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■ w Every Week More People Read The Sun VOLUME 4; NO. 45 Governor Announces Transmission Line Charleston, Aug. 27.—Announce ment that the federal government has approved a $750,000 “super-pow er line” for the Santee-Cooper pro ject was made tonight at the sena torial campaign meeting in Johnson Hagood stadium before an estimated 1200 persons. This announcement by Governor Maybank and verbal exchanges be tween Maybank and former Gover nor Olin D. Johnston over their po litical records were among the de velopments. Alderman N. Gruber Sires presided and introduced the speakers. Brysopi ^Talks of Record The other candidate, Representa tive Joseph R. Bryson, of Greenville, sitisfied himself with a review of his record and a discussion of pensions, freight rates and national defense. Declaring that the Santee-Cooper project can sell five times as much power as it will have available, May- bank revealed: “The $750,000 super-power line from the Santee-Cooper through ru ral sectioins of South Carolina was approved in Washington Monday.” Maybank, who conferred with President Roosevelt in the capital Monday, also announced approval of a bill providing millions for the navy yard, Charleston harbor and other projects. GASOLINE OPERATORS INVITED TO USE EMPLOYMENT SERVICE Gasoline service station operators who lost their jobs because of the curfew order which became effective recently in South Carolina are invit ed to register with the State employ ment Service, which has a full-time office in this county. Mrs. Wicker, who is acting Manager said today. While a majority of the service stations were able to retain all their regular personnel there were those with two or three shifts which had to lay off part of their operators. Furthermore, there will possibly be further layoffs due to the curtail ment of gasoline sales as recently ordered from Washington which has not yet gone into effect locally. Mrs. Wicker said that the Employ ment Service was receiving more calls for worker’s than at any time in history and that it was likely that the local office would be able to find employment for practically all work ers affected by the curfew order. Registration is free to all workers. The service is entirely government operated. -The Newberry office is located at 1015 Caldwell street. POST OFFICE CLOSED LABOR DAY Monday, September 1st, Labor Day, the post office will be closed except from 8:45 to 9:45 a. m., at which time the stamp and general delivery windows will be open. There will be one city delivery in the morning, but no rural delivery, and no delivery in the city Monday afternoon. J. G. KELLY Jonas Gibbes Kelly, 66, died at his residence in the Piney Woods sec tion of the county Sunday night. Funeral services were held at 11 a. m. Tuesday from Capers Chapel church near Chapin, conducted 1 by the Rev. Quincy Gunter, assisted by the Rev. Albert Stemmerman. Inter ment followed in the church ceme tery. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Stella Rutledge Kelly, and five chil dren, Mrs. Lester Shealy, and Mrs. Roof, Shealy, E. L. Kelly, R. H. Kelly and Homer Lee Kelly; his father, J. R. Kelly; one sister, Mrs. R. L. Pad gett, and ine grandchildren. MRS. M. K. WICKER HOSTESS IAT BRIDGE Mrs. M. K. Wicker was cordial hostess to members of her bridge club and several other guests at her home on Drayton street last Thurs day afternoon. Lovely mixed summer flowers in vivid coloring lent an added note of charm to the inviting home where 3 tables were arranged for contract. Mrs. Earl Summer was awarded the club prize for making high score, while Miss Marguerite Burns won high score for the guests, and Mrs. Cyril Hutchinson was winner at bins 0 - , „ After cards, delightful refresh ments consisting of sandwiches, cakes and tea was served by the hostess. Miss Margurite Burns, Mrs. J. C. Carpenter and Mrs. Florence Tolbert were guest of the club. The Rising Sun—1856-1860 NEWBERRY, S. C. FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 1941 PUBLISHED WEEKLY Cattle Men Coming For Sale Monday Women Welcomed On Better Farming Train Maybank Promises To Try To Help Thirteen Negroes Go Roosevelt Again To Camp From Here Knifes The Farmer Jersey breeders of the Carolinas and Georgia will gather here Mon day September 1 for the traditional annual South Carolina Jersey Cattle club consignment of purebred Jersey cattle. Forty-five head of selected females will be offered at auction on that date. A sales committee represent ing the Association of Breeders has carefully selected this consignment keeping in mind the true type and popular blood lines now in demand. A majority of these cows offered 1 will be fresh or very close to refreshening, in anticipation of the heavy fall de mand for fluid milk. Officials of the state clubs are opti mistic regarding the strong demand now existing for well bred productive cattle. An unusual angle of this in creasing demand for dairy breeding stock is the anticipated European de mand following the war. Officials state that it is well estab lished that European breeding stock has been slaughtered for meat which points for a heavy demand from this countries. RECENT MOVINGS IN CITY Mr. and Mrs. iV. F. Ealam, new comers to Newberry, are living at 2012 Adelaide street. Mr. and Mr^. Martin F. Gaudion, also newcomers to Newberry are making their home at 2107 Mayer avenue in the Dr. Callison house. Mr. and Mrs. Haskell E. Metis, of Columbia, moved Monday to 1899 Charles street in the George Stone home which they purchased. Mr. Metts is connected with the A. C. L., having been transfered to Newberry from Columbia. Mr. and Mrs. George Stone moved 1 over the weekend into their new home near the cut-off road, which they re cently built. COTTON USED BY ARMY IS VALUED AT $40,000,000 Atlanta, Aug. 25.—Cotton used by the quartermaster corps during 1940 and 1931 required 1,460,000 acres to produce and was valued at $40,000,- 000. Brig.-Gen. James L. Frink, 4th corps area quartermaster, said today. Outlining economic effects of the defense program on the South, he told members of the Rotary club that 292,000 workmen were employed “Women and girls, as well as men and boys, will find much to interest them in the exhibits and 1 demonstra tions on the Better Farm Living and Livestock Train to be operated in September,” says Miss Ethel L. Counts, home demonstration agent. “And not only farm women but those from towns and cities as well.” Of special interest to women will be the exhibits on nutrition and on efficient kitchens and the demonstra tions which home economics special ists of the Extension Service from Winthrop will give at each stop the train makes. The nutrition exhibits is built around food conservation, food pre paration, and spending the food dol lar wisely. Canned food that help to insure an adequate diet the year round, ar ranged to help simplfy meal plan ning will be shown and discussed. A ventilated pantry that keeps food better than an ordinary pantry because the temperature is lower in summer and warmer in cold weath er will be an interesting feature. The food preparation exhibit will stress the use of home-made wheat, meal, and syrup products. How to get food velue for your money will be shown in the two edu cational exhibits: one showing how $1 can buy three times as much food Value if spent wisely, the other show ing how much more food value there is in dark cereals than in white cereals. Since it is realized that women spend more time in the kitchen than in any other room in the house, an efficient U-shaped, sanitary kitchen arranged to save time, steps, and backaches will be an outstanding ex hibit. This kitchen shows conven ient storage space to fit utensils and supplies, correct heights for sink and other working surfaces, and other phases of kitchen efficiency. An extra feature of the train’s op ening program in Columbia, Sep tember 8, will be a group of girls modeling a cotton wardrobe for cold weather. MR. AND MRS. FRENCH ANNOUNCE BIRTH OF A SON Mr. and Mrs. Grover French of Mil ligan street, announce the arrival of a son, Grover, Jr. born at the New berry county hospital Monday morn ing, August 25. one season to produce the cotton ied for clothes, tents, bedding and lousands of other articles. Textile Plants Benefit About 75 per cent of that amount as used during the year ending st June 30 and the remainder was >ed during the year before. “You can readily convert these icts into the amount of cash that is gone into the pockets of textile ill owners and cotton brokerage mses as well as the cotton farmer, s evidence of what the quartermas- r corps means to the south,” he lid. The general said a great many of le 11,055 men and women em- oyed by the 4th corps area quar- ■rmaster’s office live in the Atlanta icinity, but added that the corps ;ouches every community in the 4th >rps area and the nation, near here there is an army post or camp. VISITORS FROM WASHINGTON Mrs. Drucie McSwain and* son, Charlton of Washington, D. C., visit ed relatives and friends in the city and county this week. JOSEPH H. ADAMS FORMER NEWBERRY COLLEGE CO-ED MARRIES SATURDAY Society pages of state newspapers recently carried the marriage of Miss Josephine Klaren to Arthur George Shugart. The bride, whose home is in Wal- halla, attended Newberry college sev eral years ago and was a member of the College Singers. Mr. Shugart is a graduate of North Carolina State college at Raleigh. He is in business for himself in Yadkin- ville, N. C., where the couple are making their home. The marriage took place Saturday evening, August 23, at St. John’s Lutheran church in Walhalla with the Rev. W. I. Aull of Landis, N. C. officiating. Josehh H. Adams, 71, died at his home in the Broad River section of the county early Wednesday morning after an illness of several months. Funeral services were held Thurs day afternoon at 5 o’clock (DST) from Mount Pleasant Church with the Rev. Quincey Gunter in charge, as sisted by the Rev. E. K Counts In terment followed in the church ceme tery. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Viola Edith Adams and the following children: D. W. Adams, H. H. Adams, L. H. Adams, all of Newberry. MAGISTRATE DAWKINS FINES 2 FOR DISORDERLY CONDUCT Charlie Taylor, negro, was arrest ed by Sheriff Tom Fellers Sunday afternoon at Mt. Olive church near Kinards for disorderly conduct, and was fined by Magistrate Ben F. Daw kins Monday morning to the amount of $22.00 Magnolia Ruff, a negro woman was also arrested and tried before Magistrate Dawkins Monday for being drunk and disorderly con duct. She was fined $12.00. BOX COUNTS TO CARRY WHITMIRE MAIL A. H. (Box) Counts will begin ser vice as a rural letter carried from the Whitmire post office Monday, ac cording to information reaching us. Mr. Counts carried mail at Pomaria a number of years ago and was re instated by the civil service commis sion and given the Whitmire route. Mr. Counts has been employed for the past several months by the Inter nal revenue department with head quarters at Greenville. It is not known whether he will move to Whit mire or continue to reside here. JOHN B. MERCHANT John Birge Merchant, 41, formerly of Prosperity, died at 2:30 Tuesday afternoon at Oteen, N. C., after an illness of several months. Funeral services were held Wed nesday from St. Luke’s Lutheran church in Prosperity. Mr. Merchant is survived by his mother. Mrs. L. C. Merchant, Sr., of West Columbia; two sisters, Mrs. B. C. Houck of Anderson and Mrs. E. C. Robertson of Atlanta, Ga.; two broth, ers, Harry Merchant of Washington, D. C. and L. C. Merchant, Jr. of Co lumbia. Mr. and Mrs. Theo Albrecht spent the weekend in Gastonia, N. C. with Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Culp. Mr. and Mrs. Parks Farrow and daughter Gerald are visiting his mother, Mrs. W. W. Farrow. In a state-wide broadcast from Florence Tuesday (night Governor Maybank pledged himself to do all in his power to help farmers of this section whose crops have been cut phort by unfavoraale weather conditions and crop pests. The governor said that in travelling over the state he had noted the short crop and suggest ed postponement of seed and mortgage loans. Thus the governor has sensed what few outside the farmer himself seem to realize, namely, that Newberry county faces a sit uation in which not over a half crop Will |be made, indeed some predict thot the county will pot make even half a crop. Aside from cotton, the corn crop is equally short (end yields of food- stuffs are far below normal. There are hundreds |of tenant farmers in Newberry county who, with their families, will get ex actly nothing for their year’s work. Farm interests in the city and individnals, and mem bers of our delegation should be stir themselves NOW to help i.’i some way to relieve the situa tion tin which the tenant farmer finds himself. . There is no need to wait the outcome of the crop— we know what that is (going to be. There will be real buffering in Newberry county this winter unless help comes to the tenant farmer. Governor Maybank has promis ed his aid, and a delegation from this and surrounding counties should meet With him at once and work out some definite plan of approach. If the governor has the “pull” fe» Washington which he seems to (have, (now is ,the time for him to :use It in .behalf of the farmers of South Carolina. The governmnnt Kas millions to put into all manner of question able schemes, and certainly there should be something for a class of (people willing to work, but unable to cope with the forces of nature. We appeal \to the “name” men of Newberry county; men who will be listened to in high places, to take hold of this matter NOW and help pur farmers! ROBERT LOMINACK MANAGER GOODYEAR fTIRE STORE Carol Devore, who has accepted a position as senior Clerk with the War Department in Pensacola, Fla., will leave Monday and begin his new du ties Tuesday. Mr. Devore has been manager of the Goodyear Tire store since 1968. Robert Lominack, assist ant manager, was elevated to posi tion of manager upon Devore’s resig nation. C. K. Brown of Kannapolis, N. C., is budget manager for this firm. NEGRO SHOOTS ANOTHER Brown Sims, who was shot Sunday afternoon near the colored Enoree church, was brought to the People’s hospital by Willie Jackson, who did the shooting. The bullet passed thru Sims’ body just above the heart. Jackson immediately surrendered to Sheriff Tom Fellers. Sims is still confined to the hospi tal, but is expected to live. U. D. JC. MEETS The first fall meeting of the Cal vin Crozier Chapter U. D. C. will be held Tuesday, September 2 at four o’clock at the home of Mrs. Drayton Nance, with Mrs. Douglas Hornsby, associate hostess. HENRY CANNON SUCCEEDS MOON AS SECRETARY Henry T. Cannon, local account ant, was appointed last week by the directors of the Newberry county fair as secretary and treasurer of the fair association. While Mr. Cannon will be general secretary of the fair it is undertood that committees nave been appointed to work with him in shaping Newberry’s annual agricul tural exhibit. HOLIDAYS AT COUNTY AND PUBLIC LIBRARIES Monday, September 1, being a Na tional Holiday, and Tuesday, Septem ber 2, being Election Day, the New berry Public and County Libraries, will be closed in oservance thereof. The County bookmobile will not visit the schools and reading centers in the county on these dates. Inducted from Newberry county this week were thirteen colored reg istrants. They reported on Monday and Tuesday at Fort Jackson. Of the twenty-four white inductees sent to Jackson last week, three were re jected at the induction center. They were John Andrew Livingston of route two .Prosperity; Henry David Senn, route one, Silverstreet; and Coleman Halfacre, Newberry. Members of the county’s two Lo cal Boards were in session Tuesday afternoon, continuing their classifica tion of 21-year-old registrants. Local Board No. 59 has been hold ing a number of physical examina tions preparatory to filling its Sep tember quota of 19 men. This group which will consist mainly of regis trants of this July will be announced in a few days. W. C. BROWN WITH NEHI BOTTLING COMPANY Wilson C. Brown has accepted a position with the Nehi Bottling com pany, where he started work Monday morning. Mr. Brown was formerly with Johnson Hagood Clary Clothing store, where he had been employed since the first of the year. NEGRESS KILLED NEAR HERE Texane Kinard, 35-year-old negress, was killed instantly and Simpson Douglass was suffering from injuries at the negro hospital here Saturday nighft after a wagon-truck crash on the Whitmire highway, five miles from Newberry. A large empty oil truck was re ported to have struck the wagon. One of the two mules pulling the wagon was killed. PEONAGE HEARING HELD BY DEAVER Athens. Ga., Aug. 25.—Federal Judge Bascom S. Deaver today with held a decision on the request of fed eral authorities for removal of Ham ilton McWhorter, former president of the Georgia Senate, and W. T. Cunningham to Chicago to answer charges of conspiracy to “hold ne groes in a condition of peonage and slavery.” / 1 McWhorter, Lexington lawyer and Cunningham, Oglethorpe county plante, were indicted by a federal grand jury in Chicago several months ago. The Chicago district attorney’s of fice said the indictment charged that “for many years Cunningham had enslaved negroes on his plantations, inducing them to come to work by promises of wages and by getting them out of jail or off of chain gang. Once on the plantations, the negroes were no longer free. They re ceived no wages and Cunningham in stilled in them the fear of running away by lashing them with straps.” GOV. MAYBANK IS ASSURED GAS FOR MANEUVERS Washington, Aug. 25.—^President Roosevelt is solidly behind a move ment to insure “a plentiful supply of gasoline” in the Carolinas during the gigantic war maneuvers of October and November, and is supporting ef forts to rush provision of faculties for transportation of motor fuel to the Atlantic seaboard, Governor Bur net R. Maybank declared here tonight. The governor revealed presidential support of efforts to solve the gaso line shortage in an announcement of the results of a day of conferences with federal officials, including a White House visit at the invitation of Mr. Roosevelt, who, he asserted, tentatively accepted an invitation to visit South Carolina during the man euvers. He insisted there was “noth ing political” in his visit—that he was there on “business for the state.” To Push Projects The chief executive also assured the governor his request that “priori, ties be granted now” for South Caro lina would receive prompt action, and that applications for community fac ilities projects badly needed during manuevers would be “rushed through the mill.” Mr. Roosevelt said he would ask John M. Carmody, federal works administrator, to give them his personal attention following return this week of the RWA official. A system which permits the quick dumping of gasoline from airplanes as in flight in case of emergency, without danger of the fuel being ig nited by sparks or the hot exhaust of the engine, has been devised. Prices Dip but Portion of Loss Re gained; Absence of Leaders Limits Comment Washington, Aug. 25.—President Roosevelt vetoed today a measure pro. hibiting the government from mark eting its loan stocks of 6,000,000 bales of cotton and nearly 300,000,000 bush els of wheat until authorized by Con gress. Farm-minded members had pushed the bill through Congress with the design of assurin.®- /-nd wheat farmers higher prices for their crops this year. They contended that the possibility of release of these stocks had a depressing effect on the market. One of this group, Senator Smith (D-S.C.), accused administration of ficials of “breaking the cotton mar ket” by talking or releasing stocks. Measure Is (Criticized But Mr. Roosevelt declared that “in my judgment, this bill is con trary to sound governmental policy and the long-time best interests both farmers and consumers.” He went on to say that “in times such as these no one caa foresee how soon these government-owned stocks may be needed” and added: “The goal of the administration’s agriculture policy has been parity prices for the farmers, and this has been accepted by the producers, the consumers and the Congress as fair and reasonable. I do not feel that farmers would wish this acceptance destroyed by action designee to force prices above pariyt through the arbi trary withholding of government- owned stocks from the normal chan nels of trade and commerce.” Parity is the price at which a farm commodity has the same pur chasing power in terms of things farmers buy as it had in the 1909-14 period. Cotton Parity fa 16.49 Cotton parity is figured by the agriculture department now as about 16.49 cents a pound and wheat parity as about $1.18 a bushel. The president’s veto caused a jip in prices of cotton and wheat on commodity markets, but they quick ly rallied. Cotton closed at 16.94 cents a pound, unchanged. Wheat closed unchanged to 3-8 cents a bush el higher at Chicago with September deliveries at $1.12. Mr. Roosevelt’s action came at a time when few congressional _farm leaders were in the capital and com ment was limited. The house must act first on the-veto and leaders said it would not be brought up there un til after September 15. SILVERSTREET WILL OPEN SEPTEMBER 5TH The Silverstreet High School will begin the session 1941-42 on Friday morning, September 5, at 8:30 o’clock (Eastern Standard Time). The work of the first day of school will consist mainly of the devotional hour, im- porant announcements, enrolling stu dents and giving the textbook lists to the entire student body. Examina tions for conditioned students will be given sometime during the first week of school. The new building, a gymnasium with several classrooms, is nearing completion. Home Economics Edu cation will be offered for the first time in this school. School bus transportation will be available for all the students in the seven consolidated school districts on four new bus routes during the en tire nine months of the 1941-1942 session. The teachers for the grammar school this session will be as follows: Mrs. Mattie Lou Blackmon, Newber ry, first and part of the fourth grade; Miss Sarah Folk, Newberry, second and part of the fourth grade; Miss Ruth Martin, Silverstreet, third and part of the fourth grade; Miss Marian Dickert, Pomaria, fifth and part of the seventh grade; Miss Clifford Coleman, Silverstreet, sixth and part of the seventh grade. Miss Coleman will be in charge of Music. In the high ‘school, Miss Ila Wald- rep, Greenville, English and Library; Miss Jean Dobeon, Greer, Home Eco nomics and History; Mr. G. P. Saye, Silverstreet, Vocational Agriculture; Mr. K. R. Aull, Charleston, Mathe matics and Science; Supt. J. G. Long, French and Bookkeeping. Trustees of the school are Mr. K. R. Koon, Chairman; Mr. T. M. Fant, Secretary: Mr. J. H. Bowers, Mr. M. B. Hendrix, Mr. J. A. Nichols, Mr. W. H. Sanders and Mr. W. W. Senn. All indications point very favor ably toward a very successful school year at Silverstreet The patrons and friends are. cordially invited and urged to visit the school any time during the session. $1.00 PER YEAR DOWN MEMORY LANE 30 YEARS AGO Columbia, Aug. 23.—There can be few more parades of Confederate veterans. This thought underlay all the warm feeling manifested on the occasion of the parade this afternoon, which ended the 1911 Reunion of the South Carolina Division, United Con federate Veterans, and these was in consequence such an outpouring of patriotic fervor as Columbia ha* sel dom seen, the disposition being to make the most of the old soldiers while they are capable of sharing the festivities. United States Senator E. D. Smith addressed a representative Newberry county audience in the court house on Saturday morning, coming to New berry in response to an invitation extended him by the chamber of com mence and the County Farmers Un ion. Much of the interest of Senator Smith’s address centered in his re marks in regard to his fight for ac curacy in government cotton' crop estimates, inspired by tne guess-work methods which he described as hav ing been pursued by the department of agriculture, and which methods he denounced as being in the Inter est of the cotton speculators and against the interests of the cotton producers. Senator Smith spoke for more than an hour. He is a good talker, and he was frequently inter rupted by applause. Mr. R. T. C. Hunter presided. G. Leland Summer has given up his position as bookkeeper of the Mollohon mill to accept the position of assistant cashier of the Newberry Savings bank. Mr. Summer’s suc cessor has not been appointed yet, but for the present Mr. B. L. Dor- rity will act as general bookkeeper of the mill. Mr. Summer will retain his position as secretary of the board of directors after he begins his new work on September 1st. New York, Aug. 26.—Sailing ser enely over New York’s myriad water craft, Harry N. Atwood, the Boston aviator, arrived here in his aeroplane today, the first man in history to travel 1,265 miles in a heavier-than- air machine. Atwood’s safe landing on Governor’s Island, after flying down from Nyack, N. Y., above the Hudson river, through a fog which made him only dimly visible to the million eyes that watched him, was a notable’ incident in the annals of aeronautics. Atwood’s trip of 20 flights averaging 63 1-4 miles not only broke the world’s record, cover ing 266 miles in an air-line, or per haps 10 more miles with his detours but he flew all the way in the same bi-plane and with no important mis haps. Atwood’s flight is a compar able only* to that made by fast trains, for he covered the same distance in an actual flying time of 28 hours and 31 minutes. Mr. and Mrs. Duane Livingston of _ Spartanburg were weekend visitors in the home of his mother, Mrs. D. A. Livingston and sister, Miss Mary Livingston on Summer street. SEEN ABOUT TOWN MRS. T. P. JOHNSON and friends going to Jolly Street Friday .... CHRIS KAUFMANN mailing bunch of letters to prospective college stu dents ... CHEVIS BOOZER erecting lights over {a (sign on College street ... FRED LESTER back on job at bus station after vacationing at the beach ... D. O. CARPENTER leav ing theatre .. TOMMY LONG back on College street marking cars ... RAYMOND BLAIR rearing back and looking up at a sign ... MRS. WYCHE DICKERT & EVA JAMES DAVIS working on a new filing sys tem ... HENRY CANNON getting on bus ... HEYWARD PELHAM going swimming Saturday afternoon ... EARL SUMMER sporting a new mustache ... W. C. SCOTT of Whit mire in the city Tuesday .. RALPH QUINN going to lunch ... Negroes lined up the length of the building opposite bus station waiting on bus .. MRS. J. E. STOKES wheeling her baby up the street and little son walking beside her ... THOMPSON DENNIS restringing a tennis racquet ... JULIA DICKERT walking up street delving Into her pocketbook. Birthday anniversaries through Sep tember 5: George L. McCullough, Aug. 30; Ben F. Dawkins and Thomas Edward “Dude” Epting, Aug 31; Powell Way, Sept. 1; George K. Dom inick, Sept. 2; Mrs. Sloan Chapman, Sept 3; and Miss Margurite .Burns, Sept. 5; Collier Neal, Aug. 31.