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Every Week More People Read The Sun The Sun Strives To Serve The Whole People VOLUME 4; NO. 16 The Rising Sun—1856-1860 NEWBERRY, S. C. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1941 PUBLISHED WEEKLY $1.00 PER YEAR OUT AMONG THE PEOPLE HOW IT HAPPENED I went over to the court house Fri day morning 1 in the capacity of a re porter to get a story on the organi zation of the old people into a pen • sion association and came away as president of that organization. It was rather peculiar. A half dozen or so of the old people insisted from the start that I serve as presi dent. I sensed that they felt most of those in their own ranks were too enfebled to undertake the job. Some 40 of them had joined and 'seemed so darned hopeless and helpless about what to do that I caved m and agreed to do what I could. I was moved primarily by the fact that $40 of those old people’s money had been put into a cause they thought would do them good and I felt it a duty to see them through. I do not know anything about the organization, but I am going to know something. I am going to know whether it is on the up and up or . whether it is a racket. If it is a racket I will say so here and call the old people together and tell them so, and wash my hands of the whole business. On the other hand if it seems that something might be ac. complished to further the security of the aged I will do my best for them. I would like to restate that I got into the thing thru pity, and I am glad that I will be in a position to tell the old people whether they are being bilked. The most damnable thing this side of anywhere, it seems to me, is to play on the credulity of anyone, most especially the trusting old people. NUMBER PLEASE! If I had an extra 3c stamp I would send this one to Ripley: Thursday morning Scrap Hendrix called Dude Epting over the phone. At the Iden tical moment, yea, the identical sec ond Mr. Epting was calling Mr. Hendrix. Each heard the other call ing for each other’s number. Is this mental telepathy or just coincidence? PENSION ASSOCIATION FORMED HERE INTEREST OF THE AGED An association to be known as the O’Neal Pension association was form ed here Friday morning at which time about 150 old people ranging from 60 to 90 attended. They listen, ed with intent interest as F. H. East- erlin unfolded and talked about his plans for giving each person over 65, and perhaps those over 60, a pension of $30 per month. Some 40 of those present joined at the conclusion ol his talk, paying $1 membership fee for the balance of the year. Mr. Easterlin told his hearers that he had been interested in a pension for ten years. His sympathy was engendered by the plight of his own mother and father-in-law in their last years. He was the author of the first pension bill enacted in this state and piloted it through the house of re presentatives when a member there. At this point he praised Representa tive Marvin Abrams (a house mem. her at that time) and Representa tive Kess Derrick for their support of his bill. Mr. Easterlin outlined his plan foi collecting a sort of transaction tax plan which would yield ter, mil lion dollars each year, this amount being necessary to pay each person over 60 the $30 monthly pension. “But if this plan proves a complete failure”, he continued, “that doesn’t remove the need for a pension asso ciation.” He pointed out that school teachers, lawyers and other profes sions got mostly what they wanted because they were organized. He call ed attention to his own brotherhood, the railway brotherhood, and said that through this organization rail way workers were assured a pension after they retired. They got this pension, he said, because they were organized and able to convince the lawmakers of their strength. At the close of Mr. Easterlin’s talk officers of the local unit were elected. They are: O. F. Armfield, president; J. B. McDowell, vice-president; Mrs. J. H. Abrams, secretary-treasurer, and J. W. Swindler, chaplain. The organization will meet again in about three weeks. Third Call Sends Ten Men To Army The local Selective Service boards notified ten white men of Newberry county Wednesday to report for in duction on Friday, February 21. The men will go to Fort Jackson at Co lumbia. This constitutes Newberry’s third call for men to the United States army, the other calls being in December and January. Sent orders of inductions on Local Board No. 58 were the following: Jacob Sidney Fulmer, volunteer, R. F. D. No. 4, Newberry; N. C. Buford Wilson, 1919 Nance street; Harry Edwin Moose, Newberry Hotel, New berry; Lewis Jones Vaughn, Jr., North Church street, Whitmire; B. Adcox, Sinclair avenue, Whitmire; Claude Horace Seymore, R. F. D. No. 1, Whitmire; Clarence Leland De hart, R. F. D. No. 3, Newberry. Notified for induction on Local Board No. 59 were the following: Guy William Dominick, volunteer, R. F. D. No. 1, Chappells; Canmon Boyd Epting, R. F. D. No. 4, Newberry; William Hunter Caldwell, Jr., K. F. D. No. 3, Prosperity. BATTERY C BEGINS TRAINING LOAN SHOP IS IN NEW LOCATION The Loan Shop, located since its establishment here in the building next to the Carryteria, has moved to lower Main street, in the building formerly occupied as a grocery and operated by the late Claud Senn. Ar thur Felder, Jr., manager of the Loan Shop, directs customers atten tion to this change of location, and invites all to visit him there. The concern loans money on personal property and carries a line of new and second-hand merchandise. SEEN ABOUT TOWN A card addressed to FRANK SANDERS at the Hotel Wiseman begnuning “Dear Jimmy, when you finish reading this, please give it to Frank.”.. • ERNEST BROOKS looking for small cal endar of 1941—but not finding it ...MISS AZILEE LIVINGSTON carrying blue umbrella.. .FELIX GREENE, JR., dictating court docket to secretary.. TOM POPE JR., and JAKE WISE in conver sation as they walk toward the court house...ROY CLARY dis cussing flower-growing with yonr scribe.. .“BOO” SCURRY bill collecting. . - Inductees from Newberry (now stationed at Fort Jackson, home for Sunday—all declaring they were liking army life just fine ... DON ROOK crossing College street.. .boy boarding bus wearing a tarn... someone wondering if he were, by any chance, an Englishman... TINCE DAVIS standing in sun shine on corner of College and Boyce streets... MRS. HUGH K. BOYD holding onto her |iat one very windy day.. • PROF. CHAS. TRABERT—one of the nicest and most jovial persons we know —parking car...School students walking around the town in the mornbigs—reminding one that it is exam week...A kind gentle man buying several college stu dents ice cream sodas .. Recent Birthday anniversaries, and those of next week, are as follows: Mrs. R. C. Williams, Jan. 29; R. C. Williams, Feb. 2; T. S. Har mon, Feb. 8; Dorothy French, Feb. 8; Miss Mattie Adams. Feb. 10; Mrs. J. W. Smith, Feb. 10; Jofai James Chappell, Feb. 12; Herman Langford, Feb. 14. Newberry boys who comprise Battery C, 107th separate battalkm,' Coast Artillery, anti-aircraft (form erly known as Battery “I” of the 263rd Coast Artillery, South Carolina National Guards) go into active ser vice Monday, February 10, and will have ten days preliminary training at the temporary armory on the county fair grounds before leaving for Camp Stewart in Georgia. The men will be officially inducted into federal service Monday and all their records and papers changed from members of the South Carolina National Guard to the regular Unit ed States army. The number of men in the unit now stands at 76, the authorized strength of the state National Guard. From February 10th to the 19th the number may be built up to 104 men, the federal authorized strength at present. When adequate housing facilities are available at Camp Ste wart the unit wUl increase to 143 men. This is the peacetime strength. Members of the army medical board will arrive in Newberry either Wed nesday or Thursday of next week and all men undergo a rigid physical ex amination at that time. Members of the batallion will re port to the air grounds each morn ing at 6:45 and remain until after the supper hour. The day will be spent in the preliminary training of soldiers with instructions given by Captain Tom T’ope, executive Lieut. John C. Billinsley, Lieut. Earl Hipp, Lieut. Purvis Bane, and Lieut. Mc- Crady, recently sent here from the medical detachment. The preliminary training days will be filled with practice marches with full packs, conditioning exercises, lectures in military discipline and courtesies, and other necessary schooling. It is expected that the battalion will leave Newberry on the morning of February 19 by train for Camp Stewart which is near Savannah, Ga. An advanced detail, headed by Sgt. Leland Welling, leaves February 17. COURT DISPOSES OF COPELAND CASES Cases which had been disposed of up until Thursday morning in the Court of Common Pleas, which con vened here Monday, February 3, with Judge Dennis, of Darlington presid ing, were the following: Hettie Miller vs. the estate of E. Bartow Copeland deceased. A de fault verdict was found $100 actual damage. $225 punitive damage. Mrs. Epsie Buzhardt vs. the estate of E. Bartow Copeland, deceased. The jury found for the plaintiff, $150. Mrs. Alsa M. Thomas vs. the estate of E. Bartow Copeland, deceased. The verdict was for the palintiff, sum of $550. The above cases were disposed of Monday. On Tuesday, was the ap peal of Ross George vs. the South Carolina State Highway Department. The jury found for the plaintiff, $500. The case of W. J. Lindler vs. the South Carolina State Highway De partment began Wednesday and was continued until Thursday. Other cases to come before the court are: M. D. Derrick vs. State Highway Department. N. A. Nichols vs. State Highway Department. J. W. Ballentine vs. State Highway Department. F. L. Dominick vs. State Highway Department. R. C. Underwood vs State Highway Department. John J. Chappell vs. R. M. Duck ett as Executor of the Last Will and Testament of Haskell Wright. NEW SOUTH EXPRESS LINES IN NEW QUARTERS Coroner Wilson asks us to inform the public that he has moved the headquarters of the New South Ex press lines from Caldwell street to a new building built for the concern near the intersection of the Green ville and Whitmire highways, near Renwick’s Sinclair station. The cor- orner wants his friends to call on him there and enjoy the fresh country air, and if possible, his stale jokes. He says the new location will en able him to give better service, if possible. Mr. Wilson has been ill but is now as well and contentious as ever. He would not confirm the report that he was going to raise goats on the side out there in sub urban Newberry. MOVE TO NEWBERRY Mrs. Price J. Padgett and daugh ter, Nancy, have returned to New berry from McClellansville and are making their home with her parents, Dr. and Mrs. C. D. Weeks. Mr. Pad gett is with the U. S. Engineering Department which has charge of building of airports in the National Defense Program. He is temporar ily located in Charlotte, N. C., and will be transferred from there to Columbia. Hal Kohn is back at his place of business after being confined to his home with influenza for a week. Mr. John Wicker, who has been very ill at his home on Boundary street for several weeks, is reported somewhat better at this time. Bath Sides Heard In Big Fight Over Liquor Issue. How to Raise Three Million That Would Be Lost Main Argument With Many Columbia, Feb. 4 Drys asserted today that it would be “undemocrat ic” for the legislature to refuse to enact a pending prohibition bill after Democratic primary voters favored a dry law last summer. Against Property Taxes On the other hand, wets who spoke also on a pending outright dry bill before the house judiciary committee said industry feared heavier proper ty taxes if the legal sale of liquor beer and wine were outlawed. Some asked that a sales tax be levied rather than a property tax in the event that the legislature repealed the wet law and founa it hecessary to find' revenue to replace the esti mated $3,000,000 di rived annually from legalized sales. The committee deferred action on the bill, sponsored by Representa tive Moore of Cherokee, and others, following the two-hour hearing, was attended by several hundred persons. “The poorest business South Caro lina has eVer been in is the liquor business . . . morally, economically and certainly spiritually,” said Dr. F. C. McConnell, pastor of the First Ratist church of Anderson, who was the drys’ first speaker. The bill, he said, “will accomplish more and bring a greater blessing than any other bill could bring at this time.” Not Opposing Prohibition But John W. Airingington, Green ville textile executive who said he was not opposing prohibition, bnt favored temperance “in aU things.” declared that "I don’t believe we can legislate morals flay ihore than yon can legislate our cigarettes or legis late people into church. He asked the committee in con sidering the bill, which proposes no revenue would be lost bv prohibition’s return, to remember that “industry is heavily burdened*’ with taxes. W. W. Smoak, former Colleton county legislator, said a majority of 58,995 voters favored prohibition “which vote was only advisory but it was nevertheless a democratic mandate to the general assembly.” Smoak asserted that dry forces were “taking the position that a vote against the great majority of the voters in this state would be undemocratic in the extreme.” He, as well as dry speakers who followed him, said that some law makers who failed to follow this “mandate” would be defeated for public office next time and that the consumption of liquor has doubled under the six-year-old wet law. How T,abor Regards It Earl B. Britton of Columbia, chairman of the legislative commit tee of the State Federation of Labor, said that “Labor doesn’t divide itself into a wet or dry movement” but “you’d better not let the horse out and then shut the door” from' a re venue standpoint. He asked: “Do you think you’re going to have any success in South Carolina enforcing a dry law with wet statefe adjoining? You’re simply killing the goose that laid the golden eggs.” Mrs. Harry D. Reed of Columbia, speaking for the South Carolina unit of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, said she had done mission work in one section of Columbia. Reports 0*i Mission Work “If you could see the result of li quor in that section,” she saia, “I am sure no gentleman before me could vote to continue the sale of li quor in our state. I beg you to think not of yourselves but of your weaker brothers and sisters.” Dr. A. L. Smethers, Anderson phy sician termed liquor “damnable stuff” and objected to “all the bright things luring our youth to liquor” which he said destroyed them in “body and soul.” More diseases are due to alco hol than any thing else. “Just as sure as you are born, the people of the United States are not going to stand for the liquor indus try much longer.” His wife said that some wets con tended that liquor drinking could not be stopped by legislation. “Neither have we made people quit committing murder by legisla ture . . . and yet we wouldn’t think of doing away with our laws against killing,” she said. (Continued On Page Six) HOOFING WILL RANGE FROM JiVE TO SEDATE WALTZ AS CITY CELEBRATES TONIGHT The March of Dimes is on in New berry and the President’s Ball will be held next Friday, February 7. It is expected in the “City of Friendly F\>lk”, that the annual drive against Infantile Paralysis will this year surpass all previous rec ords. The President’s Ball has been arrar ged as a dual-purpose affair, offeri.ig first class entertainment both to those who like the square dance and also to the disciples of the jitter bug and the waltz. From 8 to 10 P. M. a big square dance will be staged at the American Legion Hut, appro priate music being furnished by a local string ensemble under the dir ection of Al Cromer. From 10 till later, the ordinary type of ballroom dance will be held to the sweet rhythm and hot swing of the Newberry College “N” Orchestra. $1 admission I will be charged for the entire even- I ing and the wide-spread comment caused by the combination idea in dicates that attendance will be the largest even seen at any dance in this vicinity. Coin boxes and coin cards have been placed in schools and business houses in all parts of the county and the dimes are already beginning to roll in. A bevy of lovely high school girls are doing their share by ming ling with the afternoon shopping crowds of Newberry, collecting dimes for the unique lapel tags labled “Fight Infantile Paralysis”. Though the flu has caused Newberry county to stage its celebration one week later than most towns, the campaign has reached a high pitch and is expected to be one of the most successful in the Palmetto State. 30 YEARS AGO The handsome residence and the large two-store building of Mr. J. B. Lathan, at Little Mountain, were to tally destroyed by fire Tuesday af ternoon. The fire was discovered up stairs in the dwelling. Mr. C. F. Lathan and Mr. Matthews, who were coming from dinner, saw smoke pouring out of the house and rushed into the house and upstairs, and up on opening oine of tihe doors the flames burst through, painfully scorching Mr. Matthews’ face. It is thought the fire started in a closet. The origin is unknown. Teachers Ask That Salaries Be Restored The South Carolina Education as sociation asked the general assembly yesterday to increase the state ap propriation for teachers salaries by approximately one million dollars which would practically restore them to their 1931 level, and at the same time announced it would not oppose passage of a prohibition bill, but in sisted that sufficient revenue be ear marked for school purposes if such a bill was passed. Members of the association appear ed before the joint senate finance and the house ways and means com mittee and both the senate and house committees on education. More than 500 teachers and mem bers of Parent-Teachers associations jammed the senate chamber, the gal lery and overflowed into the corri dors as the requests for salary in creases were made. E. R. Crow, president of the «sso- ciation, asked the committee to in crease the state pay of teachers $10 a month in each of the four salary brackets. The present scale ranges from $75 a month state aid to $90 for teachers who have taught four or more years. The Increase would make the state salaries range from $85 to $100 a month. In 1931 they ranged from $90 to $110 a month. The second speaker, Miss Julia Kibler of Newberry, representing the Classroom teachers, told the commit tees that teacher salaries in the state had dropped steadily since 1931. Statistics had been figured from the basic average salary of $100 fixed by the Southern Association of College and Secondary schools which law was genally observed in 1931. She explained that the salaries had been cut the first year, 10 per cent; and then 16 per cent to 20 per cent, and 22 per cent on the average. Some individuals had been cut as much as 39 per cent until the total finally amounts to more than $10,000,000 in salaries during the past ten years. She explained that there should be a continued restoration Which was partially started in 1935, but never completed. She brought out thalj the teachers want a restoration in their salaries this year. Miss Kibler explained that if South Carolina had saved her schools by lowering the income tax brackets bo $800, the individual teacher would have paid $26.88 in ten years in stead of $1,040, which he did pay, making the tax 80 per cent instead of the usual 2 per cent barring ex emptions. Dr. James C. Kinard, president of Nerwberry college, said it was essen tial that the education program in South Carolina be placed “on a fir mer basis. Those of us who are try- mg to teach our children are finding it increasingly difficult to turn young women to the teaching profession.” He said this was due to low salaries and high cost of preparation. Miss Mary Bond, Clarendon coun ty teacher, described as typical of those teachers whose salaries are not augmented by other sources, told the committees that the state was not “providing a living wage” for its teachers. Miss Bond said she received $80 a month for an eight-month term, or $720 a year. Of this amount sht» said it cost $360 a year for board and lodging and a minimum of $150 a year for clothing. “That leaves $17 a month for transportation, books, school materials, insurance, aid to your family, contributions, and sav ings.” Earle Britton, state labor leader, said labor organizations in the state were firmly behind the association’s proposal for increased teachers sal aries. He suggested not only a rest oration now, but that the teachers should be repaid $10,000,000 they lost due to the heavy cut in salary. J. C. Holler, Anderson county superintendent of education, said the best teachers were going to counties which could give “an additional sti pend” to their teachers. Others appearing before the com mittees were Jessie T. Anderso*, of Florence, vice president of the state association, James H. Fulmer, and Mrs. James Derrieux of the South Carolina Council for Common Good,’ representing 16,000 women in nine state organizations. Forestry Head Enters Military Service Because of the extensive defense program many changes have been made in the personnel of the local forsestry office. Ranger John C. Bil lingsley, who has for years so cap ably supervised forestry work in the Enoree division of the Sumter Na tional Forests, winds up his duties this week and goes into active ser vice next Monday on his job as exe cutive first lieutenant of Battery C, 107th separate batallion of Coast Artillery, anti-aircraft. Replacing Ranger Billings’ey will be Ranger George K. Schaeffer who moved to the city Tuesday with his family and is living in the McCaughrin apart ments on Walnut street. He formerly worked in the Chatahoochee National Forest in Georgia. George Wright, project manager who was located out at Camp 6, has left and was replaced by C. B. Ross, former project manager of the Long Cane district of the forest at Green wood. K. L. Martin, machine operator at Camp 6 has been promoted to fore man at the work camp at Fort Jack- son. Now doing his work at the Camp is Reece A. Hubbard of Wal- halla. Floyd Behelar, mechanic at Camp 6, is a member of the local Guard unit and will also go into service on the 10th. His place is being filled by S. H. Burnett of Inman. AN INVITATION This in an invitation to the men of Newberry, over eighteen years of age, who are interesting in rifle or pistol shooting or who would like to learn to shoot. The Newberry Rifle and Pistol Club would like to have several new members who are interested in marks manship and who would like to take advantage of the opportunity of fir ing under the supervision of Mr. James R. Stewart, an instructor who is certified by the United States Small Arms Firing school. The club will meet Tuesday night, February 11, 1941 at Hill Brothers garage, at 7:30 p. m. Newberry Rifle and Pistol Club. Tabor L. Hill, President. MOLLOHON CHORAL CLUB The Mollohon Choral club will practice Saturday morning, Febru ary 8, at eleven o’clock at the East Side Baptist church. Miss Jean Copeland of Shorter College, Rome. Ga., spent the week end at home. She was accompanied by her roommate, Miss Kathleen Wil son of Huntsville, Alabama. Columbia, Feb. 2.—The house hu passed the senate bill requiring mar riage licenses, with a few amend ments, and the bill has gone to con ference, and will become law. Th* bill makes it unlawful for any per son to contract matrimony without license, and any officer or person per form! x a marriage ceremony with out j oduction of a license is sub ject to a fine of not more than $100 nor less than $25 or imprisonment of not more than 30 days nor less than 10 days. No license is to be issued when the woman is under 1* or the man under 18. In some of the counties the license is to be is sued by the probate judge and in some by the clerk of court, 25 cents to go to the officer, and the rermsis- ing 75 cents to the county. I noticed in the papers the other day that in the little town of Green ville and the small town of Union the merchants had gone together and they had provided a rest room for the ladies who come to town from the country. I have spoken of ths advantages of such a thing for Now- berry a number of times and we could Utilize the old court house building for that purpose with mighty little cost, and yet I reckon the objection is that it would be a little closer to some merchant than it is to another, and some fellow is af raid the other fellow will get a lit tle more benefit out of it. All departments of the State gov ernment and the State institutions got all they ask^d from the legisla ture, so everybody ought to be happy. The appropriation bill for the year carries very nearly two million dol lars. It is the largest in several years. The State is growing and the people are rich. Mr. B. C. Matthews was elected as a member of the board of directors of the Southern Home Insurance company of which Mr. O. E. Johnson was elected president at a meeting in Charleston on the first. It is proposed to build a highway from Virginia to Georgia. We would be glad to see that highway from Greenville and from Spartanburg via Newberry to Columbia built. It could be done in a few days and done easily and with the ouJay of a very small amount of cash. Will not some one lead the movement and call a 'meeting at f Newberry—* central point—and aret representatives pres ent and start the ball rolling? REAGIN MOVE ACROSS STREET Reagins Shoe Shop is now located in the building next to the Carryteria iust vacated bv the Loan Shop. Rea- •rins is the oldest shoe repair concern in the citv and enioys a large pat ronage. Thev invite you to call at their new quarters. DANCE AT CLUB ON 14TH Members of the Countrv club are invited to attend a Valentine dance at the club house Fridav, the 14th, from 8:30 until 12:30. An enjoyable evening, with round and square danc ing has been nlanned. One dollar per couple will furnish the music and snnper. If you are planning to come, nlease phone a member of the com mittee below so that supper can be planned. Mrs. Dave Hayes. Mrs. Fd McCraekin. Mrs. Everette Evans, Mrs. Clem Youmans. NEWBERRY pottvtv Fnnr ATION ASSOCIATION MEETING The Newbem-v County Education Association will meet on Thursday, February 13 in the auditorium of the Newberry high school at three p. m.