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Every W^ek More Read The Sun The Sun Strives To Serve The Whole People VOLUME 2; NO. 36 The Ruing Son—1856-1860 NEWBERRY, S. C. FRIDAY, JUNE 30, 1939 Slider & Greneker—1856-1860 $1 PER YEAR OUT AMONG THE PEOPLE DREW A BLANK Rion Hill and two companions put in some early morning fishing the other A. M. and Rion caught exactly nothing; his companions got two or three. This to show that even the boys who know all about it fail at times to bring home the bacon—or fish! BEGINNERS LUCK Down at the lake the other day fishing with a girl (a small girl) who had never been fishing before. The catch for the afternoon was one bass and five crappie and out of the six the beginner caught five, includ ing the bass. That done irreputable things to our reputation, and the next time the little gai wants to fish we intend to put her in a boat alone. A SIX POUND ONE Henry Fellers, postal employee, has joined the ranks of catchers-of- big-fish. Casting Saturday after noon in Camping creek above Leo Adams camp he landed first a six pound beauty, followed in quick suc cession by one weighing four pounds and another a pound and a half. That’s not as many fish as some of the boys have brought home but we believe 6 pounds is the record for size this year among local Waltons. IS MAKING GOOD Between early morning fishing and overseeing the court house addition Judge Blease is completely and fully occupia i these hot days He gets down to the lake about four A. M. and puts in half-day of hard fishing which often nets as many as two fish. Dined and refreshed he then goes to the court house to see how the work is moving. If all is well there he goes to the Exchange build- X iui&hki nftp .jl n«Jt Abene ps does a little work, quit ting in time to make certain he can report at the lake on time next day. Really though, from tips published here and from private instruc tion v/e have been able to give the Judge has developed into a pretty fair angler and has made some good catches this year. We hope to be able to coach him further when we get over there near him in our new JIM AND SCANDAL Jim Johnson is forever inquiring if we know any scandal, particularly if we know of anyone beating his wife. Not having a wife it is hard for Jim to realize just how little of that fascinating sport takes place. For instance it has been two or three weeks since we have engaged in any thing like that, and its been equally that long since we have heard any of the neighbor’s wives howling. Al though it is a lot of fun one does not always obtain ones objectives in beating ones wife. Quite frequently it results in a black eye and one has to fall back on the old door knob alibi. The woman who marries Jim had best beat the tar out of him the first night and get some of those notions out of his head. KINARD AS CLEMSON PREXY The grape vine informs us that there is at least one, and perhaps several, outstanding leaders in the State, who are determined to make Dr. James C. Kinard president of Clemson college. This particular state leader whom we believe is a trustee of the school, is said to be waging an active campaign in be half of Dr. Kinard. He is a man of considerable influence who usually gets what he goes after. Dr. Kinard was prominently men tioned a few years ago for the presi dency of Winthrop and many believe he could easily have gotten that place had he agreed to a movement to elect him. Dr. Kinard is perhaps the best known educator in the State today and would make Clemson a fine president. And since one of the main duties of the Clemson presidency is handling the legislature he would hardly have a peer there. Having for years worked in harmony with church boards and organizations and gotten money (from them, dealing with the legislature would come nat urally and carry less tribulation. While Newberry would regret to see Dr. Kinard go, he deserves better ttmi^ a^ny^hurd^scbool can offer him. best years to the college and brought about many improvements, but here the sphere of his influence is defi nitely limited; limited in that he is cramped by a burden of detail, be sides the natural limitations fcr ser vice in a small school. Youth Branded BALTIMORE, Md. . . . Melvin Bridge, 14-year-old Jewish youth, who has accused forty schoolmates at Gwynn’s Falls junior high school of carving the letter “H‘ on his neck. The branding was fol lowed by the suspension of eight een of his fellow students. PUT SMALL ONES BACK Up in Spartanburg the other day city officials opened a lake to ang lers and 500 of them quickly gathered to “wet a line”. Nothing so unus ual about that, but a fine display of sportsmanship was evidenced when the anglers put back, at the re quest of the superintendent, all bass under eight inche— The South Carolina game laws permit taking from fresh water bass 0 inches long. Most states have a 10 inch limit and some even a 12 inch limit. South Carolina will some day have decent fishing laws; a 10-inch limit, creel of five bass, closed seasons, trolling with one line enforced, and so on-r— but at the present rate most of us will be too old to benefit by them. SOFTBALL PLAYERS ORGANIZED IN COUNTY LEAGUE Newberry Prepared To Go Forward In Baseball By LONNIE FRANKLIN Newberry is ready to go places as a baseball center now that lights are installed as fans can see games without losing time from their work and enjoy cooler bleacher seats. Coach Laval has his team ready for two months of baseball that may pave the way for class D ball next summer. So it’s up to the fans in this section to show they want base ball by turning out. The team is composed of textile and college play ers and form a god layout. Newberry Mills started out like a house afire in the mid Carolina, but ry ffelding has cost three games and spotty pitching needs lots of hitting to pull them through. Mollohon started slowly, now mov ing along and getting classy pitch ing from Hamm and the addition of Gilbreath made the team look better. Whitmire, after ten tries, could n’t win and is out of the mid Caro lina. Derrill Bouknight and Mickey Liv ingstone, Newberry boys, are still hot at Johnson City, Tenn., and Springfield, Mass. Roy Caldwell is staging a great comeback but he hasn’t been very far away—-just sick most of last season. e There are so many soft ball teams around now, you almost get hit by a ball while walking around. But the game gives many boys and girls exercise each afternoon. Newberry and Mollohon < mills have several teams, Oakland has a nifty outfit and there are several teams here in town, not to mention Henry Cousins and his clerks. Just start any direc tion any day and you can wind up at a softball game. Lou Gehrig Not that my saying anything will add to all that Lou has had said over his retirement, but I still say Lou was an unfortunate ball player. Start ing in 1925 with the Yankess, Iiou played every game and I mean he really played. His playing continued until this season when somehow he coudn’t hit and couldn’t move around first base like usual. So he benched himself and then doctors at Mayo’s hospital said for two years he had been playing with a touch of infan tile paralysis. But where Lou was unfortunate was that Babe Ruth was the big noise of the Yankees during most of his playing time. Then Joe DiMaggio came along and again Lou was over shadowed. But for real year in and year out consistency, no ball player ever came close to Lou and his re cord. Lou has made more than $400,000 out of baseball, but if he hadn’t been always the second name in publicity he would have almost doubled that. Now he is through. No bat will ever be passed for him but I wish he had lasted long enough to have become a king instead of always a crown prince as his record so justly entitled him to be. JAKE AND THE GERM THEORY I am going to stage "a public debate with Jake Wise on the tenability of the germ theory. The other day I told him I was not entirely sold on it and since then he has been wise cracking at my ignorance I have asked him to explain to me why in an epidemic, cases brea’c out in remote sections, one here and one there, sparated by miles, and usually among people who go nowhere. His answer Is “carriers.” Maybe so and maybe not so. If the germ theory is so well established why do the medicos and scientist not find the germ of cancer, influenza, polio, and many other diseases? The explanation is of course that the germ is so small they can’t find him. An atom beside him is a mountain; he is just so small until he is nothing at all, and yet the havoc he plays! Where there is so much pain there must be a germ, Jake. Why don’t you find it? or are you ready to admit that it is just possible that the above named di seases MIGHT not be caused by germs? Of course I do not expect you to do that for that would tear down the whole germ theory. Hundreds of millions of dollars have been spent in search of the can cer germ but the elusive bug won’t be discovered. Wouldn’t it be better to expend those millions to aleviate the suffering of cancer patients? Old dame nature is going to “mow you down” from one cause or another and it seems to me it would be much nic er to spend that money to surround one with pretty nurses in a nice hospital than to continue to hunt a bug which probably doesn’t exist. After innumerable practice games, the Newberry county men and boys’ softball league has been organized starting with five eager, fighting teams are West End, Oakland, Clerks, Fire Department, and Newberry’s Pride. Other groups to join the league soon include Hartford, Mollo hon, Stony Hill, and “The Newberry Jitterbugs” headed by Henry Fellers of the post office. It is hoped that a girls softball league will be in Op eration soon. Activities of the various teams will be carried weekly in The Sun. BOY SCOUTS RETURN Returning today from a two-weeks tour northward including a trip to the New York World’s Fair were the following Boy Scouts of Troop 2: Walter Summer, Strother Paysinger, Frank Kinard, Preston McAlhaney, William Peery, Tommie Johnson, and Billy Amos. These boys went up as members of a troop from the Blue Ridge council to camp one week in the model Boy Scout camp in the World’s Fair grounds. Theye were World’s Fair grounds. They were on service a few hours each day as- the Fair. O. B. BRODIE IN HOSPITAL O. B. Brodie of Ridge Spring was reported “improving nicely” at the local hospital this morning from in juries received about six o’clock Mon day morning when his car went out of control near Kinards. Mr. Brodie suffered lacerations of the head and lip but injuries were not serious. He stated he was en route from his home to Charlotte, N. C., and fell asleep at the wheel. His auto was badly damaged. OPPOSES THIRD TERM I always admired former Congress man John Taylor’s courage to speak and vote his convictions and have been watching for some evidence to support my conviction that Butler Hare would do likewise. It came the other day when reporters questioned several S. C. congressmen on the third term idea. Some gave very in definite answers and others refused to answer at all. Mr. Hare told them he thought the two-term precedent a good one and should be adhered to. This is pretty good proof that Butler will do his own thinking just as we supposed he would do. COLIE DOWD NAMED ACTING CHIEF OF POLICE Colie Dowd was named acting Chief of Police for the city at the regular city council meeting Tuesday evening of last week. Mr. Dowd will begin duties the first of July acting for Chief R. B. Bartley who has ob tained a leave of absence because of illness. Fee Is Retained To Count/ Treasurer County Treasurer Black has re ceived from John F. Clarkson, former county attorney, a check <in the amount of $3,776 which will be, or has already been credited to the ac count of the special road fund from which fund county' roads are now being paved. This amount was set up in the road aft for attorney’s and clerk’s fees and Was paid to Mr. Clarkson under A resolution of the county delegation. Lorick and Crouch, of Columbia, was awarded the contract for furn ishing the offices in' the court house addition at a figure slightly under $2,000. Tables, desk.', typewriters, adding machines aiid other office equipment in included in the contract. Very little work remains to be done on the addition and it is expected that the offices will be occupied by July 10th, deadline for completion of the work. Neal W. Workman, Probate Judge, has already moved some of his office equipment into one of his new rooms to enable workmen to make certain repairs and alterations on the room he formerly occupieu. This room, which contains a vault, will be used by Mr. Workman far the storing of papers and records.? His new quar ters consist of a small waiting room, a private office and a court room. Beauty Vinner Fine Is $1000 For Selling Game Fish COLUMBIA, June 26. — Chief Game Warden, ,A, A. Richardson sent out to game wardens today copies of the new law increasing penalties for selling game fish caught in South Carolina streams and prohibiting sale of game fish brought in from other states. The penalty was raised from a well to persons selling fresh-water game fish from other states. The statute, signed June 2 by Governor Burnet R. Maybank, sets forth that “it shall be unlawful at any time, to sell, offer for sale, barter or traffic in fresh water game fish caught in the state of South Carolina or to sell, offer for sale, barter or traffic in black ba&s, bream, red breast or trout regardless of where caught.” Firemen Work On Training Course The second annual fire school, sponsored by the local fire depart ment, began Tuesday night when 20 volunteers enrolled to take the eight weeks course. The Tuesday meeting was spent in reviewing work of last year’s school Burton Wells is the instructor. The first class for section one will be held tonight (Thursday) at 6:30. Section two meets Tuesday night at the same time for its first instruc tions. The two sections are for the convenience of the firemen who at tend days they aren’t working. The men will meet at the fire house and from there be taken to various places in the city for drills. The NYA workshop is building a rotary gear pump, a centrifical pump, and a smoke house to be used for demonstration in the school. Big Doings At Jolly Street Next Tuesday The annual Jolly Street ball club barbecue will be served Tuesday, July 4 th. Kg foot stew Monday night before the 4th A goed supper and dinner in store. A feature to the cue and supper are two fast ball games, Harftford playing Jolly Street in the morning at 10:00 o’clock, and at 3:30 in the afternoon Jolly Street will meet Peak. With Hartford a much improved team and Peak boosting players like “Mick” Earg’e, Carl Lowman and Ingram brothers and other stars, fans are promised some good baseball. The pblic is invited to Jolly Street on the fourth. BETH-EDEN LUTHERAN PARISH Rev. M. L. Kester, astor Mr. Colony: Sunday: 10:00 A. M.—Sunday school Carlisle Fulmer, Supt. 11:00 A. M.— Vhe service. Sermon by the pastor. SL James: Sunday: 10:00 A. M.—Sunday school. Mr. Herman Epting, Supt. NEW YORK CITY . . . Rose Marie Magrill of Miami, “Miss Florida of 1939," who took part in the “Girls of Tomorrow ' Fashion Shew” held at the Florida State exhibit at the New York World’s Fair. Johnstone May Get Works Attorneyship Alan Johnstone, local attorney, will be named general counsel for WPA and PWA and other govern ment agencies grouped under the re organization bill, according to a dis patch from Walter Brown, Washing ton correspondent for the Green ville News. Mr. Johnstone was prom inently mentioned for the vacant S. C. judgeship which went to Alva Lumpkin of Columbia. He has been connected with government, relief agencies and bureaus for a number of years, first serving a short time as county director of FERA, then as State director and later as director of the Southeastern district. Of late ilfegs been ' connected with the yrnes’ committee investigating al leged irregularities in the relief set-up. AMONG THE AILING Mrs. Pope Buford was dismissed from the Columbia hospital Wednes- day and returned to her home on east Main street. Her condition is report ed fine. Miss Frances Davis of Prosperity underwent an operation at the county hsspital Tuesday of this week. Patrolman Mill Martin under went a tonsilectomy in the local hos pital Monday. Mrs. A. V Sanders had a major operation at the county hospital Wednesday. Her condition is fair. Having a to.nsil operation Thusday morning was Lula Mad Goree of the West End section. Measuring of Acreage Ahead of Schedule Checking performance under the 1939 Farm Program has been under way since June 5 according to J. L. King, Acting County Agent. Performance work this year is be ing carried out in a uniform manner by all measuring supervisors. It is necessary under the present plan to complete one picture at the time instead of switching about in a com munity from farm to farm. Work in the field is progressing nicely at present. To continue smooth operation in the field, it is very nec essary that operators cooperate to the fullest wth the measuring supervis ors. When a performance reporter calls to measure a farm there must be present either the operator or his duly authorized representative. Fail ure’ of either of these persons to be present will pecessitate a revisit to the farm. Where this has to be done, it slows down the work in the fields and runs up the cost. Compared with last year, perform ance work is starting at least a month earlier this year. This, of course, means that work in the field will be completed much earlier and will allow more time for setting any differences that might arise. Under the present ruling land is considered devoted to cotton when it reaches the stage of growth at which bolls are first formed. The ruling just received from the State AAA office permits producers who wish to dispose of any excess cotton acreage when it was found to be in excess of the cotton acreage allotment estab lished for the farm to do so before tlje bolls are formed. Mr and Mrs. R. F» Nichols and children left yesterday for a week’s vacation at Caesars Head. Miss Evelyn McCrackin has re turned after a ten-day trip to Folly Newberry Boys Get Coveted Scout Rank Frank Kinard, younger son of President James C. Kinard, and Mrs. Kinard, could certainly tell how it feels to have one big thrill after an other. June is evidently FYanks lucky month—on the first the local board of review passed on his appli cation for the greatly coveted Eagle badge in Boy Scouting; on the 16th he left the city for a two week’s trip to the New York World’s Fair stay ing a Week in the model Boy Scout camp on the Fair grounds; and on FYiday, the 23rd, was awarded his Eagle badge by none other than Dr. James E. West, chief Scout executive of the Boy Scout organization in America. The award by this famous national leader was made at the Fair and you may have seen Frank’s beaming countenance on the front page of a Tuesday daily. Frank joined the Boy Scouts Feb ruary 3, 1936. In April of that year he became second class and on July 27, 1937 he was made a first class Scout The star badge was awarded him March 22, 1938 and the Life badge on September 27, 1938. The Eagle rank followed this, being the highest rank obtainable in scouting. Frank is 15 years old and is a mem ber of Troop 2 of which Wright Can non is leader. Two other scouts in Troop 2 re ceived Eagle rank about the same time Frank did. These boys, Paul Floyd and James Brown Peery, were unable to be at the Wirld’s Fair to receive their award from the hands of Dr. West. Paul, 15-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Floyd, entered the Scout organization in March, 1936. He became second class July 21, 1936; first class, November 30, 1937; Star scout, March 22, 1938; Life scout, August 23, 1938; and Eagle scout on June 1 of this year. Paul, has served as assi: of Tils tfBiopV " James Brown Peery, son of Dr. and Mrs. J. C. Peery,' is only fourteen years old and obtained his Eagle badge in a little over two years after joining the Scouts, Becoming a ten derfoot Scout February 8, 1937, he advanced to second class June 22, 1937 and to first class in December of the same year, On March 22, 1938 James was made Star scout and last December, Life Scout . This very active scout has been ready for Eagle several months but had to wait until the 27th of this month because of requirement making It necessary for a boy to be a Life scout before receiving the Eagle rank. James had the high total of 34 meri- badges. He is the third in his family to receive the Eagle badge, the other two be ing his brothers, Thomas Peery and William Peery. The three above scouts make a to tal of eight who have become Eagle class in troop two this year. The other five are Drayton Nance, Strother Paysinger, Bobby Fellers, William Peery, and Norman Ensrud. The year’s goal of ten Eagle scouts will be reached and possibly surpass ed. Credit for the unusual rapid ad vance of the many members of Troop 2 goes to the active and thoroughly interested leader of the troop— Wright Cannon. Mr. Cannon has been connected with the troop for some time and each year scouting in Newberry under his capable guidance shows great progress. Besides his over-laden troop of boys he has charge of two packs of Cub scouts in the city and is now making plans for a Sea scouting troop for his old er boys. Mr. Cannon is assisted by Preston McAlhaney. DOWN MEMORY LANE 20 YEARS AGO Mr. C. E. Summer has purchased from S. S. Langford his residence at the comer of Main and Glern streets and will present the place to his daughter, Mrs. John B. Mayes, for a home. CHESTER FORFEITS GAME Newberry met Chester in the first local baseball game under lights on Setzler field Wednesday. The game came to a sudden stop in the eighth inning when Chester disagreed with the umpire on a decision and picked up as a team and left the field, for-< feiting the game to Coach Bill La val’s Newberry all-stars. FAITHFUL COLORED SERVANT DIES FRIDAY AFTERNOON Creecy Rutherford, the faithful colored servant in the home of the J. H. Summers for the past 22 years, passed away at her home FYiday af ternoon, June 23. Creecy was noted for her expertness as a cook, having practiced that profession for many years. Her funeral Sunday afternoon was attended by many people of both races. Mrs. J. H. Summer paid a beautiful tribute to the life and ser vices of Creecy Rutherford. The many lovely flowers showed the es teem in which she was held by her Governor Cooper has made an ex cellent selection in the appointment of Mr. John M. Kinard as a member of the new state bureau of exports and marketing, along with J. M. Mixon, of Charleston and J. W. Mc- Cown of Florence Mr. Kinard is known throughout the state as one of the best posted financiers and business men in South Carolina, and has a reputation among bankers se cond to none. VERSAILLES, June 28. — World peace was signed and sealed in the historic hall of Mirrors this after noon. The general tone of sentiment in the historic sitting was one rather of relief at the uncontrovertible end of hostilities than of complete and unalloyed satisfaction. The Chin ese delegates, unable to reconcile themselves to the “shantung settle ment,” were missing, while the Ger man delegates has already announced that they would sign only because they were forced to. “Yielding to Superior force and without renouncing in the meantime its own view of the period of the injustice of the condi tions, the government of the German republic is ready* to accept and sign the peace conditions imposed,” read the note of acceptance of the terms from the German delegation. NO ADDITIONAL POLK) Since the first two infantile para lysis cases reported in Newberry county between Little Mountain -and Pomaria, no additional . cases have been jnade known by the local health office. A number of nurses of the city at tended a one day institute in Lau rens Wednesday ©n the treatment of poliomyelitis. The institute was spon sored by the state health boprd. MISS RACHEL KENNEDY IS INJURED IN WRECK Miss Rachel Kenfiedy, daughter of' Dr. R. M. Kennedy and Mrs. Ken nedy of the city, is a patient in a Greenwood hospital where she was taken Sunday afternoon to be treated for severe hand lacerations received in an automobile accident near Lyons, Ga. Miss Kennedy and Miss Grace Huggins, of Richburg, were return ing here after attending a wedding of friends at Valdosta, Ga., when the accident occured. Miss Caroline McCrackin is pass ing this week in Whitmire as the guest of Miss Kellar Young. Visiting in the home of Mr and Mrs. M. O. Summer as the guest of Miss Pauline Summer is Miss Cor nelia Hfpp of Whitmire. NO POSTAL DELIVERY TUESDAY, JULY 4 Tuesday, July 4th, being a legal holiday there will be no city or rural delivery, according to G. K. Domi nick, postmaster. The stamp and general delivery window will be open from 8:45 to 9:45 in the morning. Patrons desiring their mail may call at the window during this hour. SEEN ABOUTTOWN Tom Fellers showing gallon of fine New York state maple syrup sent him by a fellow officer of tile Em lire state. ..Dr. S. J. Derrick and Coach Laval in .conversation... Fu'imer Wells sightseeing in the court house annex...C. C. Hutto wearing colored glasses. . Fred Les ter going to Columbia for a two- day vacation... Mr. and Mrs. Roy Clary receiving wedding gifts... Dr. and Mrs. James C. Kinard go ing to theatre... Straw Paysinger hnrrying into the court house... FYank Sanders proudly displaying new typewriter in his office... Maude Ross purchasing typewriter ribbon.. Officials In the sheriff’s of fice reporting things unusually quiet for the past three weeks but expecting big doings on the grand and glorious Fourth.. .John Henry Baxter showing a profound inter est In softball.