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OUT AMONG THE PEOPLE Before and After Primaries “My Friends!” “My Friends-” “MY FRIENDS!" “My!!! Friends????” VETS SHOULD REMF/MBER Coat Tail Swinger OHnjohnston has left no doubt that everything Doctor Roosevelt has done meets with his approval. That being the case veterans should remember that had OHnjohnston been in the senate he would have voted to uphold the president’s veto and deny the soldiers their bonus. Ed Smith voted to give the vets their money. 1900 of the editors of the Chinese newspaper, “The Peking Gazette are said to have been beheaded dur ing the first 1000 or so years of that publication’s existence. The Gazette was the official court publication of China. RELIEF FOR THE CORONER What with having to feed 27 chick ens Cofroner Wilson had to send his faithful goat to th e country; he just had to have some relief. But looking at it in a perfectly unbiased way we would say it’s more relief to the goat than to th e coroner. If he would just let those chickens go home now and sit down and look tired the govern ment would come along and scoop him into one of its most choice WPA jobs. DIDN’T BUT WOULD HAVE 0* course wou believe in the anti-lynching bill and for that rea son will support OHnjohnston (Mach ine gun Olin, we mean). While he didn’t vote for the bill he is a IbO per 'centefTtTffT''would Save for the president would have him do so. MORE RESPECT DUE THEM Almost everyone agrees that the matter of pay for services'of legis lators should be settled once and for keeps, but the public we believe would not object to an increase in the per diem in an amount even double that which the constitution now allows. That being true we can’t quite understand why voting of extra compensation should be termed a “raid” upon the treasury of the state, as it is so often termed. The servant is worthy of his hire and we have come to look upon the servants of the people in the law-making body as some sort of hybrid beneath res pect and good only to go to Columbia and draw “extra pay”. All legisla tors are not asses and monkeys; most of them are genuinely concern ed over the state’s welfare and have to show for their labors a govern ment which is not all bad. A few of them who have not travelled far along the route from ape-man ances try cast an odium over the lot but we should not condemn wholesale on ac count of those. who make the head lines—a jackass is always better copy than a statesman. Most of the men who go to Colum bia want to finish in the allotted time and come home; certainly this is true of our own delegation. If they are detained there through no fault of their own they should not be censured for taking money to cover extra expense. The free con ference committee the past session held the appropriations bill for nine weeks when it should have done its work in a week. Members of the house have nothing to do with ap pointing the free conference comm ittee but they are compelled to wait while that committee wrangles and bickers. A more tolerant attitude toward our lawmakers would certainly do no harm; it might even do some good. REACHES END OF THE LINE The Winnsboro Herald says: “A few days ago a ‘traveller of the road’ aat on the curbing of one of our streets. No so old, but dusty, rag ged, thin, unkempt, with feet swol len and dull eyes that had the far- off look of deep despair. A passer-by stopped to inquire if be were ill. “Yes, ill and alone, a Russian come to this country 26 years ago, hoping now to find his brother.” “Have you seen a doc tor?” he was asked. “No, no, came the reply, “Rest, rest.” Early next morning he was found dying on a piece of lumber in the lumber yard . . . buried in the Pot ter’s field, alone, all alone . . .Not a friend to pilot him across the bar.” Newberry Dairymen To Visit Biltmore The regular annual Dairy Tour sponsored each year by the Newber ry County Dairymen’s Association will be held Friday, August 19, ac cording to J. F. Hawkins, president of the Dairymen’s Association. Mr. Hawkins states that &t a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Dairymen’s Association held Monday afternoon, July 26, it was decided to attend the Dairy Field Day held at Biltmore Farms, near Asheville, North Carolina. IMr. Hawkins says, that this trip should be very worthwhile and edu cational. Those attending will not only see the well-bred attl e and dairy buildings but will also have the privilege of seeing and studying their entire farming system. There will be Wo charge for entering the grounds. Plans are to leave Newberry Fri day morning, August 19, at 7:00 o’clock and arrive at Biltmor e about 10:00 o’clock. Everybody is expected to furnish his own transportation and Mr. Hawkins suggests that some fami lies may ride together and share the gasoline exenses. Mr. Hnwkins urges everyone in dairying to make plans to go on this tour and see the nationally known Biltmore farms and meet dairymen from all sections of th e Southeast. WICKER IS DIRECTOR J. H. Wicker, president of the Farmers Oil Mill was elected Mon day to the directorate of th e South Carolina Ginners association at the annual meeting of that body in Co lumbia. AT CLEMSON Dr. Claude Sease of the local health unit spent Tuesday*®® Wed nesday at jQlemson College assist ing in the Opportunity School now underway there. WORK ON HUT Work on the American Legion Hut at the county fair grounds is pro gressing nicely, according to Jake R. Wise, commander of the local Le gion post. The WPA project was begun about a month ago. DELMAR REUNION NEARING AGAIN More than the usual interest cen ters upon the annual reunion of grad uates, students and former students of Newberry College to be held at Del mar, in Saluda county, on Friday July 30. Every effort is being made to arrange an unusually fine pro gram for the occasion. The atten dance last year was larger than for several years, and is expected to be even larger this year. Th e following speakers are expect ed to appear on the program of the occasion: A. F. Lever, Judge J. Strom Thurmond, Dr. E. Z. Pence, Rev. J. W. Oxner, Rev. M. R. Win- gard, B. B. Hare, Dr. Jas. C. Kin- ard, Dr. S. J. Derrick and Coach Billy Laval or Prof. Hubert Setzler. An added feature on the program of the day will be film presentation entitled, “Campus Life at Newberry.” It may b e necessary to present this later feature at the Delmar Masonic lodge instead of on the reunion grounds on accornt of lack of elec tric current at the latter place. Al so string band music will be furn ished by local musicians. The Delmar school authorities or some local organization will sell re freshments as usual. The Little Mountain reunion will be held on Friday, August 5. Government Will Pay Newberry Hail Victims The 400 Nev/berry county farmers who suffered complete or partial crop failures last year through hail da mage will be paid by the government under provisions of the new farm bill 3 cents per pound for the estimat ed damage, production to be arrived at by the five year average which the government uses in all calculations. Additional insurance features of the program, states Mr. Ezell, provide that special crops destroyed by weath er disaster ar e not a complete loss to producers. Cotton acreage plant ed and not harvested on farms plant ing inside their acreage quotas would b e eligible for payment. Acreage of special soil depleting crops may be planted to soil building crops and be paid for as soil building practices un der soil building practice provision of the Act. Community committeemen who have been elected to assist in the admini stration of the 1938 farm program are in a position to give producers de tailed information relating to insur ance features of the 1938 program. Power Project On Broad River May Be Built I KEMPS0N BRIDGE SOON TO BE BUILT CITY ENROLLMENT Ward 1 Ward 2 ...... Ward 3, No. 1 462 798 335 Ward 3, No. 2 718 Ward 4, No. 1 Ward 4, No. 2 Ward 5 190 166 600 NO SECOND RACE Many ar e Under the impression that there will be a second race for the House but there will not be even though all five get a majority of the vote cast which is impossible. The law is: “Provided where more candi dates receive a majority vote than can be elected the office the number of candidates to be elected receiving the highest vote shall be declared th e nominee or nominees.” PRESIDENT J. C. KINARD ADDRESSES ROTARIANS President James C. Kinard was the principal speaker at the closing ban quet of th e Rotarian conference held Monday in Chester. The occasion was the annual assembly of the 190th district of the Rotary Interna tional which was attended by ap proximately 160 delegates from 26 clubs in South Carolina and 13 in North Carolina. Farmer The Goat AMONG THE SICK Murray Sheppard of Silverstreev. underwent an operation at the local hospital Friday. His condition is re ported “fine”. The condition of Miss Blanche Folk of Jalapa who was brought to the county hospital about two weeks ago when she suffered a fractured hip and shoulder from an auto wreck, is reported fine. She will be at the hos pital for several more weeks. Virgil Rearden was dismissed from the county hospital Tuesday after noon. His home 1 is in Saluda. June Matthews, small daughter of the Rev. C. J. Matthews and Mrs. Matthews of th P Smyrna community, was dismissed from the county hos pital Tuesday following a tonsil operation . (By Spectator) Farming is a business of endless tribulations. Nothing is ever just right. Cotton calls for dry weather and corn requires considerable mois ture. So, then, the farmer is hard put to it. Just contemplate this: We’ve had (as I write this, some hot weather, steaming, broiling weather. It “fires” the com, though the cotton may yell for joy. Then comes rain. The farmer does not know whether to rejoice for the com because he may be dreading the boll- weevil. Then comes a scalding day and the boll-wevil staggers along like a sailor on a spree. But can the farmer pack up his troubles and laugh with his friends? Not a bit of it; he wonders of the sun will “Fire” or scald the com. After days of blazing sun mules and men oome home fagged out. A gentle breeze plays over the land; th e farmer sleeps restfully and the mules are refreshed. Then — what? The lice sap the strength of the cot ton plant and the leaves wilt. So let’s eat a watermelon. But my melons this year are small and undernourished. The rain wasn’t right. You town fellows who talk about the peaceful life of the farmer; and yc-i “underprivileged, underpaid" people on steady sarary — just think ? minute about the heartaches of the patient tiller who is the “For gotten Man”, in spite of all that is said. No man is praised so much for effect — and so emptily, but upon his shoulders sits the whole world. If the farmer were paid fairly for his work all farm products would have to be sold at prices 300 per cent above the prevailing market. Miss Mary Blackwell is spending this week in Columbia with Miss Blondine Williams. Miss Hazel Robertson, of Tusca loosa, Alabama, visited in the home of the O. F. Armfields on Mayer ave nue this week. Th e successful culmination of the Buzzard Roost and Santee-Cooper power projects has renewed interest in the Lyles Ford tri-county power project on Broad River. The tri-county authority was set up several years ago by the counties of Union, Newberry, and Fairfield, and members appointed by the dele gation of the three counties wer e J. M. Blair, A. E. Reese and L. G. Young. $2,000 was appropriated by each county for promotion work and $1,500 of this fund remains and it is from this fund that work ia now being pushed on the tri-county pro ject, according to Byron V. Chap man, one of the first to see the possi bilities of the development. Duncan Is Bngineer Dan T. Duncan who sucessfulky piloted the Buzzard Roost project thru many court actions, has been re tained as chief engineer and T. K. Johnston e has been employed to con tact large users of power. Mr. Chapman stated that WPA authorities assured a delegation which called upon him in Atlanta that there was little doubt but that the project would go through pro vided outlet for the power could be found and it is upon this point that efforts are being concentrated at this time. The site of the 1 Lyles Ford main dam is near Blairs and land which will be under water lies in the three counties. Plans call for three dams and a '-anal and the cost is estimated at $17,500,000. The city of Newberry will take power from. Lylea Ford if the pro ject goes through. It is understood that a contract signed by works commissioners with Buzzard Roost is contingent upon the possi bility of securing the Lyles-Ford power. JOE PURCBLL IS HIGH IN MARKSMANSHIP Joe Purcell, student at the Citadel and son of Mrs. C. J. Purcell of thie bfty returned (home Saturday, July 16th from a six week’s encamp ment at Fort McClellen, Anniston, Alabama. Joe was selected one of 12 out of 860 ROTC students for the honor of participating in the nation al matches to be held at Camp Perry, Ohio, on August 31st. Young Purcell stood 6th in the competition. Citadel students honored Joe this year also, by naming him captain of the rifle team for 1938-39. NEGROES ARRESTED FOR STEALING GAS J. T. Youngblood, George Reeder, and Jackson Brown, all colored, were arrested Saturday by Deputies Hub Quattlebaum and J. C. Neel, and lod ged in jail charged with stealing gas from a Forestry service tractor. A hearing was held Monday and the Negroes were held over for circuit court under, a $600 bond. The report was made to &e sher iff^ office Friday night that gaso line had been taken from th« Forest ry truck at the OC Camp near Whit mire and Reeder confessed that he had taken the gas and put it into Youngblood’s car. ALL-STAR GAME AT WRIGHT FIELD WEDNESDAY An all-star game between the Dutch Fork and Saluda Valley Leagues will be played at Wright’s field, 10th at 4:00 p. m., -prompt. Officials of the Dutch Fork have already selected their players con sisting “of the f©lowing: “Flick” and “Bee” Eleazer, Mick Eargle, Keith, Stuck boys, Ringer, Gaffeny, Rister and others which will make a good team. Officials of Saluda Vally have not yet selected their stars, but are planning to do so in the near future. Indications point to a great battle and a large crowd is expected to be present. The Kempson Ferry Bridge over Saludo river, long a matter of poli tical controversy, seems in fair way to be put in shape to end dissention for many years to come. The Newbery delegations and sup ervisor’s board have for several years done more than their share to ward putting and keeping the bridge In passable shape, but authorities in Saluda county have discouraged any attempt in this direction until recent ly. Word has been received that WPA has allotted $17,430 to the project and Representative Chadwick of Sa luda has announced that work would probably begin not later than August first. The Kempson Ferry bridge serves hundreds of Saluda people who do their marketing and shopping in Newberry and for that reason it has been looked upon with disfavor by certain Saluda authorities. Newberry will put an additional $500 into the project, having spent $8,500 when the bridge was built. According to Supervisor Holland H. Ruff that part, of the bridge in New berry county is in good shape and has been all along. The long wood en approach on the Saluda sid e of the river has been in disrepair and is now almost impassable. Newber ry county originally agreed to put $10,000 into the bridge but the sup ervisor refused to turn over to Sa luda authorities $1,500 of the amount due to the fact that the work did not come up to specifications in all in stances. The Newberry supervisor was pleased to hear the bridge approaches were to be built and expressed his willingness to cooperate, stating that the amount of the grant should be sufficient to do a first class job. Besides insinuating itself into the politics. of both counties the Kemp- son’s Ferry bridge was the cause of a libel suit in which Saluda and New berry newspapers along with a score or more of the citizens of this county were involved, and which resulted in a settlement out of court in the am ount of some $2,000 in favor of the Saluda county commissioners. News papers became a party to the suit when they published a petition sign ed by a number of Newberry people in townships nine and ten, which Sa luda commissioners claimed reflected upon their honesty. JOHNSTON’S EXPENSES $2,239 Washington, July 26. — Governor Olin D. Johnston reported to the se nate campaign expenditures commit tee that he had spent $2,239 so far in his effort to win the Democratic nom ination in South Carolina. Johnston, who is attempting to un seat Senator Smith, Democrat, South Carolina, reported contributions of $600 but did not itemize them. Fire School Closes The first annual drill school of the Newberry Fir e Department came to a close Monday afternoon when the last of the ten classes was held. At tending all classes as scheduled were the following volunteer firemen: S. B. Beam, S. E. Whitten, John Marlow, Clarence Longshore, George Rodel- sperger, Harry Hedgepath, H. O. Swittenburg, J. P. Vaughn, Jack Senn, Clayton Smith, Graham Puric- erson, Paul Whitaker, E. M. Lane, and J. T. Danielson. Eleven other firemen who were not able to attend the school regularly will make up classes within the next two weeks. They are as follows: O. L. Whitaker, Howard Lipscomb, Sam Glenn, James Sease, Harry Dukes, Tom Wicker, “Brother Brown”, Gene Patterson, Paul Haile, Ralph Whitaker, and E. L. Rodelsperger. Certificates, for completion of the drill school, bearing the signatures of J. W. Earhardt, mayor; H. D. Whitaker, chairman of the fire com mittee; H. B. Wells, chief of the fire department; and H. B. Wells, Jr., drill master, will be presented the 26 firemen Wednesday, August 10, the date set for the “home coming” for all former members of the New berry Fire Department. Over 100 are expected in the city for th e Home Coming occasion which will consist mainly of an exhibition by the local fire department in the af ternoon and a banquet in the even ing. All former members of the de partment are asked to make reserva tions for the banquet at the fire house at once. Another event of the Home Coming Day will be the recognition of the seven new members of the Fire De partment. They are Jack Senn, Clay ton Smith, Graham Purkerson, Paul Whitaker, E. M. Lane, “Brother Brown”, and Gene Patterson. Joll Street Preparing For Big Annual Meet (By J. Walter Richardson) The entire community of Jolly Street through their efforts in con nection with the P. T. A. have ar ranged for a r.ala affair Saturday, July 30, when they and the entire county of Newberry will be host to the large list of candidates for Gov ernor, Lieutenant Governor and Senatorial candidates, together with the third congressional district and other state officers appear on the scene for an all-day speech-making. In the state race is E. Roy Stone who recently entered the race for State Treasurer upon the death of Colonel Spratt. Mr. Stone will be remembered by many as a political prognosticator of many former State races in this state. In addition to th e long list of those high up in political circles who will be seeking votes we will hav e on the programme Ex-Governor and U. S. Senator Cameron Morrison of Char lotte, N. C. Ex-Governor and Sena tor Morrison is a noted speaker and will doubtless have a message worth while for the occasion. Also speak ing on the programme will be U. S. Senator, James F. Byrnes of Spar tanburg and Judge John Henry John ston of Allendale, S. C. The meeting will get under way at 10:00 o’clock and will be opened with prayer by Rev. J. E. Roof pas tor of St. Paul’s Parish. After ad dress of welcOm* by County Supt. of Education, C. E. Hendrix, State Supt. of Education, James H. Hope will be the first speaker. The order to follow will be arranged by the candidates together with Dr. Derrick and Cole Blease, who has had charge of the programme for the past num ber of years. It is probable that the candidates for the U. S. Senate will lead off after the address . of State Supt. of Education, James H. At 4:00 p. m., there will be a ba k*ame between Newberry and Jolly Sweet. On Friday evening, July 29, be ginning at 6:00 o’clock under the supervision of George Koon of New berry, the local ball club will serve a pig foot stew together with coun try fried steak and everything else that goes with one. A real supper. The serving of the supper will begin promptly at 6:00 p. m. This will be the first time that Jolly Street has planned to put on a real pig foot stew supper, and you may expect this to be one of the best ever served in Newberry county, as the pigs for the occasion are absolutely corn fed and the country steak will be from stall fed beef from the local commu nity. Nothing will be spared on the part of the community to make this supper a real enjoyable occasion and the local ball club will appreciate your presence and give to you in ad vance the promise of a real meal and ■ good time. DOWN MEMORY LANE TWENTY YEARS AGO The candidates for the United States senate will be in Newberry next week. We hope when they come they will tell us why we should vote for them instead of trying to tell us why we should not vote for some one else, and that they will re frain from personal abuse. That sort of thing never won any votes in Newberry, and never will. It only tends to make us more “sot” in our ways. Those who failed to get their names on the club rolls have only themselves- to blame. There was no lack of notice in this county as to the time the rolls would close. The papers gave full notice of the day, and the executive committee sent out circulars and wrote letters to all the enrolling committees giving them ample thne to get the names of the members of the clubs on the books. Washington, July 23.—Secretary Baker announced today he has com pleted draft of his recommendations to be made to congress for greater mobilization to the military forces of the United States and the change of the draft limits. It is understood the new plan of mobilization will provide for the immediate call to the colors of 6,000,000 men. It will be so elastic, however, that 10,000,- 000 men may be called 'f necessary without further authorization by the congress. Miss Elizabeth Peery arrived in the city Tuesday from Johns Hop kins hospital in Baltimore where she is in training to spend her vacation with her parents on Nance street. In response to a call from the State Council of Defense, all white physicians of Newberry county are to be present at a n .*^jto<m.&tJ„o’clc city council chambers, to their services for the war. The South Carolina association of colleges met in Greenwood last Wed nesday and abolished official inter collegiate athletics for the coming year. The Citadel, Wofford, New berry, Erskine, Furman, and Clem- son College were represented at the meeting. Washington, July 26.—The admin istration will take no hand in the senatorial fight in South Carolina. During the past few days the report has been current here that newly found supporters of the Dial candi dacy would have the administration take a hand. It is stated upon good authority that th« administration is hands off and will not interpose in a contest among Democrats. CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATES HERE FRIDAY Through a misunderstanding it was announced here last week that candidates for Congress would speak in Newberry Monday. Two of the candidates turned up for the meet ing and a crowd of some 150 gather ed at the court house. Chairman Workman announced to the assemb led audience that the announcement of the Monday meeting was an er ror and that the candidates would be here Friday morning at 10:30. Can didates for this office are Butler B. Hare, John C. Taylor, Theo Vaughn and Robert McCaslan. BAPTIST PASTOR THINKS DIGNITY PRIZED TOO MUCH Ridgecrest, N. C., July 26.—Dr. J. D. Grey, pastor of the First Baptist church of New Orleans, told the an nual Southwide Baptist Training union conference here tonight that Many Christians are so busy trying to save their dignity that they are too busy to save the souls of people about them.” Striking at the superficiality in church worship, th e New Orleans pastor asserted that non-church mem bers can justly accuse many churches of “spending all their time in mak ing the wheels of organization go a- round, m baiting outsiders with musi cal delicacies and worldly social pro grams.” AT BLUE RIDGE President J. C. Kinard spent sever al days this week at Blue Ridge, N C., summer training grounds for Lutheran church workers. He was the outstanding speaker at evening services on the grounds. — The Little Mountain reunion • in the interest of Newberry college will b e held on Friday, August 2. There will be no barbecue this year, but the picnic dinner will be in evidence and the crowd will be there as usual. SEEN ABOUTTOWNi Roy Clary carrying package up stre<t.. .Dick Swittenburg stand ing in front of Sun office talking ... Henry Cannon going to work.. Joe Spottr telling your scribe that -he had just received notice from the bank that his balance was 5c and the he was so'eltaed over the fact h e immediaeiy wrote a check for that amount...Mr. and Mrs. N d Purcell inspecting Keister Willingham’s new Mayer avenue home..Mrs. George Hlpp and Mrs. harry Hedgepath enrolling.. .Tom Fellers and family leaving for va cation at Mrytl^ Beach... Pete Coleman out after recent illness.. Mrs. William Patridge carrying baby’s rocking chair to her car.. Dr. and Mrs. S. J. Derrick putting names on club roll... D. O. Carpen ter doing a bit of shopphir. .John nie Norris stating that he was spending his vacation in Newberry since it was the be^t tfiwn he knew of...7. F. Wright being warned of oncoming auto. . .Miss Fannie Mae Carwile shopping.. .C. A. Dufford hurrying up street ... Andrinna Thompson office cleaning and do ing a good job of it...Jake Wise and Roy Elnm motoring out to county fair grounds to observe con struction of American Legion hut .. .Among Newberrians se n at the chicken barbecue at Little Moun tain last Friday—Dr. Young Brown, Aubrey Harley, Jake Wise, Dr. Claude Sease. Tom Pone, Jr.. Claude Sanders, and Tom Fellera.