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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1942 the newbbrry sun PAGE SEVEN GROCERY PRICES TO BE ADVANCED OPA Grants Increases for 16 Com modities—Garment Costs are Unchanged Washington, Dec. 18.—OPA had good and bad news for housewives today. It authorized slightly high er prices for sixteen grocery pro ducts, but predicted substantially un changed prices next spring for wo men’s, girls’ and children’s garments. Increased material and labor costs in the German field will be offset largely by controls over manufac turers’ margins of profit and sell ing prices, the office of price ad ministration said, OPA prescribed COTTON QUIZ How IARC£w ILL ANS. ■ WILD COTTON, dug out NtAR CORAL GABLES, FLA., MEASURED 22 INCHES IN CIRCUMFERENCE, AND WAS KNOWN TO BE AT least 40 YEARS OLD/ ^Buy *vaa bonds r- MB ST am a out! i COTTOS.') pricing methods for manufacturers, and said it shortly would issue methods of establishing retailers’ and wholesalers’ maximums. “When ceiling provisions for all sales levels are completed, OPA ex- 1 pects that each dollar spent by the ultimate consumer will buy certain values representing materials and labor involved in producing femi nine garments equivalent to those of the 1942 spring and summer sea sons”, the announcement said. Manufacturers in most instances must reduce their March, 1942, mark up by 10 per cent. OPA said it authorized the groc ery increases to relieve a “squeeze" on wholesalers and retailers as a result of price increases previously allowed manufacturers. Wholesal ers and retailers may pass on to consumers only the exact amount of the packer’s price increases, I (Jems on Whuf.-j increases will be permitted included earned apples, apple sauce, apple juice, vinegar cured herring, canned boned chicken and turkey, maple sugar, fountain fruits, blended maple syrup, egg noodles, tamales, potato chips, raisin filled or topped biscuits and crack ers, fig bars, peanut candy and ex tracted honey. Other OPA actions: Ordered reductions in excessive ceilings for bananas, establishing maximum prices for importers, auc tion markets and wholesalers and promising a new retail pricing meth od soon—but gave no assurance of icreased supplies of bananas. Raised fro-m 3 per cent to 7 1-2 per cent the over-ceiling premium permitted on sales of small lots of green coffee to roasiters, in an ef fort to encourage sellers to make such small-iot transactions. Removed price restrictions on im portation of certain English comb ed cotton yams for hosiery making, but forbade manufacturers to pass on the increased cost to consumers *MAID OF COTTON’ FOR 1943 WILL BE SELECTED DEC. 28 Indlustry Invites Southern-Born Girls to Enter; Tour Awaits Winner FLOUR & FEEDS, fresh stocks and priced no higher. Clarence T. Summer, Inc. 2t Gifts of Practical Value— A Dress Length Will Please Her —Your Christmas shopping for the “women folks” will be a real pleas ure this year for we have on display a really samrt showing of American made, qutlity piece goods, and here you will find just what you seek in pretty dress lengths, drapery, and other pretty yard goods. There is something satisfying in selecting.gifts you know will please, and it will give us pleasure if you will permit us to assist you in mak- ing your selection. Make this a “tyress Gift” Christ mas. Carolina Remnant Store FRIEND STREET - NEWBERRY Loads of Pretty Things for Christmas are Here Nunnally’s and Jacob* Candies in Attractive Christmas Boxes AMITY BILL FOLDS Pro-phy-lac-tic Combs and Brushes Make Fine Gifts COTY TOILET SETS OLD SPICE Toilet Sets For Men Here you will find many articles for Christmas Giving COME IN TODAY AND LOOK AROUND Lominick’s Drug Store MAIN STREET NEWBERRY, S. C. Wanted: A talented and charm ing southern-bom girl to make a 16,000-mile tour of America as King Cotton’s official ambassador of good will. Thus, the cotton '.ndustry today invited eligible candidates to enter the contest to select 1943’s Maid of Cotton. The winner, like lovely Camile McLean Anderson of Mem phis, 1942 Maid of Cotton, will make a coast-to-coast tour of the nation calling on officials and cele brities to emphasize the importance of cotton. Entrants must be unmarried and between the ages of 18 and 25. Also, they must be natives of a southern, cotton-producing state. The winner will be selected on the basis of per sonality, appearance and background, with special consideration being giv en for singing or dramatic ability. The contest closes December 20 and the Maid will be selected De cember 28 when a limited group of finalists will be brought to Memphis for personal interviews with a com mittee of three judges. Application bknks may be obtained from the National Cotton Council, Memphis, and a recent, full-length photograph must be submitted with each applica- tio blank. The Maid of Cotton for 1943 will have the important task of taking the cotton industry’s wartime mes sage of conservation and care of cotton goods to consumers all over nation. She will tell the women what cotton garments are available, why they are best suited for the times and how to conserve them. So that she may speak with authority, she will receive special training in con servation of cotton garments before beginning her tour of the nation. Also, the Maid of Cotton will make personal appearances at army camps and training centers to assist in the enormous task of entertaining the nation’s armed forces. Sponsored by the Memphis Cotton Carnival Association, the National Cotton Council and various cotton exchanges, the contest now is enter ing its fifth year. All expenses of the winner are paid on the tour and she is accompanied by chaperones. ‘COTTON EDI AIMS AT TURKEYS (News ani Courier, Dec. 12) United States Senator Ellison D. (Cotton Ed) Smith, arrived in Char leston yesterday to be the guest of Charles P. Cuthbert, manager of the division of the West Virginia Pulp and Paper company, on a turkey hunting trip. The seventy-three-year-old South Carolina senator deplored the con fusion, the “conglomerate mess”, rampamt in th e capital under the present war conditions. “I would like to be optimistic but at present the war has thrown the lawmakers into a furore,” said “Cotton Ed”. “I am hoping it will be better soon and 1 base this hope on the fact that the American peo ple are waking up to the realiza tion that we are in a war. They are demanding voice, demanding the truth about the war and the gov ernment. And they are going to get it.” The elderly senator said he had come back to Charleston once again to hunt turkeys but confidentially didn’t expect to get one. “I have bten trying to shoot and kill off some of the coattail hangers during the last year and relish an opportunity to shoot at something else. “I never knew how much I loved the dual form of government until the infamous poll tax debate took place in the senate. It was obvious ly another step in the attempt to kill state’s rights. The state is just as solvent as the government. “It was a horrible fight over the poll tax question but I didn’t feel like arguing on the floor of the senate because I thought it would be foolhardy. If it was sunny outside and someone came up to me and said it was cloudy I would not stoop to argue the point on such a fool question. I felt the same about the poll tax.’’ Senator Smith, whq_ will have serv ed thirty-four years and seven months next September, said he had always kept the faith in his many years in the senate. “Not once in thirty-three years have I bowed the knee to Baal and don’t expect to now.” Tfcc Yokums say— WHITMIRE MILL TO RECEIVE AN ARMY-NAVY ‘E’ G. P. BEDENBAUGH Aragon-Baldwin Employes to Re ceive Production Award Honor FORMER GOVERNOR D. C. HEYWARD ILL Columbia. Dec. 14—Duncan Clinch Heyward, 78, who served as South Carolina’s governor from 1903 through 1907, was reported critically ill today. Members of the family said he had been in declining health for about a year. Heyward, an extensive rice plant er in Colleton county, was the state’s only governor to be reelect ed to a second term without oppo sition after the primaries were in stituted in 1890. Holy Smokes! Wt goiter git some cash someware's so we kin put 10% into War Bonds. Everybody's got tar do that by New Y’ar's. “GET HIS GIFT AT CLARY , S , ’ Come to His Store for His Gift— An article of fine apparel will please him greatly. Any article from Clary's will be appreciated by a man for he knows there’s quality behind it. Come to us with your gift problem. MANY SUITABLE GIFTS for SERVICE MEN —SWEATERS —MUFFLERS —GLOVES —LOUNGING ROBES —UNDERWEAR —SHIRTS ►—TIES —HATS —BELT SETS —SOCKS —HANDKERCHIEFS —SUSPENDERS CLARY CLOTHING CO, Whitmire, Dec. 14.—Employe? of the Whitmire plant of the Ax-agon- Haldwin mills were officially noti fied tfcday tjhrough a letter from Under-Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson that-the Army-and Navy are conferring upon them the Army- Navy E Production award for their fine record in the production of wari equipment. The award consists of a flag to be flown above the plant and a lapel pin which every man and woman in the plant may wear as a symbol of ihigh contribution to American freedom. An army officer selected by the war department will make the pre sentation of the award on behalf of the under-secretary of war and the under-secretary of the navy. This presentation will be made in a fittingly dignified ceremony in the near future. The exact date .la? not yet been set. The Aragon- Baldwin employes, the management and the town of Whitmire are gratified at winning . this coveted honor representing, as it does, the nation’s tribute to their patriotism and their great work in backing up the soldiers on the fighting fronts. George Pettus Bedenbaugh, 82, died Saturday morning at his home near Prosperity. He had been in ill health for about two years. He had; farmed in the St. Lukes section of 1 the county all his life. Funeral services were held Sunday 1 afternoon at 4 o’clock from St. Lukes I Lutheran 'Church by the Rev. J. V., Long and the Rev. J. B. Harman. In-I terment followed in the church ceme- [ tery ' Besides his wife, Mrs. Emily Susan na Nichols he is survived by the fol lowing children: Mrs. O. F. Dennis, Mrs. Forrest Amick, of Prosperity, Mrs. C. R. Riser Charleston; Mrs. L. D. Smith, Kinards; Mrs. James Mil ler, Mrs. Gary Fulmer, both of New berry; Charlie Bedenbaugh, Birgej Bedennaueui. Horace Bedenbaugh i Jones Bedenbaugh, Mayhank Beden-; baugh and Ira Bedenbaugh, all of | Prosperity; also a sister, Mrs. Ella. Morris of Prosperity; 41 gandchil- dren and 18 great-grandchildren. MISS ALICE CANNON Miss Alice Cannon, lifelong resi dent of Newberry, died Saturday morning at a Columbia hospital af ter several years of ill health. She was the daughter of the late Samuel and Lavinia Gallman Can non. &. was identified with the busi ness life of Newberry for many year* and devoted member of the First Baptist church. She was the last surviving mem ber of her immediate family. Surviving are several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held at 3 o’clock Sunday afterneon at the Leavell Funeral home by the Rev. Aubrey Estes and Dr. J. W. Carson. Interment followed in Bethlehem church cemetery. V/A* &0N0S TOP TRftT \0% w hruumcs HOME DEMONSTRATION (Continued from page four) half hot milk, or tea, or cocoa, or one of the cereal “coffee beverages” now on the market. The idea is to have something warm, cheering and good to taste in your cup these dark win try mornings. So the general pattern for a good winter family bx-eakfast runs from fruit, cereals and breads, egg, fish or meat, to that warm cup of some thing, making sure that the young sters 'have plenty of milk and that everyone at the table has time to eat and a cheerful atmosphere to eat it in. Round Top Tables Now, more than ever, the home comes first. Make the family happy this year with one or more pieces of fine furniture, or even one ol our modern room suites. Our stocks are complete. Magazine Racks Velocipedes for the Kiddies Occasional Chairs Coffee Tables Mirrors of all Kinds Table & Floor Lamps . > j- Stuffed Chairs j Let us deliver one of these pretty suites for Christmas. G. B. Summer & Sons Fine Furniture for a Generation Newberry, S. C.