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Every Week More People Read The Sun / ^>j- The Sun Strives To Serve The Whole People VOLUME 2; NO. 37 The Riainc Son—1856-1860 NEWBERRY, S. C. FRIDAY, JULY 7, 1939 Slider & Greneker—1856-1860 $1 PER YEAR OUT AMONG THE PEOPLE OLD DANCES AT MOLLOHON BILL LOSES HIS BACKER We regret that the government’s rehabilitation agency has decided it can get along withcut the services of Gene Spearman. Gene always seem ed to be downright interested in the plight of the tenant farmer and am sure he did the best possible in a hopeless task. A vast portion of the human race aren’t worth a damn anyway; they wouldn’t even feed themselves if they could get the gov ernment to stick it down their necks (and for a third term we believe FDR would be almost willing to do just that.) But we started out to say that Gene’s getting out leaves Bill Waters in a bad spot. Bill has al ways looked to Gene to help him out with his farming and it may be now that Gene will be calling on Bill. Both, however, can look forward with some consolation to teaming up with John Henry Baxter. He will teach them to play soft ball and with a good blackberry crop they really have nothing to worry about. To be able to play ball, eat blackberry pie and listen to long sessions of street- corner philosophy isn’t a bad living since the New Deal has removed all incentive for a higher calling. PROPOSED TEXTILE WAGE We believe mill managers should welcome the proposed 32.5 wage scale which seems likely to be im posed by wage and hour law Admini strator Andrews. A few workers might be overpaid under such a scale but we believe it will go a ong way toward eliminating cut- hroat competition among the mills. This proposal is along the line of NRA and we don't believe anyone will doubt that NRA gave the mill a great boost—at least for ‘ ~ \ higher wages than in some other parts of the state and if that is true our mills cannot compete on a fair basis. Old Iron Pants Hugh Johnson of HRA fame had a lot to say about “wolfish competition" in the industry being one of its greatest troubles. That brand of competition exists in businesses and trades great and small and is desirable to a certain point. In the smaller businesses the boss can tighten his belt a bit and fight it out or come to terms with his competitor, but this cannot well be done in the big industries. There some sort of regulation is needed to safeguard the welfare of the thous ands of workers. Thousands of WPA construction workers quit their jobs yesterday (Wednesday) in a rapidly spreading mass protest against longer working hours imposed by the new federal relief act, though many were ex pected to return to work later. To keep within the appropriations of the new act meanwhile WPA pay rolls for July were cut 200,000 below the 2,600,000 figure for July, it was announced in Washington. Officials in New York City said they expected 5,000 to 10,000 men, mostly non-relief workers, to leave the WPA rolls permanently because of new working schedules which had the effect of abolishing union pay scales on construction projects. Approximately 2,200 Wisconsin workers quit. More than 1,000 workers were estimated to have halted operations in Rochester, N. Y., and were circulating petitions to their congressmen. One official said he expected the men to return today. At Decatur, 111., 37 highway work ers walked out on a high school an nex project. Approximately 300 highway work ers struck at Coshocton, O. JHB ON WEATHER TOPIC Into the office bright and early Monday morning bounced Weather man John Henry Baxter with New berry weather statistics “from Gene sis to Revelations," as he put it. John Henry informs a Sun reporter he labored most of Sunday with the thermometer sitting on 98 degrees to obtain the following information, so take heed! The highest temperature for June was 102 degrees on the 21st and 22nd, while the lowest was 65 de grees on the 13th. The greatest daily range was 31 degrees on Tues day, the 20th. On 12 days in June we had some rainfall. The total fall was 3.39 inches against the normal June rain fall of 4.13, leaving us .74 inches short. The most rain in a 24 hour period was .67 inches on Thursday, June 22. June included 5 clear days, 16 partly cloudy days, and 8 cloudy days. The actual rainfall for the first six months of this year was 25.96 inches against the normal fall of 23.16, making 2.80 over. In con trast we learn that for the first six months of last year the actual rain fall was 17.31 against the average fall of 23.15, a shortage of 5.84. For the entire year of 1938 the rainfall was short 13.72 inches. With the 2.80 inches over for the first six months this year we still find a shortage of 10.92 for the past eigh teen months. The highest temperature during the first six months of last year was 97 degrees on May 22. The highest June reading for 1938 was 93 de grees on the 6th, 17th, and 23rd. The warmest day of last year the ther mometer went to 102 degrees on August 24. Rev. Voight O. Taylor and wife of Southern Pines, N. C., were visitors in the home of the B. L. Dorritys during the holidays. Mrs. Dorrity returned to Southern Pines with them for a few days visit. The Girl Scouts of Mollohon, with their leader Mrs. Mamie Hawkins, are offering an old fashioned square dance at the Mollohon school house Friday night, July 7th. Music for the event will be by Suits Bros, musi cians. Square dances and Virginia reels will be the order of the even ing and a prize will be awarded the most graceful dancers. There will also be a waltz prize. Lovers of the old time dances are invited to come out Friday night for an evening of joyous entertainment, and at the same time avail themselves of an op portunity to aid the very worthy cause of Girl Scouting. Everyone from everywhere is invited. Baseball Career Ends mm LONGER HOURS ON WPA CAUSE MANY WORKERS TO QUIT to standstill, with about 200 men idle. Protest meetings assembled in New York. At least one group ap pointed a complaint committee, and many men went to City Hall and WPA offices to obtain information. Unions took no formal action. BETH-EDEN LUTHERAN PARISH Rev. M. L. K ester. Pastor E-eth-Eden Sunday: 10:00 A. M.—Sunday school. Mr. Welton Derrick, Supt. 11:00 A. M.—The service. Sermon by the pastor. St. James: Sunday: 3:00 P. M.—Sunday school. Mr. Herman, Epting, Supt. 4:00 P. M.—The service. 5:00 P. M.—Woman’s Missionary Society. HARD ON DOCTORS Our veteran correspondent Hamp Ruff dropped in to see us Tuesday morning. He was complaining of being a bit unsteady on his legs and thought of consulting a doctor, which Would be the first time in 42 years he has had need of the services of a medico. NAMED HIMSELF; DIED This from the WinnSboro News and Herald: “Aunt Bine, who died about 20 years ago at the age of about 90 years, bore a dozen sons, each dying in infancy. Negroes told her that their names had killed them, so she didn’t name her 13th son. He grew up to be known as “Nuttin” (Gul- lah for ‘Nc'Jhing’). When “Nuttin” reached 16, he disliked not having a name, so took one, and forthwith died.” SALUDA LIKES LAW, TOO Writing in The Saluda Standard, Dr. W. H. Hunt says of the new fish ing law: “Thanks for the passage of this law are due the legislative delegations from Richland, Newberry, Lexington, and Saluda counties. Back of these delegations were the mem bers of the fish and game chapters of the four counties mentioned, as well as hundreds of other citizens who be lieve in conservation of our game and fish. The game wardens and their assistants can count on the members of the Saluda chapter and other good citizens of the county to assist them in every way in the performance of of their duties.” Harriet Quimby was the first woman in the United States to hold an aiiplane pilot’s license. Mr. and Mrs. Claude Sanders, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Epting of Greenville spent Tuesday in the mountains of North Carolina. NEWARK, N. J. . . . Lou “Iron Man” Gehrig is shown being greeted by Mrs. Gehrig as he ar rived at Newark Airport here with news that he had a form of infan tile paralysis and must discontinue playing baseball. LOMINACK IS DEPUTY TREASURER Olin L. Lominack began work Mon day as deputy treasurer under Treas urer Ralph Black. Mr. Lominack has been a popular teacher in the schools of the county for a number of years. He was recently married to Miss Mary Folk. They will continue to live in the country for the present. S. C. ASSEMBLY COSTS $350,0(10 COLUMBIA, July 5.—Cost of the 1939 South Carolina general assem bly, which adjourned Saturday after the longest session on record, ran to more than $350,000, an approxi mation based on legislative appro priations showed today. The appropriations as listed in Sportsmen Pldn Big Field Day 12th Another great Field Day for sportsmen will be staged at the local fish hatchery Wednesday, July 12. All sportsmen in these parts will re member the very succesful Field day of last year at the hatchery. The event will Start off with a pig foot supper on the hatchery grounds Tuesday night, to'be followed with a big barbecue Wednesday, beginning at noon. Prizes will be awarded winners in contests of archery, plug bait cast ing, fly casting, rifle shooting, pistol shooting, and trap shooting. Ken Beagle Coming The national known Remington rifle expert, Ken Beagle will be on hand to entertain with almost unbe lievable demonstrations of his skill with rifle and pistol. This will take place in the afterhoon. The Field Day jjs an annual event sponsored by theMocal Game and Fish chapter and ^everyone is invit ed to attend. The hatchery is now in operation and will prove interest ing to any who have not visited it. NAMES OF BABIES CAUSE AMUSEMENT RALEIGH, N. C„ July 5.—The state bureau of vital statistics staff long ago quit getting excited at peculiar names on birth certificates but a new one—“Hallowed Be Thy Name”—caused comment today. Recent records of the bureau list such other names as “Max” and “Climax” and “Radio” and “Ra- diola” for twins, and St. Paul, King David, Lovely Musette and Tanger ine for individuals. JOLLY STREET WINS DOUBLE HEADER Before a holiday, crowd the fourth, Senate, $80,669; House of Repre sentatives $119,020; engrossing de partment, $31,120; special services for both houses, $11,220; extra pay, $76,950. In addition a total of $80,- 000 was appropriated for the 1938-39 fiscal year for printing state docu ments and by far the largest part of this was spent for legislative print ing. CAMDEN’S MAYOR LANDS A BIG ONE CAMDEN, July 3.—This is the story of a big-mouthed black bass that was so big and powerful he dragged a rowboat over the surface of the Hermitage Mill pond. Inasmuch as the racounter of this fish story is none other than Cam den’s mayor, Francis N. McCorkle, there is no reason whatsoever for anyone to wink knowingly or lift an eyebrow. The city executive motored to the mill pond, which is really quite a good-sized lake, late Thursday aft ernoon to bring Dess Goodalle, local jeweler and No. 1 fisherman, back to the city after the said Mr. Goodalle had spent the afternoon painting his fishing craft, “Queen of the Lake,” a pretty yellow. It was about 8 o’clock and the mayor and the jeweler, after an hour on’ the water in a borrowed rowboat, were about to pull in and embark for the city when the mayor suggested he would make just one more cast. It was a poor cast and the line went haywire. In letting out the slack preliminary to reeling in, the mayor felt a tug. “Hold everything, matey,” he shouted to Mr. Goodalle. “I’ve eith er hooked a log or a rock. Without warning the “log” began to get ac tion and when the slack in the line was absorbed, the fish at the other end was hauling the dory backward. At this junetme Mate Goodalle took a band and began to haul in the “big one”. Nearer and neared it oame and finally with a yelp of triumph, Goodalle pulled the fish out of the water. “Gee, it was fully three feet long,” said fhe mayor. “You could put your two fists down that yawning mouth.” Up and up, and just as the fish was lifted from the water, it freed itself from the hook—but fell plop into the boat. “What oid it weigh?” quoth the mayor. “Well, that is impossible to state, as the only scales we could find were rather antiquated and they collapsed under the weight of the big fish.” to 1 and Ptake in the afternoon 11 to 10 in well played games. One of the features, Brennan, whose pitch ing won both games. His perform ance in the morning game was swell. Brennan also pitched the last half of the 9th inning in the afternoon game and got credit for that win. In the Peake-Jolly Street game “Buck” Bouknight in sliding in 3rd base had the misfortune of possibly shivering the bone of his playing arm. He will be out of the line up for several weeks which will be a set back for Jolly Street. Mr. and Mrs. John Jacobs and Mr. and Mis. Berley Wertz spent Sunday evening with Mr. and Mrs, T. Scurry Riley in Saluda. KENDALL MILLS LUTHERAN Rev. J. B. Harman, Pastor Summer {Memorial: Sunday: 9:46 A. M.—Sunday school. Mr. Eugene Shealy, Supt. ^Immediately following the session of the Sunday school the congrega tion is to go to Bethany to join in the morning worship there. Bethany: Sunday: ,10:00 A. M.—Sunday school. Mr. E. B. Hite, Supt. 11:00 A. M.—The service. Sermon by the pastor. You are invited to come and join us in our worship. Mr. and iMrs. Ed Warren and daughter, Marga-et, of Goldville are spending a few days of this week with Mrs. Warren’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Burton Able. Mrs. Lindbergh Honored AMHERST, Mass Mrs. Charlea A. Lindbergh, photographed aa she marched in the academic pro cession to receive the honorary degree of Doctor of Letters at Am herst College, the alma mater of her father, the late Dwight Mor- , row. President Stanley King of Amherst in presenting her with the honorary degree said: “You have given new wings to words.” New Louisiana Governor FORMER NEWBERRIAN NAMED CHILD WELFARE HEAD BATON ROUGE La. . . . Lieut. Governor Earl K. Long, brother of the late Huey P. Long, who suc ceeds to the State Executive’s of fice because of the resignation of Governor Richard W- Leche. The Governor said he was reigning because of poor health. INDUSTRIAL COUNCIL OPPOSED TO WAGE OF 32.5 ATLANTA, July 5.—The southern states’ industrial council, represent ing approximately 2,000 business concerns of all types, joined, today a fight against a proposed minimum wage of 32.5 hourly for the textile industry. A report by a special committee of the. organization read at a pub lic hearing beiore Wage-Hour Ad ministrator Elmer F. Andrews, as serted the minimum would destroy wages and not increase them. Chairman C. C. Sheppard of Clarks, La., read the report. Andrews must approve or reject the proposed minimum recom mended to him by the textile in dustry committee, outfH Th< states industrial council urged him to reject the proposal and leave the industry with the general wage minimum, now 25 cents an hour and due to increase ultimately to 30 cents an hoyr October 24. Chairman Sheppard said his com mittee had found that 32.5 minimum would eliminate many small mills in the south', forcing them out of busi ness, and griving the north a compe titive advantage over the south. The committee’s report asserted southern textilie workers inistead of benefiting from proposed minimum wages, would be victimized by it. “High hourly wages mean noth ing to an employe if he has no job,” the committee report continued. “What the southern textile workers want is higher annual wages, more purchasing power. This is not pos sible if southern industry is throt tled by its competitors.” Funeral services for Mrs. Ida Baker Franklin, 75. widow of David Belton who died Wednesday after noon at the home of her son, W. Franklin, near here a week illness, will be INVENTS WEEVIL POISONING MACHINE We have seen and heard of all kinds of boll weevil piosoning ma chines but the simplest and appar ently the most effective one we have seen ae yet, is manufactured and distributed by Pink Satterwhite, (colored), capable and energetic Sa- lucki blacksmith. Ihis simple and ef fective device is the creative product of Pink’s own ingenuity. The device consisting of an ordinary galvanized water bucket and about two and one- half feet of lead pipe is connected to any ordinary plow stock with an ad justable arrangement for raising or lowering the device in keeping with the size and height of the cotton to be poisoned. There is a mop through which the flow of the poisoning is regulated by an ordinary spigot. The device can be made either single or double, that is for one row or two rows. The cost of the former is $5 & of the latter is $7.00. An ordinarv automobile radiator fan is used in the bottom of the bucket propelled by a crank from the top to keep the poisoning mixture stirred evenly at all times so as to keep it from thick ening in the bottom of the buckel. Pink is kept very busy suppying the demand for his poisoning de vice and even then is unable to keep up with the orders. See the device at his shop recently built in Saluda.—Saluda Standard. Miss Rosalind Wertz spent the weekend with her saster, Mrs. T. Scurry Riley in Saluda. Miss Kate Bullock, native of New berry, was recently appointed chief of the division of child welfare of the state department of public wel fare to succeed the late Miss Martha A. Bonham. At the time of the ap pointment Miss Bullock was serving as director of case work at the Don nie Maxwell orphanage in Green wood. LAW PARTNERSHIP DISSOLVED The law partnership of Dominick, Workman & Clarkson has been dis solved, Dominick and; Workman with drawing and establishing an office over the Security Loan and Invest ment company building. The part nership has existed since 1935. 12 POLIO CASES IN LAST 4 DAYS COLUMBIA, July 5.—The state health department issued its first report since Saturday on the infan tile paralysis epidemic today, show ing that 12 new cases had been di»- covered over the holiday weekend. New cases by counties: Abbeville, 2; Dorchester, 2; Char leston, 2; Orangeburg, 2; Edgefield, 1; Greenville, 1; McCormick, 1; and Laurens, 1. The total number of cases report ed in the state since November reached 268. Fifty of the cases are still active. Two new cases were reported to have been found in Greenwood ebunty, but as they have not been reported officially by the Greenwood county health office, they were not in cluded in today’s Hat. MRS. IDA B. FRANKLIN (Thursday) afternoon at 4 o’clock at Bethlehem Lutheran church with th Rev. Moses L. Kester in charge. Interment will follow in the ceme tery. Mrs. Franklin is survived by two daughters and six sons, Mrs. George L. McCullough, Mrs. Willie E. Dom inick, Benjamin G. Franklin, W. Hayne Franklin', Albert S. Franklin, J. Cabiwell Franklin, all of the coun ty; 34 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. AT MYRTLE BEACH MYRTLE BEACH, July 5.—The Ocean Forest hotel closed today and transferred all operations to the Ocean Forest Country club. Officials said the change was nec essitated by poor business. They said the hotel would remain closed for the rest of the season but prob ably would be reopened next year. Many of the employees will be placed in other hotels of the Dink ier chain. CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS Mr. James Robert Perry spent the weekend in Johnston. Tommie Dorrity has returned to Memphis, Tenn., to resume his stu dies at the medical school of the Uni versity of Tennessee. DOWN MEMORY LANE 20 YEARS AGO The hot weather has come' again after several very cool nights and the cotton is growing right along. The price was off a little yesterday, but it will come back again. As soon as the embargo is lifted there will be a new demand and then it will be hard to break the market. TOLEDO, July 4.—By virtue • of one of the speediest and most one sided battles that ever decided a big fistic event, Jack Dempsey today be came the world champion heavy weight boxer. To all intents and purposes he whipped the huge Jesse Willard, favorite in the meagre bet ting, in one round. Dempsey thought the referee had announced him win ner and actually left the ring. But he was called back and the butchery continued for two more rounds when Jess, sitting in his comer with a be wildered look on hia swollen face, failed to respond to the gong for the fourth round. And they broke a bottle of cham pagne on the new ship. The Tillman, when it was christened the other day. It would seem in this day of prohi bition and the placing of wines and such like under the ban that it was not exactly the right thing to do to waste so much good wine by break ing the bottle. WANTED: GOOD PROMISES The United States Civil Service Commission has announced open com petitive examinations for the posi tions named below. Applications must be on file in the commissioner’s office, Washington, D. C., not later than the dates indicated. The first date given applies if applications are received from states east of Colo rado; the second date applies if ap plications are received from Colora do and states westward. The closing dates for the first three examinations are July SI and August 3, 1939. Senior inspector, $2,600 a year, in spector, $2,000 a year (optional branches are ship construction, and engineering materials), also junior inspector, aircraft, $1,620 a year. Employment is in the Navy Depart ment, for duty in the field. Appli cants for the junior grade must not have passed their 35th, and for the other grades they must not have passed their 53rd birthday. Farm agent, $1,800 a year, Indian Field service, Department of the In terior. Applicants must nut have passed their 48th birthday. Junior bank examiner, $2,000 a year, Federal Deposit Insurance Cor poration. Certain education or banking experience is required. Ap plicants must have reached their 23rd but not have passed their 35th birth day. The closing dates are July 24 and July 27, 1939. Full information may be obtained from Secrtary of the U. S. Civil Ser vice Board of Examiners, at the post office in this city, or from the Secretary of the U. S. Civil Service Board of Examiners at any first- or second-class post office. Philadelphia, July 4—Dr. Francis E. Townsend, sponsor at the $200-ar month pension plan for those over sixty, said in an interview prior to an address here today that he would support President Roosevelt for third term “if he gives me Mr. Roosevelt,” Dr. Townsend said. “We needn’t be tied by precedent in these things; if he gives me good promises I might favor him with support for reelection. Why not?’* NOTICE FOR BIDS The Board of Commissioners of Newberry county will receive sealed bids until 10:00 A. M. July 13, 1939 for Fire Insurance on Automobiles and Trucks owned by Newberry County. Limit of Liability—Actual Cash Value at time of loss. In the event that there will be units added to the fleet from time to time, the successful bidder shall agree to add same in accordance with bids. List of the Automobiles and Trucks may be secured by calling at the office of the County Supervisor. The right Is reserved to. reject any and all bids. H. H. RUFF, Supervisor, Newberry, S. C. July 6, 1939. FREE ‘MUST BE BRAVE’ Kansas City, July 4.—William Al len White, famed Emporia, Kas„ Gazette editor, reminded American today this is a land “where to be brave we must be free; where the free must be ever brave.” Speaking on a nationwide broad cast of a special Independence day program sponsored by the Council Against Intolerance in America, White said, “Our constitution is the wisest, documti. that man ever penned. “How quickly would it crumble into dust if the guarantees of free dom should go—those blessings of liberty which rose out of the Dec laration of Independence and were written indelibly in the Bill of Rights. SEEN ABOUTTOWN George Rodelsperger remarking that he spent a very quite Fourth. .. Elizabeth Harmon doing a good job of collecting... Edgar Pay- singer hurrying across College... “Dude” Epting talking fishing... C. T. Summer and Sloan Chapman Ulking . Mrs. Mae Aul! back in her office after spending a week in Columbia.. .Mildred Ross going to College Library...J. C. Neel tell ing your scribe that he has caught the chicken thief at last...Miss Gertrude Reeder getting on bus for Kinards.. .Johnny Norris back on the job after a two weeks vaca tion... Mrs. Collier Neel going to Columbia.