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XXXXXXKXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX VOLUME 6—NUMBER 10 The Rising Sun—1856-1860 NEWBERRY, S. C., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1942 Published Weekly $1.00 PER YEAR tafegg WITH FLAG Receives Promotion Pfc. Hejrward Pelham, son of Mrs. W. E. Pelham, 1727 Harrington street, was recently promoted to Technician fifth grade at Fort Jack- son where he has been stationed since entering the service several months ago. Lt. McCrackin Visits Parents Lieut. Eld. McCracken who was seriously injured in North Africa re cently, and now recuperating in the Moore General hospital in Swannoa, North Carolina is spending the Christ mas holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thad McCrackin, Sr., on College street. Home for Holidays Richard Clary, a student at Anna polis Naval Academy is spending the holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Clary on Wheeler street. Volunteer for WAVES ■Misses Kat Adams and Ruth Mims, who volunteered for the WAVES at the University of South Carolina, Columbia, Thursday, December 17th, will report to Stillwater, Oklahoma about the 15th of January where they will receive their basic train ing. Miss Adams and Miss Mims are the first two women from Newberry county to pass the examinations and be accepted into the WAVES. Home For Christmas Cpl. Clayton Smith, of Stewart Field, West Point, N. Y., arrived last Thursday to spend the Christ mas holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Smith, Jr„ and other relatives in the city. Visits Parents Cpl. Franklin Armfield, of Fort Eustis, Va., is spending the holidays with his parents Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Armfield. Receives Wings J. H. Dickinson who recently re ceived his wings and commissioned Second Lieutenant in Texas, spent last Friday night with his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Dickinson enroute to Greenville where he will be stationed about two months. Presented Emblem of Honor Mrs. Noah Martin of this county was presented the Emblem of Honor award last Tuesday evening at the meeting of the Newberry Lions Club, in honor of her five sons in the ser vice. The award was presented by Mrs. R. D. Wright, president gen eral of the U. D. C., who in flowing terms paid honor to Mrs. Martin. Mr. Martin was unable to be present for the occasion. First Lieut. W. Roy Anderson Carolina Sub. S. E. C. Fort Sumter Hotel Charleston, S. C. Change address of— Pvt. Waldo M. Halfacre Co. “C” 928 Sig. Bn. DeRidder Field DeRidder, La. James S. Hutchinson Fleet Service School Virginia Beach, Va. Addresses: Aviation Cadet Henry P. Baker Barracks D, Class 43-E James Field, Bortham, Texas. L. E. Tolbert, So M 3-6 U. S. S. Hydrographer Care Postmaster New York City Change address of: Pvt. Thos. E. Epting 20th T. S. S. (S.P.) Denver, Colorado Promoted To Sergeant R. B. Moore was recently promoted from Corporal to Sergeant at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin. Sgt. Moore is the son-in-law of Mr. Charlie Sum mer of this city. His wife is mak ing her home here with her father. FIVE YOUNG MOLLOHON MEN JOIN NAVY The following young men left here Tuesday to report in the naval forces. All of them are from Mollo- hon village: Ellis Connell Huffstett- ler, Elzie Turner, Wm. Preston Bickley, Kenneth Irving Beaty, and R. L. Cole. ORIGIN OF YULE GIFTS The giving of gifts to the poor at Christmas time originated with the belef that the Christ Child some times came to the door as a beggar. Mr. and Mrs. Guy Whitener and two daughters, Katherine and Marlyn and Mrs. Ralph Williams spent Sunday in Charleston wifh Pvt. Ralph Williams. FOR RENT—Furnished apartment. Phone 220-J. Mrs. T. P. Johnson, 1237 Calhoun street. Value of B and C Gas Coupons Is Less Washington, Dec. 20.—Officials oi public transportation systems in the East breathed easier today with the word that private motorists can get gasoline tomorrow. Prior to OPA’s Saturday night announcement that motor fuel sales could resume tomorrow, bus and trolley authorities in many com munities had made elaborate plans to handle the Monday rush of work ers and Christmas shoppers, ■aug mented by crowds that ordinarly would drive at least part way to work. In Washington wholesale Changes of bus routes were author ized and the school board decided to open schools and hour later than us ual to relieve the expected rush. OPA removed after midnight to night its 17-state ban on gasoline sales. Holders of B and C ration books, however, must reduce their gasoline consumption 25 per cent— the B and C coupons now have a value of only three gallons, compar ed with four previously. The A coupons, previously reduced from four to three gallons, continue on the three-gallon basis. (In West Virginia, the A card reduction from four to three gallons takes place tomorrow). James F. Byrnes, director of eco nomic stabilization, expects to go into the gasoline situation, as well as fuel ratoning, tomorrow. He will meet with Leon Henderson, OPA administrator; Secretary Ickes, the petroleum administrator, and Joseph B. Eastman, director of the office of defense transportation. Byrnes asked all three to report any inadequacies in present policies, and suggest im provements. CIVILIAN HEAVEN AND SOLDIER HELL The Charlotte Observer. A Chicago firm has used in its advertising space the letter of a Fighting Marine back from Ts- lagi. If has performed a public ser vice in taking this course. America needs to know the thoughts of its sons who have been through the experience of war. VVe don’t knew anything about them yet back home. Tulagi, says the Fighting Marine, would give you a rough idea — “a very rough idea”—of hell: an “in ferno of flames . . . black choking smoke of shelled gasoline tanks . . . more noise than you ever thought there could be on earth . . paths of tracer bullets to etch the picture of hell right into your mind.” The Fighting Marine cannot avoid saying: “Y’know, it’s pretty funny to hear anyone worrying about get ting onlv one cup of coffee a day . . . with a picture of wounds, right down to the muscle and bone, staring me in the face.” He tells of Maj. Ken Bailey, who refused to go home after he was shot through the leg in one engage ment and died in another. “Guys like Ken Bailey don’t ride into battle, through Jap-infested jungles, on a ration of gasoline,” says the Fighting Marine. “They go back on their two legs, or their one-and-a-half legs,” because they know the enemy in tends to “wipe out America.” The Fighting Marine can tell the home front What this means. “It means that everyone has to Jive strict, straight, efficient and scrimp ing lives, beginning rght now.” You night memorize the thoughts if not the language, of this Fight ing Marine, to pull them on some friend of yours lolling around the streets or in the clubs the next time he grouses about the slight in conveniences the war has laid upon him. , And if he doesn’t like the com parison between his civilian heaven and the soldier’s hell, advise him to go to the recruiting office, and if he gives you any back talk, biff him a good solid blow! NOTHFNG HUMAN ABOUT HIM Lancaster News, 18th. The State of South Carolina put to death in the electric chair in Co lumbia last Friday morning an ob ject that had the form of a man but who could hardly have been called one. He had slain in cold blood a human being in Spartanburg county. According to his testimony he had stolen the car of a taxi driver and bad put the driver out. The driver hollered so the fiend shot him to make him hush. The driver collops- ed. The fiend said he shot him again to end his sufferings. The fiend boasted that he was an atheist. He refused to talk to any ministers, even asking the peniter- tiary officials to keep them from bothering him. He sang ribald songs up to the time for the march to the death chair. He died with a snarl on his face. It was about the same thing as turning electricity on a piece of wood. There wasn’t anything hu man about him. WANTED—Pecans, no matter how small. Good market for all sizes. Any amount. R. Derrill Smith, Wholesale Grocer, 910 Main street, Newberry, S. . 2t Newberry Graduates Hear Ensign McCain Charleston alumni of Newberry college Wednesday night heard J. W. McCain of Waxhaw, N. C., a petty officer of the coast guard, and an alumnus of Newberry, speak on what the college meant to him at their meet held in St. Andrew’s par ish house. Mr. McCain is a graduate of New berry in the class of 1923. He later stuided abroad and taught at Win- throp college. He gave a word pic ture of the college spirit and life. Philip T. Kelly, alumni secretary, was present and spoke on the loy alty fund and encouraged the chap ter to keep up interest in the col lege and to get new students inter ested in the school. The Rev. Dr. W. C. Davis, presi dent of the board of trustees, was also a speaker, as was the Rev. <3. K. Derrick, a member of the board. The association’s next meeting is scheduled for January 6 at the St. Andrew’s parish housg, to be in the form of a supper. • Frank Adams is chairman of the program committee and Miss Marion K. Donahoe dhairman of the mem bership committee. News & Courier. LUTHERAN CHURCH SERVICES The Lutheran Churdh of the Re deemer will observe Christmas Day festival with worship at 10 a. m. The service will begin with prelude for organ and piano, “0 Holy Night” (Adams) by Miss Mazie Dominick and Prof. John Erickson. The choir will render “It Came Upon a Mid night Clear” (Stutts). The offering, unless otherwise designated will go to our orphan home at Salem, Va. Christmas is a holy religious sea son. It is highest patriotism to keep it with worship and thanks to Almighty God for our faith and out beloved country, our Army, Nayy i and airmen who are interposing life and limb for our ft-eedom. Come with us. Dr. E. B. Keisler is ex pected to bring the message. PUBLIC LIBRARY IN DIRE NEED Mr. Editor: As has happened many times re cently in personal and in -busiaess. situations, a crisis is approaching in the matter of the Newberry County Library and interested citizens over the county are much concerned that the crisis may be met in such a way that not only may the library be continued but that it may be put on a foundation that will give a high type of service; also that the service may be so extended that every part of the county may be reached and more often than is now being done. As those who are interested know, for many years the library was kept open to its dollar-a-year subscribers by women w.io gave their time and services. When the WPA adopted library work as one of its activities, the directors of the local library welcomed tie prospect for the en larged service. The Newberry Coun ty Council of Farm Women, ever on the lookout for what may benefit the people of the entire county, towns as well as the rural area's, aided by the WPA, the County Board of Education, and the County Delegation, with the cooperation of the local library directors, launched a program that resulted in the estab lishment in the old court house of a central book depository. An auxil iary library was also formed at Whitmire, and the bookmobile with two workers made regular trips to the schools of the county and to any place where the people wished to 'have a depository. To show how much the opportunity for reading has been appreciated, the circula tion from the central unit through out the county has averaged between 5000 and 6000 books a month. With the increasing shortage of tires and gas, this regrular visit of the book mobile would indeed proved a depri vation to the county people. The crisis to be met is that by February first, all aid from the WPA will be discontinued. Other means of support must be provided or the lib rary be discontinued. Petitions are being circulated through the county by the club members of the County Council and in the towns by inter ested persons. When approached with one of these, please bear in mind that your signature will mean much towards the continuance of one of the finest services that can be rendered to the people of New berry County. Mrs. R. D. Wright. KENDALL MILLS LUTHERAN Rev. J. B. Harman, Pastor Summer Memorial: Sunday 10:30 a. m., Church wor ship with sermon. 11:30 a. m., Sunday school. Mr. M. E. Shealy, Supt. 5:30 p. m., Senior Luther League. 6 p. m., Intermediate Luther League. Bethany: Sunday 10:30 a. m., Sunday school. Mr. E. B. Hite, Supt. 11:30 a. m.. Church Worship with sermon. Visitors are invited to attend all services. OlteMij &£hi$tmas TO YOU,... YOU ... and YOU! | e sincerely bel ieve we have a host of friends in this community, none of whom do we wish to over look in saying "Merry Christmas". We would like to see each of you personally to express our Christmas sentiment, but this we cannot do. 1 "s you read this, please keep in mind that it is written with sin cere appreciation of the good fellowship we have enjoyed. Whatever has happened within the past year—come what may in the future— at Christmastime we like to forget the tribulations caused by conditions and pause for a few minutes of peaceful medi tation with our friends. We wish you a season of jpy and a new year which will see peace and good will for all. DELEGATION MEETING The annual meeting of the county legislative delegation will be held in the court room of the new court house Wednesday, December 30th at ten o’clock at which time any citi zen or group may make recommen dations or requests of the body. NEW ALTAR DEDICATED Prior to, but in connection with the regular service at Colony Luth eran church, Sunday, December 20, a new altar w*a dedicated by. toe pas tor, Rev. M. L. Kesaer. The altar is a gift in memory of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Wise by their children. With the addition of the altar the chancel has been made much more beautiful and churchly in appear ance. Mr. and Mrs. Wise were faithful members of Colony and their children are following in their footsteps as is evidenced by this tok en of love for their parents and of their interest in the church. The con gregation showed its appreciation of the gift by a rising vote of thanks. The children are: Mrs. Olin O. Shealy, Newberry; Miss Elizabeth Wise, Mrs. Jason Cockrell, Clyde Wise, Mrs. Clarence Metis, Homer Wise, Cornell Wise, Prosperity; Geo. Wise, Lexington; Claude V/ise, West Columbia, and Fred Wise, Columbia. PHYSICAL PLANS SET Atlanta—Physical education lead ers from eight Southeastern states adopted today a program for physi cal toughening of high school stu dents, and arranged for 200 informa tive “institutes” to familiarize sec ondary schools in every city, country town and county with the undertak ing. “Every able-bodied student in every school in this part of the country will be expected to take part in gymnastics, sports and games, aquatics and combatives,’’ said the spokesman Tom McDonald of the Emory university physical education department. Representatives of the army and navy conferred here with approxi mately 200 physical education lead ers, explaining that the armed ser vices are less interested in military drills than in the development of durable bodies. “Give us the well-rounded stu dent who is physically fit and we will return to you the best fliers in the world,” said Lieutenant John Miller of the naval reserve, former United States swimming coach. Captain Callen Tjader of the armiy's phyeical education division •warned that “schools of the nation must accept the responsibility for many unnecessary deaths of Ameri can boys in the armed services, un less they adjust their programs of physical fitness to meet wartime needs.” ] Captain Tjader’s argument was seconded by Lieutenant Commander C. E. Forsyth of the navy’s physical training division, who said: “It’s a real challenge to our schools today, because the boy who is physically fit has a greater chance of coming back.” Represented at the session wer e Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi. Ten nessee, North Carolina, South Caro lina, Louisiana and Florida. WOMEN’S DEFENSE CORPS TO MEET The next meeting of the Women’s Defense Corps will be help. Thursday, January 7, 1943 at the junior hi^h gymnasium. All members are urg ed to be present. NO SUNPAPER NEXT WEEK There will be no issue of The Sun next week. Newspapers, small and large usually miss an issue during the holidays, but The Sun has not heretofore done this. However, we ask our sub scribers to bear with us this once that we may have a day or so off from the strenuous busi ness of making a newspaper. TIRES RELEASED The officials of the local War Price and Rationing Board announce the following release of tires: Truck re-caps: Bush River school, 2;.Newberry Cotton Mill, 5; and H. J. Suber, 4. Passenger car i'e-caps; J. T. En- low, 2; S. O. Berry, 3; J L. Mills, 1; R. R. Boulware, 1; Ulysses Wil liams, 2; L. A. Wilson, 2; A. R. Chappei, 1; R. G, Horton, 3; Mrs. O. O. Copeland 3; C. L. Brock, i; J. H. Bedenbaugh, 2. Also D. O. Carpenter, 2; Ralph L. Cannon, 3; R. H. Elam, 2; J. C. Hyler, 3; O. T. Stoudemire, 2; I.A. Miller, I; L. H. Kingsmore, 1; T. D. Timmons, 2; Rev. J. A. Bledsoe, 3; Haskell E. Metts, 3; Miss Colie Wicker, 3. $31,939 PAID TEXTILE FOLK BY SENTA CLAUS Employees of the Newberry cot ton mill and the Mollohon mill were made happy the past week when they received their Christmas savings checks, representing a total of $31,- 939, from the two mills. Around 300 employes of the New berry mill received $20,569, accord ing to Z. F. Wright, president of the mill. In addition to the Christmas savings club, Mr. Wrght says that around 50 per cent of the over 800 employes are buying War Bonds, averaging about ten percent of their weekly incomes. For many years these mills have deducted a part of the employes weekly income at his request and cared for it until the approach of the Christmas season when it was distributed to them. Employes of the Mollohon mill re ceived $11,370 and represents savings for the Christmas club from about half of the mills more than 600 em ployes. Wilton Todd, manager of the mill said that 72 per cent of the em ployes are making weekly deduction for the purchasing of bonds and the number buying bonds is gradually growing larger. D. O. Carpenter, manager of the Oakland mill, says that although there is no Christmas savings club maintained by the mill chat 79 per cent of the men and women are in vesting at least ten percent of their incomes each week in war bonds. BETH EDEN PARISH Rev. M. L. Kester. Pastor St. James: 10 a. m., Sunday school. Harold Long, Supt. 11 a. m., The Service. Colony: 11 a. m., Sunday .School. Grady Bedenbaugh, Supt. LOST—Red Irish Setter, lost Mon day near my home. Afiswers to name of Joe. J. Roy Felker at City Bar ber Shop. Government Seizes Lake City Scrap Burguson Confiscates All of A. K. Brown Motor Co. Scrap Stock United States Marshal William F. Burguson made what is probably the first seizure of. junk in South Carolina for defense purposes when he confiscated the entire stock of metals yesterday of the A. K. Brown Motor company in Lake City. Wed nesday night armed guards were posted about the plant to guard it pending shipment to the Camden Iron and Metal company, of Comden. The seizure was made on a fed eral requisition under the act of October 15, giving the government authority for such seizures. The stock includes cast-off automobiles and junk parts. The marshal was instructed not to seize any wrecking trucks, hand tools, torches, buildings or fences and to make a record of everything seized. Persons whose property might be involved were instructed to file claims at once with C. V. Nichols, vice president of the Metals reserve company. 811 Vermont avenue, Washington, D. C. so that “a just and fair compensation thereof may be ascertained.” A representative of the Camden firm was present to take charge of the seized metal and to remove it. The firm has a government contract and is in dir e need of the junk stor ed by the Brown Motor company. The Brown company is on highway 62. one mile south of Lake City. A squad of soldiers was dis patched from Shaw field to aid the marshal, but no objection was made on the part of the owner. Six officials of the WPA also were present when the papers were serv ed about 10 a. m. The seizure includes about 1,000 junk cars, which will be demolished and the metal sorted according to kinds and grade before shipment. A civilian guard replaced the sol diers at around 4 p. m. SIMS J. D. PRICE Sims J. D. Price, 82-year-old res ident of Newberry county, passed away at his home Monday, Decem ber 21, at 8 o’clock. Mr. Price, a retired farmer had been a life-long citizen of Newberry county, and was the last member of his immedi ate family. Before suffering a decline in health a few years ago, Mr. Price took a prominent part in all civic affairs and readily entered into any activities which led toward the de velopment of his community and county. He is widely known throughout the state where his great host of friends will regret to learn of his passing. Mr. Price was the youngest son of Thomas J. Price and Ruth Gallman Price, both prominent families <of the state. On April 12, 1888, he married Miss Lizzie Crosson and from this union the following children survive: Rob ert C. Price, Newberry; Mrs. Jason Ringer, Pomaria; Claude C. Price, Newberry; Tom J. Price, Cross Hill and Greenville; Mrs. Rion Gilliam, Whitmire; Mrs. Clarence Epting, Newberry; Frank Price, Whitmire; Mrs. Joe McCravey, Coronaco; Charles Price, Whitmire; Sims Dav id Price, Newberry. In his home were reared two grandchildren, Mrs. Ernest Hitt, Clinton, and Rion Price, Newberry. Four other grandchildren and one great grandchild survive. He was a life-long member of the King’s Creek A. R. P. church. The funeral was conducted at the residence Tuesday afternoon by Dr. J. W. Carson, and burial will be jn the King’s Creek cemetery. MAN WHO SENTENCED HIMSELF TO LIFE DIES Gary, Ind., Dec. 16—Sam Gaboon, who committeed himself to a life term in the Lake county jail at Crown Point, is dead. He was sev enty-two years old. To Outlaw John Dillinger .the jail was a place to escape. To Sam Gaboon it meant redemption. Sam landed in the jail in 1929 to serve a thirty-day term for intoxi cation. Legend had it that he once was the moderately wealthy opera tor of a .Pittsburg lumbering estab lishment. At the end of his thirty-day term. Sam was freed but he pleaded with Joseph B. Kyle, then sheriff, for one more chance—to stay in jail. “I know my term’s up and I should be getting out of here,” .Sam said to Kyle, “but while I was here something happened to make me feel right with himself and the world and I’d like to stay.” He was given the job of jail handyman and engineer and he served under four succeeding sheriffs. In 1931 Dillinger. then Public Enemy No. 1, pointed a gun—it’s been disputed whether it was a wooden one or not—at Sam and a fingerprint expert, and ordered them to unbar the doors. Sam didn’t budge, but the fingerprint expert obeyed and Dillinger walked out to I resume his crime career. DOWN MEMORY LANE 20 YEARS AGO Among the students at home from Greenville Woman’s college are Misses Elizabeth and Margaret Ki- nard, Edith Wilson, Mildren Perry, Edna Sanders Marie Schumpert and Mable Jones. Miss Caroline Weeks a student at Converse, is at home for the holi days. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Coats of Richmond, Va., are visiting his mother and sister at Helena. The State in noting the visit of Mr. Coats says he learned the printeris trade on the State newspaper. THat is not entirely correct. He began the trade, if we mistake not, in the office of the Voice of the People, a paper printed at Newberry and edited by Mr. F. V. Capers now in the government printing office in Wash ington. Mr. Coats probably learned the linotype in The State office. At an v rate he is a good all round prin ter and we are pleased to know that he is making good in Richmond. Much is being said about convert ing the public square below the old court house into a city park. I love to see anything beautiful that is of material interest either to towns of the country. That old wagon yard is about the only spot that is left for the coun try man to stop and exhibit what he has to sell in the city. He can drive his wagon there and have some po lice protection while he goes to sell his product that he may grow on his farm. Everything that is brought into the town from the country 7 and sold means more profit to the towns that the one who grows it. When a town denies the country man the privilege of stopping his vehicle up on the public square it offer what ever the man has to sell, and forces him to go into the hackgrown, you may take my word, that man is go ing to hurt another market. Why? Because there is always a set of thieves or people who are seeking the opportunity of getting something for nothing, Ranted around each town. And just as soon as the man leaves his vehicle to hunt a buyer for whatever he may have to sell they will steal what he leaves before he gets back. I have known farmers who hitch their stock on the back hitching grounds of Newberry to have the bridle, reins, lines and hame strings stolen off their stock. It seems that Newberry is begin ning to act like it is a disgrace to the town to allow the poor old country man to stop his wagon and old mule in the main part of the town. Speaking of a place to erect a monument in honor of our young he roes who laid down their lives over there to protect the government of America, ■where could there be a more beautiful and appropriate place than down at the new court house? Wouldn’t it be beautiful to move the old monument of the Confederate soldiers around and place it on one side of the new court house, and have the new monument of the World war soldiers erected on the other side? Newberry county has already paid a large sum for that beautiful new court house, and why not spend a little more time and money to beau tify it? I noticed that all the lawyers of the city have volunteered their ser vices to protect the good ladies in their effort to stop the old donkey from bleating on the public square, except lawyer Green who promised to test the legality of the subject in fav or of the country man. Whether Greens wins his case or loses it, he certainly has a strong tide of public sentiment to hs favor. And if you don’t believe what I say you may just let the people vote upon the mat ter as you did in the case of moving the old court house. T.J.W. December 28, 1922. CHRISTMAS SERVICE AT ST. JAMES’ A Christmas exercise will be given at St. James’ Lutheran church, Jala- pa, on Christmas evening at 7:30. The exercise is to be given by the Children of the Church and the Luther Loaue. The public js cordially invited. SEEN ABOUT TOWN Birthdays through December 31st: Miss Lucy Epps, Dec. 18; Mrs. E. B. Purcell, Dec. 21; Her bert Griffith and James R. Lea- vell, Dec. 22; Rev. C. A. Calcote, James R Davidson (90th birth day). Mrs. Charles Trabert, Mrs. Pinckney Abrams and Mrs. H. O. Chambers, Dec. 23; Ben jamin Anderson. Dec. 24; P. D. Johnson and Mrs. T. B. Jacobs, Dec. 25; Mrs. Griffin Coleman and Ann Brock Culbertson. Dec. 26; J. H. Bedenbaugh. Dec. 27; Grace French, Dec- 29; Mrs. Nat Gist, Jr_ Mrs. G. V. Clamp, and Carolyn Harman, December 31. A very happy birthday to each of you and a Merry Christmas to all.