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i-’ - ■ VOLUME 1; NO. 13 The Rising Sun—1856-18B0 NEWBERRY, S. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 14,1938 Slider & Greneker—1856-1860 $1.00 PER YEAR OUT AMONG THE PEOPLE TRADED HER OFF A Detroit paper records that a man swapped his wife for a mule. He gave as his reason the fact that b. mule is balky only 12 hours in the day. g>CH ORATORY “It is useless to deny that we have arrived at the tragic period when the serpent of religious intolerance and hate, can drag its slimy folds across the centuries and, in the city of Washington, thrus|t its forked tongue into the face of justice.” PAGE “DUDE” EPTING, A B., A M. “This display of verbal pyrotech nics may be construed as an esoteric and erudite exegesis, and these re marks may be classed as excuses, but if anyone should happen to drive up and ask it appears to be nothing more than an exfoliation of peri phrasis as unintelligible as the ex hortations of a muezzin. Extrinsi- cally the two are homologous and smack of the dilettante.” A WHOLE BAG FULL G men Quattlebaum and Neel rounded up four duskies Saturtay night in the Chappells vicinity and collected a bag full of assorted artil lery. The boys out to have a splitt ing good time were Robert Williams, Ed. Burg, Johnnie Brown and Willie Sims. Each of them forfeited bonds of $21. For several years now “Hub” has made a Saturday night cruise in the Chappells vicinity and he is nearly always rewarded with some article of armament. Newberry is indeed a well policed county. WEATHER ON PARADE Newberry went “wet” last year, ac cording to weatherman, John Henry Baxter. Rainfall for the year of 1937 amounted to 53.92 inches. Compared with the normal rainfall of 45.44, last year’s increase was 8.48 inches. The largest rainfall on one day was 2.75 inches, July 26, with 2.61 inches on October 4 of last year as th e sec ond heaviest fall. June 16 of ’37, when the thermo meter went up to 101 degrees, was the hottest day of the year and a tumble of 12 degrees on December 7, marked the coldest day of the year. During December, 2.80 inches of rain fell. The normal fall for the 12th month is 4.13. Of the 31 December days, nine were clear, 12 were partly cloudy, and 10 were cloudy. LOOKING BACK AT 40 Everybody in our little town was poor—as poor as the red hills from which they wrought a living. Wants were few however and we got along. There were no shows, but a tent show with a “magic lantern” did come once a year. The play they repeated each year was called “Over The River Charlie” and a great bit of it was for us. The “magic lantern” showed “The Flight Into Egypt” accompanied by a wheezy organ and an equally wheezy feminine vioce singing “Till We Meet Again.” I don’t think the woman knew any other song, nor the actors any other play. The man who operated the lantern explained the scenes above the howling voice of the singing woman. It was a great day for me when the manager of the show came into our store to buy some supplies. He was the nearest thing to a celebrity I had ever seen and I certainly looked him over. Years later I saw him in Char lotte but I knew him at once. Strangely I saw nothing unusual about him, he was now out of the show business because Main Street had gone to town! My first klowledge of a political theory which was later to be embraced in one form or another by half the peoples of the earth came from a Scotchman in our town who operated a lunch stand and lived in the back. He was the only man in town who had> been anywhere and looking back now I doubt if he ever got further than Columbia or Charleston. His doctrine did not take with the towns men and soon they dodged him. But crusader that he was he had to ex pound and often I was his victim. I do not remember much of his Social istic doctrine but for some reason a phrase he used often has remained. I remember “the brotherhood of man” as far back as I remember anything and I fear it was from This old Scotchman that I got a “leftist” tend- (Continued on page five) Services To Honor Methodist Students College Day and Student Recogni tion Day will be observed at the Cen tral Methodist church next Sunday, at both the morning and evening hours of worship. At the morning hour Dr. James C. Kinard will be the guest speaker, using as the topic for his address, “The Church Col lege.” All Methodist college stu dents and Methodist faculty members, and other college students not wor shiping elsewhere, are invited to be present and to sit as a body for the service. The high school students of the city are invited to sit with the college students as their special guests. Special music will be ren dered by the choir. Following the morning service all Methodist col lege students and Methodist faculty members are invited to have Sunday dinner in Methodist homes of the con gregation. At the evening hour of worship the High school Glee Club, under the di rection of Miss Rose Hamm, will ren der a musical program. Short talks will be given by Professor P. K. Harmon on the “High School Student and His Work,” and Professor O. B. Cannon on the “High School Student and His Community.” All high school students are invited to be pre sent and sit as a body for this ser vice, with all college students as their special guests. These services are planned with the view of magnifying the place of the student in the church, the school, and the community. It is expected that large congregations will be pre sent for both services next Sunday. The public is cordially invited t« these services. DISMISSED FROM HOSPITAL Wofford Davis was dismissed from the local hospital the first of the week after an operation for appendi citis last Wednesday. HAS OPERATION Patricia Farris, small daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Farris of Main street, underwent a tonsil operation Friday at the county hospital. Her condition is reported fine. RETURNS HOME John Wicker has returned to his home on Boundary street from an Atlanta hospital where he went for treatment. Sun Visitors G. E. Dominick of the county stopping in to pass out a few compli ments on the Sun...Mrs. E. H. Moore taking two subscriptions to the Sun, one for herself and Dr. Moore and one for daughter Mary Elizabeth, at Erskine College.. .Will H. Folk stopping by foir chat.. .Mrs. Fred Gilbert visiting society editor. .Gordon Leslie in for a talk with edi tor. . .James Sttewart buying colum nar pads... Zach F. Wright buying ledger... Scrappy Hendrix using tele phone... Mrs. J. Y. McFall bringing in notice and subscribing to The Sun foir daughter, Mrs. W. H. Ashbaugh in Poland Ohio... Mana Connelly of Chappells, stopping by to discuss Buzzard Roost project. . .*Miss Juila Kibler with notice of County Edu cation meet Dr. F. O. Lamoreux coming in for a brief greeting... Oliver Havird buying legal forms... •Judge Eugene Blease bringing in land sale notice... Harry Hedgepath having some job printing done. SEEN ABOUT TOWN Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Stockman hurrying up street... Ex-Chief Ro- delsperger leaving his job to find the fire Wednesday morning... Hal Kohn wearing attractive yellow tie... L. G. Eskridge demonstrat ing a paint mixing machine .. Howard Turner remarking that be is working as hard as ever... Tincy Davis walking down street flashing big smiles at his friends. ..Bob Wallace and Aubrey Harley talking. . . Frazier Lominack, Lau rens, in the city and inquiring about the nett paper. .Jean Copeland and mother, Mrs. O. O. Copeland, motoring... Mrs. J. H. Summer attending forum meet at the high school. . .Verd Peterson of the state department of education in city Tuesday... Deputy Hub Quattle baum wearing assistant deputy, J C. Neel’s overcoat.. .Hack Wal lace driving off two young ladies in his auto. Slight Reduction In Mill Working Hours Notice has been posted in both Oakland and Mollohon mills to the ef fect that the mills will operate on a foi?r-day schedule beginning next week. Poor market conditions ia given as the reason. So far as is known Newberry cotton mill will ,on- tinue on full time. DR. NEVILLE SPEAKS AGAIN HERE SUNDAY Dr. W. G. Neville, missionary to Brazil, will again preach at Aveleigh Presbyterian church Sunday morn ing in the absence of the pastor, Rev. Calcote. Dr. Neville, who is a brother of D. W. A. Neville, and an outstanding foreign mission worker of the Pres byterian church, spoke to a large con gregation last Sunday morning of his work in Brazil WE THE PEOPLE SPEAK- QUESTION Do you think a radio patrol sys tem would be beneficial to South Carolina? Tom Fellers, sheriff: “I believe a well organized police system, a radio in every car. would be very beneficial to the state.” Eugene Stockman, deputy treasurer: “I do. It would enable the law-en forcement officers to function as a unit at the time of crime.” Hub Quattlebaum, deputy sheriff: “I believe fn the police patrol sys tem and believe it would be a good thing for th e state. As to the way it should be operated, I don’t know. But we should have it.” E. L. Rodelsperger, clerk: “I really think it would be a bene fit to South Carolina. I was in po lice work for 11 years and I know that the quicker you can get in touch with criminals, the better it is for all.” B. P. Ringer, autc salesman: “Yes, I certtainly do. I think it would be a fine thing for our state to have such a system.” Commission Votes Sharp Cut In Rates The Commissioners of Public Works voted to reduce lighting and power rates here 14 per cent at a meeting Wednesday night. Commissioner R. M. Lominack, newly elected com missioner, was present. This reduction gives Newberry the lowest rate of any city in the state. The new rate is 6c for the first 40 ICW hours, cents for the next 3000, and 1.4 cents for all over 3000. The new rate will be effective on January bills and users of electricity will immediately note ihe saving. KINSMAN OF NEWBBRRIAN GETS REWARD John Lyles, first cousin of Tommy West of this city, was awarded $7,500 for his work in identifying Richard Bruno Haupman, murderer of the Lindberg baby, by the governor of New Jersey a few days ago. Mr. Lyles who is manager of a service station in the Bronx noted the num ber of Haupman’s automobile license on a gold certificate tendered him in payment of gasoline prchased by the murderer. Ups Postal Receipts Postmaster George K. Dominick has done right- well with our post- office. The office showed an increase in revenue over last year of soma $2,400. This isn’t a great deal to ward Mr. Farley’s big deficit but if all the boys would chip in a like a- mount the P. M. general would soon be out of the red. RETIRES BOND AT SAVING A saving of $350 was effected to the local school district by the retire ment of a bond before maturity held by the Frost, Reid and company of Charleston. The bond bore maturity date of 1949. SERVICES SUNDAY AT CLAYTON MEMORIAL W. E. Turner, merchant: “Yes, it would. It would be easier to check up on the law-breakers.” L. G. Eskridge, merchant: “Why, sure. That is the finest way in the world to catch criminals. Why not have one? They should have had that system a long time ago.” Hal Kohn, florist: “A radio patrol system is not only beneficial but necessary in these mo dem times.” John Myers, newq dealer: “I sure do. I think that would be a good thing. It would be a great help to the entire state. It sure is a fine system to keep crime down. ” Colie Dowd, policeman: “Yes, I really do. It sure would be a big aid and I hope they will be su- cessful in getting something. We sure need it and it would provide methods for catching criminals much better and quicker.” M. O. Summer, merchant: “I really think so. I’m heartily in favor of it.” Robert Bartley, chief of police: “I certainly do. It would be a pay ing proposition for our town as well as our state.” W. S. Jones, policeman: “I think it would be one of the greatest mistakes South Carolina ever made if they don’t get it.” Jess Hitt, policeman: “Why sure. I think the most ac curate! way to fight crime is to fight it the quickest way and I believe this method would be the best.” J. M. Bouknight, taxi driver: “I think i|t would be a great help here as well as over the state for I see where they need it lots of times and I hope they get it.” L. S. Davis, section foreman, West End: “T think it would be a great thing if I don’t turn out to be a burglar myself.” The Rev. Thomas Chapman will con duct services at Clayton Memorial Universalist church Sunday, January 16, at 11 asm. The public is invited. BAPTIST TO BEGIN JUBILEE YEAR OBSERVANCE The Woman’s Missionary Union Auxiliary to the Southern Baptist Convention was organised in its pre sent form in May 1888 at Richmond, Virginia, making this year, th e Auxi liary Jubilee Year. The theme for the year is “Ye shall hallow the fiftieth year—it shall be a jubilee unto you.” In accordance with plans made, the South-wide Jubilee Committee of every W M U organization is ex pected to take part in the observance of the special programs for the year. Many interesting and forwardlocking goals are to be attained which need the co-operation and help of every Southern Baptist woman and young person. The wonderful growth of the W. M. U. along all lines during thf- year is a source of inspiration and thanksgiving. So praise will ac company appeal. The Golden Jubilee program of the W. M. S. of the First Baptist Church here will be launched at 3:30 Monday afternoon, January 17. Every woman and young person of the church is expected to be present. Other missionary organizations of the association are cordially invited as are the friends of other denomina tions. Mrs. Walter H. Hunt Pres, of W. M. S. Opera Shows Rank In a recent issue of the current ma gazine, “Life”, the ten best moving pictures of the year were listed and of this number the Opera House has shown or is showing six. A nation wide survey was made to determine these hits of ’37. Those that have already played at the Opera House are “Lost Horizon,” “The Awful Truth,” “Dead End,” and “A Star Is Bom.” The two pic tures to be shown are "Stage Door” and “Winterset.” “Stage Door” which plays Monday and Tuesday of next week at the Opera House bring Katherine Hep- bum and Ginger Rogers together for the first time, with Adolphe Menjou co-starred at the head of a brilliant cast. Report Shows Unit Had A Busy Year Under the heading of “orthopedic defects” in the annual report of the county health unit is listed 30 cases under treatment and a registration of 85 cases. That means that 30 Newberry county crippled children are now receiving regular treatment in Columbia hospitals. They are clear ed through the health unit here. The legislature last year appropriated a sum of money for this work. The work has been given little publicity but is working out well according to Jake R. Wise, clerk of the unit. The report shows influenza leading all diseases last year with 662 cases reported. A social disease took se cond place with 95 cases and a second social disease was third with 57 cases reported. Pellagra dropped to 10 cases. Mr. Wise pointed out that this disease varied with economic con- diltions. Typhoid and small pox vaccine was administered in about 4000 cases. The report shows 23 persons a- waiting admittance to tubercular sanitariums while 12 were admitted during the year. Physicians reported 10 new cases. Under the head of sanitation is noted the installation in 1937 of 476 sanitary privies. Pellagra patients receiving free yeast last year numbered 175. They consumed 750 pounds. The health unit, under the direc tion of Dr. Claude Sease with the as sistance of Mr. Wise and Miss Theressa Lightsey is doing a work the scope and importance of which is little realized by the public. Byrnes Charges Party In North Deserts Washington—A Southern Demo- ratic leader told the senate today that the South has been “deserted” by Northern democrats and now has nowhere to look for support in its fight against the anti-lynching bilL Senator Byrnes (Democrat) of South Carolina, taking the floor when the filibuster entered its fifth day, asserted that Southern white people had given unfailing adherence to the Democratic party because they be lieved they could depend on the sup port of Northern Democrats “when problems affecting the Negro and the very soul of the South arose.” Now, he said, “the Negro has not only come into the Democratic party, but the Negro has come into control of the Democratic party.” The South Carolinian asserted that Walter White, secretary of the Asso ciation for the Advancement of Col ored People “has ordered this bill to pass.” If White would agree to shelve the measure, Byrnes asserted, “the advo cates would desert it as quickly as football players unscramble when the whistle of the referee is heard.” SUITS MR. DOMINICK G. E. Dominick, father of George K., and a substantial citizen is a Sun- reader. He halted in passing the other day to say the paper suited him all right and that he enjoyed it. That makes it unanimous to date. ‘ENTERED AS SECOND CLASS MATTER” Government Sponsors Open Forum Here A public forum is being established in Newberry county by the Federal government to allow citizens to dis cuss problems of interest that deal with social, economical, or political life of the nation, state, county, or community, and the first county wide forum here was held Tuesday after noon at the Newberry high school when the agriculture problem was discussed, led by Mr. Ayers of the soil conservation office from Washing ton. This movement of “forum govern ment” for six counties of South Caro lina is being started in Newberry county and being managed through the extension department of the University of South Carolina of which W. N. Ward, state supervisor erf the 1 forum project, is head. In each of the six counties which have been appointed to carry on the forum, units will be established with the school houses as the centers for discussion groups to meet. The super- irttendents of education are to set up a county advisory board to manage the county forum. This board keeps in toueh with the central state board of which the superintendents of edu cation will bd members. Six units in Newberry county will be established to continue this project, according to Superintendent C. E. Hendrix, who will head the county advisory board, and at stated intervals, county wide me-lings will be held in the city when autrorities on the problems to be discussed will be obtained to lead the forum. Other counties selected to have fo rums are Kershaw, Lexington, Cal houn, and Richland. Announcements as to the manage ment and setting up of the Newberry county forum will be made later by Mr. Hendrix. DOWN MEMORY LANE 20 YEARS AGO The seventh snow in three weeks met the astonished gaze of the people Wednesday morning. Kendall Mills Lutheran Parish Rev. J. B. Hannon, Summer Memorial:— Sunday: 10 a. m., Sunday school, Mr. Eugene Shealy, superintendent. 11 a. m., Worship. The text of the sermon will be, “Abhor That Which Is Evil; Cleave to That Which is Good.” Bethany (Oakland school house): Sunday: 6 p. m., Sunday school, Mr. Eu gene Hite superintendent 7 p. m. Preaching services. A cordial invitation is extended to all to attend these services. Lutheran Services At Goldville Lutheran services will be held in the Community Building in Goldville next Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock, with the Rev. J. B. Harmon in charge. Visitors are invited to join in the worship. Beth-Eden Lutheran Parish Rev. M. L. Kester, pastor Colony: 10 a. m., Sunday school, Mr. Car lisle F’ulmer. superintendent. 11 a. m., The service. Sermon by the pastor. St. James: 10 a. m., Sunday school, Mr. Her man Epting, superintendent. 7 p. m., Luther League at the home of Mrs. Carrie Ballenltine. Miss Lola Long, leader. That line in the mast head of this issue perhaps doesn’t mean much to the reader but it means the difference between publishing a paper and not publishing one to the newspaper man It means in short that the Sunpaper has, after examination of its mailing list by postal authorities, been allow ed to enjoy the subsidy Uncle Sam grants to publications of various sorts. Whether you know it or not your Uncle Sam loses millions of dollars each year hauling newspapers and congressmen’s addresses about the land. Why should newspapers be so favored? We don’t know unless it is the saving on postage is all the newspaper man has to buy his bread with. Or, it might be that Uncle Sam knocks that much off postal em ployees salaries for the privilege of reading the headlines as they “work” the mails. Anyway we save approximately one and a half cent on every paper we send you from now on, and—lets see, one and one half times $400—that’s $50 a week. That together with the $3 we take in from other sources puts us in the plute class, where we | belonged anyway. Lee And Jackson On January 19, at chapel hour,-10 o’clock, at Newberry college, the two U. D. C. chapters, Calvin Crosier and Drayton Rutherford, will observe the birthdays of two beloved Confed erate generals, Lee and Jackson, with appropriate exercises. Professor T. E. Epting will be the outstanding speaker for the occasion. His subject will be “Christ In the Camp.” MRS D. C. BOLAND A stubborn fight in the house a- gainst ratification of the phohibition amendment to the constitution of the United States was presaged last night when the house judiciary committee submitted a favorable report upon the joint resolution by the bare majority of one. Seven members of the com mittee, it was learned, voted for the favorable report, and six for the un favorable. NOTICE All women who expect to take in washing in the city for the year 1918 must secure a permit (including those who had permits for 1917) from the Secretary of the Board of Health at once or they will be prosecuted for failure to do so. Little Charles (by this time every body knows who little Charles is) saw the navy recruiting officer at the post office Monday, and stepping up to him, looked him in the eye and asked: “Is you German or is you Ameri can?” Charles is all right and grows “righter” every day. The Civic League will meet with Miss Fannie McCaughrin at the resi dence of Mrs. W. H. Hunt Thursday afternoon at 4 o’clock. The Gaffney Ledger says that the gravest problem now confronting the country is labor. For some reason It seems almost impossible to get any labor at this time to do any kind of work. If something is not done to see that the fields are planted apd cultivated and the harvest gathered there will be a scarcity of bread and much fed and the people at home will have to go hungry. Manager Jno. C. Goggans and other Newberry Southern Power company men hsd a strenuous time of it when the lights went out and remained out on account of the storm Friday night. The trouble, however, was not at their end of the line. We decided to print a four page paper this issue in order to make the mails on Monday night. About the time we were closing down on copy, the power went off. Then a belt to the machine broke. And then, well, it won’t do to print what took place, but we quit until Tuesday morning. The legislature took a recess from Friday to Tuesday to study the tax question. Congressman Johnson and his pri vate secretary have both entered the army as privates. And the Con gressman has given up his $7500 salary for $33 per month. His wife is quoted as saying: “Of course it is lonesome, but I think my husband is right in joining the army. He feels that as he voted to send other men to the front, he ought to be willing to go himself. He would not apply for a commission because he has had no military training. If he feels that he ought to give his all to his country, I certainly ought to back him up, and I do.” WE’LL TRADE BOYS Mrs. D. C. Boland, 89, lifelong resi dent of Little Mountain, died at her home near there Tuesday afternoon after a long illness. She was a life long member of St. Peter’s church. Mrs. Boland is survived by her hus band, two sons, M. Q. and DeWitt; five daughters, Mrs. K. D. Lake, Miss Essie Boland, Mrs. D. E. Can non, Mrs. D. O. Fhick, Mrs. J. D. Boland, all of Little Mountain; 43 grandchildren and nine great-grand children. F’uneral services were held at 3:30 Wednesday afternoon at St. Peter’s church, with the Rev. J. S. Wessin- ger in charge. There have been those kind enough to say we have made a good mule trader—said it with proper inflection on the mule amid journalistic sur roundings but a compliment is a com pliment and it is a comfort to know one has (talent. All of which i* in troductory to the announcement that we are ready to exchange the pro duct of pen and press, grind and grim, for anything you have aroond the house that r«»rt be consumed with a reasonable relish. This offer nosed about by the grapvine and an erst while reputation for trading is al ready producing. A fat hen promised by an honest man is balm indeed but it doesn’t make dumplings (we ex pect this to bring him in) and the suc culent sweetness of a drum stick would cause the cup to run over. A tummy sated and rotund—with ben, is something to show your neighbor. TO FURNITURE MART Marvin O. Summer will leave the city Tuesday to attend the furniture mart in High Point, N. C. He will be away a week, buying new stock for G. B. Summer and Sene.