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i i VOLUME 4; NO. 34 The Rising Sun—1856-1860 NEWBERRY, S. C. FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 1941 PUBLISHED WEEKLY $1.00 PER YEAR OUT AMONG THE PEOPLE VENGEANCE IS MINE The dry summer has its compensa tions for the gardener. While there is little or nothing to eat in the gar dens, it is likewise true that there are no bugs or worms. I get a whole lot of satisfaction in seeing the little old stuff dry up and the few remaining bugs gnawing in despera tion at dry stalks. I knew my day of revenge woud come and now I glory at the sight of thousands of assorted bugs lying on their backs, their bellies to the blistering sun— dead! I could have watered a few stalks here and there and provided asylum for them, but no! They did me wrong last year and I intend to visit destruction upon their chidren, parch ing them until there is none left to thwart my gardening pursuits an other year. I want always to be reasonable and give ell living things an even break, but a bug has no sense of jus tice. They were not willing to give me even half a crop last year. Speaking of gardening I suppose I am the only person extant who ever got the best of a WPA negro. I am farming on “halves” with one of Uncle Sam’s pets and he has done some pretty hard work upon my ac reage but if he gets as much as a single bean for his half he will be a good one. I know he will never get over it -and I don’t intend to even try to renew my contract with him an other year. I had figured on living pretty well during June, July, and August out of my garden but to date the harvest has been two small cucumbers and a few cabbage which could be easily mistaken for marbles. BARBECUE SUPPER Balientine’s Aristocratic Pigs, will appear at Pomaria high school Wed nesday, June 18, 8:30 p. m. sponsor ed by Pomaria P. T. A. Also there will be a Barbecue Chicken Supper served from 6 p. m. to 7:30 p. m. The public is cordially invited. PEAK PLAYS JOLLY STREET The Jolly Street baseball club will meet the fast Peak team in a Dutch Fork game on the Jolly Street dia mond, Saturday afternoon at 4 p. m. The Jolly Street team has been considerably strengthened since Dal ton Carpenter of Newberry who will pitch for the home club Saturday and Buck Smith infielder for the home club and coach of Columbia high team have been added to the team which will be a hurling for Jolly Street. The public is invited. ADVISORY BOARD CLOSES AFTER THIS WEEK Fred H. Dominick, Chairman of the Advisory Board which is assist ing Registrants for the draft in fill ing out their questionnaires at the Court House, announces that all of the questionnaires will be mailed out by the Draft Boards by the middle of this week. The Court House will not be avail able for use .next week on account of the fact that the Court of General Sessions will be in session that week. All Registrants who desires assist ance from this Board in filling out their questionnaires are therefore urged to bring them to the Court House during this week, as it will not be possible for the Advisory Board to render this assistance at the Court House after this week, for the reasons stated. METHODIST AUXILIARY WILL MEET MONDAY,.JUNE 16 The Auxiliary of the Woman’s So ciety of Christian service of Central Methodist church will meet at the church on. Monday, June 16 at four o’clock. U. S. O. Drive Supper Tuesday Night The Steering Committee and all officers of the United ,Service Organizations campaign here will meet at the Newberry Hotel at 7:30 o’clock Tuesday, June 17, 1941 for a “Dutch” supper. At this meeting, final cam paign plans will be laid for the drive for funds to apply on the erection (ot recreational clubs for Army men throughout the nation. All local civic organizations are cooperating in this worthwhile movement, and a full attendance is expected at the meeting. Newberry Winner In Firemen Meet Conway, June 11.—The Florence team won first prizes in both the first and second hose-wagon race here to day at the contests staged by the South Carolina Firemen’s association which opened its annual convention this morning with 340 firemen reg istered. Both races carried a prize of $100 each and the first also carried the Maybank trophy. The time was 10 seconds in the first and 9 4-5 seconds in the second. Newberry was second in the first race, getting a prize of $50. There were no second place prizes in the second race. Newberry won the hand-reel races and the grab-reel race, receiving cash prizes of $50 in each. St. Phillips and St. Michael’s par ish stations of Charleston tied for second place and won $25 each. The prizes were presented at the annual banquet tonight at Myrtle Beach. Business sessions will begin to morrow, with President G. H. Fisher of Orangeburg, president. Member® of the local Fire Depart ment-and their wives attending the State Firemen’s Convention in Con way Wednesday and Thursday were Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Longshore, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Beam, George Rodels- perger, Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Switten- berg, Paul Haile, Otis Whitaker, Mr. and Mrs. Jame® F. Epting, Mr..and Mrs. Ralph Whitaker, J. T. Daniel son, Mr and Mrs. Jack Senn, Clayton Smith, Paul Whitaker, Pat Boyle, C. I. Boozer, J. H. Clark. SUMMER SCHOOL STUDENTS TO BE ENTERTAINED WEDNESDAY The Summer School students of Newberry college will be entertained with an informal welcome party next Wednesday afternoon^ June 18, at the Country Club of Newberry. The entertainment will be given, as usual, by the Newberry Chamber of Commerce andi wives of the Board of Directors. Transportation will be furnished, cars leaving Smeltzer Hall at 3:15 p. m.; the cars will return from the club, arriving at Smeltzer Hall at 6:30 p. m. The entertainment will be held at the Country Club of Newberry where all facilities will be open to the visitors. Golf, tennis, swimming, dancing, etc., will be in order and an afternoon of pleasure and fun is predicted. SERVICES AT ST. LUKES In St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, the rector, Rev. B. A. Williams announces Evening Prayer service with sermon at 4 p. m. First Sunday after Trini ty, June 15th. The public is cordial ly invited to worship with us. ANIMAL PICTURE A splendid animal picture, “Bring ’Em Back Alive”, featuring Frank Buck will be shown in the Litt!" Mountain auditorium Saturday night, June 14 at 8:30 o’clock. This is a sound motion picture and is sponsored by the P. T. A. Two comic reels will also be shown. There will be a small admission fee. Philip Kelly, Jr. Joins Staff of College Philip T. Kelly, Jr., a native of Charleston, has been added to the staff of Newberry College for next session. He will do some teaching and will direct also the organizing of the alumni so that they may keep in closer touch with their alma mater. Many alumni have long felt the need of such organization and doubtless will welcome this forward step on the part of the College. Mr. Kelly will work with the officers of the Al umni Association, Gary Paschal of Columbia, president; George K. Dom inick, vice president; and Clarence (“Pete”) Coleman of Newberry, sec retary and treasurer. Mr. Kelly is a 1933 graduate of Newberry. He was an outstanding student, serving as president of his class, editor-in-chief of the Indian, sports editor of the Newberrian, mem ber of the varsity football squad, member of the Glee Club, Orchestra, and College Singers. Since his graduation he has been principal of the Hillcrest High School at Dalzell, Sumter County. His team won a number of championhsips. Mr. Kelly will spend part of the summer completing his work for a master’s degree at Duke university. He and Mrs. Kelly, the former Miss Margaret Fuller of Newberry, with her mother, Mrs. C. H. Fhaller, occu py the Buzhardt bungalow on Cor nelia street. | Newberry Boy On Torpedoed Ship Troy Elrod, son of Mr. and Mrs Wilton E. Elrod of Oakland, was a member of the crew of the American freighter Robin Moore, which was sunk a few days ago in the South At lantic While on her way to Cape Town, South Africa, with a general cargo. The ship is said to have been sunk by a German U-boat. Eleven survivors of the ship were picked' up after being afloat 18 days by a Braz- alian freighter. The survivors re ported that all passengers and crew of the torpedoed ship took to life boats but they have not been located. Troy Elrod was well known here, having worked with the George Hipp service station on College street for about three years. He left here about the midle of April and sailed from New York on the 6th of May. He was classed as a wiper in the ship’s crew. His uncle was chief engineer of the Robin Moore and he was not listed among the 11 picked up. Nothing definite had been heard of the Robin Moor after she reached South Atlantic waters, but her own ers in New York said they had heard she foundered in rough weather which prevailed in those waters at the time she was scheduled to reach there. Parents of Young Elrod! had heard nothing as to the fate of their son up to Wednesday. Thirty Cases Docketed For Criminal Court Thirty cases are on docket to be disposed of at criminal court, which convenes Monday morning, June 16, at the county Court House, with Judge C. C. Featherstone of Green wood, presiding. The court roster is as folows: Cases continued from last term of court: John Byrd, alias Son Byrd, murder; John O. Daniels, four cnarg- es of burglary and larceny; Jackson Epps, arson;. Raney Young, violation of liquor law; Jim Cromer, disposing of property under lien; Claude Wil son and Charlie Gilliam, murder. E. N. McJenkins, check; Ed Wil liams, violation of liquor law; Ike Chick, assault and battery with in tent to kill; Massey Gary, violation liquor law; James Williams, assault and battery with intent to kill; L. A. Blakely, check; F. J. Harmon (Saluda county) operation motor intoxicated; Jim and Naomi Cromer, false pre tense; Napoleon Sligh, non-support; Robert Blair, alias Bob Renwick, as sault and battery with intent to kill; Joe Boyd, assault and battery with intent to kill; Robert Bailey, house breaking and petty larceny; Malcolm Moore, housebreaking; Dannie “Pig” Ruff, housebreaking and petty lar ceny; James Davis, housebreaking and petty larceny; Eugene Harmon, pointing shotgun; Willie Strother, peeping Tom; Earl Smith, alias Nuit- man Johnson, and Joe Kidd, alias Ro bin Wooter, carrying burgar tools. Inquests will be held into the deaths of Eugene Davis and Robert Watts. Water Supply Ample Newberry’s water suppy is ade quate for all purposes in spite of the continued dry spell. The plant is pumping ,about ten milion gallons a day out of Bush River and this is its rated capacity. However if neces sary an additional 200,000 gallons can be pumped. Strange as it may seem there is but little more water being consumed than in a normal summer, according to the light and water office S. C. DRAFTEES TO BE RECLASSIFIED Columbia, June 10.—Brig. Gen. Holmes B. Springs, state director of selective service, said today South Carolina’s 83 local boards would be notified that they should reclassify immediately registrants in essential industry and production occupations “if they have ceased to perform the jobs for which they were deferred and who are, by such failure, im peding the national defense program.” General Springs said Brig .Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, deputy director of the national selective service had ad vised directors hi other states to take similar action. JAYCEES PICK MISS SUMMER Miss Pauline Summer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. O. Summer attend ed the pre-harvest jubilee at King- stree Tuesday. She was appointed as a representative from Newberry by the Junior, Chamber of Commerce. Young ladies from many State towns will take part in the festivities at Kingstree. Hutto Elected To Head Chamber At a meeting of the Newberry Chamber of Commerce Directors, held Monday afternoon, June 9, 1941, Mr. C. C. Hutto was elected Presi dent for the coming year. R. M. Lominack was elected vice president and O. M. Cobb, treasurer Ted W. Bremer was re-elected secretary. The new president, Mr. Hutto, is the man ager of the Newberry branch of the South Carolina National Bank and has a long record of civic leadership. CLARENCE C. HUTTO The affairs of the local camber will be guided during the next twelve months by the folowing newly elect ed directors: E. A- Carpenter, John Clarkson, J. W. Earhardt, Jr., C. C. Hutto, E. B. Purcell, Wilton Todd, 35. Jv Wright, Ralph Baker, O M. Cohb^Jlk. James C. Kinard, R. M. LofflthaWc, and A. W. Murray. The last five ndme^.are new addi tions to the Boariit, Sot having serv ed during ther v' Red Cross Work Room Now At Court House The Red CVoss work room has been moved from Boundary Street school to the Court House rooms eight and ten third floor back. The committee wshes to thank Prof. Cannon for the use of the school house, Mr. H. D. Whitaker for his free transportation, and the Custodian of the Court House for the help in getting the new location. The following supplies were ship ped last week: 28 layettes 36 ladies cotton dresses 15 hospital pajamas 25 bed shirts 37 boys’ shirts 23 girls’ woolen dresses 32 girls’ cotton dTesses about 70 mens’. Womens’ and chil dren sweaters. Much of the new allottment has al ready come in .including wool, mater ial for mens’ pajamas, and ladies dresses. Cutting will begin at once. The committe has changed the loca tion of the rooms in hopes that the new place will be more convenient to the workers. These rooms ahe more easily reached if you will come in the back or side door. Remember, The Red Cross Needs Your Help! LAST CALL!! For Cotton Stamps Final dbte for signing “Intention Sheets” to participate in the 1941 Supplementary Cotton Stamp Pro gram is June 15, according to County Agent P. B. Ezell. For the convenience of all eligible operators who have not yet filed their intention to participate in the “Cotton Stamp Program,” arrangements have been made to maintain sufficient force in the County Agents office all day Saturday, June 14, to give such op erators a final opportunity to partici pate. The general condition of the cotton crop in Newberry County is such that farm operators should give serious thought to participation in “The Stamp Plan”. There has been no material change in the original regu lations issued) governing the plan and farmers must, of course, have had cotton planted in 1940 to participate and will have had to have planted in 1941 below the smaller of their 1941 cotton acreage allotment or their 1940 measured cotton acreage. In ad dition, any farm that is out of com pliance on wheat in 1941 is not eli gible to participate in “The Pro gram". Chamber Group Banquets Tonight The annual meeting of the New berry Chamber of Commerce will be held at the Country Club of Newber ry it 8:00 p. m., Friday, June 13. The meeting this year will be in the form of a Ladies’ Night, and much of the arrangements have been turned over to a committee of wives of Di rectors. This affair each year is the outstanding business-social event of the season. Although the Newberry Chamber of Commerce is fortunate in having nearly all of the prominent businessmen of the comunity on its rolls, its annual meeting is generally not restricted to members. Accord ing to custom, therefore, non-mem bers will be warmly welcome and may obtain tickets from the Chamber of Commerce offices. An unusually interesting program is planned, the speaker of the even ing being Dr. William P. Jacobs. President of Prestoyterian College. In addition, those attending will see the installation of officers who will guide the affairs of the local Chamber in the coming year. President Ne dPtircell and his ban quet committee wish to make it plain to the public that this meeting will not be cluttered with an unnecessary amount of business. Except for in. stallation of new officers and direc tors for the coming year, there will be very little business at all, the ev ening being given over to the fun and pleasure of the banqueters. The ban quet committee is composed of Chair man Hal Kohn, Z. F. Wright, J. N. Beard. E. A. Carpenter, and Presi dent E. B. Fhiroell. The dinner will be served by the ladies of the New berry Civic League. Virgil Kester To Work In Philadelphia Virgil Kester, a son of Rev. and Mrs. M. L. Kester of this city, and a graduate of Newberry college, class of 1941, has accepted work with the Lutheran Board of Publication, Phila delphia, Pa. Mr. Kester will go to Columbia Moncfay, June 16 where he will be engaged in taking inventory of the stock in the Lutheran Book Store there for a period of ten days or two weeks, after which he will go to Philadelphia where he will be con nected with the sales department, probably spending part of his time with branch office sin Pittsburgh and Chicago. For the past four years Mr. Kester has been a student at Newberry col lege where he made a splendid record. He was EdiitonVn-iChief of the Newberrian, the college annual for 1941. During his full college course he was employed in the afternoons in Belk-Beard’s department store. Here and at college he made many friends who will regret to see him leave Newberry, but who wish him well in his new work. WILLINGHAM ELECTED VICE PRESIDENT Keister Willingham, secretary of the Newberry Federal Building and Loan association, was last week ele cted vice president of the Building and Loan League of South Carolina at a joint meeting of the North and South Carolina associations at Myr tle Beach. Mr. Willingham has been connected with the local building and loan association since its organiza tion, and has been active in the State league. Scattered Rains Bring Little Relief Scattered rains have fallen in wide ly separated sections of the county within the past week. The Chappells community enjoyed a heavy shower Monday about midday. Newberry city and the county as a whole remains dry however, and there is little pros pect for heavy rains within the next few days. The corn crop will be cut in half and perhaps less and while the out come of the cotton crop depends on pain within the next few days it is safe to believe that it too will be far short of last year. Cotton planted early is up to a very good stand but growing slowly. A similar condition prevailed in 1936 and according to old timers in 1911. In 1936 good rains fell on the 9th of June and the cotton yield that year was good. Irish po tatoes and other garden vegetables are almost a complete failure while but few sweet potatoes have been planted and may be expected to be extremely scarce and high this fall. Pasture lands are no longer fit for grazing except very near running streams. 117 Get Diplomas At Newberry High A quotation from Milton, “The nrnd is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, and a hell of heav en,” was the theme of the remarks addressed to the 117 graduates of Newberry High School on last Tues day night by Prof. John D. Lane of the Department of English of Clem- son college. “Never before in his tory”, he said, “has there beerv a time when decisions were so important.” He urged the graduates not be be afraid to make decisions of their own based on facts and reason, and one of the decisions he called on them to make was for the Democratic way of Life. “I see no reason why Demo cracy and Communism, or Democracy and Nazism, cannot be laid down side by side, and weighed and compared. Democracy is far from perfect, but it has much more to commend itself to your favor than any other form of government.” He further imposed on the seniors the desirability of work, and the necessity of starting in youth “while there is still' time to reach.” “Find your place in life,” he said. “Bring back to America the dignity of honest labor. Throw your hat across the stream, so you’ll have to go after it.” He concluded with a sentence by the late Dr. Sykes, form er president of Clemson College, whom he called “a grand old man | and a Christian scholar”: “Be loyal to your better selves; be loyal to your country; be loyal to your God.” Preceeding the exercises was a con cert by the Newberry High School band, under the direction of Paul Y. Cuthbertson, and Prof. Lane’s address followed the Senior Procession and the Invocation by the Rev. B. F. Rog ers of Wesf End Baptist church. Fol lowing the address was a vocal en semble by a group of the High School Choir and a cornet solo by Kenneth Pruitt, a member of the graduating class, accompanied by Martha Mayer. The president of the class, John Lay- ton, made the farewell address on behalf of the Vhool. Medals and Awards After a performance by the High School Choir the following medals and awards were presented: # The gold meddl presented by Har ry W. Dominick to that member of the graduating class who during the four years in high school has made the highest scholastic record was pre sented to Edna Louise Bowers, and Henry Cannon, their records being so close a tie was declared and two med als presented. ^The American Legion Auxiliary of the Local Post 24 gives each year a gold medal to that member of the graduating class who exemplifies the higliest.qualities of citizenship dur ing the four year in high school; that medal was present to Edna Louise Bowers. In memory of Harriet Jones Mayer, the Jasper Chapter of the D. A. R., | presents five dollars to the student averaging highest in the course in I American' history; again there was a tie, and this award was split between Edna Louise Bowers and Henry Can non. Eta Sigmi Phi, national honorary fraternity for students in classical subjects, gives a bronze medal to the student averaging not less than 90 in advanced Latin. Three students re ceived these medals, Edna Louise Bowers, Henry Cannon and Mary Nobles. R. C. Floyd, a member of the Board of Trustees, gives eac t h year a gold medal to the boy in the senior class whip shows excellence ih, athletics and in scholarship. This award was won by Gene King, and the presen tation was made by Mr. Floyd. Two medals are presented by the Jasper Chapter of the D. A. R., to the boy and one to the girl who ex emplifies the highest qualities of citi zenship during the two years in Jun ior High. These awards were won by Billy McSwain and Carolyn Harmon. The Jos. L. Keitt scholarship med al, given by Mr. Keitt to the boy who makes the best scholastic record in Junior High, was won by Howard Parks. There was a three-way tie for the companion medal to this one, given by W. E. Turner to the girl with the same qualifications; medals were given to Geraldine Bickley, Mary Nell Johnson, and Emma Riser Nance. Herff-Jones Co., gives a bronze medal to the boy in the graduating class who excels in three sports. This medal went to Warren Robert son. Herff-Jones also gives an activities medal to that boy in the graduating class who has been most active in ex tra-curricular activities. This award was given to John Layton. Prof. Cuthbertson, director of music offers two medals, one to a boy and one to a girl, for outstanding achieve- (Continued on page six) DOWN MEMORY LANE 30 YEARS AGO The insurance people and the mem bers of Central church have reached a satisfactory settlement of the in. surance on the church. It has been agreed by the insurance companies to repair all damages to the building and to put it in the same condition as it was before the fire, and Mr. C. C. Davis, the Newiberry contractor, has been employed to repair the damage, andi work will begin soon. Under the auspices of the Newber ry Chatauqua association there will be a public reception in honor of William Jennings Bryan at the Crot- well hotel on Wednesday morning at 9:30 o’clock, to which everybody is invited. It is greatly to b& hoped that the effort which has been begun by the physicians to establish a hospital in Newberry will meet with success. There is no reason why Newberry should not have a first-class hospital. There is every reason why it should. The hospital rmovemen is one which should appeal to every citizen of Newberry, in every walk of life. It would be a great thing for the town; it would be a boon to sufferers, and from every viewpoint it would be a most desirable investment. Dr. Hugh K, Boyd has gone to Lancaster to practice his profession. Dr. Boyd ha® just recently returned from Tulane university, New Orleans, where he took a three .month’s spe cial course on diseases of children and women. Columbia, June 5.—In the supreme court this afternoon memorial ser vices were held in honor pf the late Chief Justice Young John Pope, who resigned his seat in January, 1909, and died a few weeks ago at his home in Newberry. Resolutions presented by Attorney General Lyon, in eulogy of the dead jurist, were seconded in brief addresses by leading members of the bar, and remarks approving their spirit were made by members of the court, after which the resolu tions and addresses thereon were ord ered spread upon the minutes and the court was adjourned until Tues day. . MISS MARY ELIZABETH MOORE WILL STUDY IN ATLANTA Miss Mary Elizabeth Moore, who received the bachelor of arts degree from Erskine College June 2, has gone to Atlanta to pursue a course in X-Ray and Medical Laboratory tech nology in the Henry Grady hospitbl. In September, she will take related subjects in Emory University. JOHN MITCHELL THOMAS Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Thomas an nounce the birth of a son, John Mit chell Thomas, born June 6. HAROLD RENWICK, JR Mr. and Mrs. Harold Renwick are the proud parents of a son, Harold, Jr„ born June 3. SEEN ABOUT TOWN BETTY McCAUGHRIN HALTI- WANGER boarding the Columbia bus JOHN PETERSON walk ing up College street MAUDE ROSS subscribing for a Sun to be sent to JACK WORKMAN, now in Washington . . JOHNSON HAGOOD CLARY Wearing bright yellow tie ... JOHN HARMON going fishing Wed nesday, but only catching two “small ones” ... SEN. MARI IN ABRAMS of Whitmire in town Thursday ... DR. and MRS. EMERY BOWMAN celebrating their 47th wedding anni versary last Friday ... COLONEL J. K. BEEDIN stopping in Sun office for short visit en route to Greenville ... KEITT PURCELL and SIDNEY STYLES in conversation ... MRS. WILLIAM HUNTER and daughter, MARGARET 'ANN, crossing College street .. MRS. RUTH MATHIS with friendly smile for everyone ... Gen tleman in Sun office wishing to ad vertise that ffiis car is for sale ... your scribe wondering if he’s going to work for “Uncle Sam” .. BROOK- SIE HUTCHINSON TINDAL going into bus station MRS GEORGE L. EPPS, SR., mistaking this office for the Western Union office ... MIL LER SMITH (supervising the weeding of petunia (bed in flower boxes out side the Sun office ... Birthday An niversaries to be observed during the coming week: T. K. Johnstone, June 13; Steve Griffith, Jr., June 14, Jos eph E. Crooks, Pomaria, June 18; John T. Cromer, June 19.