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Every Week More People Read The Sun id RED GROSS VOLUME 5; NO. 2 The Rising Sun—1856-1860 NEWBERRY, S. G FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1941 Record Business For Christmas Young Lathrop Is Best Showman Demonstration Is Set For Friday State Agencies Asking Increases Calcote Chairman Red Cross Drive New York, Oct. 25.—A widespread feeling that this may be the last ty pical American gift - and - gadget Christmas for the “duration” promis es to bring the big'gest rush to stores in the country’s history. Merchandise men, reluctant, like everyone else, to make predictions in a war-tom world, are pretty well convinced, even this early, that the gift-buying rush will top even last year's and the fabulous trade of 1929. And they make these private pre dictions in the face of a recent slight falling off in the steep rate of climb in retail sales, a dip accounted for by the fact many people “bought ahead” this summer, fearing shortages or to beat taxes on some lines. Further, store men predict, this Christmas, at least, there is virtually nothing your heart desires—or your wife’s—which merchants will not be able to supply, despite some growing shortages because of the rush to arm the nation. This they said, is because retailers generally did their Christmas buying in the spring and scarcities then had been felt but lightly. Thus a new electric refrigerator for the family, a bicycle for Johnny, an electric washer for the missus—all of which may be mighty scarce soon— are already lying in your department store’s warehouse awaiting the word from Santa. This is not to say that there may be no minor inconveniences. No storekeeper can guess to a “T” the exact demands of his customers for any given article and late at tempts to reorder in the wholesale markets may hit snags. But retail experts here say em phatically, you can count on this—it certainly will not be a gadgetless Christmas. BUFFALO PILOT DESTROYS TWO NAZI PLANES London, Oct. 27.—Pilot Carroll Wanen McColpin, of Buffalo, N. Y., a member of the All-American Eagle squadron in the R. A. F., bagged two German planes on a sweep over Northern France today, the air min istry announced. He attacked six Messerchmitts. McColpin has now shot down five planes and ranks with Pilot Officer Gregory A. Daymond of Van Nuys, Cal., among the Eagles. Pilot Officer W. R. Dunn, whose nearest relatives live at Dallas, Tex as also shot down five in aerial com bat and two while a ground gunner. McColpin, flying with two others of the squadron, became separated from them in a rain squall, but con tinued on a solo sweep over France while the others returned to their base. When he saw the six Messersch- mitts 500 feet above the ground, he dived on the “and in a matter of seconds one had blown up and the other had dived into the ground”, the air ministry said. During the sweep seven planes, in cluding the two destroyed by McCol pin, were shot down, the ministry ad ded. KEARNY’S SIDE RIPPED OPEN BY TORPEDO Philadelphia, Oct. 27.—The torpedo that damaged the United States des troyer Kearny in Icelaandic waters on October 16 “opened up” the side of the vessel and “blew out” the deck overhead and part of the ship’s super structure, Under secretary of the Navy James V. Forrestal disclosed 1 to night. The tragedy cost.the lives of eleven men and injured ten others. Forrestal, in a Navy Day address before the union league here, reveal ed for the first time that the Kearny “suffered a direct hit from a torpedo abreast of the boiler room on her starboard side.” He said the Kearney’s ability to reach port was a tribute to naval de signers. “. . . In spite of this very substan tial damage,” he said, “the ship not only remained afloat but proceeded under its own power to port. “Insofar as I have been able to dis cover there is no record of any des troyer, sustaining a direct torpedo hit in so vital a part of the ship, be ing able to proceed to port.” He noted that the Kearny, com missioned last year, was one of “the new so-called top heavy destroyers about which there was considerable controversy several years ago, a controversy as to the soundness of design and ability to meet the tests of action”. FEATHERSTONE SEES GOVERN MENT GONE CRAZY SPENDING Greenville, Oct. 28.—Circuit Judge C. C. Featherstone says that more is being done “right now to create trif ling, no-accoun+ people than any time I ever lived in.” The Greenwood jurist, presiding at a session of Greenville county court, said government had “gone wild” on spending money. He struck out at the government’s handling of labor disputes as compar ed with the positive conscription of men for the army. “If we don’t call a halt,” the Judge told the Greenville grand jury, “the whole country’s going to the devil.” A beautiful silver cup was award ed to Woodrow Lathrop, Newberry County 4-H Calf Club member for being the best showman and having the best fitted calf club calf of eith er breed at the annual State 4-H calf club show at the State Fair Wednes day morning. Billie Parr, another Newberry County 4-H Calf Club member won the prize offered for the best fitted Jersey Calf. Other honors taken by members of the Newberry County Calf Club at the Annual 4-H Club Show were as follows: Senior and Grand Champion — Guernsey, Woodrow Lathrop. Senior and Grand Champion — Jersey, Gallic Parr, Jr. Junior Jersey Calf Class, Billie Parr, 1st place; Senior Jersey Class, Henry Parr, 1st place; Callie Parr, Jr., 3rd place. Junior Jersey Yearling: Callie Parr, Jr., 1st in open class. Jersey, two years old and under three, Callie Parr, Jr., 1st. Jersey three years old and over, Callie Parr. Jr., 1st, Robert Turner, 2nd and Callie Parr, Jr., 3rd 1 . Produce of Cow—Callie Pari, Jr., 1st. County Group—Newberry County, 1st. Get of Sire—Newberry Couqty, 1st. J. L. King, Assistant County Agent states that these calves will be ex hibited at the Newberry County Fair next week and encourages ail Newberry County folks to attend the judging of dairv cattle at the New berry County Fair on Tuesday. Mr. King wishes to call the public’s attention to the fact that both Jer seys and Guernseys will be judged on Tuesday since it is impossible to get the judge for Tuesday and Wed nesday as announced in the premium list. Judging will begin promptly at 8:30 o’clock Tuesday morning. CAROLINAS RECEIVE $18,000,000 FROM DUKE IN 16 YEARS Charlotte, N. C., Oct. 28.—The Duke endowment has contributed $18,- 512,206.93 to hospitals, rural churches and superannuated ministers in the Carolinas since its establishment 16 years ago. The annual year book released to day also dicslosed that contributions made to those causes and to four edu cational institutions have directly as. sisted 4,500,000 persons in the Caro linas, or on average of 281,100 a year. Special tribute was paid Dr. Wil liam P. Few, president for 30 years of Trinity college and Duke university whose death occurred in October, 1940. MRS. HENTZ OF STROTHER DIES Strother, Oct. 28.—Mrs. Ella Suber Hentz, died at her home here today. She had been making her home here for 23 years. Funeral arrangements had not been completed tonight. NEGRO SENTENCED TO DEATH Criminal court adjourned here last Thursday afternoon with completion of the case of Son Byrd, negro, charged with killing his wife. He was found guilty and sentenced to die in the electric chair on December 12. The case consumed 1 about three days time and was up for the third time. A motion for a new trial was denied. ACCEPTS POSITION WITH S. C. UNEMPLOYMENT OFFICE Mrs. Frances McCullough, who has been employed at the Department of Public Welfare office for the past two years, has accepted a position with the South Carolina Unemploy ment Compensation office. Mrs. McCullough will begin her new work November first. ATTENDS CONFERENCE FOR SOCIAL WORKERS Mrs. Edna H. Feagle, Mrs. Myrtle Culclasure, Mrs. Ruth Mathis, Mrs. Mattie G. Smith and Miss Mary Wheeler attended the South Carolina conference for Social Workers which was held in Columbia Wednesday and Thursday of this week. SILVERSTREET P. T. A. MEET SATURDAY NIGHT The P. T. A. of Silverstreet school will meet at the school house Satur day night, November 1 at 7:?.t ; . The president, Mrs. Murray Shep pard will preside. Miss Lou Ha Waldrop and Prof. G. P. Saye will be in charge of the program. The guest speaker will be county Superintendent of Education C. E. Hendrix. He will speak on the “Hot Lunch Program”. This is the first night meeting of the PTA and every parent is invited to come. The fathers are especially urged to attend this meeting. UNDERGOES EYE OPERATION Mrs. Pet Dawkins, who underfent an eye operation in Greenville Tues day, is confied to her home on Main street but is doing nicely. Harry W. Sheeley’s 227-acre farm in Newberry county will be the scene on November 7 of more different kinds of ftirming activities than us ually occur on an average farm in an entire year. The occasion will be a one-day complete soil conservation demon stration in.which several agricultur al agencies and farmers throungout the Piedmont of the state will take part, according to County Agent P. B. Ezell and W. A. Mason, district conservationist of the Lower Saluda soil conservation district. For several weeks, enrollees of the OOC camp assigned to the Soil Con servation Service at Newberry have been busy building terraces, con structing drainage ditches, clearing bottomland for pasture, preparing land for various crops, relocating fences, and carrying on other pre paratory work for this unusual dem onstration. None of the work will be complet ed, however, until the day of the demonstration, when visiting farmers will have an opportunity to see every phase of a complete farm conserva tion program is established on an ac tual farm. The CCC boys will be on hand to finish the job at that time, while representatives of the farm agencies explain each step of the work as it is carried out. The demonstration is being arrang ed by the supervisors of the Lower Saluda soil conservation district in cooperation with Clemson College Extension service and the Soil Con servation Service of the U. S. Depart ment of Agriculture and other agen cies. It will be a fast-moving pro gram, but there will be plenty of time to ask questions, so that every one can get a clear idea of how each practise is established as the demon stration progresses from one portion of the farm to another, County Agent Ezell explains. The conservation farm plan to be carried out on the day of the dem onstration includes the following practices: Development of a complete water- disposal system, including construc tion of modem broad-diannel ter races, meadow outlets, and other dis posal areas. Clearing bottomland to be seeded, limed, and fertilized for permanent pasture. Preparing land for setting up a three-year rotation, consisting or two years of cotton and one year of small grain followed by crotalria for soil improvement. Leveling spoil banks and elimina tion of right-angle turns in old drain age ditches, the banks of which will he seeded to strips of lespedeza seri- cea to reduce silting. Preparing land for seeding field borders for wildlife between woodc and cultivated fields. Thinning and selective cutting in woodland, treatment of fence posts, and construction of fences. Establishment of annual grazing crops such as oats, rye, and vetch. Fencing and seeding of a one-acre hog-grazing lot. Construction of a milk-cooling box at farm well. Harvesting crotalaria seed by hand. Although it is not the right season for planting many of the crops, methods of land preparation, seeding, fertilizing, and liming will be demon strated. The use of perennial hay and graz ing crops such as lespedeza sericea and kudzu, is expected to be of es pecial interest, owing to the ability of these deep-rooted' crops to with stand prolonged droughts, such as occurred this year during the late summer and fall. The conservation plan includes the use of these perennial crops to pro tect meadow outlets for terraces, in perennial stips in cultivated fields, and on other areas where they can be used for temporary grazing and hay production. The harvesting of kudzu crowns and baling of kudzu hay will be demon strated along with methods of land preparation, planting, fertlizing, and first-year cultivation of kudzu. The demonstration will begin in the morning and continue throughout the day, County Agent Ezell says. A pic. nic ground and parking area has been arranged and sandwiches and drink? will be sold by members of the Home Demonstration Club. The Sheeley farm plan is set up to establish complete soil conserva tion, soil improvement, diversification and rotation of crops, the production of livestock, and the growing of foods and feeds—in short, farming for bet ter living at home and or more profit able cash crop returns. Special Features 1. A pasture of 10 acres of bottom land along a small but never-failing creek will be treated with lime and phosphate and will be seeded or sprigged to pasture grasses. Also, a new pasture of 5 acres is being clear ed, fenced, prepared and seeded. 2. On the small creek at one edge of the bottoms pasture a two-acre fish pond is planned 1 . This will be a source of fish as food and will be a water supply, with diversion of some ater by gravity for irrigation of a garden to insure an ample supply of vege tables for the family. 3. A plot of 1 1-2 acres is being set to suitable trees for a “fence-post (Continued on back page) Seek Increases to Meet the Rising Cost of Living in South Carolina Columbia, Oct. 27.—Salary increas es to meet the rising cost of living and to repair facilities were asked by several state agencies today after the budget commission began its hearing on appropriation requests for 1942-'43. The state hospital has asked for the net amount of $1,519,212, compared with a present appropriation of $1,- 317,250. Officials estimated the hos pital would care for 4,725 patients this year and an additional 200 for the 1942-’43 year, The requested 10 per cent increase-would cost $58,954, Superintendent C. Fred William®, said. The per patient cost has climbed from 77.28 cents a day to 89 cents, he said. The University of South Carolina requested $42,000 for a 10 per cent salary increase and an increase from $6,000 to $7,500 for its president, Dr. J. Rion McKisisck. Only the gover nor and state hospital superintendent receive that amount jiow. Special requests ntf $137,500 each for a chapel-student religious center and for a classroom-laboratory build ing were also presented. In the request fofc $694,170, which compared with its /peeent $375,000 appropriation, the diversity includ ed $25,000 for an extension of the law school building, $35,000 to amortize PWA loan on a student building, $16,- 000 to complete the naval ROTC ar mory, $2,500 to construct tennis courts, $7,500 for an automatic sprinkler for LeConte college and ap proximately $28,000 for eleven addi tional professors. McKissick said the university’s enrolment was not higher but that there had been a shifting from one course to another in many instances which demanded new instructors, equipped to teach these courses. The Confederate infimiiry asked for a raise from $24,655 to $30,677. The children’s bureau asked for an increase from $22,605 to $26,213. Governor Burnet R. Maybank is chairman of the budget commission. Other members arc Chairman R. M. Jefferies of the senate finance com mittee and Chairman Winchester Smith of the hbuse ways and means committee. MOW LESPEDEZA SOON AFTER SEED MATURE, SAYS TALBERT Mowing lespedeza sericea s yn after the seed mature and sprer mg the clippings with the seed attached over field borders, gullies, and gaffed spots, is recommended by J. H. Tal bert, soil conservationist of the U. S. Department of Agriculture in the Lower Saluda soil conservation dist rict, as a practical and inexpensive way of establishing a vegetative cov er on these areas. The sericea stems will prevent the seed which fall from clippings from being washed off the eroded surface. They will also serve as a mulch to conserve moisture and 1 provide protec. tion for the young sericea seedlings next spring while they are becoming established. Severely eroded areas should be plowed or disked before the sericea clippings are spread over such sites. Care should 1 always be taken not to apply the mulch too heavily. Best results will probably be secured when about 50 percent of the ground can be seen through the mulch. Lespedeza sericea is an excellent plant for growth on eroded 1 land. It builds up the soil ana controls ero sion. When used on field 1 'borders it not only provides food and cover for wildlife on land unsuited for row crop production, but also acts as a barrier to reduce the encroachment of trees and shrubs into the cultivated fields. , JEFFERIES LOOKS FOR BRIEF SESSION OF LEGISLATURE Columbia, Oct. 28.—R. M. Jefferies of the senate finance committee as serted today “We’re going to have a short session of the general assembly next year.” He said at one point during the ap propriations hearings of the budget commission, of which he is a member, that “We want bills introduced early in the session” to permit an early ad journment of the legislature’s meet ing which opens in January. Increasing revenue, he said, should lessen the usual worries of legisla tors. MRS. BARRETT CLISBY News was received) in Newberry the first of the week of the death of Mrs. Barrett Clisby, who died at her home in West Point, Mississippi Sun day. Mrs. Clisby was the daughter of the late J. M. Davis, former superin tendent of West End mills and a half, sister of Miss Marion Davis of New berry. RETURNS FROM HOSPITAL T. C. Chalmers, who has been a patient in the Columbia hospital for the past week, is expected to return to his home this weekend. Mr. Chal mers suffered a broken leg last week in an accident with his horse. At the call of Dr. James C. Kinard, president of the Newberry county chapter of the Red Cross, a repre sentative group of citizens met in the chamber of commerce offices last Monday afternoon to discuss the work of the organization. Dr. Kinard introduced a represen tative of the national organization who addressed the group on the in creasing importance of the Red Cross during the present national emer gency. She announced the quota, for Newberry county as $2,250, an all- time high, and expressed her confi dence in the ability of Newberrians to reach the goal. In spite of the tremendous increase in national calls, she said the same percentage of funds raised would be retained for local use. Dr. Kinard announced the appoint ment and acceptance of the Rev. C. A. Calcote as chairman of the Red Cross Roll Call. In speaking of the willingness of Mr. Calcote to accept the position, Dr. Kinard said , “I know that he is a busy man; but only busy men have time for undertaking such community service as this.” A motion was made and unani mously carried that an executive sec retary be named for the local chap ter. The person selected will spend several weeks in training in Washing ton, before beginning the duties. Among those in attendance at the first meeting were: Dr. Kinard, Rev. Calcote, D. O. Carpenter, Gerald Pay- singer, Mrs. H. B. Wilson, Wright Cannon, Chris Kaufmann, O. B. Can non, S. J. Derrick, Mrs. Dick Mims, Mrs. C. A. Dufford, G. K. Dominick, Miss Theresa Leitzsey, Mrs. George Hawkins, P. K. Harmon, C; E. Hend rix, J. Y. Jones, J. N. Beard, Z. F. Wright, A. J. Bowers, Mrs. H. L. Parr, Mrs. J. N. MeCaughrin, Phillip Kelly, R. A. Goodlman, Erland Nel son, T. E. Epting, Hal Kahn and Maxcy Stone. J. C. ADAMS CONDITION SAME The many friends of J. C. Adams will be sorry to learn that his condi tion remains about the same. Mr. Adams, who was taken very ill about ten days ago is at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Cannon Blease. CONDITION OF GERRY RUTHER FORD REPORTED ABOUT SAME The condition of little Gerry Ruth erford remains about the same. He was carried to Columbia Monday to be fitted for a shell in which he has been placed since Wednesday after noon. CIRCLES OF CENTRAL CHURCH WILL MEET MONDAY The circles of the Woman’s Society of Christian Service of Central Meth odist church will meet Monday, Nov ember 3rd, at 4:00 p. m. except as noted. Circle 1, Mrs. T. S. Humphries at 7:30 p. m. i Circle No. 2, Mrs. Agnes Schum- pert. Circle 3, Mrs. Forrest Lominack. Circle 4, Mrs. Audrey Werts. Louise Best, Mrs. P. K. Harmon. Wesleyan Guild, November 10, at 7:30 p. m. WHITMIRE GIRL IN COLLEGE “WHO’S WHO” Whitmire, Oct. 29.—Miss Julia Mil ler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Miller and a member of the senior class at Queens college, Charlotte, has recently been recognized by “Who’s Who in American Colleges and Uni- versaties” one of the highest honors which can come to men and women of the college world. The selection of students is based upon leadership, scholarship, charac ter and future potentiality. GOVERNOR THINKS STATE WILL HAVE $750,000 SURPLUS Columbia, Oct. 29.—The rosy pic ture of state finances painted today by Chairman Walter G. Query of the tax commission drew from Governor Bumet R. Maybank the assertion “we’ll have enough to meet all the state’s expenditures, pay the teach ers the $1,000,000 increase allowed in salaries and have a $750,000 sur plus.” Query told the budget commission, of which Maybank is chairman, that the total estimated revenue for the fiscal year beginning next July 1 was $37,245,000, of which $17,500,000 would be from the gasoline tax—ear marked for use by the state highway department and counties—and $19,- 745,000 applicable in whole or in part to state appropriations. Collections of $32,235,566 Collections for the last fiscal year aggregated $32,235,566, of which the gasoline tax produced $15,091,872. . The income tax brought in $4,439,- 620 last year. Query estimated it would yield $5,000,000 next year and termed that figure “conservative.” Other revenue received last year and the 1942-43 estimate included: Soft drink tax, $2,696,408 and $3,- 200,000; business license tax (on to bacco products, etc.), $2,825,017 and $3,250,000; beer and wine tax, $1,- 570,768 and $2,000,000;liquor tax, $1,- 673,120 and $2,560,000. PUBLISHED WEEKLY $1.00 PER YEAR Blair and Shealy Primary Winners The run-off primary Tuesday re sulted in the nomination of Raymond Blair as Alderman for Ward two and Eugene Shealy as Alderman for Ward 5. Shealy unseated Bill Clark, long a member of city council. Mr. Shealy’s father, Berley Shealy, made two unsuccessful attempts to unseat Mr. Clark in past years. Eugene Shealy is in his early twenties and is an employee of the Newberry cotton mills and is a young man favorably regarded' where he is known. Raymond Blair will succeed Dick Floyd in Ward two. Mr. Blair made the race for alderman against Mr. Floyd two years ago but was defeat ed. Mr. Blair is well known in the city and is an employee of the Duke power company. His opponent Tues day was Tom Graham, employee of a local furniture store. The next council, which will take office in January is as follows: Mayor, Herman S. Langford. Andermen: W'ard 1, H. D. Whita ker; Ward 2, Raymond Blair; Ward 3, C. A. Shealy; Ward 4, Marion K. icker; Ward 5, Eugene Shealy. These will enter the general election to be held December 9th. Tuesday’s vote was: Blair i 257 Graham ..215 Clark 281 Shealy 1 293 CALVIN CROZIER CHAPTER WILL MEET TUESDAY The Calvin Crozier Chapter, U. D. C., wil meet Tuesday afternoon, Nov ember fourth at four o’clock at the home of Mrs. H. O. Long, with Miss Tilla West as assistant hostess. DR. NELSON SPEAKS AT CONOLY A special Reformation service will be held at Colony Lutheran church Sunday, Nov. 2 at 11 o’clock. Dr. Er land Nelson, member of the faculty of Newberry college, and who made such a fine impression on the Beth- Eden and St. James’ congregations last Sunday has kindly consented to Speak atjColony. His subject will be “The Timelessness and the Timelines® of the Reformation Principles”, the subject having been chosen by a com mittee of the Newberry Conference to be discussed in all churches of the Conference. Dr. Nelson is a popular speaker and will be heard with great interest next Sunday. The public is cordially invited to hear Dr. Nelson. KENDALL MILLS LUTHERAN Rev. J. B. Harman, Pastor Summer Memorial: Sunday 10 a. m. Sunday school. Mr. M. E. Shealy, Superintendent. 11 a. m., Church worship and elec tion of officers. 8 p. m., Luther Leagues. Bethany: Sunday 6 p. m. Sunday school. Mr. E. B. Hite, Superintend ent. 7 p. m., Church Worship followed by meetings of Luther League and Women’s Missionary Society. The officers elected last Sunday are Herman O. Graddick, O. L. Kin ard, Ernest Morris and W. O. Stone. They are to be installed Sunday even ing in connection with the services. Visitors are invited to all of our services. WMS MEETING The Womens Missionary Society of the Newberry Conference will meet in Silverstreet Lutheran church, Sil verstreet, S. C., November 7th. The theme to be used is, “Be Ye Stead fast.”—I Cor. 15:58 and Heb. 3:14. COTTON GINNING REPORT Census report shows that 3207 hales of cotton were ginned in Newberry County from the crop of 1941 prior to Oct. 18 as compared with 14,398 bales for the crop of 1940. MISS SUMMER HOSTESS AT BRIDGE SUPPER Mis® Grace Summer was a charm ing hostess to a delightful bridge supper at her lovely home on Cald well street last Friday night in hon or of her brother and sister-in-law, Dr. and Mrs. W. Carroll Summer of Minden, La. In the reception rooms, the Hallo we’en motif was caried dut, also in the dining room where the table was centered with a huge pumpkin filled with various kinds of fruits. After a delicious turkey supper as served, followed by a sweet course, with salted nuts and coffee, bridge was enjoyed. Mrs. Carroll Summer was winner for high score for the ladies, and Mr. E. M. Lipscomb high scorer for men. Mrs. Dick Baker was awarded bingo and the floating prize. Low- score was given to Miss Evelyn Bums, and bingo for men fell to Mr. Don Rook. The honoree was remem bered with a lovely gift of linen. Mr. and Mrs. Ford Kurtz and son Peter of Hollis L. I., New York, ar rived in Newberry last Sunday for a two weeks visit with Mrs. Kurtz’ mother, Mrs. Clara Chappell and brother, Jack Chappell. DOWN MEMORY LANE 30 YEARS AGO A great many of the counties are holding county fairs and from the newspaper accounts the fairs this year have been successful. Many years ago Newberry had a splendid fair w.'iich was kept up for several years. It was probably never a fin ancial success, but the attendance was always good, the exhibits were good, and the people got together and were encouraged to better farming. It would be easier to make a successful fair in Newberry now than it was then. We have often wondered why our enterprising citizens did pot re- yie the old fair idea and have a fair in Newberry once more. In the presence of a large congre gation the handsome new Lutheran church at Pomaria was dedicated with appropriate ceremonies Sunday. Pre ceding the dedication, the cornerstone was laid. The services attending the laying of the cornerstone were con ducted by the pastors present—the Rev. I. E. Long, pastor of the church, and the Revs. Jas. D. Kinard and S. P. Koon. the latter preaching the ser. mon. After a short intermission, during Which a sumptuous dinner was served on the grounds, the congrega tion reassembled! for the formal dedi cation services. The church was sol emnly dedicated by the Rev. Jas. D. Kinard, president of the South Car olina Synod, who was assisted by the Rev. I. E. Long. The dedication ser mon was preached by the Rev. Mr. Kinard. The newspapers 'have been laboring very hard to make it appear that Gov- Blease would oppose Senator Tillman for the senate next year, and also to make it appear that there was a breach between Senator Tillman and Gov. Blease. We have never seen anything that would warrant the as sertion that there was a breach or that Gov. Blease would oppose Sena tor Tillman. We suppose the idea was that by continuing to repeat it the papers would come to believe it them selves, and: would make the people be. tieve there was some foundation in fact for the rumor. 11 our opinion, the newspapers would have vastly more influence in shaping the politics of the State if they were inclined to be a little more fair and tolerant with those who did not agree with their views. There is something deep down in the human breast which rebels against unfair methods and which de mands that every man be given a fair chance and an equal opportunity. MILLS TO MAKE VAST AMOUNT OF GOODS FOR MILITARY USE Washington, Oct. 29.—New and huge orders for South Carolina’s de fense-strained cotton textile industry were in prospect today as the War department revealed plans to buy 38 million yards of cotton cloth. Five different types of goods now being used in quantity by the army are involved in the purchase program on which bid invitations were sent out today by the Philadelphia quar- termaster depot. The quantities of cloth on which the department wishes bids are: Cotton Albert Twill, O. D., for lining 4,000,- 000 yards; cotton canvas padding, 3,- 000,000 yards; O. D. lining for over, coats, 6,500,000 yards; herringbone twill cotton cloth, 20,000,000 yards; and unbleached cotton drilling, 4,- 500,000 yards. Following the recently adopted pol icy of spreading business so far as practicable on a geographic basis, bids are being asked from all known sources and contracts will be award ed so that the business will be spread through as many states as possible to concerns with facilities available to manufacture the goods at a “reas onable” price. When bids are received under this procedure, they are broken down geographically and then offerede to the lowest bidder in each state within reasonable price. If the entire quan tity is not obtained in this manner at reasonable prices, the bidders are re- approached adking for the remaining quantity at a price not higher than the price set. The several types are required for use in the manufacture of garments beginning in January 1942, and run ning to as late as August 1942. The largest quantity of any one item is herringbone twill which is used in the field and in drill and working uniforms in garisons by the troops. The other cloths being puchased are components of the regular uniform, both cotton and wool. The schedule of deliveries being asked follows: Cotton albert twill, O. D., for lin ing: 200,000 yards January, 400,000 yards February, 600,000 yards April, 800,000 yards June, 600,000 yards August. O. D. Lining for overcoats: 325,- 000 yards January, 325,000 yard® February, 325,000 yards March, 325,- 000 yards April, 1,300,000 yards May, 1,300,000 yards June, 1,300,000 yards July, 1,300,000 yard® August. Herringbone twill cotton cloth: 200,000 yards January, 200,000 yards February, 1,000.000 yards March, 2,- (Continued on back page)