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PAGK FOtJK THK NEWBSKRT SUM FRIbAi, juiNiS zo, 1942 1218 College Street Newberry, S. C. 0. F. ARMFIELD Editor and Publiaher One Year One Dollar Published every Friday Entered aa second-class matter December 6, 1937, at the post office at Newberry, South Carolina, under the Act of March 3, 1879. •—BUT HE’S STILL FIGHTING THE JAPS Somewhere in Australia, June 15. i—Many strange things happen in combat but none stranger than what happened to Captains Bill Hornsby, Columbia, S. C., and Wyatt Patrick Exum, from Goldsboro, N. C. For Exum, says Hornsby, shot him down. These two pilots went to flying school together and have been in timate friends through four years of army life. They were telling about the incident last night. Horns by told the story, with much kidding from Exum and the others. “Exum there’’ said Hornsby, “he accidentally shot me down, and that’s more than any Jap has been able to do. If Hirihito ever finds out about it hes going to pin the Order of the Rising Sun on Exum’s chest. “One day we were having a nice dog fight with a big bunch of Japs and doing fine when I noticed a Zero diving on Exum’s tail. “At the time I was travelling in Exum’s direction looking for more trouble after knocking down one Jap Zero. The Zero sees me and cuts off to one side and I speed in be tween the Zero and Exum. The Zero and Exum both shoot at the same time. The Zero misses but Exum pours grape into my propeller and one wing and I’m in a helluva fix. “I hustle away the best I can be cause the neighborhood is very un healthy with a damaged plane, and I am not eager to make my wife, Betty, a widow. I headed out along the shore and picked out a nice spot on the beach and landed. I got a native canoe to take me back home.’ Then Bill Meng took over the atory. “You should have seen Exum’s face when we were checking the re sults of the dog fight,” he said. “He ■aps, ‘Bill, you know I hit somebody but I think maybe it was one of our own men.” "Well, nobody was missing except Hornsby and he comes storming in about two hours later bellowing about man’s ingratitude to man, and balefully eyeing Exum while toying significantly with his forty-five. “We salvaged and repaired the plane, which is still doing well in combat.” SEA TRAINING IS OFFERED Columbia.—An opportunity for young South Carolinians to serve is offered by the United States mari time service which has opened a sub office at 1625 Sumter strett here. Young men of good character, be tween the ages of eighteen and thirty years and possessing the equiv alent of a common school education, are offered an opportunity to earn excellent pay while learning a voca tion with an exceptional future.Every enrollee is sent, on acceptance, to St. Petersburg, Fla., where the U. S. maritime service maintains a train ing station. A three-months training course is given the enrollee, who will spend about half this period aboard a training ship. When this course of training is completed, the enrollee is ready to go to sea aboard a merchant vessel or army transport. He receives an ap prentice seaman’s pay, $50 a month, during the first three months of his service. Then his pay is boosted to a minimum, of $85 a month in ad dition to a war bonus. If the enrollee is ambitious and wishes to study for a commission, he is given an opportunity to qualify for attendance at an officers’ train ing course. If he successfully com pletes this four-months period of study, he is commissioned as a third mate or as a third assistant engineer. His prospect of advancement there after depends solely upon his own ability and initiative. LT. KING BOYD TO REPORT TO FORT BENNING, GA. Lt. King Boyd, son of Dr. and Mrs. Hugh K. Boyd, and a member of the graduating class at the Citadel this year, has been notified to report to Fort Benning, Ga., Friday of this week for further orders. The Spectator One of the greatest struggles of today is a war that is not being her alded in the newspapers. It is the fight of our farmers with grass. If the farmers win this battle the de feat of the Japanese will seem just small-time stuff, eh boys? Saturday morning I revelled amid the peaches and plums out on the farm. I thought of my friend Der- ieux fixing prices and building ceilings, and wondered what ceiling he could put over the fruit trees to keep the rains from rotting the stuff. Mrs. F. W. King and daughter, Miss Sarah King, of Orlanda, Fla., are spending this week with Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Davis and Mrs. Bill King on Hunt street. We are learning a lot about gaso line and rubber, aren’t we? What do you think of these gasoline facts? Every time a tanker is sunk, a year’s supply of fuel for 5,000 auto mobiles vanishes. A battleship uses 1,500,000 gal lons of fuel oil on a round trip con voy to Australia. The same oil would make gasoline to supply 1,000 cars for a year. A “jeep” gets 18 miles to the gal lon, but a light tank gets one mile. It would take you, Mr. Motorist, 23 years to use 15,000 gallons, but that supply carries an Army mech anized division only 100 miles. Your car would go 1,000 miles on 70 gallons, but that will keep a fighter plane up just one hour . . . A flying fortress uses one gallon a mile. Gas used by 30 families for 100-mile Sunday drives would keep a fortress in the air one hour. About the bombs and bombers: the biggest bombers are carrying eight thousand, even nine thousand pounds of explosives. Some bombs weigh more than two tons and can blast a whole city block. British planes have dropped 3,000 tons ol explosives in one nignt on German war centers. It costs a pile of money to do this blasting on a big scale; but the cost in human life is the oneirreplac- ale item. When a big bomber crashes it may cost from four to seven trained men, who, beyond that, are precious members of a family group. In two recent raids Britain lost seventy nine bombers, a small percentage, it is true, but a terrific loss. The bombers used by Britain cost about $600,000,000, used gasoline costing $11,000,000 and dropped explosives costing $12,000,- 000. The 79 bombers lost cost $24,- 000,000, which is about a third of a big battleship. The two great raids I have in mind required 12,000 men in the air a nd 240,000 on the ground. They have set aside a Sunday as Father’s Day. I’m reminded of the man who spoke the low-down about a day for father. Mother may hold For on all makes of cars ■ C "^ I ** ”■ /■T v,,,'.'” ,■ ' . k • ■ ' ,■ ■ - V . ' ■ ■■ - ' : See Your Local DEALER Attention — owners of all makes of cars and trucks!... For complete service, for reliable service, for low-cost service — see your local Chevrolet dealer! ... It will pay you to do so, because for years Chevrolet dealers have had the largest number of trade-ins and, therefore, a broad experience in serv icing all makes.... See your Chevrolet dealer for service on your car or truck, and have it serviced right! Get This ECONOMY SPECIAL 1 Check Compression 2 Tighten Cylinder Head 3 Tighten Manifolds 4 Tighten Hose Connections 5 Clean Battery Terminals 6 Check and Adjust Voltage Regulator 7 Check Battery and Fill with Water 8 Adjust Distributor Points 9 Adjust Ignition* Timing and Set Octane Selector 1 O Check Ignition Coll 1 1 Check Condenser 1 2 Clean and Adjust Spark Plugs 1 3 Check Vacuum Control 1 4 Check and Adjust Heal Control 1 5 Overhaul and Adjust Carburetor 1 6 Adjust Valve Tappets 1 7 Adjust Fan Belt I 8 Clean Air Cleaner 1 9 Check Tire Pressure 20 Check Brakes 2 1 Road-Test for Economy Rcpleccmcntperts.if accessary .extra full away most of the month, mothes and the girls, you know. But one day they leave it to father, and on that day he’s supposed to shine: On the first of the month—1st of the month, every 1st, every month, the old boy is expected to do his stuff. That’s Father’s Day—the first of the month! The President asks every Ameri can citizen who has reclaimable scrap rubber to take it to the nearest gasoline filling station. The oil in dustry has agreed through its filling stations and dealers, acting as agents to buy all types of reclaimable scrap rubber at the uniform price of a penny a pound. It is hoped that we can recover large part of the following: Tires, inner tubes, hard rubber tires, crepe rubber soles, boots and overshoes, hot water bottles, tennis shoes, rubber belting, rubber gloves, rubber Sheeting, pads and matting, raincoats, rubber heels, bathing caps, jar rings, plumbers suction caps, sample tire sections, rubber ash trays. Hunderds of other articles containing rubber. Scrap rubber in oil fields and in dustry generally. Davis Motor Company 115-17 MAIN ST NEWBERRY, S. C. Dr. Snyder has resigned as presi dent of Wofford college. Within my time Wofford has contributed as its public service feature to our State James H. Carlisle, Henry Nelson Sny der and John G. Clinkscales; while in the old arsenal itself were five or six men who tarried by the stuff and contributed mightily to that rich contribution to South Carolina known as Wofford. Such names as DuPre, Gamewell and Rembert come quickly to mind to one who never knew Wof ford except from the outside. Re gardless of how much scholarship may be brought in, no group can ever replace those illustrious men who bore the brunt in the days of poverty, plain living and complete consecration. I never saw Dr. Carlisle. He was almost a tradition years before, like Enoch, he walked with God. He had reached such a height in my childhood that men had only to look at him, or think of him, to know the right course to take. Dr. Henry Nelson Snyder followed Dr. Carlisle in the Presidency of Wofford. That was difficult, but he didn’t try to take the place of the grand old Doctor; he made a place for himself; he was never a smaller Dr. Carlisle; rather he became a great Dr. Snyder. Dr. Carlisle drew men to Wofford; but Dr. Snyder carried Wofford to the uttermost part of the state. Ip every phase of our complex life Pr. Snyder made his contribution. That clear mind, that eloquent tongue, that gracious and modest spirit, were alwals ready for any call. I do not speak of his career at Wofford, from the brilliant proffes- sorship down thru the years of a long presidency; let our Methodist brethren tell about that and rejoice in it; I, a Baptist, but as a citizen, think I may assess tihe great public services of Dr. Snyder, as I did some time ago in the case of the remem bered Dr. Clinkscales. For a gen eration we have regarded Dr. Sny der as one of our chief assets, de nying to the Methodists any exclu sive claim to him. On any grave oc casion Dr. Snyder appraised all the factors and interpreted them. I last heard his speak in that citadel of the Baptists—Hartsville—when he deliv ered the oration over the remains of the great Carolinian, David R. Coker. Years ago we though of Dr. Sny der as a captivating teacher of Eng lish; but he never was ostentatiously scholarly; he digested his learning and his addresses showed the sim plicity and assurance of mastery. Dr. Snyder has wrought mightily among us. May he find peace $ n d quiet in his retirement, with a full sense of satisfaction for having giv en himself and his best to our peo ple. This is a quiet political year in South Carolina, that is in the big field of operations. In the counties some of the best known public figures have opposition. I have not checked on all, but Senator McEachin . of Florence, Senator McLure of Union, Speaker Solomon Blatt of Barnwell, and Congressman McMillan come to mind. But in the State contests Sen ator Burnet Maybank and Judge Eugene Blease are still carrying on a quiet campaign. The same may be said of Colonel Wyndham Manning and ex-governor Olin Johnston, who are competing for the Governorship. I am almost tempted to invite these gentlemen to tell me about thVir platforms, for in this day of war all of us ar c for the war and for the government. There is no question about the patriotism of any of the four gentle men. In the governor’s race both candidates are veterans of the first world war. Colonel Manning has three sons in this war; ex-govemor Johnston’s little child is far too young to think of the horrors of war. Senator Maybank is young, aggres sive and whole-heartedly a supporter of the New Deal; Judge Blease, af ter a career of great distinction, leaves his voluntary retirement of fering himself to the people of the State. Judge Blease is supporting the president and the nation in the war effort, as one might expect of a patriotic citizen. On domestic questions I am not fully informed and do not wish to make guesses, whereas a few days or weeks will bring all the informa tion necessary. As regards the four gentlemen we are fortunate that all are four-square Americans. So far as our state is concerned, it is supremely important that we choose level-headed men. Mere flag- waving, boasting or bombast should ★ ★ WAat you Buy 'With WAR BONDS •k ★_ Ships of the Destroyer type com prise the bulk of our fighting ships in the American Navy. Their aver age displacement is about 1800 tons, and they are fast, powerful, and hard hitting. They have been par ticularly effective in convoy duty and gave a good account of themselves in the Coral Sea engagement. They cost approximately $3,600,000 each. Every Navy shipyard is turning out Destroyers in record time. They are essential for our two-ocean Navy. Purchase of more and more War Bonds will assure all-out pro duction of these vital units for the Navy. Buy every pay day. If ev erybody invests at least ten percent of his income in War Bonds we can do the job. U. S. Treasury Department not elect any man to any office. Let us choose men of sound judgment, safe and sane men. Of more importance than what a man SAYS should be what he IS. A really sound man, even on a bad plat form is better than an unsafe man on a good platform. The war will not last forever. Let us choose legislators who have both feet on the ground; men who wish to serve the state; not merely men who are representing special groups or interests. BROOKGREEN STATUARY CALLED OUTSTANDING Georgetown, June 13.—Brookgreen Gardens, fourteen miles north of here, now contains the largest and finest collection of modern statuary in America—a collection which is open free to the public every day in the year, according to the Rev. H. D. Bull, of Georgetown, who has just returned from a meeting of the board of trustees in New York city. A number of gifts of new statuary were reported and the trustees dis cussed the process of development of the newly opened north section of the gardens, he said. ‘The feature of this section,” Mr. Bull declared, “is the massive cen tral piece, ‘The Coming of the Dawn by Adolph A. Weiman, which is in process of construction.” Mr. Bull asserted that the gar dens are being increasingly admired and appreciated as is evidenced by the fact that in the eighteen months period just ended 200,000 people visited them. This is the largest number recorded by any museum south of Baltimore and east of Cali fornia, he said. ‘It is a source of regret,” Mr. Bull said “that due to her long ill ness, Mrs. Anna Hyatt Huntington Was not able to attend the meeting of the trustees, and that she and her distinguished husband were this year prevented from paying their an nual visit to Brookgreen; and, as a result, their beautiful home, Atalaya, was closed for the entire year.” NOTICE OF SCHOOL BUS LETTING The Newberry County Board of Ed ucation hereby asks for bids to trans port pupils in the following school districts, to wit: 1. To transport the children in Central school district to and from Pomaria High schol. 2. To transport the children in St. Paul school district to and from Po maria High school. 3. To transport the children in New Hope Zion school district on three routes designated as the New Hope route, the Zion route and the Broad River route, to New Hope Zion school. Also a fourth route to trans port the high school students only from New Hope Zion school house to Pomaria High school and return. 4. To transport the children of O’Neall school on three routes now being driven by Mr. George Bowers, Mr. Guy Counts and Mr. Harold Aull resipec lively. 5. To transport the children in Fork and St. Philips school district to St. Philips school on routes now being operated by Mr. John W. Dick- ert. Also a contract to transport the high school pupils from St. Philips school to Pomaria and return. Any information as to mileage and other particulars can be secured from the trustees of the respective dis tricts. All bidders shall be required to place each bid in a separate envelope on the outside of which shall be plainly marked the school distreit and the route for the bid inclosed. Suc cessful bidders shall furnish safe comfortable transportation, equip ment to be as good or better than that now in operation on these routes. The contracts will be awarded for a term of three years, unless sooner cancelled for cause, and for the re- resipective school terms on a monthly basis to the lowest responsible bid der. The bidders shall comply with all laws and regulations relative to the operation of same. Bids will be received through Thursday, July 2, 1942 and will be opened Friday, July 3, 1942, and awards n.ade as son thereafter as possible. The Board hereby reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to advertise for new or additional bids. _ NEWBERRY COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION. June 19, 26 and July 3. 1 Classified Ads L- I FOR RENT—Apartment for rent furnished or unfurnished. Mrs. Tom P. Johnson, 1237 Calhoun St., New- berry. Phone 220-J. 18-25-2 ILLNESS CAUSES VACANCY of Newberry Raleigh route. Splendid opportunity for man or woman to continue established route service. Write at once. Rawleigh’s, Dept. SCF-162-203, Richmond, Va. FOR RENT—Furnished Garage ap artment for the summer. Mrs. T. E. Davis, 725 Caldwell St., Phone 96. WANTED—Someone to threeh some five hundred bushels grain. H. C. HOLLOWAY. FOR SALE—Three C’s for killing insects on vegetables, flowers and fruit trees, is not a poison. Johnson- McCrackin Co. 3tc BARBECUE AT JOLLY STREET— As usual a barbecue at Jolly Street, Saturday, July 4th. Meat and hash for sale at 12:00 o’clock. No pig foot stew night before. td, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OF FINAL SETTLEMENT We will make a final settlement of the estate of Mary Emma Roberts, deceased, in the Probate Court for Newberry county, S. C., on Thursday, the 16th day of July, 1942, at 10 o’clock in the forenoon, ant' will im mediately thereafter ask for our discharge as executrix ana executor, respectively, of said estate. All persons having claims against the estate of Mary Emma Roberts, deceased, are hereby notified to file the same, duly verified, with the un dersigned, and those indebted to said estate will please make payment likewise. Mary Jane Fellers, Executrix John A. Mayer, Executor, Of the Last Will and Testament of Mary Emma Roberts, deceased. June 10, 1942. MRS. MATTIE WISE The funeral of Mrs. Mattie Cath erine Fulmer Wise, 62, who died Friday at her home near Prosper ity after a short illness, were con ducted Saturday at 11 a. m. at the Colony Lutheran church. Mrs. Wise is survived by six sons, George N. Wise, Lexington, Claude K. Wise and Fred H. Wise, West Columbia, S. Clyde Wise, L. Homer Wise and L. Cornell Wise of Pros perity; three daughters, Miss Mary Elizabeth Wise, Mrs. Jason Cockrell and Mrs. Clarence Metis, all of Prosperity; a step-daughter, Mrs. Olin O. Shealy of Newberry; two brothers, George Fulmer, Columbia, and Tyre Fulmer, Saluda; four sis ters, Mrs. Thompson Shealy, New berry, Mrs. Mike Derrick, Prosper ity, Mrs. Ernest Riser and Mrs. James Fulmer, both of Leesville. The Rev. M. L. Hester and the Rev. Julian B. Harman officiated at the last rites, with burial in the Colony Lutheran church cemetery. FOR SALE BATTERIES for all cars. We have ample stock to fill your needs. Get yours to day. Scott Auto Supply Phone 35-W Announcements HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES I hereby announce myself a candi date for re-election to the House of Representatives and agree to abide the results of the Democratic pri mary election. J. HESS DERRICK I hereby announce myself a candi date for re-election to the House of Representatives and agree to abide the results of the Democratic primary election. R. AUBREY HARLEY COUNTY COMMISSIONER I hereby announce myself a candi date fo re-election as Commissioner for District No. 1 and agree to abide the results of the elections. WILBUR EPPS I hereby announce myself a candidate for election as commissioner for Dis trict No. 1 and agree to abide the re sults of the election. HOMER W. BOWLES COMMISSIONER DISTRICT NO. 2 I hereby announce myself a candi date for the office of Commissioner from District No. 2 and agree to abide the results of the Democratic primary election. S. W. SHEALY I Nhereby announce myself a candi date for Commissioner District No. 2 and pledge myself to abide the results of the democratic primary election. JOE N. WILSON MAGISTRATE DISTRICT NO. 2 I hereby announce myself a candi date for the office of Magistrate for District No. 2, for re-election and agree to abide the results of the Democratic election. BEN F. DAWKINS MAGISTRATE AT POMARIA x herey announce that I am a can didate to succeed myself as Magis trate for District No. 4 (Pomaria) and agree to abide the results of the elections. W. D. HATTON FOR SALE Gas Tank Cap Lock for all makes cars Scott Auto Supply Phone 35-W > Keep the Home Fires u 1/ CaonmicaiCOMm C T. Summer, Inc. This mask gives protection against attack by gas. Opaline Motor Oil protects engines against attack of heat and friction. Make protection your first thought when you buy motor oil for your car. Make sure the oil does not contain any “5th Columnist” wax and petroleum jelly—those non-lubricating substances that turn water-thin in heat. You can be sure by buying Sinclair Opaline Motor Oil. Opaline is freed of wax and petroleum Jelly by an extra refining process. It protects your i engine on the hottest day. And it lasts so long it saves you money. Play safe and save money. Ask your nearby Sinclair Dealer for Sinclair Opaline Motor Oil. Strother C. Paysinger AGENT SINCLAIR REFINING COMPANY