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FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1941
THE NEWBERRY SUN
PAGE FIVE
Spectator Comments on Newberry’s Recent
“Go-To-Church” Movement
Weatherman, how about it, now?
What’s on the program? And a coal
strike adding to the problem! One
day cold; then overnight a sizzling
bla**' then, after a few days of
streaming perspiration, weather which
chills one to the bone.
Lindbergh has the same right to
speak that I have; but doesn’t he
take himself too seriously? Or, is he
the one of few who see straight, while
the majority are doing the well-known
sheep-act—just muddling along, do
ing what others do?
TOO LATE! That was hearo fre
quently in the FIRST WORLD WAR;
it is true again of Britain in many
of her military ventures. It would
be true of us, too, if we had to sus
tain the brunt of actual participa
tion in the field. But must it con
tinue? Must we lag all the time?
Our men are brave, but why put men
against heavy tanks, or airplanes?
Why have men unless trained ? Why
have tanks unless the men are ex
pert in using them ?
The appalling lesson from over
seas is the powerlessness of brave
men against monster machines.
The British have to scatter their
forces to many fields because of re
sponsibilities and commitments; so
are we already committed to Green
land, the Philippines, Central Ameri
ca, South America, Canada, Mexico
and all the islands of this part of the
world. What have we?
Coal strikes, steel strikes, motor
strikes—these are bad;, but is our
leadership fully capable of preparing
for the clash of war?
Ever drop a little cotton in your
coffee for sweetening? Or did you
know the glucose is found in cotton?
As is known, the National Cotton
Council of America is studying cotton
from every angle. With the Mellon
Institute it takes cotton—stalk, lint,
fiber, seed, hulls — everything —
through a great chemical laboratory
and publishes monthly the results of
the studies. Some of the reports are
an apple above my persimmon, but
read this: “True cellulose is by far
the most important constituent of cot
ton. Cellulose is a condensation pro
duct of glucose.”
As I sat by the radio Sunday morn
ing I heard that the Newberry cham
ber of commerce had sponsored a go
to church movement and called on
all the people to attends The an
nouncer remarked that no surer
measure of defense could be taken
than that all go to church and put
themselves in harmony with the Di
vine will. Religion is the .great abili
ty which has implications Which no
one can escape, however much he
may deny them.
The Great Hebrew scholar and
teacher Gamaliel, whose fame for all
UNITED STATES CIVIL SERVICE
EXAMINATION
The United States Civil Service
Commission announces an open com
petitive examination for the position
of Teacher, Elementary Grades, $1620
a year. 1. Primary (Grades 1-3); 2.
Intermediate (Grades 4-6); 3. Upper
(Grades 7-8). For filing a vacancy in
the Post Children’s School, Navy De
partment, U. 3. Marine Barracks,
Parris Island, South Carolina. Appli
cations must be filed with the Mana
ger, Fifth U. S. Civil Service District,
New Post office building, Atlanta, Ga.
on or before the close of business on
May 21, 1941.
BENEFIT MINSTREL A1
BATESBURG
The Batesburg-Leesville Lion club
will present the Columbia Lions Bene
fit Minstrel Friday night, May 9, at
8:00 o’clock in the Batesburg-Lees
ville High school auditorium. The
proceeds from this entertainment will
go to the benefit of the Lions work
among the blind in South Carolina.
Aid to the blind and sight conser
vation is the ma/or activity of Lions
Clubs and hundreds of people in the
state have been assisted with glass
es, medical attention and training in
occupation through' the assistance of
the Lions Blind fund.
The Columbia Lions Minstrel will
present the program which was so
successfully presented to a Colum
bia audience in the Township audi
torium the evening of March 16th.
The minstrel is under the direction of
Leonard Moltz and Frank Lee of the
Columbia Lions club. The program
will include comedy, drill team, chor
us singing, solos, and all the black
face and musical accompaniments of
an old-time minstrel show.
PLAY AT JOLLY STREET
The Jolly Street school will pres
ent an operetta “Midsummer Eve”,
Friday evening May 9, at 8:30 p. m.
The public is. invited to attend.
Wallace Werts returned home Sun
day from the Columbia hospital. We
hope he wdll soon be able to be out
again.
The Jolly Street H. D. Club will
meet Tuesday, May 13, at 3:00 p. m.
All members are urged to attend.
Messrs Eddie Dunn, Claude and
Cyril Richardson and Wilbur Wicker
spent the week-end in Nashville,
Term.
time is assured as one at whose feet
sat the Apostle Paul, said to the San
hedrin, when it debated putting the
Apostles out of the way because of
their teaching, “If this counsel or this
work be of men, it will come to
nought; But if it be of God ye can
not overthrow it.”
Two thousand years find that the
work grows and gathers force, as
Napoleon himself once remarked.
Mr. Churchill, Prime Minister of
Great Britain, spoke reassuringly
Sunday, in reviewing the war. He is
faced with a situation of such ex
treme gravity that all his utterances
are sober and solemn, but he does not
indulge in boasting or bombastic pre
dictions. All who are following the
course of the war listen to Mr.
Churchill whenever he speaks. It may
be of interest to recall that his moth
er was an American.
In our practice of equity there is
a ruling maxim that he who seeks
equity must come with clean hands.
It is not too much to say that the
Nr.-ion or the people who invoke the
help of the Almighty against their
foes should come with clean hands;
should have a righteous purpose; and
should truly seek to serve humanity
and not some ignoble dream of con
quest or domination.
The so-called practical men may
laugh at those Who believes in Jeho
vah’s interest; but that is the plainest
teaching of the Scriptures; and on
that is our religion founded. We may
all need a chastening, but He will not
let impiety, pride, arrogance, deceit,
oppression triumph unless we are our
selves prompted by a spirit equally
bad.
If with clean hands we invoke the
Divine help all the implements of war
that Hitler has fashioned will be of
no avail. When nations are crushed
like egg shells; when the liberties of
men are trampled under foot; when
all the world looks so blue, we re
member that our fathers found 1 sus
taining grace and invincible help on
their knees.
Athens, the birthplace of demo
cracy, is in Hitler’s hands. Strange,
but true that the valiant people who
taught the world the meaning of rule
by the people should now be under
the heel of a nation which wishes to
master the world.
The assurance of Hitler’s ultimate
crash becomes clearer with each vic
tory. Every nation defeated by Hit
ler must be kept under control by
German garrisons. German troops
now occupy nearly every country in
Europe, while others fight in Africa.
The strain will be too great after a
while and the German chain will
break under its own weight.
Teachers of history and geography
have the finest opportunity of all time
to make vivid and realistic all the
ST PHILIPS NEWS
There will be Sunday school Sunday
afternoon 2:30 and divine service at
3:30 by our pastor, the Rev. Emmet
Roof. There will be a prayer meet
ing Sunday night at 7:30 at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Enlow. Let us
come and worship the Lord.
Sunday, being the second Sunday
in May, will be Mother’s Day.
Mrs. Anna Jarvis in Philadelphia
celebrated that day in honor of her
mother in 1911. That was the begin
ning of Mother’s Day that congress
set apart the second Sunday in May
in the y&r 1913. Then from that day
all over the United States people have
been celebrating the second Sunday
in May for all those Who have moth
ers to look forward for some nice
gift to give their mother. Boys and
girls do not forget your mother for
when they are gone they will be
greatly missed. The advice that she
gives you, you will always remeber,
and when her sweet voice becomes si
lent and you cannot hear it any more,
there will be no one to take her place.
Mother is good and true to home and
she is missed so when she has gone.
GIRL SCOUT NEWS
Miss Rodella Turner, assistant
leader of Troop 3, Mollohon Girl
Scouts attended the Leader’s Train
ing Institute at Camp Cateechee, Bre
vard, N. C., May 2, 3 and 4.
On Monday night. May 5, the Mol
lohon Girl Scouts held their regular
meeting in the Scout Room. Only
one girl was absent.
This was a most interesting meet
ing, since our Assitant Leader, Ro
della Turner, had just returned from
Camp Cateechee, where she attended
the Conference for Leaders. Rodella
must have had a most exciting time
and strange as it seems her room
mate was Miss Mary Farley Max
well, Scout Commissioner from Co
lumbia. The Scouts will remember
that Miss Maxwell and her girls met
our bus when we visited Columbia
sometime ago on the tour arranged
by Mr. Ted Bremer of the chamber
of commerce.
Rodella gave an account of every
minute spent at Cateechee, of the
real scout work accomplished and
the interesting games and songs she
learned.
Another interesting phase of this
meeting was the fact that a great
part of the Second-Class Test was
nations of the earth.
If we are to bring to bear our full
productive and inventive power, we
must let all bear a due share of the
work and the cost.
I have been giving accounts of
some major industries to show that
industry is doing its share and is not
using the war as an opportunity to
increase its wealth unreasonably. The
DuPont Company’s report for the
first quarter of 1941 shows earnings
of $1.77 a share, compared with $2.04
in the same quarter of 1940. That is
the way it looks on the surface, but
the Company really earned $3.63 a
share in the first quarter of 1941, as
against $2.42 for the first quarter of
last year. The Company set aside
$17,143,000 for Federal taxes on in
come for the first quarter. For the
same period of last year that Com
pany set aside $4,206,000 for Federal
income taxes. Leaving out the taxes,
the earnings for the first three months
of this year are the best in the history
of the Company. This is in line with
most of the reports I’ve read—more
business, but less profits. High taxes
and wages are getting a larger share
of earnings, with less for the stock
holders.
The coal strike is hampering our
industrial output seriously. To under
stand how seriously let us look at the
steel industry, the very basic product
of all our defense effort. From 100
per cent of operating capacity steel
has dropped to 96 per cent, which
means a loss of 50,000 tons of ingots
and 38,000 tons of finished steel. Rail
roads are taking off some passenger
trains because of the necessity to
conserve coal for the most urgent
use.
The automobile factories are speed
ing up production so as to make up in
a measure for the 20 per cent reduc
tion which will become effective the
1st of August. Sales of cars were
43 per cent higher during the first
ten days of April than for the same
period of last year. General Motors
reports sales for the first quarter as
36 per cent above the first quarter of
last year but higher costs and taxes
will result in a net income below that
of the same period last year. The
same result is indicated by General
Electric, which shows sales of $129,-
000,000 for the first quarter against
$86,000,000 for that period of last
year, but with net share earnings of
39 cents for this year, as compared
with 42 cents for last year.
The machine tool industry, which
is so vital for defense, is 100 per
cent above last year.
Goal shipments during the week
ending April 12th were only 31,592
cars against 113,642 a year ago. It
is estimated that with industry run
ning as it is today the shipments
would probably have been at least
130,000 cars. The strike is threaten
ing a slow down to the extent of 100,-
000 cars of coal a week.
“HOME BY THE RIVER"
'STORY HAMPTON PLANTATION
“Home By the River”, latest book
of Archibald Rutledge, poet laureate
of South Carolina, who will lecture in
Newberry May 22, is the vividly por
trayed story of the famous Hampton
Plantation, home of the author, near
Charleston.
Rutledge spent his boyhood days at
Hampton, but moved away for a per
iod of over 30 years. In 1937 he de
cided to restore the 209 year-old house
and live in it again.
He tells of the treasures he uiv
earthed in the silt-covered cellars; of
the task of replacing one of the col
umns; the social life of the old’ days
at Hampton, his experiences with all
kinds of wild life; and of the com
panionship of Prince Alston, a faith
ful negro of the plantation.
“Sometimes,” he -writes, “When I
stand on the porch in the moonlight,
I imagine that I can see the Santee
Indians flitting from oak to oak;
then Tartleton’s Red Coats thunder
ing up the avenue; then Francis Mar.
ion and his partisans stealing in by
the back door to devour the ‘leav
ings’ of a plantation dinner; then the
chariot of General Washington, com
ing up in state, somewhat creaky for
need of axle grease. And I see Jud
ith Serree, my far ancestress, whose
father built Hampton; and I think of
the book I have, inscribed ‘Judith, her
book, Hampton, 1730.’ And I realize
that I, too, am but a visitor here in
this stately home. I am, therefore,
trying to be a considerate guest.”
To read this book is the next best
thing to going to Hampton in per
son. Devotees of Colonial houses
and furniture, lovers of romantic
history, garden lovers, bird lovers,
and lovers of a rich and beautiful
English prose will all revel in these
pages.
“Home By The River”, may be
bought in Newberry from Hal Kohn.
finished. On next Monday night all
girls who have not had cooking in
High school will serve Kabobs and
coffee to the entire troop. Then with
bed-making and fire-making tests to
be stood that night. We will com
plete ihe Second-Class Test.
All Scouts are looking forward to
their summer encampment at Gatlin-
burg, Tenn., and are saving every
possible penny toward the trip.
The Scouts wish for Troop 2, all
the success possible in their drive
for funds for a Girl Scout Cabin.
Society
and CLUB
NOTES
By DORIS ARMFIELD
PARTIES CONTINUE
FOR BRIDE-ELECT
Continuing the many pre-nuptial
festivities being given for Miss Hel
en Jackson, bride-elect of this com
ing Saturday, -was a towel shower at
Which Miss Mary McClure was host
ess last Saturday afternoon.
Three tables were laid for rook
in Miss McClure’s home on Main
street, which was beautifully decorat
ed with roses, red and white.
After several progressions of rook,
prizes were given to Miss Marguerite
Bums and Mrs. Mae Stuck. The hon-
oree was also presented a gift by
the hostess.
The towels were brought in and
presented to Miss Jackson by little
Sara Anne Nichols, in her wagon.
Those present enjoyed ice cream
and individual cakes with the ini
tials J-Y printed on top.
ONE OF MY FAVORITE
pastimes, when at home with
nothing else to do is to watch
squirrels at play and work. They
may be seen at Gildercrest at most
any time as well as at several other
places in town. Just don’t let them
hear you, but sit quietly and watch,
and you, too, will find it interesting.
Often, while watching the squirrels
playing and chasing each other over
the highest limbs of the trees at Gil
dercrest, I have wondered at their
ability to hang on to the tiniest twig,
and their accuracy in reaching the
thing they strive for. I also used
to wonder if it would instantly kill ’
them should they drop from one of
the topmost limbs. One day I found
out. A squirrel, jumping from one
tree to another, missed his goal by a
fraction of an inch. The tree was
one of the oldest and highest in the
yard, and I saw the squirrel start
to fall for the distance of about 40
feet. Before be reached the ground,
I went toward the tree to pick him up,
but the second he hit he jumped up,
onto the trunk of the tree and back
to the top again. So your reporter
found out that Mother Nature takes
care of her dumb animals.
THE ROSE—THE FLOWER
beloved by so great a majority
of people, is now in bloom all over
town. Roses of every size, color and
variety may be seen. Although it’s
hardly visible from the street, one
of the prettiest rose gardens in town
is that of Miss Grace Summer on
Caldwell street. And speaking of
Miss Summer’s flowers, I might add
that I believe she has a greater var
iety of flowers than anyone in town.
The first carnations I’ve seen grow
ing in Newberry are in her garden,
although they are not yet in bloom.
But back to the subject of roses. Be
hind Dr. Frank Hunter’s home there
are piles of pretty roses, and some of
the prettiest climbing roses I’ve ever
seen are those on the fence beside
Mrs. George Hipp’s home. It al
ways was tempting to me, for I want
ed to pick those roses when I would
walk by there coming from school.
Another fence, just as lovely with
climbing, vivid, red roses is the
fence behind Mrs. Ben T. Buzhardt’s
home. Judge Blease has lots of red
and pink radiance roses, and they, too,
are beginning to bloom. Of course
there are many many more, but just
too many to mention. Ride around
and see them yourselves.
MAY DAY IS THE THING
of interest at Newberry College
from the time the Queen is selected
by the student body until the day
itself finally arrives. This year it
happened to be Friday, May 2. The
May Queen was Harriett Harden,
and maid of honor was Carolyn
Buchanan. It is interesting to note
that both the queen and maid of hon
or, and four members of the queen’s
court were local students. The royal
procession began with a trumpet fan
fare by Frances Henderson and Mad
eline Shearouse dressed in white sa
tin* gold trimmed herald costumes.
The garland girls, dressed in becom
ing afternoon dresses of orange, blue,
yellow, pink, lavender and acquama-
rine dottefl swiss, formed a lane
through which the royal party
marched. The attendants were Mary
Dodgen, Charlotte Schroder, Mary
Katherine Reiser, seniors; Ennis
Johnson, Mildred Lester, Ruth Monts,
Juniors; Mary Layton, Caroline Hal-
tiwanger, Gaynelle Redmond, sopho
mores; Virginia Graham, Jean
Johnson, Mary Nancy Robertson,
freshmen; Elvira Shealy and Caro
lyn Young, of the business depart
ment. They were all dressed in lav
ender-pink silk organdy and carried
old fashioned bouquets tied with pur
ple ribbon and streamers, and wore
a small corsage of flowers in their
hair. Their dresses were made with
fitted bodice and high neckline, bishop
sleeves and full skirts. Miss Buch
anan wore an aqua costume of the
same material, made along the same
lines as those of the attendants. She
also wore a leghorn hat with ribbon
streamers to match her ^ress. Her
bouquet was roses and delphinfuns.
The queen, an atttractive brunette,
had her regal dress of white starched
net, very full skirt in front and back,
with flowering white satin train. She
carried a green and white nosegay.
The crownbearer, Kate Stuart
Rutherford, and train bearers, Har
riett Reid and Muriel Feld, also wore
dresses like those of the attendants.
As Miss Harden reached the throne,
which was beautifully decorated -with
southern smilax and red and white
roses, she was crowned May Queen,
1941, by President James C. Kinard.
The May Day dances were under
the direction of Mrs. Mae E. Denton.
They were the Indian Com Dance,
English May Pole, Slavic Dance and
Tarantelle, Spanish Peasant Dance.
In each of these numbers, the danc
ers wore costumes appropriate to
their native dance. Music for the
occasion was furnished by the New
berry college orchestra, under the
direction of Prof. Harry Feld.
Many out-of-town visitors were
present to witness Newberry College’s
May Day, which is claimed to always
be one of the best in the state.
MISS PAULINE SUMMER
better known to all her friends
as “Polly”, has recently had the
honor of being elected secretary of
the rising senior class at Winthrop
College in Rock Hill. Polly is the
only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. O.
Summer of Mayer Avenue, and is one
of Newberry’s as well as Winthrop’s
most popular young ladies. She
graduated from Newberry high school
in the class of ’38, where she was a
member of the Beta Club, a member
of the basketball team, and active In
other school work. Since she has
been at Winthrop, she has been elect
ed Marshal; member of the Senate
(law-making body foe the college);
member of the Secondary Education
Club; and was one of the ten students
taken into Phi U, National Honorary
Home Economics Sorority. Having
lived next door to Polly for a rtumber
of years, I know that she is a swsll
girl and deserves every honor wh>h
might be bestowed upon her. ,
YOUNG PEOPLE’S LEAGUE
HAS WEINER ROAST
Tfc? Young People’s League of Ave-
leigh Presbyterian church is having a
weiner roast tonight (Thursday) at
Lynch’s Woods in honor of the New
berry College students who have been
attending the league during the school
session. The guests of honor will be
Ann Wilds, Blythewood, Elsie and
Honoria Maybin, Whitmire, Maxine
Hodge, Alcolu, Mae Gene Hodge, Lan
caster, Oscar Boozer, Chappells, and
Earl McElveen, Olanta. Members of
the local league are the following:
Florence, Vivian and Livingston
Davenport, Constance, Doris and Bil
ly Armfield, Anna Hart, Bob Todd,
Buzz Purcell, Bobby Fellers, Theodore
Neely, Hugh Connelly. Adult ad
visors are Mrs. H. B. Senn and Rev.
C. A. Calcote. Mrs Calcote, Allan
and Mack Calcote will also attend as
guests of the league.
COUNTY GETS SUM
Ralph B. Black has received a check
from Sam B. King for $1,436.35 cov
ering additional insurance and license
fees.
RETURNS TO WORK
Floyd Bradley resumed his position
at the bank Monday morning after
an illness of several days.
IS THIS YOU?
The two girls described last week,
who recognized themselves, were Nell
and Nalthea McCullough, sophomores
at Newberry college, Who live near
Whitmire. The gentlemen described
who did not call for his ticket, was
Fulmer Wells.
A principal of a county school is our
first description this week. He was
in the Sun office Thursday morning
wearing an Oxford gray pin stripe
suit with white shirt and green tie.
He is not very tall, and wears glasses.
The lady carrying the lovely bou
quet of pink flowers, I think begon
ias, wrapped in green tissue paper,
seen walking up College street last
Thursday morning is our second des
cription. She was wearing a green
dress and brown hat, and lives on
College street.
If either of the above descriptions
fits you, come by the Sun office by
Tuesday and receive your ticket for
a quart of ice cream from Stokes’
Drug store, with compliments of
Stokes’ and The Sun.
KENDALL MILLS LUTHERAN
Rev. J. B. Harman, Pastor
Bethany:
Sunday 10 a. m., Sunday School.
Mr. E. B. Hite, Supt.
11 a. m„ Church Worship.
Summer Memorial:
Sunday 10 a. m., Sunday school. Mr.
M. E. Shealy, Supt.
6:30 p. m, Luther Leagues.- Brother
hood.
7:30 p. m., Church Worship.
Visitors are invited to attend all
services. ^
Speaker: Now, ladies and gentle
men, I want to tax you memory.
Voice in Audience: Great grief, has
it come to that?
If time is precious, no book that
will not imporve by repeated read
ings deserves to be read at all—Car
lyle.
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