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Every Week More People Read The Sun VOLUME 3; NO. 25 The Rising Sun—1556-1860 NEWBERRY, S. C. FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 1940 Slider and Greneker—1856-1860 $1 PER YEAR Three Day Trade Event Gets Under Way Today, 12th OUT AMONG THE PEOPLE REALLY WORTH WHILE The most worth-while thing the Chamber of Commerce has done is the sponsoring of the trade days to be held here this weekend and Mon day. The 'bringing together of 64 firms in a common undertaking is a real aecorripli shmeint in itself land the good to come from such a trade event is real and lasting. The peo ple of Newberry will avail them selves of the opportunity to come down town today (Friday) or one of the other two days and buy at the reduced rates. LAVAL-WILSON Of interest to many Newberrians is the announcement which appeared in Sunday’s issue of The State. Mr. and Mrs. William L. Laval of Newberry announce the engagement of their daughter, Dora Alice, and James W. Wilson of Union. The wedding will lake place in June. STOCKMAN-GRADDICK Miss Arley Virginia Stockman and Mr. John Calvin Graddick were mar ried April fifth at the residence 'of the officiating minister, the Rev. J. B. Harman. Mrs. Graddick is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Stockman of Pros perity and is a graduate of the Pros perity High school. Mr. Graddick is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Graddick of Newberry and is a graduate of Newberry high school. After a pleasure trip to the north eastern part of the state, they will melee their residence on Boundary street, in the city. BETH-EDEN LUTHERAN PARISH Rev. M. L. Hester, Pastor Beth-Eden: 10 a. m. Sunday school. Mr. Hern don Hentz, Supt. 11 a. m. The Service. St. James’: 3 p. m. Sunday school. Mr. Harold Jx>ng, Supt. 4 p. m. The Service. 5 p. m. Council meeting and Wo men’s Missionary Society. Please note the change in hour for all services at St. James’. Colony: 10 a. m. Sunday school. Mr. Claude Wise, Supt. 7.45 p. m. Church Workers’ Con ference. All officers of the congre gation, Sunday school and other or ganizations, Sunday school teachers and leaders and whatever capacity are expected to attend and all others are invited: An interesting program has been arranged. DOWN MEMORY LANE i 20 YEARS AGO When the sad words, “Dr. Gilder is dead”, went from home to home in this community there was a deep hush everywhere. The words carried a stillness that was felt by everyone, and a pall of gloom fell in the quiet ness of that hour to chill the hearts of the people here. While his death was not unexpected by those of his many friends who knew of his criti cal condition, it was nevertheless a shock to all and a blow to the city and county that will be felt for years to come: for a most useful man, as physician and citizen, had fallen in the midst of his beneficial activities. Newberry is 23 in the list with a car to every 25 inhabitants. These figures were compiled by Mr. J. Wil liam Smith, Jr., who returned on Monday from Charlotte with eleven fine Chalmers cars through the country. Mr. Smith went to that city last Saturday accompanied by Mrs. Smith, with the following array ’of automobile talent to help him bring the cars bo Newberry: Messrs. J. C. Neel, Jr., James G. Brown, Jno. V. Havird, John Dominick, J. D. Ma hon Smith, John Danielson, David Hayes, Clarence Senn, Bob Paysing- er, Wilbur Abrams and Tom Fellers. At the meeting on Monday night for the purpose of organizing a ■chamber of commerce for Newberry there were around 350 memberships reported and a board of nine direc tors were chosen and by-laws adopt- .ed. A committee was appointed to secure proper offices for the cham ber. The following is the personnel of the board of directors: C. D. Weeks, S. J. Derrick, J. W. Johnson, P. E. Anderson, J. Y. McFsll, C. T. Summer, W. S. Matthews, O. B. Can non, T. K. Johnstone. BAPTIST STATE W. M. U. WILL MEET IN CHARLESTON The thirty-eighth annual session of the Baptist Woman’s Missionary union of South Carolina will convene with the Citadel Square Baptist church, Charleston, from April 30 to May 2, 1940. The evening session will be held on Tuesday night and the closing one on Thursday morning The convention is scheduled to ad journ at noon on Thursday. Mrs. Charles M. Griffin, state president, of Walterboro, will preside over the sessions. MRS. SALLIE BROWN DIES AT SPENCER Prosperity, April 10.—Mrs. Sallie Lee Brown, widow of L. T. Brown, formerly of Prosperity, died at her home in Spencer, N. C., Monday night after a long illness. Mrs. Brown, the daughter of the late Rev. Thaddeus S. Boinest and Elizabeth Rikard Boinest, was a mem ber of a prominent family. She lived in South Carolina until her marriage took her to North Carolina. She has many friends in Prosperity who are grieved at her passing. Surviving Mrs. Brown are one son, Boinest Brown, and one granddaugh ter of Spencer; one sister, Mrs. E. O. Counts; one brother, W. B. Boinest, both of Prosperity. Mrs. Brown’s husband died early in February, 1940. Funeral services were held in Spencer Wednesday. HARTFORD DEMONSTRATION CLUB MEETS The Hartford Home Demonstration club held its regular meeting, Thurs day, April 4, 1940. The meeting opened with the singing of the club song for the month “Alleluia”. Mrs. H. C. Ful mer conducted the devotionals and everybody prayed together the Lord’s prayer. The club was favored with special music and singing. A group com posed of Mrs. Abe Warren, Mrs. Hor ace Cromer, Mrs. W. P. Paysinger, Miss Rudine Fulmer, Mrs. W. P. Lathrop, and Miss Aileen Lominick sang two numbers, “Rainbow at Sun set”, and “In the Garden”, accom panied at the piano by Miss Annie Mae Schumpert. Mrs. Abe Warren, the leader, gave many good hints on Fix-Up- Clean- Up. After a short recreational period, delicious ice cream and cookies were served by the hostesses, Mis. W. B. Goggans, Mi's. J. H. Bangle and Mrs. John Hutchinson. WANTS PAY AT $1,000 A YEAR Representative Mason of Oconee announced Wednesday he would in troduce a proposal to set compensa tion or future legislators at $1,000 a year. The present status fixes the pay at $10 a day and the constitution limits compensation to a 40-day leg islative session, thereby causing the lawmakers to receive $400 a year. “Extra pay” has been voted repeat edly, however, in recent years to raise the pay to $10 a day for an entire session. WMU MEETS WITH BUSH RIVER CHURCH The annual meeting of the Wo men’s Missionary Union will be held Thursday, April 18 at 10 a. m. with the Bush River church. AH mis sionary organizations in the associa tion are urged to be well represent ed. Lunch will be served by the hostess church. Mrs. Walter H. Hunt, Supt., Mrs. Floyd Bradley, Secty. MUSIC CLUB MEETS The Newberry Music club held its regular monthly meeting Tuesday night with Mrs. Fred Gilbert, Miss Julia Kibler, Mrs. Neal Workman, and Mr. Fulmer Wells, joint hostess es and host. The home of Mrs. Fred Gilbert on Main street was very effectively dec orated in a blue, green, and yellow color scheme. In the rooms, which were thrown en suite, were arrange ments of blue iris, yellow jasmine, pansies, and daffodils. During the business session, new officers or the coming year were elect ed as follows: President, Miss Mar guerite Bums; Vice-president, Mrs. H. B. Wilson; Treasurer, Mrs. R. C. Floyd; Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. J. P. Moon; and recording secre tary, Miss Mary Alice Mitchell. Miss Rose Hamm was in charge of the program for the evening which was “New Opera.” Miss Hamm and Mr. Wells gave talks on this subject. After the program, the members of the club were served delicious orange sherbert with sandwiches and cake. FOR RENT—7 room house corner Wilson and Johnstone streets; will be vacant April 15th. Apply to Mrs. Eugene B. Gary, Phone 425. 3tc Jury Selected for April Term of Civil Court List of jurors for the April term of court: B. O. Long, McFal! Bedenbaugh, J. B. Moore, Bittle D. Hawkins, John W. Bundrick, Henry Suber, Claude V. Matthews, Jacob M. Bowers, James L. Lominick, C. M. Singley, George H .Richardson, L. E. Rikard, J. E. McConnell, L. B. Bowers, Edwin Boozer, J. Kaplin, W. R. Suber, A. L. Foy, D. O. Carpenter, E. D. Wil hite, A. N. Crosson, R. C. Floyd, J. L. Holloway, C. L. Amick, J. C. Wil son, H. N. Wallace, J. W. Riser, J. W. Lominick, Jr., Cay Baker, Claude Richardson, C. E. Crowder, J. M. Harmon, Woodrow Bedenbaugh, G. C. Merchant, J. T. Franklin, and J, Robert Long. DAYLIGHT SAVING IN S. C. PROPOSED Columbia, April 10.—Representa tive D. E. McCuen, Jr., of Greenville, announced today he would introduce a bill tomorrow to have South Caro lina operate on daylight saving time lather than eastern standard time during the same period the former prevailsi in New York city. “I would' like to have expressions of the reaction of the people to this proposal,” McCuen told reporters. He said that it would enable per sons who work a set number of hours daily to have an extra hour of day light in the afternoon for recreation and that it would not affect farmers and other rural residents who work “from sunrise to sunset”. REFUGEE HANGS HIMSELF Miami, April 10.—His family and fortune lost, Max Schlosser, forty, a wealthy clothing manufacturer in Czechoslovakia until Germany seiz ed his homeland, hanged himself to day in the closet of the tiny room he occupied here. He had been sent to the United States on an unofficial goodwill mis sion by his government before Czechoslovakia was taken by Ger many and had left his family there. Frank Maccoun, a countryman of Schlosser’s who operates a resturant here and had befriended the refugee, said he had been under a severe men tal strain, not having heard in months from his pretty wife, his five-year-old daughter and aged mother. LOVELY PARTY GIVEN AT COUNTRY CLUB One of the very loveliest parties of the season was that one given by Mrs. Steve Griffith, Mrs. Donald Rook, and Mrs. Hunter Brown at the Newberry Country Club Wednesday afternoon, April 10. A profusion of white dogwood, pink honeysuckle, yellow jessamine, purple lilacs and white iris decorated the new club house, giving it a wood land effect. Twelve tables were laid for contract. After scores were counted, the prizes were awarded as follows: high, Mrs. Herman Wright; second, Mrs. Arthur Welling; bingo, Mrs. Sloan Chapman. Gifts of remembrance were pre sented to two recent brides, Mrs. Tom Pope, Jr., and Mrs. Robert Bruner, and to Mrs. W. H. Hopke of Charles ton. The prizes and gifts were at tractively wrapped in green tissue paper, tied with yellow cellophane ribbon, and topped with a bunch of pansies. Late in the afternoon, the guests enjoyed delicious cheese straws, sandwiches, and coolkies with iced tea. HAL’S ADLETS:— Trade Day Specials: Four packages of Burpee’s Dahlia flowered zinnia seed, separate colors, value 60c for a dime. 25 fine pink thrift plants for 35c. 12 artemesia “Silver King” plants 25c. Potted fancy leaf caladiums, 2 plants to pot, 59c. Blooming azaleas, hardy type, 50 and 75c. Hardy Camellias, in the best var ieties for Newberry county, blooming plants 75c and $1. Extra fine mixed colors gladiolus bulbs, grown on our farm, 30e doz. for large bulbs. China salad and 32 piece dinner sets at a very low price. See our windows for these lovely pieces. Fancy leaf caladium bulbs, large bulbs, 25c and 35c. Ferns, Boston, asparagus, and other types, 10c each If the city has built a retaining wall around your property you can, in a few years, get a lovely effect by planting thrift near the waU, now. Let's make Newberry a THRIFT-ty place. Browse around, especially during Trade Days. We have a lot of ex tra added values to offer. —Verna and Hal Kohn. Pope Says Dukes Tsar of Cemmission Columbia, April 9.— Representative Thomas H. Pope, of Newberry, told the house today that Chairman John H. Dukes, of the industrial commis sion sought to be “the czar of this state” and declared that employes in the state would not get “fair treat ment.” until “we clip the wings of the present chairman of the commission.” His attack came during debate on a bill to repeal that part of the 1939 deficiency appropriation bill reducing the industrial commission from five to three members. Last year’s act gave the governor the right to replace the commission with a three-man board but Govern or Burnet R. Maybank has not yet carried out its provision. The com mission administers the workmen’s compensation act. "Since this law (workmen’s com pensation act) has been in effect, it has been administered as rottenly as any law ever enacted in the state of South Carolina, not excepting the old dispensary law,” Pope said. “I believe if we put a three-man board up there, it would work bet ter than the five-man board up there now.” Pope said the present board had “some good men”, but that “we have one man who wants to the czar of this state, the Honorable John H. Dukes.” Cites Charges Pope said that Dukes’s travel ex penses averaged $64.47 a hearing while those for the four other com missioners were all under $1. He said Dukes sent him word that if he did not “call off the dogs,” he (Dukes) would discharge a girl employe whom Pope had recommend ed. Pope said the commission had spent $1,865 more from 1 its “special payments” fund than the legislature had appropriated lor the purpose. He said several commissioners had told him they had nothing to do with this fund but that it was disbursed by the commission’s chairman to per sons who came there once a month to get their pay. “You talk about expediting busi ness,” Pope said. “Do you think the employes have gotten anything out o the present five-man commission? They have not. “The only ones that have gotten anything are the insurance carriers. The mills have not. The employes have not,” Pope said. “The employes of this state de serve fair treatment but they’re not getting it and I don’t believe they will get it until we clip the wrings of the present chairman of the com mission.” Could Submit Proof Answering a question from Mc Donald, of Florence, one of the au thors of the bill. Pope said that all the “tangible evidence I have been able to uncover thus far is against John Dukes.” Pope said he could submit proof of his statements but that he be lieved the members knew him well enough to believe he was “telling the truth”. “PEACE, IT IS WONDERFUL” General Manager R. M. Cooper, speaking for the South Carolina Public Service Authority last Tues day: “I said the other day that we have a marvelous organization, and I re peat it. It isn’t fair to have these people who are working panned.” “Marvelous” is the word. The News and Courier concedes it. It is “Marvelous”—drawing salaries, as reported to the general assembly, that approximate $316,000 a year. About this organization are many “marvelous” features. How many expert builders of hydro-electric plants does it contain ? How many executives who have to their credit important achievements in business and industry does it in clude ? “Peace, it is wonderful”—in the language of Father Divine's disciples. Let us have peace.—News&Courier. COTTON MEN FINED Orangeburg, April 10.—Judge Alva M. Lumpkin handed down judge ments in federal court today on ten defendants who entered pleas in Nov ember, 1938, in connection with al leged violations of the Bankhead act providing for loans in cotton certificates. W. L. Whetson, U. C. Etheredge, R. C. Beach, A. H. Chaplin, R. A. Goolsby and Levi Livingston were fined $300 each and upon payment of $100 the remainer to be suspended. J. C. Amaker and J. F. Etheredge were fined $200 each, remainder to be suspended on payment of $100. E J. Hewitt and H. H. Livingston were fined $100 each, remainder to be sus pended on $50 payment. County Agent Gives April Farm Calendar As a guide for farmers in the busy spring season County Agent P. B. Ezell, makes these timely sugges tions : Agronomy 1. For cotton, (a) Select fertile welldrained soil, (b) have seed test ed for germination, (c) treat seed with Ceresan, (d) use narrow rows, (e) mix fertilizer with the soil, (f) plant the seed not too deeply on a firm seedbed. 2. Get extension cir cular 180, Profitable Cotton Produc tion Under Boll Weevil Conditions, and prepare to fight the boll weevil. Horticulture 1. Bed sweet potattoes if not al ready bedded. 2. Sow tomato seed for midseason and late crops. 3. Plant tender vegetables. 4. Trans plant tomatoes, pepper, etc., in cold- frames and gradually harden for setting later. 5. Fertilize fruit trees and start cultivation. Insects and Diseases 1. Treat cotton seed with mercury good working order and have mater ials in readiness for summer sprays on apples and peaches. 3. In setting out plants, discard any that are af fected by disease or root knot. 4. Plant wilt-resistant cotton where loss from disease has occurred. 5. Con trol cutworms with poison bait. 6. Keep abreast of developments in control of tobacco blue mold. 7 Veg etable gardeners get a copy of Ex tension Bulletin 102, Garden and Truck Crop Insects. Agricultural Engineering 1. Recondition fertilizer distributors and planters to insure uniform dis tribution of fertilizer and seed. 2. Sharpen plows and sweeps and make other needed repairs on cultivating machinery. 3. When April showers prevent field work, make needed re pairs and; imjprovemientsi on fences and gates and around yards, lots, and buildings. Soil Conservation 1. Maintain tractor-built terraces by proper plowing and filling low places in the ridges. 2. Sow newly constructed terraces in some close- growing crops the first season to give time for setting. 3. Do not al low the terrace outlet channels to cut below proper grade level. 4. Repair immediately any washouts in terrace outlet channels. MR. AND MRS. RICHARD BAKER ENTERTAIN WITH DINNER Mr. and Mrs. George Dominick were invited guests when Mr. and Mrs. Richard Baker were host and hostess to their club at a dinner- bridge party Friday evening Iris and spirea were used as a floral background in the rooms of their home on Walnut street. After being served dinner, the guests played' several progressions of bridge. Mrs. Steve Griffith and E. M. Lipscomb were winners of prizes; Mrs. E. M. Lipscomb and George Dominick won low. FARMERS APRIL GUIDE ON CARE OF LIVESTOCK Reminding busy farmers that spring care of livestock is important, County Agent P. B. Ezell suggests these pointers: Animal Husbandry 1. This is a good month to sell fat hogs. 2. Plant Biloxi soybeans for hog grazing. 3. Castrate pigs at three to six weeks of age and use pine tar to control screw worm. 4. Give suckling sows all they will eat of a well-balanced ration. 5. Shear sheep after the last cold spell and dip (fit-ire flqck immediately after shearing. 6. Castrate beef calves at four to ten weeks of age, using the “Burdizzo” pincers, and thus prevent screw worm infestation. 7. Watch for screw worm cases. Use pine tar on the navals of new born animals. Dairying 1. Continue liberal grain ration, to cows in milk especially. 2. Inter- plant plenty of corn and soybeans or plant sorghum and soybeans for en silage for next winter. 3. Provide sufficient acreage for soybeans or peavine hay to furnish two tons of hay for each mature cow (one-half that for yearling). Seed heavily to hold down grass growth. 4. Seed one- fourth to one-half acre per milk cow in Pearl millet for summer grazing as a supplement to pasture. 5. Keep cows off pasture in early April to give pasture a good start. Poultry 1. Feed chicks liberally a well-bal anced ration in clean hoppers. 2. If chicks are brooded in a permanent brooder house or on ground where chicks were brooded last year, move the pullets to clean range shelter as soon as the cockerels are sold for broilers. 3. Select best cockerels for next year’s breeders. 4. Keep old hens laying by providing a laying mash; get more eggs when prices are low. Sixty Two Business Firms Join in Big Trad# Event. Price Slashes In Every Line of Merchandise. Free Gish Prizes Newberry business firms to the number of 64 have banded togther in a trade drive beginning Friday and lasting through Monday. The big selling event will be known as “Newberry Trade Days” and values which mean the saving of a substan tial amount on each and every pur chase, are being offered. A big circular is being distributed on which each firm is featuring two super-specials. In addition to these values scores of other items will be greatly reduced. The trade days is being .sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce and this body reports that co-operation has been almost 100 per cent among the merchants and business firms. Posters and street banners will herald the trade days which will truly be a “festival of values.” Mark these days on your calendar. Your friends will be in Newberry shopping, so you will not want to miss them, nor the real savings to be effected. GOVERNMENT CONTROL OF CHAIN STORES SEEN Washington, April 9.—A House ways and means subcommittee heard today that eventual government con trol of chain stores systems was in evitable if they were not curbed by such legislation a- the Patman bill. Representative Poage, Democrat of Texas, conceded that chain stores when established in a community re duced food prices to consumers and sometimes paid farmers more for their products, but warned that this “benefit is temporary” and would last only so long as the chain had com petition in the form of the independ ent retail merchants. Support for the bill, which would place a graduated tax on individual units of chain store systems, also came from Representative Cochran, Democrat of Montana. He declared that chain stores were making em ployes out of employers, and express ed belief that chain and mail order houses had “contributed immensely” to unemployment. Charles P. Bloome, executive vice president of the Wearing Apparel Board of Trade, Philadelphia, relat ing that he traveled 40,000 miles a year calling on independent retailers, said that the small town merchant was unable to obtain a loan from his banker to carry on business, be cause the latter “sees the handwrit ing on the wall” in chain store com petition and could not afford to lend the money. EDUCATIONAL MEETING HELD An educational meeting in behalf of Newberry college was held last Friday Dy Lutheran ministers of the South Carolina synod. The meeting was opened at New berry college wit'ii an address to the ministers and students by the Rev. C. K. Derrick of Charleston . Reassembling later in the Luth eran church of the Redeemer an ad dress was given by Dr. James C. Kinard on representative contribu tion by the college, of graduates hav ing taken leading places in educa tion and other important work. Among other speakers was A. J. Bowers, Jr. The guests attended a ball game in the afternoon between Newberry college and the University of South Carolina. HURT IN WRECK NEAR BOWMAN Mrs. L. S. Davis who suffered a crushed chest, and her daughter, Margaret, a broken collar bone in a wreck Slnday afternoon about 6 o’clock near Bowman, were carried to the Orangeburg hospital for treatment, returned to their homes in Newberry Monday. Miss Elsie Gilliam, who received bruises was brought to her home where she will be confined to her bed for three weeks. Mr. L. S. Davis and Mrs. Alma Cook who were with the party retuming from a sight seeing trip to Charleston escaped injuries. The car belonging to Mrs. Cook, who was driving, was demolished when it turned over in an attempt to dodge a car driven by a negro. RELIEF FRUIT ARRIVES A shipment of Florida oranges was received at Commodity Distribution warehouse this week. Four different kindls of fruits being given to clients for the month of April—apples, oranges, raisins, and prunes in addi tion to other com moities. RELIEF ROLLS REDUCED Washington, April 10.—The works projects administration announced today its first big cut in an effort to reduce employment rolls to aproxi- mately 1,500,000 by June 30. Officials said that 83,770 work-re lief cmrolees had! been dismissed be tween March 27 and April 3, bringing total enrolment down to 2,204,364. NEWBERRY COUNTY HONOR STUDENTS AT COLLEGE Eleanor Connor Bedenbaugh, Wil liam Grady Boozer, Fred Jacob Bouk- night, James Warren Henderson, Sara Helen Paysinger, Mabel Wan- namaker Wicker, Ernestine Barnes, Albert Marion Boozer, Mary Harden Keitt, James Efird Kinard, Fred Voight Lester, Mildred Louise Les ter, Robert Harols Stoudemire, Em ma Julia Ballentine, Dorothy Carpen ter, Harols Franklin Park, William Powlas Peery, Frances Elizabeth Renwick, and Mary Lou Wicker. WHITMIRE WINS DEBATING FINALS Whitmire, April 9.—Whitmire high school won in the debating finals against Blacksburg high at Clinton this afternoon. Whitmire won the right to represent High District No. 2 with both affirmative and negative teams and will debate for state hon ors in Columbia during high school week. Those debating for Whitmire were: affirmative, Arline King and Charles Graves; negative, Nellie Mae Thomas and L. J. Gore. The high school query is government ownership and control of rail road. AUXILIARY MEETING The Woman’s Missionary Auxiliary of Central Methodist church will meet at the church Monday after noon, April 15 at four o’clock. NEWBERRY HIGH BULLDOGS DOWN CONNIE MAXWELL The Newberry high school Bull dogs continued their heavy hitting Tuesday in .downing Connie Maxwell Orphanage here 16 to 7. The locals gained a total of 15 base hits being paced by Cromer, Mills and McEntire. Newberry journeyed to Johnston Wednesday and Friday, they will be visitors' at Greenwood. The next home game will be here Tuesday, April 16th with Clinton high school. Batteries: Newberry: Mills., Hentz, Lominack and Livingston; Connie Maxwell, Adams, Geddings and Davis. R H E Newberry 16 15 5 Connie Maxwell 7 7 6 SEEN ABOUT TOWN FLOYD BRADLEY going to lunch . .. JOHNNIE KINARD remarking that spring u-as his favorite season of the year and your scribe agreeing because it is her favorite season too . . EU GENE STOCKMAN getting fined for parking his car out of the line ... DR. S. J. DERRICK puffing on a pipe ... If you haven’t seen MRS. DON ROOK’S flower garden you have missed one of the very prettiest spots in town . .. THOMPSON DENNIS walking up the street turning a circular saw on his finger .... S. W. SHEALY wearing a big black hat . . CONSTABLE RUFF LIVINGSTON with hands full of cabbage plants . . DEP UTY J. C. NEEL arresting two small negro boys for cutting an other small one ... Several men wearing staw hats .. “SCRAP” HENDRIX wearing colored glasses . . . GENE HIERS going to theatre . . . JIM JOHNSON drinking a dope and someone telling him that he was getting too fat to drink them . .. WIL SON BROWN out again after a recent illness . . . MISS MATTIE ADAMS shopping for a hat ... Merchants preparing their stores and windows for the trade event this week-end . .. Birthday An niversaries: Keitt Purcell, April 14; Robert C. Lominick, April 16; Mrs. Willie Mae Long. April 16; Mrs. J. H. Summer, April 18; Mrs. Cannon Blease. April 18; and Mrs. Elsie Pitts Nichols, Ap ril 19.