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VOLUME 6—NUMBER 25. Published Weekly NEWBERRY, S. C. FRIDAY APRIL 9, 1943 The Rising Sun—1856-1860 $1.00 PER YEAR WITH ?is«as The t\r^ flag Receives Silver Wings The many friends of Roy Summer, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Roy Summer of this city, will be glad to learn that he received his Silver Wings and was commissioned Lieu tenant at George Field, Lawrence- ville, 111., March 22, after finishing his advanced training in the Avia tion Air Corps. Lieutenant Summer, who volun teered for the Air Corps last May, will remain at George Field where he will be an instructor, after taking a two weeks’ period of s.pecial train- ing. Mrs. T. Roy Summer and son, Wal ter, attended the graduating exer cises of Lieutenant Summer. Spent Weekend at Home Richard Addy 2c Petty Offietr re turned to New York Monday aftar spending the weekend with his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. George Addy and grandmother, Mrs. Mary Addy, on Mayer avenue. Lieutenant Chandler Graduates Lieut. Thomas E. Chandler, son of Mrs. Ethel Cromer, route one, Newberry, has graduated from the Base Defense School Artillery Bat talion at Lejune, New River, N. C„ and has been assigned to a Marine combiat unit. Before going to Camp Lejune, Mr. Chandler successfully completed a ten weeks’ course of training at the Reserve Officers class, Marine corps school at Quantico, Va. He attend ed Newberry college, majored in mathematics and science, and grad uated in June 1942. Delay Seen In The Drafting of Fathers Hershey, However, Says Time For Taking Them Coming Closer Promoted to “Corporal” Luther H. Sease, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Sease, route 2, New berry, has been promoted to the rank of corporal-technician in the 14th Training regiment at Camp Joseph Robinson, Arkansas. Corporal Sease is a member of the cadre at Camp Robinson, where he has been stationed since December 14, 1942. Spends Weekend Here Corporal Fred Lester, stationed at Fort Jackson, was a weekend visitor at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Allen H. Lester. Visits Mother Pvt. Jacob Bowers, stationed at Scott Field, 111., will leave Friday for Florida where he has been trans ferred after spending a week’s fur lough with his mother, Mrs. Jacob Bowers in the county, and who has been seriously ill, and his sister, Mrs. George K. Dominick here. On Furlough Private Reuben Boylstori, statione:! in Idaho, arrived here Sunday night to spend a ten-day furlough with his mother, Mrs. Bertha Boylston. Visits Wife a.nd Baby Sgt. Gene Heirs of Fort Jackson s spending a two weeks furlough lere with his wife and baby. Home After 7 Months Abroad Ensign Danny M. Lambeth has ar- ived in the city for a two weeks’ eave after spending seven months n the North African theatre. En- ign Lambeth and Mrs. Lambeth of Georgetown are spending this week n the home of Mrs. Lambeth’s par- nts, Mr. and Mrs. R. Derrill Smith. Transferred To Virginia Lieut. W. Roy Anderson, Jr., of f ort Moultrie is spending a week’s eave in Newberry with parents, Mr. nd Mrs W. Roy Anderson before roceeding to Camp Pendleton, Va., o which camp he >s being transfered. Four Star Mother Mrs. Mae A. Aull now has four ins in the service. They are Sgt. Ibert H. Aull. stationed at Keesles ield, Miss., Cpl. Luther Aull. in ngland. Pvt. Francis Aull, station- 1 at Williams Field, Arizona., and vt. Julian Aull, who is now at >me on a seven day furlough after ;ing inducted into the army at ort Jackson Monday of this week, heir father was the late Colonel E. . Aull, long publisher of the Her- d gnd News. Receives Wings Lieut. Harry Anderson, son of Mr. nd Mrs. Paul Anderson received his ilver Wings at Columbus, Miss, on [arch 25 after finishing his advanc- 1 training in the aviation corps, ieutenant Anderson will be station- i for the present at Hendrick’s Ield, Florida. Washington, Apr. 1—Selective Ser vice Director Maj. Gen. Lewis B Hershey said tonight drafting of fathers will be delayed as long as possible but that the time when it must be resorted to is approaching “more rapidly than you would de sire.” This statement came at a press conference after selective service headquarters disclosed that plans are well under way for abolition of de pendency as a deferment ground. It was said that draft boards will be ordered within 'three weeks to re classify all 3-A, 3-B and 3-C reg istrants and give them either occu pational deferments or make them eligible for induction. Hershey cautioned against specu lation over reclassification plans, however, adding that the War Man power commission is “currently and perpetually studying reclassification. We are meeting changing conditions with a fluid manpower pool.” On April 5, the 48 state selective service directors are scheduled to meet with Hershey to discuss the mechanics of carrying out the big reclassification job. Before it can be ordered, he must lift the present ban on drafting of men with chil dren born before Pearl Harbor day. He declined to say how soon that ban may be removed, but previously he has estimated that draft boards would start taking men from this group about July 1. WMC Chairman Paul V. McNutt said at a press conference tonight that the commission will have a manpower utilization bureau in nearly every industrial center by mid-summer to counteract such present problems as hoarding and inefficient use of the labor sup ply. Here is how dependency-deferred registrants would be reclassified: 1. Married men not entitled to occupational deferment (now 3-A) —1-A. 2. Married men essential in pres ent civilian jobs (now 3-A or 3-B) -2-A. 3. Married men essential to war production (now 3-B)—2-B. 4. Married men essential in agri culture (now 3-C)—2-C. The reclassification thus would lump married men in the same draft classes as single men and would result, in est-J»lishment of two fundamental draft categories—■ eligible for induction and deferred for occupational reasons. Men in 2-B and 2-C will have what is vir tually duration deferment unless they can be replaced. Manpower and selective service authorities have warned that de pendency was on the way out as a deferment ground. Prospects are that draft of fath ers will begin in most states by July 1 and in some instances ear lier. Selective service officials have said that the pool of available sin gle mfen is nearly exihausted and they ar e now drafting heavily on dwindling numbers of childless married men. When the new classification is completed, the sgigumented supply of 1-A’s would be used to fill draft quotas averaging about 400,000 men a month. If this group fails to meet the demand, 2-A’s would be sub- ect to call next and then 2-B’s. One Toilet For 52 Women In Building Owned By The Mayor An investigation by the city and county health department reveals that ther e is only one toilet to ac comodate the 52 women who work at the garment plant on Friend street. The law requires that a separate water closet be provided for every 15 women. The health department is preparing to act in the case. The building and its facilities belong to Herman Langford. The Sun re ported the untenable conditions ob taining at this plant. MRS. JOANNA BRAZEL THOMAS M. BODIE Thomas Melton Bodie, 65, died at his home in the Oakland community Monday morning about nine o’clock. He had been ill for three years. He was born in Saluda county but spent the past 21 years in Newberry. Mr. Bodie was twice married, first to Miss Mizzie hlinick and from this union one son, B. C. Bodie, survives. His second marriage was to Miss Lula Shaw who survives with the following children: Mrs. George A. Brock, Mrs. J. O. Burnett, LeRoy Bodie and Mrs. L. E. Gatlin, Jr.; one adopted son, Billie Nick Bodie; 11 grandchildren and two great grand children. Funreal services were held Tues day afternoon at 4:30 from Lewis Methodist church, with the Rev. O. H. Hachett in charge, assisted by Rev. J. B. Harman, Rev. Earl Robi- nett. Rev. J. B. White and the Rev. Mr. Lewis. Burial followed in Rose- mont cemetery. WORKS IN CHARLESTON Mrs. Paul Anderson will leave to day (Thursday) for Charleston to accept a position as companion to Miss Sloan at 17 Lenwood Boulevard. Mrs. Joanna Whitaker Brazel died at her home in the Tranwood section of the county about noon Monday. She had been in failing health for several years. Funeral services were held Wed-’ nesday afternoon at six o’clock ft Bush River Baptist church, -with tjje Rev. A. T. Usher in charge, assistfd by Rev. James B. Mitchell. Burifl followed in the church cemetery, j — County Is Organised For War Bond Drive Th e following committee has been formed to sell $400,000 worth of gov ernment securities in the nation-wide drive of government financing. The quota for the nation is thirteen bil lion dollars. E. B. Purcell, chairman. John F. Clarkson, chairman New berry county war Savings Fund. Advisory committee: Z. F. Wright, A. P. Salley, J. Frank Brown, Major J. T. Crawford, Senator M. E. Ab rams, Mayor H. S. Langford. J. W. Earhardt, chairman of pub licity. Chairman speaking committee, F. H. Dominick, E. S. Blease. L. C. Graham .chairman for vol untary workers’ committee. George K. Dominick, chairman for prospect committee. J. Keister Willingham, chairman of advertising committee. Mrs. Clem Youmans, chairman of women’s committee. Mrs. Geo. K. Dominick, co-chair man of women’s committee. Wilton Todd, chairman of Mollo- hon mill committee. D. O. Carpenter, chairman of Oak land mill committee. J. Y. Jones, chairman of Newberry mill committee. Prosperity: Mayor R. P. Luther, chairman of Victory fund committee. Little Mountain: J. Kess Derrick, chairman Victory fund committee. Chappells: J. B. Scurry, chairman Victory fund committee. Whitmire: Prof. R. C. Lake, chair man Victory fund committee. Silverstreet: John Vernon Havird, chairman Victory fund committee. Pomaria: Ernest Kinard, chairman of Victory fund committee. Committees from Service clubs: American Legion, C. A. Dufford; American Legion Auxiliary, Miss Grace Summer; Civic League, Mrs. R. H. Wright; Lion’s club, M. O. Summer; Kiwanis club, Prof. Hubert Setzler; Rotary club, G. D. Blackwell; Junior Chamber of Commerce, Dun can Johnston; B and P. Womens’ club, Mrs. Jesse Mayes. $150,000 Raised In Victory Fund Drive The Victory Fund committee, of which Ned Purcell is chairman, has sold $150,000 of Newberry’s $400,- quota since the beginning of the drive Wednesday. The local drive was launched with a dinner here Wednesday at the Wiseman hotel at which representatives of different sections of the county were present. The drive is continuing with quotas of $5000 each assigned to the Rotary, Kiwanis, and Lions club, Civic league Jaycees, American Legion, and the Legion auxiliary. Town quotas are: Whitmire $30, 000; Prosperity $10,- 000; Pomaria $5000; Chappells $5,- 000; Silverstreet $2,500; Little Moun tain $6000. Totals assigned to the civic organizations is $35,000 and to the towns $57,500. This leaves som e $100,000 more to be raised in the city proper. ARMY ACCEPTS 31 FROM BOARD 58 SPONSORED ADVERTISING We direct your attention to the names of the sponsors of the War Bond advertisement in this issue. Ordinarily w e do not like to sell this kind of advertising and we don’t do it unless we get hungry or where there is a good cause to be served. In this instance, and in the sav ings bond ads which have appeared from time to time we have acted upon the urgent plea of the Secre tary of the Treasury. Uncle Sam, it seems, can find money for every thing else except for advertising; for this he passes the tin cup and we in turn pass it on to you. How ever the liberal men who sponsor this advertising all over the land should know that they are doing a real service to their government and one specifically requested by the Secretary of the Treasury. The bond drives would- fall flat but for publicity of the press and radio. From a contingent which reported to Fort Jackson Monday, the follow ing have been accepted. They will report for active duty April 13: Charles P. Pruitt. James L. Beard James R. McEntire James K. Shirey , George J. Mundy. ; Jack A. Reed Janies T. Dawkins ; Thomas C. Dodgcn James E. Hentz Henry T. Cannon, Jr. Harold J. Black i Arthur H. Walker, Jr. I Chares E. Leopard Rufus R. Kitchen . Esley L. Childers £ William D. Beard Jacob A. Green Floyd G. Kyzer James C. Nabors • Frank E. Nichols Leland R. Cromer William M. O’Dell Jesse B. Williams, Jr. Earl F. Long Floyd A. Fulmer Charles E. Senn Julian H. Aull Ralph Elrod Sam D. Crosby Virgil O. Goree Ralph E. Rowe Henry P. Rivers William Edward Stone (coast G.) John Lewis Scored By Truman Group Washington, Apr. 2—The Senate Truman committee investigating the war effort today condemned John L. Lewis, of the United Mine work ers for asserting that his no-strike pledge to President Roosevelt is not necessarily binding. “The obligaion which rests upon Lewis is not an obligation arising by contract with the President,” the committee said in a special la bor report. “It is an obligation to the United States arising out of the war emergency. “It is based on his duty as a citi zen to a country which enabled him to exchange the sweat and physical toil of a miner for the comforts and privileges of a labor executive.” The report was the outgrowth of the committee’s recent inquiry into war-time labor matters. Lewis testi fied before the group last Friday, charging that the government has breached the no-strike agreement by. adopting a wage ceiling formula —the “little steel” policy — which “threw equity out the window.” Currently he is seeking a $2-a- day wage increase for both soft and hard coal miners. “Lewis has hinted, but ndt quite said that he reserves the right to determine whether government has performed its full duty to labor and that in the event he should de termine it has not, he :s free to lead the local miners to a strike which would cost the nation between 2,000,000 and 3,000,00o tons of es sential coal a day,’ the committee said. “No citizen has the right to jeop ardize the nation’s existence in war time. The national need must be recognized as paramount.” The committee said it does not consider the “little steel” formula scared or closed to discussion, but called labor’s attention to the fact that wage increases which result in an inflationary spiral almost in evitably cause workers to suffer most. Santee Political Deal Suspected By Solon Quattlebaum Says Authority Selling to Rural Groups for Less Than Cost Columbia, March 30—Charging that the South Carolina public ser vice authority is contracting to sell current below cost to rural electric cooperatives in exchange for poli tical support, Senator Paul Quattle baum, of Horry county, served notic e today that the advocates of expand ing Santee-Coper into the Upcountry must change their ways if they ex pect to get his vote. “I am sounding a note of warn ing,’’ he said in concluding a brief but deliberately worded address, “that if the authority wants my vote it will have to come in with clean hands and on a business ba sis, and at this time I may be con sidered very much in the doubtfu’ column.” Heretofore, Senator Quattlebaum has been counted among those who would vote yes on purchase of two private utility companies at Colum bia. Unofficial polls indicate that the senate is very nearly evenly di vided on the matter and every vote is being eagerly watched. “The proponents of the bill have expected me to vote for it,” Senator Quattlebaum said. “I have many reasons not to vote for it. I have one compelling reason to vote for it. The Columbia Record of yester day announced two things. first that an armada of 300 farmers would be transported to Columbia in con nection with this bill, and second that Santee-Cooper has contracted with the rural coperativcs to sell curren for six mills or less per kilowatt hour. Both statements are very dangerous. “It appears that the authority is reaching now into the depths of very cheap poliics. Where the end of such maneuvers will be it is very difficult to tell. The authority, in distributing small blocks of pow er to the cooperatives at this price either does not know what it is do ing or is deliberately selling cur rent for less than cost. As one who has handled such masters in the past, I am shocked to learn that the authority is selling to what may be consrued as a political group at less han cost.’’ Quattlebaum, who formerly was in the public utility business, is fa in 'iar with details of electric pow er production and was intimately associated with the late T. C. Wil liams, so-called father of Santee- Cooper. His words therefore carry- more than ordinary weight in com menting on technical phases. Announcement of the six-mill riate to the cooperatives which is about half the average rate now charged by private power com panies, is part of the public service authority’s campaign to muster widespread support among the “folks back home”, who presumably are expected to put pressure on their representatives in the general assembly in favor of the $40,000,0p0 merger. Opponents see in the propaganda for the deal a possible sign of desperation, as time drags on without action on the bill. The senate heard resolutions passed by the city council of Cam den urging passage of the bill be cause it “would bring a healthy competition into the field of elec tric power”. The resolution, sign ed by Mayor F. N. McCorkle, said if the bill failed “the public must necessarily suffer.” Senator W. T. Redfem, of Ker shaw county, in which Camden is located, commented, “may God for give them, for they know not what they do’, and the words were re iterated by Senator J. M. Lyles, of Fairfield, who recalled that these also were the last words spoken by Bishop William A. Guerry, of Char leston, after he had been shot several years ago. Senator R. M. Jefferies, former general counsel for Santee-Cooper and guiding spirit of the proposed legislation, leaped up to ask, “at whom ar e they shooting? It must be at the power companies and I think they know what they’re talk ing about.” MISS BOWERS ON DEAN’S LIST Miss Louise Bowers, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. Jackson Bowers, is named on the dean’s list for scholos- tic achievements during the first se mester at Randolph Woman’s college. Miss Bowers is a sophomore there. She was an outstanding student while a student in the Newberry high school and holds a number of scholastic awards from there. DOWN MEMORY LANE Mr. and Mrs. Roy Summer attend ed the Billy Sunday meeting Wed nesday. Mrs. W. W. Hornsby and Mrs. Douglas Hornsby motored to Colum bia Friday to hear Billy Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Hunt and Miss Fannie McCaughrin leave Fri day for Hot Springs, Ark. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Bailey of Clinton will join them and go also. F Mrs. Minnie Wallace of Columbia spent the weekend with her brother, J. H. Clary, in Boundary street. Emery Circle Enjoys Luncheon With Mrs. R. D. Smith, Sr. A very pleasant affair of the week was enjoyed on Friday morn ing when Mrs. R. D. Smith, Sr., en tertained the members of the Emery circle, and a few other friends. The hours passed pleasantly while the needles clicked merily for those who brought their sewing; while" some of the devotees of rook enjoyed that game. 'Mrs. Smith used pretty bowls of pansies and tall vase's and baskets of stately purple iris to brighten her attractive living room. At noon an elegant three-course luncheon was served to the 21 ladies fortunate to be included as Mrs. 1 Smith’s guests at this pleasant af fair. JUNIOR CHAMBER HAS NEW SET OF OFFICERS The Junior Chamber of Commerce elected a new set of officers at a meeting, Thursday, March 25. They are as follows: President: Kibler Williamson. Vice-president: Tommie Setzler. Secretary: Milton Moore. Treasurer: Bob Bruner. JAPS LIVE ON SCANTY GRUB Atlanta, Ga.—What the Jap soldier uses for emergency rations is re vealed in a report received at head- quarters, Fourth Service command, and its comparison with the Ameri can soldier’s famous Type-K ration draws a sharp contrast. The Jap ration, returned from the southwest Pacific on an American transport and analyzed a t the quar termaster depot consisted of: Two bottles of lactic acid health drink, a small container of wheat germ vitamin pills and, the main dish, a No. 2 1-2 sized can containing two layers of rice and bean curd mix ture. Each layer of the main dish, it was reported, was in four portions, and was made of cooked, partially polished rice with small pieces of a vegetable like a carrot. It was sea soned with soy sauce. Each portion of rice was wrapped in a sort of casing of rubbery, tough batter probably made of bean curd. The can weighed 586 grams and each section of the rice food weighed 73 grams. The health drink was described as “A thick, sticky sirupy, opaque liq uid of a pinkish light beige color and with a strong acid odor, resembling a mixture of pineapple and almond.” Small particles sticking to the sides of the bottle were like sediment found in canned pineapple. The vitamine tablets came in a bottle of 300 and instructions, in English as to the dose, recommended from four to eight tablets three times a day. The American soldier’s Type-K ration, weighs three and a quarter oounds. It is wrapped in three wa ter, moisture and gas proof pack ages, one for each breakfast, dinner and supper. BIRTHS AT COUNTY HOSPITAL Bom to Mr. and Mrs. Pete Plam- pin of Newberry, a son, April 6. Bom to Mr. and Mrs. P. F. Blount of Pomaria, route one, a son, April 5. Bom to Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Good- let, of Strothers, a son, April 4. Bom to Mr. and Mrs J. H. Berley, Newberry, route 3, a son, April 4. Bom to Mr. and Mrs. Willie Brooks, route 3, a daughter, April 4. Bom to Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Ale- wine, of Parr, a daughter, April 3. Mrs. Stevie K. Wright who has been a patient in the hospital for the past 10 days has returned to the home of Miss Sadie Bowers on Mc Caughrin avenue. Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Reeder and son Jack, of Laurens were weekend visitors in the home of Mrs. Reeders sister, Mrs. Mae A. Aull.