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WAR BONDS
VOLUME 8; NUMBER 7
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~NEWBERRY~ SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. JUNE 1. 19457
$1.00 PER ANNUM
JAMES H. PHIBBS, JR., S 2\C,
is spending a 14 day leave with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Phibbs
at their home near the city, enroute
from Poinsett Park, R. L,. to Nor
folk, Va., where he will be stationed
for the present.
CPL. JAMES L. DERRICK has
arrived in the States to spend a fur
lough with his wife and baby who
are making their home in Roylston,
Ga., with her grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. W. T. Phillips, and his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Derrick, route 3,
Newberry.
Corporal Derrick spent the past
25 months on duty in the South Pa
cific theater of operations.
PFC. CLAUDE C. DOOLITTLE of
Pomaria, has been awarded the meri
torious service award for campaigns
in Normndy, Northern France and
Germany, according to information
from the public relations section of
the U. S. Army.
CAPT. JOE. KELLER, brother
in-law of C. E. Hendrix, arrived' at
his home in Brooklyn, N. Y. last
week to spend a leave with his wife,
the former Pearl Hendrix of Lex
ington, after- being on duty in the
CBI area for the past 26 months.
Captain . and ( Mrs. Keller - are ex
pected to arrive in South Carolina
the first of the week to visit in the
home of Mrs. Keller’s parents, -Mr.
and Mrs. O. F. Hendrix at Lexing
ton and brother, C. E. Hendrix on
Hunt street here.
T|SGT. JACOB BOWERS arrived
Saturday night to spend a 30 day
furlough with his wife, the former
Marjorie Wilson at Clinton, and with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Bow
ers at Prosperity, after eight months
service overseas. He wiU also visit
his sister, Mrs George K. Dominick
here.
Sergeant Bowers, a Radio Opera
tor and Gunner on a B-17' Bomber,
wears the Air Medal with five Oak
Leaf Clusters. He is a member of
the 8th Air Force, which was a-
warded the Presidential Citation.
After his furlough he will report, to
Miami, Florida for reassignment.
ERNEST HUGH GRUBER, JR.,
S 2-C, USNR, has been transfered
to the Atlantic Fleet’s base at Little
Creek, Va., for instruction in Naval
Mine warfare. j
Seaman Gruber, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Ernest H. Gruber, 409' Rodel-
sperger street, entered the Navy
last December, and received his ba
sic training at Bainbridge, Md
Before entering the NSivy* he was
an employee of the Newberry Cot
ton Mills. 'M :
SGT. GEORGE (BUBBER) HIL
LER wrote his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Edgar L. Hiller recently, telling of
his experiences and the places he
t iad seen in his two years m Eng-
and. He sailed from Nea^ York
May 5,; * •boa*» tie liner
tjueen Elizabeth and landed in Scot
land May 11th. The next day he
vas sent to the Rougham Air Base
at Busy St. Edmunds, England;
vhere he has’been stationed for the
ast 24 months. This was the first
aowledge his "parents had of his
t xact station. He has visited LonJ
on, Brisol, and Norwich, England;
ind Edinburgh, Scotland, and said
ie would have plenty to tell when
he got home. Sergeant Hiller is
Connected with ,a Bomb, Squadron
(Ordnance Outfit) and has been ini
the Army since July 16, 1941, when
he was inducted at Fort McPherson j
Ga. Limit Jack Workman was alsci
stationed a t this base in England be
fore being taken prisoner by the
Germans.
FIO CL A RIDGE WALTER SUM
MER is now assigned to the Fourth
Air Force and is taking P-38 train
ing at Chico, Calif., Army Air Field.
FIO Summer, son of Mr. and Mrs.
T. Roy Summer, 'Main street, will re
ceive his final training at Chico be
fore going overseas.
He is a 1941 graduate of,Newberry-
High school and attended Newberry
college. His, wife; the former Mary
Baker will be with her husband at
Chico while he is taking his training.
CRIMINAL COURT MERE
JURE EIGHTEENTH
CrimianI Court, with Judgb A. L.
Gaston of Chester presiding, will
convene here ’Monday, ' June 18th.
Judge Gastoh '"-presides in place of
Judge Steve C."Griffith, wno, on ac
count of certain "cases before ..the
court was''excused!' • ' ) ""
"A number of jail 1 cases await
trial and ft is thought the totiH will
be occupied several days : with these
cases on bail and 'carried over.
PARK POOL NOW OPEN
TO PUBLIC
The swimming'pool at Margaret
Hunter Pfcrk is how opSn to the pub
lic daily except Saturday after 4:30
P M. Naval studehts at the -college
use the pool until “the 4:30 hour and
parents are warned not to let their
children go , to .the pool before that
hour as .there, will be no, civilian-life
guard to look after them. Those in
charge of .the payy. students .also wre-
quest that) the public generally re
frain from visiting the pool during
the hours, it as reserved for them.
Mis^ Sallie Lee. Cromer will man
age .the.pool again, this year. •< -
LITTLE NEWS ITEMS OF
PERSONAL INTEREST
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Mrs!'C- D. Colemhn (Bebe Purcell)
arrived in the city this week to spend
a while jh the home, of'her parehfs,
Mayor and Mrs. E.. B. Puree if. " ’
. 7 V.- ,r
Mrs. A E, Culp, of Gastonia, N. C.
spent- fast week with Jtyer pjjsterrfo-
.law, . Mr?. R. T. Albrecht. at Mar
garet Apartments oh Johnetope St.
.1 ' wT-’t"' "i V-.- •* ' ; .
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Reid.of Fred
ericksburg, Va., are visiting Mr?.
Reid's sister, Mrs. G. B. Cannon on
Johnstone street. , j
1ST LIEUT. ELISHA C. SEASE,
son of Mr. and Mrs. D. B. ^ase, is
commanding officer of the cpmpany.
which repelled the enemy and in
flected heavy loss to the Japs. His
skill in employing tbe troops and
equipment, pt Jjand }wis of. . inesti
mable.* value to the success of the
flowing four-day battle.
Although being held in reserve, the
25th Infantry Division in four days
kiltat'-UD. counted, enemy dead, un
counted numbers wounded, and booty
consisting of 10 Nawba machine
guns, 4 knee.irfortars, 2Si-. pistols, 4
caitfee, 1 ligfit machine rifles,
of Jap paiirtiroop rijf-
umi (was in Carabello mouni-
‘ ’’ling . - orders coirtmitt-ip’g
i jlriv#.toward Balete Pass,
a-quiet time on t-heir fifit
‘)-ve, the Yiitk'idougp-
the contrary' ■Sje
- qhiet war, broken by
, gawountdd JpF,two en
emy dead and' several wounded.' The
second day and night were compara
tively quiet except for ineffective
sporadic fire by both sides.
The evening of the third day and
the 'fourth day and night Started
real fireworks. The Japs made sev
eral small attempts to get into the
American perimeter, but repulsed
with heavy casualties. Then they
made a number of attacks. In the
ensuing battle the rhfahtry mortars’
accurate fire kept laying shells with
in 20 yards of the front lines, break-
ing up most of the attacks. The
Japs who did get through the mor
tar fire ran into crack infantry rifle
men; a nd machine gunners -who suc
cessfully defended their positions,
and,i.<xcept for a few? minor casual-
ties, ; repulsed- the enemy assaults
witboat loss to' the troop?. As; the
remkibing Japs fled, the riflemen and
machine' gunners continued Ineif
firej killing additional troops. Be-
cause of the success in these battles
the -35th infantrymen of the “Tropic
Lighting Division’’ were able to oc»
cupy -another high ridge overlooking
-their jobjeetive—Balete Pass.
Prtpr to entering the ar*«y, Lieut
Sense was a soil scientist with the
U.*8i Department of Agriculture.
He is a graduate of Clemson College
and did graduate work at Ohio State
University. He has been overseas
for 1 year and is now iff'his fourth
month of action with the 25th-• Di
vision on Luzon 'Island.'
His wife, Mary T Sease is making
her Jlpme in Newbern, Tenm, her na
tive state.
S-SGT. WILLIAM P. BOLES; lol l
Church street, Whitmire, has been
awarded the Croix de Guerre (Avec
etoile de bronze) by the Provisional
French government. Sgt. Boles is
a member of the 83rd Division which
saw action in the hedgerows of Nor-
mandy. The 83rd also gained fame
for its bitter fight in .‘'"e Ardennes
to oust the Germans and was the
first Ninth, army troops to reach
the Rhine river near Dusseldorf.
CPL. ISHMOUL E. CHAPMAN,
son of -Mr. and Mrs. Luther- Chap
man, Newberry, • is stationed at' a
Redistribution Station, where he will
spend two weeks before reporting
to -his new assignment in the United
States, i . s
Corporal Chapman was recently
returned to the Statesf after serving
as a telephone lineman. He holds the
Good Conduct Ribbon and the Euro
pean theater ribbon with three cam
paign stars. -His wife, Mrs. Olive
Chapman resides in Newberry^'
2ND LIEUTl MILES C. HAW
KINS has returned from service
outside the continental United States
an- fggnow taping prOftgssed through
the AVmy Ground ’and Service Ftfrc^S
Redistribution Station in Miami
Beach, Fla., where his next assign-
men| will bt* determined.
-» Lrtut4nant*--Hawkins served 37
months „s a reconnaissance officer
in the Southwest Pacific theater of
operations.
While there he, was awarded (he
Asiatiq-Pacifjc campaign! ribh.ops
with two battle (Stars, Pljijippine .lib
eration campaign ribbon with one
battle star, a nd the Combat Infan
tryman badge. , .
Before entering the servite ' in
August, 1941, Lieutenant Hawkins
was employed as manager of. a lo
cal grocery store.
His Wife, ' Mrs. Anna B, Hawkins
resides at 1804 Main street.
2ND LIEUT. STROTHER ,D. PAY-
SINGER; M-SGT. GEORGE R. LA-
THROP; T-SGT. LUTHER L. KIB-,
LER and SGT. JACOB E. STOCK-
MAN were among the 185,000 men
and women of the Eighth Air'Force
congratulated recently • by Lt. .GenL
James H. Doolittle, who assumed,
command of the Eighth in January
1944.
“I wish to extend. . my personal
congratulations and my heartfelt ap
preciation to every one. of -you for
the magnificant job .you have done,!’?
General Doolittle said ip a message
to all personnel. - , . . '
‘‘Each -of you*’’ he sontinued^.. “.may
be -proud of your part in the defeat
of Germany: I am proud of“ you;
t^e wojld is proud of you.” [
Since August, 1942, when co
operations began, Flying Fortr
and LibVaborS Of the -Eighth
ped’rjiSre Vftan 700^)08 Kkphqif b
on enemy , targets. Fightor
sho£ aowrT 5,250 Nazi places
destroyed others on the gn
Bomber gm^Bers shot 6,000 Ge
intebchpten! igut of the air.
The Eighth dropped an avera
a ton of bonjbs every minute ofithe
last 12 months. ..
After beating the ,'£u?tw*ffe|frto
relatjye impqtenqy, the .-Big'Kth
threw its growing .Weig^|^| agwmst
Qermany’s rail Sgatgnf-.. ^jad *ntal
MgOB, in
sources of oil. Tkefef jP ,
conjunction with the' Rritiah. Rgyal
Air Force, disorganized all ’ trans
port in Germany, restricted femman
military operations in-fbe gir and on
the ground, a nd paved the way for
the march of Allied' armies across
Europe.
BOB BOOZER, GMAM,' stationed
Pensacola, is spending, a' fifteen day
leave with his wife, the former Kit
ty McAlister, and his mother,- Mrs.
J. R. Boozer, on Harrington street;-
CECIL S. ■ LONGSHORE, 1 *09 1 of
I. C. Longshore;' 1806 Nance - street,
has been commissioned-a chief war
rant (machinist), aboard 1 a light
cruiser in the; Pacific.
He participated in the Okinawa
operation, his' 10th major engage
ment of the ' Pacific. He has' seen
sea duty almost continuously, since
his enlistment in Greenwood oh 'May
1,'1928.
His wife arid two children 'are
making their home in San Francisco,
Calif., While he is bn sea duty.' :
Mrs. J. S. Watters and daughter,
Laurie, left last week for Shelby,
Ohio where they - will spend six
weeks in the home of Mrs. Watters
father 1 and mother-ih-law, Mr. and
Mrs. C.-S: Watterift; ■■■t
u. fi■; - v.’ •A- r ’ .. .^t/.- . j. Izj-;-
- Mrs. Edwin Lothian and son', Wal
ter of Baltimore, Md., are vtsitlftg
in the home of Mrs. Lowthian’s ‘par
ents) Dr: and Mrs.’ •R.“M.' , 'K' > hnidy
on Hanper street. n ■ ’<■"
"«•( r \ ;^ fi '-'j fi , :
■Mrs/ Margaret -3.1 RSoss' 1 of Ochla,
Fla., is visiting in the home of'her
son, R. H. Tinsley a nd family on
Boundary street. 1 : ■ ■ •’H
V .1 1
Mr. and Mrs; Joe TStbert ’and
small son, Joe, JK, 'bf Ninety
Were Sunday visitor^ In the hot
Mrs. Talbert’? pareqt?, Mr. and MrS
T. S. Harmon on the CoftimtAa' high
way.
ENSIGN CHARLTON McSWAIN
arid mother, Mrs. W. A- McSwain
spent the'weekend in Newberry with
relatives. Ensigh McSwSin is a'
member of the Naval Corps- and. Is
stationed for the present in Atlihta,
Ga. "
SGT. HARCLp LAYTON recently
wrote his brother, Ernest Layt'dn a
very interesting letter from Ger
many, part of which fellows:
“The restrictions on our mail have
been lifted—that' is, to a ,certain de
gree, and I can tell you a few of the
places where I have been. Wheti we
left the States, landed at South
hampton and from t,here byj train to
near Bournemouth, a very ‘ large
city; we were there only a short
while. I did get two trips to Lon
don while being there, that was when
the German break through came and
we were immediately called to be
prepared. Leaving England, we
landed at LaHarve, "France, staying
in’ France ortly a few ^days,.,'moved
into Befgiun)'; cm,. tl)e .way, passed
through the town of Compligne,
where John was stationed but we did
n’t stop. This was during the time
it was real. cpld. In Belgium we
stayed at a. little villiage ealled
Beau Saint, ;with a very friendly
family; then we were called to take
up defensive action near Luxembourg
—our division was the first tq cross
the river, that was the Seigfried
line, where there was a pill box
every 40 yards. We were, stationed
little ways behind and took care
of all the casualties that came
through our station. At times we
we-re very .busy -and had to work
very.-hard, then after a bridge had
been built by our engineers, we
crossed the river and then : We be
gan to- cover the grounds There
were times when •! was really'scared
jW-e were shelled lot? of times. You
could hear, them coming and just
prayed they didn’t Kit near you—
the Germans had a ■"'‘•bomb - called
‘Screaming MimieS-U-*ounde<I like
the old. Newberry Mill fire whistle
l(wildcat), it had a dreadful sound.
The shell.® hit near us but it came
close one time, and I’ll never forget.
It was practically a direct hitj
nd it felt as if it knocked me three’
1 jet off tie floor. Then in .eyvoysl
ie Gernrijm planes came ovm andj
'e reatt'Shiri the dirt.sbgfc wlftn we”
id start 1 * traveling wft” wherr wel
rere behind the 6th Armored Divi-(
ion. We were in combat 102 days!
Business visitor? in,Newberry over
the weekend and the first part of
the week .were: iMisa Ellen Walker,
Mrs. J W- Hipjv Mrs. Marjorie
Young,. Whitmire;:-Mrs.. J. Roberts
O’Neal,, Lancaster; Mrs. R. W. Frick,
Little Mountain; Mr?. M. P; Q. Mur
ray and daughter, Ninety-Six.
.the
Chapman spent' .
t« li%r / son 1 ,
Mrs. Sloan
weekend a t BambBfg 'Wit'
Walter Wallace, w1»o Is a' student at
Carlisle Military Afcadtmy. She ‘was
accompanied home'by Wafte'r for the
summer months. " * • ^'
. _q" ! S rr _
Mr. and Mrs. J; JA. Long, Saluda,
Mrs. C. H. Chomsky, Mrs. C. N.
Timmerman-- and- -daughter; -Mary
Timmerman-- and- -naugnte* r --Mnry 6f aO'rijrds'lfoF^h entri^^amp.
Lorjg of Atlanta, Ga., spent -last. pf" . 5_
inesday in the home of Mr.
F. B. Dawkins on HarrinJ
et.-
%
Pugh, who - taj:
with her grahdmbth
issf B
winter mi
er,
per:
Buffalo, NI Y. She was accompanied
home for h visit by her friend, Par-:
licit Liith^.
I Mrfe. J. B. Stockman at Fros
ty, has returned to her home in
Mirs. . Henrietta Leonhith and
and iMre. If W, Monts of Prospe:
wert gues^A for the day Tuesda
the iW. 5E. f Monts, 2000 Main
IVl^'s. Arch Smith of Gree:
spent a f£w day? last week in
home of ltdf niece, Mrs.' Sloan J
mart on College street.
l^firs^Sf. t). J^urs-
£f8p*-' Ga.,
Aere 4W will-spend a Week ^n the
mgVfvbnJf brothers, W. T and J.
'• ^ ————7 7, t
.stret
ss L^baan Kibler,
t Corpse college, Spdj;j' '"-*—***
retulii^d to her homqV
summer vac
Eflwin ;«tokes is s.
weet in SpBroe, Ga. wit^' _
partita, Slit and Mrs. ELiSf.Wi
Mi-s. Stokes ancf j!24t '’
ren.j Edwin^and Clara Eh ^ ^
ed tfie graduation excercjseS of
Stokes’ brother, Ja^ner WWitriT -at
Furtian ' University, Gi-eenVille. Fri-i
day land Saturday. ' ■ *' . .
Jasper, was president of his class.
and of Jii? fraternities,'. Fhp.'Kappa'
Phi and’ Pan Hellenic. Hg hta'de
interesting address Friday a^erhbdtt
at Class Day excercises. 5 Jakper Is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. E. G.< Waite*
I of Monroe, Ga. ' - -
nd traveled 400 miles in Germany,
it several points ojy>divj|ion moved
arther into German* a ny oth-
r outfit, rlnjone hve moved;
ut so the ^(resiahs^rfright^come in. {
‘‘When the casualties were comintri
ito our station, I saw lots and won-i
ered what good U was doing to sac-i
ifice so many laves. If the i>i-ople;
lack hotpg ijqjuijd see,„jjRst ,jiow»many}
ives riefe-sadhS by- m# pl*sm;r madi
rom the blood they contributed am
rave to the Red Cross, they wou'dj
ive every tiTvfe fheV c'ould. I am
o glad that it is over and would
>e happier when those dam Japs
ire defeated. When they put every-l
SPsUff® fte* • I »»\
Sergeant Layton is a member of
he 76th Division with General Pat-!
ion’s 3rd Army, which ‘made new?
in a lightening sweep across Ger4
many. * *
M)’.= J. C. Meeks, daughter, Lil-
■lian, and young sons, J. C. Me«ks,
Jr., and Charles Meeks, are leaving
the first of June for Amesbuvy,
Mas?, to join Mr. Meeks a nd make
their home there.
The Meeks came to Newberry from
Brunswick, Ga. several years ago
and have recently been living at 1826
Drayton street.
1 Mr. Meeks was discharged*, from
the a rmy recently and js fin basirCSs
with 1 Mrs. Meek*’ brother-in-law in
Amesbury.
L. B. Lee and Walter Robinson of
Coluhnbia spent Tuesday and Wed
nesday in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Hack Wallace and attended -the
graduation of Billy McSwain.
Mrs. E. Haskell Kibler, Jr., and
two daughters^ Helen Elizabeth- and
Lura May, left this week for Spying-
field, N. J. to spend the sufniwtf 1
months before going on to theii^Moftfe
in Colonia, N. J., after spending a
month here in the home of Dr. E. H.
Kibler on College street.
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T-5 JAMES F. SANDERS, son of
Mrs. J. W. Sanders, Silverstreet, has
been awarded the Bronze Star Medal
for campaigns participated in Nor
mandy, Northern France, and ’Ger
many.
AIRPORT IS CERTUHTY
AS SURVEY PR00EERS
'*•• ** •» '»*' '/» ' I- / ’ L? .Y
Newberry , is assured of an air-
gpzV which will be -built., by funds
irom tfie.rliF'etieral Goyernmejht, sc-
coeding to Mayo)- E,, B. Purce)l, who
said today' that He had been informed
,by! Congresaniati' fij^tlfr.. B. Hare
itpot $^i0.OdO had .been ,'eat-marked
for a -port at Newberry. / . >,
Conditions are that the Federal
Government will build, one of its
largest, airports hpr? provided that
.Newberry furnish the site.
Mayor Purcell, said that the Civil
Aeronautics Commission • had : -. /had
surveyors here- surveying suitable
sites- for some weeks - and ,a site
.within the radius of three gailes - of
the .city limit: will. be selected. Mr.
Purcell stated that plans were goiog
forward for purchasing the site and
Newberry . would- definitely have' an
airport which will be ’large- enough
to ac«omodate:-the largest bombers
and: in -case of emergency the grtv-
ernmenti could, take over the‘port
for its own use. ■ ' ■ >
-f i >4)i ItviJ' /-V , A _ i-tT-
PRISONER DIET SPARTAR
SAYS MAYOR PUR0ELL
- v i -h 1 -u or 7 f/
t. .1.,.-
Some 250 Prisoners of War are
in Newberry County at a concentra
tion camp at-the -former site of ithe
COO camp on.-the. .Whitmire highway
and ate employed-, in-; cutting rpulpr
wood for U. -S Government‘use* acr
pprding to the information. from
Mayor Ned Purcell. ... ,r ( (, f
Mr. Purcell, with a group of,. New
berry men, recently visited the camp
and he - says he was glad , to settle
some rumors about the fine food
being fed these enemyl.-prispner? end
stated “these .(Prisoners are-' fed a
frugal diet-with: enough fatbaek and
balogna to..'keep them-' able to. work.
The government ship? ‘a regular al 7
lotment of food supplies for the
camp every two weeks. They do not
have any fresh milk, but powdered
skim milk .which is '1 watered for
drinking,-.but even with that I think
the food-is too" damn good-for them,
and if you ask me.Tl say- the sooner
they, are ^shipped from* the. States
the better.” .**
Two. hundred of the Germans are
required to cut p cord of. wood each
STORM BUINS GRAIN
OUT TRANW00D WAY
5(F prisoners £b maintain
the camp, which is kepri,clear) a nd
Mgk
ted- IfV
... ssipn
amf;'a(|J{ilifjjl
universjty-d
-
doriprs;
ea^ef^
sans, mid
v , ,i, NOTICE , 7* - .-*
: ,'‘CITIZENS MEETING' TCi '
tit HELD FRlDAif^ J ; y,NE . ^TH 7
Pursuant to, a petition having
been, duly filed, a? provided, by the
rules qf ,'the t)’emocrat,ic. v
South Carolina, a meeting qf the
ritisens. of the ,,Tow;n, of, .NewbeMy,
South Carolina,, is called and will be
held on,,Fr.iday, June 8th,, 1945^ af
•8:30 o’clock P^ M.^ in,the Recorder^
Court room-!...The-pupppse of .this
meeting is, tp organize a Democratic
club anq to make arrangements to,
hold a primary to -nominate candir
dates for municipal offices.
NEAL W. WORKMAN/-
Chairman County Democratic
'I . Party.-’. • i* i '* ’"'oq
POSITION
W. D. Ifeolonnel Center
Fort Logan/i Coloradp
25: May ; .isik - . .
to F. Armilsjffi- ' t .
. The ,4-.-, i
;rry, S. 'H w '!
Otto:
erstafld’' that;‘Jdiefe ri’-?ome
ftw -™.W:: r a<;/hbme asTto.VWhether I
released from. thei ariny in
the event of mY‘he
House. ■ Fori-^fim/'iriOon, L',.-(.,shall
greatly 5 j^ishing
to
ter beforib called 1 ujSfen
vote. ’
A ivm y " Regulations (AR600-10,
paragraph 6J clearlys provide for the
release from the Army of the United
States any seedier who is elected to
membershi|>rin h State Legislature.
ivam defimtely a candidate for the
House oLKapr^sentatives. If eleicted,
I shall immediately.- request release
from active duty and, upon being re
leased, shall return to Newberi'v. to
live. If I were not confident of be
ing able to discharge fully the diities
Of .legislator, 4>fl course I should not
, Offer 'for* t**e [office.
• No campaign* can be waged Under
the circumstances, & I want to take
this opportunity to thank the people
of Newberry County for the encou
ragement and support which my (can
didacy has received. The response
has been mosf' gratifying and heart
ening a nd is sincerely appreciated.
Friends at home requested me to
become - a candidate after Judge
Griffith resigned. When Germany
wiP t&tallv and finally defeated^ 1
(f?t8S-tfilned to run and am offering
on my record as a legislator before
the War and with the experience
gained in almost four and a half
yegrs of Army service. If eletted,
I shall do my level best to serve the
interests of the entire County.
With many thanks and kindest re
gards, I am _ .
Sincerely yours,
THOMAS H. POPE, JR.
The grain crop -in NeWberry coun
ty is reported • as- pretty heavy this
year, and-if thd'harvest of oats that
Hugh S. Ballentine, progressive far
mer of the Tranwood community is
a ’“sample”,'' the fcrop ' is unusually
good. "l **'»'.'•• • rti
Mr. Ballentind was in town Sat
urday morning and said that he had
havested aftd thrashed 1500 bushels
of oats the tWd days before, -1 aid h'afl
had' a preacher and a railway engin
eer as his only help! He alsp stated
that he had two other fields of 1 oats
yet to be harvested and planned, to
get it in' sarly ( this week. He has
over 100 bushels ■ tp harvest anc(' (ex
pressed the.'hop,?, that it J^ould. not
rain, before; he could; do so- .
Then . Saturday night that.' com
munity visiteji Jjy a !,hsuvy rjijn.
and, hail 4tp'rm,.4mi all hi? gTcam. m
thg.fields was/ruined! ' \
It is stated. that the hail stones
were as (large . a s a. turkey-<®g and
much damage, was done tjo eraps-iin
the Tramvdod area, where it was : tie
worst. This section was hit* by a
tornado a short-while ago. and con
siderable damage was done to farm
houses of several, persons, dwelling
q« the i farm <,of Mickey luviugston,
catcher with the Chicago puh/j f , which
was occupied by his parents arid'ms
wife' and children, all of whohi 'es
caped injury.'- Mickby: wds here last
week and plansoto rebuild fiiis home
an|d all, the Qut-rhuilding?,,op. ) th« y)lacc,
including a..jba.ru.,. . . tf ...
The farmris' of this.' comm?
Hive felt the Hcute Isfti'or sWorta
and' have had • to '^import help-^so
Mr. Ballentine called on -his brothec,
the Rev. A.,W. .Ballentine.-. of Jphn-
ston, andhis son,,,,Clay,, engiueqr, who
lives in . Florence, to.hriP him thrash
his gruip... , <ri ; .
^Ldbkmg DoVh'
MEMORY Lane
TWENTY YEARS AGO
Mr. a nd Mrs. Vassall Gallman and
Miss Alice Cannon of Newberry
were the guests of Miss _ Bertha
Griy Gallmari oh Sunday.
f.n' > , . ; ■ : . '* 1
Mrs. T. L. Bridges and little daugh
ter of Rock Hill are- here visiting
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. F. La-
than. . *1 " ! ■ ■ <r*'
‘Dr. Claud Sease> -Miss Elberta
Sease and Mrs. W. B. Shealy spent
Monday- in Columbia.—Little Mount-
i
’ ’The many friends of Mr. J. L.
Dickert are delighted to see him on
the streets again' after undergoing
an operation recently at the Bap
tist hospital in Columbia. Mr. Didc-
ert returned Home Tuesday. 1
•i. 1 ~ . ■ j
( Miy .amj Mrs. J. W.. Ughitc , attsudr
the fuperal .of J,, A. Mimnaugh in
plumbia Wodnesday. While in ,Cpl-
unvbia , they visited! their son, Julian
White, who is m, the hospital, recu
perating from injuries received when
he fell from a freight train several
lyeeks ago. y * . .,...
f -1 . in,..;.
. H?rry Epting, who has just re
ceived hi? d'Ploma. from Georgia
Tech., reached Newberry Wednesday
night/io visis relatives. .He is. pow
at.the home of, Mr. and Mrs...L H.
Davidson. .1 ., . i
-Miss Bene da Buzbardt .returned
home Tuesday,..from, Randolph-Mar
con college, Lynchburg, Va. Miss
Troxelle Wright, also -a -atudent
there,-will Tetnrn home Friday.'
• Mrs. Kenneth. Baker of Greenwood
wu.( the guest of the early -'art of
the week of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
I-sker, , 77
Mr,, and Mis. 5. J.-Kilgore aud
children,of Newberry spent Sunday
with Mr, and Mrs. Steewart Miller.
-Prosperity Banner.- •/. -*.,>■
6pl WILEI^M B, duncan;
1313. Jefferson street, Newberry, is
now stationed at San Antonio Avia
tion Cadet Center, Jexas, where he
is taking, a, two- weeks course ip Mile
itory,, Instruction.
At the conclusion of the training
period, he will be returned •-to his
former station in the AAF Train
ing 'Commdnd’ for diity as training
specialist in hiy particular field./
DIAMOND ..i NOAO t M E NT AINO
t -l * f ,f**,- • t* ■< (
t- i •* ;.r
This store features natibn-
* ally famous Keepsakes in
q wide range of styles and
price 2 - n .,,-.1
Sri«> includm federal fax.
7*'.-
w.
E, TURNER
JEWELER
AuthprUed Keepsake Jeweler
tAj
.Among the Wjnthiop graduates
this year are Misses Elotse Boonr
and Grace Wheeler, ef Prosperity. *'
' f .• lA.t,
Newberry Attorneys In Greenweed
Eugene S. Blease and Steve' C.
Griffith, prominent attorneys of
Newberry, were professional visitors
in the city today. Mr. -Griffith prac
ticed his profession here B short time
before forming a partnership with
Mr. Blease.—Index-Journal. '
PATIENTS IN COUNTY
HOSPITAL
lp.fV7
Miss Eliza McCullough, 712 Cald
well St. • - • •'
•Mrs. llfla • Satterwhite, Rt 8.
Mtr. Will McNUre, Kinards.
Mrs. J! J. Kibler; 1825 Pearl St.
Mrs-.- Agnes Wedaman, Pomaria. '
Mrs. M. K. Knifeht, Whitmire 1 '
Mrs.- L. M. Painter, Union. '
Miss Eva Berry, Rt, l!
Asa I- Bowers, Prosperity '• " “
' Miss Elizabeth Miller, 2804 Clyde
Mrs. H. L. Adams, Chappells '
Charles D. Davis, RFD • ' 1
Mrs. Rosa' Davis, 1240 Calhoun st.
Mrs. D. J. Taylor, 2015 Mayer aVe.
Milton Abbott, Saluda. ' f j. '
^.Barbara Ann Warren, 700 GreeH
' St. '
Mrs. Ijiither Feller?; Rt. 2
Mrs. Ray Rinehart, Rt. 2
James Lee Miller, 1405 Fourth st.
Mrs. Claude Powell, 1311 Silas st.
Mrs'. Orice Suits, 202 Glenn St.
Mrs. R. T. C. Hunter and baby
Hoy, 1117 Harper St!
Mrs. Elton' Richardson, and baby
girl, Et. 3, Prosperity. ,
Mrs. OUie Dixon anil baby soli,
Kinards.
Mrs, W. E.'Wicker and baby son,
.^ Pomaria., 1
ABOUT TOWN
Chairman E. B. PURCELL saying
that- Newberry- county is leading the
other 46 counties in the State in
the sale- of War Bonds; Newberry
has already raised- 72 per cent' of
her quota*—DR. .E. H. KIBLER
has several ' pictures, of- his grand
daughters, HELEN ELIZABETH
and LURA MAY KIBLER hanging
in his Office, made in an adorable)
French dress that their Daddy, COL:
KIBLER. sent them from France—
MRS. HENDRICKS MONTS park
ing her car an going in store to
buy groceries—CAPT and MRS. H:
B.' KIRKEGARD spent a few days
in the. city this week prior to re- 1
porting to Florida—MRS. JOHN
LINDSEY expecting her husband,
PRIVATE LINDSEY home next
Week — MR: and MRS. HENRY
CHAPPELLS gathering fresh vege
tables out of their garden on Paul
ine street—PHIL KELLY hurrying
up College street—MRS. CHARLIE
BOWERS wheeling her baby up the
street. • , ■ . r
Birthday ahniVersaries through
Friday, June 8th: Mrs. Anna Si
P&arsall, .Jupe '2; Mrs. .Mae A. Aull,
June,3; B; Y! Abrams, June 5;
Mrs.'S. KV'Wright,' JUne 8.'