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I Visit Home Lieut, and Mrs. B. A. Buddin, for mer!" stationed at Fort Ogelthorp, Ga., left Newberry Monday for Ba't- tle Creek, Michigan, where they will be stationed after spending a ten day leave with Mrs. Buddin’s mother, Mrs. C. F. Layton. Visits Mother First Class Seaman James Travis Salter, of the Navy, spent Thanks giving and Friday with his mother, Mrs. J. C. Salter at Silverstreet. Visits In Silverstreet Sgt. Harold J. McKittrick stationed in Mexico visited Miss Blanch Salter in Silverstreet,and his mother, Mrs. J. A. McKittrick in Mountville recent ly while on an 8 day furlough. To Fort Jackson Lieut, and Mrs. Albert McCaugh- rin have been visiting Lieut. Mc- Caughrin’s ^mother, Mrs. J. N. Mc- Caughrin on Colhoun street. Lieut. McCaughrin left Monday for Fort Jackson where he will be stationed. Mrs. McCaughrin will remain in New berry for a short while. Visits Parents Apprentice Seaman James Smith, stationed at the U. S. N. Radio school in Auburn, Alabama, spent Saturday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Smith, Sr. Will Leave Friday Jim Wheeler, who volunteered for the Navy (Sea Bees) several months ago, will leave Friday, December 4 for Camp Perry, Magruda, Virginia. He will be accompanied as far as Columbia by his wife and sister, Miss Mary Wheeler. Letter From Major Pope Our readers will enoy the follow ing letter from Major Thomas Pope which we received several days ago: “Dear Otto: “Your very welcome and interest ing letter arrived almost a week ago and I was delighted to hear from you. I told the boys about your kind offer to print the news on the front page of the Sun and to send that page by first class mail and they, as well as myself, appreciate your thoughtful ness. While your idea would enable our families to send us ' the front page by air mail and insure delivery about three weeks earlier than the present method, I do not believe that sending the paper by first class mail would do because all regular mail comes on the same boat. It would be asking too much of you to send the papers by air mail. I suggest that you continue to send them as second class mail. I have seen more South Carolinians in England than from any other state but perhaps that is partially due to the fact that I have been looking for boys from home. At any rate there are a great many of us here. The only Newberrian I have seen from another outfit is Corporal Carlisle Lever. He came into our headquar ters one day and recognized my voice; I was very glad to see him. I understand that Otis Whitaker -and Luther Aull are here and shall keep my eyes open for them. Are there any others ? Since my last letter I have only been able to get away from camp two or three times. Once I attended church services in a nearby town and was very pleasantly surprised when the vicar made a welcoming address to us, offered a short prayer, and then called on a Baptist army chap lain to read the scripture. The sermon was delivered by an Episcopal army chaplain whose brother formerly preached at St. Luke’s Episcopal church in Newberyback about 19E22. His name was Rideuot. I liked the idea of preachers from three faiths participating in a single service; we need more thinking about Christiani ty and less about denomination and I really believe that a new religious renaissance is under way. On another Sunday some of us spent that day at Oxford. I found this a very quaint and picturesque city and thoroughly enjoyed visiting the various colleges. At Magdalen college we met a student who had been discharged from the army be cause of his health and who had re turned to studymedicine. He showed us his quarters, the chapel, the clois ters, the large dining hall, the old kitchen, and took us thru the grounds. The Cherwell river winds lazily thru the campus and it abounds in trout, some of which were about 18 inches long, although the water was only several feet deep. It really isn’t much bigger than Scott’s creek in Newber ry. I thought of you when I saw all the fish. It would be easy to spend many days lolling on one of the lit tle bridges and pulling them out. Later we visited at Christchurch col lege, the Cathedral, St. Edmunds Hall (the smallest college there, and the Thames, where we saw all the college barges and skiffs. Altogether, it was a most interesting experience. (Continued on page eight) FARMERS WILL BE PENALIZED IF TOO MUCH LAND LEFT IDLE Washington, Dec 1—Farmers will have to plant within 10 per cent of their 1943 AAA crop allotments in order to obtain maximum benefits payments authorized by farm legis lation. This regulation was announced to day by the agriculture department in a move designed to obtain a high degree of compliance with next year’s record farm production pro gram. The total amount of payments to be distributed under the 1943 pro gram has not been determined. It has been averaging about $750,00'>,- 000 a year. The department will announce later the rates it will pay farmers for complying with AAA allotments for corn, cotton, peanuts, rice, to bacco and wheat. The rates usually are set at a certain number of cents per bushel depending upon the com modity. Failure to plant at least 90 _per cent of these crop allotments will result in payment deductions at a rate five times the compliance rate. This means that a farmer’s crop payment would be wiped out en tirely should he plant only 7C per cent of his allotment. Since 1943 crop allotments for cotton, tobacco and wheat are the maximum deemed necessary, fann ers who overplant these crops will receive deductions at a rate 10 times the compliance rate. The deduction for excess corn acreage will be the same as the compliance rate. Farmers also will have to reach 90 per cent of their production goals for the so-called war crops, which include soy beans, flaxseed, peanuts, potatoes, dry beans and ipeas, hemp, and tomatoes and peas for canning. Failure to achieve 90 per cent of war crop goals would make a farmer subject to crop pay ment deductions at the rate of $15 per acre for each acre short of the 90 per cent. JUDGE J. K. HENRY Chester, Nov. 28—Former Circuit Judge James Killough Henry, 86, died during the night at his home here after several years of declining health. He was found dead in his bed tnis morning. The funeral will be conducted Tuesday at 11 a. nil. at the Chester Associate Reformed Presbyterian church with Dr. Joseph Lee Grier, pastor, in charge. Interment will bt in Old Purity cemetery. Judge Henry was solicitor of the Sixth Judicial Circuit many years before becoming judge, a post he held for years before he resigned because of poor health. Surviving are seven children, _ 17 grandchildren and one great-grand child. SIXTH REGISTRATION The following dates have been re leased from the two local Selective Service boards for the registration of the 18-year-old group. First registration for those born between July 1, 1924 and August 31, 1924 will register between Friday, December 11 and Thursday December 17. Second registration for those bom between September 1, 1924 and October 31, 1924 will register between Friday, December 18 and December 24. Third registration for those bom between November 1, 1924 and Dec ember 31, 19i24 will register Satur day, December 26 thru December 31. Those who become 18 after these dates will register on the dates of their birth. If such anniversary falls on Sunday or legal holiday their registration “shall take place on the day following.” GET 12 MORE DAYS TO TURN IN TIRES Washington, Nov. 30—The dead line for motorists to dispose of idle tires was postponed by the office of price administration today from l>e- cember 1 to December 12, because of inability of the Railway Express Agency in many places to cope with a last minute rush of pick-up orders. The twelve-day deferment was granted, OPA said, to avoid penal izing drivers who tried to comply with the tire tumin order but could not because of the express agency was unable to take care of them. The sale of all extra tires over five per passenger car is a prere quisite to obtaining gasoline under the nation-wide mileage rationing program effective tomorrow. MRS. DICKERT IN HOSPITAL The many friends of Mrs. Y. T. Dickert will regret to learn that she entered the Greenville General hospi tal Sunday and underwent a major operation Monday. Mrs. Dickert’s condition is reported to be satisfac tory at this writing. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Long and son, Furman, Mr. and Mrs. Haskell Long and small son, James, of the Hartford community and Mr. E. S. Galloway, of Columbia, were Sunday vsitors in the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Long. Tornado Hits City; Damage $25,000 Rural Section Is Hard Hit With Many Homes In Ruins, Cattle Killed, Outbuildings Down No Loss of Life Reported. A tornado of extreme violence struck Newberry Tuesday evening at six minutes past seven o’clock and left an estimated $25,000 damage in its wake. The twister came out 'of the southwest following a period of intermittent thunder, low pressure and storm clouds which raced across the skies. It was nature’s worst visitation in the memory of living persons. A tornado struck the city in August 1928 and did considerable damage but not comparable to the storm of Tuesay night. The diping, twisting wind hit the western part of the city in the vicin ity of the Whitener Lumber com pany, cutting a* path several hun dred yards wide and extending al most to Rosemont cemetery. The Whitener Lumber plant was undam aged but diagonally across from th e .plant at the Whitener home 12 out buildings, included three garages were razed to the ground, although but little damage was done to the Whitener home. The wind seemed to have lifted and dipped down again just behind the house. Tele phone wires were a tangled mass along the highway ana trees and tel ephone poles were down everywhere. D. O. Carpenter, manager of Oak land mill said b.iat hardly a street in Oakland village escaped without a tree having been blown down across it. He estimated the damage at Oakland at $2,000. The damage here was to one end of the mill which had been planked up when it was built to allow for expansion, about a fourth of this wall was torn off and a hole 20 feet square was ripped from the heavy roof of the mill. The metal top of the large water tank was blown, off and there was other minor damage about the plant. The full fury of the storm seems to have been just after it dipped across the highway in the vicinity of the Whitener property. The home of George Scruggs almost opposite that of Mr. Whitener suffered .but slightly. Five dwellings were al most completely demolished on the Whitener property at an estimated damage of $8,000 with no windstorm insurance. At the old McCrackin home on the highway and occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Summer, the entire top of the two-story structure was blown away and the entire contents almost a complete loss. On the first floor of this home furniture and furnish ings were buried in debris. When the heart of the storm struck Mr- Summer and one of his children were attempting to hold the back door closed while Mrs. Summer and an other child was attempting to hold the font door. “It was all over so quick I didn’t know what happen ed” Mr. Summer said. The Summers had no insurance and their loss is heavy. Two calves were killed and much feedstuffs damaged. At the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Baker, just' this side of the Summer home, destruction was to tal. The home was blown from its moorings and wrenched into a twist ed mass. Mr. Baker was at work in Oakland mill at the time. As the winds rose he shut down his machine and went home feeling that it was in the path of the storm. His home was a mass of ruins when he reached it and his family were not there. Mrs. Baker and other members of the family had made their way to the home of a neighbor. Mrs. Baker said she and the rest of the family were huddled into one room awaiting the end of the storm when the walls began to fall in and brick and debris come from every direction. We tried to shield each other until we were knocked to the floor” she said. Mrs. Baker said that one of them saw an opening in a wall as they were on the floor and they all made for it and thus escaped. Most of this family was scantily clad, some mem bers having on only night clothes as they were in the act of retiring for the night. Damage here was esti mated at $1,800, without insurance. Several outbuildings and 20 bushels of corn were destroyed. All chick en houses were destroyed but 35 chickens escaped. At the old Rawls home, occupied by Mrs. Erin Rawls, who Hved alone, the entire top of the old two-story structure was blown away and Mrs. Rawls was buried beneath the debris. When found by Forrest Summer and a Mr. Tolbert her arm was sticking from a mass of boards and trash and she seemed to be struggling to free herself. Whctt freed she is said to have walked away. She was .how ever, later carried to the local hos pital for treatment of superficial injuries. Damage to the home of Mrs. Char lie Hardin was considerable, seven outbuildings having been demolished and the back porch and kitchen par tially wrecked. Water damage here was also consideable. There was no insurance on the outbuildings. Mrs. Hardin was at the county hospital with her sick daughter when tha storm struck. None of the Whitener family were at home. Mr. Whitener is in a hos pital in North Carolina and Mrs. Whitener was in town. She was first informed of the damage to her home by persons down town. The Whiteners lost five dwellings in addition to 12 outbuildings. All of the dwellngs seem to be totally damaged. A negro woman cook for the Whiteners lost her home when the storm first struck and in trying' to make her way to the home of a neighbor was straclT by a flying ob ject and painfully hurt. She crawled the entire distance to another house. Occupants of the dwellings on the Whitener place were Mr. and Mrs. Earl Franklin, Mr. and Mrs. Arlow Whitener, white, and James Gallman and family, Henry Coleman and fam ily, Henry Rutherford and family, negroes. T.e home owned by Vinnie Frye, negro, was completely destroyed. Seven members of this family were crowded into the small hallway * of the home when it collapsed, but none were injured. The home of Ben Brady, negro, was destroyed, but no one was at home at the time. The new home of Dr. J. S. Lide suffered considerably. Half of the roof was blown away and one chim ney destroyed & much of the fenc ing about the place blown down. Dr. Lide estimated his damage at $1,000 with insurance to cover. Mrs. Lide was at home alone during the storm. Dr. Lide had gone on a mission which took him directly under the high tension wires across the high way from his home. Just as he reached the lines three of the big steel towers crashed and the lines fell across his car. Fearing that tha lines were “hot” Dr. Lide leaped from his car and made his way hom e afoot thru the storm. Acros the cutoff highway from the Lide home, the small home of Thorn Cross was destroyed by the winds. There were four members of this negro family at home but no one was injured. Directly below this house the home of Andrew Turner was completely demolished and went up in flames. Persons in the neigh borhood Who saw the house bum said the fire was first seen low in the wreckage and apparently caught from fire in the fireplace. No one was injured here. Three towers carrying the high tension lines of the Southern Power company into the city were blown down. The towers were not up rooted as they are placed seven feet in the ground, but were bent and twisted to the ground. Workmen started work before daylight Wed nesday erecting temporary poles and repairing the lines and hoped to have the power flowing again Wednesday. R. E. A. authorities said their damage in the city alone would be some $500. Thirteen hundred homes in the county were temporarily out lights on R. E. A. lines. The Auth ority suffered more heavily in the ruray sections. Crews of R. E. A. workers came here from other places to help with re-establishing service. There was no interruption with the electrical service in the city, and employees of the local light com mission were aiding the R. E. A. Damage In Rural Areas The raging winds wrought havoc in many rural sections. Longshore’s store, seen of political gatherings in the Western part of the county was completely destroyed as was the two-story home of Will Wilson some distance from the store on the high way toward Newberry. Reports of loss of much livestock and feedstuffs are reaching the city. A negro house on the Will Wilson place in which there were 10 occu pants was totally demolished, but all occupants escaped without harm. There were 10 persons in Long shore’s store but all escaped by run ning from the building as it began to fall, and shielding themselves in a ditch across the road. One negro is said to have escaped drowning when a piece of roofing tin held his head above the water in the ditch. Griffin Dorrah, who lives in the vicinity of Longshore’s store suf fered particularly heavy loss. His home and all outbuildings were com pletely demolished. The Vernon Wilson home place was partially damaged and some los s was reported at the home of Oscar Pitts. The twister seems to have lifted somewhere about Longshore’s store and struck again just on the out skirts of Newberry. Wednesday morning broke clear and cold with high winds blowing until night. BLESSED EVENTS Mr. and Mrs. C. F. King of Whit mire announce the birth of a daugh ter at the local hospital Saturday, November 28. Mr. and Mrs. Everett Williams of Whitmire are the parents of a dau ghter, bom at the county hospital Tuesday, December 1. Mr. an dMrs. H. H. Thomas, of Whitmire announce Che arrival of a son at the county hospital Tuesday, December first. Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Craven of Ki*>- ards are the parents of a son, bom at the county hospital December 1. Cpl. and Mrs. Hunter Caldwell, jr., of Little Mountain, announce the birth of a son at the county hospital December 1. Cpl. Caldwell is sta- tioied at Fort Benning, Ga. Lieut, and Mrs. Ted W. Bremer announce the arrival of a daughter, WVirginia Louise, on November 24. Lieut. Bremer is stationed at Pen sacola, Florida. MOTOR CORPS COMPLETES TRAINING The dozen women who took a mo tor training course offered here sev eral weeks ago have now completed their studies and will receive certifi cates at an early date. They now form the first motor corps unit ol the Newberry chapter of the Amer ican Red Cross and am eligible to wear the motor corps caps and have the insignia on their cars. At present each woman must serve at least five hours per week in reg ular routine work, however, in an emergency she is prepared to fit in to any occasion requiring her ser vices. Each of these women, prior to taking the motor training had com pleted first aid and advanced first aid courses, prerequisites for the motor corps. Joe Spotts instructed the class composed of Mrs. Clem Youmans, Mrs. George Dominick, Mrs. Richard Baker, Mrs. JJohn Erickson, Miss May Wheeler, Mrs. Fred Gilbert, Miss Anne Kaminer, Mrs. Mazie King, Mrs. Paul McConville, Mrs. Ellisor Adams, Miss Mary Alice Mitchell, and Mrs. Jesse Dickert. LYING RUMORS E. A. Jumper, county administra tion officer for AAA has received the following telegram from the national AAA headquarters: “Office of war information reports that rumors are prevalent through out state that farmers must slaugh ter hogs or have hogs confiscate*! by the government. There are many valuations of this rumor. Office of war information speaking for OPA, USDA, and other federal war agen cies denies that there is any basis for such rumors. There are no gov ernment restrictions or penalties on the killing of hogs for home con sumption. Office of war informa tion further says that such rumors are apparently inspired by German propaganda and that every means of publicity must be used in killing such rumors." ADEQUATE LABOR FOR FARMS PROMISED Washington, Dec. 1—A program to provide labor for record agricultural production in 1943 was outlined to day by Chairman Paul V. McNutt of the war manpower commission. The program will be “worked out in detail during the winter months and launched as soon as spring planting begins,” McNutt said. “It calls for “adjustment of farm wages to bring the income of farm work ers more nearly into line with those of industrial workers” and “full time continuous employment of mo bile group* of experienced Dim workers, transported at government expense from one area to another as the crops mature.” “Transfer of experienced farm operators and workers now on sub standard lands to productive arena of labor demand” an a farm labor training an management program are among other points proposed by McNutt. The agriculture department is col laborating on the 'plans, McNutt said, adding that if the program does not work, “we will have to try something else—farmers may be certain that the government will take whatever steps are necessary to assure enough labor for 1943’s record agricultural goals.” Senator Thomas (D-Okla.) mean time arranged for state agricultural officials meeting in Washington to tell WPB Chief Donald M. Nelson tomorrow of their problems. These officials complained to the senate agriculture committee today that federal wartime regulations were partly responsible for the farmers’ troubles. Headed by R. A. Trovatten. Min nesota commissioner of agriculture, they asserted that ceilings on farm products prevented the payment of wages high enough to retain hired hands. As a result, they said, there was much premature slaughtering of livestock. They also told of difficulties in replacing worn parts of farm ma chinery. TIRES RELEASED THIS WEEK New -and recapped tires released ae of November 30: Nerw passenger tires: Dr. H. B. Thomas, Whitmire, 1 tire. Passenger recapped tires as follows: B. R. Shealy, Little Mountain, I tire. P. G. Blunt, Pomaria, I tire. J. D. Weasinger Nby, 1 tire. L. D. Bedenbaugh, 811*8treat, 2 tires. B. E. Bowers, Lit. Mtn., 2 tires Rufus Renwick, Prosperity, 2 tires. Mrg. David Stone, Whitmire, 2 tires. Ray Bowers, Newberry, 2 tires. L. E. Chandler, Newberry, 2 tires, ' S. L. Amick, Newberry, 2 tires. D. C. Boland, Little Mountain, 1 tires. S. V. Shelvin, Newberry, l tire. Mrs. Elizabeth Poole, Newberry, 2 tires. . William F. Sinclair, jr., Whitmire, 2 tires. O. C. Derrick, Little Mountain, 1 tire. Claude Bodie, jr., Newberry, 1 tire. L. H. Kingsmore, Prosperity, 1 tire. J. C. McCarthy, Prosperity, 2 tires. J. F. Stuck, Pomaria, 2 tires. Robert Sligh, Newberry, 2 tires. Bart Doolittle, Pomaria, 2 tires. Wheeler Horton, Whitmire, 2 tires. Mrs. Mamie Summer, Newberry, 1 tire. J. G. Long, Silverstreet, 2 tire*. 25 MEN LEFT NEWBERRY WED NESDAY FOR INDUCTION Twenty-five white men left New berry Wednesday, December 2, for final examination and induction at Fort Jackson. Auditor Pinckney Abrams went in the place of James Parker Fulp who was released to en list in the Navy. 589 QUESTION AIRES MAILED THIS WEEK The two local Selective Service Boards mailed out a total of 589 questionaries to the 18 year old group this week. Board 58 mailed 336 and Board 59 mailed 253. BENNIE B. COOK News has been received in Newber ry of the death of Bennie Cook, who died at his home in Comer, Ga., Fri day morning following an illness of several months. Funeral services were conducted there Sunday afternoon. Mr. Cook was a native of Newber ry county, but has been a resident of Comer for the past 20 years and op erated large farming interest in that section. Surviving in addition to his wid ow are a daughter, Mrs. Evans Long; five sons. Heyward D-, Leslie J., Hugh E., Walter J. and Garland B. Cook; four sisters, -Mrs. H. W. Mer chant, Mrs. S. C. Hiller, Mrs. Ira Dominick and Mrs J. . H. Dawkins; four brothers, G. Q., J. P., O. L. and J. H Cook DOWN MEMORY LANE Mrs. J. F. Browne has returned from Savannah where she visited her brother, J. P. Wise who is a patient at Park View sanitarium.—^Prosper ity item. Miss Helen Bedenbaugh of Chicora college spent Thanksgiving day with her parents. Dr. and Mrs. J. I. Bed enbaugh.—Prosperity item. Prof. JJ. H. Bedenbaugh spent Thanksgiving with his mother, Mrs. Della Bedenbaugh of Prosperity. Dream Almost Realised For many years I have dreamed of the day when we would have a good highway to the old home in Greenwood county via Chappells, and especially since the time when we began the building of highways. I pleaded for a good road to Whit mire and to Chappells because these were important trade centers and opened fine sections of the county to Newberry, and because almost all the other sections had better roads leading to the county seat. We have the highway to Whitmire and it is a good one, and now Whitmire is much nearer to Newberry than it was before. And there is a good road to Chappells, in fact one of the best in the county, and Chappells is not near so far away as it was before.— E. H. Aull. KENDALL MILLS LUTHERAN PARISH Rev. J. B. Harman, pastor. Bethany—10:30 a. m., preaching services. 11:30 a. m., Sunday school, Mr. E. B. Hite. supt. Summer Memorial—10:30 a. m., Sunday school, Mr. M. E. Shealy, supt. 11:30 a. m., preaching-services. 5:30 p. nu. Senior Luther League. 6 p. in., Intermediate Luther Lea gue. WOMEN’S DEFENSE CORPS IS ORGANIZED • A_ Woman’s Defense Corps waa or ganized here Friday night when a large group of women met in .the court house and perfected plana for the organization. Mrs. R. Herman Wright, chairman of the Women’s Defense Council, who . presided, ex plained the function and regulations of the corps which is patterned af ter the local unit of the men’s group of the South Carolina Defense force. Lt. Metts Fant who is to train the women was present and assisted' in the organization. The first r.eeting of the corps will be held Thursday night, Decern bet; 3, at the court house. The age limit, first set at 20 years has been reduc ed to 18. Although approximately 50 women have •ignified their de sire to join, others are expected * to increase the number to approximate ly 76. Mrs. Mary King was chosen cap tain of the unit. Miss Mary Wheeler, first lieutenant. Miss Ruth Mims and Mre. Mae Stuck, second lieuten ants, Mrs. John Erickson, first ser geant, and Mrs. O. F. Armfield, cor poral and clerk. The enrollmetn of the corps is as follows: Mrs. Herman Wright, Mrs. John Erickson, Mrs. Sailie Bell Mil ler, Mrs. Jesse Mayes, May T. Stuck, Mis* Anne Kaminer, Mrs. Paul Mc Conville, Mrs. Ernest Boozer, M.iss Martha Boozer, Mrs. O. F. Armfield, Miss Grace Summer, Miss Mary Wheeler, Mrs. Claire Mims, Miss Nancy Hornsby, Mrs. 0. O. Copeland, Mrs. Ruth Dickert, Mis* Ruth Mime, Mrs. Frances Spotts, Mrs. Ruby Longshore, Miss Mary Alice Mitchell. Anna Margaret Adams, Mrs. Seth Meek, Mrs. Butler Holmes, Mrs. King, Miss Virginia Anderson, Mrs. Julia Stokes, Mrs. James R. Lea veil. Mis. Ruth Cousins, Mrs. Jas. Smith, Miss Jane Winn, Mrs. Dorothy John son, Mrs. Emma Davis Whitten, Mrs. Wilton Todd, Miss Katherine Adams, Miss Elizabeth Mower, Miss Eva James Davis, Mrs. George Rodel- sperger, Mrs. Grady Donaldson, and Mrs. Mary King. HARMANS ARE POUNDED Ordinarily a pastor knows some thing about all of the services that are being held in the church of which he is pastor, but an exception to this took place at Summer Mem orial on the evening before Thanks giving day. A member of the con gregation went to the parsonage and invited the pastor and Mrs. J. B. Harman to go to the church for a service that had been planned. They accepted the invitation and when they entered the church they found that there were a goodly number of people there and they had brought a generous pounding for the pastor and his wife. Mr. M. Eugene Shealy with appro priate remarks made the presenta tion, to which the pastor responded. Following this there were the sing ing of song* and prayer. Pastor and Mrs. Harman are deep ly grateful for these and all other kindnesses shown them from time to time.