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FRIDAV, JULY 7, 1M9 Society and CLUB NOTES CHIT CHAT . Jar ^ONrifcNfE fimpim What could be a better way to begin a column than relating the birthday celebration of one of New berry’s most well-known and belov ed ladies? On Wednesday of this week, Mrs. W. R. Smith of College street celebrated her 85th birthday. Entertaining for her at a lovely birthday dinner Tuesday evening was her daughter, Mrs. R. C. Floyd. The Floyd home on Mayer avenue was the scene of the celebration. Cosi-rs were laid for eight guests in the din ing room and a two-course cold plate dinner served. A pink, blue, and white color scheme was used in the dining room. The table was centered with the birthday cake, iced in white and covered with pink rose buds. Blue flowers were arranged about the cake and in a basket of white icing on top of the cake were tiny blue flowers. Pink candles burned on the cake and about the table. The place cards were attach ed to the chairs and with them, old- fashioned nosegays of pink and lav- endar flowers. The birthday cake was a gift to Mrs. Smith from Mrs. R. G. Wallace. Attending the dinner were Mrs. T. C. Pool, Mrs. J. W. Simmons, Mrs. W. H. Carwile, Mrs. Lucia Merriweather, Mrs. Derrill Smith, and Mrs. W. O. Holloway of Chappells. Another Birthday Mr. and Mrs. J. H. West enter tained at a buffet luncheon Saturday at their beautiful Calhoun street home honoring their nephew, Gene Parker, on his 20th birthday. Guests for the occasion included Miss Dovie Crooks, Miss Lalla Rook Johnstone, Miss Iva Mae Pritchard, Miss Con stance Armfield, Mr. Parker, Sidney Styles of Cullman, Alabama, and Mr. and Mrs. C. I. Youmans. In decora tions and in the luncheon a red, white, and blue color motif, sugges tive of July the Fourth, was carried out. The birthday cake, cut by the host and served with the sweet course, centered the dining room table. It was iced in white and gaily decorated with flags, soldiers, and motor cars. Wedding Date Set The marriage of Janie Lou Coth ran of Belton and Ralph Whitaker of this city will be solemnized in the Cedar Shoals Baptist church of Bel ton Thursday, August 10. Just now wedding plans are incomplete but we learn that Miary Lane Whitaker, sis ter of the groom-elect, will be the maid-of-honor and bridesmaids will be some intimate friends of Janie’s who teach with her at the Silver- street school near here. Ralph’s best man will be his brother, Roy Whitaker, of Columbia. We hear that Janie will be visiting in the city before her marriage but as to the time when parties will be given here for her, we’re a little uncertain. The couple will make their home here and Janie will continue to teach at Sil- verstreet where she has been for the past several years. Personal Paragraphs Miss Ethel Jones left Wednesday for Brogdon, near Sumter, to visit her sister, Mrs. J. C. Brogdon. Ac companied by her sister and others, Miss Jones will attend the World’s Fair around the first of August. Mr. and Mrs. L. S. McGhee of Bristol, Tennessee, arrived in the city Sunday to spend a while with their daughter, Mrs. C. A. Oalcote and sons, Allen and Mac. Mr. Cal- cote, who has been in Jackson, Missi ssippi, at a Presbyterian gathering for the past two weeks, returns this week. Miss Lucy McCaughrin is spend ing a few days this week with her sister, Miss Fannie McCaughrin. She is from Columbia. Spending Tuesday, July 4, at their summer home on Lake Murray were Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Wallace and fam ily. With them were Mr. and Mrs. Bill Reid. Mr. Wallace’s birthday was celebrated on the Fourth. Visiting in Clinton this week is Frances Wallace, the guest of Mary Bailey Owens. Frances returns Sun day when her cousin, Marion Davis, from New York City will arrive here to spend the rest of the summer with her and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Wallace on Caldwell street. Spending July the Fourth with Mr. and Mrs. Gordon D. Blackwell on Cornelia street were their son, J. R. Blackwell and Mrs. Blackwell of Darlington. Miss Edna Johnson and Mrs. Roy Clary were in Prosperity last Tues day as the honored guests at a tea given by Miss Eloise Singley at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Singley. Approximately 150 guests from the city and Prosperity attended the affair. Arriving for a week’s visit with Miss Cornelia Mlayer at her Main street home was Miss Lucia Cock rell of Jacksonville, Florida. Miss Mayer met Miss Cockrell in Columbia Monday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Ed McCrackin spent Sunday in Johnston visiting Mark Boatwright and then motored on to Augusta to visit other friends. Professor J. D. Rook and Mrs. Rook have taken an apartment in New York City where they will be for six weeks. Mr. Rook, a member of the Newberry College faculty, is doing graduate work at Columbia University. Sunday visitors of the Thad Mc- Crackins on College street were Miss Tillie Helms and Clyde Lisk of Char lotte, n. C. Miss Evelyn McCrackin returned home with Miss Helms for a week’s visit. She will later go to Sanford, N. C., to spend a while with Miss Nancy Mclver. CHARLOTTE VISITOR JOINS BRIDGE CLUB MEMBERS Mrs. Earl Summer was hostess at a contract bridge party for members of her club Friday morning. Play ing with the members was Mrs. Frank Phelps of Charlotte, N. C. Before the games, Mrs. Summer served light refreshments. When scores were tallied, prizes went to Mrs. Griffin Coleman, high scorer, and Mrs. P. J. Stokes, who held second high. At bingo, Mrs. Marion Wicker was winner and was also awarded a prixe. MRS. COBB ENTERTAINS AT THURSDAY PARTY Among the weekend bridge par ties was the one Thursday afternoon given by Mrs. O. M. Cobb for the weekly club of which she is a mem ber. Tables were arranged in a floral setting of lovely gladioli. The high score prize was awarded Mrs. Herman Wright. When bingo was played after bridge, Mrs. J. E. Wiseman was winner. An ice course was served late in the afternoon. ballentine-long MARRIAGE SATURDAY The marriage of Miss Elizabeth Ballentine and Harold F. Long, both of Newberry, solemnized at nine o’clock Sunday morning, July 2, in St. James Lutheran church was one of unusual beauty and simplicity. The Rev. M. L. Kester, pastor of the bride and bridegroom, officiated, us ing the impressive Lutheran ring service. The altar before which the vows were spoken was J>anked with ferns. White candles in candelabra and bas kets of white gladioli and Queen Anne’s lace were effectively arrang ed before the ’ altar. Preceding the marriage ceremony, the nuptial music was rendered by Miss Christine Wingard, pianist, and Miss Helen Wingard, vocalist, cous ins of the bride. The candles were lighted by the ushers, William Ballentine, brother of the bride, and Carl Edwin Long, cousin of the groom. The bride and bridegroom entered the church together to the strains of the “Bridal Chorus” from Lohengrin. During the ceremony “To A Wild Rose” was softly played by Miss Wingard. The bride, an attractive brunette, wore a model traveling suit of navy triple crepe with harmonizing acces sories. She carried her Service Book covered with white satin and shower ed with Egyptian Daisies and fern, from which the marriage service was read by the minister. The bride is the daughter of Mrs. Carrie Ballentine and the late John A. Ballentine of Newberry. She is a graduate of Winthrop college. Since her graduation she has been teaching in the Little Mountain grammar school. Mr. Long is the son of Mrs. Nora Long and the late Rufus Long of Newberry. He is a graduate of New berry college. He now holds a post with the Southeastern Life Insurance company with headquarters in New berry. The couple will make their home with Mrs. Nora Long. THE NEWBERRY SUN TODAY \TOMOBROW\ -ly,- FRANK PARKER STOCK BRIDGE PAGE. FIVE ST. PHILIPS ITEMS There will be Sunday school at three o’clock Sunday afternoon and divine services at four ftVlocl:. Ser vices will be conducted by the pastor. Well, people have been enjoying the Fourth, going to barbecues and ball games. It generally rains on the Fourth but missed this year. Crops in this section are needing rain badly and unless it soon comes will be cut very short. Business is picking up in mar riages. On Saturday afternoon Rev. Emmett Roof married two couples: Miss Rebecca Kibler and Daniel Rig gers, also Miss Alice Sue Wicker and James Robert Shealy. Mrs. Riggers is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Kibler She has been employed in the Whitmire cot ton mill for several years. Mrs. Shealy is the daughter of Mrs. Ethel Wicker. Mr. Shealy is the son of Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Shealy. All are of this community. Best wishes to these young couples. TO MONTREAT Mrs. R. W. Culbertson and Miss Constance Armfield left Wednesday to spend a week at the Presbyterian training grounds in Montreat, N. C. Widow of Casey Jones Visits Fair * FORMER NEWBERRY ATHLETE DIES AT POMARIA Funeral services for Clarence Counts Epting, 48, who died sudden ly of a heart attack Tuesday aft ernoon at his home near Pomaria, were held Friday aftemon at four o’clock from Bethlehem Lutheran church conducted by the Rev. Ernest A. Counts and the Rev. J. W. Car- son. Burial was in the church ceme tery. Mr. Epting, better known to sports fans as “Nig” Epting, was a farmer and business man. He starred with Newberry college, of which he was a graduate, and later pitched for Augusta in the South Atlantic league, and with Detroit in the American league. For the past year he has been an inspector for the state rural electrification authority. Mr. Epting was twice married. His first wife, Mrs. Marie Bundrick Ept ing, died a few years after they were married. His second wife, Mrs. Mary Price Epting, survives with one son, Bobby Epting; four sisters, Mrs. D. L. Wedeman and Mrs. Joe Shealy, Pomaria; Mrs. David Half acre, Newberry; Mrs. Johnny Kohn, Columbia; one brother, Ernest W. Epting, Pomaria. GLASS clothes Visitors to the New York World’s Fair can see with their own eyes how glass is spun into fine threads which can be woven into fabrics for almost every use to which fabrics are put. Even underclothes have been made of glass, but their wearers say they are a bit scratchy. Curtains, wall hangings, and draperies of beautiful colors and designs ?>re being woven from glass. They are fireproof and damp-proof and can be cleaned with a sponge or a hose. Modem glass makers have been making building blocks of glass for some years. Now the fine glass fibers are being applied to hundreds of other purposes. One of the latest applications is for automobile brake linings. Glass has the advantage over other fibers for this purpose in that it resists heat and wears better. Nobody knows who first made glass, but tradition has it that it was first developed by the Cartha ginians in northern Africa, where there is plenty of sand and natural deposits of soda, which are the main ingredients of glass. Glass bottles at least five thousand years old have been found in ancient tombs and ex cavations. Now glass is being made unbreakable, which makes it the most durable of all materials. CAMPHOR Japan The uses of camphor affe so wide spread that Japan, which has prac tically a monopoly on the production of natural camphor, used to take in a hundred million dollars a year or more from selling the white crystals distilled from the sap of camphor trees which grow on the island of Formosa. When the price of camphor went up to $3.65 a pound, in 1920, Ameri can chemists got busy and found that they could make camphor from tur pentine or pine oil to sell for less than fifty cents a pound. Now one Florida company makes quantities of camphor from old pine stumps, and the great DuPont chemical works makes it from turpentine. To add to the distress of the Jap anese, who have lost their camphor market, new synthetic fibers which are stronger and softer that silk are now being manufactured in America, thus promising to kill >-ff the last remaining important source of reve nue of Japan Nations can’t fight without money. Japan is broke and can’t keep on very long trying to conquer China when it has nothing left to sell to the rest of the world. BABIES war For hundreds of years it has been known to governments and students that after a war there are always more boy babies born that girls, while during a long war more girls are born than boys. The idea used to be that Divine Providence paw to it that more boy* were bom to take the place of the soldiers killed in war. Modem scientific research tells a different story. The younger the mother, the more likely her first children will be boys. Older women have more girl babies. With the young men away at war, the married women left at home are mostly past thirty. When the young soldiers . PADGET PICKS WOFFORD Fletcher Padget of Saluda has de cided to attend Wofford college on the $4,000 scholarship donated by Eddie Cantor, according to an announce ment by Dr. H. N. Snyder of the college. Young Padget had t£»e privi lege of selecting the school he wished to attend. LITTLE MOMENTS IN BIG UYES Kessler P. T. A. MEETING The P. T. A. of Bush River High school will meet in the school audit orium Wednesday, July 12 at 3:30. All members are urged to be present. CHAPIN AT JOLLY STREET NEW YORK CITY . . . Mrs. John L. Tones, widow of Casey Jones, hero of a song and poem, who ./as kdi-d in a train wreck on April 30 1900, shaking hands with engineer Herbert Nicholson, who is in the cab of the William Mason cf 1870, one of the many locomotives «nd trains on exhibit at the New York World’s Fair. A ball game that should attract much interest is the one between the fast Chapin club and Jolly Street outfit at Jolly Street Saturday, July 8, at 4 oclock. Visiting in Union with her uncle, W. T. Summer, is Mrs. Ed McCrack in of this city. * ,M rnnim n.. w ■ lmry nme GURIPTIAW PRESIDENT OF THE C.G. PPPHOG 4/UD BUMPEC 00., OF DETROIT, VAP A MAIL CARRIED BErDQE TME AUTOMOBILE" BECAME QUITE po CPPOLA©. come back from war they marry quickly and usually pick the young est girls they can get. So the preponderance of boys born soon after a great war is due to the fact that their mothers were girls of seventeen to twenty-two. Girls, if you’d rather have a family of boys than of girls, marry young. That, at least seems to be the advice of science. DOWSERS water In my boyhood, almost every country town had one or more in habitants who were known to the community as “dowsers.” A dowser was a person who could take a fork ed stick of witch-hazel, hold the forks in each hand and walk along until the end of the stick turned sharply downward. Then the dowser would say “dig here,” and one could always find water by digging at that point. I’ve seen it done too often to ques tion it, though I haven’t been able to find any scientific explanation of it. Some dowsers were reputed to be able to locate iron and other min erals, though I never saw that done. Modern science, however, has dis covered that mineral deposits may be discovered by the use of trees, shrubs, or even leaves. By collecting the leaves or stalks if growths in a certain area and analyzing them T chemically for their mineral content, English scientists, have found iron, zinc, and other minerals. Vegetation growing above or close to the min erals carries a higher percentage of them in its fibers TOMATOES .... fertiUzer Down in southern Florida, in the famous Redlands district south of Miami, there was almost a total failure of the tomato crop a few years ago. As that is the place where the earliest and highest-priced tomatoes are grown, it was a blow to the farmers. Experts from the Department of Agriculture were call ed in to see why the crop had failed to mature. Careful soil analysis showed that what had made the land of the region produce tomatoes so bountifully was a slight trace of copper in the earth, and the copper had been used up by successive crops. A formula for a special fertilizer, containing a tiny fraction of copper salts, was worked out, and the next year the Redlands district had the biggest and best tomato crop on re cord. There is no such thing as “poor” land for farming. The only question is whether it will pay to add the necessary chemicals to the soil. I am watching the new “hydrporuc” or dintless farming with much in terest. No soil at all is needed; only a solution of the proper chemicals in water, in which the plant roots can grow. 1939 American Father NEW YORK CITY . . . Guy S. Buck, a post office employee of West Plains, Mo., who was chosen by a national poll as •‘The Amer ican Father of 1939,” is shown with his 12^year-old son, Phil ‘—^ 81,209 MALARI A CASES REPORTED-IN U.S. IN 1938 DON’T DELAY! Start Today with OOO 686 CHECKS MALARIA IN 7 DAYS WANT ADS FOR RENT—Front part of building in business district, suitable for office or small business.—See The Sun. FOR SALE—We have some good used Wood Ranges for sale in ex cellent condition. R. M. LOMINACK HARDWARE. 9-3tc FOR RENT—We have for rent sev- • eral Safety Deposit Boxes in thf* Insurance Building. Apply to A. J. Bowers, Jr. FOR SALE!—Recleaned Orange Cane Seed at $1.25 per bushel. H. O. LONG 21- tf Silverstreet, S. C. 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