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PAGE SIX THE NEWBERRY gPW PRIDAT, NOVEMBER M, 1940 CHRISTMAS AND HAMILTON nf'r'h'*- ? fine watc h at Christmas time is aia old, old custom! W ? amilton finds rir- ?L ace , on m any a Christmas list. For only watchi° n ma , kes flne ^watchei, exclusively. tUST RECEIVED horHamilton, from S37.S0 up. W. E. TURNER JEWELER SMALL PAYMENT DOWN $1 Weekly JOHN CARY SMITH John Cary Smith, 71, passed away late Tuesday at his residence after a short illness. He is survived by the following children, Robert Smith, Mrs. C. L. Cook, Berley Smith, Floyd Smith, all of Newberry. The following sisters and brothers also survive: Mrs. Jen nie Rikard and Mrs. Dollie Corder, both of Batesburg, Mrs. Mandy Rush of Newberry, Pink Smith of Saluda, and Joe Smith, Newberry. Funeral services were held on Wed nesday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock from Nazareth church with the Rev. M. M. Brooks in charge, assisted by the Rev. C. A. Dorn. Interment fol lowed in the church cemetery. The cortege left the McSwain funeral home at 2:30 o’clock. Miss Mary Katherine Lott of John ston spent -the weekend with her aunt, Mrs. Mae Aull and family on College street. The Newberry Commodity Distri bution has moved from the Fair grounds building and is now located in the Leavell building behind the Opera House. Mrs. J. W. Denning, Miss Florence Berne, Billy Denning, afid Billy Chapman visited Warrant Officer Ira Partin, Sunday. He is ill in the hos pital at Fort Jackson. Mr. Partin is Mrs. Denning’s brother-in-law. NET OF BALLOON BOMBS’ IS DEVICE OF DONALDS MAN WASHINGTON, Nov. 27—A sim ple but ingenious device for resist ing airplane bombing attacks sug gested by a South Carolinian is now receiving the close scrutiny of na tional defense experts, it was re vealed today. Recently Marchall Stone, of Don alds, S. C., related to Rep. Butler B. Hare his scheme of defense against airplane attacks. The third district representative asked him to put the plan in writing. Stone thereupon furnished Hare with a detailed des cription of the device, which the con gressman then transmitted to the War department. Today, Hare received a letter from Assistant Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson saying that the plan had been submitted to the national inventors’ council for study. This action was taken, Hare disclosed af ter engineers of the War department had given Stone’s proposal careful consideration, and its transmittal to the inventors’ council indicates that it may have real merit. While details of the plan were not disclosed, it was said to involve a net of “balloon bombs" that would be particularly effective in warding off night-time aerial attacks. Small balloons just large enough to float a bomb would be hooked in a series and arranged around potential tar gets. These small series of balloons could be made to reach great heights. When an airplane would strike the cord holding them together the bombs contained in the balloons immediately above and below the attack air plane would be detonated, destroying the airplane. Hare said that Stone also has de veloped plans for a bomb denotar which he is presenting to the secre tary of the Navy for study. Million Dollar Increase In Gas Tax Next Year CENTRAL METHODIST CIRCLES MEET MONDAY, DECEMBER 2 The Circles of the Woman’s Society of Christian Service of Central Methodist church will met Monday. December 2nd, at 4:00 p. m. except as noted: No. 1—Mrs. C. D. Harden. No. 2—Mrs. M. O. Summer. No. 3—Mrs. George Epps. No. 4—Mrs. George Rodelsperger at 3:30 P. M. Louise Best—-Mrs. C. H. Albrecht. Business Women — Mrs. J. W. White at 7:30 P. M. Columbia, Nov. 26.—Chairman W. G. Query of the tax commission es timates today that the state's “spe cial taxes” would produce $1,005,000 additional in the next fiscal year, but all but $5,000 was anticipated from the gasoline tax, revenue from which is available only for road construction and maintenance. Usual Estimate Made The taxes should bring in $29,- 810,000 during the year starting next July 1. Query said, compared with his estimate of $28,805,000 for the cur rent fiscal year. He predicted that the six-cent grasoline tax (five cents of which goes to the state and one cent to counties) would raise $14,000,- 000 next year, compared with the $13,- 000,000 calculated for this year. Query handed the figrure to the bud get commission, as is customary, to permit that body to have the anti cipated revenue before it in preparing financial recommendations to the general assembly. Executive Assistant Urged Senator S. M. Ward of George town, a commission member, told Query he favored recommending an appropriation for an executive as sistant to the tax commission in view of the increased work during recent years. The commission took under con sideration a request from President E. R. Crow of the South Carolina Education association that the state aid for teachers be increased $10 month from the present graduated scale of $75 to $90. ‘ The teachers are now working for a net income of hardly more than that of a private soldier,” Crow said. “It’s up to the counties to come across,” said Ward. “We (George town) are a poor county but we pay a minimum of $100 to teachers.” Public School Item The education department asked for a 1941-42 appropriation of $9, 216,000, including earmarked reve nue. Several other departments also presented their requests. Final hear ings will be held Thursday. The commission will not meet tomorrow. DOMINICK-HOLLOW A-Y Mrs. Mary Ella Dominick and Hen ry C. Holloway were married Thurs day, November 14, in Columbia, with the Rev. Thomas F. Suber perform ing the ceremony. Mrs. Holloway before her first marriage was Miss Mary Lindsey of Newberry. Mr. Holloway has been a prominent lawyer in Newberry for the past sev eral years. MOTHER’S CLUB TO MEET The Marion Davis pre-school Mothers Club will meet with Mrs. Connor Campbell Tuesday at 3:30 o’clock, December 3. Mrs. John Half acre will be associate hostess. All members are urged to be pre sent, as officers for the coming year will be elected at this meeting. ELECTRICAL NOTICE REA has been notified that electricity will be off from about 9 until 9:45 o’clock SUNDAY, December 1. STATE REA, C. I. Boozer, Local Agent ST. PHILIPS ITEMS I have learned that the Womans Missionary society wants to build four rooms at the back of the church next to Mr. A. P. Ruff’s land. In my opinion it will hurt the looks of the church and I hope that Mr, Ruff will not let them have the land. It will also be more to cover as there is a part of the church now not covered and the shingles have been on the ground since last July. The most of it was covered last spring and there hasn't been anything done since. If you don’t keep up what you have what is the need to build more to go to ruin? The church needs to be furnished with better seats and folding doors. I think that would be a plenty. The church is large en ough to seat all who come to Sun day school, and more too. They have been saying they were going to furn ish the church with new heaters for a couple of years. They say they have ordered one now. It is now only one month until Christmas and the children will be looking for Santa Claus. (The views of our St. Philips cor respondent are of course his own. But we might remind him that if some of the St. Philippians wou.d take the garter off their pocketbooks and con tribute more liberally to their church the rooms could be built, the house covered and the stoves installed; and this of course goes for all other churches in need.—Editor.) We Will Clean Your Flag Free! Yes, sir, we mean just that! BrinJ your United States Flag to us and we will clean it for you free of charge. There are no strings to this offer—no obliga tion of any sort. Just bring it to us and we will do the job free for you. You will be proud to display your tlag after we have cleaned it, and we want every family in New berry county to take advantage of this tree offer. New Equipment New equipment plus a new solvent guarantees that clothes cleaned here will be fresh and sweet. No offensive odors. W. E. LONG & CO. PHONE 57 .... NEWBERRY SPECIAL FOR SATURDAY—3 piece overstuffed liviig room suit. Beau tiful upholstery, $39.50. $1.00 per wk. pays. J. J. LANGFORD & SON. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sutton and daughter, Frances, are visiting Mr. Sutton’s brother, David Sutton in Jacksonville, Florida. Miss Ruby Norris of Clinton and Miss Leila Norris, Columbia, spent the wekend with ther mother, Mrs. the weekend with their mother, Mrs John Norris in the cpunty. "A Friend In Need Is A Friend Indeed” All of us agree with that statement because we have learned how true it is by personal experience. There have been times in the life of each one of us when we seemed to have reached the end of our resources, our strength and ability to fight back against hard ship any longer. Then, in the depth of our despair, someone has come to us of their own free will and accord, out of the goodness of their heart, and offered to help us start over again. That is what is meant by “a friend in need”. This friend comes to us and helps us just when we need that help the most. Truly this friend is a friend indeed—and in deed, too! In Newberry County for the past two years, there has been a WPA pro ject whose object it has been to be “Friends in need” to families of the county who were desperately in need of the help this project offers; namely, where cases of sickness in a family put the “bread-winner” in bed or cause the “bread-winner” to have to remain home to nurse another member of the family who is sick, thereby cutting off any and all in come from that family for a week or for several weeks. This House-keep ing Aide Project has trained 50 wo men in such a way that they can now go into a home where sickness threat ens that family’s income, take care of the sick member, clean up the home, prepare the meals, see that the children are ready for school, give medicine and other necessary at tention to the patient, and make them selves useful in a thousand ways dur ing their six hours every day as long as they are needed in that home. Can you possibly imagine a more helpful way of serving as “friends in need” to the home in Newberry coun ty where sickness and hardship are prevalent? It is in appreciation of this worth-while project that this article is written. We know, and we are certain that those who read this will know, of homes in their neigh borhood where these trained aides have been assigned. In every ease, we are sure a fine service has been rendered. There is another feature that pro vides help through this Project, namely, that “Aides” who are accept ed and trained are in every instance unemployed themselves and are there by given work which in turn helps them and their families through a steady job and assure income. Thus a double benefit is derived from the presence of this project in Newberry county. Is this project appreciated? Is it used and called on generally over the city and county? The following brief summary of facts and figures for November will give certain proof that such is the case. 21 new families referred and each received Housekeeping Aide Ser- • vice. 11 families that have received ser vice for three weeks or longer 16 “bread-winners” kept at their work 16 children kept in school 9 New babies taken care of. BETH-EDEN LUTHERAN PARISH Rev. M. L. Kester, Pastor Mr COLONY: 10:00 A. M.—Sunday School. H. B. Cousins, Supt. 11:00 A. M.—The Ser-ice. Luther League at close of service. ST. JAMES’: 10:00 A. M. Sunday School. Mr, Harold Long, Supt. 7:30 P. M.—The Luther League will meet in the home of Mrs. Carrie Bal- lentine. All members are urged to be present. BETH-EDEN: 10:00 A. M.—Sunday School. Mr. Hamilton Folk, Supt. 500,000 JEWS BEHIND HIGH WALL Essay Again Sponsored Spanish-American Yets The National Auxiliary United Spanish War Veterans, will sponsor an essay contest, open to the students of the seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh, and twelfth grades, the sub ject to be “How Did Spanish-Ameri can War Create Security for the Na tions of the Western Hemisphere?” Prizes of $100, $75, $50, and $25, will be awarded respectively, for the first, second, third and fourth best essays selected by the National judges, no prize will be awarded if, in the opinion of the National judges, no work is deemed worthy of the prize. The essay, of which a contestant may submit only o e, and which must be accompanied by a statement by the teacher that to the best of her knowledge and belief the essay is the original composition of the con testant, must be in thfe hands of De partment chairman, Mrs. Marion Heaner Scott, 186 Broughton street, Orangeburg, S. C., not later than March 1, 1941. Other rules of the contest are- as follows: Plagiarism, if detected, will disquality; essay must not contain over 600 words; essay must be type written, double spaced, or legibly written in ink on one side of paper only. Size 8 1-2 by 11; pages number ed; name of contestant and school must not appear on essay. A blank sealed envelope containing name, age. and home address of contestant must accompany essay, both essay and en velope to bear the same number; es says will be judged on (a) knowledge of subject and accuracy of state ment; (b) originality; (c) style and organization of material. West End Items ROLL CALL ENDS NOVEMBER 30 The Red Cross Roll Call will end November 30. Please do not forget to place your name on the roll of this organization before November 30th. The quota for Newberry coun ty has not yet been reached. Please send your membership to your school or to Red Cross Headquarters today. MRS. J. H. SUMMER, Chr. Red Cross Roll Call. MRS. AULL ATTENDS MEETING FOR ATTENDANCE TEACHERS Mrs. Mae A. Aull, county attend ance teacher, attended the Fall con ference for attendance teachers which was held at the University of South Carolina Monday. E. Brockman of the Chester city schools and W. H. Ward of the ex tension division of the University of South Carolina, were the main speak ers. They made interesting talks on “The Part of the Attendance Teach ers in the National Defense.” Berlin, Nov. 25.—About 500,000 Jews will begin tomorrow a new life behind an eight-foot concrete wall built by Germans to enclose the ghet to district of Warsaw, dispatches from the former Polish capital re ported tonight. By German decree, all Jews in War saw have ■ been required to take up residence in the ghetto, which lies in the central district of the city, and it has become over-crowded, with as many as seven persons living in one room in some buildings. The Germans built the wall last winter, saying the action was not anti-Semitic, but simply a health measure to, protect Poles and Jews alike from the pestilences likely to follow total war. They left 18 entrances open—but effective tomorrow all persons who wish to enter or leave must have a special pass. The wall—unusual in modern times —surrounds 100 or more city blocks and closes off 200 streets and even street car lines. JOINT COUNCIL MEETING The Joint-Council of the Beth-Eden Lutheran Parish will meet at the par sonage Sunday afternoon, December 1, at 3:30. All members are urged to be present. J. H. Bedenbaugh, Chairman. Personal Mention Mr. Vasco Bouknight, teacher at Chester, spent the holidays with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Rodgers had as their guest for the holidays, Mrs. Rodger’s sister and children from Florida. Miss Clara Ellen Layton, teaching at Union, spent the weekend at home Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Taylor shopped in Columbia November 23. Mrs V. O. Goree spent Thanksgiv ing in Atlanta with her sister, Mrs. George Way. Rev. and Mrs. B. F. Rodgers and Children spent November 25 in Green ville. Mrs. T. F. Turner, Miss Pauline Turner, little Junior Hopkins, and Mr. and Mrs. Colie Bedenbaugh and children shopped in Columbia Nov- ember 23. Mr. Billy Brooks of Wofford col lege spent the holidays with his par ents, Rev. and Mrs. M. M. Brooks. Mr. T. F. Turner spent November 23 in Clinton with his brother, Mr. Cal Turner. Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Goree had as their guest November 23 Mr. James Wright Bedenbaugh end children of Orangeburg. Mrs. Clebron Shealy spent Thanks giving with her parents, Mr. and Mis. S. Y. Fulmer in Prosperity. Mr. Shealy went for the afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. D. P. Leopard and family spent Sunday with relavives in Columbia Mr. Harold Layton spent the Holi days at home. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley (Bootsl Tompkins of Whitmire spent Novem ber 24 with Mr. and Mrs. P. S. Tomp kins. Mrs. Mammie Jones spent the week in Charlotte, N. C., with her daugh ter, Mrs. Clarence Padgett. Mrs. Charlie Hendrix, Mrs. Eula Alewine and Miss Mary Alewine spent Friday afternoon in Columbia where Mrs. Hendrix consulted a doctor. Miss Doris Bouknight spent Thanks giving with Miss Parnell Fellers. High Schoi Football Team Honored Members of the high school football team enjoyed a delicious turkey sup per at Willowbrook clubhouse on Tuesday evening at seven o’clock. The supper was given by Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Connelly and-enjoyed by all the boys. Thanks to our host and host ess. Do it again. Birth Announcement Mr. and Mrs. J. L. McMeekin an nounce the birth of a son, Rtrwell Tedford, born November 19 at New berry county hospital. Mrs. McMeek- in was the former Miss Thelma Bish op. Both mother and son are doing fine. With the Sick Mrs. A. B. Asbill had the misfor tune of falling Saturday morning and breaking her arm. Mrs. Fred Jones in confined to her home with a sprained ankle. Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Danielson car ried their daughter, Dorothy to Green ville November 25 to a skin specialist, Dr? Crooks. We wish for Dot a quick recovery. Mr. Tom Meeks also suffered slight injuries from a fall November 22 and is confined to his home. Seems as if the black cat has hallowe’en and Thanksgiving mixed up. Civic League Meets With Mrs. Able Mrs, J. J. Langford and Herman Langford have returned from High Point, N. C., where they went to pur-j chase new furniture for the Christ-! mas trade. _ The Civic League of Newberry held its regular November meeting on Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. E. G. Able. The meeting was called to order by the president, Mrs. J. H. Summer and Mrs. W. H. Hunt opened the meeting wil.i prayer. Af ter the minutes of last meeting were read and approved, the regular busi ness for the afternoon was taken up. The different chairmen reported much activities in their respective depart ments, since the last meeting of the League. It was voted to purchase a $5.90 Christmas Seal Health Bond. The subject of a fitting flag pole for Newberry city was discussed. The League voted to call together a com mittee consisting of the presidents of all service clubs and Patriotic organi zations to discuss the placing of a flag pole in Newberry. The Civic League wishing to cooperate with any undertaking with the chamber of commerce, voted to discuss and place a float in the coming Chrstmas parade. After all business of the afternoon was disposed of the meeting was turned over to Mrs. Don Rook, chair man of the Garden Club committee of the Civic League. Mrs. Rook led a discussion on Christmas decorations for homes. Assisting M^s. Rook with the program were Mrs. Gordon Able, Mrs. O. M. Cobb and Mrs. John Clark son. Many beautiful Chris?m”s pack ages were on display to show the at tractiveness of Christmas wrappings. Many fine helps for decorating the home inside and outside were gained by this discussion of Christmas dec orations. The League voted to boost in every way attractive Christ mas decorations throughout the resi dential sections of Newberry. For many years Newberry, “The City of Friendly Folk”, has been most at tractive in its Christmas dress. The Civic League is urging that the outside Christmas decorations may be so attractive again this year that everybody living in Newberry and all those who pass our way during the holidays may catch the Christmas spirit and remember that the light of Jesus Christ must shine over all other lights today. Delightful Russian tea and sand wiches were served to the large num ber present by the hostesses, Mrs. Es sie Cook, Mrs. J. P. Sheely, Mrs. G. D. Blackwell, Miss Fannie Mae Car- wile, Mrs. Agnes M. Wallace, and Mrs. Floyd Bradley. CHAPTER TO MEET Miss Fannie McCaughrin and. Mrs. S. E. Whitten will be associate host esses to the Drayton Rutherford Chapter, U. D. C., Tuesday, December 3, at four o’clock p. m., at the home of Mrs. W. H. Hunt on Calhoun street. Miss Mary Elisabeth Moore, stu dent at Erskine College was a visi tor in the home of her parents. Dr. and Mrs. E. H. Moore over the week end. CHRISTMAS SEALS He/p to Protect Your Howe from Tuberculosis KRAUT CABBAGE $1.25 PER 100 POUNDS Make Your Kraut While Cabbage Are Cheap C.T. Summer, Inc. Bt SURE WITH PURE Vim, Vigor, Vitality—for tired cars with Pure Off's TREATMENT Give that sluggish motor of yours a new lease on life! Get Pure Oil’s new Solvenized Tune-Up Treatment. It won’t replace bro ken parts, but it will do wonders for performance in mechanically sound motors by purging them of excess carbon. Cleanses valves, pistons, piston rings. Takes only 30 minutes . . . costs only $1. See your Pure Oil dealer today. MON~f- BACK GUARANTEE C.D.COLEMAN COMPANY H€UI»€KAY SOUTH CAKOLI9A PHONE 400