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•' • ' r- '--a . i-m • ‘t Every Week More People Read The Sun — V • > >* ✓v * YOU CANT Reach All the People with The Sun Nor Can You Reach all of them Without It VOLUME 2: NO. 12 The Hiring Sun—1856-1860 NEWBERRY. S. C FRIDAY. JANUARY 13, 1939 Slider & Greneker—1856-1860 $1 PER YEAR —i ■ i i no OUi AMONG THE PEOPLE Founding of Newberry Was 150 Years Ago By CONSTANCE ARiMFIELD BETTER LATE THAN NEVER —Much better! Jim Duncan read the peioe about oui meagre outlook for Christmas and wat> moved to do something about it. However, he just didn’t get ’round to it until Santa was well on his way back home —not, in fact, until this week when we waved at him from across the street. He apparently tooi. our 2*1- -utation for an Invitation to come in and pay his subscription for he did come in and he did pay, although he (was not “out” until April. Thanks Jim, may your sort increase! ONE ON THE PARSON It is being told around that Rev. C. A- Calcote held a revival some where sometime back and the people, to show their appreciation, decided to ■“lift" an offering for him on the clos ing night. The closing night came and the man directing the singing- gave out a number to be sung while the offering was being taken. The number? “Must I go and Empty Handed”. AMONG THE SICK Miss Fannie Mae Carwile, who is a patient in the Columbia hospi tal, is reported “resting nicely". Monday examinations revealed that she would not have .to undergo an op eration, but will be kept there some time for treatment. Mrs. L. Morris at is reported about t'«6 the iital in Columbia is re- Mrs. L jo Adams is a patient in the county hospital for treatments. — Mrs. Nelva Brown recently under went an operation for appendicitis at the local hospital. Roy Jones will be dismissed from the Newberry county hospital this weekend. SPEAKERS ELECTED FOR COLLEGE MARCH DEBATE The March debate at Newberry college, an event of long standing when the two men’s literary societies put up their best orators to capture the honor of winning the debate for their respective organizations, will be held this year on Friday, March 3. Speaking for the Excelsior Literary society will be Bruce Ballentine of Batesburg, captain, Luther Aull, and Maxcy Stone. Debating for the Phrenakosmian group will be Grady Boozer of the county, captain, Fred Entler of Mary land, and O. G. Dasher of Marlowe, Georgia. E Legislative Briefs The South Carolina general as sembly opened its 83rd session at noon Tuesday with election of officers and with pledges of co-operation with Burnet R. Maybank, governor-elect of South Carolina whose inaugura tion takes place next Tuesday. ....Newberry county’s representa tive, Thomas H. Pope Jr. who is ser ving a second term, withdrew from the speaker Pro Tem race before the assembly convened. .... Representative Sol Blatt of Barnwell, house speaker for the past two years, was given the position again by acclamation. ....Representative J. W. D. Zerbst of Charleston was re-elected speaker pro tem. ....The Senate presiding officer, Lieut. Gov. J. E. Harley, is ill and will not be able to attend sessions for sometime. Senator Taylor H. Stukes of Manning was elected presi dent pro tem to preside in his ab- sence. |R| Governor Olin D. Johnston in his farewell address before the as sembly Wednesday denounced “with all the force at my command” the suggestion that a sales tax be levied to finance the public welfare pro gram. Winchester Smith, representa tive from Barnwell, was named head of the important ways and means committee. Smith defeated three opponents for the position on the first ballot. Not until the regular meeting of the city council Tuesday evening of this week was the fact brought to public ligfat that 1939 is the year when celebratio/b pnd rejoicing by Newberrians is in order. For this year marks the 150th anniversary of our city—yes, a sesqui-centennial ce lebration is very much in order. Whether our city intends to really do something about this great date or not, it certainly should not pass by unmentioned. One wonders if some crystal gaz er 150 years ago looked into his mag ic bail and saw the Newberry of to day. Did he see revealed such things as a Newberry of fine schools, and a splendid church college; of churches, hospitals libraries, theatres, news papers, huge cotton mills, big and various business concerns; of chari ties and benevolences; of civic orga nizations, and social groups; of traf fic and trade; of a Newberry whose slogan has most fittingly become “The City of Friendly Folks”? Whether such things were visualized or not, certainly some intelligent, far-seeing, patriotic, and persistent group of sons dreamed of a great Newberry to be a century and a half later. The exact date is not known, but according to the most accurate re cords obtainable we can state that Newberry was “incorporated” in March of 1789, for at that time, plans were begun for the erection of a pub lic building in which to handle public affairs. For some forty years or more be fore a town organization, we learn ed that sat tiers began to arrive in this community and by 1762, the vi cinity was “pretty well settled”. The beginning of the town, is dated from the time when property given to erect the public building. For some time the “county court”, a judicial organization composed of eleven justices which was done away with in 1899, argued concerning the location of the public building or a court house, and finally a present was made by “Little John” Coates of two acres on which to erect a public building. The court decided to build on the property offered by Coates and “accordingly there it was builded and here was the beginning of the town of Newberry”. From the Annals of Newberry we find the following account of the giv ing of tha land for the court house, thus causing the organization of the city which this year can proudly boast of 150 years of notable progress: “At March court, 1789, present, Ro bert Rutherford, James Mayson, Ja cob Roberts Brown, Philemon Waters, William Caldwell, Mercer Babb, and Thomas W. Waters, Justices, it ap pears from an entry that John Coate made a present to the county of two acres, on which to erect the public buildings’, which was accepted by the vote of all present except Robert Rutherford, who objected *by reason the place was not centrical’. Col. Philemon Waters and William Cald well were directed to lay out - two ac res thus given-; which they did, and returned a plat. It is embraced by the parallelogram made by Caldwell Street on the east; Pratt Street, south; McKibben Street, west; Boyce Street, north. Titles were made and Mr. Coate was called into court and received the thanks of the Justices for this liberality.” Yes, we have great reason for a celebration this March. Whether or not any steps are taken in this direc tion is up to the leaders and organiza tions of our city. It’s not every day that a city can celebrate a sesqui- centennial year. Something “big” should be undertaken to draw wide spread attention to this Important date. B SUPERVISOR UNDERGOES OPERATION S. C. National Pleased With Business of 1938 The South Carolina National Bank paid a dividend of 16 1-2 per cent to its common stockholders, in the year just finished, Julian Mitchell, presi dent announced after the annual meeting of the stockholders. All of ficers were reelected and the year was reported to have been very suc cessful. The annual meeting of the share holders was followed by the annual meeting of the directors. “Despite the scarcity of loans and the low rate of interest prevailing during 1938, the bank had a very successful year, a s will appear by the condensed statement of its condition, and after adding to its surplus and to reserve for retirement of Its pre- fered stock and charging deprecia tion, etc., and after the payment of dividends on its preferred stock it paid dividends during the year of 16 1-2 per cent upon its common stock,” Mr. Mitchell said. The condensed statement of the bank showed assets of $38,4SS,524.- 22; liabilities of $35,116,245.38, and a capital amount bf $3,336,278.84. The statement further showed pledged as sets, United States government ob ligations, $3,600,000; other assets, $508,000, and secured liabilities^ de posits secured by pledged assets pur suant to law, $6,174,274.67. Officers of the Newberry office of the bank follows: C. C. Hutto, manager; Floyd Brad ley, assistant manager; John M. Kin- ard, assistant manager; John T. Nor ris, Jr., assistant manager. HONOR LEE AND JACKSON The public is cordially invited to attend the exercises commemorating the birthdays of General Lee and ieral Jackson, in the chapel of Newberry College on the morning of January 19, at 10 o’clock. After the exercises in the chapel, where ?lev. H. O. Chambers will be the speaker, the two Lee Memorial (trees recently planted on the cam- pus pf the pollege will be dedicated by the members of the two U. D. C- chapters. NAMED DIRECTOR Miss Kathleen Willingham, former director of public welfare in Green ville county, has been made head of public welfare work in the Piedmont section of the State, including the counties of Pickens, Oconee, Ander son, Laurens, Newberry, Greenwood, Greenville, and Abbeville. Miss Ruth Bradley, former district director, is doing graduate work in the Chicago school of social worners. -Supervisor Holland H. Ruff was operated upon for appendicitis at a Columbia hospital Wednesday morn ing. Information from the hospital Wednesday afternoon was to the ef fect that he stood the operation well. Mr. Ruff was carried to the hos pital the first of the week for ob servation. His health, it is said, has not been normal for the past sev eral weeks a nd symptoms the first of the week caused his physicians to order an examination by Columbia doctors. Mr. Ruff is serving his third term as county supervisor, having tfirst been elected in 1930. NEGRO BEING HELD FOR MURDER TRIAL Hub Quattlebaum, deputy sheriff, and Ben F> Dawkins, local magis trate, acting In place of Coroner I. H. Wilson, who is confined to his home because of illness, conducted an inquest at the court house Tuesday evening into the death of Ray Hamp ton, 24-yeur-old negro, who was found dead with gunshot wounds in his chest, by local offeers about 11 o’clock Saturday night on the Kemp son Ferry road. The coroner’s jury rendered the verdict that Ray Hamp ton had come to his death by gunshot wounds at the bands of T. J. Wil liams. According to J. C. Neel, one of the witnesses at the inquest, local offi cers were called late Saturday even ing to the scene where the body was found, Upon investigation, it was learned that both Hampton and Wil liams had been attending a “hot sup per” at the house of James Gallman, colored. Gallman testified that both men had left early in the evening. Williams confessing to the crime Sunday night stated that he saw Hampton leaving Gallman’s house and suspected that he was going to his (Williams) house as he had heard rumors concerning Hampton and his wife, He went to his house and upon finding Hampton there shot at him three times. He later put the body into an auto, stating he was in tending to take Hampton to the hos pital, but when he discovered he was dead threw the body out of the car where it was later discovered. The officers finding blood stains in and about the house of T. J. Wil liams arrested him ISundaly after noon about 1:30. Deputy Quattle baum secured a full conftesion from Williams about 9 o’clock Sunday ev ening. Williams is being held in the coun ty jail until the March term of criminal court. Conservation Service Reports Good Year At the close of 1938, 167 local far mers were cooperating with the Soil Conservation Service in the erosion control area near Newberry, South Carolina, by carrying out a complete program of soil and water conserva tion on their farms, according to Mr. W. A. Mason, Jr., Project Manager. Comprising some 18,000 acres, these cooperating farms have provided an opportunity to develop and demon strate under actual farming condi tions practical, locally adapted eros ion-control practices applicable throughout this entire seltion. Strip cropping, which was virtual ly an unknown farming practice when work was begun in the local area 3 years ago, was being established on 835 acres at the close of the year. This practice consisted of planting al ternate broad strips or bands of close- growing crops between strips of clean-tilled crops to provide vegeta tive barriers across the path of run off water, Mr. Mason explained. More than 900 miles of new broad- channel terraces have been built, pro viding mechanical protection for 8,- 300 acres of cultivated land, and con tour tillage is being practiced on virtually all of the land in cultiva tion. While clean-tilled crops are being reduced by 1000 acres, pasture land is being increased by 110 acres, per manent hay by 215 acree, other ero sion-resisting crops by 1200 acres, and approved crop rotations by 6200 acres. At the same time 876,000 trees have been planted on steep and severly eroded land and an additional 28,000 shrubs and trees have been set out on idle or unproductive areas to serve the dual purpose of controlling erosion and providing food and cov er for wildlife, Mr. Mason said. Cases In December Magistrates of the county reported comparative lull in crime during the last month of the year. With only three of the five magistrates report ing, 19 cases were reviewed during December and fines collected totaling $239.40. In the Newberry district, Magis trate Ben F. Dawkins heard 12 cases. He received in finee 1)182.40. W. D. Hatton, PomafTa magistrate, turned over $15 to the county treas urer, having reviewed three cases. At Prosperity, J. L. Bowers Jr. had four cases brought before him. His fines totaled $42. President’s Ball Will Be Held January 30 The President’s Birthday Ball for Newberry and vicinity will be held Monday night, January 30, at toe American Legion Hall with m furnished by Chris Kaufm&nn and his orchestra, it was announced to day by Pete Coleman, county chair man for celebration of this event In order to raise funds to figfat infan tile paralysis. One half of the funds raised by the dance will be retained by toe lo cal committee to fight this dreaded disease in this county and toe other half will be sent to the national headquarters. There is, at present, 21 white eases of infantile paralysis and 5 colored cases in Newberry county, according to Jake R. Wise, health clerk. These are however, being treated at differ ent institutions over the state. It is hoped that those who do not care to dance will buy tickets in ord er to help put the cause across. Mrs. Gurnip Summer is assisting Mr. Cole man with arrangements. Members of the Eagles Club are also doing their share. More definite plans per taining to the dance will be announc ed in next week’s paper. A delegation for the city council composed of three aldermen, A. H. Clark, C. A. Shealy, and Buck Wick er, went to Atlanta, Georgia, Wed nesday to confer with W. P. A. of ficials on the completion of the pav ing program begun in toe city last fall by the M. J. Carrol Construc tion company. The rest of the paving will be let by another contract to the lowest responsible bidder. New plans will have to be made, specifications drawn up, and bids received before the pav ing can be finished. for only part of the extensive paving program. LITTLE GIRL STRUCK BY AUTOMOBILE Eloise Thfiipas, six-year-old daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Thomas, was stuck by an auto driven by Mr. Hawkins from Columbus, Ga. Tues day afternoon near her home six miles from the city on the Whitmire highway. The little girl was not seriously hurt, but was brought to the local hospital for treatment. PROMINENT CHURCHMAN TO VISIT NEWBERRY Dr. C. Darby Fulton of Nashville, Tenn., executive secretary of the Foreign Mission Board of the Southern Presbyterian church, is scheduled to speak in the city at Ave. leigh Presbyterian phurob Sunday evening, January 22. Dr. Fulton speaks here in connec tion with the foreign mission sea son being observed by Presbyterian churches all over the south at this time. \ The season study book, “A Star Iii the East” was written by Dr. Fulton. The address of this great church leade* - will be an outstanding event in the city this month. CCC WILL ADMIT 500 FROM STATE Almost 600 applicants will be en rolled from South Carolina into the civilian conservation corps during this month’s procurement period, now being conducted by Captain H. J. Hindman and First Lieutenant Gene J. Henry. The enrollment began Monday, when ten white veterans were brought into the service at Sumiter. Yesterday, junior whites and ne grpes and some negro veterans were enrolled. Yesterday’s enrolling points were Mountain Rest, Bradley, Georgetowki, Walterboro, Columbia, Bishopville, Greenville, Laurens. Greenwood, Newberry, Gaffney, Rock Hill, Liberty and Pickens. Kendall Mills Lutheran Parish Rev. J. B. Hannan, pastor Summer Memorial: Sunday 10 a. m. Sunday school. Mr. Eugene Shealy, supt. Sunday 11 a. m. Divine worship. Bethany: Sunday 6 p. m. Sunday school. Mr. E. B. Hite, supt. Sunday 7 p. m. Evening worship, Visitors are invited to attend all of these services. ALREDMEN CONFER WITH W. P. A. OFFICIALS League Head Would Unite Tax Forces Columbia, Jan. 10.— J. K. Breed- in, managing director of the Farm ers and Taxpayers league, assailed legislative proposals for a sales tax or diversion of gasoline revenue from road purposes today in a state ment calling for “appropriate re trenchment.” “If the truckers, the independent enchants, the American Federation of Labor, the Farmers and Taxpay ers league, the women’s organisa tions, the chambers of commerce and others would unite to fight any new tax a»d any diversion of gasoline re venue, then the legislature would cut the garmet by the cloth,” Breedir said. \ . “If, however, these several groups are each fighting for or against one tax, then there is danger of all los ing. “The general assembley wishes to serve the public. We are the public. What do wo want?” DOWN MEMORY - LANE J ' Wheeler on Health Board The first meeting of the newly or ganized county health board was held Wednesday night at toe county health office. The board, to have complete charge of health interests in the city and county, is composed of Dr. Hugh Semi, chairman, Dr. H. B. Thomas of Whitmire, and Dr. C. K. Wheeler of Prosperity. Dr. Claude Se&se was re-elected health doctor by toe board and nam ed head of the county health depart ment for the coming year. Other city and county health of ficials will remain the same with an addition—a city inspector to bo em ployed at an wly date. ^ Present at the Wednesday night meeting were Dr. fi. F. Wyman and Dr. Grady contract atate board c MONDAY MEETING SCHEDULED FOR SCHOOLMASTERS’ CLUB The Schoolmasters’ Club, composed of principals and superintendents from {schools all Over the county, will meet Monday evening, January 16th, at the Hotel Wiseman at 7:30 for a dutch supper. This club, a social one, was orga nized in December of last year and only one meeting has been held. WlUiam R. Watson, head of the Pros perity school, is president of the or ganization! C. E. Hendrix, county superintendent of education, is se cretary and treasurer. These men discussed the health pro gram in Newberry county with toe board members and recommended a man for the position of inspector. The new health program, in which city and county work ia combined, goes into effect immediately. This setup which is sure to prove benefi cial to all was urged by members «f the Civic League over a year ago. Through the co-operation of the city council with the League and the state department of health, the program considered “ideal* by the state de partment was put through. Members of the county health board will meet monthly to discuss plans and take action toward the 'betterment of health among New berrians. TO FLORIDA Miss Lucille Tolbert, sister of Mrs. J. K. Wicker of this city, has been transferred in her work with the Western Union from Orangeburg to Miami, Florid^. WOMAN’S AUXILIARY OF CENTRAL CHURCH The regular monthly business meeting of the Woman’s Missionary Auxiliary of Central Methodist church will be held in the Mary Frances Wright Memorial building on Monday afternoon, January 16th, at 4 o’clock. Officers for 1932 will be in stalled at this time, the installation services being conducted by the pas tor, Rev. H, O. Chambers. CLARKSON ATTORNEY Under the terms of a resolution signed by members of the delega tion, Jofhri F. Clarkson was named attorney for the county to handle legal matters in connection with the expenditure of the $140,000 bond is sue and WPA funds in the county’s road building program. The resolu tion also authorizes Mr. Clarkson to keep the records of the road work. HOSPITAL AUXILIARY The Hospital Auxiliary will meet Thursday afternoon, January 19, at four o’clock, according to announce ment made today by Mrs. Hugh Senn, president of the organization. 20 YEARS AGO Columbia, Jan. 11.—The various departments of the state government are asking the general assembly, which convenes on Tuesday, for ap propriation aggregating nearly 4 million dollars- If all the appropria tions asked for should be granted, a levy of nine and one-half mills would be required, notwithstanding the en ormous increase during the year in taxable values. A beet that is “sure a beet” or “some beet” was brought to this of fice the other day by Mr. T. B. Kib- ler, who raised it Everybody who has been it says it is “hard to beat”. This sugar beet weighs 15 1-2 pounds and she measures 24 inches around her waist. Mr. Kibler ought to go Into tthe beet business on a large scale at his place, 666 O’Neall street, and maybe then he could make a deal with the sugar mills. — Haltiwanger and Carpenter of Newberry was commissioned with a proposed capital stock of $16,000, for a general merchandise business. Pe titioners are J. W. Haltiwanger of Columbia, and E. A. Carpenter of Newberry.—The State. Newberry fire Sunday o’clock, when the Mayer Lutheran church in West E burned to the ground. The supposed to have caught furnace flue in soi the top of the building, for covered, the whole top was The piano, organ, and about fo when ( ! im and toluable the old one. ASSEMBLY MOVES TO PROTECT GAME Little more thim routine matters were attempted Monday when Com missioners Haile and Shealy found that Supervisor Ruff was seriously ill and consequently unable to be present. Another meeting was set for Wednesday but this too waa post poned when It was learned that Mr. Ruff would be out for an indefinite time. He underwent an operation at Columbia hospital Wednesday morning. Considerable interest was centered in the meeting to be held Monday as H was generally rumored that many changes would be made in the per sonnel of county employees. Columbia, Jan 11.—Steps to pro tect game further in lower and upper South Carolina began today when Chairman John H. Porter, of toe house fish, game and forestry com' mittee, named permanent chairman of two sub-committees to present pro tective legislation for the full com mittee’s approval. Porter named Representative J. Harvey Cleveland, of Greenville, for the upstate, and Representative J. M. Tuten, of Hampton, for the lower section as chairmen, telling them to organize sub-commitees “to work out beneficial legislation to bring before this committee”. Porter's action followed a lengthy plea from Cleveland, who asked for members’ aid in pushing through a bill he said he would draw up. “We want our mountain streams stocked and protected,” Cleveland said. “I am going to introduce a bill for our zone (Oconee, Pickens and Greenville Counties) and ask you gentlemen to support It. “With the assistance from the Oco nee hatchery and a small one in our county, we could put 3,000,000 trout in mountain streams next year.” Cleveland said that J. B. Weto- embee had-stated that he would con vert his 10,000-acre tract in upper Greenville county into a game pre serve “if he could get some protec tion”. Cleveland said he might seek to restore a tax on dogs to produce new revenue with which to increase en forcement of laws. He said he would seek to buy some deer from Pisgah National Forest "provided we can get some protection for them 1 ” Representative Isaac D. Peek, of Charleston, another member of the committee, congratulated Cleveland for his interest in game and fish pre servation and asserted that “with the cooperation of our sporting eku believe we can do a lot in South Caro lina. It is needed. It ia needed badly.' the place NO BOARD MEETING *- A SON Mr. and Mra. John Lackley of Whitmire announce the birth of a son at the Newberry county hospi tal Tuesday, January 10. -v SEEN ABOUTTOWnI □ Roy Anderson telling your scriba that “it ia a pretty day should any one ask you”.. .Brookale Hutchin son breaking In a pair of row specks.. .aad C. A. Cslccte walk ing around with pair of broken glasses iu hi* hand.. .Wright Can non, who received The Sun ae e Christmas gift, remarking that he rend every word in each issue... White Pant tossing and catching a silver coin.. .James Price coming to work and finding hie boss out of town but discovering a pile of notea informing him how to spend the day...Jake Wise and Roy Ander son examining a candid camera... A. M. Summer enjoying soft .drink in a grocery store...Mr. and Mrs. Claude Sanders cruising around in new auto and listening to Gny Lombardo music... .Newberrians noticing the picture of Representa tive Thomas H. Pope Jr. in a dally paper.. .Maxcy Stone attempting to ride a bicycle, with two flat tires, in the court house corridors ...Ben F. Dawkins laughing over a recent dream but refusing to tell the nature of it. ..Gene Stockman and Frank ganders kidding each other about their weights.. .Chria Kaufman® Dade Epting. Wright Cannon among Newber- rians cheering the local co&age’a five on to victory at the oHna University Datar- . .Rev. M. L. Kestcr TO* that his gmatl grandson, whom be has with him constantly, is Mb bodyguard ..Prances Aull aceneed af bring n lady’s »an~ tly denying Ml • v v ■ 'TtSs