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PAGE FIVE o/NEW BOOKS Amid beautiful and impressive ceremonies, Miss Margaret Dodgen of Graniteville was crowned Queen of th e May at Newberry College Fri day afternoon. For the fourth con secutive year, President James C. Kinard placed a crown upon the head of the one chosen as the College’s fairest. Miss Dodgen, a charming blonde, was dressed becomingly in a white close fitting lace gown with stand-up collar, and a lengthy white satin train. Sh e carried an arm bou quet of white lillies and fern. Miss Dodgen’s maid-of-honor, Miss Lilia Johnstone of this city, was dressed in a peach and lavender gown. The attendants wore various pastel shades of organdy dresses and picture hats. They carried arm bouquets of flowers that harmonized with their dresses. Th e Garland girls first en tered, dressed in green and carrying long chains of varied flowers, and took their place along th e walk up to tihe throne. The procession (of the court followed. Heralds dressed in white satin and gold proclaimed the • arrival of the court. The atten dants led, followed by the maid-of- honor. Flower girls were Joan Se- ger Dominick and Doris Seger Domi nick, little daughters of Mr. and Mrs. F H. Dominick. They wore long pink dresses and carried rose petals in pic ture hats hung over their arms. Dressed in green was Muriel Feld who followed the flower girls carrying the crown upon a golden pillow. The queen ascended her throne with her court taking places near her. After the crowning, the Garland girls gave a dance. Miss Dorothy Thornton in a white butterfly costume gave a solo toe dance which was followed by a Russian dance. The costumes the Russian lassies wore were most out standing—rtd blouses trimmed in white braid, white skirts with huge red flowers, white shoes and red leg gings. In their hair the 12 dancers wore red and white roses. The Irish dance was presented by 12 more of the Co-eds. Their costumes were also /Unique. They wore yellow blouses and black jackets, green skirts, white aprons trimmed in shamrocks, and shamrock bandeaux in their hair. Their shoes were black with huge silver buckles. The final dance, the Maypole dance, was also lovely. These girk were dressed in either lavendar or pink, with full off the shoulder bodices, wide, tight fitting girdles and flared skirts. Ribbons to match their costumes bound the bare feet of the Maypole dancers. The Maypole was decorated with roses at the top and bottom and lavender and pink streamers attached to the pole were used in the dance. The exercises late FYiday afternoon on the attractive Newberry College cam pus were the most beautiful ever to be held there and the number wit nessing the event was a record crowd. Wedding Plans The marriage of Miss Margaret Nesley to Hooper Skardon, which will be an outstanding event in Newberry society, will take place on Tuesday evening, Jun e 14. A series of pre nuptial parties for Margaret will be gin next week and conclude a week KSSSffi ''’Suwr featuring tout WIS-Columbia-ll:30 a. m- NEWBERRY ICE & FUEL CO. WANT ADS F O U N D—One lock chain on high way No. 76 between Prosperity and Newberry. Owner may get it by identifying the size and length and paying for add. 3tp Joe W. Kinard Prosperity, S. C. FOR SALE—Pure farm .relief .cot ton seed, 76c bushel. Mrs. John H. Wicker—808 Boundary St. 3tp NOTICE—I have Mr. Frank Sloan’s Fertilizer accounts. Come to ware house next door to Thomas and How- ward. See me for prices on Mer chant’s fertilizer in the Cotton bags. 8t C. G. Gilliam. FOR RENT—Several houses. Apply at J. J. Langford & Son. Jones-Beck Wide-spread interest centers in the announcement of th e engegement of Mary Frances Jones to Ed Beck. It’s one of those things we all knew would happen some day, but we weren’t sure exactly when. Announcement is made that the marriage will take place i* 1 early summer. Mary Fran ces is the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. K. Jones of the city She graduated from Newberry College and upon her graduation was elected to the teaching staff of the Silver- street school where she has proved herself popular for several years. In her senior year at Newberry, Mary Frances served as maid-of honor to the May-Queen, Elma Jordan. Ed Beck is also a graduate of Newberry College and was one of the College’s outstanding athletes. He is now a member of the faculty of the Wood ruff High school. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. I. C. Beck of Salem, Ohio Lominick-Abrams The engagement of Mildred Lomin ick, also a teacher at Silverstreet, to Malcolm S Abrams has been announc ed and is of cordial interest. Putting two and two together, I am wonder ing if I haven’t “got something.” Both Mildred and Mary Frances were class mates at Newberry and both have taught for several years at Silver- street. They are the best of friends and now comes the announcements of engagements of both at the same time with both planning weddings m “early summer.” I’m wondering if it’s going to be a double wedding. Bet it will. Mildred is the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Lom inick of Newberry. Mr Abrams is the son of Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Abrams of the city. He is a graduate of Clem- son College and is now employed by the C. M. Guest and Sons Construc tion company of Anderson. Gay-Crouch The love-bug must evidently be having to do a bit of extra work for it looks as though this year’s crop of June brides is going to break all pre vious records. Another couple to middle-aisle it in June have announc ed their engagement. Miss Regina Jimmie Gay of Meggett, near Charles ton, and John Crouch of this city will be married June 3. Miss Gay is a daughter of Mrs. Lula Gay and the late T. P. Gay. She graduated from St. Paul’s high school and attended the Rice Business College of Charles ton. John is a son of J. B. Crouch o f the city, and the late Mrs. Crouch. He graduated from Newberry High school in ’34, later attending New berry College and the College of Charleston. At present he is connected with the Thomas and Howard com pany of Charleston. “Enchanted Princess” Get out your nursery books and re view the story of Sleeping Beauty if you’ve forgotten it for soon you will see this favored fairy tale com ing to life. The dance recital to be given this year by students of Mrs. Richard L. Baker is a three act bal let entitled “The Enchanted Princess.” Mary Louise Wells will play the part of the princess with Frances Fetner Columbia, as the prince. The queen in the thrilling story of Sleeping Beauty will be played by Elizabeth Mower and the king by Anna Mar garet Lominick, Pomana. Dorothy Thornton will be the fairy queen and Grace Mower, the witch. The ballet promises to top all previous recitals given by Mrs. Baker, and as custom ary, the Hospital Auxiliary will spon sor the event to be given Friday even ing, May 20, at 7:45. A short tap dance program will be presented be- for the ballet. The recital is one of those yearly events that you just can’t afford to miss. Luncheon Monday Mrs. Katie Johnstone entertained at a lovely luncheon at Mrs. R. G. Wal lace’s hom e on Caldwell street Mon day in honor of her nephew, Lieuten ant Pope Blackshear and Mrs. Black- shear of Fort Benning, Ga., who were visiting in the city for the day. Only immediaTe relatives of the honored couple were present. Also from out- of-town was Miss Loura Blackshear of Augusta, Ga. Lieutenant Black shear is the son of Colonel and Mrs. Edward Blackshear of Fortress Mon roe. Columbia Guests Entertaining at a delightful bridge party last Thursday afternoon was Mrs. L. F. Fischer, who invited 28 guests to enjoy the occasion at her College street home. Columbia visit ors at the party were Mrs. Ames Haltiwanger, Mrs. R. R. Brunner, Mrs. K M Backman, and Mrs Robert Patterson. Each of these was pre sented a lovely gift. Celebrates Birthday Mrs. R. G. Wallace will entertain at a luncheon Sunday in honor of her aunt. Mrs. Ella Burton, Whitmire, who celebrates her 81st birthday on that date. This will be a gala oc casion because 81st birthdays aren’t an evervday affair and 81 years of living is a lot of living especially when a life has been as useful and beautiful as that of Mrs. Burton’s. Mrs. Wallace is inviting all of the honoree’s children to share in the cele bration. Mrs. Burton will be in the city the entire day, so you will want to stop by Mrs. Wallace’s home on Caldwell street and wish her happy returns of the day. LOMINICK-ABRAMS ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Lominick an nounce the engagement of their daughter, Mildred, and Malcolm S. Abrams. The wedding will take place in the early summer. Mr. Abrams is the son of Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Abrams of Newberry JONES-BECK ENGAGEMENT OF INTEREST Mr and Mrs. F. K. Jones announce the engagement of their daughter, Mary Frances, to Edwin Beck of Woodruff and Salem, Ohio. The wed ding will take place in early summer. Mr. Beck is tne son of Mr. and Mrs. I. C. Beck of Salem, Ohio. MISS REGINA GAY AND JOHN CROUCH TO WED * Mrs. Lula Gay of Meggett, an nounces the engagement of her daugh ter, Regina Jimmie, and John Bernard Crouch, Jr., of Newberry and Charles ton. The wedding will take place in early June. Judge Eugene Blease is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Cannon G. Blease in Hot Springs, Ark. Visiting Mrs. Katie Johnstone Mon day were Lieutenant and Mrs. Pope Blackshear from Fort Benning, Ga.. and Miss Laura Blackshear of Au gusta, Ga. Steve Griffith left the city Monday for Charleston where he will remain for several days on a business trip. Mr. and Mrs. Milton Hendrix and lovely little daughter visited Mrs. Hendrix’s mother, Mrs B. L. Mitchell in Anderson over th e weekend. Mrs. Sara Clinton has returned to the city after a visit with her mother in Chester. Mrs. Caroline Schenck left the city Saturday morning for Black Mount ain, N. C. to spend the summer months with Mrs. E. E. Disoway. GOVERNOR HAILS CLEMENCY STEP COUNTY 4-H GIRLS . „ MET HERE MONDAY girls of Newberry County met Saturday at 9:30 at the county epurt house for their annual Achievement Day, with 86 present. Miss Juanita Neely of Winthrop was the outstanding speaker of the day. She talked on flower arrangements for the table and gave demonstrations with suitable containers. Miss Neely also judged the bread making and note book contests. Winners in the bread contest were Bobby Hollingsworth, Chappels, first; Jean Coleman, Chappels, second; Sara Wilson, Union, third. Dorothy John son of Chappells won first in the note book contest with Jean Coleman win ning second and Frances Boazman, third. Miss Coleman and Miss Boaz man are both from the Chappellsclub. At one o’clock the girls were joined by the 4-H Club boys for the first4-H Council meeting. Miss Neely spoke on the organization of 4-H Councils and what they can do for the work throughout the county. Picture shows featuringf 4-H Club work concluded the day’s program. Mss Sara Mae Kinard, President of the county 4-H girls and Miss Dorothy Johnson, secretary, were elected delegates to represent New berry County at State Short Course this year. ENFORCEMENT OF TRUCK LAW MAY BEGIN NEXT MONDAY Columbia May 9.—Captain higl Columbia, May 9.—Governor Olin D. Johnston today described as “a step in the right direction” the new law l granting 30 per cent time off for good behaviour to first offenders. | In a statement, he said that “under: the terms of this bill a large number' of first offenders will be released irom our penal institutions and I am 1 calling upon the citizens in every: community to which these former prisoners will return to take an in terest in them and to help them in any way they can to lead normal and law-abiding lives.” The statement, in part, follows: “I am indeed glad to report that -ho wisdom of my recommendation which' thg general assembly enacted ,nto law in 1936 granting to first- offenders 20 per cent off for good behavior has proven its worth. I am informed by many prison camp of- i'icials of the state that the act pro viding for 20 per cent off for good .ime has been conducive of creating an increased desire on the part of the prisoners to cooperate in the main tenance of discipline. “The bill recently passed granting 30 per cent off the terms for good behavior to first offenders is a step in the right direction. I am con- zinced that the proper administration )f the question of leniency to those ncarcerated in penal institutions in :he state could and would have been jest handled by creation of a modern probation and parole system, which I have long advocated, but which the general assembly for some reason has not seen fit to enact into law. “In the absence of such a system, however, it is my opinion that the 30 per cent law will be of great help in handling the prisoners and in cre ating a respect for law and order.” “There are many strenous object ions to this bill,” he said, adding how ever, that “society in general will benefit most by letting those who violate the law for the first time know that the people of the state do not condemn them permanently but stand ready and willing to give them a helping hand.” George L. Young of the state highway patrol announced today that enforcement of the new 40,000-pound gross weight, ninety-six-inch width truck law would begin Monday, May 16th. Patrolmen would be stationed thru- out the state, he said, to check up on compliance with the act, which sup planted the 20,000-pound, ninety-inch measure that was validated by the United States supreme court last year after its enactment in 1933. The new act was the one which brought an all-night session in the house of representatives as opponents sought to block it. Truck safety inspection stations would be set up as soon as feasible throughout the state, Young said, to carry out that part of the law. Other provisions of the act would: Outlaw auxiliary fuel tanks. Restrict, height of a motor vehicle and its load to twelve feet and six inches. Restrict length of combination of vehicles to forty-five feet or single ve hicle to thirty-five feet. Authorize patrolmen “having rea son to believe that the weight of a vehicle and load is unlawful... .to require the driver to stop and submit to a weighing of the same either by means of portable or stationary scales and may require that such vehicle be driven to the nearest public scales. Require every truck, truck tractor, trailer or semi-trailer stopped or parked to have “all wheels on the right side of each such vehicle” with in eighteen inches of the curb “and where such higway does not have a curb, such vehicle shall stop or park so that all wheels shall be clear or clear of the paved or hard surface roadway.” Require a truck operator “as a con dition precedent for using the high ways” to carry liability and property damage insurance “in such sum as the public service commission may determine,” th e owner and the amount of insurance to be shown on a card posted in the cab of the truck. Violators would be subject to a sentence of thirty-days to one year or fine of $100 to $600. Second of fenses would be punishable by a sen tence of six months to three years or fine of $600 to $2000. PAUL B. CLARK, Ph.D 1735 Woodburn Ave Covington, Ky NEGRO LOSES SUIT AGAINST BUS LINE WORK RESTRICTED BY NEW STATUTE FOR RENT—One office, 400 square feet floor space, well lighted, heated and screened, facing public square in the Insurance building. Apply to A. J. BOWERS, JR. Mr. and Mrs. T. Scurry Riley and familv of Saluda spent Sunday with Mrs. E. S Werts on Hunt street. Fred Davis Riley, who has been visiting her for three weeks returned to his Saluda home. Columbia, May 9.—An act to re strict work in mercantile establish ments, public eating places, laundries and bakeries to fifty-six hours a week stood high among the labor measures enacted during the legislative session that ended yesterday. The same statute brought women working in garment factories under a five-day, forty-hour textile employees week which was enacted a few weeks after the session got under way. Th e fifty-six hour act prohibited employment between 10 p. m. and 6 a. m. of youths less than eighteen years of age and, while in free con ference, a provision was inserted to set up a five-day, forty-hour driving week for motor truck drivers engaged in intrastate business. Railroad workers argued at hear ings on the 40,000-pound, ninety-six inch width truck bill, which later be came law, that the hours of drivers should be regulated. Representatives of textile mills said at committee hearings that over 90 per cent of the plants were already within the forty-hour schedule. One new statute prohibited the col lection of more than 50 per cent of rent charged on company-owned houses during curtailment or illness of a textile employee. Another provided for the “effective collection of wage payments” and pro hibited payment by checks. In the dying days of the session, a $650,000 relief fund was set up for unemployed industrial workers and to supplement amounts provided for the welfare department. LINDSEY BOOZER DIES AT O’NEAL HOME J. Lindsey Boozer, 63, died at his home in the O’Neal section Saturday evening at 6 o’clock. He had been in declining health for the past year, be coming critically ill several weeks ago. He returned home & week ago from the Baptist hospital of Colum bia where he had been under treat ment. Funeral services were held at his home at 2:30 Sunday afternoon with the Rev. D. M. Shull in charge. Burial was in the Olivet cemetery. Mr. Boozer was a member of Mt. Olivet Lutheran church. He was edu cated at Newberry college and for the last several years has been farm ing and in the mercantile business. He was the son of the late Jacob Boozer and Keren Happuck Boozer. His wife, the former Miss Estelle Lang ford of Lexington county died several years ago. He is survived by a son, Lindsey Boozer, Jr., of Greenville; two daugh ters, Miss Eloise Boozer, Prosperity, and Mrs. I. E. Quinlan, Lambertville, New Jersey. FANCIS PARKMAN, by Wilbur Schramm. .American Book Co. A splendid book in American Writ ers Series, Harry Hayden Clark, General Editor; by William L. Schramm, Assistant Professor of English, University of Iowa, giving representative selections, with a suf ficient introduction, a very useful and full bibliography, as well timely and enlightening notes. Park- man, says the author, “was too big for a pigeonhole, and yet if we have to pigeonhole him. we must call him a romantic. Basically his history was romantic; stirring events in a ting of great natural vigor (an un known continent, mysterious forests, rivers, mountains, and savages), and the whole story told in a colorful and dramatic style”—the same for mula that would depict both Pres cott and Motley; yet, the author points out that Parkman was more than a romanticist. In American lit erary thought he stands as the apos tle of liberty, opposed to both license and absolutism; as the representa tive of rationalism against both nat ural inspiration and supernatural in spiration; as the representative of Spartan and Stoic virtues amidst an age of natural goodness and mater ialistic laissez faire; as a realist, searching -uncompromisingly for truth; as a thinker of unusual abili ty who could make up his mind on the fundamental questions by the time he reached his middle twenties and plan a course of action to last throughout the rest of his life; as a man of unusual moral fibre who could early choose an object in life and pursue that object over almost in surmountable obstacles to a success ful conclusion.” So this noble ap praisal goes on, pointing out that since Parkman’s time only a few his torians have been admitted without question to American literature. He died Nov. 8, 1893, at Jamaica Plain. The selections ar e numerous; they well represent Parkman at his best; they will have to be read to be ap preciated. THE PENDULUM SWINGS BACK, By Marvin M. Black. Cokeabury This praiseworthy book is an ap praisal of present tendencies in mo dern thinking toward a more general understanding of the findings in science and the conclusions that were so confusing of late. The chapter headings open up the author’s line of argument: The Mechanistic The ory Becomes Bankrupt; Biology Seeks a “More Beyond”; William Mc- Dougall and Contemporary Psychol ogy: Psychic Research—A Challenge to Mechanism; Lamarckism and its Philosophical Implications; Contem porary Medicine and the “Soul"; Les ter Ward and Contemporary Social Philosophy; Journalistic Education and the Synoptic viewpoint; Cultur al Anthropology and the “New His tory”; Back to the “Great Tradition.” In the opinion of the author science today is not content with the pure ly mechanical explanation of reality; true science is not .opposed to the synoptic attitude. One thing the au thor stresses is that complete life comes only through an interpretation of the purely material factors of ci vilization in terms of their ultimate effect upon the behavior of man kind; and this includes the many ap proaches to living, the poet’s imagin ation, etc. In other words, there are no sharp lines of demarcation, says the author, between science and phil 'osophy, mechanism and purposive ness, mind and matter. The fact is the dogmas of science are just as unscientific as were any other kind of dogmas, in ethics, in theology, etc. The book is a splendid attempt to coordinate the fields of culture so that each contribution is recognized, evaluated, and related to the wholeness of culture in the ful ness of life. The book should appeal to all thinkers who are interested in the spiritual approach to life and the cosmic problems. A Spartanburg jury last Friday re turned a verdict in favor of the Greyhound bus lines in the $2,500 suit of W. M. Gilliam against that corporation. Gilliam, a young Negro, whose com plaint stated he was an officer in an insurance company, contended that he was refused transportation by the bus line from this city to Laurens on September 23. Gilliam stated that he was here on the 23rd and that a trip to Laurens was necessary. He said he sought to purchase a bus ticket and was refused the ticket; further that the agent of the bus company (the Hotel Wiseman) “in the presence of other people order ed him to remove his hat” as a conse quence of which he was “humiliated.” He further stated that he paid a taxi driver $4 to carry him to Laurens. Witnesses for the bus company tes- tified they detected nothing discourt eous nor unusual in the attitude of the agent when Gilliam applied for a ticket. TURFF OPENING SET AT MYRTLE BEACH Myrtle Beach, May 10.—Mayor Bur net R. Maybank, of Charleston, has accepted an invitation by Mayor W. H. Harrelson to attend the grand opening of the $40,000 Washington Park race track here June 3, the Myrtle Beach mayor announced to day. Governor Olin D. Johnston’s letter of acceptance had just been previous ly received. The event also marks the official opening of the 1938 summer season at Myrtle Beach. Governor Clyde R- Hoey, of North Carolina, also has been invited to be present and mingle with his fellow Carolinians. HOUSE MOVES TO PASS RELIEF BILL Washington, May 10.—House age by Thursday of the $3,000,1 relief and public works bill became the immediate goal today of adminis tration leaders intent on adjournment of congress by mid-June. The leaders decided to open debate on the bill sometime during the after noon and predicted little opposition outside of Republican ranks. > The legislation, a key item in the “pump priming” program would end the practice of giving lump sum relief appropriations to the President. It would retain for him, however, the right to pass on all work-relief and public works projects. An outright appropriation of $2,619,425,000 is in cluded. The WPA will receive the larger slice. Directing their activity toward an early end of the session, the House ar ranged to interrupt debate tomorrow to accept a compromise on the tax re- ■ bill vision House, and send it to the WhiU STORIES OF THE PROPHETS, By R. Barclay Moon. Cokesbury. Readers of the Bible will appre ciate these stories about Elijah, A mos, Hosea, Isaiah, Micah, Jeremiah, Ezekial, and Jonah, as told to their friends; the author paraphrases some but generally keeps the prophet tell ing his own story as far as he can in his own words. The milieu of each prophet is set up strikingly in a few sentences so that the reader will not miss the historical back ground that enhances the environ ment of the prophetic message; some times the political scene is uppermost in importance; at times, the social changes must be noted; at other times the religious outlook is the spe cific point to follow. The author has succeeded in mak ing each prophet relive before the reader as a living personality, with a message direct from on high, direct for the generation of his day. It is always an urgrent message that each prophet speaks forth from God; Tmd the author tells the story magnifi cently. Students of the Bible in Sunday Schools, in college classes, parents in training their children in the lore of the Scriptures will do well to own this noble little volume. JAMES C. REEDER PASSES AT MIAMI Funeral services for James C. Reed er, 65, retired railway engineer of Miami Florida, were held from the graveside of the Bush River Baptist cemetery in this county Tuesday morning with the Rev. C. C. Vaughn in charge. Mr. Reeder was a first cousin of former Chief Justice Eugene S. Blease and former sheriff Cannon G. Blease of the city. The Opening of the BUS STATION Sandwich Shop Located next to Hotel Wiseman We invite you to call at our Lunch Counter for Toasted Sandwiches, Iced drinks, beer, Southern Dairies Ice Cream. Tobaccos Drinks Sandwiches Bus Station Sandwich Shop “Receivers "To Whom It May Concern: “Pursuant to authority of the Comptroller of the Currency of the United States, the undersigned Mr. C. H. Dixon, as Receiver of THE NATIONAL BANK OF NEWBERRY, SOUTH CARO LINA, will offer at public sale to the highest bidder or bidders for cash, at Newberry County Court House on Tuesday, May 17th, 1938, at eleven o’clock (A. M.) the remaining assets of the said THE NATIONAL BANK OF NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROUNA, consisting of real estate, bills receivable, judgments, overdrafts, and other choses in action, less such items (or articles) as may be paid or otherwise disposed of prior to the said date of sale herein mentioned. A descriptive list of the remaining assets so offered for sale may be inspected by prospective purchasers at the South Carolina National Bank, Newberry, S. C., and at the office of the Receiver of The National Bank of Newberry, South Carolina, on all business days up to and including the date of the said sale be tween the hours of 9 A. M. and 2 P. M. “According to law, said remaining assets cannot be sold other wise than without recourse ard without warranty of any kind or character, and subject to the approval of the Comptroller of the Currency of the United States, and subject to confirmation by a court of record of competent jurisdiction.” C. E Dixon, Receiver 4-25-38 The National Bank South of Newberry, Carolina"