Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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W* MAKE EVERY FAT DAT WAR \\ ^ BOND DAY STOP SPCNDINt—SAfl DOUAtS Onr Job Is to Save Dollars Buy ' War Bonds ft Every Pay Day VOLUME 5; NO. 47 The Ruins Sun—1856-1860 NEWBERRY, S. C, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1942 Published Weekly $1.00 PER YEAR WITH The FLAG WE ARE PLEASED We are very much pleased to hear so many of our readers say that they like our column “With The Flaj*.' They have been nice to express their appreciation, and also to send in the-names and addresses of their relatives in the service. One lady said to this writer the other day, “I think that column in the Sun one of the nicest things that has been done in the line of service to help “our boys” since the war began. Please note changes in some of the addresses that have been published before. Saluda Cow Is Tops Aviation Cadet Thomas R. Sum mer, Jr., Sq. K Group 9 Class 43-C, Maxwell Field, Alabama. Pvt. William M. Blalock, U. Army, Barracks No. 247. 368 T.. S. Scott Field, 111. Pvt. Charles Childers (NMI) 20449965, Battery “D” 178bh, FA, A. P. O. 887, care Postmaster, New York, N. Y. Sgt. David L. McCullough, 20469- 001, Bty. “C”, 107th Sep. C. A- Bn. (AA) A. P. O. 1285 care Postmaster New York City. ’ Sgt. Bebeler 20468950. Bty. “C”, 107th Sep. Ca. Bn. (AA) care Post master New York City. Pfc. E. H. Aull, P.P. 400, S. S. Keesler Field ,Miss. Cpl. Jacob Luther Aull, 34212530. HQ Co. 831st Enger. Bn. (AVN) A. P. O. No. 887 care Postmaster New York, New York. Pvt. H. C. Hentz, Co. “E”, 7th Q. R. T. C. T-457 U. S. Army, Camp Lee, Virginia. Pvt. Francis M. Aull, 566 T. S. S. Flight B-l. Atlantic City, N. J. Pvt. Fred Paysinger, 2nd A. F. Repl. Wg., Salt Lake City, Utah. Pvt. Cyril Abrams, ASN 34128988 -C. 34-3, Camp Grant, 111. Pvt. P. C. Davis, Co. C. Platoon No. 1 SMDT, Fitzsimmons General Hospital, Denver, Colorado. J. S. Abrams First Lieutenant James S. Abrams, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. M Abrams of this city, was promoted last week to the rank of first lieutenant Lieut. Abrams is a graduate of Newberry college. After receiving his flight training at Hucks Field, Goodfellow Field, Turner Field and Gunter Field, Lieut. Abrams report ed to Shaw Field in December 1941 where he served as flying instrifct- or. Lieut. Abrams was one of the ten officers promoted to first lieutenant at Shaw Field on August 29. Roy DeVore Coporal Roy DeVore has been made a cor poral and will be put in charge of music of Co. A, 57ih Training Bn., Camp Robinson, Ark. He has just completed his 8 weeks basic train ing. The eleventh annual sale of Jer sey cattle at the Newberry county fairgrounds Monday proved to be one of the most outstanding pure bred cattle sales held in this part of the state in recent years. The 38 animals consigned sold for a total price, of $10,530, or an average of $272 each. The top animal at the sale, “De sign Alice Chic,” brought $2,000, said to be the highest price paid for any animal at auction sale in the United States this year. The top price paid in the national sale so far this year was announced today at $1,500, $500 less than the price paid for “Design Alice Chic.” The -second highest bid on the animals was $900. In speaking of the sale, L. B. Gardner, Southeastern representative of the American Jersey Cattle Club said: “The 1942 South Carolina Jer sey sale is the outstanding Jersey sale that has been held in this state and one of the outstanding sales of the entire country. Not only in the matter of the top selling cow of any breed at $2,000 and another at $900 but the fact that the average of $272 on the 38 heads speaks for the high quality of the cattle being bred by the Jersey breeders in this state. Design Alice Chic’’ was bred 'by Wheeler Brothers of Saluda and was owned and consigned for auction by C. R. Hannah of Greer. She was purchased by J. L. Hutchinson, Jr., of Rossville, Ga., for his Happy Val ley farms there. The cow had never left the state of South Carolina un til purchased here today. The official score of this animal was rated by Prof. Staples of Louis iana State university at 96 per cent or the second best score animal in the United States in body confirm ation. This made her the second most perfect animal in the entire country. The cow has made two of ficial records as a junior. As a two- year old she producted in 205 days 7,598 pounds of milk and 455 pounds of butter fat, and for one year as a three-year-old she produced 11,015 pounds of milk and 643 pounds of butter fat. C. G. Cushnfcin of the extension service of Clemson college in speak ing of today’s sale, said: “This has been one of the most successful of long list of annual consignment sales ever held in South Carolina by any breed. The fact that the two top cows in the sale were bred and developed in the state is a tribute sufficient to the fact that South Carolina breeders of dairy cattle can breed the best.” In dis cussing the top price cow. Mr. Cush man added, “She was classified by an official judge of the American Jersey cattle club last week as ex cellent with a score of 96 per cent of -perfect and is one of the highest scoring cows in the United States. Scared Their Mule Washington, Aug. 31—A shudder ran down congressional and executive political spines here when Senator Maybank squeezed through for re nomination in South Carolina by something like 5,590 votes out of more than a quarter of a million cast. The name Maybank may not mean much to people outside the South, be cause the senator has not been long in the national picture, but in South Carolina it stands for the most form- idible Democratic power in the State —and there are no Republicans. Mr. Maybank is close enough to Mr. Roosevelt to have his children use the White House pool as their swimming hole, and he has been the leader of the state since Senator Byrnes went up to the supreme bench. His friends, in advance, figured the primary as a runaway particularly as he was facing only 65-year-old Eu gene Blease (half brother of the late fiery Senator Cole Blease) who ad vanced no particularly hot political issue at least not in bis speeches. But when the votes were counted Senator Maybank had lost just about everything in the state except in his home town, Charleston, where his majority was sufficient to overcome his deficiencies elsewhere. In the political cloakrooms here it is confidently believed there were only two issues involved in Senator Maybank’s hairbreadth escape neither of which can be discerned very clear ly anywhere on paper: (1) Gasoline rationing, and (2), white supremacy. The near-absence of these issues from the public record of the prim ary debate does not, however, les sen the effect which the South Caro lina results may have on national politics, and national gas rationing. Maybank was not particularly idenified wih gas rationing. He had not voted for any bill to that effect, because there has been no legislation on that particular subject. The segu- lation is directed by executive order. Furthermore, Mr. Maybank took pains to point out everywhere on the stump that he had protested to Leon Henderson, the gas regulator, against the restrictions on travelling sales men and on business men, which were hindering or ruining their business. But the people all could aee a pipe line running right through their state into North Carolina, and made no secret of their dissatisfaction with the existing administration. TTie business executives association, in the upper part of the state, particu larly protested. Mr. Maybank’s opposition candi date made no point of this situation, but on the second issue—the ques tion of white supremacy—-Mr. Blease did once or twice indicate that, if Not only was the cow bred in tfie elected, he would vote for Mr. Roose- state but all of her ancestors were as well.” Second price animal of the auc tion was offered by Ward Crimm of Moore, and was purchased by George Claussen of Augusta, Ga. for $900. The cows were auctioned by Jim McCord of Lewisburg, Tenn. Fred Young is president of the Jersey cattle club and C. H. Comas of McCormick is secretary. Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Owens, of Clin ton, were visitors in the city Mon day. Epttng Is Captain First Lieutenant Elmer E. Ep- ting, stationed at Camp Gordon and attached to the 12th Infantry Anti- Tank unit has been promoted to a captaincy. Corp. Kempsotn To School Word has been received here that Corporal H. Kempson was among 10 enlisted men at Albuquarque Air Base to be selected for the Quarter master’s Corps officer candidate school at Fort Francis, E. Wyoming. “SOMEWHERE IN ENGLAND” Many Newberrians will remember Luther Aull long connected with this sheet before his induction into the army. He is with an engineering outfit and is now in England. We have the following interesting let ter from him: Somewhere in England Tuesday, August 25, 1942. Dear Mr. Ott: Following a more or less strenuous day (more less than more), I have just come back from a wash in ye olde foot* tubbe in the bushes across the way, and thought I might as well knock out a line or two to you on this broken down portable, and give you some of my impressions on Mer- rie Old England. I guess I will eventually get acclimated (or is the word acclimatized ?) to this weather pretty soon. But so far, today is the first time I have been warm since I got here. It is a damp, cloudy, foggy, penetrating cold, the kind of weather, I believe, that the papers used to refer to as “Hitler” weather, if you know what I mean. I used to see in the papers that the British liked that kind of weather because it meant less chance of an air attack. And speaking of air attacks and the war in general, there is some thing admirable about the British in the way they have reacted to them. Talking to a young fellow the other day,I asked him where he lived. He mentioned the name of the town and added that he used to live in another town nearby which he also mentioned by name. “Jerry bombed us out, you know,” he said, with no more ap parent interest t-ian if he were talk ing about school. And the other night I was in town and bought a sandwich, such a one as I imagine in the other war we would have desig nated as a “Victory” sandwich. One of the local gentry, with whom I had been engaged in a very interesting conversation, looked at it, then at me, and with a smile, he took his pipe out of his mouth, wished .me good luck and laughed. I would like to send you a copy of an English newspaper, so you could see how the war has affected them, but I have a better use for such ma terial. Anyhow, the shortage of pa per (they are allowed 4 pages during the week and 8 on Sunday) has re sulted in many of the papers being printed in tabloid size, and they all have adopted a smaller face type and one rather condensed. The headlines also have been reduced in size. You will see no screaming headlines as are seen in many of the large Amer ican papers. And there is a lot to be said for the smaller headline, which I won’t go into at this time. I haven’t seen a Sunpaper in well over a month. I have been moving around too fast for all my mail to catch up with me, I suppose, but I still read each issue from “kiver to kiver.” Give Frank my congratulations on his promotion to corporal, thought I don’t have too much respect for cor porals as such, having lived with one of them too long. I guess I had better break this off; it has gone on far enough for this time. So I will stop with the hint that Amerisan sweets and soap is at a sort of premium over here. Luke. velt’s policies on every question ex cept that one. He did not need to say much. During the campaign, Mrs. Roose velt came into the adoining state of North Carolina, to Salisbury, to ad dress the African Methodist Episco pal Zion church of America. Many leaders in the town tried to devise polite ways to keep her out, fearing her presence might reopen some re cent inter-racial scratches over the demand of negro Boy Scouts to march in a Fourth of July parade with white Boy Scouts. In the end, however, some of the ladies of the town received her, took her to inspect a non-union hosiery mill (where she said in her column later that excellent working condi tions prevailed) and she made an ad dress asking “equal opportunity” in war work for equal qualifiers. In congressional quarters. South Carolinians have said the situation was further heightened by men and women war workers, who returned to the state after brief experience working in government departments, where equal opportunity has been provided negroes. The primary result showed two lessons irrefutably. The current method of gasoline rationing has not yet been justified in South Caro lina, and unless it is justified—by Interior Secretary Ickes, for example, removing his censorship over sup plies in the east, or by the govej-n- ment publicizing the needs of the armed services or by trying to help business people who are suffering from it—^political repercussions else where can hardly be avoided. It shows,without question, also that whoever wants to thresh out age-old racial problems now is not doing the war unity program any good, or helping the administration in the South.—Paul Mallon. NOTICE OF SALE Pursuant to an order issued by the Honorable C. C. Featherstone, Judge of the Eighth Judicial Circuit of South Carolina in the case of Univer sal Credit Company against Pat Liv ingston, I will offer for sale at pub lic outcry the following property of the defendant to the highest bidder for cash on the 19th day of Septem ber, 1942 at 11 o’clock, A. M. at Newberry, in the town of Newberry, S. C., to wit: 1 USED FORD 1 1-2 TON TRUCK, YEAR MODEL, 1939, MOTOR NUM. BER, 76235. This 5th day of September, 1942. TOM M. FELLERS, Sheriff for Newberry County Record Yield Seen Washington, Sept. 8—The nation’s cotton farmers, assisted by unusually favorable weather, are growing more pounds of lint cotton to the acre than ever, before, it was indicated today by an agriculture department forecast that 23,273,000 acres for harvest would yield 14,028,000 bales this year. This would be an average of 289.3 pounds to the acre, or 19.4 pounds above the previous record yield of 269.9 pounds in 1937 when 33,623,000 acres produced an all time high crop of 18,946,000 bales. Today’s forecast was based on September 1 conditions and was 943,000 bales greater than the esti mate a month ago on the August 1 condition. It compared with a 1941 production of 10,744,000 bales. “The cotton crop shows unusually good yield prospects throughout the entire cotton area,” the crop report ing board said. ‘The indicated yield for the United States is the highest in history.” “Mississippi and Virginia are the only individual states where record yield are indicated, but in all other states this years crop closely ap proximates record yields. “In Texas and Oklahoma the yields are well above those of re cent years, -but below the high yields in the late 1890’s when cotton pro duction differed materially from the present.” Schumpert Winner C. B. (Cy) Schumpert was Tues day elected County # Commisioner from No. 2 district over Joe N. Wil son. With only the small Zion box missing the vote stands Schumpert 1044; Wilson 749. Mr. Schumpert served as Commissioner for a num ber of years until defeated by S. W. Shealy four years ago. Newberry cast about 3300 votes in the second primary and gave a ma jority of them to Laney for Lieuten ant Governor and Rhodes for Comp troller General. Laney received 1656; Williams,856. In the race for Comp troller General Rhodes received 1631 votes and Smith 856. Brabham E. Bowers was elected magistrate at Little Mountain over W. A. Counts by a vote of 179 to 147. Bottlers Want Scrap JUNIOR COMMANDOS IN ACTION ON HOME FRONT UNITY A. R. P. CHURCH The regular worship service will be held in the Unity Associate Reformed Presbyterian ahurch next Sabbath af ternoon at 4 o’clock, A cordial wel come will be extended to all who at tend this service. j Mrs. W. R. Reid, Sr., and Miss Josie Reid of Tallahaesee, Florida are visiting Mr and Mr*. W. R. Reid and Mrs. Sloane ChapmjHE. Newberry's Junior Commandoes have gone into action on the home front and are telling their parents and friends all about how desirable and necessary it is for .them to buy bonds. Manager Fulmer Wells has or ganized the young people of the city to sell bonds in the great drive now being pushed by the motion picture industry and they are already show ing results. Ranks in the Junior Commandos will be determined by the number of bonds sold and this is a just way of awarding rank as the hustler will come out on top with not less than a star on his shoulder. Ranks of the Junior Commandos will be published from time to time, so when that boy or girl approaches you to buy a bond, respond willingly and gladly. Give the youngsters encouragement and spirit by responding liberally in the big drive. Watch this paper for the standing of the Commandos. . _ Bottlers of Newberry and this area have joined with the National Bot tlers’ association in a vigorous drive to collect much needed scrap for the steel mills if the nation. Elsewhere in this issue is an advertisement to which your attention is directed. The bottlers are doing an unself ish service in this drive and ask the cooperation of every liberty-loving person who wants to see America win and win quickly. You may think that the small amount of s< rap you have will make little differ: nee, but remember EVERY POUND is want ed. By the use of scrap metal precious time is gained in the process of turn ing out steel for planes and tanks and ships, and it is the patriotic duty of everyone to get behind the bot tlers in this drive. Area chairman is L. F. Fischer of he Newberry Coca-Cola Bottling Company a nd he will be assisted by Woodrow Derrick of the Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co., H. O. Swittenberg of the Nehi Bottling Co., and Dodgen of the Dr. Pepper Bottling Co. Chairman Fischer f-nnounced that residents of the entire Newberry area may put ‘ttheir metal or rubber scrap back into the war effort simply by locating it and telephoning 44. One of the 700 trucks to be thrown into the scrap drive by the bottlers will call promptly for it and see that it is taken to collection points from which it will go to the great furnaces that produce the sinews of modern war. In addition, any money received by the bottlers for scrap donated will be turned over to the Red Cross and Soldiers’ Center in Newberry. The bottlers campaign was under taken at the invitation of the State Salvage Committee of the War Pro duction Board’s Bureau of Industrial Conservation. Rex Enright, chair man of the Salvage Committee .de clared that the bottlers “meant busi ness” and applauded their patriotism in undertaking the drive. Trji {Tlirfetmajs & atf anJtoGOOD TIME! Buloya Carl, the young son of Mr. and Mrs. B. P. Ringer fell while playing on Monday afternoon and broke his collar bone. He was swinging on a rope when he lost his balance or his hold on the rope. He was taken to rColumbia on Tuesday and after the operation was doing as well as could be expected. Miss Mary Sanders spent the week end with Miss Evelyn Stillwell.—Stl- verstreet News. Mrs. J. A. Price and Mrs. J. C. Singley visited Mrs. C. K. Rhodes of Saluda on Thursday.—Prosperity News. Ernest Brooks returned to pie South Carolina Unversity today.—> Prosperity News. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Browne, Dr. and Mrs. G. W. Harmon, Mrs. J.'C. Schumpert and Boyd Bedenbaugh mo tored to Columbia Tuesday night to see the returns of the election.— Prosperity News. Announce Engagement Mr. and Mrs. Budd C. Matthews of Newberry, announce the engagement of their daughter, Marguerite, to John Westmoreland Crymes of Green wood, the wedding to take place Sep tember 27. Mrs. Otto Klettner left Sunday for Sumter to visit her new grandson who arrived Sunday morning at eight o’clock at the home of Mr. and Mrs- King. "And to all, a Goo,. - That’s the perfect way to say Merry Christmas — with a Bulova Watch! No other gift will bring so much joy ana satisfaction, last as long or be as useful. A Bulova Watch is truly THE GIFT OF A LIFETIME! DEAN, 15 Jewels, $27.50 STAMFORD . . 17 i«w«lt . . • *29 75 PRESIDENT ... 21 iawals . . . *49 50 GRETA ... 17 i.w.l. . . . , 29 75 IORRAINS ... 17 i.w.1. . , . , 49 50 j 2 diamonds PATRICIA, 17 Jewels, $27.54) At this time our stocks are complete. You have been advised by the gevernment to mail gifts not later than next month to boys overseas. It is a certain fact that many items in our store now will not be available by Christmas. If you axpect to give jewelry/ buy now. W. E. TURNER, Jeweler To Marry In Japan The State, 17th. Cards have been received in Colum bia to a wedding in far off Japan which is of close interest to the bride’s friends in this state. The in vitations are issued by the Rev. and Mrs. A. J. Bowers to the marriage of their daughter, Mary Lou, to the Rev. Louis G. Gray on the evening of Oc tober 4 at 6 o’clock in the Lutheran church at Kakata, Japan. The young couple will be at home after October 10 in Kumamoto. Mrs. Grey’s father is a promi nent Lutheran divine and was for merly a member of the faculty of Newberry college. She has been an ardent .worker in the mission field for a number of years. The bridegroom, a most recent addition to the mission ary force, is an instructor in the Lutheran school at Kumamoto. V-MAIL IS FASTER Information has been received by the local post office from the Post Office Department to the effect that the volume of air mail addressed to points outside the continental United States has become so great in recent weeks that it is no longer possible to handle all of this air mail by air. The order of preference applying to this mail for abroad is as follows: first, official Sir mail, second, V-mail and third, to the extent that space is available, other letter mail weighing not in excess of 2 ounces per letter. It will be sent from the foregoing that it is to the advantage of the public to use V-mail in preference' to air mail as V-mail will be given pre ferential handling over air mail whenever there is a lack of space on planes. It will be noted also that no longer can the post office accept any letter weighing over 2 ounces for shipment by air. A further provi sion is that packages of merchandise, prints, etc., can no longer be accepted to be carried by air mail to points outside the continental United States. The Post Office Department is very desirous of having the cooperation of the public in the use.of V-mail in writing to the boys abroad. In using V-mail there is not only the advan tage that a great deal of very valu able space will be saved on planes and ships, but the great advantage aso that your letter will receive the most expeditious handling that if is possible to give it. JURY LIST L. L. Guin, Banks F. Enlow, A. H. Clark, D R Pitts, H M. Gregory, T. S. Abrams, E. B. Harmon, R C. White, J. T Kibler, Geo. H. Leitsey, W R. Son, J. C. Amick, J. M. Stuck,'A. J. Livingstone, Homer Wise, J. M. Wilson, J. W Cromer, C. S. Wessin- ger, T. C. Shealy, G. Brady Bowers, Fred Coats, Minar Cathcart, E. A. Wheeler, Hoyt Morris, G. I. Kinard, J. T. Ringer, D. F. Taylor, Clarence E. Shealy, W I rank Lominick, Sr., E. J. Adams, Claude A. Bouknight, J. T. Huffman, George Huggins, L. F. Fischer, George S. Ruff, G. O. Parrott. PURCELL-BROWN Mrs. Chas. J. Purcell announces the marriage of her daughter, Rook McFall, to Mr. Claude Kenner Brown of Martlingburg, Ala., formerly of Newberry. The marriage took place September 3, 1942 at the home of Dr. Edgar Dowdy, brother-in-law of the groom, in Boaz, Alabama. Misses Elvira and Mildred Shealy have returned from a sight seeing trip through Washington, Annapolis, and Baltimore, Maryland.