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f i VOLUME 6—NUMBER 20 Published Weekly NEWBERRY, S. C. FRIDAY MARCH 5, 194S The Rising Sun—1856-1860 $1.00 PER YEAR WITH The FLAG Major George L. Epps and family of Colorado Springs arrived last Sunday and are spending this week with major Epps’ mother, Mrs. Geo. L. Epps, Sr., and sister, Mrs. E. M. Lipscomb on College street. Visits Parents Weekend Pvt. John Kennedy of Brookley Field, Alabama, and Robert Kennedy a Second Class seaman stationed at the Charleston navy yard, were vis itors over the weekend in the home of their parents, Dr. and Mrs. R. M. Kennedy on Harper street. Transferred Pvt. Emory Bowman, son of Dr. and Mrs. E. H. Bowman has been transferred to Boca Raton Field, Fla. from Trux Field, Wisconsin. Spends Weekend Here Cpl. Franklin Armfield, stationed at Fort Eustis, Va., spent the week end at his home here. Attending Officers’ School The many friends of Cam Wallace will be glad to learn that he is at tending officess’ candidate school at Fort Benning, Ga. Cam receive i his basic training at Camp Wolters, in T-’ras. , To Salt Lake City, Utah Pvt. Thomas E. . (Dude) Epting was recently transferred from Den ver, Colorado to Salt Lake City, and is located at the interviewing office there. » Wessinger Is Aviation Cadet Aviation Cadet J. O. Wessinger, Jr., spent the past weekend with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. 0. Wessin ger on Glenn street. Cadet Wessin ger received an appointment as Avia tion Cadet on February 12, and has been a Link trainer instructor in the Army Air force for the past several months. Promoted to Sergeant Cpl. Elbert H. Aull was recently promoted to the rank of sergeant at Keesler Field, Miss. Sergeant Aull is ,a member of the Finance depart ment there. He is the eldest son of Mrs. Mae A. Aull of this city. Captain Welling Visits Captain Leland Welling, of Fort Eustis, Virginia, spent a four day leave this week with his wife and parents here. Transferred to Arixona Pvt. Francis Aull, son of Mrs. Mae A. Aull of this city, has just been graduated from the parent radio school of the Air Forces Technical Training command at Scott Field, HI., and has been transferred to Wil liams Field, Chandler, Arixona. where he will receive advanced in struction in radio school as part of a bombing "team.” Three Sons In Service Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Duncan of this city have three sons serving in, the armed forces.,Their eldest son, Sgt. Clarence C. Duncan, Jr., stationed at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., was rec ently promoted to the rank of Staff Sergeant. Private First Class Rob ert H. Duncan is stationed at Camp McCoy, Wis., and Pvt. Paul H. Dun can is a student in the Air Force school at Gulfport Field in Mississ ippi. « i Killed In North Africa Mrs. Mildred Hipp Hunter received word Saturday from the war depart ment of the death of her husband, Tech. Sgt. Doyle Hunter, 23, who was killed in action February 1 in North Africa. Sergeant Hunter has spent five years in the armed forces, two of which were in Panama. At the time of his death he was a mechanic in a tank division., Young Hunter was bom and rear ed near Prosperity. Mrs. Hunter and a small daughter survive, be sides the following: his parents, Mr. and Mrs. N. E. Hunter; four broth ers and three sisters, Hayne, Wal ter, J. C. and Sam,, Mrs. R. W. Hipp, Mrs. Harold Turner and Miss Ma bel Claire Hunter. 10,000 DRESSINGS MADE AT WHITMIRE TTie following report sent in by- Mrs. H. B. Thomas, chairman of surgical dressings, Whitmire, shows the splendid work being done by the Red Cross volunteers and supervis ors in this community: Volunteer workers 114. Supervisors 12. Number of hours worked 286. Number dressings made 10,000. Sunday Concert The second concert of the year by the Newberry College Singers will be given on Sunday afternoon, March 7th at 4:30 o’clock in the college aud itorium, Holland Hall. Professor Milton Moore, head of the Music de partment of Newberry college is the director of this outstanding college chorus. The special feature of this pro gram will be a cantata, “Hear My Prayer,” written for mixed voices and a soprano soloist. Miss Sue Caughman, of Cameron will be the soprano soloist. Miss Caughman is a major in the voice department of Newberry. Professor John Erickson of th e Piano department of the col lege, will accompany the Singers and soloist for the cantata. The program will also include two groups of a cappella numbers by the Singers. These numbers consist of the best traditional Russian a ca- ppells music and Bach chorals. Miss Jeanne Johnstone, of Newberry, will be the soloist in one of these num bers, “Lost i-n the Night” by Christ- ansen. Scripture and prayer will be of fered by Dr. James C. Kinard, pres ident of Newberry college. Miss Maz- ie Dominick, organist, will play the prelude. This fine group of young perform ers have made quite a reputation for themselves and their college in the past ten years. Many outstanding programs hav e been given by them from Florida to New York, on the eastern coast. The public is cor dially invited to attend this concert. DOMESTIC NEEDS FOR COTTON INCREASES Clemson, Feb. 28.—The outlook for farm crops in 1943 is stated briefly by O. M. Clark, Clemson extension economist: It appears now that domestic con sumption of cotton this year will be 11.5 million bales or more, as against 11.2 bales last season and a little less than 7,000,000 bales average for the five years 1935-’39. The carry over on August 1, 1943, will be larger than the carryover of 10.4 million bales of the year earlier. There is urgent need and strong demand for staple upland cotton 1 & 1-8 and longer. The goal for South Carolina for long staple upland cot ton is 60 per cent greater than the acreage harvested in 1942. Because of the marketing- quotas, the labor situation, and other factors, the 1943 tobacco acreage is not ex pected to be very different from that of 1942. The demand and price out look for flu-cured tobacco for 1943 is good. As to wheat, South Carolina is a deficient area. Since transportation will almost certainly be a serious problem for the duration, it seems highly desirable for South Carolina farmers to grow their wheat needs as far as practicable. The demand for fresh vegetables is expected to be substantially greater. However, it may be diffi cult to obtain transportation facili ties for such bulky, highly perish able, relatively low nutritive-value vegetables as watermelons, cucum bers, and cantaloupes. Crops which will receive higher priority rating with respect to transportation facil ities and production and marketing supplies will include Irish potatoes, snap beans, lima beans, green peas, tomatoes and cabbagt. The South Carolina goals for com mercial vegetables call for substan tial increases in the acreage of beans and green peas, smaller in creases in cabbage and Irish pota toes, and substantial reductions for melons, cucumbers and canteloupes. Requirements for fats and oils from domestic materials in 1943 will be greatest on record. Normally a considerable proportion of the vege table oils used in this country is im ported. These imports are now al most entirely cut off. Production goals for peanuts and soybeans are 119 per cent and 54 per cent, respectively, greater than the 1941 acreage. For South Caro, lina, these goals are 80 per cent and 14 per cent, respectively, greater than the 1942 harvested acreage. CROMER WITH TAX COMMISSION J. Fred Cromer, who was connect ed with the Shealy Motor company in Newberry for 18 years, and for the past 18 months employed by the Newberry Milling and Distributing company, has accepted a position with the South Carolina Tax comm ission License Distribution office as of March 1. Mr. Cromer will continue to make his home in Newberry, although hie work will be in the counties of Salu da, Edgefield, McCormick, Aiken and Abbeville. Newberry Selected President James C. Kinard has bean notified by Congressman Butler B. Hare, that Newberry college has been selected by the United States navy for a V-12 basic training pro gram. There will probably be a unit of 480 students, the first group of whom will begin training on July first. The college plans to continue Its normal program of a liberal arts i stution along with the navy program. Regular members of the faculty will continue to serve although a number of instructors will be added. Newberry will operate a twelve- weeks’ summer session this year to accommodate regular students on the accelerated schedule. Tht first term of six weeks begins June 8th. SCOUTS PRACTICE MOBILIZA TION In keeping with the Scout motto, “Be Prepared”, Troop 66 recently put on a practice mobilization, a plan which will enable the troop to come together quickly in case of arty emergency. Scouts wer e instructed at their troop meeting that a mobili zation would be held sometime dur ing the week but were not told the day or time. At 8 o’clock last Wed nesday night Scoutmaster Wright Cannon issued the call and the boys went into action. The first Scout to reach the troop headquarters was Tommy Setzler, who arrived in 9 1-2 minutes. Others quickly followed and in 15 1-2 minutes the last Scouts, who had to come from Oakland, had reported. As the boys arrived they were told that there had been an airplane crash behind Speer Street school. Five Scouts from Troop 69 acted as the injured flyers under the leadership of Scoutmaster Dewey Kinard. Each victim £ad a tag on him showing his injuries, and the proper first aid was given under the direction of Asst. Scoutmaster Billy K Chapman, p.nd the injured transport- | ed to the Scout headquarters. Tha first aid and methods of transporta tion were then carefully examined by the leaders. Then the boys were served all the hot dogs they could eat by Asst. Scoutmaster John Epps. After this a general discussion was held and helpful criticism made where needed. The troop feels that their first mob ilization was a success A that they are ready to render a real service to the community should the need ever arise. Mrs. John S. Riddle and children formerly of Birmingham, Alabama, are spending a few days with her parents, the Rev. and Mrs. J. B. Har man, They are on their way to a new residence in Charlotte where Mr. Riddle has accepted a position with the Nilson Express company. He has been in the motor express business about 12 years, and with the Georgia Motor Express company for four years. Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Wallace and daughter, Miss Frances, a student at Coker college, spent the weekend at Fort Benning with their son and brother, Cam Wallace, who is at tending an officer’s candidate school there. —Photo By U. S Sign-! Corp, Private Gerald MacAllister dem onstrates the Army’s new cotton duck sleeping bag. Issued to troop* in cold climates, the sleeping bag is of a leaf type and has s canopy attache^. With removable cotton covered inner mattress, the entin bag weigh* only 14 pound*. Would Kill Control Washington, Feb. 28.—The admin istration's compulsory cotton control program tottered today before a ris ing tide of opposition in congress, among growers and in the industry. The -program is designed by Sec retary of Agriculture Wickard to prevent expanded planting of the types of cotton of which there is a relatively large supply and to en courage instead the planting of war time food crops, particularly pea nuts and soybeans for vegetable oils, on land which otherwise would be used for cotton. Demands that the program be abandoned have reached Wickard in such proportions in recent days that his aides expressed doubt he will be able to withstand them. Chairman Tarver, Democrat, Geor gia, of a house appropriations sub committee drafting the agricultural department’s new supply bill, sum moned I. W. Duggan, AAA southern director before the committee to ex plain why the quotas should not be removed and farmers allowed to plant all the cotton they want. Op position to the quotas has been par ticularly strong among Georgia far mers. An appeal for unlimited cotton production has been made by Oscar Johnston, president of the National Cotton council and a former AAA official. Johnston reported a general lack of information and understanding of the “tremendous importance of the American cotton crop as a producer of food and feed.” The removal last week of restrict ions on wheat apparently gave im petus to demands for the lifting of cotton quotas. Their abandonment would leave only some types of tobacco subect to AAA marketing controls. Under the 1943 farm program, {Southern farmers were asked to hold plantings of short staple cot- of which there is a large supply, ,,to increase the production of staple varieties, of which sup plies are relatively short. Many In Service Washington, Feb. 27.—South Car olina has more than 100,000 men ser ving in the armed services of the country, the Selective Service sys tem has advised Semtor Maybank. Figures available showed that as of December 31, 1942, there were 85, 049 men serving in the army, navy, marines and coast guard, and Sena tor Maybank was told that since that time approximately 20,000 more men from the state have entered the ser vice. The largest number of young men are in the army, totalling 68,202. Of this number 43,451 were inducted through selective service and 24,761 are listed as volunteers. The total in the navy is 14,305, all of these are volunteers, with 1,454 of the number serving as officers A 12,851 as enlisted metfc The Marines have a total of 2,183, with 167 listed as officers, while 2,206 are volunteer enlisted men. The number in the Coast Guard is 359, seven of which are officers. ABSENTEE BALLOT REFORM PROPOSED A MOTHER’S PLEA O, blame me not too much when bit ter tears Flow, all unbidden, down my fur rowed cheek, Or when in loneliness and anxious fears My voice will tremble when I try to speak. Think not too hardly of me when I ■weep Because the war has taken my dear son; It is not selfishness that steals my sleep, But only love and loneliness begun. For, though my heart is sad, I still rejoice In his clean life, which love of God does prove; And if he ne’er returns, I’ll hear his voice And know him when we meet in heaven above. I still know joy that he was glad to »o To serve with other lads his coun try, when The great need came—and spite of tears that flow I bow my head and whisper, “Lord, amen.” I’m glad I cannot pray that God will take Some other mother’s boy and leave mine here, For, well I know, that her poor heart would break And naught could wipe away the bitter tear. Today the postman brought a gift of rare, Sweet orange perfume in a fancy ease, And also word, “Please, write no longer there, For we are moving to another place.■’ And so, again I anxiously await In meekness and humility, the word Of where he is and what will be his fate In days to come—still trusting in th» Lord. I am assured that God is always just That with infinite love His plans will shape, Ard with each new temptation I can trust That He will find for me a new escape. War leaves a trail of broken lives and hearts. And often, too, the goodly gain is small; Yet joy and peace will come if hate departs And we remember God is over all. —Nettie Conway. Columbia, Feb. 28.—Senator W. Brantley Harvey, of Be* vfort, said today the 1944 South Ca. olina Dem ocratic convention should “study care fully” its rules and regulations with a view of correcting any defects in voting procedure. Harvey, chairman of the Senate judiciary committee and one of 'he authors of bills to erase twenty one primary election laws from the stat ute books, advocated “especially changes to cure abuses of the ab sentee ballot system.” “We have grown lax in certain respects and particularly in regard to voting by mail,” he declared. “Every possible flaw should be cor rected so that the rights of the par ty, the candidates and the voters are fully proected.” He suggested that mailing of ab sentee ballots be vested in the secrel tary of the coynty executive comm Newberry Bus Line To Billy Sunday Meetings The bus line will make its first trip to the Billy Sunday meeting on Sunday, the 4th, leaving the public square at 8:30 a. m., and arriving in Columbia in time for the morning service. The return trip will be made about 5 p. m.„ or just after the close of tht afternoon service. Persons making this trip w.li t.p «olc to attend the morn in f and afternoon service and will reach home nlout 7 o’clock. Seats will be reserved at the Book Store and the round trip, from Newberry right up to the tab ernacle will be made for |2 50. Spec ial night trips will be made to the Sunday meeting at any time and any one desiring to get up a night party cam make the necessary arrangements by seeing the bus driver or call the New Book Store. at Ford Dealer Busy t Within the last week the Ford dealer in Newberry has sold fourteen cars to the following: Cecil Thomas, J. C. Lattimer, H. E. Shealy, South ern Power Co., J. R. Snider; coupes to the following: L. W. Mills, F. R. Fellers, Elmer Summer, and Dr. R. L. Mayes, and roadsters to S. P. Hawkins, W. C. Waldrop, and S. C. McCarley; and a new model four door sedan to M. L. Spearman. Miss Daisy Berrie spent the week end at her home in Aiken. itti* and that a list of all ballots re- g w ’ ^ohn, OlfaTc^mto, j“e. The following were in Columbia during the past week to hear Billy Sunday: Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Schum- pert, Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Singley, Dr and Mrs. J. I. Bedenbaugh, Dr. and Mrs. G. W. Harmon, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Wise, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Browne, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Barnes, Mrs. Emma Counts, Mrs. R. T. Pugh, Miss Eula Joiner, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Hunt, Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Wise, Mrs. turned by mail be filed with the county, clerk of court four days be fore the primary. If the precinct secretaries be al lowed to continue handling the ab sentee ballots, Harvey said, lists of all voting by mail should be filed with the county clerk of court and the chairman of the county execu tive committee four days before the primary. Party rules now require only that the absentee voter make application 1 for ballots “not less than five days nor more than sixty days prior to the primary.' The ballots are hand led by club secretaries. Harvey predicted early passage of the statutory primary election laws repeal bill and said he believed it would prove “beneficial, not only by returning the rules to the party it self but by causing leaders to thjnk carefully in rewriting in detail the new rules and regulations. “Some abuses should be cured and I am conceding that there are abuses he said. Williams, S. B. Hawkins, B. B. Hair. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Caldwell.— Prosperity News. TIMMONSVILLE LADY IS NOW 81 FARMER Mrs. E. E. Westwood of Chicago, is visiting in the home of her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Harrell. Chic Velveteen Dressy, though simple in design, this cotton velveteen “date” dress is one of the latest fall creations for the college crowd. Buttons down the front and on the con trasting belt are made of plastic material. It’s well within WPB fabric limitations. Timmonsville’s “first lady of farm ing” is Mrs. Mattie Dowling who, Saturday of last week, celebrated her eighty-first birthday. This brown-eyed, white-haired widow continues in active charge of her farm and home despite her years. She declined invitations to dine out on her birthday because “Saturday is my busiest day.” A trip to a nearby town, Trm- monsville, Florence or Darlington, usually is included on her Saturday schedule. She drives her own car. Mrs. Dowling does all her own housework, plants and tends her vegetable garden, milks the cow, raises pigs and chickens, and when necessary will scramble up a ladder to the barn left to “feed up.” The planting and harvesting of crops is done by tenants under her close supervision. She is an advo cate of diversified farming and prac tices rotation of crops. Her ten ants plants cotton, tobacco, com and peanuts and she also has a pe can grove. Her late husband, Thomas Dowl ing, came to this country from Ire land, and the couple passed all their married life on & farm. Mr. Dowling died seventeen years ago. ‘Mrs. Dowling is a daughter of the late Dr. Samuel Blackwell, of this section and Mrs. Annie Hamlin Blackwell, of Mount Pleasant. Three sisters and a brother, all younger than she, still are living. They are Mrs. Anna Summerset and Mrs. Olive Coggins of Columbia; Mrs. Bettie Atkinson, of Georgia, and Saumel Blackwell, of near Timmosn- ville. THE NATIONAL BLACKSMITH Under the authority of the WPB The national smithy sits; Alas, his latest horseshoe decree Is giving cur farmers fits. As to our hardware stores A drastic ruling he transmits. “Shift the shoes on the horses’ feet. To save a large amount of wear; Don’t drive often to the county seat, Don’t drive to any county fair; Use horses only for necessary work: Don’t drive for pleasure anywhere. “Shift horseshoes like a spare tire,” Says the executive with a Harvard degree. This has aroused many a farmer’s ire May cause a national catastrophe That this foolish order he will res cind , Is our very strong and earnest plea-