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VOLUME 3; NO. 40
The Rising Son—1856-1860
NEWBERRY, S. C. FRIDAY, JULY 26, 1940
Slider and Greneker—1856-1860
$1 PER YEAR
OUT AMONG
THE PEOPLE
THREE BELLS SOUND
FOR VETERAN CHIEF
Someone has said that death is the
privilege of human nature—a retreat
for the ill and despondent. And I
believe that Chief Henry We'ls was
ready for the alarm which ended his
days here. Aside from the ties of
family and friends he had one, and
only one consuming interest. He liv
ed and breathed fire-fighting and all
that related to it.
For the past several months he had
been unable to take any active part
in the department. That this weigh
ed heavily upon him is best under
stood by those of us who knew his
deep interest in his cherished “depart
ment.” Fire-fighting was a part of
his very existence.
The Chief lived to see most of his
plans for the department take shape.
He faced opposition time and again
in striving for a more complete de
partment but his unselfish interest
and devotion always brought friends
■fo'Tiis side, and he usually got what
he wanted.
The boys of the department not
only loved their chief, but held him
in the high respect of a man of cc jr-
age who would not send them where
he would not go himself.
As death gives to a life whatever
significance it has had, the people of
Newberry will realize more and more
as time goes on what Chief Wells’
life has meant to the city. Time will
emphasize that he was altogether un
selfish—a public spirited citizen of
noble mold.
Mere fitting than any words of
mine could possibly be is the tribute
paid Mr. Wells a’ few months ago by
Dr. Jas. Cl. Kinard at a banquet com
memorating his 50 years with the lo-
:al fire department. Dr. Kinard said:
“To attempt to express with the
tongue the genuine sentiments of
the heart is often, as now. a well-
nigh impossible task. What one
feels cannot always be adequately
phrased.
“This gathering of representative
men here tonight is an eloquent and
heart-felt tribute to our honor guest.
All his years have been spent
amongst us. His life has not been
lived behind a brick wall. It has
touched every single soul.
“We honor Mr. Wells for the un
selfish service that for more than
half a century he has rendered this
community. It is not so difficult to un
derstand a man’s giving himself un-
stintingly to some project that re
turns to him generous dividends. But
it is remarkably significant that a
man should give his whole life for
so long as this man has done, when
there has never been either a pro
mise or prospect of personal profit.
“We honor Mr. Wells for his heroic
service. Time and again this man has
risked his own life to save property
and people. He was always ready at
the first alarm. And he has never
known when that alarm would come.
For more than fifty years not a
single moment of his time has been
his own. It has been ours, yours and
mine. Chief Wells nevjr sent his
men into the raging flames, — he
led them. More than once he has
refused to let his men go into places
of grave danger, but he has gone
himself. No soldier who has faced
the shot and shell of a ruthless enemy
has had a braver heart.
“We honor Mr. Wells for his pat
riotic service. His one consuming
passionate aim has been to make his
native heath a safer place in which
to live, where property and lives
woudl be as secure as human efficien
cy could make them. He has never
thought of his own interests. He
has never chosen the easy path.
Determining upon his course of ac
tion, wholeheartedly sincere in his
unselfish purpose, he has clearly
chartered his way, cooly and calmly
faced all kinds of misunderstandings,
criticism, and opposition, riskng his
personal popularity and even his per
sonal friendship in order that his be
loved community might have the best
possible protection. And tonight
my friends, the safety and security
which we enjoy constitute a living
monument to the vision and the cour
age of this man.
High Court Upholds HARLEY AND SUBER DIFFER
Order of Judge Sease q N jjgj. Qp HIGHWAY FUNDS
The State supreme court last week
affirmed the order of Judge Sease
handed down in court here changing
the case of Mrs. Marguerite Johnston
against the Belk-McKnight company
to Laurens county. The case will
probably be tried there this fall.
This case will be remembered as
one of the hardest-fought ever to
come before the courts here. It grew
out of the passing of a worthless
check on the Belk company, for which
Mrs. Johnston was apprehended and
questioned in the office of Magistrate
George Koon.
Blease & Griffith, attorneys for
Mrs. Johnston, brought four suits;
three for slander and one for mali
cious prosecution. The first case, for
slander, against the Belk company,
resulted in a verdict for the company.
This was in the April 1937 term of
court.
Sometime following this a Mrs.
LaBoon was arersted in Columbia on
a check-flashing charge and officers
here went to Columbia to question
her in connection with the checks
here. She admitted that she and her
husband passed the checks here and
they were sentenced in the courts
here.
On the strength of the LaBoon evi
dence Judge Mann granted a new trial
which was held’ in the fall of 1938. In
this trial the defendant company won
in the three slander suits, there being
a mistrial in the suit for malicious
prosecution. This case was heard be
fore Judge Green. Following this
verdict attorneys for Mrs. Johnston
moved for a new trial which Judge
Green granted on the ground that
each of the verdicts was “a shocking
miscarriage of justice.” Notice of ap
peal was given from Judge Green’s
order but it was never perfected.
Attorneys for Mrs. Johnston next
moved for a change of venue before
Judge Sease and this was granted.
Attorneys for the Belk company ap
pealed from Judge Sease’s order and
the high court’s decision last weelk
was another step in the long legal
'battle, remanding the case again to a
trial by jury.
NEGRO dOY DROWNS AT
PARR SHOALS SUNDAY
""A sixteen year old negro boy, John
Henry Miller, was drowned near Parr
Shoals Sunday afternoon when he
jumped from a sinking boat and at
tempted to reach shore. The body
was not recovered until Monday. Mil
ler was in the boat with two smaller
boys.
CLEANING OF COLONY
CEMETERY
All persons who have loved ones
or friends buried in Colony Church
Cemetery, or who for other reasons
are intrested in cleaning and beauti
fying said cemetery are asked to meet
there at 7 a. m. Tuesday July 30 with
proper tools with which to work. It
is hoped that a large number will
respond to this appeal,
M. L. Kester for Church Council.
DAUGHTER BORN
Mr. and Mrs. Edward DeLoach of
Newberry, route one, announce the
birth of a daughter. Men ha Eliza
beth, on July 19. Mrs. DeLoach be
fore marriage was Miss Elizabeth
Livingston, daughter of Constable
Rufus Livingston and Mrs. Living
ston of the county.
COAST ARTILLERY UNIT
TO CAMP SUNDAY
The three officers and seventy-six
men of the local anti-aircraft Battery
H, 263rd Coast Artillery, will be in
Camp at Fort Moultrie from Sunday,
July 28 to August 17.
An advance detail comprised of
Sergeant John M. Glymph and Pri
vates Albert P. Parrott, Jr., James M.
Bodie, and John Eargle will leave
here tomorrow (Friday) for the camp.
Other members of the battery will
leave from Newberry on the train
Sunday morning at 9:30. They will
meet at the temporary armory at
the Fair Grounds at seven o’clock,
leaving there about eight o’clock to
march with packs and rifles to the
train station on lower Main street.
“We honor Mr. Wells for his friend
ly service. This is no cold, mechanical,
formal tribute we pay him here. It
is the spontaneous outpouring of
grateful hearts who appreciate his
worth and his value as a man and
a friend.
“Mr. Wells is honored by his fel-
low-firechiefs all over the country.
He has held the highest positions
within their gifts to bestow. Sever
al years ago I had the good fortun
to attend one of the regional conven-
tins. Firemen from a'", over the
United States we:*e there. I saw
then the real leader. I saw them
come to him for his opinion. They
wanted to know how he would do
this and that, what he thought of
thus and so. They respect his coun
cil, they cherish his leadership.
“But Mr. Wells, you" greatest hon
or comes to you tonight from your
friends and neighbors, us fellow-citi
zens of yours who are the apprecia
tive beneficiaries of vour unselfish
heroic, patriotic and friendly service.
More enduring even that this bronze
plaque will be the gratitude and the
love of your friends.”
An orderly crowd, estimated to
number between 300 and 400 spec
tators, were present at Whitmire last
Saturday night to inaugurate the 1940
County Campaign. The crowd was
slow to gather, and the speaking was
put off until nearly 8 o’clock instead
of 7 which had been the scheduled
time. County Chairman Neal W.
Workman presided over the meeting
and introduced the speakers.
The first speaker was Senator
Marvin E. Abrams of Whitmire, who
welcomed the candidates to Whitmire
and expressed his thanks to the vot
ers for allowing him to continue as
Newberry County’s senator for an
other term without opposition.
For House Representatives
J. Kess Derrick of Little Mountain
led off the next group of speakers,
the candidates for the House of Re
presentatives. He reviewed the rec
ord of the present delegation, told of
60 miles of roads that had been paved
during his term and of 68 more miles
that were to be paved; he pledged to
continue to work for the improvement
of roads in the county, especially
the rural farm-to-market roads. He
mentioned the Terracing law, which
he had worked for and the Legislature
had passed at the past session; this
law provides a means for fan.rers to
have their land terraced and they may
pay for it over a period of 5 years.
Mr. Derrick told of the value to the
county of this kind of work, since
terracing, properly done, authorities
say, will double the yield of the land
in 5 years. In conclusion Mr. Derrick
expressed the hope that this country
would be able to keep out of war.
Aubrey Harley, of Newberry, the
next speaker, said that he had made
but one promise two years ago which
he said he had fulfilled, and that was
that he would do his best to repre
sent the people of Newberry County.
He told of giving $900 back to the
County, which was the amount due
him of extra pay voted by the Legis
lature. He defended his stand on the
measure to take 2 million dollars
from the highway department which
the Supreme Court held unconstitu
tional and a similar measure which
waa passed this year; he expressed
the hope that the Supreme Court
would not hold it unconstitutional
also, since that would necessitate an
additional tax levy, or the passage of
a sales tax, since money had to come
from some source to pay on the
State’s bon led indebtedness. He ask
ed for rcelection on the further
grounds that influence in the Legisla-
tur-» depended in large measure on
seniority.
Julian A. Price of Prosperity said
ihat this was the first office he had
sought from the voters of Newberry
County, that he was familiar with all
walks of life, and was interested in
any legitimate legislation in the in
terest of the farmer, the textile work
er, or the schools. He also expressed
his interest in a 12th grade for the
schools of the State.
Zach Suber of Whitmire pointed
with pride to his six years experience
in the house; and castigated those
responsible for taking the money
from the Highway department, which
money was already pledged toward
the nayment of road bonds. He seem
ed determined to mike an issue out
of the car inspection law passed at
the last session and pledged his ef
forts for its repeal. He also express
ed bis opposition to a sales tax. In
conclusion he mentioned his 40 years
service to the town of Whitmire. Mr.
Suber received a generous round of
applause; in fact more enthusiasm
was shown for him by the spectators
than for any other of the candidates.
For Superintendent of Education.
C. E. Hendrix led off for the next
group of speakers, the candidates for
Superintendent of Education. Mr.
Hendrix renewed his promise made
four years ago to keep uppermost in
his mind the best interests of the boys
and girls of the county, and promised
to continue to give fair and efficient
service. He pointed to the progress
made during his term in Hie matter
of erecting new buildings and widen
ing the curriculum of the schools of
the county. He expressed interest in
an invetsigation of the results of the
12th grade, and gave as a further
qualification his four years exper
ience.
Thos. H. Leitzey paid tribute to
Supt. R. C. Lake of Whitmire, and
gave as his qualifications his long ex
perience as a school teacher. He also
showed interest in a 12th grade and
promised to devote his time to the
boys and girls of the county.
For Sheriff
Tom M. Fellers, candidate for re-
election to the office of sheriff, re
viewed the progress made in the office
during his term, especially with re
ference to the Bureau of Identifica
tion, which was inaugurated with no
extra expense to the county. Mr.
Fellers pledged himself to a contin
uance of a fair and square admini
stration, which would temper justice
with mercy.
C. G. Gilliam of Whitmire, also a
candidate for Sheriff, briefly review
ed his record of law enforcement
while mayor of Whitmire during the
last 12 1-2 years, as sufficient evi
dence of the manner in which he
would perform the duties of sheriff.
For Treasurer
The next group of speakers were
the candidates for Treasurer. Ralph
perience in the office as assistant to
the late C. H. Cannon, i :3 subsequent
service as treasurer on appointment
by the delegation to fill out the unex
pired terms of C. H. Cannon and J.
C. Brooks, and his experience as a
member of an accounting firm. He
promised courteous and efficient ser
vice always.
Carl B. Ringer of Newberry assert
ed that the very nature of the Treas
urer’s office was such that no political
issue was afforded. He gave as his
platform his ability, his courtesy, and
his intention to conduct a clean cam
paign.
For Supervisor.
J. Warren Abrams, the first of the
candidates for Supervisor to speak,
declared that he was entering poli
tics because he was interested in the
county. He promised to act on each
issue as it arose. He further stated
that he was an independent candidate
backed by no individual or political
ring.
Paul H. Haile, the next speaker
for Supervisor, said he thought his
four years experience in the office of
Commissioner better fitted him for
the office, and that if elected he In
tended to devote his entire time to
the office. He declared his intention
to have all the county supplies
bought on open bids, and promises
a close check-up on all (gas and other
county sunplies. Among other things,
he favored a system of rotation for
the road work of the county, a month
ly publication of the money snent by
the county, cooperation with the com
missioners, and honesty in the coun
ty government.
S. W. Shealy, the next candidate,
recalled his record as commislsoner
during the nast two years, during
which time he was responsible for
eliminating many unnecessary fore
men and engineers, so that at present
the county has only one such man.
He promised to give full value for
the money spent, and the elimination
of what he termed “Racketeering.”
He went on further to say that he
intended to be the supervisor of all
the people, and to show no partiality.
L. M. Shealy promised a clejn, in
dependent race on his own' qualifica
tions, and if elected, a fair and im
partial administration. He declared
that he would operate the office with
in the budget, and receive no more
money than the salary provided.
Gene Spearman referred to the im
portance of the Supervisor’s office
and the necessity for good country
roads for contact with the farmers.
He related his wide range of exper
ience, and stated that he was making
the race on his own merits. He fav-
overed improved roads, regularly pub
lished financial statements, a system
of regular service to the roads of all
parts of the county and cooperation
with all worthy projects. He promis
ed an honest and conscientious ad
ministration.
Commissioner No. 1.
The next group of speakers, the
candidates for Commissioner D'strict
I, was headed by S. W. Brown. Mr.
Brown declared that this was his first
race and plead for support
Wilbur Epps referred to his race
for this office four years ago at which
time he received all but three votes
in his home box. Mr. Epps promis
ed to do his best to conduct the affairs
of the office in an impartial manner.
R. P. Fair, the next speaker, dec
lared that he had plenty of time to
make the job a full-time one for him,
and gave as his qualifications his long
experience with Standard Oil com
pany, a period of 36 years, during
which he rose from local agent to as
sistant to the General Manager. He
promised a fair and economical ad
ministration.
R. C. Harmon promised a 100 per
cent, return on every dollar of the
county’s money, and an honest, fair
and square administration.
T. W. Henderson recalled his ex
perience in this office during the old
12 man commission. He said that if
elected he would promise the people
to do something, and not lock up the
county’s road tools and stop work on
the roads of the county.
A. C. Mills briefly promised that
he would do his best in the office if
elected.
C. C. Wallace paid tribute to the
textile worker, who, he said, kept
general business going during the de
pression. He mentioned the import
ance of the commissioner’s job say
ing that it was a job for an active,
energetic, competent, business man, a
man of conscience, training and ex
perience. He referred to his exper
ience as manager of a large mercan
tile establishm jn*\ a ginnery, and the
close touch he kept with fast chang
ing business conditions of the present.
Game Warden.
Since the candidates for magistrate
at Whitmire had previously consented
to give their time to the visiting
speakers, the last group of speakers
were the candidates for game warden.
J. Effice Metts, the first aspirant for
that office, promised his best efforts
in the protection of the fish and game
of the county.
Herman Wise, incumbent, express
ed his thanks for the voters’ support
in the past and and his hope for the
continuance of that support.
The entire meeting lasted less than
an hour and a half, and the crowd
was very orderly and respectful in its
attention.
News From St. Philips
There will be Sunday school Sun
day morning at 10 o’clock and divine
services at 11 o’clock, followed by ad
ministration of the Holy Communion.
I was glad to learn that our pastor
was pleased with the Bible school
classes, the average attendance being
about 120 persons.
On July 27 Mr. G. W. Kinard will
have his annual reunion and he ex
tends a hardy welcome to the public.
We are still dry in this section and
the old corn is hurt considerably.
This summer has been very cool but
we have had a few hot days lately.
On June 9, 1913 the train came down
with snow on it. That cool spell last
ed for about ten days but the rest
of the the summer was warm. This
summer has been an unusual one in
that it turns cool after every rain.
KINARD REUNION WILL
NOT HAVE BARBECUE
The Kinard Reunion, scheduled for
Saturday, July 27, will not feature a
barbecue as formerly announced. G.
W. Kinard who was to have been in
charge of the barbecue suffered a
heart attack Tuesday night and will
not be able to ho d the barbecue as
announced. All attending the reun
ion are asked to bring picnic lunches
NOTICE
A meeting of the County Democrat
ic Executive committee will be held
at the court house at 10 o’clock Sat
urday, July 27, for the purpose of
purging the rolls, and transacting
such other business as may properly
come before the committee.
NEAL. W. WORKMAN, Chrm.
A. H. COUNTS, Secty.
MISS MARGARET ANDERSON
HONORS VISITOR
Miss Margaret Anderson was host-
s at a prom party Monday night
in honor of Miss Julie Reeves of At
lanta, who is the cousin and visitor
of Miss Molly Kirkland.
About twenty couples were invited
to join in the fun at Margaret’s home
on Pelham street. The young people
enjoyed proms and dancing.
During the evening, punch, sand
wiches, and cookies were served on
the front porch.
NOTICE—If the ladies who picked
up the roll of cognoleium on cut
off highway will get in touch with
the Ben T. Buzhardt Furniture
company, it will be very much to
their advantage.
Henry B. Wells Dies
Following Stroke
Henry Burton Weils, veteran fire
Chief of the city, died Friday night
at his home on Harrington street
following a stroke the day before.
The funeral services were held Sunday
afternoon at five o’clock at the resi
dence. The Rev. E. Bryan Keisler,
pastor of the Lutheran Church of
the Redeemer of which Mr. Wells was
an active member, was in charge and
burial was in Rosemont cemetery.
Mr. Wells is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Mary Fulmer Wells; three sis
ters, Mrs. Charles L. Trabert, Mrs.
Tom Harold, and Mrs. J. L. Welling,
all of Newberry; two brothers, Dr.
Amos Welling of Minneapolis, Minn.,
and Thomas Wells of Greenville; two
sons, Burton Wells and Fulmer Wells.
Two grandchildren. Burton and Mary
Louise Wells also survive.
Since February of 1905 Mr. Wells
has served as chief of the Newberry
Fire Department and it was largely
through his efforts that the depart
ment has had such splendid progress.
Chief Wells was connected with the
department for some time before be
coming its head as he recently round
ed out his 50th year with it. Local
citizens gave a banquet at the
Country Club March 8 of this year
celebrating his 50 years in the de
partment. When only 14 years old,
Mr. Wells was a “junior member” of
the department. When 16 he began
active service while the late Walter
H. Hunt was president of the depart
ment.
Besides bis services in the firo de
partment, Mr. Wells was a prominent
Rotarian, a member of the board of
trustees of the city school system,
and a past Master of Amity Lodge,
No. 87, A.F.M.
Active pallbearers were Harry W.
Dominick, Fred H. Dominick, J. Y.
Jones, Dr. C. D. Weeks, Dr. Robert
Houseal, O. M. Cobb, James C. Ki
nard, and Hal Kohn.
Serving as honorary pallbearers
were members of the Newberry Fire
department, Charlie Berst of Atlanta,
Ga., Z. F. Wright, Gordon Blackwell,
J. C. Carpenter, J. D. French, T. L.
Hicks, I. Kaplan, Don Rook, George
Summer, O. B. Cannon, L. G. Esk
ridge, W. Ei Turner, Smiley Porter,
Dr. S. J. Derrick, J. P. Sheely, Bill
Smith, Tom Johnstone, J. W. Ear-
hardt, Ned Purcell, Floyd Bradley, E.
S. Blease, Wililam Brosman of Al
bany, Ga., A. H. Clark, H. D. Whit
aker, Dick Floyd, and C. A. Shealy.
About the most joyous person in
the county just as this time is Pink
Abrams, auditor and auditor-to-be for
the next four years, for he has no
opposition in the forthcoming pri
mary. While other politicians are
stewing not only because of hot
weather but because of contestants.
Pink is experiencing a comparatively
easy time although he may be seen
on a corner ever now and then doing
a little fence mending. He’s made
a good officer and his fence mending
job should be a minor thing. Asked
how it felt to have no opposition.
Pink said, “It’s whet’s known as that
grand and glorious feeling.”
Taking the Stump
Although local politics has been
a’brt’.ving for some *ime, the first
official campaign meting was held
only last week—at Whitmire Satur
day night. All candidates were on
hand and took the stump. Newcom
ers in the game appeared rather
nervous in the speech making, but all
went off smooth and • mud-slinging
and bickering had very little play in
the first formal gathering. The sec
ond of five campaign rallies will be
held FViday, July 26, at ten o’clock
in the morning at Little Mountain and
will be followed by the well-known
and always enjoyable chicken barbe
cue.
Talking With Bill.
While waiting to “catch a man”
the other afternoon, Bill Lewis, bank
executive from Whitmire, stopped by
to chat a few minutes. Bill is an
awfully interesting person to talk to
or ratehr listen to. He has refreshing
and decided views on almost any sub
ject brought up and he’s the kind of
a person you learn things from if you
just listen a while. The discussion
went from politics, to banking, to
county cotton mill outputs in case of
war, to population figures, and other
things in general. In a seemingly
very Short time Bill decided his man
would probably “be in by now” and
took his leave with his conversation
ist urging a return v' lit soon .
The Park.
Some kind of a contest, we hear,
is going on to try to give the recently
built Newberry county park a name.
We wonder what’ it’s all about when
apparently the park already has two
perfectly good names. The original
map of the grounds carried the name,
Newberry County Park, which sounds
okay. The place where the park has
been built has always been known as
Lynch’s Woods and is still called
that. What could be a more suitable
name and more likely it will always
be known as Lynch’s Woods, no mat
ter what new fancy name might be
attached to it because somebody won
a contest. The park is really a cred
it and asset to the county. Visitors
from out of the county are quite sur
prised to see such a place, but the
beauty of the spot depends now on
how it’s kept. The use of the park,
the conveniently arranged picnic
grounds are constantly messy with
papers, bottles, paper plates, and other
debris. Such distracts greatly from
the park. The five mile drive was
so cut and planned by interested
citizens to show off to the best ad
vantage the park. Those planning
the drive hated to see a tree even cut
for the road to go through and if it
was a paricular pretty tree, the road
just had to go around it. Many
young trees can now be seen through
the park—trees that picnicers and
visitors are carelessly abusing. In
connection with the park dedication
next month, officials in charge should
urge all Newberrians to be a little
more civic-minded when visiting
there.
Will Be Missed
Many words have been written and
more will be written about Chief H.
B. Wells whose death last Friday
night was a shxok to all. Newberry
has never had a more civic-minded
person. Too few knew of his strug
gles to get sufficient and appropriate
fire-fighting equipment for the city.
It was more to it than merely asking
the city council for this and that. His
patience must have been limitless.
Chief will always be thought of fore
most as being connected with the
local fire department. He started in
When only 14, beginning active ser
vice at 16. He was 66 at his death.
Fire-fighting was his whole existence
and he sacrificed much for it for 50
years. He was planning, shortly be
fore his last, to attend a national con
vention in Spokane, Washington, at
an early date. All will miss the Chief
behind the wheel of that grey car
chasing the fire engines and being the
first, as a rule, rigjht in behind the
trucks when they went screaming
down the streets. Somehow it won’t
be the same at the firehouse now with
out him.
Plans Unmentioned
- Months ago, probably last fall,
there was some talk about organiz-
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DOWN MEMORY
LANE
20 YEARS AGO
“I ask you not to preach the gospel
that I should receive the votes of wo
men because I helped to give them
suffrage. Instead of saying to them
vote for Governor Cox because he
helped us, search the policies of the
political parties and suport that which
you believe will mean the most good
for the common welfare. There are
things more vital than rewarding a
man for service which he has rend
ered. If I do simple duty it will be
no more than I should have done.”
That is high and patriotic ground on
which Govmor Cox places the ballot.
Newberry is ahead of anything in
the boll weevil line, as in this coun
try he uses a light so he can work
at night. At any rate, that is what
a certain colored fellow thought, as
he brought some lightning bugs to
town the other day and tried to pass
them off as boll weevils.
C. J. Zobel of the U. S. S. Nevada
is home on furlough, the ship being
in port at Norfolk He has until
August 1 to rport for duty back at
Norfolk. , “C. ;J.” shows that Sea
life agrees with him. The navy is the
place to make a man out of a boy
in a hurry.
If elected, Franklin D. Roosevelt
will be only 38 years old when he be
comes vice-president. But he will not
in that case be the youngest vice-
president, for Breckenaridge, elected
with James Buchannan, took office
at the age of 36. And yet we think
we are in the days of young men.
POLITICAL MEETING AT
MOLLOHON
Interested citizens of Mollohon vil
lage have announced a political meet
ing at Driggers’ store for Saturday
night, August 3, beginning at 8 p. m.
A number of candidates have bee*
contacted and have consented to
present and address the gathei
Candidates not so far contacted
invited and expected to be pre
It is pointed out that many cit
of Mollohon would have no
chance to hear the candidates <
to their hours of work and lack
means of transportation to
campaign meetings.
MISS HAMM MARRIES IN
TUESDAY EVENING CERE?
Of interest to many in this,
was the wedding of Miss Anni
Hamm of Silverstreet to Dr. J
Brossy of Union City, New
which took place Tuesday ev
eight-thirty o’clock at the
the bride’s uncle and aunt,
Mrs. Thompson Dennis, i
city. The nuptials were ?
by the Rev. Boyd Hamm
Mountain, N. C., uncle of I
In the ceremony room,
green and white was used
of the fireplace was arrang
of ivy with seven-brancl
labra bearing white tapei
side. Two tall floor bask
gladioli and fern were a
The wedding music co
group of interesting arra
familiar weddibg songs
Miss Rose Hamm, aunt
sang several selections :
herself. The bridal choi
engrin was used for th< .*ssional.
The -bride and bridej entered
the room together am jd before
the arch where the ceremony was
held. The bride, an attractive blonde,
wore a white lace frock, made with a
tight-fitting waist featuring a sweet
heart neckline and a full skirt. She
had white accessories including a
straw hat with wide brim and white
streamers. Her shoulder corsage was
of white gladioli and pink sweetheart
roses.
Immediately following the cere
mony, Mr. and Mrs. Dennis entertain
ed at a reception honoring Mr. and
Mrs. Brossy and their 200 guests.
Mrs. W. W. Feld of the county receiv
ed at the door.
The dining room featured decora
tions in pastel colors. Baskets of
marigolds and snapdragons decorated
the room and centering the table was
the large three-tier wedding cake, iced
in white and decorated with rosebuds
of icing. A miniature bride and groom
topped the cake.
After the bride had cut the cake it
was served with punch and mints.
Pouring punch was Mrs. Dennis and
issisting her in serving were Miss Al-
lie Amick, and Mrs. William Johnson.
Passing mints of pastel shades were
Inez Feld, Martha Signley, Joan Den
nis, and Catherine Whitener.
Mrs. Guy Whitener presided over
the bride’s register in the hallway.
After the reception the couple left
for a trip north. They will spend sev
eral days in Washignton and be at
home by Sunday in Union City, N. J.
Mrs. Brossy is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. R. A. Hamm of Silverstreet
and has been working in Columbia
for some time. The couple are mak
ing their home in Union City where
Dr. Brossy practices.
Mr. and Mis. August Kerzman of
Union City, N. J., spent several days
this week with Mr. and Mrs. J. T.
Dennis at their home near the city.
They were here to attend the Hamm-
Brossy wedding Tuesday.
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