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> Every Week More People Read The Sun The Sun Strives To Serve The Whole People VOLUME 4; NO. 30 The Rising Sun—1856-1860 NEWBERRY, S. C. FRIDAY, MAY 16, 1941 PUBLISHED WEEKLY $1.00 PER YEAR OUT AMONG THE PEOPLE THE DOCTOR’S NEW JOB I cannot understand why Jim Ki- nard, whose fine mind was free to roam the pastures of philosophy, and court the muses, could be persuaded to have anything to do with an agon cy so pregnant with explosive poli tics as the State Welfare Board. The State Welfare Board needs Jim K : - nard, all right, but he is most likely to come out of it a disillusioned man. He will find it a long cry from the idealism he teaches and exemplifies to the sordid wire-pulling of this so-ca'led welfare agency. I am of course pleased that this honor has come to our illustrious townsman. I move that he now resign. THE SHOWDOWN Governor Maybank has taken a stand that the people of the state will applaud. He is entirely correct in saying that 80 per cent of the peo pie favor diversion of some of the huge highway department revenues. South Carolinians are proud of their good roads, but the time has come to call a halt on road building and di vert some of the highway revenue to more pressing causes. But aside from the issue of diver sion, a more important one t.i at stake in this controversy. If the go-'error is upheld it will mem that control of the State has been wrested from a few men of the low country who have held it all too long, and who are responsible for the long, do- nothing sessions we have every year. I hope the governor will stick to his guns. He is right and the people are with him, and I might remind him High School Team Wins First In Series The Newberry High School Bull dogs won their tenth straight game Tuesday on the High School Athletic field from the Sumter High Game cocks 12 to 1. This was the first game of a three game series for the South Carolina Class A championship. The second game of the series was played in Sumter Thursday. If a third game is necessary, it will be played on a neutral field. However, should the Bulldogs win in Sumter, a third game will be unnecessary. The stellar hurling of little ‘Lefty’ Mills in Tuesday’s game, who re ceived brilliant and errorless support from his teammates, was of the spectacular. With confidence radiat ing his every being he scattered 8 Sumter hits over the route and was master of the situation at all times. The Bulldogs scored in the third When ‘Scoop’ Rowe, power hitter of the team, banged out a screaming round tripper over the right field wall with Mick Robertson aboard. This blow was the finish of Farmer, Sumter’s ace pitcher, who seemingly lost his confidence and stuff on the ball. The finishing touch was put on in the sixth when Farmer’s support col lapsed. Walks, a comedy of errors and a couple of base hits racked up six runs and Farmer was relieved by Stokes who was in turn combed for four runs in the eighth. ‘Lefty’ Mills and Harry Golden led the Bulldog attack with two nits each while the defensive play of the entire team stood out, particularly the play of Capt. Ralph McEntlre at short and that of Ellis Huffstetler at first base. H. C. Day who had been out for a few weeks with mumps, caught a jam-up game. Goodman, Sumter’s third baseman, led the visitor’s attack with three for four while the play of Gordon at first and the catching of Gibson stood out defensively. Gooch Harry Hedgepath announced nftef the gome that he would send McEntire to the mound Thursday at Sumter. The largest and most enthusiastic crowd of the season turned out for the game and it is hoped that a mot orcade of fans can be assembled to accompany the Bulldogs to Sumter. 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Mr. and Mrs. Nelson King and family spent Sunday in Anderson with Mr. and Mrs. George King. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Boozer spent Sunday with relatives near Bates- burg. Misses Mosby Livingston and Frances Counts spent the weekend at their homes. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Kinard had as their guest Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Gandy Bedenbaugh and family of Prosperity, Mr. and Mrs. Hayne Ki- nard of Union community, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Kinard and family of Sa luda, Mr. and Mrs. Sease Down, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Nichols of Newberry, and Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Lominick of Charleston. NEWBERRY BOY GETS COMMISSION Pvt. Janies H. Abrams of Battery C, Newberry, along with Sgt. Fred L. Ross of Battery B, Clinton, and Carp. Leonard D. Simpson, medical detach ment, Columbia today received tem porary appointments as second lieu tenants. The new officers will rank as such during the period of federal ser vice of their unit. Upon its demobili zation, their rank will revert to the grade held prior tj appointment. that if he is to redeem himself as the promised wonder man, now is his glorious opportunity. We feel safe in assuring the governor that the Newberry delegation will back him. Bush River Finals Begin Next Sunday The Commencement exercises of the Bush River school will begin Sunday morning, May 25, with a Commence ment sermon Whidh will be preached by the Rev. David E. Boozer of Men lo, Ga. Rev. Boozer is a graduate of this school and 'has many friends will be glad to have him with them on this occasion. The Senior Class will present its Class Day exercises Monday evening Mt-y 26 beginning at eight-thirty. The graduating exercises will be held Tuesday evening, May 27, begh.- ndng at eight thirty. Instead of hav ing a guest speaker several grad uates of the school have been invited to make brief talks. County Superin tendent C. E. Hendrix will be present and make a few remarks. The following are members of the senior class: Dow Bedenbaugh, Claude Bodie, Myrtle Boozer, Mildred; Dav enport, Sara Dehart, Catherine Connelly, Christine Long, Rae Minick, L. W. Little, Maxcy Epting, Virginia Shealy, Mary Lena Senn, Cleo Smith, Lois Webb, Jean Workman and Reb ecca Wise. THOMAS H. POPE, JR. FORT MONROE TO Headquarters at Camp Stewart has announced that several Stewart offi cers will attend the ten weeks re fresher course in anti-aircraft at the coast artillery school, Fort Monroe, Va. Those officers named so far include: The One Hundred and Seventh Sep arate CA battalion; Maj. Walter A. Johnson; Capt. William G. Williams; and Capt. Thomas H. Pope, Jr. The officers will report to the school May 24 to begin the course. They were among a group of 27 officers be ing selected for attendance. CHINESE SENT TO FORT BRAGG Fort Bragg, N. C., May 13.—Agiong new seiastees-just arrived here from' Fort Dix, N. J., induction center were 10 Chinese from New York. Most of them speak no English and an interpreter was assigned to the group. Eight were laundrymen in civilian life and after six weeks of basic training will be assigned to the post’s new $500,000 laundry. The Chinese gave their names as Chin, Yip H. Kow, Shirk Yun Lee, Moy Foo, Horn G. Hem, Hung K. Lee, Fbong Leong, Wah C. Moy, Fung W. Law Lok, and Joe Yee. JOHNSTON’S CUTTING WORMS Johnston Herald. Joe Culbreath says the reason George Rauton has been seen in town so little recently is that he is having trouble with cutworms on his farm. According to Joe, the pests have cut the beams of the plows, and the horns from the cows. Now George is keep ing his mules on the front porch every night for fear the worms will cut off their legs. BETH-EDEN LUTHERAN PARISH Rev. M. L. Kester, Pastor Colony: 10 a. m., Sunday School. Mr. H. B. Cousins, Supt. 11 a. m., The Service. Council and Luther League will meet alt the close of service. Beth-Eden: 10 a. m., Sunday school. Mr. Ham ilton Folk, Supt. St. James’: 10 a. m., Sunday school. Mr. Har old Long, Supt. HOG PRICES LOOK GOOD Farmers Urged to Produce Up to Feed Supply Florence, May 13.—With good pros pects for hog prices this fall, A. L. DuBant, livestock specialist of the Clemson extension service, advises farmers to produce all the hogs they can up to the feed supply. To this end he suggests that plenty of green forage be planted now for grazing during the summer. “The Clemsou college experiment station and the experience of farm ers have found that Biloxi soybeans is one of the best crops for this purpose,” says Mr. DuRant. “These beans should be planted in rows about thirty inches apart at the rate of one bushel of seed per acre. Commercial fertilizer, particularly acid phosphate, should be applied at planting time. “Another good summer grazing crop for cattle and hogs is pearl or cattail millet. This crop can be planted in rows or sown broadcast, using thirty pounds of seed per acre. Good strong land and complete fer tilizer will give more grazing. “Commercial hog men should pro vide an acre of grazing for every ten to fifteen bogs, and farmers who are growing only a few hogs for home use can cut these crops and feed green where fences are not available. The hogs can be turned on these crops when about ten to twelve inches high.” Reminding that the high price for hogs will be favorable for the farm ers who have hogs to sell but unfav orable for the farmers who have to buy meat, the specialist urges ev ery farmer to produce enough hogs for home use and a surplus for sale. Hare Attacks Scheme To Mix The Races Washington. — Proposals to eli minate race segregation of both em ployes and applicants in government service offices have been blocked largely through the efforts of Rep. Butler B. Hare, it was learned auth. oritatively tonight. Social Security Board Chairman Arthur B. Altmeyer “has assured a House appropriation#, subcommittee that plans to launch such a program in Washington’s employment offices not only did not have hie approval, but that any effort fco extend such a program would meet with his oppo sition, The Greenville-News is reliab ly informed. The third district Congressman is a member of the subcommittee bold ing hearings on the 1942 appropria tion® for the federal cecurity agency, which includes funds for the United States Employment service. Several days ago, committee Members receiv ed an anonymous letter telling ther of a plan to elimindte the long stan.- ing system of rate ^segregation to the employment offiie# of Washington. When a preliminary investigation revealed there "was a basis in fact for the allegations contained in the anonymows letter, ^Representative Hare secured an agreedupnt from sub committee chairman Tarver that all officials involved should be brought before the group for questioning. Con sequently, the entire plan, which has been formulated an# promoted in se crecy waa threshed 'piit in an execu tive hearing before' the members of the House. The United States employment ser vice chief for the District of Columbia, Martin F. Carpenter, admitted such a program was planned for Washing ton, but denied that it waa. to serve as a model for offices throughout tjie country. Although no officia been announced, it ed that the assuran u/ity board with his opposition ha® satisfied com mittee members that the proposal is blocked. Cotton Reaches 13c Pound Wheat Is Over A Dollar trion has yet iiabiy report- of social sec- ,that ehm ina LARGEST GASOLINE CHECK Treasurer Ralph Black has just re ceived the largest check for the coun ty’s share of the gasoline tax, $4,241.- 82. Claude W. Sanders, tax collector, has also just turned over to the treas urer a check for $16,000 from collec tion in his office. MRS. EFFIE GRIFFIN LOMINICK Mrs. Effie Griffin Lominick, 61, died at a Columbia hospital Tuesday af ternoon. She was a member of St. Philip’s Lutheran church and a na tive of Newberry county. , Mrs. Lominick was the widow of W. W. Lominick, who preceded her to the grave about three months ago. She is survived by one brother, Ben Griffin of Goldville; one sister, Mrs. Leila Reese of Newberry county; two step-children, J. W. Lominick and G. W. Lominick of Newberry county; al so a number of nieces and nephews including A. E. and R. E. Reese of Newberry county. Funeral services were held at 3 o’clock Wednesday afternoon from the St. Phillip’s Lutheran church with the Rev. J. E. Roof officiating, assisted by the Rev. Q. E. Gunter of Pomaria. Interment followed in the church cemetery. The body remained at the McSwain funeral home until the hour of the funeral. S. C. MILLS USE MORE COTTON THAN PRODUCED Figures from federal and state sources show that South Carolina mills have consumed 28,470,000 bales of cotton in the last 25 years, 4,000,- 000 more bales than have been pro duced by the state’s famfers during the same period, and that 1940 con sumption is the highest on record. Using a 25-year average lint price, it is estimated that South Carolina mills have spent $2,625,000,000 for cotton since 1915. According to statistics of the Unit ed States bureau of the census, cotton production in this state has fluctuated from a high of 1,652,177 bales in 1920 to a low of 517,464 m 1922. The 25,- year average has been 978,135 bales. Consumption by South Carolina mills, on the other hands, has averag ed 1,139,000 bales for the same per iod, varying from the 1940 high of 1,515,734 to a 1919 low of 837,152, re ports of the state department of la bor show. Although the 1940 record consump tion was more than double the 614,528 bales produced by the state’s farmers during that year, those close to the industry predict that the 1941 con sumption figure will be even higher. Chicago, May 14.—Soaring farm commodity prices that reached 1 four- year peaks in some cases today greet ed congressional approval of legisla tion to raise American agriculture’s income through establishment of higher government loan rates. Wheat Makes Big Jump Wheat shot up almost 5 cents a bushel to above a dollar—highest price posted here since last May be fore the marget collapsed with the German invasion of Western Eu rope. Wheat has risen 19 to 22 cents since March 1. Cotton rose more than a dollar a bale in New York to above 13 cents a pound, highest in more than four years. Com climbed more than a cent to near 75 cents, hogs a dime to around $9 per hundred weight, soybeans al most 4 cents to as high as $1.37 a bushel and lard 15 to 20 cents around $10 per hundred-weight or better. Corn, soybeans and lard prices were the highest since 1987. Hogs were the highest since the spring of 1938. On the produce exchange butter and egg futures rose about 1-2 cent per pound and a dozen to new highs for the past several years, while spot butter advanced bo 35 1-4 for extras and eggs to above 22 cents a dozen, highest in more than five months. Heaviest buying in more than a year, buying reflecting large scale flour buying, engulfed the grain pits here. Wheat, corn, cotton, rice and to bacco are the commodities to be iir- ectly affected by the legislation which now goes to the president. Trades expressed belief, however, that some livestock and livestock products such as hogs, butter and eggs, would be involved indirectly in view of the possible effect on com, principal feed. The government has inaugurated a huge program of livestock produce for domestic and foreign relief under the lease-Iend bill to stabilize prices and stimulate production. Current hog prices were maintained through this program while butter and eggs are slightly higher. APPLICATIONS TAKEN The Newberry Electric Cooperative, Inc., is now taking applications for the building of additional electric lines in Newberry County. Anyone who has not yet signed an application for Membership and who has not paid the necessary entrance fee and are •interested in receiving electricity, come by the office, located at 927 Friend street, and make application. MANY AQPEE TO CLOSE 112 Newberry business firms have agreed to close their places of busi ness each Wednesday at 1 p. m., be ginning June 4. Names of those who have signified their willingness to close will be found in an adver- isament elsewhere in this issue. eing <o retnain open was carried in an advertise ment last week. HOSPITAL AUX. MEETING The Hospital Auxiliary will meet Thursday afternoon, May 22, with Mrs. W. H. Hunt on Calhoun street. Mrs. H. K. Boyd left last Sunday for a week’s visit with her sister, Mrs. W. E. Sawyer in Tryon, N. C. Dr. Boyd will go for her this Sunday. BIG LEAGUE UNCERTAINTY (By Lonnie Franklin) EXCESS PROFITS OF INDIVIDUALS MAY BE TAXED The big leagues saw an upheave! last year and it looks as though a hurricane will strike before October. In the National® those Reds were counted in as early as April Pool’s day but the way they are going now the Phils may have to drop a notch. Whore last year the Red pitching staff gave three runs could win now they canlt win with twice that many. Brooklyn spent some $250,000 for players and gave more folding money for Billy Herman last week and for once peirhaps fans will say yes, you can buy 1 a pennant. But those St. Louis Cards with so many first string pitchers don’t know who to cut loose are raising more noise than Lindberg is raising Ger man led, fellows in America. The rest of the National looks just finish a season that may set a record _ at tendance mark and doubt pays the way, so what the heck? The Americans, those big bad Tig ers, eased in last year and now Greenberg is in the army and Bartell is down the river while the Tigers are in the dumps. The Cleveland Cry-Babies cried themselves out of a pemant now have come to realize that with Bob Feller one-third of a pennant is on the line and the other birds named Joe Should cash in with enough for another two-thirds. Those Yankees split last season like Hess and Hitler have this week,' were certain to go to town with more young pitchers, a great combination at short and second, are fast finding but you must win games on the dia mond instead of on paper for them to count in the percentage column. Jimmie Dykes has those White Sox going so well until where he kept one big black cigar in his mouth he now keeps one ready to light be fore the last one gives out. Kirby Higbe is slated to win for the Dodgers while Mickey Livingston being from Newberry is all that keeps folks here even looking at Philly lineup and he “ain't” doing so bad for a country ball player. News Note:—Hess left a mess to go to England, now if our Lone Eagle would take his Squeeler and go to Germany the war would get mon- notonous. WASHINGTON, May 13.—An in dividual excess profits levy, taxiing wage and salary increases and other additions to income, was proposed to the house ways and means commit tee today by A. Harding Paul, Wash ington attorney. Paul, testifying in connection with freasory proposals to raise $3,500,- 000,000 additional revenue, suggested a levy similar to the corpon don ex cess profits tax. “Normal” income for the purpose of the tax, under his plan, would be 95 per cent of average earnings during 1936-39, inclusive. The tax would be 33 1-3 per cent on the first $25,000 of excess earnings aud.66 2-3 per cent on all above that amount. “Only by an excess profits or pay roll tax,” Paul contended, “can there be an adequate recovery by way of taxes of some of the billions being spent for armament.” George C. Lucas of New York, ex ecutive vice president of the National Publishers Association, Inc., said that large magazines and metropolitan newspapers should not be charged with more than a small portion of the $85,000,000 deficit reported by the postoffice department for second class mail, the classification publications use. - Lucas testified in connection with a recommendation by the joint congres sional committee on taxation that sec ond class mail he placed on “a pay ing basis.” The witness asserted that small pamphlets and non-profit publi cations accounted for a high percen tage of the reported deficit. 30 YEARS AGO Across the sombre stillness of the wide chasm of fifty years was heard in Newberry on Wednesday the phan tom echo of the reverberation of Beauregard’s guns playing upon Fort Sumter, and of the shock of battle which rolled from Manassas to Fredericksburg to Chancellorsville, ' and on to the Wilderness, and then to Appomattox, where it was stilled by the agonizing death-cry of the Southern Confederacy. For in New berry on Wednesday a grey column again formed tinder the Starry Cross, and Southern war songs again trill ed the veterans of Lee. Pausing for a few brief hours in the rush of business, Newberry on Memorial day gave herself unreservedly to the sac red duty and the high and holy priv ilege of honoring the heroes of the sixties* Who have not yet answered the final roll call, and of paying lov ing tribute to the memory of those who gave their lives on the field of battle, before the star of the storm- cradled Southern nation had reach ed the western horizon in its bril liant passage athwart the heavens, and those who have since joined the peaceful camp beyond in the steady march of the ranks in grey through the valley of the shadow. Wherever there was a Confederate grave of a Confederate monument in Newberry on Wednesday there were wreaths of evergreen bound with the colors of bbe Gomfedenaicy, and the choice flow ers of the spring-time, tenderly and reverently placed by the Daughters and Children of the Confederacy. Early in the day the school children marched to the Confederate monu ment in the public square, each hear- • ing a wreath for the marble shaft that commemorates the valor and the patriotism of the men whose self- sacrificing devotion to duty is be ing held up to them by the devoted daughters of these men as an inspira tion to high ideals and high endeavor, and as a priceless heritage to be banded down by them to their child ren and their children’s children. There were some three hundred vet erans in the city for the day. The recipients of every attention which the people of Newberry could 1 bes tow, it was a day of pleasure for them, but of pleasure mixed with deepest sadness as they recalled the face® and forms of many of their comrades who met with them on last Memorial day and for whom during the past year taps have sounded. MRS. PAULINE N. RUFF HIGHER LOAN GETS HOUSE APPROVAL Bill Sent to Senale Fixes Parity at 85 Per Cent on Five Crops Washington, May 13.—The house overwhelmingly approved higher loans to farmers today on this year’s crops of wheat, cotton, corn, tobac co, and rice, with stiff penalties for exceeding marketing quotas. Agriculture department officials had estimated that the higher loans would increase food costs to con sumers by 10 to 20 per cent but Ed ward A. O’Neal, American farm bur eau president, today denied these contentions. He said, that “ the in creased cost to the consumer would he of very little consequence” and estimated that pork would go up 5 per cent, bread one-sixth cent a loaf and cotton 1.6 to 1.8 per cent. MARTIN CANNON DIES Martin L. Cannon died suddenly at his home in Little Mountain Wednes day afternoon. For a number of years, he has been foreman at the lumber company there. He was seemingly in his us ual robust health but died just as he reached home at the end of the days’ Work. Funeral services were held from Holy Trinity Lutheran church Thurs day at 3:30. The Rev. E. Z. Pence. Ms pastor, was in charge of the ser vice. Surviving Mr. Cannon are his wi dow, the former Miss Hattie Boland and the following children: Mrs. Har old Huffstetler, Chapin; Leslie Can non and Tom Pope Cannon, all of Lit. tie Mountain; four brothers, C. P. Gannon, W. D. Cannon, H. J. Cannon, R. L. Cannon, all of Chapin; three sisters, Miss Nora Cam mi, Whitmire; Mrs. C. W. Long, Li* tie Mountain; Mrs. M. 0. McCartha, Chapin. Mrs. Pauline Nance Ruff, 57, wife of Caldwell Ruff, died Wednesday at her home in the St. Philips section of Newberry county after a long illness. Funeral services were held Thurs day afternoon at 4 o’clock at the St. Philips Lutheran church with the Rev. J. E. Roof in charge. Interment fol lowed in the church cemetery. Surviving in addition to her hus band are five daughters; Mrs. Rose George and Miss Jeraldime Ruff of Prosperity, Mrs. Hyman Young, Ashe ville, N. C., Mrs. T. Dominick of Columbia and Miss Marguerite Ruff of Newberry; a son, John Caldwell Ruff of Newberry; two sisters, Mrs. Jack Sease and Mrs. J. F. Lominick, both of Newberry and fij^ grand- children. SEEN ABOUT TOWN MRS. J. HENRY WEST stopping at red light ... WHITE FANT stand ing in the middle of College street to get in the sunshine ... T. S. HAR MON and WILBUR LONG, JR., talk ing about the new flag pole which is soon to go up on the square behind the old court house ... CORONER WILSON being rushed delivering so many Mother’s Day packages ...tell ing your scribe that in one mail alone there were 37 to be delivered... MAXCY STONE going into bus sta tion ... MARGARET TRUESDALE going into Western Union office ... DR. J. W. CARSON buying groceries ... LIZZIE ADAMS and CLARA DANIELSON walking to college— Clara carrying tennis racket ... VIR GINIA ANDERSON walking down College street, going to work ... MRS. S. C. PAYSINGER stopping to give friends a lift to town in her sta tion wagon ... WILBUR EPPS with ^ friendly smile for everyone ... Birthday anniversaries to be observed during the coming week: Miss Pearl Amick. May 16; H. M. Boozer, May 18; Mrs. Olgie Shealy, May 18; Charles Smith, May 19; E. L. Hart, May 19; Mrs. J. E. Stevens, May 19; James I. Bedenbaugh, May 20; Mrs. George T. Davenport, May 20; Mrs. R. W. Culbertson (Anderson), May 22. 4 *