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MILLIONS SPENT OVER STATE
FOR DEFENSE WORKS
Over $72,000,000 Poured Into South
Carolina by Government
Washington, Nov, 18.—Value of
contracts awarded to South Carolina
indiustry solely for defense purposes
soared to more than $72,000,000 by
November 1, the national defense
commission reported today in its first
survey of the distribution of defense
awards.
Dividing the state into four re
gions, the defense commission desig
nated them as the Anderson, Fort
Jackson, Charleston and Parris Island
areas. Charleston, due to shipbuild
ing activities, was by far the greatest
beneficiary of the national defense
drive.
The survey represents the spread
of primary defense contracts thru-
out the industrial structure of the
nation. However, sub-contracts by
which raw materials and sub assemb
lies are provided the main contrac
tor are not known.
Over the State
South Carolina’s contracts are re
presented by the commission as fol
lows:
Anderson area—$427,000 for con
struction purposes other than ship
building: $214,000 for airplane en
gines and engine parts; $1,486,000 for
all other manufacturing including
textiles; total $2,127,000.
Charleston area—$53,920,000 for
ship construction: $1,483,000 for other
construction; $75,000 for incidental
manufacturing: total, $60,473,000.
Fort Jackson area—$5,637,000 for
building construction; $20,000 air
plane engines or parts; $137,000 for
other manufacturing including tex
tiles; total, $5,794,000.
DRAFT AND WAR FEAR
INCREASE HOSPITAL BURDEN
Williams Asks More Funds As Crowd,
ed Institution Now Beyond
Capacity
Columbia. Nov. 18.—The war, the
draft, and the fears of this country’s
involvement in the conflict have al
ready been reflected in the number of
persons who are mentally sick, Supt.
C. Feed Williams of the State Hospi
tal told the budget commission today.
This was one of several reasons Dr.
Williams gave as he reauested a
larger appropriation for the fiscal
year beginning next July 1.
Insecurity Increases Worries
“Already the draft and the fear of
war have broken people down,” he
said. “Insecurity of any kind increases
our troubles.”
Williams asked for a direct main
tenance appropriation of $1,317,269.
compared with $1,255,872 provided
now.
He also proposed that $540,000 be
provided for additional buildings at
the already over-crowded institu
tion.
He suggested that some of this he
used to provide at the State Train
ing School ffor feeble-minded) at
Clinton for the care of mental defec
tives now handled at the State Hospi
tal here.
He explained that at the hospital
there were now about 300 negroes
mentally deficient and who, under
law, Should not be at the institution.
He Makes Distinction
He differentiated between the
“mentally sick,” for whom the State
Hospital is operated, and the "men
tally deficient.” The state provides
for the care of 600 white mental de
fectives at Clinton but for no ne
groes of this category and if the ne
gro mental defectives at the hospital
could be moved elsewhere it would
help relieve over-crowded conditions,
Williams said. _
Persons who are “mentally sick’,
he explained, are ones in whose brains
changes have taken place, while the
mentally deficient are born with in
adequate mental equipment.
In explaining his proposed budget
the superintendent said rising prices
would mean, according to the esti
mates, that the per capital patient
cost of running the institution would
go up to 77 cents a day from the pres
ent 74 cents.
He warned against cutting down
saying the patients would feel it and
it would be false economy.
800 Over Capacity
The hospital’s capacity is 3,752 pa
tients, Williams said, but he report
ed the present population was 4,573.
He said nothing was more expensive
than over-crowding because, he claim
ed, it operated against recovery of
patients. “Over-crowding is the worst
evil you can have,” he said.
Williams estimated that in 1941-42
the average daily population of the
institution would rise -o 4,752.
SOCIAL REGISTER SHOWS
ROOSEVELTS TO STAY
New York, Nov. 18.—Long before
the November election determined
their 1941 domicile, President and
Mrs. Roosevelt gave their address for
the 1941 New York social register as
“The White House, Washington, D.
C.’
Address blanks for the book, now
being distributed to subscribers, had
to be returned by the first week in
October. •
Mr. and Mrs. Wendell L. Willkie
are listed as living here on Fifth ave
nue, as last year.
Dropped from the register is Rich
ard A. Knight, an attorney vho stood
on his head at the opening of the
Metropolitan opera last year. Knight
explained at the time that his acro
batics were induced by the “divine
singing” of Elizabeth Rothberg.
POST OFFICE WILL CLOSE
Postmaster G. K. Dominick an
nounced that the post office will be
closed on Thanksgiving day, Novem
ber 21, except for the hours between
8:45 and 9:45 a. m., when the gen
eral delivery and stamp windows will
be open.
There will be no city deliveries on
that day.
Society
and CLUB
NOTES
By DORIS ARMFIELD
IS THIS YOU?
Miss Lois Fant was one winner of
a quart of ice cream from Stokes’
Drug store last week. The other
person described as Mrs. Herman
Wright, who did not call for her tick
et.
First description of the week: An
auto dealer, who was kind enough to
give this reporter a ride Tuesday
morning in one of his new cars. He
was wearing his work clothes, blue
trousers, brown sweater, and gray
felt hat. He wears glasses.
Second description: A lady who
lives at a local hotel. She is very of
ten seen walking, in the sunshine. She
is rather, but not too large, in sta
ture, and has white hair,, and most
always wears black.
If either of these persons described
above should be you, come by the Sun
office before Tuesday and receive your
ticket entitling you to one quart of
ice cream from Stokes’ Drug store
with compliments of Stokes’ and The
Sun.
KRYL SYMPHONY
To the lovers of good music, the
Kryl symphony orchestra, which gave
two performances Friday, was indeed
a thrill, a thrill as only a music lover
can get from hearing such an orch
estra. Many of us were so delight
ed with the Southern Symphony orch
estra last year, which played here un
der the direction of the comparative
ly young, but very talented, Hans
Schweiger. This year, those who
made it possible for the Kryl Sym
phony to come to Newberry gave us
a much better known conductor,
though we hesitate to admit that his
directing or his orchestra is much
better than our own Southern Sym
phony.
We do like the suggestion of Kryl’s
music as given in* the Philadelphia
Ledger, and from this we quote: "At
times the music seemed al lost to die
away, leaving only the echoes of the
pines of Pan, and then again it swell
ed with all the fury of a mountain
stream, to a volume and mellowness
of a great pipe orgf n.”
Certainly this is true of Kryl’s mu
sic. From the brilliant Overture to
“Tannhauser,” the beautiful harp,
violin, and vocal solos, to the encores,
the audience was very quiet, each one
enjoying the music. As for the fav
orite selection of the evening, it
were graciously entertained Thursday
afternoon by Mrs. Sloan Chapman at
her home on College street. Bright
yellow chrysanthemums added a fes
tive touch to the rooms where the
tables were laid.
Mrs. Joe Feagle was lucky winner
of high prize, while Mrs. George L.
Epps and Mrs. L. G. Eskridge drew
bingo.
Late in the afternoon, the hostess
served a salad couse with hot tea.
MEETING OF HOSPITAL
AUXILIARY POSTPONED
The members of the Hospital Aux
iliary are asked to notice that the
monthly meeting will not be held
Thursday, November 21, on account
of Thanksgiving.
The meeting time will be announc
ed later.
FOR RENT—Apartment wth private
bath. 1000 College street. Phone
22-W,
LOST—Billfold, Saturday, Nov. 16 in
business section of Newberry. Con
taining about $40.00 and drivers lic
ense. Last seen in R. M. Lominack
Hdwe. Return to W. A. Hipp or to
Police Headquarters. Reward.
R. P. Fair returned to the Hotel
Wiseman Saturday from the Colum
bia hospital wrtiere he has been a pa
tient for two weeks.
CLUB ENTERTAINED
WITH DINNER PARTY
The Wallace Home on Calhoun
street was the scenb of a delightful
dinner party which was given for
members of the Evening Bridge club
by Mrs. Don Rook Wednesday night.
Before the game a delicious three
course turkey dinner was served.
Guests of the club were Mr. and
Mrs. H. W. Hopke otf Charleston, and
Mrs. Clem Youmans.
High prizes for ladies was won by
Mrs. Richard Baker, high for men by
E. M. Lipscomb. Mrs. Youmans and
Steve Griffith drew bingo.
Chrysanthemums made a floral set
ting in the attractive Wallace Home.
CUW* cuts oittan
exports
DRAFTEES TO WAIT ON
QUESTIONNAIRES TO ASK
DEFERMENT
Mrs. Charles Ruff, and daughter.
Dot, will spend Thanksgiving with
Mrs. Ruff’s mother, Mrs. A. Steven
son at Wrnnsboro.
Columbia, Nov. 18.—Requests for
deferment of registrants under the
selective service system should not
be made until after questionnaires
have been received by the registrants,
state headquarters for selective ser
vice said today.
Deferment will not be considered
by the local boards until actual classi
fication is begun, Gen. Holmes B.
Springs, state director said.
Under the regulations, local hoards
must classify registrants according
Bo the order established by the na
tional lottery unless they volunteer,
Springs said.
NATIONS AT WAR'
BUT WAB MATERIAL—
Cotton piles
A European war criais that haa caused a draatic reduction in cotton
exports this season, will be on farmera’ minds as they go to the polla on
Stmrday, December 7, to cast their ballots on the uae of cotton mmrketinc
quotas for 1941. During the first three months of the present markeUng
season, the United States exported less than *00,000 bales of cotton, as
compared with about 1,750,000 bales for the same period last A
two-thirds majority of cotton farmera, voting in this and 18 otnor state*
in the cotton belt, is required to put quotas Into effect.
I
Mrs. John Ruff and daughter, Ju
lia Katherine, will spend Thanksgiv
ing with Mrs. Ruff’s mother, Mrs. Ju
lia Long in Winnsboro.
William Charles Ruff, of Saluda,
spent Sunday in the home of his Bar
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ruff in
the county.
THURSDAY EVENING
BRIDGE CLUB
Mr. and Mrs. Ed MeCracMn were
host and hostess to the meeting of
the Thursday Evening Bridge club
last week at their attractive apart
ment on Walnut street. Chrysanthe-
, , , , , . _ - mums were used for a floral setting
would probably be a different one for . n rooms where tables were laid
person, for each person
almost every
has different likes and dislikes in al
most anything and surely music is no
exception. As for this reporter, she
favored the Overture to “Tannhaus
er” and the vocal encore by Miss
Katherine Landry, the “Oastenet
Song” from Carmen.
The orchestra under the direction
of Bohumir Kryl delighted us, but
(and we still admit we may be partial
because of meeting Hans Schweiger
and knowing how wonderful he is off
stage as well as on) we hope that we
have the Southern Symphony come to
Newberry next year.
MRS. FRANK WILSON
ENTERTAINS EMERY
Mrs. Frank Wilson entertained the
Emery Circle Friday morning at the
Wallace Home. Several guests were
invited to play rook with members of
the club. Snapdragons alnd chry
santhemums decorated the rooms
where six tables were laid for rook.
Mrs. C. A. Calcote and Mrs. H. L.
Parr were Invited for the sumptuous
three course dinner which was served
at one o’clock.
MRS. HOPKE GUEST
AT BRIDGE CLUB
Mrs. H. W. Hopke, of Charleston,
who is visiting her daughter, Mrs.
John Clarkson, was guest of the
bridge club entertained Friday mom.
ing by Mrs. C. C. Hutto. The rooms
were attractively decorated with
chrysanthemums.
Prizes went to the following: High
for guests, Mrs. Steve Griffith; high
for club, Mrs. John Clarkson; bingo,
Mrs. Clem Youmans. The hostess
presented Mrs. Hopke with a gift of
remembrance.
After cards were laid aside, - the
guests enjoyed assorted sandwiches
with iced drinks.
MRS. CHAPMAN ENTERTAINS
ONCE-A-WEEK CLUB
The members of the Once-A-Week
Club, and two guests, Mrs. E. M.
Lipscomb and Mrs. George L. Epps,
for contract.
After several progressions, Ml
McCrackin served a chicken sah
course with coffee.
Mrs. William Patridge and John
Lide were high scorers. Arthur Well
ing drew bingo.
DEBUNKING FALSE PROPHETS
The country’s self-appointed re
formers have been telling us that
advertising raises the cost of liv
ing. Let’s see. Let’s take an ex
ample that everybody is familiar
with.
Cast your mind back to what you
knew or what your parents knew of
the automobile of the first few years
of the century. Then a big, heavy,
unreliable gas eater could be bought,
without top, windshield, horn or
spare tire, for from $2,000 to $6,000.
Few people bought this expensive lux
ury.
But automobile makers saw a vis
ion, a nation on wheels. They adver
tised persistently. More people
bought. As production went up, the
cost to make each car came down.
Part of the savings was put into
inprovement. Part went into contin
ued advertising. Part went to the pub.
lie in lower prices. Again more peo
ple bought these better cars for less
money.
And so it went, year after year.
Continued advertising, production and
value up, cost and price down, until
today you buy an infinitely better,
more efficient car, complete, for less
than half of the lowest price of a
few years ago.
The same is true of the refrigera
tor, vacuum cleaner, washing ma
chine, oil burner, radio, electric light
bulb; of packaged foods, clothes, and
many another product that will come
to your mind as you think this over.
Advertisihg, says Nation’s business,
has helped mass selling and 1 made
possible mass production, which cuts
the cost and brings the price within
the reach of the average family.—Na
tion’s Business.
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