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VOLUME 1; NO. 44
The Rising Sun—1856-1860
NEWBERRY, S. C. FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 1938
Slider ft Grmeker—1856-1860
OUT AMONG
THE PEOPLE
ANYWAY HE’S BACK
Coroner Wilson got back Sunday
from a vacation at the beach. Many
who know him, however, say it was a
“trip”—that he has been on vacation
for 17 years.
INDEED HE WILL
“I say now that any man who will
surrender his opinion to one man,
whoever he is, when he holds it as a
matter of conviction will surrender
it to another man, and to any man
who can put the proner pressure upon
him.”—Senator Walter George.
ACCIDENT INSURANCE
“Send the bill to the So and So ac
cident insurance company,” said a
proud father recently to the manager
of the Newberry County hospital.
“But tney pay only for accidents,’
replied the manager.
“That’s just what I’m trying to tell
you,” replied the proud pappa, reach
ing for his hat.
HELP FROM GEORGIA
A Georgian, evidently unable to
find room in all the Cracker State,
to voice his disapproval of Roosevelt-
ean political dickering, has crossed
the line into South Carolina to show
^is disapproval. Parked near our of
fice Saturday was his car, bearing a
Georgia license, and In large letters
on the rear window the words:
“Smith For The Senate”.
LAW ON SULLIVAN’S ISLAND
The Charleston area at one time
had men who believed in law enforce
ment as we may gather from the
following circular printed in 1886 and
brought to light by the News and
Courier:
"This is to inform all citizens of
Moultrieville, and strangers
ing therein, that on and after this
date, Saturday, November 20, 1886,
it will be unlawful in this town for
anybody to CAROUSE! CUSS! or
WHOOP!
“On and after this date ther e will
be in this town—
“No more compelling people to
drink when they don’t feel like it;
“No more shooting of pet cats:
“No more games of Pede and Sev-
en-up;
“No mor e drinking of whiskey out
of bottles when the bars are open;
“No more noisy deviltry.
“Any man driving or riding a
horse into a public bar will be shot.
“Any man or men compelling an
other or men to work will be shot.
“Any man raking down the pot at
poker without the. cards to back it
up will be shot dead.
“Tramps, tin-horn gamblers, back
door lunchers, beggars, bone-yard
bummers, horse thieves, three-card
men, swill-pail scrapers and Coffn-
paint demolishers are WARNED
AWAY FROM MOULTRIEVILLE.
“It is the determination of the new
administration to usher in an era of
reform, and all good citizens will ar
ray themselves on the sid e of the
law. All others will be turned over
to the Coroner.”
WILL SUCCEED IF—
Genuine, intelligent interest is be
ing shown in th e three counties em
bracing the area of the Lyles-Ford
development. A well attended meet
ing was held in Union Tuesday night
at which several Newberry men were
present. Jim Johnson, Byron V.
Chapman and Senator Abrams made
good talks. We have high hopes that
the project wil go thru unless it re
ceives the “endorsement” of the New
berry Chamber of Commerce.
S. C. NEioi B L E A S E
Herman Langford set his nimble
brain a workin’ and evolved the foll
owing which we think is rather
clever:
SOUTH CAROL
NEEDS:
BRAVERY
LOYALTY
EARNESTNESS
AGRESSIVENESS
SINCERITY
EFFICIENCY
IRBY KOON IS AUTHOR
Irby Koon, native of the Fairview
section of Newberry county, is auth
or of a new book by the Pegasus
Press, New York City. The Title of
the book: “They Stoned Ma Hayden.”
It is described as a book of the “good
earth” type, “a gripping novel of the
Poor South.” Irby is a Newberry
college graduate and Newberry should
read his book.
Spartanburg Likes
Candidate Colie
The following is taken from the
Spartanburg Herald’s account of the
campaign meeting at Spartanburg
Monday:
“The loudest applause of the day
greeted Cole L. Blease, veteran pub
lic official who is a former governor
and United States senator from this
state.
Mr. Blease cited his record as a
member of the South Carolina legis
lature, the state senate, ^s mayor of
Newberry, governor for several
terms, and senator from this state
to the United States congress.
“When you want a doctor or a law
yer to administer to your needs, you
send for a trained man,” he added.
“And I’m a trained man—I've been
graduated by the people of South
Carolina.”
I am in this race on my record,”
Mr. Blease continued. “I am not be
ing followed about in this campaign
by any hoodlums, any racketeers. I
have no bodyguard, because I’m not
afraid to leave Newberry any time I
dam well please.”
Opposed to Sales Tax
Mr. Blease expressed his opposi
tion to a sales tax and said he would
veto any bill that would put such a
tax into effect in the state. He also
declared he would veto any bill allow
ing extra compensation for members
of the state legislature, and express
ed the opinion that such pay was un
constitutional.
He declared the state was in an un
sound financial condition. As in pre
vious campaign speeches, Mr. Blease
declared stat e expenditures are too
high. “When I was governor before,
I ran the whole state on two million
dollars a year,” he said.
He advocated an improved system
of country roads, and said that too
much money was being spent for fine
“super-highways, when the farmers
in the country.need some of these
roads so badly.”
Rural Road System
Blease advocated an improved sys
tem of country toads. “I want prog
ress. I want to see our state go for
ward. I want to see the people of
South Carolina come into their own,”
he said.
Switching briefly to th e late war,
he said, “I told you when we went in
to the last war that all we would get
out of it would be widows and or
phans, fresh made graves and death.”
Back to politics, he continued, “The
important man to you men and wo
men is the man who makes the laws.
Look to your legislature—look close.
Unless you get a governor who ve
toes extravagance and waste you will
pay it all back doubly in three or
four years.”
SAID SMITH AT PICKENS:
Senator Smith took th e floor and
opened by saying, “It is indeed not
very often that I can sit on a plat
form and hear the truth distorted
by a lawyer. Brown is a lawyer
enough—I suppose—to know that
Roosevelt fixes the WPA wage scale
and if he is such a hundred per center
how can he condemn the president?
When he talks against the wage scale,
that is what he is doing.
“Edgar Brown said that God loves
the truth. If that be true, then God
knows h e doesn’t love Edtrar Brown.
He took me as a text during his
thirty minutes; it was a splendid
text, but a rotten sermon.
“I voted for 80 per cent of the
New Deal measures and that can be
found in tho record. After thirty
years of faithful service to the peo
ple of my state, I defy any man to
name an .act of mine that was not in
line with South Carolina democracy.’
76,243 QUALIFIED TO CAST VOTE
IN PRIMARY
A grand total of 76,243 persons in
the third congressional district are
qualified to vote in the August 30
primary, according to statistics just
released. This is much larger than
the enrolled vote of four years ago,
and is in keeping with the increase in
the state as a whole. This year the
total for the state is 422,935 com
pared with 375,796 four years ago.
Two years ago approximately 56,-
000 votes were cast in the third con
gressional district.
Making an allowance for a fall
ing off of 20 per cent of the enrolled
vote approximately 60,000 ballots
should be cast in the district this
year.
Following is the enrollmev ^gby
counties:
Abbeville 6,440
Anderson 19,599
Edgefield 3,181
Greenwood 8,011
McCormick 1,763
Newberry 9,881
Oconee 8,515
Pickens *. 12,028
Saluda 4,825
WHITMIRE NEWS NOTES & COMMENT l ,/ Cannonball"Claims 2
$1 PER YEAR
BT ANNS B. LEWIS
Totals „ 74,243
COUNTY GIRLS IN
CAMP NEAR AIKEN
The Older Youth Club from the
Hartford community sent 12 repre
sentatives to Camp Long, near Aiken,
for a week’s training last week. All
the club members, numbering 38,
visited th6 camp on last Thursday,
acrompanied by Miss Ethel Counts,
home demonstration agent.
PROMINENT MERCHANT DIES
AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS
Newbsrry, Aug 15.—Campbell Lute
Havird, 87, oldest merchant in New
berry and probably in the state, hav
ing been in business for 66 years,
died Monday morning at his home
following a few days’ illness.
He was bom in Saluda county Oc
tober 16, 1851. His wife. Ella D.
Blease Havird, died November 15,
1912. He was the son of the late
Lute Havird and Kerenhappuck Liv
ingston Havird. He was the last
member of his family.
Surviving are three sons and two
daughters, Henry C. Havird, Lee E.‘
Havird, J. 0. Havird, Misses Minnie
Havird and Corrie Lei Havird, and
one granddaughter, Miss Eleanor Ha
vird, all of Newberry. Also surviving
are three brot-hers-in-law, Cole L
Bleae, Eugene S. Blease, ar'd Cannon
G. Blease, and two sistei-s-in-law,
Mrs. Leila Williams of Newberry, and
Mrs. Bertha Coney of Columbia.
Funeral services were held from
the residence, 626 Boundary street,
Tuesday morning at 10 o’clock with
th e Rev. T. C. Cannon and the Rev. J.
F. Lupo in charge. Interment follow
ed in Rosemont cemetery.
Active pallbearers were: Matt W.
Clary, R. Derrill Smith, John N. Liv
ingstone, M. K. Wicker, H. S. Lang
ford, John Vernon Havird, Neal W.
Wokman and Tom M. Fellers; honor
ary pallbearers, Dr. James C. Kinard,
Prof. Olin B. Cannon, J. H. Summer,
Henry S. Kibler, Clarence T. Hutch
inson, Tom P. Wicker, John Sligh,
R. B. Bartley, John Mathis, J. A. C.
Kibler, J. R. Danielson, Lambert W.
Jones, Dr. R. W. Houscal, Dr. E. H.
Bowman, Steve C. Griffith, Newt
Hogge, Ben Y. Abrams, Frank W.
Higgins, L. Morris, and J. C. Adams.
In spite of the hsat, officially re
ported to be 100 1-2 in the shade
hereabouts, everybody seems to be
going through the usual summer
motions, even the extra motions in
cident to a political summer cam
paign. I’m chiefly sorry for all the
mothers who have little babies with
heat.
Mrs. J. T. Crawford enteitained
the contract club last Thursday and
had her house cool with electric fans
and attractive with big bowls of
vari colored zinnias and gladioli. Mrs.
Crawford is noted for her unusual
flower arrangements, as well as for
other fine house-keeping accomplish
ments. High score prize went to Mrs.
Joe Eason.
Thursday evening the- Mothers
Club held their annual picnic on the
lawn about the community house.
Mrs. Sam Pruitt is president of the
club and she extended greetings to
the invited guests and she also pre
sented a gift from th e club to Mrs.
Belle Suber, who leaves soon to make
her home in Greenwood with the Er
nest Hortons. Mrs. Suber was a
member of the first Mother’s Club
organized in Whitmire.
Mrs. John Miller had a lovely par
ty on Friday afternoon in a compli
ment to Mrs. Belle Suber, having
several tables of heart dice and bin-
go. Mrs. J. W. Hipp won the bingo
prize and a gift was presented the
honoree. Mrs. Hassell Miller, Mrs.
J. B. Pitts, and Mrs. R. M. Duckett
assisted in serving a salad course.
Then on Sunday evening Mrs. L.
E. Douglass invited the following
close friends of long standing of Mrs.
Suber to supper: Mesdamec M. E.
Abrams, Henry Miller, John Suber,
Will Atchison, and E. A. Christy.
Supper was served in three courses
at tables placed on the terrace by
Mrs. Douglass’s beautiful flower
beds. i ,
Mrs. J. B. Pitts h%3 just returned
from a visit to he* M,
in Washington. Of course she had a
good time.
Mrs. James Scott is spending her
vacation this week with Mr. and Mrs.
A. G. Huff, Jr., in Sylvia, N. C.
Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Jeter have been
enjoying visits from their sons and
daughters and grandchildren: Mr.
and Mrs. John Jeter and children and
Mr. and Mrs. Cofield Jeter of Colum
bia, and Mrs. Rhett Martin and
daughter of Laurens. Mr. and Mrs.
Jeter went with the Cofield Jeters to
Atlanta for a week’s visit with
friends.
The Zach Sobers have had as their
guests recently Mrs. Inez McCarley,
Miss Bertha Mae Carley and Miss
May McCarley of Columbia.
The Rev. Thomas Bryan and Mrs
Bryan of Baltimore, spent Monday
with the Henry Millers & Rev. Alex
Batchelor and Mrs. Batchelor, and
their attractive daughters, Effie Jean
and Mary, of Pulaski, Tenn., spent
the day with th e John Millers. Both
men are former pastors of the Pres
byterian church here and are fondly
remembered by many friends here,
and their visits here with their fami
lies are all too infrequent and too
brief.
Miss Ann Barnwell of Wilmington,
N. C., visited her brother, John G.
Barnwell and Mrs. Barnwell last
week. She had with her a niece, Miss
Ann Green, and they all went up the
Great Smoky Mountains for the
weekend. Billy Barnwell is spend
ing the month at Kanuga Lake and
they came by to see him on the re
turn trip. 1
Little Bobby Epting of Pomaria is
visiting his aunt, Mrs. Rion Gilliam.
The State Board of Managers of
the South Carolina Congress of Par
ents and Teachers will meet in Whit
mire in the Drusilla Whitmire Mu
seum early in September. The P. T.
A.’s throughout the State have been
interested in the restoration of this
old building as a memorial to the
mother of Mrs. Phoebe Hearst, who
was a National Founder of the Par
ent-Teacher movement. Many-of the
Congress Units in this state and
many other states, as well as the
National Congress and the State
Congress of California and our own
State Congress have contributed
shrubs or funds for the planting of
the garden around the old building
as a special memorial to Mrs. Hearst.
Only a “small beginning” has been
made, as there are many difficulties.
Though the old building was the
first store and post office of this
community, it was not incorporated
within the town limits and so has no
“ r
MacKittrick has been keeping the
building open for visitors every Wed
nesday this summer, and it is really
surprising how many people are in
terested in coming to look up their
family lines. There have been visi
tors from a number of States as
well as from towns in this state.
Tuesday night a game tournament
In Less Than A Week
DOWN MEMORY
K LANE
that have been ordered to arrive be
fore our distinguished guests gather
for their Fall Board Meeting. Some
played contract, som e played set-back
and the children who came along also,
played monopoly, and everybody
seemed to have a good time.
NEW TEACHERS ADDED
TO SCHOOL FACULTIES
SUMMER LEAGUE BASEBALL
RESULTS GIVEN
DOMINICK’S AND DESCENDANTS
GATHER FRIDAY
I N,A
The annual reunion of the Dominick
family will be held at Young's grove,
near Prosperity Friday, August 19th.
This reunion has been an annual af
fair for a number of years and is al
ways largely attended as the Domi
nick family and its connections is one
of the largest in the county. Treas
urer J. C. Brooks asks that it be em
phasized that all connected with the
family be present, and others inter
ested are invited. There will be an
abundance of good things to eat, and
drinks, and maybe some oratory of
short and entertaining nature.
Following are the results of the
summer league baseball for the dates
August 5-10, inclusive:
Juniors:
August 1: Oakland 3, Mollohon 2.
August 2; West End 3, Town 2.
August 2; Town 4, West End 1.
August 4, Town 11, Oakland 4.
August 5; Mollohon 9, Town 2.
August 8; Oakland 7, West End 1.
August 9; Mollohon 10, Oakland 2.
August 10; Town 2, West End 1.
Seniors:
August 1; Oakland 4, Mollohon 0.
August 2; West End 6, Town 3.
August 2; West End 6, Town 1.
August 3; West End 5, Mollohon 2.
August 4; Oakland 11 Town 6.
August 6; Town 10, Mollohon 9.
August 8; Oakland 4, West End 3.
August 9; Mollohon 9, Oakland 5.
AMICKS HAVE LITTLE GIRL
GEORGE BLAIR MARTIN
Mr. and Mrs. George Martin an
nounce the birth of a son at the
county hospital Tuesday, August 15.
The little boy has been named George
Blair.
Mrs. Martin is the former Miss
Mildred Renwick of this city.
Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Amick an
nounce the birth of a'daughter, Bar
bara Alice. She was bom Saturday,
August 13th and both mother and
child are doing nicely. “Mack” is
proprietor of Martins fishing camp
Mrs. Amick is the daughter of Jas
per Amick who lives near the coun
ty line in the Fairview section.
Four new teachers will be added to
the Newberry High school faculty for
the 1938-39 term and one new teach
er at th e Boundary Street schol. At
the High school will be Miss Edna
Hartness, Clover; Miss Clare Schaef
fer, Columbia; Mrs. Vanessa Holt,
Newberry; G. H. Cody, York. The
addition to th e Boundary street school
faculty will be Miss Eleanor Ballen-
tine of the Tranwood section of the
county.
Following it a list of teachers in
all the schools of the city:
Newberry High School: P. K. Har
mon, principal; Miss Elizabeth Domi
nick; Miss Julia Kibler; Mrs. S. E.
Whitten; Miss Annie Lee Young;
Miss Margaret Bums; Miss Cather
ine Smith; Mrs. Elsie Nichols; Mrs.
H. O. Swittenburg; Miss Edna Hart
ness; Miss Clare Schaeffer; Mrs.
Vanessa Holt; H. H. Hedgepath; S.
E. Whitten, Jr.; H. B. Wilson; C. B.
Ringer; N. K. Williamson; J. H.
Pruitt; G. H. Cody; C. E. Bowers,
Librarian; L. W. Bedenbaugh.
Junior High School: Mrs. E. B.
Setzler, principal; Mrs. T. P. John
son; Mrs. Georgia H. Welborn; Miss
Elise Peterson; E. L. Stockman; Mrs.
Elizabeth R. Graham; Miss Georgia
Porter; Miss Clara Bowers; Mrs. H.
H. Hedgepath; Mrs. W. C. Brown,
Jr.; Miss Bertha Gallman, Librarian.
Boundary Street School: Miss Gur-
trude Reeder, Principal; Mrs. Neal
W. Workman; Miss, Lila Summer;
Miss Eleanor Ballenttne; Miss Annie
Bynum; Miss Corrie Lei Havird.
Speers Street School: Miss Ethel
Jones, principal; Mrs. Beale H. Cro
mer; Miss Annie Abrams; Miss Rosa
bel Thompson; Mrs. E. E. Stuck; Mrs.
J. C. Peery.
Mollohon School: Miss Sara Cald
well, principal; Miss Marguerite
Burns; Mrs. J. F. Browne; Mrs. W.
E. Pelham; Mrs. W. E. Turner.
West End School: Mrs. F. R. Fel
lers, principal; Miss Daisy Cannon;
Mrs. Maude E. Sanders; Mrs. Josie
CHILDREN HONOR MOTHER;
OTHER ST. PHILIPS ITEMS
On Sunday morning, August 14,
Mrs. C. W. Summer's daughters and
sons gave her a surprise dinner. I
was suprised to be asked to the din
ner but I appreciate the Invitation.
At noon w e were invited to come out
under a large umbrella tree where
two tables were placed and w e all
gathered around the tables and had a
delightful time eating and talking.
Although it was a surprise to Mrs.
Summer she was happy anyway. As
the weather was comfortable we had
a delightful time throughout th e day.
Many thanks for the invitation and I
was delighted to be with you all.
The farmers are now busy pulling
fodder; the cotton is beginning to
open. We are very dry in this sec
tion and crops are beginning to suf
fer. The gardens are about gone and
this hampers the women folks in get
ting things for the table.
On Sunday evening a seven pound
son was bom to Mr. and Mrs. Hillard
Wertz.
Mrs. L. P. Shealy has been carried
to the Columbia hospital for an op
eration.
BUSH RIVER SCHOOL
OPENS 1ST
The Bush River School will begin
its 1938-39 session Thursday morn
ing, September 1st, at nine o’clock.
All pupils are urged to be present
the opening day. Pupils wishing to
rent books are requested to do so the
first day. Brief addresses will be
made by prominent speakers and the
public is cordially invited to be pre
sent.
P. McAlhany.
Oakland School: Mrs. Bertha D.
Boylston, principal; Miss Helen Nich
ols: Mrs. Corrie H. Fridy; Mrs. G. G.
Sale.
Miss Rose Hamm, Supervisor of
music.
The coroner’s inquiry in the case
of George Cecil Smith was held
Monday afternoon in the court room
of the new court house. Testifying
were two negroes and the engineer
and conductor of the “Cannon Ball”,
Southern passenger train which
stmek Smith.
Henry Rutherford, negro, testified
that he was proceeding down the
railroad toward town on a bicycle
and noticed Smith lying with his
head upon the rail and his feet
sticking straight out from the
tracks. As he neared the spot
Smith drew up his feet to allow him
to pass on the path beside the rail
road bed. He proceeded down the
path and then turned back to see
if he could be of assistance to the
man, thinking perhaps that he was
“drank or sick”. The negro stated
that he asked Smith if he were
drunk to which he replied he was not.
He then asked him if he were sick,
to which he also replied in the nega
tive. The negro then reminded him
that a train was due along soon and
to which it was said he replied:. “Do
you think I am fool enough to lay
here and let a damn train ran over
me?” The negro witness said he
then continued on his way to town
and to a party in Cannon Town.
Limas Baker, negro, testified that
he saw Smith sitting on the end of
the crossties, apparently trying to
“heave” (vomit) and that he passed
on by without speaking. Further
up the railroad he looked back and
saw him sprawled upon his back, his
shoulders between two crossties and
his head upon the rail.
Engineer Helms testified that
when he first noticed the object on
the track ahead, just before dark,
he thought it was a piece of paper,
and by the time he realised it
r w,lt * I-
20 YEARS AGO
Little Frances arrived home at
about 1 o’clock Friday morning. She
weighs eight and a half pounds.
When John Henry Baxter came down
town after breakfast (doubt if he
ate any) h e couldn’t have told a State
political candidate from a Hun pris
oner if he had met one in the big
road. John is all right and has lots
of friends to congratulate him. We
were just trying to think up some
thing nice to say when here comes
the Abbeville Press and Banner an
nouncing the arrival of Jan eight-
pound baby in that town and that
the mother says it “is the prettiest
baby in the world and doing nicely,
thank you,” which we will borrow
for this auspicious occasion.
We do*bot believe that President
Wilson’s letter saying that Blease is
not a friend of the administration and
asking for his defeat in the- Senate
race will have any other effect than
to make the people more determin
ed to vote as free American citizens,
and as they believe they have a right
to do, for whom they please. That
is the foundation principle on which
our government rests. When you
take that right away from them and
th e right to judge the fitness and
patriotism of men,
struck a
tutions.
>. Helms sttteff that
ringing at the time Smith
struck, that it was an automatic
ringer and that he switched it on be
fore he reached the crossing at He
lena and had not switched it off at
the time of the accident. The engi
neer said the whistle of the locomo
tive was sonuding at short intervals
... ... . . .from the time he aproached the
was held in the museum to help nus* cr088ing at HeIena until Smtth wa8
some money to pay for the chairs*
struck. He explained he spaced the
warning signals so that the last long
signal in the group was sounded just
before the train reached the crossing
near the Newberry lumber company
plant.
The lower part of the “cow catch
er” or pilot struck Smith, according
to Mr. Helms. He told of throwing
the train brakes to emergency posi
tion to bring the train to a stop. He
then backed up until the last coach
or the end of the train was about
even with the injured man ‘ but not
past him as he could not tell if he
was clear of the tracks. When the
conductor gave him the signal he
continued to back up until the engine
was even with the now almost life
less body of Smith. Smith was
still breathing according to the en
gineer, but expired before a doctor
could reach him at the station here.
The body was in such bad condition
Mr. Helms said that it was neces
sary to take an apron from the loco
motive upon which to place him for
transfer to the baggage car. Smith
made no effort to leave the tracks
despite the repeated warning blasts
from the whistle of the locomotive,
the engineer testified.
The conductor on th e Cannon Bali
testified to such of the accident he
had witnessed but had not seen much
as he was about midway the second
car when the emergency brake was
applied. He stated that he knew
something unusual had happened by
the way the engineer applied the
brake.
The jury found that Smith came
to his death as a result of his own
carelessness and that the railroad
company and the tram crew were
blameless in this accident.
Cannon Bali Claims Another
Charlie Hyler, 51, an employee of
the Oakland Cotton’ mills was in
stantly killed Monday morning near
the site of the accident which took
the life of Cecil Smith the previous
Wednesday. The engineer on this
train told county officers that Hyler
appeared to jump in front of the
train. • Hyler was considerably cut
and bruised by the impact of the
train and his life immediately snuff
ed out. It appeared that Hyler was
walking down the tracks meeting
the train and is alleged to have sud
denly leaped in front of the onrush-
ing locomotive.
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a fairly good attendance of some
had been present at the children’s
day exercises, but at the other places
there were none to hear. The audience
and the interest are absent It is
too hot to be campaigning anyway,
but aside from that there are no real
crowd moving orators this year in
that campaign party.
MRS. FRANK SONS DIES AT
HOME IN COUNTY
Mrs. Anr. Elizabeth Epting Sons,
74, wife of G. Frank Skins, died at
her home Wednesday in the Trinity
section.
FIRST BALE
H. O. Long brought the first bale of
the new cotton crop to town. Thurs
day morning. It weighed 533 pounds.
Jim Cromer was a close second. Cot
ton is opening rapidly under the
burning days.
SUB COMMITTEE TO MEET
The Sub-Committe e of the County
Democratic Executive Committee will
meet at the Court House Monday
morning, August 22, at 10 o’clock, for
the purpose of further purging the
rolls. If there is any name or names
on your roll that should be stricken
off, or others that should be added,
please notify this committee, giving
the reason therefor. Should the sub
committee hear nothing from you, It
will assume that there are no correc
tions to be made on your club roll.
NEAL W. WORKMAN,
County Chairman.
A. H. COUNTS, ’
Sec.-Treas.
SEEN ABOUTTOWN
Professor P. K. Harmon celebrat
ing a birthday Tuesdcy... Mr. and
Mrs. Gordon Clarkson motoring...
Ethel Harden getting on bns...
Dr. an-l Mrs. A. T. Neely in thea
tre. .James Lea veil standing in
shady spot on stre t corner.. Large
crowd enjoying chicken barbecue at
Margaret Hunter park Tuesday
evening...Studious young fellow
who is spending his summer days
tranrlatinp Greek, saying h was
doing it “lust frr his own amaze
ment”... Pink Abrams going up
street with coat on his arm and
Iroking forward to hearing the se
natorial speakers her- nex* Wed
nesday ... Scrap Hendrix finding it
hotter in his office “than a dime’s
worth of matches”.. . Red Burns
making great plans for » Florida
vacation.. .Dr. Grady Callison. Co
lumbia. a visitor in the city Tues
day, being greeted by friends here
... Professor Paul Enarud visiting
Sunoffice.