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VOLUME 6—NUMBER 9
The Rising Sun—1856-1860 NEWBERRY, S. C., FRIDAY, DECEMBER !8, 1942
Published Weekly
$1.00 PER YEAR
PURPLE HEART AWARD TO
EDWARD McCRACKIN
Lieuteant Edward McCrackin
w-as last week awarded the Pur^.
pie Heart award and medal for
his prticipation in the allied
landings on the north coast of
Africa. The awards were made
in Asheville, N. C., where Lieu
tenant McCrackin is convalesc
ing from wounds received in the
north African landing. He was
shot twice and is said to now be
recovering satisfactorily.
The Purple Heart decoration
was originated by George Wash
ington and is issued to soldiers
killed or wounded in the line of
duty.
Lieutenant McCrackin is a son
of Mr. and Mrs. Thad McCrack
in and is a fine soldier of whom
his home town is proud.
Enjoys Furlough
Pvt. Carter Abrams returned to
Duke University, Durham, N. C.,
Tuesday, after enjoying a few days
furlough with his wife and other
relatives in the city and county.
Transferred To Florida
Ensign William B. Briggs, son of
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Briggs, reported
to Miami Florida Sub Chaser School,
Sunday, after spending a few days
here with his parents.
Ensign Briggs was formerly with
the Coast Guard Patrol stationed jn
Kansas.
Receives Promotion
Second Class Seaman G. W. Neel,
eon of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Neel, re
cently received a promotion to the
rank of third class signalman at
Cape Henry, Virginia, where he has
been stationed since volunteering for
the Navy several months ago.
Joins Husband
Mrs. Pat Hallman left here recent
ly for Greenville, Miss to join her
husband at the Army Air Base
there. Mrs. Hallman is the former
Miss Mary Frances Sutton, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sutton of
this city;
Home For Few Days
.Lieut, and Mrs. Jim Todd of Carls
bad, New Mexico, recently spent
week in Newberry with their par
ents, Mrs. 0. 0. Copeland and Mr.
and Mrs. Wilton Todd.
Coach Hedgepath Enters Service
Coach Harry Hedgepath of New
berry high schools left here Dec
ember 1 for Charleston where he re
ported to the U. S. Navy as lieuten
ant junior grade. From Charleston
he expects to report to Chapel Hill,
N. C., where he will be stationed for
about 30 days.
Home On Furlough
Private First Class Lewis I. Bla
lock of the 873rd School Squadron,
stationed in Waco, Texas, has re
turned to camp after spending a 15
day furlough with his mother, Mrs.
J. D. (Tamt) Wicker, and other rel
atives in the city.
Home On Visit
PFC Olin Layton, of Fort Jackson
and Harold Layton, stationed in
Ohio, are visiting their mother, Mrs.
C. F. Layton, who has been ill at
her home on O’Neall street for sev
eral days.
Earns Silver Bar
Pvts. Oswald Copeland, son of Mrs.
O. 0. Copeland, and Robert H. An
derson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Aderson, qualified with the 30 cali
bre rifle and earned the right to
wear the silver bar of a Marine
“marksman,” for a firing record
recently completed at the Fleet Ma
rine Force Training Center at New
River, N. C.
Pvts. Copeland and Anderson, who
cam e to the 200-square mile New
River base for rifle instruction af
ter basic training at Paris Island,
have now completed their recruit
period and will receive advanced
combat training with a unit of the
fleet Marine force or will be assign
ed to one of the many marine corps
specialist schools.
Receives Wings
Kirby Lominack, son of Mr. and
Mrs. R. M. Lominack of this city, re
ceived his wings and was commis
sioned lieutenant at Moody Field,
Valdosta, Ga., Sunday, after finish--
ing his advanced training in the
Aviation Air Corps. Lieut. Lomi
nack reported to Charleston Monday
of this week where he will receive
further orders. He received his pre-
flight training at Maxwell Field,
Montgomery, Alabama, Hawthorne
Field, Orangeburg and Shaw Field,
Sumter.
Receives Commission
Friends of W. Roy Anderson will
be interested to learn that on Nov
ember 22, he received his commission
as first lieutenant at Fort Sumter
hotel in Charleston where he has
been stationed for several months.
Lieut. Anderson is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. Roy Anderson, Sr. of
thi* city. 1
Visits Friends
Ensign J. Morgan Randel from
Youngstown, Ohio, who has just fin
ished a four months course in the
U. S. N. R. at Columbia University
has been visiting friends in Newber
ry. From here Ensign Randel will
report to Norfolk, Va. where he will
atted an amphibian school. Ensign
Randel will be remembered by the
fans of Newberry for the splendid
record he made in the three sports
at Newberry College.
Visits Parents
Lieut. J. Thad McCrackin, of Camp
White, Oregon, is visiting his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Thad McCrackin
on College street.
Change address of—
Lieut. Charles F. Summer, Jr.
A. T.—AA Coj^-M. T. C.
Camp Haile, Colorado
Pvt. John M. Kinard
286 Q. M. Refrigeration Co.
Camp Barkley, Texas
U. S. Army
J. D. Wheeler Pt R 2-c
Bat. 61, Co. C Plat. 2, Unit B
Camp Peary
Williamsburg, Va.
Pvt William Brab Coggins
Battery “F”
263 Coast Artillery
Fort Moultrie, S. C-
MATT ADAMS Sign Shop has
some “No Trespass” and “No Hunt
ing” signs, painted on wooden boards
20c each, ?2 dozen. On cardboard 50c
dozen. Post your land against hunt
ers and trespassers.—Advt.
Returns To Fort
Pvt. James Kinard will return to
Fort Jackson, where he is stationed,
today (Thursday) after spending a
five day furlough with his parents.
Dr. and Mrs. James C. Kinard and
brother Frank, on College street.
Wire coat hangers are needed at
Fort Jackson for new soldiers ar
riving at the induction center, ac
cording to a letter received by D. W.
A. Neville from the Fort Jackson
Red Cross. If you have any quan
tity of these that you can spare
leave them at Mr. Neville’s place and
he will see that they reach Jackson.
CHRISTMAS PROGRAM AT
HARTFORD
A Christmas program consisting
of two playlets, Red and the Ohrist-
mas Whoppers and Santa’s Last
Stop, will be presented by the Hart
ford Grammar school on Friday
night, December 18, at 8 o’clock.
The public is invited.
SANTA SLIPS UP
While old Santa was down this
way last year he found himself tired
and hungry and stopped in Lomi-
nick’s drug store to put something
under his belt. He got hold of one
of those good ham sandwiches and
you could have heard him smacking
half-way down town. Santa was so
well pleased that he combed the
crumbs out of his whiskers and ex
claimed “By the great Horn Spoon,
I will do somethin* for Richard
Lominick for that treat.”
And sure enough he did, little boys
and girls. As soon as h e got back
home he went to his smoke house
and picked out the biggest ham he
could find and wrapped it nicely in
Christmas paper an tied it with rib
bons. He then called in his press
agents and had a picture made of
himself holding that ham. He sent
us one of the pictures and asked that
we publish it. We knew that Rich
ard was not making those good
sandwiches anymore but we also
knew that Santa would be looking for
his picture in Richard’s ad this week
so we just had to print that pic
ture.
Santa will be greatly disappointed
when he finds that Richard doesn’t
need the Ham, and the old boy will
miss those fine sandwiches this
Christmas, but such vs life, even with
Santa Claus.
(NOTE—This is abdut as good
explanation as any for the illustra
tion of a ham in the ad of Richard
Lominick.—Ed.)
Automobile
Heaters and
Radios
Give One For
Christmas
Just a Few Left
Davis Motor Co.
1515-17 Main St.
Newberry Couple Die
In Tragic Accident
Funeral services for Mr. and Mrs.
Drayton Edward Smith of Orlando,
Fla., formerly of Newberry county
and Columbia, who were electrocuted
Saturday night at their home in
Florida, was held at the James R.
Leavell Fueral Home in Newberry
with interment in Rosemont ceme
tery Wedesday afternoon at 3 p. m.
Rev. A. T. Usher officiated, assisted
by Rev. C. A. Calcote.
The Smiths had left their home
in Orlando, it is stated, to inform
a neighbor across the street of the
impending danger of their home
being caught by fire from a nearby
burning palm tree when a live wire
snapped and electrocuted them be
fore they were able to escape.
Mr. Smith is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. B. Smith of Kinards, where
he was born and reared and lived
the larger portion of his life. He
attended the schools of that sec
tion and later attended Clemson
college.
Mrs. Smith, the former Miss Lin
da Boland was the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. G. M. Boland of 1818 Co
lumbia drive, Columbia.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith are survived
by a small daughter, Linda Lou.
Mr. Smith’s survivors include: His
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Smith of
Kinards; two brothers, H. G. Smith
of Tallahassee, Fla., and L. W.
Smith of Fairfax; one sister, Miss
Lucile Smith of inards.
Mrs. Smith is survived by her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Boland of
Columbia; one sister, Mrs. King of
McBee, and one brother, George Bo
land of Statesville, N. C.
The young couple, both in their
early thirties, were very popular not
only in Newberry and Columbia but
also in their town in Florida.
(Contributed)
A most happy event in the lives of
Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Miller, substan
tial and popular citizens of the Ja
la pa section of Newberry county, was
the celebration of their fiftieth wed
ding anniversary at their home, on
Tuesday evening, December 15. Af
ter a bountiful dinner had been serv
ed those present gathered in the
livingroom where Rev- M. L. Kester,
their pastor, on behalf of their child
ren, presented Mr. Miller with a
gold watch and chain and Mrs. Mai
ler with a beautiful cameo pin. Mrs.
Miller was the former Mary Jean
ette Bundrick, daughter of the late
Mr. and Mrs. George Bundrick whose
home was near Peake. Mr. Miller
is a son of the late Mr. and Mrs.
Bennet H. Miller who lived at Little
Mountain. Mr. and Mrs. Miller were
married in the home of Mrs. Miller’s
parents December 15, 1892, the cere
mony being performed by the Rev. S.
L. Nease, then pastor of Holy Trin
ity church, Little Mountain. There
were seven children born to the Mil
lers, all of whom are living. The
following were present: Forrest E.
and his wife, Vance with his wife
and two children, Elbert and Reba,
Lenora, now Mrs. Raymond Tolbert,
with Mr. Tolbert and their daughter
Jeanette, Mary now Mrs. Lester Cor-
lev with Mr. Carley, and their daugh
ter Nettie Louise. Those absent
were Clarence, Mrs. Miller and their
son Otis, George, Mrs. Miller and
their son George Richard, Ruby, now
Mrs. A. J. McKittrick, M. B. McKit-
rick and their two sons, Russell and
Hugh. Others present were Mr. and,
Mrs. I. A. Miller, Rev. and Mrs. M.
L. Kester and their grandson, David
Lee Gartner.
The best wishes of many friends
go with Mr. and Mrs. Miller as they
journey on through life—wishes, that
they may have more wedding anni
versaries to celebrate before they
oome to the end of the journey.
LOST—<Pocketbook, about 2 o’clock
Wednesday afternoon between the
Busy Bee cafe and police headquar
ters. It contained one B. gasoline
book about half used and one A
book with four No. 3 stamps left.
Finder please return to police head
quarters and receive reward. Willie
H. Werts, Silverstreet. 2tp
R. DERRILL SMITH
WHOLESALE GROCER
910 Main Street Newberry, S. C.
Headquarters For
BEST FEEDS AND BEST PRICES
Bisihopville Flour & Pee Dee Feeds
Ful-O-Pep Poultry Feeds
Waynes’ Dog Feed
Duplex Rabbit Feed
PUREGRAIN Pigeon Feed
BEACON Goat Feed for Milk Goats
Ful-O-Milk Dairy Feeds
PEAGREEN Horse and Mule Feed
CANDIES, CIGARETTES,
TOBACCOS
HAV-A-TAMPA CIGARS
St. James* Church Is
Formally Dedicated
A very beautiful and impressive
service was held in St. James Luth
eran church, Jalapa, last Sunday
when in the presence of almost a
capacity congregation the church was
dedicated. Tne service Was in charge
of the pastor. Rev. M. L. Kester, and
the sermon was delivered by the Rev.
E. Z. Pence. Among the many visi
tors were several of the pastors of
the Newberry Lutheran conference.
Greetings were read from the three
living former pastors of St. James,
Rev. P. E. Shealy, Rev. L. P. Boland
and Rev. W. D. Haltiwanger. The
following gifts were also announced:
Altar cross by Mrs. J. B. McDow
ell and Mrs. J. O. Dunston.
Offering plates by J. B. McDowell.
Pulpit bible by Mrs. Minnie Sease
and Mrs. Cyril Halfacre.
One window in memory of Mr and
Mrs. L. C. Singley by their children.
One window in memory of Mr. and
Mrs. H. M. Mayer by their children.
One window in memory of Mr. and
Mrs. J. E. Wessinger by their child
ren.
One window by Mr. B. S. Derrick
and family.
One window by the family of the
late Rufus J. Long.
One window by the family of the
late J. A. Ballentine.
One window in memory of Mr.
and Mrs. J. J. Seaee by children.
One window in honor of Mr. and
Mrs. I. A. Miller by children.
One window in honor of Mr. and
Mrs. A. M. Miller by children.
Small circle window with Luther
league emblem by the league.
Circle window over altar in honor
of the pastor by the congregation.
MR. BOOZER IN HOSPITAL
The many friends of Mr. Henry
L. Boozer will regret to learn that
he is seriously ill in the Newberry
hospital, followng a major operation
Tuesday, December 16th.
"wells theater
THURSDAY
“JUNIOR ARMY”
Freddv Bartholomew
Added—Oomedy an Short
Matinee 9c-2Bc Night 9c-30c
FRIDAY & SATURDAY
A Story of 4he Commandos
“THEY rSto BY NIGHT"
Lyle Talbot & June Dupree
Added—Last Chapter of PERILS OF
NYOKA and a WALT DISNEY
Comedy
Admission—9e—25c All day
MONDAY & TUESDAY
All-Out For Fun!
“BLONDIE FOR VICTORY”
Penny Singleton & Arthur Lake
Added—NEWS and SHORT
Matiee 9c-25c Night 9c-30c
WEDNESDAY
15c—BARGAIN DAY—15c
UNDERGROUND AGENT
Leslie Brooks & Bruce Bennett
Added—SELECTED SHORTS
Admission—9c-20c all day
OPERA HOUSE
SATURDAY
WESTERN MAIL
Tom Keene
PERILS Of The ROYAL MOUNTED
and a LEON ERROL Comedy
Admission 9c and 20c—all day
RITZ
THURSDAY & FRIDAY
In Technicolor
Gene Tierney, Preston Foster, John
Sutton
In
“THUNDER BIRD”
News and Comedy
Adm.: Mat. 9c-25c Night 9c-30c
SATURDAY
Johnny Mack Brown, Fuzzy Knight,
Leroy Mason
In
"THE SILVER BULLET"
COMEDY
Chapter 5 OVERLAND MAIL
Adm.: 9c-25c All Day
Saturday Night Owl Show 10:45 P.M.
Irene Hervey, Bela Lugosi
In
"THE NIGHT MONSTER”
Adm: 9c-25c
MONDAY and TUESDAY
Errol Flynn, Alexis Smith, Alan Hale
In
“GENTLEMAN JIM”
NEWS COMEDY
Adm.: Mat. 9c-25c Night 9e-30c
WEDNESDAY
Lloyd Nolan, Heather Angel,
Ralph Byrd
In
‘TIME TO KILL”
COMEDY
Adm.: Mat. 9c-25c Night 9c-30c
LOST—Red Irish Setter, lost Mon
day near my home. Answers to name
of Joe. J. Roy Felker at City Bar
ber Shop.
WANTED—Pecans, no matter how
small. Good market for all sizes.
Any amount. R. Derrill Smith,
Wholesale Grocer, 910 Main street,
Newberry, S. . 2t
SOLDIERS NEED COAT HANGERS,
MILLERS CELEBRATE FIFTIETH
ANNIVERSARY
Giv« White Christines
Service At Bush River
On Sunday evening, December 20th
at 7 o’clock, the Bush River Baptist
church will present a White Christ
mas service. “Star Shine” is a rev
erent, worshipful service commemor
ating the birth of Christ and creat
ing the true giving spirit of Christ
mas. Amid a picturesque scene of
simplicity and beauty of a White
Christmas, angels draw the curtans
on the tableaux as the story unfolds.
Impressive Christmas music render
ed by the choir, plays a prominent
part in the presentation.
This star service of love is a
Christmas service that brings a real
Christian message with all the real
beauty of Christmas, with each
character bringing his own special
gift to the Christ Child. Peace is
particularly emphasized.
The public is cordially invited to
attend the service.
HAL’S ADLETS
Peloubets and Tarbell 3 Sunday
school lesson notes for 1943, S2 each.
God’s Minute, God’s Message, books
of short prayers, 76c each, a new one
in this series is God’s Pippose, 365
short sermons, 75c. Bible story
books for children $1 and ?2.
Bibles and Testaments, nice stock
to select from.
Magazine subscriptions. To every
publications. We sent free of charge
gift cards. We will meet any print
ed offer on clubs or seperate sub
scriptions. A guaranteed service..
Luray dinnerware. lots of nice
items in this line, for gifts.
Service flags, 1, 2 & 3 stars, 35c,
50c, 75c, $1.
Candles red, white and other col
ors. Freshen up your candle holders
with long burning, heat resisting
hand dipped candles such as we al
ways stock.
Blooming plants, cyclamen, ka-
lanchoes, begonias and other choice
potted plants, $1 and up.
Christmas cards, 1c, 3c, 5c. ^ 10c.
Many lovely cards displayed for easy
selection. Excellent boxes of assort
ed cards $2 values for $1.
Soldier Christmas cards to mail to
the boys.
Fostoria crystal makes a wonder
ful gift. You will find items here
from 35c and on.
Roseville pottery is without a
doubt the most colorful gift item in
our stock. And doesn’t the -public go
for it in a big way. Our stock is
still complete and we have another
large shipment yet to unpack.
Christmas wreaths, made of real
pine cones and other preserved
flowers and foliages. They begin at
$2 and you have many to select from.
Guitars, half dozen new ones just
unpacked.
Cut flow.ers, several shipments
each week. Roses, carnations and
gladiolus.
We’d love to have you drop in.
Verna & HalKohn.
AMAlWill Buy All
State's Surplus Eggs
Prfcj to Be Paid Not to Be Below 30
Cents a Dozen; To Be Shipped
Abroad
Columbia, Dec. 15—An egg mar
keting program to assure Soatherr.
farmers fair prices and a ready mar
ket for all eggs they produce became
effective today, R. E. Robb, state
supervisor of the agricultural mar
keting administration said.
The program became effective
throughout the AMA Southern re
gion including South Carolina, Geor
gia, Florida, Alabama, Tennessee,
Kentucky, Mississippi, North Caro
lina, Virginia and parts of West
Virginia. Louisiana snd Arkansas.
The AMA will acquire all eggs for
which there is no market in the
usual retail or wholesale channels.
They will be stored in cold storage
plants and later dried for shipment
overseas or for distribution to needy
families and school children in this
country.
Robb said although there would
be local surpluses in different areas
during the flush period of produc
tion beginning this mr-'th, there
actually would be fewer eggs for
home cosumption during the com
ing year than rq 1942.
Robb said he foresaw a greater
demad for eggs because of an in
crease of about 60 million pound?
in the volume of dried eggs needed
increased consumer demand because
of greater buying power and the
effect of meat rationing.
Price ranges will be set later by
the government, he said, but in no
event would the price fall, below 30
cents a dozen. The AMA will con
tinue its purchases through next
June 30, if necessary, Robb said.
ST. LUKE’S EPISCOPAL
In St. Luke’s Episcopal church,
this coming Sunday, December 20th,
Vesper Service at 4 p. m. The pub
lic is cordially invited to worship
with us. This announcemet is made
by the rector, the Rev. B. A. Wil
liams.
ONE DELIVERY DAILY
According to Postmastei G. K.
Dominick, it is contemplated that it
will be possible for city carriers to
make only one complete delivery
each day from Dec. Zlet through
Dec. 24th. If it is possible to make
two deliveries, of course it will be
done. But it appears now that tha
exigencies of the service will neces
sitate only one delivery on these
days.
A SON
Major and Mrs. J. O. Ulman an
nounce the arrival of a son, bom at
Temple, Texas, Saturday, December
12. Mrs. Ulman is the former, Miss
Elizabeth Holt, daughter of Mrs.
Venessa Holt of this city.
DOWN MEMORY
LANE
BUILD BOX FACTORY
(The State)
Newberry, Dec. 14.—Rails have
been unloaded near the track of the
C. N. A L. road, two miles north of
Newberry, where eight and a half
acres has been bought for a box fac
tory by Vance & Dwiggins of Ker-
nersville, N. C. The plant will be
completed by April.
EXCHANGE BANK BUYS
CALCIUM ARSENATE
The Exchange bank has purchased
twenty tons of calcium arsenate
which they will place in a ware
house for the use of farmers on next
year’s cotton crop in fighting the
boll weevil. The bank does this not
to make money, for it does not ex
pect to make- a cent by it; but be
lieves the calcium arsenate is going
to be scarce and high next year and
is getting this much in hand for the
use of the farmers. Numbers of
farmers in the county have said they
would have made much larger crops
this year but for the fact that they
had run out of calcium arsenate at
the last time or two it should have
been applied and were not able to
get more.
Mr. R. H. Greneker, the local re
porter for The Herald and News says
he will be ready to resume his work,
and we hope to fill a couple columns
each issue with his newsy and bright
paragraphs, and we know the read
ers will be glad to have them. He is
also the old tiv.ie reporter of the
goed old days, and that will be re
freshing in this day of new ideas of
how to print an edit a real newspa
per. We belong to the old school, but
try to keep up with the procession as
best we can.
SUIT TO BE BROUGHT TO PRE
VENT USE OF LOT FOR PARK
The people of the city have been
somewhat stirred up and divided re
cently on the question of convert
ing the lower public square, bounded
by four streets, into a memorial park
to the soldiers of the World War.
The county commissioners and the
city administration have agreed on
this, a bill having been passed in the
last legislature to this effect. Wdyk
will soon begin on _ the square un
less it should be enjoined as a lawyer,
E. J. Green, has been engaged by the
objectors, to bring a suit of injunc
tion. The special care for the park
would be by the Civic League ef
Newberry and the city council. Per
sons favoring the park believe it will
be made a beauty spot in the city
and an attractive place, and will en
hance the value of property in that
section of the city.
LOST—Gasoline Rationing book
A, No. 37.972. h. BANKS, Route
3. Prosperity., 2tp
KmmoL BARRINGTON
MoteWS* 157.30
E»g«9OTM«t Rhie 150.00
KmomU VERNON
MtrtcWI S*t 565.00
E ftfloRing 350.00
K««p*ak« CLOISTER
Matched S*t 119.75
Engag«rr.*nt Ring 100.00
IRVINE
Match_d Set 12.35
Engagement Ring 63-50
Keep.aU ROXANA
Matched Set 107.50
Engagement Ring 100.00
KeepraU SERENE
Matched Set 63.50
Engagement Ring 50.00
W. E. Turner, Jeweler