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VOLUME 6—NUMBER 30. Published Weekly NEWBERRY, S. C. FRIDAY .MAY 14, 1943 The Rising Sun—1856-1860 $1.00 PER YEAR WITH The FLAG Spends Weekend Here Pvt. William B. Goggins, stationed at Fort Mcultre spent the weekend ■with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Coggins in the Hartford communi ty. Sgt. Swindler Visits Parents Sgt. Jack Swindler, stationed at Fort Moultre, spent the weekend in Chappells Wih relatives. Visited Parents Sgt. Sarah Dodgen, of Daytona Beach, Florida, spent last week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Dod gen. Now In England Mrs. C. T. Paysinger received a Mother’s Day card from her grand son, Sgt. Fred Paysinger telling her that he had arrived in England safe ly and doing fine. Captain Buzhardt Overseas Mrs. Epsie Buzhardt received word last Thursday from her son, Captain Harry Buzhardt that he had arrived safely overseas and was alright. Home On Furlough Tech. Sgt. Preston McAlhaney.sta- ;ioned at Camp Gordon is spending i week furlough with his mother, Urs. Josie McAlhaney on Boundary itreet. Spends Mother’s Day Here Tech. Sgt. Robert O’Donnell, sta- ioned at Daytona Beach, Florida, pent the weekend and Mother’s Day rith his mother, Mrs. Hattie O’Don- ell on Boundary street. Returns To Georgia Lieut. Hamilton H. Folk returned j Camp Stewart, Ga., last Thurs- ay after spending a ten day fur- tugh with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. . M. Folk in the county. Visiting Parents Lieut. Wilton A. Kilgore, station- i at the Marine Base, New River, N. ., is visiting his parents, Mr. and Irs. J. J. Kilgore for a few days. Visiting Friends Doyle Long, 3'c petty officer, sta- oned at Norfolk, Va., is spending a D day furlough with friends in the Join WAAC Fort Des Moines, lowai—Auxiliary urse Sallie Victoria Stephens, of ute 2 Whitmire, South Carolina, as a member of a Women’s Army uxiliary Corps unit which left First AAC Training Center here recent- for duty at the Fifth WAAC Train- g Center, Ruston, La. She will be assigned to duty in nnection with the training program Made Sergeant The friends of Robert Clayton Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Der- rill Smith will be pleased to learn that he was recently promoted to the rank of Sergeant at Stewart Field, West Point, N. Y., where he has been stationed for the past several months. Commissioned 1st Lieutenant Friends of O. B. Cannon, Jr., will be interested to learn that on April 30, he received his commission as first lieutenant at Camp Walters. Texas, where he has been stationed for sometime. Lieutenant Cannon is a graduate of Clemson College, and is the son of Supt. and Mrs. O. B. Cannon, 1603 Johnstone street. Stationed at Greensboro Pvt Henry T. Cannon, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry T. Cannon, 1407 Boundary street, who reported for duty about two weeks ago, is now stationed at Greensboro, N. C. in Squadron D 1177 Training Group, B. T. C. No. 10. Promoted In Rank Wilbur Long, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Long, wais recently pro moted to rank of Sergeant at Kelly Field, San Antonio, Texas, where he has been stationed for the past sev eral months. .Sergeant Long is an instructor in Chemical Warfare at Kelly Field. Transferred To Florida Sgt. Oscar R. Summer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Summer of this city, has been transferred from Max- well Field, Alabama to Greenville Aviation school, Ocala, Florida, where he will receive his primary training as an aviation cadet. Sugar for Canning 25 Lbs Per Person Washington, May 10—Grocers’ pro fit margins on cabbage, onions, some poultry and salt codfish were re duced today by the OPA, which at the same time fixed a top limit of 25 pounds of sugar per person for home canning and fi-eezing of this year’s fruit crops. This is general ly higher than last year’s allowance. The lowering of profit margins to grocers follows announcement of a program of subsidies to bring a 10 per cent cut June 1 in the retail cost of beef, veal, lamb, mutton, coffee and butter. Today also was the effective date of community-wide price ceilings announced over the week-end in 130 metropolitan areas. These listings make no change in the legal cost of groceries, save in exceptional cases, but they give housewives of ficial information by which to check the legality of prices charged. The OPA plans this week to set new beef, veal, lamb, and mutton prices on a regional basis, tempora rily until the subsidy plan becomes effective, place new ceilings on soap and list community prices in can ned goods. ■ The profit margin on cabbages was reduced from 65 to 40 per cent for small stores, and from 54 to 40 per cent for chains and other large volume outlets. Markups on onions were lowered from 50 to 40 per cent for small stores, raised from 39 to 40 per cent for intermediate mar kets, and left unchanged at 35 per cent for largest stores. The margin of markup is the rise permitted the retailer over wholesale prices. Out of it' he gets his costs and profits. On frozen poultry markups were cut from 25 to 21 per cent for small stores and from 25 to 20 for larger ones. Specific cuts on .processor sales of salt codfish were estimated as much as seven cents a pound be low existing prices. Sugar for caning will be allo cated on about the same basis as last year —one pound of sugar for each four quarts (or eight pounds) of finished products, but within the limit allowed a family at the rate of 25 pounds a person the family may apply for sugar for jams, iellies and preserves at the rate of five rounds per person. Last year, the limit for preserves was one pound. Ration boards will receive appli cation for the sugar on or after May 15 unon presentation of war ration book No.- 1 for each person for whom sugar is sought. Serious Situation In Production of Pork Washington, May 8—Representa tive H. P. Fulmer, Democrat, South Carolina, said today h e had received a complaint from four Estill, S. C., hog .producers that a serious situa tion had developed in South Carolina that threatens to impede pork pro duction due to the fact that it is im possible for producers -to get nec essary supplemental feeds (tankage or fishmeal) to use in their rations; The letter, signed by R. E. Wil liams, A. M. DeLoache, J. M. Daley, Carolina Farm Products company and Charles A. Harper, Sr., said that it was “well known, that hogs cannot be grown out and finished without some kind of animal protein sup plement which has been available in the forms of meat tankage and fishmeal. This has entirely disap peared from the market” The producers said the only pro tein supplement available was low protein mill feed—16 per cent pro tein—which cost more than the 40 per cent protein meal available un til recently. The letter said the producers had their own grain feed and grazing crops but needed the protein .sup plement. “Meat production will be cut in half and all of the profit to producers wiped out if something is not done to make this product avail able again.” v Fulmer said the war food admin istration advised him that an in vestigation showed there was a pro tein shortage in some areas and added “there seems to be no sim ple solution to the protein problem I for the next feeding season. It is believed that it will be necessary for producers, feed mixers, dealers and feeders to work out a cooipera- tive program for the conservation of protein fe-jds which ' would best fit the feeding practices in various sections of the country. Steps are presenly being taken to work ©uA_ ... some such program and is hoped^ 1 Hat a great deal of good can 'be ac- Hbc complished for these efforts” Sailor’s Thoughts Are Of'Home Ellis Huffstetler, who is in the U. S. Navy, wrote to his pastor, the Rev. J. B. Harman, as follows: “Last nighit when I was about to go to bed, home came to my mind and in a rush I sat down and wrote a little poem. It shows that the boys far away from home still think about home and the home people. I don’t care what kind of a boy he was be fore he left home, his mind will take him back.” Here is the .poem: “Lights out, and off to bed. Upon a pillow, a weary head, Tosses about . . . thoughts do roam, Believe me folks . . . they lead to home. I see us all, as we used to be, Now two empty chair . . . Billy and me. Although at times we quarrelled a bit. You know now ... it wasn’t a thing. Oh yes! I know we caused you pain. And don’t think we won’t do it again. But honest, folks, . . . don’t you miss our noise? Wouldn’t you welcome it, just to see us boys? Gathered around the table as before, F^htm^^nd squawking evermore? Cheer up now and look ahead, With your prayers not curses, eat your bread. And think of us, as we come march ing back, i.ach a better man, with a heavier pack. Of things saw, learned and did A man returns, he left a kid. So, come on, folks, let’s see a smile Upon your brow, cares don’t pile; For as the good God’s up above, We’ll soon be home again with lots of love. Now it’s time for your sailor boy to quit, A big day tomorrow, ... so I must sleep a bit.” “Love”, “Ellis.” ACCEPTS POSITION IN GREEN VIL1 E Miss Dot Ruff, daughter of Mr. ond Mrs. Charlie Ruff has accepted a position in Greenville wir.h vhe Union Bleachery office. Miss Ruff was formerly employed by the Chamber of Commerce here before beginning her new work m Greenville Monday. UNITED STATES CIVIL SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT Tire .Federal Government needs oelp to handle its accounts and traf- 'ic. Good jobs are open for Account ing and Auditing Assistants in Washington. Salaries range from ?1800 to $2000, plus overtime. You need only two years of bookkeeping experience or bookkeeping or ac counting education. Cost and Public Accountants are needed for service throughout the country and these jobs pay from S2600 to $6500. plus overtime. Traffic and Transporta tion Specialists who receive from $2600 to $6500 a year, pin-: overtime, are needed for service an.v where in the United States. For full infor mation and application forms, in quire at the local post office. Announcement Nos. 286, 287. 206.' WARNING ISSUED ON BABY LAXATIVE Local druggists have received no tice to withdraw immediately from sale all Fletcher’s Castoria still or. the medicine shelf and to warn all mothers to return to their druggists any of this medicine which they may have on hand. Refunds will le given on partly used bottles. An order calling in all bottles of the popular baby laxative was first issued by the company when it was discovered that “some foreign in gredient causing nausea and vomit ing” had been found in bottles ship ped from the factory since March 1. GALS LIKE ENLISTED MEN Hollywood, May 5.—The sergeants —and all the enlisted men—can step up and take a bow. At least 179’ of 213 actresses poll ed by a studio on the question said they would rather go out with an en listed man than an officer. Sergeants won 89 votes in prefer ence, corporals 19, privates 31. Said Ann Sheridan: “I have noth ing against officers, but most of the guys I’ve known all my life are go ing into the army as privates. I’m for them.” Campaign Far Tin Cans Is Outlined Because of the serious need for tin, and to conserve our precious re maining resources of this vital met al, the United States government is instituting a tin can salvage cam paign throughout the nation. New berry county is asked to join in this effort. The plan am proposed for Newberry is as follows: In the town of Newberry, the program will be handled by wards; and in the county, by communities or districts, Eacli of those areas will have a committee in charge. Names of the various chairman and comm ittee members, so far as they have been selected are being published in this issue of the local papers, to gether wkh the territory of their areas. In the county the plan is suggested that for each area, a store within that area be designated as a Tin Can Depot and the cans from that area be deposited at that store. This arrangement is suggested be cause it is then possible for trucks of she wholesalers serving that store to pick up the sup.)ly of cans from time to time and bring them to the central storage place in Newberry. Because of tire and gasoline ration ing this seems to be a logical ar rangements In the town of Newber ry, at least for the initial collection that have been accumulated by • the houschol'ters, a collection will be made by the town truck, one ward per week, until all the wards have been collected. This arrangement will not place an unduly heavy bur den upon the time, labor, or gaso line a.ml tires of the city truck, whose services weie generously of fered by the toum authorities. In order to help the public remember when these collections will be made in the Town, the following schedule wilj be followed, at. least for the initial collections: Ward 1, Friday, June 4; Ward 2, Friday, May 14; Wal’d 3. (1 and 2), Friday, May 21; Wafds 4 at d 5, May 28. will be observed that the col- itidris are on Friday. Also that .Ward 1 is oni the first Friday in the month. Ward 2 the second. Ward 3, on the third, and Wards 4 and 5 on the fourth Friday. This will be a convenient way to remember to have your cans ready. The Girl Scouts have volunteered through their lead ers to remind the householders a day or so in advance of the collection dates, to have their supply of cans ready. It is asked that the supply of cans be placed in a suitable con tainer and placed on the curb in front of the home, where the truck passing by can readily secure and empty the supply of cams into the truck. It is requested that all cans be in readiness in front of the house by 9 a. m. as the truck cannot af ford to make a second trip. Through Richard Floyd of the Southern Cot ton Oil company, a place for storing the cans has been made available by him om the railroad siding at his plant until shipment can be made. It is requested that all cans colleo r i by frucks be delivered at this place. Tin Can Committees Ward b—Mrs. Ralph Whitaker, chairman; Mrs. P. 3. Ezell, Mrs. T. M. Fellers, Mrs. T. E. Setzler. Ward 2.—Mi’s. J. C. Kinard, chair man; Mrs. Irvin Satterwhite, Mrs. J. D. French, Mrs. A. J. Bowers, Jr. Ward 3 No. 1.—Mrs. Alan John stone, chairman; Mrs. J. D. Rook, Mrs. Fred Gilbert, Mrs. C. f. You- mans. Ward 3 No. 2.—Mrs. C. A. Shealy, chairman. Ward 4.—Mrs. O. M. Cobb, chair- man, Mrs. Roy Clary. Ward 5.—Berley Shealy, chair man, Ernest Layton, Mrs. Frank Jones, Mrs. Claud Bouknight, Dew ey Kinard. Oakland.—Mrs. T. N. Parks, chair man; Mrs. John Drummond, Andy Bowen, D. O. Carpenter. Helena.—Miss Mary Cook, chair man. Negro Committee—Dr. J. E. Grant, chairman; R. F. Gladden, U. S. Gall- man. County Committees Little Mountain.—Mrs. R. T. Fea- gle, chairman. Pomaria.—Mrs. Z. T. Penner, chairman. Peak.—Mrs. Lionel Subcr, chair man. Bush River.—Mrs. P. C. Workman, chairman . Maybinton.—Mrs. T. W. Hender son, chah’man. Mt. Pleasant.—R. E. Reese, chair- nn. St. Philips.—David Luther Ruff, chairman. Jolly Street.—Eddie Dunn Richard son, chairman. Continued on Back Page First Lady Condemns Her One-Time Friends New York, May 8—Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt today sharply criticized the Young Communist League for “a custom of using people to carry out the aims of the young communist groups who did not honestly disclose themselves.” “That,” she said in an address to the United Student Assembly here, “we canot tolerate in a democracy,” adding that she had “lost confidence” in the league. Asked by a listener, Stanley Hal- perin, to clarify the statement, the first lady said that some time ago sh e had worked with certain per sons who assured her they had no ties with the communist league. “They had the right to be com munists, of course,” Mrs. Roosevelt said. “But that would have limited us in our work, which was of the American Youth Congress. I later found out that these individuals were followers of the American Youth Congress in other interna tional attitudes. After the Soviet- German break they told me that we could work together, but I have lost confidence in them.” Mrs. Roosevelt said that members of the league, comiposed largely of students, ‘have the right to say what they want, but they must obey our rules if they are to continue to live in this country,” and she added that “they must not advocate over throw of government by force.” Mrs. Roosevelt told the assembly there would be no cooperation with anv Fascist state. “It is true,” she said, “that we may gain the same ends by differ ent means, but the entire objectives of a nation or group are different from our own, then we cannot co operate.” She said that “the reason we can cooperate with Soviet Russia is be cause in many ways our objectives are similar.” REVIVAL AT EASTSIDE A series of revival services w i ’l begin at Eastside Baptist church, Sunday, May 16 and continue through the following Sunday. Services will be held at 10 o’clock in the morning and at 7 o’clock in the evening. Rev. Furman S. Rivers, pastor of the church will bring the messages. The public is invited. CARD OF THANKS More Building Mr. Bunyan Ringer is building an attractive bungalow in Hunt street and will occupy it ae soon as it is completed. Mrs. L. G. Eskridge left Tuesday for Columbia to attend a Hardware convention. Mr. Eskridge is presi dent of "this. body and went down Monday. Mrs. C. T. Paysinger, of Sumter, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Eleazer. Miss Lottye Lee Halfacre is visit ing her sister, Mrs. Sam Burns in Harrington street. Mrs. Roy P. Finney, of Gaffney, accompanied by Mrs. Wood and Miss Bradley, spent the weekend with her parentsv Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Cannon in Caldwell street. Mrs. B. L. Dorrity and Miss Lula Mae Fellers motored to Laurens. Sat urday on business. Hon. and Mrs. Jas. O. Sheppard of Edgefield spent several days last week in Newberry with. Miss Corne lia Griffin. Miss Will Lou Gray, State Super visor, Adult Schools, wag in the city on business Friday. DR. RUSSELL SEES DRY U. S. BY 1950 We, the children of the late Mrs. Ida Kibler Bowers, wish to express our appreciation for the many kind nesses done, and expressions of sym pathy by our friends and neighbors, also to Dr. Dominick who labored so much for her in her last sickness and death.—Her Children. INDIA GROWS NUTS India is both the world’s biggest producer and consumer of cocoanuts. It has 1,500,000 acres of Cocoanut trees under cultivation, yielding a crop of 3,500,000 units. KENDALL MILLS LUTHERAN PARISH Rev. J. B. Harman, pastor. Bethany—Friday, 8 p. m., pictures of Lutheran church work will be shown. Sunday, 10:30 a. m., preaching ser vices. i 11:30 a. m., Sunday school, Mr. E. B. Hite, supt. Summer Memorial—Sunday, 10:30 a. m., Sunday school, Mr. M. E. Shealy, supt. 11:30 a. m., preaching services. 12:30 p. m.. Senior Luther League. 6 ,p. m., Intermediate Luther Lea gue. 8 p. m., pictures portraying Luth eran church work. Visitors are invited to attend ail services. ‘FEATHER WELLS” The desert-living sand grouse soaks water into its feathers for its young. This water supply is carried to the nestlings, which suck out their drink. Wheery Is Staff Sergeant Staff Sergeant Harper R. Wherry, son of Mrs. W. A. Wherry, of 313 Caldwell street, Newberry, was rec ently promoted to that grade from Sergeant by an air force unit at Westover Field where he is on duty as a crew chief of a plane. Staff Sergeant Wherry was em ployed by the Kendall Manufacturing company, of Newberry, before enter ing the service on Feb. 17, 1942 at Columbia. Westerville, Ohio, May 8—America will be bone-driy again by 1950, Dr. Howard H. Russell prophesied today on the eve of the fiftieth anniver sary of the Anti-Saloon league he founded after swearing off hard drink. The pendulum of public senti ment, he declared, is swinging back toward prohibition after ten years of repeal, “and it won’t be stop ped.” Looal option, Dr. Russell added, is spearheading the drive toward prohibition. It is spreading, he said, from county to county across the nation, and is drying up precincts in cities. “People are aroused,” the militant dry declared. “The churches are speaking out. They are weary of women in bars, many with their children. They are weary of liquor in military camps. This country will be dry by 1950—and I will live to see it.” Dr. Russell—eighty-seven now, is alert and active. H e will go to Washington next week to attend the league’s golden jubilee May 15-17 and sit at the desk maintained for him in national headquarters. He headed the league actively until 1903, when he came to his home here, lent his hand to the prohibi tion movement generally and guid ed the Lincoln-Lee legion in par ticular. . S. C. DRYS PLAN CAMPAIGN TO OBTAIN PLEDGES Columbia, May 5.—South Carolina drys prepared today to launch a statewide campaign to obtain pledges from youths and adults to abstain from drinking* intoxicating beverages. The pledge signing campaign was recommended by the State Executive committee of the South Carolina Federated forces for temperance and law enforcement which met here yesterday. The committee also ap proved a movement “to give special emphasis to the rights and duties of good citizenship.” In a statement issued to the pub lic on liquor and Sunday sports and movie legislation, the committee ac cused “some” legi^ators from “dry” counties of helping defent prohibi tion measures in the 1943 session by backing state surplus funds invest ment proposals. The committee commended “those fine men in the legislature who have stood firmly and consistently for de mocracy and temperance without wavering.” but added: “Somt members from the 24 coun ties which voted “dry” (in the 1940 referendum) aided the wets to so re duce taxes and dispose of the surplus that it would make it hard to pass the prohibition la\V.” Apparently the committee referred to an act to invest $6,800,000 of state treasury surplus funds to retire the state’s funded debt and bonded in debtedness of several state-owned in stitutions. Proponents of the meas ure claim the act resulted in sub stantial reductions in statewide tax I levies.