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Every Week More People Read The Sun f VOLUME 4; NO. 5 Asks That Fans Share Cars With Students The Rising Sun—1856-1860 NEWBERRY, S. C. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1940 Still Another Problem Faces The State Newberry-Wofford Tilt Thanksgiving Recent Weeks Sees Chamber of Commerce Active On Many Matters of Importance Many of the dormitory students de sire to attend the Wofford-Newberry game in Spartanburg Thursday. If local citizens who have room in their cars for students will telephone the office, it will be greatly appreciated. This is to be a crucial game and the presence of a large r umber of New- berry supporters will help the In dians win. If Newberry wins this game she will have undisputed title to the “Little Pour” championship and a high rating in the South Atlantic Conference. DRIVE MONDAY AGAINST OLD PLATES The enforcement drive against mo torists without new li-eosp nlatos on ♦hpir ®utA*nobiles will Mnnd"V. it W«s announced Wednos^v Tt wss pvooeted that the drive ao-ainst. vehicles without safetv insn-e. tmn stieVena would be stented within the nevt. few d«vs. Hi«d»wev natr-elmo- hsve been wamine- motorists without etielcers on their cars for the last two davs. Patrolmen will he stationed on tbe main state bivhwavs of *h' = section Mon J av momine-to watch for vehieles with old lioense n'etos Patrol receints and monev onder re- eeints will bo honored bv natrolmen. but these will not. he honored outside the sta+e. Pe-sous who have not se cured the now tao-s will be liable to a fine of from *10 to *100 or orison sentence not exceeding SO davs. hcffman president W. C. Huffman of Newberrv was elected nresdeot of the South Carolina association of turkey growers at a Tneetino- of the association in Columbia last FFrdav. Mr. Huffman rases thous. ands of turVevs each year at his place just out of the city. School Team To Play Final Game The Newberrv Hich school Bull dogs. who would have a clean slat“ except for the 7-0 defeat from Aud/w. son. will end their successful 1940 football seasou here tonight (Wedues- day1 when thev meet the team from St. Matthews Hi eh. The seniors who will he nlavirte their last game are “Mick” Robinson. Scoon Rowe, Ralnh Conn ell v. Cant. -T. B. Fellers. Co-Ceut. Buck Ki”". Keith Gatlin. Melvin Jackson, and Law rence Connelly. Tommie Cromer, who received a leg fracture in the Union ' T ame, will be unable to play. “Chick” Living ston also is injured and may not be able to play, but the other members of the team are in good shaue, and Intend to make this game with St. Matthews their eighth consecutive victory. St. Matthews, coached by Jack Kin- ard, a former Newberry college star, won their district championship this season, but were eliminated by Ridge- land. The gam*- last year with New berry ended with a 0-0 score. A large attendance is expected to see Newbery high play its last game. The Newberry High school band, un der the direction of Mr. Paul Y. Cuth- bertson, will play. The lineup is as follows: Ends, “Mick” Robinson and Mel Jackson; tackles, Chubby Wise and Ralph Mills; guards, Johnny Dozier and Ralph Con. nelly; center. Fellers; backs, Keith Gatlin, Buck King, “Scoop” Rowe and “Happy” Day. Avon Player* At High School Dec. 2 The Avon players, nationally known Shakeapearan company will appear at the Newberry High school auditorium mi December 2. The Avon Players will present Hamlet at the evening performance. Featured in the cast will be Harold Sehnan, Maxine Michaels, Robert -Bains, and Randolph Preston. Mr. Sehnan, who will play the title role, is appearing after several years work in radio production The other mem bers of the cast are formerly of well known troupes. The production scheduled is beauti fully mounted, authentically set, bril liantly lighted, and elaborately cos tumed The staffs of the newspaper and annual of the Newberry High school, working in conjuction with the city’s leading educator’s have made possible the appearance of the players bars. Heads of Institutions Reverl the Dif ficulties Given Them by Labor Columbia, Nov. 18.—A new problem faces state institutions—rising - prices, chiefly of skilled labor. This came to light in today’s apnro- nriation hearing before the state budget commission. All heads of in stitutions who appeared told of the difficulties of keeping mechanics and other skilled workers in view of the higher wages now paid in outside construction work, principally on na tional defense projects. “We are having some difficulty keep ing our help,” said Dr. B. O. Whitten, superintendent of the training school at Clinton. Dr. C. Fred Williams, superintend ent of the state hospital, made a simi lar report. Superintendent Laurens Walker of the school for the deaf and blind saio there was a shortage of skilled labor in Spartanburg county, where his school is located, and' that this condi tion was likely to become worse when construction starts on the large army replacement camp,in Spartanburg and Union counties. General Charles P. Summerall, president of the Citadel, said his in stitution had not lost mechanics and other skilled workers but added that “these men are staying with us out of loyalty; they can make 50 per cent more than they are receiving by leav ing us.” Summerall also reported that he had received a letter about the wages the Citadel was paying mess hall wait ers and common labor. “We are not paying these people as much as we should and we are go ing to have to pay more,” he said. COLLEGE STUDENTS GET HOLIDAYS A petition, signed by members of the Newberry college student body, asking for the whole weekend as holidays instead of just Thursday, was granted Tuesday by the Newber ry college faculty:- PAUL DONALD CLARY Mr. and Mrs. B. Owen Clary an nounce the birth of a son, bom Sat urday, November 9, at the Charlotte Sanitorium. He will be called Don. Speer Street Is First The regular monthly meeting of the Speers Street school P. T. A. met at the school Wednesday afternoon, November 13, with Mrs. Vernon Carl ton, president, presiding. The devotions were conducted by Dr. J. W. Carson. It was announced that $34.25 was cleared at the Ice Cream Booth the P. T. A. had spon sored at the county fair this year. The grade mothers of each grade report ed what had been bought for their grade with part of this money. The P. T. A. voted to become a member of the National P. T. A. Plans for the Carnival to be held Fri day night, Nov. 29th at the school were discussed and committees ap pointed. The first grade, Mrs. Beale Cromer, teacher, won the attendance prize, and attractive bowl of narcissus bulbs. The speaker for the afternoon, Mrs. Grace Masters of Columbia brought a very interesting and helpful message to the members and friends present about the activities of the junior Red Cross and since the week of Novem- >ber 11th was National Educational Week all .ovdf our county and also the beginning of the Red Cross Roll Call, it was very appropriate that her message concerned the Junior Red Cross, which is most certainly “Edu cating for common defense”, the slo gan for National Education Week. It was reported that Speers Street was the first school to become a member of the Junior Red Cross. Professor Cannon reported a new, much needed table, had been placed in the lunch room. Around 97 children each day are receiving hot lunches and the school is very proud of its hot lunch project and the very interesting work er who has charge of it. Mrs. McDaw- ell Miss Annie Vaughn a"d Mrs. Jones. Around 500 quarts of vege tables, etc., were canned this summer by these workers. Mrs. J. H. Sum mer, Red Cross Roll Call chairman brought before the P. T. A. the im portance of joining the Red Cross and told of the $25.00 prize to be given the school bringing in the most money according h, the number of children enrolled. The meeting ad journed with a prayer bv Dr. Carson. After a 32-0 victory over Erskine college at Due West Saturday after noon, the Newberry college Indians have been going through scrimmages against the frosh in preparation for the Thanksgiving game with Wofford in Spartanburg, on November 21. Newberry received few bruises in the Fleet encounter and expect to be in fine shape for the Wofford Terriers Thanksgiving. The following is quoted from Abe Fennell’s column in Tuesday’s State: “Incidentally, should Newberry de feat Wofford, the Lutherans will also be undefeated in the state, and, al though the Indians have not played any of the Big Four, -some observers think they could give any of the big ger schools a pretty good ball game.” FDRGets'97.129 Of S. C. Vote Columbia, Nov. 18. — President Roosevelt polled 96.5 percent of the vote in South Carolina when he was reelected November 5 for a third term, an unofficial count showed. According to an Associated Press compilation completed today, the vote cast for the Democratic party’s presi dential electors was 97,120, and 4,478 for Wendell Willkie. The Willkie vote, the largest cast for a Republican presidential candi date since 1928, was divided among three tickets with the Jeffersonian Democrats, who pledged their elec tors to Willkie but whose ballots car ried the names of the Democratic congressional candidate, leading the Republicans by 2,668 to 1,765. The ticket of the Republican fac tion headed by Joseph W. (Tieless Joe) Tolbert of Ninety-Six, former long-time Republican national com mitteeman from South Carolina, poll ed only 146 votes. Two votes, both in Cheater county, were cast for the Prohibition party, who presidential candidate was Roger W. Babson, the statistician. The total vote, which was a little over 101,600, was the smallest since 1928, when the Demjcrats polled 62,- 700 to 3,187 for the Republicans, 2,- 670 for the anti-Smith Democrats and 47 for the Socialists. Figrures from one county did not balance, so the total vote could be stated only to within a few ballots of the exact amount. The vote in 1932, when President Roosevelt was elected for the first time, was 102,357 for the Democrats, 1,978 for the Republicans and 82 for the Socialists, In 1936, the Democrats polled 113,791 to 953 for the Tolbert Republicans and 693 for the Ham- bright Republicans. Official election results are yet to be declared b> the state board of canvassers, which probably will meet in a few days. Returns were slow coming in and the board, required by law to meet wthin ten days after the election, adjourned its first session until all counties reported. BETH-EDEN LUTHERAN PARISH Rev. M. L. Kester, Pastor ST. JAMES’: 10:00 A. M.—Sunday School. Mr. Harold Fulmer, Supt. 11:00 A. M.—The Service. The Every-Member Visitation will be made in the afternoon. All mem bers are asked to remain at home un til seen by canvassers. 7:00 P. M.—Church Worker’s Con ference. BETH-EDEN: 2:00 P. M.—Sunday school. Mr. Hamilton Polk, Supt. 3:00 P. M.—The Service. Council and 1 Women’s Missionary Society will meet at the close of ser vice. COLONY: 10:00 A. M.—Sunday school. Mr. H. B. Cousin, Supt. ' MRS. McMEEKIN DIES Mrs. Alice Brooks McMeekin, wife of John McMeekin passed away early Tuesday evening after a brief illness at the Columbia hospital. She is survived by her husband and the following children: Mrs. Eunice Turner. Miss Annie Gray McMeekin, Mrs. Alma Merchant, and Robert Mc Meekin, all of Newberry; one sister and one brother and several grand children. Funeral services are incomplete but will probably be held sometime Thurs day and will be announced later from the McSwain Funeral home. A number of interesting and vitally important matters were taken up at the Chamber of Commerce meeting last Thursday night. As stated by the Chamber’s active and popular presi dent, Ned Purcell, “The Newberry Chamber of Commerce has been a very busy pl^ce i. recent months”. Among the more interesting dev elopments brou 'ht forth in the meet ing, were the following: Efforts to obtain some of the num erous types of Defense Industrial Plants to be established in the near future. Congressman Butler B. Hare on November 7, called together rep resentatives of the various towns in this section nf the state for the pur pose of explaining to them the basis on which these plants would be locat ed. The Newberry Chamber of Com merce sent a four-man committee to this meetinar, this group brineing back some very interesting facts. Action on the plan will he taken at an early date by the local chamber’s industrial committee, and a special committee has also been appointed to make a trip to Spartanburg to confer with Senator James F. Byrnes on the mat ter. Prosperity “Goodwill Supper”. Defi nite plans were made for a second “Goodwill Supper” to be held in the county within the next two weeks. Plans were made some time atm for a series of goodwill meetings with the different towns of the county, the first being held at Whitmire. The Whitmire supper ’vas proclaimed' by citizens there to, be the finest gesture ever made by Newberry toward the folks of the county’s second largest town. Some fifteen Whitmire citi zens were entertained in Whitmire by the Directors of thq Ngwberry Cham ber of Commerce; everyone present came away with a feeling that untold benefits toward the unity of the coun ty had been derived from the meeting. A similar meeting is now being plan ned for Prosperity, the committees in charge being composed of J. W. Ear- hardt, Jr., and J. N. Beard, assisted by Master of Ceremonies Hal Kohn. Committees on Advertisements and Donations A plan has been laid out whereby the merchants of Newberry will be protected in the future against New Books At Library The following new books are now available at the Newberry Public Lib rary: Mrs. Miniver by Jan Struthers. All that was best in English life is in this delightful book. The author speaks in a manner charming, hum orous, and wise. Sad Cypress, By Agatha Christie. This author brings to us again one of her thrilling mysteries. Those inter ested in her type of fiction will find a treat in Sad Cypress. As I Remember Him. A biography of R. S. by Hans Zinner. Golden Fleece, bv Bertita Harding. A story of Franz Josenh and his Em press. An impulsive love story finds Hs way throughout the book. Bethel Merriday. by Sinclair Lewis. This is the author’s greatest novel. It is also one of his most moving. The story is of Bethel Merridav, who at six decided she wanted to be an ac tress, joins a summer troupe, and finds out what the life of an actress really is. Stategy in Handling People by E. J. Webb and J. J. B. Morgan. The strategy used by. successful men to influence other people—simple yet powerful methods which we can all employ. 4 Foundation Stone by Leila Warren. Takes one from the settled splendor of South Carolina to the Alabama backwoods from the Eighteen-twen ties to the end of the Civil war. It is a book of great scope and stature. Stars Still Shine, bv Lida Larri- more. In this delightful storv. Lida Larrirr ire brings fresh insight to the ever interesting problem of love between boy and girl in different walks of life. ADVISORY BOARD CLOSED THURSDAY Fred H. Dominick, Chairman of the advisory board of the Selective service announced today that the board would not be at the court house Thursday, November 21, to help draftees fill out ouestioruaires, because of Thanksgiv ing holiday. Mrs. Emma Longshore returned to her home with the Drayton Nances on Johnstone street last week after being a patient in the Columbia hospital. the evils of worthless advertisiig ana innumerable requests for contribu tions and donations to causes which the merchants do not consider worth while. Newberry merehants have al ways been more than willing to sup port the local projects of a charitable and worthwhile nature; they have every desire to continue this support wherever possible, and the control- plan soon to be put into effect is not intended to deprive worthwhile orga nizations of this much-needed sup port . However, it is hoped that a greater amount of absolutely worth less advertising, as well as a great number of donations which the mer chants should not be expected to car ry will be taken from the shoulders of local businessmen by the arrange ments made. The plan calls for a secret committee of businessmen to study and analyze every advertising or donations proposition presented in the business section in the future. All persons making solicitations of local businessmen will be referred by them to the Chamber of Commerce office in the future; their proposition will be explained' to the Secretary, who will lay the facts before the secret com mittee: if the committee approves the proposition, a "permit” will be issued and shown to ’very rr.srchant by the solicitors. If the ’ proposition is not approved, the “permit” will not be is sued, and local merchants will there fore be unable to support the project Businessmen of the community con sider this one of the most construc tive steps taken by the Newberry Chamber of Commerce, and it is fully expected that the plan will save New berry merchants several thousand dol lar* each year. Initial plans were laid for the 1940 Christmas Celebration and Decora tions. The committee in charge of this project is headed by Co-Chair man C. C. Hutto and O. M. Cobb. A report was made by the secretary that the local Chamber had succeed ed in having the Newberry Horse Show listed in the ‘Calendar of Events” issued by the U. S. Travel Bureau each year. This publication lists only the most outstanding and interesting events taking place in various parts of the nation each year. Lewis Takes A Walk Atlantic City, N. J., Nov. 18.—With the mist of tears in his eyes, John L. Lewis solemnly told his CIO legions today that he was stepping down as their leader and fervently bid them to carry on with unified leadership the militant organization he founded five years ago. In a hall packed with 500 delegates to CIO’s third annual convention. Lewis gave notice he was fulfilling his pre-election promise to retire as CIO president if President Roosevelt was reelected 1 . To Be Out To A Few Days Shouting, marching delegates who gave Lewis a 40-minute demonstration of acclaim for his leadership, sat hurtled as he said, “I won’t be with you long. I have done my work. In just a few days, I will be out of this office Which at the moment I occupy. I shall hope that whoever you elect as my successor, that you will'give him your support, without stint and go back to your membership and ask them to give him a break- also, be cause he will need it. I oug'ht to know.” Lewis’ successor will be chosen in the closing stages of the convention. Up to now, all eves have been cen tered on Philip Murray, a co-worker of Lewis for 30 years. In relinquishing his CIO presidency Lewis remains a figure in labor af fairs through the presidency of the United Mine Workers union which he has headed since 1920. ST. PHILIPS ITEMS It has been some time since we hao a rain up until last week, and I be lieve it was the heaviest I have ever seen fall in one week. It rained for 48 hours. My opinion is that we are going to have plenty of rain as the weather always pays its debts. If the people were as honest as the weather we would not need any jails and credit would be a pleasure instead of a dread. On Friday morning, November 15, the thermometer dropped to 24 de grees which was the coldest we have had for a long time for the time of year. It did some damage to grain that was coming up. Some have been taking advantage of the cold snap and have been butchering. ' PUBLISHED WEEKLY Georgia Board Rejects Readers of Nazi Tinge Rugg Books Removed from Approved List—Way Open for Use in Schools Atlanta, Nov. 18.—The Georgia board of education moved to end the controversy over the Rugg Social Science readers today by removing them from the state’s approved list of free textbooks for public schools. The action, without ruling on the “merits” of charges that the readers espoused Nazi-ism and Fascism, left the way open for local school systems to use them if they desire. State School Superintendent M. D. Collins said the board’s order would not pre vent any system from purchasing them itself. The board, adopting a resolution unanimously, merely ruled the books, written by Columbia university auth or Harold Rugg and Louise Kruger would not be bought by the state for free distribution. , About 7,750 of the readers had been requisitioned by local school systems, but distribution was held up after Legionnaires charged they were subversive and leaned toward Nazi-ism and Fascism. A public hearing was held and Dr. Rugg appeared in de fense of his works. The board then ordered its text book committee to study the contro versy. It reported a month ago it found no basis for charges of sub versive teaching. The board’s resolution today with drew approval for the books “for the general welfare of the free school book system.” This action came a few hours af ter Attorney General Ellis Arnall rul ed the education board could disap prove the textbooks if it desired des pite a five-year contract with the pub lishers. His opinion said the contract signed last March, did not call for ordering any specific quantity of books and that the board could elimi nate the text if it decided it was best for the “general welfare of Georgia public schools”. COTTON ACREAGE NEXT YEAR TO BE SLIGHTLY LOWER Columbia, Nov. 19.—The state agri cultural adjustment administration office approved and released today uhe 1941 cotton allotments for the 105,- 117 cotton farmers in South Carolina. State Administrative Officer R. V T . Hamilton, said the allotments were 1.351,855 acres, compared with 1, 360 • lo5 acres this year. The figures showed Orangeburg county, with an allotment of 8,145 acres was the largest cotton growing cointy and that Charleston with 2,- 83-1 was the smallest. Other allotments included: Anderson, 83,277; Florence 32,646; Greenville, 53,610; Greenwood, 23,bo3; Richland, 18,994; Spartanburg, 78,- 571; Sumter 46,403; Union 22.343; York, 40,854. Harvest Carnival At Speer Street —e Speers Street school P. T. A. will sponsor a Harvest Carnival at the school Friday night, November 29th, at 7 o’clock. Free attractions by the school children, two old fashion cake walks, a fish pond, candy, popcorn, confetti, side shows and other enter tainment are some of the many things to be looked forward to so make your plans now to attend the Harvest Car nival at Speers Street school on Fri day night, November 29. Mrs. Grace Masters, second grade teaciher in Logan school Columbia spent all day last Wednesday in New. berry visiting ths schools of the city and explaining the Junior Red Cross. In the afternoon she spoke to the Speers Street P. T. A. on the activi ties of the Junior Red Cross. Mrs. Vernon Carlton, Chairman of the Jr. Red Cross in Newberry county is very happy over the interest shown by all the sChools in the county and the 12 schools already enrolled' as members of the Junior Red Cross. Bush River school with around 265 students sent in $15.05. Their enroll ment fee was only $4.00 so $11.05 was sent back to the school to be used for Junior Red Cross activities during the year. The interest these children took in earning $15.05 for their school to became a member of the Junior Red Cross is to be commended very high ly and it is hoped that one of the first services the Junior Red Cross members will render is to help put over the Red Cross Roll Call which began November 11 and ends Nov ember 30. / The Sun Strives To Serve The Whole People $1.00 PER YEARr DOWN MEMORY LANE 20 YEARS AGO All the proposed amendments to the state constitution were adopted in the recent election. If the old instrument needed that many amendments, it would seem that it is about time to adopt a new constitution. The Oakland cotton mills will in crease their capital stock from $400,- 000 to $500,000, authority to do so having been granted Monday. Other increases in the capital stock of New berry businesses include: Mollohon from $500,000 to $750,000; and New berry Cotton mills from $800,000 to $1,000,000. The L. C. L Cooperative store of Whitmire was chartered with a capital stock of $10,000. Officers are: W. M. Sherard, president; W. E. Ho ward, vice-president; H. K. Boyd, sec retary and treasurer. Dr. W. E. Crooks, who is a member of the medical staff at the U. S. Naval reserve hospital, Charleston, is the happy father of a little girl bom on Armistice day anniversary. He had a double share in the celebration of the - day on November 11th. Little Joe Henry’s mother is now “Aunt Fan- _ • »» me. In the list of college class officers the name of Edward (better kfiown as “Dude”) was inadvertently omitted as vice-president of the freshman class. Miss Kate Summer and Mr. James David Caldwell were married by the Rev. A. J. Bowers, D. D., at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Summer, on Wednesday at 7:30 p. m._ where they were given a re ception. The wedding march was played by Miss Margaret Burton, as usual. The happy couple went to Prosperity through the country and boarded the Cannon Ball for a bridal trip, after which they will be “at home” at the residence of the bride’s brother, Mr. Elmer Summer, until Mr. Caldwell builds a home. NO UNION MAN EVER DRAFTED County Always Filled Us Quota By Volunteers, Bryson Says WASHINGTON. Nov. 19.—Union county today was down in the Con gressional Record as one county of the nation from which no men have ever been drafted for military serv- ice. Rep. Joseph R. Bryson called at tention to the fact under present selective service Union county has filled its quota with volunteers and pointed out that the same condition held during the World war. “To witness the fall of democratic nations abroad was enough to make the people of Union county realize America’s need for increased defense,” Bryson said. “To realize that need was impetus enough to send Union boys volunteering for service to aid in prepampr this nation against ^thc threat of war for plans of peace.” R. G. Reagin, who has been a pa tient in the Providence Hospital in Columbia for about three weeks, is reported about the same. 4 ABOUT TOWN ubrey Harley coming by hus- ffice to take him home for G. V. Clamp eating nuts— edgepath with the inevitable hristine Hentz passing with a wa ve—Rev. M. L. Kester news items to Sun office students elated over the fact y will have from Thursday nday for holidays—Roy Sum- in Sun office—N. C. Wilson theatre placards—the attrac- scorated window in a local ;h the sign “Thanksgiving ”—Jim Wiseman, Jr., & Steve Jr., being “chauffered” by a Iboy—J. W. (Dub) Wood out pendicitis operation — Mrs. Hunter looking attractive in lr CO at>—James Hutchinson up College street—Jack Chap- ng “tomorrow’s dinner” — radley crossing Caldwell St. _Dr. A. T. Neely slowly down the street—Jimmy itiently waiting in post office package . . . post office crowd- ntly a pre-Thanksgiving rush .ay anniversaries durin. the veek: T. Ridgell Bowers, Nov. sell Aubrey Harley, Nov. 23;