The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, July 17, 1942, Image 5

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

r m FRIDAY, JULY 17, 1942 THls nsWBisaeBT «tnr PAGE FIVE CLARY’S 24th Anniversary SALE Now Going On SPORT OXFORDS!—At SAVINGS That Won’t Be Duplicated For Years to Come You’ll find all the newest styles in all sizes. See them today I $6.50 Freeman $5.20 $5.50 Freeman $4.40 $4.95 Brown-Bilt $3.95 BOYS’ OXFORDS $3.50 Robin Hood I . $2.80 $2.95 Robin Hood $2.35 No Charges or Alterations at Sale Prices Take Our Word! Take Advantage of These SUIT VALUES Men! You can afford to buy several suits at the savings offered now. Hart, Schaffner and Marx have just notified us that they will manufacture no suits this year under $45. Prices of others will be higher, and you can get a suit now at practically HALF what it will cost later. Come see them! Hart, Schaffner & Marx SUMMER SUITS New patterns, and all sizes—Regular $29.50 Anniversary Sale Price $23.60 CURLEE SUMMER SUITS Regular $25,. now . . $19.95 SHARKSKIN SUITS Regularly $19.50, now $15.95 $15.00 SUMMER SUITS Anniversary Sale price . . $11.95 ALL SUMMER SUITS REDUCED 20 PER CENT with the exception of Palm Beach. However, a nice straw hat will be given with each Palm Beach suit purchased. Real Values in SUMMER PANTS ALL STYLES _ — — — ALL SIZES Were $3.95, now $3.1 5 Were $4.50, now $3.60 Were $4.95, now Were $5.50, now $4 40 Were $5.95, now - $4 80 Were $7.00, now $5 60 Were $9.75. now $7-80 Were $10. now $8 00 BOYS’ SLACK SUITS Were $2.50, now $1.95 Were $2.95, now $2.40 Were $3.50, now • -i $2.80 FELT HATS $1.00 One lot of Felt Hats ranging in value from $2 to $3.50, slightly soiled, your choice for only $1.00 BOYS’ SHOES HALF PRICE One lot of odds and ends Buster Brown and Robin Hood. All STRAW HATS REDUCED—ONE THIRD OFF $2.00 Straw Hats, now $l-33 $2.25 Straw Hats, now n $2.50 Straw Hats, now o $2.95 Straw Hats now $1.98 $3.50 Straw Hats, now ... . $2.17 $4.50 Panama Hats, now . . . $3.00 $5.00 Panama Hats, now \ $3.95 Panama Hats, now $2.62 BUY A JANTZEN SWIM SUIT NOW AT THESE REDUCED PRICES $2.50 Value for $1-95 $2.95 Value for $2-40 $3.50 Value for $2.80 ALL BOYS’ SWIM SUITS 20 PER CENT OFF Clary Clothing Company “Styles of Today With a Touch of Tomorrow Prowling? Dogs Is “Peeve” of Majority The “Pet Peeve” of most New berry people is dogs! Big dogs, lit tle dogs; mangy, howling, snapping dogs — garbage-robbing dogs, and dogs that pick out your pet hydranga to crook a leg over. Judging from some of the answers received from the Jaycees Pet Peeve questionnaire certain citizens of our fair city, and there are many of them, are mad enough to fight somebody about this dog business. It has been apparent for some time that city council has done abso lutely nothing about stray dogs des pite the peas of many citizens. There is little incentive for housewives to take ipride in their yards & gardens if they can’t be protected from rov ing dogs by the city fathers. The second greatest “peeve” of Newberry people comes from horn blowing and parking autos; low hanging limbs on the streets come next, negroes crowding the streets conies in as a strong “peeve” and many thought the old Salter studio building should be torn down. It took two sheets of paper to re cord the “peeve” of one gentleman and we give it to you without the name, along with a collection of mis cellaneous “peeves’’ which we believe you will find interesting and inform ative: (The question asked was: What Is Your Pet Peeve and What Would You Suggest to Correct it?) “ T ain’t no griper” but you have asked for my PET PEEVE, so here goes: Pet Peeve No. 1.—Getting fined for overparking while working for Boy Scouts and Red Cross. It is out of a sense of loyalty to these worth while organizations that I with sac rifice gave my time to them, but to get “soaked’’ with a “nasty” fine in a “nasty” way for being loyal to these fine organizations is right “peeving.” To see “insult added to injury,” the police force after fining me for Red Cross parking not only refused to give a “Red Brownie” to Red Cross, but asked me to remove the material from their office out of their way. This is also ‘.peeving’ to one’s sense of pride in trying to deal with people in a “nice” way. PS—(Note on "Peeve No.- 1 having to do with the Boy Scout fine.) Af ter being summoned to appear before the police tribunal for overparking 2 minutes, I appeared “on the dot” at the time summoned to appear, and then sat 45 minutes parked OVER TIME with the cops, having to listen to stale jokes before I could get them to consider my “case.” After forcing the case on them, they glad ly took the $3.00. Time might mean something to a civic-good-cause- worker whether to a police force or not. No one can fine them for sit ting 45 minutes overtime telling stale jokes, consuming another man’s time. Pet Peeve No. 2.—Certain chain stores in our eity enjoying the pat ronage and suport of our “Friendly Folks” and refusing to donate or contribute to local enterprises such as Red Cross and Scouts so patriot ically supported by other citizens of our city and county. While the ma jority of the chain stores are loyal and liberal, ohters are “dead” on us. This ought to be a “peeve” that should get consideration by our chamber of commerce. (The writer should separate these goats from the sheep and give us the goat names for publication.—Editor Sun.) “I like your “fish” for Pet Peeves, and wish you the very best of luck, but dont get any of us in jail unless you can go our bond.” I SUGGEST: 1—Ur. Peeve No. 1— That the “Free Parking” for medical doctors be reinvestigated from the standpoint of whether or not they Homespun Shorts Deanna Durbin, Universal Star, matches the brilliant coloring of this tropical garden with her gay costume. The peon shorts are made of natural cotton homespun, with fringed edging. They are worn with Mexican embroidered midriff bodice of brilliant green crepe. Wooden clogs, with nail-studded, green kid tops complete her color ful ensemble. • are the only profession deserving such privileges. Or certain consid eration be given a few workers of the city who are willing to get out and “sweat” over these wprthy civic causes only from a patriotic stand- point and loyalty to them. Repeal ed fines can mighty quickly “dull-ofr” that loyalty and cooperation. 2—Cr. Peeve No. 2—That certain firms be “dressed up” or “dresged down” or “polished off” somewhat about going the full course of co operation with our city interests if they are to continue to enjoy our “Friendly Folk” and patronage. Their evasive answer is “We contri bute at headquarters.” Your cham ber of commerce knows that does not do Newberry and Newberry county any good.” Radios blaring day and night. I think Newberry the most won derful place in the world to live. There is just not enough work to do. All through the county ladies are driving to Greenwood, Saluda and other towns to work—some at night and some in the day. Could we have some such work in Newberry? Think how it might help some boy or girl to pay their way thru college. This summer some young men are having to leave home to find work, even tho this may be their last va cation with the home folks. Friction in city government. Suggests—Kicking out politicians and electing men interested in the welfare of the city. I have no pet peeve, as I am proud of our city and community. However, there are many improve ments we can make. I am proud of the service that the Jaycees are ren dering. Your work is being noticed and I am sure it will do much to make eyen a better city. I would suggest: Several benches being put at Whit’ service station and like places for the benefit of the soldier boys to sit on and rest while waiting for a ride or lift from a passing auto. Make efforts to see that if nec essary a law be passed and enforced to prohibit boys from shooting air rifles and 22 rifles on the streets. This is very dangerous and also des troys the birds. Provide a regular target ground. The lock-up (or whatever it is call ed) on the lower floor of the old Opera House building, where people who have been arrested on minor charges are placed until they are tried. I saw it once, when I went to try to get an old colored man out. It is like the black hole of Calcutta, and a disgrace to any civilized com munity. I would suggest: At public expense have some place with light and air and proper sanitation provided. The. prisoner MAY be innocent. The place they now have has no light or venti lation at all except from what comes through the grating and that opens on a 1 hall. To hear SLACKERS of World War No. 1 making speeches and tell ing how to win this one, when they hid behind a woman’s skirt in 1917- 1918. I would suggest: That you able- bodied men go into the army or the navy, and quit parading as pub lic benefactors when you are really dodging the draft. Abolish all belly clubs and forbid speeches. The continuous squawking of chronic soreheads. I would suggest: A get-together and pull-together movement in this hour of national peril. Going out to the country club to play golf on Sunday pm and unable to find a caddy because the local po lice have frightened all the caddies away with threats, force, etc. I would suggest: That this be tak en up with mayor and city council and steps taken to remedy the situa tion. The roughest driveway in town is just behind my store and the store of the mayor, H. S. Langford. We can hardly drive over it. The street force could fix this within a few ho. 1 s, or perhaps less. They smooth ed it over several years ago with, the street scrape, and it helped so much. Thank you for your efforts My Pet Peeve is: Crookedness. I would suggest: Have your offi cers to keep on the alert and catch up with some of it and stop it for myself and kids’ sake. Worried. A major problem existing is illeg-- itimate children by parents of in ferior mentality. As these children often become problems or public charges. We need a State law re quiring all mothers to be sterilized when the second illegitimate child is born and enforce the present law that the proven fathe.- render sup port to the children. No recreation for the people of Newberry. They all, or the majority go out of town for all their enter tainment other than picture shows. I would suggest: An up-to-date, swanky eating place and dancing place and charge enough so that the lower class of people will not patronize it. Something be done to stop large boy s from destroying property at Marion Davis playground. That our city trustees are not elected by popular vote, but by the county board of which our Supt. is a member. I would suggest :That as this is a democratic country we elect our trustees by popular vote. The town probably needs a ruling whereby we can have six aldermen. There are smaller towns that have six aldermen. The mayor could then untie ties, as would then have seven votes. First;—Let the town get busy quick and lay down three or five miles of sidewalk. That will largely keep the children and bicycles out of the street and ALSO make the town look much better. Second.—Two dollars is too much to charge for leaving a car parked One hour or in piaces, only half-hour. ONE dollar would be a plenty. Third.—BE a friend to man rather than talk so much about it! I often hear of how “hard” some of our good people are to strangers, and I have seen some evidence of it. The flag isn’t up but about half of the time on the square and NEVER on Sunday. It should be there from sunrise to sunset daily. I would suggest: If the present flag raiser wants to continue to raise flags, let him leave it at the police station Saturday night and whichev er one of the boys i s on duty Sunday morning can put it up. Same at sun set. Or appoint someone who is up town on Sundays. My Pet Peeve is: The man who is always saying it is time to go to work—but won’t work himself. He is willing for the other man to do it though. They are drones and should . be treated as such. That the fathers and mothers re quire their children to return home at an early hour instead of sitting in parked automobiles on longly country roads. Newberry Water and Light Com missioners need a regulation requir ing tenants to put up a deposit in stead of property owner having to guarantee the last month’s bill. An unused portion to be refunded when last bill is paid. Most other towns and cities of any size have this, and some towns much smaller than New berry. People trying to bring the country to town. Such as cows, and barns in one’s front door, or back, doesn’t matter. They are awfully smelly during rainy weather regardless of how clean. own enough land so the barn or cow I would suggest.- That those who stall won’t be to nqar people’s homes can keep a cow, otherwise there should be a law against it. They create flies regardless of how clean the stall is kept. Why In the Hell doesn’t the Mayor and Aldermen require that all do mestic servants have a health certi- fificate before allowed to work in your home. About 70 per cent have contagiou's venereal diseases. “Get some new industry.” Morality first then good health. Cleanliness is next to Godliness/’ We all must be peevish concerning the poor cleanliness and insanitary conditions within our city limits. The lack of the enforcement of our sanitation ordinances are extremely prominent and pitiful. Our system of looking after clean and healthful conditions is almost a mockery and indeed noticably outstanding. (2) If you please the unneces sary noises of automobiles, picolos, licensing nuisances are bad and in- jurius to the good health of. our community. Investigate and listen, isn’t it awful? I would suggest: Get a well- paid and competen” health officer and re quire him to enforce the ordinances to the letter. Get away from the small town stuff and give the people what they want, need and demand. Pass ordinances to stop the noises and nuisances. Enforce all ordinan ces impartially and without discrim ination. Get away from petty poli tics and let’s be one for all and all for one. Thanks. The nesty habit of people com ing to town on Saturday, leanjng against the buildings and spitting disgustingly all over the sidewalks, I would suggest: Put spittoons around and let the loiterers aim at these. The tobacco chewers who expecta rate on the sidewalks, P. O- steps, court house steps, or anywhere th^y chance to be. I would suggest: A campaign ask ing people not to expectorate in public places. If that doesn’t get results then fine any person cau£h* in the act. The people who call over the tel ephone and then hang up before one can get from the living room to the hall to answer it. I would suggest: That, the tele phone company suggest that persons calling not leave the phone until they have rung 3 times. It would save much time and frayed nerves. That where contagious diseases are in the community I have to keep my children confined to the hciuse while the children with the diseases roam the streets at will. This . is not only not fair to me, it is a source of danger to the community health and a reflection on our city. I would suggest: That whatever is necessary to make the properauthoy- ities feel their responsibility be done and be done at once. NOT MUCH CHANCE OF GET TING FURTHER PLUMS Dothen, Alabama., July 10.— Col. Marion Rushton, assistant execu tive to the undersecretary of war, declared here tonight that “the time will soon come, if in fact it is not already here, when there will be no appointments to commissions from civil life.” Rushton, in an address prepared for delivery before the Alabama state Bar association of which he is a member, said the army specialist corps “is about ready to get under way to furnish a place for those who because of age or disability are un able to serve in the regular categor ies,” and all others will be required to enter at the bottom and demon strate their abilities..” “After all” he continued “that is the democratic, the fair, and, from our country’s point of view, the safest way to find officers.” Saying that under present tables of organization there were only four judge advocates (lawyers) to each division of 20,000 men, the colonel told his fellow attorneys there was a backlog of 6,000 to 7,000 applica tions for appointment in this branch when he left Washington this week and that every opening had been filled. “I would not be frank with you if I did not say that I think your chances of immediate commission are slim,” Rushton said. “If, as the war progresses,. you find your prac tice falling off so that you have dif ficulty making ends meet . . I think you should consider volunteering. “There is no reason to be ashamed of entering the service as a private. Promotion is quick and relatively easy—the army is looking desperate ly for officer material.” The former Montgomery attorney warned his fellows that “There is no future for lawyers, unless this war is won and won completely, de cisively and unconditionally,” add ing: “All of our foreign wars to date have been pushovers. But this war is no pushover and before it is over every last one of us must make sac rifices in our way of living, in our possessions, and, yes in our blood. ADVERTISE 0'v HIBERNATE The S. C. National Bank CONDENSED STATEMENT OF CONDITION JUNE 30. 1942 ASSETS - Cash and Due from Banks U. S. Government Bonds State and Municiple Bonds ’ Other Stocks and Bonds Federal Reserve Bank Stock Loans and Discounts Banking Houses (11) . . $502,375.00 Less: Reserve for Depreciation 64,478:75 Furniture and Fixtures Other Real Estate Other Assets $ 29.941,409.37 14,045,076.88 730,590.23 17,749.62 84,750.00 20,324,595.87 437,896.25 97,716.03 1.00 110,512.46 $ 65,790.297.71 LIABILITIES Capital - Common * 'iltZ oO M J "V jp (■; 568.433.44 Reserve—Retirement Preferred Stock • • : 1 ®2,700.0U Reserve — Contingencies. • Re , erve _ For Taxes, etc ^ 23I.IVB.5U Deposits.. 61i919.981.06 , G* 1 I k * 65.790.297.71 —OFFICES AT— t ] ANDERSON BELTON CHARLESTON CHERAW COLUMBIA DILLON FLORENCE GEORGETOWN GREENVILLE LEESVILLE 4 4 * NEWBERRY PICKENS ST. MATTHEWS SENECA SUMTER