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* Every Week More People Read The Sun VOLUME 4; NO. 15 OUT AMONG THE PEOPLE A LETTER ON PROHIBITION Arthur G. Staplies, veteran editor of the Lewiston (Maine) Evening Journal printed in his book, “The Passing Age,” the following letter from “a correspondent who seems to have taken some offenae at our op inion on the duty of good people to obey the law.” All will agree that the following is an unusual presenta tion of the personal liberty theme— To the Editor: You seem to take a good deal of delight in telling other people how to live and perhaps that is your busi ness, but it seems to me that you ex ceed your duty when you arrogate yourself the right to inform all of those who may happen to enjoy an occasional drink of "Scotch” on oc casions. I have been presented a fine bottle of Scotch whiskey for Christmas and it’s before me as I set at my type writer and indite this letter to you. It bears the label of Sandy MacDon ald—a good, fair, well-bottled liquor which I am assured was bought be fore the war and has been in my friend’s cellar ever since. What right has any form of law to make me a criminal if I partake of this gift as it was intended that I do by the giver? I claim that any such law Is an invasion of my personal liberty. I notice that you have refegred often in your excellent column to the so- called Bill of Rights which secures to all men and women certain in alienable rights to their personal liberty, which, as you say, are not inconsistent with the rights of oth ers. How do you reconcile your statements ? I have just tasted' of this bottle of liquor, I will confide to you, and I cannot see where or how I am invading the rights of any other per. son on earth. I find it excellent. I cannot feel, Mr. Editor, that I wronged tihe community or added to the lawlessness of the general so ciety in so doing. If makes me tired to be classed as a criminal for any such occasion, and I notify you that before long there will be a revolt against the sort of stuff that you are writing. Just to show my independence of such truck as you are writing, I have taken another drink of the aforesaid most jubilant Sandy Mac Donald, and I will say to you that it is about smooth a drink as a criminal ever put into his system. The second drink, which I shall soon follow by a third, makes me more cer tain that those who feel their sys tems require a stimulant, should band together; organize, and start a . campaign to floor this Volstead busi ness if it can be done. flow, Mr. Editor, I am no bum and you can’t make me a bum. I like a little drink now and then and I have taken a third and maybe it is a fourth, and I am more than ever convinced that any man that doesn’t is a big idiot. You say that this evabion of the law is producing a sta6e of affairs in our Grear nand Glorious Country. You are wronh. This ciuntry is jess as good as it ever was and was a great deal bet ter country and I will leabe it to you fi it wasnSt, when we had' free rum. I wanSt to say to you that this Sec itch is all right. A lot of it wouldnTt do us harm. When we ened stimulany we need it. My grant- fyer was brougr up on rum. That had it in the housd all the time. They dranj it freely and even the ministew drank it when he came to our house. It8s a pretty kinf of a coinfry when a grandson ie better than his gundfaher. I can drink this sort of Scutob all day and nit be no worse a cicozen than I was beforte. I could di-ink this whole quaet audd neger giber an etelash. Bue whay I wneat of yiou Is to remund yiu oner agaiaian and agnian thqt you arw dead wronb ib comfseinging evert bony whu drinls as a bouhm. We aint criulals. I will sat inxclosing, thqt i wisg yh: a 2meRftChrihymax” an%haooy Ner Yrare” Rexcevtfillu Yioytdx o8Bd% 5 Swrv%T. CALVIN CROZIER MEETING The Calvin Crozier Chapter, U. D. C. will meet Tuesday afternoon, Feb ruary 4, at four o’clock at the home of Mrs. W. C. Schenk with Mrs. Clem Youmans, associate hostess. The fox has been hunted in Eng- lan dsince the Anglo-Saxon times. The Sun Strives To Sonro The Whole People The Rising Sun—1856-1860 NEWBERRY, S. C. FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 1941 PUBLISHED WEEKLY $1.00 PER YEAR Jury Panel Given For Civil Session Red Cross Drive Is Most Successful Common Pleas Court Ready Ip Make Seed Begins Here Monday Loans Monday Feb. 3 Temperance Rally Today (Thursday) Following is the list of jurors which was drawn Friday, January 24, to serve in Civil Court, which will con vene here Monday, February 3: L. C. Shealy, R. E. Burton, T.* L. Hicks, Al ton C. Quattlebaum, B. C. Cook, E. V. Dedmond, Albert Jacobs, James L. Long, James V. Clamp, J. C. Kinard, J. M. Smith, J. E. Nichols, R. M. Tol bert, T. E. Ringer, J. D. McMeekin, Sr., J. J. Chapman, E. A. Brooks. Also Claudie W. Bouknight, J. E. Bundrice, C. E. Hutchinson, DeWifct C. Boland, H. W. Wise, G. B. Brehmer, C. C. Wallace, C. E. Lester, W. B. Half acre, V. O. Goree, Pofet Long, J. B. Smith, C. E. Crowder, A. L. Foy, W. M. Yarborough, G. N. Clarkson, Roy A. Martin, W. C. Wallace, and G. N. Jacobs, Jr. ■ Judge E. C. Dennis, of Darlington, will preside. BUCKET BRIGADE STILL FUNCTIONS In spite of the highly organized fire fighting apparatus of this mod em time, the day of the bucket bri gade had not entirely passed and it still has its good points. Manager Earl Chandler of the local employ ment office tells of seeiqg a humani tarian act on his way to Whitmire this week. A negro house by the side of the highway had caught fire. When Earl arrived on the scene he saw three men at work combat ting the flames—a truck driver who happened by, a salesman who hap pened by, and Jim Epting of the city. Epting had taken charge and had quickly organized a three-man bucket-brigade, the water supply coming from a rain barrel by the side of the house. And Earl tells that after a great deal of running a- round mid smoke and flames the three finally had the fire under control and the house was saved. METHODIST CHURCH CIRCLES WILL MEET MONDAY The Circles of the Woman’s So ciety of Christian Service of Cen tral Methodist church will meet Mon day, February 3, at 4:00 P. M., ex. cept as noted: Circle 1—Mrs. L. W. Bedenbaugh. Circle 2—Mrs. C. G. Blease. Circle 3—Mrs. George Johnstone. Circle 4—Miss Marie Schumpert, at 3:30. Louise Best—Mrs. R. L. Baker. Wesleyan Guild — Miss Jessie Hornsby, at 7:30 P. M. JAMES ROBERT HENDRIX DIES James Robert Hendrix, 67, well- known farmer of the Trinity section of the county died Tuesday. He had been ill only a short time. The late rites were held from Trin ity church, being conducted by Rev. C. W. Brockwell and burial was m the church cemetery. Mr. Hendrix is survived by his widow, before marriage Ora Eliza beth Pitts, two sons, James Milton of Greenwood, and Robert of New berry. Three daughters, Mrs. M. M. Longshore, Mrs. W. L. Davenport, and Miss Miriam Hendrix, also sur vive. M. O. SUMMER VISITS FURNITURE MARKET M. O. Summer of the G. B. Sum mer and Sons furniture store spent several days last week at the furni ture market in High Point, N. C., where he purchased new furniture for the local store. Mr. Summer states that there has been only a slight increase in the price of furni ture so far this year. YOUNG MAN DIES Oliver P. Jackson, 21, died here Tuesday at his home in Mollohon following an extended illness. The funeral was held Wednesday from the Leavell Funeral home and burial was if Rosemont cemetery. Surviving him are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Campbell Jackson; four brothers, Walter C., of Washington, Guy and Joe, of Newberry, and Hay ward of Key West, Fla., also a sister, Miss Helen Jackson of this city. Mr. and Mrs. W. Fred Werts an nounce the arrival of a daughter, Susan Rebecca, on January 18th. 1941, at the Newberry County Hos pital. Mrs. Werts is the former Miss Elizabeth Monroe, niece of Floyd Bradley. The government of South Africa has started an extensive war on rats. A total of $1,230.60 was contributed to the 1940 Red Cross Roll Call, ac cording to a report just issued by Mrs. J. H. Summer, Roll Call Chair man. This is the largest amount ever raised here for this puprose. The West End School, under Mrs. Raymond Fellers won the $25 prize offered to the school turning in the largest amount of money for its en rollment. This school won a similar prize last year. Other schools in the county made "fine records in the drive, and their efforts aided noticeably in swelling the total. Mrs. Summer wishes to extend thanks to all who helped in the drive in any way. A list of individual donors has been furnished us but lack of space forbids its publication. OPEN TO RECEIVE RED CROSS WORK The Red Cross room will continue to be open at Boundary Street school next week at the same hours, 10 a. m. to 1 p. m., except Saturday, to re ceive work which is out. This work ^nust be in by Friday, February 7 to be shipped. You will be notified through the papers when another allotment arrives. Fannie McCaughrin, Cbm, ATTENDS EXECUTIVE MEET The Executive Board meeting of the Woman’s Society of Christian Service of the Methodist church will meet Thursday and Friday at Bethel church in Spartanburg. Mrs. L. G. McCullough, district secretary, will attend from Nevlberry. BUZHARDT AND ROOKS SPEND WEEK AT FURNITURE MARKET Mrs. Ben T. Buzhardt and Mr. and Mrs. Don Rook spent last week at furniture market in High Point, N. C., where they purchased a big sel ection of furniture for the Ben T. Buzhardt furniture store here. ATLANTA WRITER PICKS UPSTATER Atlanta, Jan. 28.—The strong im pression that President Roosevelt will name United States Senator James F. Byrnes of South Carolina to the supreme court has started speculation on Byrne’s successor, Ralph Smith, the Atlanta Journal Washington correspondent, wired his paper today. Smith’s story said: “Governor Burnet R. Maybank will have the filling of the vacancy, under South Carolina law. It is an odds-on bet that he’ll name a man from either Greenville or Spartan burg, and it is my guess that one of the three following will be chosen: “Granville Wyche, of Greenville. “Donald Russell, of Spartanburg. “Walter Brown, of Spartanbwg. “Wyche is a brother of Judge Ce cil C. Wyche, of the United States district court of South Carolina. He is one of the most distinguished and successful lawyers of the state, a Democrat, of course, a warm frien<T of both Senator Byrnes and Governor Maybank. “Russell is one of the leading members of the bar of Spartanburg, a former partner of Senator Byrnes, a Democrat and widely respected for his capacity. “Brown is a newspaperman, and a Georgian. Until recently he repre sented the Greenville morning and afternoon newspapers in Washing ton. Latterly, he has operated a radio station at Spartanburg. He is the close friend of oth Byrnes and Maybank, and eminently qualified for the appointment.” KENDALL MILLS LUTHERAN Rev. J. B. Harman, Pastor SUMMER MEMORIAL:— Sunday 10 A- M.—Sunday School. Mr. M. E. Shealy, Supt. 11 A. M.—The Service with Ser mon. 6 P. M.—Luther League. BETHANY:— Sunday 6 P. M.—Sunday School. Mr. E. B. Hite, Supt. 7 P. M.—Evening Worship with sermon. The subject of the sermon for Sun day will be “The Sabbath—A Holy Day or A Holiday?” based on the Commandment “Remember the Sab bath Day to keep it holy.” Visitors are cordially invited to at tend these services. Following is the docket for com mon pleas court which convenes here Monday, February 3, with Judge Dennis of Darlington presiding, Hettie Miller v^. R. L. Hardin. Mrs. Alma Thomas vs. E. Bartow Copeland Estate. Mrs. Epsie Buzhardt vs. E. Bar tow, Copeland Estate. M. D. Derrick v». State Highway Department. N. A. Nichols vs. State Hignway Department. Ross George vs. State Highway Department. W. J. Lindler vs. State Highway Department. J. W. Ballentine Vs. State Highway Department. F. L. Dominick vs. State Highway Department. R. C. Underwood vs. Farmers Oil Mill. John J. Chappell v-. R. M. Duck ett as Executor of the Last Will and Testament of Haskell Wright. Blease and Griffith are represent ing Mrs. Thomas, Mrs. Buzhardt, John J. Chappell, the cases against the highway department, and the Farmers Oil mill. Thomas H. Pope and Felix B. Green are representing Hettie Miller, W. J. Lindler, J. W. Ballentine, F. L. Dominick and R. C. Underwood. H. C. Holloway is representing M. D. Derrick and N. A. Nichols. Clarkson, Hunter and Harley and B. V. Chapman are representing the Copeland estate. Fred H. Dominick is representing R. M. Duckett. Rudolph C. Barnes is representing Ross George. This is Mr. Barnes first case in Newberry court. He is a native of Prosperity. A. P. Henderson, field supervisor for the Emergency Crop and Feed Loan office, announced today that emergency crop and feed loans for 1941 are available to farmers in New berry County and applications for these loans begining Monday, Febru ary 3rd will be received ’ in old Ex change Bank at Newberry. As in the pait these loans will be made to farmers whose cash requirements are small and who are ineligible for a loan from other sources including production credit associations. Money will be loaned to meet the applicants necessary cash needs for preparing and cultivating his crops or for pur chasing or producing feed for rive- stock. Borrowers who obtain loans for production of cash crops are re quired to give as security a first lien on the crops financed and, in cases for loans for the purchasing or pro ducing of feed for livestock, a first lien on the livestock to be fed. CONCERTED PREACHING The Newberry County Ministerial Association met Monday morning at ' Central Methodist dhurch in regular monthly session with Rev. J. Aubrey Estes, the new president, presiding. After Dr. Carson led the devotional, Rev. C. A. Calcote led a round-table discussion on Evangelism. The busi ness session was largely given over to encouraging reports on the preach ing mission engaged in at present by all the ministers. The census of op inion being that the concerted treat ment of these subjects by all the ministers was receiving hearty appro val by the respective congregations, and the remaining subjects will be ac cording to schedule. The Annual Temperance Rally of South Carolina will be held in Colum bia Thursday, January 30th, 10:30 A. M. at the First Baptist Church. Two special speakers are included on the day’s program: Sam Morris, “The Voice of Temperance” of Del Rio, Texas, and Hon. William D. Upshaw, Greenwood, S. C., 8 years a member of congress. Official delegates of Newberry County, who will be in at tendance are: C. A. Calcote, H. O. Chambers, S. J. Derrick, J. R. McKit- trick, and Senator Marvin E. Abrams. Many other interested citizens will at tend. At 2:15 p. m. the State Council of 200 members will meet to receive reports, make new budgets and the officers and Executive Committee set up. ST. PHILIPS ITEMS January is almost gone and it was a very mild month. But we do not know how February will treat us. Sunday will be groundhog day. If he comes out and sees his shadow there will be six more weeks of bad weather, it is said. A white man went into a negro barber shop to get a shave. The bar bers hand was a little shaky and his razor nipped the customers face any number of times. On each cut the barber pasted a smal piece of paper. Finished the customer handed the barber a dollar and told him to keep the change as he was such a good paper hanger! Influenza seems to be dying out in this section I am glad to learn and I hope there will be no more -of it. IVe regret very much to learn that Mr. Rion Koon of Pomaria is suff ering from a heart attack. He is at his brother John’s doing as well as could be expected. SOCIALIST WORLD IN STORE? There will be preaching service at St. Ph^ipti Sunday night at 7 o’clock. (By YANCEY GILKERSON in News and Courier) The present war will change the way of life of the entire world, re gardless of who wins, Ben Robert son, Jr., of Clemson, London corres pondent for the New York paper PM, said in Greenville. He returned to Clemson from London Tuesday afternoon, rented a typewriter and immediately began writing a book about England. In it he will tell how people think and act under bombardment and will paint a picture of a determined lot of Eng lishmen who keep their thumbs and spirits up, no matter how hot the fire or how heavy the rain of bombs. “There is a drift to socialism. . . It will be completed by the end of the war. . . Our democracy as such is utad in the whole world. . . What we must fight for now is to decide who will control this socialism, the United States ai d Britain or Ger many,” he said. He pointed out that the actual governmental form of Britain now is as total as that of Germany, but its administration was carried out with “ a democratic touch” and the harsh despotism of “Germany is ab sent from the British government. . . The people of Britain still think and talk as they please so long as they don’t actually harm the war ef fort.” • • • The South Carolinian has been in the thick of things in Britain since June when the blitzkrieg on the con tinent seemed about to turn across the channel. He has seen over 500 bombard ments and he has done everything from broadcast the ‘goings on” of an intense air raid over Dover from a hay stack to examine Coventry af ter its “blitz-bath”. England, he said, will keep on fight ing, “even if it means continuing the war through 1950.” Among his prime observarions '’ere: German bombings never will ‘knock out” Britain’s industry which is now so decentralized that even the most intense raids can do little dam age to any single objective; the Irish will never give the British bases on their soil. “The Irish will just as soon fight the British as the Germans. . . And they say they’ll fight whoever come to disturb their Irish peace in their spare time. . . America is giving “Britain a lot more talk than help’’ at present; there is no chance for a compromise peace so long as the United States offers its moral and “future material” support to Britain; the German air force has already made its maximum attempts ' at des truction in the Coventry raid and the September mass bombing proving that those raids are and will continue to be comparatively ineffective: Lord Haw Haw, the German propagandize!-, used to be amusing but now the Bri tish “just don’t bother to listen to him”; the Russians love neither Eng land nor Germany, they “are out for Russia”; General DeGaulle, leader of the Free French forces, at present Is more a symbol of what might be than anything else, * * * » Bombings Mr, Robertson describes as “glorified tornadoes” and Lady As- tor of the Clivenden set he calls the “meanest, nicest person in England”. Despite all the fighting and war talk, Mr. Robertson explained that on occasion he managed to find some one in England who would work m a little conversation on “South Caro lina cotton and the fight to divert highway money,” In Birmingham he found a Mr. Wilkinson from Greenville in the American consul’s office and when he arrived at Lisbon on the way home he ran across Bill King, for merly of the Columbia A.P. office, eating dinner with Ann Dvorak of the movies. David K. E. Bruce of the Red Cross who is from Virginia, occasionally discussed Governor May- bank and "other South Carolina not ables”. Former Ambassador Joseph P. Kennedy, he said, was “a good friend but a very bad ambassador”. Mr. Robertson will go back to Lon don February 20 “to dodge some more bombs.” . SON SHOOTS FATHER John James Reeder, negro, was shot and seriously injured Tuesday by his son, Matthew Reeder, at the home of the former at Silverstreet. The load from a 12-guage shot gun struck the older negro in the face resulting in the loss of an eye. He was carried to a Columbia hospital. Maftthew Reeder was lodged in jail by the sheriff’s forces under a charge of assault and battery awaiting the outcome of his father’s injuries. Walter Kinard went out for his Saturday night fun implemented with his trusty razor and fate tihiust in his path one Walter Sanders upon whom he inflicted some plain and fancy carving. He is in jail and the charge is assault and battery. "ESCAPE TO GLORY” AT OPERA HOUSE Drama . . . with the power of plunging piston! Action . . . with the speed of flashing bullets! Romance . . . with the throb of an all-conquer ing love! Every second fraught with terror! Every second charged with thrills! Every kiss stalked by danger! Every action picture you ever W. H. EDDY DIES William H. Eddy, 76, a native of Jalapa, Newberry county, died at 4:10 Saturday afternoon at the Co lumbia hospital after a prolonged ill ness. Mr. Eddy, a retired rural mail car rier, was married three times: First to Miss Julia Caldwell; second to Miss Minnie Lee Wertz and third to Miss Laura Amelia Counts, all of Newberry. In June Mr. Eddy-would have been married to Mrs. Laura Amelia Eddy 39 years. A man of many sterling qualities, he was deeply religious and had been a member of Central Methodist church for more than 50 years. He was a life steward of that institution and a regular attender as long as his health permitted. When Mr. Eddy was away from his home church he made it a point to attend the Methodist church nearest him. For several months he had made his home in Columbia with his daughter, Mrs. Claude Hornsby, 3604 Duncan street. Mr. Eddy was a rural mail carrier for more than 27 years. He retired July 10, 1932. He loved his work and frequently spoke of it For many years he cover ed his route by horse and buggy. In a recent letter to the rural mail car riers’ column published in The State. Mr. Eddy wrote, “I love to think of my old comrades in service. I jtill find myself in a mud hole with the buggy or old Model T or coming to the postoffice late and finding a lot of mail. Such is life and we do not pass this way but once.” Mr .Eddy is survived by his widow and the following children: W. R. Eddy of Newberry, Mrs. Horace Tlavird of Batesburg, H. W. Eddy of Columbia, Mrs. Sims Tompkins of Newberry, Mrs. Hornsby of Columbia; also one brother, Clark Eddy of Jalapa, and two sisters. Miss Minnie Eddy of Jalapa and Mrs. Hattie Liv ingston of Kinards; six grandchildren, William Havird, H. W. Eddy, Jr.. Da vid Eddy, Katherine Lynn Eddy, Ed dy Mae Momsby and John Edward Horsby. dreamed of now rolled into the float ing inferno of passion . . . “Escape To Glory” Columbia’s nerve-lashing drama with Pat O’Brien and Con stance Bennett at the Opera House Monday and Tuesday, February 3 and 4th, is a thrill-laden story of ad venture ... of love and cowardice. . . glory and vengeance . . . disaster and escape! . “Escape To Glory”, includes in its cast, in addition to the co-stars, such players as John Halliday, Melville Cooper, Alan Baxter and Marjorie Gateson. John Brahm directed, from a screenplay by P. J. Wolfson. DOWN MEMORY LANE ■ ■■ 30 YEARS AGO Magistrate J. C. Sample received his commission from Governor Bleas« on Tuesday night as magistrate for townsdiips Nos. 1 and 8, and assum ed the duties of the position on Wed nesday morning. He succeeds Mag istrate Jno. Henry Chappell. He has appointed Mr. Cannon G. Blease as his constable. Magistrate Sample is a young man of sterling qualities, and he goes into the responsible office with the best wishes of the entire community for his success. Mr. Blease, his constable, has during many years of service made a fine reputation as a peace officer, and well merits his reappointment as con stable. Mrs. W. G. Housoal entertained the Ladies’ Aid society of the Luth eran church Tuesday afternoon at 4 o’clock. At this meeting the new offi cers for the year appointed their var ious committees, after which re freshments were served. The new of ficers for the year are: Mrs. Jobs Houseal, president; Mrs. J. B. Fox, Vice-president; Miss Nora Long, sec retary; and Mrs. Julius Langford, treasurer. Governor Blease sent to the gease al assembly Tuesday afternoon a mes sage which startled) the legislators with an urgent demand for a thorough investigation of the dispensary wlmd- ing-up commission. Numbers of spe cific tranactions are mentioned, with the insistent recommendation that each be carefully looked into. The jail is sorely in need of repairs and! improvements, and it is very much to be hoped that the Newberry delegation will take action in the mat ter at this session. It is the county's duty to the unfortunate criminal class and to the unfortunate innocent who may at any time be charged with crime that they shall be surrounded during imprisonment by sanitary and healthful conditions, and it is the county’s duty to society to have tho place of imprisonment secure. Tho Newberry jail is also sadly lacking in accommodations for female prison ers. It is an important matter, unt one demanding attention. We think Gov. Blease’s message aa to the winding-up commission had been better not said. There are some things in it, at least, that had better left out. We do not believe in cast ing aspersions or in making charges by insinuation, unless there is evi dence to sustain the charges, and if there is, there is no need to insinuate. The governor may have the evidence. We do not know. There are a great mam’ things done by the commission that we do not approve, and there are a great mary people in South Caro lina wh , rru strongly apposed to ttha dispenscc'i and for that matter to tba sale of liquor in any form, who agree with us. But it seems to us the soon er the State of South Carolina ean be rid of the whole business the bet ter it will be for the happiness and the peace and the prosperity of our people. SEEN ABOUT TOWN JUDGE NEAL WORKMAN and TAZ SENN walking up street together ... “SHORTY” BUZHARDT and JACK DAVIS going to work. .. MRS. MART RUFF taking a “day off” to pre pare for her 25th anniversary celebration . .. CLAUDE SAN DERS. who thought he missed flu, going down with it Saturday night . . BURTON WELLS, who is teaching fire-fighting at Fort Jackson, spending Monday after noon in the city. . BOX COUNTS leaving early Monday morning for Columbia. . .R. DERRJlX SMITH saying he was the only person in Newberry with initials on his car license.. .upon being asked how he got one with his initials, he explained that the R was for replaceni' nt license, and that his car carried a D tag... Birthday anniversaries during next week are the following: Mrs. Hurh K. Boyd, February 1; Mrs. C. E. Hendrix, February 1; A. H. Counts. February 4; Mrs. Henry T. Fellers. February 4: Gene Hendrix, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Hendrix. February 6; Mark Calcote, small son of Rsv. and Mrs. C. A. Calcote, February 7. Happy birthday to all. 4*