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Every Week More People Read The Sun cJ^A/o/r VOLUME 4; NO. 42 The Rising Sun-1856-1860 NEWBERRY, S. C. FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 1941 PUBLISHED WEEKLY Hare Abandons Plans CITY ELECTION SET For Senate Campaign OUT AMONG THE PEOPLE BLEASE ENDORSED FOR SENATE The county bar association met Monday morning to frame a resolu tion urging Governor Maybank to name Newberry’s most distinguished son, Eugene S. Blease, to the vacan cy in the Senate occasioned by the death of Alva M. Lumpkin. While, by such action, the Gover nor would be getting out of the «»amp of his friends, he could not make an appointment which would help him more politically, or do a better turn for the State. Judge Blease has more influential friends scattered over the State than anyone we imow, and his ability is of course recognized far beyond the boundaries of the State. WRITE CONGRESSMAN HARE Things have come to a sad pass in this once peace-loving nation when men whoitadvocate peace are booed and ridiculed for their efforts to pre serve it. Press dispatches tell us that the campaign crowd cheered wildly at Ai ken when Maybank end Johnston flayed Wheeler and Lindbergh, yet if the truth were known the majority of those doing the cheering would move heaven and earth to keep their boys out of the service. The public refuses to understand until it is too late that war is not something we can let George do, it is something that breaks down the moral, spiritual and economic welfare of the nation and spills the blood of the nation’s finest men, sons of the mothers of America, of South Carolina, of New berry, of Ward 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, of Pom- aria, and Prosperity and Chappella and Silverstreet, and every other hamlet and cross road or municipal subdivision. War is a hideous thing, and every mother in America should write at once to their senators or Congress men. Mothers in this county should write to Congressman Butler B. Hare House Office Building, Washington, D. C., and protest against the cam paign being made to send our boys to Europe. Senator Smith has al ready expressed his opinion and there is nothing to fear from him. We be lieve Judge Hare would oppose any such move but you can strengthen his resolve by letting him know how you feel about it. Littla Mountain School Bogins August 29 The Trustees of the Little Moun tain schools make the following an nouncements concerning the teach ers and opening of the next session of school: High school: Miss Lucille Derrick, Little Mountain, English and library; Carson D. Evans, Holly Hill, history and science; Miss Evelyn Stone, Don alds, home economics; Miss Rachael Langford, Travellers Rest, com merce; H. B. Hendrix, Little Moun tain, agriculture; J. W. Ballentine, Supt., mathematics. Grammar school: F. E. Metis, Lit tle Mountain, 7th grade; Miss Ruth Leminick, Pomaria, and Miss Lillian Ruff, Prosperity, 4th, 5th, and 6th grades; Miss Jessie Mary Derrick, Newberry and Miss Helen Sloan, Lit tle Mountain, 1st, 2nd and 3rd grades. Mrs. Carrol Derrick will have charge of all music including the Glee Club. The session 1941-1942 will begin Friday, August 29, at 10 a. m., DST. Claude Summer Dies From Heart Attack Claude P. Summer, aged 48, died Wednesday afternoon about four o'clock at the county hospital where he was taken several days ago follow ing a heart attack. He has suffered previous attacks. Mr. Summer was a World War vet eran and had been head of the mech anical department of Smith Motor company for almost two decades. He was widely known thruout th* city and county. Mr. Summer was a member of Cen tral Methodist church and was active in the local legion post and Junior Order lodge. He married Miss Es telle Moore, who survives him, along with two sons, Claude P. and James B.; two sisters, Miss Ola Summer and Mrs. Owen Holmes; four brothers, J. T., Thomas, Elton, and Frank Summer, also survive him. Funeral rites were held Thursday afternoon at five o’clock from the late residence in charge of Rev. H. O. Chambers, assisted by Dr. J. W. Carson. Burial was in Rosemonl cemetery. Newberry Team Wins Dairy Judging Honors District honors in 4-H dairy cattle judging were won in Columbia Tues day by Newberry county, followed by Colleton, Aiken and Bamberg coun ties. The Orangeburg team did not compete. As a result of Tuesdays compe tition, in which judging was in three breeds. Holsteins, Guernseys and Jer seys, Newberry will represent the dis trict in the state contest, \o be held during the first week of September, probably at Clemson college but the place has not been definitely selected. Chester county was winner in a district event held last week at New berry. The third extension district win ner will be selected August 15 at Spartanburg when remaining coun ties, including Anderson, Cherokee, Greenville, Union and York, compete. The winning team from the state will be sent with all expenses paid to the national competition at the na-’ tional dairy show, about October 10 in Memphis, Tenn., by S. H. Kress and Company, the sponsorship being ar ranged through George W. Speer of Anderson, agricultural councilor of the Southeastern Chain Store council, who was present at yesterday’s event. The purpose of the 4-H teams is to encourage a scientific production in dairy cattle and dairy products in South Carolina among the younger citizens. The standard of judging yesterday was considered excellent. Members of the winning Newberry team, which was accompanied by As sistant County Agent J. L. King, in cluded Woodrow Lathrop, biggest in dividual winner of the rfay; James Parr, Henry Parr and alternate, Ber- ley Bedenbaugh, Jr., (of Promaria). Highest scores for individual win ners for the day were: First place, Woodrow Lathrop of NewbersiMMpebnd, Frank Atkinson of Aiken; third, John H. "Barnes of Col leton (Islandton). Class winners were: Holsteins: First place, Woodrow Lathrop of Newberry; second place, (tie), Henry Parr of Newberry, Billy Sineath of Walt^rboro and Walker Murray of Aiken. (iuemseys: (Medal ordered for win ner by the South Carolina Guernsey Cattle club); First place, Woodrow Lathrop of Newberry. Tam Peeples Will Make Race For Governor Thomas H. Peeples, former attarney general of South Carolina, Tuesday announced his candidacy for governor in the Democratic primaries next summer. “After long consideration,” Mr. Peeples said, “I have ^decided that if the Lord will spare me until next year, I will be in the race for gov ernor of South Carolina.” Mr. Peeples, whose law office is at 1410 Main street, Columbia, but who commutes from Blackville that he might be with his aged parents, was active in public life for many years, but since 1926, when he retired from the general assembly of South Caro lina, where he represented Richland county, he has not offered for office. He was attorney general for three terms, from 1913 to 1919 (the term then was two years). His assistant at. torney general for three years was Fred H. Dominick and for the other three years Claud N. Sapp. He had the honor of being named president of the Association of Attorneys Gen eral of the United States. In 1916, when Mr. Peeples retired from the office of attorney general of the state, he was given a commis sion as major in the judge advocate general’s department of the army, and served as chief counsel for the war department board of appraisers. Completing that work, he returned to the private practice, opening of fice in Columbia, and for two years, 1925-26, was in the general assembly from Richland county. DR. A. L. GUNTER WILL PREACH AT METHODIST SUNDAY At Central Methodist church on Sunday morning. Dr. A. L. Gunter, Executive Secretary of the Board of Education of the upper South Caro lina Conference, will occupy the pul pit. Dr. Gunter is a graduate of Newberry College of some years ago. Since his graduation he has been ac tively engaged in the Methodist ministry of the state. Several years ago he conducted a series of meet ings in Central church. The mem bership of the church is urged to hear Dr. Gunter and everyone is cordially invited to attend. Congressman Butler B. Hare of Saluda announced Thursday night that he would not be a candidate to fill the unexpired term of Senator James F. Byrnes, now associate jus tice. This left only three in the field— Governdr Burnet R. Maybank of Charleston, former Governor Olin D. Johnston of Spartanburg and Con gressman Joseph R. Bryson of Green- viljle—as time drew near fog the deadline for candidates to file their $1,000 campaign fees at 1 o’clock this afternoon. In abandoning earlier intentions to run for the senate, Congressman Hare said in Washington, “I enter tained the hope that circumstances here would permit me to enter the race, but in view of the pronounced change in our legislative program for the next few weeks and its conflict with the recently arranged campaign itinerary in the state it will be im possible for me to take part in both and do justice to either.” Mr. Hare left open the question of running in 1942, when a candidate for the regular six year term will be named. LAWYER IN WRECK HERE Proctor Bonham of Greenville, prominent attorney, suffered slight injuries here Sunday when his car left the highway near Stine’s old place on the cut-off road. Mr. Bon ham’s car crashed into a telephone pole completely severing it and dam aging the car considerably. The acci dent happened during the hard show, er which fell here Sunday and it is believed the car skidded when the at tempt to pull it back onto the high way. He was on bia way to Columbia to attend the funeral of Senator Lumpkin but returned to Greenville after first aid treatment here. Local Firms Working In Cotton Stamp Program The time is rapidly growing near for the sale of cotton goods under the Surplus Marketing Administra tion to begin. Farmers throughout the county will receive their cotton stamps within the next few days and the merchants should be able to han dle the stamps at that time. Regulations have been mailed to the retailers of the county explaining the Cotton Stamp Program and how the stamps are to be handled. Many of the merchants have returned the statement form which must be signed in order for the merchant to parti cipate. The following is a list of the mer chants who have already qualified to participate: Joe’s Dept. Store, Newberry. L. Morris, Newberry J. J. Dominick, Silverstreet. B. M. Suber, Pomaria. Ruff’s store, Newberry. Black’s Dry Goods Co., Prosperity. Carolina Remnant Store, Newberry. Wise Bros., Inc., Little Mountain. McCrory Stores Corp 5 & 10c Store, Newberry. Johnson Hagood Clary, Newberry. R. H. Anderson, Newberry. Belk-Beard Co., Newberry. The Fashion, Newberry. H. H. Ruff, Route 2 Newberry. Efird’s Dept. Store, Newberry. Clary Clothing Co., Newberry. B. C. Moore & Sons, Newberry. Spinks Clothing Co., Newberry. Carpenter’s, Newberry. T. Roy Summer, Newberry. Roses 5-10-25c Store, Newberry. T. M. Sanders, Newberry. J. H. Summer, Newberry. * Frank R. Higgins, Newberry. Smith Mercantile Co., Kinards. F. L. Ruff & Bros., Prosperity. B. B. Schumpert & Co., Prosperity Simpson’s, Whitmire. Gilliams Clothing Store, Whitmire. Pugh Bros., Prosperity. Havird Bros., Silverstreet. Counts & Shealy, Little Mountain. A. Rones Dept, store, Whitmire. Werts Service Station, Chappells. Jalapa Merc. Co., R-3, Newberry. W. H. Suber, Peak. Merchants who wish to participate in the program and have not already returned the form are urged to do so at once. The form, S. M. A. 510, must be returned to County Agent P. B. Ezell, in order for the retailer to qualify. DR. E. B. KEISLER AT ST. JAMES’ The Rev. Dr. E. B. Keisler, in the absence of the pastor, will be in charge of the service at St. James’ Lutheran church (Bush River school house) Sunday, Aug. 10 at 4 p. m., E. S. T. His many friends in the com munity will be glad to hear him. FOR OCTOBER 4th A few citizens met at the city court room Thursday night, August 31st for the purpose of perfecting machinery for conducting the muni cipal election, the date of which was set by the meeting for October 14th. Officers elected were: Chairman, J. Oliver Havird, Henry T. Cannon, sec retary-treasurer. The following make up the execu tive committee: Ward 1: T. M. Meeks Ward 2: John A. Peterson Ward 3: D. L. Nince Ward 4: O. F. Armfield Ward 5: Tom B. Kibler Chairman Havird will call the exe cutive committee together within the next few days to complete the de tails of the election^ A mayor, all aldermen and a mem ber of the public 'works commission are to be elected. County’s Largest Coil For Men This Month Newberry county’s two Selective service boards have been called to furnish 37 men during August for service and training in the Army. Of the total number, 24 will be whites and 13 coloreds. Leaving on Monday. August 18 from Local Board Number 59 will be 12 whites. Two are f i to be named while Orders of Induction were mail ed to the following ten yesterday: William Franklin Mayer, 457, R. F. D. No. 1, Little Mountain; Henry Da vid Senn, 498, R. F, D. No. 1, Silver- street; John Andrew Livingston, 627, R. F. D. No. 3, Prosperity; LeGrande. Osborne Livingston, 671, R. F. D., No. 3, Prosperity; Carroll Franklin .Lake, 672, R. F. D. No. 1, Little Mointain; James Homer Crooks, 685, R. F. D., No. 1, Pomaria; Ahdrew tlerky Hatv. kins, 702, R. F. D. No. 3, Prosperity; Adrian Lester Bowers, 715, Prosperi ty; Bernard Edward Wiggers, 724, R. F. D. No. 2, Pomaria and Colum bia; and Robert Walter Cromer, 778, R. F. D. No. 1, Pomaria. Local Board No. 58 sends the fol lowing twelve on August 19: William Earl Knight, volunteer, R. F. D., Newberry; Charles Douglas Crump, 638, Newberry; Garlie Woodrow Bled l soe, 1005, Whitmire: Llyod Car lisle Fulmer, 1028, R; F. D. No. 4 Newberry; James Wilson Mack, 1081, Newberry; Henry Gardner Hendrix, 1119, R. F. D. No. 3, Newberry; Miles Chester Hawkins, \141, Newberry; Elon Woodrow Mills, 1233, Newberry; Perry Coleman Halfacre, 1242, R. F. D. No. 2, Newberry; Lindsay Parker, 1267, Whitmire; Julian Ndrris McIn tyre; 1281, Newberry; Louie William Rinehart, 1287, Newberry. The eight colored registrants from Board 58 were scheduled to leave August 25 have not been named. Board 59 wil send the following five coloreds on August 26: Willie Bates, 684, R. F. D. No. 1, Prosperity; Fred, die Lee Gorie, 697, Pomaria; Jesse James Gallman, 704, R. F. D. No. 1, Kinards; Euland Mitchel Jones, 723, R. F. D. No. 3, Newberry; J. C. Glas- go, 726, R. F. D. No. 1, Prosperity. All inductees who leave here this month will be sent to Port Jackson for induction. The calls on August 18, 19, 25, and 26 constitutes the August quota from the countys local boards. McCullough gets diploma Dr. J. H. McCullough, Dr. H. B. McCullough, and Mr. and Mrs. Lewis McCullough, attended graduation exercises at the Ur.iversity of South Carolina the past week-end, at which time Joe Henry McCullough received a B. S. Degree in pharmacy. Joe Henry has accepted a position -with the Smith Cut-Rate durg stores of Spartanburg. ROTARY CLUB OFFICIALS ARE ENTERTAINED MONDAY Directors and Committee Chairmen of the Newberry Rotary Club were entertained with a sumptuous dinner last Monday night at the home of their newly elected president, Don Rook. The group, comprising some fifteen prominent citizens, met at 7:30 p. m. After dinner, a general open discussion on Rotary philosophy and function was held: The true meaning of the Rotary Club in all its phases was impressed upon every man pres ent, and much educational value was gained by all. Following this, plans for the coming year were made and every Committee Chairman of the lo cal organization received full instruc tions as to the purpose and duties of his committee. Newberry City Schools Have Successful Year Prof. O. B. Cannon, superintendent of the city school system, submitted the following report to a gathering of patrons at the court house Tues day: “The Session 1940-41 began on September 4th. Preliminary work was done on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday during which time condi tioned students were given examina tions for removal of the subjects failed in; new students were classi fied and divided into sections; those students entering our schools for the first time were given examinations P.nd classified 1 . Lesson assignments were made for regular work Septem ber 9th and books were issued to pu pils who desired to rent rather than buy textbooks. The enrollment in the white schools for the Session 1940-41 was 1682, a gain of one over the enroll ment of last session. The average attendance was 1514.1, a loss of 6.6 from the average attendance of last session. In the Elementary grades we had a total enrollment of 1046, a loss of 7 from the enrollment of last year. In the High School we had an enrollment of 638, a gain of 8 over the enrollment of last session. In the negro school the total enrollment was 756, a los® of 29 pupils from the enrollment of last session. The average attendance was 562.4, a loss of 16.6 from that of last year. In the Elementary grades of the Tiegro ■school the enrollment was 558 show ing a loss of 14 from that of last session. The High School enrollment was 198 showing a loss of 15 from that of last session. The loss in the Elementary grades of the white pu pils indicates that our' high school enrollment has about reached its peak. The loss sustained in the ne gro enrollment, both Elementary and High School, seems to indicate that the negro population of our school district is decreasing. A close check up, "howevef, I think would show that there are some negro children within the sechool age who have not attend ed school. I do not think there is a single white child living in District No. 1 of school age who didn’t enroll either in Newberry City Schools or in some neighboring school. The average attendance in both negroes and whites is entirely too low. We are not satisfied to have an average attendance of 90 per cent for white children and 74.3 per cent for the negroes. A good portion of these absences was due to the flu epidemic which struck our schools pretty heavily. The absent list became so large that the flu condition was so serious that the Board of Health closed up the schools for eight school days. But not all these absentees had valid excuses for staying away from school. While we have a school attendance law, this law does not seem to be very effective and we are of the opinion that it should be more rigid. It does seem that the State of South Carolina could compel its chil dren to attend the free public schools of th-'i state since it supplies the money to run the public schools. We are calling upon the patrons and guardians of the school children in our school district to cooperate more closely in our efforts to reduce our absent list. One of the great efforts that we are putting forth as a school system is to reduce the number of failures. When a pupil has to repeat his grade, it lays an additional cost upon the public school. It seems that a large percent of our failures is not due to the pupil’s inability to do the work but rather to his indifference to his studies. No training that a pupil gets in a public school is greater than that which causes him to fix his at tention along a certain line of work until he has mastered it. We require our teachers to remain at school one- half hour each school day in order to give extra help to delinquent stu dents. If the parents would see to it that the pupils take advantage of this opportunity for extra help, whenever the children have gotten behind in their work, whether it be from ab sences or from lack of application with the daily lesson assignments, there would be fewer failures. A little encopragement at home, we be lieve, would cause puipls to look upon this one-half hour of extra work as a privilege rather than a method of punishment. We wish to commend our teachers for the able manner in which they have carried on their work and for their willingness of cooperation when ever a movement is made for the bet terment of the schools. The reports that we get show that our teachers are keeping abreast of the times by reading professional books and mag azines and by attending educational (Continued on page six) New Teachers Salary Base Is Approved A system of classifying South Carolina’s 15,237 public school teach ers, so as to provide annual salary In creases from $40 to $120 for 27 per cent of them in the 1941-42 school year, was adopted today by the state board of education in Columbia. At the same time, the board asked Governor Burnet R. Maybank to sign the salary increase bill for teachers under which the funds for the higher pay scales would be provided. The governor said he would sign the bill later this week. Establishment of a merit system for the classification and certification of South Carolina’s teachers is to be studied further by a special commit tee appointed by Governor Maybank June 10. A report on such a system is expected before the end of the cal endar year by the committee. “ "he urgent necessity for action to ward a .better plan of certification and classification is based on the fact that the existing certificates do not reflect the educational qualifications or the specific training of teachers,” the board-approved committee report stated. It is this same committee that yes terday recommended the immediate $40-to-$120 a year teache. increase on a classification plan bast! upon the number of years of college training the teachers have had. The plan and the increases were adopted by the board. The largest increase, $120 a year, goes to 1,160 Negro teachers who have four years of college training or more and who hold degrees. A total of 7,837 white teachers with the same qualifications get $80 a year more, the maximum allowed them under the salary increase bill. Likewise getting $80 a year more are 661 white teachers and 584 Negro teachers with three years of college training. An increase of $40 a year goes to 1,278 white teachers and 2,164 Negro teachers with. _tSBL_ye«*rs college training or less. A total of 295 white teachers and 1,260 Negro teachers “whose training is represented by high school gradua. tion or less” do not receive any in crease at all. Additional money required to fi nance salary increases on the basis adopted by the board of education was estimated by the committee at $1,021,640 of which more than one- fourth—or $590,960—would go to the white teachers with four years of college training or more. Negro teachers with the same qualifications would receive $193,200. White teachers with three years of college training would get $52,880 and Negro teachers with the same qualifications $46,920. With two years of college training or less, white teachers would receive $51,120 and Negro teachers $86,560. Greenville Publisher Gets Senate Scat Roger C. Peace, 42-year-old Green ville publisher, appointed Tuesday by Governor Burnet R. Maybank to the United States senate to fill the seat vacated by the death of Senator Alva M. Lumpkin, took the oath of office Wednesday. Mr. Peace, the third junior sena tor from South Carolina is less than a month was appointed by Governor Maybank to serve until Oct. 15. For mer Federal Judge Lumpkin, served only 10 days after being appointed'to replace Justice James F. Byrnes when he was elevated to the supreme court. Senator Lumpkin’s appointment ran until Dec. 8, but Governor May- bank limited' Mr. Peace’s term until Oct. 15 “or as soon thereafter” as the winner of the current senatorial campaign “wishes to qualify.” The general election will be held Sept. 30 and 1 it will take two weeks for the the returns and declare the result. SCOUTS LEAVE FOR OLD INDIAN Boys from Troop No. 5 of West End, one of the oldest troops in the district, left Wednesday by bus for Camp Old Indian where they will be for a week. The following went: Thomas Ward, Raymond Sanford, Virgil Gilliam, Houseal Jay, James Danielson, Guy Danielson, Dan Bradley, Edward Vines, Kenneth Tompkins, Ernest Smith, Robert Corley, Charles Lay- ton, Vernon Harris, Robert Creek- more, Mickey Cully, Ernest Kinard, Jack Sanders, Carol Longshore and brother. They were accompanied by Scoutmaster Dewey Kinard, Assist ant Scoutmaster Jake Corley, also troop committeemen Bob Davis and B. O. Creekmore, president of New berry District Council. $1.00 PER YEAR DOWN MEMORY LANE 30 YEARS AGO Charlotte, N. C., July 31.— As a climax to the unprecedented drought this section is experiencing, one hun dred and fifty-two cotton mills in North and South Carolina shut down today, because the water in Catawba river is so low that the Southern Pow er company cannot supply the plants with power. It is estimated that 70,000 operatives are thrown out of employment. It is expected that work will be resumed in two days. It has been many weeks since rain of any consequence has fallen and local weather bureau records show now a deficiency of 50 per cent, in preci pitation for this section. Creeks which have not gone dry in forty-five years are mud holes, and the distress among the rural population, depend ent for water ou wells, is great. In regard to the new postoffice for Newberry the following letter to Congressman Wyatt Aiken would in dicate that the erection of this bedd ing has not been forgotten by the department. Congressman Aiken has been doing all in hie power to push the work along: “Replying to your personal inquiry regarding the pro posed new postoffice at Newberry, South Carolina. I have the honor to inform yo uthat the drawings are completed preparatory to writing the specifications, and it 'is expected 1 to have the work aqd -the necessary checking of the drawings and speci fications completed in time to adver tise for bids in September. Respect fully, R. O. Bailey.” The shortage of water in communi ties like Charlotte and other places at this thne emphasizes the fact shat sometimes we do not appreciate that Newberry has one of the best sys tem* of water arO electric light plantg in the State, or for that mat ter in any section of the country. It 'has been well managed and so far as our recollection goes, there has not been more than two hours at any one time that there whs anything wrong with the light plant so as to deprive the city of light or power, and we have never had any lack of water, and pure water. So long as we can operate the plant as it has been op erated, it would' be better to continue the present arrangement rather than rely upon other sources of power. ROBERT HOUSEAL PERRY Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Perry, of the county announce the birth of a son, Robert Houseal Perry, bom Friday August 1, at the Newberry hospital. SEEN ABOUT TOWN TAZ SENN giving MRS. WYCHE DICKERT ’a limb of peaches to hang in her office for a “charm” .. DORO THY MERCHANT, Prosperity, leav ing for Columbia where she has ac cepted work ... JOHNNY KINARD telling a friend how much the bank force enjoyed) his “free” ice cream. .. MRS. D. V. KNIGHT buying a length of dress cloth to put in a box her church is sending to India ... FAYE DAVIS doing a bit of banking ... RAY FEAGLE teasing MRS. MAE AULL and your scribe about eating so much barbeque ... J. T. CROMER getting his mail ... MRS. JOE FEA GLE giving friends a ride in her new ear ... W. B. BOINEST of Jolly Street section in the city Saturday .. MRS. J. T. WICKER out again after being confined *to her home suffering with an infected tooth . . P. K. HAR MON and REV. H. O. CHAMBERS in conversation on the street comer ... “DUDE” EPTING wearing a new sun tan which he acquired basking in the sunshine at Myrtle Beach last week ... You know the old saying that you learn something new every day. This is what your scribe learn ed from MRS. EUGENE BLEASE. I was curious to know what caused the grass on her lawn to die when every- bodys else was thriving. She inform ed me that it was because it was mowed while the dew was still on it ...ROBERT ODELL teasing GEORGE HALFACRE about sleeping under the big tree in his front yard last week during the hot weather and George remarking that it was so cool out there he had to sleep under a couple of blankets ... Talking about hot weather reminds me about the story WHITE FANT told about a man get ting so hot one night last week that he thought his house was cm fire and jumped out the window .. Believe it or not this column doesn't have a record of a birthday that it can pub liah this week. Wonder why so few Newberrians were born during the month of August?