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t For Victory... Buy U.S. DEFENSE BONDS STAMPS VOLUME 5; NO. 22 The Rising Sun—1856-1860 NEWBERRY, S. C FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1942 PUBLISHED WEEKLY $1.00 PER YEAR Defence Council Wants Huge Patriotic Parade Tentative plans have been work ed out for a “Victory Parade” to coincide with the launching of a drive to sell defense bonds. April 6th is the tentative date. The Newberry Defense council is planning for a big parade for that date in an effort to arouse the peo ple and help to instill a more mar tial spirit in the ountry. The Defense council states it “believes this parade program will awaken and inspire the people to a greater united effort more alertness in preparation, service, and pur chase of Stamps and Bonds.” Suggestions as to how to make the parade a big success are invit ed by the council. Units wishing to contribute to the parade by enter ing the line of march are invited to contact the council at once \s the desire is to make this a county -wide effort and a grand display oi pa triotism. ASKS MEMBERS TO VOTE Cliff Graham, secretary of the chamber of commerce asks that those who have not sent in their votes for directors of the chamber of commerce do so not later than today. JOLLY STREET NEWS The Bachman Chapel Lutheran grave yard association will hold its regular meeting Sunday afternoon, March 22, immediately after preach ing services to reorganize and trans act business which may come be fore the association. Members of |lhe association please keep this notice in mind. Preaching services at Bachman Chapel Sunday afternoon at four o’clock (war time) conducted by pastor J. E. Roof. Sunday school at 3:09 p. m. Mr. and Mrs. W B. Boinest, Jr., and family visited in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Mett s last Satur day night. RECENT BIRTHS AT COUNTY HOSPITAL Darrold Eugene Abrams, Jr. Sergeant and Mrs. D E. Abrams announce the birth of a son, Dar rold Eugene, born at the Newberry hospital Sunday, March 15. Mrs. Abrams was formerly Miss Mildred Sease, a member of the Newberry hospital staff. Sgt. Abrams is sta tioned at Camp Stewart, Ga. A Son Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Bowers of Silverstreet are the parents of a son, born at the Newberry' hospital Thursday, March 19. A Daughter Mr. and Mrs Ralph Whitaker are receiving congratulations upon the arrival of a daughter, bom Tuesday, March 17 at the Newberry County hospital. Mrs. Whitaker was formerly Mis s Janie Lou Coth ran of Newberry. A Son Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kinard of Ki- nards, announce the birth of a son, bom Monday, March 16, at the lo cal hospital. A Son Mr. and Mrs. Elgie Sheppard of Silverstreet are the proud parents of a son bom Wednesday, March 18 at the Newberry hospital. Mrs. Sheppard is the former Miss Doris Shealy of Batesburg. A Daughter Mr. and Mrs. L. L. King of Ki- nards announce the birth of a daughter, born at the local hospital Wednesday, March 18. LIBERTY UMEfrlCKS T w i* *. A storekeeper named Mr. Shedd, Said—"Bombers and ships will be sped. If we can arrange. When people get change. To sell them Defense Stamps instead!” t Yoa can’t buy freedom! Bat jour dollars do provide the tanka, the gana, the planes to crush the Axis! Buj a U. S. Defense Bond or Stamp regularly! County Teachers Hear Senator Gaud Pepper Approximately 186 Newberry county teachers are attending the 56th annual convention of the South Carolina Education association scheduled March 18, 19, and 20 in Columbia, Superintendent of Edu cation C. E. Hendrix announced to day. There are over 8,000 teachers from all over the state attending the convention. All schools in the city and coun ty will close today (Thursday and Friday) so that the teachers can at tend the convention, the superin tendent said. Senator Claude Pepper of Florida opened the convention with an ad dress before a general session Wed nesday night in the Township audi torium, headquarters for the 1942 meeting. During the convention there will be 12 out-of-state speak ers. Following is a list of teachers from Newberry county who are members of the association’s coun cil of delegates, governing body which determines the legislative program, policies and aims of the organization: Miss Julia Kibler, Newberry high school; Supt. J. W. Ballentine, Lit tle Mountain school; county Super intendent of Education C. E. Hend rix; R. L. Riser, Supt. Pomaria school; O. B. Cannon, Supt. New berry city schools; R. C. Lake, Supt. Whitmire schools; J. H. Bed- enbaugh, Supt. Bush River school, and G. A. Lindler, Supt. O’Neal school, Prosperity. KENDALL MILLS LUTHERAN Rev. J. B. Harman, Pastor Bethany: Sunday 10 a. m., Sunday school, Mr. E. B. Hite, Supt. 11 a. m., Church Worship with sermon, followed by Luther League. In connection with the Church Worship will be a short program by the Women’s Missionary Society and the Lenten Self Denial offer ing. Thursday 7 p. m., Lenten services. Summer Memorial: Sunday 10:30 a. m., Sunday School, Mr. M. E. Shealy, Supt. 6 p. m. Luther Leagues. Church Workers’ Conference. 7 p. m., Church worship with sermon. Wednesday 7 p. m., Lenten ser vices. Visitors are invited to attend all services. THIRD BIG LOTTERY SUPPLIES NUMBERS OF 9.000,000 MEN Washington, March 17.—Number 3485 bobbed up tonight as the first drawn in the new war’s first draft lottery, intended said Brigadier General Lewis B. Hershey, selective service chief, to add “millions to that pool of men who who stand ready for selection for the necessary tasks, whatever they may be.” Hershey stressed that some of the 9,000,000 men involved in the lot tery might be drafted to man fac tories while their comrades manned guns. Stimson Draws First The first number was drawn by Secretary of War Stimson from among 7,000 slips encased in opaque green St. Patrick’s day capsules. It meant that among the men who registered on February 16, those holding that serial number would be the first in their districts to be called for possible service. Navy Secretary Knox drew the second number, 2850, and the third, 4301, was pulled out by Represen tative May (Democrat) of Kentucky of the house military committee. The capsules, first of all, were dumped into a mixing device, a glass walled cylinder so arranged that by turning a crank the cap sules would tumble over and oyer one another and be thoroughly mix ed. Fifteen minutes before the drawing began an army office'r stood turning the cylinder over and over. May Be Used In Plants The brief opening ceremonies found General Hershey referring to the possibility that men might be drafted to man the factories. “Modern war, mechanized war, yes, total war—demands a great variety of tasks from the citizens of a nation,” he said. “Men are selected to fly air planes; they may be selected to build airplanes. Men should be se lected to man ships; they should be selected to build ships. Men have been selected to drive tanks— to gain victory on the battle fields. Men have been selected to drive tractors—to produce food in the grain fields. VOLUNTEERS WILL BE TAKEN UP TO AGE OF 45 Washington, March 17.—The war department announced today that the age limit for voluntary enlist ment in the army has been raised from 36 to 45 years . Heretofore, initial enlistments have been confined to the 18-36 age group, although reenlistments were accepted up to the age of 45. College Expands Its Summer S. Course To accomodate students who de sire to secure their college degrees in less than the regular four years, Newberry college is planning to expand its summer school program, ccording to President James C. Ki nard. Additional instructors and new courses will be added. High school graduates may enter as Freshmen in June and by attending three summer and three regular sessions, may graduate within three calendar years. Those who do not care to enter the accelerated program may register regularly as Freshmen in September. The summer session will open on June 9th and run for six weeks. BUILDING PERMITS FOR JANUARY AND FEBRUARY Sam Beam, building inspector, re ported 13 building permits were is sued for January and February with expenditures totaling $14,125. The majority of the permits were for repair work. The largest single permit was granted to the Borden Milk company for the construction of a milk-receiving station to cost $10,000. MRS. VEDA S. HUNTER Mrs. Veda Sheldon Hunter, wid ow of George F. Hunter, died at the Columbia hospital Wednesday af ternoon after a short illness. She was the daughter of William H. and Jane Glenn Sheldon of Oconee county. Surviving are two sons, George S. Hunter of Norway and William T. Hunter of Newberry; one broth er, Glenn Sheldon of Westminster; 3 sisters. Mrs. M. S. Fellers and Mrs. J. W. Kibler of Newberry and Mrs. Ella Todd of Atlanta, Ga., and two grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted at 5 o’clock last Thursday afternoon from Leavell’s funeral home. Inter ment was in Rosemont cemetery. The active pallbearers were; P. N. Abrams, Fred Cromer, Bill Reid, Warren Abrams, Keister Willing ham, John F Clarkson, Aubrey Harley, and John Epps. Honorary pallbearers were Dr. R. W. Houseal, J. H. Clary, Sr., Wil son Brown, R. G. Wallace, C. M. Vaughan, S. C. Paysinger. J. T. McCrackin, Dr. Erland Nelson, Dr. H. M. Bigby, R. C. Hunter, L. A. Wilson, Johnnie Johnson, and John Derrick. HENRY B. DOMINICK Henry Boinest Dominick, of Co lumbia died at the age of 70 last Saturday night at the Providence hospital, after an illness of the past several months. He had been assistant director of the state department of education since 1920. A native of Newberry county, he was the son of John W. and Nancy Stillwell Dominick. He was a mem ber of the Lutheran Church of In carnation. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Estell Fulmer Dominick; one daugh ter, Miss Mary Elizabeth Dominick, of Atlanta, Ga.; two sons, Howard B. Dominick of Washington, D. C., and John B. Dominick of Salisbury, N. C.; two grandchildren. Miss Eth el Dominick and Hayne B. Domin ick of Washington, D. C.; one sister, Mrs. J. M. Bickley of Newberry; two brothers, Dr. J. J. Dominick and T. A. Dominick of Prosperity. Funeral services were conducted from the Lutheran Church of the Incarnation at 11:30 Monday by the Rev. T. F. Suber. Burial was in St. Peter’s (Piney Woods) cemetery near Chapin. NEWBERRY COUNTY SELECTED FOR 2 U.S. EXPERIMENTS Newberry county has been select ed for two federal demonstrations this year. One will be a food production project worked through the voca tional education department of the state department of education and the other will be an experimental farm medical care program. Under the food production pro ject the students will cultivate gar dens at each of the 23 county schools under the supervision of vocational agriculture teachers and data gathered will be used in dev eloping a nation-wide program. Newberry was one of three coun ties in the nation chosen for this project. In the medical care program, be gun in nine other counties of the country, rural residents pay a small amount into a fund from which medical care, medicine and limited hospitalization are provided. The experiment is expected to provide information as to the practicability of a nation-wide plan. ’ LIGHTNING DEMOLISHES FIVE BUILDINGS IN LOMINICK FARM Arthur Lominick of the Pomaria section lost two bams and three small buildings filled with feed stuff and farm implements when lightning struck last Sundav morn ing. A number of livestock were driven to safety before the buildings were enveloped in flames. \ Speakers Named In Salvage Campaign Speakers in the “Salvage for Victory” drive have been announced by the Chamber of Commerce at the time and places below. Ah talks will be delivered on March 27: Bush River, 9:30; Kinards 10:15; Rev. Calcote, speaker. Chappells, 9;30, Silverstreet 10:15, Rev. Usher, speaker. Whitmire high 9:30, Whitmire grammar 10:15, Dr. J. C. Kinard, speaker. Hartford 9:30, Wright Cannon, speaker. . Long Lane 10:15, Rev. J. W. Car- son, speaker. O’Neall 9:15, Stoney Hill 10:15, Rev. C. J. Matthews, speaker. Prosperity 9:30, Fairview 1:15, Neal W. Workman, speaker. Little Mountain 9:30, Jolly Street 10:15, Rev. J. A. Estes, speaker. Pomaria 9:30, Peak 10:15, John Clarskon, speaker. New Hope Zion 9:30, Pressley 10:15, J. W. Earhardt, Jr., speaker. St. Philips 9:30, Johnstone 10:15, Rev. N. K. Polk, speaker. Mt. Bethel Garmany 9:30, Mt. Pleasant 10:15, Rev. E- B. Keisler, speaker. Newberry high school 9:30, Eu gene S. Blease, speaker. Jr. High School 9:30, Dr. S. J. Derrick, speaker. Boundary Street School 9:30 J. N. Beard, speaker. Speers Street School 9:30, T. E. Epting, speaker. Oakland School 9:30, Rev. H. O. Chambers, speaker. Mollohon School 9:30 Rev. Hat chett, speaker. West End School 9:30, George K. Dominick, speaker. TO CHESTERFIELD J. L. King, for a number of years dairy agent in this county has ac cepted similar work in Chesterfield county. The King family left to day to make their homee in Ches terfield. Grand Jiuy Wants “Juke Joints" CJosed ■State of South Carolina, County of Newberry. To his honor, E. H. Henderson, pre siding over the Court of General Sessions of Newberry County be ginning March 16, 1942. We have acted on all bills of en- dictment handed to us by the So licitor and have entered our find ings thereon. Special committees have been appointed from this body to make a general investigation of the affairs of the County and their reports will be incorporated in a subsequent presentment. The Grand Jury wishes to com mend the Sheriff his Deputies and other Peace Officers of the County for the splendid and efficient work that they have been doing in forcing the law. Also the Grand Jury recommends that all so-called juke-joints be closed, namely, one Cleo Cannon, H. G. Bassett’s Tourist Camp, China-berry Grill, (Eva Wright, operator), Thomas Johnson’s place, or others that the Sheriff may see fit to close. We wish to thank the Court and the Court Officials for the courte sies shown us. We wish to commend the Sheriff for his interest in repairing and re painting the inside of the jail; also repairs of sew .-rage. The Grand Jury recommends that the three minor children of one Lil lie Mae Hester (white) be taken from her. She, in the opinion of the Grand Jury, being unfit to rear the children. We also recommend that the Clerk be paid the usual fee. Signed: M. W CLARY, Foreman of the Grand Jury. Newberry, S. C. March 16, 1942. DAVID DENNING UNDERGOES OPERATION IN COLUMBIA David Denning, son of Mrs. Daisy Denning, who underwent an opera tion at the Providence hospital in Columbia last Sunday for a leg in jury he sustained while practicing basket-ball last Friday evening, is doing nicely at this time. B. P. EVANS B. P. Evans, 68, died early Sun day morning in Columbia. He was a native of Newberry county but had been in Columbia for the past ten years. Funeral services were conducted at two o’clock Monday afternoon from the residence of his son, Clar ence (“Pete”) Evans in Goldville, by the Rev. S. B. White. Inter ment was in Enoree Baptist ceme tery. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Mattie Wicker Evans, three chil dren, Mrs. Pearl Sligh of Rock Hill and Mrs. Clara Craft and Mr. Ev ans, both of Goldville and seven grandchildren. Reckless Drivers Are Cause Most Wrecks Reckless dri ers in Newberry county caused the greatest number of accidents in 1940, state highway department records showed today. These drivers were blamed for 11 of the county’s reported 57 acci dents in the year—the latest for which county-by-county figures are available. Violators of the right-of-way re gulations ranked second in accident causes in the county with 8 report ed accidents. Two classes of causes came third, those vehicle operators who were driving too fast for conditions and pedestrians. Each group was blamed for six ac cidents. Punctures or blowouts and smooth and worn tires, which are expected to cause scores of acci dents in South Carolina this year because of the rubber shortage, were not blamed for any crashes in the county in 1940. Newberry was one of the few counties not to re port any accidents for these causes in that period. Richland county led the state in accidents and was followed by Charleston, Greenville, Spartan burg and Florence. McCormick had the least accidents, 4, and Lan caster had the second best record with 12. Other causes of Newberry coun ty accidents were; On wrong side of road, 4; failed to stop at stop sign, 4; driver had been drinking, 4; inattention, 3; failed to signal or improper signal ling, 2; loose animal in roadway, 2; driver asleep or incapacitated, 1; vision obscured. 1; improper pass ing. 1; defect of road, street or bridge, 1; improper action of bicy clist, 1; and others, 2. ARMY ORDERS 36.000,00 YARDS OF CLOTH Atlanta, March 17.—The U. S. army announced today allotment of $20,000,000 worth oi orders to tex tile mills for cloth to' manufacture army uniforms. Sixty-eight mills are in the South. Nearly 36,000,000 yards of cloth are to be bought, tjie Fourth con>s area quartermaster reported, in- pluding nearly 8,000,000 yards of wind resisting cotton cloth, more than 25,000,000 yards of uniform twill, and about 3,000,000 yards of cotton twill. Mill men estimated that 41,240 bales of cotton would be consumed in minufacture of this cloth. The mills are located in four Southeastern states. Of these 28 are in North Carolina, 25 in South Carolina, II in Georgia and four in Tennessee. The army said awards followed the war department’s policy of “contract distribution”, and added every concern offering a bid was awarded a contract. In most cases, the army continued, the quantity awarded each bidder was little dif ferent from his bid. The manufacture of the textiles ordered requires three processes which are performed by yarn mills, by gray goods mills and by dyeing and finishing mills, and biddens were asked to list the mills they propose to use for the work. Thus, the army said, although bids were received and awards made to only 19 firms, the “contract distribution” plan will make it possible for over 100 mills located in 12 states to take active part in production. TAX PENALTIES DELAYED BY ACT Only Three Per Cent Added Until May 1 by Measure Signed by Governor Columbia, March 16.—Governor Jefferies signed into law today an act to extend the time for payment of delinquent state and county property taxes. Under the existing statute a penalty of one per cent is added after January 1, two per cent on February 1 and three per cent on March 1. The three per cent pen alty continues until April T when the total penalty is increased to seven per cent and the delinquent taxes go into execution on April 15. The act signed by the Governor, however, limits the penalty to three per cent until May 1 when the seven per cent penalty will be ap r plied and the delinquent taxes wiL go into execution. The governor said that bills such as the one he signed extending the deadline “often do more harm than good,” but he said he signed the measure “in view of the extremely bad condition of “farm crops and the loss of crops last year. With that in mind, he said, he “felt justified’’ in signing the measure. JAMES F. EPTING IMPROVING The friends of James F. Epting Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. James F. Epting, who was critically injured last Thursday in Cleveland, Ohio, when he fell down fifteen concrete steps fracturing his skull, will be glad to learn that he is improving. His mother left immediately for Cleveland after the accident and is still with him. Court Disposes Of A Heavy Docket The March term of court of general sessions, with Judge E. H. Henderson presiding, adjourned Tuesday afternoon, after trying the following cases: E. N. McJunckin, white, plead guilty of giving a bad check to Clar ence Waldrop, but was found not guilty. Lois Guilin, negro, was charge with housebreaking and grand lar ceny. He plead guilty and was put on probation for 1 year. Thomas Buzhardt, white, was tried for violating the liquo: law. He plead guilty and was sentenced to 30 days or a fine of $50.00. He paid the fine. Lee Gary, negro, plead guilty to housebreaking and grand larceny on four charges and was given 13 months on each charge to run con currently. James Baltimore and Marion Su ber, negroes, tried on three cases for assault and battery with intent to kill, plead guilty. Baltimore was sentenced to 10 years and Suber 5 years in prison. J. Boone, white, was tried for ob taining goods under false pretense. He plead guilty and was sentenced to serve 3 years or a fine of $100.00. The fine was paid. Colie Gregoir, white, on two charges of pointing fire arms, and was sentenced to 6 months on each charge to run concurrently. William Wesson, white, for vio lating liquor law, plead guilty and was sentenced to 30 days or a fine of $50.00. He paid the fine. Ben Gault, Grady Garner, Gil bert Cromer, Ned Gault and Curtis Farr, plead guilty to rioting at the Silverstreet school and injuring three of the school trustees. Cur tis Farr was given a sentence of 1 year on probation. The other four were given 3 months or a fine of $100.00 each. They paid the fine. Wade Hackett, negro, plead guilty to housebreaking and grand larceny and was given 6 months. Mark Goldsmith, white, for vio lating the liquor law. The case was tried in his absence and given a sealed verdict. Jacob Lybran, white, for non-sup port of wife and two children, plead guilty and sentenced to one year, suspended on condition that he con tribute to the upkeep of his family. Robert Lee Edwards, negro, charged with assault and battery with intent to kill, plead guilty and was given a sentence of one year. R. C. Vaughn, white, for assault and battery, with intent to kill, plead guilty and was given nine months. Buddy Caldwell, negro, plead guilty to assault and battery. He drew a three month sentence or $25.00 fine which he paid. H. G. Bassett and wife, white, for violating liquor law. The case was tried in their absence and given a sealed verdict. Tom Coleman, negro, plead guil ty to assault and battery and was sentenced to three months or a fine of $50.00 which he paid. Leander Whitener, negro, plead guilty to assault and battery and was sentenced to 6 months. James Gallman, negro, for non support of wife ami four children. He was found guiHy and sentenced to one year, suspended on payment of $15.00 per month and a $300.00 bond. Seven cases were continued, in cluding two murder cases. One against John Wilson for killing Richard Epps two weeks ago near the cut-off on the Strother highway. The other against Clarence Jeter, negro, for killing Dill, a white man, at Whitmire several months ago. [Jeter wa s released on bond. DR. ECHOLS TO PREACH IN A. R. P, CHURCH Dr. L. I. Echols, Secretary of the Board of Home Missions of the As sociate Reformed Presbyterian Churh, will be in Newberry next Sabbath. He will preach in the Newberry church at 11:30 a. m.; at Unity at 4 o’clock p. m., and will hold a meeting in the Newberry church at 8 o’clock p. m., for the officer s °f the Prosperity, Cannons Creek, Unity, Kings' Creek, and Newberry congregations. The offi cers of these congregations are re quested to be present for this meet ing. Dr. Echols is an able speaker and these services will be interest ing and helpful to all who attend them. Mrs. J. R. Bedenbaugh had the pleasure of having all of her chil dren home for the past weekend. Ollie Thomas Bedenbaugh, in the Navy arrived Sunday on his first furlough in 18 months. He left Sun day night to return aboard the Bal timore Maryland as a worker in an airplane factory. J. R. Bedenbaugh, left Monday for Camp Davis, N. C., Others spending the days with Mrs. Bedenbaugh were Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Senn of Newberry, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Finley and sons, Jerry and Roscoe, Mrs. Rosa B. Lester, Misses Nellie and Annie Boozer. Other relatives and friend visited during the day. . . _ v DOWN MEMORY LANE 20 YEARS AGO I. Kaplan is moving to Newberry and will be open in a few days in West Main street where he will move. « Mrs. Wilson Caldwell Brown, Jr., of Newberry was elected president of the State Rural Improvement as sociation at its meeting yesterday to take the place of the retiring president. Miss Mary Eva Hite.— (The State, 18th.) McHardy Mower advertised the “Big Six” 60 horsepower Studebak- er sedan for only $2,700. The state of condition of seven Newberry county banks appeared in the issue of March 21, 1922. John R. Shearman died Friday at his home in the Smyrna section of Newberry county. He was about 76 years C- age. The proceeds of the community market on Saturday were $99.35. Thfe demonstration agent wishes to commend Mrs. Matthews and Mr. Wedaman for the able manner in which they managed the market in her absence. Editorial correspondence; “Being from Newberry it was really grati fying to me to hear so many nice things said about at least two of the representatives in the legisla ture from Newberry and to have them given so much credit for sav ing the schools of the state. I heard several of the school men and others say that Representative Eu gene S. Blease made the finest fight for the common schools and the chil dren that had ever been witnessed in the house. The pleasant news was received here last week that a fine son was born to Dr. and Mrs. Robert Hous eal in an Augusta hospital. Mr. Ben Wicker, one of the mail riders out xst Prosperity, bought a new Dodge car and in about 15 min utes or thereabouts later had it smashed to the cost of about $75 in a collision along College street with Mr. Arthur Cromer’s Overland. The latter’s car sustained only slight damages but the new Dodge got a broken fender, axle, right front wheel and a bent chassis. SMITH PROMOTED Larry T. Smith, son of Mrs. T. M. Smith, 2028 Adelaide street, New berry, S. C., has been promoted to Radioman First Class, USN, it has been announced by the Command ant of the Fourteenth Naval Dist rict, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Smith, who enlisted in the Navy October 11, 1938, is on duty in the Hawaiian area, where he has been since September 18, 1939. Lt. Com mander N. B. Hopkins, USN, is his ommanding officer. MRS. RENWICK CRITICALLY ILL AT LOCAL HOSPITAL The friends of Mrs. M. A. Ren- wick will be sorry to learn that she is critically ill in the local hos pital. She was taken ill last Thurs day and carried to the hospital on Sunday. SEEN ABOUT TOWN Keiiier Willingham tailing a story about several negro church members calling on one of the brethren while he was plowing one day, about paying up his church dues. After one of the members made what he thought was a touching speech about the Lord needing the money, the negro replied that the Lord was not pushing him near ls hard as that gro cer-man up the road ... To quote Walter Winchell "We would like to see one, just one News Reel without a ski scene in it" . . . Many spectators at tending court this week . . . Have you seen the beautiful small camelia japonica bush in ihe Dr. Robert Houseal’s yard? . . . Boundary street living up to its name "Paradise" with so many lovely japonica bushes, yellow-bells and white spirea blooming . . . Mrs. William Hun ter picking up her husband to go to lunch . . . Rev. C. A. Mat thews, Smyrna, making an honor roll bulletin board for the members of his church who are in the "Service". He says that 36 of his young church members are now serving their country in various branches of the ser vice . . . Birthday anniversaries through March 26: Robert W. Houseal. Jr., March 17; Harry Dominick, D. W. A. Neville. William Harris (Pomaria). C. W. Bowers, Mrs. E. B. Setxler. Miss Sudie Mae Dickerl and J. C. "Fox" Booxer, March 20: Hon. Z. F. Wright, March 21: Mrs. Frank Mower, and Mrs. L. D. Nichols, March 2$; Rev. M. L. K ester and Nancy Slone, March 25.