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Every Week More People Read The Sun The Sun Strives To Serve The Whole People VOLUME 3; NO. 11 / out AMONG THE PEOPLE MORE GHOSTS Not long ago there was an article in thus column about ghosts at Gil- dercrest. Since that time a great number of persons have expressed doubt as to the honesty of this “ghost story. I wish each of those who had the slightest doubt abort the veracity of the story had been at Gildercrest last Sunday afternoon. When the house was all “quiet as a mouse” and I was day dreaming about gaily wrapped packages under the Christ mas tree, something happened. I say something because the noise I heard was almost indescribable. If it hadn’t been a little too early for old Santa, I would have declared that it was the saint with his rteindeer up on the roof. But no, it couldn’t be Santa— he didn’t come till after dark. Finally, I gathered enough courage to climb was going on. It sounded very much warily up the stairs and see what as if it were in my room, so I peeked inside the door, but nothing out of the ordinary there. Then I looked in the adjoining room, and there I caw the cause of the commotion. On the floor was the fire screen covered with soot. The floor was also covered and there in the midst of it all was a brick! Well, the ghosts can’t be satisfied with haunting, it must also throw throw bricks. Monday afternoon, while walking around the place, I happened to look up and there on the roof 1 saw the ghost. The mystery was at last solved. Perched on the chimney try ing to keep warm was a huge buzzard. In its valiant attempt to keep warm, it had knocked a brick off the chim ney causing it to fall down the chim ney creating the weird sounding noise. ©DAY a* *td TOMORROW\ -tf- FRfiNK PABKLfc STOCKBRIDOE REVOLUTION learning Five hundred years ago a simple invention, turned the world upside down. In the year 1440, as nearly as historians can figure it, Johannes Gutenburg set up a printing press in Mainz, Germany, and began printing sheets of paper and books from mov able type. The exact date is not important, nor does it make much difference whether it was Gutenburg or a Flem ing named Coster who actually inven ted the new process of making many copies of a single manuscript and all of them exactly alike. Whoever did it, and whenever, it was perhaps the greatest revolution in human history. Consider. Up to that time practi cally nobody knew how to read. Only the wealthy could afford to own books, and they usually had to hire men of Teaming to read them for them. The only educated persons were priests of the Church, and not all of them could read. King John, famous be cause he granted the rights of free men to the English people, at the points of the swords of barons at Rnrnymede, could not write his own name, but had to make his mark on Magna Charta. When books began to be printed instead of written by hand, every body who sought to learn cou.d have access to the learnings of the whole world. [CS . . • • • superiority first books printed were reli- books. Gutenberg’s first im- t volume was the Bible, in La be reason was mainly that the ilk who could write manuscript he clergy, and the language of urdh was Latin. Before print- indreds of young priests were ■ed to make copies of manu- and it was never certain that •o copies were alike. The first g types were copies from the ,g of those clerical manu- eet the word “clerk” which the h pronounce “clarit”, from the vord “clericus,” meaning priest, •jy who could read or write >e a priest. _ , n printing came into use ana v could learn to read the an- jxemptio'n was abolished, but vho could read and write were, 11 are, called “clerks.” Perhaps ist important social eff** 1 mention of printing was that it Continued on page eight) The Rising Sun—1856-1860 NEWBERRY, S. C. FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 1940 slider and Grcneher-isse-iaso $1 PER YEAR ■ Scuttled Liner WASHINGTON, D. C.—Captain W. Daehne, commander of the German luxury liner Columbus, which was sunk in the Atlantic— scuttled by her own crew to avoid capture by a' British warship which trailed her as she made a desperate dash for Europe from Vera Cruz, Mexico. Seek Woodyard As . Aid To Indigent A meeting was called at the cham ber of commerce Saturday morning to discuss the advisability of securing a wood yard in Newberry for the needy. Wilton Todd, chairman of a committee working on this project, re commended that the city through the chamber of commerce sponsor the cause, which will be a W. P. A. pro ject. All labor and tools will be fur nished by WPA. Although it will take about four weeks for this pro ject to be passed on, Ervin Leslie, bead of the WPA feels sure it will go through without any trouble. The following committee elected to serve this winter are: Wilton Todd, chairman: Ted Bremer, seertary; Dr. C. D. Weeks, treasurer; also Miss Az- ilee Livingston, Mrs. J. P. French, Mrs. J. H. Summer, president of the Civic League, J W. Earhardt, C. E. Hendrix, president of the Lions club, D. W. A. Neville, president of the Kawanis club, O. M. Cobb, president of the Rotary club, The committee is asking for dona tions of mpney or wood in order to start on the project as soon as pos sible, as there are families now In need. Contributions are now being receiv ed through the local newspapers, ana by Dr. C. D. Weeks at Gilder and Weeks drug store. Names of all contributors will be published. TO ORANGE BOWL GAME Pete Coleman left Newiberry early Thursday morning for Columbia where he oined a group of Pure-Oil dealers bound for a week’s trip to Florida and to attend the Orange Bowl classic at Miami. The Pure-Oil Co., sponsors a trip annually to the most outstanding agents. Pete will return to Newberry the last of the week. KENDALL MILLS LUTHERAN Rev. J. B. iHarman, pastor i Summer Memorial: Sunday 10 a. m. Sunday school. Mr. Eugene Shealy, supt. 11 a. m. Divine worship and Holy Communion. 6 p. m. Luther league. Bethany: Sunday 6 p. m. Sunday school. Mr. E. B. Hite, supt. 7 p. m. Divine worship. Visitors are invited to attend all of these services. LAZY CAROLINIANS? (Kenneth Goode in “Your Life”) An auditor for Sears, Roebuck and Company got off the train one hot August afternoon at a little town in South Carolina. Down the dusty street a hound was wailing as if its heart would break. Waking the nearest taxi driver, the enterprising Northerner remonstrated: “Hear that dog? He must be in trouble. Why don’t you help him?” “Deed, boss,” explained the cour teous negro, “dat dog ain’t in no trouble. He’s a-sittin’ on a piece of prickly pear, an’ he jes’ too lazy to move.” People have headach^, generally, says a wise doctor, because they don’t avoid them. People lose most ly, because they won’t take the trouble to win.— (Winnsboro) News & Herald. LOST—Pair of rimless glasses, gold frame in black case. Reward if re turned to J. L. King, county agent’s office, or to this newspaper. School For Dairymen Resumes Wednesday The second session of the school for producers of Butterfat will be held at Newberry County courthouse on Wednesday afternoon, January 10 beginning at 2:00 o’clock and at Piney Woods Lutheran church, Thursday morning January 11, beginning at 10:00 o’clock, according to an an nouncement made this week by assis tant County Agent, J. L. King. Subjects to be discussed at this ses sion by dairy specialists from Clem- son college will include “Digestion and Feeding,” Mr. King says. This will include a discussion of such top ics as the composition of feeds, the digestive processes, home-grown feeds which produce milk most economical ly, the extent to which farmers can most profitably depend upon pas tures and roughages, and many other things with a dire«t bearing upon the income from milk cows. The meeting at Piney Woods church will be divided into two sessions, the first session beginning at 10:00 o’ clock to include the topics discussed at the first dairy sohool hold in New berry and the second session begin ning at 2:00 o’clock to include the top ics discussed in the second dairy school. A large number of Newberry coun ty farmers have enrolled in the school which includes monthly ses sions during the winter months. Mr. King is urging those farmers to be present on time and states that visit ors will be welcome at the sesion on both Wednesday and Thursday. Bill Tops Revenues By Over $834,000 ' ■ Columbia, Jan. 3.—An appropria tion bill exceeding anticipated reve nue by $834,000 was recommended today for the general assembly by the budget commission. The commission, from whose re port the house ways and means committee began preparing the ap propriation measure ahix\4 of leg islature’s meeting next Tuesday, said it felt that it was of “eq^al, or per haps greater, importance” to propose amounts which would allow operation of the state government “upon an economical but efficient basis” than to propose a balanced budget. The commission indirectly condemned de ficiency appropriations. Budget Exceeds Revenue * The recommendations totaled $13,- 648,837, compared with the $12,553,- 208 total of the current money meas ure.. Supplementary and other pro visions increased the current appro priations, however, to over $12,898,- 033. The commission said: “General fund revenues for the fiscal year 1940 41 are estimated at $12,083,146.69. Adding to this the amount of the expected ciKvnt sur plus at the end of the pri^snt year, it appears that the sum of^bpproxi- mately $12,815,000 will be available for the support of the state’s insti tutions and departments during the 1940-41. “To present a balanced budget it would be necessary to confine the amount of recommended .appropri-J ations to that figure. Lowest Figures Givesi , “The commission takes the posi tion, however, that it is of equal, or perhaps greater, importance to pre sent frankly to the general assembly its conclusions as to the necessary expense of conducting the state gov ernment upon an economical but efficient basis. “This procedure would at once re veal the need for additional revenue if it existed, the advisability of further re ~ allocation of so - called earmarked revenues, or would serve as a basis for the general assembly in reducing appropriations sufficiently to bring them within the estimated current resources of the state. “No good purpose can be served by concealing or minimizing the ac tual needs of the state government for the support of its institutions and departments. On the contrary, it has been shown that such procedure actually impedes rather than aids the work of the general assembly, re sults in general dissatisfaction and uneasiness among the state agencies, and leaves the way for large defi ciency appropriations, a costly and, to a large extent, unnecessary, fea ture of our present system, BETH-EDEN LUTHERAN PARISH Rev. M. L. Kester, Pastor Colony. 10:00 a- m. Sunday school. Mr. Claude Wise, Supt. 11 t. m. The service. Sermon by the pastor. St. Janies: 10 a. m. Sunday school. Mr. Harold Long, Supt. y ueen Of Roses PASADENA, Calif. — Margaret Huntley, 18-year-old Pasadena beauty, who reigned over the an nual Tournament of Roses Parade, on New Year’s Day. Stndents & Teachers Return To Schools Among students returning to their schools to take up work for the rest of the school year are the following: Bettie Brown, Pauline Summer, Julia Smith, Helen Olary, Nancy Mayes, Agnes Mayes, Kate Wheeler, Ruth Feagle, Mildred Havird, Virginia rop college; Walter Goggans, Bill Gat- Dickinson, Mildred Leightsey, Winth- lin, Walter Bodie, James Senn, Bob Parks,* George Wright, Marvin Bea- cham, Oscar Sumnper, Olin Gannon, Jr., Wilson Weam, Ranny Kirkland, Kirby Lominack, Clemson; Jim Todd, Bobby Epting, Robert Houseal, King Boyd, Citadel; Louis Patrick, Mary Elizabeth Moore, Jean Wood, Ers- kine; Mary Johnson, Coker; Frances Sutton, Anderson College; Virginia Hayes, Lander; Caroline McCraekin, Interment, Bristol, Va.: Henry Baker, Washington & Lee; Ralph Baker, Duke University; Hal Kohn, Jr., U. of N. C.; Richard Weam, U. if 111.; Robert O’Donnell, Cincinnatti Em balming school; Sara Haile, William and Mary college in Virginia; Mike Culbertson, Commercial Art school at Washington; Ruth Wilson, Carolina. The following teachers are return ing to their schools after spending the holiday season with relatives and friends: Evelyn McGraw, Pelier; Haynie McGraw, Sumter county; El- tas McGraw, Baron DeKalb, Camden; Ruth Feagle, Pelzer; Bonnelle Cromer, Pelzer, Ruby Kilgore, Union; Mildred Ross, Caroline Mayes, Iva; Corrie Lei Havird, Lexington; Lillian Humphries, Union; Elizabeth Mower, Whitmire; Mary Helen Goodman, Union; Macie Davis, Clinton; Verna Mae Abrams, Stoney Hill; Harold Layton, Pelzer; Carrie Wightman, Columbia; Ruby Norris, Clinton; Leila Norns, Colum bia; Pearl West, Columbia; Grace Wilbur, Anderson; Edith Wilson, Sa luda; Marguerite Bishop, Saluda; Jane Goodman, Clinton; Margaret Paysinger, Batesburg; Katherine Fis cher, Goldville; Rachel Kennedy, Rock Hill; Juanita Swindler, Prosperity; Kathryn Swindler, McBee, Ga.; Edwin Lake, Travelers Rest, Louise Senn, James Abrams, O’Neall; Carolyn Long, and Norman Toole, Jr. PROCRASTINATION Procrastination says, “The next ad vantage we will take thoroughly.”— Shakespeare. Tomorrow is the day when idlers work and fools reform, and mortal men lay hold of heaven.—Anon. By the street of “by and by” one comes to the house of “never.”—Cer vantes. When a fool has made up his mind, the market has gone by.—Spanish proverb. The man who procrastinates strug gles with ruin.—Hesiod. To be always intending to live a new life, but never to find time to set about it: this is as if a man should put off eating and drinking and sleeping for one day and night to another, till he is- starved and de stroyed.—Tillotson. Use the present moment aright Each hour comes with some little fagot of God’s will fastened upon its back.—F. W. Faber. It is one of the delusions that the present hour is not the critical de cisive hour. Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.—Carlyle.—Greenville Piedmont. Elbert Aull, Fred Bouknight, Miss es Nell and Macie Davis and Miss Louise Aiken spent the weekend in Atlanta, Ga., visiting Henry Jones and other friends. Henry returned home with them to continue his stu dies at Newberry coollege. Rotarians Approve Efforts of Chamber The Newberry chamber of com merce received a high compliment from Rotarians at their meeting last Friday. Several members were ask ed to present their views as to things they would like to see in Newberry during the year 1940. Some of the replies were very interesting and con tained fine food for thought. How ever, it is most interesting to note that throughout the program was a general feeling that the local cham ber need only to keep up its present pace in order to accomplish much for Newberry in the future. Said one Rotarian: “We have a live and energetic chamber 0 f commerce, under the leadership of our own Hal Kohn. This body has already done much to foster a new spirit of coop eration and goodwill among the mer chants of Newberry and the citizen ship generally. I would like to see this good work continued in 1940, to the end that our community will work as a unit in all things for the welfare and upbuilding of Newberry.” A spirit, of optimism was as ap parent in this meeting as it was in the recent survey of Christmas busi ness made by the local chamber. If opinions of Newberry’s own business men are to be relied on, 1940 will bring at least a measure of pros perity. A local oil dealer at the meeting stated: “It is generally con ceded that Newberry is one of the best towns in the state. I, like you, beKe've that it is the best. Let’s re solve here and now to work for the upbuilding of our community in 1940, to work for improvement in its phy sical assets as well as its citizenship. There can be no doubt as to Newber ry’s progress in -the coming year.” Chief Justice Is Dead St Matthews, Jan. 3.—Chief Jus tice John Gates Stabler, a small-town lawyer who won the highest office the state offers his profession, died early today at a Columbia hospital after practically 14 years on the bench. The 68-year-old jurist, who rose to judicial prominence, without mov ing away from his home, will be bur ied here with simple ceremonies at 3 p. m. tomorrow. The funeral will be held from the St. Matthews Pres byterian church. Stabler was striken with paralysis the day after Christmas and was tak en the following day to the hospi tal Apparently in the best of health until his sudden illness, he presided over the last term of the supreme court less than a month ago. Survivors include his wife, the for mer Miss Hallie Murray of St. Matt hews, and a sister, the former Miss Emma Stabler, who is married and living in Washington. He had no children. Tax League To Meet January 17 Columbia, Jan. 3.—The Farmers and Taxpayers league of South .Caro lina will hold its annual convention here Wednesday, January 17. The announcement of the meeting said “the league is expecting dele gates from every county in the state, and according to its established practice, will call on the governor and the two houses of the general assem bly and present a memorial against increasing appropriations, x x x. “The league, is now insisting, among other things, that the three mill property tax be repealed and that the business license tax be re duced. It urges also that the in tangibles tax be removed if it is op erating to deter the coming of weal thy citizens whose ordinary taxes would exceed the amount received from the'intangibles. “The proposed agenda for the con vention indicates that the league rec ommends that the general assembly take a broad view of the state and adopt measures which will further its economic development, repealing ob structive statutes.” * Visitors in the home of the C. E. Hendrix’s on Christmas eve were, Mr. Henrix’s father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Hendrix, Lexington, and sister, Mrs. J. M. Keller, Brook- land, N. Y., Mrs. Hendrix sisters, Belle, Maude, and her mother. Mrs. J. W. Sanders, Silverstreet, James Sanders, Silverstreet, and Mrs. Bessie Hipp, Greenwood, Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Hendrix and two daughters, Litha Dair and Vauda Jane, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Hendrix, and Marion O’Neil of Lexington, were also visitors in the Hendrix home. McBeth Sprouse of Anderson, left Monday for Clemson after spend'"'- the weekend with Kirby Lomin c.< on Mayer avenue. DOWN MEMORY LANE 20 YEARS AGO If there is a road in the county which needs the split log drag worse than Main street in front of Foster Martin’s and at other spots we would like to have it called to our attention. We hope the new city fathers will do something for our main thoroughfare. Wouldn’t it be fine to have Main street paved and some bright lights along the way. Let’s pull together and get to looking like the real city which we are. There is a very excellent recom mendation of the comptroller general which deserves more than passing mention. We have entirely too many departments, boards or commissions, in a number of which the activities ai e necessary but should be under the control of one office,” he says “The present system has a tendency to create friction and extravagance,” he adds. Having been in bad health since last January Paul Johnstone has de cided to clos# out his business. Hal Kohn has rented his old stand and it is understood that he will open up a book and stationery store, dealing in books, magazinfes, social and busi ness stationery, office supplies, rubber stamps. The legislature meets January 13. It will face a number of problems, not the least of which is permanent highways. Good roads can’t be built in a year, but a start can be made in such a way that the building of the mwill not bear heavily upon any body. The time is ripe for construc tive legislation. CHANCE TO HAVE LEAGUE TEAM Newberry has a good chance to have a baseball team in the Carolina League, class D, which will be run under very strict supervision of the baseball commissioner. Tonight (Thursday) at 8 p. m. at the chamber of commerce a meeting of interested persons will be held to hear ftetails of the organisation and if a team is desired for Newberry steps will be taken tonight to organ ize. Coach Laval has been invited to come and present the proposition, ’’.’he public is invited to attend. Hal Kohn, President. Mrs. M. H. Coleman of Florence spent Christmas with her sister, Mrs. Floyd Dennis and Mr. Dennis on Mayer avenue. Mr. and Mrs .Thompson Dennis and family have moved to their new home on the cut-off. Mr. Dennis says they are enjoying their cour'-ry home very much. SEEN ABOUT TOWN B. P. RINGER and PAT MIT CHELL distributing new calen dars, and giving super service by hanging them ... JIMMIE WISE MAN explaining how little JIM MIE’S mechanical scottie works . . . MARIE FELLERS, “CAT” DICKERT and ELIZABETH MITCHELL trying to get under one umbrella during the rain Fri day .. . JUDGE BLEASE wear ing colored glasses . . . College students getting off buses . . . CHRIS KAUFMANN carrying blanket under his arm . . . “SCRAP” HENDRIX out again after m reednt illness . . . VIOLA DOMINICK crossing Boyce street . . . CHARLIE BOWERS and FULMER WELLS strolling up street all smiles . . . The Gentle man farmer, CLEMSON WIL- * SON, carying a bag of groceries . . . ELSIE GILLIAM catching a ride to work 1 early one cold morning and driver saying to her “Get in good-looking” . . . HUGH SHANNON back on the job after a bird hunting trip . . . Didh’t you just love the snow early Mon day morning . . . MRS. WARREN ABRAMS shopping ... A. P. FARRIS, Columbia, in the city Monday . . . ROY SUMMER, JR.. standing in one of Newberry’s most popular stores, with such a forlorn look Tuesday morning. We couldn’t help but wofnder if Santa passed him by this past xmas . Someone asking “Bill” THORNTON if he had the flu. Bill replied, “No, the flu had him . . . FRED LESTER enjoying a . . . 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