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w Every Week More People Read The Sun VOLUME 5; NO. 12 The Rising Sun—1856-1860 NEWBERRY, S. C FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 1942 PUBLISHED WEEKLY $1.00 PER YEAR OUT AMONG THE PEOPLE NEW WEATHERMAN— BAXTER TO CLINTON After dealing out all kinds of weather for 18 years, John Henry Baxter has busted his thermometer and turned the job over to Homer Schirmpert. 'Mr. Baxter had to give up his weather gazing because his job called for him to move to Clin ton. • Mr. Baxter was always pleasant even if his weather wasn’t. He of course drew no pay for thus serving the government but he was always glad to give weather information to the press or anyone else and put himself out to do it. We regret to give up our weather man, and likewise we regret to see these good peopie leave Newberry, and hope that the action will be only temporary in nature. NEW GADGETS ON WAY Typewriter parts made of synthetic materials . . . wall board of aspara gus—it’s the latest material tried for the purpose by U. S. department of agriculture—it reports that as paragus stalk fiber can be converted into paneling of good insulating qualities ... a new film by the East man company called “kodacolor roll,” —it will enable amateurs to make color photos with ordinary roll film cameras—should be on the market early in 1942. KING AGAIN Plans In The Making President’s Ball Here Plans are already under way in the county for the celebration of President Roosevelt’s 60bh birthday on January 30, which will be observ ed here with a gala “President’s Birthday Ball”, and also the “March of Dimes”. Gerald C. Paysinger is chairman for Newberry county in the coming “Fight Infantile Paralysis” cam paign during January. Mr. Paysinger today appealed for a record-smash ing drive against the crippling di sease which last year struck down thousands of men, women and chil dren of the United States. The local Jaycees are sponsoring the drive. This will mark the ninth consecu tive year that President Roosevelt has authorized the use of his bdrth- 1 day for the raising of funds through out the nation to fight infantile para, lysis, declaring that nothing -v»as closer to his heart than the health of boys and girls and young men and young women in America. The drive will begin on January 13 and reach its climax on January 30, President Roosevelt’s 60th birth day. Half of the money raised in New berry county will be retained here. The other half will be turned over to the foundation to be used in its nation-wide war against the disease. Plans are being made now to flold a Birthday Ball here in the Armory. For the Mile of Dimes, a stand will probably be erected on Main street here and passersby can contrlDute their dimes to the fight against in fantile paralysis. Memphis, Tenn., Jan. 7.—The cot ton industry, which last year almost matched consumption with production for the first time since the Civil war, should go even further this year and materially reduce its warehouse sur plus, leading cotton men predicted today. ' To the farmer, whose cotton reached a high of 18.86 cents a pound in 1941—highest price in 12 years— the prediction, and the facts on which it was based, gave promise of good days still ahead. Wars Made It 'Valuable For war has again restored king cotton to his battered throne. It raised him high during the Civil War when middling cotton sold on the New Orleans exchange for as much as $1.- 90 a pound, and again in 1919-20, when the same exchange had quota tions as high at 41.75 cents. REVIVAL SERVICES BEGIN JAN. 1ITH AT FREE WILL CHURCH Beginning January 11, there will be held a series of revival services at the Free Will Church at Mollohon. Rev. Adalee Goff, formerly of North Carolina and now a student at New berry college, will conduct the ser vices. He will be assisted by two other ministers who are also stu dents at Newberry college. Special music will be furnished. The ser vices will be held each evening at 7 o’clock. Everybody welcome. KENNETH YOUNG Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Young of Lexington, announce the birth of a son, Kenneth Young, born ait the Newberry county hospital Thursday, January 1. Mrs. Young, before her marriage wus Miss Davie Evans of Newberry. JOHN DAVID HALFACRE Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Halfacre an nounce the arrival of a son, John Da vid, born at the Newberry hospital Monday, January 5. Mrs. Halfacre, before her marriage was Miss Hazel Wilson of Newberry. REBECCA RAE SI^EALY Mr. and Mrs. lalli Hugh Shealy, of Pomaria are the parents of a daugh ter, Rebecca Rae, born at the local hospital Saturday, January 2. Mrs. Shealy is the former Miss Minnie Lee Boland of Newberry. MORE RATIONING TO FOLLOW AUTOMOBILE TIRES Washington, D. C., Dec. 29.—More rationing will follow the initial move which was, and is, conferned with auto tires. In general, the order in which consumer articles will go un der this kind of control will follow the same chronological pattern that cuts in production did. That is, the heavy goodly amounts of metals and other materials needed for the sinews of war—will be first affect ed. The list: refrigerators, wastiing machines, vacuum cleaners, radios. It looks now as though some of these would be going under rationing or. ders about April. Naturally, Wash ington officials are determined to confine rationing to as small an ar ray of consumer goods as possible. Revenue From Beer County, City Libraries Given In Breakdown A total of $3,583.79 was paid to Newberry county and its incorporat. ed cities and towns in the fiscal year which ended in June, 1941, from the sale of legalized beer within the county limts according to official figures of the state tax commission. Of this total, $2,300.8’i went direct ly to the Newberry county treasury to be used in such manner as the county authorities thought best. The state of South Carolina, as a whole, received $1,248,356.35 in the same fiscal period from the tax on beer. This figure represented an increase of about $200,000 in a single year, indicating bo some authorities that more and more people were be coming to accept beer as the bever age of moderation. Under the state law, that part of the beer income retained by the [ state goes into the school aid fund. The money distributed under the law to the counties and the cities is used for various purposes, in many instances assisting the payment of teachers’ salaries. The figures for the incorporated places in Newberry county and the amount of money which they receiv ed directly follow: Chappells, $59.80; Little Moun tain, $50.77; Newberry, $842.56; Fo- maria, $35.29; Prosperity, $62.87; Sil- vtrstreet, $10.80; Whitmire, $220.83. A total of $1,282.92. In addition to this amount, the i treasury of Newberry county receiv ed money on the beer purchased in; each of these incorporated planes and from the rural section of the county: These figures are: Newberry county got from rural sales, $504.79. Newberry county got from Chap pells sales, $83.72. Newberry county got from Little Mountain sales, $71.07. Pomaria sales, $49.42. Newberry sales, $1179.68. Prosperity sales, $88.01. Silverstreet sales, $15.12. Whitmire sales, $309.16. Total sales, $2,300.87. Have Been, Combined ewberry county e libraries have r and made av- in Newberry 941, 29,697 books county alone, AH books of th*i and Newberry been thrown to, a liable to everyo: county. During the year were circulated in and 8,063 in Newberry city, 37,75# books being circulated in Newberry County. 1496 borrowers Registered in the county, 850 registered in Newberry, and 8873 registered ii» Whitmire, a total of 3218. , There are 2449 * Adult borrowers and 616 Juvenile. ; (Many children ■Abo get books in their school rooms’are not register ed.) bile, which serves the ha eight, regular are < vered every two a i served once a an sixty-one places whei the Bookmobile it schools and Uin stations, homes dei Mtt of one hund- a Whitmire every sup lement its book U. S. SOON TO CONCENTRATE ON PRODUCING SECRET PLANE GREAT CUT IN DEFICIT ANTICIPATED Columbia, Jan. 3.—On the basis of current estimates, South Carolina’s deficit which once exceeded $3,000,- 000 will be reduced to $430,000 by June 30. Dr. Walter G. Query, chairman of the state tax commission, said to day he estimated that revenue ap plicable to the state’s general fund would total $15,675,000 for the cur rent fiscal year. The last session of the legislature appropriated $13,- 745,000 for general operations of the state. However, it is estimated that an additional $697,722 will have to come out of the general fund before the fiscal year ends to care for the increase in toachers’ salaries voted by the general assembly. The effect would be to increase (he general fund appropriations to $14,442,722. Subtracting the estimated general fund expenditures from the estimat ed total revenue applicable to the fund leaves a surplus of $1,233,000. However, the state’s' account book still shows a deficit of $1,663,000. Applying the fund’s surplus to the deficit for next June 30 of $430,000. C. D. COLEMAN ATTENDS BOWL GAME IN MIAMI, FLORIDA HENRY S. SMITH DIES Word has been received here that Henry S. Smith of Ponchatoula, La., died early Sunday morning. He was born and reared in Newberry county. He was the son of the late William Hartwell Smith, better • known as •“Jink” Smith, and DolMe Epting Smith. He is survived by two sis ters and one brother: Mrs. Tom Adams of Newberry, Mrs. Bernice Wright of Athens, Ga., and Tom Smith of Memphis, Tenn. * Funeral services were held at Mt. ■Pleasant church at 3 o’clock Wednes- <day afternoon. The body remained ■at the McSwain Funeral home until tha hour of the services. C. D. Coleman returned to his home in Newberry Sunday night af ter spending a week in Miami, Fla., where he also attended the Orange- bowl football game on New Year’s Day. This trip is given annually by the Pure Oil Company to their dealers who sell a certain quota during the year. Mr. Coleman, local dealer for the company, was one of the nineteen who qualified for this trip. COCA-COLA FINDS THAT ADVERTISING PAYS The Coca-Cola company has re newed its advertising contracts with newspapers throughout the country, ( including The Sun. The company has found that its advertising last year brought results for its famous drink. Look over the Coca-Cola ad vertising as it appears semi-monthly in this newspaper—and for “the pause that refreshes” get yourself 1 Ja bottle of Coca-Cola. Washington, Jan. 3. — Quantity production will begin soon on a new, hitherto secret interceptor plane, heavily armed with large and small caliber guns and said by the army to i be the world’s fastest single-engined airplane. This was disclosed today by the Office of Emergency Management which said also that future produc tion of military planes would be con centrated on a few proved, high- performance type®. ' The new ship, designated the “P- 47,” is manufactured by Republic Aviation Corporation and OEM said, has 680 miles an hour in power dive tests and more than 400 miles an hour in level flight. It is powered by a 2,000 horse power engine turning a four-bladed propeller more than twelve feet in diameter, weighs as much as the two-engined Lockheed P-38 and twice as much as the Bell Aireobra. Announcing the decision to con centrate on a limited number of planes, EOM said in a summary en. titled “the current picture in air craft production.” “Some compani >s now making their own model will convert their facilities to the production of other types selected as better by the ser vices using them”. Without specifically designating the types chosen or under considera tion by the army and n*./y, the sum mary stressed the Lockheed P-38, the Aireobra, and the new P-47. The two-engine ijockheed, re garded by the army as (he world’s fastest military plane, has a speed well in excess of 400 miles an hour It is a low-wing monoplane with tri cycle landing gear and carries at least one 37-milimeter cannon, and several .50 caliber machine guns. Also armed with 37-milimeter cannon, and .60 and .30 caliber ma chine guns, the Aireobra is a single- engined, single seat pursuit plane, particularly suitable for middle-al titude fighting and attack on ground targets. The entire routes weeks, mo: in Stops,' twen thirty-nine and villages, red books is six weeks stock, f The truck serve* Mollohon mill, Pomaria, Little Mountain, and Prosperity every ot er Monday when it stops in a publi place for an hour, giving peopl an opportunity to come to the truck and select their books. It stops is Peak for one-half hour. Oakland m81 is also served. Newberry City Softools have access to the Main Library. The truck travels approximately 620 miles per month to give service to the rural area*. To serve the Cdtmty mt Newberry there are 6296 books available, 4866 adult books and 1440 juvenile. About 250 of the adult books are reference material and are not circulated. This would leave approximately 6000 books for circulation. „> . Each book circulate t on the aver age of Six times a year and there is approximately two books per regist ered borrower. At present, the W.P.A. is paying five library workers in Newuerry county, 2 on the truck, 2 in the main library and 1 in Whitmire. It also furnishes gas and oil for the truck and has loaned the county 1097 books for the Demonstration period which ends April 30, 1942. Borden Buys Lot For Milk Depot A deal was closed Tuesday morn ing by Ned Purcell whereby the Bor* den company acquired a lot 300x300 across the railroad on Nance street extension or Country club road. The property is a part of the Wells lands and the purchase price for the 3 acre lot was $1,800. The Borden, company will erect a brick building 50 by 75 feet on the property and hope to have it com pleted within 90 days. Milk concerns enjoy priority rights and experience no trouble getting bunding materials or other supplies. Much of their product is sent to Europe under the Lend-Lease agreement. The Borden plant here will t>e a receiving and collecting station for milk gathered up over the county. Trucks will make regular trips over jiven routes daily and pick up milk and leave empty cans. The milk will be cooled in the plant here from I where it will be trucked in glass lin- _ ed tank trucks to Chester to be processed into powdered form. The Borden company is interested in putting a full plant here when it is shown that enough milk is avail able to warrant it. The demand for milk for the impoverished people of Europe is not only great now but will perhaps grow greater and continue in strong demand for long after the war. Dairy cattle in Europe aave been butchered for food and many years will elapse before herds there will again be producing anything like normal needs. The outlook for dairying is indeed bright for Newberry county and the coming of the Borden people is sure to encourage expansion. ROOSEVELT URGES SHARP CUT IN FARM AID PASTOR REMEMBERED During the Christmas holidays Pastor and Mrs. J. E. Roof were very pleasantly remembered by the congregations of St. Paul’s parish. A large supply of groceries, good things to eat and useful gifts were given. We are truly grateful to each one for his token of love and memory. May the Lord richly bless you throughout the year. J. E. Roof. The Library Committee of the county library is very' much en couraged over the response in inter est shown by the public in the city, and especially by patrons throughout the county. From every section ser ved by the bookmobile, except me, there have come many expressions of appreciation for the opportunity jhus provided for adults as well as chil dren to enjoy the good reading mat ter provided. As announced some months ago, the Newberry County Library was chosen as one of the few demonstra tion libraries through the state by the WPA Library Administration, As will be noted in the acocmpanying report, the WPA has loaned the li brary more than a thousand books. These too go out through the coun ty. The demonstration period ends in April unless the Library directors can meet the requirements of the W PA. All have been met except that of a financial increase, and it is sin cerely hoped that this may be ar ranged. The County Council of Farm Wo men have been behind this co-project with (heir influence and with funds, and being thoroughly appreciative of what an abundance of good books means to their families, they are most interested in its continuance. Washington, January 7.—President [Roosevelt’s proposal to slash about a third of s billion dollars from' fed eral outlays for farmers won tena- tive acceptance today from farm- minded members of Congress. Leaders of the potent senate farm bloc said they agreed with the presi dent (hat higher market prices of agricultural products should reduce treasury expenditures for farm aid, but they said that every proposed reduction would be studied. To Weigh Plan Carefully Senator Russell (Democrat) of Ga. who has directed passage of record- breaking farm appropriation bills in recent years, remarked that “it is possible we can make some reduc tions not listed by the president. We will examine every item to see if it is justified and can be reduced with- out crippling the farm program.” DR. LIDE APPOINTED TO PLACE OF CITY HEALTH INSPECTOR Dr. J. S. Lide hits been appointed by the board of health a s city health inspector, taking the place of John Leitner who resigned to enter the army. Dr. Lide will take a short course of instruettion in the work be fore assuming his duties. MISS LIVINGSTON RETURNS TO TULANE UNIVERSITY Mies Azilee Livingston has re turned to Tulane university, in New Orleans where she is a student, af ter spending the Christmas holidays with relatives and friends in New berry and Greenwood. MOLLY DAVIS LINDSAY Mr. and Mrs. John Lindsay are re ceiving congratulaticas over the ar rival of a daughter, Molly Davis, bom at the Newberry hospital Fri day, January 2. Mrs. Lindsaj be fore her marriage was Miss Atlee Davis of this city. CHINEE HE FIND ENGLISH NO EASY New York, Jan. 6.—This sign ap peared today on a window in the locked Chinese laundry of Tom Lee in Brooklyn: “To all my customers: “I don’t know what to say, except thank you very kindly yours. Now war going on, I am very glad to be adjoining U. S. A. army. Thanks you and goodbye.” A smaller sign, advised customers to reclaim their packages at another laundry. BARBECUE CHICKEN SUPPER AT JOLLY STREET There will be a barbecue chicken supper at Jolly Street school Satur day, January 10, the proceeds to be used for the benefit of the hot lunches. Supper will bes erved at 5:00 o’clock; plates will be 35c and 20c. Everyone is cordially invited to attend. MR. AND MRS. JNO. H. BAXTER NOW LIVING AT CLINTON Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Baxter moved Thursday of last week to Clinton where they will make their home. Mr. Baxter holds a position with the South Carolina State Employment Service office in Clinton. Mr. and Mrs. Baxter will live at the Hayes apartments on Centennial street. DICK FLOYD LEAVES TODAY TO ATTEND U. S. NAVAL ACADEMY Jackson Post Chaplain First Baptist Sunday Capt. Wiley R. Deal, Post Chap lain at Fort Jackson will be in New berry Sunday evening and will speak at the First Baptist church r.i, 7:30 o’clock. During this time when so many of our men are either in train ing or subject to call at any tim^ we are interested to know just w»at kind of a religious program is being provided for them. Chaplain Deal is a most forceful speaker, and is well informed about the religious program in all of the camps. The public is most cordially invited to attend this service and learn fom the Chaplain in command of all religious work at Fort Jackson just what the Chap lains are doing for our boys and our neighbors boys. The people of the Pine Pleasant community will have the privilege of hearing Chaplain Deal at 3:30 o’clock Sunday afternoon at the Pine Pleas ant Baptist church. 20 YEARS AGO When we come to talk about high tuxes we should look at the good roads we have now in the county and the more the schools are costing and we do not believe any good citizen, would have his tasfes reduced if by the reduction we were to go back to the old roads that we had in the county. It takes money to build roads and the only way the public has to raise it is by taxation. Mrs. Ola C. Floyd, who was ap pointed last year to fill out the unex. pired term of Mr. John M. Kinard on the board of health, was reappointed January 1st, 1922, by city council to serve on the board for a term of five years. USEFUL MATERIAL IS PASSED TO THE UNITED STATES Foreign Owners Had Stored Valued Wartime Supplies at Various Points President James W. Johnson and Secretary C. P. McDaniel of the New berry chamber of commerce left Thursday for Greenville where they were honored guests at a luncheon of the Greenville chamber of com- Dick Floyd, son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Floyd left today (Thursday) for Annapolis Military academy where he will be in training for four months for the Naval Reserve. Dick volunteered for this branch of the servic': last September. Juanita Franklin has returned to her home here after a visit in At lanta with hea- father, Fred J. Frank lin. Washington, Jan. 3.—Secretary Morgenthau announced today that the treasury had turned over to Vice President Wallace an inventory of $200,000,000 worth of materials useful in wartime which are held in storage places in this country for foreign owners. , Wallace received the inventory as chairman of the supply, priorities and allocation board. The items were located through a still incom plete inventory of foreign proper*/. Morgenthau said much of the ma terial uncovered had been "lost" eith(er through accident or design. The treasury chief explained that country or had fallen victim to Axis invasion. “In still other instances,” he add ed, “the Axis powers through ‘dum mies’ actually had bought up the stocks for their own use before the war or had acquired them later for the express purpose of preventing their use in the allied war machine.” He said that the material was stored under 10,000 names and that 500,000 inventory reports were be ing studied. As an example of how equipment was held, he reported this material was in a New York warehouse for a single “unknown” owner: Eighty-nine boxes of aluminum, 3,092 pieces of a l um inurn, 396 crate? of brass, three pieces of forgings, 117 tons of rough forgings, forty-nine crates of auto parts, twenty-five boxes of auto parts, two crates of tractor implements, three crates of pneumatic tools, a box of link belt ing, fourteen packages of Diesel equipment and 138 crates of mach inery. Among the other materials ferret, ed out were there: $1,395,321 worth of tractors, tires, motor accessories, and barley held for Greek accounts; $268,000 of machine®, aluminum and molybdenite for Fiat, the Italian motor car company; $167,776 of au tomobile equipment intended for use in Greece; $67,213 of tire faerie; $475,984 of materials intended for a French engine manufacturer; $35,- 114 of automobiles for a Finnish ac count, and $92,000 of steel and $88^ 063 of leather for French accounts. Mr. S. C. Dobbs, a millionnaire ban. ker and cotton exporter from Atlan ta, was in Anderson the other day and is quoted by the Anderson- Tri bune as follows: “We can not hope to compete with the middle west in the growth of corn; we can not sx. pect to grow wheat for market in competition with the Dakotas, but we can beat them by growing cotton. We can grow cotton despite the boll weevil, the pink boll worm, or any entomological pests and it will for ever be the money .crop of the South land.” We can not in this favored land of ours surrender to an insect, even in the face of the damage it did to the crop last year. We qrtut not awpeet to grirw cotton to buy #11 the food'we need, but a* f<w the money crop, it is the only one we may de- oend on in this section and nature has so fixed it. The same old story and the same old gospel The Herald and News has preached for the past thirty years and more, that the only way to succeed in farming in this section of the country is to grow what you need for the farm on the farm and make cotton your money |OT0». 1 145,000 IN STATE TO REGISTER Columbia, Jan. 6.—Selective Ser vice Director Holmes B. Springs es timated today that 145,000 South Carolinians between 20 and 44 years of age would be expected to register under the selective se rvice system February 16, with 20,800 available for immediate military service. Expected to be available for duty at once, he said, are 9,600 men in the 20-year-old bracket; 4,800 21 year olds who have reached that age since the last registration day, last July 1, and 6,400 between 36 and 44 years of age, inclusive. KENDALL MILLS LUTHERAN PARISH Rev. J. B. Harman, Pastor Bethany: Sunday 10 a. m., Sunday school. Mr. E. B. Hite, Supt. 11 a. m., Church Worship with Holy Communion followed by Luther League. Summer Memorial: Sunday 10 a. m., Sunday school. Mr. M. Eugene Shealy, Supt. 5:30 p. m., Council meeting follow- ed by Brotherhood meeting. 6 p. m., Luther Leagues. 7 p. m., Church Worship. Visitors are invited to worship with us. S. C. MAYORS TO HEAR LA GAURDIA Plans for the third annual conven tion of the Municipal Association of South Carolina, to be held at Hotel Wade Hampton in Columbia on Jan uary 15, are underway, J. N. Cald well, executive secretary said today. Mr. Caldwell explained that muni cipal officials from more , than . 120 towns and cities in South Carolina would be in Columbia for the meet ing. Principal address is to be delivered by Mayor F. H. LaGaurdia of New Vork City, director of civilian de. ense. He will speak at a luncheon to be held at the afternoon session of the convention. Association officers for 1942 will be ■lected and reports of various com mittees are to be heard at the ,one- iay meeting. Scheduled to open at 10:30 in the morning, the convention will close that afternoon. One of the largest crowds of the association’s history is expected to attend the meeting Dr. Caldwell said. Officers of the association are: Dr. Carl L. Busbee, mayor of Conway, president; Mayor H. W. Lockwood of Charleston, first vice president; and Mayor C. F. McCullough of Green ville, second vice president. Executive committee members, in cluding the officers, are Mayor J. L. Thompson of Spartanburg, Mayor Robert Frazer of Chester, Mayor F. B. Creech of Sumter, Mayor W. N. Newton of Bennettsville, Mayor Mack Mixson of Allendale, and Mayor W. C. Johnston of Anderson. Prof. William A. Milam of the Sal ley high school spent the holidays with his mother, Mrs. M. L. Milam. SECN ABOUT TOWN Birthday anniversaries through January 15th: t Kirby Lominack and Carter Abrams, Jan. 3; Miss Juanita Hitt, Jan. 5; Mrs. Frank McCon nell, Jan. 6; J. D. French, Jan. 7; Emory H. Bowman and Mrs. George Hunter, Jan. 8; Mrs. J. D. Kinard, Jan. 9; Miss Grace Wilbur, Jan. 10; Mrs. Van Price, Mrs. Sadie Ringer and Miss Hel en Mower, Jan. 11; Mrs. Edna H. Feagle, Jan. .15. ,-W'