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WHAT PRICE SUPPORT
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tree ta^eo, rree power, tree water,
tree Hants, tree air aim a tree nanu.
luey also seek tne moral support
01 tne ciiamber or commerce aim toi
tins tney are wimiiK to aifc two
pair or paimes annually.
we uon'l want to discourage new
inuustnes out we uouut it tnere is
mucn to inis otrer. we say tms be
cause anyone wno would give two
pairs ot pamles tor me support ot
tne is ewherry cnamoer ot commerce
is a spenutunlt, and sucn dissipation
of assets woum soon wreck tne en
terprise.
on second thought, however, the
idea might not be so bad—the unmen
tionables could De used to advantage
at some ot those snows at tne coun
ty lair this fall, only it would take
tne wnole output anu not two pairs.
POPE OPENS OFFICE
Thomas Pope, Jr., has opened a
law ottice on tn e second tloor of the
insurance Building (old National
bank building) anu is now actively
engaged in nis proiession. Mr. Pope
stated to this writer that he would
again be in the race lor the House,
loung Pope’s many friends predict
tor him a brilliant career both in his
cnosen profession and in the political
field.
MODERN BUTTER CUTTER
Jim Johnson has installed in his
Newberry Creamery a modern butter
cutter, tne only one, Jim says, this
side of Tennessee. 'the machine
cost about fl,000 and saves much
labor besides cutting the butter in
more accurate units. Butter comes
out of the machine, is cut and passes
on to the wrappers on a conveyor
belt. The output of the creamery is
now higher than in many yeaars.
“Hard times," Mr. Johnson said,
"causes farmers to bring in the cream
to get a little spending money.” Jim
has installed a good bit of modern
machnery at the creamery in the past
few years. He doesn’t believe in do
ing at anything half-way except liv
ing, and we believe he would remedy
that if money could do it, but unfor
tunately it takes more than money
to attract the war-like sex. A few
sessions under our tutelage would fix
him up even at this lat e date, but he
seems never to have time and we are
afraid old Jim is going to continue
down that lonesome road without a
mate to share his vast riches and his
dormant capacity to impart ectasy
to some old gal pining away for a
lethal dose.
LIKES THE SUNSHINE
Spied Kenneth Baker, dad of Ralph,
Dick and Kenneth, Jr., sitting in a
car in the hot sun Monday afternoon
and invited him to share our slightly
cooler sanctum. “No thanks” replied
Mr. Baker “I’m perfectly comfort
able.” He then told us that as men
grow old they can wear heavy cloth
ing and sit in the sun without dis
comfort. The circulation, he explain
ed slowed up with advancing age and
additional heat was needed. Mr. Bak
er talked interestingly on se/e -al top
ics and seemed of the opinion that the
only avenue out of our national con
fusion was a return to the fundamen
tals upon which the nation was erect
ed.
Government rental checks to the
number of 1,848, totaling $92,048.77,
have been received at the office of P.
B. Ezell, county agent. Within the
next week or ten days 600 more checks
will arrive amounting to approxi
mately $27,000. The checks range
from $6 to $900.
Card notices are being sent out as
fast as the checks can be' tallied
against office records and payees pro
perly identified. Mr. Ezell has re
quested that producers do not call
at his office for checks until notice of
the arrival of the check has been
received by the producer.
BAXTER REPORTS ON
WEATHER OF MAY
John Henry Baxter reporting on
Newberry weather during May states
that the highest temperature of the
month was 97 degrees on the 22 and
the lowest was 48 degrees on the 10th
of the month, the range being 36 de
grees.
Rainfall for May amounted to 3.28
against the normal fail of 3.63, a
snortage of .36. The heaviest rain
fall for 24 hours was .81 on May 8.
During the past month, seven days
were clear, 14 partly cloudy, and 10
cloudy.
Normal rainfall for the first five
months of the year is 19.02. Falling
under normal by a shortage of 6.21,
Newberry has 13.81 inches of rain.
The terrific downpour of last
Thursday afternoon, June 2, amounted
to 1.84 inches.
ENTERTAINMENT WILL BE
GIVEN AT MUNICIPAL POOL
A program of entertainment to
which the public is cordially invited
will be given at the Margaret Hunter
swimming pool Friday evening at
eight o’clock, according to Manager
Otho Williams.
The program will consist of a
comedy skit, relays, and swimming
and diving exhibits.
Manager Williams also announces
that’the barbecue pit has been cover
ed with a shed and lighted for night
use. Parties may use the pit free
of charge.
BASHES NOSE OF NEGRO
WHO KILLED HIS WIFE
HARE WELL RECEIVED
“I have never known the announce
ment of anyone to be as favorably
received as that of Butler Hare,”
said a Newberry man of wide poli
tical experience, th e other day. “I
travel pretty widely over the county,”
he continued, “and I find strong sup
port for him in every section—even
back deep in the bushes I find he is
being talked.” The warm reception
of Mr. Hare’s candidacy may be at
tributed to the fact that he is well
known in the county, and of course
where he is known he is liked.
GOOD SAMARITAN
Policeman Forest Krell came into
the Wiseman hotel Wednesday morn
ing followed by a young woman and
two small children. He explained to
Ellerbe Pelham that Miss Leightsey
at the health office instructed him to
secure a ticket to Greenville for the
young mother and her children. El
lerbe complied and Mr. Krell handed
the woman the ticket and wished her
good luck. Forest seemed anxious
to do all he could to help the unfor
tunate woman and her small child
ren. Their worldly possessions were
contained in two paper bags, and kind
hearted cops had arranged a bed for
them the night before. They left on
the 1:17 bus for Greenville and thus
was terminated another case of which
the cops handle many but of which
the public knows nothing.
Chicago, June 7.—Elmer Johnson,
slender city fireman whose wife was
killed in a savage attack, was called
to th e witness stand at the inquest
into her death today.
Two hundred spectators lapsed in
to an expectant hush.
Robert Nixon, stolid negro, accused
of slaying Mrs. Johnson, three other
women and a young girl in brutal as
saults, lounged in a chair near the
front of the crowded room in the
county morgue.
Johnson, grim but calm, stepped
forward.
Suddenly h e lunged at the negro.
He whipped a smashing left hook to
the prisoner’s nose.
The men in the throng started from
their chairs and cheered. Women
shrieked. Nixon, aroused, his upper
lip glistening with blood, leaped to
ward Johnson. But 20 policemen se-
perated the combatants and quieted
the crowd.
Brick Crushed Skull
While Johnson was led from the
chamber, Earl Hicks, another negro,
told the coroner’s jury he accompan
ied Nixon to the Johnson’s apartment
at dawn on May 27- He told how
they crept through a window. He
testified h e saw Nixon crush the skull
of Mrs. Florence Johnson, mother of
two children, with a brick.
REPORTED FAIR
The condition of Clarence F. Wertz
who is a patient at the Newberry
County hospital is reported “fair.”
STRAIGHT SALE
Elsewhere in this issue will be
found an advertisement of Clemson
Wilson offering some cows for sale.
Clemson says h e is interested only in
a straight sale, this in case the coro
ner rushes over with a truck full of
his goats for a swap.
JIM’S CHILLUN
All of Jim Johnson’s children had
to go on relief. Gene Spearman took
his mule and left him flat. The
youngest one, 47, will make a good
WPA man as h e holds the county re
cord for breaking hoe handles lean
ing on them.
REASON WILL FIND A WAY
“If Mr. Kendall were to give me
the privilege of picking men to head
the mill at Mollohon I would not
make a single change,” said one of
the head men of the union Wednes
day. He continued by saying that
Todd, Tedford and the rest of them
could not be beat, and also had a
good word for their wives. Good
feelings generally existed between
workers and management, he said.
With such conditions existing it is
reasonable to expect a speedy solu
tion of the differences between the
workers and management.
One each of the honorary degrees
of Doctor of Divinity, Doctor of Laws,
and Doctor of Literature; 44 degrees
of Bachelor of Arts; and one degree
of Bachelor of Science were awarded
Tuesday morning at the 81st com
mencement exercises of Newberry
College.
The exercises were held in the Col
lege gymnasium with Dr. W. D.
Hooper, A. M., Litt. D., of the Uni
versity of Georgia, delivering the
main address. The Newberry College
singers, under the direction of Pro
fessor Paul Ensrud, rendered two
numbers and the awarding of honors
was made by President J. C. Kinard.
The following medals were given:
Claude Wilson Harmon of Winnsboro
was awarded a medal by the Ameri
can Legion Auxiliary of Post 24 in
memory of Dr. George B. Cromer for
best typifying the qualities of citi
zenship as exemplified in the life of
Dr. Cromer; Claude Workman, Jr., o"
McCormick, was presented a go’
medal by Dr. A. Frank Lever in memi
ory of the former College head, the
late Dr. George W. Holland, for hol<f- :
ing highest honors In the courses of
philosophy and ethics; to Miss Sybil
Irene Pruitt Newberry, who showed
greatest proficiency in music during
her four years of College, Dr. and
Mrs. E. B. Keisler awarded a medal
in honor of Dr. and Mrs. P. E. Mon
roe; Miss Emily Aull, Newberry, won
the medal offered by the Anglo-Sax
on Club to th e student who completes
with the highest average the English
Language course offered in the Col
lege—the Freshman and Junior Syn
tax, the Sophomore Making of Eng
lish, and the Senior Anglo-Saxon;
Claude Harmon was presented a gold
key by the faculty for meritorious
service rendered as president of the
student body and chairman of the
student council; Miss Margaret Dod-
gen, Graniteville, was awarded a sim
ilar key for meritorious service ren
dered as vice-president of the student
body and chairman of the woman's
council; to Luther Aull, Newberry,
went the gold medal offered by Rev.
S. P. Koon, D. D., Lone Star, to that
student who made the highest aver
age in th e prescribed history courses
at Newberry; the Sylvan Freshman
Scholarship gold medal awarded the
Freshman who had the best standing
for admission to the Sophomore class
went to Richard Rodney Croxton of
Kissimme, Fla.
Dr. Kinard conferred the degree of
Doctor of Divinity upon the Rev.
Walter A. Reiser of Augusta, Ga.;
the degree of Doctor of Laws upon
Z. F. Wright of Newberry; the de-
(continued on page eighe)
Eugene Stockman, deputy treasur
er was Monuay elected clerk to tne
county board of commissioners and
ttyron V. unapman was elected coum
cy attorney, me mnee ot clerk- at
torney has been lined for a number
ot years by Jonn F. Clarkson. The
county delegation tnis year created
two offices out of tne clerk-attorney
ship. t he clerk place carries a salary
ox $60d per year and the attorney
$400. Mr. Clarkson was paid $110u
lor the combined job. The new men
take office July first, according to
terms of the act creating the offices.
J. L. Welling ana Henry T. Can
non were employed by the delegation
to make the audit for the fiscal year
ending July first. In employing
auditors tne delegation is acting un
der legislation passed this year giv
ing them this authority. Heretofore
the auditors have been employed by
tne county board of commissioners.
ipeanng before the delegation at
ilflNBonday meeting was a group rep-
qnting workers of the now idle
.Mollohon manufacturing company.
They requested the cooperation of the
delegation in speeding payments of
money grants from funds appropriat
ed by the recent legislature for un
employed textile operatives. This
money is being paid through the lo
cal welfare agency and some pay
ments have been made but on the
whole the group thought more speed
should be used in pushing them
nrough. Families at Mollohon may
draw the top of $20 dollars per month
allotments being made on the size of
families and the degree of their need.
A delegation representing the ath
letic asociation of Newberry college
was also closeted with the delegation
at its Monday meeting. From this
group the solons heard a request for
support to light the athletic field.
The delegation was told that in order
to secure federal aid" it would be nec
essary for the county or city, or the
two jointly, to take deed to the prop
erty. Some financial aid to supple
ment funds of the association to match
federal grants, wouldjUso be neces-
All members of‘'the delegotion were
present at the meeting which adjourn-
about one o’clock.
MISS JONES GIVEN
BEAUTIFUL SHOWER
Mrs. D. B. Chandler and her two
daughters, Mrs. T. H. Roper (Mary
Chandler) and Mrs. F. B. Collins
(Elizabeth Chandler), both of Colum
bia, entertained at the home of Mrs.
Chandler on Drayton street Wednes
day evening at eight o’clock with a
miscellaneous shower in honor of
Miss Mary Frances Jones, July bride-
elect.
The hostesses invited th e guests
into the living room which was dec
orated with shasta daisies, Queen
Anne’s lace, and fever-few. Tall
yellow tapers burned in silver candle
holders. The bride-elect’s chair was
marked with tulle and a daisy chain
leading to the gifts which were bank
ed on the mantle and concealed with
tall baskets of daisies and Queen
Anne’s lace.
In the dining room of the home,
similar bowls of flowers to those in
the living room were used. The table
was covered with a lace cloth, and
the centerpiece was a large silver
bowl of white flowers used on a re
flector. •
Contests carrying out the daisy
theme were participated in by the
guests. Mrs. R. F. Nichols was the
winner of the prize which she pre
sented to the honoree. Mrs. Neal
Workman played the piano softly
during th e evening.
At the appointed time, little Fran
ces Chandler Collins, infant son of
Mrs. Collins, presented the honoree
with an, old-fashioned nosegay of
daisies and fern with a note telling
her to follow the daisy chain that
led to her gifts. Miss Jones was the
recipient of many beautiful and use
ful gifts.
Miss Mildred Lominick, another
bride-elect, was remembered by the
hostesses with a gift.
Blocked cream in yellow and white
and iced cakes embossed with daisies
were served after the party. The
favors were shasta daisies tied with
yellow ribbon.
J. F. DAWKINS OF
PROSPERITY DIES
Joseph Frank Dawkins, 64, died
Wednesday at his home below Pros
perity.
H e is survived by his wife who was
formerly. Miss Lena Warner and one
brother, Bennett Dawkins, Prosperi
ty; one sister, Mrs. T. B. Bedenbaugh,
Prosperity, and the following child
ren: Miss Helen Dawkins and Miss
Rebecca Dawkins, Columbia; one son,
Fely Dawkins, Greenville.
WPA Approves
. The WPA project of constructing
a municipal ahtletic stadium at New
berry college has been approved, ac
cording to announcement made by
President J. C. Kinard at the College
commencement Tuesday morning and
by John Clarkson, Alumni Association
president, at the Tuesday luncheon.
The $27,600 project will include the
construction of a new athletic field
on College street and the erection of
stands for both the old and new
fields. The grounds will also be
lighted and fenced in, and the College
gymnasium will be remodeled.
The telegram bearing the news of
WPA approval which was sent to
Young M. Brown by John C. Taylor
reads as follows: “Please to advise
WPA has approved construction of
municipal athletic stadium at cost of
$16,508 at Newberry. After the
comptroller general gives routine ap
proval to this it will be forwarded
to state administrator who will start
work as soon as funds and labor are
available. This approval will be of
general public interest in Newberry.”
Boy’s Body Found
The dead body of Jimmy Cash,
5 year old boy of Princeton, Flo
rida, was found in a swamp near
his home early Thursday morn
ing. Frank Pierce McCall, 21-
year old son of a minister of the
community admitted writing the
ransom notes and directed the G-
men to the swamp where the
body was found. Officers are
holding four other men but the
sheriff of Princeton said th e job
was the work of one man.
The kidnapping of young Cash
led to the greatest man hunt in
the history of the nation. Presi
dent Roosevelt last Tuesday re
quested congress to approprite
$50,000 to be used in solving the
case.
There seems to be some little dif
ference as to the exact wage scale
of the WPA for the various states.
Congressman McClellan, of Arkansas,
who by the way is a Democrat, gives
the following:
Arkansas $26.40
South Carolina $26.22
Kentucky $25.60
Mississippi $24.32
North Carolina $23.90
New York City $73.23
New York Stare $60.90
Ohio $65.46
Pennsylvania $69.97
Connecticut $64.33
Illinois $64.20
We don’t seem to count so much,
do we?
Why should our Government,
in combatting a Depression, dis
criminate so enormously among
its citizens? A full-bloded Am
erican of deep-rooted American
ancestry, receives $26.22 per
month, if he lives in Charleston,
Greenville, Newberry, Columbia,
Orangeburg, North Providence,
Crocketville, Furnfan, Graham-
ville, Fair Play, Santuc, Aynor,
or Tlrzah, but a man lately ariv-
ed from Russia or Alabama—and
now living in New York City, is
paid $72.23. We should think all
Americans equal before the law;
at any rate it does not sit well
to find men not American Citi
zens receiving three times as
much from our Government as
native sons.
Says the Charlotte Observer:
“The South is being dragged over
the rocks and thistles, helplessly
straped to the tail of the chariot.
Pennsylvania, whose popultion
was 9,631,000 in the last census,
received more WPA money than
the eleven Southern States of Al
abama, Mississippi, Arkansas,
Florida, Georgia, Louisiana,
North Carolina, South Carolina,
Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia
combined with their aggregate
population of 28,761,000 in the
same census. The official figures
760,000 for the eleven Southern
States. Almost the same ratio
holds good for the nine months
of this fiscal year, Pennsylvania
having received almost as much
as th e eleven Southern States.”
I do not mean to be flippant, but
what is the value of a high wage-
scale if in time of trouble you must
get more pork out of the public bar
rel? If these pious schemes to ele
vate our condition are sincere why
not give us at least as much as the
negroes of the north? Or, since we
have been neglected so long why not
give us more so we might catch up,
with the very advanced New York
City Harlemites, just recently trans
ported from the swamps of Mississ
ippi? The conclusion is painful to
me, but we Southern Democrats have
sold out.
SMALL BOT DIES
TUESDAY AT HOSPITAL
Daniel Haskell Lindler, 10-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Lindler of
th e lower part of the county died
Tuesday at the local hospital after
a brief illness.
Funeral services were held at 4
o’clock Wednesday afternoon at St.
Peter’s (Piney Woods) Lutheran
church, conducted by the Rev. J. S.
Wessinger, assisted by the Rev. V.
L. Fulmer. Burial was in the church
cemetery.
Besides his parents, he is survived
by two brothers and two sisters, Earl,
Johnnie, Mary Ellen, and Rebecca
Lindler.
PRESBYTERIAN YOUTH TO
ATTEND CLINTON CONFERENCE
Representing AVeleigh Presbyter
ian church at the annual state-wide
conference for Intermediate age
boys nd girls of the Presbyterian
church to be held June 14-21 at P. C.,
Clinton, will be the following: Anna
Hart, Florence Davenport, Vivian
Davenport, Louise Purcell, Frances
Wallace, Billy Armfield, Buzz Pur
cell and Theo Neely.
Miss Constance Armfield will at
tend the gathering as Conference se
cretary and the Rev. C. A. Calcote
will serve as chief counsellor for
boys and editor of the C n'erence
newspaper. Gypsy Smith, tne third,
who will assist Mr. Calcote here this
summer will serve as a counsellor
from Aveleigh.
Attending the Young People’s Con
ference to be held also at Presbyter
ian College the following week, June
21-28, from here will be Doris Arm-
field, Jeanne Johnstone, and Keitt
Purcell, Miss Constance Armfield
will likewise attend this conference
of young people from all over the
state and will be connected officially
with the conference doing secretarial
work.
Jurors For June Term
The extent to which the machine
is displacing man-power was demon-
stratea in a HMJ acre field of grain
Monday as this writer watchea, at
tne invuation of Supervisor Butt,
tracior-poweieu coiuuuie at work on
tue county nome zarm.
rue uig machine, moving along at
a rapiu cup, anu mannea by ’ two
operators took great bites of the
goiuen gram, sucked it into its maw,
beat tne grain ciean and sent the
straw anu nusas sailing from a ro
tating ran on the opposite side. A
single man stood on the machine as
it moveu over the tield and supplied
it witu sacks into which the gram
poured.
Atop the combine was a large elec
tric spot light and the supervisor ex-
piaineu that the machine would con
tinue until far into the night—in tact
until the dew zeil and the grain be
came too wet to work.
Mucn of tne luu acre field is in
wheat but it will be some time be-
Zore those at the county home will
have to can on tne new crop. Mr.
rom. Adams, keeper at the home and
manager of the zarm, took us to his
store house where ne has more thpn
3o oaneis oZ hour from last year’s
crop stored.
rile county home presented a pic
ture of contentment. Under the
shade of the trees the male inmates
sprawled about dozing while the old
women occupied themselves in conver
sation and other pastime—one of
them feeding and fondling three
small puppies. Mr. Adams explain
ed that ne brought a small fox terrier
wnen he moved to the county home
which promptly took up with the old
woman ana refused to leave her.
r nese old people do absolutely
nothing except sit, eat and sleep. Mr.
Adams confided that a few of the
maie contingent were the devil’s own
to satisfy. He explained that they
were given three to four different
vegetables and meats at each meal
and yet they griped, but Mr. Adams
gets his satisfaction from the fact
mat man is most ornery when very
young or very ”
doing his best for
Evidence that the old folks, as well
as the gang are well fed is to be seen
on every hand—big flocks of chick
ens, 40 or 50 fine hogs and a heard
of 21 cows, plus an abundance of
flour, a nice orchard and vegetable
garden.
Everything is spick and span about
the county home premises and while
much of this is due to Mr. Adams, we
suspect he has the full backing of the
supervisor as “the home” seems to
be sort of a hobby, with Mr. Ruff.
A water system installed some time
back has been a boon and while the
appropriation for this purpose was
not sufficient to put running water
in all the cottages, convenient taps
have been installed in the yard.
All the cottages appear to be well-
kept and in excellent repair. The new
shop and garage, built entirely with
county labor, are excellent buildings
and the shop is well and conveniently
arranged. In the shop building Is
toilet and trash room, parts storage
room, and office besides the large room
where repair work is done. Mr. Ruff
is well pleased with having the repair
shops f t the county home. More
work is don e here he explained be
cause there is less distraction than
when the shops were located in the
city.
On a small branch below the shops
is located the plant for making con
crete pipe for culverts and much of
this material is on hand ready to be
installed as needed.
Every taxpayer, regardless of his
political complexion, should visit the
county home. No unbiased mind but
will concede that here a good job has
been done and we are told that all this
is carried on, including food foy the
gang, coffins for pauperers at the
rate of about 50 each year, medicine
for the old folks and so on, at a net
cost to the county of only about $1000
per year. In other words Newber
ry’s indigents are cared for at a cost
of about $60 a year.
If we have failed to spot the two
commissioners in this narrative it is
not from oversight but rather from
convenience. All that has been said
can be said of them. It ie a joint re
sponsibility, and if this be praise that
too is joint.
The Jun e term of criminal court
convenes here on the 20th with Judge
C. C. Featherstone presiding.
The following have been drawn to
serve as jurors: G. C. Senn, C. S.
Franklin, Clarence A. Shealy, J. H.
Baxter, A. J. Bowers, Jr., J. O.
Counts, A. I Jackson, Leland E.
Wood, T. M. Sanders, J. O. Wessing
er, D. E. Cannon, P. F. Smith, J.
Clifton Lominick, J, L. Sinclair, I. M.
Mills, D. H. Hamm, E. D. Wilhite, E.
Von Deadmon, M. E. Quattlebaum, J.
G. Barnwell, L. E. Long, L. H. Sease,
R. T. Abrams, J. D. Luther, T. J. Har
mon, J. H. Chapman, L. A. Shealy, E.
P. Morris, I. V. Matthews, J. Allen
Wicker, J. M. K. Buzhardt, B. S.
Counts, Frank Leevelle, and L. W.
Derrick.
RITES TODAY FOR
J. W. LUCAS, 89
Funeral services for John W. Lu
cas, 89, of Little Mountain, who died
■at the Columbia hospital Tuesday
night after an illness of a few days,
were conducted at 3 o'clock Thurs
day afternoon from Capers Methodist
church near Peak by the Rev. Mr.
Johnson, pastor. Interment ■ follow
ed in the churchyard. ' l
Mr. Lucas was a retired farmer
of that section and a member of the
Capers Chapel Memorial church.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Mamie Summers Lucas- of Little
Mountain, and three sisters, Mrs
YEARS AGO
Erskine College has done the nice
uuaa in recognizing tne character
anu nullity oz our Zriend and zellow
citizen, non. Ueo. S. Mower, by con-
reiTing upon him the ddgree of doe-
tor oz laws, we greet thee. Dr.
mower, ne will wear the honor well
aim worthily.
At the annual meeting of the Alum
ni association oz Newoerry College
on June 4, the address was delivered
uy tue non. uutier B. Hare oz Salu
da. He used as his suoject, “The
College Graduate and Democracy.
Miss Mayme Swittenberg has been
tne efficient principal oz the Little
Mountain high school for several
years and sue has done a fine work
zor the educational interest of that
community. Much to the regret of
tne pupils and ‘patrons of this school,
sne has declined the offer to return.
She has accepted the principalship
of the Prosperity high school and will
teacn there the coming session. She
has been very successful as a high
school principal and the people of
Prosperity are to be congratulated
on securing her services.
Just as soon as it was definitely
settled that Prof. S- J. Derrick was
to be the president of Newberry Col
lege, that institution loomed up larg
er in the estimation of citizens here.
For instance, Mr. Julius J. Langford
sought Professor Derrick to tell him
that he would be one of a number
to give $100 towards the liquidation
of the college debt. Mr. Geb. C.
Hipp “seconded the motion.” Three
cheers for these two. Mr. Langford
started this good ball to rolling; we
hope the balance will fall in.
If the roads could just be
now it would help so much in
them in some sort of
shape
For th e first time in the history
of Newberry College there is to be
no interregnum in the presidency of
the college on account of the resig
nation of the president. As Dr.
Harms retires after delivering the
diplomas to the graduates, the new
president. Prof. S. J. Derrick as
sumes charge. Heretofore upon the
resignation or death of the presi
dent there has been some time be
fore his successor was chosen. It is
well for the college that the machin
ery may move right along smoothly.
The quota for Newberry county In
the second Red Cross fund was $13,-
000. The result of the campaign is
follows: Total subscriptions to
date, $22,142.00. Total number of
subscribers, 4,648. The record of
Newberry county in war service is
one of which all patriotic citizens
may be proud. It is of the utmost
importance not only that we con
tinue to give freely and liberally, but
that we cultivate the will to sacrifice,
without which we cannot win the war.
Geo. B. Cromer, Cbm.
SEEN ABOUT TOWN
Numbers of former Newberry Col
lege students in city for College
finals and traveling salesman want
ing to know what’s the idea of all the
scarlet and grey streamers about
town—Mrs. Mae Aull celebrating
birthday last Friday, June 3—White
Fant showing off picture of the fam
ous racing horse, “War Admial”—
Clemson Wilson, Columbia, visiting
about city Wednesday—Wilson Brown
showing off air conditioned hat—
Kirby Lominack and Roy Clary talk
ing on street corner—Mrs. R. G. Wal
lace shopping and ‘making prepara
tions for New York trip—Mr. and
Mrs. Kay Thompson, Union, welcom
ed visitors in Newberry Sunday—Mrs.
Cannon G. Blease telling that she was
Eargle, both of Little Mountain, arid
Mrs. Emma Summers Of West Col
umbia. _
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glad to he home after several weeks
in Hot Springs, Ark.—J. H. Hunter
looking over the attractive new law
office of Representative Tom Pope in
the Bowers building—G. P. Saye and
American Legion baseball players
buying baseball equipment—Ralph
Quinn putting a small dog in his car
—H. D. Whitaker and Herman Wise
talking things over—Ned Purcell cel
ebrating a birthday today (Thurs
day)—Mrs. C. W. Sanders shopping
—‘Louise Wood setting out petunia
plants—George Rodelsperger visiting
Sunoffice—E. A. Carpenter and two
attractive children motoring—Frankie
Sanders, looking fully recovered after
brief stay in Hot Springs, Ark., re
marking that all his “girl troubles”
were gone.
AT HOSPITAL
D. L. Hamm, Jr.,’of Silverstreet
was admitted to the county hospital
Martha Haltiwamrer nd Mrs. James the first of June for treatment. He
is getting alon$r “fairly well 1
Mr. Hamm is a brother of
Rose and Miss Pearle Hamm.