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Every Week More People Read The Sun The Sun Strives To Serve The Whole People VOLUME 3; NO. 46 OUT AMONG THE PEOPLE JIMMY IMPROVING My young friend Jimmie Johnson is back in his hotel room after a few days in dry dock for minor repairs. Jim just couldn’t help respond to the attention of those pretty nurses. I trust he will soon be frequenting his old haunts around the Johnson-Mc- Crackin company and this. I am sure, is the wish of hundreds of friends. LEAGUE BARBECUE Ladies of the Civic League are giv ing a barbecua at Margaret Hunter park Friday night—tonight—begin ning at six o’clock. Brock and Matt hews, good ‘cue cooks will prepare the chickens and there will be all wanted acessories to go along with the juicy birds. This will be a nice event in nice surroundings, among nice people and maybe the last ’cue of the season. The p-ofit, if any, will go for some good league cause. Put off anything, including your bath, that would keep you from Margaret Hunter park Friday at six o’clock. A swell hour or two of eats and fellow ship awaits you. NUISANCES A good lady has asked me to write something about the loud honking of auto horns at hourr when all people should be sleeping. This bit from the Columbia State should cover the case: “Some time ago I read an article by young Doctor Barton, “How Noise Is Being Reduced.” This medico has mentioned (only) some of the “nec essary noises” in commerce, and they cannot be eliminated altogether! But as he has pointed out, improvements ar e being made. “The unnecessary NOISE ... is our Problem Child. Perhaps the greatest curse we have in our residential sec tions is the lazy-horn tooter, who drives up to your door at night and toots his horn until some one comes out. Perhaps the worst UNNECES SARY NUISANCE we have in resi dential areas is the “untrained* ’howl ing dogs in front and back yards, that yelp all night and early morn ings at cycling messenger and news boys, milk and garbage venders or most anything that moves up and down the streets. “Many owners of such nuisances | know that such noise interferes with the peace and tranquility of his neighborhood and is menacing to health. But he does nothing. Being a new comer to your city, am wonder ing if there is a city ordinance_ in Columbia, that would help alleviate some of this noise, as a fellow can grab-off a few hours sleep at night? TIDMARSH-MABLE On Monday morning, September 2, at ten-thirty, Miss Evelyn Tidmarsh became the bride of Daniel P. Mable. The ring ceremony was performed by Judge Eugene S. Blease. Mrs. Mable is the daughter of Mrs. James D. Tidmarsh and the late Mr. Tidmarsh of Whitmire. She has been teaching in Columbia for the past several years. Mr. Mable, formerly of New Or leans, is now connected with the West- inghouse Company, in Columbia. After a short wedding trip, they will be at home in Columbia. Oswald Copeland left Saturday for Baylbr Cchool, Chattanooga, Tenn. Mrs. 0. 0. Copeland, Miss Jean Cope land, Bobby Anderson and Mrs. W. C. Shealy of Clinton accompanied him and took in the dedication of Chicka- mauga Dam by President Roosevelt. KENDALL MILLS LUTHERAN PARISH Rev. J. B. Harman, Pastor ethany: _ „ „ Thursday, September 5, 7 P. M.— uther League. _ „ „ Friday, September 6, 3:30 P. M.— he Children of the Church. Sunday 10 A. M.—Sunday school, [r. E. B. Hite, Supt. 11:00 A. M.—Morning Worship ber- ice with Sermon. Wednesday, September 11, 3:30 P. [. Women’s Missionary Society. ummer Memorial: riday, September 6, 4 P. M.—Teach r Training Study. Sunday 10 A. M.—Sunday School, ir. M. E. Shealy, Supt. 6:30 P. M.—Luther League. Broth- rhood. Council. 7:30 P. M.—Evening worship with ermon. Tuesday, 3:30 P. M.—Women’s Mis- ionary Society. Thursday, 4 P. M.—Children of the hurch. MODERN HOME FOR SALF—Close in. Five large rooms, two bath rooms, two closets, back hall, beautiful floors, built-in features, cement porches. 12x20 garage, ve getable garden, Shrubbery. Practi cally new. Write “A. Z.”, Care the Sun, Newberry, S. C. A GOOD USED PIANO, retuned for sale. Pay as you play. J. J. LANG FORD & SON. WANTED TO BUY—Fat cattle, cow hides and wool. See us before you buy sell or trade anything. J. J. LANGFORD & SON. The Rising Sun—1856-18M NEWBERRY, S. C. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1940 SUder and Greneker—1856-1868 $1 PER YEAR Government Wants Some Farm Lands Any farm owner with land for sale in Newberry County may list it with the Farm Security Administration in Newberry at the Security Loan and Investment Building. Such listings, it was explained by Carroll S. Mills, County FSA Supervisor, are being accepted in connection with the FSA tenant puichase program. This program provides for loans to a limited number of farm tenants and laborers for the purchase of a family-size farms. The loans are made on the basis of 40 years at three per cent interest. While each appli cant must locate his own farm, the FSA is accepting listings from pros pective sellers to assist tenants in lo cating suitable farms. It was emphasized by Mr. Mills that acceptance of listings on the part of the FSA does not constitute any as surance that such farms will be sold. The only purpose is to assist prospec tive buyer and seller to get in touch with each other. “It’s up to the applicant to locate a farm he likes,” he said. “If he can find one through listings in our office, it will help him get his application In sooner.” After the applicant has chosen a farm, it is subject to careful inspec tion by the County Tenant Purchase Committee. Tenant purchase farms, to be approved, must be capable of producing a reasonably good living for the family besides enabling them to repay their loan and lay by some thing for future security. The land owner with a large farm to sell should not hesitate to list with the FSA on account of the famliy-size limitation of the tenant purchase pro gram. Supervisor Mills pointed out that such farm might be large en ough to be divided into two or more family-size farms. Prices to be paid for farms under the tenant purchase program will be based on their appraised value. In no case, however, will purchase be ap proved for more than the average per acre price in the county or community concerned. A. A. DOMINICK DIES IN GREENWOOD Greenwood, Sept. 3.—Funeral ser vices for Abney Asbil Dominick, 84. a resident of this county for nearly 50 years were conducted this morn- 1 ing from Rehoboth Methodist cnurch by the Rev. J. H. Manley. Mr. Dominick was born in New berry county July 31, 1856. He be came a resident of the Phoenix com munity here in 1892, and has lived ther e ever since. His second wife, the former Miss Eflle Ellenberg, survived him. His first wife was the former Miss Sarah Cornelia Bedenbaugh, who died about 20 years ago. Surviving by his first marriage are seven children: Mrs. W. D. Ross, Mrs. W. Cromer, Mrs. J. P. Stockman, Mrs. D. Price Coursey, B. T., A. A. Jr., and W. J. Dominick. Also surviv ing by this marriage are 25 grand children and 12 great-grandchildren. BODY DECLINES TO ASK RECOUNT IN CHARLESTON The South Carolina Democratic executive committee, meeting Mon day at the State House, declined to order an investigation or a recount of first primary voting in Charleston but many members criticized what was described as “irregularities” in the balloting for congressman from the First District in which district is the county of Charleston. The official declaration of results did not alter in any marked degree the unofficial results previously an nounced. The committee refused to act on the protest of Mendel Rivers, success ful congressional candidate, on the grounds that he already had been designated the nominee of the p^rty and that there was nothing to be done about his allegation of fraud in some Charleston precincts. State Chairman Winchester Smith of Barnwell upheld W. C. Mann of Pickens when he raised the point of order that Rivers’ protest “is thor oughly out of order” because he al ready had been declared the party nominee. “I’ve come here to ask you for God’s sake to save the Democratic party,” Rivers said, “because it is dead and buried in some clubs and precincts of Charleston county. “I am thinking solely in terms of those candidates who will run for of fice in the future and for the all-im portant right to maintain pure and honest elections. The greatest servtc e that any individual or group could render Charleston would be to clean up the rotten political conditions that exist in a few wards in that city,” he said. Managers Rivers contended that he had been denied the right to appoint managers at some of the precincts and present ed figures which he said indicated that the votes in several wards had not been fairly counted. After the meeting he issued a statement saying he “wasn’t trying to smear the good name of Charleston or the good name of Charleston coun ty. There was no question in my (Continued on page eight) Mollohon Girl Scouts To Sponsor Show Sponsoring a beauty contest and fashion show Saturday night of this week will be the troop of Mollohon Girl Scouts. The entertainment, to which the public is invited, will be held at the Mollohon schoolhouse be ginning at eight o’clock. Participating in the contest will be the following: Misses Velma Burton, Hilliard Jackson, Dot Lewis, Mary Willis, Bertha Mae McConnell, Mar gie McEntire, Sadie Kibler, Janet Smith, Paralee Turner, Connie CcCon- nell, Margie Martin, Margaret Cook, Elizabeth Boozer, Margaret McCarty, Cleo Huffstettler, Loleta Suits, and Inez Culclasure. Attractive prizes are offered by Hamm Furniture company of Pros perity, Gilder and Weeks, Efird’s De partment store, The Fashion, Gable’s store, The City Beauty shop, and Belk- Beard company. The grand prize is a boudoir chair. Other prizes are four Cara Nome travel kits, spinning wheel lamp, one pair of new fall hose, one permanent wave, new fall hat and pocketbook. The grand prize will be awarded to that young lady, who in the opinion of the judges, is most at tractive, and who has the poise and charm of a beautiful young woman. Judges for the contest are Miss Constance Armfield, George K. Domin ick, and Professor T. E. Epting, Mrs. E. A. Carpenter is assisting the Girl Scouts in their program by presenting a showing of new fall clothes just arrived. Ifirected by someone as capable as Mrs. Carpenter, this showing should be one of the evening’s principal events. Models included Misses Sara Reeves, Irene Harmon, Ruby Nell Burton, Louise Wood, Rowena Sessions, Marzelle Boozer, Carolyn Addy, Sybil Boozer, Irma Harmon AOlivia Ellisor and Eu nice Hamby. Showing what the well-dressed little tots will wear this fall and win ter will be: Joan Dickert, Margaret Harmon, Patty Grant, Gloria Haw kins, Eleanor Martin, Dorothy Wood, John Gregory and Joyce Aughtry. Feature attraction of the evening will be a tap dance by little Miss Bar bara Felker. Music during the pro gram will be furnished by a group of talented young musicians. Admission will be ten and fifteen cents. INSPECTION UNIT HERE A state highway inspection unit comes to Newberry this weekend for 1 a six-weeks stay. The unit will be set up Friday and go into operation Saturday. The group comes to New berry after seven days inspecting in Yv’hitmire. Dr. and Mrs. H. K. Boyd will make a trip to Charleston Monday to take their son, King, who attends the Cita del. King is a junior there . Mrs. Epsie Buzhardt, supervisor of the local WPA sewing room, attend ed the district WPA session held in Greenville Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. T. Scurry Riley and children of Saluda spent Saturday with Mrs. E. S. Werts. Miss RosilanJ Werts returned with them and spent the weekend. Mrs. Robert Latimer and Mrs. John David Latimer of Bishopville spent the weekend with Mrs. Clarence Sum mer, Mrs. Latimer’s sister. Mrs. Edward Epps of Kingstree was called back to Newberry last week on account of the illness of her brother, Cecil Piester. Edwin Riley, Billie Riley, and Betty Le e Riley spent Sunday and Monday in Saluda with Scurry Riley. Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Matthews of Columbia were guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Hawkins dur ing the past weekend and Labor Day. Miss Frances Wallace leaves next week for Hartsville to enter Coker college as a first year student. Her brother, Cam Wallace, left Sunday to enter Citadel at Charleston. Mr. and Mrs. John Harmon and children Louise, Carolyn and Bobby, spent Wednesday in Greenville. Dr. E. E. Stuck is at home on John stone street from the Augusta Veter an’s hospital. Keitt Purcell, elder son of Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Purcell, left the city Sun day for Charleston to enter the Citadel. Mrs. A. Eliza Wendt of Wilming ton, N. C., is visiting at John T. Cro mer’s home. No Gentleman Mrs. Brown: “Who was that gentle man that came in just now?” Maid: “That was no gentleman, ma’am. That was only Mr. Brown back for his umbrella.” Giving Him No Show “No, Tommy,” said his mother, “one piece of pie is quite enough for you!” “It’s funny,” responded Tommy, with an injured air, “you say you are anxious that I should learn to eat properly, and yet you won’t give me a chance to practice.” Second Primary Is Next Tuesday A county supervisor and two com missioners will be elected in the sec ond primary next Tuesday, Septem ber 10th. Paul H. Haile and Eugene H. Spearman are contesting for the supervisor’s place. In the first dist rict S. W. (Brother) Brown and Wil bur E. Epps oppose each other, and in the second district the contest is between Charlie C. Lcminick and C. B. (G--) Schumpert. The vote in the second primary is expected to be about 6,000 as compared to 8,700 in the first primary. A. H. Counts, secretary of the exe cutive committee reports that the de mand is heavy for absentee ballot forms, as candidates for the respec tive offices continue the campaign un abated. Managers of election and polling places will be the same as in the last election. OFFICIAL COUNTY BALLOT Democratic Primary Election Newberry County September 10, 1940 For Supervisor PAUL H. HAILE EUGENE H. SPEARMAN For Commissioner District No. 1 S. W. (Brother) BROWN WILBUR E. EPPS For Commissioner District No. 2 CHARLIE C. LOMINICK C. B. (Cy) SCHUMPERT CALENDAR SOCIETY MEETS The Calendar Society of Central Methodist church will meet Monday afternoon, September 9, at four o’clock at the home of Mrs. Frank Devore with Mrs. W. W. Hornsby, Mrs. Epsie Buzhardt and Mrs. Mary Devore Hawkins, associate hostesses. Regreting the fact that Newberry college opens its doors for the 1940-41 session on the questionable date—Fri day, the 13th—is Mamie Hawkins, secretary to President Kinard. Mamie says she is not superstitious but just hopes nothing in the way of bad luck comes along that day. Taking an op timistic attitude, we’re figuring that Friday—the 13th—can mean good luck as well as bad luck and we pre dict it will start an unusually good year for Newberry college. Freshman at the college will start their two- day program Tuesday and will have a treat in store at their annual ban quet Tuesday night of next week when they will hear that interesting speaker—Tom Pope. We Have Em We find it great fun to question a visitor to our city as to what he or she, as the case maybe, finds most in teresting here or likes the best. There was a visitor here recently who seem ed overwhelmed by the many and nice parks and playgrounds in and around Newberry. And come to think of it— we do have just that. Sometimes it takes a stanger’s eyeview to point out such things for us. Newberry has been fortunate in having for her residents far-seeing and very civic- minded citizens. There comes to mind several of these and because of them only do we have the fine playing and entertaining facilities that we do. Closings Are Over The Wednesday afternoon closings are over—much to the regret of many clerks. We never did favor this Wed nesday closing and probably never will. Closing down the whole town in the middle of the week couldn’t be much of an aid to business. For the clerks to have one afternoon off each week sounds ideal and we favor it— as long as they all don’t take off the same afternoon. One afternoon a week moans lots to workers who have anything but easy hours and we would like to see them get such throughout the entire year. It appears that such could be done without closing the en tire store. Chris Is Housekeeping Probably the last person in the city you would expect to go domestic is Chris Kaufmann, but he’s done just that. In fact, Chris stuck his head in the office door the other afternoon just long enough to announce “I’m going to do housekeeping this win ter.” He further stated that he and “Little Man” (nis dog, we understand) were going to preside over the large house on the Newberry college cam pus formerly occupied by the S. J. Derricks this winter and play mother and daddy to som e 16 orchestra boys. The dorms are being filled this year because of the increased enrollment— thus ncessitating using the Derrick house for boys quarters. We’ll miss Newberry Band Plays Last Concert of Year The Newberry Concert Band will play their last ’ Sunday Concert at Willowbrook Park Sunday at 5 o'clock. These concerts have proven popu lar with the people of Newberry coun ty as thousands have attended. The band will play at the Cotton Festival in Greenville in October. The members of the band have been working hard to get in shape for this qccasion as many bands from over the state will attend. The program for the last Sunday concert at Willowbrook park is: March, “Old Comrades”—Teike. “Atlantis” (The Lost Continent) Suite in four parts—Safranek; March, “Southern Echoes”—Goldman; Popu lar numbers, “An Apple for the Teacher” and “Over the Rainbow”; March, “Parade of the Templars”— Arbogast; Medley Oveture. “Billy Sunday’s Successful Songs”—Arr. by Henry Fillmore; March, “Semper Fidelis”—Sousa; “Star Spangled Bnaner”—Key. ORCHESTRA BOYS HOME The Newberry College “N” Orches tra completed its second engagement of five weeks at Myrtle Beach Sat urday night. Tne orchestra boys, all of whom return as students at the college this year, came to the city Sunday and are having as their head quarters the Derrick home on the cam pus. The “N” Orchestra went to Myrtle Beach early in June and after several weeks there went to Folly Beach at Charleston for an engagement. From Folly they returned to Myrtle for th e remainder of the season. FARM WOMEN TO UNION The District Council Meeting of Farm Women will be held at Union high school building Saturday, Sep tember 14, beginning at 10 o’clock. Newberry and Union units will act as hosts. Every council member is urg ed to attend. Chris going in and out of the hotel and hope he doesn’t work himself in to a nervous breakdown at the most difficult job in world according to our viewpoint—housekeeping. No Music Comes to our ever-perked ears the news that there wll be no one in the city school system to supervise music this year—the place formerly so well filled by Miss Rose Hamm who has gone to another state to work. A little bit of teaching on the line of music appreciation never hurts anyone and we regret that the children will not have as much of it—as little as it has been before—this year. In the gram mar schools, the home room teachers will endeavor to carry on, while in the high school, it appears now that the long-organized Girls Glee Club will suffer for a while from the lack of leadership. The high school band will continue, however, under a new director. Knowing Sam For quite sometime I’ve heard of Sam Johnson of the local firehouse fame, and knew him when I saw him, but it wasn’t until a few days ago that we really became acquainted. On the search for news I ran across Sam sitting on that comfortable cool bench between two trees just across the street from the fire house. I joined him and for one-half hour by the town clock just overhead we had the most interesting talk. Time flew by and of the many things we discussed one seems worth mentioning. We both agreed that Newberry had a beautiful firehouse—at least its linos are and when first completed the daz zling white of the well designed build ing attracted all eyes. The white has become dingy now. The heavy streams of water from the fire hos e cannot wash off the dust and smoot as the rough finish of the walls has caused such to become imbeded. Sam and I are all for painting the building over and our choice of colors would be dark cream or tan for the building and cho colate for the woodwork. Thanks to State We would like to pass on an orchid or two to the state highway depart ment for the instalstion of the traf fic light and the caution triangle at the intersection of the Newberry- Whitmire-Greenville-Columbia roads. That place didn’t get fixed up any too soon. There have been many wrecks and bad ones at the crossing. We feel much safer in approaching it now. In case you are confused by the new traffic light’s colors—it stays red on all roads until the switch is struck and then is green for only a few sec onds—long enough for you to get across. There’s a double switch on each road so you’ll he sure t > hit one if turning out of one of tne ■Jofee ser vice stations at the intersection. 3-Day Program To Start Freshmen Freshmen at Newberry college will report for their first appointment at eleven o’clock Tuesday morning of next week. Various organizations of the college will be presented them and the new students will make their first contacts withe Personnel Guid ance activities of the college. At 11.45 Tuesday morning, Presi dent James C. Kinard holds his an nual conference with the parents of new students. Following the con ference, the parents and other visi tors will be the guests of the college at luncheon. Tuesday evening the new students will be guests of the college at din ner. Members of the faculty and their wives will also be present. The speaker of the occasion will be the Hon. Thomas H. Pope, Jr., attorney for the State Unemployment Commis sion in Columbia. Music will be pro vided by the College ‘N’ Orchestra. The first year students register Wednesday. Upperclassmen register on Tuesday and Thursday. The freshmen will spend Thursday receiving instructions in the use of the library. Jurors Selected For Civil Court Civil court convenes in Newberry county Monday, September 16, at the county courthouse with Judge G. D. Bellinger of Columbia presiding. The following jurors for the session were drawn Thursday morning: M. D. Sheppard, James H. Abrams, L. Ross George, J. D. Werts, R. M. Tol bert, T. W. Metts, T. E. Richardson, L. C. Graham, V. A. Bowers, E. E. Cumalander, L. L. Guin, W. W. Longshore, D. L. Moss, W. S. Moore, J. M. Eargle, J. C. Berley, W. B. Hite, J. L. Stevens. Also A. F. Taylor, H. A. Kibler, Wilson C. Brown, Andrew J. Stock- man, L. P. Miller, L. B. Boland, A. J. Bowers, Jr., Carl H. Epting, J. Roy Felker, H. L. Shealy, William R. Reid, T. W. Henderson, W. D. Booz er, J. W. Gary, James C. Floyd Joe D. Cromer, A. M. Nichols, and Irby Farr. COLLEGE 1940-41 SESSION BEGINS NE1 T FRIDAY Newberry college formally opens in 1940-41 session Friday, September dially invited to attend the opening exercises at ten o’clock in the morn ing. The college office will be open for registration on Tuesday and Thurs day for upperclassmen and Wednes day for freshmen. Friday evening in Smeltzer hall, the College Y’s will give their annual re ception honoring new students. BETH-EDEN LUTHERAN PARISH Rev. M. L. Kester, Pastor Beth-Eden: 10:00 A. M.—Sunday School. Mr. Herndon Hentz, Supt. Election of of ficers and teachers. 11:00 A. M.—The Service. Meeting of Council and young people at close of service. St. James’: 3:00 P. M.—Sunday School. Mr. Harold Long, Supt. Election of of ficers aid teachers. 4:00 P. M.—The Service. Meeting of Council, young people and Women’s Missionary Society at close of ser vice. Colony: 10:00 A. M.—Sunday School. Mr. Claude Wise, Supt. CALVIN CROZIER MEMBERS HOLD FIRST SESSION The first fall meeting of the Calvin Crozier chapter, U. D. C., was held at the home of Mrs. E. L. Hart Tuesday afternoon. Fourteen mem bers were present. The historical program consisted of an original paper on something of the beginning of the U. D. C., read by Mrs. Roy Summer, and accounts of historic places visited by members during the summer. Mrs. R. H. Wright gave an especially interesting account of her trip to Williamsburg, Virginia. Among other itefns of historical in terest, the gleaner reported that in a few weeks a bronze memorial to Jefferson Davis, a gift of the U. D. C. to the state of Alabama, would be un veiled in the city of Montgomery. She also stated that the Beaufort li brary has recently won the right to the return of duplicates of valuable books and documents captured b- the Fderal soldiers in 1861. The chairman of the educational committee reported that this year’s scholarship would go to the same stu dent who has held it for the past three years. After a business period, the hostess served sherbert and cake. Following is a list of general offi cers of the chapter for 1940-41: Mrs. R. H. Wright, president; first vice- president, Mrs. E. M. Evans; second vice-president, Mrs. Drayton Nance; treasurer, Mrs. A. T. Neelyj record ing secretary, Mrs. Clem \oumans; corresponding secretary, Mrs. A. M. Summer; historian, Mrs. H. O. Long; gleaner, Mrs. W. O. Miller; registrar, Mrs. O. O. Copeland. DOWN MEMORY LANE 20 YEARS AGO A young man made a statement the other day that we think deserves re peating, though when he made the statement he did not think he was talking for publication. H e said that he had dug trenches in the mud while serving in France during the war, and while they were bad enough, he had not fought through them as hard as he had to fight through mud in the roads between Newberry and Whit mire. The young man was a member of the engineering corps. I( Sixty children enjoyed a real grown up” party Monday afternoon at the home of Mrs. T. P. Johnson, Ihe party was given in honor of her niece, Odalite Wallace, on her sixth birthday, and her nephew, William Johnson, of Washington, D. C. Before th e “ladies” and gentlemen” made their departure each guest was allow ed the privilege of voting for the girl and boy who best imitated a “grown up.” Miss Elizabeth Purcell, who was gowned in a lovely navy blue georgette, adorned with red printed roses with hat and accessories to match, won the “ladies” prize, a box of face powder, Mr. Edward Carlson, wearing a full dress suit, handsomely won the “gentleman’s” prize, a box of stationery. There was apparently less interest taken m the primary of Tuesday than in many of those of the past. In fact so far as appeared, the people were almost indifferent to the point of apathy. AH during the campaign there was no enthusiasm and th e peo ple refused to be aroused to the point of making much noise. It was so dif ferent from campaigns in South Caro- “ na that it is a subject for remark. So far as we can sec, it augurs well for the state, because there can be no good from the people getting excited about the men to be chosen for the various positions to be filled. Of course indifference should not go so -ar as to produce stagnation, for that would be bad for the public service, and ther e would be the need for some one to come along and get the politi cal waters stirred, but there Is al- w*ays some one to do that about every 20 or 30 years in this state. TICKET-TAKER IS EXPECTED TO REVOLUTIONIZE PROCESS .Concord, N. C., September 4.—M. R. Osteen, electrical appliance dealer, is displaying a mechanical ticket-taker for box offices that he is confident will revolutionize the ticket-taking pro cess. The gadget was perfected and pat ented by a brother, P. C. Osteen of Anderson, S. C., who died in June while in the midst of conversations about putting it on the market. This is the principle of the machine: An ordinary turnstile is placed in the gateway. The hub is in the middle of a box about a foot wide and four feet deep. The spokes of the turn stile project outward beyond the sides of the box. Atop the box is a slot where tickets are inserted. Insertion of a ticket will, by com pleting an electric current, release the turnstile, which cannot other wise be moved, and the ticketholder walks through the gate. One ticket is good for but one revolution of the turnstile. Once the swing becomes locked again an other is inserted. It will work con tinuously, however for a string of tickets. Only tickets prepared for the ma chine will work in it. No ordinary pasteboard—nor a part of a regular tickets—will complete the current. The whole ticket must be used. There is a knife, also worked by electricity which destroys the ticket once it has been used. Coordinated with the machinery is a recording device which shows the number and class—as adult or child—of tickets received. Miss Ruby Ruff left Wednesday for Whitmire where she will teach in this session in the city schools there. SEEN ABOUT TOWN MRS. DRUCIE McSWAIN of Clinton being greeted on Main street Wednesday by many pass ers-by ... FULMER WELLS saying he was going to spend a few hours digging ditches ... DE- puty HUB QUATTLEBAUM pro mising to try to “stir up” some thing for the newspapers over the weekend ... KEITT PURCELL leaving for Charleston to enter the Citadel ... JULIA WISE and MRS. ROBERT SMITH going to theatre ... Youn ? JIM WISE MAN telling of his experiences during his first day at Boundary Street school ... J. L. WELLING walking down the street carrying a heavy-looking brief case . .. Celebrating birthdays during the coming week will be the follow ing: Dr. E. H. Kibler, September 8; Cam Wallace, September 8; Ralph Quinn, September 10; Keis ter Willingham, September 12; Mrs. M. S. Fellers, September 12; Mrs. R. D. Smith, September 12- CHIT CHAT . tyCOHSmCE ARttEieU)