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% VOLUME 4; NO. 23 The Rising Sun—1856-1860 NEWBERRY, S. C. FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 1941 PUBLISHED WEEKLY Spring Trade Event April 4th, 5th and 7th Extra Values In All Wanted Merchandise Will Be Offered Next Week End Spring and Summer merchandise and bargains of every kind will crowd the counters and pack the stores of the local businessmen next week as the merchants of Newberry bring lo cal shoppers the biggest and best bar gain festival yet to be held in the “City of Friendly Folk”. Newberry Trade Days, arranged on an entirely new plan, will be present ed on Friday, Saturday and Monday, April 4, 5, and 7, 1941. During the past two years, New berry’s progressive businessmen have promoted a semi-annual shopping ev ent, held each sping and each fall. During that time, local merchants have tried to study the various ef fects of these events on the shopping public and have gained many new ideas thereby. In the event to be promoted next week, under the spon sorship of the Newberry Chamber of Commerce and local merchants, a \ number of important changes have been made in the system, and mer chants feel sure that the public will be delighted with the simplified plan and the many substantial bargains which will be offered. Stores this spring will be allowed to offer as many “loss leaders” as they wish, and no attempt will be made to prevent any sort of duplication in bargains. In other words, its every ma^. for himself, each storje being given a free hand in an attempt to show the public the possibilities of unusual bar gains everywhere. With Easter fol lowing close after Trade Days, an op portunity for Easter buying, never known before in the “City of Friendly Folk,” will be presented. Both news papers are cooperating and the festi val is being highly publicized in all parts of the county. Look for the stores with the window posters and paper pennants and take advantage of this chance to do your Easter shopping at bargain prices. Says Draftees Get Plenty of Eats North Carolina Representative De mands That Fish “Quit Mak ing Such Fool Statements Washington, March 25.—A demand that Representative Fish, Republican, New York, “quit making such fool statements” was entered today by Re presentative Clark, Democrat, North Carolina, in-denying that selective service men were underfed at Fort Bragg, N. C. Fish told the house yesterday he had received reports “that the boys there, who have been drafted at $21 a month, are not receiving ample food; that they are not receiving any milk or fruit.” Clark, just back from an inspec tion of defense activities in south eastern North Carolina, including Fort Bragg, read this telegram from Major General Jacob L. Devers, the commanding general there: “Any allegations reference insuf ficient food, especially milk and fruit, for selectives at Fort Bragg without any foundation of fact. “All men are being provided one- half pint of milk per man per day; every man receives fresh fruit and fresh vegetables, each man from one and one-half to two pounds total, and total food issue of from five and one- half to six pounds per day per man.” College Orchestra To Broadcast Saturday The Newbery College “N” Orches tra, under the direction of Chris Kaufmann, will broadcast over Sta tion WCOS, Columbia, Saturday night, March 29, from the South Carolina Beta Club Convention in Co lumbia. The broadcast will begin at 11:05 and last until 11:30 p.m. Those wishing to listen are reminded that station WCOS changes its frequency from 1370 kc. to 1400 kc. on Satur day. This is one of a series of Beta con vention dates the orchestra will play. WAGE INCREASE An increase of $1 per week for all employees has been announced by lo cal textile mills. Mills over the state generally announced wage in creases last week ranging from 5 to 7 1-2 per cent. Seriously Hurt Miss Virginia Sadler, of Clinton, better known to her many friends in Newberry as “Jinky”, suffered a broken back in an automobile acci dent between Columbia and Camden Saturday. The attending physician reported that Miss Sadler was para lyzed by the injury, but that she was resting satisfactorily in Columbia Hospital. LARGE ATTENDANCE AT LEGION MEETING Ninety-four members of the local post of Americon Legion were pres ent at the regular monthly meeting Monday night. A fish stew was serv ed at the World War Memorial build ing to all present. The speaker for the evening was Hon. Fred H. Dominick, whose sub ject was “Our Privileges—How We Attain Them and Maintain Them by the Bill of Rights.” Chalmers Brown is commander of Local Post No. 24. METHODIST LAYMAN MEETING Featuring Mr. Ralph L. Ramsey, Secretary of the Georgia Education Association, as the chief speaker, Rev. W. B. Garrett, Superintendent of the Greenwood District has an nounced. a district-wide Layman’s meeting on next Sunday afternoon. The meeting is to be held at the St. Paul’s church, Saluda at 3 p. m. Every official of all the churehesf'ln the district, is urged to attend this meeting. Mr. Ramsey is well known as a speaker. Those who have heard him find that he is interesting and that he has something worth saying and knows how to say it. The attend ance upon this meeting is not limited to official members, everyone has a cordial invitation to attend. CALVIN CROZIER CHAPTER MEETS TUESDAY The Calvin Crozier Chapter, Unit ed Daughters of the Confederacy, will meet Tuesday afternoon, April 1, at four o’clock, at the home of Mrs. A. T. Neely with Mrs. Roy Summer, as sociate hostess. ASKS RESTRICTION ON WINE Maybank Prefers It Put in Liquor Stores, So None Sold INights and Sundays Columbia, March 25.—Governor Burnet Maybank called on the gen eral assembly today for a law cur tailing the sale of “strong wine” for “immediate action” on a $100,000 “civilian defense plan” and for re lief of “congestion” at the state peni. tentiary. The recommendations were con tained in three separate messages read in both houses. The communi cations were received as informa tion. Maybank said county sheriffs “say” Saturday night and Sunday sales of “strong wine” from stores and beer parlors “is the worst matter they have to contend with.” For that reason, he said, he recommended “that as soon as possible you gentle men transfer the sale of this wine to the liquor stores in order that it may not be sold so promiscously over South Carolina during the week-end. “If there are reasons why this cannot be done immediately, I ear nestly urge that you pass a law pro hibiting the sale of wine from 7 p.m. Saturday until 7 a. m. Monday morn ing, during the life of the selective service law.” On the matter of the penitentiary, Maybank wrote tHat ‘livable condi tions’ there “have become almost im possible.” “I earnestly urge that you take immediate steps to make available $20,000 with which to place toilet fa cilities in 128 cells,” he said. In addi tion, “I would recommend that a new building , to house 300 prisoners, be erected to relieve the congestion. . .” Only about 1,000 prisoners can be cared for “in a safe, healthful man ner” at the penitentiary, Maybank pointed out. At present, however, there were 1,310 prisoners there and with spring court terms in session “the prospects are that several hund red additional prisoners will be sent to us within the next 30 days.” Money Made Ready For Market Building Dr. Yv-ung M. Brown, member of the committee for building a market building here, has been advised by Alan Johnstone, general counsel for PWA that the president has approv ed a sum of $23,281 for the structure. It is thought that the building will be erected on the lot directly back of the court house and if funds are suf ficient will be made large enough to house the county agent’s force. The primary purpose of the build ing is to afford market space for farmers who wish to sell products of their farms at retail on the local market. A movement for such a building has been under way some two years or more, the county coun cil of farm women and other farm organizations favoring it. Last Of Contests To Be Held Tonight The final State Oratorical contest, sponsored by the South Carolina De partment of the American Legion, will be held at Holland Hall, New berry College, Friday night, March 28 at 7:30. There will be seven contestants participating, one from each or the former Congressional districts. The winner of first place will receive a $100 scholarship to any South Caro lina institution and a silver loving cup given by Local Post 24 and W. ft. Turner, jeweler. Second prize winner will be awa'i- ed a $50 scholarship to any South Carolina institution. The first prize winner will go to Charleston to compete in the Nation al finals, and the winner at Charleston will receive a $4,000 scholarship giv en by Eddie Cantor. Winner of this scholarship last year was Fletcher Padgett, Jr., of Saluda. Presiding at the contest Friday night will be W. D. Swhardtz of Charleston, Americanism Chairman of tlft American Legion, Department of South Carolina. Inquest Held An inquest into the death of Rob ert Watts, negro, who was killed Sun day morning, was held Tuesday, p. m., at the courthouse. The jury brought the verdict that Watts died of a gunshot wound at the hands of Bluford Simpson, another negro. Simpson is being held in jail with out bail, and will be tried at the next term of criminal court. PREACHER POUNDED Services at Helena Chapel last week resulted in the reception of 25 into church membership, all on prof ession of faith except 4 who united by restatement. Ten were baptized'. At one service, on the challenge to take an out and out stand for Christ and Christian living, the entire congrega-, tion came forward in rededication. On Saturday night, little Betty Zobel lured the pastor. Rev. C. A. Calcote to the door of one of the Sunday School rooms where a gen erous “pantry pounding” had been carefully deposited by the residents of the community. Over 600 chapters of the Bibles had been read by the church attendants during the meeting days. AUTO HURTS FATAL TO LEE B. SIMS Lee Backman Sims, 29, died early Tuesday morning at the Newberry county hospital from injuries he re ceived in an automobile accident Sat urday. Funeral services were held Wed nesday afternoon at 4:30 o’clock fronl the Methodist church in Whit mire with Rev. G. S. Duffie in charge, assisted by Rev. J. M. McKittrick. In terment followed in the Rogers church cemetery near Whitmire. Mr. Sims is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lougenia Martin Sims and four children, Betty, Joycelan, Thomas Backman and Charles Lee Sims; his father, Thomas C. Sims; three broth ers and two sisters, Fred, Ralph and Earle Sims, Miss Rudell Sims and Mrs. Nannie Bain. READ THIS SERIES Read the “patriotic” page adver tisement in this issue, and the four which are to follow. Take time also to read and note the names which fol low the ads. Firms sponsoring such advertising as this stand to gain little in a business way, and they know it. They realize, however, that Americans need constantly to be reminded of their blessings and are willing to back up this conviction with a little cash. Read these ads; they are well written and each contains a worth-while mes sage for us all. Approval Given To Farmer Loans Senate Group is Favorable to tPlan Designed for Better Prices Washington, March 25.—A far- reaching plan to jack up farm prices by government loans to growers was approved unanimously today by the senate agriculture committee, mem bers of which declared that farmers must have their “fair share" of na tional defense prosperity. Senator Bankhead, Democrat, Ala bama, author of the bill seeking to increase prices for cotton, wheat, com, tobacco and rice, estimated it would “add about a billiqn dollars (annually) to income of these produc ers.” * The committee action won the immediate support from Edward A. O’Neal, president of the American farm bureau, who said the farmer was the “forgotten man” in the na tional defense emergency. “We do not ask for cost-plus prices, nor for time-and-one-half returns, nor for shorter hours and shorter work weeks, nor for the right to strike—all we ask is prices and in come that will enable us to exchange our products on a fair basis for goods and services produced by other groups,” he said. In brief, the Bankhead bill proposes to use government loans to raise prices of cotton, wheat and com well above recent market prices or the lev el of previous government loans on these commodities. The theory is that markets or buy ers would be forced to pay farmers these higher prices or the crop would be placed under government loans. Before farmers would be eligible for these higher loans they' would have to comply with rigid planting and marketing regulations. Bankhead said his bi|l aimed at giving farmers ^ parity by a loan that would place a floor under these prices”. A “parity price”, under existing | farm legislation, is one that would assure a farm product the same relative purchasing power it had in some previous base period, usually the pre-war period of 1909-14. Bankhead said the legislation would order government loans at a “parity price level less the amount of soil conservation payments”. As an example cotton has been selling at near ten cents a pound and recent government loans have been below this figure although the pres ent parity price is 15.87 cents a pound. Because growers receive 1.37 cents as “soil conservation payments” the proposed new loan would be 14 1-2 cents, or nearly 50 per cent above present market prices. Taxpayers League Urges Reduced Budget Group Cites Burdens Under Defense Prog.am; Epps of Sumter Remains Head Columbia, March 25.—A 1941-42 state budget “substantially” below the current budget was recommended today by the Farmers and Taxpayers League at a meeting here. The proposed reduction should “have in mind the covering of the cumulative deficits from 1940 and 1941 with the revenue beyond the amount of the budget”, the league’s resolution said. Because of demands of national de fense, the league held that “our state should lay a restraining hand on all its public services and proceed to lift from the taxpayers what ever bur den may be lifted, so that our citi zens, as taxpayers of both the nation and the state, may not bear unnec essary loads.” “This is a time to hold down all state commitments on a basis of nor mal revenue,” the resolution said. “To appropriate money, or to au thorize services on the basis of in flation, or abnormally stimulated production, would bring in their train a calamitous dislocation of our economic life upon the return or nor mal production and income.” Other resolutions recommended rati fication of the biennial legislative ses sion constitutional amendments, de linquent tax collection by non-elwtive officers or by the tax commission, lim itations of punitive damages “to a small percentages of the award for ac tual damages” and payment of such damages into county treasuries. Carl B. Epps of Sumter was re elected president of the league with J. Skottowe Wannamaker ot St. Matthews, J. R. Fairey, of Fort Motte, B. W. Crouch of Saluda, and J. Roy Fant of Union named as vice presidents. J. K. Breedin of Manning was again chosen managing director. County At Large Represented On National Defense Committee According to instructions from the South Carolina Council for National Defense, officers of the Newberry Chamber of Commerce have appoint ed the Newberry County National Defense Committee. A delegation from Newberry County attended the meeting of the State National De fense Council at the Wade Hampton Hotel in Columbia several weeks ago, and members of this delegation were automatically appointed to the Coun cil by Governor Maybank. The dele gation representing Newberry Coun ty was composed of E. B. Purcell, Newberry; Senator Marvin E. Ab rams, Whitmire; Keister Wheeler, Prosperity; Ted W. Bremer, Newber ry. Other members appointed this week to the County Committee for National Defense, are as follows: Au brey Harley, Newberry; C. C. Hutto, Newberry; Mayor J. W. Earhardt, Newberry; Z. F. Wright, Newberry; Dr. C. D. Weeks, Newberry; Clem I. Youmans, Newberry; Mayor Francis Douglas, Whitmire; Alvin Kinard, Pomaria; Representative J. Kess Derrick, Little Mountain; J. F. Haw kins, Route 4, Newberry; A. E. Reese, Route 1, Newberry; D. B. Sease, Rt. 3, Newberry; C. T. Smith, Rt. 1, Kin. ardls; Francis Scurry, Chappells; D. L. Wedaman, Rt. 2, Pomaria; John A. Mayer, Pomaria; Mrs. Paul Long, Rt. 3, Newberry; Miss Grace Summer Newberry; Mrs. R. H. Wright, New berry; Miss Theresa Leightsey, New berry. The State Council for National De fense is attempting to have county committees appointed for every coun ty in South Carolina. The exact du ties of the county committees have not been fully defined, but they are generally to be considered a reser voir of man power organized and ready at all times to undertake any project or proposition making for closer participation in efforts con cerning National Defense. At any time National or State authorities wish to recruit the assistance or lo cal communities in Defense projects, the “contact” men will be lined up and ready for quick action. Also, any local ideas or problems concern ing National Defense may be refer red to the committee through the Newberry Chamber of Commerce. Wants Ban On Liquor Near Army Camps Washington, March 25.—Congress man Joseph R. Bryson today called upon Congress to request the presi dent to issue an order immediately abolishing the sale and consumption of all alcoholic liquors in army camps. He also requested congress to pass legislation outlawing sale of alco holic beverages in areas adjacent to army camps, and to pass such other laws “as will protect the youth of this nation from this recognized fifth column.” ? ir 5fa. makiag these requests uf Con gress, Representative Bryson 'cited a warning by General Marshall oi im moral conditions existing within the areas outside the camps, and calling upon their removal in protection of the soldiers from the traffic in liquors and licentiousness when they are on leave from military duty. PERFECT ATTENDANCE ROLL JOHNSTONE SCHOOL The following is the honor roll and perfect attendance roll for last month at Johnstone school: Hopror Roll i Grade 1: Jackson Norris. Grade 2: Peggy Minick. Grade 3: Bobby Minick. Grade 4: Billy Minick. Perfect Attendance Grade 1: Jackson Norris. Grade 2: Peggy Minick. Grade 3: Bobby Minick, Julia Wick er. Grade 4: John Miller, Billy Minick. Grade 5: Patricia Spotts, Earl Wicker. Grade 6: Kathleen Boozer. Grade 7: Emmer Miller, Josephine Turner, Sedell Goodman. WESSINGER-WESSINGER Of interest to their many friends was the recent marriage of Miss Mild red Wessinger, and Leroy Wessmger of Chapin. They are at present liv ing with the parents of the groom, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Wessinger. OPERA HOUSE WILL SHOW “HIT PARADE OF 1941” The newest comedy hit to be releas ed by Republic pictures is “Hit Parade of 1941” which will be shown at the Opera House, Monday and Tuesday, March 31 and April 1. Featured in this brilliant musical comedy will be the singing stars of radio and screen, Kenny Baket, and Frances Langford, those two famous comedians, Mary Boland and Hugh (woo-woo) Herbert, and Hollywood’s latest dance sensation, Ann Miller. Others in the cast are Patsy Kelly, Phil Silvers, Sterling Holloway, the Six Hits and a Miss, and Borrah Min- evitch and his Harmonica Rascals. This is a picture you can’t afford to miss. INDIANS VICTORS TWICE The Newberry College baseball team won two victories in a row over Lenior-Rhyne from North Carolina here Wednesday afternoon taking a 2 to 1 victory in a brilliant hurling duel. Mac Williams limited the visitors to a single hit in seven innings. The L-R boys got their only run in the ninth. Tuesday, Newberry defeated L«n- oir-Rhyne 8-6, in a game featured by the hitting of Buddy Corley, and the pitching of Randall. $100,000 Favored S. C. Defense Work Columbia, March 26.—Chairman G. P. Callison announced the house mili- ta.y affairs committee agreed today to introduce a bill to appropriate $100,000 for the state council of de fense to assist in combatting subver sive activities and aiding civilians in case of war or for other emergency purposes. The bill would give permanent sta tus to the council by Governor Bur net R. Maybank last year. Of the appropriation, $50,000 would be (or aqai^tiag civilians in air-raid shelter work and other similar de fense preparations, if deemed neces sary, and $13,000 for checking vener eal diseases in the armed forces. The sum of $12,000 would be used for in vestigators to work with the FBI in ferreting out subversive elements. NEWBERRY BOYS HONORED Ranny Kirkland, a senior at Clem- son College, was promoted last week from a second lieutenancy to position of first lieutenant in the cadet corps [at the college. Kirkland was one of three boys to be given this honor. Lane Kirkland, who has been a stu dent in a Marine School in Algiers, Louisiana for the past six weeks, made the highest average in his class and was the first student to be plac ed on a Merchant Marine ship to go to the Far East. Lane will be gone for two years. Both Ranny and Lane are grad uates of Newberry High School apd are sons of Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Kirk land of this city. COOKIE SALE Conforming to the program laid out by National Headquarters, the Girl Scouts of Troop two are starting their cookie sale Friday, March 28. The purpose of this sale is to raise the funds necessary to carry on the troops activities. Orders will be taken and money col lected at 25c for each box of 40 of these cookies this Friday and Satur day. Receipts will be given to each purchaser. Deliveries will be made the following Friday, April 2. These cookies are rich in quality. They are made especially for the Girl Scouts and are approved by National Head quarters and by Good Housekeeping. Scouting is a good thing for New berry girls. Won’t you buy several boxes ? JACKSON, MOZINGO NAMED TO BOARDS/ Columbia, March 26. — Former Lieutenant Governor E. B. Jackson of Wagener was reelected to the board of visitors of The Citadel and Sena tor James P. Mozingo of Darlington was named to the Clemson board of trustees today by the general assem bly. At a joint senate-house session for the purpose, Jackson was elected on the fourth ballot. He received 79 votes—four more than the necessary majority—to 37 for James H. Ham mond of Columbia and 33 for W. L. Daniel, Jr., of Greenwood. Mozingo defeated T. W. Thornhill of Charleston, 98-42, for the unexpir ed term of the late W. D- Barnett of Columbia. Only one place on The Citadel board was vacant although the reso lution calling for the elections had said two members were to be el acted. $1.00 PER YEAR DOWN MEMORY LANE 30 YEARS AGO Former Chief Justice Young John Pope died at his residence in Newber ry at 3:15 o’clock on Wednesday af ternoon. He had been in bad health for two or three years, and about a month ago became critically ill and had to take to his bed. While his death has cast a gloom over the com munity it was not unexpected: He had been a citizen of the community from early childhood and had identified himself closely with everything that pertained to the advancement of his home city and the going out of such a life is always a time of sorrow and sadness. All business will be sus pended during the funeral so that the citizens of the community may pay respect to the memory of Newberry’s distinguished, dead. R. P. Fair, the well known oil man, now with the Indian Refining com pany of New York, with headquarters at Columbia, was here Thursday.— Spartanburg Journal. “R. P.” landed in Newberry Saturday. Mr. Kenneth Baker has been elect ed to his third term as mayor of Greenwood on the first ballot, with four other aspirants in the field. Prof. S. J. Derrick of the Newber ry college faculty, has accepted the invitation to address the graduating class of the high school at Chapin, S. C., at their commencement. County Superintendent of Educa tion J. S. Wheeler, Dr. E. B. Setzler, and Prof. G. P. Voight, attended the State teachers’ meeting in Columbia last week. Gov. Cole L. Blease spent Thursday night in Rock Hill for the first time since the primary last year. The gov ernor has some loyal supporters in Rock Hill, and also some very bitter enemies. He headed the ticket in York county in the first primary last summer. FLORIDA COURT RULES MOTHER IS SUPERIOR Tallahasssee, Fla., March 25.—Th< Florida supreme court declared tod v that, general qualifications bein- equal, a mother’s right to custody of children is superior to a father’s. There never was any merit, the couU held, in ancient common law givin v first right to the father. Justice Glenn Terrell, writing •’ divorce opinion for the court, '■■id that “in deeds springing from in nate nobleness the mother is the p r of the father and when it come to instinctive and intuitional powers, she is much his superior. . . “He can carry a heavier loa’, s' can an ox; he can kick a fo ■t’v’!' farther, but that is no test o‘ t 1 ''- qualification for gArdianship.” Ancient man may have been the boss of his cave home, but “’■-t so with the men of the present e a ” Justice Terrell said. The court affirmed deerr" r Circuit Judge Ross Williams M' ami divorcing Myron D. Ra" ’ ’ and Helen M. Randolph and custody of two minor childre" ’ T ''' younger, aged two years, wa c ' J ed to the mother, with provi^'- f ''~ each parent to visit the other c’dld. SEEN ABOUT TO'"*’ BILL TURNER showing a new kind of cigarette holder to DR. HUGH BOYD ... RALPH BLACK after listening to someone describe a whole wedding, giving in detail ex actly how the bride and all the at tendants looked, telling the describ ee to please mention that the groom was there ... MRS. HENRY BUR TON WELLS ^walking to work . .. KEITT PURCELL telling about his plane trip from Charleston to Col umbia in 35 minutes ... THERON B. BUNTING of Waycross, Ga., render ing an accordian and Vocal solo for inductees going to Fort Jack sen on Tuesday morning .. MARIE PENCE and ERNESTINE BARNES rDJn- college ... (College freshmen sell'-- tickets to picture show, snon-^nred lv track team .. DR. and MRS. JA'IFS KINARD taking a walk Saturdav af ternoon ,... PAT MITCHEM w”!’ ing up College street, seemm" to en joy the warm sunshine. Birthday Anniversar : es ..H. (O. Newman, March 28: J. ’I West, March 29; Mrs. Forster 1-mith March 29; Mrs. James Smith, March 31; Jake Wise, April 1; Mrs. Bertha D. Boylston, April 1; Fred Hayes. April 2; Oliver Cromer, April 2.