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Every Week More People Read The Sun VOLUME 4; NO. 39 OUT AMONG THE PEOPLE JUST A DEAD SOLDIER I’m just a dead soldier in Flanders, Once again the bombardment is near. And I wonder is anyone living Can tell me just why I am here. I fought in the war to free people, And really I hated not one, Like me, they were husbands and sweethearts, Until someone gave them a gun. \ They marched you away from your village, And poisoned your mind with war hate, And told you of glories unending, If a bullet should meet you, by fate. I You were fighting the fight of the righteous, You were malting the world free for all, But I wondered just what they were telling, The boys in the other trench wall. ( Since the summer of ’15 I’ve lain here While the poppies grew over my bier, And mothers and wives and children, Watered our graves, with a tear. i I’m just a dead soldier in Flanders, Once again the cannons will roar, And I wonder if someone can tell me, Just what they are fighting for. —Bond Davis. BUILDING FOR POSTERITY An old man, traveling a lone highway, Came at the evening, cold and gray, To a chasm deep and 'wide; The old man crossed in the twilight dim; The sullen stream had no fears for him. But he turned when safe on the other side And built a bridge to span the tide. “Old Man,” said a fellow-pilgrim near, “You are wasting your strength in building here; "Your journey will end with the end ing day; “You never again will pass this way; “You’ve crossed the chasm deep and wide, “Why build you the bridge at even tide?” The builder lifted his old grey head, “Good friend, in the path I’ve come,” he said, “There followeth after me today “A youth whose feet must pass this “This chasm that was as naught to way, me; “To that fair youth may a pitfall be; “He, too, must cross in the twilight dim; “Good friend, I am building the bridge for him.” STATE PATROL TO ENFORCE LAW ON LIGHTS DIMMING Penalty of $10 or 30 Days Provided for Failure to Obey Law Motorists failing to dim their lights when meeting an approaching car on the highway will be running the risk of a $10 fine or 30 days in jail state highway patrolmen warned yesterday. A new state law requiring passen ger car lights to be dimmed when meeting another vehicle, was passed at the last session of the legislature and was approved by Governor Bur net R. Maybank on May 24. A pre vious act covers light dimming by trucks and commercial cars. Highway patrolmen have been in structed to begin immediate enforce ment of the act. The text of the act follows: “Section 1: Whenever the driver of a private passenger motor vehicle approaches an oncoming motor ve hicle within five hundred (500) feet, such driver shall dim the lights of the motor vehicle so that the glaring rays are not directly into the eyes of the oncoming driver, and in no case shall the lights be aimed higher than the center of the lamp from which it comes at a distance of twenty-five (26) feet ahead; and in no case higher than a level of forty-two (42) inches above the level upon which the vehicle stands at a distance of seven ty-five (75) feet ahead. Provided, however, this does not apply to a pri vate motor vehicle that does not have facilities for dimming of lights. “Section 2: Any person convicted of violating the provisions of this atet shall be punished by a fine of not more than ten ($10.00) dollars or im prisonment for not more than thirty (30) days.” The Rising Sun—1856-1860 NEWBERRY, S. C. FRIDAY, JULY 18, 1941 PUBLISHED WEEKLY $1.00 PER YEAR Drive For Articles Of Aluminum Now Under Way In City The drive to collect scrap aluminum to be used for defense purposes is be ing sponsored in Newberry by the lo cal chapter of the Jaycees and the Boy Scouts of the city. Work in the county is under the direction of the Clemson Extension service, the 4-H clubs, and the County Council of Farm Women. A bin has been set up on the public square in front of the County Agent’s office for the purpose of receiving the alminum. Anyone who has any piece of aluminum ware that is not being used, or will not have to be re placed by an article <xf some other substance vital to the Defense Pro gram, is asked to bring it by and de posit it in this bin. The drive is now under way and' will continue for about two weeks, the climax of the drive to be a house to house canvass by the Scouts to get those articles \\hich for any reason 'have not al ready been contributed. Other events in the drive include an “aluminum matinee” sponsored by the Ritz Theater on the morning of Thursday, July 24, at which time all children in the county under 16 years of age, white or colored, will be ad mitted to a show which will begin at 10 o’clock, the price of admission be ing one or more pieces of aluminum ware. The show will be “Man Hunt” with Joan Bennett and Walter Pidgin. On Wednesday, July 30, the Opera House is sponsoring a similar mati nee and the picture that will be shown is “Real Glory” with Gary Cooper. At this show also all child ren under 16 in the county will be admitted for one or more pieces of aluminum ware. This drive is being held in connec tion with the Defense Program and in line with cities and (towns all over the country, and the Jaycees am'par ticularly anxious that the drive in Newberry be successful. Therefore, all who have any alminum that they can contribute are asked to bring it and deposit it in the bin in front of the County Agent’s office, or if that is not convenient, to have it ready when the Scouts call for it. US0 Drive Is Success Quota: $900—Receipts to Date: $1600 “Congratulations and many, many thanks to every citizen who contri buted so generously and to those workers who gave not only their money but also their time in order that Newberry might do her share in providing recreational facilties for boys in military service. The splen did results do credit to our communi ty and represent as fine a tribute as we could possibly pay our boys in service. “To every man in military service from Newberry or Newberry county the results of this campaign are only an expression of the love and esteem the folks “Back Home” have for you. We appreciate what you am doing and let us assure you you can always count on Newberry and Newberry County. “THREE CHEERS FOR OUR BOYS—We are behind you 100%. “T. L. Hicks, Chairman, “C. C. Hutto, Co-Chairman.” Instructions from the National Campaign Committee to the Newber ry chamber of commberce stated that quotas of various communities would b6 based on‘population. Newberry’s quota was accordingly set at $900. To tal contributions to date for the “City of Friendly Folks” are $1600.44. This sum came from three principal sources: “Special Gifts” $ 375.00 Newberry’s 3 mill villages 531.02 Newberry’s business section 694.42 TOTAL $1600.44 Itemized in detail, the above total was raised as follows: Newberry Cotton Mills ... $ 100.00 Employees and officials— Newberry Cotton Mills 293.60 Mollohon Mfg. Co 75.00 Employees and officials— Mollohon Mfg. Co 172.42 Oakland Cotton Mill 50.00 Employees and officials— Oakland Cotton Mill 65.00 Town of Newberry 50.00 Business Dist. and Residen- Newberry County Delega tion (for Newberry Co.) .... 100.00 tial Section Newberry 694.42 TOTAL 1600.44 Recruiting Station In Postoffice Building A temporary Navy recruiting sub station has been established in the basement of the post office building here for three days, July 16, 17, and 18. Chief Boatswain’s Mate W. E. Patterson, Jr., will interview and ex amine applicants for enlistment in either the regular navy or for the Naval Reserve. At the termination of the present unlimited national emergency re serves would be released from active duty and placed on inactive duty sta tus, but if they desired to remain in the service they could transfer to the regular army. RUSS-NAZI WAR GIVES UNITED STATES REDS NEW CHANCE (By Lee Carson, International News Service staff correspondent) Washington, July 4.—Dies commit tee talent scouts today returned from a swing around the red circuit to re port that American Communists are taking full advantage of the Soviet- Nazi war to burrow deeper into in dustry, labor, and the Government. Un-American activities experts de clare the Communists expect Stalin and Hitler eventually to make peace, with Stalin losing a few oil fields and granaries. In the meantime, Ameri can Communist chapters are en trenching themselves more firmly in key positions. Get Instructions In the possession of the Dies com mittee is a copy of alleged instruc tions sent out to all Communist groups. The instructions urge: “Now that Germany has attacked the Soviet Union, the United States will have to go along with Great Bri tain and the U. S. S. R. in the fight against the common enemy, and as a result of this the Government will let up on the persecution of the Com munists. This will place the Oem- munists in a wonderful position to ac complish things that otherwise would be hard to achieve. Everyone was urged to redouble their efforts in the branch organizations and to secure as many members as possible, and to continue the drive for the control of the basic industries through the *rade unions.” Japs ^Are Problem Concurrent with worry over the Reds comes another anti-American problem. According to the investiga tors, the Japs are some 3,200 strong on the west coast, have a fleet al most 1,000 small boats “manned” by reserve officers of the Japanese Navy and under direct command of T«*io.” The Japs, like the Nazis, keep an un relenting hold on their subjects in this country by threats of reprisal to their families and friends still in Japan. Miss Frances Wallace left Tuesday for a few days visit with friends in Anderson. MT. TABOR LUTHERAN PARISH MT. OLIVET: 10 a. m., Sunda> School. Mr. Horace Martin, Supt. 11 a. m., The Order of Public Con fession and admfriistratioji of The Lord’s Supper. MT: PILGRIM: 3 p. m., Sunday school, Mr. Oscar Lovelace, Supt. 4 p. m., The Service. MT. TABOR: 10 a. m., Sunday school. Mr. J. W. Ballentine, Supt. The public is most cordially invited* to worship with us. OPPORTUNi rV FOR CANNING Columbia, S C.—South Carolina peach growers are in the midst of harvesting the largest drop of peaches ever grown in this State. “The fact that so many peaches are being picked and selling at such reasonable prices offer housewives of the State a wonderful opportunity of canning and preserving peaches for winter use,” declared J. Roy Jones, Commissioner of Agriculture, today. Mr. Jones states further that there will be a heavy movement of peaches the next few weeks and suggests that even those who have to buy peaches should put up some this year. He called attention to information re reived at the State Department of Ag riculture that indicates high prices for canned peaches this year. The California Cling Peach crop is short and packers there are paying twice as much for raw peaches as they did last year and furthermore shipping facilities for non-defense goods will be greatly curtailed. Peaches should be a regular part of the daily diet every day now, thinks Mr. Jones, because of their excellent taste and as a source of vitamin*. He thinks the same is true of other fruits and vegetables now available. Senatorial Candidates Little Mountain Today Little Mountain, July 16.—Every thing is in readiness for the big pro gram at the Little Mountain school auditorium, Friday, July 18. The com mittee, with J. K. Derrick as chair man, has arranged an exceptionally attractive program. Beginning at 10 o’clock the following distinguished speakers will deliver addresses: Solo mon Blatt, Speaker of the Rouse; Butler B. Hare, congressman; James H. Hope, State Superintendent of Education; John C. Taylor of And erson; Joseph R. Bryson of Green ville and S. J. Derrick of Newberry. The local Parent Teacher Associa tion will serve one of its famous chicken barbecue dinners from 12 noon until two o’clock. NEWBERRY BOYS ON FIRING RANGE A special convoy pulled out of Camp Stewart, Ga., late Sunday af ternoon for the range at San Fer- nandina Beach, Fla., bearing its car go of soldiers made up of the men and officers of the 107th Separate Coast Artillery Battalion (AA). The first outfit to leave Camp Stewart was Battery C (former Newberry Boys who are in the service now). They were followed by Battery D (Hamp ton) and Headquarters Battery (Dil lon). The convoy pulled into Fernandina around 1:30 a. m. Monday and pitch ed their tents to try and get a little sleep before hitting the range. First call was sounded at 8:30 a. m. and the first sight that was seen was the rolling Surf of the Atlantic Ocean which looked awfully inviting to the weary men of this Battalion. The men were given the chance to take an early morning swim so bath ing suits were donned and the men were off to the beach. After breakfast the men were in troduced to a 30 calibre AA machine gun which they fi^ed during their whole stay in Florida. The officers were very pleased with the record that the men made with this new weapon. Most of the fellows had nev er seen this gun but when they were called to the firing line, they conduct ed themselves as veterans. With the coming of night and Re treat, the men were given a late leave so that they might see the sights in and around this Florida resort. The skating ring on the beach seemed to be the most popular place of amuse ment. During the course of the ev ening, every man in the Battalion tried’ his luck on roller skates but several are still bearing the marks of their inexperience. This town took to the soldiers bet ter than any town that it has beer our luck to visit. The folks down there were exceptionally nice to the men and officers of the 107th and most of them are looking forward to their next visit to Fernandina. Firing was finished early Tuesday morning and the men loaded thefcr equipment into the trucks so that they may be able to take that last minute dip in the roaring surf. The convoy left Fernandina prompt ly at 12:30 p. m. on its return trip to Camp Stewart and home. The men left Ithe girls with sad hearts but they left a promise of coming back at the first chance which as rumor has it, should be in a few weeks. It is rumored that this Battalion is due back down there within a few weeks to fire the 37mm guns. TRANWOOD CLUB MEETS WITH MRS. LONG The Tranwood club met in the home of Mrs. Nora Long on July 10. She was assisted by Mrs. Carl Heller and Mrs. Harold Long. Miss Anna Long read a portion of Psalm 37 and offered prayer. Miss Counts insisted that we use cotton stamps, not only for purchas ing clothing but for replenishing bed and table linens. Only pure cot- ,ton materials may be purchased with these stamps. The club is sponsoring an alumi num shower for National Defense. Those who are not club members may carry their old and unnecessary aluminum to the central place for col lection in Newberry. The annual picnic in August will be at the home of Mrs. Willie Long on the regular meeting day at 4 p. m. Dr. J. W. Carson will be out of the city next Sabbath, conducting sp • cial services at Mt. Carmel, S. C. I.r. Erland Nelson will have charge of the services in the Newberry Asso ciate Reformed Presbyterian church at 11:30 a. m. and Dr. R. A. Gooaman will conduct the services in the Kings Creek church at 4 o’clock Sabbath af ternoon. l Treasurer Sees Income Of The State Increase State Treasurer Jeff B. Bates said Monday the financial condition of the provement and that there was no im mediate need for borrowing money.. Under the deficit refunding act of the last session of the legislature, the state finance committee is authoriz ed to issue state notes to balance the budget _ Bates explained that while a deficit did exist - in the general fund, other funds, under a pooling system, were being used to pay bills. Considering the treasury as a whole, he said, there was no actual deficit FATE WINS ANOTHER SKIRMISH The Baltimore Sun, June 20. Most of us have an occasional bout with Fate. Sometimes we go down; sometimes we survive. , But the en counters are rare, and they are not, generally speaking, particularly per sonalized. Fate doesn’t seem to have a special grudge against us as indi viduals. Mr. David Lasser’s case is differ ent Fate, acting through the Con gress of the United States, has just shot Mr. Lasser’s WPA job from un der him. It wasn’t a tremendous job, as such things go. It paid $4,400 a year. But the Congress of the United States devoted precious hours to it, and today Mr. Lasser is once more the victim of the mills of the gods. Yet the chances are that Mr. Lass er was as wholehearted, as enthusi astic, and as devoted a servant of the people as any in Washington. Mr. Lasser has always been a wholeheart ed devotee of his job. His job, in fact, has always been to him an opportuni ty. Maybe that’s why Fate singles him out for its recurrent attacks. Back in 1928 he devoted himself to the cause of Mr. Herbert Hoover. But Fate, discovering Mr. Lasser’s devotion for Mr. Hoover, proceeded to erase Mr. Hoover. Along came technocracy. Ur. Laarcr saw the light and devoted himself to techno cracy. Fate heard about it and eras ed technocracy. Mr. Lxisser devoted himself to the cause of the Interplan etary Society, whose ambition it was to send a rocket to the moon. Fate, in alliance with the gravitational force, erased that cause. His head bloody but unbowed, Mr. Lasser teamed up with the unemploy ed and .organized the Workers Alli ance, the one big union of WPA work ers. The Dies committee proved to Mr. Lasser’s satisfaction that he was being used as a cat’s paw of the Com munists. Being a patriot, he rebelled, which is to say he was out of a job again. That was the last heard of him un til it transpired that he was on the WPA pay roll at $4,400 a year, de voting himself, we may be sure, with wholehearted zeal to this new cause. But Fate wasn’t through with him, and the congressional action of Fri day was the result. Fate has thus won another skirmish with the man she most delights to torment. But don’t jump to the con clusion that Mr. Lasser is licked. Where he goes from here we have no means of knowing, but it is dollars to doughnuts that in a few months, despite all the dark powers, Mr. Las ser will have found a new cause and wild be giving it all he’s got. Some will pity him, but not we; we have a hunch he’ll lick Fate yet. POSTMASTER IS FIRED Washington, July 14.—The post- office department notified Representa-' tive BulWmkle (D-NC) today that Acting Postmaster Keeley A. Grice of Charlotte, N. C., had been instructed to discharge Paul Younts, postmaster on leave, and five employes of the office. Acting First Assistant Postmaste General J. M. Donaldson, informed Bulwinkle the adtion was the result of an investigation of charges made of political activity by Charlotte postal officials in violation of federal law. In addition to the discharge of Younts and the five employes, Don aldson said the department had or dered the suspension of five other em ployes for 20 days and for the sus pension of four employes for ten days. Donaldson said the ‘disciplinary ac tion” was recommended by the civil service commission, which made an investigation of the Charlotte post- office charges. RETURNS FROM HOSPITAL The many friends of Mrs. S. E. Denton will be glad to hear that she has returned to her home at 1138 Summer street, from the Columbia hospital where she underwent a foot operation. Primary Ordered Fo r September Second Nominate Senator DOWN MEMORY LANE 30 YEARS AGO Under action taken Wednesday by the state Democratic executive com mittee, South Carolinians will vote in a primary to be held September 2 to nominate a United States senator to run in the special general elec tion Governor Burnet R. Maybank said he would call for September 30. The date for the primary was first set for September 9, but later was changed to the earlier date in order to avoid legal complications involv ing the general election. If a second or run-off primary is necessary, it will be held September 16. To finance the primary or the prim aries. the committee adopted a plan which provided that: Candidates for the short, or unex pired senate term would' be assessed $1,000 each; a $3,096 national Demo cratic campaign balance would be transferred to the committee ac count; the election managers and clerks would be paid $1 for each elec tion day and would be issued script to be redeemed whenever the money was available. This plan was worked out by a special sub-oommittee of five mem bers during the luncheon recess. It was presented; to the meeting by W. C. Mann from Pickens county, who estimated that the committee “will run from $7,500 to $8,000 in the hole this year.” Other members of the committee were: W. B. Gibson of York, LeRoy Anderson of Greenville, J. D. Parler of Dorchester and J. Hermah Ligbt- sey of Hampton. Motion for the ap pointment of a committee to suggest a plan for financing the election was made by W. P. Baskin, Jr., of Lee. Election Costs Mann said the sub -comm ittee fig- as follows: Printing and advertising, $2,500; managers and clerks, $11,000; committee meetings and expenses, $1,000. The committee was named after re jection of a proposal by Senator Ed gar A. Brown of Barnwell for the committee to ask the general assem bly to appropriate $50,000 for the primary expenses. Although a num ber of committeemen opposed Brown’s motion, contending that managers and clerks could be obtain ed to work without pay, the vote against it was only 22-21. When it was finally decided to hold the grst primary September 2 and the second one, if necessary, Septem ber 16, Maybank, who is the national Democratic executive committeeman from this state, told the meeting that he would set the date for the general election for September 30, the last Tuesday of the month. After the first primary date was originally set for September 9, Geo. Bell Timmerman of Lexington said that the plan for the general election to be held October 7, as had been sug gested, ‘raised a very serious ques tion of the legality of the election.” He pointed out that James F. Byrnes resigned from the senate July 8 to become a member of the su preme court and that the law requir ed the special election to be held and declared within 90 days from that date. October 7 would be 91 days after July 8, he said. To meet the situation, Timmerman suggested that Maybank call the elec tion for “not nater than Saturday, October 3,” but, the governor, al though saying he would co-operate with the committee and call the elec tion at any time agreed upon, con tended that the holding of the elec tion on any other day than Tuesday would be ‘'breaking precedent.” V in bo* Pro. vane A Newberry author’s book will be the schools of the State, the State ird of education having adopted f. E. B. Setzler’s treatise on ad- ed English syntax, for the use i eleventh grade in high schools. Mr. t “ P - Fair, of Newberry, travel ing repi ' eBent ative of the Indian Re fining oo mpany, one of the large in dependant - oil companies, was in Due We** Man* ^ Mr - Fair stated that Newberry > VBS loolc ing forward with much interes 40 hearing Dr. Orr, who -begins a sen* f <>£ m c eft ‘S' 3 there on Wednesday.—>i Freshytenan, 12. Prof, and Mn ”5. S. I. Derrick of NeWbarry college ’ ^h® ffuests of Hon. and Mre. D. • Frin > . Efird > at their lovely home .. VT, ear Lexington. Columbia, July 13. —Assuming full responsibility for com ^ 1 ^ 1 ' ond existing in the hosiery mill an* ^ maintaining that these conditions a. as sanitary clean and healthful as . ’*• * s possible to make them; declaring " con " viots employed in the pla nt actual!} undergo less menace to ht, ’ a lth than thousands of free citizens w*. ’rking in cotton mills; asserting that t he con tract with Lessee Graham wa s en ‘l* ered into with the consent of tl’itl leg islature and is in the opinion c'f ihe directors binding, both in morals an< i in law, the board of directors of the South Carolina penitentiary trams- mitted to Governor Blease' tonight a formal communication, the result of spssio.-.s held here yesterday and to day, in which they say must stand by the Graham contract, but will call the matter to the attention of the general assembly, and will, of course follow that body’s instructions. ured that the total election costs wonM ■ appi dihnace $14,560, divided k City council has in the recent past done some good work of a permanent character. That should be the policy all the way. If terra cotta or some under drainage pipe were, put down, the streets would look better, be wid er, and not need ditches cleaned every month or two. In the last two years a sufficient sum has been spent clean ing ditohes to have done the work properly and in such manner that there would have been no need for work on the streets in years. As it is the cleaning process will have to go on like Tennyson’s brook, forever. It is a penny wise and pound foolish policy, and the people’s money is be ing wasted. Why not stop it? Do permanent wo-k and save money. SCRAMBLED ROMANCE ROMPS RIOTOUSLY IN SLY COMEDY DEFENSE BOND QUIZ . Merle Oberon and Melvyn Douglas are co-starred as the blissfully happy couple who discover they have no right to be happy in the light-hearted comedy, “That Uncertain Feeling’ which will be presented at the Opera House, Monday and Tuesday, July 21 and 22. Supporting Miss Oberon and Mel vyn Douglas are Burgess Meredith, who plays a wild-haired pianist with a leaning toward surrealist art; Alan Mowbray, as the psyohoanalyist who does his level best to convince lovely Merle that her marriage is not as bright as it seems; Eve Arden, as Sally, an unconventional private sec retary; and Sig Rumarm seen as a prosperity Hungarian mattress mer chant. Most of the action of the story un winds on New York’s Park Avenue, which, since the war, is the smartest street in the world. Miss Oberon and Douglas portray a young American couple who have money but lead rather simple lives until a psycho analyst complicates things for them. SEEN ABOUT TOWN Question: What happens if I sud denly need the money I put into a Defense Savings Bond? Answer: You can cash your Bond at any time, after 60 days, for the full amount paid, plus any interest due you. Question: Do many Bond owners cash their Bonds? Answer: No. People want to help arm America against all attacks. In many cases, people are putting every cent they can spare into Defense Bonds and Stamps. Some are doing this by asking employers or banks to withhold part of their salaries in order to buy these Bonds or Stamps for them. Note:—To purchase Defense Bonds and Stamps, go to the nearest post office or bank, or write for informa tion to the Treasurer of the United States, Washington, D. C. DR. HUGH K. BOYD using his “Chamberlain” umbrella in this wet weather . . . ELSIE GILLIAM stand ing on corner waiting for DOT ROSS, the two walking home together . . . FRANCES WALLACE boarding the Anderson bus . , „ Someone referring to “DR.” DICKERT and your scribe wondering who it was—not knowing that JESSE had a title . . .MARVIN’ O. SUMMER holding a raincoat over his shoulders . . , The lovely flower bed at “Pete’s” * filling station caus ing comment . . . HAROLD JAR- RETT of Anderson visiting friends in Newberry Monday . . . Birthday anni versaries: Mrs. Pet Dawkins, July 16; Miss Mary Livingston, July 16; Clayton Smith, July 18; A. J. Bowers. Jr., July 20; Mrs. A. T. Neely, July 20; Chevis I. Boozer, July 20; Mrs. S. E. Whitten, July 23.