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\ Every Week More People Read The Sun The Sun Strives To Serve The Whole People VOLUME 3; NO. 29 The Rising Sun—1856-1860 NEWBERRY, S. C. FRIDAY, MAY 10, 1940 Slider and Greneker—1856-1860 $1 PER YEAR OUT AMONG THE PEOPLE BUG POISONS The Jiinjohnsongrass has got me to the place that I have to do my gardening with a lawn mower, and my crop of bugs continues to flourish as the bay tree. The only thing the bugs haven’t bothered is my potatoes; the grass is so high there that they can’t find them. I doubt if Mos'-s could have led the children of Isreal through such a mess. The bugs are lined up next to that grass like Germans on the French bolder. They know these is some- there (a little something) but they are afraid to risk a blitzkreig and I am afraid to hoe the spuds. I think I’ll just wait and see if that lather works on the beans and if it does go in there with my lather and safety razor and clean ’em up. I’ve got 90c invested in seed potatoes but right now I believe the market value would be something like a nickle. I went to Doc. Weeks about my bugs and he prescribed some stuff which he said was good on chickens and he couldn’t see why it wouldn’t work on cabbage. His reasoning was so logical I tried it. I dusted the cab bage very thoroughly and the next light sprinkle of rain washed it all down into the bud. All I’ll have to do now is to get some stuff from Doc for bellyache when I start eating those cabbage. I wouldn’t say that was Doc’s idea to start with, but it locks funny. A fellow who has a remedy for all the ailments of man, beast and plants told me of a remedy for bean beetles and agreed to fix me up some. His remedy consisted of 1 cake of shav ing soap and 1 pint of fly killer. This concoction was to be diluted with 3 quarts of water and squirted on the plants with a squirt gun. Well, I didn’t think much of lather as a bug poison but I tried it and when I got through those little beans looked like 40 barbers might have been in there with their brushes. I don’t know at this time whether it was effective as most of the leaves were riddled with holes anyway. But whether it works or not those bugs certainly got a good lathering. BEGIN HELENA CHAPEL Dirt was turned last week on the Presbyterian Chapel at Helena. The building will contain an auditorium and three Sunday school rooms. The Newberry Lumber company is the contractor at a price of $1000. It is said that the company is contribut ing considerable in the matter of a low bid on the building, and that in reality it will be about a $1,500 struc ture. The Presbyeerians will pay cash on the barrel head, due largely to the ability of Pastor Galcote to extract dollars where none seem to grow. B. M. (Boo) Scurry is chair man of the building committee and general engineer of the activities out there. The Chapel is the outgrowth of the evangelistic zeal of a number of the Kirk brethren who began op- orations there some two or three years ago in an abandoned residence. The few who “gathered together” there persisted with true Christian fortitude when attendance reached al most the vanishing point. Apparent ly they have been “owned and bless- respectable attendance at the pres- ed” as the new building and a very ent time would indicate. MRS. SHEALY Mr*. Charlotte Koon Shealy, 84, of Prosperity, widow of John A. Shea ly, died Sunday in a Columbia hos pital. Funeral services were conduct ed 1 at 4 o'clock Monday afternoon from Mt. Tabor Lutheran church near Little Mountain. Burial followed in the church cemetery. Mayors Proclamation THIS WORK PAYS OUR COM MUNITY WEEK, MAY 20-25,1940 WHEREAS, the Division of Pro fessional and Service Projects has been in operation in our town since 1935 and whereas, too few people are acquainted with what is being done by this Division and whereas, a wider knowledge and a more sympathetic understanding of the program will be of benefit to us, THEREFORE, I, J. W. Ear- hardt, Mayor of the Town of Newberry, S. C., hereby desig nate and set aside the week of May 20-25, 1940 as “This Work Pays Our Community” Week and urge that every person in the town and surrounding country avail himself of the opportunity to see tbe accomplishments of the Pro fessional and Service Division of the Work Projects Administration Given under my hand and Seal this 8th Day of May, 1940 J, W. EARHARDT, (Signed) Mayor, Special Act Enlarges Supervisors Authority The county legislative delegation has caused to be passed an Act empowering the county supervisor to hire and discharge all road workers. The bill provides that the remaining two members of the board have a right to appeal to the delegation where inefficient persons, or more per sons than they think necessary are hired. The bill provides that the supervisor’s authority is not widen ed in any other respect by the pas sage of this Act. The county board is also required under the new Act to make up a budget at the beginning of each new year, to provide for all expenditures used for maintenance, and construc tion. The Act also requires the com missioners to make up and file in the office of the board, and subject to public inspection, a monthly work sheet which will show upon which roads, bridges and other projects the chaingang and maintenance forces are to be employed for that month. Provision is made for emergency work. The courts have ruled that under the existng set-up each member of the board has equal authority in the employment of maintenance workers. The matter has been a point of dis agreement among board members. The new act will take effect on January 1, 1941 when the newly elected supervisor takes office. FREE COOK BOOKS Congressman Butler B. Hare ad vises us that he has a limited num ber of Aunt Sammy’s cook books which He will be glad to send to his constituents on a basis oof first come, first served. The book con tains about 150 pages and is put out by the goovemment. Write to Mr. Hare at once if you want one. BEAUTY SALON UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT The Friendly Beauty Salon has opened for business in the stand formerly occupied by Mae’s Beauty Salon under the ownership and man agement of Mrs. W. J. Swittenberg and Miss Ruth Senn. The modern equipment of the shop is that used by Mae's and the operators are all experienced in beauty culture. Besides Mrs. gwittenberg and Miss Senn the personnel of the shop is Misses Mildred Bowers and Martha Hendrix and Mrs. Helen Shealy WiH son. The management Invites all friends of the operators as well as ladies of the vicinity to come and inspect the new shop or phone for appoint ments. BETH-EDEN LUTHERAN PARISH Rev. M. L. Kester, Pastor Beth-Eden: 10:00 a. m. Sunday school. Mr. Herndon Hentz, Supt. 11.00 a. m. The service. 8.00 p. m. Church Workers’ Con ference. Officers and leaders of the congregation and its various organi zations are urged to attend this meeting. St. James’: 3:00 p. m. Sunday school. Mr. Harold Long, Supt. 4:00 p. m. The Service. 5;00 p. m. Missionary Society and the Council will meet. HAL’S ADLET8 Mothers Day blooming plants, in a fine selection of varieties and prices. 50c and up something nice for Mother, Mother’s Day cards, 5c and up. Lovely cards. Mother’s Day candy. Mrs. Steven’s homemade candy, so popular with the ladies. Mother’s Day boxes from 69c to $1.49. Send a box, maybe with one of our dainty corsages attached, for Mother to wear Sunday. Mother’s Day corsages. Roses and other fresh flowers will be used to make our Mother's, Day corsages, May we have your order soon as con. vei.ient. Flower orders for Mother's Day can be safely wired to any place, with bonded delivery. Ask us how you can send flowers to your absent Mother. Petunias, snapdragons and many other window box, pot and bedding flowers. 20 varieties to select from, from 35c doz up- Hardy Chrysanthemum and daisy plants. Get some after the next rain, 35c doz. Ferns. Fresh shipment Friday and another and final one next Friday. Many have found our ferns very fine. They are 10c, well rooted and fine foliage. Gladiolus bulbs. Fine, named var ieties, 30c doz. 12 different varieties in attractive contained, as a gift item, 39c. Cut flowers, a fine stock. Roses, Dutch iris, gladiolus, snapdragons & other fresh flowers. Drive out to the nursery Sunday. Drive around or get out and walk around. You’d be most welcomed. Verna & Hal Kohn. 3rd Term Resolutions Tabled By Convention What appeared to be a record crowd gathered here Monday morn ing for the Democratic convention which opened at 11 o’clock with in vocation by Rev. Chambers of the Methodist church. Neal W. Workman was elected temporary president and A. H. Counts temporary secretary. A mo tion to make these pernament offi cers of the convention carried. Mr. Workman was next elected chairman of the county executive committee. Young M. Brown placed the names of the county legislative delegation as a bloc and they were so elected. Furman Goree, Miller Smith, John A. Mayer and Mrs. R. D. Wright were then nominated and upon mo tion of Steve C. Griffith that nomi nations close they were elected, to complete the allotted number of delegates to the State coonvention which meets in Columbia next Wed nesday. Mrs. Wright was also nam ed Vive-Chairman. The only contest developed when Dr. S. J. Derrick, Young M. Brown and O. F. Armfield were nominated for State executive committeeman. The balloting revealed that Mr. Brown had received 83 votes, Dr. Derrick 74 voces and Mr. Armfield 73 votes. Mr. Armfield then moved that the high man be named and the motion carried. Two resolutions endorsing a third term for Roosevelt were tabled upon recommendation of the reso lutions committee. The committee resolution that the delegates to the State convention go uninsructed was roundly applauded. The county executive committee most all of whom were present, met shortly after the convention ad journed and named A. H. Counts as its secretary, he had no opposi tion. The committee discussed changes in the.party rules which will come before the state convention and went on record as favoring the moving-up of the primary two weeks, to the first Tuesday in August. O. F. Arm- field was instructed to draw reso lutions of regret upon the death of J. A. Darby and R. E. Lyles, both former members of the committee. To Dedicate Building Plans have been made for the ded ication and the oofficial opening of the World War Memorial Building located in the park area. The date fpr thjs event has been fixed for May 30, 1940. Committees from the Legion and its Auxiliary have been appoineed and are working out de tails, Prominent Legionaires and Legion officials frotp all over the state will be extended an invitation to participate in the ceremony, The public will be invited to join the Le gion In the dedicatory services, COMING TO SI.LVERSTREET HIGH SCHOOL The Rhythm Rangers, Hill Bill champions, featuring Elmer Snod- gras, will appear at Silverstreet High School Friday night. May 10th at 8:30. The show is sponsored by the Young People’s league of Smyrna church. Admission is 15c and 25c. Squeaky Davis, Little Billy Tucker, the Campbell Bros, will appear with this fun-making outfit and you may expect to have plenty of clean, whole some fun. Remember the day: Friday night at 8.30 p. m. at Silverstreet school house. CROOKS ARE ACTIVE Columbia, May 9.—A new racket being operated on a statewide scale, with the apparent intent of pinching small amounts of money from peni- Ipss families in exchange for false promises of employment by the Na tions} Youth Administration, was dis closed today by State Administrator Roger L, Coe, In one instance, Doctor Coe said a man purporting to be a salesman for a fictitional publishing company in Columbia sold a Sumter county girl a dictionary, a magazine subscription and one other book, on the strength of the promise that purchase of the outlay would entitle her to an NY‘A school scholarship paying six dollars a month. Doctor Coe said the “salesman” ob tained a dollar down, instructed the dupes of his racket to write the state NYA office in Columbia, and then vanished. The man, the magazines and the books never showed up again, he said, and naturally, no NYA schol arship either. Doctor Coe issued a warning today to school youths, and parents of such youths, in this state to pay no atten tion whatever to offers of this sort. He said that NYA school jobs could be obtained only through application to the authorities of the respective schools. Mr. and Mrs. Claude Sanders spent Saturday ni"ht and Sunday in Greenville, with Mrs. Sanders’ broth er, Carl Epting and Mrs. Epting. Artistic Dances Will Mark Aux. Offering Sponsored by the Newberry coun ty Hospital auxiliary the Foster school of dance, said to be the State’s largest dance school, will present its Newberry students and stars from the Columbia school in their first an nual dance revue here on Friday ev ening, May 17 at 7:45 o’clock. A full program of varied dance compositions will be given, featur ing talent from the tiniest tots to ad vanced adults. The hospital auxiliary is sponsor ing the performance. The proceeds will go to the Baby fund to be used for under-privileged children. A1 tickets will be 25c and may be had from members of the auxiliary or at the door the evening of the per formance. Population Down Indications now are that Newberry will not show as many people in the census as it did in 1930. Every citi zen who has not been enumerated should by all means report the fact One hundred names may be the means of putting Newberry over the, 1930 figure but unless the city is checked very carefully it now seems certain that it will be under the 1930 figure. Prosperity is also said to ‘lave de creased while Whitmire will perhaps show an increase of several hundred. Summer Closing Starts June First The Chamber of Commerce has an nounced that Newberry stores will begin closing at 1 o’clock an June 1 and continue through August. Ac cording to the Chamber of Commerce 84 merchants were interviewed, 78 of whom expressed a desire to close while six merchants were found op posed to summer closing. All agreed to abide by the majority opinion ex- cent one it is said. In order to determine as accurately as possible opinion on summer closing the commerce body first called a meet ing of Merchants. In this meeting 18 favored closing and 1 opposed. Later a canvass of the business section was made by a committee of six with results as noted above. Willowbrook Opens The formal opening of Willowbrook park is announced for Saturday night, May 11 at 8 o’clock. Painters have gone over the buildings and every thing is in excellent shape. The Newberry concert band will render concerts every Saturday night and occasionally on Sundays. The 1 and will fender both popular and classical numbers. Members have been outfitted with new uniforms this year, The band offers its services to anv civic organization of the city. D, B. Chandler, with the band since its or ganization, is manager, and J. S. Pruitt is director. CELEBRATES 83RD BIRTHDAY Mrs. Ella Burton of Clinton today (Thursday) celebrated her 1 83rd birthday, at the home of her son, Gus Burton. Mrs. Burton is a na tive of Newberry and has many friends here who will want to extend her their congratulations. Mrs. R. G. Wallace and family were her guests for the occasion. Typhoid In County Within the past ten days five cases of typhoid fever have been reported in the Beth-Eden comunity. These patients are colored people and in one family. One death has occurred. The County Health Department has investigated the cases and clinics have been established in this com munity for the purpose of administ ering typhoid vaccine and thus Im munizing the people against this di sease, MRS. MAGGIE PITTS Mrs. Maggie Milam Pitts, 82, wi dow of T. P. Pitts, died Tuesday morning at the home of her daugh ter, Mrs. H. W. Shealy in the Long shore section after a several months’ illness. Funeral services were held at 4 o’clock Wednesday afternoon, at Smyrna Presbyterian church with the Rev. C. J. Matthews, the Rev. A. H. Key and the Rev. J. N. McCord in charge. Burial followed in the church cemetery. Besides Mrs. Shealy, she is surviv ed by the following children: Mrs. E. B. Suber and G. A. Pitts of Colum bia, W. O. Pitts of Newberry; a step daughter, Mrs. W. B. Dilworth of Walhalla and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Mrs. E. O. Hentz, Mrs. Georgie Welborn and two children, Margaret and Joe, spent Sunday in Anderson, with Mrs. H. M. Daniel. 3 New Members On Chamber Directorate Balloting in the Chamber of Com merce “primaries” resulted in the election of three new directors and eight of the 12 old directors. J. N. Beard, J. W. Earhardt, Jr., and E. B. Purcell are the new members. Direc tors who were reelected are E. A. Carpenter, John F. Clarkson, T. E. Davis, C. C. Hutto, Hal Kohn, Thom as H. Pope, Jr., S. C. Paysinger, Wil ton Todd and Z. F. Wright. The dir ectors name the president and sec retary. One hundred and five members cast votes in the election, evidence. Chamber of Commerce officials said, of widespread interest in the body. The new officers will meet within the next short while to elect officers for the ensuing year. Mr. James Hutchinson has return ed home after spending a week’s va cation with his brother, Roland Hutchinson and family in High Point, N. C. Miss Mattie Adams and Mrs. Can non Biease spent Wednesday in Camden. Miss Constance Armfield of Ander son was a week-end visitoor at her home in Newberry. Mrs. J. O. Erwin, of Spartanburg, and Mrs.-W. W. Reid, of Greenwood, were visitors last week in the home of their sister, Mrs. E. O. Hentz. Mrs. J. B. Halfacre has relumed to her home in Newberry after spending several weeks with her daughter Mrs. N. P. Moody and Mr. Moody, in Columbia. Mr. and Mrs. N. P. Moody, Mr. and Mrs. Llody Mcllwain and child ren of Columbia, were Sunday visit ors in the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Halfacre on Main street. Mrs. B. T. Young of Prosperity was a business visitor in Newberry Saturday. Soldiers of The South Be Honored Friday At six o’clock on Friday afternoon, May 10th, those who revere the mem ory of the Confederate soldier will gather around the Confederate monu ment to pay tribute t r his bravery and sacrifice. The program will be opened with Scripture reading and prayer by Rev. H. O. Chambers of Central church. As the school children sing America they will place their tribute of flowers around the monument. The college students will be represented by Maxcy Stone in “A Tribute to the Confederate Soldier”, /and the city schools by Cam Wallace in “The Bi vouac of the Dead”. The Madrigal singers from the college, under the direction of Prof. Milton Moore wilt render two selections. The children will sing “Dixie”, after which the Taps. Since the last Confederate veteran from Newberry county has passed away, these annual exercises on May 10th serve to impress upon the younger generations the heritage that is theirs, and mothers arr asked to arrange for the children to gather at the monument bringing flowers. The NYA girls have given their services in making the garland for the inonument. The Boy Scouts will assist in plac ing flags on Confederate graves in the cemeteries. Miller To Dentsville Supt. R. H. Miller, who has been Supt. and teacher at Stony Hill and Little Mountain schools for the past ten years has accepted a position as Supt. of the Dentsville school near Columbia. Mr. and Mrs. Miller and little daughter, Betty, expect to move to Dentsville about the first of June. Spectator Discusses State Constitution Representative Peek of Charleston has offered a bill to provide for the assessment of property for taxation at its actual or market value. The purpose of Mr. Pedk is to have our taxation escape its present high mil- lage. For example, if a piece of property worth $1,000 is assessed for taxation at a valuation of $250 it means that sixty mills on the dollar on the valuation of $250 would be only fifteen mills on $1,000. The taxayers would pay the same amount in dollars and cents, but outsiders studying our taxes would not think that the sixty mills were levied on the thousand dollars. The Constitution of the State, which was adopted in 1895, provided for taxation on actual value. Here is what it says: “All taxes upon property, real and personal, shall be laid upon the actual value of the property taxed, as the same shall be ascertained by an assessment made for the purpose of laving such tax.” Some time ago t remarKed that the Constitution is so frequently dis regarded or interpreted in a petti- frogging spirit that there is no as- suinnee that a new constitution would serve any better. This is a case in point. Since 1895 the Con stitution has directed that all prop erty shall be assessed for taxation on the basis of actual value, but it has been entirely ignored. We need not suppose that the Constitution was not clear and mandatory. The Constitution also says: “The provi sions of the Constitution shall be taken, deemed and construed to be mandatory and prohibitory, and not merely directory,” etc. The members of the Constitutional Convention seem to have devoted con siderable thought to the assessment of property for taxation. So much so that one might assume that sev eral committees separately brought in recommendations and that the Convention adopted all of them. This is one of the evidences of a lack of unity in our State document. Of course the sons of those gentlemen have not in any sense improved the great bulwark of our liberties. With in recent years the Constitution has been amended several times, yet both the original provision and the amendment are still in the document, though flatly contradictory, The Constitution says that the Governor may be re-elected and it also says that he may not be re-elected; it says that certain officials shall serve two years; then it says they shall serve four years; it provides that the salaries of some may not be increas ed or diminished, and then says they DOWN MEMORY LANE 20 YEARS AGO A Kiwanis club was organized in Newberry on Tuesday eveninn: and a delightful luncheon was served at the National hotel. The club num ber fifty or more members and will be worth a whole lot for the communi ty. The club will meet twice a month and from the committees appointed it would seem that it is the intention to do something worth while for the town. The following are the officers: W. S. Matthews, president; E. A. Carpenter, vice president; A. J. Bow ers, Jr., secretary and treasurer; Board of Directors, T. K. Johnstone, O. B. Cannon, Eugene S. Biease, J. B. Hunter, J. D. Caldwell, E. E. Stuck, W. W. Cromer, J. B. Setzler. It was a great and enjoyable day for the honored guests of the city on Wednesday, the Confederate Vet erans. Everywhere one saw gallant veterans of the "Confederate army; some walked with a step as spry as a young man, while others were stooped and leaned heavily on their canes for support. In the morning services were held at the Opera House at which Mr. J. F. J. Caldwell presided Gov. Cooper is a splendid speech maker and he was at his best on Wednesday. Ail in all Wednes day was an enjoyable day for the visitors and a busy one for those who are wont to honor with loving acts of kindness the “Thin Gray Line” who gather with us once each year as our geests. Perhaps next year some of those who gathered here on Wednes day will have passed into the great beyond and their places will be va cant, but in our memory the gallant defenders of the Confederacy will never grow dim nor be forgotten. Mrs. Eugene B. Gary leaves this week for Newberry for a visit to her daughter. Mrs. Dr.- Pope. Dr. and Mrs. Pope have bought in Newberry and will make their home in that town in the future.—Abbeville Press & Banner. Nominations in the campaign of 1920 include the following: For State Senator—Neal W. Workman, for Coronor—G. H. Ruff and F. M. Lind say; for Magistrate townships 1 and 8—Charles W. Douglas; for Clerk of Ccurt—J. D. Wheeler. VISIT GLASS FACORY The Stony Hill school students from the sixth grade up, went on a sightseeing trip to the glass factory in Laurens Wednesday. They also visited the Presbyterian Orphanage in Clinton. They were (acicom’pa^iied by J.C. Abrams, Jr., H. G. Hendrix and Miss Eloise Corley, teachers a' Stony Hill also G. W. Hawkins and D. S. Haw kins who were in charge of .the bus. CONFEDERATE COLORS The Daughters of the Confederacy are requesting a return to a former custom, viz., the placing of Confed erate colors on homes and in store windows for Memorial Day. Confed erate flags if convenient, but if not, then the colors, red and white, shall have a compensation to be de termined by the General Assembly. (Continued in next issue) SEEN ABOUT TOWN CHARLES DAVIS and DICK MEL LETTE. college students, sitting on Court House rail discussing picture shows . . . MRS. FRED DOMINICK walking up street with arms around her two daughters. DORIS and JOAN . . . “SHORTY” BUZHARDT wanting to know who ordered the sudden hot weather ... MRS. WILLIAM PAT- RIDGE and daughter, MOLLY, rid ing up Boundary street . . . EUGENE STOCKMAN remarking that he was afraid to go home to dinner because he had forgotten to order something his wife had told him to get .... MRS. R. F. NICHOLS taking SUSAN to school ... DR. ERLAND NELSON taking pictures of May Day Exercises at New berry college . . . MRS. CLAUDE SLATON delivering a te legram to The Sun office . . . Secre tary C of C, TED BREMER, wearing a brown shirt ... A certain primi- nent man of Newberry tipping his hat to a billboard advertisement with a lady on it, thinking it a real per son . . . We promised we wouldn’t tell his name . .. “SONNY” EVANS tell ing a friend that he was knocked down by a fellow and didn’t even want to get up . . . MRS. EDNA H. FEA- GLE shopping for a red handkerchief ... Be sure to remember your mother on Sunday, May 12. If you haven’t, a mother, then adopt, one for Sunday, .Your scribe has done this for several years, and enjoyed mak ing someone else happy . . Birthday anniversaries: T. E. DAVIS. May 5; FRANCIS AULL, May 5; J. B. Mc- DOWELL, May 7; VIVIAN DAVEN PORT, May 11; WALTER GUSTAVE HOUSEAL, May 14.