P. C. Martin. I am equipped and prepared to examine eyes by tbe iat p=t sci-nt'flc methods. W. C. Ezell, Optometrist. 1-5-lt. . - . 2 O HOWS n High . :: -';v"r i HOW Cow Is! Ground Opera House fKuGRAMVIE F HI DAY, JAMARY 12. There vvul ue 110 pictures shown on account of tne minstr 1 show Frida/ * ? i cr f J SATURDAY, JANUARY 13. In aduiiion to tue regular program the o-reei Triangle feature intende for Friday night will be given. *6ret ciien, the Greenhorn,'* starring Don? thy Gish, -THE GIRL FROM FRISCO" Featuring Marin Sals and Trne Board JU?U# Krazy Kat Kartoon and Keystone Comedy, "A Lover's Nighty' Featur ing Fred Msee. MONDAY, JANUARY 1">. , Jesse L. Lasky Will Present Thomas Mefehan and Anita King In "THE HEIR TO THE HOOKAH/" Che volet "Four Ninety" will be $550 after Jan uary 15tb. J. D. QUATTLEBAUM \ X Agent Newberry County *wr * mirrnrvi ! WAIN It L?! | ! 2000 bu good sound Jfeas. ' Will pay $2.00 per bu in good bags delivered Geo. C. Hipp S'ore Newberry, S. C, or at S'lyerstreet, S.C. H O. Long.